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BBCNEWS BBC News September 18, 2024

Thousands have been left homeless, and more bad weather is forecast. Slovakia and hungary are bracing against floodwaters moving down the River Danube and its tributaries. These are the pictures from nysa overnight where people have been helping protect the flood defences. 0ur correspondent, sarah rainsford, is there. I am in nysa now, just a few miles from where we were for that report and here in nysa it was a pretty dramatic night overnight. The mayor, as you heard in that report, had given an Emergency Evacuation Order and then there were volunteers who are here all Night Stuffing Sandbags like this, forming a Human Chain to bring the bags down here to the embankment where a section of the River Bank had subsided. And there was a danger, according to the mayor, of that River Bank collapsing completely and the water rushing through into the town of nysa where we are now. You can see the wall of sandbags and the river behind. They have plugged the gap and in fact the River Level or Water Level has begun to fall back. So it seems, according to the authorities here, that the immediate danger has passed. They are prepared if the Water Level rises again. There is talk of another problem with the Embankment A little further up but certainly after a dramatic night, lots of helicopters in the skies, lots of sirens going off, and a huge number of People Volunteering to bring these sandbags to this spot and to try to protect their town. It does seem like this morning The Sun has come out and people are a little more hopeful that perhaps the worst has passed here for this town in particular. I spoke earlier to marek steele, the local reporter for the Polish Television Tvp world in nysa. The city of nysa as you mentioned, this is a city of around 40,000 people and yesterday the evacuation was announced here from 5pm to 8pm. The Waterfrom A announced here from 5pm to 8pm. The water from a nearby reservoir was lowered to allow people to escape from this very place. But today after what happened during the night, the repair of an embankment of the river that was well participated in, not only the military and the Fire Department and the police, but also regular citizens took part in this operation to fix this embankment. What i have seen today here is people returning from this bridge so this Old Town of nysa was in danger by the new wave of a fled and today we are seeing people, you can see perhaps cars crossing back into the Old Town where Water Levels have dropped. Let me remind you that two days ago the embankment was broken by water rushing into the town in several places the water reached levels of the waste. In some places even higher. But the Old Town was spared. The water has left the Old Town and has run down and the city seems to be in a better position today. Water levels in the river behind me are probably around a metre and a half or two metres lower than yesterday in the evening when we were reporting from this very same spot. Reporting from this very same sot. ~. spot. We are hearing they could be more bad spot. We are hearing they could be more bad weather spot. We are hearing they could be more bad weather to spot. We are hearing they could be more bad weather to come, | be more bad weather to come, what Contingency Measures are in place if that is the case . The Weather Forecast for this part of poland is pretty good. As you can see The Sun is shining will stop no Heavy Rainfall. I think its around ten litres per Square Metre that could be expected in the coming hours and days so the situation is moving down the river. The bigger cities in the valleys and more in now. We are Hearing News of the city that is being flooded currently and this wave is moving on further to the cities. Lets speak to wiktoria maciejewicz, global empowerment Missions Director of Field Missions in europe who is in klodzko, a flooded city in South West of poland. Just tell us what you are seeing and what people are saying to you. Seeing and what people are saying to vom seeing and what people are saying to you. The water has caused the saying to you. The water has caused the path saying to you. The water has caused the path of saying to you. The water has i caused the path of destruction. Some caused the path of destruction. Some people have lost their lives some people have lost their lives i some people have lost their lives. I am standing some people have lost their lives. Lam standing in some people have lost their lives. I am standing in front of our lives. I am standing in front of our track and we decided yesterday we were going to send humanitarian aid. From here we are going humanitarian aid. From here we are going to distribute the aid to the are going to distribute the aid to the smaller villages that can only to the smaller villages that can only be reached by smaller vehicles can only be reached by smaller vehicles. We are cooperating with vehicles. We are cooperating with first vehicles. We are cooperating with first responders and firefighters and they are showing us where the needs are. We were showing us where the needs are. We were on showing us where the needs are. We were on the Ground Yesterday helping we were on the Ground Yesterday helping people. The biggest challenge is that there is no mobile challenge is that there is no mobile network so services like firefighters and rescuers cannot firefighters and rescuers cannot communicate with Each Other cannot communicate with Each Other a cannot communicate with Each Other. A lot of villages dont have other. A lot of villages dont have electricity or any network. They need water because network. They need water because they cannot use the water because they cannot use the water from their homes. It water from their homes. Sounds water from their homes. It sounds like people are really struggling where you are. You send some pictures to show us some of the devastation. Lets put some of those on the screen. We can show you how bad things have been. You talk about delivering aid to people. What is the sort of aid people need if they are stranded . That need if they are stranded . At the beginning they needed water and food. Some of the villages were and food. Some of the villages were cut and food. Some of the villages were Cut Off from the world. Even were Cut Off from the world. Even the were Cut Off from the world. Even the rescue workers couldnt even the rescue workers couldnt get to them. So the only couldnt get to them. So the only Way Couldnt get to them. So the only way to get to them was the Helicopter And Yesterday we received information that they ot received information that they got to received information that they got to a received information that they got to a village that was completely Cut Off and some firefighters delivered aid. We are also firefighters delivered aid. We are also getting requests from people are also getting requests from people asking about the families because they dont have families because they dont have contact with them. The water have contact with them. The water is have contact with them. The water is receding but the situation is far from stable. There situation is far from stable. There is situation is far from stable. There is the possibility that things could continue to be worse, notjust in terms of the Water Levels may be taking time to receive the possible further bad weather further down the line. What plans are in place in case that happens . The Flood Water into in case that happens . The Flood Water into other in case that happens . The Flood Water into other towns. Water into other towns. Everyone is doing their best to protect everyone is doing their best to protect their cities. Their needs protect their cities. Their needs will be very strong. We will plan needs will be very strong. We will plan for the distribution. We will will plan for the distribution. We will try and get some donations and help people in need donations and help people in need who are completely devastated and have lost everything. Devastated and have lost everything devastated and have lost everything. Devastated and have lost eve hina. everything. Good luck with all the work you everything. Good luck with all the work you are everything. Good luck with all the work you are doing everything. Good luck with all the work you are doing and i everything. Good luck with all. The work you are doing and stay safe yourself. Lets return to our top story. The man at the centre of a Mass Rape Trial in france has testified in court for the first time. Earlier, We Werejoined by bbc paris correspondent, hugh schofield, who brought us more on this. This is the third week of the trial which will last for many more weeks because there are more weeks because there are more than 50 men on Trial But Dominique pelicot is a central figure. He is the man accused of arranging for his wife to be rates, Drugging Herand of arranging for his wife to be rates, drugging her and rating her himself when she was unconscious and arranging through Internet Chat men to come to his flat and rates her while she was drugged. Today was the first time he was speaking and he was due to speaking and he was due to speak last week but he was ill but today he took the stand and said straightaway he admitted that the totality of the charges against him. He said i am a rate this as are all the other defendants are in this courtroom. This provoked a general muttering among the other men, accused in the code, because their defence is that they thought this was a game, arranged by Dominique Pelicot and his wife and that it was therefore something to which she was submitting voluntarily. That is their defence. To be called rate this by the principal accused was for them a breach of their defence. They are not happy with that. But he said they are rate this and i beg what i did. Even if what i did was unforgivable. It was not a long period on the stand and they will be occasions in the days ahead when he will have to go into more detail about what he is alleged to have done. The court did ask him why did you compile this dossierfull him why did you compile this dossier full of him why did you compile this dossierfull of images of videos of what you and dossier full of images of videos of what you and these are the men dead and he said partly for my own pleasure, partly for my own pleasure, partly also he said in order that these men would eventually be brought to justice. That these men would eventually be brought tojustice. That prompted of course another wave Of Muttering among the co defendants. Of muttering among the codefendants. Of muttering among the codefendants. ~. , codefendants. What happens now . This codefendants. What happens now . This is codefendants. What happens now . This is week codefendants. What happens now . This is week three codefendants. What happens now . This is week three as i codefendants. What happensl now . This is week three as you say of this trial, a high profile and of course, and weve already had from a number of people including his wife but what comes next. It is auoin but what comes next. It is going to but what comes next. It is going to be but what comes next. It is going to be a but what comes next. It is going to be a long but what comes next. It is going to be a long trial. I but what comes next. It 3 going to be a long trial. There are 51 people on trial including Dominique Pelicot. The other men are people from the area around where they lived in the South Of France who over the course of ten years it is alleged answered on the chatline and then came to the chatline and then came to the house and did what they are alleged to have done. So its a trial in which each case will have to be taken individually. Each of these defendants has a lawyer and will mount a defence so that is why it is going to take a long time as each individual case is gone through and they will be videos which will be produced at some point which are the main point of evidence, but identified these 50 people. The Military Government in myanmar says the Death Toll from extensive flooding across the centre of the country has now risen to more than 220. Thousands of hectares of farmland have been inundated with Flood Waters along the irrawaddy river, including areas around the capital naypyidaw. The situation is being made much worse by Myanmar 5 civil war. Before the storm Hit Tens Of Thousands of people were already living in displacement camps. Here in the uk, a man has been charged with the murders of a woman and two of her daughters in a Crossbow Attack at their home. Carol, hannah and Louise Hunt were found fatally injured in bushey in hertfordshire injuly. 0ur correspondent, steve knibbs, is following the case. This goes back tojuly the this goes back to July The 9th this year. The victims are carol hunt, Louise Hunt and they are the wife and daughters of the bbc commentatorjohn hunt. The day after they were found 26 year old Kyle Clifford was arrested by police but he had serious injuries and was in a serious condition in hospital receiving treatment for those injuries until now. At the time the Police Force said a crossbow had been found but weve had a statement on the last hour from Hertfordshire Constabulary confirming detectives from the major crime unit have been able to question Kyle Clifford and last night they charged him with three counts of murder, a count of false imprisonment and two counts of possession of offensive weapons. He has been remanded in custody and will appear at westminster Magistrates Court in london later this morning. We also had a statement from Detective Chief the Nick Gardner from the Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire and hertfordshire major crime unit and he set our thoughts remain with the family and their Loved Ones as they continue to come to terms with their loss. 0ver to terms with their loss. Over the last couple of months we have been working hard to gather as much evidence as possible and establish the circumstances of what happened that day. Today we have managed to secure charges against Carl Clifford in connection with the murders of carroll, hannah and louise. He goes on to say although it has taken some time to reach this stage we can now move forward with the judicial Process And Seekjustice for the family. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. To the united states and Donald Trump has spoken for the first time about what appears to be the second attempt on his life in as many months. Speaking in a social media livestream, the former president described Hearing Shots ringing out as the Secret Service opened fire on the suspected gunman. The suspect, Ryan Routh, has appeared in a florida courthouse. He was detained after agents spotted an Assault Rifle in bushes a few hundred yards from mrtrump, who was unharmed. The White House said President Biden had also spoken to Mr Trump on the phone where the two men had what was called a cordial conversation. Heres our north america correspondent, peter bowes. Keep walking this is the moment Ryan Routh was taken into custody. The 58 year old was arrested shortly after fleeing from Donald Trumps Golf Club in west palm beach, florida. Whats your name . Ryan. Ryan . Less than 24 hours later, he was in court, dressed in a Blue Prisonjumpsuit and facing multiple firearms charges linked to an alleged attempt to assassinate the former president. This is where he was confronted by a secret Service Agent while Donald Trump was playing a round of golf. All of a sudden we heard shots being fired in the air. And i guess probably four orfive. And it sounded like bullets but what do i know about that, the Secret Service knew immediately it was bullets. And they grabbed me, everybody, just, we got into the carts and we moved on, pretty good. I was with an agent and the agent did a fantasticjob. The agent fired at what investigators say appeared to be a Rifle Poking out of trees near the edge of the course. Cellular data shows that the subject was in the vicinity of the Golf Course roughly 12 hours before the engagement with the united states Secret Service. Investigators say theyre still working on whether Ryan Routh was acting alone. Kamala harris said violence had no place in america, and she was relieved her Election Opponent was safe, but Mr Trump blamed what he called her and the current president s rhetoric for what happened on sunday and two months ago. The former president first survived an Assassination Attempt while speaking at an open Air Rally in pennsylvania. Since then, security around him has been tightened. But the Secret Service says it needs more resources to do its job. President biden says hes looking to see if further measures are needed to ensure the safety of Mr Trump. Ive always condemned political violence, and i always will in america. In america, we resolve our differences peacefully at the ballot box, not at the end of a gun. The White House says Mr Biden has spoken to the former president to convey his relief that hes safe. Mr trump later said they had a very nice call about Secret Service protection. Officials say security around Donald Trumps Mar A Lago home is now as intense as when he was president. There are seven anxious weeks to go until polling day. Peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.

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