even 77 years after the holocaust hatred towards jews is still pervasive. a history of anti semitism this week on d. w. ah, ah ah, business d w is leih from berlin, italy, and just a new period of political uncertainty. prime minister mario drug resigns, after losing the support of parts of his coalition of national unity. we look at what this means very in use 3rd biggest economy. italy's also one of many countries feeling the effects of climate change rise. farmers in the north are facing ruined

us. the region suffers its worse drought for 70 years. also on the program, russia resumes gas deliveries to germany through the north stream, one pipeline. but with vladimir putin sent for using energy as a weapon against the a you, the block supplies remain vulnerable. and more civilians are killed as russian forces shall ukraine. second city, moscow says it's expanding, it's more aims in response to the delivery of western weapons to ukraine. ah, i'm fil gail. welcome to the program. italy is on cause for early elections are following the resignation of prime minister, mario dragging. 3 parties in his government of national unity had refused to back him in a confidence vote in parliament. the president has asked mister drago to remain in

post as care, take a leader. only say his departure could not have come at a worse time for italy and for europe. drag 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 rule of prime minister to help italy recover from the impact of covert, 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, i watch a delicate moment. i think it was a reckless move, not to bear in mind everything that is happening globally with the war and the ongoing pandemic thought by

with they live. it really isn't the right moment for a government crisis up, but then this should have been the mom to get back on her feet, so not the moment to stop notify inside it. let's hope everything goes well. the lewis and the problem will be solved, delaware. i'm gonna, i could echo either get to you or windy. the political crisis begun a week ago when one of the parties and drag is 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, brings 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 straight to the italian capital that it will get the latest from journalist i sima got her welcome. the seaman is really a good time for a country to lose its lead of it with italy facing a severe drought and energy crunch the prospect of recession. it's hard to think of a worse one. absolutely. i mean, it couldn't come at a worse time, and really, i mean if there's one certainty in the chaos, is that there will be a period of political uncertainty as a result of this resignation. and what will follow. and as you mentioned, a severe drought with these high temperatures, that, with the energy prices that are soaring in place, should that really at an all time high dealing with the war in ukraine all having to be dealt with in a different way simply because of political infighting, mario rise to 74 year old for my head to europe in central bank was seen as

a pair of hands and experienced european leader to lead italy in these tough times . and now it calls into question various things, including those reforms that were necessary not to get that next tron show. european postpone demi recovery fund money and also looking at an alternative sources of energy and italy try to move away from its reliance on russian energy. now this is the years, the 3rd largest economy, so instability here is old. so instability for the region as a whole. now, as a leader of the central, a democratic party said because of the, the democratic party was supporting the druggie. he said, all 3 of those parties are responsible for what has happened. and he says they know not what they've done. now, talent was broadly supporting the drug as well. but clearly now we're going to have a situation where for a few months that good to be no functioning governments here in italy. but we did

see that mr. martha rella all is anytime. so these meets going to be meeting the speakers of both houses of parliament. and it's like you said that there will be fresh election. so as the jostling starts and had the most likely fresh elections, who should we be looking out for? well the most recent polls say that the brothers of italy, a far right party, led by georgia maloney is essentially neck and leg with the center less democratic party. and the thing is the brothers obesity had long been allied with the right wing conservative parties that is the 4 se talia led by former prime minister berlusconi as well as the lead party. the far right, the party led by my p o l b. so that could suggest that essentially be this coalition of right wing parties will prevail at the end of an election. now georgia, maloney, perhaps the 1st female prime minister. could that be a possibility for italy? mister miss maloney,

for her part has been very triumphant with this suggestion of possible election saying that the will of the people will be expressed by voting. now it's interesting to note that these 3 parties that did not that bought that. so this result of a resignation of mr. druggie, all the 3 parties that mr. druggie wanted to and be a part of the coalition. they were in the past, very much allied with me put in, i mean mister bell is going for his spot vacation to the former with the russian leader. mister v neopost e u. sanction and on when crimea with an axe and mister county from the fight double. when didn't want it's lead to said military 8 to ukraine. it's interesting to note that that is very much in contract with mister drug was very much in support of the ukrainians in that bull. thank you for that same a gutter in rome. so let's see how this lady stepped out of turmoil in italian politics is being viewed in the holes of the european

union. welcome jack. power couldn't brussels money, drug was well respected in a you circles. what are they making of all this turmoil? well it's, it will be a huge headache to see a leader change. i think it's safe to say that here in brussels and indeed across the capitals of the european union, mario draggy is an extremely popular figure. firstly, because he's come across a stable. secondly, because not only has he towed the e u line country to many of his predecessors, he's actually advanced in greatly participated in a lot mainly because of his history as the president of the european central bank. he understands europe. he knows how it works. he knows either you works and also he's extremely pro european, i think the broad support that he has actually felt in italy and continues to feel has extended here in brussels. we saw, for instance, him attending that visit to keep alongside jolla shows the german chancellor and

french president emanuel micron. he's been extremely strong on support the ukraine . in fact, he was one of the 1st leaders to really come out strongly at and suggest that ukraine should be allowed a quick entry into the european union and application processes and accession country. and we already know now they have been granted that position to be an e n e you accession countries. a lot of that is gonna going to change. now. i think we just heard from sima some of the likely a jostling i had a new election. might me a change of direction for italy when it comes to european policy on ukraine and russia? yes, it is. certainly, for instance, we've already heard from the luigi demira, the foreign ministers suggesting that actually the sending of arms to russia will be more difficult if as a caretaker, government, important decisions the italy will need to make on things like energy. specifically gas. we have a proposal yesterday from the european commission that you country should off their

citizens to reduce gas consumption, that these things will not be able to move forward in the auspices of a caretaker government. and it would be until probably early autumn with we're hearing before there would be a new election, but probably perhaps even more feared in brussels than a caretaker. government would be a far right government under, under the far right parties that, that is sort of jostling. now that would potentially compete with the, with the center as parties in italy and could potentially throw up that far right. or prime minister. that would cause not just a headache, it wouldn't be a small you country. it would be the 3rd largest economy with the far right government, and that, that's something here in brussels. they will be there were very concerned about phil thank of the judge at paris in brussels. leslie's one of the countries in europe has been experiencing a heat wave in recent days. there's also been a prolonged drought in the north of the country, and the soaring temperatures are making the situation worse. farmers that are

facing the prospect of crop failure due to water shortages. the po river usually supplies enough water for farms, but it's severely depleted at the moment. the w's max xander traveled to the region to see her farmers. a copay, a marina full of stranded boats, fields of drooping sunflowers, and everywhere fountains with no running water, scorching temperatures of up to 40 degrees have been plaguing northern italy for weeks now and threatening some people's very existence. like the regions race, farmers, is to plant that are, these plants are completely dead, they won't produce anything. there will be no crop here. so when ever 15 tons of harvest lost in this plot, alone, the farmer simply couldn't provide enough water. stefano grip is the head of the colored at the po via association, which represents farmers in the region. italy,

so called golden rice triangle makes up half of europe 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 that were 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, spanned 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 italy's 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 see shells, 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 in 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 puts it at the mit there is focus on increasing the water storage capacities. the vast meaning we storing walter in winter while in big or small reservoirs in fuel. mino at randy martini that of course, depends on rainfall in winter, which has been scarce. this year as well, but a model is reducing leaks is another big topic initially. and that they both for drinking water and agricultural purposes and they don't put abby this yet, that the system efficiency is currently around 50 percent g j instead of at equal medium internet and quite the pertain to farmers like stiff on how can it be also know they will have to change this season. they have already lost 30 percent of

their harvest, erotic, and i thought i meant it. we hope we get back to a climate which allows for rise production every otherwise we'll have to switch to other crops and adapt to a different type of water management area yesterday. it was just not enough water for every ones will switch into. but for now, all they can do is keep the pumps running and hope performing temperatures and above all for rain. let's take a closer look at this with thorsten wagner, he's a research is water research at the university of potsdam just outside burning. welcome to d, w. i'm guessing that what we just saw there in italy's po valley, that's a picture that's being repeated not only across europe, but around the world. it is, it is repeated around the world. unfortunately, it's currently repeated very strongly around europe at the clear southern europe and, and central europe. but of course, it's repeated in even worse and circumstances in africa and other developing

countries. so what should farmers in these regions do plans, different crops, all my be get out of farming if i have that choice? well, drugs that are relevant to us occur when the supply of water is less than the demand for water. so we can either increase the supply or at least make it more stable so that can happen through building of reservoirs of large storage so that we can store some water from the wet season and use it in the dry season. kaylee now we had 3 years in italy of very dry weather and very warm weather. so it would take a while for that to to work. or we can reduce the demand and the demand can be reduced by using less demanding crops. so rises, particular demanding for water, of course or, you know, change completely, but i think the,

it's mainly changing the type of crops i would think so that less water is needed. right? because that's one of the things we can control and all these. and i think you, you hinted at the answer and here are the shortage is all about climate change. because a lot of this does seem to be doing bad to do with increasing demands that industrial scale farming puts on the water table as well as the rise of urban populations. yeah, i think we tend, in many regions, we tend to optimize the water supply that we believe we use a reliably half. so in the for about the example was already made that what is needed to produce electricity, water is needed to produce or to irrigate farmland, water in other parts is needed to for transport. so we need sufficient water in, for example, the river right now suffers from low water level, so we can't use, i have enough transport capacity there. and the main problem is if the

supply from year to year becomes unreliable. so if we have drought periods, intersected with very wet periods and demands, we normally expect is not there. and then we have to adjust the system. ok, thank you for joining us, thorsten varga from potsdam university and q. we'll take a look at some more storage making headlines around the world therapy and central bank as announce. it's raising interest rates for the 1st time since at 2011. the new institution says it will increase its deposit, right? one half of one percentage point to 0, that's twice as much as had been expected in an effort to kind of record high inflation in the euro zone money or you not be seen on gary in foreign minister. a c auto is traveling to moscow to discuss buying more russian gas. hunger is the ruling fetus party. a said the move was to ensure the countries energy security. it

comes with the european union at works to end its reliance on russian gas following the country's invasion of u. cray. russian gas flows to the north stream, one pipeline have resumed following maintenance work. there had been fear that russia would keep the taps switched off in response to european sanctions over its invasion. i. despite this, the head of germany's federal network agency regulator, klaus miller, for germany, remained at the mercy of russia. berlin 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 by 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? on 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 l. n. g terminals to be built. and by mid july, germany had raised its gas storage levels to 65 percent. more 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, mean that, you know, there is

a clear decision taken that okay, we're going to prioritize the supply of a gas war heating houses in slovakia, well that means we need to turn down or ration misapplied or say the da says it will be so that's the kind of thing that can only be coordinated were 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. the russian shelling has killed 2 people and wounded nearly a 20 others in ukraine. second largest city hall cave and a school was destroyed in a city of crime, a tall, skinny cranes don't bass region. meanwhile, keith is training soldiers to use at new longer range weapons arriving from the west, which russia says is forcing it to widen it's offensive. this is all that remains

of a school in the ukrainian city of cram 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 rumble in search of people, possibly trapped inside. a made relentless rush and shelling, regional officials in eastern and southern ukraine have been urging civilians to evacuate. but that is not an easy option for the elderly or frail vimovo. you remember, i could not believe it. when we were under the rubble, the will to live was there after all already. so we took ourselves out with a hands we're doing what health 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. a russia has criticized the west saying moscow has no choice but to expand its war aims in ukraine, admitted the walker, cuz of because the west poles more remote long range weapons, such as high malls, in to ukraine, in an impotent rage, or in a desire to exacerbate the situation as much as possible to claim supportive dogs, main seen geographical tasks of these special operation will extend still further from the current logging of suck machine. should we support? but in an interview with d, w, a. germany's foreign minister on a lena bear bog dismiss to russia's argument, that it's being forced to widen is offensive in ukraine because of western weapons deliveries, defend russia as using every time a different argument. i'm so this time it's so because of the military support they are saying, but they have been attacking key if another part 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. straight to cave, then i would join d. w, corresponded to funny for shot. welcome, funny. how was this? a russian announcement of extended geographical objectives received their it all. much surprised phil because people here really never had any doubts that russia is interested in a far more than don't bas region. in fact, if you may remember that famous speech, just be fool. this fool can evasion, began on february 24th, that speech by vladimir putin before the war began saying that ukraine really doesn't have a right to exist. so people here had no doubts from the beginning of the vall, that this is going to go further than to don't bus region they take is acknowledgment actually by kremlin in the name of the foreign minister lover of

yesterday, as a form of propaganda, that he's actually aimed at the russia and population, the russian audience to find a form of justification. why in the world is russia is still a bonding ukraine and is engaged in this war entering it's 6 months. however, of course, you will find people here and keep region keep, see the very i'm right now that a worried because they do not know beyond those remarks. what is the playbook that is there? what kind of other escalation is to be expected with regards to the progress of this war, right? and the b u. s. and you kind of said that more heavy weapons are on the way, all those weapons making a difference. certainly if you look at one specific u. s weapon there, the high malls which were food about listen to report the long range missile systems. now they do have the capacity to be quite resize. in fact, we have here a been hearing reports about a bridge in house and region of being

a destroyed by ukraine and forces with the help of a high morse. a long range missile system to definitely helps to gain momentum here for ukraine and forces. and to slow down a little bit of the, a russia an offensive there. but at the same time, you one, the other then slowing down. what can be see when it comes to ukraine trying to start the account or offense if we haven't seen much of that. and of course, you also hear people saying, why didn't the west send those weapons much earlier? because then it wouldn't be the case that about one 5th of ukraine is already occupied by russian forces in a way people, ukraine and the grain and government of course, are very much relieved about new weapons being announced that are coming at the same time yet some regrets, why didn't they come earlier and also some skepticism because this quite of a discrepancy between pledged weapons and weapons that arrive here. right. and a quick word about the latest developments in the fighting funny we will hear much

more about the tone called silvia landscape, which is the administrative center in the don. yes, region. this is as the town that russia like to occupy because if they all que pie us will be honest and they basically made, i had way in the don't you ask region on the able to probably take all of that region so, so you will hear more of a shelling around as well beyond as we've heard today, i'm a tourist, one of the schools being destroyed. they are, even though russia claims it wasn't a school, but a weapon depot. and of course, unfortunately more indiscriminate shelling already again today or so on. a sort of had keith was hit of the 2nd largest city in ukraine, and this is exactly what people are really concerned about. these indiscriminate challenge, not really knowing where are you safe? are you a safe to wake up the next day? thank you for that. for shot and keith remind of our top story this

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