on the, on income, if you look into the nice stats, july 29th on t w, the, this is the w news coming to live from berlin. military drills in taiwan. the island simulates, is response to an invasion. the military cares of exercises of its main airport. the annual drills comma, the time of title. tensions with china. also coming up wildfire sweep across the l . jerry a, killing thousands and forcing mass evacuation scientists. a climate change is to

blame for the heat plays fueling blazes around the mediterranean, the hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. taiwan is conducting is biggest annual military drills, simulating a response to an attack on the self governing island by china. the drills also involved exercises by the civilian emergency services with residents practicing their response to air in error rates. taiwan holds the drills annually, but this year they're happening is tensions with beijing or their highest in years . china is also held its own military drills around taiwan and incursions of its 4 planes into ty, once aerospace, and become more frequent. of the dw correspondent,

you generally is following the story for us and joins us now from taiwan. is capital type, pay it, shouldn't these military exercises come at a time of height and tensions with china? what message is taiwan sending with these drills? well, with a method, just really clear as some expert things one has told me this. yes, drills are taken more seriously by design is government than ever before. and it's kind of totally stating that high one is renting office defense in response to you know, the potential innovation from china. and the experts also emphasized that it should be seen by the world as you know, like an act of she says it's not an act of publication because most of the exercises are focused on how to defend, not how to initiate in attack. so, but you know, like raging is still like sending worship and, and we're,

we're playing around the high wind like they are like, yesterday they were more than 10 of them being detected. and one day earlier they were over 20 of them. so it's like no china, military ocean happens very frequently nowadays. so taiwan is ultimate goal of carrying out such curios is really to deter banking from, you know, like come see during our terry our are real estate agent and they go to, to do so times trying to make the price, you know, so high that china is present you thinking will not want to pay taiwan. this is it has learned lessons from the war in ukraine, and that's this will be reflected in the drills. tell us more about the

let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world today. a court has found a 6 man guilty of murder for the 2016 bombing attacks in brussels. 2 others were found guilty of membership and a terrorist organization. 32 people were killed and more than 300 injured in. the

coordinated bombings sentencing will take place in september to at the convicted are already serving live sentences in france for the 2015 terror attacks and parents. russia is lower house of parliament. the duma has voted to raise the maximum conscription age from man from 27 to 30 years old. the law also bands conscripts from leaving the country after they've received a draft note. let's use coupon to change as calm as moscow faces persistent problems on the ukraine front. grease, his bottling wildfires has a 3rd heat wave. this summer pushes temperatures above 40 degrees celsius or over a 100 degrees fahrenheit. fires have been raging there for days. they've now claimed other 1st lives as to pilots of a water bombing plane crashed on the island of the. it's one of several islands badly effected, forcing the evacuation of thousands of tourists. the better against wide fire

is not letting up increase. the dentist's strong winds have fueled more outbreaks on 3 major tourist islands. the local people joined with 5 fighters to deck invited 5 hundreds. we tried to put out the fire with our hands, with water, with everything we have. my son has a boat is key, but there was a tragedy vent. this water bumping yet croft clipped a tree and chris was sliding by advise on the creek island of the despite fest crew efforts multiply looks on board died gulf who is also among the state areas here to 55 to 10 volunteers have been dealing with a major vide 5 and helping people to leave certain areas.

we effectuated the village, we are directing residents to tennessee over here. and i know there's, we're volunteers, we do whatever we can. we are fighting of seeing homes consumed by flames. has been a huge shock to island residents. first of all, i lost my many, i devoted about the effect divided fires will have on their businesses to capacity because mainly they main, incoming de silent is sort of difficult now who have constellations and people. they don't want to be that because that is deb. it's going to be disaster for the silent or whatever they get it kind of the high temperatures, upset to rise even further in greece or officials are wanting that the danger from fires will remain extremely high in nearly all the box of the country. sciences say, recent heat waves affecting southern europe, china and the us would have been impossible without human made climate change. a

rapid analysis by the world whether attribution group found the current high temperatures have been boosted by the build up of greenhouse gases. algeria is one of the mediterranean countries suffering from a record breaking heat wave and wildfires. at least $34.00 people have died there in the blazes which of scorched vast areas of forest and destroyed homes. while i'm fi is a binding across out areas northern and eastern coastal regions 5 bye to administrate at cost of backing to control dozens of places in forest and agricultural areas. the extreme heat and high winds have made it harder for emergency crews to contain them. as plains birds into the nights and orange cloves shrouded the mount. this cub bailey region flies spread to residential areas sweeping through several villages. much about julia's northern provinces have been torched, homes,

trees and land left in ashes right

now the the is working very hard. the night with the citizens and soldiers of the army of doing all me trying to do their best to in the field to get rid of the fire . but it's not easy. the outlets and the cubby lie region can be, the region is very read as the forest off. very desk will, you know, trees and it's complicated to rain, to enter inside has to rain. and of course the,

the people of these on the villages and, you know, couple of the, it's well known worldwide. it's the most coastal trades. you probably shouldn't in those, going to just as a lot of people living there. and of course, many people get trapped with that card. this made this try busy all these time. many we've been trying to find a try and with his car and the kids and the wife trying to move forward and trying to escape to the fire. but you get chopped inside and they get there and all of them in the car, it's really, really difficult, petty stuff. and a small, easy to get with the fire because need specific equipment, especially in the terrain, needs to be there in the page. and this is what they keep promising in the drain, you know, bottom and they've been talking yesterday about it and trying to find a solution, a new strategy. the finding is this uh, white fire every summer time. do you know,

is it clear what caused the fires or it's difficult that every design there is a, something's new. sometimes it's assuming people for a brain dress and drooping a lot of glasses. and of course the problem with the glasses is everywhere. you can see it in the nature of the people, they drink a bottle of wine or b a and throw that in the, the, the, the forest. and of course, with the heat a, it's a, it's there, it's immediately, i can get burned quickly. and of course, these, the other different reasons with the human being is always there or climate change is different. the situation at that right? the for, you know, it's difficult to say it's only 1. 1 reason that's right. and when with the glass we now we don't know exactly right then presumably with a glass, the idea is that the sun, the, the glass will act as a prison and the saw with the sun is shining through it. maybe

a spark of fire. tell us out serious these wildfires each summer, the side. is there a clear national strategy to avoid this happening in the future? a yes they trying to bass. they tried to uh, of course buy more more canada there, but it's complicated. you know, get it the kind of dare, it's not easy to get them here. there is a nap lane still on the service. it's not, you know, audrey is a huge country, is the biggest country in africa in terms of sheet size in the middle. and in the south, so you just kind of treat and you count along. do that, or do you need uh, you know, join the airport and joined you know, um, just drains the strategy and to both work and trying to find solutions. it's not easy. i mean, it's coming every year. the heat is at all times we got the heat coming from this. the her only with, of course, climate change is one of the came in this issue like back i just here in call if

you and greece right, it's up in part of falls one. so you know, easily, it's our neighbors and we have to have to have all the same same problem. so thank you very much. that was journalist side should to are in l g years. you are watching the news from berlin. we've got business coming up for you next and of course and get all the latest news, including the fires burning in around europe and the mediterranean, on our website at dw dot com on cherry marketing. thanks for watching the good news to us. that's why we listen to their stories reporter.