a global struggle for water. and nothing can be done. first, start august 10th on d. w. with business d. w. use live from bullitt, ukraine's president. orders all civilians to evacuate from the eastern province of don. yes. followed the mister lensky ones fighting will intensify as russia continues its advance into ukrainian territory. declaring the time to leave is now

also coming out. the death toll rises off the major flooding in the united states. desperate search and rescue operations continue, but more rain is full cost to hit. the state of kentucky and london is buzzing in the run up to the euro. 2020 to final, gemini, will kick off against england. and what should be a tightly fought battle for the trophy? ah, i'm all i was like a welcome to the program. you craig says one of it's wealthiest agricultural tycoon has died and a russian strike on mc alive. the governor of the southern region said it was hit by heavy bombardment overnight. meanwhile, in the done, yet screech and ukrainian president followed mister lensky has ordered hundreds of thousands of people to the back weight. done yet scarce. currently,

the scene of fierce fighting with russian forces who had already the government has made a decision to order obligatory evacuations from the don't yet region. everything is being organized or full support for assistance, both at logistical and payments. we only need a decision from the people who have not yet made up their minds upon, please follow the evacuation. we will help you. we are not russia. we will do everything possible to save the maximum number of human lives and limit russian tara, to a minimum. you is your maximum omega risky there. or earlier i spoke with d. w. a corresponding mathias bellinger in odessa and asked him about the reasoning behind precedent. volume is lensky is mandatory evacuation order off the done yes. region. well, the authorities have called on people to leave the region already in april, expecting heavy fighting there. but 20 to 30 percent of the population have refused to leave these awful elderly people. but not only now the government is saying

50000 children have stayed behind in the don bus with their families. and the government expects fighting to intensify. and also as a winter will be approaching in some month. and there's no heating any more in the region because the guy gas supply that pipelines have been destroyed, they are now are organizing this mandatory evacuation. i'm citizens can stay behind if they sign a form that they take, take full responsibility for that. so this is not a forced evacuation, but it is a mandatory evacuation that is intended to increase pressure on them to leave the region because the government says it wants to protect them. it does not want to leave them behind. and if he is for their life and how big an operation would this be? how many people are we talking about here?

well, it's very hard to say, we don't have the exact figures. the government has that $50000.00 children plus their families plus some elderly. so expect this to be in the hundreds of thousands may be 2, maybe 300000, but that's estimates. we don't really have a clear number. so it will be a very big operation. but the roads are open so it should be possible. ukraine has evacuated people from areas before ukraine has already evacuated, 2 thirds of the people living in this region. but these were the people who were willing to leave some of them in their own cause. presumably those who stay behind are often people with little financial means. so this with this will require quite an effort from the ukrainian government. but he has building a reporting there from ukraine. russia says a ukrainian drone attack on the crimean port city of sylvester,

but has injured 6 people. the russian governor of the city published photos showing some of the apparent damage. the alleged attack, her insides that they symbolic de, honoring russia's navy. all events inside us, the pool, were cancelled. russia, seats of asked to pull and crimea from ukraine. in 2014 search and rescue operations continue in the state of kentucky. after flash floods rip through some of the poorest areas in the united states. the dest whole stands at $25.00, and now weather forecasters say more rain is on the way i. dozens of people in kentucky have been confirmed dead, and many more remained. missing. the steed governor surveyed the damages in the worst affected counties. this is still an active search and rescue operation. we have not moved into

a rebuilding phase and won't be in one for several days. if not potentially several weeks. our goal today is to get as many people to safety as possible. the storm has hit some of the poorest communities in america. hubert thomas is a retired goal. my know, who lost his home and everything in it. now he and his nephew are staying in one of the 3 state parks that were open for families who have nowhere else to go ahead. 0730. mm hm. okey that north in the kentucky national guard has been supporting relief efforts. flying in emergency supplies,

flood waters have receded in some places, but further rains are expected in the coming days. let's have a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. hundreds of protesters occupying iraq's parliament have settled in for a 2nd day. followers of the powerful cleric, mach todd asada, restored the 45 government zone and have vowed to remain in the building. so others party came 1st in october elections, but withdrew after failing to form. a coalition. voting is on the way in senegal to elect and new parliament opposition parties were hoping to block any attempt by president mackey south to seek a 3rd term which is barred under the constitution. the election has seen deadly protests in the run. up to the vote,

gunmen have fired on guatemalan soldiers guarding the convoy of president alejandro gmc. the attack came as a military official stops a vehicle as a security checkpoint close to the president's delegation. the government has confirmed that jama tae was not present at the time and is unharmed to sports now and excitement is building ahead of the germany, england game at the final of euro. 2022 at wembley in london. later today, japanese women have won the competition 8 times already, but england go in as favorites as they look to claim their 1st major trophy. the san zone in london has been buzzing ahead of the women's euro final germany undefeated thus far is led by striker alexandra pope. with 6 goals. she's in a race for the golden boot. after scoring both goals and this in my final against

france, firms magazine posted a photo of her on social media with the moustache saying she'd been called up to play for the german men's tea. pot may light of the post at a recent presser, i with idle for england, it's no laughing matter. the nation hasn't won a major title since 1966. the women could win their 1st ever title. in making history at home would be i seen on the cake. yeah. i think it will be a game changer. i think it over he has been i think this tournament is, is already done. not both. yeah. would know that that extra step on, on sunday could really make a big difference, but is going to be such a difficult game when know that germany always such tough opposition and we'll,

we'll give them the utmost respect and, but as i said before, you can't help with that to dream a little bit, one resident at the london zoo has already chosen the lion masses of england to win the women's euros. thank much mother god, i find a cool that a lot of the public will be against us because it motivates us. i says, and i from what he did with history on germany side the tournament. his already smashed attendance records at the final a crowd of $87000.00 is expected. and chris harrington from d. w. sports is with me now. crest this has been a captivating turn him and tell us what is this done for women's football? yeah, i think the most, the most important thing it's done is it's pretty much proven to the world that women's football has potential to be just as exciting, just as captivating as means football. the numbers don't lie. the expected $87000.00 and wimbley at the final is gonna break the record of amy european championship final men or women's, you know,

this final has been breaking records every step during the tournament. every group match, you know, host or not. there been many great story lies behind this and also you way for it's going to have the 1st ever the final show in the euro. the 1st ever, there's going to be done a brit award winning singer. becky hill is going to perform as well. so it just, the organizers itself, the game play on the page has been fantastic. everything has aligned perfectly. you know, for this to really, i think get women's football into the conversation is ms. football has always been and so what needs to be done now to keep this momentum going, what you want to keep on investing, you know, keep on investing. i mentioned you way for, you know, one quote i read that, you know, sit out to me that is, that you way for is treating the women's euros like it used to treat the mans euros of past. and we see that, you know, reflected also in the attendance numbers, 800000 of those attended over 500000000 are expected to attend of the match. and excuse me, 500 thousands use me over 100000,

have been children. and then that breakdown in men and women, you know, 53 percent had been men in attendance. you know, i think the money's important, the game plays important, but as long as the action is as captivating as it's been, i think the numbers in the investments should stay in the test of time. hopefully, because england and germany, it's one of footballs. greatest river rivalries. what are you expecting from the match? a lot of firecrackers, you know, in terms of football, you have to striker zito going for the golden boot. you know, on one side, you have beth mead for england. they're on home soil. they haven't one. you know it's, it's 1966 and national trophy, they'll be trying to look for their 1st made a trophy for the women side. and germany in this tournament, they pretty much own the tournament. they keep on winning and they're laid by alexandra pope. also in the running for the golden boots. so any time you have to dynamic strikers going up, you know, to size a been spectacular, offensively strong in the back. i'm expecting

a lot of firecrackers. a lot of people say the home field advantage, you know, we'll get them over that. people have england winning, you know, but if history proves anything, 2009, they meant the final in germany. demolished england. we have to wait and see, i'm sure everyone will have their popcorn ready as well. i it should be one heck of a match x i saying match ahead this evening. chris harrington, dealer d w sports. thank you very much. thank you. if thousands of flamingo checks are born in europe's biggest colony and sullen spain before the hatch, things fly off for the 1st time, volunteers round them up and tag them to study their migration pattern. they will just come into the world. but people want to know where they'll all go, scientists and hundreds of while until the tagging beastly mingo checks to study migration. and where better to do it than at europe's greatest

colony of flamingos in southern spain. i tell people, and i, thanks to this kind of tagging with these pbc rings. we can know if these animals i letting you francois libya, got morocco, or he, if with the wallet tails 1st round up, all the birds into up in the record body parameters and clasped on a plastic ring. this will track their location. the project was halted for the last 2 years due to pandemic restrictions, but on saturdays 600 flamingos. what tagged and set free i catering the flamingos, went well. teams were deployed as planned and everyone followed the guidelines. there was a great coordination deal that would ha, gordon g o o. now,

off into the wild deeds hatchlings will soon fly off to other parts of europe and north africa and on the ground will be eager. scientists watching that every new you were saying you did have a news live from berlin up next reporter looks at parents on probation in denmark. and that's it from me, michael of who will be here at the top of the hour with more news on the launch like a thanks for spending this part of today with us. oh, the up to date. don't miss our highlights. the d w program online. d w dot com highlights a migrant habitat.