jack parrot jack. italy's european partners held mary a drug in high regard. what do they make of him now being forced out as prime minister? well i think terry, there's a big sense of disappointment, especially in brussels, mario druggies resignation. he was certainly seen as a safe pair of hands here. he was seen as an experienced european politician. he understands the european union, he was very pro european and he knew what was going on here, especially regarding his role as the, the president of the european central bank, which he held for many, many years and was seen as somebody that really understood how to get things working we've seen in italy, some pro draggy protest. people lives on the streets. obviously here in brussels, in the european union institutions they cannot say. or they cannot make comments on this sort of machinations of national politics. but i think it's understood that he was seen as a pro european somebody who understood the workings and also on many of the big, relevant issues in brussels. he was on the same page as many of the leaders on in other capital, specifically, france and berlin. now, italy is an important you member stated, shaped european policy on ukraine and russia. druggie himself made a high profile visit to kit not long ago. could italy's position on the war now change under a new government? yes, i think that's very likely, especially when you look at the positions of the tennessee that you know, the league party, the far right policy. they have a very different position. you're right. he was a really strong proponent of ukraine and especially when it comes to the u. accession process. he was one of the 1st leaders to come out and say, listen, we need to offer ukraine a realistic pathway to joining the european union. he made that big trip along with german chancellor la shows and the front president manual micron to keep it was a big, big sign of not only sort of support the ukraine, but a you unity in the support for ukraine. and what, what we've heard, even from that, it's these foreign minister imitate it to my luigi. demise gives me, he's been there saying, listen, having a caretaker government, and i will prevent many things. first, the, it's these sending of arms to support the war in ukraine. also do the potential for diversifying gas supplies as we had into the winter. and what that would mean. there is a lot of questions about exactly how nimble and how, you know, you know, deliberate italy will be able to be as they had into those elections, which we now expect in the autumn. jack, thank you very much. our corresponding jack park there in brussels. well, italy is one of the countries in europe that's been experiencing a heat wave in recent days. there's also been a prolonged drought in the north of the country, and the soaring temperatures are making the situation worse. farmers there are facing the prospect of crop failures due to water shortages. the po river usually supplies enough water to farms, but it's severely depleted at the moment. d w max tundra traveled to the region to see how farmers are coping a marina full of stranded boats, fields of drooping sunflowers and everywhere fountains with no running water, scorching temperatures of up to 40 degrees, half in plaguing northern italy for weeks now and threatening. some people's very existence like the regions, rice farmers, just advantage on these plants are completely dead. they won't produce anything. there will be no crop here. so in epa, 15 tons of harvest lost in this plot alone. the farmer simply