to reduce effort against corruption and political crimes. in our series guardians of truth. watch now on youtube dw documentary the, this is the, the news live from the land. us officials issued health warnings for several major cities. huge areas of the northeast of blanket and a haines in new york. the landmarks of skewing a smoke dressed itself. wildfires and canada. rising flooded was prompting

ukrainian call for help as the waves through its latest catastrophe. the deluge and following the destruction of a huge hydro electric down leaves thousands of people homeless. the i've told me a lot of people, it's good to have you with us. the over much of the northeast of the united states has turned into a sick red, small and from hundreds of wildfires binding in canada officials and many us cities are urging residents to stay indoors as pollution levels tend hazardous. the white house called the fives and the law many example of climate change in upstate new york fuel kelly is blanketed by the case smoke from hundreds of wild fires burning neighboring canada. a few 100 kilometers further south. the smoke

is triggered unprecedented air health alarms in new york city. affecting millions of the bud sounds i come through the mid roofing difficult, new yorkers are advised to wear face masks, went outside to filter out high levels of polluting particles found in the year new yorkers saw smelled of something that has never impacted us on this scale. before we had dangerously high levels, a wildfire smoke from thousands of miles away, thousands of miles away. the elderly and people with health conditions have been told to stay in doors. like today, i'm not going to go to the park. i usually go to the park in the morning, stay home or not, i have to go because i live somewhere that's there. but otherwise i stay home with over 400 fires still burning across canada. the pollution will likely continue to

impact bordering us states. as canadians experienced their worst ever early season fires, many see the trail of smoke as a sign of the climate crisis, which can include more frequent and even more extreme wild fires, or material interest matthew pushy is in washington d. c. and he told me the capital city was among the area clouded in smoke or yeah, correct. uh, i gotta say, i've never seen wildfire smoke this sticky or nation's capital. we've seen a code red issued the 1st time since 2018. meaning that's how stick this smoke is. we saw the visibility is below about 4 to 5 kilometers today where i am, i can see the washington monument, which is easily in view on ordinary days. this guy is milky white, the sunsets, a vibrant orange. it looks almost apocalyptic outside, but nothing compared to what new york is seeing with the worst air quality they've seen ever recorded up there,

worse than 1985 worse and every wildfire episode. since this is very high end events affecting millions of people. okay, you mentioned these ad quality a let's and, and, and what exactly does this mean? we hear about the equity index. how about measured? yeah, so the air pulling inductors measure based on how much p m 2.5 are fine. particulate matter is an a cubic meter of atmosphere and ordinarily there should be less than about 50 micro graham. so 50 units, we're seeing values between 20400, which is really enough because danger, not only for volume populations, i, the elderly and those with respiratory and heart issues. but anyone in the general population, this is covering about 15 to 20 different states and the eastern united states. these fires up and get back with the smoke is wanting south, thanks to a counter clockwise spinning low pressure system over health ex nova scotia. so for another 24 to 36 hours that smoke will funnel south and really it will get worse before it gets better. interesting some images that is uh the next to you and

though seeing the people wearing face masks, those the kinds of precautions we expect, that people should take to avoid serious health implications to yeah, definitely. you know, yesterday my eyes were staying my throat was a little bit sore. i've heard that from a number of people around the area. ultimately, the best thing to do is minimize outdoor exposure, mitigate the amount of air coming into your home. turn off the air conditioners are stepping to re circulate the air inside your home rather than ingesting air from outside. but someplace, for example, new york state leasing visibility is below one kilometers, that's enough to make it so airplanes can take off or land j. f k airport l, a ga airport in new york city. some of the busiest in the world had drowned, stops earlier on because the airplanes literally couldn't see it's a very problematic thing affecting all walks of life. and one other thing i want to note, you know, this smoke is toxic, obviously we're not seeing a ton of super dense smoke what it is, toxic. and there have been peer review papers that have connected episodes like

this to an increase in excess mortality. in other words, additional people who might have underlying condition to unfortunately perish and episodes of this nature. so really a high impact event. and one that is tied to climate change and these us the smoke coming from kind of the fire as well as we can over a month ago. if i, if i recall how big is the area affected and do you expect this smoky situation to get was to yes, about 3 and a half 1000000, hector is a bird. so here it's a record start to the year for canada's wildfires. and across the northern hemisphere is a whole, this is not an isolated incident that can part of his problem to modern servers. base of the european union has said the northern hemisphere has seen a record emissions does far. now, part of the issue has been a sheet downs or big sprawling reaches of high pressure to bring the huts thinking, errand, dry conditions. that's a breeding ground for wildfires. we see a 3 of these were record. he told the setup in park over canada,

festering and fostering these wildfires to be kindled and break out and grow even more. and that's why you know, the past 34 days of it seen in the outbreak of fires, we saw that about 2 weeks ago. we saw that roughly a month ago, as you said, and unfortunately climate change is sort of tipping the scales towards more of these higher end he doing events. and so what we can connect a single wildfire to climate change, the conditions that make them bigger, worse and more frequent are very closely tied to human action or ologist. matthew, pushing that talking to us from washington, dc and ukrainian president of the dinners the landscape is called for more international aid for people affected by the destruction of a major them. the preaching of the called cut down has flooded dozens of towns and villages in the country. south soleski said rescue teams or racing to evacuate people from the area, many of whom were without water, food, or medical supplies, volunteers and rescue workers. use motorized continues to pick up people down

stream from the destroy them trapped by the rising flood waters along with their pets. residents along the right bank of the dundee, pro river, controlled by ukraine, are being taken to temporary evacuation zones by road and by rail. one of them is in the city of nikolai, of 100 kilometers from the flood zone. in his son. there are paramedics, as well as volunteers, to help the back you use find food and shelter. the collapse of the dam has brought further misery for tens of thousands already caught on the front lines of the war between ukraine and russia. 65 year old hand as a rude and yeah, emerged from a bomb shelter after 3 days of rushing shelling to find her home, submerged

a body shop or you could, your musical, the city is like a ravine, completely flaunted it's impossible to drive through the people who are trapped and what became like an island. i was taken away by my friends. i had to leave because having spent 3 nights in a bomb shelter, i just couldn't take it any more load. but how does that route and yet is luckier than most her ordeal has ended on a bright moment. couple of years. her sisters live in nicole. i have, so she has a place to stay and shoulders to lean on or well, those living along ukraine's lower than the parole river are now dealing with the immediate consequences of the dams collapse. the impact may be felt for generations, with thousands of homes and livelihoods swept away in the disaster. european union interior ministers will be convening for what's being seen as

a make or break meeting as the block takes a fresh crack at solving its migration policy conundrum. now for years you members have been at odds over how to manage migration with southern countries, demanding multiples and solar diety from the eastern and northern neighbors. not the meeting of the ministers meeting and luxembourg today may now be on the verge of a breakthrough. but critics say their plans will make a fortress out of the european union years of debate and disagreements have left your ups migration and asylum policy. oh, i see more than a 1000 people have dr. undergoing missing trying to reach the continent this year last. and what many called the broken system, european union rules say people must claim asylum in the country where they 1st arrive. and that's left, some governments demanding change. over time, we have seen an erosion of trust where, for instance, southern member states have felt that they have not been able to receive the

support that they need. as right wing parties as populous parties have gained majorities and several member states. there has been a shift towards the right and therefore also more restrictive immigration policies . southern coast to e. u. countries like italy, spain and greece received the most irregular arrivals in the block with boats often traveling from 2 easier morocco and turkey. of a past attempt at forcing states further afield to take in some of those migrants failed due to opposition from hungry, poland, and many others. no brussels latest compromised upon with the low countries to opt out welcoming more migrants. if they contribute to the costs of hosting or deporting people elsewhere, also on the table, a proposal to create separate tracks for those seeking protection. and if it costs done, numbers, request submitted by people from place is considered safer. such as albania or

pockets done would be directed through a different screening system at the border. so authorities can more easily send people back. critics say you were of is trying to barricade itself from asylum seekers, unsure responsibility. but the official behinds upon hoops, countries will finally come together if we agree on a common approach to manage migration in the you may, but restricted way together. we would all be with this because we will be able to manage migration together in an orderly way. and that is a no ma'am mistake can do it alone. brussels says bridging this political divide will help save lives. but some fear the reforms will fall short as people continue to risk their lives to reach these shores. of the german mess, whole band rhymes time, uh no stranger to control, receive the music for years of flooded with the forbidden, then covered many top boot topics. but now they're facing a fury of

a different kind with recent claims of sexual assault, leveled against the bonds fundamental linda man. and as the german leg of that kind to gets under way, many funds are struggling to make out what to make of the serious allegations. prompts time, always attract mazda, of crowds. and so now most of just focusing on the music, one bodies to be, don't know, and 1st of the movies, sometimes they just accusations, it's nothing more delicate. i spoke with mr. i don't think the end of them has anything to do with the 3 drugs ordering, but some formal funds came out to protest. it's one of the so it was now that we hear all about what's going on with that man. i think it's good with the women and towing ramstein a debt to me anyway. or the garden door has been shouted in control. the c allegations have been made about what's happened behind the scenes. that previous console is between the bands lead singer and his funds. the most recent came from

carla, strikes a gentleman youtube who says she went to an officer show body, but she was expected to have sex within a month or so i'm obviously it's not the same kind of pull. she doesn't take prostitutes because it's a power game. she only takes young goes what impressionable, awesome crumble under the pressure and who don't dare to say no. english po, 9 says are from stain steam says it has some legal advice and are looking into the accusations survey, german media reporting that the bond has distance itself from a woman who allegedly recruited young women the latest console a quite different from previous ones. painful and that was said to be on site, and there was no so called real 0, which gives selected, finds the john to stand directly in front of the stage, the fans and critics a waiting for an explanation from linda mont and drums thing inside to say the band is still deciding how to proceed. i don't,

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