matters to us. ah, that's why we listen to their stories. reporter every weekend on d. w. it's with, ah ah, visit w news live from bullet, the ukrainian president visits troops on the front line inside the new cray followed me zalinski towards make a lie of where soldiers are fighting to prevent a russian advance along the black sea coast was coming up a close the boat expected in francis parliamentary election, president m on your macro as voters to back his centrist movement about he faces

a strong challenge from a left wing alliance. we follow one of its candidates on the campaign trail and more extreme weather flooding and ne, india and bangladesh. having monsoon rains, have devastated the region, leading dozens of people dead and millions homeless. ah, i'm all on soccer one. welcome to the program. if i am president vladimir lensky has pay to revisit the troops on the southern front line, as well as defending a russian onslaught in the don bastere credit army is successfully fighting off attempts by russia to seize the entire black seacoast, including the city of odessa. lou inspecting the devastation with his own eyes, ukraine's president followed amid zalinski on his 1st tour of the southern front.

in the strategic port of odessa and the embattled city of mc alive, the president awarded metals to the soldiers and doctors defending the front lines . his visit comes only a day after a russian strike killed 2 people, an injured 20 in mc alive, despite constant russian shelling in ukraine south. the main conflict remains focused on the don best in the east. through i'd weary the focus of the invaders is now on the cities of seattle dynamics. combat moved to help to improve the tactical position. the enemy tried to conduct assault operations outside the city, gone, but was unsuccessful between them all. over the past few months, russia has taken control of almost all of the east and lou hunt's province, largely due to an overwhelming artillery advantage. outnumbered and outgunned, ukraine has repeatedly urged the west to send heavy

a weapons to the front lines. was blowing a diet low, half good weapons, but we need much better once we need artillery that shoots farther. our technology dates back to the eighty's. we take care of it often, but it still gets broken off of gear, which in fact the, who the look you. western deliveries of heavy artillery have taken time. but some, including these u. s. made how it says already having an impact on the battlefield. you actually have somebody isn't, it's a mutual difference between the weapons we had before and the new one. so remember, so this canon is much more precise such nissan. it shoots faster and its simplest operate. you will someone because it's lower to the ground, it's easier to camouflage, at least just lead the zoom. you will actually you more school water as the war increasingly becomes a battle of artillery. west and military supplies are ever more critical. but for the ukrainian troops holding on in the don bus, the weapons aren't coming fast enough. earlier we spoke to

d. w as rebecca riches about president zalinski stripped to mc alive. well, we use of this trip. as with all of his trips outside of cave santa dropping during the middle of the day, actually there were highly secretive these, these trips. as you can imagine, security is incredibly tight. we started learning that he had visited, visited mc alive. we do believe that it was today, obviously these things do tend to drop on the same day, but of course he better give any information as to when these types of happening. these are, of course, a very important trips to try and boost morale amongst the brave boys and girls as he calls them at not just with them though, also with the whole country to show that he really does stand behind the fighters that are at the front lines. a and really standing at solidarity installed in solidarity with them at the season. his 1st trip out out of care of it was quite surprising when he did make the 1st trips one to separation and a hockey, which really was at the front line at the time. and, and even more surprisingly,

a couple of weeks ago, he visited lucy chance, which is now at the epicenter all the fighting in lieu, hans, so it's really, these trips are very bright and not taken lightly as huge security involved as you can imagine. and of course, they kept really tightly on the rats but incredibly important. he goes in, he goes out but, but even though they're short trips, these are incredibly important. and everyone in ukraine really appreciate them. rebecca versus reporting that his roundup of other stories making news at this hour . 2 people have been killed in an attack on a seek temple and kenneth on capital cobble taliban spokesmen. that attack has tried to drive the car with explosives into the temple area designated before reaching its target is not yet clear who was behind the assaults. hundreds of people had processed that intel aviv against israel's continued occupation of the west bank processes, carried banners and science marking 55 years in israel. took control of the west

bank also the 6 day war in 1900. 67. some demonstrators waved palestinian flags, us health officials have recommended cope in 19 vaccination made by by and take pfizer and turner for children as young as 6 months. this was the last group without access to the shots. the government is gearing up for the role as early next week with millions of doses ordered for distribution. colombian select a new president on sunday and the polarizing choices between left is to form a gorilla 5. petra and business magnets full of hernandez has been compared to donald trump. both men on nick and nick in the poles and french birches also go to the post late as a day in the 2nd and final round of parliamentary elections pulse suggest president manuel macros allies will emerge. the biggest party in the new national assembly pass a predicted strong showing by

a new left wing alliance could deprive macro of the absolute majority. he needs to push through his reform agenda and you face and a new political force. grabbing the headlines in france, i mean, not on. yeah. gee, is one of a number of flattering candidates who's made it to the 2nd round of parliamentary elections here? the parisian lawyer is part of a new leftist alliance called snoop, which has shaken up the political landscape. but is people like me or needed to put for it ecological issues, social justice and democracy? it's those issues that broad green socialists the far left and communist together just ahead of the selections. g'night, the long divided left in france, and to take on the business friendly policies of president in manuel my call. when he was re elected in the presidential port as 2 months ago. my crawl was and did no impressions about the reasons for his when just to see,

i know that many of our compatriots voted for me today or not because of my ideas. this is, this is a book. but michelle prolong rose of the far right and was beds in these parliamentary elections. macross main adversary is not the fair rights of marilla, penn. it's the veteran, far left politician charlotte miller shaw and the nip coalition, who could cause macro most problems. they garnered as many votes as macros. alliance 26 percent. after winning a 2nd sermon april emanuel, my father thomas, he would be president for all french people. but after the 1st round of voting for the national assembly, it's clear, not all friends people, one's him. he could lose his absolute majority here at the french parliament. but the left scaling is here, don't necessarily mean a shift to the left for french politics. quite the reverse replied,

lego shall as the weight of the left in the national assembly and he could push my calling to negotiate with right wing m p was easy. this could even make him move his reforms to the right. and i run a co consequent one week delay, stressful. i mean that's an yoga is confident, her lines will have another strong showing and sundays 2nd. and decisive frowned. and that they pick up more votes from some of the 50 percent of voters who didn't take part last time. bowers, i thought i'm expecting to win that i expect a young people to vote people from working class neighborhood. people who are worried about their retirement age only by her vassar movie, they were thing whether the pressure comes from the left or right in manuel. my call will have to be prepared to make more compromises to push through his policies in the coming parliamentary term. in the 1st round, france recorded

a low voter turnout are we asked a journalist analyst with more t if that's likely to change in the 2nd round. that's an interesting question because as like for himself said in the quote in your, in a film. he said, i know that people voted against other than for me and this is going to carry you some. some people are going to be scant enough to buy the whole neck, especially in economic matters. george will show all the new leader to come and force themselves to hurt the court. but i'm going to say a pox on both your houses and still no food. and every single i'm studying for a long time, saying that young people do not verge as much as older people who do those. all the rooms basically. and some of the gen x is much more than young people. on the left has a majority of young voters and especially 18 to 35. they are the ones who go to the

most for a job. so that still sort of creates a and yet, and, and i was a journalist analyst, but more to from paris. now fire fi says in spain are struggling to bring raging wildfires under control in several parts of the country. areas close to the border with portugal and in the center have been the worst hit in one region alone, at least $20000.00 heck tests have already been. numerous villages have been evacuated, an intense heat wave and a lack of rain has fueled the wildfires. d w as nicole rees is in madrid and has more on the wild fires in spain, north west. well, the situation in that region in the north west of spain is really dire. we're looking at this year at a later $20000.00 hector's at the moment. are burning and are probably going to be gone in the future and it's going to be more because this strong winds and also the

heat. of course, i'm making it very difficult to get hold of these plans to put out that fire fights for further villages have been evacuated this afternoon. their emergency service is from portugal going there now to help tackle the fire, the military, the spanish military has also its forces there. it has increased the task force really looking at 200 to 300 people trying their best. but it's, it's very a difficult situation on the ground and looking at the images. i mean, we're looking at a natural reserve and we're watching ecological disasters. i just by the sheer size of it, because a 3rd of this natural reserve is effected. this is not only home to people, it's also a stronghold for biodiversity, in particular, for the wolf. it's one of the la strongholds in the west of europe, so we don't know what will happen to these creatures living in this patch as well. but i've visited this area just a few months ago, and it's, it's really heartbreaking to watch this and actually engineers on the ground. also

saying that they haven't seen such a severe situation in 30 to 40 years. nicole race in madrid now north east india and neighboring bangladesh have been hit by heavier than usual monsoon range, causing widespread flooding. please, 9 people have been killed in 2000000 left homeless in the indian state of some experts say floods following seasonal rains are increasing due to climate change. devastating floods on least by monsoon storms. millions of people in bangladesh and india saw their homes submerged under water. the floods have killed dozens in both countries. families are mourning the death of their loved ones. this man lost 2 of his grandchildren, lentils, forever. as with relentless stream is making it harder for people to reach chicago

in does northeastern state of a. some is also particularly hit by flooding and landslides. rescue teams have been raising to evacuate stranded villages. i heard on the situation had been a little of him because a there had been heavy, involves abbas food is and the whole of us armies are in under, under the quantum depends of it. it varies from place to place. but extreme weather has become increasingly frequent in recent years. in many areas have had little time to recover before being hit again. the city of on will is it the car? this is the 3rd time that we're facing floods, year after on we're i this time the flood is completely swamped the streets on the can album, whatever was repaired after the 2nd flood. it is now again in ruins. north of you should not be sure no worries at all if y low line areas and bangladesh and india are more prone to such disasters. many believe climate change is making. the

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