with i was born in berlin, georgia july 22nd on d w. ah ah, ah, this is dw news live from berlin. fire fighters battled places from portugal to greece. huge wildfires burned across the mediterranean, fueled by a record breaking heat wave. hundreds have died from the effects of the high temperatures. and now the extreme heat is moving north. also on the program. a rare

look at life in the cities that have fallen in east and ukraine. western journalists are given a tool by the russian military. and it's for lanka, marks $100.00 days of dramatic protest people power unites ethnic groups. to force out the former ruling klan, we look ahead to the key vote, which will decide that the nation's political future. ah, i'm no longer welcome to the program. europe is experiencing a heat way with record breaking temperatures. well, britain is bracing for a week of extreme heat. countries for the south are already feeling temperatures over 40 degrees celsius. hundreds have died from the effects of the extreme heat and strong winds are driving wildfires across a number of nations. several fire fighters have been killed. it's

burning in france, spain, and portugal, italy, and in greece. for a week, wild fires have raged across southern europe. several fire fighters have died in the line of duty, and thousands of residents have had to flee their homes. it is an especially difficult summer. we are 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 age in this country. but authority 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 . the absolute for western europe is probably the most intense currently,

but we've been seeing several events around not just this year, but last the years in partakes. there would be breaking ricker, breaking records, not by a small margin by enormous margins. and it's not confined to just europe like last year, for example, in canada, the record breaking he to me there, we've also had in 10 feet in japan and the last couple of months, which was shattering at long standing and very significant records. there's not just europe, we're seeing a lot of records tumble across where we are seeing cooler weather, for example, in the southern hemisphere. it is a land condition at the moment. strayer has been seeing record rainfall. it's been quite cold, they're often use dealing for example. but the main emphasis that there are far greater number of heat records following compared to any of these localized cold records. and this is all part of anthropogenic climate change. ukraine president holiday means the lensky has fired his security chief and prosecutor general fighting hundreds of cases of collaboration with russia by staff in the departments

. meanwhile, ukraine says it's experiencing, expecting a new russian offensive. rather, after moscow warned, it would step up the military operations. most of the fighting is currently concentrated in the eastern region of the nest. there russia has also been using mythos, strives to target other parts of the country raining dead from the sky. this video from russia's defense ministry shows an air strike on a ukrainian position and don't ask province. russia claims it struck a multiple rocket launcher system. one of the modern us made weapons ukraine hopes will turn the tide and the war is video can't be verified, but russia insist it's finding and destroying those very weapons. and we're going to want to give the russian armed forces continue launching attacks at military facilities. a depot for anti ship missiles supplied to ukraine by nato countries was destroyed with high precision long range missiles. a u. s. made launcher and

a resupply vehicle were destroyed by ground based weapons in the dentist people's republic. metals are, you know, was, you know, when 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 missiles were coming all day long from their clustering. munitions were falling. we saw an explosion on our street. and because i know the area, well, we knew immediately where the explosion happened. we rushed here for safety. was 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 n. it's yeah. the priest didn't mince words. you do the we will these people who killed lisa and residence

a veneer. yeah. and generally kill ukrainian city. they serve the devils one eternal hell awaits them because there is no forgiveness for them to work on the theory alongside suffering and pain for a country that has seen more than its share since the war started on x report is a rare look at lice in occupied eastern areas of ukraine, russian forces allowed a group of west and journalists to told the dunbar region, including the cities of lucy chanced, and mario poll. 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. that trip is organized by the russian military, which now controls large areas of eastern and southern ukraine. lucy chance lives 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, or sidney, and 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, which i'm afraid the war will return to us. the most important thing is peace and com. again. little of that goes 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 rushes building or hospital and housing for 2 and a half 1000 people. here. the apartments are being built by the russian defense

ministry, though then be handed over to the authorities of the de nuts people's republic. it would take decades to rebuild the don't boss region and an end to the fighting is not in sight, residence phase. more danger in the coming months. let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. think as acting president has declared a state of emergency across the entire country. he said the measure was necessary to maintain security and essential supplies. preneel, which grimacing gay, took over the leadership of the country on friday after the previous president was ousted by mass protests. floods triggered by torrential rain, have killed at least 12 people in the south. for region of saddam at least 100 houses in the camps for displaced people are damaged or destroyed. the united

nations refugee agency is coordinating h. s french president. emmanuel macro has been leading commemorations for the 8th anniversary of the round 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. 3 mass vaccinations science have opened in new york to provide shots against the monkey pox virus. the city is the u. s. at the center of a global outbreak that mainly affecting gay men with vaccine. those is limited authorities, acknowledge supply currently cannot keep up with demand. so the africa is grappling with a search in gun violence. the problem was put into the in the spotlight after 3 separate shootings in one week and left 22 people dead. in all 3 incidents suspects

opened fire on people in boss before speeding off in vehicles. south africa has strict gun control laws, but that hasn't prevented a large black markets for firearms. packed in these bags on 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 way, 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 develop it under bumble model. i would like her government to go door to door and collect all the legal firearms. again, i'm going to rest those found with the legal firearms that should work day and night, visit all the shacks and houses here and over because we often get mugged and nuclear wasn't o'sullivan. visiting the communities affected by the recent shooting attacks . the country's police minister promised more police presence to those are, would you sold? is it if it were going to try and increase police visibility of the streets of this place? if on the way towards a want to 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 are b k been able to rod but active is say gun crime in south africa is part of much wider problems in the country. including corruption in the police service law make is in the us state of texas. have released

a damning report on the police response to a school shooting in the city of you. val day in may. the report goes as far as to say, that lacking leadership could have contributed to the loss of life. the findings were presented to the victims, relatives who accused the authorities of trying to cover up police failures, lackadaisical and agree to sleep poor. this is how lawmakers in texas described the police response to the you body school shooting that claimed 21 lives security video footage short, heavily armed officers standing by for 77 minutes. ah, even i sang out the investigative report, released sunday, set close to $400.00 officials present, feel to prioritize rescue efforts over their own safety. moody person,

justices that day, several officers in the hallway or in that building new or should have known. there was dying in that classroom and they should have done more actor with urgency. tried the door handles, tried to go into the windows, trying to distract him. the report on so focused on poor security measures at the school. but the grieving families of the victims, reacting to the security video as an emphasized another key aspect, jiving gun violence and the failure of existing gun control laws, valley, texas. but there is one question that should be on the forefront of their minds. what if the gunmen never had access to an assault weapon? i'm up here because i'm, i'm begging you to make a change. nobody sits here and thinks about this things because it doesn't happen to them. i promise you, i promise you, you do not want this up to you out of prob it's you. now

protestors are demanding date a gun noise. although fungus, dingy act do decent mash shootings. my adding restrictions on gun feels the noodles would not have thought the shooter at your body. an 18 year old with no reported history of violence. if you walk all the more reason these protest i see with that stricter action is needed. now, gunshot wound to the head, you're watching the w news alive from berlin. well stories is up next statement with i just got it is a thought they were great a.