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the the, this is the, the, the news line from ballon thousands play is while fires approach the greek capital athens. 5 points is one of dangerous conditions as the place spreads like lightning also on the program. best and civil authorities wide and evacuation orders into boarder regence as the russian military forces. popular ukrainian incursions w is jonathan crates. milk spock on the highs and lows of the powers olympics, 2 weeks of high quantities for an hour of us. or how will these power stain be remembered? look at the heroes, the iconic side, so many contrivances over pollution agenda, the
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feel welcome to the program. a major wildfire is spreading out of control on the outskirts of athens, forcing thousands of people to move to safety. hundreds of firefighters and military personnel of boxing the plays which started on sunday afternoon. strong winds and high temperatures of fuel in the flames. in the attic, a region northeast of the capital. houses have cooled. 5 of the hospitals closed as people flag of the area. a 5 fi to special aggressive mild fires as they sweep across forest and the suburbs. newest of athens. residents are also doing that bit to help keep the plays at bay phenomena. so most of the big randy hurts as far as this where we grew up, it makes us very sad and angry and there are real
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risks to getting to close the flight in surround it. man, i couldn't see i hit the pine tree and this happened to dry conditions and strong winds have helped the fire spread easily. it is already engulfed, largest waves of woodland and olive groves over night. police have been helping elderly, invulnerable people evacuate from the west, effected there is a blanket to smoke from. the fire is covering this often sub where residents a toll to stay inside. with windows locked grease is currently experiencing the whole to some of the on record creating the perfect
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conditions for science to spread. this week alone, costs of the country is on the red deluxe. the wild soil has its a freelance journalist at daphne till this is in the greek capital and gave me this update. i'm just outside now heading to to the area of the one fires since yesterday sunday, when the wildfire broke up outside of the capital of athens. it's been spreading all night and hasn't stopped at all, and start firefighters are on the ground. aerial assets were flying yesterday. they had to get stuff overnight. the resumed operations this morning. 32 aircraft altogether are fighting the blades. reinforcements have been sent from other parts of greece, firefighters of vehicles to help you to help fight these, this huge place actually that is spawning for 35 kilometers and it's still going on . there's some reconvenes happening as we speak in different areas around optic,
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our, which is the why the region around the campus and look for greece. athens evacuations . multiple evacuations. order since yesterday. they're still coming in. people are told to to be to be an alert actually. and be get ready to leap. there's been jim's opening even the stadium where we once hosted the olympic games 20 years ago. this stadium is open as well for people to temporarily go there if they need to. um, air conditioning rooms as well. there's also a heat wave at the moment. greece has been having these heat waves all summer as early as june this year. it's something common. we know it every summer in greece, but you know, now that there is extended period where this heat lingers on for, for longer time, for a longer period. and there's dry conditions. we had a very warm winter, but not so much rate actually very little rate. so all these,
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all these factors play into the activity and how the fire behaves, which is a, i'm at the moment raging and it will keep on, according to the fire refreshes and the mature ologist, the wind is strong and will be strong all day today. and might be a bit better tomorrow, but we'd have to wait and see today is a very difficult way for right. difficult day for, for agrees. and people are doing us as i told all they they are leaving when told to leave well, most, all right, but in the case, is there a note, there's police officers and units up to the police that go the door by door and they actually ask people to leave or they order them to leave and tell them you have to evacuate. now you can't stay in your home or even help people who can't leave elderly people, people who that need some assistance to to leave their houses. it's also the middle of summer here, so many people are away for a holiday. this week. also speak holiday season. we have
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a religious holiday coming on on thursday. but also these areas around athens are, are populated with the residents, greek residents, but also some toward the goal because there's seaside resorts around. thank you for that. so definitely, i, john, this definitely tell us in athens, thank you. that's a russia where president putin has told top officials that your training and troops inside the country must be squeezed out. but forces of why the evacuation what is into boarder regence, as russian troops scrambled to repel the ukrainian cross border incursion. governor of belgrade regions has told the residents of one district to relocate and evacuation orders in neighboring costs could be an expanded. russia says ukrainian troops of advance 30 kilometers across the board. the surprise move, which regarding cross mocks, the largest, you claim the, an attack on russian soto since the south of russia's full scale invasion of ukraine. law correspondence inc kidney,
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commonly asset base updates on the ukranian defensive, or we were expecting that almost the weekend. we would have a better handle on what exactly is going on in court reasons, but it seems more or less to be the opposite situations. we've had a clamp down from russian authorities on civilians posting stuff. social media is those videos we had in the 1st few days of destroyed rushing me a kind of convoys. those have stopped similar situation with so called ministry blog as these bloggers who are close to the rest military who were pretty uh, you know, kind of panic and obese. beating the drum that the russian government wasn't taking the seriously. those 2 days they have gotten down and pull them into line and hit the crane. so i just keep you very tight lips when we do get stuff posted by ukrainian soldiers. it often seems to be a couple of days out of date, but does still seem to be the case. the ukraine forces are about 30 kilometers deep interested in the course. reason we've had reports of incursions at other places on the border and build the region and in other parts course region. and there is
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a sense that the ukraine is on a role. we've had reports by another saying that russia had built defenses in this part of its border with ukraine, but that just wasn't enough boots on the ground and enough of munitions and other equipment that actually make those defenses work. so basically, once the credit of soldiers had pos, those both defensive lines, they could basically take much territory as they wanted and didn't really find much in the way of russian soldiers. and if they were that they would most likely conscripts, people in the early twenties with no me a fighting experience and the front lines who weren't able to put my put up much of a fight. they totally, inc. if, what are you trying to surprise attack inside the rush that comes as warning? bells sound over the countries economic outlook, official data. and these last week shows rushes grow slow to 4 percent in the 2nd quarter of this year. so i'm on the list. i think a hard landing might be fast approaching it's 25 years since let them and put them to power. and during that time, the russian economy seemed significant changes. now the war in ukraine and the
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international sanctions are starting to take a toll. economic growth in russia flowed from 5.4 percent, 4 percent. this quarter tanks don't seem to rosie anymore. if we're speaking only above the fingers here they are impressive and russian economic growth exceeding uh, and growth in some developed countries like germany or united kingdom. but every time we're speaking about the russian economy, we need to keep in mind what's yeah, what, what, what do we have behind this growth? experts see disappearance growth being largely driven by on sustainable factors. massive states expenditures, for example, supply the ongoing water for its against ukraine on propping up the economy, creating an illusion of stability. a russian economy is now authorized on its maximum capacity and key ingredients of this gross soup is worth expenditures, which now i think exceed the 30 percent of the pre war levels. rushes economy for
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me looks like some like a marathon runner on steroids. and while the story is words she's running, know when they're there and the one these top where he was all as russia continues to read through, it's ex parts from europe to asia and maintain high levels of mandatory spending. the question remains, how long can this mile turn run or keep going? but take a look at civil stores making news around the world. find out you've trained separation nuclear power plant as being extinguished according to a brush and state media. the facility in southern you trained on the russian control, russian and ukrainian officers are confirmed that a cooling towel has been damaged. must go blames to blaze on ukrainian. shutting roll keeps, as russia is responsible. as well as expanded its evacuation orders for southern gauze after warning of a new military operation in the area,
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tens of thousands of civilians have already 5 con, use these days. the satellites is to order comes last the last medicine cruise, just mediators to return to a truce plank presented by us president joe biden. last month, the united states has ordered a strike group of warships and find subjects took, celebrates its deployment to the military to the middle east of defense, secretary lloyd often publicly announced he was sending a guided missile submarine to the vengeance. seems a message if determines to iran, and its proxy is from the us. and israel believe we're preparing a large scale attack on israel and that's the power as olympics of drew to a close friendship. president emanuel macross said it had shown the well, the full truth face of france, the closing ceremony. so hollywood stopped and tom cruise, i'm sailing to the natural stadium and from swimming style mil emotional extinguish the olympic cold and kindly beside the sound of patient mounds of 2 and
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a half weeks of competition. the next summer olympics will be held in full years in los angeles. the w jonathan crane was in progress full of the games and gave us his perspective of the highs and lows. 2 weeks of high quality sport, and now every of us or how will these parish games be remembered? so let's start with the highs. despite the heavy security and face of the country, the friendship embrace, these games stadiums have been most before. and so how do i like to lay on most strong have read 8065, and the country. i feel like it turns paris for a bit for a week. it's been magic here. i've been a success here. john takes has been amazing, obsolete mothers have been able to share in that magic with the i didn't pick vintage date for a nursery, for the very 1st time. legend free american sprintzel allison phoenix has been instrumental in that project and my message to all the mothers as you are capable. you are absolutely capable to have your best performances. after childbirth,
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parisians have seen the city transformed into an open stadium with eye clinic landmarks like the eiffel tower turned into spectacular venue. just don't mention this one, the river send pollution level is a constant worry for organizes with a trash on. on swimming, my recent events, most effective, some swim is even reported sickness. but the tillman and story of these of impacts has been in the books in competition. they mon kelly, for vouch area and taiwan. so when you think we're both set to have failed 10 to test last year, i wouldn't pick rose meant they could still compete. but that participation has raised questions. i've offended the safety and inclusion in women sports coats in the middle of the books. this stuff with horrible abuse on social media, if you had and then i asked people to stop bullying all athletes. because this has massive effects. it can destroy people. and this, despite the negative attention vice kelly for admin to coding the gold medal fable,
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say they've silence that critique for the why. the debate will surely rumbled on long beyond these other impacts. finally, elusive pressure. strange authors, bang se has claimed another work on the streets of london. this time a police sentry box has been made to look like a fish tank of fish, the 7th, and it will fame, faith to steps and the bridge of capital over the last week. about some of the being preserved and removed was a housing wolf on a tv satellite dish in south london was stolen shortly after it appeared. it is reminded by 12 story out this i'll start using 3 whiles fire on the northern fringes of the office is raging. i'm have control of all the evacuation of hospitals and homes and near the capital. hundreds of 55 is administered person. that was a bachelor of move world news at the top of the hour of next on dw, and stuff commentary. serious all those,
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