this week on d, w ah, business d, w. news live from berlin, joe biden, on the next leg of his middle east tour. the u. s. president arrives in the saudi arabian city of jetta. tend to summit of arab leaders. to saudi visited is the most controversial stock on the president's trip. and russian missiles rained down on the ukrainian city of mich, elias and heavy russian bombardment in the central city of vin. it leaves more than 20 dead, including children. and the world's global weather agency sends out

a start warning. the w. m. o says air pollution is only going to get worse with europe's current heat wave. at extreme temperatures are likely to become more comp ah, i'm go ahead of us. welcome. you. as president joe biden has arrived in the saudi arabia on a highly anticipated but controversial visit is due to attend the summit of arab leaders. but his visit is a delicate dance. c bumped fists with ma, had been summoned that saudi arabia, crown prince and defacto leader by not refused to speak to the prince until now, accusing him of serious human rights abuses. bach biden needs the saudi's help to bring down oil prices and is now looking to once again, once again repair relations. this with us diplomacy in saudi arabia not long

ago, the former president, donald trump performing a sword, dance, trump and ministration embraced the country and its crown prince mohammed been selma known as m b. yes. that was despite the country's widespread human rights abuses and the murder of dissident journalist jamal cas shoji at the saudi consulate in istanbul. multiple investigations said the order to kalika, so she must have come from the top from been some on himself. many world leaders condemned m b s helping in a more new mobile service. that puts president joe biden in a tough spot when he was a candidate, he called for saudi arabia to be treated as a pariah nation. but by needs to address oil prices, which have spiked largely due to russia's war in ukraine by an also needs the saudis help against us adversary. iran,

which is ramping up its nuclear program. washington is pushing the saudis to cooperate with israel, despite the history of mistrust. and conflict against iran, both countries considered hereon and arch foe saudi arabia with its huge oil reserves, has made itself impossible to ignore for decades. it's used its power over energy markets to both hurt and help us. in the 1970 s, the saudis contributed to the u. s. economy tumbling into recession with oil embargoes. but in later decades, the saudis were seen as a dependable partner in providing oil and as an ally in an unfriendly region. then came september 11th. most of the hijackers of the plains that flew into the world trade center and the pentagon, were saudis many with high reaching connections. but washington played it down. this friendly attitude continued when mohammed been sal,

mom took over. he cultivated ties with president trump's family, and trump refused to condemn him for the casualty. murder, even joe biden prefers to speak to m. b. s. his father, king salmon, who officially rules the country. but the king has been ill and has rarely been seen in public in recent years. all that oil and the enormous psalms, the kingdom has to invest world wide, keep saudi arabia relevant. and that means dealing directly with whoever's in charge. earlier i spoke to mona hefley from d w. arabic and asked her what caused the change in biden's approach to saudi arabia after calling it a pariah nation. what changed is that in politics, in general, as practical objectives and interests play, the bigger role of course, economy and security, and more important than values and just ideas about human rights. and biden had to acknowledge and be asked that he has a defacto in power. and he knows that he can get only his interest through by

cooperating was and the s. and i mean he didn't even mentioned him in the washington post article. this is how he's trying to avoid this m. b. i stand for mom had been sama, yes, of course. yes. and yes. so he has the he has noticed that goes, can only be achieved by looking away. and irv from, from the human rights violations. you mentioned the economy or biden, wants saudi arabia to boost it's all production to get more oil on the market and drive down prices that way. is that likely to happen? and the opec members announced a boost in production, but the question is, does saudi arabia have enough? this is the main question right now. it failed to meet the quota. there was a, an announcement for july and august and it failed to meet the quota. and it seems like such area does not have such production capacity at the moment. and so it it, and also i think the mean like so you are, you being will defend its own interest. if it has an emergency reserves,

it will keep it for itself. and not give it to the u. s. of course. now let's talk about iran, a bit of how important a factor is iran and the u. s. israel alliance against tier on here, also with regard to saudi arabia and iran is very important, of course, because they are, there has been said that there's an alliance right now. it, it has been announced by there's really defense minister, but it's, it's not really, it hasn't put in it. it wasn't like publish set which countries are read participating in it. and, but it has been said to saudi arabia and israel had some military trainings together with lead by the usa. and of course, it plays a big role which countries will participate. but there is a big plan to try to curb the rounds military actions in the future. of course, we'll have to w arabic. thank you very much for that. inside russian missiles again pounded the

southern ukrainian city of mc alive on friday, injuring at least 2 people. the frontline city has seen heavy bombardment in recent days. me while rescued rescue cruise continue to search for survivors in the central city of phoenix. so there at least 23 people have been confirmed, dead killed by russian cruise missiles. officials say 3 children were among the victims. plumes of smoke rising to the sky above ukraine's southern city of mc alive. it's been the target of russian missile strikes in recent days, causing powerful explosions on the ground. cars completely burnt out and covered in debris. rescue teens continued to put out the flames and search through the rubble, looking for any signs of life. this area is home to 2 of the cities biggest universities. the buildings took a direct hit, much of it destroyed and beyond repair. in the central town of vanessia,

hundreds of clematis to the west and far from the front lines, residents are reeling from a russian attack on thursday, dozens of people were killed and many injured. though no one according to the updated information, we understand that there were 3 rockets that hit here. previously, experts found fragments of 3 rocket engines. 2 missiles were shot down in the financier region by our air defense forces, ukrainian or 30 say the strike was carried out with rushes, high precision caliber missile accusing moscow of the liberty targeting civilians. acclaim russia denies emergency teams comb through the rubble, looking for missing loved ones. the targets here, a medical center, a concert hall and a park where mothers would take their children. 4 year old

lisa who has down syndrome was one of the victims who lost her life. doctors fear that her mother who's in the hospital in critical condition, won't make it if they tell her, the news is the message. yes, good. if we tell lisa's mother now that her daughter has died, there'll be no chance of her being released from hospital. as the debt all rises and many tried to come to terms with their loss in ukraine, people are bracing for further attacks. in the coming days. we spoke with the w correspondent, nick, spices and keith as rush of continues its attacks in various parts of ukraine. he says, the military has not made major gains in recent weeks. it's a classic war of attrition and the style of fighting that russia has engaged in since world war 2. sometimes 50000 shells fired in a single day. you know, they've only taken 5 percent more territory since the beginning of may. so the

advances have not been that big despite the spectacular strikes we keep hearing about and it's worth noting that back in may, the united nations were saying that targeting areas were civilians may be, constitutes a war crime. whether or not you're actually deliberating those actually deliberately targeting those areas. you need to be more cautious to estimated that about 20 percent of the russian mythos that are being fired are hitting civilian areas. whether or not that is intentional. it's hard to prove president lensky certainly thinks that's the case. he's called a terrorism. i'll just tell you to conclude that we hear about these mythos strikes . we live in an age where there's pictures on twitter, on instagram, on all the social media, immediately as soon as something happens, when we hear about a missile strike, twitter is full of pictures from people in the zone. you can see what has happened . it's pretty hard to invent this kind of fact. the kremlin sometimes says that ukrainians are actually attacking themselves in order to buttress public opinion in

the war against russia. however, president, unless he has a 93 percent approval rating and if you talk to people in the street, there's not a lot of people who seem to have their will to fight flagging or who are willing to believe the russian version of events. our correspond. nick spicer reporting that let's have a look now at some other stories making headlines. russia space agency has signed a deal with nasa on flights to the international space station. russian cosmonaut will be able to fly on us made spacecraft and exchange for american astronauts using russia's soil's rockets. the deal comes as relations between washington and moscow are at their worst in decades. the search for a new leader is beginning and sri lanka. prime minister, runny or wick remains, sin jay has been sworn in as can take a president, a mitten, economic and political crisis. it follows their resignation of got a by roger parks up who fled the country. parliament is due to appoint

a new president next week. the room, the european commission is taking hungry to court over a controversial eligibility to law law bands school material that's seen as promoting homosexuality or gender change. the government prime minister to victor alba justifies the measure as preventing child abuse. a large part of southwestern europe have been baking on the sweltering temperatures for the 5th day. it's the 2nd heat wave in weeks for southern france, spain and portugal with the heat sparking wildfires forcing thousands to evacuate and ruining holidays and britain normally much cooler is bracing for extreme heat. in the coming days. it's not the kind of thing you hope to see on holiday smoke from wildfires caused by scorching temperatures just a stone's throw from the beach. but that's the reality. inter molina mia mulligan,

southern spain. and it's not just here for the north and extra madura fires have been burning for days, destroying, thousands, effective and full thing residents to evacuate, including here in the village of last missed us. we've got 5 minutes to get out and leave everything we have. i'm worried i'm looking after 3 grandchildren, much of neighboring port to go is sweltering to, with temperatures in the 40 celsius and climbing. here to wildfires have destroyed large slaves of land affecting thousands of people. this man fled his home in the central layer region. as flames approached, it was becoming really intense over here. and there was quite a wind pulling, pulling the flames. i couldn't actually see the flames until we actually left. and the last one decided to go in south west and from 5 full thousands of local

and holiday makers to evacuate villages and campsite. many have thought refuge inmate shift shelters, and the heat wave is creeping north. the u. k. has issued its 1st red warning for heat ever. weather full cost of expect ties of 40 degrees celsius next week, topping the u. k. previous record of 38.7. heat waves and indication the climate change is here. we are seeing these problems now and they're going to get what i need to do something now a red warning signals, a risk to life. so it's hard to cope with these types of temperatures in the u. k, because we're just not used to them. so these are not applied to types, these types of things, and we don't have the how to keep cool. we don't have a conditioning m. r in for structure is not built so that he could tool. you can hospitals have already warned of a surge in heat related admissions. it was saying d, w, d,

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