power plays and the lines is behind the scenes of the summit starts august, 5th on d, w. the news . this is the w used live for the lien, at least for did is devastating. wildfires ravaged cypress neighboring nations stand in fire fighting plains, dozens of houses and whole groves of ancient olive trees have already been destroyed. also on the program, thousands of troops and fire fight as a dropped into search. both survivors of a deadly mud spot in japan,

forecasters warned that more heavy rain is on the way. and england thrust ukraine to cruise into the year 2020 the final families. while the 3 line closed into the major title in hospice century, england will host on the dogs democracy protect republic. ah jared re thank you very much for your company. the worst wildfires in decades on the mediterranean island of cyprus have killed at least 4 people. raging fires have wrecked dozens of homes and destroyed pine forests. the victims are thought to be egypt and farm workers. the european union and israel has sent in water carrying plains to help tackled appliances. let's get more now from

d. w radio correspondent nathan morley, who's in the town of e and napa on cyprus. thanks very much for joining us, nathan. tell us how bad are these 5? exactly. what's your assessment? well, i think they the pretty bad as far as cypress is concerned. we've had to deal with wildfire so many years. obviously we're in a very climate country. we have temperatures of moment around 40 degrees celsius. so the scrub land is, is very dry. but this particular file, which broke out yesterday around mid day in the mountains spread very quickly, the, the fire was out of control within a few hours, and then the mandatory evacuations. and we were hearing property cause being done. and then within the same day, by early evening, it became apparent that it was out of control in the perimeter around 35 kilometers

. so it's massive. it is a very big light out of control fi that spread so quickly. of course this is meant that the fire fighting, if it has had to become international, helps been brought in. tell us more about that. yeah, indeed. we're dealing with it until mid mid afternoon yesterday. then it became aaron that this, this, this wasn't, it wasn't working but need to international help. now the latest i have is that 2 planes have arrived from greece, with a crew of $25.00. some of them on the ground was a, some of them in the already i had the call from the royal that was the british station to already renewed by dropping water up in the mountains. but also across from israel are also here as well. the europe in union are also considering other options depending on how things go. and nathan, we understand that the period of sorry, he has been making some statements. what are they saying?

pretty much what you were saying at the top of the show. i mean, the justice minister made some interesting comments. he was saying she's the most devastating fire the island is ever seen. those words record a lot, bye bye. i remember from the 1st through 12 and she's worked in the fire fighting all of his life. and he said this is the last period in the history of cyprus, of the president. and they all giving out advice because the weather here was absolutely sweltering, basically, to be take precautions, no cigarettes, throw them out of the car. barbecues, don't barbecue it in forest areas, basically use common sense and they said that the next few days are going to be tough because the fire is not yet fully under control. and that was d. w. radio correspondent, nice and morally, reporting on these devastating wildfires in cyprus. nathan, thank you very much. okay. well, thousands of troops and 5 fighters have joined the search for survivors of

a huge mud slide in japan. at least 2 people are confirmed dead and 20 others are missing mud and flood waters tall through the coastal city of a tommy, which is 100 kilometers south west of tokyo. torrential rain has been falling 4 days and more in forecast. i got going off. is anyone out there in treacherous conditions? these rescue work is a searching for survivors. 6 they call out into the darkness, but no one is yelling. those who did make it out alive now gather and shelters. most of them had no time to even grab their belongings before having to leave. mother didn't go get on. when i opened the door, everyone was rushing into the street with a policeman, came up to me and said,

what are you doing here? you have to hurry. everyone is evacuating the ground collapsed right next year. so i went out into the rain and in a hurry without changing and with just a back up with the booklet. did it show? this is what she was freeing from an avalanche of mar, engulfing everything in its path homes, businesses and infrastructure, all flattened rescue. cruise did manage to find some people, but they're still looking for survivors. more rain and smaller land slides have hampered rescue acids. forcing work is to call off the search multiple times. the month side was triggered by torrential rains. a month was hit the area in the space of just a few days. and there's more in the forecast expense one that the danger of more

land slides may not be over yet. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines today. at least 45 people have been killed in a military plane crash in the philippines. the transport aircraft missed the runway . during landing on the island of hollow, at least 50 troops were pulled from the burning wreckage. 2 chinese astronauts have completed their 1st space walk as millions watched on tv, they installed and tested equipment on the outside of the t and gone space station . the facility is due to be fully operational make the plan marine la penn has been reelected as the leader of frances bar. right? national rally. no one stood again to the pen. if that to run in the national presidential election next year, a ruptured under water, gas pipeline has 10 flames boiling to the surface of the gulf of mexico. officials

say the lake is now under control. the environmental impact is not yet clear, the search and rescue if it's at a collapse department building in florida had been suspended. what's left of the structure is unstable and is now being demolished. at least 24 people are confirmed dead and 121 are still missing. for over a week, the families of those still missing in surfside have been waiting in vain for news of their loved ones. now they face another excruciating, the late the recovery operation. as demolition teams prepare to carry as a controlled explosion of the size. preparation includes activities like drilling into columns in the unsafe structure, and we are continuing to receive updates about the condition of the standing structure. and we will begin the search and rescue once again on any sections of

the pile that are safe to access. as soon as we are cleared, with tropical storm elsa forecast to make landfill in florida, in the coming days, officials decided the rest of the collapse complex needs to come down 5. we have a building here in surfside that is tottering, it is structurally unsound. and although the b b i of this storm is not, not likely to pass over this direction. you could feel gusts in this area. we don't know, it's definitely a possibility. the instability of the size has been a major challenge for the search operation. it was already for support for almost 24 hours on thursday. after dangerous movement was detected in the debris. it's hope the demolition will reduce the dangerous faced by the crews when they resume combing through the rubble and that the families now living in limbo will soon have

certainty about the fates of their loved ones. to football now and the final 4 teams are ready to line up at the european championship england hammered ukraine for neil in the last match of the quarter finals. hurricane scored taught, scored twice in rome to send the lions into the 1st euros semi final since 996. england, of course, have yet to concede a goal in the tournament earlier casper, dulled by, grabbed what proved to be the winner for denmark in a $21.00 win over the czech republic. the danes mixed faith, england in london after easily taken spain in the other semi final and for more on these matches oliver media from d. w. sports is here. hi lisa. this was a huge result for england. what stood out most for you in the performance? well, of course the for goal of take the headlines, you know, and no doubt they'll be particularly welcome for english, given that they struggled to find the net. in the group stage of this tournament, they are equal to go in 3 games in the great stage. but i think what actually

impressed me more than the the number goals is good. england is the calmness and the professionalism of this thing. we've seen so many talented english science turn up at major tournaments and crumble under the expectations in the pressure this england same does not seem to have the same hang ups as those england seems of all they they, they look comfortable within themselves. they look comfortable yesterday against crime, for example being the favorite playing the role of the favorites. they didn't feel the pressure, they thrive on it and, and i think it's this that makes england real contenders. but there's tournament, there's a belief in this team that they belong in the latter stages of major tournaments, a belief that they can go on for when the thing and that is something that i think england seems at the past of lack ok, they've got this real momentum behind them don't they? denmark have also made it through after beating the czech republic, but they are under dogs. do they stand a chance? well, if you want to talk about a month and then let's talk about then lately. yeah, look another great result for them yesterday to goes in the 1st off. i really

nicely for this one to go to showcase their strengths very well. say a government that based on delaney putting ahead to a way to open the scoring and then some excellent women back play from your model. and one of the stars of the tournament for me as to setup cost it all day to make it to $1.00. you know, it's strange now looking back at the opening gains of this tournament and thinking about how bleak it looked for denmark, you know that the trauma, of course, that they will suffer with christine erickson's cardiac arrest and simply the fun. they lost the 1st 2 games of the tournament. they were on the brink of going out. now you look at them, this momentum is game changing the medicine they have is still there and that's something that can disappear very, very quickly. but if they can keep that going, they have a real chance of beating england and making it all the way from the final lots of come back stories in this 21 isn't that i'm going to put you on the spot now all the way to teams do you expect to make it to the final next sunday? okay. i would have to say in spite of them awesome and,

and i think that calmness and not professionalism that i talked about with england . i think that should be enough to allow them to hope that any juggernaut and get through italy, spain is a harder one to predict. i think not least because spain us so inconsistent in finishing. and it's like, i have to say, have been the most impressive team out there for them and so far and i think they'll continue that. i think it'll be england against italy, wembley next on that. but let's see what happens from d w sports. thank you very much. and there was one incident which upset denmark fans a big game in back who and as a by john security staff removed a rainbow flag held up by danish supportive. and you'll remember of course, governing body you went was heavily criticized earlier in the tournament for not allowing munich stadium to be leased up in rainbow colored light is the fair, has been planned by the l g b t q community you're watching w news. we're going to have more headlines at the top of the hour,

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