the, the, this is dw, use live from berlin after catastrophic wildfire as greece is reading from devastating floods. officials say it's as if greece has changed climate sounds as severe storms underscored rain for kill at least 14 in the region with more rain expected. also coming up a $1000000000.00 and depleted uranium weapons the u. s. promises ukraine more help with a public display of support. as secretary of state anthony blinking visits keys and syria, a peaceful protest gathers momentum as thousands of demonstrators types of

a streets calling for an end to the aside regime plus the new space race trip that sends a rocket to carrying a lunar lander as a joints a growing list of countries trying to make a claim on the move the improbability as welcome to the program. fire is derived and now devastating floods all in a matter of months, greece has been battered by the forces of nature unleashed by climate change. the north of the country has been badly effected around the port city of bolos storm. daniel has produced record rain full triggering lance lights and sweeping dozens of vehicles away in muddy waters, athens to the capital, as also being affected, bulgaria and turkey has been hit as well with at least 14 confirmed deaths across

the region, a clearing out after the record rain full, unfortunately for the shops owners much must be thrown away but cost us or how does his efforts could be in vain with the rain that filled his shop with muds to return soon? it's been 2 days now, the talk been dating with this problem. everyone had not just me. this small rid the started the city of all us after a whole year's worth of rain fell in just a few hours. the city is still without water or power. residents are reliant on aid for essentially the i'm 33 years old and i've never seen so much right and my whole life, you're seeing a palm dotted city, we just didn't recognize it any more of these many notice them in the morning. turkey has also been hit hard in his time, bo flash flooding,

killed several people. others are missing. the heavy rain also brought misery to this camp site to invoke areas, black sea coast, where car event is narrowly escaped being dragged out to sea. he's got it and we pulled people out to kind of atoms while the boat to be tracking them towards the sea drifting through the battery like boats. the increasing roaming of the mediterranean sea is thought to contributed to the extreme rain july reco. temperatures were recorded, leading to high water evaporation, the normal. then suddenly cooler temperatures caused the water vapor to condense again into torrential rain. full greek officials say it's a zip. grease has changed climate zones of the the numbers that we're seeing now for rainfall and walter for those a comfortable to what happens in southeast asia. is that gonna switch to another region here? cuz i live in that with the with flooding,

forcing highways to close this yet more rain, full cost back in his shop cost this is worried about wants to come. we're costing, i think is in writing. what can i say? so cost us increased waiting and hoping is unfortunately the only option our correspondence. sophia, cliff tacky is in the port city of polo. so i'm explained to me what the situation is like in the flooded area. pablo the, the damage that storm daniel has cost is a catastrophic. i'm standing at the port of bottles right now or what used to be the part of all those you can see right behind me, the huge catastrophe the river of grass. keep on us. oh, the slow goods about 2 hours ago and cost this group of the street. so it's block. no one can pass here in front of me. there is the police checking on the people in which cars are allowed to drive as the streets are full mouth. and it's really,

really hard to get around their stones everywhere. other people's shop owners. that's trying to save what can be saved right now. and it looks really, really dramatic, also itself and stop. the rain continues for hours. now it says this every day and it doesn't look that it solve. it's really, really hard times. uh for the people here in balls. it's same. terrific. sophia has to be honest with you and what of people being telling you their involves as it does, it does. uh we spoke to people, you and the residential solos with what they're telling us it's, it's really unbelievable. so they, the water supply is capital. the 3rd day now, so they're telling us they collecting rainwater in order to wash their plates or um themselves. they don't have water to drink. the water supply just started about

half an hour ago, and yesterday water prices went up to age of yours for 6 leaders of waters, which normally is less than $20.00. so people are even taking advantage of the situation, which is really crazy and really, really hard. also, electricity is not in every household, but people tells us that they reach out to the families of tried to stick together . and so whenever the conditions are better, they go through the other houses to stick together and to communicate each other on if they're safe and what they're doing as well. so the connection is really, really bad. so the only thing they can do right now really is, is freight is weight is tr. * to keep calm, which is not really possible. we saw so many people fighting with policemen said were insisting on crossing specific cars that were blocked. so we can see the operational over here. yeah. times very tough indeed for all the people

who are still there. now as heavy rain full continues in different parts of the country, it looks like it's raining where, where you are at the moment. what are the greek authorities? what, what advice are they giving to people, as well as the advice of pablo, the greek authorities are given to the people is avoiding on necessary uh, transfers to stay in doors, if possible. uh, to avoid uh, basements, and basements, and lower parts of the houses or the buildings. so this is the main um, strategy off the authorities right now, which people are trying to follow. thanks a fee for your report. in dw correspondence, sophia cliff talking to involves 2 years ago, mexico has court ruled abortion, was not a crime in one northern state and set off a slow chain of events to de criminalize the practice. now,

mexico supreme court has ruled that abortion is no longer a crime nationwide. while the decision doesn't grant every woman in mexico immediate access to the procedure. activists are hating it as significant as a significant step forward. the unanimous ruling by mexico's top court requires all federal public health services and institutions to offer abortions to anyone who requests it in its judgment. the countries highest court declared the middle suitable collection. so when the federal criminal penalties for abortion unconstitutional as they violate the rights of women. oh yes, i see them to day next weekend society woman support networks. feminism are doing spectacular work in mexico. so that the only woman, if they so choose, have the right to an abortion in a safe way. that a, to a level the, the money that they were the decision is receiving

a mixed reaction on the streets of the catholic majority. country. is it okay? i believe that we should not take anyone's life. where's human beings? and i think it portion it is not right about the landscape. for example, when a woman is raped when they don't want to have a child, i know that many people think. oh, well, why don't you give the child up for adoption? but they don't feel the pain they went through to have it. and that's why i am in favor of abortion. a lot of what is the of the court decision, extends a latin american trend of whitening access to the procedure, often referred to as a green wave in reference to the green bandanas carried by women protesting for abortion rights in the region. the ruling and mexico comes as the u. s. supreme court move to overturn federal guaranteed abortion rights last year. so you didn't

look at again we, we continue to do, i'll be, let's remember what happened in the united states. after for 2 years, the supreme court reversed seats abortion division, and we are not going to stop on to mexico guarantees the rights to life from the moment of conception. movement of the concepts you look for the ruling abortion was only permitted in 12 of mexico's 32 states. now the remaining 20 states that still criminalize abortion will have to abide by the court's ruling activists say they'll continue their lobbying to ensure all penalties are lifted at the state level, as well as like looking at what some of the of the story is making use around the world or donation presidents as cold on world leaders to diffuse tensions as he wraps up a summit of southeast asian countries and their allies in jakarta. the meeting comes, i made a great deal of political tension over russia's war on ukraine, on china's assertiveness in the south. china sea is marked the 1st time at top

officials from the us and russia matched in almost 2 months. the bonds newly installed government has said as the president's id, bongo is free to leave the country, citing his poor health bongo has been under hives arrest since he was forced out of office in the military coup last week. the 64 year old suffered a serious stroke during a 2018 visit. the savvy ravia that left him physically impaired. now the us secretary of state has a 9 some more than $1000000000.00 an extra aid for ukraine. anthony blink and gave details on the new way to during a surprise visit to keep our earlier a russian attack on a busy shopping area in eastern ukraine killed at least 17 people, president of a lot of mirrors, the landscape condemned to strike as heinous, evil, a jeff,

another attack on ukraine city this time on a crowded market in constantinople. at the 17 people were killed here by a russian missile says he craned among them to child on this, the deadly backdrop to us secretary of state entity blinking for the visit. the keeps ends to start of rushes invasion. ukraine's counter offensive was at the top of the agenda. last week. can you rejected us media reports suggesting progress on the front lines was too slow, but there were no signs of tension during blankets, visit ukraine's president, instead of striking a grateful town. as usual around lincoln. also. i've met with prime minister denise, me. how i'd foreign minister at the mutual coordinate team to show we're united front. we praise the ukranian effort to push the russians back. we see

the progress of the counter offensive. very hard. we want to make sure that the frame has what it needs, not only to succeed in the counter offensive, but as what it needs a long to make sure that it has a strong return. stronger fence capacity is blinking announced a new aid package worth over $1000000000.00. the u. s. has delivered or pledge more than $43000000000.00 to ukraine and military aid including air defense systems. wednesdays, brutal attack says just how important the support group was. the anti government demonstrations in syria southern province of sway to have now entered their 4th week. the peaceful protests are a show of civil disobedience in a province largely populated by degrees religious minority. the demonstrations were sparked by economic measures inactive by president bush are all a side, not protest. her say they won't stop gathering on sway. does our karema square until they overthrown the regime of the night stop, protest,

day and night civil disobedience like this aimed at president bush shut. an aside in a government control province is a rear side. the people want to bring down the resume. people mentioned to you to correct my square dignity square to do mine freedom. most people who live here belong to the drew's community. up to now they have been relatively neutral and the war. but a recent decision by the president pushed hundreds onto the street. the saw double public wages and then lifted fuels subsidies leading to a 3 phone price increase. initially, the demands had to do with living conditions of the protest soon swelled drawing

thousands of demonstrators calling for an end to the stop regime had on the bottom end issue for this res seem does not even have anything. it can also people, the bills are paid to be run and russia in return for they military assistance, destroyed the wealth of all of serious population on the right. jamestone of the countries results has indeed an even leave 10 percent to the people to meet dignity, the human b. yes sir. in 2011. the slogan now being tempted by protesters in suite, a was heard in several cities. a said responded to those demonstrations with brutal force, punishing the sand with disappearances, imprisonment, and torture. but despite the risk involved, thousands including women and children, are again voicing their opposition. look at what happened to sway the. this is

what's pushing us to get down and down the street are not scared. what more is there to have them? organizers are urging protesters to remain peaceful, to prevent any escalation. all focus now is to make dignity square a success to have our voices reach the entire world from here, after destroying cymbals, a visa families group on power. protesters set up a camp at the square signaling that they're here to stay to get some more insights into these protests were joined nearby journalist and syria . expert christian help are great to see you, christine, and thanks for being on dw. so what's driving these protests to well, in the beginning it was the economic hardship up yesterday that is really taking the air of the people to breath because life and celia is hell, the syrian pound continues to collapse. hillary's, i'm not enough. you know,

you have a sound of salary for state employee of $10.00 with which you cannot feed a family. so pop prices are constantly rising. we had this sharp increase in fuel prices when the beginning the school, the subsidies in august. so people suffice basically things to the humanitarian aid from the u. n, which is funded by the west. it is controlled and appropriated by us thought and by money that is being sent to them from europe. so everybody's only thinking about leaving the country wide at the same time, corruption and mismanagement. take away this breath of the people because us once, because a shamelessly enriching themselves, even though they are exploiting the people wherever they can and a sub this is interesting. he cannot stop them, he doesn't stop them because he depends on the forces that keep him in power. melisha leaders look through all those business man who have senior intelligence officials who's comes now control the black market, for example. so as not has to keep these people in line by creating opportunity just for them to the money by smuggling by

a drug trafficking and these truck just really like a mafia. so people are very much upset, but this and they feel that it's really us how to assess, we're really the country and it could be as protest of spread to other parts of syria and is there then the potential that we could see, the regime being toppled as long as it remains localized, there is no imminent danger for his rule. i would argue in suede uh and as well in the, in the government, the neighboring present province of that uh, people are allowed to a certain extent to vent their frustration of what is important is really a top top end of the coast. and the big cities of the country domestic coast, i live full homes in tema, if protests press to these areas on the largest scale, let's see. i think that intelligence agency will definitely use the proven methods to program, but what could pose a long term effect to us todd, is that his public under doesn't work any longer, even among serious minorities,

because also it has always pretended to be some kind of a protector of the minorities, but at the same time, such violence is directed against anyone who tenants his power and will be the christian or seen the on l. white or the jews. but he succeeded doing these 12 years of war in binding the minorities to himself with his false narrative of protecting them from a dangerous to me, extremist and majority. so this makes it even more remarkable that the frustrations within these minorities is not being directed directly against the regime. how do you believe seem anymore and this could endanger him on the long term. i imagine the war there, of course area has been absolutely ravaged by that war for over a decade. give us an idea of what impact that is had on daily life for syrians as well as i sent the syrian pound is in fee full. people don't know how to feed their families any more. they feel that they are being pressed by the regime. indeed, you know, you have the security guys who come along ask you for money. you will have

a country full of checkpoints. whenever you read a check point, this melisha that asks you for money just to pass. so people really few, they cannot read anymore. everybody's busy in thinking about how to leave the country. and i think the react to the regime until now is very much trying to keep a low pool 5 in the south because a such himself cannot track down on the protest they are as brutally as he has a elsewhere during the last few years. because otherwise, he would undermine its own, his own narrative as a protector of these minorities there. and this click there by to terminate the stance the agreement that he has to be the truth and something else quit or something similar. what's happened with the other white minority of which he, himself is a member of or even with the codes. so i think that spoke in this sense is just that people don't have the strings to hold on any longer after 12 years of war. and that these people in suite of just after a certain time, go back to the houses. thanks,

chris and chris and hell burg expert on syria. while the rates to find water on the moon is gathering pace, several countries are trying to stake a claim with an eye to establishing future lunar colonies. recent russian and japanese the times ended in failure. but india recently succeeded in landing at the moon's south pole and out of japan is trying again on the civic. did you enjoy the depends, luna? exploration mission the moon's night. the game is designed to land with high precision within 100 meters of its target sites. on the lunar surface, tokyo is hoping it's small lender for investigating noon or slim mission will allow it to join an exclusive international club, making it the fist country off to the us, china, russia, and india, to successfully land on the moon. its mission is to investigate rocks and deploy

a small robot to take photographs of the country. space agency says it should reach its destination early next year. the just the launch comes just week south. the india became the 1st nation to land on the luminous south pole. both india and japan are working together on a joint commission to explode, a permanently shaded lunar polls necessary and us companies are also preparing 2 more emissions in the coming months. all of this works as a prelude to the next big step, the 1st manned mission since 1972. which in turn full shadows, the building of luna bases, which are in planning by a number of different countries all hoping to gain a permanent foothold on. now closest, so let's deal neighbors and to get ahead, stones on what could be the next frontier of geo political conflict. while to break all this time, d, w 's, derek williams joins us now for more derek. right?

to see if, so why don't you start by telling us about this new japanese mission? what sets as to what sets it apart from the other recent lunar emissions. and what, what, what's interesting about this mission is that it's actually more about the flight and, and, and landing then it has about the mission once they actually get there. there are 2 aspects of, of this particular mission that are really interesting. the 1st is that it's supposed to be very precise. that's what that mean. that name moons die for. that's where it comes from. it's supposed to land within a 100 meters of a pre determined point. now that sounds kind of trivial, but it's not at all because if you think in terms of further down the road, if we have to do things like supply and moon base and what can i do? you have to be able to land close to vendors. now sometimes have a range of an area that they have to land and it's kilometers wide, so you can have that moving further down the road. the other thing is the flight itself. so japan is focused on making this a very economical flight. it's going to take months to get there. it's not going to be there until early next year, 4 to 6 months, they say. and the reason that that works is that, that, that,

that's happening is because for that sort of the same reason. if you want to fly there directly, you want to fly their fast, it burns more fuel when they're looking for the most economical way to get there. and so those are the 2 things. precision and economists tell us why is that? apparently so hard to sort of land on the moon because they were doing this back in the sixty's. right. and it shouldn't, it has become easier by now where you, you would think so but, but they're just so many moving parts and, and, and then in the moon launch, i mean there's the rock. if there's the take off of the rocket itself, there's that the coupling of the, of the, of the payload there's, there's inserting it into lunar orbit, which as we saw with the luna $25.00 mission precious minutes. 25 mission is, is not as far from easy. and then once you've actually committed to landing, you're committed. there's no turning around and slamming on the brakes and saying, well, we want to try this again. so actually one of the managers in this one project said something really it posted a wonderful post. you said that expects the landing to be a breathless, numbing 20 minutes of terror. so wow. so and so on these,

on the admissions there's just on there, just a lot of that can go wrong and the drivers are sitting really 380000 kilometers away now and tell us as well, cuz this is also the 3rd attempt to sort of land on the moon this summer, so plenty of those feelings that you were talking about there. are there more plan? why is it all seeming? why is this happening? where it appears all of a sudden maybe it's been in the works for a long time. well, i think, i think one of the interesting aspects of this, of this particular the race to the moon is different than and according to calling it in the media. is that the decisions to actually, for these missions they're, they're not, they weren't made yesterday, they were me. you were sometimes decades in advance of the roof and asked that question to have to look at what was happening 101215 years ago when those decisions were made. but does somehow feel like there's this kind of it's zeitgeist . now the people that humanity is once again turning towards our closest neighbors, this time to go back there for good. and it's not the same as it was during the

space race back in the sixty's with these cold war, the cold war, attitudes and, and, and things and, and can do approach to it. we now have it's new technology. we have the digital technology, we've got a guy, we've got new materials that are making it. we've got robotics is as, as completely revolutionized only things like space by. so it's all kind of coming together in this 21st century effort to to break the bonds of ours. they're briefly, if you could. is there anything that we should be keeping our eyes peeled for? well, definitely the arguments mission that's, that's, that's the front center. um, they've been out there once last year. they're going to send demand admission to enter the orbit next year. and then they're planning to land. astronaut back on the moon in 2025. whether that will happen on that time frame. it will wait and see, but there are also things that as we, as we heard in the report, india in japan are planning a new mission together to explore the southern pole. also resources and china has said that it wants to lead a coalition of, of, of countries building

a lunar base 5 and it is not 20 thirty's, fascinating stuff. and you'll be there keeping an eye on us and i will too much going on. that's it. that's the truth. eric williams. thanks so much. i. all right, you are up to date of next focus on your effect scores, portables, changing attitude to drugs, set you in for that for me. and derrick likes watching. take care. i'll see you soon. the

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