diana services, oh, be our guest at frankfurt airport city, managed by fred bought. ah ah ah, this is the w news, live it from berlin tonight, the future of u. k. prime minister, boys, johnson, suddenly in doubt, to senior minister resigning today, saying they can no longer in good conscience be part of boris johnson's government . also coming up russia increasing its attacks and eastern ukraine. cities in bo desk are under constant showing now resident of the city of slow beyonce. i've been

told to get up. and italy grappling with its worst route in 70 years. water levels have dropped to record lows. farmers are desperate and meteorologist a warning. this is just the beginning. ah, i'm bring. gov is good to have you with this on this tuesday and we begin in britain where prime minister boys johnson is clinging to power after 2 of his most senior ministers resigned today, casting no doubt on his integrity, finance minister re she soon act has gone saying the public expects government to be conducted and i'm quoting here, properly, competently and seriously. and the health minister sonjee job, it has also quit concluding that he can no longer serve boys. johnson, in good coach, of the prime minister has seized

a series of scandals over parties held in his official residence during the national coven 19 locked down. his latest troubles are over. the appointment of a senior party official accused of sexual misconduct. the prime minister now admits that was an error of judgement. yes, i think it was a mistake and i apologize for, for it. i think in hindsight it was the wrong thing to do. i apologize to everybody who's been badly affected by it. the w bigger mom, she has been monitoring development in london forest and i asked her to explain how much trouble boris johnson is in tonight. i mean, it's been said many times that it's the most difficult day of his life of his political life. but really, it is very, very hard because johnson now you just remain and regain the trust of, of his cabinet, of the conservative party and the m p. so he's really fighting very much was

political survival was too big for cabinet secretaries that was very closely had around the cabinet table with them resigning. and it's a very fluid situation. say the people are watching who is going to resign or stay in the post if they can be filled at all very quickly. this is really a moment where boys johnson doesn't know whether he was still be prime and the next se, weeks to come. he has said that he will not resign. can he be forced out of office? he could be forced out of office however, it's not very clear cut. so there is a mechanism within becomes the party whereby there is of confidence in the prime minister. now he has just narrowly survived one of the rules within the pod. you need to be change in order for it to be another very confident which would then

be held by 70 them. he's mowing. fission that will be changed so that they will enable another payment. and that would then really be the crunch moment that we should know very soon because the case is being held on should we know that he still has supporters in the party. could all of this lead to some sort of a civil war within his conservative party? well, the conservative pays and the conservative policy at large will one to know whether he is still. if we know what we know at the moment is that popularity is really very, very profitable. popularity within the electorate is wrong, but also on the cruise point within the content this policy base. so it's just a recent poll just yesterday showed that it's as though as it has never been within

the conservative party to really at the moment he is, he is at the lowest point that there are not that many people within the conservative parts. he asked the man who could lead them into the next election. now we haven't seen really the following 3 cover, the secretaries which is do you have thought it could happen? people are and before we go, because we know that boys just in the last election, he won with a sizable majority. that has been reason enough for his party to stand by him. he's had plenty of controversy since he became prime minister. does that past election performance? does it mean anything for him moving forward? this has meant a lot because this has meant that to our oldest scandal,

fight them for him drinking and drinking with colleagues. doing cobra from party members. conservative colleagues would have what he has reached out to parts of the electra that no other conservatives prime minister has been able to reach out that. however, we do see and calls that support the head and tradition and labor that that has been thinking say really this argument that has been the one to, to win the big majority. they might not for the next general election. all right, big enough for the latest on this breaking news is more ministers in the u. k. cabinet resign bigger. thank. now to the latest of the war in ukraine. russia is stepping up. it's a tax on cities in the eastern don't ask region. ukrainian forces. they are

regrouping, but a local governor says there is no safe place left to run. many reds are leaving their homes in fear of a full scale russian offensive. earlier i spoke to, i spoke to la move. so bill scott, she is an advisor to the ukrainian government, and i asked her if russia could stop or ukraine could start russia from taking more territory in the don't bets reach. i think that victory a in russia victory lugens can finance it. so, you know, maybe we lost a bunch of but not dive where we now conducting a defending operations and it's the we need to go offensive and we need to get more of that. and that's what we expect to, to get our western allies. russia currently

i managed to get see that and then you can listen chance and you sad and believe me. after a few months of barry had the very high thought from but to get just this small 2 towns, it's a not victory for them at all. and also the russians losses is extremely, extremely high, and they got more than 4000 people. but the losses for the ukrainian side or, or at least estimated to be much, much high. you're, are you seeing though that capturing cities like lucy, john hire? let's talk about what, what we know in terms of the cities. we know that the city of the c shanks has been taken by the russians. is it going to be harder for the russians then to take more territory? if they want to keep control of a major urban cent city like mercy shots,

i think that now what we see russia is regrouping the troops. now the threat is coming from southern regions some directions, particularly make life and also threat. this is still there in hot keep so obvious, the russia we'll try to stay there. but again, less russian forces brought so much destruction to elicit chance and similar than yet that it was basically nothing to defend their. so but you, ukraine, withdrawal of troops was pre plans and we managed to take a beneficial positions for us. do you see the ukrainian military in a holding pattern right now waiting for these weapons to arrive? most of them from the u. s. once those weapons are in the hands of ukrainian forces, will they then be able to push the russians back into russia?

absolutely. if we get more weapons than we can go offensive, and so we need world artillery, we need more rocket systems, we need our vehicle. we need more weapons to get read. all russian troops from western, from easter and southern regions, capable student advisor to the ukrainian government. we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. here's a quick look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. u. s. believe said that the man suspected of shooting 7 people at a 4th, a july parade to chicago had been planning the attack for weeks. the 22 year old initially escape the scene, after shooting at crowds from a rooftop. he was later arrested by the police. are julia is holding nationwide celebrations to mark 60 years of independence from france, a military parade in the capitol?

algiers recalled the declaration of independence and the bloody 8. you're more that preceded it. our jury is as, as many as one and a half 1000000 people were killed in that conflict. hopes for survivors are fading following the collapse of a glacier in northern italy. at least 7 people are dead. 13 remain missing. thunderstorms have hampered rescue evans. italy's prime minister mario druggie is linking the disaster to climate change and that glacier avalanche in italy, it comes as the country is grappling with its worst drought in 70 years. water levels have dropped to record lows and lakes and rivers in the north and residents in some areas. they are now facing restrictions on how much water that they can use a cry for help in the midst of an early heat we, if and no sign of rain, italy is spacing its worth shout. in decades,

the government has announced funds of over 35000000 nautilus to address water shortages and a state of emergency that makes it easier to access them. the emergency also allows authorities to declare water rationing residents and valona will face fines of up to 500 euros full by leading restrictions on the use of drinking water. many here i don't see why this is necessary. he said it is a good idea to see every where they, water, gas, and electricity with j o. h had come on cable connie bumper unity and we are trying to get our children to pay attention to the importance of saving water. it's their future. a lot and we must engage with this. what amanda said, our sample was, hey somebody, buick and it was hung in banassi, i guess on the 15th effect to turn off they want to count and the drought has hippy after consonant bull valley, the hardest with water level is dropping 85 percent below normal agriculture ex

but fe, the drought threatens of todd of national food production. it's not just the crops that are suffering. the heat is affecting animal to sleep. yeah, we have a ventilation system for the cows to help them cope better with the temperature huddle for their thought dust. the baton feels provided an opportunity to deliver an important message. one that the government, as well as the people of italy, seemed to be heating. ice was fortunate in tennis, the fairy tale wimbledon run of germany's tatyana maria continues. the mother of 2 has reached her 1st grand slam, semi final. the 34 year old was up against fellow german jewel niemeyer hughes, 12 years her junior. thank you very much, niemeyer took the 1st set and looked to be cruising to what would have been her 1st

major in my final. but maria, who's ranked a 100 and 3rd in the world ward back in the 2nd set, mamma power producing some stunning grass court, played a well the wimbledon crowd. she held her nerve to prevail in the final set. is now just to winds away from 8 remarkable mamma try me while in the men's singles. if any champion of egg joke image survived a big scare to reach the last for the serbian found himself to set a good down against younique's sinner. the italian look poised for the biggest win of his career and his 1st grand slams in my final but joke of it, he found his groove and stormed back into the contest. now he is not such a crowd favorite at wimbleton these days after his corona virus controversies. but joke of it's demonstrated all the qualities that make him a champion,

eventually sealing his when after an exhausting 5 set. do. before we go, a quick look at our top stories this our british prime minister, or is johnson clinging to power. after 2 of his most senior ministers resigned, casting fresh doubt on his integrity. the finance minister and the health minister boat sank. they can no longer serve in good conscience. you're watching the w news, my colleague, janelle de mall known as of next with d. w. business news. i will see you tomorrow. with people in trucks injured when trying to flee the city center. more and more refugees are being turned away order families, planes on the reason for the correct honestly let administrative.