[000:00:00;00] ah ah this is dw news life from berlin. north korea reports its 1st cope at 19 death. state tvs has hundreds of thousands more north koreans are showing symptoms. experts say it's unlikely. the isolated regime is equipped to manage the explosive, out by russia and ukraine. fight for control over the east cities in the don't bass region or rhonda heavy attack is russia hits back. if you claim resistance and talks brag over a possible prisoner swapped. i could see the release of woodard ukrainian troops

from the as of steel, platt plus astronomers casting light on the dark hot about galaxy. scientists reveal the 1st images of the black hole in the center of down milky white. ah, i been for solon, good, happy with us. north korea has reported its 1st death from covet 19. the news comes a day after the country acknowledged an outbreak of the virus for the 1st time in this well by crisis. ordering a lock down. the state media says 6 people have died from a fever that's been spreading fast nationwide. it's confirmed one of those and tested positive for the current of biases on the chrome very it. it's also released this photo of leader kim jong and at the emergency epidemic prevention hit. the

country previously claimed to have had 0 infections during pandemic. it's refused international help with vaccinations and had largely kept its borders closed until now. just me, it is a correspondent in south korea. i asked him if cove it is now taking its toll in the north, 2 and a half years into this global crisis. that's right. it is quite a startling admission by the government there. they're long been suspicions that there, that it was unlikely that korea would entirely escape this global pandemic. and now we have the 1st official confirmation from the government that there are in the cases there. as he mentioned though, even the death numbers that they've released so far do show the amount of confusion over exactly what's going on there. this kind of unknown deeper that they say has impacted at least 350000 people so far just in recent weeks. but they haven't

released total cobit case numbers and experts we talked to said that that shows perhaps a weakness in their capabilities and able to test the sheer number of people with symptoms there right now. and so i think going forward is going to continue to be questions over not only the numbers, but also their capability and being able to help people and prevent widespread depths just just how bad do you think this outbreak get considering such a poor health care system no vaccines and sanctions on top of that. so north korea has a relatively high number of educated doctors and staff in a health care system that given its authoritarian nature of the government can be very quickly mobilized and deployed around the country. however, they have chronic shortages of supplies and medicines, equipment all of that on which is why experts say that it's so critical that they

do open their doors to some aid. now in recent months, there has been a trickle of aid of you understand this coming from some international organizations there are going through that very tight border lockdown that you mentioned before. however, there's been no sign of vaccine so which have been key to keeping at least the death rate lower around the world and are seen as key to allowing a north korea to eventually open up and protect it's already battered economy. do you think north korea will eventually have to open up an effect open itself to outside scrutiny? there are some observers who looked at this kind of a rather unprecedented state media coverage of this 1st outbreak as a possible sign that north korea is moving towards that they're getting ready to potentially accept some of this aid. and they've already opened their border

slightly relative to what they had before. again in an impairment, a parent acknowledgement that they do need to ease some of the controls that they have had there. and so there is an optimistic view that hopefully they are now with the scale of this spread, i'm going to open up to some of that aid that will allow them to live with coded as the rest of the world news channels. josh smith in sole south korea. thank you very much. the world health organization has urged china to end it's 0 covered policy. it says the strategy is not sustainable. china's rejected the remarks and insists it'll continue its restrictions with tens of millions of people in lockdown in chinese cities. many foreign residents say they are looking to leave the country. beijing is shutting down. shops are closed, restaurants stand empty. for 8 year old max, the saddest thing is learning alone at home schools here are closed until further

notice. max, his father works for a car company. he and his family are moving back to germany in a few weeks. here in china, even just one coven case provokes drastic measures. elizabeth is i can show the whole world is actually already past good, but china has a 0 coven policy. it will be interesting. does he have the country gets out of the situation though the doctor on laws called so far, beijing is sticking to its course. the whole city has to partake in mass pcr tests . just one corona virus case can lead to entire housing estates being closed off with residents unable to leave. one reason for the lockdown strategy is that many elderly people are insufficiently vaccinated, and the government has rejected the use of m. r n. a vaccines from abroad. shanghai to is at a standstill here 26000000 people have been in strict lockdown for more than 40

days. authorities are now tightening the measures. a single corona virus case in a building can lead to all residents being moved into quarantine centers like this one. videos on social media, so that entire office blocks have been converted for this purpose. exhibition halls to have been turned into mass accommodation facilities for the more than 400000 people who have become infected since early march, freelance consulting dameion, jacobo lives in shanghai. she's been in her flat for weeks now, afraid of being forced into central warranty. and like when you had time to get back to me, i had actually thought after testing positive for corona that the worst was behind me. but to be honest, the fear comes back to fear. is there anything? how do we get out of it? for us, foreigners, the only options seems to be a flight out zine to him in flu cloud. many germans now want to get out of china, according to the german chambers of commerce abroad. that's up to 20 percent of

employees at some german companies. the w h o has now called for china to abandon it 0 cove and position. there are over $100.00 k, all of those actions, as we said, since the beginning should be had showed you respect to individual and human rights . and we always have said as to why we need to balance the control measures against the impact they have on society. the impact have on the economy. the chinese government rejects this as irresponsible. it says it's sticking with 0 cove. it went over the phone confirmed, and the chinese government's pandemic measures will pass the test of time from home to our measures. our scientific and effective to and china is one of the most successful countries in the world, in terms of pandemic control. but both china's economy and global supply chains are suffering as are those businesses was foreign employees, no longer want to live in the land of lockdown. analysts from britain's defense ministry says ukraine's forces have ordered

a russian advance in the dumbass region. russian troops are facing several se back says ukrainian forces put up a strong counter offensive in the east cities around a heavy bombardment with russia. fighting for control, ukraine's military says moscow's army is storming to villages in the city of berkeley, which is our regular military analyst. he joins me from oxford. in the u. k, the british defense ministry says ukrainian forces have prevented a russian river crossing the dumbass. can you explain the significance? yes, this is an a place called bella hood, which is just west of the time we were talking about yesterday said arrow don't ask which the russians are trying to circle. what happened there was that some rather clever ukrainian engineers spot. it was their job compact engine is sort of the particular place where they thought the russians would cross the river. the russians did try to do so. the crates have pre registered,

it's called the artillery fire. and the russian forces across the river were destroyed in doing so about just under a battalion. tactical groups worth of material was, was, was attacked and destroyed that several 100 casualties. you don't know quite how many, but of course and they tried that was on maybe 8. they tried again to try to get roughly the same place. we don't know what happened and they're still trying to cross that river. it's significant that they would stop, but the push continues to try and circle surveyors and it's a key fortified city in the boss and fighting is still ongoing at the as those style steel plant, how long can sold is there hold up. yes. very interesting question. the russians planned the victory parade, as we talked last we spoke before, may, the 9th, which obviously didn't happen for obvious reasons. equally obvious reasons. and the fight goes on. the answer the question depends,

i suppose on the will of the defenders which is assisted by the assumption that many of them, the members of the so called as off regiment will be killed if they, if they surrender the other major. you the 32nd marine brigade, very early in the crate. our forces are also that if they have food, they have water. we have ammunition, they can hold on indefinitely. what the russians are doing now, it's report, it's trying to block the tunnels. so the whole 11 square kilometer complexes is underpinned by tunnel system. the russians to try to find those or block them off. now, i suspect them not do that for a long time. this can hold out for a long, long time for, for weeks to come and see it has already provided food, water and ammunition is available, and we'll be following this. how do you see this war in general now just progressing with more russian ground offensive is expected in the coming days. yes indeed, they are going to continue to try to circle up on this a better than that, which i think we're going to hear

a lot more about their tax slightly further west place term in or out of high school is you have failed. and so the focusing on this so better than that. now the kinds of waiting for them is actually that for 8 years, and there's a russian set the other day. that's a 4 to 5 ton of expect to hard fight and they will get one not like the one they got it and i suspect, although that it's a very good, it's the credit be better prepared. but i think in the medium term, grinding now towards a stalemate, rush, rush, and the tax will start to fade out there start to culminate, as we said. but looking at it, unless the west can keep feeding the twenty's with more better equipment to change our calculus, the credit is a stop. the advance is it's about an exquisite circle. the breakout will be able to do so like the day before hockey of to be in other places heading towards a stalemate. war in ukraine, that inside for frank language, who lectures in strategy and or at the university of portsmouth. thank you. thank

you. areas in northern ukraine where russian troops are treated now face a massive and dangerous clean up job training security team to trying to remove rockets, munitions, and mines as dw 25 report's a broken leg. an injured spine. well, i mean about how you barely survived a land mine explosion, but you see you need time. much needed comfort from his wife, while at amier was on assignment, restoring electricity in the key free gin when it happened. just normally you hose when we were driving in the car with my colleagues. there were 3 of us, the driver image, myself, and my boss. so are going to, we were talking about our plans for the next day and then sir, i don't remember anything from them from avvo. that's when the car drove overland mine value only survived because he was in the middle seat. he's colleague sitting

next to him. died demining teams like this one work against a clock here in the churn have region. sometimes they're able to remove about 40 explosives per day. it's not nearly enough. it's like a kid you my it's a 3 amount of work is huge and now because the grass is growing and everything is blossoming, it makes it impossible to work faster than it was harder. for instance, to see booby trying was to renew roster. oscar booby traps are banned by international law. the teams task today, a controlled explosion of this hurricane rocket full of cluster munitions ah, indiscriminate weapons that can cause many fatalities before the war people came here to walk. now, even that has become risky after the withdrawal of russian forces, as you can see, they have left behind a lot of land mines,

unexploded munitions like this one. and now they pose a threat to farmers who need to work on the land, but also to all the civilians who simply accidentally happen to step on one of these here in the forest or in their backyard. it will likely take yours to the mine ukraine, as the war ages on me, how yellow explains philosophy statistically. one month of war equals one gear of d mining over the civilians get blown up by these tramps was those who have nothing to do with any of this. and never wanted to be part of this war in the 1st place. in the fulton brother park. one of them had physical injury, so he'll say, but he must go with the mental impact to go with the bouquets. what can i say when you speak to a person who's and a minute or 2 later, you understand that this person is not alive anymore? this is very heart difficult, but someone needs to know the job. one mother's crews with 2 of

these by the hidden danger of minds and other explosives. he wants to continue this dangerous job and bring electricity back to the people. let's bring in funny though, a funny besides living in a was are how are ukrainians dealing with is constant fear of stepping on a land mine then it's incredible. this level of resilience, this level of bravery, the people display ever since the beginning of this war. in fact, i still remember when there was this salt and keep on february 24th. and people were arming themselves. people who actually do not even know how to hold a gun. and now it's quite the same people who are going back returning to these places from where russia forces have drawn. and if facing the risk that there could be a booby trap in the rubble of what's left of their homes, it could be, in fact, attached to a dead body. it could be on, on their porch, in the backyard. nonetheless, they faced this race because they say they need to return, otherwise they will give the sign all send this message to russia that they have

given up their homeland. and this is exactly what they do not want to give this a feeling of defeat. no, they do return any many ways have also people told us farmers specifically they do not have an alternative. they need to work on their land to feed their families back. this is the season is almost over where the pharmacy and need to you a plan, see something that they would like to harvest the september. not knowing, of course, what you crane is going to look like. then the overall picture though is people are fed up. they say that this is a very dirty war, they do not want to want to be part of it. and it's a very ruthless war because all these traps that could be a different kind of explosives are things that they need to encounter. sometimes, even though, as i say, do not want to be part of this war in 1st place and funny with a possible stalemate on its way and piece talk stolen,

what hopes to ukrainians have right now. they do hope that all the weaponry, all those on deliveries from the west will continue to arrive in ukraine and basically put the pressure on russia to make sure that the war ends. they want this war jan very soon. also given the fact, in fact, just today, the finance minister told a sad that about 8000000000 us dollars have been spent already here and ukraine because of this ongoing war money, obviously much needed money. it could have been spent on development of ukraine, and so many people have been approved from their home. so people really hope that this is going to be over and that the ukrainian forces are actually gaining momentum. now, as we have seen in the hockey region, they were quite successful repelling a russian forces while just across the board in the dumbass region. there is such a fierce fighting, not knowing actually, is the tide turning rather in the interest of the cranium forces, or rather actually, the russian forces i going to advance the i make more headway given this picture which is quite sketchy,

not knowing how this war is going to develop as it's heading into a different face, likely around the hockey and the dumbass regions. people are just hoping, however, if the pressure can be put on russia, why the weapon delivery and that there's an end to all of this very soon. $24.00 char, putting from the ukrainian capital foreign ministers from the group of 7 and beating in northern germany, the discussing world wide prices and food shortages that stem from the war in ukraine. the g 7 includes the most advanced economies, the u. s. canada, the u. k, france, germany, italy, and japan, and one to 10 percent of the world's population, but account for a 3rd of global economic output. germany holds the rotating presidency of the group . our chief international correspondent richard walker is at the g 7 meeting in bison house in germany. what's being discussed to tackle this present problem of global for security. yes, this is

a big issue that is being flagged by the g 7 at this meeting in north and germany. molina babel the german foreign minister saying that 25000000 tons of grain of stock in ukraine. unable to get out of ukraine's ports, which are under russian blockade in the south of the country. so, and this is something that the world food program has been sounding the alarm about as well, with the head of the world food program saying that millions of people around the world could face starvation if that food, that grain doesn't get out to world markets in countries that have nothing to do with this conflict with as afghanistan in yemen, sudan, and other countries. so the world who program is calling on the russians to end this blockade of ukrainian ports. the g 7 also echoing those calls with also trying to work out logistical solutions to try to get that grain out of ukraine by other routes over rail overwrote, for instance, 2 other ports, for instance in poland. but there are lots of logistical headaches around that. so it's unclear how much headway really will be made on that. richard,

some blame sanctions for the food choices and soaring prices. isn't it the war itself or the fight? yeah, i mean, i say we're very much in a battle of narratives here. and this is one reason i think also that the g 7 is flagging this at the moment. sir. gay lover of the russian pharmacy, just this week are saying that it's western sanctions that are responsible for disruptions in global food supplies. the g 7 saying no, this is the, the russian blockade of these crucial ports in southern ukraine, such as odessa, preventing that grain from getting out of the country. and of course, the invasion itself, having been the root cause of this disruption. so very much engaging in this kind of narrative battle for hearts and minds, particularly in the developing world countries that have nothing to do with this conflict. looking at what's happening here and thinking who's responsible. and of course, farmers have gone out to fight and those who can't find their fields because of

munitions or borders or whatever else is lying around. what else can we expect from today's meeting, richard? yet we're ukraine is absolutely the top issue. about half of the sessions at the g 7 meeting or about ukraine, ukraine's on foreign minister is here, dimitra qu, labor. we're going to be hearing from him later this morning. says can be interesting to see what he says, but also there are other issues and i would highlight china, for instance, and the indo pacific. this is a fairly major item on the agenda. i think the message from the g 7, particularly from the american side, is that for all of the attention on the war on ukraine, the world needs to remember that there's a rest of the world out there. in particular, concerns about china's growing influence in the end of pacific i was just, i was just in india to security conference recently, a lot of concerns there over china doing a deal with the remote solomon islands in the southwest pacific that could potentially pave the way to a chinese base, there could be interesting see what the g 7 or say about china and the pacific in their final communicate d, w, richard walker at the g 7 meeting in bison house,

thank you. far from the battlefield, ukraine and its allies of fighting russia on another front. since russ are invaded ukraine, if in widespread fees of cyber attacks, events or experts have been surprised that russia hasn't taken down ukraine's pow great or other critical infrastructure. and that ukrainian hackers have mounted their own successful count as cyber attacks. and unlikely soldier balked on a vast go as a software developer. and now part of ukraine's i t army striking russian targets in cyberspace. he helps hack official websites when of thousands of ukrainians who aim to show russians. what is really happening in ukraine, unfiltered by states, censorship. we try to disrupt the so propaganda machine and ah, infiltrate a different systems of russian government russian structures. this is

a research to what we were approved for with all of us. ukraine cyber warriors have been joined by the international hacking collective anonymous. it says it is not against russia's people or even its soldiers, but against president putin and his apparatus. and it wants to keep russia's own cyber x, or it's busy. so they can't attack ukraine for the west. russia has a long history of alleged cyber attacks on ukraine and other countries. it's believe to have hacked into ukraine's presidential elections and taken out parts of its power grid, as well as trying to destroy internet connectivity. but russia has always maintained its innocence, claiming that criminal groups, not the government were responsible. now with people like boston and ukraine's hacker army against it, russia finds itself on the receiving end of these attacks. with more likely to follow

a quick look at some other stories making headlines around the world. veterinary lange and politicians around new vicar sinca has been sworn in as prime minister after the previous pm resigned this week. she lincolns are facing severe shortages of food medicine and fuel which they blame on the government. a calling for the resignation of the president. a wildfire has destroyed a wealthy neighbourhood in southern california. people were evacuated as the blaze destroyed homes and land. local official says climate change has made even small fires, more dangerous region is experiencing a long drought. astronomers have unveiled, the 1st image is captured of a super massive black hole located at the center of our milky way galaxy. they say the discovery will help us understand the massive gravitational vortex and what it's capable of. what scientists have long waited for the 1st ever picture of the black hole known as such a serious

a star. you are the 1st to see our image of the black hole in the center of our galaxy as close as it gets. her entire galaxy revolves around sagittarius, a star. these images helped an international team of researchers prove that black holes are constantly in flux. there gravitational pool is so strong that the swallow everything around them, including light. but when gas around the black hole heats up, it produces radio emissions. and these were captured by 8 connected telescopes. still getting a photo of the black hole was a huge challenge because it just won't hold. still. a resign kind is vivita. it's like a little baby venting around. it's hard to catch and be it's a tune as well. i in filing was it took 2 supercomputers in the usa and germany 5 years to generate images of the black hole. it's covered by gas and dust in the milky way, and that made the imaging even more difficult than capturing this the 1st ever

picture of a black hole from another galaxy. researches are hoping they'll be able to capture moving images of black holes one day. but to make that possible, more specialized, powerful telescopes need to be built. and up next to the point discusses, where the vladimir putin is leading bratia to disaster. ah ah,

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conservation to life with learning pass like global ideas. we will show you how climate change and environmental conservation is taking shape around the world and how we can all make a difference. knowledge grows through sharing, download it now for free. at the recent annual parade, to mark russia's war time, victory over nancy, germany, let me put in, looked like a man pushed close to the limits of his forces. and indeed he faces serious setbacks. the russian invasion of ukraine, which he ordered has lost nearly all of its momentum, with the ukrainian side, putting up tough resistance, a russian victory like the warning world war 2 appears fall from likely. so on to the point where you ask. parade without victory is potent leading russia into