he's in 77 years after the holocaust. hatred towards jewish is still pervasive. his troops to semitism this week on d. w. ah . ah. this dw news lives from berlin, the future of british prime minister, boris johnson, suddenly in doubt to senior ministers resign saying they can no longer in good conscience. he part of johnson's government. also coming up on the show. russia is increasing its attacks in eastern ukraine cities and, and that's come under constant shelling and residents of the city of

a slow vianza are told to evacuate. plus italy grapples with its worst drought in 70 years. water levels drops your record lows. farmers are desperate and meteorologists are warning. this is just the beginning. ah. hello, i'm clear. richardson, thanks so much for joining us. we're just prime minister boris johnson is clinging to power after 2 of his most senior ministers of resigned casting fresh doubt on his integrity. finance minister richie sooner has gone saying the public expects government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously help miss minister, sasha javin has also quit concluding that he can no longer serve in good conscience . worse, johnson has faced

a series of scandals over parties held at his official residence during the national cove at 19 lockdown. his latest troubles are over the appointment of a senior party official accused of sexual misconduct and now admits that was an error of judgement. yes, i think it was a mistake and i apologize for for it. i've been in hindsight it was the wrong thing to do. i apologize. everybody's been badly affected by it. so let's dig into this with the d of your of water, anya sharpeners on your how serious are these resignations for boris johnson? well, i think there's no denying that this is pretty bad for the prime minister. i mean, 2 of his most senior ministers resigning that it's the health minister and the finance minister chancellor is called in britain. and the chancellor in britain really is the 2nd most important government position after the prime minister himself. so these are very serious resignations, m, and in the wake of them came some resignations from more junior ministers as well.

so it seems like there's some momentum to this. but having said that, boris doesn't still seems to have the backing of his cabinet. his other ministers have come out to say they support him and he has already appointed a new trans leigh and, and his other cabinet ministers have been coming in and out of downing street tonight, presumably to sort of thrash out some way out of this crisis. okay, so these resignations having a ripple effect. and this is of course not the 1st time that boris johnson has been in trouble. as many of our viewers remember he's been involved in various scandals over the past couple of years. why now, are we seeing these resignations? heckler, i think, i mean, we will remember the most recent one party gate, and which was a scandal around these drinks parties held by boys johnson with his staff at downing street when the country was knocked down. and he was breaking all of the rules that his own government had imposed. and,

and those looked on parties cause huge public outrage. and they led to a vote of no confidence in parliament. and now johnson narrowly survived that vote about a month ago. and his cabin stood by him at the time, but this latest scandal really just seems to be. and the straw that broke the camel's back, and i mean, his voice johnson said at 1st that he didn't know about these allegations of sexual misconduct against this conservative m. p, cris pincher. we just heard of there and he then it became clear and here he must have known about them. he can, he ended up emitting, he had known but he had forgotten. then going on to say, we just heard him talk. there was an error of judgement and so this is just another incident of him blatantly lying and showing no contrition and really putting as opposed to the integrity of the party in danger. so any of the big question, of course is, can, or johnson survive all of this? well, the leader of the opposition labor parties already said this government is now collapsing,

but it's actually not as straightforward as that. i mentioned the vote of no confidence against him about a month ago, and the rules mean that he is now safe from another vote of no confidence for a whole year. so you can't be forced out. if he were to go, he would have to resign, and that is what most britain seemed to want him to do. there was a pole conducted just after these resignations happened, and 69 percent of britons say they want him to now step down. but we all know by now, or is johnson is pretty thick skinned if not to say brazen and riding out the storm . so it's really about how much pressure he will be getting from within his own party, behind the scenes for him to step down. and that will become clear within the next few days. i report on your sharpen or thank you so much for writing that down for us in the studio. we're going to turn now to the latest on the war in ukraine. russia is stepping up its attacks on cities in the eastern done that region. ukrainian forces are however regrouping,

but the local governor says there is no safe place left. many residents are leaving their homes in fear of a full scale russian offensive. earlier dw spoke with new off at bhaskar and adviser to the ukranian government, and we asked her about russia victory in eastern ukraine. ah, i think that the victory in russia's victory, lugens can finance. it's you know, maybe we lost a bottle of war. we now conducting defending operations and fiercely, we need to go offensive and we need to get more weapons. and that's what we expect to, to get from our western elyse. russia currently managed to get, she would have been years going loose, a chance as you sad and believe me,

after a few months of very had be very hot thought. com. but to get just this small 2 towns, it's not victory for them at all. and also russia losses is extremely, extremely high. they love more than 4000 us for our attention now to some of the other stories that are making world news headlines. at this hour. prosecutors in the u. s. state of illinois say they are charging the suspected gunmen and the 4th of july parade, shootings with 7 counts of murder. police say the 22 year old who shot at crowds from a rooftop had been planning the attack for weeks. he was apprehended after initially fleeing the scene. strong winds have fueled wildfires in several parts of greece. a forest blaze west of athens forced the evacuation of a village as aircraft and more than $130.00 fire fighters battled the flames.

earlier fires burned olive groves near the ancient site of delphi and force the evacuation of a beach hotel and italy is grappling with the countries a worse to crowd in 7 decades. water levels have dropped to record lows and lakes and rivers in the north and residence in some areas are now facing restrictions on how much water they can use. a cry for help. in the midst of an early he twist and no sign of rain. italy is facing its worth shout in decades. the government has announced funds of over 35000000 euros 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 in bed or not will face fines of up to 500 euros full by leading restrictions on the use of drinking water. many here dorothy bye. this is necessary that it is

a good idea to save every where they've water, gas, and electricity with j o h had come on and i haven't connie bumble unity and we're trying to get our children to pay attention to the importance of saving water. it's the future a lot and we must engage with this. what amanda said assembly goes, hey somebody, buick, wendy. sonya banassi, i guess those are the cities effect to turn off their water fountain. the drought has hit the agricultural and bull valley, the hardest, with water levels dropping 85 percent below normal agriculture. experts say the drought threatens a todd of national food production. it's not just the crops that are suffering. the heat is affecting animal to shannon young. we have a ventilation system for the cows to help them cope better with the temperatures 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. earlier meteorologist alexander to may spoke to us from northern italy to tell us more about the impact of the drought did result of the shorts of rain. as is that the accumulated volume watching the big makes like made my ga is live in the 50 percent. my compared to the average last 15 years. moreover, the snowfall has also been to no record of the last 15 years impacting to vote in glaciers. and therefore the glacial con, smaller and smaller, as some of the smaller glaciers might disappear completely. as her earlier draw implant over condition to result and rise, then the produce of electricity. my hydro electric power plant is down by about 50 percent due to the solar water also scary sprint. and the salty adrenergic sea has

ended records of 30 kilometers because 90 miles into the river. the sea is right. raising the solidity on the radius. make your edition source and many out as heard before. i was ready rationing lots of possible use and so blank drinking water. my system purse and rising temperatures in italy may have been responsible for the partial collapse of a glacier on sunday that killed at least 7 people. 13 hikers are still missing the normal auto group. glacier in the de la, my mountains has lost a 3rd of its volume in recent years. prime minister mario druggie says climate change has contributed to its deterioration. rescue efforts have resumed at hopes of finding survivors are fading, most likely one of the hardest moments of their lives,

relatives of the victims and cannot sigh northern italy having to identify the loved ones, killed and the alpine avalanche. one of them sent his parents a picture from iglesia just moments before it collapsed. generally if i also called us, he sent us a smiling picture. look how beautiful it is here. our belo, then a so called so rack broke loose. the 200 meter wide ice block triggered an avalanche of ice rocks and water on the glacier. he came down on at least 2 groups of mountain climbers. climate change researches say the disaster is linked to global warming. the past week in sol, record high temperatures, only glazier and last winter there was less snowfall than usual. meaning there was only a thin layer of snow between the glacier and the heat. the result massive amounts of meltwater had collected beneath iglesia, giving the avalanche such destructive force. this feel if he, li,

masser to massive amounts of water acted like a lubricant accelerating as if it happened just so quickly that any one below wouldn't have had a chance to get out of the way. if it had been a dry ice avalanche, perhaps they might have stood a chance to rescue operations are facing extremely difficult conditions. so far, the search has been limited to overflights by helicopters and drones, due to lingering danger of falling ice and boulders, volunteers, and their dogs have been retrieved from the glacier. and they're going to somebody about to lisa. we were met with an almost impossible task block because there are massive blocks of ice and rock everywhere else was present. we had to leave because the temperatures are rising again. and we don't want to risk it out. it italian prime minister mateo drug. he traveled to canada to express his condolences to the families of victims. he also looked to the future. we have to take all the necessary precautions to make sure that what has happened here can with

a high probability, be avoided in the future. ah, it's a tragedy became so quickly, but the relatives, nothing will ever be again as it was. and algeria is marking 60 years of independence from france with nationwide celebrations, a military parade in the capital. algiers recalled the declaration of independence . and the more than 7 years of brutal war that ended 132 years of colonial rule. algeria claims up to one and a half 1000000 people were killed. the war remains a source of tension between algeria and france. just let me go. let's get a quick recap of our top stories at this hour. british prime minister boris johnson is fighting for his political survival after 2 of his most senior ministers of resign finance minister re sheets to knock and help secretary sergeant job id say

the government under johnson's leadership is no longer competent or acting in the national interest. in russia is stepping up. it's a tax on ukraine's eastern. tonight's region, after seizing all neighboring new hands, the city of love. yonce came under relentless shelling on tuesday to nets because governor is urging the remaining 350000 residents to flee as news update at this hour, stay tuned for the business headline that's coming up next. ah, every journey is full of surprises. we've gone all out to give you some tips with i'm.