[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah, this is the w news coming to line from berlin. europe's heat wave moves east. the death toll is rising as while pyre spread. many countries are recording their highest temperatures since records began to see what governments and citizens are

doing to cope. also coming up racing for the worst, the european commission says it is likely that russia will cut off all bass to europe, calls on countries to use less gas to avert a crisis this winter. plus, after months of turmoil, lawmakers in sri lanka elect run. you make from a single as their new president. he'll succeed the ousted leader who fled the country last week. but will the protestors and the boaters except parliaments choice ah hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. a heat wave sparked by climate change is causing death and destruction across europe. on tuesday, temperatures here in germany rose to 39 degrees celsius the hottest day of the year . so par, record temperatures were reached in many places,

exacerbating already deadly wildfires. climate scientists say the extreme weather is a wake up coal and that the worst is yet to come because we are continuing to burn too many fossil fuels, like coal and natural gas. in britain, unprecedented highs, forced residence near the capital london to flee. a village outside london set ablaze by the searing heat was temperatures exceeding 40 degrees celsius on tuesday. much f. u k. was a tinderbox waiting for a spark. the smoke was visible from the capital city center, usually bustling with tourists from around the world, quiet in the oppressive heat. hot and you up with

the heat also spread to other parts of england. not normally known for sunshine and cloudless skies. well, everything is difficult to grudging hold unfortunately. i mean, i'm involved in something a church and all the organizations that have come down because people don't feel comfortable coming out. we normally sell to the company. so what these fitness never the halt. yeah, i don't think it's anything. it's a great privilege for us, but we just gotta get on with it really won't be the last time the mercury reaches record highs. once a u. n. d, you see these kind of heat rapes are becoming more and more frequent due to coming the case then they got 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, beat a destructive path from western europe with fire that are still raging near the

french did your 4 door over 19000 hacked us of countryside have been 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. as you heard, germany is bracing for extreme temperatures to day. our correspondent william blue cross is monitoring situation for us here in berlin. well, what can i say? it's hot force for not anywhere near the highest point of the day and already, according to miser monitor, where 34 degrees here. and i'm somewhat in the shade coming. taking the train here up earlier say it was already about that inside the train. and as i said, it's only going to get hotter to give, put them in perspective if you live in a place like logos and televi in cairo in delhi, places that are known for being hot. you're having about the same temperatures as we are in berlin today. now of course, there's a lot of ways, a lot of factors that go into what makes a place on how hard it feels,

but 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 extensive heat. exactly. this is unusual weather for berlin. how are people here coping with it? well, one way people are coping you'd 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 tolerate and 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 all, 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, that everybody has to just just gets 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 or correspondent william bluecross. they're talking to us a little earlier. european commissions has presented an emergency plan to avert

a gas crisis across the continent this winter. it's asking you countries to reduce their gas consumption by up to 15 percent. the north stream, one pipeline that delivers russian gas to germany has been shut hall for routine maintenance. it's meant last 10 days, but you leaders are preparing for it not to restart countries or a racing to refill storage facilities before winter and find alternative sources such as liquefied natural gas. well, here is you, chief ursula underlying announcing the merge the plant a short while ago. russia is black mailing us. russia is using energy as a weapon and therefore, in any event event, whether it's a partial major cut off of russian gas or total cut off of russia gas, europe needs to be ready with 2 objectives. one is, every member states should reduce the use of gas. and our 2nd objective is we

provide a safety net for all members, things i know these are testing heights, but we also know by experience now in the crisis. we've gone through that testing times require that we are well organized well coordinated on the european level that we show strong unity and that we show solidarity. these are the 3 ingredients that make us strong and make it possible to go through any kind of crisis. or correspondent marina strauss is in brussels, covering the store, enjoying just now marina. tell us more about the use plan to deal with russian gas supply cuts. there was one big message to day and there was we have to save energy because if we don't, the winter will become very difficult. will be very expensive. so use are mentioned it already. you countries, it reduce their overall gas consumption by 15 percent starting august already,

so to be prepared for a possibly cold winter. first, it's a voluntary measure, but if there's a severe gas crisis, if russia, for example, holds all a gas in supplies to europe, then it could become a mandatory measure. so your states will still have to discuss this, but it could become a mandatory measure to save energy. and besides that, you commission also proposed 3 steps to diversify from russian gas for all you member states. first, and it's, it was switching from gas to other energy sources. and for a, namely a renewable energy. so mainly renewable energy to bed of we don't have enough of renewable energy at the moment in europe. so we'll also, we'll have to look at nuclear and other fossil fuels, then help industries with the costs. and as a 3rd step, a roll out campaigns for ear citizens in order to motivate them to save energy at

home. okay, so voluntary reduction of gas used by 15 percent, so it's not mandatory yet, but it could become that way. are all you each member states on board with this plant? there has been a lot of criticism on this plan even before it was said, proposed or presented today. for example, we have you countries for rush in and portugal in spain for example, which are not very line russian gas. and they say, why should we as safer gas if we don't even get ration gas or another, not a lot of fresh and gas, then we have a hungary that has already said a, we are an in an emergency. and we want to keep our energy for ourselves. we don't want to share it with that you countries in case there is an emergency answer. there was a lot of talk of solidarity today. but if it will really happen, if there is an if there was an emergency,

we'll have to see. now the international monetary fund warned yesterday, marina 30 are complete. decoupling from russian gas would lead to severe recession in many countries. is europe prepared for this plan that the in commission said it is executive i'm proposed presented. today's is a step to words in this direction to prepare for a severe win. so of course, if we don't acknowledge, that's what they said, then it will get very difficult. and also something that was repeated all over again is that even those countries who are not very reliant on ration gas, it will affect their economies that use a single markets. if other countries suffer from severe grass. so shortages are in a thank very much shar dw, marina strauss they're in brussels. here's a look at some other stories making headlines today. germany's biggest gast importer uniform could be allowed to pass on some rising costs to its customers as part of

a possible government rescue package. the company is seeing financial problems. ers gas prices increase a north stream. one flows decrease. it's reported. be meeting with the chancellor. all are short on friday, italian prime minister maria drug, maria drug has told law makers he is willing to rescind his resignation and continue in the job if the parties unite behind him. druggie has received numerous appeals from all makers to stay on since he tried to resign last week. he lost his majority in parliament after the populace. fivestar movement withdrew it to be on your knee. but i made the amnesty international, has accused me on mars military of committing more crimes spies, widespread use of land mines in conflict areas. the human rights organization says it's found mines in, in, in and around people's homes and, and churches in the countries kaya state, near the border with thailand. last month,

un said land mines were maiming or killing many children in the country. sri lankan, all makers have elected 6 time prime minister, renella quick rama, single as their new president. the decision means with graham a singer who is currently acting president will officially keep the job until 2024 . and he's a controversial choice. as many of your public see him as being too close to a former resident got a bio roger pox v, but he won the backing of a large majority. lawmakers dw south asia bureau, chief of rita cim us in the sri lankan capital colombo. i asked her earlier to tell us more about this hastily arranged boat. you know, jerry, after all the political drama which took place yesterday and the opposition tried to bout a huge challenge in the end, it was a decisive victory for john in became

a thinker. he 134 of the boats and his nearest rival got only 80 to no fault finding that 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 prima vasa and he was the father of the current opposition leader was assassinated and been parliament appointed a successor to him. but he wasn't elected. now done, it become a single has be 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, 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 he's 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 protests 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 new. so the, our protest planned nothing's as seen as yet, but good, definitely expecting some kind of backlash reader. thank you very much. shar, south asia bureau chief, i'm retired, she, mother. well, there are, i'm a singer faces the challenge of leading sri lanka out of a political and economic crisis with inflation hitting a record high for the 9th consecutive months. the country's population is

struggling to make ends meet. i live at milton pereira cannot afford enough food, and it shows at age 74. he keeps his hair neatly combed, but other features bear witness to long waits for the next small meal i. it's very difficult to live in an even a loaf of bread is expensive. we have 6 children in the family and one we have to skip meals. if we take one meal, we skip another digger again, it's very difficult. among 3 luncheons are cutting back the world food program says 5 out of every 6 families are skipping meals, eating less or buying worse food inside his kitchen. pereira shows what his family can still put on the table. and i began, my mom is we can only buy about 250 grams of fish. and sometimes that is only one

fish. we have to cut it into many small pieces, so every one in the family can eat. i because we don't have much money. sometimes we give the fish to the children again recumbent and we adults only eat the gravy. alexander at a nearby vegetable shop, there's no lack of supply, but customers have to pay twice. what they did just 3 months ago for many healthy produce is no longer affordable. that music i live out of and have people are coming to buy food. but they aren't happy because they don't have money. the prices have gone up. the main reason is there's no way to transport those items because there's no fuel velocities and that's why the prices have gone up. loaded up in columbus main wholesale market, still bustles with customers traders and tempting fruits and vegetables. but

vendors say business has gone down by half since march because everything's more expensive now. i live in a federal 492 of my leader, one leader. these they also valinda i entered when did yes, may be doin sunday lorenzo. all 4900 rupees for no one said by says no the sailing for this. the 1900 now black mug. but at an anti government protest camp, one man is cultivating a different solution. not through buying and selling, but growing his own food and, and sharing it with others. free of charge. yeah, i'm have really happy then really, really happy people look, i'm when i'm have really happy i get to it was in here 3. i'm not charged. like many reluctance, theodore roger puck so blames the countries former leaders for the current crisis. he believes that his work at the protest camp is

a positive influence. are not going who these people are kicked out after. i am not going, i am here. because shall did to look and people need disorder. dash i, am you really suffering hope to make this this land come in here? my knowledge i own of you to put it's knowledge that many people in sri lanka may need to feed themselves and their families in a crisis that's just been growing and growing. it's catch up on some other stories making headlines, j. u. s. secretary of state anthony blank and says roughly 25000000 people around the world are currently victims of human traffic. 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. refugee is highly vulnerable to try to traffic of the us. 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 sent. australian official said they've detected foot and mouth disease in recently imported meat products. the highly contagious animal disease. hoses a major threat to the countryside or cultural industry. travelers arriving in australia from certain regions will now be asked to walk across disinfectant mats at airports. now to ukraine and russian missiles struck a residential area of chroma, torso, city in the east of the country. on tuesday, at least one person died and several others were wounded. russian troops are increasingly targeting the city as they try to push further into the don past region,

a russian and strike in the heart of grammar dos. this woman is praying for her son in law was severely injured in the attack. yeah, michael said that i felt a really powerful explosion and i understood it was some way here. i called my daughter and she said that maxine was not picking up the phone. he must have been knocked out then they said he is unconscious in critical condition. my daughter said the doctors think the outlook is bad. so we were cardia. lis mizounos. we were walking out of the grocery store. and at that moment, there was a blind sheet as terminal to 3 minutes later we walked into our yard and we saw this picture. a man boy is our neighbor. max was lying near our car. naturally, we called the ambulance, but it only arrived 20 minutes later. them an old double. what is this green

impressed, invalid music lensky. you condemned the strike in tramadol, along as well as the several others across the country. a goliath calling them atlas of detto ally that i queerness villa. meanwhile, russian forces are keeping up the bombardments of cities across ukraine. noticing them. all of the russians are more aggressive now with them close to cuz it feels like they're firing with their eyes closed. they shall, everything don't put before they at least try to hit certain targets. but now they are much more aggressive. there are many of them in them that we will manage and we have no other option. after days of heavy fighting, ukraine says it has managed to push back russian troops in bots of done yet this in russian forces have suffered heavy casualties. ukrainian leaders say it will be the timely delivery of enough western weapons and ammunition that will ultimately

decide the course of the war spring in our correspondence in the capital, kia mathias bellinger. but he is, the us says that russia is laying the groundwork to annex more ukrainian territory . what can you tell us about that? yeah, so the use us suspects russia to be preparing to annex not only the donetta and low hands regions, parts of which have been occupied or by these self proclaimed republics, is since 2014 and have never to have been recognized by russia as independent states. but they have never been incorporated into the russian states. so this would be something that russia is preparing according to this information. a plus or the territory is of course on and the occupied territories of far. there's a parisian region which are bordering these 2 are the self proclaimed republics. so that's a, that's basically something that we have seen

a lot of speculation about there have been, um, are announced and then retracted referendums on a either a proclamations of independence by these territories that are occupied right now. or, or, or, or even talks about possible annexation. russia has been laying the ground for that by giving out russian passports, by introducing the russian rouble as a ask, as a currency. and a few other things like switching them or by network to russian. ah, companies and, and a russian tv in all the cable networks. um, but so far i think her russia might have not yet made the decision. we don't know really. um, ah, what is the basis of this or information by the u. s. services or the situation is vala, tire,

security wise. so that might be also another reason for russia why russia is still hesitating to do that. give us an idea mathias of how the fighting is unfolding between ukrainian or russian forces, where the things stand. now we've seen some of the pictures right now about the shelling and, and, and to bumping off for residential areas in odessa and odessa region in mich alive and in the east as something that has been going on for days. russia has intensified its attacks on odessa and michel. i have her in the past few days, which might be a sign that they are somehow still laying claim to these areas. they have tried to conquer them in the very beginning of the war. after conquering her, her son and her were stopped her just before entering mc alive and have been pushed back since then, there's also

a counter offensive going on. we don't know at what which i intensity. we have heard some news about russian or ukrainian troops attacking russian positions all over the front line in the her son region. and today we've had the information that there have been able to her to bombard a major bridge that leads into her son. that would be the bridge where asha would be bringing materials or supplies into the city. the city lies north of the river of that nap river and they would be bringing in supplies from the south. they were possibly also be the bridge via which they would have to retreat if there were fought by your grain. oh, we do not know which is this is how strong the ukrainian army is and what position it is. we know that these new weapons, especially the multiple rocket launchers, have somehow turned the tide a little bit in these areas. but we do not know whether this is enough and ukraine is saying it would need a lot more support,

technical and material support arms support by the western partners in order to achieve a counter attack. and he has thank you so much. our correspondent, mature spelling of their in kia. you are watching dw news from berlin. just reminder the top story we're following for the sour. europe's heat weight is spreading with new record, high temperature is expected here in germany today. climate scientists say the extreme weather is a wake up call and that the worst is yet to come because we're still burning too many fossil fuels, such as colon, actual gaps. i'm terry martin for me and all of us here at d. w. and thanks for watching with

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