$6000000.00 jews, like microbes to be annihilated even 77 years after the holocaust hatred towards jews is still pervasive. history of antisemitism starts july, 2nd on d. w ah ah . this is d w. news live from berlin. ukrainian, president visits troops on the front line in southern ukraine. laudermill zalinski tours make a lie of where soldiers are fighting to prevent a russian advance along the black sea coast. also coming up, a sizzling summer arrives early in europe. as cities across the continent

experienced record, high temperatures, forests from spain to germany, succumbed the destructive force of climate change and sudan could face the double head of a local and global food crisis. farmers are left sitting on their harvest and fields are going until after the government breaks its price, promised to wheat. farmers ah unexpired are welcome to the program ukrainian president bowler below to me as a lensky has visited troops on the southern front line. while his army battles a russian on slot in the eastern don bass region, ukrainian forces have also been fighting off attempts by russia to seize more territory near the southern cities of mc alive and odessa, with little shane frontline positions in recent days. the head of nato against

dalton berg says the war could go on for years. ah, 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 bus in the east. through wild weary, the focus of the invaders is now on the cities of seattle dynamics combat moody shop to improve the tactical position. the enemy tried to conduct assault operations outside the city, gone, but was unsuccessful because no molly, over the past few months,

russia has taken control of almost all of the eastern lu hunter 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 dial. no, we have good weapons, but we need much better ones. we need artillery the shoes farther. our technology dates back to the eighty's. we take care of it often, but it still gets broken off of your vision for the work you. western deliveries of heavy artillery have taken time, but some including these u. s. made how it is already having an impact on the battlefield. you. uh huh. isn't it? a mutual difference between the weapons we had before and the new one. so remember, so this canon is much more precise which nisha it use faster. alice simple to operate yourself because it's low to the ground. it's easier to camouflage. at least just lead the zoom. you'll actually, you must go out the as the war increasingly becomes

a battle of artillery. western military supplies are ever more critical. but for the ukrainian troops holding on in the don bus, the weapons aren't coming fast enough. there are reports that russian troops are gearing up to move on. har keith rush, ukraine's 2nd biggest city or correspondent rebecca bidders told us more well, that's right. ukrainian officials say that russian forces are trying to get close enough to start shelling that cd. once again. they have been making some progress on that says l b, it slow, but ukrainian official saying that they want to open up a new front line. then as you mentioned, hockey's county is the 2nd largest city in ukraine and the region that it's in harkey region about the russian border. it's the 2nd time we know that this is a t target city of president putin and the russian forces. and it was heavily sheldon, heavily bombarded in the early parts of the war from round about the 1st 2 months.

amnesty international says even evidence, a cluster bombs were used in that any that is found to indeed be true that would constitute a war crime. we know that a residential areas we indiscriminate, they, sheldon, it has a really high death hole in that region. now this, it would be the 2nd push ukrainian forces managed to get russian forces pretty much all the way out of the region in the early parts of may. but we've seen renewed shelling in that area. and as i say, ukrainian force is now saying that russian russian force is a trying to open up a new front there. and i'd like just to go to the southern front again and then visit by president zalinski and his 1st to the southern front. what message do you think he is sending by go sending by going there. do you think while it's or is he a very big message of a solidarity? you know, as he has he says the brave men and women fighting down there. he wants to go and support them, he was handing out metals, going to say, maybe both professional visiting hospitals. i mean, these are very symbolic,

but very important visits. it's not his 1st, he's also been to other key frontline areas. he's been to visit his upper region. he's been to how to keep he's even been to lucy chance, where he's really just trying to show not just the people there on the front line, but the entire country that he stands by the forces. these are incredibly high security visits. there are no details announced before and not until he returns to they announce that he's been there. but despite the security in the high, ah, yeah, the high security basically of the trip. so these are so very important, and they show that he's willing to take that risk, they're very risky, very dangerous. but you know, by doing so, he's really standing in solidarity with the troops. and just to get back, if you don't mind to the comment we heard from the leader of nato, general secretary jen stolberg, that the war and ukraine could last for years to people that feel the same. and didn't really matter to them much. what foreign leaders say about the unfolding of

the war? ah, well, i mean, i, people here i think have come to terms with that reality that this war is going to drag on for years a long time ago. i mean, as we know, there already has been a war in the east southeast of this country for 8 years. so it is a reality that ukrainians are very aware of and they everyone who speak to he does, you know, they're hopeful they're hoping obviously that it won't last years and that they will be successful weed. there is still a real sense of hope that people, people believe that you will be victorious in the end, but that they are really aware of the reality that it, it may drag on for years. something else that you can, shelton berg said in those statements, of course, was that nato very well may announce at an upcoming summit that russia is no longer an ally of the alliance. and that would, of course, be very, very significant. there was t w correspondent rebecca readers in chief here's a round up now of other stores making use around the world. voting is underway in

columbia in a tense and unpredictable presidential run off election. odors are choosing between left, his former gorilla fighter, gustavo petro and business tycoon. rudolfo hernandez has been compared to donald trump. the 2 men are neck and neck, and the poles is an election in france as well. voters, there are casting their ballots in the final round of parliamentary elections. opinion polls suggest president emanuel mac coles allies will emerge as the biggest party in the new national assembly. but it is not clear if he will get the absolute majority, he needs to push through his business friendly reform agenda. northeast to india and neighboring bangladesh have been hit by heavier than usual monsoon rains, causing widespread flooding. at least 18 people have been killed in more than 2000000 homeless experts say floods after the rainy season or more frequent because of climate change. europe is sweltering under an unusually early summer heat

wave record breaking temperatures have sparked forest fires in spain. and even here in germany, and the hot dry weather is putting pressure on regions already suffering from drought roar and crackle of wild fire burning its way through northern spain. firefighters are struggling to contain flames that have already claimed over 200 square kilometers of woodlands. spain is sizzling under a heat wave that is swept across much of europe with temperatures far higher than usual for this time of year. forest fires also near the german capital berlin here, unexploded munitions from world war 2, a complicating efforts to put out the flames. experts fear that was to come he bounced inside him yas, put the hottest time of year is usually between mid july and mid august,

all the sites in the interim. if we are ready dealing with these temperatures now, there will likely be more days like this, or even hotter, one sulk, no later this year, hog at once more intelligent man in nixon on franz to is feeling the heat like in spain, temperatures have exceeded 40 degrees celsius in some places meet your own to say it is the earliest heat wave to heat the country and 75 years. as people look for ways to cool off as you in paris is providing icey treats for its occupants. law only busting courtney. so here we have a frozen watermelon mix for the sheriff's. we have tubs of blood for the carnivores, blood. and then here we have blocks of ice mixed with meat for the lions. what in these unusual refreshments? a welcome relief from the baking heat. in italy, the early onset of summer is drawing out waterways. the pool river,

the country's longest has disappeared completely in some sections. forced out on chemicals, segments of the situation can get even worse. it can kill animals affect agriculture . everything like the river has already run out of water. i used go fishing, but now i can only fish for stones, a saucy sign to sworn an extreme temperatures. this early are caused by climate change and i said to become a regular feature in years to come. alexander, to me is a meteorologist and climate specialist in northern italy. i spoke to him earlier and began by asking him how the drought began and then worse and well i had in background is assigned to this in a climate change. so for me, price, i leave here in the northern part of italy and it hasn't rained since well, hard to rain since the december of last year's only almost 46 months. we have seen

very small amounts of rain. i want to live close to ensure and they slide goal and got a lot different times and b. and i said before, is it not something new? scientists from all over the world have showing that climate is changing their study showing that around the mediterranean gets halter and dryer for this is not a lot of time. you can sort of like you and animals and all the parts in a few different worlds. let me just ask you a quick question. is there anything that people there or even the government of italy can do about this, or is it just a global phenomenon that requires global action? executive wise global action and we need to change our habits in using energy, implement more and fossil energy, solar and wind box, andra. this is what is really very urgent and i'm afraid. and the current data

shows that they've got 21 percent renal $1.00 degrees celsius. you're not going to all right, alexander, to me in northern italy, in the town of a raise a on the drought fair. thanks so much. sudan is currently facing a food crisis that has been aggravated by russia's invasion of ukraine. the 2 countries together account for 70 percent of sedans, annual wheat requirement, and now it's domestic production is taking a hit as well. after the government went back on a promise to farmers to pay a fair share, a fair price rather for their harvest. all this week, good soon, rock father was an incidence food crisis. the un says nearly half of the country's population could face extreme hunger by september. these farmers cultivated the green after the government promised to pay them a fair price for it. but officials have since refused to buy the entire harvest due

to a lack of funds. a fight with no one wants to buy the wheat of the they have all refused and what was the issue has so many consequences went up. one of them, the farmers and now stuck with sacks of wheat and nowhere to store them properly. it stored in silos like these wheat can be kept up to a yard and a half. if not, it could rot within 3 months. that's made farmers reluctant to prepare for the new growing season, leaving the lands until we good. has it doctor that given these complications, if the sudanese government does not understand the ramifications of these issues so far, there would be huge problems for the economy and the agricultural sector. and farmers may refuse to grow wheat in the next season, mother was a, which will complicate the situation even more at local reproduction, commas only

a quarter of sedans and will needs. but with the looming food, grace is aggravated by the war in ukraine. domestic production has become ever more important. before we go, here's a quick look at our top story. at this hour, ukrainian president has visited troops in the front line and southern ukraine. lorimer zalinski toward mich live for soldiers are fighting to prevent a russian advance below the black sea coast. this is dw news of next in is living in the digital age magazine shift on next by sir, thanks to watch with it's a question of whether the next crisis will.