and that's my new part. i am evelyn chair, mom and i really think we need to talk about all the topics, the north divide and united. in this i have invited many deer and well known guests . and i would like to invite you to an end ah ah, this is dw news, my from berlin. a red quart, breaking heat wave in southern europe. huge wildfires blaze from portugal to greece . the extreme heat causes hundreds of death and forecast to say there's more to come also the program ukraine,

braces for an escalation of attacks on all fronts as russia orders, it forces to step up their operations. 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 said to reach even britain in the coming days. many of the blazes are affecting popular tourist destinations that we're just starting to recover from slow business during the pandemic. ah, a week long hate wave is scorching europe. fire season, his heat earlier this year after an unusually hot and dry spring, which authorities attribute to i am

a change near the spanish city of malaga. a forest fire has caused thousands of people to evacuate. when it was italian, no completely favor. we're sad and worried because our mountains are part of the joy of living here. they're the lungs of the area are included 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 locally luminous tumor, give you a sports stadium has become an emergency shelter for the evacuees. 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 the main 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 pray 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 forties celsius and difficult conditions are set to only get worse as the record breaking hate sweeps across europe for another week. dw corresponded to nicole recess following this story for us in madrid, and 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 luck, 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 that hundreds happen and vacuum in this area. at least 3 blazes right now next to my food, which is 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 well 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 the trout and the heat. there's also wind and it's complicated for the firefighters and hundreds of them on the ground, all hands on deck. i spoke to an aide work 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? 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 long got 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 to know 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. darrow 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 we've the sequence, of course you also get a lot of wildfires because it's all somehow interconnected. unfortunately, and date it the, the correspond nicole, which they're reporting for us from madrid. thank you so much. and the heat wave is expected to bring unprecedented temperatures to britain in the coming days. and he could break the countries all time record high of 38.7 degrees authorities issue to their 1st ever extreme. he'd warning several days of advance in an interview on sky

t v one paramedic implore to people to take that warning seriously. but we could see people who are particular who are vulnerable. young people are elderly, file people, people living with dementia who really do suffer this. this isn't like a lovely day where we can put a bit of some scream on and go out and enjoy, you know, a swim in a meal outside. this is seriously, that could actually ultimately end in people's death because it is so ferocious and we're just not set up for that. so in this country to ukraine now and to report say that russian missiles have struck industrial facilities in the strategic ukrainian city of nikolai, in the south of the country. so far there is no word on casualties. russia has stepped up a tax across ukraine in recent days, and he says moscow's preparing for the next stage of it's offensive. the main focus

of the fighting is the eastern region of donnette. ukraine says russian forces are shelling along the entire front line. our next report is from a poker office, a small city right in the path of russia's advance. her mother grieving the loss of her son, who loaded me on the washing the shanker. died trying to stop the russian advance on his hopes duty. of course. the city's mayor has come to pay his respects is not for the 1st time. oh jim logo on so many citizens from a don. it's greeting when 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 comma coaching longer is a recall, with russian forces slowly gaining ground that was reaching people's lives here in

other ways to indiscriminate bombardment or civilian targets. trademark of putins invasion site, little footed foot by the ukraine police shows the terror inflicted on po cost residents. with the young, an able bodied at the front, the elderly of been left to fend largely for themselves. from banks like these held the most needy things could get worse. still, the mayor fears that a shortage of gas will make the city uninhabitable. once temperatures drop easily or you will even if the fighting stopped where they are now. and the front line does move, they will be very hard to survive here in winter. with zoom video would you wish and school. 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. earliest by 2 dw

correspondent, knick spicer in t 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 frontline. 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 that actually occurring at somebody plausible as 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 and attempt to take a key highway which would allow the russians to approach sloth, yonce, 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 to 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 percent 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 a. it's 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 1st defeating the russians and chasing away from the capital. and that occurred on morale is high, i think out 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 such changes. the situation enormously. they do have that as in its objectives, not to mention crimea, which was annex as well because they're considered by the russians to be part of russia. and gardner 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. in particular, we're in her san region. small advances there. but of course it's a 2 front war now, so where 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 take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. a cargo plane carrying munitions as crashed in northern greece. shortly after the pilot reported

engine problems. all 8 people on board were killed. defense officials said the plane operated by ukrainian company was on route from serbia to bangladesh. carrying 11 tons of serbian made mortar rounds. francis prime minister has been taking cards in ceremonies mocking the 18th anniversary of the round up jewish residence during the nazi occupation. in 1942 french police carried out a german orders to arrest some 10000 people. many were eventually deported to nazi death camps. president manuel mccall is to dedicate a new memorial later today. germany's main jewish organisation has criticized the handling of an anti semitism scandal at the biggest national art show. the director of the documentary exhibition stepped down only after weeks of pressure. the central council of ju says, germany's reputation has suffered immense damage. months after the controversy

erupted, the head of document is abena. sherman is finally calling it quits. the arch shows supervisory board says that 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 they have been made that belief not phone. and that will allow document to close on a positive note. and september, but compton september,

germany's cultural commissioner, also batch hormones, 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 casso on the regional government say they will review the way document is run, but 1st they need to find a new artistic director. it watching dw news up next, a sport slide focusing on football in kristen. i will be back with the latest headlines at the top of the alex. see you then closely.