2 prominent home call opposition lawmakers are among more than a dozen people arrested in connection with last years that mass antigovernment protest choked ted when he was detained after an Early Morning raids on their homes the arrest of being seen as part of a widening crackdown on opposition figures in the territory. The Supreme Court about a roosters rejected appeal by the countries like south of his asian leader to know the results of the recent disputed president ial election as fat man i take i know sky challenge the outcome last week use of president bush and his reelection triggered mass protests and made widespread allegations of vote rigging. The rescue teams that are searching for survivors and bodies after flooding in northern afghanistan tarantula rain caused flash floods and province washing away thousands of homes local Officials Say at least 100 people look at that but the final death toll is likely to be much higher they say could take weeks to determine the number of casualties. Well journalist ideality 3 is a kabul welcome allie can you give us a sense of the scale of destruction that. I mean if you look at the images coming out of the city of child of color which is the capital has been completely leveled in anybody whos been there you know knows that its very much a city anyone trying to go from kabul to the northern provinces passes through it its a city known for its ice cream known for its ups and its Little Stores and eateries and things like that usually hundreds thousands of cars are seen through and if you look at the footage in the pictures now its just destruction homes are leveled stores are leveled the streets are flooded filled with mud and dirt and its just you cant even recognize the city anymore you know as it was a small little city you know that had that commercial and now just look devastated and just utterly. Helpless the government provided. The government you know since sent the flood started at 3 oclock in the morning today and now its 645 in kabul so you know the this has been going on for hours and the government is really trying to assess the level of the damage the you can financially defenses almost any necessary 8 but the problem is just the level of devastation earlier this morning when i talked to an official in. Every house every street we pass every road there is water damage. The walls have collapsed have been destroyed their village really nowhere that the water hasnt reached. For the government to react you know its going to take a long time to assess the actual level of the damage. Quite often. You know it has to do with the rains we revert to geography of how long but the one thing we have to keep in mind is that one is not alone provinces in the east and the north and even the city of kabul when it rains because of a lack of proper infrastructure and because so many houses are not part of the government plan you know theyve just been built in different areas along flood lines you know in risky areas there my house is theyre brick houses theyre not theyre not places they should be this leads to any level of devastation and even in the city of kabul you know when it rains too much you will see entire areas of. The commercial. City completely flooding over with water people joke that they have to have boats to get through the. Rains really comes down to an issue of. You for joining us. And then have large scale demonstrations against measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus organizers had called for a new protest for saturday with thousands expected to attend demonstration in at the start of this month many of the people taking part have ignored rules and social distancing in the wearing face masks endangered Public Health protesters and. Activists and conspiracy theorists in some of germanys most notorious right wing groups. From Political Correspondent m. M so how old it is is reacting to this. The organizers already announced that they wont accept the ban said they will take legal action against the band and at the same time they have started to mobilize their supporters asking them to come to berlin regardless of the band. The organizers suspect that the authorities didnt forbid the rally for reasons of Public Health but because of the suspected mindset of protesters we have seen in simular events earlier this year that a lot of those who came to those protests are conspiracy theorists who believe that the government is following a hidden agenda that the government wants a control them so they dont believe anything which comes from the side of the authorities for example when they turned up but less participants than expected for really the organizers said afterwards the chancellor herself has ordered to block the autobahns and stop the trains going to berlin in order to prevent people from demonstrating so it could well be that there are a lot of people who will come to berlin on the weekend so given the real sources of said the organizers have said were going to challenge you because i was coming anyway whats likely to. There will be a Huge Police Presence on the weekend in berlin ballons interior has already said that the police will break up any large gatherings he wont accept. And he said that this is not an attack on the freedom of assembly. This should be protection of the Public Health and a similar event at the beginning of the months has been broken up by the police because the participants didnt occur to the roots so given that these protests do seem to attract large crowds one wonders is the public still behind the governments covert strategy. Yes the public is behind the strategy there are Polling Institute which asks the public quite frequently. What they think of the corona measure and the vast majority of germans support. The measures and the acting the overall acting off the government. The protesters they are. They are not as many as they claim to be thank you for that Political Correspondent. A bus alone or a superstar massey has told the club he wants to leave and for free he submitted an official request asking to be released from his contract after a disappointing season for barcelona and many fans are calling on the clubs board to step down if a message to stay hes been with them for almost 20 years. Very. Little messy messy stay fans chant outside the camera stadium a mixture of shock the one of the greatest players the world has ever seen may not end his career at barcelona and anger at the barcelona board. To take the decision to leave for another club is something inexplicably we will defend him until death but he isnt that far out the board is totally at fault no were not going to know that you know we knew he would retire one day and we were hoping he would do that with our jersey so far it looks like that wont happen. The following laws what really want is for the board to resign because we arent going anywhere. Less than 2 weeks ago this was a reception from barcelona fans for messi and his team mates. It followed a record 82. 00 loss against by in munich has passed the loan and crashed out of the Champions League. That may have been masses last game in a pass alone a shirt. In an illustrious career at vassar messi has won the world footballer of the year award a record 6 times and led past a loner to 4 Champions League and 10 Spanish League titles. Past alona are yet to respond to his request to leave but they are understood to believe messings release clause expired in june and his contract its of a club for another year with a 700000000 euro buyout clause. While the club has been responding to the press and their technical director says he cant imagine messi leaving. But theres no not contemplating we do not contemplate any kind of exit by messi at the contractual level because what we want is for him to stay here i think that messi knows he has a lot of respect because we are talking about the best player in the world the best player in history and im absolutely convinced the upcoming future will be positive. Is put if you know this is d. W. New years as a reminder of our top story this hour for these include osha in the u. S. State of wisconsin said 2 people have been shot dead as antibodies isnt demonstrators gathered for a 3rd night in protest against the shooting by police on sunday the black president jacob black footage posted online she would appear to be a civilian armed with a rifle firing shots when he tripped after being pursued by demonstrators. Its a chill up to date ill have more world news at the top of the hour in the meantime of course as always the website the w dot com twitter and instagram at the top leaders could. 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This is did a good use of a shot coming up today the dictators sister who got a promotion. Given your job has been seen with north Korean Leader kim jong un on several occasions knowledge of those shoes may have been promoted and has a greater say over the countrys affairs what does this mean for ties with the United States and south korea. And hong kong another wave of unrest of prodemocracy activists including opposition role because of the city to understand what this means for the prodemocracy movement. And visibility with difficulty we visit a special needs student into our School System as left behind in the pandemic. I bearish by the day welcome to did other news asia glad you could join us south korea says north korean dictator kim jong un sr is now effectively the 2nd most powerful person in the country south Korean Defense minister junk do said in parliament that kim your jong had been appointed to an important post in the communist party and was now in charge of north koreas relations with the u. S. And south korea the move if true wouldnt be entirely unexpected given the increasingly visible role she has been playing over the last few years heres more on the woman who might determine how countrys future relations with the world. How much power does kim go john really have. Though mostly in the background the sister of north koreas leader kim jong un appears on the present always by his side she seems to be his most trusted aide an envoy she was the 1st member of the kim family to visit south korea attended meetings with a south korean president mungy in met chinas leader xi jinping and u. S. President on a trump yet like so much in north korea she said shrouded in mystery. South koreas Intelligence Service police a cameo john is serving as north koreas number 2 leader. Kim. Kim jong un still holds absolute power but has turned over a bit more of his authority compared to the past the spy agency also things that kim jong is taking care of state affairs focusing on relations with south korea and the u. S. When kim jong un disappeared from view earlier this year she acted as a Spokes Person with speculation over his health swirling so was talk about her taking the reins at all and we dont think the 1st reason kim jong un passed over some of his powers is that the stress of managing state affairs over the past 9 years of his rule has heightened so distributing powers helps reduce the stress. The 2nd reason is for the leader to avoid responsibility in case his policy feels he can shift the responsibility to those he passed on powerless. North koreas power mechanisms opaque and hard to interpret and where is there cant be certainty about the findings of south korea spies this much is clear can you john is making a career as part of what could be a sibling covenants. Doctor surgeon is a senior lecturer at the university of central lancashire in england she joins me now for more dr lim a lot of what were hearing about kim your jongs elevation in north korea is based on an assessment by south koreas National Intelligence agency how reliable is information from there. Regarding to north korea i just say that nothing can be clear alas its been published in north korean newspaper what if we think. When the media or other coverage or talked about conjunctions it disappears some time ago and this is where the nation our Security Agency in korea they. Emphasize that. Was to have a life so this tie the news came out from that or so could be quite reliable in the way. Right the assessment is also that kill your drunk is now in charge of south korea and u. S. Affairs and im wondering how that influence not koreas relations with both of these countries. But south korea i dont think there will be much difference before and that because north koreas point. Is more relieved us United States that with the south korea because they want to show their stance in International Relations that they are directory a talk talking to the number one or 2 in their words so that was why i dont see there would be much difference. In the relationship the way the south korea even though takes over power or in terms of the u. S. It could have a little bit different because its also about who will be the leader in the states after the election in november so is it a wait and watch policy that north korea is going to adopt to it is to see who eventually comes out and talk after the november election. Yes if thats really still trump then maybe north korea or do you think about to continue the kurdistan sport at the same time with korea had the reality that chumps approach is more about theatre politics or a gesture politics reach to show a life celebrating a t. V. Reality show so it will not be something tangible but if it were that the trump that and north korea were to see a new approach maybe they already think about what they need to when obama was there so that will be the important factor for north korea to decide how they take the approach towers or again as the us doctor saw it in limerick in england well have to leave it there for the time being but thank you so much for joining us. In van kong Police Arrested 2 prodemocracy lawmakers in connection with antigovernment protests last year at least a dozen other people have also been arrested legislators dead and a lunch opting of the Opposition Democratic Party were arrested for alleged involvement in protests in july both were arrested from their homes in Early Morning raids the arrests come as beijing tightens its grip on the city through a new security law that forbids most forms of protest alarms are turning has been accused of involvement in an incident that saw more than 100 government loyalists attack prodemocracy protesters with wooden and metal poles did a because on the phoebe kong explains the significance of that incident on hong kongs prodemocracy movement. So call me because im trusting and text her outspoken critics of Police Brutality in hong kong the incidents related to the latest arrest of lambchop paying was a watershed in the protests from last year which seriously undermined public trust in the Law Enforcement and. Was among those assaulted a police has been heavily criticized as some officers walked away from the crime scene and were suspected of committing with the attackers to feed the accusations denied by the police force meanwhile his colleague tax code has initiated then private prosecution against a pole this man will find a life around as protests last year so thats the reason why the opposition can say the sense of revenge on the critics trying to intimidate the public and this race a narrative this is yes and other around the high profile operation in the months following the arrest on media tycoon to me and i and other leading actors is not only it was trying to get its content among protest says but also a turning point to further weaken the credibility of the police force in hong kong. Today because one feeds kong in india perhaps the most visible impact of the coronavirus pandemic schools that is exposed to inequalities in india as Education Sector classes have moved online but many arent able to access lessons due to poor Internet Connectivity but to children with disabilities the struggle is much harder some surveys indicate many could drop out of the Education System completely continues monita told me reports from delhi. Kartikeya likes to look closely at the colors office boy Building Blocks before he starts playing with them. He can only see to some extent large objects and colors. He was born with only logical disorder visual impairment and have troubles with fine motor skills. The 9 year old studies in the 2nd grade of a Government School along with children without disabilities. The school does not provide him with a special educator all the crucial resources he needs to study. As a result he is almost entirely dependent on his mother for his education. That is challenging enough right now the shutting down of schools during the call that lockdown has put him at risk of missing out on formal education entirely mucking about talking about impaired to other children disabled children are lagging behind and studies now even more than before but theyre facing many problems he cannot see properly what can you u