[000:00:00;00] the you're watching, do you to be named coming to live from birth after catastrophic wildfire is greece now really from devastating floods. officials say it's as though greece has changed climate zones, as the government sends in troops to deal with the disaster. severe storms and reco 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 gathers momentum as thousands of demonstrators take to the

sprint. calling for an end to the asset machine. and the parts for the regulations, most europeans are still briefing bad air. we'll take a look at how to use hoping to tackle it's pollution problems. the hello, i'm clear. richardson, welcome to the show. fires drought and now devastating floods all in a matter of months. greece husband, battered by the forces of nature and made worse by climate change. the north of the country has been badly affected around the port city of bolo, storm. daniel has produced record of rainfall, triggering lance lights, and sweeping dozens of vehicles of weight and muddy waters. athens too has been affected, and all guerria and turkey have been hit as well with at least 14 confirmed stats, across the region. clearing out after 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 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 a central's image or that the i'm 33 years old and i've never seen so much. right. and my whole life, you're seeing of bummed out, so to be just didn't recognize any more of these many. notice some of the money 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. come

side to him. bull 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 would drifting through the battery like boats. the increasing roaming of the mediterranean sea is thought to have 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 of the the numbers that we're seeing now for rainfall and water flowers, 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? so cost us some grease waiting and hoping is unfortunately the only option we ever correspondence. sophia left talk you reporting from the ports to the of a bolos. and earlier she told me more about the flooding their player i'm sending right now as the for me, biggest catastrophe, as i've seen today. we are in bowler since early this morning, and the fixture behind me is so real and we're standing, we drove up the main streets towards mount stadium, which you can see behind me. and i'm sitting literally on the spot where the suite co op. so the sweet collapse and residents of all those are uh, come in here on the, on my left and, and trying to see what's going on there there doc. so coming. * out we're

projecting this out. it's really, really scary. and on my right side of the street, the street even it's going a bit lower. so um it looks um unreal. it is unbelievable. unbelievable. but it's happening right now so you can hear it. it's 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 a couple of tickets really its, uh, sly i, i'm losing my words. yeah. the whole road. they're just washed away. people coming out and to take photos. um, you've also been speaking, i understand to people about their experiences with this. what have residents been telling you? indeed, we've been talking to a residence all day. we even a claire had the chance about an hour ago to talk to the mayor, mister bells,

to the mayor of the boys who literally told us, i'm quoting, i feel like crying. those were his worst. i feel like crying when i see. 8 the catastrophe that storm down your costs and the residents were telling us that they tried to be patient as this is the 3rd day without water, without the electricity. the only good news is that for now they can buy water, which they cookies yesterday. and also the mayor is given the way water for free at the city halls, which cost a very um, do so lives people are to a, in order to get some water to, to wash themselves, to be able to, to go to the toilets and to drink of course, yeah, that's really important. has there been other advice from greek authorities concerning how people should behave following this disaster sore? now as you can see, the rain stop, there was even a bit of sunshine like a few minutes ago, which again,

this is gone behind the very dark um clouds. uh people are starting to to come outside there. hi. * this is how ever the authorities insisted on people to um, to be on alert, asked. c the, the full are fast as it can uh, can started raining uh for minutes a minute and it can be uh, bad weather. uh again the port goes until tonight and uh, so late in the evening. it can be, however, uh if you call, at least for the moment and the lease where i'm sending right now. well, thank you so much for your reporting. we really appreciate that. that is database correspondent, sophia class talking well anti government demonstrations in serious southern province of suite have now entered their 4th week the peaceful protest or a show of civil disobedience and a province largely populated by people from the drew's religious minority. the demonstrations were sparks, my economic measures inactive by president bashar last said, now protest or say they will not stop gathering on. so it is

a card on the square until they over from the machine or 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 made here to kurama 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 on to 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. i see 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, the bills are paid to be run and russia in return for the military assistance destroyed the wealth of all of serious population. 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 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 pretty well across europe. air pollution continues to be a big killer analysis from our data journalism team has revealed that last year. most people lived in areas where air quality fell short of standards set by the world health organization to tackle the problem therapy and parliament to set to vote on tougher rules 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 studying sabrina, by the office. it happened several times. so i went to my doctor and he more or less told me it was linked to a policy. so this really force 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 uh, costs, own echo system damage on property cuts, costs work days. those varies cost on forest street damages. there is a cost on culture heritage damage the impacts on our heads and all 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 criteria of the work and it's going to children. and basically it's follow up the criteria over the science april. we shouldn't either 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 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 or correspond at rosie bartered file 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. 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 usage 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 for the longer heads 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 european commission box, the executive on some center right on right wing lawmakers. if you're repeating part of parliament or 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 updated, tougher loss won't kick in for a couple of years. so clear if you're expecting any sort of overnight change here,

don't hold your breath. so those are the virtual reporting and that is your new show and all for me. for now, brent cost will be back with more news headlines and 45 minutes time. before then we have a documentary coming up about how early it color photography shape europe's view of africa feature. and thanks for watching the learning shannon with winning offer is available