well, experience outstanding shopping and dining offers. enjoy our services. be our guest at frankfurt airport city, managed by fraud lou. ah ah, this is d. w. news live from berlin. europe. wait to see if vladimir putin switches the gas tops back on scheduled maintenance for the crucial north train one pipeline and today. but the russian president signals he could curb deliveries further to

punish europe for ukraine related sanctions. also coming up the kremlin says it's changing course, a new crane because of western weapons deliveries. moscow now wants to take over territory beyond the don bass region. and scientists say europe heat wave is a wake up call. they warn the world dependence on fossil fuels means the worse is to come ah hello then i'm really mohammed. europe is bracing to see if moscow will resume natural gas deliveries via the gnawed stream one pipeline. the pipeline is due to come back online later today, after 10 days scheduled maintenance period. but russia's president fed, amir putin is threatening to cub deliveries via nord stream one,

claiming western sanctions are preventing needed repairs. as the e u faces a looming energy crisis, member sates are being told to reduce gas consumption by 15 percent until next march. the european commission has asked you citizens to use less warm water switch 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 and wet event, whether it's a partial major cut off of russian gas or a total cut off of russian gas. europe needs to be ready. and in order to be ready or to laugh under 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 all equally dependent on russian gas and face different levels of emergency. we have seen ongoing, for example, closing down their energy market border. not, you know, allowing our 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 that energy markets. we are gonna be in trouble because the ear won't be able to draw on enough energy sources to fully replace russian gas by the winter. despite efforts to build new terminals for a liquefied natural gas boost renewables and ramp up gas imports from other countries like us or 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. all rushes foreign minister, so gay love, rob, says moscow's military aims now extend beyond ukraine's eastern don bass region where fighting is heaviest. he blames western weapons supplies for the change in strategy and insists the purpose of the invasion is to demilitarize ukraine,

heartache in the city of har. heave as a father and prayer meals over his lifeless son. the teenager was waiting for a bus when he was killed by a russian missile strike. through 3 people have been killed including a 13 year old boy. i'm 2 people wounded on among them is a 15 year old girl. she's been operated on right now. it was on a daily shelling, pummels eastern ukraine, killing civilians and destroying neighborhoods. do you know if there were 2 strikes? one had here and the other hit a grocery store on the other side of the street. and now the trajectory of violence is about to change. what made it the wilcox zarbara cause west pause more remote long range weapons, such as high miles into ukraine in an impotent rage. or in a desire to exacerbate the situation as much as possible to claim submitted,

not mean seen geographical tasks. of these special operations will extend still further from a current line of softness. mooney showed that russia's pretext for war was allegedly to liberate, break away regions in the east, from nazi rule and accusation. ukraine, and the west se is not grounded in reality. now the kremlin is expanding its attack at blaming the west port shift in military strategy. some of them, when you more from the was he can not allow the parts of your crane that president louder me as a lensky, come from you, or whoever replace a symbol control, or you to have a weapons that were posed directly direct to our territory. put started on the territory of those republics, but of declared that independence school approved of the re dos worker's. are you some listings to chosen? he says at this point, engaging in peace talks doesn't make sense. meanwhile,

ukrainians are paying the ultimate price. well, in an interview with d. w. news, japanese foreign minister, adelina bab, walk, dismiss, leverage claims as propaganda. we support j. u cray. not only was cell dera t, not only by mentioning every day, that this is a fundamental breach of international law by russia, but also was military support. so they can self defend their country, their territory, and russia using every time a different argument. um, so this time it's so because of the military support they are saying, but they have been attacking keith and on the part of ukraine before. so it's just a new propaganda from the russian side. that was the germany's foreign minister. and alina burbock, speaking to d, w as chief international editor at richard walker. and you can watch that full interview on our dw news channel on youtube. let us take

a look at the mother stories making news around the world. it's these prime minister, maria druggie has won a vote of confidence in the senate. but his cabinet remains in peril after 3 parties who are in government with him, refused to take part drug. he called for unity from the coalition, but failed to get the support of crucial factions. he is expected to resign. so what finance minister wishes to knock and u. k. foreign minister list trost saw competing to become the next prime minister of the u. k. after winning support of members of parliament, they'll go on to face a vote by members of the ruling. conservative party with the result expected by september. anti tucker. protests have broken out any rock after a missile attack in the countries north. the rocky government is blaming turkey with the incident that left 8 horse dead. but turkey, which often launches, strikes in the region, denies responsibility, and is calling it

a terrorist attack. so long can lawmakers have confirmed 6 time prime minister renella vic. chromos singh her as their new president. he's currently prime minister and acting president. and this vote means he'll remain in power until 2024, vic promising her as a controversial choice because when the vote is believe he is too close to the ousted to our former president, got to buy a roger pox up. but he won the most parliamentary seats with 134 votes to 82. the deputies south asia bureau chief on rater cima is in colombo and has more on sri lankan new president. he has been prime minister 6 times, but 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 court protest to an ugly. he do 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'd get the parliament safe 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 success and politician. many recognized that he's a good administrator, that he has the real, with all i had to set up a policy framework, richard, boy, sri lanka, out of this economic crisis, for example, talking to international money lenders like the i m f, the i members already set their prepared, do don't resume talks which re lanka, so on the whole, i think what people see it and it became a singer as a pragmatic choice, but not necessarily a popular choice. u. s. president joe biden has called climate change

a clear and present danger that cannot be ignored by them as promising to invested millions of dollars to protect communities from extreme weather and support wind energy. speaking at a former coal fired power plant in massachusetts, he said the u. s must set a global example while protecting americans from extreme weather like the wildfires . but the president is facing low poll numbers as environmental activists criticize his ability to make concrete changes on climate. but biden says the fight isn't over. will not take no furniture. i will do everything in my power, clean our air and water protect our people's health. when the clean energy future. this again shows like our purview, our children and grandchild or county. no. not a joke. not a joke. if we don't keep up with a 1.5 degrees centigrade, we lose it all. we don't get to turn around and the world is counting on us.

of europe's heat. wave is causing more death and destruction. climate scientists are calling the extreme whether a wake up call and warning that worse is to come because fossil fuels, like coal and gas, remained the world's primary energy sources. reco temperatures in several countries of fueling wildfires, french president emanuel electron thank fi fight is battling the worst affected areas of western france. he says governments will need to plan on what he calls a more structural level in the future. and the heat wave is being felt here in germany as well. on wednesday, the country recorded it's hottest day of the year. so far, many regions are suffering from a long time drought. it's a sweltering summer in germany, even in the morning. it was 30 degrees celsius hilton frank vote. just about

bearable as shown the high. so it's already hot. so you have to go home early on the house again via husband. we staying in the shade and drinking a lot, and when i just had ice cream only would side the extreme heat is a big strain on people working outdoors at this construction site. and bullen workers are struggling on this farm. and germany's nope, relief comes from above. the heat is also hot and dairy comes. and they're enjoying the water sprinklers. the sat reserve, alphabet of it surprised me that the cows come into the barn on their own bomb and very quickly to act when the sprinkler system is on the few quite comfortable with this water, cooling them down, they're likely to look meteorologist say at least some parts of germany, we'll see lower temperatures on thursday. o dot com to night. humid air will come in from the west, making it increasingly muggy now. but then thunderstorms were roll in,

which could bring heavy rain hail and strong winds. that'll freshen the air up. so while it will still be hot and eastern areas to morrow, western reason should have cooled down the crude sign. got that for now. the heat is sparking files in many regions, 400 firefighters, have been battling this single forest file since last night. and with the heat wave across europe, it's of course not just humans who are in need of a cool down a wild boar in spain was caught on camera when she tried to find some refreshment in a lake at a madrid golf club. and that all went a little bit ory firefighters were forced to use a dinghy and a lasso to fish him out of the water after he got stuck. finally, the rescue crew managed to get the animal to show and to safety, where he made his way to a patch of shade. well, his reminder of our top story, europe is facing a looming winter gas crisis. european union member states are being told to use 15

percent less gas until next march. russian president vladimir putin is wanting that supplies sent through the north stream. one pipeline, which have already been reduced, could be cut off completely. well that says to up to date, this is dw, lie from berlin. stick around though of next is doc felt looking at the indian doctor's checking women into having unnecessary surgeries. i'm a healing mohammed and for watching take care bye ah ah, my does contrast with quality suddenly 5 years ago. huh.