the, the, this is the, the news line from berlin. ukraine says the sooner russia agrees to peace, the sooner its cross border incursion. ultimatum comes as water and food in order as mass evacuations. in the 1st region, residents leaving as tank and true, reinforcements move in to fight off the refrain in advance. also coming on, the european union sense helped to greece and can come soon enough for firefighters and residents on the outskirts of athens, as the flames read in the capital for thursday. the

welcome to the show on nicole fairly presidents of russia's border towns have been fleeing their homes and seeking accommodation as far away as the capital law scale . following the incursion, volume crane tens of thousands have been told by russian authorities to leave their homes to avoid the fighting, he says it has now claimed a 1000 square kilometers of russian territory. ukrainians have also been forced to evacuate and safety from border areas. many are heading to humanitarian centers and assuming region in the northeast of the country. a double look at the russian side of things with our eastern europe editor room and going to wrangle room and go to see you were one week into this offensive. what has the psychological effects been in russia of seeing that some of the people in their own country are displaced

by finding that the war is in fact coming closer to home as well? yes. well, things are still developing and i think it takes sometimes for most rushing to digest what is really happening. especially if we take into consideration that they're asking us, salters, i've tried to downplay the fact and still trying to downplay it. um, we don't have scientific data on this um, there are no, no pulse on the incursion of the ukrainian army, but so we can speculate at the moment, but it is really a big thing, a psychologically, as you've just mentioned, because it's really for the 1st time for decades that russia has been attacked by a neighboring state. um uh well russians, so to say that to credit is not the state so, so i'm a part of the soviet union, but still it has been a silver instead of just do a southern state for most of the world. so the effect is there and um, it depends on where you live in russia,

if it leaves closer to the border where things are happening now in, in western and southern regions of rush. i think the effect is much more. um um, um it is my stronger so um people c o o those more than 800000 dis tac toe. refugees they. this is the 1st time rush. i was having this on such a scale. and of course, you can hardly compare it to credit when williams have to fled the country off to the russian invasion. but still it has an enormous effect on the auction site. and i think it will take some more time for me to let it sink in. because because it's such a huge thing, have many analysts say a part of the ukrainian strategy here. so fear, and even this send with the government among average russians is not working. you think as well, um it's, it's hard to, to measure that. i think if it's working then it's,

it's not working that so we can, we can, we can really say that it's, it's, it's working well or what cannot. i'll explain um, uh this this more when you were in russia is attacked or any country is a tech. there is more, i think something about riley around the flag. so people, the society is more consolidated and this is what led to me putting is hoping for. this is what he was addressing uh, just uh, uh, on monday when he spoke about this incursion. so he said that ukraine will not succeed in dividing on a country so. busy i don't think that was the major, major point of this incursion for ukraine. i think the major points were 1st of all to denver. other options for us is from don't boss where the fighting is very, very hard for the granting. and i mean a to boost the opinion we're all and um, to uh, to show it to the world that you crank and still fight that could still hate russia and, and it can still be successful. the criminal has a notorious propaganda machine. how is that been reacting to this incursion.

busy it's interesting, and the russian propaganda machine has a big problem and it's because it's a, it's basically a has normal munition, because the russian propaganda has been telling for years as being has been telling stories like less, boom, you're great, let's, let's draw up a new clip on your client, let's boom washington. let's bone berlin so uh they, they can hardly escalate small um, verbally. so, um they press a real problem and now watching them listening to them. i see that they're basically continuing to stay the same things that russia has to take revenge on. your brains also has to drop mobile homes on your brain. gosh, what killed you kind of the presence of landscape, but we've called that old a many, many times before. and on the other hand, russian propaganda has also a problem because, and i think he's trying to downplay the, the scale of what is happening and, and we are seeing that the trying to bring all the news from other regions of

russia, of events. so they're not focusing completely on what is happening cost something you would expect in any of the country. yeah, that was our eastern europe editor, one going to rank of great speaking to you. thank you so much. iran foreign ministry has called on european countries to quote, stand against the war and gaza. the statement comes after around dismissed calls from france, germany, and the okay to exercise restraint. amid warnings of an imminent range and attack on israel, or ron plains, israel for the killing of a mazda of political chief and tear on last month, the united states, a recent employment of a submarine and fire jetta. israel is being seen as a warning to around to stand down on it's threats. now, is there any reason to believe iran will not retaliate or limit as retaliation? that's the question i put to fall was george's. he's a professor of international relations at the london school of economics. the take

is that you're on will most likely retaliate uh for israel is that allows destination of how much stop politically this $900.00. yeah, in the wrong, iranian officials have repeatedly said that they have the right and the international law to respond to the humiliation and the destination of how much politically the on the taskbar is. but my reading is that the wrong and leadership does not really want allow tool is a israel. they are taking that time. they are trying to calibrate that attack in a way that does not really provide these riley 5 minutes. that was a pre tax for the full escalation, full sized escalation. so to answer your question in, in, in a, in directly i think it will most likely be measured and try to avoid civilian casualties in is rap. iran's new president, mostly protest,

skin is considered more moderate then his predecessor is there or was there hope for the escalation with this new government as well. i mean, we know that the new president, the agenda is the agenda is very clear. he wants to focus on the economy. he wants to open up the wrong a society, the one to restore relations with the less than governments. but remember what happened on your end is in all duration. uh are best and the smart and honey yeah, was the, i mean guess ivana for the wrong and the, the ship was killed during the in log duration. so it was really great humiliation seen by the wrong and leadership. so what the, your, on your leadership is trying to do is to basically that's what they say to try to restore the task, strive to prevent israel convinced is round not really take the rush. and for the iranian president, it was basically

a major sabotage before even he uh, on his own cabinet. but at the end of the day for your own use, the wrong president does not really make the final decision on full on policy and strategic mathus. it's the so praying lead the wrong i'd be so many who is the come on that and see. but based on what we know, that then you're arguing president is trying to limit your role as retaliation. because in his thoughts and his phone conversations with the french president and the british prime minister stomach, it made it very clear that the way to the escalate is to have a c spot to and the blah blah thing and god. and this is my, get your on a way out to climb down from the tree. mm hm. now, and this is what we have publicly been told, right? that, that there was a rebuttal of the western nations appealed for restraint. what do we know about the back door diplomacy efforts and in this issue?

well, i think that this is a very important question. i think what we know, what we do not know is more important than what we know. we know that the united states and you're on uh, communicating directly and in direct they have been doing so foot wide, you know, as soon as they uh, break out to the war in god. we also know that europe, dean governments, whether germany or france or britain are really trying to also, uh, the escalate. the crisis we know pop out and take in egypt and jordan are also playing a role. but at the end of the day, you're all going to need to have made it very clear they cannot afford met to retaliate. and sadly, to say, as a student of international relations. that's what states do the idea prestige. the idea of the times is very important. but at the end of the day, it's been 2 weeks now. and the fact that you're on and phys, by law level as well,

i have not 3 delegates. it's so far, it tells me they are trying very hard. that decision will be designed to retaliate without really provoking and a further escalation between israel and the united states on the one hand and you're on any it's local allies on all that was policy or is from the london school of economics. thank you so much. great to get your insights. thanks. several e u countries including france and italy, are sending assistance to how greek authorities come back. wildfires encroaching on the capital, athens firefighters have uncovered the body of a woman and a burn out factory and an athens suburbs. the health ministry confirms thousands of people were injured as the flames spread rapidly. fire chase say they're no longer battling a single fire, but rather many localized blades this entire neighborhoods. north of the capital have been evacuated. the residents could only watch as huge flames and call this

warehouse one of several properties destroyed in the massive fi a matching towards the greek capital via cruise, a working frame to clean you to battle the plays with people pitching into help wherever possible. i like what are we trying to save all the houses around the pa, from hours it's a difficult situation. the firefighters and everyone here trying the best. the thing is you can't find nature a medically split up as i get. so the but i'm not in the house next door. the trees were on fire. i don't know what happened because we were told to leave, but the situation is tragic but significant. you can 6 smoke names, residents can only hear and not see. even nearby helicopters working disliked the fine is strong winds. intended dry conditions have made. peddling the blaze is

specially tricky with flames stretching, moving 25 maces high in some places. june and july with the hottest month either recorded in greece, which also recorded its rule mister winter either. the fire is estimated to have been through about 10000 hic day as of land, an area illogic then man has health is on its way from several e u. countries from italy and the check for public are among those sending equipment and assistance. thousands of residents remain on standby as the finest reasons, more homes, and several athens hospitals being prepared to take casualties. our correspondence of vehicles talkie is in athens and spend the past few days in the

affected area and she gave us the best update on the flyers. the situation remains crucial. i'm right now in the least you have the most affected areas where several houses, cars are burned down, you can see it uh, behind me, and uh, as we speak, assets are still falling down. uh so the situation is still uh, crucial. however, most affected areas as we speak are put under control, but as the fire is not completely pulled out, everyone remains on high alert. and also there was a warning, especially for the upcoming hours where the winds are expected to stay as they are right now. very strong or even stronger. so um, everything is still uh tends. um what i see here in boucher is the people that have been evacuated yesterday and this morning start coming back to their houses to

check the damage and to see if their houses and homes are still there. or if they are left hockey, reporting from athens and that's it for now. i'm next close. it looks at the struggle for democracy on tick tock station for that article further. thank you so much for the on the long voyage through the ocean. another how well with the comp for a long time they had to be humans on the journey. now the trenches has become very protective of whales and tassels. the results of the ocean conservation start september full dw, the chick fil a because become

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