but you've got to start somewhere. this is deja vu news coming tonight from the drought in wildfires across the globe what is causing these extreme weather conditions the view from space shows parched regions that are normally a lush green a new report says rising temperatures could. disrupt the ecosystems we talk to an expert also coming up normally occurs in argentina prepare to vote on whether

abortion should become legal the issue has been highly controversial in the homeland of pope francis'. unwelcome i'm good. a record heatwave is gripping parts of asia including china and japan wildfires are raging in portugal spain sweden and the united states there's a drought in australia and other countries as well so what's behind the i'm usually hot weather in a moment we talk to a climate policy analyst but first this report on high temperatures that some fear could. disrupt earth's ecosystems. central europe from space too hot and too dry this is commander of the international space station alexander guest just had

a chance to take my first photos of dried out central europe in germany since a few weeks and was shocked what should have been green is now all brown never seen it like this before. farmers across the continent are worried about crops the french version mountains a simply too dry about half of this farm is corn crop has already died. and rivers are also drawing up this is in brandenburg in northern germany shocking scenes like this are likely to become the new normal according to an international research teams latest study the name for this new normal hothouse earth i said what i said it is when the earth when the climate is much warmer than it is today three to four degrees warmer than it already is four to five degrees warmer than in the pre-industrial climate yankee. climate targets him to limit the earth's warming to two degrees celsius but scientists now think that that is even too high setting in motion processes that are both more extreme and irreversible such as glacial

melting once they're gone the sun's heat stops getting reflected and starts getting absorbed speeding up global warming the potsdam institute which specializes in climate research argues that without putting in place this afic human made climate protections the seas could rise by up to sixty metres. and that's you know this is something long term but of course in the next few decades and by the end of the century these effects will have significantly negative impacts on cities which are often on the coastlines. climate scientists say we need to address clear cut industrial greenhouse gas emissions traveling less by plane or by car and eating less meat as well. in the short term however both humans and animals are finding more immediate ways to cool down. and in the us record temperatures are fueling the worst fire in california history the mendocino complex fire has not

killed eleven people and burnt an area the size of los angeles over ten thousand firefighters are battling the blaze in the northern part of the state the flames have destroyed hundreds of homes and started over two weeks ago it's one of the eighteen fires raging across california. so i'll be entering the era of hothouse earth. climate policy analysts from the environment and development and geo german watch is with me welcome to you now we see a heatwave not to see in europe but many other parts of the world also facing very hot temperatures what explains this well as you're saying this is something we're really seeing across the globe and our research shows that it's mainly the poorest countries that are had the hardest but right now we're also seeing it across the entire northern hemisphere pretty much what is happening is that we have a very stable warm weather condition right now it doesn't change much it heats up more and what is little rain and that is because the jet stream is very weak right

now that's the circulation in the atmosphere that usually brings cold wind from the polar regions to other parts of the world such as europe and that has almost stopped and that is actually linked to manmade climate change ok but in this report we had scientists talk a lot of heading towards a hothouse spirit we're not there yet but i'll be heading in that direction yeah indeed we are not there yet what the scientists are talking about is really a whole different level still of catastrophic impact with droughts with the entire cities underwater as we heard in the story most of the world's megacities are on the coast so if you have ten and over several centuries sixty meters of sea would never rise that's a completely different level of catastrophic but what we are. seeing it is a sign of things to come hot weather like we are experiencing across the globe right now is becoming worse and is becoming more frequent and that's because of climate change one of the things the scientists wrote in this new report that the

hot house earth trend would be propelled by strong bio geophysical feedback difficult to influence but human actions what does that mean that these trends will continue despite attempts to me we can still address this there is still a chance to avoid these kinds of feedback loops and tipping points the report talks about what the report says is. there are certain things that can happen and once they happen they reinforce themselves once we trigger this these tipping points these feedbacks global warming will just continue even if we don't emit anymore if the third permafrost thaws in siberia permanently frozen soil methane is released and that triggers mobile warming there's more thawing of the soil and he keeps going and that's what we have to avoid the report says the tipping point for that is probably somewhere between one and two degrees of global warming so if we can limit to well below two degrees to one point five degrees as we said in paris in the paris agreement we can still avoid this catastrophic scenario this is the

scientists making a very compelling case. on cotton on the perils of climate change what more needs to be done you mention a few things which we're already doing that what more needs to be done to avoid catastrophic levels of global warming don't one thing we have to do is we have to stop burning fossil fuels coal oil and gas are destroying climate stability and putting us at an acceptable risk so producing power from coal is something we have to face out as quickly as possible but we also have to think about the transportation sector about agriculture all of that has to be transformed to ways of doing things that emit less greenhouse gases right talent policy analysts from german watch in berlin thank you very much for that all this meant. let me now bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the world internees inefficiency of the death toll from sunday's earthquake in provinces risen to one hundred thirty one aide workers have been struggling to reach victims in remote

areas and many us to believe to be buried in the rubble over one hundred fifty thousand people have been displaced by the quake. conservative ivan to care has been sworn in as colombia's president in his inauguration address he promised to heal the country's divisions but thousands gather to protest against his presidency there against his plans to rewrite the country's peace treaty with leftist fark guerillas. lawmakers in argentina face a controversial vote later today on whether to legalize abortion the bill got through the lower house of congress by the narrowest of margins in june to this vote it is in the upper house the senate but this time the bill is expected to force short of the votes necessary to pass into law the issue has divided the nation and families. of the cuttin user typical

middle class family in buenos aires getting ready for dinner. until recently they've never openly discussed their differences over abortion now as is happening across anjan tina there's a rift within the cooking of family. to his wife maria and his eldest son fabio resents the legalization of abortions but the family's youngest son thomas thinks they're safe and should be legalized. i mean the favor of legalization has put an end to social inequality in argentina the truth is women with high incomes in this country from the wealthiest families have had access to abortion for years without any inconvenience while the poorest women don't have this opportunity. but whose mother believes the procedure is unsafe no goes there is never safe as thomas claims abortion isn't safe because

women who have had abortions are left with many consequences they can be psychological as well as physical no medical intervention as i have a say and it's not free either because we'll all be paying for it but at the thought know it's most of us have. to brought his children up to be independent but he nevertheless feels bad about the disagreement see him but. i always tell them that they have to be independent in their judgments. so when i see them influenced by the media or by friends it hurts. it hurts a lot it's not easy for tom aside it is important. difficult because you live with your family you spend a lot of time with them and this kind of discussion has generated a tremendous divisions in argentina not only in families but also in the universities at the office in any environment. the atmosphere in argentina

streets is no different. in june the lower house of parliament narrowly approved the legalisation of abortion during the first fourteen weeks of pregnancy with restrictions starting at fifteen weeks ever since in the native country of pope francis the powerful catholic church has been campaigning to get the upper house to reject the bill on wednesday the polarizing abortion debate has also provoke violence in several cities young activists wearing green scarves in favor of legalizing abortion have been beaten in patagonia a young woman wearing a light blue scarf for those who are against legalization was patched. commentators say opponents of legalization have a majority in the upper house but supporters of the move are hoping to draw protesters around congress to put pressure on legislators to vote in favor. given argentina's deep division over of fortune it is hard to predict how which side will

react off that vote a victory for the anti-abortion front could be short lived. activists who want to overturn are determined not to give up or local months rights to choose. out on the streets opinions are divided. my young mother also became pregnant and the only option she was given was an abortion she decided to continue the pregnancy and that's why i'm here. and emotional do take place here in secret it's not that there's no abortion i think it's a healthy see the state has to result. i'm all for it i think it's a decision that has to involve the woman it's a matter of planning. so now if he doesn't actually responsible or not you have to take on the burden of the child or give it up for adoption. to doing his vote will determine with the ranch and tina becomes the third latin american country to legalize abortion after cuba and you're required.

in tennis to multiple grand slam winner showed signs of the best for what the toronto lost has stand on brink and overcame nicky os in three sets meanwhile reigning champ in a long chalk of which had a slightly easier path into the second round. in orange must have been fearing the worst against it carry us a full steam the australian it's hard to keep up with. the curiosities form can. from one set to another and the second veteran coach took the initiative aided by an injury to his heavily strapped opponent. fabric who will know how that feels his ranking has slams after two new york aeration xeroxed year. but he's getting back to his best majestic backhand flowing again this week swept through in three sets. novak djokovic is another veteran big name who's had his share of injury problems

in recent years too good for the relatively young boston mr passé pitch. but even the best get bogged down in frustration talk of it shredded a break in a second search. and then took his anger out on the ball. the bad moods didn't last long he completed his weigh in on a tie break tough matches await. some sad news in the world of sports kenya as world champion hurdler nicholas bet has died in a road accident at the age of just twenty eight and police said abets vehicle hit bumps in the road and rolled into a ditch here kenya's high altitude training camp that's won the one championship go right in the four hundred metres hurdles in two thousand and fifty. if you've just joined us in washington the news here is our top story for you. new research is warning that dries in temperatures could destructive ecosystems. the scientists

warn that the planet could get too hot even if the object of the paris accords on met. coming up ahead in german ryanair pilots have voted to to live off the job on friday joining a european wide strike affecting thousands of peak season travelers. that's coming up shortly. is going to. change you know the banks create. the language of. speaking the truth. matters.