this is the w.'s line from berlin the battle against raging wildfires in sweden hundreds of volunteers continue to fight the flames as more than fifty fires torture forest in the country points national help is on its way but authorities admit some places may be constable to extinguish also coming up. this genius buried the militants killed in the brighton clashes with israeli forces i'm not says it's reached a tentative truce with israel in the gaza strip but will it last

a. class drowning in plastic we need people in the dominican republic fighting to save their coastline from this global scourge. i'm glad you could join us sweden is grappling to contain wildfires that are spreading across the country in a sign of how bad things are the civil defense chief has actually come out and said that the fight has been lost against some of the biggest wildfires the country has seen in decades firefighters have put out a number of small fires but the largest blazes will only go out if the weather changes help is on the way from e.u. countries including germany. it's terribly hot terribly dry with hardly any rain for weeks across much of northern europe trees brush and grass not to draw on . sweden has been hard hit it's struggling to contain dozens of forest fires.

after all of that many of the fires cover several thousand hectors such large fires are usually very resource intensive the situation is very serious and we only focus ourselves on limiting the damage. firefighters the army volunteers and teens from other countries with water bombing aircraft or working flat out the helicopter pilot has told swedish media how difficult water bombing missions can be at low altitude with low visibility because of the smoke which can change direction fust. this iraq city that it's a very serious situation and unfortunately it seems the weather won't change to improve things only temporarily in the north of sweden and then it will return to the same condition a worse the weather is not with us. 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. that's a cross over to the swedish caption of stockholm where journalist katherine edwards is joining us from thanks for joining us catherine but we just heard that the civil defense chief is saying that the fight against some of the huge wildfires has been lost i mean that sounds scary what does it mean. i guess well at the moment there are about seventy five's across the whole country and the problem really is just how spread out these are some of the bigger fires it's not possible to fight them either on the ground or even with the help of these boards of bombing planes so that just means they're going to have to wait for the weather to turn and the steady rain to help extinguish them. and these fires where you. can you tell us

a little bit about where that is in sweden is it forest land to people who live there. many many fires across the country but the most severely affected areas around the center of the country there are four regions where the fires have really spread out of control and these are. far far sighted arians so although there are some villages and a few hundred people have had to be evacuated the main problem is the at the moment vast areas of forest which is crucial to speed economy and also the lifestyle. and catherine is it unusual to see wildfires in sweden. there is precedent for a while and just in twenty fourteen say four years ago there was a huge wildfire which ended up being started in july twenty fourth and so much the

following yeah that at the time was the biggest wildfire sweden had seen in bold yes and the difference now is that these guys follow a long period of drought which means that in so many different places and the much harder to get out catherine edwards thank you very much for the latest from stockholm in sweden thank you. and we're going to the middle east now where hamas says it's reached an agreement with israel to end weeks of bloodshed in the gaza strip and this comes a day after deadly clashes on friday sparked by the death of an israeli soldier from gunshot wounds sustained to doing protests along the fence that separates israel and gaza now israel has not commented on the cease fire but so far the truce appears to be holding. grief in the gaza strip hamas fighters gathered to mourn one of their own killed in an israeli strike. mohammed abu diaa was one of three militants who died in the group spices yes to

die today his family led his funeral procession through the narrow streets of khan yunis. assassin's defiance after another friday of chaos the victims of dozens of israeli raids were rushed to gaza city hospital again in the palestinian territory same down the edge of war and only a un brokered cease fire deal prevented a further escalation. mouse and the rest of the palestinian resistance are committed to maintaining calm and honoring this agreement. but whether this happens depends on what the israeli occupiers do in the coming days. israel launched the strikes after palestinian gunmen killed an israeli soldier it's believed they dealt a major blow to hamas but that doesn't mean the end of the conflict israeli leaders have repeatedly said they're in a war of attrition with hamas. well mr bloom we are trying to be balanced and

responsible but how much does lead is a forcing it into a situation in which we have no choice but to embark on a broad and painful military operations. and the spock of the said rest is still a blazing gaza the palestinians want the border fence to come down more than one hundred forty of them have died in protest against it since march. and israel wants palestinians to stop sending cots attached to molotov cocktails of the border they've triggered fires in the country south with daisy she's on resolved this calm and gaza remains an easy. time now for some of the other stories making news around the world the european union has temporarily suspended its naval operations in the mediterranean sea that's as italy refuses to accept migrants rescued by its vessels operational sofia was launched in twenty fifteen to tackle

migrant smugglers but it has increasingly found itself rescuing people at sea the e.u. is now reviewing the mission with. spain's conservative popular party has picked up look aside or as its new leader he replaces former prime minister mariano rajoy four who was ousted after a no confidence vote in june because of his appointment represents a shift to the right for the party which is hoping for a comeback in time for general elections in twenty twenty. the divine mercy church in nicaragua capital managua has opened its doors with a mass folkies the church came under siege a week ago when critics of president or tega took refuge inside gunmen loyal to the president had started shooting of the opposition members and fall of them into the church two people died in the siege. 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 fourteen beaches remain off limits in the aftermath of the fukushima nuclear accident and officials say some will stay permanently closed to the public. now for many tourists the dominican republic is a beach destination but its shores of being spoiled by plastic pollution there's been a lot of talk about how to tackle the problem but without global action the country's environment minister ones its islands are at risk of drowning in trash. in. the caribbean sea but not as we know it this footage is of want to see no speech in the capital santa domingo posted online by conservationists group. shocking volunteers and local authorities into action we're 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 and ordered them to go see the great quantity of toxic components of plastic and metal components making a splash in sick what is that we have that you know it's really threatening species that are resistant to pollution. threatened by the verse and the health of all species and a clue to human is. by the last a little that. we get that. every minute of every day the equivalent of a garbage truck of plastic is dumped into the ocean and estimate suggests that there will be more plastic in the ocean and fish in terms of weight by twenty fifty a global problem affects dominican locally. it's taking a closer effort to clear up this one beach but clearing up is the easy part. pretty

much harder is agreeing and acting a global solution to plastic waste. the german grand prix is taking place this weekend in the south and town of hockenheim ferrari's driver sebastian vettel on home turf is looking to stretch his lead at the top of the driver standings and he delights of the locals in saturday's qualifying after a final push the cured him hope position the german will start alongside finnish driver valtteri bottas who came second cortices fellow countryman he knew the men will begin their fathers' closest rival for the championship lewis hamilton of mercedes could only post the fourteenth fastest time but that's after i draw experience saw him abandon the session. next week go to monaco where the diamond league's latest track and field meeting featured

a new world record kenya's beatrice produced the crowning performance of the season in the three thousand meter steeplechase here's a look at her record breaking run and what. 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 safety the new world record of eight minutes forty four point three two seconds becoming the first kin young woman to hold the record . i didn't expect my in was good at getting. the women's one hundred meter went to marie to say to 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 dime in league and quickly becoming a fan favorite in the post to bowl at lennox world american no alliance retained

his title in the two hundred meter of it then lowered his personal best to 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. both the football cup is done and dusted but top clubs are racing to sign the time and stand out players and while that usually means its most fun buoyant attack as this year it's a goalkeeper who has gone into the record books for joining in the english side liverpool for iraq during. alison becker is now the world's most expensive goalkeeper liverpool paid roma almost seventy five million euros for the twenty five year old the brazilian international didn't concede any goals in seventeen of his thirty seven serious appearances for roma last season the transfer fee breaks a record held by the italian ledgett. in two thousand and one he was bought by

you've it is from parma for the record price tag of almost fifty three million euros but the prices paid for buffon allison it pales in comparison with the most expensive gold scores p.s.g. teammates kilian in bombay cost one hundred thirty five million euros while neymar the most costly of all footballers came in at a whopping two hundred twenty two million the german liverpool coach you're getting close will be hoping allison can live up to his price tag in the upcoming premier league campaign. a french tightrope walker has completed a thrilling stunt high above one of the most iconic landmarks in paris we're talking about tatiana. there she is she crossed a court suspended thirty five meters from the ground from a crane to the stock. market she stopped along the way a few times to add some acrobatic extras and all of that without

a safety net or a harness has been preparing for the stunt for a year and she started tightrope walking when she was just eighteen years old. are you watching the news live from berlin we have want to come at the top of the hour and don't forget you can log on to new dot com before then thank you for watching. we make up over three quarters of the under thirty five. the civil service or. the continent's future it's part of it and join the numbers as they share their stories their dreams and challenges the seven percent plan for charlatan.