all morning. this is the w. news live from berlin europe's heat wave turns deadly and claims its first heat stroke victims at least three people have died in spain forecasts for both spain and portugal are due to reach the highest temperatures ever recorded on the continent. also coming up. thousands gather in israel to protest a new law that's in marginalizes non jews our correspondent in tel aviv has the latest. and members of zimbabwe's made opposition party appear in court and harare charged with inciting violence after monday's election the defendants say they're

being framed by the police. i'm irish waiter thanks for joining us temperatures in europe are forecast to reach the highest ever recorded on this continent this weekend in spain at least three people have reportedly died from heat stroke eight races in portugal have already broken local heat records with some areas hitting nearly forty six degrees celsius that's close to the record forty eight degrees set in greece more than forty years ago. mercilessly the sun beats down day after day driving the temperatures in portugal to record breaking highs. people do whatever they can for relief. authorities have issued a nationwide health alert and urging people to take precautions against heat stroke

the most important thing is to drink lots and lots of water. i need lots of water something cool and i try to stay at home. easy doesn't stay in the shade and drink a lot and that's. right. emergency services are at maximum readiness because of the threat of forest fires last year wildfires killed more than one hundred people in portugal. but it is respected the risk of fires to rise in the old guard and in parts of iowa into as well as in the north. lot the first alarms were reported on friday some seven hundred firefighters are working one major fire in the hill country of the old garvie forecasters expect temperatures to hit forty seven degrees before things start to cool off slightly earlier in the week.

and the heat wave has hit here in germany as well and all the people are suffering the tree is are also dying high temperatures and weeks with very little rain have parched forests environmentalist worry that thousands of trees are not evolved to withstand this heat and they say a whole generation of trees is at risk. berlin's green lungs the forest outside of the city at cern in brown it hasn't rained here in weeks that's hard on pine trees and spruce trees which are less resistant to heat and drought than are the trees the heat is also deadly for seedlings. the forester for this wards is worried about a whole generation of trees. the woman who also has been right now it looks like half of the newly planted trees won't make it that's the last that goes into the thousands and. then you told a good florist manages to estimate the cost of the damage for all of germany and

half a billion euros they hope the government will help them cover the losses. maybe it's enjoy i don't know when we get into a kind of catastrophic situation that we've never seen before than we do think compensation for the money spent on seedlings should be considered as it should environmental organizations say forest owners needs with just to the consequences of climate change one way would be to increase the number of heat resistant trees this must stop the photo that's something the government can encourage investing heavily in more evergreens is a bad idea because we're heading for a mediterranean climate where those trees won't grew middle east in the short term though what the woods need are a few days of state in the rain. tens of thousands of people have been protesting in israel against new legislation they say marginalizes non jewish people in the country thousands gathered in a central square in tel aviv for a protest organized by the country's druze minority they call for all israelis to

be treated equally and they say the new law undercut israel's democratic values by marginalizing not only the druze but also the country's arab minority arab israelis make up about twenty percent of the population. let's bring in the middle east correspondent tanya kramer on the line she is at the rally in tel aviv tanya start by telling us more about who's at this protest what does it look like on the ground there. while you can say a lot of people from the jewish community there are and ok actually on top of that it is a pleasure came down from the north where most of the communities are to articulate these approaches to right joining you crazy in philippi tell the truth. minority makes maybe less than two percent of the interests of the population but they also say no they also are in the army and like the arab israeli community.

we are israelis feel israeli but that's why there's so much anger but. no we don't really do feel like a second class citizen. this was also reflected this week when some jewish protesting in the army says they can no longer be in the army because they do not feel equal before the law and that's why so many people turned out to approaches. how will minority like the druze and the arab israelis be affected by this nation. what i mean the arab israeli community would say we always. discriminated against not just in trying to. make you think though at the moment actually. the jewish character. only in addition to that old downgrades they are big language from the official language to language to the. people who came here tonight because

again a possible i suppose compromise that was offered by the israeli prime minister last week of the discussed with the leadership of the jewish community it's kind of all because they want to be an amendment to the nation state law or that it's probably altogether. a given it's a spring they just don't want to be seen as second of the distance and that's why they have to come out and protest. middle east correspondent tanya famous at the rally in tel aviv thank you so much. the british government says it is deeply concerned by the violence following zimbabwe's election as well as the quote disproportionate response from security forces at least six people died on wednesday after troops opened fire on a demonstration people taking to the streets to protest against alleged vote rigging by president emerson. today more than twenty members of the main opposition party appeared in court and harare they've been charged with inciting violence at

the rally. marched into court to face charges of inciting public violence dozens of members of the opposition movement for democratic change who were arrested at the party headquarters police accused of violence while awaiting election results at least six people died in clashes with security forces but the m.d.c. as leader nelson chamisa says it is the government that should face justice. we have been subject to all. intimidation in. the reason why. roy. and i must.

follow is to keep a seat challenges the election outcome police continue to deal out heavy handed tactics on friday trying to shut down an opposition press conference. they eventually relented the situation has left many zimbabweans anxious about the future i want to be. in. it but i think. i think. the old man is one so i'm just hoping. he will change the fortunes of most of us. nobody to speak to anyone here. i don't see any future. after winning by a slim margin man and god has called for national unity and reached out to his rival. to be president or.

president. and those. who knows and. i want to see. what was present. south africa has now congratulated for his victory the united states says it is reviewing the election results. and after some of the other stories making news around the world police in the russian city of st petersburg have arrested gay rights activists are taking part in an on or authorized rally organizers had said they would stage one man protest after city authorities turned down their request to hold her raid a law banning what the russian government calls propaganda has been in place since twenty thirteen. turkey's president that's a type everyone has announced counter stations on to u.s. officials after the u.s. froze the assets of two turkish ministers earlier this week the route was sparked

when turkey entertained a u.s. pastor working in the country and allegations of terrorism and espionage. amazon has begun removing products with nazi symbols from its online store the decision comes after the internet retail giant was criticized for allowing third parties to sell right wing paraphernalia the company says it has blocked several seller accounts and is reviewing the status of others amazon's regulations have banned third parties from selling products that promote hatred violence racial or sexual intolerance. chinese artists and political activists say why why says his studio in beijing is being demolished by china's authorities i posted a video on his instagram account of an excavator demolishing a wall i have been an outspoken critic of the chinese government policy he moved to germany in two thousand and fifteen. it's been called russia's woodstock the

shots v. festival in moscow draws tens of thousands of rock lovers and dozens of bands for three days of music and revelry but in one aspect it's not at all like it's peace and love namesake from nearly fifty years ago russia's military will be out in force for this party and for some bands that has struck the wrong note. these guys are pretty big in moskos punk rock scene. it is called distemper they formed around the time the soviet union collapsed that recorded twenty one albums and toured extensively at home and abroad and they regularly play the not just to be festival . this time around they were planning to debut the newest song. but they decided to pull out of the festival why they didn't like the fact that russia's military plans to exhibit weapons at the festival site. people just want

to relax at the festival just can't be that military hardware be allowed to go on display that's simply propaganda for militarism a music festival should not become a place for state propaganda just your. bands that don't end up playing for go the paycheck and the public to be some two hundred thousand people attend the festival each year so it's no surprise that the army wants to do a bit of marketing. to go what we've always been critical of the military people should be able to make a conscious decision before hand not after the fact they should be able to decide whether to go to the army or not. and this tempera north alone to spend your were invited to play at the festival for the first time this year but they too decided to cancel along with six other bands

all because of the i mean advertising. guide you could if you go with a band cancels then a second cancels then a third fourth fifth and sixth for that at some point the audiences and the organizers will begin to reflect on it it would. put it on the podium where. the band hopes that though again be invited to play in two thousand and nineteen they say they would definitely play provided the army stays away. to sports now at the european championships in glasgow the records are tumbling in the pool first british swimmer adam p.d. broke his own world record in the men's one hundred meter bra backstroke the reigning olympic champion clocked a time of fifty seven seconds dead to delight the home crowd peter shaved zero point one three seconds off his previous best which he set at the olympics in rio de janeiro two years ago next there was joy for russia as clément kolesnik off broke the men's fifty meter backstroke walt record the youngster came home in twenty four seconds dead zero point zero four seconds faster than the previous best

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