it's the, this is dw news live from balance, ukraine's president on a charm offensive in athens. but otherwise it landscape joins. greece has prime minister for adults with e u in bulk and lead of the also thanks denmark, another lives for green, the supply kids with 5 digit also on the program rights activists. a saudi border guards of kills hundreds of ethiopian microns trying to across from yemen. in a crime against humanity, the us is urging saudi arabia to investigate the allegation. plus tropical

storm hillary, baptists, california many normally our areas of it by slash flooding in the 1st storm of its kind in the state for more than for more than a 2 year. the i'm good health as well. come to the program president in florida. me as a lensky is in athens for adults, with leaders from the european union and bulk and nations. savanski was welcomed by the greek prime minister. here they are. cause me to talk is the also hold talks with bulk and lead us about the regions future relations with the you several, both and countries of or the joints of law. all of us are lobbying to become members of the as an excuse fund ukraine's allies, denmark and netherlands for agreeing to provide keys with f. 16 find digits. he

says the aircraft will help and the bowl with russia, but must go as warranty. as 6 themes will only escalate the conflict, it's a warm reception for ukraine's the load him your zalinski 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 come, race was simple thing together. we proved that is a way that deep freedom matters your methods . 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 rushes and bassett or 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 you cranes. 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. how effective the f 16 will actually be in the end, will depend on the weapons supplied with the jets. it has

taken ukraine a long time to secure pledges from allies to deliver f sixteens as d w. as process correspondence, terry schultz explains it's, 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, in addition, the 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 a to how is the 16th they need to be able to repair them. and so there are several reasons why, but of course, in creating would have liked to get these fighter deaths yesterday, so they'll be waiting anxiously for them now. now, i suppose to be expected the russian, the best of this it, denmark, as we've heard, has, was that the decision to deliver as experience will only lead to an escalation of the conflict. is that of worry that and the car doors of nato, h q? as i think we hear the kremlin, is being threatened to escalate the war every time someone helps ukraine. so this was 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. or you french president zalinski 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 borderline 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 president soleski may want to have some words with the survey here president

a there at the dinner as well. ross coast voluntarily shows the thank you very much to to the us is urging saudi arabia to investigate allegations the saudi border guards have been involved in killing migraines and asylum seekers. human rights watch claims. saudi gods have killed hundreds of if he opens the report. the ledges systematic mass killings in the, at the human. the saudi bowed up gone. so even said to have used explosives. saudi arabia has previously denied allegations of killings and abuses by its border gods . each year, thousands of migrants, mostly from me to help you travel through government to reach saudi arabia. some definitely is a senior human rights sports representative. and he told us more about their report and how they very find deal locations leveled against saudi arabia. this is, this is a result of a 6 month long investigation by june rights watch into these killings between march

of last year and june of this year. and we insured a $42.00 people witnesses to advance and then coupled that with aditya investigation, looking at hundreds of over $300.00 videos and photographs soon by mike. and so taking that, taking the border and conduct to the widespread um, satellite imagery, analysis of the whole border area to map how to migrate thompson, 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 completed this out and protocol, so responsible this killing of hundreds of thousands of migrants who have tried to cross that's across the board. now you saying your thought that migraines have been targeted by mozart rounds and similar weapons, even what else has been happening with the saudi border or yeah, there's no, there's, there's money to come set up in the border and people are trying to cross into saw the 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 chat. adults is to, to complete these actual rooms. well, um, what are consistent with explosives, exclusive weapons? and we also heard people speak about being shocked with something smaller as being shot with, with bullets or being asked indeed bice, how to go to college, which will in they would like to be shot to and then they would then shot to him that live um survive is are, are you the take him back to the counts in yemen, or some of those have been taking him to 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, the united nations reported these coming this fall back to us as like the october talking about hot several 100. that as we have also investigated these killings since 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 shared our findings with the saudi arabian government in very good time, well before publication welcomed an opportunity to engage with them constructively . but they've just been consistently ignoring us. um, now we should also not forget to saudi arabia has become one of the most repressive and violent governments in the world, systematically violent violating the rights of its 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 them? i can say differently. but, you know, we, we actually consistently and continuously invites the opportunity to engage and meet meaningfully. meaningful discussion is how do you write? yeah. and so what are your recommendations then for the next steps? i mean, 1st of all, and you know, we recall on some of your regular to revoke any policy is explicit only facto to

target migrant with weapons and close range types of the border with yemen. we would call on saudi also to investigate and discipline nonprofit, choose church personnel responsible. and we'd hope concept countries will also probably be call on saw you re between to any of these policies summed up to that on the human rights boards. thank you very much. thank you john. lots of look at some of the other stories making headlines today. but addition, us has been sentenced to life in prison for the matter of 7 newborn babies. lucy let the was also convicted of attempting to kill another 6 infants at a hospital in northern england. a judge handed her around the whole life order. that means she will never be released to this trial $55.00, this a. so that thing was 5 on the spanish island of 10 to reef thousands of presidents

and tourism been forced to flee as the place is destroy huge areas of woodland official site. these are the worst buys to hit. the kind of we islands indicates at least 12 people have been killed and a bus crash and turkey 19. others were injured where the drive, but when the drive up, who also died, lost control and fade into a ditch boss was traveling from his stumble from the city of c plus the people of ex little voted to referendum to stop oil drilling and unimportant amazon results the zoning, national park is one of the most diverse bias is on us and is also home to several indigenous groups. the states oil company will now be required to ended, so probations in the region or canada is now sending in the military to help deal with large files that have force thousands to sleep. hundreds of files are burning in british columbia and the northwest territories and threatening

cities. kind of the suffering as was why light was fi season on record. on tropical storm hillary as bad as california and often fixed in havoc, further south in mexico. many normally arid areas have been hit by flash flooding and the 1st storm of its kind and the state for more than 80 years. flood warnings are in place for millions of people. the west of the weather is now moving inland to nevada. a 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 of 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. the 1st 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 canceled in schools across the region. as millions brace for flash floods and much slides, the national weather service is warning of potentially catastrophic and life threatening flooding. you're watching dw news. here's

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