was wanting to be a 3 credit that will go with it. i was born in berlin. starts july 22nd on d w. oh, this is dw news live from berlin, a security shake up in ukraine, presidents lensky fires. 2 of his top officials saying they weren't doing enough to stop their staff colluding with russia. also coming up the climate crisis gets real huge. wildfires burned across the mediterranean fields by record, drought,

and high temperatures. hundreds of people have died as a result of the extreme heat wave moving north. and a nationwide state of emergency is declared intreat. a move, the new acting president says is needed to maintain security and address crippling supply shortages. ah, i'm sorry, kelly. welcome to the program. he chris present volota mir zalinski has fired 2 senior officials, the chief of the domestic security agency. and the top state prosecutor. the lensky cited hundreds of criminal proceedings against to their offices, employees, including cases of treason and collaboration with russia. local. neither even backing off the now former spy chief nor arena van at dek tova. the country's ex prosecutor general have commented. the decision comes as ukrainian and british

military officials claim russian forces are regrouping and preparing for their next offensive in both eastern and southern ukraine. so reports of treason seeping through ukraine's top ranks. i asked our correspondent, funny for char in key of how big of a shock this news's, a very big shock because we are talking about top law enforcement officials and apparently members of their offices, hundreds of cases. in fact, apparently of possible treason and calibration, russia. the people asking themselves, how is it possible that the state prosecutor, for example, it couldn't avoid this from happening if it really happened. because we have to see obviously how these criminal investigations we move on when it comes to the had of the security office. basically, he was already on the scrutiny from the beginning of the invasion, so people are bit less surprised when it comes to that figure. but when it comes to the state, prosecutor, really, and that woman is the face of

a trying to make sure that justice will be served when it comes to all this atrocities that have been committed in many parts of ukraine, especially in boucher. she accompanied so many politicians just in may when i was here last time, she accompanied the german 4 minister, bab, walk through a bush and so many other journalist showing them. look, this is what happened to people here on the ground and we need you support to make sure the justice will be served and those held accountable that stand accused of having committed these crimes. russia, namely, now her office and members of office stand accused of collaborating with russia. so really, people are wondering, really, is that really true? and then again, why now, why is it now that president lensky made this announcement 5 months into the wall? so what else is there to, to calm but also what else is there that ukrainians do not know yet that may or may have not happened when it comes to potential collaboration with russia?

and given that funny mean, what does it tell us that 5 months now into this war, k of appears to be struggling with so many cases of its own officials working with the russians? i mean, this is, this is not the country may be as unified as has been expressed externally. you really wonder where the country stands? because if really this proves to be true, because, of course, let's not jump to conclusions yet. however, people are asking themselves really, what does it say about other challenges other than the war being forward on the battlefield? what about the challenges may come see information and who is, who has the power over exchanging information that may backlash for the ukrainian as security apparatus per se? so it definitely exposes, if this proved to be true, a certain level of weakness for ukraine when it comes to the level of infiltration . and if this proved to be true, we are talking about hundreds of quite cases alleges cases away i. calibration may

be the case of russian forces. if this really proved to be true, then it says something about a level of weakness of ukraine when it comes to infiltration by russia, that nobody may have expected. and as i say this coming 5 months into the war really makes you wonder what else is there to come? and now obviously, given the fact that russia is preparing an offensive every new offensive along the front lines from the don bus region to the south. but also the frontline towards hockey region, you want to what information do they actually have that is based upon information that was allegedly given to them by ukrainian authorities? so a very delicate situation coming at a problem in the worst timing that there is right now as ukraine analysis. they're trying to start to counter offensive and make sure that they can take back a positive to crate that i know currency controlled by russia funding for char in key f. thank you. funny. here's the look at some other stories making news around

the world. voting to decide who will be india's next president has begun to largely ceremonial role is selected by members of parliament, including prime minister modi along with members of legislative assembly. as in india states, darrel potty more moved from india's ruling party is expected to win. gonna has confirmed its 1st 2 cases of the deadly and highly infectious marburg, virus old patient died recently in the ashanti region. dozens of people are in quarantine as suspected contact cases, no treatment exists for marburg, which is the same family, a virus as abolla. 3 people haven't killed 2 others wounded in a mass shooting in the u. s. state of indiana. the government opened fire in a shopping mall before being killed by an armed bystander. police say the motive is still unclear. europe is feeling the likely effects of climate change as more

scorching heat sets in from the united kingdom. 2 points. further, south temperatures are forecast to approach or exceed 40 degrees celsius. hundreds of people have already died from the record breaking conditions and they are also a factor for wildfires, a lazing across several countries. 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. we are dealing with very considerable drought you to insufficient rainfall over the winter and 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, 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 and sweltering in berlin, delegations from around 40 countries have convened to confront the climate crisis.

german chancellor, olaf shalt and shipped him president of the fata assisi are said to address the forum known as the petersburg climate dialogue. it is meant to set the stage for the bigger climate conference, the united nations cop, $27.00 taking place in egypt and november on monday and german foreign minister anna lena bab walk, said that countries need to redouble their efforts to hit climate targets. all of us from the pacific island to the sa hell to europe. no climate is the most important challenge of our what time because it threatens the lives of millions of people. it threatens our peace and stability order world wide. it is a most serious international security issue of our time. and he w correspondent nena, how's it is covering the meeting in berlin. earlier, i asked her, what visiting delegations have to say about host germany's own efforts to combat

climate change. well, that's precisely the point. some countries are now beginning to say, germany is not doing enough, and that is of cause against the backdrop of russia's war against ukraine. because germany, like many other countries, is now frantically looking for short term solutions. because germany is very heavily dependent on russian energy supplies. and so the government had set out to be one that is going to step up the fight against the climate crisis. but now, is potentially seeing a lack of energy supply because of its dependency on russian energy. so the chancellors traveling around the world, trying to get a short term supply solutions. for example, in senegal, in may, he said that germany would potentially be open to support senegal in terms of gassett explorations. gemini is also announced that it's going to extend its cold power plans. and that is something that the government had already announced. vote would be phased out eventually. so many people are questioning whether the era of

fossil fuels really is over. and of course, some people, especially in the global south, are saying if germany is not doing everything, it can to put everything into renewables. how can they expect us to do it? so there's a lot of mistrust here. coming from the global south towards countries are in the rich, so north, also including germany and against that backdrop. nina, what are the concrete ends of this meeting in particular? and can we expect to see any progress what it is, the 1st time that this dialogue is actually being held in the foreign office. so annalynn babylon, the foreign minister from the greens, has made it very clear that she sees the fight against the climate crisis as the biggest crisis in terms of international security because of all its implications on other areas on refugees, on migration, et cetera. so this is something where she says it is vital that are all the ministers have to get

a get together to prepare the next big climate conference in november so that they can put pressure on each other. so that more can be done. p w political correspondent in a has a thank you. she like us acting president, has declared a state of emergency across the entire country. he's had the measure was necessary to maintain security and essential supplies. ronelle work from a thing that took over the sri lankan leadership on friday, after the previous president was ousted by mass protest, shortages of fuel, food and medicines have provoked widespread anger. lawmakers are due to elect a new president on wednesday. he w is se asia bureau chief, i'm richard chima, is entry lankin capital colombo and explained what the state of emergency needs. the extraordinary gazette issued by the acting president, running victim a singer, aims to enhance the piles of the security forces. the police is already out in high numbers, but these numbers will be increased. and also the army will be brought out. there

have been on standby in certain areas, but now they'll be much more visible. and it's not just in columbus, but it's the entire country which is now been placed under an emergency last week. there were some ugly scenes in, in fact, it just outside the office of the prime minister. and that's why the neil baker muskegon wants to avoid anything like that happening again because there was scaffolds deal, gas was fired. and in fact, one protested was killed. at that point became a single said, she will not let fascist disrupt the country's law and order situation. and by that he meant the a certain fringe radical elements which people believe may be trying to hijack what has so far been a very peaceful protest. now, a lot will depend on the outcome of the presidential election on wednesday. the for contenders and victims. singer is the clear favorite. not if he does get elected in

parliament because georgia access party has a majority. there may be more projects because people believe that the needle victim a singer is very closely linked to the larger accept brothers. and so they would not like to have him. they want something entirely new. but the others and supporters of daniel become a singer say the p is perhaps the only one who can pull the country back from the brink of economic chaos. because to survive now, sri lanka, believe international lenders like the i m f. the niel became a singer, has been negotiating with them. he was doing that 2 and a half weeks ago when the, an i'm delegation was here and people fully understand what is needed. so if they do give him a 2nd chance and he is able to do that, i think the protests will die down. but at the moment, everything is open. still, the outcome of that result is known. and meanwhile, people here are getting extremely impatient. they're wanted what this an emergency means. we have protest as here. and we been talking to some of them who said

they're worried that today the army really come and clear the scamps. no, if there's any kind of violence, the mood could turn very quickly. so there's an uneasy calm and the city and the country is still on edge. and that was dw southeast asia bureau chief. i'm right, a chima reporting for us from sheila, as capital colombo. you watching d. w. news live from berlin up next. it is doc film looking back at the devastating floods that hit western germany one year ago. i'm sarah kelly and berlin. thank you so much for watching. i ah, school is establishing in she june, president of the global power china. any criticism of his regime? isn't it in the bud? ah, he's part of a whole system which believes it's time.