from the forest. from berlin forest fires raging across the northern hemisphere. gulping forests and threatening lives from california. residents made homeless tell you the government failed to warn them of the impending danger also coming up. campaigning winds down ahead of zimbabwe's first presidential election since the mugabe era the

opposition says it expects monday's vote will be flawed the latest from. people around the world marveled at the longest lunar eclipse to take place this century we'll show you some of the stunning images of the blood moon. and welcome to the program soaring summer temperatures and many parts of the northern hemisphere have left firefighters battling massive blazes in the united states two firefighters have died after struggling to bring inferno in northern california under control dozens of homes in the city of reading have gone up in smoke and the blaze has not yet been contained and largest fire emergency in a century threatens to escalate even further. there are tens of thousands of

hectares are still burning with authorities warning high winds could worsen the situation in the coming hours and in greece there are fires that are being called some of the continent's deadliest in decades and it's causing great anger to a bitter raw has broken out over who's to blame after ninety people lost their lives charlotte charles impel is there and has this report. that this is the place the nothis once called pain came his wife lived here on the second fuel now blackened and banned forever scarred by this tragedy he's now joined the growing chorus of voices angered authorities for not doing enough to limit the scale of this design could have hidden over the effort of yes no one cared to notify the residents to leave their homes. initially we could see the fire far away in the mountains. the little items which the house was in five minutes nobody informed us that we were in danger. he takes me up into his home

now filled with memories of the night he had to run for his life with. his calendar still marking the day at the finest station. he tells me that he's happy to be alive. living directly on the beach he and his wife were able to flee to the safety of the see so many who lived in land once they're lucky. enough this is house is one of many buildings hit in monte built illegally along the waterfront on the night of the fire was buildings like these that blocked the route the people desperately trying to flee to the safety of the sea walls like this one made access even harder essentially leaving people trapped in lands to bend to their depths if they did then manage to reach the corridos like this one that go on to the waterfront they often then found that there were no steps leading down on to the beach is known a girl fell to her death just

a few meters from him. people here now want and says why were these pleas safety violations ignored by the government for now though all authorities can do is assess the damage. so nothis is lucky his house is still habitable most of the inspectors say they're doing all they can to help residents like him try and rebuild their lives in a kind of golf but i doubt the engineer will register the damage and submit the repair estimate to the ministry for approval i want to stress that the state is present we here and we're helping people we're with them all of us just have a vision to bring the country back to his feet just like alexis our prime minister has centuries most people get to go like so it was for those less. than us just doesn't know when he'll be able to return home but now he can only wait and hope that authorities can provide the support this community so desperately needs so as i'm bob dylan's prepared to head to the polls they'll be casting their vote for

someone not named robert mugabe for the first time in a generation it's the first election since the former president was ousted from power last year voters will decide on a president and a parliament on monday ahead of the vote opposition leader nelson chamisa is accusing the country's electoral commission of bias and a lack of transparency is all. so threatening protests if the vote is seen to be manipulated he's up against president. who's hoping to win a full term after replacing mugabi polls show with a small lead but many voters remain undecided. correspondent is in harare for us adrian you're at the emerson man and dog was a campaign event what is he promising the voters and is there any indication that his links to mugabe could potentially hurt him here. god was trying to portray himself as a reformer as somebody who wants to change the governing party that has been running the country since independence for thirty eight years now and he's been

actually showing some positive signs in that direction he's been touring the world trying to tell investors that the bop was open for business they should come here this isn't use in buffalo also within the country there were some changes you can see much less security forces in the country right now there's a better freedom of speech so this has really changed in the time that he took over from ex-president mugabe but of course some people remain skeptical because you have to remember that he's been part of the ruling elite of the political class for a very long time he has been minister in various positions on the mugabe has been he was his vice president at one point so his critics of course say he's not a reformer he's just part of the old game now man and god was challenger is nelson chamisa word as he sees them bob weighs future. we just came from the from the final really which is just a few kilometers from here thousands of people also there a very good mood because they're hopeful that for the first time they have

a very good chance to indeed win this election is a pentecostal preacher he's also a degree in law and he's a very charismatic person who knows how to get people beyond himself he's a very great to speak and a lot of his critics have a say he uses big words like pushing infrastructure for what's like bringing unemployment's to an end of the economy but he doesn't really come up with a concrete plan how he wants to do with it remember zimbabwe's really broke the economy is completely down the country is heavily in debt and it is not clear which i want to take the money for to really go forward with all these ideas adrian zimbabwe has had instances of election violence and voter intent intimidation in the past are we expecting to see if there are elections this time around briefly if you can well look this could be the first time in the history of the country that we could really relate to flee have a free and fair elections they has been some minor incidents especially compared to

what the country went through and pasta elections this is really minor and a lot of people are very optimistic that monday might go well and that we will not see any major hiccups entering crease reporting from harare thank you very much. now some of the other stories making news around the world militants in afghanistan have killed at least two people and injured five others and assault on a training center for midwives nearly seventy people were inside this center in jalalabad when the extremists attacked witnesses heard gunfire and several blasts no group has yet claimed responsibility. a court in egypt has sentenced seventy five people to death including senior members of the outlawed muslim brotherhood they were charged with security offenses in a mass trial related to a two thousand and thirteen protest that turned violent it's now up to the country's top theological authority to review a ruling though he usually approves the court's decision. thousands of people have

taken to the streets of baghdad and other iraqi cities where the latest protest against corruption unemployment and the lack of basic services are under arrest homs while politicians try to form a coalition government after parliamentary elections in may. of italy's new populist government turning away rescue boats migrants trying to reach europe are increasingly setting their sights on a new destination spain the country says it has rescued nearly a thousand people making the dangerous mediterranean crossing in the past two days alone madrid says the european union will have to do more if it's to stem the flow of new arrivals. the coast of southern spain is within sight. it's the end of a treacherous crossing of the strait of gibraltar. what you're seeing is a group of migrants reaching european soil. and they're among the many who arrive

on spanish beaches every year. we don't know where they ended up but we do know they're lucky to be alive. so far this year at least fifteen hundred have died in the mediterranean sea their route to europe too has changed with spain now the preferred entry point we can say is that the first indications we're getting from the spanish authorities is that it is the west african. migrants that were most prominent crossing into libya in the past couple of years who seem to be choosing spain as their route now. the number of undocumented migrants arriving to the spanish coast so far this year is almost as many as the total for twenty seventeen most are rescued at sea and brought to ports like this one in the town of. it's here in the port where they were initially held before being moved to overcrowded immigrant reception centers. in

a meeting earlier this week with france's president emanuel micron the spanish prime minister said the e.u. needs to do more if it wants to see a fall in the number of people arriving illegally on its shores in local but i feel a little cooperation and development is very important a requirement is to socially politically and economically stabilize the countries of origin of the border protection should have dignity and respect for the human rights of migrant people if you know we need to strengthen our cooperation with countries of origin and also with the transit countries those. back in southern spain it's the end of an exhausting journey for these migrants and the beginning of an uncertain future in the european union. formula one now at the hungary and grand prix mercedes has taken over the starting row in sunday's race that after lewis hamilton a briton clocked the fastest time in a rain soaked qualifier winning pole position and beating out teammate valtteri

bottas who finished second ferrari's kenny reichen and took third off the bastion fettle got fourth place. out the tour de france thomas has held on to the yellow jersey in the penultimate stage the stretch was a time trial of thirty one kilometers from sent. to us by lead barring an accident on the final stage of one hundred sixteen kilometers on sunday in paris it's expected that thomas of britain will win his first tour de france. an australian has made history by becoming the first woman to lead a team to victory in the clipper around the world yacht race skipper wendy talk and her serenity coast team won the two thousand and seventeen two thousand and eighteen edition the twelve identical yachts returned to liverpool england nearly

a year after leaving for the race which covers forty thousand nautical miles talked edged out another team led by a woman twenty five year old british skipper nicky henderson's crew finished in second place. people around the world spent half the night with their eyes on the skies getting their fill of the longest total lunar eclipse of the century the shadow of the earth through the moon into darkness and turned it red mars also put in an appearance and its closest approach to earth in fifteen years. even if it was pos bed time everyone came. telescopes in brunei let people get that little bit closer to the moon. but just looking up to. those with cameras captured the heavenly body on film. in south africa people stopped in the streets it was really pretty it's very little it's. been through.

so it's opened it up to what. it was. bartered it looks very different today through really really good ground yeah it's you know it's just a definitive very different. and egypt outside the city if you i'm leaving the artificial lights behind was an effort worth making. i'm a little sad and we chose a place far from the city on purpose because the feather away from the city we get the clearer the skies because you know if. you're in brazil the beach in rio did. narrow was a perfect spot to see the moon as well as ma's nearby. it's beautiful very beautiful it was great being here and the moon was very beautiful more so with this telescope. it was bad luck for people in mumbai india fics clouds left nothing

much to see this is a very long gets of the longest eclipse of the century but. on which on the beat of the there's a video very thick local soviet all very very disappointed. no disappointment for people in greece though their luneta live at a picture perfect performance. you're watching the news i'm having quite often in berlin for all of us here thanks for joining us. waste. isn't it time for good. to go at africa people have projects that are.