side i dw com, the for weeks now the northern hemisphere has been very literally feeling the heat. temperature records have been broken from canada to southern europe, all the way to china. and while we're still in the midst of it, a new study confirms that these extremes would have been virtually impossible without human made climate change for the people living on roads, one of the greek islands currently engulfed in flames. knowing the reasons for their ordeal, surely wouldn't make it any easier to bear, but it might well be crucial to trigger action that can avoid similar disasters in the future. i'm gonna go for lucian breland, and this is the day. the birds were yours on the beautiful island for the on the,

on the islands on people in the next few days, especially today tomorrow thursday will be difficult days to file the biggest via the tourist to come also. and the dave, let him, i put in signs of law banning gender changes, rights groups warren, the latest scrap down on russia's battered l g, b t q. community will lead to more suicide. the reactions are very strong. i received a lot of letters with like, i don't know why to leave. i don't know what, what to do the welcome to the show. it's good to have you with us, warmer than ever the phrase we have heard over and over in the past weeks and today,

another record was broken. the mediterranean sea has reached its warmest daily temperature on record. it's just the latest warning sign about our change in climate scientists to long warned us that this they may come of now found that the deadly heat waves gripping north america, europe, and china would be virtually impossible without human induced climate change. this month's extreme heat as worsening droughts and contributing to countless wild fires . and there's little relief in sight. across the wild climate change has been felt like never before record banking temperatures and out unprecedented rains on the leasing devastation on human nature. like out jamie, is battling to contain an insert or that has already killed dozens of people. the fire is ravaging source and olive groves. thousands of families have already been evacuated from their homes. those who make it back often return to find nothing

left or truth. nothing yet all my life. you can see here there's nothing anymore. what's the house has gone to for to hide up? now? i've never seen anything like this before in my life. it's just the last haul. the fire spreading so quickly. miss surrounded us. also. the cheery nearby was on fire. jim had we're going to have the house next door to to do a kind of below. i carried my kids and escaped with my neighbors number to have a job at the doctor donna found by strong winds. the blazes now spread to neighboring tune as yet forcing the close of to border crossings. halfway across the mediterranean in sicily,

an apple or shut down over night as fires burned around its perimeter. while southern italy as a flame under the unrelenting hate, the nose is grappling with stones, winter, and so ride over the weekend, a tornado ripped across milan. videos posted in social media shared a dramatic kyle stone. just fine, i see talking to swimming through the board to log street 7. nearby town 2 women were killed, crushed by for the entries to consult the personal picture. at 1st i thought it was a simple thunderstorm. i looked outside and the sky was all white. um, it was an apocalyptic scene for, for kindly because thousands of kilometers away in india records monsoon reins. of

course roads to cavan and homes to collapse. more than a 100 people have already been killed in the north of the country in the past 2 weeks alone. while indeed, they used to kind of be in a smouldering temperatures in cuba have search to record high of 39 degrees this month. the heat is night west by the system. the lack of rain, scientists expect about climate to become even more unpredictable and the immediate reduction of emissions any viable solution. but until that happens, say this like rees, i likely to become. then you know, all areas around the mediterranean, where many of the buyers are burning are in just major population centers. they also include some of the world's top tourist destinations, millions of people vacation every year along mediterranean beaches and in the region. cities with a rich history and vibrant cultural theme for many mediterranean countries, tourism is a major or even the biggest economic sector is well aware of this. germany's health

minister carlo tuba raised eyebrows a while back when he suggested the future of tourism in southern europe could be endowed because of climate change, like the extreme heat wave effecting the mediterranean right now. he said, if it continues like this, these holiday destinations will have no future in the long term. climate change is the strong southern europe. an era is coming to an end. while the mayor of the italian resort town of room and e, which has long been popular with german tourist rejected the health minister suggestion and an open letter remedies mer invited, the german minister to come see for himself he wrote, i can reassure you. don't be afraid, our tourism, as well as tourism in all of southern europe, will not disappear because of climate change.

but how, let's talk about that with alexandra preemptive. she's the your director of the u. n's world tourism organization. miss brown to welcome to the day. who do you agree with more the german health minister or the mayor of remedy? i was 1st of all. very good to be here. i absolutely with the rear remedy. first of all because i'm italian, so i have to and so i can because we don't need more a book. it's sick. sort of, you know, scary send it is about, there is no future. of course there is future for tourism and of course the near but is going to continue remaining the number one destination for tourist in the world. so just to give our, here is a slab and sorry to interrupt you there, but because we are viewers from all around the world. how big an issue um is this for the regions affected? how big an economic factor is tourism for countries like greece, italy, and spain?

well, 1st of all, the impact is not to go as it happened from the vin demick from full to 0. we're talking about countries where the country gdp depends with 2025 percent, especially countries. i, greece with the other mid, 3 new non countries in india, they were more under 1315 percent. but you know, that's the amount and is not just visit the jobs, the people, it's everything. so definitely it's very important. beyond the heat waves and the wildfire is that we're seeing right now that are very much creating apocalyptic themes. how is climate change already affecting tourism? in your as well, it is affecting it mostly because of its unpredictability. and the fact that the holiday planning especially resuming after the shock of the thunder make extending

to be what it used to be before. so everyone going to the summer months. so nobody's really expecting, i was very touched to hear about the german tours, the interview before in rhodes and in court to everyone to be not expecting this to happen. so climate change is really, i think this disruptive sort of surprised fact because you cannot really predict what's going on. you just need to be ready. mm hm. but people like to plan their holidays, right? especially if you're traveling with a family, you only have so many days in the year. not everybody can be flexible and say okay, well, you know, there's a fire now we're going back home. so how can the tourism sector in southern europe in particular, survive under these increasingly difficult circumstances? isn't there a true danger that people just say, okay, you know, we saw last year, let's just maybe go somewhere else as well. first of all, it's an,

it's an excellent question and the answer to this is ready. next you highlighted tourism is about planning is not just about you know, planning from one year to the other or in the beginning of the year for the summer, for the tour operators for the tourism industry is about planning 3 to 5 years ahead. so we're talking about, here's strategies here. so readiness means that the level of planning and management's need to encompass. also these type of risk when it comes to, you know, accidents like the ones that are happening, mountain, southern europe. and obviously the best answer to this would be so we can understand if there is the site that maybe there wasn't really a very good choice, but i bet you the people will still go back to the roads or go after the buyers as well. because there is a resilience in the tourism sector. what's

a thing good that allows the sector to survive even this very disruptive external changes. yeah, not just climate. you might remember the book you know, back in the days when we had the block in the flight. so these things do happen. yeah, but the tourism sector is very resilient, but especially looking at roads. now we are seeing that basically an entire island burned to the ground. right. and rebuilding is one thing, but nature also takes time to recover. do you really think and you talk to a lot of travelers that you know, you're in the business of tourism or interest really going to want to visit an island that is, that is basically it's hard land to the 1st of all, i really hope that the greek authorities are doing their best as for the fires and not to eliminate all nature and roads. let's please remind ourselves that these are not fires clubs by climate change. these are 1st caused by many men. so this is

a main made disaster. and that is also the case in many other situations. in europe, i would say that devontae, whoever had a very, very bad experience is not going to want to go back again. but i really hope that rhodes and cor floor are able to rebuild the trust. and make sure that whomever goes back also goes back with the idea of helping the population in the island to re gain their wealth and their position through tourism. why not? you know, tourism is a very flexible sector and it allows for a very rapid restart. once again, let me take this occasion with you to just warrant everyone about something very important. we've been advocating for sustainable tourism since day one. and sometimes we have the impression that there's a, there's a lot of green washing, you know, there's a lot of, you know, smoke efforts. i think e,

the things that are happening now have to remind us that these destinations need to become truly sustainable. so the effort needs to be done in water level and investments need to be in place so that whenever something happens, there's the possibility over starting without having the mass is being moved. again, it's for financial reasons. i'm gonna send you a friend to director of the year of department of the humans world tourism organization. thank you so much for sharing your take with us. so thank you. the speculation was rife over the faith of china is for administer. ching gung since he was last seen and public on june 25th is the 6th. does he have personal problems? did he maybe fall out with the president? and the rumor mill is still running after it became clear that susan had been removed from office after less than

a year. and the post chinese state media maybe announcement on tuesday evening saying that he'd been replaced by his freed assessor in the role. the communist parties, foreign affairs chief, long, you know, official exclamation was given fortune's dismissal. now possible, let's try to get some clarity here and brand. well, it's who does. he's a scholar of yale law schools, china center. welcome to the day. good to see you. now soon got in china is now former top diplomat was known to sometimes be quite under phlegmatic, is, is allister, a political purge, as well as we do not know if this is one of the problems when you're analyzing china and, and the chinese political that perhaps us and you don't get an explanation and something as crucial as a replacement for 40 minutes, a curse, and those the 2nd largest and most off of the country in the world. so there are indications that it was a person to indications that it was not

a purge. one of the things that is remarkable is that from the chinese website of the for, you know, from the and chinese ministry offering affairs. all the references to change on has erase. and so you kind of time time, you kind of search on the website anymore. but at the same time, it's time like i'm just a counselor because he remains a member of the of the state council which you can so search and pick up date of his, his profile and there. and he still has like, shes more like the higher ring. she position of the houston counsellor there, she's no longer listed as the chinese foreign minister attendant rose to diplomatic start. i'm quite fast. he was in bassett or to the us. then foreign minister, do you think, you know, whatever, maybe behind those will this the motion be the end of the road for him as well. the same thing that we do not know yet, but to them there are a testament to the science that is vice to,

to power within the chinese diplomatic efforts as to assess, being really fixed remarkably fixed. and there were some who must, of course, about some things that this is you put us has like some kind of enemies within the, within the system. but like the key room or that house is spreading around over chinese social media for the past couple of weeks, there's an alleged affair with a chinese and german. there was some teachers being lead. and if this were truly the case, then if someone investigation what would be lost in the computer? the fact that in that case, it would be really difficult for to get him to make it come back. if it is a health issue, then it could be possible for him to a to, to be a much, but at this point of view, be, be sent to you. i do not know whether she is indeed really sick or whether she is at this point right now, being investigated and had somewhere this. yes, this is china. how we've located, but we just do not know for sure. yeah. let's leave around with speculation then

somewhat, at least, and look at what may lie ahead because one g a, the now new foreign minister is a known figure. what do you think the policy consequences of this jacob are going to be? as well as the thing for so long as he has been the key for an policies figure in china for over a decade. so he's heading the chinese for an 1st commission, which is the road which is more important then to build up to find minnesota. so in the end, like the guidelines, direction of china is frank policy, the phase for that has the wrong. and now it will continue to be one of the, but we will have to position studies holding so forth. so the, the chinese minister for an a fast but since one is already quite old and it's like this appears to be just to give temporary situations. so, and we can expect for a replacement for, for a now when the, the, for an minister and the, the months ahead. but for the general direction of the chinese foreign policy is

like buying you as the like, is this the most important phase of that we got in there? i think we do not expect that many that many change. yeah, i think for the chinese side with like more problematic is like they, they look at the peers, he wants to project the image of being a well, she actually meant what the reasons of the time. do you have some searching done that, like this has been handled, it'd be professional or sophisticated way, like really countries. what's china wants to promote and to like the image, china was a project to be all set up, especially in the us and a briefly kind of latching onto what you just said, how much of a headache do thing. all of this is behind the scenes where she's doing things as well. i think every single thing when you have like speculations room us when you have like this kind of them tell us or a potential channels. this is some kind of headache because for the chinese side it

is always easier to project us, so it's better to project us. does this different image, but so i think it just some kind of a headache. but how much of a headache to this with like, why, you know filling in for, for, for, for if i change on these already like the more important figure. i would say it's not too much of a headache, but at least this is like a nuisance for it within the chinese or not. but the chinese system as point. and we still don't know where the former or administer is though as low as what us of the china center at the law school. thank you so much. thank you. this is um, logical continuation of reprice if over to all russian government not against on the would you get to try people, but against the german rights. sometimes people in russians ask caps,

and so they are desperate. i write scripts are sounding the alarm after russian president vladimir putin sign into law, a measure outline all gender affirming procedures. the bill bounds, not only reassignment surgery and hormone treatments, but also the changing of once gender identity and official documents and public records. it also knows marriages in which a spouse has transition and bars transgender people from fostering or adopting children. one advocacy group says, fears arise and suicides because of the move must parliament the duma pass the legislation without a single no vote. earlier this month, the sponsors of this latest bill targeting the l g. b t q plus community claim they want to protect russia's traditions of family values from western ideology. is deal. i'm sure. any, i'm because yoga is

a russian human rights lawyer for the group coming out, who now lives in israel. ix any, a good to see you at what does this bill mean for the transgender community in russia, of the group coming out to see those lengths of request form tons of people every day about how to the fact that it's not that many times people report it and therefore to intention to commit to suicide the amendments to the long test protections for these agenda from into surgery, as well as a form of check. also then you look for these agenda mock you change chance provides for the 1st 2 men, nation of marriages after gender market change is concerns to interest, sex, people who still can change the mark that is concerned, those times people who are ready to change the agenda market before the interest into force is not clear that people who did not have time to change and, and my friend because that procedure was not easy, will take several e. s, and was not accessible for minus those people lows access to formats happy,

even if it was already begun. yes, to go. yeah, it's very difficult to socialize, indifferent, and, and actually i have about gender marking change because successful. the substance of this law means destruction of flies for many of these. yeah, this is of course, another chapter, input and longstanding fight against sales or b t q plus community. he says he's defending traditional family values. what do you say to that? the pricing is, this is uh, is this price, so it just for the dix has nothing. come on this petition of authentic device protection. it's an intense nonsense. private lives with violence and not on the discrimination button illumination of a social group. nothing on this as a group of who is a big group. last people was supposed to be a general question for the gym and it's do assess tablets. office $0.06 for vantage inside of a shot. all the people in the unit, the oldest, followed by push it to

a successful day do buying and there's some kind of issue. so, so it's just at the same time, at the same date, but uh, buying images, different products that, that affects all the people is a spot of the gm type name of that person authority. just need for keep. how often vision are you kidding me? is this law now going to stop transgender folks and rush from getting treatment, or will they seek help elsewhere? or is it just community? okay, so for those people, those access to for master b and sure to say, i know. okay, so for me to go uh, medical assistance accessible. uh, for example, the my as her home cannot be bought and actually the prescriptions from the doctor . and it says that people deprive them in

a document to some of that stuff before monserat is dangerous for health and sometimes can lead to this need. in addition to some success reason, an asset is constituted and mental dissolved before today. yesterday, the treatment protocol include filters, not practical included on the per much sarah p and genta market change. no to date . no it says on protocol exists. and many times people are afraid of transition therapy or overseas. so july is 600 tests to work in every state secure. oh, she had to click. yeah. and she can afraid and the envelope disease some yeah. and many people i have faith. oh oh. so that's kind of treatment. yeah. we only have a couple of seconds, but i, i read that you and your organization, you plan to fight back against this law. how okay,

of course we can go to this as usual court. the, i don't think it will be a very a, a helpful uh, what's the can do that we can provide legal assistance to though those test on the screen. you said that the agenda market changed procedure before that the option of the law and had no time to finish it. we can try to help to change the agenda market to those who arrange and maybe saw julia. and we provide psychological assistance in the system. so i came across the top and we can keep content open, the medical specialist, i think that that's is the, the, the best. but of course, if you do all that location, you can the best i can send you out kind of our russian lawyer and human rights defender. joining us tonight from israel, thank you so much. i us as our time, but make sure to stay informed. stay engaged and stay in touch. you'll find us on twitter, under apps data with your news and make sure to join us again tomorrow by the

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