good morning, modern lifestyles and the mediterranean meeting people was hearing their dreams ready to re journey this week on d. w. ah, this is the w news live from berlin. an unprecedented drought in europe dries up, the continents may what whites. the effects of re court breaking hate revealed how much europe depends on its rivers for trade and energy transport on germany's key shipping, henri, the bride is at risk of gliding to a halt,

and canyon declares its next president. william brutal wins the tightly contested brace. but the battle may not be over several election officials say they won't stand by the result. ah, i'm been fas all and welcome a summer of re court breaking heat is drying up rivers across europe. around half the continent is facing an unprecedented drought. shipping companies in germany, a preparing for the worst as levels on the river rhine dropped to critical levels. authority say many vessels will be unable to navigate the key shipping route. if the water drops much lower scientists spawn climate change will the 2 even more frequent periods of extreme heat and drought? dw samantha baker is at the brian in colored sam, just how bad is it where you are?

the water levels here are extremely low and they're almost approaching record levels here in clone. so you can see around me the, the banks here are creeping into the middle of the river. i mean, that they're really expanding from, from where the waters levels were earlier. this summer so like i said, this is reaching almost near record lows and it's affecting shipping as you mentioned. so if the water is not a meter and a half high, these large ships can't navigate the ryan, which means they have to carry less goods as little as 25 percent of what they were planning to carry. and that leads to delays and shipping an increased costs. unfortunately, this situation isn't forecasts you change any time soon. those law, those water levels aren't set to rise any time soon. sam, normally, water levels only begin to drop from this time of year. how's it managed to get is

so bad. so worley well, climate change is certainly having an impact here on the drought across europe really. so we've seen it prolonged periods of high temperatures the summer and not very much rainfall in the past few weeks. so that is just making the problem worse and worse. and so you know, this, this impact is making droughts in general, more intense, more frequent, more severe. and, and it's leading to these really low water levels. not only here on the ryan, but also on the wire and france on the po river in italy on the danube. really, across the continent, authority, se, shipping on the re book, right, where you might soon come to a standstill. what, what would be the economic impact of that? yes, so that will certainly impact businesses here in germany as well as a few other countries. most of germany's goods are shipped on the rhine,

so it's going to have a big impact in 2008 last time that water levels got this low. ah, it impacted germany's g. d p by a point 4 percent of businesses are a little bit more prepared this time because they had that record year in 2008. 18 but you know, it's, it's to be seen usually at the record lows come closer to october. 3rd, we still got a ways to go in the season. so what can be done so because this drought is made worse by climate change, the main thing is reducing our greenhouse gas emissions and i means stop using fossil fuels. now it's perhaps a bit ironic that many of the ships that go up and down this river behind me are carrying things like coal, heating, oil and diesel and burning. those fossil fuels is making the problem of climate

change worse, which is making it harder for them to navigate this river due to low water levels and due to this drought. so that's the main thing to be done in the long term. short term. some of these companies, you know, may need to find other ways to move their goods. i, if they can't get up and down the ryan w samantha baker in cologne. thank you. lynette allens borders, germany, and is usually one of the wettest countries in europe. but this summer it's also battling a prolong drought and water shortages with a 3rd of its land below sea level. the countries especially vulnerable to climate change and is being forced to adapt fast kettle coming to a water hole the dried out the reservoir just outside the dutch town of devons. her . it's a very dry season now and you can see the water level is very, very low. this can now would normally be bringing water into one of the netherlands

biggest rivers. we have the at the bottom of the civic. normally, this, me the water over here, but now you can see it's all, it's all gone. you can see a little bit of water over there, filling me this. but this is all gone, and this the river, the ice, will cassy, although it's mine, and is responsible for the upkeep of the dike system in this region. and the extreme heat is not only drying out the waterways, but also endangering his levies. and it will be all off the grass right now. you can see it's sol, dirt so dry. now you need to grass carver because it's erosion. blank. if the top of levy you can see what the future would look like if it stays this better. the dike needs water for it to stay safe and violent, has to prepare for the change in conditions via look what, what plans are gonna be better at the drought that that longer roots? we want to learn from sort of bonds, past of europe to if to learn from it. moving 90 kilometers westward on the

outskirts of the city of attrition. the picture seems quite different. this pumping station is called the iron border, the supplier. and it's part of the climate adaptation system that we used to get sweetwater to the west of the netherlands. but was the rhine already running it extremely low levels? it looks to be helping one neighbor at the expense of another nature, agriculture, and also the dikes need your water from the rhine river. because if this pump stopped working, salt water from the sea will push into the coastal waterways. sharon is looking at a complete reversal of dutch water management, the history of the metal, as is a history of a fluffy fence. and that is how the dutch bales of benevolence, especially the westland, russian par renewal blower, the sea level. but we also now have to prepare for more drought and more warm for

more heat. however, central water distribution is of little help on the router family farm. normally the cow, sir. all they are walk outside and take the grass outside, but now there's nothing growing. so and calls her have to eat something, so they stay inside and eat her all the grass from last year. and was his corn fields in his, sorry, state farm, a william young has little hope they can grow, not feed ross, not ready to go. and there's no rain this rays out, nothing grows over to the rain. we will hope that it will rain, but the weight goes on. the forecast is expecting yet more dry and hot weather. well, let's look at some more stories making headlines today and ammunitions. their po has exploded in crimea a week after similar blasts rock to russian air base on the annex peninsula. according to local officials, 2 people were injured in the explosions,

which russia says were triggered by a fire. ukraine has not claimed responsibility for any attacks in crimea. russia says any un mission to inspect ukraine's separation nuclear power plant can not travel through the capital. keith, as it's too dangerous, there are growing concerns over the safety of the facility after repeated shelling, russia and ukraine blame each other for the attacks. indonesian president, job widowed, all has called on his nation to be a bridge of peace between russia and ukraine. in his annual state of the nation address, widow hailed his country's growing stature as a leader on the global stage is speech comes a day before indonesia celebrates 77 years of independence. olivia, in bolivia, cocoa farmers or coke, of farmers rather have flashed with ripe police in the capital. the pass. the demonstrations are in their 3rd week and a government protest is targeted police with firecrackers and homemade dynamite.

farmers are attempting to shut down a rival cook market in the city, which they say is a legal major wild fire has re ignited in portugal, forcing emergency services to evacuate several villages. more than a 1000 fire fighters of battling the blaze in saturdays trailer authorities say the previously controlled fi re ignited simultaneously in 3 separate areas. the course is being investigated. the chairman of kenya's electoral commission has declared william brutal next president, speaking at a victory rally. rural said he'd be a leader for all canyons, no matter which way they'd voted. or to $150.00 and a half percent of the ballot, narrowly beating his main rival rider dingo. the outcome was made with tension and allegations of vote rigging, where of a half canyon electro commission disowned the result calling it opaque, he done his mother. mila was in the town of ki sulu loading his strongholds as the

result rolled in hope for his retreat. turned into anger over his defeat. people have been celebrating for hours he and ki soon left them kenya. they are confident their favorite candidate, very loud anger will soon be named kenya's. next president. kissimay is the strong hold of long time that when a position lead our dinner regularly waiting for the hour, the president that is, i believe. and i eagerly hoping buddy i lamb will be gone from bethany. but then after a 3 hour delay, the final result was officially declared. i will follow job goody jeff parson of the independent electron bond i disco mission here by declares that route to william some way us been duly elected. the president, in other parts of the country, william router supporters celebrated the announcement the mood and he soon changed

rapidly. they are disappointed. they expect it, my low danger to when they say their victory has been stolen. st battles lasted for 2 hours. protesters threw stones at police, reacted by fire and t, i guess the police has managed to actually push back the protesters down. this road is heard that some shops have been looted and also he occasional gun a fire. the police still patrolling the roles and make sure that the situation remains calm overnight. meanwhile, president elect william lou to address the country. i went to promise that people okay, now that i will run a transparent open democratic government. and i will walk with the opposition to the extent that they provide oversight over

my administration. even though a large part of the country remains laboratory and peaceful, it will be one of william brutus hardest tasks to reconcile a divided country. ah, we are still used phillips barringer if the reaction points to more unrest in the coming days. whatever happened yesterday does not set that torn for the next coming days. but as you rightly said, a scuffles broke. the country is a, is on there is, is only divided part because up to over 6800000 people who voted for a low, i 6900000, rather people who voted for a lower dean guy feel, aggravated by that is all that was released yesterday, but on the other hand, the 7100000 people who voted for william rudolph, i in a celebratory mood. but we hide yesterday, william router,

see that his government will be a government for all. and as much as he has promised to run address, parent ag government, some of the electoral commission, the commissioners said that the process that brought him to office was i love pick process and they will be giving evidence in the course of days. but something that will be happening later today's that as you merely direct loading, i will be giving an address and that will determine the next course of action for the air for the country in the, in the coming days, d w. felix marina reporting from the canyon capital nairobi. finally, some of the world's most athletic chess players have gone head to head under water . this is the final of the well dive chest championships in london, or it's as much a battle of wits as of lung capacity. players and to hold their breath while considering their moves on board. submerged in a swimming pool. hollins mikhail muzzle key, which took the title after 4 rounds. a good way,

i guess of keeping your cool and a reminder at the top story way. following foyer, a summer of ray cold breaking heat is drawing up rivers across europe. around half the continent is facing an unprecedented drought, with motor levels in germany, where the brian dropping to critical levels, authority say many vessels may be unable to navigate the key shipping. bert stay with us dw business with chris cooper is up. next i'm been fizzling on the entire team and me, thanks for watching. please listen carefully. don't know how those things you need to do going.