[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news coming to you live from berlin. at new period of uncertainty starts for italy as prime minister maria druggie, resigns. groggy, took the step after losing the support of parts of his coalition. we look at what this means for the country. italy is also one of the countries bearing the brunt of climate change at the moment. rice farmers in the north are facing financial ruin as the region suffers its worse drought in 70 years. also coming up, russia, restarts gas deliveries through the key, nor stream one pipeline,

but with vladimir putin using energy as a weapon. europe's supplies remain vulnerable. ah. hello, i'm terry martin. good heavy with us. italian prime minister mario druggie has resigned after his national unity government fell apart. the move sets the country on course for an early election earlier, druggie told lawmakers he had tried and failed to gain the necessary support to continue in the jaw. analysts say his departure could not have come at a worse time, both for italy and europe drank his trip to the presidential palace to submit his 2nd resignation within a week, may have launched yet another phase of turmoil and italian politics. he was originally appointed to the role of prime minister to help italy recover from the

impact of coven, get a grip on a spluttering economy and implement economic reforms. those issues have not gone away. and if anything have become more pressing, his resignation has left many italians worried about the future. oh, another to a delicate moment that i think it was a reckless move, not to bear in mind everything that is happening globally. with the war and the ongoing pandemic. i think with they live, it really isn't the right moment for a government crisis up, but then this should have been the moment to get back on our feet. so i think okay, not the moment to stop no beside it. let's hope everything goes well. the lowest and the problem will be solved, delaware,

laguna aqua echo either good or windy. the political crisis began a week ago when one of the parties and dragging coalition government refused to back an economic package. that prompted him to tender his resignation. for the 1st time, italy's president asked him to stay on and to try and form a stable government, drag his 2nd resignation. after 2 more coalition parties broke ranks, rings the curtain down on that effort. he's been asked to remain in office in a caretaker role. and election is likely to be brought forward to the awesome. for now, the man dub super mariel will lead the government until a new prime minister is chosen. journalist cmo regrouped her is in rome covering italy's political crisis. i asked her why maria druggie lost the parliamentary support. he needs to run the country. essentially, you have to remember that when he came into this role from 17 months ago, he was given this mandate to lead a unity government,

a national coalition involving the right the left, the populace. so it was a really large group of people who very deferring ideas. and what we saw happen in that vote of confidence in the upper house of parliament in the senate on wednesday . is that the for say, the right wing center right party as well as the far right lead policy. and the popular fight movement essentially snubbed that vote, the boy called it altogether. and so they made their decisions for different reasons. the 5 star movement feeling that for months their priorities will being ignored. the push for things like a basic income in a minimum salary that they wanted to see, continue. the think they felt, among other things, were not being listened to full force a tale and the leap party, the conservative right wing parties, they said will support drug you. but there has to be a shake up of government and we want to be in that without the 5 top. but so

essentially for deferring these and the 3 major parties in this national coalition that they're not going to partake in that vote. so they just boy called it it, and that means for mr drug, he didn't have that national unity that he's been, i have the mandate to take part. so he went and make the decision to resign to the matter. i love this collapse of the government. same comes as italy, faces multiple crises, a severe drought, and energy crunch the prospect of a recession. the timing couldn't be worse, could it? you're absolutely right, terry. i mean timing everything. this government mandate was actually supposed to run out in the spring of 2023. so most italian from 2 thirds of them in recent polls said that he wanted drug to continue to maintain the stability. and there were please being made from various quarters in italy and outside as well. but as you mentioned now, when this situation really soaring, inflation high energy prices,

you've got that drought as well with ridiculously high temperatures. the war in ukraine druggie was seen as a c k of hands respected european leader dealing with that issue and not to forget also about italy trying to diversify its energy sources away from russia. so now you have this situation where the center left party leader and recollect made it very clear. all those that did not vote in this are responsible for the situation that there are night now. and of course, that europe in level, they're wondering about those reforms that mean the drug was supposed to push forward in order to get that post by dummy recovery fund monday. so what's next for druggie and the country fresh elections? i present. well, mr. mac to rela, has said he's taken note of the resignation, he hasn't rejected it like what he did the day 6 days ago. but essentially that he took notes the resignation drug. he will remain in a catholic a role. but yes,

you're right. it's headed toward fresh election. he missed about the rella had already announced that he will be sitting to the because the both houses of parliament later this afternoon. so consultations have begun. we expect that he may dissolve parliament and called for fresh elections as early as late september, early october, something on her dolphin, italy, and she normally that approved the budget and that period now is going on it towards fresh elections. so my thank you very much, that update journalist team, go to there in rome, italy's european partners held maria drug in high regard. we asked her correspond in brussels, jack perch what they make of druggie leaving his post as prime minister. but i think terry, there's a big sense of disappointment, especially in brussels, maria druggies resignation. he was certainly seen is it safe pair of hands here? he was seen as an experienced european politician. he understands the european

union. he was very pro european and he knew what was going on here, especially regarding his role as the, the president of the european central bank, which he held for many, many years and was seen as somebody that really understood how to get things working. we've seen in italy some pro draggy protest people out on the streets. obviously here in brussels, in the european union institutions, they cannot say. or they cannot make comments on the sort of machinations of national politics. but i think it's understood that he was seen as a pro european somebody who understood the workings and also on many of the big relevant issues in brussels. he was on the same page as many of the leaders on in other capital, specifically, france and berlin. now, italy is an important you member, stated, shaped european policy on ukraine and russia dragging himself made a high profile visit to kit not long ago. could italy's position on the war now change under a new government? yes, i think that's very likely,

especially when you look at the positions of the tennessee that you know, the league party, the far right policy. they have a very different position. you're right. he was a really strong proponent of ukraine and especially when it comes to the u. accession process. he was one of the 1st need is to come out and say, listen, we need to off the ukraine, a realistic pathway to joining the european union. he made that big trip along with german chancellor la shows and the french president manual micron to keep it was a big, big sign of not only sort of a support the ukraine, but a you unity in the support for ukraine. and what, what we've heard, even from the, it's the foreign minister, imitate it to my it, luigi demise gives me that. he's been i that saying, listen, having a cad take a government and i will prevent many things. first, the, it's the sending of arms to support the war in ukraine. also do the potential for diversifying gas supplies, as we had into the winter. and what that would mean,

there is a lot of questions about exactly how nimble and how, you know, you know, deliberate italy will be able to be as they had in today's elections, which we now expect in the autumn. jack, thank you very much. our correspondent jack park there in brussels. italy is one of the countries in europe that's been experiencing a heat wave in recent days. there is also been a prolong drought in the north of the country, and the soaring temperatures are making the situation worse. farmers. there are facing the prospect of crop failures due to water shortages. the po river usually supplies enough water to farms, but it's, it's severely depleted at the moment. the w max tonda traveled to the region to see how farmers are coping a marina full of stranded boats, fields of drooping sunflowers and everywhere fountains with no running water, scorching temperatures of up to 40 degrees,

half in plaguing northern italy for weeks now and threatening. some people's very existence, like the regions, rice farmers, just advantage on these plants are completely dead. they won't produce anything. there will be no crop here. so an epa 15 tons of harvest lost in this plot alone. the farmer simply couldn't provide enough water. stefan creepy is the head of the call it at the po via association, which represents farmers in the region. italy so called golden rice triangle makes up half of europe's entire rice production. the industry, which is highly dependent on water, is now facing a financial and environmental catastrophe. and she might to our knowledge, nothing like this has ever happened in the last 70 years, little made, according to the data available. a drought like this has never occurred that never . my northern italy depends on the po river. it's 650 kilometers,

span the country from west to east. it is a source of life for all around it, but water levels have been dropping continuously over the last few years. so this summer, large parts of ellis, longest river essentially are looking like this. i'm walking on what used to be the pose river bed. and if you have a close look here, you can see the bottom is actually covered in what is seashells. right? and this is dramatic for a number of reasons. some, the people here in the region depend on this water for drinking water purposes to create energy. and also for agriculture areas are now competing for the remaining water. a state of emergency has been declared and many reaches experts say the situation is likely to occur again. but there are certain precautions that can be taken to alleviate future drought. it boats, as they might be there is focus on increasing the water storage capacities. the

vase meaning we're storing walter in winter while in big or small reservoirs in fuel. man randy martini that, of course, depends on rainfall in winter, which has been scarce this year as well. but a mortal is reducing leaks is another big topic. initially. it both for drinking water and agricultural purposes, any durable darby this yet that the system efficiency is currently around 50 percent. jealousy, tainted at the equal a medium. ether or nancy went up. pertain to farmers like stiff on or can it be also know they will have to change this season. they have already lost 30 percent of their harvest, erotic. and with what i mentioned, we hope we get back to a climate which allows for rise production of otherwise we'll have to switch to other crops and adapt to a different type of water management it yesterday was just not enough water for every ones with which end to perform, for now all they can do is keep the pumps running and hope for falling temperatures

and above all for rain. completely, schleiden is a climate scientists of berlin's humble at the university. i asked him whether there would be even more severe water shortages and future dude, climate change. what we're seeing currently in particular, the mediterranean to southern europe, is very much in line with what our most telling us is to be expected as a result of climate change. in europe, the mediterranean region is already one of the reasons the well that shows a strong, very strong drag trends because of climate change and be expecting to unfortunately it intensify in justification. office trends in the future. taking a global perspective, what regions of the world do you expect to be most effective by changing water dynamics moving forward? if you look at, if it changes in the water cycle, that complex or not all the genes effect that equally, some regions may see more customization than the others may see trying trends. that

doesn't mean also that in regions that drive, there's no risk of flash flooding. for example, because we can have 16 presentation still falling. so the also, you know, for the year it was still effected by flesh lots. for example. we are similarly in regions like like germany or northern europe, we can have droughts experiencing routes as for example, right now even all the way up to the u. k. but we don't exactly see an overall what's a shortage over you. but in terms of the regions that go really the, you're trying to think will be particularly concentrated in the sub tropical areas of the globe. so this comprises the mediterranean, but also for example, central america or southern center and africa. and the access to water is essential with countries that have shared water resources often clashing over that issue. do you see a growing risk of conflict over water, access and eat?

and i mean the water water isn't it is an area effect of contact the lady today and even can be used as an, as a veteran and complex. so we've seen bash, for example, in my rack using access to water as a veterans in that horrible to campaign in the region. and yesterday, i mean, it is the question of future water availability and access is, is a big source of potential conflicts from the literature. what we, yes, evidences that routes i. one of the key risk factors for also local conflict outbreaks simply because they fundamentally affect likelihood of people and undermine that. that leads to potentially regional outcomes. as the also justine in the video from, from italy. not saying that there is a consequence eminent, but we do see how it directly thomas and livelihoods of being affected and in regions. but this is all people can differ from. of course this needs to very, very existential conflicts. and that's something we need to be very,

very about. what can the world do to assure that water continues flowing, where it's needed? well 1st and foremost, and it's most important on so we need to address things with climate change and we need to reach global and your mission as soon as possible in line, mr. goodman, that's our best chance to limit the future. we are concerned about drugs to be experiencing today at $1.00 degrees of warming, pre industrial levels. we can extrapolate how much work the situations would, could be potentially if the bed crossing 2 degrees. and of course, essentially limiting want me to 1.5. basically, avoiding diversity picked up lot of changes of paramount importance to the wants of resources in the next that we also regionally and locally need to think about what we can do in terms of improving water management. also what needs to change completely if for example, certain practices like right on and becoming increasingly challenged by the lack of

water resources. you also see that adaptation to climate changes is anything but easy, but requires that puts us in front of enormous challenges in particular for regional transformation and left the doctor's voice. no, thank you very much for talking with this. that was completely so it's not of climate analytics. thank you very much for me. thanks. legacy. more stories making headlines around the world today. the european central bank has announced that it is raising interest rates for the 1st time since 2011. e. c, b says it will increase its deposit rate a half a percentage point to 0, twice as much as was expected in an effort to curb record high inflation in the eurozone. spain's prime minister pedro chance at sunset says over 500 people have died as a result of the countries 10 day long heat wave. temperatures have been as high as 45 degrees celsius. in some regions of spain,

dozens of wildfires there have forced thousands of people to flee there. oh, japanese media reporting that the country's nuclear regulator is likely to approve a plan to dump irradiated water. the coolant from the fukushima nuclear power plant would drain into the pacific ocean since the 2011 nuclear crisis, their operator tough co, has used the water to cool melted reactor fuel. germany is breathing a sigh of relief to the is roshan gas flows through the north stream, one pipeline resumed after maintenance work, but a senior official said germany remained at the mercy of russia. head of the federal network agency regulator, klaus melissa. the worst case scenario had not occurred, but it was still too soon to give the all clear. as we report, germany is now scrambling to diversify its energy sources. the flow of gas has restarted through the biggest pipeline, carrying russian gas to germany. north stream one had been out of action for

routine maintenance, many in berlin were concerned, russia wouldn't turn it back on. germany relies on russia for around a 3rd of its gas imports. for now, the nightmare scenario as it was described seems to have been avoided. but concerns remain, experts say germany should be doing more to reduce its dependence. the, like i said, elicitation is urgent. aha, who should have been making savings from day one and february? we lost valuable months. it's important to re adjust this now for citizens are being urged to save energy. experts also say germany should look for alternative sources, philip storage facilities and expand renewables. berlin has been scrambling to set some of these measures in motion. it has reduced its dependence on russian gas. the government has also given the go ahead for ellen g terminals to be built. and by mid july, germany had raised its gas storage levels to 65 percent. mo, however,

needs to be saved and they have also been setbacks, especially for japanese climate goals. the government has decided to leave. it's called plants running longer than planned. nuclear power might also be back on the table. and more coordination efforts, especially among you partners, could be needed is good for instance me that you know there is a clear decision taking that. okay, we're going to prioritize the supply o a gas for heating houses in slovakia. well, that means we need to turn down or ration the supplier or say the da is it, and it will be so that's the kind of thing that can only be coordinated well through the you. solidarity agreements would avoid lengthy negotiations in cases of emergency sticking together will be important in europe in order to stay warm in winter. now to the war in ukraine, russian,

shelley has killed another 2 people and wounded nearly 20 others in ukraine, 2nd largest city hockey. in the city of chroma torque, in the dawn bus region, the school is destroyed. meanwhile, the cranes military is training its soldiers to use new longer range. arms arriving from the west. russia says the supply of weapons from western countries is forcing moscow to widen it's offensive in ukraine. this is all that remains of a school in the ukrainian city of crime authors. russian missiles destroyed this building, and several homes near by. the number of casualties was not immediately known as rescuer as dunk through the rubble in search of people possibly trapped inside. amid a relentless rush and shelling, regional officials and eastern and southern ukraine have been urging civilians to evacuate. but that is not an easy option for the elderly or frail, rear boomer guy. you remember? oh it's good. oh,

i could not believe it took you to when we were under the rubble the will to live was thereafter all water. so we took ourselves out with a hums, were duly walked, else could we do elsewhere in ukraine. the military is training its soldiers to use new weapons. currently arriving from the west, key of hopes that the new anti tank rocket launchers and mortars will change the tide of the war in their favor. earlier, washington announced it was sending even more longer range arms to ukraine. of the russia has criticized the west saying moscow has no choice but to expand its war aims in ukraine. i met at the wilcox zip because the west poles 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 or should adopt mean, same geographical tasks of these special operations will extend still further from

a current lowering of soap machine showed good support. but in an interview with d, w, a. germany's foreign minister on the line and bear bog dismissed to russia's argument that it's being forced to widen it's offensive in ukraine because of western weapons deliveries, defend russia using every time a different argument m. so this time it's so because of the military support they are saying, but they have been attacking key if and not upon of ukraine before. so it's just a new propaganda from the russian side. meanwhile, russian forces continue to his civilian targets. not only on the front lines, but in cities and towns throughout ukraine. now to sri lanka, where a veteran politician ronelle vic, rama sango has been sworn in as the countries new president. he faces the challenge of leaving the country out of its worst economic and political crisis since

independence from britain. some protesters say the new leader is tainted by his association with the old regime. ah, his immediate challenge is to convince sri lankan that he is fit for the job. the climate singer faces the task of leading the country out of its economic collapse and restoring order after months of mast protests. but many re lumpkins are skeptical. they see him as an ally of his predecessor, what the country neighbors up does. it does is them take a different, i mean, we want to get rid of this got up at body additions. so that's what we are doing. so he'll hang up. i mean, we really did not give up the osi, let's see what's gonna happen once a vibrant economy with a solid middle class tra,

lanka is now suffering lengthy power blackouts. people spend days in line to buy fuel while stores shelves have run low of food, an essential medicine paper la struggling. they're going to have food. they're going to have garrison. they don't, i guess they don't have these. oh, they don't have barbara. public anger over the hardships boiled over when tens of thousands of protesters stormed the home of then president gotta buy your royal pock. sam forcing him to step down that cleared the wave for recommend cingus election. the 73 year old politician has failed in his previous to runs for the presidency. his assumption of power means he will serve out the rest of the presidential term until november 2024. if you're watching d w news from berlin coming up next in dw news,

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