ah with ah, this is d, w is live from burly in wild fires burned across the mediterranean, fueled by records, drought, and high temperatures, hundreds diet, extreme heat, which is now moving north. also on the program is that russia's gas monopoly may

not deliver supplies to parts of europe, voices, news agencies, or state controlled gas problem is blaming circumstances. circumstances beyond its control. volume is zalinski, suspends ukraine's chief prosecutor on behalf of state security has hundreds are investigated for allegedly helping russia and dabbing report find systemic failures prevented police in texas from stopping one of the worst school shootings in us history. ah, i'm from gail. welcome to the program. michael bracing temperatures across europe or fueling intense wild fires, tearing through huge areas of france, greece, portugal, spain and italy. whether these areas are also suffering draught, as you can see pretty bad with extreme a condition stretching as far north as the united kingdom. the continent phases

another summer of intense heat, surpassing 40 degrees celsius in some places, putting wild life and people at risk. scientists say climate change is largely to play like it's burning in france, spain, in portugal, italy, and, and 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. now, it isn't 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 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. let's look at this with sonya city for that me. she's one of switzerland leading climate scientists and professor at the country's federal institute of technology. she's

been lead author on many international reports on the global warming and joins us from fan of a welcome to the w professor. will this hate are in europe that we're calling extreme today be normal in a few years? ah, yes, definitely already now he tweeted become more intense and more frequent. and this is going to continue to increase with increasing global warming. now that the paras climate agreement, so world leaders pledge to limit a global warming to well below 2 degrees celsius. so where are we heading right now? when it's moment we are really not on track. so basically if we to continue on the same ways and with that we are doing right now we would reach about $2.00 degrees. so basically we would be above selling me. that was said we, since there is agreement, if you want to limit global warming, we've seen reasons about that. we're setting that very segment and it's possible to 1.5 degree. we would need to have you 2 emissions until 2030,

so very quickly. ok. given what is happening now, that's unlikely to happen isn't we have the war in ukraine, prompting countries like germany to reactivate the old coal fired power plants. how much of a setback is this renewed interest in fossil fuels? yes, this is certainly a problem. i think it depends basically how long this is happening for. so for instance, if it's just basically is it here? because we know in a transition phase, while also of course we have less gas available and it could be okay. but if we were to be using coal for several years and it's going to be to have really serious consequences on the climate. talk to us about those consequences because those are say we're nowhere near the paris climate agreement or goals. and we're increasing our dependence on fossil fuels because of the war in ukraine. what is that going to look like? yes, i to moment all ready, as i mentioned before,

he gave are becoming more frequent, more intense. so if we look at a number of days that we have a number of years when we ever days an event, that would have happened once every 10 years or now, 3 times more likely. and at $1.00, the creative would be 4 times more likely to live with happen 4 times every 10 years. and it would agree with that. and 6 times every 10 years of means a majority of summers would be extreme. it's hard to find any good news a missed because if we, if we look at a powers again and said, well, if we hit those paris climate targets today, we know that the consequences of what we've already done would still be with us. what would be the sort of the best case scenario in that scenario? was it beg, best case scenario is that we manage to limit global warming around $1.00 degree, which would mean that we would still have conditions, which i my extreme and now, but more, less similar to not just a little bit more extreme. that is the best scenario,

but of course you may know so that no matter what happened, we need to add that we need to improve basically the preparedness for this type of event. under cert letter, the messages are out, the climate scientists, professor sonya jennifer at me. thank you so much. thank him. well, the message is certainly other envoys from around 40 nations are here in berlin for 2 days of talks. i'm addressing the climate crisis at also designed to build trust ahead of a you and climate summit in egypt in november, un secretary general attorney returns criticized. what he described was the world's addiction to fossil fuels warned that the warming limits of one and a half degrees celsius agreed in 2015 was slipping further and further out of reach, greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise. i did of the political correspondent. neither has it is covering those talks welcome, nina, or the german chancellor, army gyptian that president have given a news conference. what did i say?

will they cover lots of ground, obviously, but the egyptian president is here also to attend those climate summit preparation talks. and of course, both countries ever talked a lot about the implications of russia's war on ukraine, on their respective countries. now egypt is feeling rising food price is extremely heavily it. it used to import lots of it's wheat from ukraine, that's no longer there. and germany sees egypt as one of the partners with whom it can potentially and diversify its energy supply. so egypt to day again stressed that it would be willing to deliver gas to germany and we're hearing that both countries are working on that very intensively. and that that might happen very soon. and tell us about the german government's proposed global protective umbrella against climate risks. well, it's all those technical terms that sound like

a lot of words of it really. when you look at it, it comes down to the question of funding and how to get the structures in place. so that farmers, for example, that lose their crops because of climate change. how can they get money quickly so that they can buy new seeds quickly? so that they can then live of their own farming procedures and those procedures, application for money, etc, etc. and at this point in time, usually take years and this is time that these people simply don't have. so germany's hoping to essentially revamp the whole funding and financing procedure by november, which is when the big important climate conference is taking place in egypt, a lot german hope seems to dovetail quite neatly where via gyptian president i'll see, sees of saying that african nations need more support to help us transition to green technologies and to mitigate climate change? well, yeah, many people are now questioning whether rich countries are actually being serious

about their pledge that the era of fossil fuels is over. because, you know, germany is extending its coal power uses. it's also investing in l and d terminals, et cetera. so, germany's chancellor shots today said that germany and egypt will work together closely to develop green hydrogen. and this is something where we don't know the timeline yet. but it would have huge, significant and symbolic character, of course, because it would mean that both countries would send out this message that they're being serious. that sir, all this investment in gas is just a temporary solution caused by russia are essentially, and that really, the transition into green technologies has started. i thank you for that to the politics. her correspondent need a hot russia's energy, a monopoly, a gas from says it may not be able to guarantee gas applies to parts of europe.

rises, news agencies, reporting that the state controls energy giant made the declaration early this month. gas problems as it cannot fulfill its supply obligations to the north stream, one pipeline, because of what he calls extraordinary circumstances. forms already reduce deliveries to germany. german politicians have dismissed russia's explanations, describing them as a political gambit. mikaela critical as an independent analyst is an and is an analyst with the independent russ energy consulting agency. welcome back to d w. first of all, what do you think of these reports coming out of gas from but forces beyond its control? mean it will have to limits, it may have to limit supplies to europe. when i'm trying to analyze that, there are reasons for this announcement by a gas pro. i see there are no technical. busy no commercial and no

transportation problems of this company is the pipelines do exist. guess from can use north 3 in the pipeline across bill or roofs and all of them in the pipelines across the ukraine to deliver as much guess as your needs. because of the reserves of gas in russia are quite satisfactory inside stores will to satisfy all the consumers in europe. and when i hear that guest room is referring to some well force missouri circumstances, i think the only reason might be orders for president borton. and this is a declaration or war a guess, war which wave and so, so this flight goes up. we may not be able to do this. they haven't said we won't, they've said we may not be able to. this is a threats. this is a way of try to coerce europe into, into rethinking its position. what,

which way do you think it will actually go? i think the russian government and the russian president are going to, oh, well, to see the results of their blick mail or pressure or whatever you call it on your, on the european union and then decide whether it's worse doing to stop all gas flows across the pipelines or that go into europe or maybe a resume, some of the contract so that the r a will long term contract. so to keep some of the consumers in europe satisfied, and i think it will take them maybe a week, maybe a 5 days to come to a final decision. right? because these things can cut both ways. county, i, you talked about russia having lots of our gas reserves at the moment. that's money

sitting there that it can sell and how, how deeply would it feel that the financial and impact of losing of not supplying some of its biggest customers in york countries like germany and austria? well, the european, the market of guess is the gas pros, all large barge. it right now, and we're here for no gas goes to the european union for us. so them guess problem we'll lose. it's are old as a gas exporter, almost whole it, because it is not possible to replace these marketing issues in europe with something in asia or elsewhere is there is just one. yes, pipeline that goes into china and last year it transported only 10000000000 cubic meters of guess. while europe consumed 155000000000 cubic meters over s. and yes,

louis in this market didn't, it would mean a disaster for russia's main guess, monopoly and the disaster for the russian economy as well. right? we'll see who blinks 1st time. carla crew, chicken, and oil and gas analysts. thank you so much. thank you. spring, the latest on the war present as the landscape has removed, 2 top officials during an investigation into a large collaboration with russian occupying forces, building $650.00 cases of treason being looked into at agencies run by the chief prosecutor and the head of state security for the domain is nightly addressed to the nation, president, florida means the lensky delivered a bombshell. 2 of his most trusted official, suspended for failing to wheat out collaborate as hundreds of subordinates charged with treason. but he monthly such an array of crimes against the foundations of the

states national security and the links recorded between ukrainian security forces. officials and russians. special services raises very serious questions about their respective leaders, yoga bangle w. believe getting each of these questions will receive a proper response knowledgeable iep to day. i have taken the decision to dismiss the prosecutor general and the head of the ukrainian security service all assuming a holy schoolboys playground. great. even by con of a childhood friend of the lensky added the s b. u. ukraine's powerful state security service. eating of an antique tova was serving as the country's prosecutor general. she led the investigation into russian war crimes that followed from the atrocities in places like boucher and your pin. ukraine has long suffered from russian infiltration of his state apparatus. since the start of the invasion, politicians, officials, and ordinary members of the public have been arrested on suspicion of being spies

of sabotage. this latest crackdown is the most severe, yet hinting at the scale of the problem with russia targeting ukrainian cities on a daily basis. the fee of russia's 5th column is ever present. oh, they w corresponded to funny for shaw and keith told me more about these cases of alleged collaboration. it is quite serious, but not only on the level that we are speaking about top law enforcement officials, who on the scrutiny right now. but also these are very close allies of president zalinski. in fact, they had of the security service is a childhood friend of zalinski and the state prosecutor by the be the 1st woman to serve in this position. she was really branded here as the face of justice. in fact, the last time i was in ukraine in may, she accompanied the german, 4 minister through butcher, just like so many other politicians before and journalist before she tried to showing. but john, it's been on other places. look, this is what happened already during the war. these are the atrocities that had been committed,

that russia is accused of having been committing in boucher so she was basically requesting help international help to investigate are these will crimes potential role crimes. and now her office and members of her office as stand accused of basically, as zelinski says, a potentially being unable to root out russian spies. but as much as this is significant, it is also quite embarrassing actually for presidency lensky because the last thing you want, while being in the midst of a war with russia is to appear weak. but certainly, if this infiltration was possible on possible in such a significant level, it also exposes a weakness of your country. something that you clearly do not want to any mean enemy to know about. i'm how deep is this problem thought to go. that's a good class yourself because if you look at the history of the s b u, off the security service scene ukraine, it was founded in 1992 ever since in fact, no president since was able to reform the asp. be you in

a way that allegations off a misuse of paula off the corruption of infiltration could be rooted out. so it's not the 1st time, in fact, that specifically the s b u is under scrutiny. however, and as i say, it comes at a time, but ukraine is at war. and the least thing you want is actually trying to see now move to trust between the apparatus and, and see whom you contrast with the information. so it comes at a very volatile time, would actually ukraine needs to pull everything together to make sure that the morale is there, that people do not lose the morale at the front line as russia is regrouping. and he's trying to start a new offensive ended on bus region. thank you for that. honey funny for shot in cave. took a small stores making headlines around the world. you foreign ministers of a great, a further 500000000 euros and military aid to ukraine and meeting in brussels to discuss further timing of sanctions against russia. a one proposal is an embargo

and gold rush. the 2nd biggest export after energy gun has confirmed its 1st cases of the highly infectious marburg virus. 2 people died after becoming infected doesn't sir, in quarantine, as no treatment from our berg, which is part of the same virus family as a boa. new yorkers opened 3 monkey fox vaccination census. the city has seen in most cases in the u. s. global outbreaks, mainly affecting gay and bisexual men authorities acknowledge that as currently not enough vaccine. a lawmakers are sharply criticized. the police responds to one of america's worst school atrocities. as a lack of leadership may have contributed to the death of 19 children and 2 teachers in val, they, texas family members of accusing authorities, are trying to cover up police failures academical and agree to sleep. or this

is how lawmakers in texas described the police response to the valley school shooting that claimed 21 lives security video footage short, heavily armed officers standing by for 77 minutes. ah, even i sought out the investigative report these sunday set close to 400 officials present, feel to prioritize rescue efforts over their own safety. moody president. just that day, several officers in the hallway are in that building, new, or should have known there was dying in that classroom. and they should have done more active with urgency. try the door handles, try to going through the windows, try to distract him. the report on so focused on for security measures after 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 cuz it doesn't happen to them. i promise you, i promise you, you do not want this up to you. i promise you. now, protesters are demanding tight a gun north. you. although congress dingy act to decent mass shootings by adding restrictions on guns is the noodles would not have stopped the shooter at your body . an 18 year old with no reported history of violence. you are all the more reason these protesters say with that stricter action is needed. now, gunshot wound to the head. i wasn't correspondence. we had

a cousin that told me more about the report findings. well, the, the really crossing message coming out of this is that there was failure at all levels reaching back into the structure of the police itself. and it paints a picture of utter chaos on the scene, almost $400.00 police officers. many of them heavily armed, were alerted, several dozen we saw on the scene in that security footed. and at the same time, a sense of paralysis. a lot of more than 70 minutes. this whole thing lasted just to illustrate of more than a 140 sorts. a 142 rounds fired 100 were fired by the a gunman. before the police actually entered, the room entered the scene, and the report concludes that although they don't have the exact medical evidence,

there is a clear suggestion that out of the 21 victims 19 of them children. some could have survived if there hadn't been an hour of nothing happening. it points to us a chaos at the scene, and the police at the scene putting their own safety above the lives of the innocent victims. so really crossing condemnation of what happened while at the same time saying that there was no ill will detected. it was the assa, chaos lack of leadership and information wider and all those law enforcement agencies likely to face consequences as a result of this report. or what we're hearing from legal experts because of the legal situation here. we don't really expect individual police officers, although the interim head of the local police is on leave at the moment. administrative leave right now. what we can expect is a prosecution, potentially, of the federal state of texas because of the structural lack of leadership there.

but we don't expect to see individual police officers to face trial over this. and this is sort of scrutiny and indeed criticism of law enforcement usual well, i think we've seen now an interim report. so there was an immediate urgency into this. and it is, you saw that there is an investigation. but the urgency comes from the, the terrible circumstances of this and also the body cam footage that we're now beginning to see at which shows those scenes of complete confusion amongst police officers. so there is an unusual amount of public pressure over this, which it is safe to say will lead to further investigation and potentially the state being taken to court. suddenly we've seen a lot too many of these sorts of atrocities. so is this report saying that police

were there and didn't know whether to go in or they say or ever say that the police had protocols in place and didn't follow them? they didn't follow their own training. it's a bit of both. and we've also seen in that body come foot is that a police officer asking for permission to go into an outside too? that could have led him closer to the scene was denied that very permission. so there was a lack of leadership on the scene. and there was bad information with the commander initially believing that they had a barricaded suspect inside the school. utter chaos. silicon valley washington. thank you so well, it's hot here in the northern hemisphere, but it's winter below the equator. i'm people in chile are greeting a winter and the traditional way in the southernmost city of pointer adonis

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