was wanting to be a credit that will go through with it. i was born in berlin. he starts july 22nd on d w with ah, ah, this is dw news live from berlin. joe biden says he has confronted the saudi crown prince over human rights abuses. the u. s. president arrives in saudi arabia and offers no handshake instead of a fist bump to the man he once failed to make

a pariah. also coming up a week after a political revolution erupted in sri lanka, parliament begins choosing a replacement for i'm still president. go to buy at russia packs, plus after russian missile strike, more ukrainian cities, cruise and mc alive. sift through the rubble of the people of the nita mourn the death of a 4 year old girl and europe swelter as temperature sore across the continent. the summer heat has already caused devastating wild fires in france, portugal and spain. ah, i'm pablo, folio yes, welcome to the program. you as president joe biden says he's confronted saudi arabia's crime prince over the murder of dissident journalist shamal. coach of g

biden is in the kingdom on a highly anticipated bore cut, but controversial visit. when he arrived, he bumped fists with mohammed bin salman, the crown prince, and the fact leader biden had refused to speak to him after her child. she was killed in a saudi consulate in 2018 u. s. intelligence as the crown prince approved the killing of 5th mum, that had set off a storm of criticism. u. s. president joe biden. hell talks with saudi crown. prince, mom had been silman, a man. he once promised to make a pariah over the murder of u. s. b s. john list jamal kush oak g kush of juice. fiance reacted to the meeting with a tweet. seeing the blood of the princess next victim is on biden's hands. the u. s. president has counted the criticism bank if read here respect to the murder of cash yogi, i raises at the top of the median, make it clear what i thought of it in time. and when i think of it now,

he basically said that he was not personally responsible for it. i finally came in was he said he was not personally responsible for it and he took action against those who were responsible human rights groups waddy, that this is far from enough. now, saudi arabia has never been a rights respecting country if there were been a country where you could speak freely. but what we've seen in the past 5 years is a total shut down of the space for any public criticism or any hint that you might disagree with the authorities. the leaders discussions ranged from regional security to clean energy initiatives, but saudi oil is being seen as the driving factor here. especially if it can replace russian supplies on the global market. the main reason for preston biden's visit to saudi arabia is to attend the gathering of leaders of 9 country is from the gulf cooperation council. but the meeting that was set to draw the more

scrutiny has already taken place. well, earlier we asked tito view correspondent in washington, catalina troy. what president biden's interactions with the saudi crown prince say about his policy towards the kingdom. and these kind of visits between world leaders are normally carefully choreographed towards the final press. of course the conferences and the joint statements of both party. so we can definitely say that this is very much about the uptake. some say it was just a fist and that that is different to a hand take a shake. the truth is that this doesn't matter. of the fact is that what we're seeing here is a big big you turn in biden's foreign policy and it's a real re calibration of his relationship to saudi arabia. the prince and the president of the united states had a meeting that last is more than 2 hours, and this is also part of this image, and of this change that we're seeing and all of this is happening after president biden said, during his presidential campaign, we are going to make them pay,

meaning the princess rabbit, the prince and his country, they are going to see the fact that they are a perio. so now he is saying completely the contrary, that this trip is all about promoting us interests, especially in economic terms, but also in security terms. dw washington correspondent, catalina troy, speaking to us earlier parliament in sri lanka, has begun choosing a successor to deposed. president got her by russia packs or the chamber as choosing a new leader to serve the rest of roger paxis term after he fled the country on wednesday. following mass protests. the next president will urgently need to tackle shoreline because economic crisis, people are struggling with shortages of many basic necessities like food fuels, medicine and fertilizer. well, the w, my nearer treasury is in colombo forest. i'm an air good to see you. so a new president should be appointed next week. how will they be chosen?

well, pablo, the process has begun the parliament has, can mean today. in fact, it is in progress right now as we speak. now the plan of action is that on july 20th, a new president will be chosen through a secret ballot board. what will be cost by the parliamentarians to a secret ballot? at the moment, what we know are that there are 3 names in the, in the free. then a victim i think are the current prime minister and the acting president has torn his hat in the ring and a door. he may have a little edge in the secret ballot, but it will be interesting to see what happens because the public mood is still overwhelmingly against him. another name in the free is that, that of dallas, alex room, who is a member of the judge about some political party. and the term name is that of sergeant prima dasa, who is the leader of the principal opposition body. many are a, tell us what the new president will have to do to restore confidence in the political

system, inter lanka. well, as the new president will have a huge challenge in front of him because people definitely are have lost faith in the current administration. so he had, he will have a doth cut out for himself. people very keenly look at what calls will be taken in the 1st few days of the person taking over the president ship. one big demand for the beginning of the protest has been the abolishment of executive presidency that fits the system here in sri lanka, which gives overwhelming enormous powers to the head of the state to the president . so that have been one demand and that has been the demand of the protested that whoever takes over now should be doing away with this system. when era, it's been an intense week to say the least intro lanka. one of the past 7 days ma'am, for the country citizens. oh, well, july, the 9th, when people stormed over and occupied the presidential palace and presidential

secretary of that you see behind me with a historic day for the people here. and on july, the 13th. they stormed and occupied the prime minister's office as well, giving a clear message that they won't let them become a singer also to step down as the acton president and the current prime minister. so all these clearly were culmination of what people say was their anger, their frustration at the, at the administration, at what they see the fees, the false promises that they have been making. they said that the occupation of these buildings was in a way of show of strength by these people, by the protested, who called this woman to publix a people's movement, a public uprising, inch and a symbol of what power the people hold in a working i should haul in a working democracy. so for them, these 7 days have been reflecting that and also they feel that be they did get a massive victory because after they did go to barrage bucks, i had to flee and had to ultimately design, which was their biggest amount as the beginning and era thanks for your reporting. did abuse minear a treasury in columbus. here's

a quick look at some more stories making news around the world. a german court has sentenced an army officer to 5 and a half years in prison for planning a terrorist attack. prosecutors say the officer posed as a syrian refugee and plotted to attack multiple high ranking politicians. the case shocked the nation and stirred a debate about right wing radicalism in the german military. an autopsy shows that a black man killed by police in the us state of ohio last month was shot $46.00 times jail, and walker was gun down by 8 officers after he tried to run following a minor traffic violation. the incident has triggered weeks of protests, russia space agency and massa have signed a deal on joint flights to the international space station. it's a rare example of co operation between washington and moscow since the invasion of

ukraine, nasa astronaut. we'll go back to using russian. so use rockets and russian cosmonaut will be able to fly on us made spacecraft in ukraine. the authorities in the city of the meteor say a 4 year old girl was among the casualties of a russian missile strike on thursday. the attack killed at least 23 people and rescue workers have been combing through the rubble, looking for survivors. elsewhere in ukraine, russian missiles have again struck the southern city of mich alive. authorities there say at least 2 people were injured. plumes of smoke rising to the sky above ukraine's southern city of mac alive. it's been the target of russian missile strikes and recent days, causing powerful explosions on the ground cause completely burnt out and covered in debris. rescue teens continue 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 kilometers to the west and far from the front lines, residents are reeling from a russian attack on thursday. many people were killed and injured though no one according to updates. we understand that there were 3 rockets that had here. previously, experts round fragments of 3 rocket engines. 2 missiles were shot down in the miniature region by our air defense forces. so 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. then we have 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. if we tell leaves us mother now that her daughter has died, there will be no chance of her being released from hospital as a dental rises and many tried to come to terms with their loss in ukraine. people are bracing for further attacks in the coming days. large parts of europe has been baking under high temperatures. it's the 2nd heat wave in weeks for southern france, spain and portugal with the heat sparking wildfires forcing thousands to evacuate

and britain normally much cooler is bracing for extreme heat over 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 molinas, near malaga, southern spain. and it's not just here for the north in extra madura fires. have been burning for days, destroying thousands of hector's and forcing residents to evacuate, including here in the village of las missed us. we've got 5 minutes to get out and leave everything we have. i'm worried i'm looking after 3 grand children. much of neighboring portugal is sweltering to with temperatures in the forty's celsius and climbing. here to wildfires have destroyed large swathes of land affecting thousands of people. this man fled his helm in the central lay re

a region. as flames approached. though it was becoming really intent so over here and there was quite a wind pulling, pulling the flames. i could not receive the flames until we actually left alone. the latter decided to go in southwest and france fires her for thousands of locals and holiday makers to evacuate villages and camp sites. many have thought refuge in makeshift shelters, and the heat wave is creeping north. the u. k. has issued its 1st red warning for heat ever. weather forecast of expect ties of 40 degrees celsius next week, topping the u. k. previous record of 38.7. this heat by it is an indication the climate change is here. we are seeing these problems now and they're going to get worse. need to do something, mal, 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 our bodies are not acclimatized these types of things and we don't have the houses designed to keep cool. we don't have air conditioning, and our infrastructure is not built for the heat. you. k hospitals have already warned of a surge in heat related admissions. 30 no heat problem. amberlynn today. europe, today's, here on the w up next on shift kind of our smartphones eavesdrop on us. remember, you can always get more news on our website, d, w dot com and you can follow up on our social media accounts. my pablo phone is for me and the team here take care again at the top of the next. niko is in germany to learn german pollution pinnacle. why not learn with him online, on your mobile and free the chef. c w.