1020 to 2023 inches in awe. in weakness staff. foundation ah ah . business d w. news live from berlin firefighters. battle blazes from portugal to greece. huge wildfires burn across the mediterranean fuel by a record breaking heat waves. hundreds have died from the effects of the high temperatures, and now the extreme heat is moving on the program. a rare look at life in the

cities that have fallen in east and ukraine. western journalists are given a toll by the russian military and extra lanka, marks $100.00 days of dramatic protest. people power united ethnic groups to for south the former ruling class. we look ahead to the key vote which will decide the nations political future. ah, i'm all angelica, welcome to the program. europe is experiencing a heat wave with record breaking temperatures, while britain is bracing for a week of extreme heat countries for the south already feeling temperature is above 40 degrees celsius. hundreds have died from the effects of the extreme heat, and strong winds are driving wildfire across a number of nations. several fire fighters have been killed like it's

burning in france, spain and portugal, italy, and in greece. for a week, wild fires have raged across southern europe. several firefighters have died in the line of duty, and thousands of residents have had to flee their homes. it is an especially difficult summer near dealing with very considerable drought you to insufficient rainfall over the winter spring and especially dry months of may. and we now have particularly high temperatures but there's another related threat sweeping the region. a heat wave that has already claimed hundreds of lives . temperatures have reached the mid forties for a week in some parts of southern europe. and weather experts say it's moving north

to a place that's never before experienced heat like this. the united kingdom forecasters are predicting temperatures of 40 degrees in england where few homes can cope with these conditions. experts are warning that thousands could die. this is serious at that could actually alternately ending in people's death because it is so ferocious and which is not set up for that. so akins country but authorities say there are steps people can take to protect themselves. drink plenty of water, stay out of the sun, and check on those at risk. meteorologists, scott duncan in london, told us that the extreme heat is not only affecting europe. so this is very intense . he absolute for western europe is probably the most intense currently,

but we've been seeing several events, right? not just this year, but the last 3 years. in particular. we're breaking ricker, breaking records not by just small margins by enormous margins, and it's not confined to just europe like last year. for example, in canada, the record breaking down there. we've also had intense heat in japan the last couple of months, which was shattering longstanding and very significant records. so it's not just europe, we're seeing a lot of heat records tumble across where we are seeing cooler weather, for example. the southern hemisphere is a land media condition at the moment. it has been seen record rainfall. it's been quite cold. they're also new zealand, for example. but the main emphasis that there are far greater number of heat records falling compared to any of these localized cold records. and this is all part of anthropogenic climate change. let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines around the world. floods triggered by torrential brain, have killed at least 12 people in the south. for province in saddam at least 100

houses and camps for displaced, people are destroyed or damaged. the united nations refugee agency is coordinating age f. s a damage report on the val day school shooting has criticized the nearly 400 police offices president for failing to prioritize rescue if it's over their own safety. security video footage show it heavily armed officers from local, state, and federal forces standing by for 77 minutes even as shots rang out. the mass routing claims 21 lives french presidents, emmanuel, my crew has been leading commemorations for the 18th anniversary of the round up of jewish residents 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, ukraine's president for the means lensky has fired his security chief and

prosecutor general, citing hundreds of cases of collaboration with russia by staff in the departments. ukraine says it's expecting a new russian offensive after moscow warned it would step up military operations. most of the fighting is currently concentrated in the eastern region of done. yes. the russia has also been using missile strikes to target other parts of the country . raining death from the sky. this video from russia's defense ministry shows an air strike on a ukrainian position. internet's province. russia claims it struck a multiple rocket launcher system. one of the modern u. s. made weapons ukraine hopes will turn the tide in the war. this video can't be verified, but russia insists it's finding and destroying those very weapons. what room is there? what is that give the of the horrible russian armed forces continue launching attacks at military facilities. a depot for anti shipped missile supplied to ukraine by

nato countries was destroyed with high precision long range missiles, a u. s. made launcher and a re supply vehicle were destroyed by ground based weapons. in the didn't ask people's republic, there was a girlish, the model durham was, you know, was it on the russians recently announced a pause in their military operations in the don bass region to regroup. but that's not what it seems like to civilians who are at the receiving end of artillery fire . i think it was been the missiles were coming all day long from their clustering. munitions were falling when we saw an explosion on our street. and because i know the area, well, we knew immediately where the explosion happened and we rushed here for safety. was elsa? meanwhile, even those far from the front lines in the east aren't safe. a 4 year old girl killed in a missile strike was buried in the central ukrainian city of the nits. ya oh, the priest didn't mince words. you to the you with these people who killed lisa

and residents of vanessia and generally kill ukrainian city, they served the devil one eternal hell awaits them, because there is no forgiveness for them if waggle. do. lucy fury alongside suffering and pain for a country that has seen more than its share since the war started. oh, oh. oh, next report to re look at life in occupied areas of east and ukraine. russian forces allowed a great the western gen, listed toward the don best region, including the cities of lizzie chances and maria pull. this report was compiled under the control and supervision of the russian army heavily damaged roads, destroyed bridges and residential buildings. it's a journey into a region that's all weeks of fierce fighting. the trip is organized by the russian military, which now controls large areas of eastern and southern ukraine. lucy chance glides

in ruins. those who stayed behind have no food, water or electricity. russian authorities are organizing humanitarian aid. the packages read, we are united. the messages that the future of don boss is russia. we said yes you, i don't care whether zalinski or putin is in charge. here is the terrible situation must not continue. we need peacefully, if not many here are expecting that they fear for their future webpage. i'm afraid the war will return. the most important thing is peace and com. again. little of both of us with russia shows off captured weapons used by the ukrainian army, including system supplied by the west, a victory trophy, and a message to nato that its support for ukraine won't succeed. the southern city of mario poor, gained notoriety during heavy bombardments. now russia is building on hospital and

housing for 2 and a half 1000 people here. the apartments are being built by the russian defense ministry. they'll then be handed over to the authorities of the de nuts people's republic. it would take decades to rebuild the dumbass region and an end to the fighting is not in sight. residents face more danger in the coming months. south africa is grappling with a surge and gun violence. the problem was put in the spotlights after 3 separate shootings and one weekend left. 22 people dead. in all 3 incidents suspects, open fire on people in balls before speeding off in vehicles. south africa has strict gun control laws, but that hasn't prevented a large black market for firearms. packed in these bags are nearly 25000 firearms, confiscated or handed in to police in south africa. on this day,

these guns are all going to be destroyed. south africa has one of the highest violent crime rates in the world authority say illegal weapons in the hands of criminals are contributing to the problem in less privileged communities. like this one we, one of the recent tavin shootings took place. people are terrorized among unless is is this is we don't feel safe because we don't know whether the people responsible for the shooting are still in our township or not. we're not safe, even if we can't walk in the street or even go to the shops without feeling nervous . we are afraid because these people could still be here with us, and they would go about global up tongue obama vocal model. i would like our government to go door to door and collect all the legal firearms again and arrest those found with the legal firearms that should work. day and night visit all the shacks and houses here in the old one because we often get mugged mccook with wasn't oh,

sellable. visiting the communities affected by the recent shooting attacks. the countries police minister promised more police presence to those are, would you saw it if it were going to try and increase police visibility of the streets of this place? if on the way talk a was the want to take them back. we want to saturate the streets here. hopefully she'll be off police ruling the streets here and not the criminals. i'll be able to log but active is say gun crime in south africa is part of much wider problems in the country, including corruption in the police service choose for lincoln. i way protests have now been going on for 100 straight days. the demonstrations have already talk all the presidents, but participants are demanding more far reaching political reform. protest broke out over an economic crisis blamed on former presidents got to buy a roger pack so shortages of fuel, food and medicines have provoked widespread anger. d w's amrita cima is in this

lankin capital colombo. she has 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 that taught was corrupt and would 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 by roger boxer left the country, he left his prime minister in charge. janelle became a singer. the protesters were angry there. think victrum 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 scenes, deer 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, present good, thereby. 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 the huge police presence as well as the army has been deployed here before contenders for the post of president, the secret ballot will take place on wednesday. the opposition is divided and rancho 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. all they will take to the streets again. i'm re touchy, mia kim are reporting from colombo has romando. the top story we're following for you. 5 fighters are battling to contain dozens of wildfires across southern europe . blazes are being fueled by an extreme heat wave record. temperatures are also predicted to hit britain in the coming days where authorities born thousands could die because of you watching the wi from berlin. thanks for watching. ah them to step up and say the true her women in asia season to this week.