the love and respects ah ah, this is the w new life from berlin shalana because worst marine environmental disaster gets worse. container ship carrying chemicals and plastics that burns for days and spilled its cargo is now taking boats of tried to toil farther out to save it. and oil spill is now a possibility. also on the program. motion, opposition? figure address, be thoughtful, thought of jails and investigated after being taken off

a plane in st. petersburg on monday, but it was still on the runway. we'll hear from a supporter who was in court. well, the biggest meet packet gets back to the business after a cyber attack disrupted production in australia and north america. the wife had sent a company to receive a ransom demand from a crime group based in russia. proponents of these writing live minister race to form a coalition government and benjamin netanyahu 12 years roll before tonight's midnight deadline. ah i'm she'll get welcome to the program arches in july and say i burned out cargo ship carrying tons of chemicals. just off the port of colombo has partly sunk, the m v express. pearl had beaten 5 and any 2 weeks with much of its dangerous

cargo falling overboard. the things were initially extinguished on monday, but as the ship was being towed out to see things got worse than what has been called relying because was the marine disaster the carrying tons of chemicals and plastics. the m v express poll is sinking into the sea to singapore registered cargo ship was anchored of sri lanka, west coast, when it caught fire on may 20. now with the blades finally, under control, salvage crews tried to tow the ship into deep water away from precious fishing grounds. but the burnt out vessel is already thinking. i mean, this is a big problem for the all the fishermen i'm in the face, of course they can go to the fee and they can do the work because of this tragic situation. the government has been fishing along an 80 kilometer stretch of coast.

over 5000 fishing boats have been affected. the ship has doubts the death blow to our lives. we can't go to see which means we can't make a living. and i've had tons of plastic pallets of coated nearby beaches. the navy says it is also preparing for an oil spill with the toxic cargo still on board. the thinking ship has already caused one of the country's worst environmental disasters. well we got an update on the situation from jamila who's saying she's deputy editor of the daily mirror in this ron can capital colombo when? hi, denise us. what we have from colombo is that the towing operations have come to a standstill because the end of the vessel has hit the sea bed. and while the ship is now hot sung,

the salvage company is trying is best to prevent it from thinking any further. what operations, which started in the morning toward the 50 north because miles into deep seas has come to a complete standstill raising fear that the ship can think even overnight. so right now the discussions are going on between the government authorities and the sandwich company to see how they can prevent a major stripy from happening. because that, that if the ship things that can be a massive oil leak, i was this, in fact, speaking to the navy and a while ago. and what they were saying is that they are in fact prepare for a possible leak. and if this happens, i want to try to continue reading on limited space because they do have the facility so that the towing operations are concerned. that is why we have the top operate needs have come to

a sensitive we are not seeing any speed as yet. but like i told you before, they the threats that might happen within minutes or even hours. so that is being closely monitored by the authorities and hopefully that shouldn't be contained within a limited area within the closer to the ship. and rather, maureen, the environment where actually disaster has already happened because i go off now as i speak to right now. the fishing van in all the way from pon, which is the sudden court all the way up to the gun, but which is the best course. and you know, she like being island country. the city brings in a lot of foreign exchange and also a lot of cash. and now this has come to offense, did also the beaches along the southern course. after the rest course has been completely damaged and completely destroyed. because as you know, this was carrying chemicals and this was also carrying das,

which is now washed ashore. and what authority is now fear is that these exhibits might break into smaller papers in the coming friend. this is going to be a huge use us on the monday night already. we have the in the disaster happening because a lot of my life has died and he's being washed ashore. i would take a look at some of the stories making news around the world now mass, the 5, broken as it an oil, refinery surfing iran's capital, wrong authorities say a leak in the liquefied gas line triggered an explosion which caused the blaze. there are no reports of casualties. columbia and stuff is that what is government says is a gradual reopening of its forward with venezuela as follows, a 14 month closes to stop the spread of the corona virus. columbia has been the main destination for venezuelans fleet. the country, social and economic crisis, the 2 countries do not have diplomatic ties. relative dozens of school children in nigeria cannot buy government over the weekend of appeals of the government to

help freedom. more than 150 students were taken from the atlantic school in north central niger state authorities say they are negotiating to bring the children back to russia. where concern is managing over authorities, wideman crackdown and against dissenting voices ahead of parliamentary elections in september. prominent opposition activists, andre people off as appeared in court and the southern city of class. now, when a judge will that he'll face up to 2 months in jail, pending an investigation on the proven on a former director despond, the pro democracy group opened russia. it was that told from playing just before it took off opponent on monday tanya was minova knows andrea paid off a watch today's court proceeding. she joins us from a crocodile, welcome to d w. so he was sentenced to 2 months in custody,

pending an investigation. what was it like to be in court and here that decision you know, it really was very emotional or emotional day. it was i can say and a his, he is doing, he's doing great. he is. he's smiling. so she is that fine. but of course i'm feeling worry about him and about there, there the next month he will in jail. but i think everything will be fine and he will be present. why do you think he was targeted for arrest? because the had their election in this say, do mind september, and all were ramblin doesn't want to know about it. any opposition? candidates to be in the election. so that's why they decided to. so i read some

say they did, why they decide this music would call and the other physician leaders almost nobody else them in the 3 the on the read them now. so i want them, i rested some of them abroad, but nobody must go. so that, no doubt, in your mind that this, this arrest was entirely political push, or because they, they opened russia group which was dissolved that the day as a earlier had been designated undesirable organization. ah, yeah. they, they won that, you know, kremlin the one to close all structures. so it's easier for them to close all independent parties. all people work together. so that's why it's easier for them to close up and russia or to close for the car or, or some other groups. so what is the next step then?

if indeed there is, will will have their the next words in a few weeks and maybe something will change. i hope so. maybe she will be in jail. maybe she will be on the home arrest. so he's in jail at the moment. she must be concerned about your own position and now i'm trying to think about it because i want to. ringback support somebody and i don't want to leave the country and i want to help him to, to spend this time there and say more comfortable ways. so this one here in about an hour to help. right. and i don't know if you've been watching what's been going on in bella roost, but the parallels uncanny between the way that the opposition is being dealt with that and what's happening there in russia?

yeah, yeah. you all right. or i don't like it's, it's all of the core when who working at means in the last summer it was really frightens. and it was something extraordinary. but now i'm pretty sure that something like these could be in most call this summer before they election to their the parliament. i wish you well, thank you so much for joining us to time you were saying the world's biggest meat processing company, j b. s. ice getting back online after right after ransomware attacks us. president joe biden is signal today that he's gone is that he's considering retaliating against russia attack on j. b. s. came just 2 weeks after a similar incident shut down the colonial oil pipeline. the white house said earlier, the j b s. track originated from a criminal organization. it was likely

a based in russia. production is on hold at this factory in the us state of nebraska, the employee car park mc. the model, the processing plant is highly automated. animal slaughter, invoicing and deliveries. everything relies on a centralized computer system. without that system production has had to shut down at one of the biggest meet production companies in the world. j b. s accounts for about a quarter of all beef or the 5th of all paul produced domestically in the united states in grand island on that 5000 head each day. and the, the stores, the restaurants that they supply. that's their supplier. the biden administration phase j b. s. for these, the so called ransomware attack, originated from a criminal organization, most likely, based in russia. many gangs develop and use such software to encrypt victims files and then demand payment for decryption. you know, we're not taking any options off the table in terms of how we may respond,

but of course, there's an internal policy review process to consider that we're in touch with the russians as well. to convey our concerns about these reports, the f b, i say it's now investigating in the usa, both companies and federal agencies are fighting a wave of ransomware attacks. just a few weeks ago, cyber criminals crippled the largest fuel pipeline in the united states. its operator colonial is set to paid some $3000000.00 euros and ransom to the attackers, but many cyber experts believe that's just the beginning. i think a big part of this is that you have to make sure you actually have visibility, end of the threat, and a lot of organizations aren't able to find and fix different vulnerabilities faster than the adversaries that they're fighting. meanwhile, j b s say is it's been able to restore parts of its computer system, but nevertheless, experts believe that the closure of the company's plans will most likely lead to

high a meet prices. let's get most of the w correspondence stuff, and simon's in washington. welcome stephanie, i had to report that this looks like it was carried out by a criminal gang in russia. so what role does president biden think that russia has played in this and what is evidence? well, ha lowered as quick as well. the by now ministration indicates, indicates that there are indications that this comes from russia and when they say this comes from russia, then that means exactly what you just said that the by the ministers believes that russia has a role to play the how. what role do they play? well, they harboring those criminal gangs say the u. s. or a conglomerates of hackers. freelance hackers who, who are protected by russian intelligence and security agencies say the americans, the by the ministration. things that is, it is the responsibility of mr. newton and the russian administration to reign in

on those activities. and you can bet for sure this will be a topic when president biden and mr. meet to meet in just about a week. right? so j b s is resuming its operations. so do we presume from that that a ransom was paid? well, i would love to give you a hard answer on this saying yes they paid or no they didn't, but it is not known. the white house can confirm if they paid and i can certainly neither. there are no reports indicating that they paid. but the truth is also that most companies, which we don't even hear about get a attacked and be pay ransom money to those hackers because they don't want the p r . they don't want the a p a week. and they do not want to basically say like, oh look, yes, we are vulnerable and who wants to give it

a shot next time and try to attack us. so this goes under the table so to speak. they pay their quiet about it. and if and hopefully seek the assistance of professional cybersecurity companies and the u. s. government, who is willing to help those companies in securing their, their cyber assets. and how the big problem is this in the us is huge. again, we just here and now j b s, or a few weeks back, as mentioned in the report also the colonial hack of this pipeline and gas distributor. this is just the tip of the iceberg. there are heck cyber attacks all over america every day. not just companies, big companies, small companies, but also municipalities, cities, hospitals, and all kinds of institution who have to face that, who has to prepare for this. and again, they're the u. s. cyber security and infrastructure security agency is pleading

with companies and institutions public or private, to really put their money where their mouth is and up their game in terms of cybersecurity. right, thank you for that. steph and steph and symes in washington. gonna start the government is most often seen to be in conflict with the taliban, but there are times when capital needs to co operate with the militants. one example of this complicated relationship is one of the country's most important hydro electric downs. the contract key down provides powers about 3000000 people in the country south, and is run by government forces, even though it sits in taliban territory. it's an example of how the decades long conflict plays out in extraordinary ways. the flying into a vital source of energy and income. ca, jackie dam on the hillman river, is under siege. is controlled by the can government but surrounded by taliban

rebels. the only way government forces can get here is by air, a perilous journey run. but there by the taliban has attacked this area with heavy weapons. sometimes they've shut down to military helicopters as close to the dam. make the hydro electric plant provides energy to millions of people. many of them live in areas beyond the government's control. the electricity of this power project is distributed to all of a key district and it's clear there is a threat from the taliban and other challenges. so the government cannot collect the electricity fees. there was no electric on it. and you know, it's the taliban, the taxes, electricity in areas that controls which use about

a 5th of the plants capacity. the blurred boundary between combat and cooperation is something, workers here experience every day to reach the facility. they need to permits a government id and papers issued by the rebels. were still polarity to be. we think the danger on the way home and back to the down. we are crossing the front line between the government and the taliban and worked for them several times when we were crossing the fighting started and we were caught in the conflict in the area where what your food pull out of that it was. the taliban may tolerate the hydro electric plants staffers, but they give no respite to the government forces, guarding it from there, often lonely and exposed outposts through what they were surrounded. if we don't have a way out by land, we have to fly 1st to kandahar,

then some of the soldiers go to las car, got couple guns are and other area. they are kind of a conflict with compromises. as foreign troops prepared to leave f canister in, perhaps the country will see more sharing of not just electrical power of the bodies in israel appeared to be closing and i'm a last minute deal to form a government to oust prime minister benjamin netanyahu. now the arab israeli politicians have given their support, centuries g i. l. a paid is trying to assemble a coalition of 7 parties across the political spectrum, including pro settler nationalist and aren't ready. he has until midnight local time. that's just an hour. let's go to d, w 7, middle east correspondent, tiny kramer who's a jerusalem, welcome atanya. the deadline is approaching. what are you hearing?

well, it stays interesting. and there has been some major developments here in the past hour or so. the ar party ron has signed on in the 1st for such a party onto the coalition due to emerging government and also new hope bye for netanyahu. ally i saw has also signed on. so most of the parties are now with this new coalition government, but there's confusion about nina of natal nestali bennett, which would be according to the deals that the next prime minister. so there's confusion about whether they have signed on their house or not. so we have to wait for the official confirmation for that, it's important because that would mean all the parties would support your pete has mondays and here in less than 40 minutes from now the president

nursing that he has the support of all these parties, one to go into a coalition together. of course this is all about displacing israel. the longest serving a prime minister. i wonder will benjamin netanyahu be missed a face replaced? well, that's certainly on the minds of people here as well. but at the moment, i think everybody's focusing on whether this unity, government or a change coalition is also sometimes called her will be formed, whether they will be an alternative. also, of course, looking ahead, whether this coalition, which is really across the spectrum of parties from across the political spectrum will actually last and this long cycle of election and actions election campaigns in the past 2 years. but awesome young is really what they think about the potential end of the era of prime minister benjamin netanyahu and change.

he was in the job for many years. we want something new. we really need to, as well. i know that i don't want to stay forever. i think he needed to be replaced, but not right now in the current situation. a lot of his radio voted for him. i'm for him and i wanted him to stay. i think he's good for the state and i think he was the best prime minister that has ever been and will be finally be, be, will go. it doesn't matter whether he was a good or a bad prime minister. it wasn't healthy for somebody to hold power for such a long time. that corrupt people, we need to change. we need new people. and maybe this is that change. atanya kramer, what happens if the parties can't reach agreement in the next town? well then you la pete who has been taught to form this coalition,

government would have to give back the mandate to president wriggling who would then have the choice to talk another lawmaker within the genesis to try to form a coalition that most likely we would then see actually a new elections anytime soon. thank you for that. tony kramer, in jerusalem as being called the longest distance migration of wild elephants ever recorded in china. i heard of 15 wandering animals have and has embarked on the 500 kilometer journey of the strain from a nature reserve in the south west of china and now on the outskirts of the major city of couldn't mig, where authorities are trying to steer them clear of populated areas, an epic track through southwest and china. destination unknown. no one certain why this heard of 15 wild asian elephant strayed from a peaceful,

national nature as the united province. one theory is that their leader lacks experience and lead the group astray. other experts say the journey is the result of human development and the elephant of searching for new habitats. whatever the reason that track has become the longest distance migration of wild elephants ever recorded in china. this is, this is the 1st time in history that we've seen anything like this. it's never happened before. so everyone is trying to figure out why it's happening. we need to observe the elephant further and study them. movements that one have. the group set out is 16 animals that 2 turned around and went home, and the baby was born during the track. the herd has moved through villages, broken into bombs trampled crops, and caused more than a $1000000.00 of losses. but now the elephants are approaching can ming

a city of 7000000 people? and wild chinese social media is full of posts and videos of sightings, a task force of 360 people. and 9 drones is busy tracking the heard, desperately trying to keep them away from the most populated areas. ok, that's not the only animal story for you as a girl in california. got under the close to nature that was probably advisable when she tackled it back in her garden. so we've got some surveillance video here showing a mother back, taking her cups for a walk along the garden wall and los angeles. and i didn't go down so well with the family dogs. so instead of 17, you don't have any money. no co. maurine, co to separate them. says i should be thinking about savings and dogs. and although she's just a straight and spray her advice is don't do this at home. i

just before we go quick reminder about top story, a smoldering container shape and spilled some of its chemical cargo and plastics of coast shalaka as now partially. so it was still reading the country worse than moraneus, ornamental disaster. now they going spill is a possibility. a sent you a more well, these are the top of the hour. i'll be back in just a moment with the de chasing another cyber high in the united states. stay with me . ah . the news? the news?

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