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a blistering salma heat wave kills hundreds of people in courses. wildfire sweeping across parts of europe and china opens underground bomb shelters to help people cool off off the scorching temperatures triggered heat alerts and several cities. ah, either i'm kid vanelle, this is al jazeera alive from dough. also coming up, we will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by china, russia. maria will seek to bill on this moment with active principle, american leadership, u. s. president joe biden says america is not going anywhere and will stay committed to its allies. admittedly protested in sri lanka, honor the victims of the months long and mystical unrest with a message for the interim president to step aside and community cactus comes to see

the cities why mexico is looking to local food to count it soaring prices. or the week of extreme temperatures is caused wild fives, to spread, and parts of europe and north africa, around $3000.00 firefighters. the battling blazes in the french regions of gay on the ants, bordeaux almost 100 square kilometers of land to be burned and the fires are inch and close. it to popular tourist holds. it is a similar scene in spain where temperatures have topped 45 degrees celsius and at least 360 heat related deaths have been recorded. the military has been deployed to fight fires in the south and the west. multiple fives, have spread across the border into central and northern portugal, and a plane being used to tackle one of them is crashed, killing the pilot grease croatia hungry and actually have all fort wildfire this

week as well. san to say climate change is to blame of to an unusually hot and dry spring left bone dry soil. officials in the u. k. a urging caution and expanding some emergency services as the country braces for extreme heat. temperatures are expected to reach 40 degrees celsius in the coming days and a national emergency has been declared. people are being asked to avoid public transport and to look out for the elderly and children. much of the warm air effecting europe has moved up from north africa where there have also been wildfires in morocco, firefighters been battling the flames and the mountain forests of the lash region. at least one person has dies and more than a dozen villages have been evacuated. and in china, electricians are working to maintain power grids that are under strain due to the scorching temperatures. they're nearly 80 cities issued red alerts this week with temperature forecast to exceed 40 degrees celsius. well, mark houghton is

a climate change experts at the australian national university and vice chair of the intake of a mental panel on climate change. you joins us now from camera in australia. thank you so much for joining us. so let's talk 1st about about asia, about china in particular, what's the cause of the heat that we're seeing there? good morning, kim. i'm. it's a combination of different things so, so clearly as the world warms up on every way gets affected. and so there is an increase in temperature on average across places like china, as well as everywhere else. but then there's a particular thing that's happening and that particularly related to changes in the jet stream, but so a high level, very fast moving band of if that circulates the globe. and at the moment that's being changed by climate change. and that's bringing in this particular case, very hot here from side india across towards china and building up the temperatures in china. ok, so we're talking about, you know, the impact of climate change here. what can be done? what's the solution?

where can we find some hope in this, you know, how far away away from being able to drive down emissions that are actually impacting these adverse weather events? well, you know, on the head we have to drive down our mission. so at this point, our emissions globally going up, they're not turning around the corner and starting to go down. and the way to limit the effects of climate change like that he was, were saying, all the files that were saying we have to reduce those emissions very rapidly. and very significantly going down something like 45 percent by 2030. and we are a long way from that at the moment. but given that we haven't been able to turn around those greenhouse gas emission trajectories, it means we have to adapt to the climate changes we're experiencing now and we'll experience over the next decades. i want to talk about that adapting to our new environment. we've talked about china opening up bunk is for people to, to try and get cool, but in a general sense, how are we as a species adapt?

well, for me, it makes a lot of sense for people in very hot conditions to go and find some way cool. that just makes a lot of common sense and, and in the bunkers of the way to do it then that's good. so the challenge of course, is that there's only so many bunkers and that can only hold so many people for so long and, and so we need much bigger, broader solutions here that are particularly benefit vulnerable people closer to vulnerable people who are most affected by the way of events, so that's the very old, the sick and the very young. and so we need to find good ways of dealing with the risk increased risk for them. and that may be going to a bunker or going to a supermarket, which is air conditioning, or going to the cinema if you have access to that, or it may be as simple as running a bath a day or 2 before when the water is too cold, and when you're getting too hot, just dipping into the bath, one of the other really important things is to look after other people. so if there

are some vulnerable people, if you've got a neighbor who's elderly and unable to cope with high temperatures, haven't for the air conditioning living in a hot place, go and find a way to help them, you know, give them some cold water, make sure they stay hydrated and find a nice, shady place for them to sit. i'm just thinking about from, you know, like a more macro planning level. are there moves to try and deal with things like wildfire or just with extreme heat and are living in dull. ha, you know, everywhere has covering for you cause you can never park your car out in the sun in the summer like little things like that. are we moving to woods? you know, i don't know. fire fire resistant materials being used for homes is they have that kind of all macro level planning happening right now. there is, but it's very patchy. so everything from putting more green spaces in cities to cool the cities down to having more heat reflective building materials and road

materials so that they don't absorb the energy but reflected back out into the atmosphere. i'm looking at, you know, building design. so if with good building design, you can significantly reduce it, loads on the occupants and, and so thinking about that. and of course we need to be thinking about as you say, that macro scale responses. so how do we respond to far, which are out of control in multiple places? so if we look at australia in the past, we used to have a fast season, which was i synchronous that was out of step with the one in the u. s. and so when the australians had a bad fast season, the u. s. could send their teams down here and vice versa. um, but because i fast seasons of the length and now we can't do that. so we know we need it in both places. and so we need to build up that capability to deal with these extreme events in the places that they're occurring because there's less and less opportunity to actually swap the air capability. so what does that say to you

that we're seeing all of this extreme heat in europe and parts of asia now? i mean, it's only july, you know, we still got several months of summer left. indeed, it's very concerning and, and what we see in studies which look at the changes in the far where the intensity and 5 with a frequency and fast season length, they all getting worse. i'm so as far risk is going up very significantly across the globe and an effect, the getting worse much faster than the global climate models would predict. and in almost every region. and so, so we may well be under estimating the changing risks from things like fires and heat waves. and so we really need to get on top of this very quickly. and, and as i said before, a critical part of that is reducing our greenhouse gas emissions because that's the fundamental drivers these changes. all right, thank you very much for your time. mark out in their climate change experts at the australian national university. thank you. came if lee is struggling to deal with

it was drought in 70 years. farmers in the north was struggling to save their crops . this adarine reports from the po valley, the losses could exceed more than $3000000000.00. this is where italy's longest and most important river, the po, looks like right now. parched in it, dangerously low levels. it's water provides the life blood for farmers who produce italy's most valuable crops, walking through his field of stunted corn farmer, adriano tune. your lo, the son, and grandson of corn growers, shows us the damage wrought by the drought. ah christa was tunnel is brutal this year. this comb will just be throwing away all because of the drought because it hasn't rained it month and this year i'm totally wherein to refer good food or group down river where the po empties into the adriatic engineer rodolfo lot anti shows us how the current is running in reverse, from the sea to the land,

because the river is so low. looking over maps, he shows me how salt water is entering nearby farm land. lot in t says, thought water barriers are failing because they weren't built for such dangerously low river levels. he regularly monitors the salt levels in the river. he's never seen it this bad. this is him of into seems like that. i mean, it's now registering 25 grams per liter. that means that sea water, salt water level here, should be one gram polito to be able to distribute to farmers and the effect of so much salt water incursion, burnt crops, worthless and withering in the field. many fields poisoned by salt water may not even produce crops next year. it's not just a problem for agriculture. muscle farmer parliament gene says he'll lose 30 percent of his harvest from this lagoon on the po delta this year. busy close to them all these muscles are all dead. fresh water from the po hasn't made it here. so they

just die. seems like this are increasingly common along the po hole areas is usually covered by water. now exposed, turned in the beaches or islands of sand. in the middle where the river usually flows and those who provide water to farmers in the po valley say they're not just worried about this summer's crops. but about years to come a once in a lifetime, drought shows how life could change here forever. so there was a mechanic with if we lose this resource we have had for centuries, we'll have to abandon our excellent crops. we'd give up our whole cultural heritage, a frightening prospect as people here and millions of others around the world struggle to adapt to changing climate. adarine al jazeera in the po, valley of northern italy to lead on al jazeera, the trauma of rushes more takes a toll on the soldiers fighting on ukraine's front lines. and india bands single

use plastics to cut pollution many and not quite ready to make the switch. ah, the journey has begun. the 3 for world cup is on its way to catch your travel package today. hello there. i think the heat in shanghai now something of a distant memory. it's all about the rain and we're going to see plenty of it over the next couple of days this. so waving front that sees no from bringing some pulse is the heavier downpours into central parts of china to slipping a little further south. which as we go through sunday, links up of that where to whether that we have a cross eastern side of japan, 32 celsius in tokyo, similar value on monday. the next pulse of wet weather on m a. u. front to me by a front bring some very heavy right to south korea and into q shoe some parts of

honshu over the next few days. some show was there to the south of shanghai. or too far away, though, i think it will still be thunder here. scattering a showers across the south of china, the scattered showers across southeast asia. still some very lively wanting to that east side of indonesia with the prospect of further localize flooding. and we have seen flooding your calls recently across western and more than parts of are in the ass. and there is a pakistan also seeing some really heavy rain of late central parts could still see some rather wet weather there for in there. but i suspect the re will not be as heavy or as widespread as we go through the next few days. still there, nevertheless, plenty of showers all the way into pakistan. official airlines of the journey life and robust debates. a lot of folks when they hear the word refugee think stranger, they think other la latrice stuck in these camps. it's regardless of your range. the way you're coming from. you said give everybody safety from global issues to

those that need to be a human rights and land defenders and brazil. they live in a circumstance of permanent violence and intimidation. the st. claire, a global audience, becomes a global community on al jazeera, with ah, watching al jazeera reminder about top stories. this all. extreme temperatures have caused wildfire to spread across parts of western europe. out of control, blazes of force, thousands of people from their homes and hundreds of died from heat related causes but to the warm air affecting europe has moved off from north africa where there also be wall pies and morocco firefighters have been fanning the flames. and the

mountain forests of that no rush region least one person is dies and more than a dozen villages of being evacuated and in china, electricians are working to maintain power grid said on the stranger to the scorching temperature. is there any 80 cities issued red alerts this week with temperatures full cost to exceed 40 degree celsius? u. s. president joe biden has concluded his 4 day middle east trip his 1st since taking office. he started his tour in israel and ended in saudi arabia. it was a tor aimed at countering iran and curbing bratia and china's growing influence in the region. but as our white house correspondent, kimberly, how could reports biden failed to achieve what matters most americans back home, bringing down oil prices. joe biden wrapped up his 4 day middle east tour with this pledge. united states is not going anywhere. the u. s. president

spent his final day of his trip meeting with leaders from the gulf co operation council, along with jordan, egypt, and iraq. his goal is to reassert america's leadership role. one he fears is slowly being eroded by geopolitical rivals. wrong becoming clear to me. now how close lunar woven america's interest or with the successes will we will not walk away. leave a vacuum refilled by china, russia ram biding faces, high inflation back home driven partly by a spike in energy prices. so he's pushing gulf leaders, including saudi arabia to ramp up oil production and bring down fuel costs a goal. he's failed to achieve the game. look at, we don't know if you had a magic the kingdom or carry out it's rolled with regards to oil and gas production,

as it announced increasing its production capacity to 13000000 barrels a day. saudi arabia will no longer be able to increase production. beyond that multiple, returning to the u. s. empty handed is a problem for president grappling with low approval ratings. biden's also being criticized for resetting relations with leaders, accused of human rights violations among them, the saudi crown prince, the c i a believes mohammed bin selman may have approved the killing in 2018 of journalist shemelle cas shall g. but referring to the invasion of iraq, the saudis counter that america has lost its moral high ground mistakes like this happened in other countries. and we saw a mistake like this, been committed by the united states in a border. despite the controversy, the white house insists the meetings were a diplomatic when, even as biden returns to the united states with little to show for them. kimberly

help hit on al jazeera. at then tcc summit scholars amir shakes. i mean been hamas dal, tawny reiterated the importance of solving the palestinian issue. i'm of identity said i'm and i'll be the arab countries to despite their differences, have unanimously agreed on the arab piece finished. which expresses a readiness by all of them to normalize relations with israel. he degrees on the settlement faced on international legitimacy and resolutions stipulating withdrawal to the 1967 border esa within p sickle. i thought it would be improper for us to abandon our initiatives. just because israel rejects them and under their a thing of political unless my one bizarre says biden's visit hasn't on much to gonna trust in the arab world. but that really does that mean, but hammond, who put it best when he said, yeah, you know, we, we, we all speak about international law,

international values and international norms. but why are they apply differently? and i would add why they are by differently in ukraine than it is in palestine. both of them are occupied and both there is in russia there and is earlier except 3 . israel is an all i've united states and, but by then wants to distance himself, not take the responsibility for supporting these early preparation throughout all these years. and once again, are we seeing now just you know, a couple of days after is what one day after he's been there that their violence is, you know, come back and, and is rose bombing garza. once again, jewish settlements is expanding on that is going to be announcement about $4000.00 units. so again, as the got the leader said, instead of illegal jewish settlements were not advance peace settlement. unfortunately, this is the 1st american president that does not spend kept it capital. what

article capital to advance the cause of peace, which is in any by itself. a cause for alarm, for most of those present in palestine and arab world. a vigil has been held in relying care to remember those who were killed in the ongoing political unrest. anger over the soaring costs, the fuel energy and food and medicine has led to mumps of anti government. protests autobiography boxer who fed to singapore was forced to resign as president prime minister. finally, the claim, a sing it's, i think is acting president. many demonstrate is going for his resignation to the permanent end to the ranch. a box of families decades long influence for lank as politics. should i because allison president has defended his record, saying he took all possible steps to prevent the country's economic crisis. on saturday, his resignation letter was read out to parliament. but despite his claims essential such as food and fuel, as still in short supply, as michelle fernandez reports from colombo,

the scenes outside this petro station and at fuel sheds around the country is an example of the complete chaos caused by the economic crisis in sri lanka, i mean, just at this federal shed, queues have known to sneak more than 10 kilometers around for people waiting for fuel. it's impacted not just personal vehicle users. it's taxi cabs, it's industrial because it's essential services. it's everyone that is really struggling to get on with their day to day lives about me getting back and forth to work mostly been walking for days and days on. and this is my 3rd printer queue. oh, i've never seen one this long before. never stayed this long before, not eaten, not drunk properly. so it's very stressful. and people finding a day to day living like this q that you see are the 3 wheelers. it just sneaks around and round before it actually gets to the patricia, are these people just get 5 liters of fuel sometimes waiting as long as 7 days for

that. and they must queue again so that they want what they want is a system that allows them to get on with their day to day lives. doctor say they're concerned about the mental health of ukrainian soldiers returning from the front, blind, a thing, more serious brain injuries and post traumatic stress cases. but as alan fish reports from the outskirts of cubes, the best the doctors can do at the moment is patch them up and send them back. the, the injuries of war, you can't see the trauma, the damage from the front lines. this clinic on the outskirts of keith tries to help the patients have p t s. d post traumatic stress or significant brain injuries . christina, who needs to, nor is the clinics director, emphasis. lou then you are patients of people who lived through the events of the war. a work is focused on psychological trauma that they suffered and we work with

them to give them strength to go back to the front line. we can probably go through molly. i'll just eat a 1st mit andre. at the beginning of the war, a former soviet soldier, he signed up as a volunteer for the ukrainians just days before the fighting started. but on the outskirts of mighty pole, he came under fire. something you can't leave behind. not easy to get away from what's going in your, in your, in your had a page and then some kind of you know, flashback flashbacks. you know, when you just close your eyes and everything, you start to blame faster and faster and faster on your head, and sometimes it's very much. he struggles with his memories. he gets anxious when he is the miss outside it. but still he thinks he's lucky. i was lucky because i am still alive and i have to to,

to hand into legs and i can walk and i can remember something that this is a very good because lots of our guys actually a died for, for a crane for freedom, for, for forever the use various techniques here to help recover the physical and the artistic the even half pet therapy. the horses are a popular diversion that us own collision. it's hard to help while they're actively serving with the military. we have to stabilize them and get them back to the french. the real work will start when the war ends. marina, the average stay for patience. here is around 3 or 4 weeks, but the recovery that takes a lifetime. i'll and fisher, i'll jazeera on the outskirts of keith. india has banned several single use plastic items and plans to phase out more by the end of the year. many who use those and

manufacture plastic products say they aren't ready for the transition. have natal reports from new delhi? india has a plastic problem. 3 and a half 1000000 tons of waste is generated every year. most of it from products that are only used once. now the government has been 19 single use plastic goods, including straws and cutlery. thumb st vendor said they're aware of the ban, but have no other option. in new delhi, the state government is promoting paper and ban boy tentative to regarding the policy to livable armada for, but they alternate with our policy is at 2 levels. some of our focus is on alternatives. what it is, enforcement is that no other state is doing what we are doing. we have brought together people from across daddy who are working on alternatives. so shopkeepers and users who feel they don't have options. i can see for themselves. like if he worked together on this plan will be successful. work with the stuff, but manufacturer said the industry needs more support. it's a great start,

but it's definitely not enough because we falsely don't have enough knowledge. shaun's work. we don't have enough suppliers. we don't know if to more to plastic bags or buying what products are we going to use in order to do. we also don't have manufacturing capability to solve the country right now. why? plastic is restricted in some states. this is the 1st nationwide that prime minister net in the mode the announced it in 2019 and the government finalized it last year. but some uses industry li does, and vendors said they need more time to switch to green alternatives like these. the industry employs millions of people, including factory workers and recyclers, waste management researchers said the ban requires a transition. india has a huge challenge that we have to walk. we have a very complex inform lou sector enterprise based on me. and we have to see that why we have to address the problem of reducing plastic. we also have to see that

livelihoods are not last government agencies in new delhi, se inspection teams have collected more than $150000.00 in fines. violators could also be arrested. more products are expected to be banned over the next few months . as india aims to become single use plastic free by the end of the year. pardon him at the larger sierra, new delhi. prices of food and basic goods are becoming beyond reach for many mexicans. now the president wants people to produce more of their own food. luckily, but economists say that won't be enough to stop communities from going hungry. i say more must be done to tackle inflation which rose to its highest level for 22 years. and may i know what al paula reports from mexico city this family farmers in the mexican capital or harvesting no piled cactus. no bonnet is a staple food in mexico and just one of several important cash crops produced in the

community of milva, alta yaki, sup rosen palace. here we produce nepal, corn, and beans, and the majority of the food will produce goes towards feeding mexico city with food prices. on the rise, mexico's president has called on farmers to increase agricultural production. and the government has already set a plan in motion to assist farmers through subsidies last pro, musk angram, and follow the programs the government has implemented have helped us because costs are rising, the cost of fertilizers increased, and the economy of the country is not doing well in one of the government's programs is called sim, bundle vida, or sewing life. first launched in 2019 as a broad strategy to combat poverty and inequality. today it's being geared towards increasing food security in the face of worsening inflation. but many in mexico are worried that not enough is being done to rain back, skyrocketing prices. oh yes,

everything is expensive. the price of, of a kado, lemon tomato has increased. we can't afford it anymore. some economists in mexico have word that inflation could reach as high as 10 percent by the end of the year. i completed the problem worse since, and we see the inflation rate, which double digits the repercussions in terms of inequality and poverty would be devastating. the mexican government seems confident that promoting sustainable practices and investing in small farmers like those in mill, by eyes that will ultimately be the best way to avert a potential food crisis. the you and food and agriculture organization have expressed optimism over projects like them. but on the visa or sewing life, the goal here in mexico is to expand the existing program by including more crops and using organic fertilizers. and thus moving the country toward food self sufficiency. experts in mexico see that while subsidies offer a good solution in.