shed light on the opaque worlds who's behind the benefits. and why are they a threat to whistle opaque worlds this week on d w? ah ah, this is due to the news live from berlin. ukrainian president visits troops on the front line and southern ukraine. below them is lensky tours make a live where soldiers are fighting to present a russian advance. long and black sea coast also coming up french voters decide who will represent them in parliament. they're casting their ballots in the 2nd and

final round of elections. president emanuel mack hopes to win a new majority for his reforms. we'll ask our correspondent if that's likely. and the sizzling summer arrives early in europe as cities across the continent experienced record high temperatures, forest from spain, to germany, to come to the destructive force of climate change. ah, i'm nick spicer, welcome to the program. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski has visited troops on the southern front line, while his army battles are rushing on slot in the eastern don't 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 changed frontline positions in recent days, the head of made yet stop. burks as the war could go on for years in

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 medals to the soldiers and doctors defending the front lines . his visit comes only a day after a russian strike kill 2 people. an injured 20 in mc alive. despite constant russian shelling in ukraine south, the main conflict remains focused on the don bass in the east through age where the focus of the evade is, 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. before them all. over the past few months, russia has taken control of almost all of the east, in lieu hans province largely due to an overwhelming artillery advantage.

outnumbered and outgunned, ukraine has repeatedly urged the west to send heavier weapons to the front lines. was blowing a diet as though you have good weapons, but we need much better once we need artillery the shoes. further, our technology dates back to the eighty's. we take care of it often, but it still gets broken out of give if in fact 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 actually, somebody isn't, it's a mutual difference between the weapons we had before and the new ones seldom but so this canon is much more precise which nisha it use faster and a simple to operate your some i because it's low to the ground, it's easier to camouflage it maliciously doesn't, will actually you more squatted 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. and there are reports that russian troops are gearing up to move to on car keep you current. second biggest city or correspondent rebecca readers told us more. well, that's right. ukrainian official say that russian force is a trying to get close enough to start shelling that cc. 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 there. and as you mentioned, hockey's county is the 2nd largest city in ukraine and the region that it's in harkey region above 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 indiscriminately sheldon has a really high death toll 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 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 forces are 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 going there? do you think? while it's always 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 medical professionals visiting hospitals. i mean, these are very symbolic,

very important visits is not his 1st. he's also been to other key frontline areas. he's been to the city 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 stand 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, yet the high security basically of the trip. so these are still 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 stillberg, that the war and ukraine could last for years to people there 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 you kind of a 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 may drag on for years. something else that you don't bug said in those statements, of course, was that nato, a 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. that was due to the correspondent rebecca readers talking to us from keith. germany is taking emergency measures to cut natural gas consumption and replace applause because of lower russian delivers. economy minister robert havoc

said the use of gas in industry and to generate electricity would be limited. instead, more coal fired plants will be used despite environmental concerns. germany will do its best to replenish its gas storage reserves ahead of the winter. russia has cut deliveries, blaming repair, work, a decision berlin, it says is politically motivated. and here's a round up of other stores making use at this hour. voting is underway in columbia in a tense and unpredictable presidential run off election. voters are choosing between left, his former gorilla fighter gustavo petro and business tycoon rudolph hernandez, who's been compared to donald trump. the 2 men are neck and neck in the polls. the so called islamic states said it carried out saturdays attack on a secret temple in the afghan capital capital 2 people died and several were injured. as you had said,

they were retaliating for alleged insults against the islamic prophet. muhammad un says, afghanistan must do more to protect religious minorities, 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. let homeless experts say floods after the rainy season are more frequent because of climate change. french voters are casting their ballot and parliamentary elections that could decide president emanuel michaels ability to push forward. his reforms polling stations open for the 2nd and final round of voting opinion. polls suggest michael's alice will emerge as the biggest party and the new national assembly. but it is not clear that his party will win enough seas for an absolute majority. the president centrist party is facing challenges from a new left wing alliance in our correspond,

lisa lewis told us earlier that if my call gets the majority, it will all be smooth sailing for him. well, absolutely. you know, there are a lot of international crisis, as you said, there's the ukraine war on going and obviously there's also climate change that he will have to face. and also, domestically speaking, in my, my call, he knows that many people want him to actually shift his policies away from what they perceive as writing policies. many french people, many voters i have been talking to today. you had told me, you know, we don't necessarily want the left wing lines to win the majority of seats, but we want to show the government. we want to show, actually the president that he needs to change corps. and he needs to take into account that some people are suffering during his past 5 years and power. we saw that with the yellow west protest, and he knows that he needs to do more lecturing policies if he wants to, you know, prevent another round of practice from happening. that was said to abuse lisa louis

reporting from paris. 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 drug raw and crackle of wild fire burning its way through northern spain. fire fighters 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 fair that was to come he

bounced its item yas, put the hottest time of year is usually between mid july and mid august, 2000 or yet from if we already dealing with these temperatures now, there will likely be more days like this, or even hotter one sulking later this year, hog at one mas in salish, the 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. just say it is the earliest heat wave to hit the country in 75 years. as people look for ways to cool off, as you in paris is providing icey treats for its occupants. law, one it on the bus. it is. so here we have a frozen watermelon mix for the sheriffs, that we have tubs of blood for the carnivores, luxury. and then here we have blocks of ice mixed with meat. for the lions, remove these unusual refreshments. a welcome relief from the baking heat.

in italy, the early onset of summer is drawing up waterways. the pool river, the country's longest, has disappeared completely. in some sections, a port out articles, segments that situation can get even worse. it can kill animals affect agriculture . hum, everything like the river has already run out of water. i used to go fishing, but now i can only fish for stones, a saucy signed to sworn, but extreme temperatures. this early are caused by climate change. and i said to become a regular feature in years to come alexander, to me as a meteorologist and climate specialist in northern italy. and i spoke to him earlier and i asked him how that drought began and how it's been worsening. i had in the background is assigned in a climate change. so for me, christ, i leave here in the northern part of italy and it hasn't rain since or hard rain

since 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 kind of like dangerous, you know, watch different dyson b again. 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. this is not a long time you ran. it's sort of like the more and animals and all the parts in the world. 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? it requires a global action and we need to change our habits and using energy implement more and fossil energy, solar and wind box. and this is what is really very urgent and i'm afraid. and the

current data shows that the $21.00 parents agreement, $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 there. thanks so much. you're watching dw news up next. our documentary series doc film, and this time we focus our lens on 175 years of lens making tradition at the german company. dice. don't forget there's lots more and photo website d, w dot com. nick spicer. thanks for watching the green. do you feel worried about the plan? i'm the host of the on the green fence post and to me it's clear we need to change .