the, the, there's a dw do's live in from berlin tonight from one extreme to the next in greece. first, it was wild flyers now it's devastating floods. people saying it's a zip. grease has changed climate zone. the military has been deployed with more rain in the forecasts. also coming up tonight, the victory for abortion, whites and mexico. the supreme court, they're saying that states do not have the authority to treat a portion as a cross. and in syria, a peaceful protest gathers, momentum is thousands of demonstrators take to the streets,

calling for an end to the assad, receive plus. despite strict regulations, most europeans are still reading bad error. we'll look at how be your opinion is hoping to tackle it's pollution from the library. golf is good to have you with us on this thursday, and we begin in greece with a storm named daniel and the relentless rains of authorities are describing as a biblical catastrophe. for days of downforce, of unleashed flooding and land slides and parts of the country, it's knocked out power. it is a 1000 without access to running water. at least 14 people are known to a di, across the reach for more than a year's worth of rain poured down here in just 24 hours. gree says it's unlike anything the country has experience before. hold on,

most of it is good for the thought. the country is dealing with a phenomenon, the likes of which we have never seen in the past decreasing the bottom from the city of bolos. some 200000 residents were left without running water for thursday. there's nothing we can do about the 50 close to get the so no food to keep in the fridge. that's what up at the bathroom. we've got to spend nothing at all and use us. yeah. only do we want to be a supermarket and that's yeah. purple, understand that all the see, everything was gone within minutes as the water passed through with the full force of the river destruction. everything that was here caused garbage on terms. everything was swept away up or something on helicopters, evacuated hundreds trapped in their flooded homes. many of whom had to wait for the lightning storm to calm. rescuers are still trying to reach dozens of strand villagers using life boats and diverse greases emergency services had been

overwhelmed with extreme weather events. the summer after dudley wild fires reached in the north for 2 weeks 30 say the torrential rains believed had been made worse by the warming mediterranean, or the most extreme on record. so for more now i'm joined by jeff to cost a. he's a climate risk scientist. he joins me tonight from brought his lava job. it's good to have you with us. i mean, we've got a long list of extremes across europe tonight. we've got flooding in greece that we just saw on that report. we've got a record heat wave in the u. k. and all of this thanks to what is being called the omega don't. but if you could explain what is that swell? thanks for having me. it's a good question. so we've seen record breaking weather phenomena all over the summer. we broke one record off the next in terms of temperature, but also locally depending in terms of rainfall,

amount and so in greece. these are the remnants of storm daniel, a low pressure system that moves southwesterly and brought down to rent sold downpours in parts of greece. naming the region most affected by the flooding in the past 2 days. and these are regions that are heavily reliant on agriculture and also food production for degree. you can call, i mean, and in part of this, this tragedy that we're seeing on folders. the fact that this this dome is just staying foot right? i mean this weather system, it's not really going anywhere as it is a winter system that is um, causing stationary. but that was the issue of caution. we need to observe the system of clothes and monitor it 247. so what is true is that with the record breaking summer,

then the unprecedented word of phenomenon does often like you mentioned earlier, the present to you today just 2 weeks ago. as for donna broad flooding and the idea incidents lined portugal in spring just a few weeks ago, there were raging well fires in greece now they're battling flash floods. so yeah, we do see an increase in terms of intensity and frequency of such phenomena. we, we heard from the greek prime minister today and according to prime minister, saying, i'm afraid that the careless summers as we knew them, will cease to exist. and from now, well, ended up becoming summers are likely to be ever more difficult. let me ask you as a, a climate risk analyst. what is that political leader saying to the public? the parties over well, what is saying to the public? it's something that scientists have been warning about for decades at this point.

the dangers of climate change, the dangers of global warming, the dangers of the change and patterns of how the atmosphere circulates and moves moisture across the air, which in turn changes the frequency and the patterns of rainfall. but also the dry droughts. wildfires and other extreme rid of phenomena that have huge impact on society. so what i would say is that she 7 to sizing probably what the scientific evidence based studies have demonstrated, then warned for for so long. yeah, we've been hearing that for, for decades. insight as have been telling us what needs to be done to mitigate climate change is the message that we're hearing from the greek prime minister. and this is just the latest example on a message of inputs. it's that we, we were not, and we cannot do anything about this. we need to get used to it. is that what do you, what we're hearing on cannot assume. but what is true is that

we can do something. we can either do something by mitigating the risk that's our no and the unknown risk. so we can anticipate from climate change. that doesn't mean that we are powerless. it just means that it keeps getting more and more challenging to implement the changes that are necessary in time to protect the people in the livelihood. so know what is important is to act and to also force the unexpected, unforeseen sort of the unprecedented. and just because it is unprecedented, does not mean that you can not foresee it and as well, yeah, very wise words there just because that we appreciate your time in your analysis tonight. thank you. thank you. what's your, here's a good mexico's court room. abortion was not a crime in one northern state and that set off a sloop chain of events to de criminal. lots of worship were now mexico's and

supreme court has ruled that abortion is no longer a crime, at least the national crime. while the decision does not grant every woman and mexico immediate access to abortions, acted as are healing it as a significant step for the unanimous ruling by mexico's top court requires all federal public health services and institutions to offer abortions to anyone, requests it in its judgment the country's highest court declared the middle suitable condition. 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 worse and then beans, and i think and force and it is not right. that'd be a problem. 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 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. they must have

again, that we will 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. it's well known to those anti government protests in syria that are not going away demonstrations in syria of southern province and sweden are now in their 4th week. the peaceful protests are a show of civil disobedience in a province that's largely populated by people from the drew's religious minority of

the purchase of a reaction to economic measures enacted by president bush or all assad. but it has to say that they will not stop gathering on swayed is our cut off my square until they over through the regime 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 mentioned to you to kurama square dignity square to demand freedom. most people who live here belong to the drawers 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 funded by she. the protest soon swelled growing thousands of demonstrators calling for an end to the sab 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. 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 have them? 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 or let's take a look now, some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. good bones, military hunter has named a former opposition leader as the prime minister of his transitional government ramen. the dong seem a, is an outspoken critic of president ellie bung who was forced out of office and

a military coup. last week, the dong sima served as one goes prime minister from 2012 to 2014 nigerian opposition candidates. i take who i will box hard says, and he will not accept the ruling by the countries election court upholding president bola to new booth election victory back in february. he's asked the court to declare the election results from illinois says that we're election irregularities and he says that he will now appeal this decision before and jerry is supreme court doesn't the trucks are waiting for pakistan's main border crossing, but they have to understand to open after 2 days of being close, the torque from border point was closed on wednesday and security forces from both countries exchange, the gun fired their casualties were reported. the reason for this, like this class is i know a major rescue operation is under way and target to save a cave export trap, thousands of feet underground of the american believed or developed rather internal

bleeding while exploring the more k k turkey's 3rd deepest. and is unable to leave on his own experts say getting him out will be difficult, and they say it could take several days for now to the war in ukraine. russian officials say that the south western, the city of roast of ongoing, has been targeted by jerome strikes. the attacks come after russia struck in eastern ukrainian city on wednesday, killing at least 17 people. now this violence overshadowing a surprise visit the keys by us secretary of state anthony blink. a trained attack in south west and russia sense flames rolling into the sky. just hours of dread rushing, miss tyler struck a market place and refrained east giving 17 vehicles across the board of strikes. calm as a ukrainian town for offensive makes incremental gains in the country. south budget,

slow pace. that's the race consent among. keeps that lights on a surprise visiting your brain, us secretary of state and sleep, lincoln was keen to emphasize the depth of washington's commitment was 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 defenses. so this is judy osborne, cal reference progresses, excel rates in the past few weeks. this new assistance will help sustain it and built for the moment speaking and brussels, nato secretary general echoed his woods and urged you states to keep up that supports to and re ukraine is are gradually gaining ground. and it is a proof. the import was on our support and also our ability and unwillingness to

continue the support because this is heavy. if i think difficult, if i think minute tree analysts say maintaining western support will be vital for the success of ukraine's counter offensive. and with another winter steadily approaching keys and his allies hoping for a break through sooner rather than later. we're here in europe, but we still haven't cleared the air. air pollution remains a major killer analysis from our data journalism theme is revealed it last year. most people lived in areas where air quality fell short of standards that have been set by the world health organization or the change this european part of that is set to vote on tougher air pollution rules. next week. pollution through natasha's life plans up in the air. she was once a cycling instructor, hearing brussels, about 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 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, i'm a really forced me to reconsider my job's presented book here. natasha says off on a new career in education on no, 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 poverty,

cuts costs work days. those varies cost on florida. 3 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 probably the materials are pushing for even stricter caps when we bought one. it's uh, clean air. all right, and uh we the protection of the house of our citizens and then uh follow up. uh the great door. yeah. of the walls again its going to shoot you on a basically its follow up the great deal. yeah. over the science april. she needs it like um, i'm this little motion pandemic. 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 switch to 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 why should we be breathing it? the w h o recommends that the annual average concentration of fine particulate matter in the air should not exceed 5 micro grams per cubic meter of air. as we see right here, the line is at 20, so that's 4 times the w h has recommended level of compare that to the winders, chicago area in the united states, which is just 10 micrograms per cubic meter, but still twice the w h o guidelines, lima peru is that 30, that's the,

that's 6 times the recommended level. and in jakarta, in india is that $34.00, but one of the most polluted cities in the world is the indian capital. you see it right there. deli at a whopping $114.00, that is almost $21.00 times the suggested level. yeah. the air we're breathing and everywhere for more now i'm joined by the roda allergy and sketch who is a program manager in charge of air quality at the w. h. or europe office, she joys me the night from bon here in germany. it's good to have you with this. and i want to just repeat a key point from our report here that i'm 98 percent of people in europe live in areas where air pollution levels exceed w h o recommendations. i mean, what kind of effect is this having on people's health and in the for the future health of their children, strength setup for these kinds invitation because air pollution

indeed alongside climate change. he's the major environmental threats to, to our warehouse. if this affecting our long, our hearts, our brains infect most of our organs and systems. and to mention children indeed is the problem of pretty much or bears. it's the problem of incurred long development in children, but also incurred to neural development. and the ab test is growing, that's also in adults. some little developments of the seas. this like dementia, may be associated with exposure to air photos. what did you do? this is nothing new. i mean, as long as i is like, as long as i can remember, we've been talking about the problem with air pollution and there been calls for governments around the world to clean up the a or what. so what are, what are you telling us have that have government's not been doing what they've promised to do or have they've been doing

a good job and would we be even worse off had nothing been done or you know, it's a long craft. we have to add some needs as much has been done to, to improve their quality and that are parts of fuel, of parts of the where's, where's the air quality testing 1st. but steve, the bars and all of these, these do to where pollution to bring things on change and we has to act not only to continue, but we have to strengthen the work. we have strong regulations, we need political wheels. but we also need knowledge and awareness of on the one hand, what air pollution is doing to our house. but also what are the best games and benefits if we need to clear the air? it, it just, it seems like this is a broken record when it comes to what we need to do, what we know we should do. now we've got the european union set to vote on new air quality rules. but those rules are still unclear exactly when we're talking about

how strict they will be. you've got some arguing that tougher regulations will be too expensive. so is this going to be a tiger that doesn't have any change? you know that setting setting correct relations and standards, this is the science and policy process. what somebody wait show is doing to air quality guidelines is saying these are quite a few levels that show to be a chief to effectively prospect populations house. so the guidelines are such are not legally binding, but they provide, we'd be robust the rest of those points against which then decision makers needs to decide how they formulate something as far as the guidelines recommended w h o values. they said this has based target to which we should be

all working hard with. well, let's hope that we worked just a little bit harder on for our long sake. and those of our children wrote it over to james, go with the european center for environment and health. we appreciate your time to night. thank you. thank you very much. bye bye. well, the race to find water on the moon is gathering fade. several countries are trying to make a claim with an eye to establishing future lunar colonies. recent russian and japanese attempts ended in failure, but india recently succeeded in landing at the moon south pole. and now japan is trying to get the most of what they're doing. joe to japan's luna exploration mission the moon's night. the deep is designed to land with high precision within 100 meters of its target sites on the lunar surface. tokyo was hoping it's small land for investigating noon, for 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 to 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 luna pulse nessa renew. s companies are also preparing to more emissions in the coming months. all of this works as a prelude to the next big step. the 1st man 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 how closest. so let's deal neighbors and to get ahead,

stones on what could be the next frontier of geo political conflict. you're watching dw news. i'll be back at the top of the hour with more of old news, followed by the day hope to see a bit of next is up. next is to the point rather, stating that the

the, to the point clear positions, international perspectives. the chinese president will not attend the g 20 meeting and in the deepening what seems to be an ever growing rivalry with another agent powerhouse. so on to the point we ask india booms, china, what does it mean for the rest of the world? to the point the next on d, w, does the,

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forest fires evaporating, marsh amounts of moist tune and to get the onset and learn more about the heavy and visible over the flows through the sky. start september 20th on the double you never before and has a chinese head of state cancelled a g 20 meetings. the forum for the most important industrialized and emerging countries. changing thing is now sending his premier lead to new delhi. this will most likely be seen as an affront by host motive. yet she and 40 certainly pursue coming to entrance against western dominance. on the other hand, they are, are tribals with leadership aspirations for the global sounds. in addition, china's economy is we can.