nearly didn't even 77 years after the holocaust hatred towards jews is still pervasive. the history of anti semitism this week on d. w ah ah, this is dw used live from berlin. joe biden emphasizes america's strong ties with israel during his 1st trip to the middle east. the u. s. president pays tribute to holocaust victims at the yard fashion memorial. ahead of what promises to be days of difficult diplomacy that include a visit to saudi arabia. also coming up sri lanka,

leafs nationwide curfew introduced over growing unrest earlier, protest is angry and crippling economic turmoil storm the office of the prime minister, who now claims to be the acting president plus hope for millions of people threatened by hunger and starvation. there's reportedly been a breakthrough in talks between ukraine and russia on resuming grain exports. ah, i'm jared read. welcome to the shar u. s. president joe biden has called his country's ties with israel, deep during his 1st trip to the middle east since taking office. but the diplomacy is likely to grow more difficult. biden is due to address a host of tough issues, including iran's nuclear program and saudi arabia's human rights abuses. it's not

the 1st time joe biden is visiting israel, but it is the 1st since he became the president of the united states. he is meeting with israeli leaders just from the time he sees up already from because the connection between israeli people and american people is blown. deep is blown. deep among the leaders was israel's defense minister who briefed biden on the iron dome. the iron dome is israel state of the art defense system to intercept miss isles. biden's dress. the 2 nations close cooperation on defense projects where reform the unshakable come, every be honest. they say israel security, including partnering with israel on the most cutting edge defense systems in the world bite, and then visited yad vashem, a memorial for week terms of the holocaust. he lit an eternal flame of remembrance and met survivors. the visit by

a prison tonight, that state is always important because it helps to amplified the voices of the survivors. it helps to amplify. the blight of the victims biden's visit comes out of time of political turmoil in his room and will take him next to the west bank. and then to a controversial stop in saudi arabia. ah, and one of j biden's missions when in saudi arabia is to try and convince the country to increase oil production in a boot benefit to supply rising fuel prices and inflation are causing political problems for biding back harm. as d w washington correspondent mikaela christina, explains it is big international geostrategic diplomacy that joe biden is engaging him while at the same time having to please his audience back

home. here in the united states, there are new figures coming out, pointing to the fact that inflation is the highest. and since 1981 a 4 decade high, people are worried where this will lead. and the u. s. president promises that a more stable, middle east, and more diplomatic raw than any kind of military involvement could allow for some of that pressure to go down prices to potentially ease at the gas pump, which have risen by some 60 percent of the past year alone. so that would be a much needed positive signal for president who is not doing particularly well in the polls with midterm elections. coming up this autumn, mcculloch his ne, in washington there will, to sri lanka now where people are still occupying government buildings and

protesting in the streets of the capital in anger at the severe economic crisis there. the prime minister who is now the acting president, has ordered security forces to restore. com, demonstrate as a calling on him to resign, along with president, go to buy a raj epoxy who has fled. the country. protestors watched the nightly news from the presidential palace. they've occupied the residence for days on tv, the acting president, accusing the demonstrators of trying to grab power after they broke into his office . when he thought that you knew that because of today's situation, the security forces advised me to declare a state of emergency and impose a curfew. but i'm thinking whereby i am now implementing for as a state of emergency under curfew. the optima that again we must defeat this sasha threat and i think i'm gonna o protestors ignored the curfew and the order to vacate public space

is decreasing. his office is the 4th government building to be occupied in as many days as with the earlier conquests. as colonial era compound has become a tourist attraction for demonstrators and curious onlookers. the, i didn't want a single pattern the, the system to very clear. i believe they are not willing to pay probably in a blue moon even to leave because the incoming news thrown. and we're good about becoming going time to come. i think they had warning light. i think it's not just government buildings. demonstrators also demanded access to the nation's public broadcaster in colombo. after discussions with staff protest leaders were allowed to make light statements. i'll be every logic brisket up avida all their struggle. historic moment for sri lanka and said state each should not allow itself to be

manipulated by politicians, or at least one person has died in clashes with security forces. protests against the economic crisis have simmered for month. sri lankan blame president, quote, to buy a raj, a pack shot, and his family for bankrupting the nation of $22000000.00. he fled the country, but as yet to formerly stepped down, protest, her se they won't stop until he does. his quick look at some of the other stories making headlines to day. pope frances has appointed 3 women to the vatican department that truces new bishops, the 2 nuns and a lay woman will become the 1st women to serve on the body. the move comes, as francis seeks to give women more influence within the catholic church government levy to britain's former finance minister, richie through knack, has won the biggest backing from conservative lawmakers in the 1st round to choose boris johnson, successor with 88 votes. 6 candidates are still in running,

that includes the foreign minister, lease trust, and junior trade minister, penny mordant, a tokyo court has ordered for a former managers of tape car, the company that operated the fukushima nuclear plant to pay the equivalent of $94000000000.00 us dollars in damages, shareholders had accused them of not implementing the safety measures. they say could have prevented the 2011 disaster. turkey is defense minister says russia and ukraine have made a major progress in their efforts to get urgently needed grain exports out of ukraine. he said talks will continue next week in the hope of a final deal of releasing 20000000 tons. wednesday's discussions in istanbul ended with a tentative agreement about how to transport grain across the black sea grain is a vital exporter of grain. but russia's invasion has disrupted shipments. stock

pals stuck in ukraine of caused global prices to rise sharply, making food less affordable. alexander to books warehouse should be empty and ready for the new harvest. instead, it's full to the rafters with wheat from last year stuck here because of russia's war. those grew, our ukrainian grain cannot enter the international market now because reports are not working. the c route was the most important because of this is the demand for grain decrease. report was measure sir, that the harvest won't wait and the grain keeps piling up, even as the farmers run out of space for it. an estimated 22000000 tons of grain is stuck in ukraine. some of it is stored in silos like these in the port of desa waiting for export. the for the war, 90 percent of ukraine's grain was exported via ports on the black sea,

but helped by territorial gains. russia is now blockading those ports and keith has laid mines across the black sea to defend its coast. the u. n. is proposing safe corridors through the sea to get the grain out and avert a global food crisis result open in for her. i don't see that the green and farm was all sort and it feels to, if ukrainian farmers will not survive rule and be able to feed to african conscious known as have bread basket of the world. ukraine is a top global exporter of crops like wheat, barley, and corn. with the harvest stuck inside ukraine. key supplies are missing, and prices worldwide have shut up. the u. n says a solution must be found urgently to avoid starvation on an unprecedented scale.

a spate of wildfires is scorching parts of europe with firefighters battling blazes in portugal, spain, france, and croatia. authorities are linking an unusual hate wife to climate change. a massive hot and dry air blowing in by african winds is driving temperatures in the beerin peninsula as high as 46 degrees celsius. a red alert for almost half of portugal. much of the drought country is at maximum fire risk. dozens of blazes have already forced hundreds of residents to evacuate. somewhat, shawn helplessly as the flames edge closer. aren't you afraid? not the meal. i am afraid for where can i go? jump into a water tank. let me stay here and watch the beach. been a gill armed with god and hoses, resident try to save their homes. fire crews are hot at work, but stretched thin,

some arriving too late. so to give them, there were no firefighters here. everything around the house burned down the neighbors and my husband managed to put out the flames. we had no one else to fire crews, and aircraft only arrived now in south with france, vacation views were interrupted as water bomb is filled up to basle. a nearby forest fire, thousands of evacuated campus took shelter, their holidays ruined as realities set in well with us, we see it on tv and say it won't happen to us, but when it does, it's a bit strange. it's not reassuring all the people yelling the smell smoke, it's scary because he got on croatia. defamation coast picturesque seaside towns was smothered in smoke. flames. whipped by high winds, have already destroyed homes, farms and all the groves many, but you know,

it started to fall on my head. my hair was on fire. we thought it wouldn't happen, but here it is. terrible. this is never happened. this is really scary. spain is enduring, its 2nd suffocating heat wave in less than a month. scientist say, europe should prepare for more extreme temperatures, droughts and fires as climate change becomes an honest, capable reality to sport. now, in a french report into the chaos which mod, the champions league final in paris in may as blaine police and organisational failings, liverpool fans were initially blame. but the report has concluded otherwise. it says vital lessons should be learned ahead of the 2024 paris olympics. it should have been a celebration of european football, but mays champions league final turned into a nightmare for liverpool fans. french police fired tear gas, it english supporters of the tensions fled when huge cues built up at the start.

the fonts in paris, the most watched annual sporting events on the planet had to be delayed by over 30 minutes. officials, including the french interior minister, initially said liverpool fans were at fault, but now were report by the french senate blames police and organizes including the french football federation and european body wafer. for what happened, sit and notion more. it was a mistake which took place at the administrative decision making level. it was all quite vague. i see no one really felt responsible for overall organization. he has possibly some liverpool fans without tickets and troublesome local. you've exacerbated the problem, but police were accused of having a quote outdated 990 view. the british fans were hooligans submitted the use of gas concern people, even if they were not directly targeted. it appeared to be particularly aggressive towards supporters who came from countries went to gas is rarely used, surely contributed to supporters filling they had been exposed to an excessive use

of force for liverpool loft, the match to real madrid. but to mom's on, the fans now have victory in the fight for the truth about what happened outside you're up to date here on d. w. christy plots and has the business headlines up next. of course is more on d, w dot com and on social media, i think i'll be news. i'm jared radio. berlin, thanks for watching. we're all set to go beyond the obvious citizenship and we're all in. as we take on the we're all about the stories that matter to you.