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other cities come on, the fire. and china's all powerful corona virus warning app is being abused to keep people that the state views as problematic from going about their business. ah, i'm all azako a very well welcome to the show. southern europe is being hit with a record breaking heat wave. hundreds of people have died from the effects of the hot weather and tens of thousands more have had to flee wildfires. the worst his country saw france, spain, and portugal. scientists are blaming manmade climate change and our warning there will be more extreme weather events in the future. the summer skies are blotted out by smoke as wild fires burn southwest. europe's in france,

portugal and spain. high winds and dry conditions make tough work for the fire fighters. several of whom have died. battling the blazes. thousands of residents have been evacuated in all 3 countries. hello, mikayla. we haven't slept all night enough to have a social worker came to see me and pick up my elderly uncle. emily, i'm able to make it up. we spent the night in a nearby town, but we didn't sleep at all along and among them, you know, i don't either that even away from the fires, there's no relief from the heat. a wave of record breaking temperatures has killed hundreds in spain. where thermometers have hit 45 degrees whether agencies sate won't cool off for days. authorities or urging people to drink plenty of water, stay out of the sun and to check on those at risk. dw corresponded nicole reese and

madrid told us more about the fires in spain. well, we have a several of wildfires that are really huge. one of them is just 40 minutes away from my guys. we're talking about roughly 3000 people that have been evacuated and 2000 and hacked us that are in flames. but it's even more severe if you go to the west to expedite missouri when it has been a fire for days now and it's raging through the landscape. it has so far already burned around $7000.00 hector's. and that's just another fire. just below that, that have popped up further in the south west. that is also very frightening. hundreds of people have been evacuated firefighters and the emergency aids that are on site yesterday just told me that they're really exhausted, but they're doing everything they can. but obviously with the wind and the very high temperatures and that region the next month where you're looking at around $46.00 degrees. i've been that on wednesday,

it's very impossible at the moment to really get your grip on these flames. ukraine says russia is using a captured nuclear power plant to store weapons and it targets the national nuclear energy agencies says hundreds of russian troops are occupying the separation sites in southeast in ukraine is accused as moscow of using the plants as a base to shell. the surrounding region. moscow has ordered as forces to step up their attacks. while most of the fighting is taking place in the east. russian missiles are also hitting cities beyond the front lines, destruction in the central ukrainian city, ne pro, where a russian missile has left a gaping hole in a residential street. ukrainian officials say 3 people were killed and 15 wounded dog locally be sold without a windows was sealed with duct tape. if you had, when the shock wave came, some shots of glass still hit me. i was like

a wounded. and on my left side, i live in the political navy is closer to the resume and then the street is home to the use mush industrial plant or russian defense ministry says the factory was producing parts for ballistic missiles, making it a legitimate military target bulk. everybody got a little running a little earlier today that there was a strike just around the corner. you next to use my story. then i saw a video or if you use matches on fire and they were explosions. usually many fled after the attack. the pros, mayor urged residence on facebook to leave saying it was dangerous to remain to who you've and ukraine's ne. 3 people were killed in a rocket attack here. local authority, say a school in several homes were hit, a factory destroyed in the harbor, city of odessa far to the west, away from the front. military experts predict an increase in russian strikes as the

war of attrition grinds on. our correspondence nick spicer and keith told us more about the situation at the separation plant. well, it's europe's largest nuclear power plant. was 6 reactors inside the soldier. some 500 soldiers had been there since close to the beginning of the war, which you are getting reports of heavy artillery shells shelling and possible rocket attacks coming from the plant according to ukraine's director of atomic energy targeting. to the pros you said were some people have been killed as well as the town of nicky hall, which is just across the disney pro river where there is a bit damage to civilian buildings. there are pictures of that on the government telegram channel. the local telegram channels and look, i mean this is a situation where you have an inability of ukrainians to repost to fire back, because they can set off a tr noble style meltdown a disaster that couldn't actually be dealt with in war time. so it's of grave

concern, and that's why the director of ukraine's nuclear agency called on the international atomic energy agencies to get involved and to inspect the situation. but they won't do so while there are russian troops there. so the ukranian minister i've been talking about has says they had to stop walking a tightrope and do something about the situation. u. s. president joe biden has wraps up a visit to saudi arabia for a security and energy summit. biden told arab leaders in america would maintain its commitment to the middle east, in talks with the saudi crown prince. he also raised the murder of journalists, jamal ha shoji law had assumed william aleki the u. s. president, meeting with gulf leaders in saudi arabia's capital. he laid out how he sees america's role in the middle east zone becoming clear to me how closely interwoven america's interest are with the successes. normally,

we will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by china. russia were rear will seek to build on this moment with active principle mercury leadership. it was a clear message to gulf states who have gradually seen us disengagement from the region. notably the withdrawal from afghanistan, but bide, and also signaled washington remains a dominant player when it comes to the most pressing threats to global security. the war in ukraine, china's growing influence, and preventing iran from getting a nuclear weapon and saudi oil has been a driving factor with the u. s. looking to shore up it's supplies and bring prices down, especially if it can replace russian energy. but the summit was overshadowed by biden criticizing saudi arabia's human rights record. in particular, the killing of jernace demarco shoji the saudi foreign minister swiped back the

conference responded that her this was a painful episode was had rapier in the towards a terrible mistake. the idea that one can impose values on other countries or his own highness made clear it does not work. it has not worked when the us tried to impose values on afghanistan and iraq, in fact, it backfired. biden wanted this trip to reset and repair, longstanding diplomatic relations as well as persuade gulf states to pump more oil and gas to the u. s. saudi arabia has agreed to a limited increase daily oil production. biden's trip can perhaps be seen as only a partial success has a look now at some other stories making news around the world. for lancaster, parliament has begun choosing a successor to depose president got to buy a roger pack so low make his will select

a new leaders to serve the rest of roger access term. he fled to exile, mass protest, ruptured over the national economic crisis. prime minister run the big rama is acting as injury president. a cargo plane operated by a ukrainian airline has crashed in northern greece shortly after the pilot reported engine problems. the and of was traveling from serbia to jordan. great media report say the plane was carrying toxic material and they were 8 people on board. the head of germany's biggest art show has resigned after an exhibit with anti semitic images prompted protests, the organizers of documentary se sabina sure man is stepping down by mutual agreement show takes place every 5 years in the city of castle south korea's capital sol has celebrated its 1st pride festival since the start of the mc.

thousands of supporters turned out with police on high alert to prevent clashes with conservative christian protest. china's cove 19 a warning app is central to the country's efforts to stem the spread of the virus. particularly in this big cities, a negative test results on the app is mandatory to take part in daily life. now several cases have come to light of the app being instrumental lies to hinder healthy people from undertaking what the state sees as problematic activities. loyal wang, you hasn't been able to move freely, beijing for some time with her as a critic off the lodging. she has often been placed on the house at ed you it was. but recently, the government seems to have found a different method bill is in her chinese corona wanting app, mandatory every red in the country no longer works. that's why she can't even get

into the shopping street. when she wants to bring a sensitive case to court, her court dawns yellow. even when she has multiple negative b, c r t s l y danner. it leaves her helpless iowa and prostrate ayana. all of them are they, they will live and yet there's no laws on the use of the app. the, the not be, but no regulations. the restrictions imposed by the app. uh, they're booked completely legal love that the city has become an obstacle course for hoshal. you didn't even in the taxi that you are, court has to be scanned for the health department. fortunately, the taxi driver accepts, if only one passenger logs in, whatever you're not, what happens if someone doesn't care that? do you have to? it's the rules. i know what, what if someone doesn't have a cell phone rather than don't take a taxi deal, but the green code of the health app is also required for buses and sub is even

access to the apartments is now monitored. everyone in beijing lives within a gated compound with the single access point. gods have set up, check posts everywhere. when you lift hill in the beijing suburbs, it takes a heated argument with the security guards for them to allow her into her own apartment building without being scan at all, visitors must login. you can then put it on, you don't know what will happen to mortal. i mean, it may be, then the god won't let me through. and i can break in here. and all of this is a legal law. which wattley elia i want valley petty rober hill? well, what did you even do? went to her building. she has to use her data again just to open the door. at her home, one you and her husband watch with yours of protests doing the downs on the internet

. when customers are for trouble, bank tried to organize the protest, their headquarters to unread. as the result, many were unable to travel to them as punishment. a local official was latest chipped of body membership. commend you for it. and finally to the penalty is arbitrage local joy ha ha. they had to find a scapegoat as the case, but so much publicity when handed to install it, they had to make it look like punishment annual. but the real problem, jemine's son, belinda feed on patio who she daniel chava to get. why did it will and that is that the police have direct access to the head code. oh and it isn't like lung. you can leave china and all these troubles behind either of the way the chinese authorities confiscated her boss board 2 years ago. sport thou at euro 2022 japanese women stormed through to the quarter finals as witness of

group b after a 3 no victory against the bottom of the pile. finland gulls from sophia kline, hannah alexander, pope, and nicole and yomi went unanswered as germany qualified with 3 wind strong 3 that he will now face neighbors, austria in the last 8 next week with a spot in the semi finals up for grabs. you're watching it dw news live from berlin . stay tuned for reporter featuring a chemistry professor, swimming europe's longest river to raise awareness about plastic waste. these places in europe, or smashing all the records, stepped into a bold adventure. it's the treasure map for modern globetrotters. discover some of you to record breaking sites on your.