they don't even bought a william glue croft out and about in the berlin hate wife. now to should anchor where lawmakers have confirmed 6 time prime minister running a wicker m a singer as their new president is currently prime minister and acting president. and the vote means he will remain as president until 2024 is a controversial choice because many voters believe he's too close to the ousted former president. go to buy a roger coxa, but he won the parliamentary vote easily. 134 votes to 82 of the w south asia bureau chief of meter chima is in the salon co capital colombo. she told me more about, they hastily arranged to vote it was a hasty affair fill and it was also surprise result. because just a day before the selection, the opposition pulled together and tried to mount a challenge. so they expected a board result would be close. but it was such a decisive victory for around in became a thing other people were quite surprised by that. as you mentioned, 134282. now, then it became a singer, played by the constitution an entire election 1st as it did and prime

d, w reporter william glue croft as in bob shannon dow close to the german cheque border and standing here, one of the central coordinating area, the staging area for firefighters really all around this region. the state of saxony, who have com, converged here to try to put out what a spokesperson told me is one of the largest fires in this areas. history. we're right here on the check german border in this beautiful christine natural world, in this natural national park. that's a huge draw for tourists of all kinds who want to come for a wellness for santa, for extreme sports outdoors. those outdoor sports are now off limits, as they're fighting this fire deep in this mountainous, rugged region of eastern germany. william blue croft though at least 15 people have been killed during violent protest against the united nations in the democratic republic of congo protestors and un staffer among the dead. critics say a longstanding, un peacekeeping mission has failed to protect civilians from militia violence. the people of the democratic republic of congo have had to live with conflict a

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did we, reporter william glue croft in berlin? well, the heat wave across a europe, of course, is not just humans who are in need of a cool down as a wild boar in spain. that was captured on camera when his efforts to find refreshment in like in at a madrid golf course. when to little wrong, firefighters, i had to use a dig in a lawsuit of fishing mountain water after he got stuck. finally, the rescue crew managed to get him to show and to safety and set you up to date a ben facility, nasty w news, asia in just a moment. i'll be back at the top of the out of a good come mike, how can miss passionate hatred of a people be explained your goal, tom go.

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and our reporter william glue croft caught up with some of them. yeah, indeed, i mean there are, people are trying to cope people or try to make the most of it. i was up at one of berlin's many public pools earlier today and was able to talk to some people who are trying to escape the heat and get a little bit of refreshment. let's hear what some that to say, ne, as a sense on it. i think it's extreme, but it's still possible to do something about it. here in germany, it's still just about manageable, big. so what, while i, i think it's quite hot, it's still bearable, but it won't be for long. it's getting worse too long. honestly, i will use it in wash galka. it's been that i'm privileged i work from home. i'm self employed, so i can choose my workplace. i'm lucky. i know it's harder for others. a friend of mine has waitressing in a cafe and 40 degrees celsius. that's a whole different thing. i'm not on the yeah, you'll hear from those people that people are trying to enjoy, but there is a recognition. this is very difficult, especially if you're

william noah glue croft has been reporting from the scene of the fires in eastern germany and send us this update. fire crews from all around the region have come to this part of eastern germany just on the border of the czech republic to try to fight one of the largest fires this area has ever seen. started on sunday on the check side of the border and was driven into germany due to high wind, high temperatures, and extremely dry conditions on the ground. now, so far, there have not been needed to have any evacuations from the villages and towns that dot this prestige landscape that vacationers flock through every year. that's good news for them, but bad news for fire curves that have to get into very rugged, very rough terrain. very isolated terrain that is, that makes it very hard to put out this fire. that's why they've been relying on helicopters from the germans, federal police and the german armed forces to make constant trips from the river. elbow that runs through this area, pick up water and to drop their watery payloads onto hotspots deep inside please woods. now this is al

a dw corresponded wouldn't glue, croft is close to, but shanda right at the german cheque border where the heavy wildfire region william could you phyllis him on what's happening on the ground round a show you right now. what's happening on the ground is actually what's happening in the air we've been seeing all day. now we've been here for at least an hour helicopters, both of the federal police and the german military been coming to the elbow river. this one, the most important biggest rivers in europe. they've been filling these massive containers dangling under the helicopters from the river and flying into the mountains nonstop just on a round robin. here comes another one. now, we're just surrounded by a fleet of helicopters, a few from the german military, a few more from the german for the german federal police. and they're trying to get into the mountains to put out this fire. and this is a common site. these kinds of helicopters at wild fires it out in the mountains, but they're especially important here because as you can maybe see behind the rocks that the terrain here is extremely difficult. it's very diff