next up, we're off to the french alps for a murkier but no less fascinating view of our changing planetottom of a glacial lake. lucy heads to france for a swim in some pretty shocking conditions. across the world, global warming is shortening the ski season and starting to seriously affect the economy for lower resorts. the charity protect our winters has been collecting data from climate scientists around the world, all with similar predictions — by 2050, the alps could see a reduction in snow by more than a0%. i've noticed a massive difference, especially the last 25 years that we've been doing it, of the glaciers retreating, the glaciers getting smaller. in the winters, our winter season's getting shorter. you know, they used to start november very comfortably and now sometimes, we're lucky if they start in december. push on the left ski. good work! the other thing that's quite scary right now is because of these extreme changes in the temperatures that we're seeing, and what this does to the snowpack, it really weakens the way that the snow bonds together, and we've seen a big rise

by 2050, the alps could see a reduction in snow by more than a0%.massive difference, especially the last 25 years, that we've been doing it, of the glaciers retreating the glaciers getting smaller in the winters or winter seasons getting shorter. you know, they used to start november very comfortably and now sometimes, we're lucky if they start in december. the other thing that's quite scary right now is because of these extreme changes in the temperatures that we see, and what this does to the snowpack, it really weakens the way that the snow bonds together, and we've seen a big rise in the amount of avalanches. the resort has been making plans to ensure its future, and one ambitious project is to open an indoor ski dome by the grandmot glacier. these artist impressions show what it will look like in the winter and also in the summer to guarantee year—round skiing, no matter the weather. hello. hello. well, i'm giving my ski legs a rest. nice to meet you, lucy, i'm done. to try something a little bit different. yes, that is a mask and regulator by

at 35 celsius there you go you can see the signs of that so wet weather just moving in across the alps ahead pretty pushing towards that western side of scotland as we go on through thursday shows continuing just around the parity some showers there around the outer season wet or whether it will pass of the balkans around croatia. pushing up towards ukraine begin to see more of those as we go on through the next couple days it does stay very disturbed the show's beginning to gather a little bit just around the alps as southern parts of germany will see that wetter weather size of that he starting to break across the the northwest still very hot in spain meanwhile let the temperatures here will gradually ease also sunshine here across northern parts of africa and still plenty of showers down to the west. you know. sometimes the listening post cuts through the noise you've been looking at another side of this story the information around the outbreak but the misinformation separating propaganda from fact it's reality and you have to leave. exposing to. manipulate their rhetoric and. they

it may not be the sandy beaches of majorca or the peaks of the austrian alps but berlin struct a little oasis southwest of the city center so the liver is a good dose of vacation feeling. berlin's dozens of lakes offer great respect from the summer heat and are perfect to relax and entertain adults and children a trip to the lake in summer is a must for people staying in the city according to a recent survey 43 percent of germans think they will stay put this summer fear of the coronavirus and the complications presented by preventive measures like masks and social distancing have hindered the desire to travel those enjoying the warm weather here at the lake so they can also if you're on vacation in berlin or berlin has a lot to offer i think. it's nicer when it's summer. as you said the parks the lakes but also just walking around biking around. i always stay here i never leave berlin in summer because berlin and its surrounding sounds so beautiful and they really need to be enjoyed when the sun shining what can we cation anyway with more than 2500 public parks berlin is one of the gre

sustain him through the movie's most dramatic sequences, as marcel leads a group of youngsters into the alpsroute to switzerland pursued by notorious ss officer klaus barbie. passports, please. written and directed by jonathan jakubowicz, the venezuelan film—maker behind secuestro express and hands of stone, resistance may be based on fact, but you get the sense that it tells its story with a fair degree of dramatic licence. it's a story about one of those unique human beings... from the book—ended framing device featuring ed harris as general patton to the numerous nail—biting confrontations with the nazis which smack of dramatic invention, this is an unashamedly theatrical affair, offsetting the historical horrors with romance, tension and melodrama. perhaps that's appropriate since marceau's chosen medium was theatre, and the film strives to make his clowning a centrally redemptive feature in a manner similar to roberto benigni's oscar—winner life is beautiful. for me, that's actually the least successful element of resistance, partly because marceau's mime skills arejust impossible to mi

been smashed to pieces in a car accident in bella ruse ury fled to a german speaking region in the alps which shall remain unnamed his application for asylum is still pending then 41 years old yuri received a hip replacement at a hospital in his host country. he has been scarred for life not only by the accident which he thinks was an attempt on his life but also by an event that turned him into a criminal and destroyed his family. yes and you put it all to the shores and left my family in 2008 hours after the attempt on my life yup will i realize that my wife and daughter was sacred to me and so i decided to get divorced but the more yet i was rules since then i have lived a life also it so the. hearing no longer felt safe in his home country because he wanted to speak out get the burden off his chest as he explains he alleges that his former comrades from the minute security unit were pursuing him. to do and for months i had information that they were either arrest me or imprisonment is. the labor i didn't want to sit in jail or make a confession is ludicrous ill or be accused of some

for social distancing in a gondola in the austrian alps. in the netherlands restaurants reopened at the beginning of june but with restrictions in place. tell me what some of the requirements are here for restaurant managers and how this whole concept that what we're doing here is actually where you. do the general recommendation because you have your private space here their stuff is not even entering so you few more protected and it's more relaxing and can be swayed. so my experience anything in a green house has come to an end i will say it's extremely unique and romantic but i do miss the atmosphere of a hustling and bustling restaurant however in the age of corona this. is a great alternative. and we sail off into a socially distant horizon. staying on the topic of food you could soon be the proud owner of this high quality salt and pepper mill set made off all of what if you take part in our current draw as always you will find all of the relevant information on our website and all you have to do is to tell us what you need to prepare

well, it's a bit of a temperature change now and we head to the chilly austrian alps, where ben bravedgathering storm for a spot of snow camping. and let's just say, it didn't all go to plan. we have put up all of the tents now. when a say "we", i mean mostly these guys. but it's going well. it's a lot warmer than i thought. so, after some hard work, ourcamp is set and, i'll be honest, a hot drink has never been more satisfying. as the sun fell behind the mountains, little did we know that this would be our last chance to take in this amazing environment. it was most definitely the calm before the storm. although it's absolutely freezing and getting colder by the second, it really is beautiful and i've never seen anything like it in my life. we melt snow over camp stoves to make our dinners of rehydrated chicken noodles. all right, let's eat some astronaut food. but then, the dramatically worsening weather was taking its toll. somewhere along the way, i took a wrong turn and now i'm in the deepest... oh, god. oh, god, it's so deep. that was difficult. 0k. here's my house for the night.

some 4 and a half 1000 ober-ammergau lives 100 kilometers south of munich on the northern edge of the alps germany's highest peak the sushi pizza and king boutique the 2nd scary tower palaces linda hold a close by no wonder the village is one of the various most popular tourist destinations. although the passion play is staged only once every 10 years it has a permanent influence on the village. the gospel story is painted on the facades of houses in all its variations. the numerous souvenir shops sell carvings of saints apostles and crucifixes. over on mcdowell represents a tradition that makes the gospel narrative accessible in many forms. the villages crucifix carvers are as famous as its passion play which has been attracting visitors since the 19th century. some with them were english critics as it was free the british the swedish and the danish royals and the austrian hausberg have all been here little. 1. 101. 100 mired knows he'll be tied up here for the next 10 months 5 times a week from mid may until october the residents of oberammergau will rehearse jesus's suffering and death

pandemic struck, greta spoke at davos, the meeting of global and political leaders high in the swiss alpstion is fuelling the flames by the hour. you're inaction is fuelling the flames by the hour. and we are telling you to act as if you loved your children above all else. thank you. isn't there a danger that people would listen to you and say, well, all hope is lost, i may as well continue my lifestyle, because there is nothing i can do to make the kind of changes on the kind of scale that greta thunberg says is necessary? there is no point where everything is beyond saving, because there are degrees of how bad it can get. no matter where we are, no matter how dark the situation must look like, it may look like, we must never allow ourselves to give up, because we can always prevent it from getting worse. that is what we need to be doing. and the situation, it is not dark. there is hope. we can change, and these changes do not have to be a bad thing. in a sense, doesn't coronavirus provide us with hope about the ability of people to change, because so many people around the world have ch

that this 3rd goal in his last 4 games to put the visitors ahead when he fired through the alps birth defects but the lead would be short lived only lasting 3 minutes alberg in possession from burgos cross finds philip max who slotted it home to level the score one all. max's 8th goal of the season a personal best. hausberg remain unbeaten in a club record 11 but if they get matches against cologne. well this might ease and it's not down south in spite easing it's the locked out in south africa which has been in place since the end of march the country's economic the economic consequences of it the poor particularly hard unemployment is soaring with millions out of work one part of cape town to form a gang leader has stepped in to help people in need is a mat with thanks and skepticism. many charities in the cape town feed the hungry what sets this one apart as the fact that it's borgen eyes by a former gang leader. on my i used to head the mongols one of the most feared gangs in this city. i know not most of the people go. in. with. the slogan on his t. shirt says the harder you fall

northwestern germany district of goods is low has been extended for another week the move follows an alp break of the coronavirus centered at a meat processing plant that's all $1500.00 people infected restrictions in a neighboring district expire at midnight on wednesday. well like a country south africa is trying to gradually relax coronavirus lockdown restrictions some of the country's minibus taxi drivers say the rules are not being eased fast enough one union is taking unilateral action but it is a decision that could jeopardize the health of both drivers and passengers w.'s adrian reports from cape town. for millions of commuters in south africa obeying physical distancing regulations is almost impossible public transport is mainly comprised of minibuses known as texas since the beginning of the pandemic they've been allowed to operate only at 70 percent capacity but on monday the driver's largest union announced it was abandoning that limit. to the government to muslim. the way we used to because he doesn't want to give us money was always opposed to die with the koran. oh most of

banging away into where poland into ukraine down towards the black sea some showers that just around the alps as well maybe into the peyronie's too for good measure come thursday little bit more the way of wetter weather starts to push where across northern parts of spain southern areas of france the showers continuing into central and eastern there is just one of 2 showers there into western russia moscow $25.00 celsius hot and dry those still very hot for london at 30 degrees signs of that wetter weather for the latter part of the wake 34 there in paris and more hot sunshine coming through here a lot of sunshine across northern parts of africa lotsa showers there into central areas of africa and those showers extending across a good part of west africa. join our global community they call the place is just isn't the place that blessing upon . human equals global health keeping you up to date is oneself or situation where we have a human rights crisis that persists beyond the health crisis answering your questions is a dialogue nothing we are now approaching a crossroads this is an opportuni

here in the swiss alps, these acrobats are social distancing atan acrobats are social distancing at anlded cable walking, some slope scary cycling stop this one is called the wheel of the death. organisers say this start set a new record. this acrobat and his trip performed their death—defying moves to raise awareness about the artist have not been able to perform over the past few months. it is good for everybody, we do not give up for everybody, we do not give up and keep thinking positive for the future. it is our time now but i think it will become better. --it is a hard time. a time of balancing priorities. these acrobats hope their performances will lift the spirits of those below. alanna petroff, bbc news. much more on the bbc website. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. thank you very much for watching. hello there. on tuesday, the temperature reached 29 celsius around london. now, by the end of the week, we're likely to find the weather breaking down with a bang but, for the next couple of days, the heat and humidity will continue to build. we cou

london tap woman that empowers you to see some showers there into france pushing across across the alps rolling across northern parts of the balkans and easing up towards the baltic states has begun warning to choose days a similar picture still wish i was there some of them a heavy sigh particular upped was supposed to stay still very warm over towards the east and trying to warm up the west i want to show is it's a central part so the bad it's rainy but essentially a lousy fine and dry picture here shows that sue across northern parts of morocco northern areas of algeria it is that warm and sunny the shows continue across the heart of africa around the theo pushing right across into the gulf of guinea some of them on the live side not quite as much as it should be at this stage of the year but the shadows are there nevertheless over the coming days. short films of hope and inspiration. a series of short stories that highlight the human triumph against the odds. selects. the watching i'm just there a reminder of top stories this hour the u.s. city of minneapolis is promising to dismant

line of the alps now as we head off into sunday that rain does begin to push eastwards and pull away from the u.k. but it's a very cloudy picture but temperatures a little bit better 18 degrees 19 celsius in paris but you really can't see quite a blanket a path through much of europe and again that line of very heavy rain not really moving this could produce some severe thunderstorms at times and also there is the threat of flooding but to killer in those high elevations and we have got a fair amount of cloud with one or 2 shots pushing into morocco this is the system heading towards portugal a major much headway really on sunday but by sunday we'll see a few more showers into the coast of algeria. so controversial approach i am not an idealogue let me be absolutely clear to democracy and international development deliberate doesn't cut inequality in fact to increase i was from a bestselling author and distinguished global economist you don't advocate for greed i sure learned i sure do many terms of one having read my blog just how many men might know i'm leery of the committee whose

little more widespread we'll see some showers around the pyramaze we'll see some showers around the alps as well and more of that as we go on through choose day 20 celsius in paris on tuesday a 25 in london 7 still hanging on to the sunshine into his the 1st signs of that change coalesce the weather will slide in from the north and make good progress as we go through the week showers continue further we are going to see more of that wetter weather coming through here turning a little for the eastern side of the met by wednesday. after more than a decade of civil war life remains a challenge in sierra leone. we follow the citizens of this war torn nation as they push their limits of course avoid. risking it in sierra leone. on al-jazeera. top stories this hour on al-jazeera 2 police officers in the city of atlanta have been fired for using excessive force during protests over the death of george floyd police surrounded a car slashed the tires and used a taser on to be on the inside before dragging them to the ground and handcuffing. people in cities across the u.s. have defied curfews to

health spending so there was an expectation that latin america would be particularly hard hit by the alp rate but sheila was largely seen as an exception to this rule it's seen more as a developed nation within the developing world that is latin american and unfortunately what we're seeing now is that she lay is is now one of the worst hit regions of of latin america in the pointing to those latest statistics will reiterate that again 167000 has actually surpassed 167000 confirmed cases and 3101 deaths according to the latest statistics charlie let's look at brazil now for a moment the 2nd highest death toll in the wild off the united states a health system that seems to be straining under the pressure but the country and its president jobless and are also in the middle of a political crisis not make any give us an update that. certainly so brazil continues to soar past these grim milestone but apart from that health crisis that continues to grip the country making it the worst hit in all of latin america's there's also this worsening political crisis and the voices of concern that we're

recently germany and poland have been struggling with the rainfall will see some heavy rainfall over the alps all night is so that always brings with it and avalanche risk a few showers making the mountain more than parts of italy the southern areas if you have that's where we're going to see the best of the sunshine but there's always a chance of the old shallow not too many showers across northern parts of africa warm sunshine coming in through through here we will see further showers around the gulf of guinea and nothing that way further north with lots of wet weather for west africa. assessments tourism but the income stream is dead in the water what's been the result in perching quite significantly informed opinions there has been a very aggressive political rhetoric that has become very normal and it really is cited in depth analysis of the day's global headlines it's time for new policy and say countries like not all be disintegrating but he read to me this is the leading to over all continues inside story on al-jazeera. hello again you're watching al jazeera live from doha a reminder

thunderstorms so if it's not the right in france then these biggest storms in northern italy and in the alps and dotted around germany through hungary down towards rumania back in spain and portugal things are slowly will be up but only slowly so a process will take at least the weekend in the start of the following week whereas elsewhere the shows just spread it does keep most of the action away from north africa that are still clouds showers potentially in morocco and redact hangs on to 23. isolating times listening post cuts through the noise leave the looking at another side of this story not from our information around the outbreak but the misinformation separating propaganda from fact it's really have a long exposing deal. when it really is the rhetoric and claims but they cannot manipulate the fires listening post your it's like going to the media circus iraq. in the in the the world. welcome back a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera this hour lockdown has been re-impose in parts of china's capital after 45 people at a wholesale market tested positive for the coronavirus what's be

here in the swiss alps, these acrobats are social distancing at an altitude of 3,000m, that is nearlylow scar cycling. this one is called the wheel of the death. 0rganisers say this stunt, with the steep cable incline, set a new record. acrobat freddy nock and his troupe performed their death—defying moves to raise awareness about the artists who have not been able to perform over the past few months. it is good for everybody we do not give up, and keep thinking positive for the future. it is a hard time now but i think it will become better also. it's certainly been a time of highs and lows, a time of balancing priorities. these acrobats hope their performance at the top of the world will lift the spirits of those below. alanna petroff, bbc news. motorists in the turkish resort of bodrum had a lucky escape when a water pipe burst sendings thousands of litres of water into the air. the volume of water quickly turned the road into a river. the force of the explosion created a 5—metre wide sinkhole in the street. there is much more on all the news any time on the bbc website. and you ca

tremendous thunderstorms as a warning out a red warning for northern italy this can be snow on the southern alps and these orange top sirrah deep sunder storms expect hail to venture right possibly even a tornado is not out of the question and the line extends through austria to poland and beyond to the baltic states all not line heavy rain to the south is still quite warm 33 in hungary or notice to the other side of it well we're just back creeping into the teens in one or 2 places like 0 all the twenty's if you're lucky in germany i suppose you could argue portugal to a much better spain but even here it looks quite showery that this is going to disperse monday the showers become more widespread through slovenia for example stretching down through italy but there's still some be some in the povere the still quite a lot of in the baltic states temperatures barely recovery disappointing jews have to say those africa of course is doing its thing apart from a few showers still in morocco's redacted 23 is quite hot in tahrir but cools down from a day. or. 2 to 0. let me ask you how worried you are

have got some nice weather this is into southern germany a beautiful scene there looking towards the alps not quite as beautiful maybe about the skies over minsk and batteries and dark storm clouds gathering on plenty of those as we go through friday it really is very unsettled this huge line of blue you can see this is a frontal system work its way slowly east was in on the tail end of this particular rain across into areas of actually pushing across into the balkans and then across the northwest we have this new system this area of low pressure this will bring some very strong winds throughout friday really pushing across much of the u.k. cold air a funneling down all the while and the system will sing south as a go through saturday so bringing the rain further tools the south it's not across much of western europe on saturday but some very heavy spells still into areas of france and across into the line of the into the southeast but it is actually beginning finally to fail at it will with even athens at $26.00 we might just see one or 2 showers at the tail end of a system impacting tha