the, the, you're watching the, to the news coming to you live from berlin, after catastrophic wildfire is greece now really from devastating floods. officials say it's a zip. grease has changed climate zones that the government sends in troops to deal with the disaster. the severe storms and record rainfall have already killed at least 14 in the region with more rain expected. also coming up on the show in syria, a peaceful protest, it gathers momentum. as thousands of demonstrators takes up the streets, calling for an end to the opposite direction. and to fight strict regulations,

most europeans are still breathing bad air. we'll look at how the u was hoping to tackle its pollution problem. the hello, i'm clear, richardson, thank you so much for joining us. fires, drought and now devastating floods all in a matter of months, greece has been battered by the forces of nature made worse by climate change. the north of the country has been badly affected around the port city of bolos storm. daniel has produced a record rainfall for greenland slides and sweeping dozens of vehicles away in muddy waters. athens too has also been effected. well, gary and turkey has been hit as well with at least 14 confirmed stats, across the region, a 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. the talk been dealing with this problem. everyone had not just me. this small rid, the slow did 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. no, no, no, it isn't that the money. 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 white car event is narrowly escaped being dragged out to sea. he's got it and we pulled people out to kind of items while the boat to be tracking them to the sea, drifting through the battery 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 water 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. there's yet more rain full cost back in his shop cost

this is worried about wants to come. we're costing i think is inviting. what can i say? so cost us increase, waiting and hoping is unfortunately, the only option we ever correspondence. sophia class talk you reporting from the ports in the off of bull those earlier she told me more about the flooding their player i'm sending right now as the, as for me, biggest catastrophe, as i've seen today. we are in bo since early this morning, and the fixture behind me is so real, and we are standing. we drove up the main street towards mount stadium, which you can see behind me. and i'm sitting literally on the spot where the suite co op. so the c collapse and residents also roles are coming here on the, on my left and, and trying to see what's going on. they. 6 are there docks are coming out? we're protecting this out. it's really,

really scary. and on my right side of the street the street even is going a bit lower. so um it looks. 8 unreal, it is unbelievable. unbelievable. what is happening right now also um you can hear it is very, very loud. and as all the water that comes down, which is scary down from the mountains uh building and there's even a truck, uh threes. a lot of lots. um it's, uh, it's a picture that, um, it seems like ethical if it gets really, it's uh, my, i, i'm losing my words to return from greece to syria now where anti government demonstrations in the southern province of as a way to have now entered their 4th week the peaceful protests are a show of civil disobedience and the province largely populated by people from the truth religious minority. the demonstrations for sparks by economic measures and acted by president bashar alas. and now protestors say they will not stop gathering

on so late as a cut down the square until they over throw the regime as the night stop, protest, day and night civil disobedience like this. aimed at president bush on an us a, in a government control province is the rear side. the people want to bring down the resume. people mentioned to you to correct. i'm a square. equally square to them on 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 on to the street. the saw double public wages and then lifted fuel subsidies leading to a 3 phone price increase. initially, the demands had to do with living conditions,

some kind of nice you the protest soon swelled growing thousands of demonstrators calling for an end to the regime. how the membership of this regime does not even have anything. it can also people on the bills are paid to be run and russia in return for the military assistance, destroyed the wealth of all of serious population. and the right james stone of the countries results has indeed an even leave 10 percent to the people to meet him 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 dissent with disappearances, imprisonment and torture. but despite the risk involved, thousands including women and children, are again forcing their opposition to look at what happened to sway the this is

what's pushing us to go down and down. the street are not scared. what more is there to happen? organizers are urging protesters to remain peaceful to prevent any escalation. all focus now was to make dignity square a success to have our voices reach the entire world from here. after destroying cymbals abuse that families group on power. protesters set up a camp at the squared signaling that they're here to stay. let me take a look now what some of the other stories making world news headlines. thousands of trucks are waiting for pocket funds. main border crossing with i've got us on to open after 2 days of closure. the to a home border points was closed on wednesday of security forces from both countries exchanged fire, no casualties were reported. and the reason for the class remains on no major rest

of operation is underway in turkey to reach a cave expert trapped thousands of feet underground. the american developed internal bleeding while exploring the martha case turkeys, 3rd, deepest, and is unable to leave on his own. experts, a getting amount will be difficult and could take several days. and i during opposition candidate to come back are says he will not accept a ruling by the countries election court upholding president bull that to new was election victory. in february. he had asked the court to invalidate the election alleging irregularities. boston are says he will appeal the decision before nigeria, supreme court and the head of japan's biggest pop music talent agency has step down after acknowledging a long history of sexual abuse by the agencies to cease founder johnny kitty gola. julie switch, ashima call was mason, turned to president. apologize to the victims. admitting that her uncle had groomed and abused hundreds of teenage boys taking

a new and across europe. air pollution continues to be a big killer analysis from our data. journalism team has now revealed the last year . most people lived in areas where air quality fell short. the standards set by the world health organization to tackle the problem therapy in parliament is set to vote on tougher roles next week. pollution through natasha's life plans up in the year. she was once a cycling instructor here in brussels. thought to all that time spent in rush hour traffic tickets to on her long history. you have a, i was waking up at night and struggling to bring him out of the office. it happened several times. so i went to my doctor and he morales told me it was linked to a policy. so this really forced me to reconsider my jobs for the book is natasha says off on a new career in education on snow. takes 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, cut costs, work days, loss varies, cost on forest street damages. there is a cost on culture heritage damage the impacts on our heads and our finances are, you know, 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 the great door. yeah, of the wall. it's got, it's going to 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 this guy. the size with governments here have of poor track records. most e u member states have broken the blocks 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 manages to truly clear the air. for correspondent rosie

bertrand filed that report and earlier she told me more about the use plan to clean up its act. 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. no, what we don't know yet clear 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 usage is legal and what the world health organization says is healthy. know that gap is going to be narrow, bought how much? well, there's a debate going on here and we've got different low making institutions for the loggerheads over there because we have the european parliament, which is likely to try and ask for the you to a line. it's rules with the world health organization standards. mean probably you're paying commission bots to ease executive on some center, right, on right wing lawmakers, indigo,

repeating polar parliament or single listen thought is simply not feasible based on their 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 updated, tougher loss will take him for a couple of years. so clear if you're expecting any sort of overnight change here. don't hold your breath. the 1st impression of reporting and to tennis. now where a number one seat of carlos alcaraz has proved passed in germany's alexander to fet of to reach the semi finals of the us open. the 20 year old spaniard kept his title defense on track with a straight set. so when he has a shot, i put them in the 1st man to win consecutive titles at flushing meadows since roger federer, 15 in a row from 2004 to 2008 for us vases, twenties, we went champion at the new measure them from russia to somebody's

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