This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Andrew Peach and in the early hours of Sunday the 15th of September,

these are our main stories. Romania is setting up camps for thousands of people forced from their homes by severe flooding.

The US National Security Advisor says intense discussions continue on whether to allow Ukraine to fire Western long-range missiles at

Russia. The former president of Peru Alberto Fujimori has been buried with

full state honors in a ceremony attended by family and friends in the capital Lima.

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There are estimated to be about a hundred thousand elephants in Zimbabwe.

Now that's double the recommended ecological balance of elephants around.

Zimbabwe announces plans to cull elephants to feed people who are struggling to feed themselves in the drought.

Cyclone Boris is wreaking havoc across large parts of Central and Eastern Europe.

At least four people have been killed in Romania

where thousands of homes have been damaged and hundreds of people have been

evacuated after some of the heaviest rain in years. These people on the

River Biala near the Czech border with Poland said they fear the worst.

I prepared sandbags and pumps, but it's impossible to predict what's going to happen.

It's frightening.

This is the second time in my life that I've seen such a phenomenon.

It's a nightmare for the people who live here.

It's a nightmare for the people who live here. Of course I'm scared.

Everyone's afraid of water.

Water is the most powerful force of nature.

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