this is it we news live from berlin out of control wildfires above the arctic circle sweden is struggling to contain historic wildfires sparked by soaring temperatures the government now turning for help to other european nations is climate change the culprit will ask an expert plus to the grounding in plastic we need people in the dominican republic fighting to save their coastline from this global scourge and germany's football association is heavily under fire following the new national team's or world cup performance all by munich chairman carl hynes

there romanek it claims german football is being run by quote amateurs. on land iraq thanks for your company everyone what we start off with a scorching heat wave that is spreading across of all places sweden with devastating effects well this nordic country more used to dealing with snow is battling historic wildfires that are showing little sign of letting up and that's prompted the swedish government to ask other european countries for help and getting the fires under control. it's terribly hot and terribly dry with hardly any rain for weeks across much of northern europe trees brush and grandson tinder dry and sweden has been hard hit and struggling to contain dozens of forest fires.

firefighters the army volunteers and teens from other countries with water bombing aircraft are all working flat out the helicopter pilot has told swedish media how difficult it was a bombing missions can be at low altitude with low visibility because of the smoke which can change direction fast. nobody has been reported injured but many people have been evacuated from their homes many more told to stay indoors and try not to breathe the acrid smoke. meteorologists say it's rare for a heat wave to last so long they haven't said when they expected to end. all right let's try and find out what's behind this extreme weather phenomenon unfolding in this nordic country joining me now for more is stefan the fall is a climate expert at the free university here in berlin a very warm welcome to news mr fall wildfires above the arctic circle what on earth is going on. there's no physical reason why they shouldn't be wired for years also

at this high latitudes i mean there are a lot of forests the hassle of material that could be burnt potentially and then if we have an extraordinary reverse situation such as during the last days and at the moment and this can likely happen but it seems you know as seen from this vantage point that everything is going from bad to worse it seems like mother nature is throwing drought to wrenshaw rains freezing temperatures in some parts of the planet are we witnessing climate change at work here or is something else taking place it's always a bit difficult to attribute a single event to climate change but what we can say is that the climate change increases the likelihood of specific events taken over heat waves for example of heavy precipitation events there it's quite clear over from a physical standpoint the climate change is easy and the probability just probabilities that we will have severe based on increasing the temperatures choose

to be present for droughts which are the most important reason for such a wide fire it's a bit less clear there are some indications in observations that also trouts are increasing but this is a bit uncertain i'm going to pose the chicken or the egg question to you now is this manmade or is this nature at work it's always a combination i'm trying to change and probably warming is almost certainly the men nate at least to some degree so because we emit greenhouse gases we contribute to the warming of the earth and this also contributes of course then to an increase of the. temperature during heat waves but for such an extreme event to occur it always needs all sorts of correct weather conditions suitable weather conditions and this is also natural variability and of course the multimillion dollar question is there anything that we humans can still do or is it too late oh it's not too late you

know we can also what we do during the next years and decades is very important we can still try to cut our emissions over greenhouse gas emissions this is the most important thing that we could do of course we can also try to find some more technological solutions like capturing the c o two with that is already in the atmosphere of the most important thing is that we can do is we choose the emissions right to climate experts if one fall is with the free university here in berlin thank you sir for weighing in thank you all right let's get you caught up now on some of the other stories making news around the world hamas says it has reached an agreement with israel to end weeks of bloodshed in the gaza strip all this comes a day after clashes that killed an israeli soldier and four palestinians three of them hamas fighters israel hasn't commented on the cease fire but so far the truce appears to be holding. the european union has temporarily suspended its naval

operation in the mediterranean sea all that says italy refuses to accept migrants rescued by its vessels operation sofia was launched back in two thousand and fifteen to tackle migrant smugglers but it has increasingly found itself rescuing people at sea the e.u. is now reviewing the mission. space conservative popular party has picked pablo casals as its new leader replaces former prime minister mariano rajoy who was ousted after no confidence vote back in june for saddos appointment represents a shift to the right for the party which is hoping for a comeback. in time for general elections in twenty twenty. several japanese beaches have reopened for the first time since the earthquake and tsunami disaster of twenty eleven locals held a ceremony to pray for safety before taking to the water while fourteen beaches still remain off limits in the aftermath of the fukushima nuclear accident

officials say some will stay permanently closed to the public. now the story of a small country facing a huge problem plastic in the oceans for many tourists the dominican republic is a peace beach destination but it sure is arsed being spoiled by plastic pollution and there's been a lot of talk about how to tackle the problem but without global action the country's environment minister warns it's islands art risk of drowning in trash. the caribbean sea but not as we know it this footage is all from one to see no speech in the capital sent to domingo posted online by conservationist group. shocking volunteers and local authorities into action but are going to be. but there was a large quantity of solid waste being discharged from the osama river. it's the sixth day of the cleanup and we have retrieved some sixty tons of waste.

but there is still more work to be done to protect local marine life and the dominican who live there had ordered we're going to be out of. the great quantity of toxic components of plastic and metal components making a splash and see it borders that we have that it's really threatening species that are resistant to pollution. threatened by diversity and the health of all species and we conclude in the united states. by the law that. every minute of every day the equivalent of a garbage truck of plastic is dumped into the ocean and estimates suggest that there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish in terms of weight by twenty fifty a global problem effects dominican locally it's taking a colossal effort to clear up this one beach but clearing up is the easy part what's proving much harder is agreeing and in acting

a global solution to plastic waste. the german football federation known as the dia the is facing allegations of mismanagement germany and you may recall were unceremoniously eliminated in the world cup's group stages defending champions and ever since the blame game and finger pointing continues well this time from a former national team greats who also happens to be the chairman of buying me an egg. it all looks so hopeful for team germany when they were at their training camp in preparation for the world cup they were on top of the world and had no idea they would quickly come crashing down former german international striker and byron unique chairman carl hinds who many get had this to say about the d.f.t. . right now it seems to me that they don't have a clear cut professional way of dealing with crises and i'm not at all surprised

because the d.f.t. is full of amateurs and i'm not at all convinced that at the end of the day the right solutions will be found with these people who are running things just like. the ball is now in the d.s.p. court should they choose to play one thing is certain germany can't afford another tournament disaster because then no one will be safe there are lots to unschool here and thankfully for that i've got to chris hansen with me here to give us some of the back story what is going on mr rahman and not mincing his words why did they decide to weigh in amateurs interesting word right as you suggest they don't get paid if they don't know what they're doing clearly they don't know what they're doing you know there are some issues part of kicking off the world cup you know there were german national players with turkish roots taking a photo with the turkish president that sparked a bit of outrage but room he had his man picked he's trying to create an opportunity for philip lom possibly to get a position at the german football association because he was quoted by saying this

i think is a perfect match for the association and might be an interesting solution to get him in his vice president i'm thinking it's a puppet master situation you have to think of his background. by your guys and law actually turned out a position from buyer to get a job in their front office so it looks like maybe this is his next destination and have we heard from mom yeah definitely did you he was at the world cup he actually presented to be the cup holder defending champion in everything he had an open letter you know basically saying they. you cannot succeed the same way twice in a major tournament he's quoted saying he's convinced that you he will have to change his leadership style of recent years if he wants to succeed again with the newer generation of talent this is not a sign of weakness but further development is needed and he must make it clear that it's not all about the individual it's about the team but you he loved did respond and say hey you know we win over here we've been winning over here i don't really

appreciate that type of comment so that's where it stands right now but philip lott and ruben to get himself they endorse. just to make that clear they just think he needs a bit of assistance ok nice a bit of assistance where does the d.f.t. go from here because it is a. it's a battle at the moment right now i do think his job is secure he's under contract until two thousand and twenty two i'm speaking of you he love but they have to prepare for the nation's league it's his latest tournament they create a lot of tournaments and this is something that kicks off in september their first opponent the defending world cup champions france so we'll have to wait and see how things play out for that turn of it but i think it's too soon for them to make major changes and i would be shocked if it would actually get appointed in some sort of temporary job chris very briefly were they right to stick with even after that a very bad result you know i'm still mad at low for leaving off leroy sunday so personally if i had the trigger i would hold it and say get out here bring in you know some

young blood maybe not was mine from hoffenheim field maybe but you know right he is still there chris thank you so much i guess this is to be continued yes to be continued ari the german concrete is taking place this weekend and today's qualifying ferrari's german driver sebastian vettel take position he's a followed by two finish drivers terry both tests of mercedes and settles teammate kimi raikkonen in third while two favorites didn't make the top six as lewis hamilton posed at the fourteenth fastest time while danielle ricardo a slid down to fifteenth due to grid penalty. and next we go to monaco where the i double a f a diamond league latest track and field meeting featured a new world record kenya's. chip go it should produce the crowning performance of the season in the three thousand meter steeplechase here's

a look at her record breaking run and a lot more. twenty seven year old beatrice chip koichi already had the fastest time this season in the three thousand meter steeplechase but here in monaco she found an extra gear in shape more than ten seconds off her personal best seven new world record of eight minutes forty four point three two seconds becoming the first kidney and woman to hold the record. i didn't expect my end was that good to have. the women's one hundred meter went to marie josie into lou of the ivory coast she crossed the finish line at a blazing ten point eight nine seconds adding to her streak of success a die mainly. and quickly becoming a fan favorite in the post poll at linux world american no elias retained his title in the two hundred meter event and lowered his personal best had nineteen point six

five seconds in the process he didn't leave without showing off a bit for the crowd. next stop for the diamond league is london's olympic stadium. and that does it for us thank you so much for spending at a time with us the news continues at the tough of the hours that. we make up of a week for tons of that and at that time we are this summer some of us. they want to shape the continent's future could be part of it and join the youngsters as they share their stories their dreams and their challenges the seventy seven percent platform for chart.