the, the, you're what digital the news coming to live from burly, after catastrophic, the while fires, greece is now really from devastating floods. officials say it's as if greece hasn't changed. climate zones of the government sends in troops to deal with the disaster. the severe storms and rec, for rainfall have already killed at least 14 in the region with more rain expected . also coming off on the show. despite strict regulations, most europeans are still breathing bad air. we'll look at house that you is hoping to tackle is pollution problems. the

. i'm quite richardson. welcome. fire is drought and now devastating floods all in a matter of months, greece has been battered by the forces of nature made worst by climate change. in the north of the country has been badly affected around the port city of all those storm. daniel has produced a record rainfall triggering lance lights and sweeping dozens of vehicles away in muddy waters. athens to has also been effected and bulgaria and turkey have been hit as well with at least 14 confirmed tasks 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 to the deal?

man, 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 that i've never seen so much. right. and my whole life, you're seeing of bummed out so to be just doesn't recognize it anymore. no, no, no, it isn't. that 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's black sea coast, where caravan is narrowly escaped being dragged out to sea. he's got it and we pulled people out to kind of ends while the boat to the tracking them towards the sea drifting through the pay like boats. the increasing warming 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 its zip grease has changed climate zones. but what are the numbers that we're seeing now for rainfall and walter for those a comfortable? so 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, as yet more rain full cost. back in his shop. cost us is worried about wants to come. we're closer, i think, is inviting. what can i say? the cost of some grease waiting and hoping is unfortunately the only option and i

can bring you up to speed. now with some other world news headlines at this hour, indonesia has presidents. a joke of widow has called on world leaders to diffuse tensions as he wraps up the summit of the house east asian countries and their allies in jakarta. the meeting comes and made great geo political tension over russia's war. new crane and china is assertiveness in the south china sea. in march, the 1st time top officials from the us and russia met in almost 2 months. the head of japan's biggest pop music talent agency has step down after acknowledging a long history of sexual abuse by the agencies deceased founder johnny. cuz a girl was julie for just a few months ago. was nice current president. apologize to the victims. admitting her uncle had groomed and abused hundreds of teenage boys, illinois, illinois, and british police have watched a massive man hunt for a terror suspect to escape prison in london. on wednesday, the 21 year old managed to sneak out the sky to the shop. the suspect is

a british soldier accused of planting fake farms that a military base. the sprawling search has led to heightened security checks that british ports and even delayed flights. well, russian officials say the south western city of ra stuff on dawn has been targeted by drone strikes. the attacks come after russia struck an eastern ukrainian city on wednesday, killing at least 17 people. the violence overshadowed a surprise visit to keep by us secretary of state and sleep. lincoln train attacked in south west and russia. sense flames roaring into the sky is just our off throw russian miss. i'll struck a market place and you frame east giving 17 vehicles across the board of strikes come as a ukrainian town for offensive makes incremental gains in the country south budget, slow pace. that's the race consent among keeps allies on

a surprise visiting your brain. us secretary of state and sleep, lincoln was keen to emphasize the depth of washington's commitment a new support package with over a 1000000000 us dollars. it includes mine resisting vehicles, which bank keith and washington who will help break through rushes, the middle of offences shouldn't virginia ongoing. counter offense progresses, excel rates in the past few weeks. this new assistance will help sustain it and built for the moments speaking and brussels, nato secretary general pass code his words and urge you states to key pump that support to and meet your credit is, are gradually gaining a ground and it is uh and improves the import was on our support and also our ability and willingness to continue the support because this is heavy. if i think difficult, if i think ministry analysts say maintaining western support will be vital for the

success of ukraine's counter offensive and with another winter steadily approaching . keep and is allies hoping for a break through sooner rather than later. now that aid package also includes depleted uranium weapons. they are controversial with something they post unintended health risks. but as you cranes government concerned about this, we put that question to the ws max tundra in case right. so some would say this is perhaps a further escalation in what type of weaponry is provided to ukraine. but this is not the 1st time that the depleted uranium weapons will be sent to ukraine. uh, the united kingdom has provided challenger to tanks earlier this year and alongside with uh, thousands of, of, of, of shelves um with a depleted uranium. now um, just to give you a little bit of context, these weapons are made of a very heavy material. that is intended to um, with mainly talking about tank shells that are intended to pierce armor and ignite

and impact. so they are very effective at long ranges and they are not intended to poison people, but rather pierce piers armor of tags. so this has been used by the united states, for example, for decades. now, the pentagon says there are no worries. there shouldn't be any, any worries about this, but they have been using various citizens for such as iraq, for example, and cause of what there has to on her long history. you have a, i was waking up at night and struggling to breathe. it happened several times, so i went to my doctor and he more or less told me it was linked to a policy. so there's a really forced me to reconsider my jobs for valley focus. natasha says off on a new career in education on snow. take the scenic route. she's not the only one seeking a breath of fresh air. the dw researchers crunch the numbers and learns that last year. 98 percent of people in europe lived in areas where air pollution levels exceeds w h o recommendations. power sparse. lona and athens are particularly affected,

plus parts of coal producing poland and the area of northern actually arrived to milan, industry transport, agriculture, and domestic heating, oil contribute to air pollution, which is linked to an estimated 300000 premature day in each year. and researchers say that's not home, they are costs, own echo system damage on property cuts, costs work, days, loss varies, cost on florida, street damages. there is a cost on culture heritage damage the impacts on our heads and our finances are huge. no, europe is trying harder to clean up its act. the european commission is proposing tighter legal limits on air, pollution levels and plants to make it easier for citizens to claim compensation for breaches. some of you parliamentarians are pushing for even stricter caps when we bought one. it's uh, clean air,

all lined up with the protection of the house of our citizens and then uh, follow up. uh the great door. yeah, of the wall. it's got its gonna shoot. you on a basically it's follow up the criteria over the science april, which we need to like. um, i'm this little motional bundle. we are talking about these kinds of sites with governments here have of poor track records. most e u member states have broken the books, current air pollution laws in the past, and some have even faced half defiance. meanwhile, on to pollution, policies like binding older cars from cities or restricting farming emissions are sometimes seen as discriminatory and often face public backlash. all which means hoax for a swift, a decisive drop in air pollution may remain out of reach. and it's likely to take years before your manager is to truly clear the air. so let's talk more about air pollution and the eaves attempts to make a tougher air quality rules. do you ever use rosie birch or to file that report you just saw? she joins us from our studio in brussels. hi rosie,

we just heard in your report that the you wants to clean up its act. what is the plan? exactly? so the pond is new laws which include stricter limits on air pollution, better ways to monitor air quality and easier access to justice for to citizens. when the air pollution rules are breached. know what we don't know yet. claire is just how strict those limits are going to be, and that's because currently there is a really big gap on the one hand between what the size is legal and what the world health organization says is healthy. you know that gap is going to be narrow to thought how much? well, there's a debate going on here and we've got different loan making institutions where the lower heads over the ice because we have the european parliament, which is likely to try and ask for the you to a lane. it's rules, waste the world health organization standards. mean probably you're paying commission, that's the executive on some center. right. and right wing lawmakers in europe

being part of parliament are saying, well listen, thought is simply not feasible based on the impact assessments. that would really be too expensive, particularly for cities to try and really revamp the infrastructure that would be needed to know whether or not or wherever that ends up. probably somewhere in between those 2, those laws, new laws update to tougher law school. take him for a couple of years, so clear if you're expecting any sort of overnight change here. don't hold your breath. yeah, no magic one there. so even with this and jostling, once they do come to an agreement, is it clear that these tougher standards are going to stick as well? as i mentioned, there has been a pretty poor track record on extreme european governments. even these locks are conditions which are in place just not being quite politically breached. that's resulted in some, several high profile court cases, including against germany. know what's important to note is what the does is set the rules of legal limits for air pollution, but it doesn't dictate who governments he's actually achieved though. so for

example, it that often falls down to cities, policies that can lower air pollution, for example, really trying to get people out of their cars or rethinking the infrastructure relates to the next a key thing. well, those can sometimes be unpopular and postings, which might lose politicians vote. so there are really some political constraints here, but it's not all doom and gloom because our dw take to turn over the team is going to really diving into a trove of data here. and they see that there can be success stories, for example, poland parts of poland which are heavily relied on cold coffee. moving away from that reliance in recent years. somewhat finance and supported by the european union . under air pollution levels have have dropped. they're not good, but they have dropped so there could be a light at the end of the tunnel here. it's certainly not a low cost despite these quite distressing figures of the think. i'll be dated to journals and team uncovered, saying that 98 percent of people in your last year lived in regions where air pollution exceeded those w h o. guidelines limits. yeah,

really shocking. thank you so much for reporting and for that report that is due to these correspondent rosie versus their to and that is your news update at this hour coming up. of course cobra has your business business around drop. if you want more news or analysis, you can also go to our website at www dot com. i'm sorry, richardson in berlin. thanks for watching the pricing strategy issues with a lot see what crazy. the,

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