The West tells one story about Russia.

Vladimir Putin tells another.

It speaks to this very kind of messianic sense that Russia through its suffering has saved

civilized education time and time again and therefore it's now owned something.

I'm Marco Werman and I'm Carolyn Beeler. Also today Spain is still reeling from the worst flooding in a century and in Rio police officers go on trial.

Brazil has the chance to finally find closure and begin to hear one of its deepest wounds.

Plus a rising star of Cuban music has people here in the US getting down.

And she's got global appeal, but it's hard to put your finger on exactly why. We all need a little

cutness you know in our lives like a a she's adorable. Yep it's hello Kitty and

she turns 50 this week.

All that and more today on the world.

This is the world. I'm Marco Werman.

And I'm Carolyn Beeler.

The death toll in eastern Spain has climbed. More than 150 people have died

and what authorities say is the worst flooding in a century.

Towns around the coastal city of Valencia were Hardishead, the village of Piporta in particular. the up like toys. The flooding ripped out train tracks and washed away roads. So much

sediment got washed out to see that the nearby Mediterranean looks brown in

satellite photos. The world's Jerry Haden paid a visit to Piporta and sent us this report.

On Piporta's muddy streets, locals walk around with plastic bags tied around their

shoes. They skirt fallen trees, debris, and everywhere

the smashed overturned cars. Emergency vehicles speed back and forth.

The sun's come out and lots of people carry pales and shovels. We're going to a friend's place to help him dig out, says a young man who will only give his name as Ferran.

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