the, the, this is the, the news line from ballot. the cranes presidents on a charm offensive in athens. but autumn is the landscape joins. greece is prime minister for thoughts with the e. u and bulk of the latest. you'll also find denmark in the netherlands for green supply kiff with find also on the program rights activists say, saudi board of gods as killed hundreds of ac opening might print strengths of across from, given in a crime against humanity b, y, suspecting. so they arrive via to investigate the allegations and tropical storm

hillary bats of california. it's the 1st storm of its kind to hit the states and move the 80 years. normally our areas could get it's a yes worth of rain for the i'm good. how about is welcome to the program president, florida means zalinski is in athens for talks with leaders from the european union and polk and nations. savanski was welcomed by the greek prime minister of here we are, cause me to talk is, he'll also hold adults with bulk and lead is about the regions few to relations with the you. several balkan countries have already joined to flop and all those lobbying to become members. spell the as it has to be assigned to cranes, allies, you denmark and the netherlands for agreeing to provide keys with a 16 find digits,

e says the aircraft will help and the will with brush up. but most go has won't. the 16 so will only escalate the conflict. a warm reception for ukraine's the load him use the lensky in copenhagen. you address the crowds after denmark and the netherlands pledge to supply f. 16 fighter jets to ukraine. something that key of hopes will tip the balance in the war is once we, when we race was simple thing together, we bring that is a way that deep freedom matters your matters. ukraine wants the 16 to update its aging soviet era, air force, the f. 16 entered service and then 19, eighties,

thousands have been built. it remains the backbone of many nato and allied air forces around the world. the 1st few aircraft should reach ukraine by the end of this year. more will follow in 2025. rush as ambassador to denmark has warned that the donation of 19 f. 16 aircraft to ukraine will only lead to an escalation of the conflict. but it will be a while before ukraine's new jets will make an impact on the battlefield. the airframes being supplied are likely to be quite old and will need extensive maintenance to remain in the air. ukraine will also need to train its pilots and mechanics. see how effective the f 16 will actually be in the end, will depend on the weapon supplied with the jets. i told you

crane a long time to get the f sixteens as w correspondence. terrace schultz explains. it's true and remember that president zelinski was told he would never get these fighter jets just like he was told he wouldn't be getting leopard tanks and the zalinski effect has worked once again. and it turns out he will be getting some f sixteens, even if they're a bit old and need some refurbishing. so there are several reasons why it took so long. one of them is, of course, political reluctance. so you know that the countries are still worried about, about how it appears to be supplying such high calibre weapons to ukraine. in addition to netherlands and denmark had to ask the united states for permission to re export f sixteens because the us makes them. and that just came in the last couple of days, but there are also logistical reasons and, and some of those are that there, they weren't pilots who are yet trained to fly them. and so that training is now underway for the last couple of months. they need to have the facilities available in ukraine to uh, to house the 6 teams they need to be able to repair them. and so there are several

reasons why. but of course, in creating would've liked to get these fighter jets yesterday. so it'd be waiting anxiously for them now. now i'm supposed to be expected, the russian ambassador denmark, as we've heard, has, was that the decision to deliver sixteen's will only lead to an escalation of the conflict. is that a worry that and the corey doors of nato, h q? as i think we hear the crumbling, isn't being threatened to escalate the war every time someone helps ukraine. so this is something that certainly was expected of nato's very existence, is to deal with threats from russia. so i don't think it's going to be causing any particular concern. and leaders who used to use this as their own excuses, germany included. you have now seen that russian doesn't hold anything back any way, even with only lower grade weapons supplied to ukraine. russia continues to bombard the infrastructure of the country. they're killing civilians by the thousands. so i think that that really is no longer an excuse anyone is using and this was

completely predictable from the kremlin. are you friends, president polanski as today? continued his european trip and has arrived in the greek capital athens. what can we expect from that? that's right. the president zalinski is joining an informal dinner of balkan leaders, but also in attendance at that dinner. and this is the key point is european commission president are still of wonderland and european council president trauma show. so we've been talking a lot about nato allies support for ukraine today. but remember, ukraine has also applied to join the european union. so certainly our president zalinski will be having conversations with bunder line and michelle about his country's european union. did. he also may have a few things to say with some of the leaders of the balkan countries. remember that serbia is a strong and loyal supporter of russia. so presidents, unless you may want to have some words with the survey here, presidents there at the dinner as well. bosco's voluntarily shows the thank you

very much to this is urgent saudi arabia to investigate allegations that saudi bought a gauze have been involved in killing migrants and asylum seekers. human rights watch claims. saudi gobs have killed hundreds of if he opens the report. the ledge is systematic mass killings, and they gave me the saudi border gone. so even said to have used explosives, saudi arabia has previously denied delegations of killings and abuses. buys all the gods each year, thousands of migraines, mostly from the field. you travel through yemen to reach saudi arabia. now some w a is a senior human rights watch representative and he told me about the background to the report. yeah, good afternoon. thanks for having us. and i'm trying to show this is, this is a result of a 6 month long investigation by human rights watch into these killings between

march of last year and june of this year. and we insured uh $42.00 people witnesses to us and then coupled that with aditya investigation, looking at hundreds of over $300.00 videos and photographs. soon bye mike. and so taking that, taking the border and conduct to the widespread um, satellite imagery, analysis of the whole pool, the area to map how to migrate counseling, my 2 groups, i know so secure to infrastructure. i have to pull it up. and the flight to is that you said to, to complete the sudden protocol and so responsible the coming of hundreds of thousands of migrants who have tried to cross that's across the board. now you're saying your thought that migraines have been targeted by most or rounds and similar weapons, even what else has been happening with the saudi border? yeah, there's no, there's, there's micro time set up in the border and people are trying to cross into sound. you radio, we spoke to people who were involved in who parts of large groups trans,

across the border who experienced multi rounds being 5. then we verified some of the wounds that they were teaching wins that was sent to us with forensic adopters to, to complete the these actual williams. well, um, what are consistent with explosives, exclusive weapons? and we also have people speak about their being shots with something smaller is being shot with, with bullets or being asked indeed vice how the protocol is which will in they would like to be shot to. and then they would then shelton that live um, survive is are, are you the take him back to the counts in yemen, or some of those have been taken into detention center has been sent to you right? now have you confronted the saudi government with this and what was their response? yeah, that, you know, as you mentioned with united nations reported these coming this fall back to is as i still up to about talking about what several 100 that uh as we have also investigated these killings and coming down the border since $22014.00 all along

this time is how it is response is being denial or simply no response. we just report, shut our findings with the saudi arabian government in very good time, well before publication, and welcome to an opportunity to do to engage with them constructively. but they've just been consistently ignoring us. um, now we should also not forget this out. your writers become one of the most repressive and violent governments in the world, systematically violent violating the rights of his own citizens and also come to king. but we must executions without you process. so, you know, i guess the question is if i, if i try to treat the own civilian, so 6 isn't systems of ongoing. why would they treat microns and different things? but, you know, we, we actually close this to me and continuously invites the opportunity to engage and meet meaningfully. meaningful discussion is how do you write? yeah. and so what are your recommendations? and for next steps, i mean festival. and, you know, we recall on saudi arabia to revoke any policy is explicit only facto to target

migrants with weapons and close range types of the border with yemen. we would call on saturday also to investigate and discipline of the keys to church personnel responsible. and we'd hope concept countries will also probably call on sell you re between to any of these policies summed up to that on the human rights boards. thank you very much. thank you. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. and these really woman has been shot dead and the man seriously wounded and the occupied westbank that call with shawl to us on the passing vehicle is really army has launched a man home for the attack. its violence of the west bank has risen sharply recently the british and this has been sentenced to life in prison for the amount of 7 newborn babies. lucy laughed, but he was also convicted of attempting to kill another 6 infants at a hospital in northern england. a judge handed her a rab whole life order,

and that means she will never be released. you have to leave the people of ecuador, have voted in a referendum to stop oil drilling and unimportant. the amazon reserve, the zone. the national park is one of the most diverse biased phases on us, and is also home to several indigenous groups. the states oil company will now be required to end. it's all probations in the region. canada is sending in the military to help deal with was 5, so the force thousands to sleep. hundreds funds are burning and bridge colombia and the northwest territories and is threatening a frightening cities canada is experiencing. it's was, was policies in on record a tropical storm. hillary is best for in california after wreaking havoc and mexico is the 1st such stone to his california

and more than 80 years. full cost, as well as it could bring a year's worth of rain full in just a few days. tropical storm hillary lashes california as it travels north from mexico's pacific coast in a region prone to drones and wild fires. this storm is a historic weather event and unprecedented. we've had so on this before, but never anything quite this windy and rainy at the same time. was a big tree that just fell over there. and i probably shouldn't be out here. the state of emergency has been declared in much of southern california in the los angeles area. residents have been warned that although the storm is weakening, as it moves inland danger remains. first of the range is

potentially left to come. we will continue with our mission and our primary mission, of course, is to protect the lives of angelenos and their property right now. it is critical that angelenos stay safe and stay home unless directed otherwise by safety officials classes have been cancelled in schools across the region. as millions brace for flash floods and mud slides, the national weather service is warning of potentially catastrophic and life threatening flooding. you're watching dw news, a reminder of all the top stories. ukraine as president full of them is a lensky has thank denmark in the netherlands for agreeing to supply. keith, with 16 find subjects full of organs, prussia, pasco, as well as this quote to escalate the conflict and rights activists say saudi voted, gods killed. hundreds of on the lp in migrants that were trying to cross from you.

and they claimed that this amount to a crime against humanity. saudi arabia denies any abuses, full killings at the front fence. it's from me from out of a world news update for you at the top of the dump of what's coming up next is the news asia with furious about. god ok, thanks for the what i have to say to us the listen to their stories. the reporter every weekend on d w, the.