$6000000.00 jews like microbes to be annihilated even 77 years after the holocaust hatred towards jews is still pervasive. the history of anti semitism this week on d. w. ah ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin, a record breaking heat wave in southern europe. dozens of wildfires blaze from portugal to greece. hundreds of death are being blamed on the extreme heat, which is that to spread further in the coming days. also on the program ukraine,

braces for an escalation of attacks on all fronts. as russia ordered its forces to step up their operations and a controversy over anti semitism that's gripping the art world. the head of germany's biggest contemporary art show bows to pressure to step down. ah, monica jones, good to have you with us. wildfires are raging across southern europe from portugal and spain to france, italy and greece. their spread is being aided by an extreme heat wave, with temperatures in excess of 40 degrees celsius, which is that to reach even britain in the coming days. many other places are affecting popular tourist destinations that we're just starting to recover from slow business during the pandemic. a week long hate wave is

scorching europe fires season. his heat earlier this year after an unusually hot and dry spring, which authorities attribute to climate change near the spanish city of malaga. a forest fire has caused thousands of people to evacuate when it was italian. the wanted to say we're sad and worried because our mountains are part of the joy of living here. they're the lungs of the area with him to person. and we're also very worried for the residents because their homes could be in danger. it's a very difficult situation. please listen to him. we'll give you a sports stadium has become an emergency shelter for the evacuation. we've just grabbed a few essential and just ran really. and by that stage, everybody along the street, the car yos, was on the move cars and, and on, and the and street, the will of ambulances and fire engines, fires are 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 spared. on crete, strong winds are spreading several fires across the great island. temperatures throughout southern europe have already been reaching into the mid 40 celsius and difficult conditions are set to only get worse as the record breaking hate sweeps across europe for another week. dw correspondent nicole wrists is following the story for us in madrid. a little earlier, i asked her for the latest on the situation. well, the situation here in spain is 10, because wherever you look there are actually want 5 were at the moment looking at well over 30 of them in different regions of the country. very prominent example

those days is the one close to my logo, which can be observed actually from the beach from beach go. i think the, the huge clouds coming off of the hills. but if you go further west to extend my buddha, it's actually a much bigger blazes that we're looking at. we're talking about at least $7000.00 cars in one of them burning down the landscape and also putting in danger of people living in the villages. hundreds happen and vacuum in this area. at least 3 blazes right now next to my food, which is a very hot area in thing close to portugal and one of them actually has just been declared arson. so this is also something that is happening. it's very hot, it's very dry and this gives a perfect feeding run breeding ground for, for fire such as these, that whale serving. but obviously, if people intentionally put on a fire, this is also kind of, you know, very, very difficult because you cannot put them really out under the circumstances with a trout and the heat. there is also wind and it's complicated for the firefighters

and hundreds of them on the ground all hands on deck. i spoke to an aid work of 2 days ago, and they're really, really exhausted after days and days of fire and fire. but that keeping on with that work that the continuing to do the work because it's very necessary that they're there, but that close to the call ups as well here. right. well, nichol when you're describing there is something that we see across the whole of southern europe, which is used to high temperatures. that is what you expect in those regions during the summer season. what is different this year? all? what is different this year is that there are, there are certain studies that confirm that spain and portugal i haven't been a try as this year in 1200 years. so that's already really a number there and it's longer heat waves. it started in june already we had a massive heat weight, which is very unusual, very unusual and early in the year. and now we have another long heat wave and

basically also has a huge impact on human. this equipment, this week alone, we've seen 360 deck related to the heat, up to 46 to 47 degrees in the previous one. it was double that number. so that's one of the huge impact. and obviously this is also in connection with the climate crises here. there are numbers that's quite shocking because he waits. now in the last 10 years have doubled up in intensity and also in frequency longer, they're more often more aggressive. and this is the future we are looking into right now. scientists already agreeing on that. and this is also something that they had foreseen for years and have been warning about 4 years and with the sequence. of course, you also get a lot of wildfires because it's all somehow interconnected. unfortunately, and date in the day the correspond. nicole, which they are reporting for us from madrid. thank you so much. and the heat wife is expected to bring unprecedented temperatures to britain in the coming days and

could break the countries all time record high of $38.00 degrees. authorities issued their 1st ever extreme heat warning several days in advance. in an interview on sky t v one paramedic implored people to take that warning seriously. but we could see people who are particular who are vulnerable, young people and elderly file people. people living with dementia who really do suffer this. this isn't like a lovely hot day where we can put a bit of sunscreen on and go out and enjoy, you know, a swim in a meal outside. this is serious heat that could actually ultimately end in people's death because it is so ferocious which is not set up for that sort of heat in this country. to ukraine, where a military official says that russia is preparing for the next stage of its offensive. after moscow ordered its forces to step up military operations,

russia is now focusing on the eastern region of donnette. ukraine says russian forces are shelling along the entire front line as they prepare for the next ground offensive. our next report is from a pock roscoe, a small city right in the path of the russian advance. her mother, grieving the loss of her son who lot of me and me washing shanker, died trying to stop the russian at vons on his home city of poor coughs. the city's mayor has come to pay his respects is not for the 1st time. oh, jim logo. oh, many citizens from the donuts greeting went to defend our country. there are many of our guys on the front line officer. you 10 have been killed since february 24th . and there are many people who are being drafted now. when come all kitchen longer

visiting with russian forces slowly gaining ground. the was reaching people's lives here and other ways to indiscriminate bombardment of civilian targets, trademark of pollutants invasion science, little footed foot by the ukraine. police shows the terror inflicted and po cost residents with the young and able bodied at the front, the elderly of been left to fend largely for themselves. from banks like these help, the most needy things could get worse. still, the mayor fears that a shortage of gas will make this city uninhabitable. once temperatures drop, you slip, but you even if the fighting stopped where they are now and the frontline does move, it will be very hard to survive here in winter. but zoom video would you wouldn't sworn if the russians advance further it will fall to my attribution to organize the evacuation of the city, adding to the millions of ukrainians. already displaced by the war. ernie i spoke

to dw correspondence, nick spy, set in key. if i asked him about the next stage of the russian offensive and the situation on the ground right now. oh monica, once again, mot, massive, artillery, bombardments, all across the front line. and particularly in that area, the defense minister survey shows who is said to have visited the front line. i'm not sure what kind of footage or any evidence there is if that has occurred. but he said, i'm gonna just put pause here. he said that the objective is to stop the ukrainians from the shelling civilian areas has been no proof of actually occurring it somewhat and plausible as a by their own admission. they don't have enough artillery to properly fight the russians. but for the facts on the ground, massive artillery across that region, the ukrainians have the most battle hardened fighters. they are confronting the russians. and i did manage to repel an attempt to take a key highway,

which would allow the russians to approach sloth dance, which is their sort of operational headquarters in the region. and the russians have been trying for 2 months and they failed to do that. so the battle continues again with a great disproportion in artillery fire, but the ukrainians are putting up the fight that they, that they have had since the beginning. and just a final note. it's worth taking. note that, you know, since the beginning of may, despite all of this massive artillery bombardment, the russians have only taken 5 per cent, more of ukrainian territory. so it may be a big announcement, but there's been big announcements before. it's not an indication that there's going to be a big change on the ground. i talking of announcements, nika, president the ukranian precedent as a landscape is vowing that ukraine will recapture more of its lost land. or is that realistic, or is he just trying to boost morale? i think both hypotheses are possible. he's been talking about what seems to be entirely implausible, for defeating the russians and chasing away from the capital. and that occurred on

morale is high i. these are the ukrainians, you know, down to a man almost when it comes to the army. in any case say they want to reclaim all of the territory the russian has taken since 2014. that changes the situation enormously. they do have that as an objective, not to mention crimea, which was annex as well because they're considered by the russians to be part of russia. and gardner thornton has always sort of threatened with not so many words the possibility of using nuclear weapons. if things don't go his way so the ukrainians are fighting back to making some success in the south of the country. particular were in her san region. small advances there. but of course, the 2 front war now. so when the russians are focusing on the east, the ukrainians are advancing somewhat in the south. right? dw isn't expire, so they're reporting from kia. thank you so much, nick. let's look at some more stories making headlines around the wealth.

a cargo plane carrying munition has crashed in northern greece shortly after the pilot reported engine problems. all 8 people on board were killed. defense officials say to the plain operated by ukraine and company that was on route from serbia to bangladesh. carrying 11 tons of serbian made mortar rounds. torrential rains have hit central china, causing white spread flooding that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. at least 4 people have died and 13 are missing in a gun shoe and situ provinces. this is neighboring regions are suffering from a heat wave expert say the extreme weather is being driven by climate change. the head of germany's biggest art show has resigned after protests, over an exhibit containing anti semitic imagery. a crisis surrounding documentary as gripped the art world. months after the controversy erupted the head of document as abena shore mon is finally calling it quits. the arch shows supervisory board

says it reached the mutual agreement which form on to end her contract. the mural by the indonesian artist collective terran patty prompted outraged, because of its anti semitic depictions, such as a jew with fangs and a forked tongue document. organizers were slow to react to protests and criticism from politicians. at 1st, the images were covered up, but later dismantled anti semitism, expert maryland mendo ended his collaboration with the art show after his advice was ignored. he said sure, months resignation was overdue. chauffeured, thus he is us, as i know not, i hope this spring summer leaf. and from this moment on, we can move forward and work through things and change them with a view to the future when we do meet the bleakness phone and that will allow document to close on a positive note. and september the compton september. germany's cultural commissioner, also back shore months departure. it is correct and necessary to come to terms of

how the exhibition of anti semitic images came about. so we can take appropriate action regarding the art exhibition. the city of castle on the regional government say they will review the way document is run, but 1st they need to find a new artistic director. you're up to date now here on t w up next. what does the future hold for humanity as we head towards a fully networked society, the documentary, the internet of everything that's coming up after a short break. you're watching the w news law from berlin from the team. thanks for watching. ah school is establishing in she june pink, president of the global power china any criticism of his regime isn't it's in the bud.