is a closer look at the project. our mission. to analyze the fight for market dominance. east this is west. good is still ahead with the w business beyond blue. ah ah . this is the w news coming to live from berlin. europe's heat wave moves east. the death toll was rising as wildfire spread. many countries are recording their highest temperatures since records began to see what the government's and citizens are doing to cope. also coming up, bracing for the worst case scenario,

the european union prepares to roll out an emergency energy plan as fears grow that russia will cut off old gas deliveries. and after months of turmoil, lawmakers in sri lanka, elect runyon rick, lemme singer as their new president, he'll succeed the ousted leader who fled the country last week. but we'll the protesters in the but today's except parliament's choice. ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. a heat wave sparked by climate change is causing death and destruction across europe. on tuesday, temperatures here in germany, rose to $39.00 degrees celsius the half his day of the year. so far. record temperatures were reached in many places, exacerbating already deadly wild fires. climate scientists say the extreme weather

is a wakeup call and that the worst is yet to come. as we continue excessive use of fossil fuels. in britain, unprecedented high's forced residence near the capital london to flee. a village outside london set ablaze by the searing heat with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees celsius on tuesday. much f. u. k. was a tinderbox waiting for a spark, the smoke was visible from the capitol. it's city center, usually bustling with tourists from around the world, quiet in the oppressive heat. hot. and then you up with the heat also spread to other parts of england. not normally known for sunshine and cloudless

skies. well, everything's difficult to have grinding hold unfortunately. i mean, i'm involved in something a church and it's all the organizations of a family because people don't feel comfortable coming out. we normally sell to the company. so what these fitness never the hottest it. yeah, i don't think it's anything. it's a great privilege for is, but we're just gonna get on with it really. this won't be the last time the mercury reaches record highs. one, see you when you see these kind of heat waves are becoming more and more frequent through the coming the caves to make up the trending climate. we'll continue at least on the of the what are some seeks. these are independent of our success in climate. the mitigation the heat wave has swept across the continent, defeat a destructive power from western europe, where fire still raging near the french city of port door, over 19000, hacked us of countryside asking scorched, forcing the evacuation of over 30000 residents. meanwhile,

the heat continues its journey eastwards, belgium and pots of germany, up bracing for extreme temperatures on wednesday. monitoring the heat for us here in the german capital is our correspondent, william glue. trav so william, just how hot is it in berlin today? well, what can i say? it's hot, of course, we're not anywhere near the highest point of the day and already, according to my thermometer were at 34 degrees here. i am somewhat in the shade coming. taking the train here up an earlier say was already about that inside the train. and as i said, it's only going to get hotter to give, put them some perspective if you live in a place like logos and tel aviv in cairo, in delhi, places that are known for being hot, you're having about the same temperatures as we are in berlin, to day, now of course there's a lot of ways, a lot of factors that go into what makes a place on how hot it feels that it gives you some sense of just what we're experiencing here in berlin. a place that's not really known for this kind of

extended heat. exactly. this is unusual weather for berlin. how are people here coping with a? well, one way people are coping you see right behind me. people all morning already have been lining up at one of berlin's many public pools. berlin does have a few things going for it when it comes to tolerating to have a lot of public pools lakes, lot of green space, the city is fairly spread out and people have told me, some of them have off. they've taken off a lot of people with their young kids to escape their hot homes. but of course not everyone gets to enjoy this. not everybody has to just just get to take off and come to the pool. a lot of people who are in a difficult jobs and service jobs who have to work today in very difficult conditions are really going to struggle. now, scientists predict that this part of europe could become much warmer and much dry, or william moving forward is germany taking steps to adapt to climate change in this form. well, of course, that's a big question. what is the long term strategy?

you can tell people to drink water, stay out of the sun where cool clothing don't drink alcohol, but this is our new normal. according to what science the famous appears to be our new norm. and we've seen that over the last few summers that every summer seems to be a summer of record breaking seat. a record breaking drought of intense forest fires like we're seeing this year. we saw that last year we saw that the year before, the records we might break today, our records that were made just a few years ago. and to give you some reference point in terms of how deadly this can be in 2003. but at the time was one of the worst, a heat waves to hit europe at that point. the un things that as many as 30000 people across europe died. so really to your question that is the, that is the question where, what is the long term strategy? of course a lot of the strategy is more water and more energy use for things like air conditioning. but of course, that has its own impacts on the climate, and of course the energy crisis that we're seeing now. william, thank very much detail. he is william blue cross there in berlin. the

european commission is about to outline emergency measures to avert a gas crisis across the continent. this winter, they're expected to ask countries to take steps to reduce gas consumption. over the next months. the move comes over fears that russia could completely cut all supplies to the e. u. da, not stream one pipeline where gas deliveries from russia have dropped to 0 to germany since last week. russia said this is dear to regular maintenance, but your leaders are already gearing up for the worst case. lucy, prussia, due to the energy as it uses food as a weapon of war. i think we must today prepare for a scenario in which we have to manage completely without russian. gus and this is not the theoretical scenario. in 2021, the ear imported around 40 percent of its gas from russia, with some

e u. countries being especially dependent, namely germany, italy, and eastern european nations. in ports are now down to 20 percent. but should russia really hold all gas imports? experts only see one solution. if we are to see a full interruption of the rash and gas supply to europe, then we will have to decrease our gas demand in that is he then shall sector in the industrial sector. so using less warm water, turning down the heating and switching off the lights. well beyond the agenda for many in europe, for some more than for our this we and program an estimated that they're all they're all in. you are a way to got to get them and by 15 percent, but these will have national differences. germany, for example, use a country that might need to reduce more gas demand because of the limited

the, i'll turn at these germany has, at the same time, yearly dis, rushing to find alternatives to russian energy. such as liquefied natural gas, for example, or ramping up gas imports from other countries, like aster by john, despite the nations dubious human rights record, this will help compensate for cuts and supplies of rush and gas, and contributed significantly to europe, security of supply. these alternative sources could help fill up gas storage facilities all over the block by the winter. for now, however, current storage levels are far below the minimum of 80 percent. so after a hot summer, many here in europe are hoping for a mild winter sailor gets mother stories making headlines around the world today. italian prime minister mario dragging has told lawmakers he is willing to rescind

his resignation and continue in the job. if parties unite behind him, druggie has received numerous appeals from lawmakers to stay on since he tried to resign last week. he lost his majority in parliament after the populace. fivestar movement withdrew its support. he, b. u. s. secretary of state antony blank and says roughly 25000000 people around the world are currently victims of human trafficking. that's according to the state department's annual report on the issue. report also stressed that russia's invasion of ukraine has left ukrainian refugees, highly vulnerable to trafficking. the u. s. house of representatives has approved a bill to recognize same sex marriage at the federal level. the measure is in response to growing concerned that the supreme court could nullify a previous ruling guaranteeing marriage equality. it's unclear of the bill has enough support to pass and the sin sri lankan lawmakers have elected 6 time prime minister. ronald would rim a single as their new president. the decision means grimacing. a who is currently

acting president will officially keep the job until 2024. yeah, he's a controversial choice as much of the public. see him as being too close to former president brought it by a roger pox up. but he won the backing of a large majority of lawmakers more let's bring in our south asia bureau, chief em rita cima. who joined us from colombo mesa, tell us more about this hastily arranged you know, terry, after all the political drama, which took place yesterday and the opposition tried to mount a huge challenge in the end, it was a decisive victory for running victrum, a thinker. he $134.00 of the votes and his nearness rival got only $82.00. now for parliament it was quite a historic vote for the 1st time. buyer limit was electing a president. the last time something similar happened was back in 1993. when that

then president grandmother and he was the father of the current opposition leader was assassinated, and then parliament appointed a successor to him. but he wasn't elected. now, johnny became a singer, has been very clear about working within the constitutional framework. so his election is completely legal, but what he lacks, terry, is the public mandate. you see he lost his parliamentary seat in the last election . he was appointed on a national list to parliament and he has just one member. so people wonder, can you have a president with such little public mandate that the world has been watching sri lanka, going through this extreme political and economic turmoil. i'm marita and everyone is wondering what kind of leadership can sri lankan expect from ronelle, wicker and singer with daniel bickley, missing a things he's an best man for the job. as you mentioned, he's been prime minister, 6 times, never completed his term. but now he's executive president,

which makes him head of state, head of government and head of the military. and that's a very powerful position. and we know that became a singer is a very strong law and order man we had last week when he said he call in the army to quell unrest. and he said law and order whatever it takes. he also declared an emergency earlier on this week. so people may have doubts about him as a politician, but i think many recognize he may be a very good administrator, the kind of person who can put policies in place, which could actually dig sri lanka to the path of economic recovery. so his viewed by many as not as a pragmatic choice, but maybe not the popular choice. there have been massive protests across the country, particularly in the capital or the protest in sri lanka, likely to stop now with this election. and it's difficult to say at the moment any but unlikely it'll re, was standing at

a protest site when the election result came out. and the protesters there was gutted. now i'm standing on a market and i also asked people here, what do you feel? and everybody just shook their heads. so i think because he's, as you mentioned, so closely associated with the ousted a presidency that people wanted a change. they wanted something, neil, so they are protests planned. nothing's as seen as yet, but we're definitely expecting some kind of backlash. rita, thank you very much. shar south asia bureau chief, i'm retired, she mother you're watching dw news. just a reminder of the top stories we're following for you this hour. europe's heat wave is spreading with new record high temperatures expected here in germany today. climate scientists say the extreme weather is a wake up call and that the most that the worst is yet to come because we are still burning too many fossil fuels such as coal

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