for your bucket list, ah, magic corner check hot spot for food and some great cultural memorials to boot double you travel, all we go ah ah, this is d, w. news live from berlin. a record breaking heat wave in southern europe. wild fires plays from portugal to greece as hundreds die from the effects of the hot weather. also in the program. ukraine, braces for an escalation of attacks on all fronts as russia orders its forces to

step up their operations. ah, i'm pablo foley, as welcome to the program. wildfires are raging across southern europe from portugal and france and spain to italy and greece. their spread is being aided by an extreme heat wave, with temperatures in excess of 14 degrees celsius, which is set to reach even britain. in the coming days. many of the blazes are affecting popular tourist destinations that were just starting to recover from slow business during the pandemic. a week long hate wave is scorching europe 5 season. his heat earlier this year, after an unusually hot and dry spring, which authorities attribute to climate change near the spanish malika

a forest fire has forced thousands of people to evacuate. when it was italian, no quantity paid. we are sad and worried because our mountains are part of the joy of living here. there. the lungs of the area are included him to percent and we're also very worried for the residence because their homes could be in danger. it's a very difficult situation. we will listen to him, we'll give you a sports stadium has become an emergency shelter for the evacuation. we've just grabbed a few essentials and just ran really. and by that stage, everybody along the street, the car yos, was on the move cars and, and on the main street, the will of ambulances and fire engines, fires a burning across southern europe, filling skies with smoke. from here in northern italy to southwest in france, where fire fighters have been battling blazes for days. thousands of evacuated

residents can only watch on and prey their homes are sped on create strong winds, spreading several fires across the great island. temperatures throughout southern europe have already been reaching into the mid forties celsius and difficult conditions are set to only get worse as the record breaking hate sweeps across europe for another week. dw corresponded nicole races following this story force in madrid and a little earlier i asked her for the latest on the situation and how authorities are responding. while it's all hands on deck, really, you can imagine that hundreds of fire fighters out there just tackling the well over 35 that just spreading across pain in different regions. you just mentioned new cars, which is a big blaze. of course, 3000 people evacuated and very dramatic scenes with people watching of the smoke

coming up from the old, directly from the beach and airplanes actually getting water. where the people are bathing themselves in the ocean. but if you had for the west in the country and it's pretty much the 5 even bigger and that's just a new one that has, has developed. and it's really difficult to tackle them because it has been dry for really long time. now we're looking at the way that is there for over almost over a week. now that was a long, dry, and hot week already in june. very, very early in the very unusual. and this gives us a perfect feeding ground, really for bias to spread at this pace as well. i mean over 35, it's not little in such a short time in one week just and the actually records that can confirm that this is sort of the face of the climate crisis. since the 18 summers have become 5 to 6 weeks longer, so it's dry and hotter and heat placed in the last 10 years have kind of, you know,

intensified. there are now double in length and double in number. and what we experience here right now is exactly that. it's way that i have now the experience in the years that i live in madrid, for example, usually you know, you have like 40 plus degrees a few days a year and then it goes down to get a bit. but we hear over 40 degrees or over week it's long and the wave of course we're heading north now where people are not really used to these type of temperatures. so if you have the north of spain and the summer would be a bit pressure, as they say here, and it's not looking like that. some is not over yet. we're in the middle of june line. we still have august to look at. and it seems to be that this is just climate crisis and it is highest level at the moment. nicole, you mentioned that there, the hot weather is far from over. it's only july. spain is used to hot temperatures and it is going to cool down a bit, but it's still looks are just going to be very hot. indeed. we've also seen these, these reports of em, hundreds of people having died from the heat. you know this,

these are pretty shocking numbers. how. how were people coping with that information? and how are people coping in general with the heat? yes, it's quite shocking. it's a 360 people confirmed in just one week, this july and june. the number was even higher and it adds up to the picture, the longer the heat waves get, the more struggles. there are 4 people to cope with them. although when you asked in regions, lexi, except my daughter was some us get really high temperatures. people just say ok, it's hot, it's summer, that's what we get here. the summer's longer. now, some of them also when i spoke to them this week, admitted that it can turn into some until october. so people just try to shield from the heat as they usually do. they would stay inside with air conditioning and on, but also just tried to drink a lot of water, but obviously it's taking a huge toll on the human body. usually there is one salary on a dest related to heat waves here in spain. and this year it could be even more. so we will look at the numbers at the end of the summer and go figure. but as i said,

this is one face of the climate crisis, and we have nothing else at the moment as i trapped to it. d w correspond nicole ris in madrid. thank you. a ukrainian military official says russia is preparing for the next stage of it's offensive. after moscow ordered its forces to step up military operations, while most fighting is taking place in the east. russian, rockets and missiles are also pounding cities far from the front lines. keith, he says the attacks have killed dozens of people in recent days. 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. when the shockwave came, some shots of glass still hit me. i was like a wounded. on my left side, i live in

a political navy. the ocean garcia and the street is home to the used mush industrial plant or russian defense ministry says the factory was producing parts for ballistic missiles, making it a legitimate military target bunker. we're going to go that will run a little earlier. well, good out that there was a strike just around the corner. you next to you smash, sorry, that i saw a video already you. he smashed was on fire and they were explosions. originally, many fled after the attack. ne prose mayor urged residents on facebook to leave saying it was dangerous to remain to who you've in ukraine's ne. 3 people were killed in iraq of 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. earlier i spoke to d,

w correspondent nik spicer in cave, and i asked him about the next stage of the russian offensive. and whether ukraine has watch and said as whether ukraine has said what it's expecting. his no president zalinski has acknowledged that even the russians themselves have said the operational pause is over and they're going to resume offensive operations. but he said that we will adjourn. we will win and we will rebuild our lives. but beyond not no indication as to what the ukrainians are expecting, but it's not hard to imagine what will occur. it's already happening. rolling artillery barrage is of the kind we've seen over these past few months where 1000 sometimes 50000 shells are fired in a day destroying towns entirely where ukrainian defenders are hold up, causing him to rec, teeth, retreat, strategically take up defensive positions elsewhere. perhaps more miss style attacks striking civilian targets,

although the russians will say there were military personnel within those buildings . so more of the same to a certain extent. well, well positioned is ukraine to defend itself and hold off the russian advance. make things have changed in the past 10 days with over 2 weeks. let's say with the arrival of western weaponry so far, the american high mars decision mo bile rocket system has really tip the balance in certain areas where shoots good vehicles. they can fire 6 rockets with an accuracy of one to 3 meters and what the ukrainians are using them for is to take out giant ammunition depots to stop. those artillery barrage is that have been destroying the country basically destroyed about 20 of them in the russians has a particular charity of really having large weapon depots and not spreading out their artillery shells as or other armies will do, keeping them near the rail heads and so considerable success in the ukrainian side

and stuff we don't even hear about. there's an underground, for instance, in hair, san, in that city which is occupied by the russians. but we're, the people are unhappy about the occupation russian soldiers or wake up and see handbills posted on the building saying sleep tight. the high mars are arriving t w's next, spicer, they're reporting from cave. let's take a look now at some more stories making headlines around the world. a cargo plane operated by a ukrainian company has crashed in northern greece shortly after the pilot reported engine problems. all 8 people on board were killed. defense officials said the plane was on route from serbia to bangladesh, and that it was carrying 11 tons of serbian made mortar ammunition to firefighters were taken to hospital after inhaling. toxic fumes. torrential rains of hid central china, causing widespread flooding that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. at least 4 people have died and 13 are missing and gone to unsee schwann provinces. this as neighboring regions are suffering from

a heat wave. experts say the extreme weather is being driven by climate change. the head of germany's biggest archer has resigned after an exhibit with anti semitic images prompted protests. the organizers of document, a 15 se abena sherman is stepping down by mutual agreement. the show takes place every 5 years in the city of cas. u. s. president joe biden has wrapped up a visit to saudi arabia for a security and energy summit. biden told arab leaders, america would maintain its commitment to the middle east, in talks with the saudi crown prince. he also raised the murder of journalists, shamal, who shall g law had with 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. room becoming clear to me and how closely are woven, america's interest, or with the successes. normally,

we will not walk away and leave a vacuum refilled by china. russia ram will shake to bill on this moment, act of 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 bite and also signaled washington remains a dominant player when it comes to the most pressing threats to global security. the war in ukraine time has 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 bite and criticizing saudi arabia's human rights record. in particular, the killing of journalist demarco shoji the saudi foreign minister swiped back the

conference, responded that her this was a painful episode was had rapier that it was a terrible mistake. the idea that one can impose values on other countries are his 100 made clear, it does not work. it has not worked. when the u. s. 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. sport them at hero 2022. germany's women storm through to the quarter finals is winners of groupie after a 3 no victory against bottom of the pile. finland goals from sophia kline, hannah alexandra pop,

and nicole and yomi went unanswered as germany qualified with 3 winds. from 3, the team will now face neighbors, austria in the last 8 next week, with a spot in the semi finals of photographs. and here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you. southern europe is suffering a record breaking heat wave firefighters from portugal degrees are battling raging while fires. the heat has killed hundreds of people, thousands more of how to leave their homes. are watching dw news up next is shift and will be back again at the top of the next era. take care. sometimes books are more exciting than real life ring to read. ah, what if there's no.