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the program. a rec success story in the fight against drought and deforestation. we report from an island off tanza, near trees, hot all but disappeared. but now we grow, thanks to a community initiative and another russian missile strike on the key ukrainian court officials in odessa they, several people were injured overnight in an attack of could further have efforts to ship badly needed grain to world markets. ah, i'm so gale. welcome to the program. good breaking temperatures across europe, off fueling wild fires, burning out of control of a huge swathes of france, greece, portugal, spain and italy. whether these areas are also suffering severe drought,

the heat wave has now extended to northeast as far as the united kingdom, which is recorded temperatures of just over 40 degrees celsius for the 1st time ever. the extreme conditions have caused hundreds of deaths from the effects of the heat, and of people killed by fires in spain. fires tore through these dry pine forests in the southwestern region of jerome. strong winds fanned the flames, making them harder to contain fire fighters battled through the night, but still struggled to keep the fires under control. alt del mar. yeah, we have more than 2000 fire men working to reduce the fires to day, including more than 500 here in lattice to bush wiley, owner to me. we will also be targeting the fires from the air during the day with water bombing planes. they food av acre, so long a natural doses hear people living in the nearby city of bordeaux woke up to

a gray haze and the smell of burning. one londoner living in southwestern france is fearful of a fire that is spreading very close to his home. for the next 40 hours my be symbolic in our life, we hope the pompey are working hard to protect our proper food lines. i have been doing for dyson dice now. maybe just need a little bit of luck. his home country is also facing threats of forest fires like this one on the outskirts of south london. the u. k. has recorded its hottest day on record with temperatures of over 42 degrees celsius. officials warn people to stay hydrated and avoid traveling, if possible, since britain's infrastructure isn't built to cope with such conditions. it is hot

at night though, because there's no air conditioning, and most of the buildings in and houses in london. usually busy hobbs are eerily quiet. as most people remain at home or i'm quite response to provide respite for me over whelming ok, let's go to london and safety debris correspondent jack perez is keeping he's cool at welcome jack. how's it going there? well, i am not feeling cool, phil. that's for sure. it is probably right now at this moment, the hottest, it has ever been in this country. certainly, since records began, this is the hottest time of what is predicted to be the hottest day that has ever been recorded in the united kingdom. as we heard in the report across britain, there are temperature searing over 42 degrees celsius. and while the advice is for

people to remain at home to stay hydrated, to avoid being in the sun. as you can see here on oxford street, london's main shopping street, there are still a lot of people out in a bytes, and the one from the government is to try and stay cool though, to ease the pressure on security services and on the local infrastructure. there are limited services running on the london underground and on trains up and down the country. it is predicted, however, the while today will be the hottest day. it could fall off a cliff temperature wise, be 10 degrees or more, less tomorrow than it is today. phil, okay, we can be thankful for small mercies. let's see what happens tomorrow. fun other jack park in london. thank you. and date of new correspondence. barbara vessel is in another european hotspot for dough in the south of france out. welcome, barbara. and they're dealing with raging wild fires. abilene yes, trust the french police, of course, still not to let us get any closer. we're waiting here for police escort who is

supposed to bring the press a bit closer, but the fires are somewhere here behind us. and they even reach to the atlantic c coast. on the other side here, where there's a vacation paradise that's used by people from bordeaux in the summer, huge dunes. and the far as of right up to the war to have completely been raised down last night. so the fires are still not under control, they're still raging, it's very difficult. the temperatures have let up a bit. we've gone from above 42 bit above 30 years, so it's a relatively easy day. but we have a really lively wind. sometimes really strong winds and they are pushing the fire and they're changing directions and they're pushing the fire forward. it's difficult for the firefighters to get a grip there with these fires here in the forest behind us. because they're changing directions all the time. the fires are jumping from one street to the next

. so it's very dangerous. we've seen huge evacuations here. almost 40000 people in this whole area have been evacuated because the police are trying to are on the side of being cautious and they're bringing people out. and telling everyone to leave their houses so know some of occasions here in this region for this year. ok, barbara, hazel and border. thank you so much. so let's find out what's behind all this heat. matthew compute. she is a meteorologist in washington, d. c. welcome to the welcome to the w, matthew to where is all the seat across europe coming from. so one of the interesting things with this particular event is that it didn't come from a typically heat. don't ordinarily talk about high pressure systems of brand, clear skies sinking air that heats up and rise out. that's not really the case this time. instead we have something called a cut off flow. i counterclockwise spinning whirlpool of cold air off the of the

are in peninsula that is spinning counterclockwise, but it pinched off the jet stream, so there's nothing to really move it along. instead on the eastern side of it, you have suddenly winds. so we're literally just pumping and dragging heat from africa all the way northwards and you'd after 456 days in a row, suddenly have record temperatures and very dry humidity reaching most of western europe and all the way to united kingdom. ok. so these are things that would often happen in the past with my understanding his global warming is making these events more frequent and more extreme. exactly. so there are 2 sides of the coin here. one, obviously it's summertime. we're used to hot weather, but not this hot average temperatures are about 74 degrees fahrenheit in london. so i want to say close like 2122 degrees celsius. we're close to about 40 plus celsius right now. so the fact that we're beating it by this margin, beating previous records or averages by this margin, is like wanting a marathon and winning the marathon by an hour is absurd to see

a really this margin of beating a previous record. so obviously climate change making things more intense, more significant, higher impact and longer and duration. because one of the facets of climate change is that the jet streams west e speed is slowing down a little bit. so we get the same weather stock for longer, and suddenly during heat event like this, we can heat up much more than we would otherwise in the past. so again, episodes like this, if you went back to the previous generation, might have been once in every, say, 100 to 300 years. now they're expected once every 10 to 15 years by the end of the century. right? and i how is it that some pip place is a feeling what might seem like opposite extremes? i'm thinking of places like australia and india which are seen high temperatures, droughts, and flooding. oh, that's one of my favorite questions and i'm really glad you asked that because one of the things we see with climate change is that overall the globe is warming up. not everywhere, but overall it's warming up. now here's the thing, warmer air holds more water for every degrees celsius. the air temperature

increases. he can hold about 7 percent more water in the air where there's moisture available. suddenly you get more moisture in the air. you get more flooding, more rainfall, heavy rainfall, but we're just not really sure you get air that can suck. we're most out of the ground. it's rise out. you gets route. that's one thing. first thing in the united states right now, for example, on the eastern coast, in much of the southeast us, we're seeing more flooding because there's moisture there. but over the west there's no moisture, so it heats up. it sucks all the moisture out ground designates the landscape. it's like how for the for example, is seeing a drought the same time florida on the east coast, yet more flooding. so they sound antithetical, but they're actually very much related. do that relationship between air, temperature and ears to pass it to hold water. i could talk into thank you so much for joining us, meteorologist at matthew, could poochie thank you. not to an unusual success story and efforts to reverse the effects of drought and deforestation. located in thomson is sounds about archipelago. the tiny island of

calcutta has an area of just one square kilometer and he's home to several 100 people. 2 decades ago. it's trees with all but disappeared. the forests have now made a comeback, as you'll see in this report, produced by french television news. this is called quota island in the indian ocean of the coast of tons in ear, hair for a long time. the inhabitants thought that forest had disappeared forever. after decades of intense logging, there was nothing left, but the forest has returned dense and lush. and it's all thanks to one man, but oak mazda oma. he's currently delivering gifts to children on the island. oh i and as always, it all starts with a song. oh,

okay. i oh, i connect a lot more the average. well, i mean everyone take trees from the boat and go out and plant them. come on, you understand? i was, i mean, take 3 or 400 attendees all afraid to abuse. i don't bring them suites or kicks on . our trees are much more important, especially for the new generation. for more than 15 years now, america has been bringing trees to the people of calcutta, korea. they take a short walk to the middle of the island to a clearing where they will be planting today. one of hula, but you have to stace, them one meter apart from each other to work, put them in the earth and then pressed down really hard when i checked at the trees, trails and whatnot. and then we're done with the way you can clap. huh. it all started in 2005, when maroka came to the island for the 1st time,

he discovered a paradise on the brink of complete destruction. not a single tree was left and without their roots. rainwater was not staying in the soil. the temperature had risen, the wild life had disappeared, the island was dying. they cut their salon slowly there that the forest there for house, the concession for them would to consumption for their business activity. for example, like a different of a species of, of trees whereby it was here. but now im invest or is it because you cannot find that in barrack decided to try and save quarter vocal. it might, you know, the former accountant started an n g o and applied for funding from the european union and other organizations to reforest the island. but he didn't stop there. he organized solar panels and the construction of the islands 1st school. today some 600 people live on co quota. those who wanted to leave the island

a few years ago have decided to stay. the quality of life here is now better than on other islands and villages in the region. well, take a look at some more stories making headlines around the world. now we'll start here in germany where the country's foreign minister and alina bab, hawkins described, climate change as the greatest security challenge of our time, and said that she wants countries to accelerate their transition. to renewable energy. she was speaking of climate talks here in berlin, co hosted with egypt, which stages the un next climate change conference in november. european union has opened membership talks with our pania and north macedonia, bulgaria, which is a member of the e. u last week i resolve the dispute with north macedonia over language and natural identity and it's bulgarian minority populations award winning iranian filmmaker. i has been ordered to serve a 6 year prison sentence for more than

a decade ago. that's never been enforced. the original sentence was for creating anti government propaganda. he won the top prize at the 2015 berlin international film festival. i was arrested last week in toronto. i've left him at bruton has arrived in iran on only his 2nd trip outside russia since launching the war against ukraine in february. russian president is due to hold talks with the leaders of turkey and iran. discussions will include syria, ukraine, and the un back proposal to resume exports of ukrainian grain. ali for tolerating a job is an iran expert and author of the book iran in an emerging world order. we asked him whether russia and iran are getting closer as both countries are now under severe western sanctions. well, definitely, so i mean, 1st of all, closer, russian iranian corporation was already on displayed before russia's war on ukraine,

but just provided a new twist. the new momentum for the bilateral relationship, which is quite as symmetrical for sure. but both, as you said, are under severe western sanctions and iranian soap to be part of a new world order. you know, that is based on the pillars of russia and china. so there are trying to get closer even closer to russia. now, after russia's war on ukraine and turkish president veteran type or other one has repeated his threats to block sweden and finland in their beds to join nato. he wants them to stick to assurances that they will clamp down on kurdish groups. that anchor uses terrorists for some current living in sweden. the future now seems uncertain. curds in stockholm or protesting demands from turkish president ret, up tie a bear to one for the swedish government to crack down on their presents especially

demonstrations like this one with a prominent showing by the p k. k. a kurdish militant group officially designated as a terrorist organization by the swedish government for its armed attacks against turkey . heir to one is threatening to block sweden's pending membership in nato. if it doesn't take action. he additionally claims a deal made with sweden and finland to step up counterterrorism cooperation and exchange intelligence means the swedish government has agreed to extradite dozens of people air to one accuses of terrorism. the trilateral memo, which is public contains no such pledge, but that's not enough to reassure belinda kenneth, a turkish newspaper editor sentenced to life in prison in ankara for criticizing the air to one regime. kennedy thought he was safe after escaping to sweden in 2016 . as a new life for me, i took a bitter breath and said that or to know the danger, remain behind. but the danger didn't remain behind. in february

swedish authorities informed kenneth turkey was demanding his extradition. he had to testify and says his case is currently in the supreme court. i am just romance and i couldn't. i just could such oblong region on camera accuses him of many crimes, including of being a gullet, nist, a follower of an exiled, religious leader, residing in the us whom air to one has labeled a terrorist. kennedy has found his name on lists of people. air to one says must be handed over before he'll approve swedish membership in nato. but you ever have imagined that you would be in this situation where you feel like your life is a bargaining chip on the move on the shows, i am sure that the sued the system are concerned to put me. i am a conduct process schubert, though he's not a own since air to one leveled. his demands against sweden curds who support groups considered illegal in turkey are nervous, even though the swedish government rejects suggestions. it's made any deals on x

traditions with ankara. armina cock a bother is a swedish parliamentarian with iranian kurdish roots. the turkish government has also called her a terrorist and demanded she be sent to turkey. even though she says she doesn't support the p k. k. and she's not turkish. people are also very worried about my security on their own security, of course, even in abroad. you know, if you have your name in some live abroad and become guilt, the turkish government, you know, that is very dangerous. nato hopes swedish membership gets quick approval from allies parliaments. but analysts are, as lynn says, he suspects air to 1 may well drag. this dispute out as he runs for reelection next june. this plays very well into the turkish narrative. i mean i, i think it's an attempt to shift focus from the very high inflation. that's a mix. it's very hard for people to, to reflect whatever device and also for,

for the upcoming presidential and pullman her election coolant kenneth hopes. he won't have to wait that long to know his own fate dignified life, a counselor, and for me. if i be puzzled, he's hoping to learn by september that he can stay in sweden an ukraine, at least one resident was killed when russian missiles struck a residential area in cramming tours in the eastern dynette region. the deadly strike was that one of around 5 hit, the city which is seems a probable target for russian occupation tasks mer civilians to leave. those attacks came after a barrows of mistletoe desa from the black sea overnight strikes. also here, residential areas and destroyed several homes. odessa is crucial to exporting desperately needed ukrainian grain to the rest of the world. and 22000000 tons of grain remain stuck there because of the fighting.

as john dw correspondent, a funny for shar in key. welcome, funny i'm, let's start with those attacks. what more can you tell us? run on a broad level so that this basically means the, these indiscriminate bombings are intensifying, especially in those regions that you mentioned. the odessa region also me collide region. these are key portal towels, odessa, city and the co life, a town along the black sea that of course, russia would love to control if they would like to control ukraine. so unfortunately, would probably see more mrs. strikes in these areas. but also grandma tours that happened today and mrs. strike wounding several people and appeared to killing one person according to regional authorities. they come a tourist located in the dumbass region. also here. russia wants to advance. so as russia is regrouping to renew it's offensive. unfortunately, we will see more of this shunting and unfortunately it's going to be the civilians

who have to be the bronze. if you look at the statistics, the official statistic, at least that is being a conveyed here by the ukranian officials which we cannot confirm. they say that about a su to percent of these mrs. strikes hit a military targets. why the rest 70 percent? quite a huge number, hit a civilian targets. now we cannot confirm once again these numbers, but what we can say that thousands of civilians have been killed already in these past 5 months, while these war rages on here and ukraine on that parliament, us back the president's decisions regarding the ukraine's prosecutor general and security chief exactly, on top of that, ukraine is facing varies domestic problems. i mean, the least thing you want to expose is that you are as security service, namely the asp. you hear in ukraine is appearing the infiltrated according to accusations or by the president president, that ascii, infiltrated by russian spies. he said,

basically he dismissed 2 of his closest allies, a childhood friend who was, they had of the s, b, u on the up until yesterday. and the general prosecutor of allegations that they were unable to root out, possibly, filtration corruption, et cetera. so this comes at a very sensitive time because the last thing you want is to show the enemy that you're on able to control information that he's so crucial right now. apart from try to control the back of ground and trying to retake territory that he's under the control of russian forces. and this is war answers at 6 months of funny. is it possible to sort of sum up where the war stands? briefly it stands at crossroads, both ukraine and russia. russia basically has this dilemma. i was trying to advancing a don't bus region, but at the same time they also need to defend the southern part that they have claimed parts of the house in region. because this is where the counter offensive is going to be intensified, but ukrainian forces. they are lacking some manpower,

but they do have still quite a bit of weapons are quite a superior with regard to ukrainian in that regard. however, at the same time, lots of weapons from the west of arrival. so here in ukraine, specifically to high mars a long range missile assistance from the u. s. that helps ukranian forces to be more precise in attacking certain bridges. soon, infrastructure in a rush and control territories really have to see how that is going to balance out . and who's going to actually have the upper level here as this war age is on. is it going to be ukraine can actually turn to tide or is it just going to continue as it is wearing every one down? the civilians, especially for shot in case. thank you. when this war started thousands of young ukrainians laughed civil society to join the army and defend their homeland and hundreds of since been killed. emmanuel shaw's report now on the young people fighting for the future. mm mm.

every day at 9 a. m, the traditional song played catch us sounds of my down for one minute. after the you are my down resolution of 2014. it was play to commemorate to heavenly 100 protesters who died in the fight to push ukraine towards the south determined european future. now to same song, a coast, a death of thousands of soldiers have died for the same cause. ukraine's young people who have always lived in an independent country a bearing the brunt of the will to keep it that way. pile total, 20 animals. ah, and i know people for a team and there on the front line. actually i asked myself often, why am i not the just need that? because i feel very sorry because i feel touched by this war and i understand what's going on. you know, it is. so i hope that my city and my region can be freed from russia. listen.

those young people have been in relatively safe kia since the war began. others joined the armed forces and didn't make it back. romanella tiffany 24 was one of them. he was killed in june, the hard copy of his and ukraine. his death was one which affected the entire nation. he had been a star of the euro. my dad protests when just a teenager, today's politicians recognized. he could have had a future in shaping the country. the past growing young. he's was representative. will. generation war in griffin. ah pleaded gotta again, the desert from monotony is felt as a loss for his entire generation. the entire

nation remains defiance. even though this wall has cost ukrainians, parts of the future. ah, said the one, this war has made the youth a patriotic one and has made our nation proud, proud that this generation was born with lives and will restore ukraine. is the door with ah ah ah ah

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