ah ah this is d, w. use light from burly? europe's hate wave moves east and the death toll rises as wild fire spread and countries record their highest temperatures and to reco it's began. we look at how people on the government, a coping also on the program. the european commission wanted russia is likely to

cut off gas supplies and calls on people to use less fuel to avert a winter energy crisis. and after months of turmoil, sri lanka gets a new president to not a week from a single succeeds, the ousted form, a leader who fled last week, will look at whether people will accept parliament's choice. ah, i'm so gale. welcome to the program. your upstairs toll is europe's heat. wave is causing more death and destruction. germany has recorded its hottest at a year. 39 degrees celsius, reco, temperatures, elsewhere fuel deadly wild fires. climate scientists have described the extreme weather as a wakeup call and warm. but worse is to come as countries burnt fossil fuels like coal and gas, and the hearty stay in british history,

disrupted transport and destroyed hunt. 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 i called on with the heat also spread to other parts of england not normally known for sunshine and cloudless skies. while everything is difficult of grinding hold, unfortunately, i may not be involved in something at the church and it's all the organizations are closed down because people don't feel comfortable coming out. we normally sell to

the company. so what these fitness never the hottest. yeah, i don't think it's anything, it's a great privilege for is, but we're just gonna get over there in this won't be the last time the mercury reaches. record highs wants to un these kind of heat waves are becoming more and more frequent through the coming the caves than they got the trending climate will continue, at least on the other. what are some seeks these sir independent of our success in climate there mitigation. the heat wave has swept across the continent, beat a destructive path from western europe, where fire still raging. near the french city of 4 door over 90000 hacked us of countryside have been scorched, forcing the evacuation of over 30000 residents. meanwhile, the heat continues its journey eastwards, belgium, and parts of germany up bracing for extreme temperatures on wednesday. or europe's

facing a gas crisis. this winter european union member states are being told to use 15 percent last gas until next march rushes presenter protein is wanting that to supply sensor the nord stream one pipeline already reduced or could be cut off completely. the european commission has asked you citizens to use less warm water, so which of the lights, and turned on the heat and air conditioning to prepare for a winter without rush and gas. russia is black mailing us. russia is using energy as a weapon and therefore, in any way event, whether it's a partial major cut off of russian gas or torture, cut off of russia gas, europe needs to be ready. and in order to be ready, ursula found a line had one big message. every one in europe has to save energy starting now. the u. s. asking all member countries to reduce their gas use by 15 percent. first

on a voluntary basis. then in case of severe gas shortage is the measure it could become mandatory. it's a scenario that you commission hopes to avoid. if we do nothing, once things, sure, we will have shortfalls. and shortfalls will not just affect the countries where the shortfalls happen. they will affect every single member state because they will have serious consequences on our economy. energy solidarity among you members is said to become a big topic in europe once it gets colder. but it's not at all clear. all 27 states will get in line. they are not or equally dependent on russian gas and face different levels of emergency. we have seen anger, for example, closing down their energy market border. not, you know, allowing her on a floor out of the country of garza. if for these it becomes sir an action. they

cannot, may other governments. if these countries start to close down their energy markets, we are going to be in trouble because the ear won't be able to draw on enough. and she sources to fully replace fresh and gas by the winter, despite efforts to build new terminals for a liquefied natural gas 1st, renewables and ramp up gas inputs from other countries, like as the by john. current gas storage levels are far below the ears minimum target of 80 percent after a hot summer. a very tough winter is looming. as talk about this river did of course one band reagan in brussels. welcome banter. this is still just a proposal from the commission, but if we look at the direction of travel, is this likely to mean that if the commission gets its way some e u countries might have to shut down some of our industries to secure gas supplies for households in others, well, in theory, this could be the very, very,

very last resort. but as it stands now, the emergency plan still maintains the priority for private households over industry or other a supplier. so this is very unlikely to happen and the national gas plans in place every member state has an national emergency plan. and in germany for example, it's also very clear that private households get gas and industry has to shut down and also the other venues like theaters or swimming fun parks have to shut down 1st. and the commission wants to avoid all this by saving gas and the gas that is now saved during the summer. and the fall should then be stored and then reef had into the system in winter to make ends meet. and by that, by saving the says, we can come through the winter right now,

a sort of underlying says, her plan depends on the solidarity of member stage. we saw a hungry victor all been in that report there. ah, member states on board. no, they are not hungry is just one example. hunger is very radical in its approach because same, we are not given guest to anybody. but there are also some other member states that have doubts that they have to save to re supply others. and he can also see that from the buy leather agreements that we have so far in place. and the human insights are asked for years now to to come up is voluntary agreement with then and neighbor countries, but they are only a few in place. germany has some this said check republic and austria. but that meant when they were done that germany would supply aust, job is gars, but now it could be the other way around because germany is so dependent on russian

gas or there will be lot of discussions among member states, how this system of solidity shall work but there are no mandatory quotas or something like that. it's all on a voluntary basis. we heard a warning from the international monetary fund yesterday that a complete russian gas embargo would lead to severe recession in many a you country. so who would be most vulnerable and what preparations are being made? where the most vulnerable countries are hungary, the check republicans, slovakia in eastern europe, but also germany, austria and italy. because the industries in germany, for example, are so much dependent on gas and the governments are coming up is national plans to prioritize which industry has to shut down 1st and which industry is relevant for the whole system so that there are emergency plans in place, but it's clear if germany or italy shuts down some of its vulnerable industries,

then this would have repercussions. busy all over europe because supply change and production lines are so intertwined. all of your would go into a recession, not only single countries. ok, thank you for that bad d. w correspondent been to be get in brussels. and take a look at some more stories making headlines around the world. now i turkish president wretched tiber one hopes for an agreement on resuming ukrainian grain supplies. in the coming days, his office says russia, ukraine, and turkey reached an outline deal last week. now the turkish leaders pushing for official confirmation tele and prime minister mario druggie says he'll cancel his resignation and remain in office. if parties in his unity government give him their full backing. he offered his resignation last week after losing his majority in parliament. but the president and many lawmakers asked him to stay with amnesty international as the accused me and mass military of committing war crimes by using

land mines in conflict zones. rights organisation says that minds have been laid around homes and churches near the border with thailand. the un says that land mines on maiming or killing many children in me in math. we take you back to our top story. this heat wave sweeping across i, europe, germany recorded. he taught his day of the year to date, 39 degrees celsius. a william clue croft has spent the day eating ice lobbies in the job and capital. welcome. william. how hot has burly been fighting about any ice lollies? we haven't quite so much time for that, especially with our equipment giving us problems. that's how hot it is getting these, those delicate equipment to actually work. if you look at my, my much simpler thermometer here. we're looking at about 373839 degrees depending what number you want to look at in, depending on the exact conditions where that's not quite a record of person or to wait to see what the officials say with the official temperature is. but that is still very hot for berlin to put that in perspective.

if you live in a place like lagossi or tel aviv, or cairo or delhi places that are known for being very hot, you're having about the same temperatures that we're having today. and these are been and these are temperatures at berlin, that northern latitude like we're where from where we are in just we're not accustomed to those kinds of extended abouts of heat. and you've been talking to people about this. yeah, indeed. i mean, there are, people are trying to cope. people are trying to make the most of it. i was up at all one of berlin's many public pools earlier today and was able to talk to some people who were trying to escape the heat and get a little bit of refreshment. let's hear what some that to say, ne, as a sense on it, i think it's extreme, but it's still possible to do something about it. here in germany, it's still just about manageable. i multiply. i think it's quite hot. it's still bearable, but it won't be for long. it's getting worse to lie. honestly, i will. this is it in wash,

galka edge comes up. i'm privileged i work from home. i'm self employed. so i can choose my workplace. i'm lucky. i know it's hard for others. a friend of mine as waitressing in a cafe in 40 degrees celsius. that's a whole different thing. i'm not on mama. so those burlington sustains me, taking it in their stride. william, but how a most people coping? yeah, you hear from those of people that people are trying to enjoy, but there is a recognition. this is very difficult, especially someone who like behind me can't just come to this fat when they're going to a museum behind me to, to get some relief from the heat. will still have to work with difficult service jobs who just have to grin and bear it. and it could be a very stressful, very dangerous for that for the human body really to, to get through it. and tell us more about the risks associated with this heat wave that will force the hotter it gets the hardest for the human body to cope with the heat. you know, we have natural mechanisms like sweating, like circulation like blood flow to kind of keep the body cool. remember body

temperatures around 3738 degrees celsius. and that's where we're at right now on the outside air temperature. so the hotter it gets, the harder it is, the more the body, the heart of the body has to work to keep us cool. if you're, if you're at risk, if you're a young child, if you're an older person who naturally sweat less and can cool off less naturally . unless quickly that can be a huge problem. put it in the one perspective and the 2003 heat wave in your which at that point was one of the hardest, the most difficult and hottest heat waves in europe. about 30000 people died across the continent just from the heat making a one of europe deadliest natural disasters of all time. so this really is very dangerous. it's not just a time to be, as you can see, enjoying the water, enjoying some ice lollies, as you said at the top of it, really stay inside, drink a lot, water and try to stay as cool as possible. ok, thank you. that time for you to take your own advice. thanks for now with blue cross in berlin. a shrunken lawmakers have confirmed 6 time prime

minister by neil wicker mas singer, as their new president is currently prime minister and acting president of the vote means he will remain as president until 2024. mister wicker m a singer is a controversial choice because many votes this belief is too close to the ousted. former president go to buy a raja proxy that he won the parliamentary vote easily 134 vote to 80 to get more from d. w. south asia bureau chief on brita cima, who's in the salon. kent capital, colombo, a welcome arissa. at this vote in parliament, this was a hasty affair. i understand it was a history of fairfield, and it was also a surprise result. because just a day before the selection, the opposition pulled together and tried to mount a challenge. so they expected a vote, result would be close, but it was such a decisive victory for around in became a thing other people were quite surprised by that. as you mentioned,

134 to 82. now, then it became a single pledge by the constitution an entire election 1st as in durham prime minister, and then as acting president was within the constitutional framework. so he has a parliamentary mandate for what he's doing, but what he doesn't have and what he lacks, phil is the public mandate. because in the last election he lost his parliamentary seat. he's only in parliament now due to a national list which put him there. and he has only one member of his party in parliament. so the thought that the man who is the executive president of sri lanka, who the sworn in to morrow has won parliamentary vote in the, in the parliament is problematic for many. right? well, there have been quite violent protests there in shall anchor. it sounds like these are unlikely to stop with this election where there wasn't a sense of outrage that people had expected when the result was announced. in fact, i'm standing at the presidential secretariat and we were here earlier in the day

when the results were being telecast live on a screen here and people were sitting and listening to that. and they was a sense of disappointment. let's take a listen to some of the people that we actually talk to is a parent orders and he has failed him. and also he has failed the columbia really because of what is his actions. and he is that under our field, we see people in cues of sri lanka says we don't have dollars to get better. we don't have dollars to get to get. we don't have dollars to get this. we don't have dollars to do anything. but b, c, money has spoken in the parliament so very re disappointed not surprised, but still frustrated at how unfair this system continues. and the fact that the people of sri lanka has not been given what they deserve, which is peace and all of a peace of mind. so i'm reason what kind of leadership comes. caroline can expect

from bonham with from a singer. well, as we heard from one of the protesters there they, they seem as a field politician, he has been prime minister at 6 times what he's never completed. his tenure, but now he's become the executive president, which makes him head a state, head of government and head of the military. that enormous power. the key, the 1st thing one needs to recognize about him. he's a law and order man. you know, we heard last week when they were protests and the board protest, her an ugly. he do all the military restore law and order whatever it takes. then this week he declared a national emergency and you know what? shortly after he was elected in parliament, he went outside the parliament and spoke to the security forces, the armed forces, no security forces to pack them for what they were doing and said that they've kept the parliament saved during this time, and he hoped they would continue to do so to that's one thing, the 2nd thing about him, but he was not of

a successful politician. many recognized that he's a good administrator, that he has the will with all add to set up a policy framework, richard boy, sri lanka, out of the 2nd army crisis. for example, talking to international money lenders like the i m f, the i members already set their prepared to adopt resume talks, which re lanka. so on the whole, i think what people see a, daniel became a singer as a pragmatic choice, but not necessarily a popular choice. okay, thank you for that. i'm rita. i'm rita cima in coloma. let's say i'm brief, a hint that mr. baker, i'm a singer, will have to lead shalaka out of political and economic crises. inflations hit record highs for the last 9 months, and that now stands up more than 50 percent of people who are struggling to make ends meet on a. 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 even 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. a norman sri 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 from gardner. 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, get head guy rack on and we adults only eat the gravy. i'm 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. me that they did say that other than the 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 law is a bus that's the prices have gone up again. 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 then sharing it with others free of charge. i'm have really happy, really, really, really happy. people are coming very happy. i get to it will thing here 3,

i'm not charged like many reluctance. theodore roger puck sir, blames the country's 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'm here because of the 2 local people need this one. dare say you really suck and hold me this way and coming here. my knowledge i own to do to people. 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 lighted states as one that rushes planning to annex more regions of ukraine using a similar playbook to its $242014.00 operation in crimea, and russian foreign minister, so guy love, ralph,

said moscow's military aims now go beyond ukraine's eastern don bass region. where fighting is continuing with the lover of said, the delivery of long range weapons by the west is changed to realities of the conflict. he also reiterated that the initial aim of the invasion was to demilitarize ukraine to just give us a little girl. the geography is different now. it's not only about genetic in the husky, but also the her son region. there is a for easy region, good under number of are the territories. i miss process is continuing consistently and persistent length last year. the woodson, the story issue, a sorta d w correspondent, a matuse bullying a in the ukrainian capital. welcome mathias. so at these announcements and warnings that they come as a surprise, they do not come as a surprise, russia has always laid claim to more territories in ukraine, or, and even laid claim to subduing their whole off your grain. they have even been

texts and, and, and speeches by vladimir putting, saying that to ukraine is not really an independent country. so russia has always claimed all of ukraine and if they have focused their strategically on the dunbar so far in the past few months, that's because they have failed to take some other parts of the country. however, there are these territories in the south hassan and is upward asia and her, he hasn't been very clear about that. but he might be hinting at that in an annexation of these territories as the u. s. has also warned. right, and let's talk about that. so that you are so awarding what, what are you hearing there about her that so the u. s. has warned, basically that russia is preparing some kind of a referendum that would be in this scenario, or like in crimea in these are self proclaimed republics that only russia has so far recognized in no hands and done yet. but though,

in their house on region with russia nearly totally a controls and says there's apple, easier at region where it controls some parts. um or they have been om rumors or um, speculations about such a referendum several times and they have not taken place so far. presumably for security reasons, because there is a resistance movement and armed resistance movement working, eric and her russian officials are under threat and a referendum would look because the a target for these are for these rebels, these ukranian em partisans as their court here sometimes. and her, but we don't know the russia has, has, has been making preparations for such a scenario by gradually introducing the russian currency in these territories. for example, by introducing or the russian about network operators. switching to the

mobile network operators to russian tv channels. and it has also given the old russian passports to people, ukraine is saying it has forcefully. it has forced people to take russian passports . we've seen photos of ukranian, passports, burned, et cetera, et cetera. all these can be seen as preparations for a more m for, for this political step to bring these regions either closer to russia in a referendum that would be an independence referendum. like in don in the don boss in the to don boss regions in 2014 or by annexing them, making them part of the russian federation. ok, thank you for that. mit is pulling in keith in sports rushes, leading female tennis players come out as a lesbian and an online video idea that kina who's rank 12th in the world that she was in a relationship with a woman. and she criticized homophobic attitudes in homeland. russia is considered

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