u. k. very significant international markers. first quarter of this year traffic passenger traffic in the u. k. was at 51 percent of where it was in a 2019. so actually the recovery has been very fast and the last couple of months has been stronger than expected, which is positive. but i think it has caught some airports and some airlines by surprise, the degree to which traffic has come back. the good news is they are adjusting, and i think people will have greater certainty as we go through the rest of the year in relation to the flights that will be operating. but what we've seen in certain airports, you just mentioned amsterdam, schiphol as well as london's gatwick and heathrow. so what's happened there is that the airports are scrapping flights as you know, and they're also limiting passenger numbers during the peak of the travel season. also another statistic for you nearly 2000 flights from major continental european airports were cancelled, and that was during one week in june. so do you support these moves of, of limiting passenger numbe

of it. and for the 1st time, the u. k has issued a heat, red alert warning of a surge in heat related hospital admissions. record temperatures are putting even healthy people at risk of serious illness and death. the heat wave is expected to continue well into next week. as the climate crisis becomes more clear, and the cold action moreland, joint move al jazeera ah type of picture of the headlines here on al jazeera, the u. s. and saudi arabia have signed a variety of agreements on the 1st day of jo biden's trip to the kingdom as president biden said, he raised the murder of the journalist shamela shoji with the crown prince. and they agreed to work together to extend a ceasefire in yemen. he said he was not personally responsible for it, and he took action against those who were responsible and, and we are then i went on to talk more about how that dealing with any oper, opposition to the or criticism of the saudi administration. and other countries was viewed as to me, violation even right. or before his tripped agenda

u. k. just done over the last couple of weeks, i think that the efforts of u. k. diplomacy u. k. strategist, security, i'll talk to be very considerable. and the g 7 outcomes were the upper end of expectations. nation certainly again for we both exceeded expectations in the, for the level of unity and virtually every country rival table and later determined to help present lensky in that window of opportunity. describe and you're seeing, of course, the prices rise around the world is the ports the desert closed variables old occupied what are you doing to make sure that the food is getting out from the black sea, with such weaknesses available is able to get out how are you supporting the united nations and what he doing to prepare those states, including the middle east, the course nafrica, who are facing enormous food poverty and the possibility of migration and the pressure to that will cause. so 1st of all, on the, the grains he held hostage in odessa, we're working with the us actually generated carriers a who's, who's leading the negotiations. the turks are clearly crucia

u. k. in may. that's the highest rate in 40 years. of the central bank expects it to hit double digits within a few months. or i solomon feler is an economist at baron beg bank. he joins me for more. the u. k. expected to see this incredibly slow growth, a slow growth of developing countries. why is that? so even the numbers that you cited now, maybe a bit optimistic. we think that the u. k. may already be in a recession, actually say one reason for that is why it's maybe starting a bit early and u. k is also the different pattern of coming out of the pandemic. so in your zone, you have still a little bit of a reopening momentum that dampens the impact of the russian energy crisis. now, but in the end, it will be a phenomenon that you can see of the be able to see throughout europe as gas supplies are curtailed. so it's only hitting a, maybe that, and then it can also move out of the current crisis. all right, now political now gap at the very top of politics in the u. k. force johnson resigning. what does that mean during such a difficu

all right, now political, now a gap at the very top of politics in the u. k. force johnson resigning. what does that mean during such a difficult time to have a gap there at the very top of the country? right. say, well, maybe it's the problem that the u. k. condra. but on the other hand, you can't make any major missteps. say in a current situation, many pitfalls for politicians a day it should probably avoid. so if you're now in this situation where inflation is already high, increase the fisco policy impacts more fans more. maybe contact this. if you spend too much, you will only accept inflation further. so if you can't do that for a couple months, that might even be helpful. right. sullivan feel that bird bank? thank you very much. thank you. over to germany now where volkswagen has broken ground on its 1st in house battery. so plant the factory located in the city of south getter is another barrel accompanies electric future. and its ability to catch up with electric vehicle competition or the u. s. and asia is this where the automotive industry of the

of days. so essentially the u. k is bringing in a kind of national emergency really an unprecedented read extreme health warning, which is making sure that people do their best to stay out of the sun. and there are various measures being put in place. some schools are either closing early today or not opening. it's all there is a going to be a speed restrictions on transport networks like the, the train network, one big part of the rail network from london at till the northern cities of leads and york not gonna be operating at all to morrow. because affairs that the read the tray, the rails themselves might buckle in the heat in the course, are expecting more ambulance call outs, as, as people really struggle in these temperatures. this is the kind of thing though, that with global warming is expected become more and more frequent, even in countries like the u. k. rory, bear with me just for a 2nd because i want to talk to the viewers about how hot this has been in the past . it's been hot before new. okay. but it's

u. k. gas at the expense of the you kind of flies in the face of all the u. k. governments talk of how western nations are all unwavering in their unity and solidarity in support of ukraine. they are facing real real pressures. they are having to source energy from elsewhere, but they are doing it. they are making the effort. they are making the sacrifice. that's because they see that the price of freedom is worth paying. this is something that it's worth a standing up for together. but the, you would totally understand the need for the u. k. to take care of itself 1st and foremost before helping out at the closest allies. right. well, it seems that the idea is raising eyebrows in the you like those of bart, yon homers the president of the european network of transmission system operators for gas. i would definitely recommend a reconsider stopping the interconnection so well the u. k. a knew you were one family pre brags it when push comes to shove, maybe the kind of access that goes with living under the same roof. isn't they given us a route for now? what ha

parts of the u. k. are bracing for the hottest day on wreck old o. bouncing back the body of pakistan's eyes did climbing. ron con women's occlusal bi election. the grains president let him as the lens gains sacked 2 of his most senior law enforcement figures over hundreds of cases of alleged treason and collaboration with russia shaped prosecutor and renew at a venue benedict's of a has been investigating war crimes. even bohannon was head of ukraine's powerful intelligence agency. the president says 60 officials from their agencies are working against ukraine of a more let's bring in alan fisher and keith allen. what's the background to all of us? well, before the war of vladimir zalinski cabinet, there is almost like a virtual revolving door. there were so many changes, but since the war there has been a real stability. so this is a real surprise that he announced on his website that these 2 senior officials were to depart. and the big surprise is ivan, back in of who's the head of the internal securi

of information. sometimes it may be different from the positions taken by the u. k. government. but whether the u. k. couple of pollution is absolutely or only tools, nothing by the true position. it's doubtful and it has always been doubtful throughout the ages. and i think the people need to have the right to get access to information. and it will be impossible to really completely brack out the internet as far as information which may be different for yours. and eventually the people need to have access to really different sources and different kinds of things to be their own judgment. in other story to tell you by today, sweden has denied reaching arrangements with turkey to extradite terrorists suspects to ankara. the statements came shortly after both stockholm and finance. i nato. a session protocols, turkeys president had previously claim the countries had agreed on a specific number of suspects to be handed over. but sweden, discreet without a con, we will honor the memorandum fully and the various of course, and no least so or anything like that. in the memorandum, as you can see, there i

leslie, how is this being perceived in parts of the u. k. outside of england, do you think, given the potential risks that it has for britain as a whole? what i think really people probably for across the whole united kingdom who are with that small, tiny, tiny band of people who have some say in this leadership contest, are just sitting back. somewhat amused a little bit. gast, depending on their politics and realizing that the huge decision about the shape of britain to come is completely out of their hands because they will not be another general election quickly. since it's pretty evident the very probably the conservatives with losers. so we see this big reshaping happening. sometimes we're told that there's a great need for change. all the candidates are saying that despite the fact that the conservatives have been in charge for the last 12 years, so change from what their own policies or else we get the message that it's all about continuity. and it's, it's a very puzzling thing because if there has been a big change since 2019, the no

of information. sometimes it may be different from the positions taken by the u. k government, but whether the u. k. couple of pollution is absolutely or only tools, nothing but the true position. it's doubtful, and it has always been doubtful throughout the ages. and i think the people need to have the right to get access to information. and it will be impossible to really completely brack out the internet as far as information which may be different for yours. and eventually, the people need to have access to really different sources and different kinds of it to make their own judgment. it's a merged american space. technology company took satellite photos of belgrade just 3 days before ukrainian attack on the russian city last sunday. let's go through this now. a map from mac, sars web site shows photographs of belgrade they did, the 30th of june taken of the territory by one of its satellites. this strike on belgrade was the deadliest ever ukrainian miss ayla talk on russian territory which killed 4 civilians. moscow is not worn. max are that it may be put under russians. sanctions have eviden

so it's harder to cope with these types of temperatures in the u. k, because we're just not used to them. so our bodies are not acclimatized, these types of things, and we don't have the house, it's designed to keep cool. we don't have a conditioning, and our infrastructure is not built for the heat. you k hospitals have already warned of a surge in heat related admissions. is a quick reminder now of our top story. u. s. president joe biden has raised the issue of the murder of journalist demarcus shoji with saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin. selman biden is in saudi arabia, trying to main relations over tensions oft attentions over the kingston kingdoms human rights record your up to date here on the w business. news is up next. don't go with every journey is full of surprises. we've gone all out to give you some tips one day indian.

u. k. the economy as it continues to pledge support for ukraine. body of also said he sees the u. k. is funding for the nato alliance continuing to grow. 2 in the future, 1st of all, my view on nato target as a small and also ceiling. so that's something that i can absolutely commit to. and also the most important thing to know is all defense spending is already full cost to grow, to around to an office and over time as a result of the investments that we're making. so it appears that once again, the u. k is in a position where it's new prime minister will tow nato line and follow the advice of johnson who used his parting speech to tell his country to stay close to be americans and stick up for the ukrainians. the question now becomes will be the candidate who appears ready to go along with, with the alliance want, or the one who wants to shape the future of nato as an even more hawkish alliance. aiming to expand the current tensions no matter the cost. it's an old trick the politicians have been doing since, since the time of the turn to destruction, the media away from problems bac

u. k. of bracing for their hottest day on record. ha. bouncing back the party of pakistan's ousted prime minister, eminent con windsor, crucial bi election. ah, shoreline, cuz interim president, radial would come a singer has imposed a state of emergency in an effort to ward off protests ahead of the election of a new leader. some protest as a converging on the streets of the capital, colombo parliaments, in the process of choosing the new president. after gotta buy a raj, a pack, so resigned and fight the country. last week, the government issued a number of emergency declarations. since april, when proto started over the worst economic crisis in decades, was on demonstrator said their demands for running were promising to leave. office are being ignored. the people who owned up bringing yeah, people are friendly, gama ha, won't again, these political culture. and they want to change the system economy pennzoil system and lead divani ligaments in the school on the birth and gama. we don't thi

so it's harder to cope with these types of temperatures in the u. k, because we're just not used to them. so i bodies, and not acclimatize these types of things and we don't have the house. it's designed to keep cool. we don't have air conditioning, and our infrastructure is not built for the heat. you k hospitals have already warned of a surge in heat related admissions. is a quick reminder now of our top story. us president joe biden has rise the issue of the murder of journalists, jamal kashodi, with saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed been solomon spied, and it's in saudi arabia trying to main relations oft, attentions over the kingdoms human rights record. and you're up to date here on d. w. world stories is up next week, reports on russian generalists in exile and people returning to their bombed harms in ukraine is more on our website, d, w dot com and on social media to i d, w. and i'm tired reading building thanks to watching have a great day with with with.

of the conservative party. so what's the vision for the u. k. and it's relationship with the rest of the wow, this isn't side story. ah hello there and welcome to the program. i'm natasha tay. now, brisson will either have it's a 3rd female prime minister, or it's 1st with south asian heritage this trust and wish you soon i won the most votes from conservative m. p 's to take over from bar johnson who is stepping down . now, after a series of scandals, the decision now rests with around 160000 party members. they have just over a month now to choose between trust the foreign secretary and to like, who is a former chancellor of the exchequer. now both say they have what it takes to tackle record high inflation, boost the economy. and when the next election journal reports jesse richardson and liz will be the candidates going forward, conservative party and piece of spoken. now grassroots members will decide where the former chancellor richie sooner called forum secretary list trust should go on to be party leader and britons next prime minister. b

their race to determine who will succeed boris johnson as the next prime minister of the u. k. is on and it's down to the final 2 contenders, list trust and regime. soon as, while there are a host of domestic issues to consider, trust is reportedly planning to emphasize her stance as a hawk. well, painting her opponent as a dove, who is too soft on china and russia, currently serving as a foreign secretary trust is trying to establish herself as the next margaret thatcher. she has been at the forefront of u. k. communications on russia this year, but it has only served to escalate tension between the 2 peach and must lose in ukraine. we're helping ukraine defend itself, all defensive weapons from the united kingdom, and now being used to stop russian tracks. but we need to do more. let's be clear. if peach in succeeds, there will be unfold further misery across europe and terrible consequences across the globe. we would never feel safe again. so we must be prepared for the long whole. we've got to double down on our support for ukraine. in addition to promoting unprecedented san

of bulldog. a neighbouring spain, more than 30 fires are burning authorities in the u. k. a warning temperatures in parts of england could break records in the coming hours. people are being urged to take precautions as the mercury rises beyond 38 degrees celsius. rory challenge as more from london the, the u. k is bringing in a kind of national emergency really an unprecedented read extreme health warning, which is making sure that people do their best to stay out of the sun. and there are various measures being put in place. some schools are either closing early today or not opening its whole. there is a going to be a speed restrictions on transport networks like the, the tray network, one big part of the rail network from london. that's in the northern cities of leads and york not gonna be operating at all to morrow. protestors gathering on the streets in shore lancaster, capital colombo, after the interim president, imposed a nation wide state of emergency vanilla rickland. the singer says is needed to uphold public order ahead of parliament's election of a new leader.

as we kind of are changing towards a much hotter and u. k. we're gonna have to start re evaluating how we do things and start taking leaves out of am our european neighbors books and are so that we can really deal with the problem as there arises. no, a sense of urgency is beginning to rise along with the temperatures all across the u. k. andrew simmons al jazeera lumber. at least one person has been killed in northern morocco, where emergency crews are battling wildfires. wilner 1000 people have been told to leave their homes. large areas of land burnt in lash was on tessa, and teach one authorities of deployed water bombers to try to battle the fires most have been brought under control. but firefighters are struggling to dows 3 hot spots near la hush. heat wave in south asia earlier this year, sent temperature soaring to more than 50 degrees celsius in parts of pakistan and pakistani federal minister for climate change. sherry raman, i told al jazeera that global action to limit the impact of extreme heat has been too slow. she's attending

. national grid emergency plans of cutting yas to the e u in the event of a u. k shortage, which would make matters even worse for you, you citizens and industry. and when you know it, the u. k is already preparing for that worst case energy scenario with talk of energy bills, they could climb to $3300.00 british pounds per year. and already, the purchasing power of u. k. citizens has taken a big hit, the energy market consultancy cornwall insight attributes. the diary forecast to an energy market that has become increasingly more volatile amid uncertainty over the gas that russia sends to europe. sales volumes are falling to a rate not seen since the depths of the pandemic as inflation continues to bite, and households cut back spending discretionary purchases were hit hard, especially white goods and homeware, while consumers also traded down to cheaper brands in food and non food alike. yeah, in other words, uncertainty caused by sanctions that the you imposed on itself and its very on citizens kill a crack on with another overhead line stories today. sure like

so it's hard to cope with these types of temperatures in the u. k, because we're just not used to them. so our bodies are not acclimatized these types of things and we don't have the houses designed to keep cool. we don't have air conditioning, and our infrastructure is not built for the heat. you. k hospitals have already warned of a surge in heat related admissions. 30 no heat problem. amberlynn today. europe, today's, here on the w up next on shift kind of our smartphones eavesdrop on us. remember, you can always get more news on our website, d, w dot com and you can follow up on our social media accounts. my pablo phone is for me and the team here take care again at the top of the next. niko is in germany to learn german pollution pinnacle. why not learn with him online, on your mobile and free the chef. c w.

so it's hard to cope with these types of temperatures in the u. k, because we're just not used to them. so these are not applied to types, these types of things, and we don't have the how to keep cool. we don't have a conditioning m. r in for structure is not built so that he could tool. you can hospitals have already warned of a surge in heat related admissions. it was saying d, w, d, w, news lives from belinda as it from me and the news team don't always stay with us for doc film. why we take a look at last is devastating floods in germany and also remember you can always get a lot more news business and sports on our website, w dot com. god office. they fought with a man with the memories of a woman. ah, ali from syria is born in a female body, forced into marriage rate far from home. ali can finally become the person he's always wanted to be. i was born in berlin. starts july 22nd on d w ah.

so it's harder to cope with these types of temperatures in the u. k, because we're just not used to them. so our bodies are not acclimatized, these types of things, and we don't have the house, it's designed to keep cool. we don't have air conditioning, and our infrastructure is not built for the heat. you k hospitals have already warned of a surge in heat related admissions. you up to die here on t w. business news is up next with christy plots and i'm jar great in berlin, stating with sh i'm scared that i think that's hard and in the end is a me, you are not a lot of to you anymore. we will.

so it's harder to cope with these types of temperatures in the u. k, because we're just not used to them. so our bodies are not acclimatized, these types of things, and we don't have the house, it's designed to keep cool. we don't have air conditioning, and our infrastructure is not built for the heat at all. you k hospitals have already warned of a surge in heat related admissions. your up to date here on t w. business news is up next with christy plots and is of course more on our website, d, w dot com and on social media where i'll handle is at dw news. i'm john driebe. the billing, thanks the with people in trucks injured when trying to flee the city center more and more refugees are being turned away. families played on the syrian.

of civil engineers. why is it that the u . k finds the source of temperature is difficult to that and the transport network is all by shutting down. yes, thanks. thanks for having me. the you need to think that the infrastructure in the u. k was largely billed flying in the last century and therefore it was not designed for this kind of temperature. so there's an element of lack of preparedness and lack of measures being designed into infrastructure to make them more resilient. however, unfortunately this extreme temperatures and heat waves are here to stay in the future. they will become more frequent, more severe, and therefore there is a big and urgent need to retrofit the future proofing kristen infrastructure, but also to design resilience into the new bill. so say they're looking at rail, that works, etc. how do you retrofit? what's the kind of process that you go through to make sure that they they don't shut down and teach? yes. so the asset solutions that can be put in place now. so for example, who the rail network tha

the heads of domestic security in the u. s. and u. k. of one of the threat posed by china to british and american interests in an unprecedented joint appearance, m i 5 and f b. i chiefs accused beijing of interviewing and politics and ransacking intellectual property and the presidents of democratic republic of congo and rolanda have agreed to de escalate tensions over the m 23 group. the companies government accuses ronda backing the rebels. we've been attacking civilians in dfcs, north keeping province during talks on go to the to leaders agreed to the immediate, an unconditional withdrawal of m. 23 rebels from inside the d. r. c. a commission that would meet next week and, and go to is capital to start the de escalation process. well, those were the headlights and use continues here now to 0 after the big picture. stay to thanks so much bye for now. to some a robot is a mechanical or even that self driving critical. but android today can be really humanoid robots, like me, will be everywhere. al jazeera documentary, lead on the weird a

she has been at the forefront of u. k. communications on russia this year, but it has only served to escalate tension between the 2 peach and must lose in ukraine. helping ukraine defend itself, all defensive weapons from the united kingdom, and now being used to stop russian tracks. but we need to do more. let's be clear. if peach in succeeds, there will be unfold further misery across europe and terrible consequences across the globe. we would never feel safe again. so we must be prepared for the long whole. we've got to double down on our support for ukraine, in addition to promoting unprecedented sanctions and ban on all investment in russia. trump said earlier this month, but she will support giving me sees and frozen russian assets in the u. k. to ukraine as a new form of humanitarian aid. hey, maybe zalinski can use a yacht. i am supportive of the concept. we're looking at it very closely. the canadians have, in fact just passed legislation. this is an issue that we are working on jointly with the home office and t

well, nell, that sense of urgency is beginning to rise along with a temperature setting new records all across the u. k. andrew simmons al jazeera london, while la alaneese mary villi is a chief heat officer of athens, greece says she joins us from there. thanks for being a on the programmer. what did you make of the difficulties that her the u. k has been having and other places. well, we've known for her for a while now that as a europe has been really suffering from key plays in general. there 2018. 19202020. now to 20. these were really hot. the years for northern, for northern and usually hot years for northern europe. and then 2021 was more in southern europe. and now in 2022 we're seeing again the northern areas being very affected and the southern areas being very affected. so, and it's, it's, it's been, am, if i can say a hotspot into a international globally. and we, we know that climate change effect different parts of the globe in different ways. and it seems that europe, the mediterranean, but also northern europe, has been at continuously been experiencing extraordinary temperatures at th

of iran and russia. but why do we never hear about us and u. k. ops on social media? oh, partly because one of the u. k. government's executive sits. i officer sits at twitter, but also part of the because these governments have been using twitter or even there was a famous story a few years ago. if you remember of setting up a twitter clone in order to form a resume, change operations in cuba. there was talk about using twitter to coordinate the protests during the so called arab spring back in 2011. there were plenty of, there was a story just the other day of a famous, you know, canadian ukrainian volunteer. who was essentially a twitter goes, was the twitter equivalent of the goes to yes, the completely fake account promoting the ukrainian cars at twitter has sort of more into this narrative shaping weapon and for a government or coalition of governments that essentially live in this manufactured could you consent law land it's, it's the perfect way to shape this fake reality. and it stands to reason that they would be putting the premium on twitter to do so. which is why they've been so upset whe

as we kind of are changing towards a much hotter and u. k. we're gonna have to start re evaluating how we do things and start taking leaves out of our european neighbors books. and i thought that we can really deal with the problem as there arises. no, a sense of urgency is beginning to rise along with the temperatures all across the u. k. andrew simmons al jazeera london. so i'm a nurse is a professor of global change science at university college and, and he joined us live now by skype. thanks very much for being with us. and can you centers what the factors are behind this particular, you're wide heat wave? well, he plays on slee happened naturally, but this one has been turbocharged by the carbon emissions from burning oil, gas, and coal. and those emissions mean now we can see temperature is much higher than we could have seen previously without this human impact of climate change. what about things like that the jet stream does that it? what's that, what's the effect that is having at the moment? you know, what we're seeing is, is, is mo

u. k. out of the economic hall and talking about the taxes but, but our british citizens ready are even able to be more patient. i, as inflation continues to go up and costs are rising. i mean, let's, let's listen to what he said. and i want to come back to our kevin i have the plan to steer our economy through these headwinds. we need a return to traditional conservative economic values, and that means honesty and responsibility. not fairytales, it is not readable to promise lots more spending and lower taxes. i had to make some of the most difficult choices of my life as chancellor in particular, how to deal with our debt and boring off to cove it. i have never hidden away from those. i certainly won't pretend. now the choices i made and the things i voted for was somehow not necessary and walls that may be politically inconvenient for me. it is also the truth. as is the fact that once we've gripped inflation, i will get the tax burden down. it is a question of when not, if so, kevin, he's, you

of year. in the u. k. 4 causes of a sheet, a red extreme heat warning for number cities in england and wales from sunday to tuesday. a comes ahead of a heat wave that could result in record breaking temperatures next week. and hot weather and winds causing wildfire. spike in south western france, 100 to 5 fighters have been trying to sting which lames and protect several cities, thousands of tourists and people living place. i have been forced to evacuate firefighters in central and northern portugal is struggling to contain while fires to that have spread across the border from spain. the plane being used to tackle the blazes crashed in the north killing its pilot. the fire had been fueled by heat wave combined with an ongoing drought more than 30000 hectares of land have burned in the past week. that's more than the whole of last year. farmers in northern italy is struggling to salvage their crops in the face of the worse drought there in 70 years. scientists, the blaming climate change. and as adam rai

u. k. of the matter. the commissioner ledges the british government unwilling to have a meaningful conversation about it and turbulent times appeared to be ahead for the euro zone business activity across the eurozone. fall into a 17 year low. the downtown has affected both manufacturing and the private sector phase. a growing for key economies like germany, france and italy, and soaring inflation. and the rise and interest rates are partially a result of the war in ukraine and the coven. 19 and mimic an argentine as economy is spiraling downwards as a country struggles with soaring inflation and poverty. the government spending millions to support the poorest but some, such as a strong enough and they're pushing for what they call a universal basic salary. sir, isabel has more than you know, so yeah, he was glow. the rural then has owned this hideaway to him. when a site is for 11 years, he says he struggling to keep it open as inflation source. i got a tendency, but i have been working since i was 14 ye