europa hotel is the most oh, talent that i've ever stated. and i think the biggest box you have ever seen. how did it explode? would have taken out the hotel. this was germany. we loved it when it was built and we loved it even when it was bombed. a major target of the conflict in northern ireland in the late 20th century belfast europa war hotels on al jazeera. ah, knowledge is here. with me. oh, of thousands of people are on the move soft,

a devastating wild fuss threatened homes across europe in the grip of an extreme summer heat wave. ah, i am to vanelle this is al jazeera la from dough also coming up, ukraine's president sacks, his prosecutor general investigating russian walk crimes and the st. security chief after accusing based off of collaborating with the enemy. i wanted to pay him on the scene, talked about this being k on the training. suggest that when you come to k, all should not happen a damning investigation. blaine's all law enforcement agencies were at the scene of a mass shooting inside a school evolving texas. and pakistan's austin prime minister iran con, makes a stunning editorial. come back. is policy winds, a major victory in punjab of provincial elections? ah

but beginning europe with thousands of 55, his are up against strong winds. parched land and an extreme summer heat wave in their rights to contain devastating wildfires. dozens of them are burning across spain, where temperature is pushing well into the forty's. the nearly weeklong heat wave is cause hundreds of deaths. thousands of people have been forced from their homes into seeking refuge and make shift shell whose i see her, the fire and the air force her white and dead worse. she was like a said and bit more the 1st time i think it smoke. okay. mr. athos, we had to get made. i didn't think i didn't take it too seriously. i thought they had it under control and i was quite surprised whenever it started seem to be moving our direction and then we were told to go show no, we've left

a lot of behind in france, firefighters in the southwest in good on the region are struggling to control to blazes that have nearly destroyed 11000 hectares of forests since tuesday of and 14000 people have been forced to evacuate and in greece firefighters of arrived to provide support for those fighting wildfires there. in e, you led project brings in hundreds of fineman from 6 nearby nations during the graces peak fire season. bunch of a warm air affecting europe has moved up from north africa where they have also been wildfires. in morocco, fire have been ravaging remote woodland areas in the north killing. at least one person onlookers in the town of a rush, watched in shock, as this fire ripped through a nearby forest. all than a 1000 families have been forced to escape. the heat wave is spreading to northern europe. 2 in the u. k. health authorities are urging people to take precautions as

forecast to say the weather could hit record temperatures on monday and tuesday and team barbara pulse for britain. it's a step into the unknown whether experts or putting the chance of temperatures reaching 40 celsius at 50 percent. it's never happened and it's prompted a red health warning for much of england on monday and tuesday, with the national health service warning of delayed operations and increased demands on ambulances. the government says it is taking the threat seriously. when there is a public guidance, it's out there. i mean, the common sense style ritual us on cream. make sure you constantly re hydrating the out of solid peak times. i got temperature sitting 40 degrees. i think it was the out the sun at mid day when, when, when, when that's happening, despite seems like this expert say, the extreme heat over the coming days could be deadly, even for healthy people. this isn't like a lovely hot day where we can put a bit of sunscreen on and go out and enjoy. i swim in a meal outside. this is seriously,

that could actually ultimately ending in people's death because he sounds ferocious and we're just not set up for that. so hate in this country. climate change has been driving extreme temperatures for decades. and the heats killing more and more people here in england in the summer of 2020 more than 2 and a half 1000 excess deaths were attributed to heat waves and they've only become more intense and more frequent. since then, the british red cross predicts that the annual heat waves death toll could have tripled by the middle of this century. the u. k. meteorological of his says climate change is greatly increased the chance of such heat waves here. and so in to say, a continued use of fossil fuels means we're already seeing what was previously projected for 2050. we're still increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which means global temperatures are increasing. and this means that this is probably something that will the aaron's be cool, he life in 3 decades to come. the one thing might also be to change that

compensation, that actually it's not that it's that question about life and death and not just small global south, but also for citizens in that you can train operators a warning of delays and cancellations because of the heat there are urging people only to make essential journeys with mo, legal, maximum temperature for working the government. sonya hopes employers will be flexible. the next few days could offer a glimpse of how well or how badly prepared this country is. for a whole to future. nadine barbara al jazeera london grains president, a lot of zalinski has sax, 2 of his most senior law enforcement figures and the most significant shake of yet since the war began. one of those to go is prosecutor general. hi, renee, than a dick tova who's lead ukraine's efforts to prosecute russia for war crimes. the other ivan backing off was the head of ukraine's powerful intelligence agency. the s b u is

a childhood friend of lensky has been under scrutiny for security breaches. the president says 60 officials from their agencies a working against ukraine in russian occupied areas. and that 651 treason and collaboration cases has been opened. the unclaimed as assistant director at the atlantic councils, eurasia center joins us now live from washington. d. c. thank you for your time. i'm just so much telling us how significant are these sac eggs i, thanks for having to. so i do think that these are significant. and the big thing that observers in experts are going to be watching for is who comes next. zelinski has appointed an acting prosecutor general to replace benedict of a is not yet appointed somebody to replace ukraine's top intelligence and security chief during war time. that is an essential role. so that, that's the big thing that experts are going to be watching for who comes next. the other thing here is that while reason wasn't given by president zalinski for why he

fired the prosecutor general, he said that the security breaches with a big reason why he lost confidence in his security chief, just today. ukraine's s b u head for crimea was arrested on charges of high treason and passing intelligence to russians. he is one of many high officials in the intelligence services approximately 60, like you mentioned earlier, who have been charged with these charges of collaborating with the invaders. well, that would indicate that it seems like trays in all collaboration with russia. that is a really big issue for ukraine for president lensky is that you will take the invasion of ukraine has united the ukrainian people in a way that nothing has in the years since it gained independence from the soviet union. even so, there are some officials who happen collaborating with russian occupiers,

that number that you gave earlier of 60, who have been charged with this. many of those were already stationed in territories that are now occupied. you know, like in the south such the, the region of her son and when russian invaders came in occupied and started setting up their new occupation regimes, these officials stayed and started collaborating. so that is what a large number of those officials are coming from. but this is something still vent ukrainian, government officials and security forces are very wary of, of anybody who is collaborating in making the russian invasion easier in helping the invaders or if one of those to god is the prosecutor general arina in a po. what does that mean for the prosecution of war crimes from here on out, it's worth keeping an eye on. again, you know what comes next? the one of the big things that a prosecutor general benedict tova was mired in for much of her term,

was failing to properly reform her office and allowing and sabotaging investigations into bribery cases and failing to properly do her executor duties. so for the prosecution of war crimes, that is one of the top priorities for ukrainians, and it's something that the international community has taken very serious interest in aiding them with. so whoever comes next, the international community is going to be trying to work with them very closely to make sure that there's no hiccup in making sure that these crimes are prosecuted. obviously, president, alaska has a lot on his plate right now. is it difficult to focus on, i guess, trying to find those who are collaborating or ah, who are committing trees? and is it difficult to sort of focus on that while also trying to fight a war? i have no doubt that it's difficult. this is one of the most difficult things that

ukraine has ever faced in its history. i would hope though that this is perhaps a good sign. perhaps this is a sign that president zalinski decided. these are 2 top officials that are not doing their job. the way that they need to be done, these are critical jobs, especially during war time, and perhaps, as ones is childhood friend, somebody who has no experience and intelligence was not the best person to lead ukraine's intelligence and security services during war time. so i hope that this is a good sign and we're going to be watching very closely. um, you know, like i said to see who comes next that i think is the bell. whether for whether this is the lensky know, doing the, the responsible thing and making sure that he's got the right people in place to, to lead his government or whenever there. thank you very much for that, doug claim assistant director at the atlantic council's eraser center. thank you.

on the front line roches military says it's destroyed. one of the advanced rocket launch is given to ukraine by the u. s. military trace claim. this video shows the russian strike on a ukrainian storage facility in the da nance region. russian forces have also bombed a number of ukrainian towns as moscow warns its stepping up its military operations . ukrainian officials say 40 people have been killed since thursday that the entire front line is being shelled. an investigation into the response to the val day school shooting has accused police of poor decision making and systemic failures. nearly $400.00 officers route the scene of the attack but fail to take any action for more than an hour. the shooter killed 19 elementary school students and 2 teachers before he was confronted and killed by police. investigators found that officers failed to prioritize saving innocent live of their own safety. everyone who came on the scene talked about this being k on. the training suggests

that when you cut the chaos should not happen inside the school, there should be a tactical commander, someone who's taking lead on dealing with the actually in the hallway. but there should also be an overall commander, somebody who's an overall command flowing the information, making sure everybody knows what is going on. the fact that there was no overall command or outside the building where there should have been. one should have been known by many at a minimum there is multiple opportunities depending on the relative training and experience of law enforcement officers to at least ask more questions or offer their guidance to try to remedy the chaotic situation and make sure there was effective overall command there was a lack of effective overall command today. i think i lived down to my cana, who is in washington dc for us. mike, it seems the more we learn about this shooting the more damning it appears fall.

lauren forestman does this report though? reveal anything new or what it does do is put together the most comprehensive timeline in terms of the events that happened there. and also very importantly, what it does was create an accountability not just for the school police chief on the scene who failed in his duty. it was a ledge, but also in the layers of command in both federal and state level, who did not do what they were supposed to do. so this is moving the focus of blame away from one school out police chief to higher levels in federal and state law administration. now this is a very important move in terms of seeking full accountability. of the report also finds that they were real problems in terms of safety protocols at the school. doors were left unlocked, which protocol says should be locked during school hours,

but it also widens the context by saying that this may not be a problem only pertaining to russ elementary. that school protocols not observed would create a false sense of security, which may be the same issue in other schools, both in the state and in the country as a whole. so it's taking a wider view, not just focusing on ross and the mentary, but also on the problems that mail merge at other schools within the state and in the country as a whole. sure. i mean, you mentioned their accountability. what is the purpose of this report? will there be some accountability? well, that's an early stage on you. what this report is about, according to the bi partisan legislators who drafted it, is to actually avoid situations like this from happening in the future. what they say they want to do is by issuing the 77 page report, they are pointing out what went wrong in an attempt to make sure that lessons are

learned from this. and this does not happen again. given a similar set of tragic circumstances, as they did say, as well though, that the investigation will continue. it is now layered at where you had a situation where one school police chief was held to play him by members of the public and wider. here you've got a situation where there is a greater degree of accountability. now where that goes, it's a question that the investigators have not yet answered. is they going to be further investigation up the ladder of command and control as it were. certainly that is something that friends and relatives have been demanding for a period of time, saying they'll not just satisfied with the a resignation or the putting on leave of the police school chief was on the ground, but also friends and relatives had been insisting that there needs to be a higher count, accountability in terms of that command and control. and that is something that this report isolates the very lack of command and control both at the school

outside the school building and at higher levels in federal and state law administration. i my candidate for us in washington d. c. thanks. sales come here on al jazeera, 100 days of the protest movement inch for lanka that also the president is now calling for a complete political overhaul. the core of a tree is something like a book. it tells the story, not just of the tree, but of the whole area in the last hundreds of years and meet great grandfather, the tree in chile may be the oldest living thing on earth. ah, how i received some very heavy rain recently just sliding off the rockies,

pushing across colorado, courtesy of this massive clary, active area of low pressure, this one. and it will continue to drive its way up towards the lakes towards a northeast corner over the next few days south of that plenty, i hate still in place here. 42 celsius there for dallas on monday afternoon. and that he still very much evident as we go on into we're tuesday pushing up towards kansas city, getting up to 30 celsius at $100.00 in fahrenheit. so those that where so whether that will make its way across the central place, through the appalachians, easing up towards new england eastern parts of canada and then slide a little further southwards in east, which as we go through tuesday, showers longest barrels of rain coming back to central parts of canada, still a scattering of showers, just across sea southwestern corner of the us across the desert, south west, but over towards the west coast, it's dry on the call. so i for san francisco, just 20 degrees celsius, but at least it will be dry. that dry weather comes down into northern parts of mexico. how are we going to style?

that'll stay off shore. we'll bring some wet weather into the far south of mexico over the next. there's nothing too much to speak up and it goes scattering a showers across the caribbean. ah, a ah, wherever you go in the world, one airline goes to make it for you. exceptional katara always going places to go. ah

ah ah, they're watching out a reminder that told stories this hour. wildfires have been raging across western europe, burning thousands of heck days of forests and forcing people from their homes. a scorching heat wave is fueling the places in france and spain and temperatures are expected to reach record highs in britain. this week. ukraine's president of a lot of landscape has sacks to have his most senior lauren force when figures ivan back and all was head of ukraine's intelligence agency. prosecutor general marina benedict tova lead ukraine's efforts to prosecute russia for war crimes. an investigation for the response evolve a texas school shooting as accused police of poor decision making. nearly $400.00 officers were at the scene of the attack in may, didn't take action for more than an hour. a shooter killed 21 people before he was

killed by police. a party of pakistan's, former prime minister, iran con, has dominated regional by elections in the countries most populous province. i suppose his have been celebrating after preliminary results showed cons, p t r a party winning most of the 20 seats up for grabs and punjab problems. when, when rabbit could have national implications, i minister, she vows to reefs muslim league holds a narrow majority in the provincial assembly. come, i'll hide it reports. now from the hor, the result of a hardly contested by election is now out m. ron kong party has swept the ball. it made a huge political come back. this is indeed a province of the country which adds the most war and the national assembly. it is also the economic power and render people of the fund job big. it means that they did the ways of the people of august on important also to note their judge 3 months ago, a correlation of over to 11 bar days on

a single agenda to get rid of him. ron collins government brought the country to the watch of financial lab, the political uncertainty of god riding. according to m, ron con, because of a rigid go moscow, but the winds of change are being credited and bucket on after the crew share to meeting of the u. s. president. read the out of later this particular region get an order for the conflict. and iran, con, of course, had been saying that he will buy oil from russia because right joe was selling a boy that no other country had the right to dictate the people of buckets on. so indeed a huge national lead moment for buckets on. but the country has difficult to days ahead because of a looming economic crisis, aged and crucial talk radio met. and it will be important to see what comes out of the bi election way that it will be fed. and rather, the center of government id will now be thinking of dissolving parliament and

calling for early elections, which was one of the k demands of prime minister, former enron con. it's been $100.00 days of protests, intra lanka, the are a galle yard movement. all the struggle in sin. halley's says toppled the powerful roger pox. a brothers. all the people are still struggling, has been our finances. reports from colombo. a daily battle is being fought by moore. she lumpkins the battle to make ends meet prices arising so fast, many a wondering how they will feed their families. i am working now. would that that is not enough. was, was there all the things up there been gone? not with alan long, a demon rice is a to high usually are by 500 grams of h rich to bowl. now it's just 250 grams. unsustainable debt reduced to it is an income and mismanagement,

and corruption by the government has created shall anchors, worst economic crisis in memory. the shortage of fuel is only adding to the misery these harassment, the gallery, it is difficult with the diesel problems. things are more expensive because of best . they are less people shopping because many are still in fuel cujo. and so the bridge to boys don't sell and we have to throw them away with food. so expensive people are being forced to compromise. the quantity has come down that much boy. so and even the quality wise by the cheaper stuff then the expense you pensioners are badly affected with their money bank, far less nominal. loan co, a tom loser. what do you do is that when you come and buy something from a restore, then and then go and pick a one, pick it up, lunch and then share v ration money. so the living of this country's river bigger balancing that reducing purchasing power with the need to

put nutritious meals on the table is one of the biggest challenges facing she lumpkins amid this economic crisis. that's a fact that prime minister and acting president runner vicar missing her, says he's hoping to address speaking to an international panel on preventing global hunger and famine. he revealed the extent of the problem, the law, and any prices both have come together and brought liberal many estimate as much as $6000000.00. ah, faith minute. the reports which i have even face. so 1000000 become missing her as admitted sheila is bankrupt. so whoever parliament vote in as a successor to go to raj boxer would have to solve the country's economic crisis

before it becomes a humanitarian one minute fernandez, just the ra colombo into dom protest is we're back on the street once again to demand the return to civilian rule, the capital groom security forces, use tear gas to disperse, demonstrated, emitted tracy's power from a transitional. civilian led government lawful told her. since then, anti military protests had been held in several cities nearly every week. scientist and chilly, said they've discovered what could be the oldest living thing on earth. the cypress tree and patagonia nicknamed great grandfather, is estimated to be more than 5000 years old. a latin america editor, the sea, and human are pulled from chinese los lobos region. hi, it's winter in southern chile, home to the a legacy or patagonia in cyprus, one of the world's 2 oldest proven tree species. that's where we meet up with environmental scientists, jonathan, but each of each from the university of paris in the, unless a national park,

a unique, temperate rain forest or them. he actually grew up here. when his grandfather was a par granger, he was the one who discovered a new challenger to the world's oldest recorded non colonial tree. a 4853 year old bristle. com pine in california. but each of each is taking us to meet great grandfather, the nickname of the a. let us say he estimates is almost 5500 years old that but 1st he demonstrates the traditional method for determining the age of trees or by using a special drill or increment core to remove a 5 millimeter sample, the length of the trees radius here is you got a cor, well, you can see it rings as like a bar code days, then you're drawing for me to, to, to numbers. then with this number we build models of how the tree growth. unlike satellite data that goes back no more than 40 years,

trees reveal earth's environment as far back as pre historic times. but each of each argues that the past can be used to predict future climate change more accurately. the core of a tree is something like a book, it tells the story, not just of the tree, but of the whole area and the last decades, hundreds of years or thousands of years to read it. you can look at the rings. these, for example, show that it was a plentiful year, they're very separated, so it means there was a lot of rain. the ones that are much closer indicates that those ears were of drought. and over here you see the scar of the tree. this means that there was a fire, but dental chronologist, antonio lera, who recorded a 3620 year old legacy 30 years ago, says indiscriminate tourism is endangering the survival of these trees. whose roots are already dangerously exposed from erosion. this is the younger alerted tree and

it was some one there. we don't know who a couple of weeks ago came and you can see here like within my shady or something like that to cow, they bark. we don't know why because it is pure vandalism. as a result, the park is now temporarily closed to the public, but the forestry service made an exception to allow us to see great grandfather for ourselves. perched deep in an isolated ravine, it's an imposing majestic sight to behold, from its 4 meter wide trunk to its enormous exposed roots. the longest instrument available isn't long enough to reach the trees center to determine it's age with the traditional method. so, but each of each has devised a mathematical model to fill in the gaps. but some dental chronologist aren't yet convinced. i think that it's a bit higher without having actual drink counts. of the tree is it? we cannot really say a bit, it's definitely the older stage. we can of course,

said that it is amongst the oldest shades of the world, but each of each will be publishing a paper later this year, defending his theory. the great grandfather is indeed 5484 years old. but i'm not worried because this is science for the planet. is science that make us to act on time to protect what is left of our planet that was once completely wild with you? he insists the challenge is to use ancient trees to improve climate models, to determine how forests might adapt to our changing conditions. the same forests on which the future of humanity also depends. do see in human al jazeera last lateral sewage in chile. ah.