the, the, this is the, the, the news line from funding. thousands play is wildfire as threatened, the greek capital athens 5 fights as one of the dangerous conditions as the place spreads like lightning. also on the program leader of a canyon doomsday, sex goes on trial over the deaths of hundreds of follow whiskey, allegedly convinced to stop themselves to death, especially as president uprooted admits ukrainian forces operating inside of his country and orders his army to push back the biggest ukrainian cross border offensive since the war began. dw jonathan crayton looks back on the highs and lows at the power of selling picks, 2 weeks of high quality port,

and now are you better? how will these power stain be remembered? take a look at the heroes, the comic sites and the control offices of a pollution agenda. the i'm from the welcome to the program, made a wild fires of spreading out of control on the outskirts of athens, forcing thousands of people to move to safety. hundreds of 5 fighters and military personnel of boxing the plays which started on sunday afternoon. strong winds and high temperatures, fueling the flames and the optic of agents. northeast of the capital, houses have caught fire, and hospitals closed as people slay the area of firefighters, special aggressive mild fires as they sweep across forest and suburbs. newest of athens residents are also doing

that bit to help keep the blaze that may phenomena. so most of the big randy hurts as far as this where we grew up, it makes us very sad and angry and there are real risks to getting to close the flight in surround it. man, i couldn't see i hit the pine tree and this happened to dry conditions and strong winds have helped the fire spread easily. it is already engulfed. lots waves of woodland and olive groves over night. police have been helping elderly and vulnerable people evacuate from the west, effected there is a blanket of

smoke from the fire is covering this often sub where residents are told to stay inside. with windows locked grease is currently experiencing the hottest on the on record, creating the perfect conditions for science to spread. this week alone off of the country is on a red deluxe for wildfire, has its a freelance journalist at daphne tulsa is in athens and gave me this update. i'm just outside now heading to to the area of the one fires since yesterday, sunday, when the wildfire broke up outside of the capital of athens. it's been spreading all night and hasn't stopped at home and start. firefighters are on the ground. aerial assets were flying yesterday, they had to get stuff over night, the resumed operation this morning. 32 um aircraft altogether. actually, i think the plates reinforcements have been sent from other parts of grease

firefighters of vehicles to help to help fight these, this huge place actually that is spawning for 35 kilometers and it's still going on . there's some reconvenes happening as we speak in different areas around optic, our, which is the why the region around the capital of greece, athens evacuations. multiple evacuations. order since yesterday. they're still coming in, people are told to, to be to be on the alert actually, and be get ready to leap. there's been jim's opening even the stadium where we once hosted the olympic games 20 years ago. this stadium is open as well for people to temporarily go there if they need to. um, air conditioning rooms as well. there's also a heat wave at the moment. greece has been having these heat waves all summer as early as june this year. it's something common. we know it every summer in greece,

but you know, now that there was extended period where this heat lingers on for, for longer time, for a longer period. and there's dry conditions. we had a very warm winter, but not so much rate actually very little rate. so all these, all these factors play into the activity and how the fire behaves, which is a, i'm at the moment raging and it will keep on according to the fire officials and the mature ologist. the wind is strong and will be strong all day today. and might be a bit better tomorrow, but we have to wait and see today is a very difficult way for right. difficult day for, for agrees. and people are doing us as i told all they they are leaving when told to leave as well. most are. but in the cases, they're not, there's police officers and units of the police. the go uh, door by door and they actually ask people to leave or they order them to leave and

tell them you have to evacuate. now you can't stay in your home or even help people who can't leave elderly people, people who that need some assistance to to leave their houses. it's also the middle of summer here. so many people are a way for a holiday this week. also speak holiday season, we have a religious holiday coming on on thursday, but also these areas around athens are, are populated with the residents, greek residents, but also some torres that go because there's seaside resorts around. thank you for that. so definitely i, john, this definitely told us in athens of the leader of a canyon doomsday, sex has gone on trial of the death of more than 400 of his followers. and one of the world's worst culture related tragedies full that kenzie is said to have incited people to starve to death. so they couldn't meet jesus is now accused of multiple kinds of months of to the ws east africa bureau chief money a lot of reports. hundreds of 3rd bodies were found in this remote stretch of land

near the coastal city of molly. indeed, many of them stuff to some had been strangled and bludgeoned. only a few narrow li survived. what happened? this man a form, a taxi driver turn self proclaimed past the name, poor mackenzie brainwashed people into thinking they would meet jesus if they stopped themselves. and even the children to death, believing his preaching that the world would soon come to an end. and with covert stoking bills, fee is many followed his order survive us. the mustang was pressure to pay the past as old as by her husband and come monday i want to just as i won't go to for a minute till i asked him how the kids would fast. and then if there was food inside the house. when he said the kids needed to fast him up and that they would eat once they died and met jesus from 2020 to 2023. at least

$436.00 kaufman bus died in a country that counts itself among africa's most modern and stable nations. people have struggled to understand how little enforcement mr. signs. how did mackenzie had a history of extremism in class just with the law managed to keep his desk cold hidden for so long? the government has been trying to regain the nations trust the government. okay. yeah, we'll do whatever it takes to make sure that we convict mr. mckenzie and all those who helped him treat these heinous crimes that they pay with this. yeah, that's the most painful punishment available. mackenzie and 94 of his help is now facing charges of murder, terrorism, manslow,

to among other crimes. they have pleaded not guilty to old judge and well, multiple trials are expected to last them to several millions. numerous grades are still being found. only $34.00 out of $436.00 bodies has been identified so far can only now be returned to their relatives. let report from the w is the east africa bureau chief by the mother who joins us not from outside the quote in mom box. so welcome mario. what happened in court today? so you have to know, mackenzie and his 94 co defendants are facing different charges and different chords. this is just one trial of 4, so he's facing charges of terrorism of mazda, of child abuse. and that's what he, what this trout here is about. 238 count of mass. go to and you have to do now confused with all these numbers because 429 bodies have been found in the forest.

and why only 238 calms of mazda to well 190. 1 of the 400 more than 400 were actually children. so the prosecution said they didn't have a choice. they were forced from the parents or from other adults to stall since of death. and the adults were either forced or, or helped by mackenzie and his co defendants. and the prosecution says they have lined up 90 witnesses proof that case. and they say this was the worst case of religious extremism in kenya. the defense in turn said no, all they did was, is covered by the constitutional rights of freedom, of expression, of assembly and of religion. and how was it possible for this cold, later to spread to these ideology unnoticed, for so long? well, that's the question that the whole country has been wondering and discussing for a year now. so mackenzie was actually arrested twice before these people died in

201720191 charges of radicalization and also spreading at 3 months lease. but it was acquitted. so people are wondering how did that happen and why? and so you have to know that the context of this country that age you can send questions in kenya and given jellicoe churches, say, a huge role that has huge influence. the 1st lady herself is an event article preacher, she and her husband, the president william rudo, are good friends with very famous filaments and evangelists. so mackenzie, he started off as an evangelist. he had his own broadcasting channel where he would broadcast as sermons all over the country, and even a broad people would even say, you know, later in interviews they became ethics that the problem was, that is that these churches are not registered in kenya. so there's no oversight of what they're preaching, what they're telling that follow us. and this has become a problem. in this case, it has, it has turned out to be very dangerous, but many people set in the beginning. he wants to sound like, anyhow, they've angelica preacher is the promise to be able to heal at h r. v,

or cancer or other diseases. he gave us hope he made us feel seen as can hurt because he is all. he was also a taxi driver before he became a self proclaimed pastor. so he was actually giving us an option and actually yeah, a positive path in life. and what's the government done since the 1st bodies were found to last year to prevent other colds from causing more home? so 1st of all, that cracked down another costs that they already knew also radical, but they have told her races. and uh, so the correct on on these ones then they also the president and stated a little a task force. and they reviewed the legal frameworks that religious organizations are embedded here in the country. and they found, well, we need an oversized body, we need to correct this and we need the monitoring system. so now also the recommended and amendments to the information and communications act in kenya,

so that there is no control over what is being broadcasted from these windows organizations and churches. and then they also found this a huge lack of what's actually being posted online on social media because many of the photos of mackenzie also said they were following in on their phones every day . and so yeah, this is something that the government really needs to work on and they have identified the problems. but 3 of them is to be seen if they have the manpower and the financial resources to actually do that. i'm one of the followers. why would anyone willingly watch their own children stuff today of the well, it's incomprehensible. um, but when we, when you talk to people follow, as they said, as that was already mentioned, you know, he was one of us. he made us feel seen and heard research um, you know, he was talking about this wonderful place where we could meet a jesus and in the beginning he, it was harmless, you know, he just was promising. when. so for example, a mother said my, my daughter is suffering a mental disease. so i was,

i was hoping that she could hear her, and others where just desperate in life and, and eager to get on. and they hoped that she could help them the moment when they realized this is actually dangerous for me or for my children. often it was too late. some people tried to escape, but they were already convinced to move to this very remote place where they were promised a piece of land. and you know, they were told this is the sanctuary. we can all live in peace here. once they were that they were tools, you actually have to starve to death with children. first, the women and men demand and mackenzie and assembly would be lost. so then if people try to escape, they will also appear to be killed. or thank you for that. no matter what a molar in mombasa would take a look at the most doors making news around the world. now wouldn't tons of people have been killed in rubbish, dump collapse and they've done the capital come fall us, least to the victims were children. the city's own the landfill is located on

a steep slope which was weakened by heavy rain, some local scuff engine of plastic waste as a source of income. the police in townsend, they have detained several opposition that should deem of pocky figures, including for the present presidential candidates, turned the lease. and they also rounded up hundreds of activists before a plunge rally for international i use day. around 10000 people are expected to attend. but the police about the catherine is represented more evaluations to southern guns. that warning of a new military operation in the and ends of thousands of civilians have already flagged to san eunice in recent days. the how much notice in the group is urging a mediation has to return to a cruise plan presented last month by us presidents or by united states of sending warships and fight suggests to the middle east. defend secretary lloyd austin, a non civic guided miss file summary is heading for the region. it seeing this

a message, if to terence to be around in groups hundreds control us and to have us believe that preparing to attack israel not to russia, where it says acknowledge that ukrainian forces have penetrated up to 30 kilometers into the territory. despite the efforts to force them out as in food and has ordered this army to dislodge the ukrainian troops as keep pushes on with each week longer offensive. in the course region was the 120000 russians. living near the board had been moved to safety as moscow cents in reinforcements present groups. and the curious case of trying to so public unrest than gain leverage and possible future peaceful countries of some of which are still it is becoming of this unclear now, why is it key brushing him? had refused our proposals to return to a peaceful settlement plan, as well as their proposals of unusual mediators, stairs with the explosion,

u z. it appears that the enemy, with the help of west and mazda is, is fulfilling the wells. and the west is fighting us with the hands of the ukrainians who you help? okay. me ok. and so it looks like the enemy 6 to improve its negotiating position in the future looking it's thing, it's a whole genius way for me to go that way. well, governor of the caustic range and assess ukrainian troops now controlled $28.00 settlements inside russia. as russian forces scrambled to repel the crating incursion. massages have widened, evacuation orders in the belgrade and coast regions. the surprise offensive is the biggest. you creating an attack on bush and so since the invasion of ukraine, la correspondent in keith, nick connelly gave us this update on the crating and offensive. we were expecting that almost a weekend. we would have a better handle on what exactly is going on and good reason, but it seems more or less to be the opposite situations. we've had

a clamp down from russian authorities on civilians posting step social media. so those videos we had in the 1st few days of destroyed rushing me a kind of convoys. those have stopped similar situation with so called ministry blog as these bloggers will close the rest minute to who were pretty uh you know, kind of panic and obese. beating the drum that the russian government wasn't taking this seriously. if those 2 days they have gotten down and pull them into line and hit the crating side is keeping very tight lips when we do get stuff posted by ukrainian soldiers. it often seems to be a couple of days out of date, but does still seem to be the case. the ukraine forces are about 30 kilometers deep, interested in the quick squeeze. and we've had reports of incursions at other places on the border and build the region and in other parts course region. and there is a sense that the ukraine is on a role. we've had reports by another saying that russia had built defenses in this part of its border with ukraine, but this just wasn't enough boots on the ground and enough of munitions and other equipment that actually make those defenses work. so basically, once the training,

so just had passed those both defensive lines, they could basically take months to treat as they wanted and didn't really find much in the way of russian soldiers. and if they were that they would most likely conscripts, people in the early twenties with no me a fight experienced in the front lines who weren't able to put, put up much of a fight. mccully in cave. well front leg which is a former u. k. military intelligence officer who nodded back shows in strategic studies at portsmouth, new diversity in england. you told me what he believes is behind the training and offensive. and it does say now that we're looking at the major and caution, now it's about 5 gates. so 121-5000 people, the relevance of 5 per game. so not only that, but they are well equipped while equipped with alexis, west of georg tillery rocket systems and so forth. so this is north, north, a sort of rated force. that's the 1st thing. so what's the purpose? well, it seems that the primary purpose, which is succeeding is to shift the narrative shift the story message that ukraine

is capable still, despite the pressure the south of conducting effective off offensive operations. so it's not the political level, the capable still of effective assaults on rush arrest reports is on the stabilizing. the fact we're talking about this, it this way shows that that is succeeded, as far as that goes. okay, i how does beyond that, how does it advance anyone's role games with you? the it's from what you said. it sounds like you crazy say. we're still in the game, but the thing is still not locked in place. yes. and it's very early days to say where this will go, the main, a opperation, the objective, they said strategic objectives to change the political story, change things. we're on the front for us next that but at operational level, i suspect one of the ups, the lease was to attempt to,

to know some of the attention away from the bottled fence and the se, but to drill rushing reinforcements. so it's cold was blessed. say, look, how much do you really want to defend your territory? at the moment it seems that the russians are not fighting with respect to that they're not pulling forces from other places. i plenty preserves within metropolitan russia, so not least by the way on the good news, which is the area of operations that the rest of that will be the be painted. so it smashed into the headquarters of which is on studies felt the road. so that's pointing towards concave. once the trainees a fight to effectively to go to the other one can be a task. so the highlight to it is that if all the reinforcements withdrawal pronounced, but it will be from that from the comp. gibson. nope. date, really under pressure, so the front that we'll see, the russians have made big mistakes before it would be a big mistake to do that in mind. you also just one other thing, it does seem that there are opposed to the f s, b, the federal security bureau,

the okay to basically be put in charge of running this operation as an internal security matter. i don't know what the significance of that will find out, but really, this is already days in this week, all the operation. and it's too early to say how it will go, how it is on time ukraine sustain this advance towards the belgrade and cost. that's the key question. when will that drive kobinie? i think with that or near that. now that's not necessarily a bad thing if you print it out right now, logistics if they get too far into russia, if they got bought down, that would be bad news. i suspect that they planned this really well. they don't want to repeat the counter offensive last year we're talking about hosp. the forces deployed in this attack as we're deployed last year, but that'll be fall back to better prepared for this plan. putting planning will be far more realistic, so i suspect i would like you to get both done. one option, of course, is just to come right out to get if things get get to get trouble 7,

the narrative shifts, we don't know. but the one thing i have to avoid is running beyond the logistics because people inviting rest today not find that it doesn't tend well. and as ukraine in fades, russia can you see russia escalating these from the so called special military operation into an actual wall concert of needing to do that. first of all, that would buy it the prime, the narrative. but secondly, they don't need to, they've got no problems that amount with non power they're getting volunteers in. you claim does have problems with manpower and i suspect are certain views being expressed in the south and east of the country that troops are under pressure as a wide, as those of 5 had brought up that back to the gaze of the i'll be happy deployed into the restroom, and it could be possible usefully deployed to the south. so not the russians, i don't see them changing, not, but that's a personal decision. i complicate. no. can anyone else look inside his head with i

think credit now to effectively customizing analysis up front. can we? thank you for it, ministry alice frank language. my pleasure. thank. it's those powers olympic said to, to a close front, present a manual mac cross at the tournaments had shown the will be true face of friends, the closing ceremony. so hollywood star tom cruise upside into the national stadium in french swimming style. they'll my shop extinguish 7th and colder and carry the flame. the celebration runs off 2 and a half weeks of competition. but next to some olympics will be in full when he is in los angeles. dw jonathan craig was in paris all the games and gave us his perspective on the highs envelopes 2 weeks of high quality support and now are you of us or how will these parish games be remembered? let's start with the highs. despite heavy security and face of the country, the friendship embrace, these games stadiums have been most before and the likes of la marshall have read

8065, and the country. i feel like it turns paris for a bit for a week. it's been magic here. has been a success to john picks has been amazing athlete mother and had been able to share in that magic with the i didn't pick vintage dates for a nursery for the very 1st time. legend free american sprintzel allison phoenix has been instrumental in that project. my message to all the mothers as you are capable, you are absolutely capable to have your best performances. after childbirth, parisians have seen the city transformed into an open air stadiums with eye clinic landmarks like the eiffel tower turned into spectacular venue. just don't mention this one, the river send pollution level is a constant worry for organizes with a trash on. on swimming, mattress and events. most effective, some swim is even reported sickness. but the gentleman in story of these are the impacts has been in the books in competition,

the mon kelly for vouch area and taiwan. so when you think will both set to have failed 10 to test last year, i didn't pick rose meant they could still compete. but that participation has raised questions. i've offended the safety and inclusion in women sports coats in the middle of the books. this stuff is horrible. abuse on social media if you had and then i asked people to stop bullying all athletes because this has massive effects. it can destroy people. and this despite the negative attention 1st kelly for ad lynn to quote in the gold medal fable say they've silence that critics for the why the debate will shortly rumble and long beyond these are the impacts still isn't correct. a reminder of our top story at this hour a wildfire is running out of control on the north and outskirts of the great capital assets. hospitals in homes, being evacuated under the 5 sizes and medical personnel from backlink, the blanks i sent you up to date. i'm old world news at the top of the our next on

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