far from home, ali can finally become the person he's always wanted to be with . i was born in berlin stuart's joint one second born w ah ah, this is the w. news ly from berlin o record breaking heat wave in southern europe. huge wildfires place from portugal to greece. the extreme heat causes hundreds of death and forecast to say there's more to cut also the program ukraine. braces for an escalation of attacks on all

fronts as russia orders its forces to step up their operations. ah, monica jones, good to have you with us. europe is experiencing another summer off record breaking temperatures, the north this bracing for a week of extreme heat. while southern nations have already seen the thermometers climbing to new highs. hundreds have died from the effects of the heat. blistering winds have triggered destructive wildfires across portugal, spain, france, italy, and greece. several firefighters have been killed firefighters in spain's extreme the door, a region faddle, wild fires through the night. at daybreak, military, police and aircraft joined the fight to get the situation under control. dozens

of wild fires across spain have forced thousands to evacuate fire season has started earlier than usual after and especially hot and dry spring. now guys that get wedding done without a doubt at 40 degrees celsius, it's more difficult to extinguish the fire climate change effects. everyone in this area is usually green and cool in summer, but it's becoming very hot like cordova and seville in the south. i saw them on one of my chevy. similar scenes are taking place across southern europe. strong winds are spreading several fires across the greek island of crete. in southwestern france, fire fighters have been battling blazes for days. thousands of evacuated residents can only look on. and pray that their homes are spared

and an hour from venice on northern italy's coast skies filled with smoke. after a corn field caught fire temperatures throughout southern europe have already hit the mid fourties. and wild fires aren't the only consequence. the extreme heat has led to hundreds of deaths, mostly in spain and portugal. and it's not over yet whether agencies say many european countries will have to suffer through the sweltering conditions. for another week. journalist, a francesco bomb data in venice told me what's happening in northern italy. well, the solution reach not yet terrible, but they will get much worse in the next few hours. i mean, the big wait, wait is expected to arrive all of our older and, and saw them as well. so we're going to have points of $40.00 to $42.00 degrees in

full. got, which means that with a drought which is really gripping that no. making major damage to the doctor, the situation is not going to be easy and it's exactly what we didn't inspect the off traditional route and not all the while ours in the past few years. and of course, we've also had a just reports coming in that there are fi us now. also raging of further south in sicily, but also near florence with it's, it's beautiful sights of culture. what, what, what can you tell us about that? well, they're starting going off like almost every year. i mean when it gets hot, god knows why, especially around a big historical cd, so beat us up and we are you big bars last weekend in row? and yet police are still investigating on the causes. i think that somebody just

trying to make some food that you look money and make some business in this fires sort of can eventually are some areas to be close to the very rich sector. so the article says recently, now you said to this that the fires now and to with the full cost of high temperatures, all of these could be expected. and we've seen fi as a burning all along the andrey attic, coast line, affecting tourism as well. is there any relief insight? well inside you find release, it's some release because you go up in the mansion. but the problem is that the closer you get the see them more dry vegetable, individual ashley. and so the easier it is higher. and also the fact that there are so many people trying to find from the heat and going to the beach. that's really yeah, ford it for one for extinguishing the fires,

which happens to start at the spot. every now and then. right, francesco, bon gara, they are reporting from then is a journalist in italy. of course, francesco, thank you so much for your time and are the latest on the war in ukraine. russian missiles has struck industrial facilities and the southern ship building city off. and nikolai moscow has stepped up its attacks across ukraine in recent days, defenders fear russian forces on preparing the next offensive. most of the fighting is in the eastern region of dun esque, with shelling along the entire front line. our next report is from a paragraphs k small city and the path of russia's advance. yet i was a mother, grieving the loss of her son will order me a me washing shanker, died trying to stop the russian at vans on his home city of po cost. the city's mer

has come to pay his respects is not for the 1st time. oh, jim logo on so many citizens from the doughnuts region 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 come on coaching longer, visit recall. with russian forces slowly gaining ground. the was reaching people's lives here in other ways to indiscriminate bombardment of civilian targets, trademark of putins invasion site, little foot and 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 help, the most needy things could get worse. still, the mayor fears and

a shortage of gas will make the city uninhabitable. once temperatures drop easily, but 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, wood, wooden floors. 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. dw correspondent nick spicer in key f told me about the likely next stage of the russian offensive. and the situation on the ground right now. well, monica, once again, not 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. there's been no proof of that actually occurring at somebody 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 and 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 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

gonna 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 loss. bland. how is that realistic, or is he just trying to boost morale? i think both hypotheses are possible. he's been talking about what seemed to be entirely implausible. first defeating the russians and chasing away from the capitol. and that occurred on morale is high. i think there are the, you premiums, you know, down to a man almost when it comes to the army in any case. so 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 vladimir putin 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 for making some success in 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 look at some more stories making headlines around the world. a cargo plane carrying weapons is crashed in northern greece. all 8 people on board who killed officials say the aircraft was flying from serbia to bangladesh . the plane was transporting mortar ammunition the pilot reported engine trouble. floods, triggered by torrential rain, have killed at least 12 people in the south daf or province of sudan at least 100 houses and camps for displays. people are damaged or destroyed. the united nations wreckage agency is coordinating 8 efforts and to rental rains and flooding

have forced thousands to leave their homes in western china. a dozen people have been killed at the same time. neighboring regions are suffering a heat wave, whether experts are blaming climate change. french president, a man when my call has been leading commemorations for the 18th anniversary of the round up of jewish residence during the nazi occupation. in 1942 french police carried out german orders to arrest some, 13000 people. many were later deported to nazi death camps to sri lanka where protests have now been going on for 100 straight days. one president has already resigned and demonstrators now aim to dislodge his successor . the mainly peaceful protest broke out over an economic crisis blamed on for my president gotta buy at our jap, axa, shortages of fuel, food and medicines have provoked widespread anger and united ethnic groups. did others on rita cima is in the sri lankan capital colombo,

to tell us more about the dramatic events of recent weeks. i'm standing at the entrance of the presidential palace where last week at this time, there were hundreds and thousands of people gathered here. the storm to this entrance inside the palace. and then we saw some of them was defining images of this protest movement in an unprecedented shoe of unity. people gathered people from different religions and groups against a leader who the thought was corrupt and had brought the country on the verge of bankruptcy. in the face of such a demonstration of people's power, the president fled the country. when president good or by roger boxer left the country, he left his prime minister in charge janelle, victim a singer. the protesters were angry there. think victim a singer is too close to the raja bucks a gang. they all gathered here to protest outside the office of the prime minister

. there were ugly, seems, dear, gas was fired, a protest her was killed. and some felt radical fringe elements had infiltrated the largely peaceful protests. finally, the protest who's got the news that they wanted to hear, president guitar by a roger boxer, had officially resigned his letter of resignation, sent from singapore, was read out in parliament. and now parliament must decide what happens next. these barricades have been put out to stop people from getting to parliament is a huge police presence as well as the army has been deployed here before contenders for the post of president the secret ballot. re take this on wednesday. the opposition is divided and roger bucks us party has a huge majority in parliament. rich means that done in victim a single is a clear favorite to win. but if he is elected president, it remains to be seen,

but the protest as will be satisfied or they will take to the streets again. i report by the ws, anita chima and tis a reminder of the top story we're following for you. southern europe is suffering a record breaking heat wave. fire fighters from portugal to greece are battling raging wildfires. the heat has killed hundreds of people. thousands more have had to leave their homes there watching the w and use the op next reporter meets. and activists swimming the length of the river danube to highlight plastic waste from me and the team on berlin. thanks for watching. ah, every journey is full of surprises. we've gone all out to give you some tips.