i miss you, her women asia into this week. ah ah, this is d, they'll be a news fly from berlin, u. s. president joe biden walks a tightrope and sensitive talks in the middle east by entails arab leaders. washington will maintain its commitment to the region as you talk on the saudi crown prince, the over the murder of a journalist, jamal cash okey also coming up. europe is welters. as temperatures saw across the

continent, the summer heat has already caused devastating wildfires in france or to go greece and spain. and ukraine accuses russia off using a captured nuclear power plant to store weapons and shell targets. nick pro and other cities come under fire. ah, monica jones, good to have you with us. you as president joe biden has wrapped up a visit to saudi arabia for a regional security and energy summit. biden told to arab leaders, america would maintain its commitment to the middle east. he says, washington will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by china, russia, or iran, and talks with the saudi crown prince by the also raised the murder of the decided

journalist jamal kiasha geese hungry soon released. earlier i asked d. w a washington correspondent, catalina che, my why biden changed his mind to now engaged with the crown prince or president biden himself said that in this street to the middle east, is mainly about promoting us interests, especially in economic terms, but also security. so what we're seeing here is a huge you turn in biden's foreign policy and it's a real re calibration of his relationship to saudi arabia. so as we saw this morning during the g, c c same, it would bite. and it's trying to do here is to reset the relationship to saudi arabia until the middle east. he wants to see if the u. s. and saudi arabia can work together in a different issues like for example, energy, but also climate infrastructure. and would security, of course, the question remains, how do they start over, especially after bite. and one said that saudi arabia's pariahs, tate,

and 2 or 3 go from here. now of course are working together is always a good thing, but it is quite a change of hearts. what exactly does the u. s. president want from this visit? well, if we follow his announcement before he is started this trip of wanting to promote you as interest in the release, we can rapidly see and conclude that protection of oil is of course in the focus. and one of the main concern step item is taking to the middle east gasoline prices worldwide. and also here in the u. s. have been increasing during the last month. and this, combined with the highest inflation in the u as is just the worse makes for bite and, and for the democrats in an election year. so, president biden is hoping for saudi arabia to produce more oil. sarabia has at that the see to ensure market stability and that they will not produce more on without consulting fir thiel pick plus group. president biden said yesterday, after his meeting with the crown prince of saudi arabia,

let's look and see what happens in a couple of weeks. and we do know that the open plus countries have set up a meeting for the 3rd of august, or the old chars is of course, will be a main issue on the agenda. so we'll probably no more after that meeting. i what does the, the white middle east region expect from the west, from jo by briefly, if you would while they know that the, you, as is very interested in their own protection, but also in their position in international politics. but it has made clear that he is also there to strengthen relationships with them. and in his words, he doesn't want to leave a gap in international relations for russia and china to feel so he wants to avoid a stronger ties between a sally rack via the middle east and to russia or china. but the truth is that they already have a relation with them. china, russia, they're already there. so they are the ones who can choose now who they want to cooperate with. adobe correspondent can relate to more the in washington for us. thank you so much. the british government is holding an emergency meeting to plan

for an expected record heat wave temperatures and the coming we could reach 40 degrees celsius for the 1st time in the u. k. southern europe has been scorching for days already. built residents in the spanish capital madrid doing their best to keep cool and hydrated. spain is suffering from a dangerous heat wave that stretching across much of southwest europe and rising temperatures are coinciding with soaring energy prices. the consequences of the war in ukraine. either somebody aqua all families have to be frugal when using air conditions. electric fans. because electricity bill has surged a lot more g seymour. more than 80 people have died in the extreme temperatures, which are expected to extend it next week. the sweltering heat has also said of devastating wildfires forcing authorities to evacuate thousands of residence.

several forest in portugal blades more than 2000 firefighters are battling wildfires of temperatures reached a record 47 degrees on thursday. the heat wave is due to reach the shores of the united kingdom on monday. authorities in london have already taken steps to provide release that 220 year old canal and the canary wharf. financial district has been designated a swimming area allowing for an unusual commute to work for some now that we see the heat wave coming people in alga. yeah, actually that's a great way to cool off. i don't need to rely on going to who i can actually do this outside anesthesia say like this. but as global temperatures keep rising, released from the heat promises to become more and more of a luxury ukraine says russia is using

a capture to nuclear power plant to store weapons and attack targets. the national nuclear agency says hundreds of russian troops have taken control of the shop, a risha plant in the south, east and ukraine. it accuses moscow using it as a base to shell, the surrounding region. one of the alleged targets is a city of new pro. the government says this video shows a russian strike on the city. the regional governor says 3 people were killed. attacks on urban areas have killed dozens in recent days. dw snake spice. i think he, if, and he told me what is happening at this apparition, nuclear plant, which is under russian occupation. there are concerts in over of or chernobyl level scale. if you think about it. this is europe's biggest nuclear reactor, 6 reactors at work generating electricity. there are some 500 russian soldiers who are there and the head of ukrainian atomic energy agency says they are shelling

cities nearby and using rocket launchers. they're essentially making any kind of repost impossible unless you want to set off a giant meltdown. now listen, when the russians actually moved in to the base, they shot one of the reactors with the tank shell. nothing happened this from the employees who worked at the plan that we can trust them. at another shell fell on a transformer. had that shell blown up as it was supposed to, all of the cooling systems in the nuclear power plant would have stopped and it would have gone to meltdown to the stakes. are really, really high. the russians are there is because they've been coming under all kinds of very, very target a targeted attack. elsewhere in the country with new western weapons. did all these nix spice of them. and his a quick look at some more stories making news around the world. the head of a major art show in germany has resigned to often exhibit with anti semitic elements prompted protest, the organizers of document her se sabina shaw man is stepping down by mutual

agreement. the show takes place every 5 years in the city of casa lawmakers. in north macedonia, half past a deal aimed at settling a dispute with bulgaria to clear the way for you membership talks. the proposal includes amending the constitution to recognize a bulgarian minority. in exchange, bulgaria will allow scorpio to start talks with brussels, south korea's capital. so as celebrated its 1st pride festival since the start of the pandemic, thousands of supporters turned out with police on high alert to prevail. flashes was conservative protesters. the mayor has hinted that a central plaza could be closed next year if participants in his words over expose their bodies thrill. anchor's parliament has begun choosing a successor to the deposed president caught her by a raja pack. sir. lawmakers will select a new leader to serve the rest of roger paxis term. he fled into exile as mass protest erupted over the national economic crisis. it's a brand new day in colombo,

the family, dennis d, that's ruled sri lanka for decades is gone. and lawmakers, a meeting to choose a new president. after months of protests. gotcha, by a roger pox, i fled to singapore and formerly stepped down from the presidency on friday. his resignation letter read out in parliament, showed little remorse made up law one mo, be mother margaret. i want to stress about her. always done my best for my motherland video that i thought tribute my utmost to the country and in the future to i would contribute to the country. already loaded up done was it to me. lawmakers will vote for a new president next week. the chosen candidate will then see out roger pucks as tom until elections in 2024 of the 3 candidates expected to stand. one is ronald vick grimacing head,

the current interim president and former prime minister, a long time ally of the ousted president protesters want him gone to for a fresh start for the country. then i got of the year in middle of the 3 candidates . if we support the my student person, things will be all right, fall, give them the only one, the position, then things will get worse. log in all the dominant. ever be able to move forward. not only say that it under, but the all of them are there that other what we have to tell the newly elected president is please rescue the economy. are they give them what around the mike, the entropy? roger parkside has left sri lanka in the midst of its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948 in particular. fuel is in desperately short supply. security has been tightened around the parliament amid fears that the lawmakers choice for president may not be enough to com. protesters. did all this money?

ra chaudry is in colombo and you told me earlier how the election process works? well yes, monica, the parliament was convened today. the process has started. the parliamentarians were there to decide the future course of action to form a new government again from what we know so far. the boarding for the next president will be held on july 20th. and the nomination for the same will be filed a day before july. the 19 so far there are 3 nomination and the free one of them is ronald, become a singer who is the current prime minister and the inter and president at the moment. and the 2nd one that we know a which is also popular choice is sergeant mendoza. he is the leader of the principal opposition party in the country. and the 3rd one is the dallas, alabama who belongs to the political party of the raja bucks or so this will be a secret ballot voting that will be undertaken by the parliamentarians. but we have 2 more days right now. so we may actually see more nominations coming up. so did all these many i told me they're reporting from colombo and in football. used by

munich, have agreed to allow striker up at levant, off ski to join barcelona by and accepted the spanish clubs latest proposal, a multi year deal with up to 50000000 euros by him. previously assisted to live and ask, he had to remain in munich until his contract ex ios next summer and for more on that quite exciting. i transfer saga here with me in the studio, chris harrington from tito. he is full as chris fizzle. i mean, i heard that live in dusky, actually attended to by a training earlier this week. how does that fit together? the i was flabbergasted. a bit shocked to see him show up. he was late, you know, he didn't really interact with many players. he didn't say one word, it got you in arg was man. so clearly he didn't want to be there. but physically he looked gray. you know, there's back and forth saga, you know, had been going on a while. he all already confirmed or social media and even doubled down. subsequent to this post say in his era it byron was over, you know, was basically says that his spirit wouldn't be there. so i'm glad to see her

barcelona come with an offer that a buyer accepted because before i think it was her 3rd attempt barn made it really clear. they wanted $50000000.00 euros just to come to the table. and that's what the verbal agreement was made, according to the oliver kind of the new, a sporting director bar munich. so it's a spirit to see, you know, finally that is done because, you know, there was some disturbing news. he, his family was receiving death threats from the buyer and fan base. you know, he played 8 seasons scored over 230, the early one, everything under the sun. so i think it's a win win situation. okay, is it a win win situation where, where does this leave by munich? what bar munich pulled off a qu many would argue in getting sadie o, my, ne, from the premier league. you know, typically players want to end up in the premier league. that's her destination. you rarely see a player in their prime jump ship, come to the bonus lager, and i be really interesting where he lives up very versatile player. it's the next

chapter for bar 1000000. plus there's gonna bring it in his contract. and for all intensive purposes, we could see, you know, what happens, but he's been in his 1st training, saudi my maze. happy to be there. and i think the players are pleased to have him. and i am looking forward to see if he can feel those big boots left by levin doughty, and if he can shoot, although send score all those goals of course said levant, ask it at dia database. chris harrington, thank you so much. thank you. he wasn't, did i'll be in use up next day documentary on last. he has devastating flooding in western germany. my name is monica jones for me and the team of berlin. thanks for watching a man with the memories of a woman ah, ali from syria is born in a female body. forced into marriage, raped.