the, the, this is dw news life from berlin, after catastrophic, while far as greece is reading from the devastating floods. officials say it's as if greece has changed climate zones, as the government sends in troops to deal with the disaster. the severe storms and record rein full have already killed at least 14 people 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 and to me blinking visits. keith

the unpopular felony 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 affected around the port city of vols. storm daniel has produced record rightful triggering land slides and sweeping dozens of vehicles away in muddy waters and athens the capital to their has uh, they've also been effected bulgaria and turkey has been hit as well with at least 14 confirmed deaths across the region. clearing out of to the record, rain full unfortunately for the shops owners, much must be thrown away but cost us a,

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 that i've been dealing 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 a central's give me the, i'm 33 years old that i've never seen so much. right and my whole life, you're seeing of bummed out and so to we just didn't recognize it any more. notice some of the moment. turkey has also been hit hard in his time. bo flash flooding, killed several people, others on this thing. the heavy rain also brought misery to this camp. sites on bill, gary is black, sea coast white caravan is narrowly escaped being dragged out to sea. he's got it

and we pulled people out to kind of items while the water dragging them towards the sea that were drifting through the pay 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. but what are the numbers that we're seeing now for rainfall and want to fly is a comfortable to what happens in southeast asia. is that gonna switch to another region? to live in that with the with flooding, forcing highways to close, as yet more rain full cost back in his shop. cost us is worried about wants to come . we're costing, i think, is inviting. what can i say? the cost of some grease waiting and hoping is unfortunately,

the only option for our correspondence. sophia cliff talkie is in the port cd avalos and explained to me your and your what the situation is like in that 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 grass. keep on us. oh, the slow goods about 2 hours ago and cost this group of the streets. so it's block . no one can pass here in front of me. there is the police checking on the people and which cars are allowed to drive as the streets are full mouth. and it's really, really hard to get around there. stones everywhere, other people's shop owners. that's trying to a safe um, what can be saved right now. and it looks really, really dramatic. also it,

it's stuff and stop. the rain continues for hours. now it says it's every day and it doesn't look that it's solve. it's really, really hard times uh for the people here in bottles. it sends horrific sophia to be honest with you, and what of people being telling you they're involved with? it's it does, it does. uh, we spoke to people, you and the residential goals 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 rain water 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. 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 to 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 costing 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 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 reporting, dw correspondence. sophia, lift hockey involves. lets take a look and i have some of the stories making use around the world. british police have launched a mass of mine hunt for a terrace us back to escaped prison in london on wednesday. the 21 year old managed to sneak out of the skies as a chef. the suspect is a british soldier, accused of planting fake bonds at a military base. this rolling search has led to heightened security checks,

british ports, and those even delayed flights. in the nation, presidents as close on world leaders to diffuse tensions as he wraps up a summit of southeast asian countries and their allies in jakarta. the median comes and made great deal public political tension over russia's war on ukraine and china's assertiveness. and besides trying to see it, mark the 1st time top officials from the us and russia met in almost 2 months ahead of japan's biggest pop music talent agency has step down after acknowledging a long history of sexual abuse by the agencies deceased defender johnny kid guy, well, judy, food g fema kit, a guy was nice turned presidents, apologize to the victims. admitting her uncle have groomed and abused hundreds of teenage boys i knew and to do as secretary of state as an answer to more than $1000000000.00 and extra aid for ukraine. anthony blink and gave details on the new

way to during a surprise visit to keith hours earlier. a rushing attack on a busy shopping area in eastern ukraine killed at least 17 people president for a lot of years the landscape condemned to strike as heinous, evil. you have another attack on ukraine city this time on a crowded market in kentucky. underneath it, the 17 people were killed here by a russian missile says he craned among them the child on there since the deadly backdrop to us secretary of state and to the blinking 4th visit. the keeps ends to start of russia's 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 blinking visit ukraine's president instead of striking a grateful tongue. long this usual rate around

lincoln also met with prime minister denise me hall and foreign minister at the mutual coordinate body chain to show with united front praise. but you create an 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 turn. strong defense capacity is blinking announced a new aid package worth over $1000000000.00. the us 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 is agreeable or is ukraine's western allies have voiced concerns about the slow pace of keeps kinds were

offensive put in a speech to the european parliament in brussels. nato secretary general and stilton birds said allied support is making a difference. abra support has helped to enable the ukrainians to launch the counter offensive. the ukrainians are gradually gaining ground and it is uh and improves the importers of our support and also our ability and willingness to continue the support. because this is heavy, if i think difficult fighting, but that has been able to reach the defensive lines of the russian forces, and they are moving, moving forward. curse volker is a former us ambassador tornado, on former special representative to ukraine. i asked him if he believes the counter offensive is going well. yes i do. and i think people who had great

expectations for swift recovery of territory didn't have their expectations in the wrong place. russia has created massive mind fields and tank traps and other forms of defensive a protections for their occupied areas and ukrainians are being very careful in this article. and going through this, they are protecting their people. they're not throwing people at the front line like cannon fodder. and as a result it is slow going, but it's very effective. and ukrainians have increasingly attacked and rushes, logistical support, chains, fuel, food, ammunition rail lines, road lines, depots. and they are in fact advancing their through the 1st layer mines in some areas. and they're continuing to proceed. and they are doing this finale or cover, they're doing this without the modern aircraft. they're doing this up along the strange artillery all things that we would have assessed on. we were doing it. ukrainians are doing it without will tell us now

a little bit about this aid worth $1000000000.00 at the us secretary of state antony blinking has promised can this be decisive? it's very important. it's great. the tony blinking is in keys. i think he's one of the leading people in the administration supporting a to ukraine. i think it's very important that he refreshes, is relationships and understandings before going into a tough budget fight this fall. um, that being said, i want to be clear for your audience. this is not a new $100000000000.00. last winter, the congress approved about $45000000000.00 and $8.00 for ukraine. and this is a draw down against that authority. it is necessary equipment. it is needed equipment. we adjust what the mix is according to what's happening on the battlefield. as you saw, there are some additional de mind capacity here is more ammunition in here. but this is more of what we have been doing and incredibly important, essential,

not new, and not enough for the long haul. just one more, one more slice along the way. what about the arrow care where or when do you think there will be a crucial point for either ukraine or russia to make concessions? i think that the critical thing that is, is coming up that we're not there yet, but we will get there isn't ukraine. we'll finally after this counter offensive, be able to interrupt rushes pylons, coming across the land bridge from raw stuff to crimea and southern ukraine where the fighting is going on. now, they cut that. they also cut off the curt, straight bridge, which is a ram on a road line. and if they do that, russia has no way to continue to supply its troops in crimea and elsewhere and southern ukraine effectively. this is going to cause a crisis point for russians, military operations,

former us ambassador to nigel and former special representatives here in ukraine. kirk vulgar, thanks for being on dw. thank you very much. in europe today to open access to our documentary, takes a closer look at the crisis of supermarket chains and price words with digital platforms like amazon and alibaba. i'll be back again at the top of the next turn of events take care of the not just another day. so much is happening all at once. we take time to understand this is the day i'm in that's look at current use events, analyzed by experts and critical thinking is weekdays on d w.