[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin care hodge, florida counts his ties to a major russian energy company. brushing oil 5 rolls neck, says the former german chancellor is leaving its board. he was facing the threat of

sanctions over his ties to the kremlin. also coming up ukraine's president says the don bass is completely destroyed. laudermill polanski says russia has turned the eastern region into hell. while his government says russia's onslaught has trapped civilians trying to flee plus us president joe biden touches down in south korea for talks with the new data young. so you'll level security issues are set to dominate the agenda, but 5 stopped his visit at a computer chip factory. we'll hear why. and mountain concern i've read and potentially deadly illness. my growing number of countries confirming cases of monkey pox. ah, i'm rebecca rich's welcome to the program foreman german chancellor. gerhard schroeder has resigned from the board of directors of moscow based oil company roles nipped,

florida has been under growing pressure over his ties to russia. earlier this week, the european parliament called for him to face sanctions if he didn't quit his posts with russian energy firms. he's also a close friend of vladimir putin. trader was previously expected to take a top job at russian gas giant gas prom. now that's looking much less likely. so why is her making this decision now? well, earlier i asked dw, political correspond benjamin alvarez group. that question is what he had to say. unfortunately, it's not possible to look into a read the mind of the former chance love, but i think there are 2 reasons for that. on one side you mentioned the possibility of being on a european union sanctioned list is the european parliament passed a decree asking also to governments of further persian sanctioned people who are close to russian companies. and on the other side, of course yesterdays decision by

a bonus or committee committee of the german parliament that decided that they will strip the former chance love some of his privileges that he still has, although he will still receive a pension and still have the security detail, he will not longer have the office. and in that announcement that the committee a made, they did on mentioned the war in ukraine a because they fear that they might have legal challenges there. and the team around a gach florida already set that they are analyzing a this because there is of course, a moral aspect. but there's also the legal aspect and is it was not mentioned. they said that he's not following the duties of a farmer. chancellor, there is of course a question. what are the duties of a former chancellor, though this is a decision that was taken now i think due to these 2 factors, tell us a bit about the role that schroeder played in germany's russia policy as chancellor and, and how it has changed since he left office it was always really close when he was

chance law. he left the chancellor in 2005 quickly afterwards he started working for a these companies it were mentioned already for the energy sector. he lobbied for them to see that there is this dependency between germany and russia when it comes to nordstrom, juan nordstrom, too. and it's far more than just a business relationship that he has with the russian president. he considered it later. you can sit as vladimir putin, a friend, and many have been wondering why he did not take a stand, not only in 2014, when a we have the situation in crimea and russia, but now with russia's war, russia's invasion in ukraine. he has been strongly criticized, also within the pod, within the social, a democrat party, so closely to russia. this is a decision there was a taking now and let's see if there will be any further consequences for the former chancellor. ben, thank you. database political corresponded benjamin other as ruba, the ukrainian president brought him, his zalinski says, russian forces have caught, quote,

completely destroy the industrial dumbass region. according to the regional governor, russian, shelley has killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens more in the eastern city of several. the next. the accredited defense ministry said intense fighting berries, preventing civilians from fleeing. the area of the landscape. comments came in his nightly video address room is the ukrainian or forces continue to make progress in liberating the heart of reaching bicycle. but the occupiers of trying to further strengthen the pressure and the don bust them is held there. and that's not an exaggeration. department of several donnette is brutal and absolutely senseless or any. are i all state of these fanny fashion, keith, to tell us more about the russian assaulting the dumbass region. situation is devastating rebecca in the dumbass region. attacks have really intensified, ever since russia has withdrawn from the northern region. here i am right now q fridge and sharon have and they have refocused,

basically they offensive on the dumbass region, something that vladimir putin has been describing as the motherland. basically this is where they want to gain momentum, specifically over one town. this is what they want to gain control over over several don't yet know several done yet. it's basically the administrative center of fluent region ever since is 2014, the separatist backed by russia. have control over lo, hunter, city which has been the capital of the ones region. as a result, this is where we see most of the heavy shutting right now. these are villages, territories around that city, but also within the city itself. so people are caught up in the crossfire, it's civilian. so after beta bronze about 12 people, a during the past one for us alone have died because of shelling. and at the same time, of course, you have presidents that etzky describing this devastating situation as how in a way, also signaling to the international community. do not forget about the people in the don bus region. even though the front lines have shifted, as i say,

from the north, towards the east and southern part of ukraine. so basically saying, step up there, make sure they are sanctions coming. may sure they are. will weapons coming and make sure that this will ends soon. as you mentioned, there reinforcements from a shown here, british military intelligence says rusher is likely to re enforce its operations in the don boss once they secure that city of mattie. you, paul, what's the latest on the situation in matter? you pull in, of course, at the edge of steel plant, suffer murray pool because it's been really under heavy shutting for the past months. really that that town is basically reduced almost to nothing to rubble. and when it comes to the as of saw steel plant, there is little information from ukrainian government to really tight lipped, actually about what's happening right now. how many soldiers are still hold out there? they're saying this is due to the fact that they want to make sure that they do not endanger the process that's still ongoing, but we just do not know what exactly is happening. is that one of the senior leaders of the, of a regiment appeared on

a video message yesterday saying that he still inside are the fighters are still on side. but we do not know, as i say, just how many i side and how many have really surrendered, and why ukraine is quite tight lipped. russia assembling li or trying to control the narrative there. they say more than 1700 people soldiers have surrendered. this could be also not just the as of regimen soldiers, but the regulars to which is from the national guard. and they really trying to emphasize here that of those soldiers. i treated well who right now in the hospital, in the dumbass region, or in a, a facility that's actually like a prison, so, dang, to control. they are trying to control the message on what's happening to them while ukraine is not saying much. however, and this is what gives some hope to the civilians and the relatives actually all of the soldiers that the rat cross has a began identifying and re just registering some of the soldiers. so at least to some relatives may be, the uncertainty may be over that at least they know,

are they inside are the outside of this the, of that steel plant. where are they? but regardless of that, the situation in that steel plant is not resolved yet. not funny, thank you very much for that update. funny fisher in cave while fighting rages in the dumbass further north, the city of hunt cave is firmly back in ukrainian hands after russian troops were driven away. authorities are eager to restore public life and that includes getting their hunt give some way running again. but there are some obstacles to that. as our correspondent is billing has been finding out before they came here to flee the bombs. and now they don't want to leave people who have been living in the subway station are petitioning the government to let them stay subway stations here. and hargrove, have been serving as bomb shirts since the beginning of the war. ve katerina top i and her husband have been living here since the very 1st day. yet do have a value ross that he there. i go home every 3 weeks over semester,

but i always need to prepare myself mentally before i can go without the moisture with them when i run home and take a bath so we can wash here, but the conditions are not ideal utils, so there's not a minute the ceiling, others don't have a choice. they do not have a place to go back to any more. this station is the terminal station of the metro line, the northernmost station in the city. it's closest to the front line and to those areas that have been most heavily shell. the shelling of hargrove has or but subsided, and the local government wants to get the subway system running again. it wants the people to leave the metro and is offering to relocate them, but many here don't trust the peace. no. because on the she had a law yet on look, i do go out on the street sometimes. but the fear is always there that before, it is not that easy video,

we need time to overcome at not done her on the subway station, many of the houses have been destroyed in some streets, barely a horse has been untouched. olga has also spent the past months in the subway is the 1st time she's come back to see the apartment where she lived with her mother and her son. she was told that there was damage, but she didn't know how bad it was. pulls up, it's terrible. her mom was shell, hit a wall in one of the rooms. there's debris, everywhere. she documents everything. people can report the damage on the government website,

but nobody knows how long it will take to get any support. under a short cut, my knees are shaking. my knees are actually shaking. i still can't believe agile for what i knew that the windows were broken when you walk. if only that chow hadn't hasten. yeah, if there wasn't a hole in the wall, we might still somehow move back towards the house is still standing, but this is different fairly for now, the only thing to do is to collect some of their belongings. they will not move back to the subway. but to a relative's house. for harrison other developments in the war in ukraine, the u. s. senate has overwhelmingly approve nearly $40000000000.00 in new aid for ukraine. emergency package includes military, economic, and humanitarian assistance. the decision came as the us authorized the shipment to ukraine of another $100000000.00 worth of weapons and equipment from pentagon stocks. russian missiles have hit

a grain warehouse in eastern ukraine. officials say the storage facility southeast of separation is now completely unusable. russia has repeatedly targeted ukraine's grain warehouses and other civilian infrastructure. you develop it? ministers are meeting today to discuss how the war in ukraine is impacting global food security. ukraine is one of the world's most important supplies of grain and sunflower oil. but russia's blockade of black c ports has halted shipments. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski has accused russia refusing food as a weapon with global consequences. the colors of ukraine. the countries endless golden wheat fields are reflected in its flag. but rushes invasion means some of ukraine's rich farmland. now looks like this. ukraine has accused russia of deliberately targeting its agriculture sector, tearing up fields, planting landmines and destroying equipment and warehouses. in safer parts of the

country, farmers have been tasked planting extra crops in a bid to make up for the losses elsewhere. but the threat to food security goes far beyond ukraine. the country is one of the world's biggest exporters of food products like wheat corn and some flower oil. but russia has blocks, ukraine's key ports, leaving it unable to ship vital food supplies in level around oil without our agricultural exports. dozens of countries in different parts of the well to already on the brink of food shortages. and over time the situation could become frankly speaking, terrible. politicians are already discussing the possible consequences of the sharp rise in prices with famine in african countries asian countries. russia has blamed the situation on western sanctions, but some experts suggest russia is manipulates in grain markets using wheat as

a bargaining chip to its own advantage. as the world's number one wheat exporter, there are warnings, russia could withhold its own wheat exports for political gain. according to the world food program, around 4 and a half 1000000, tons of grain is stuck in silos at ukrainian ports. it's particularly disastrous for countries already suffering from food shortages. yemen for example, gets more than half of it sweet from ukraine and russia. this so we're the ukraine we're has that is, is overlapping. the impact is overlapping with a crisis has already been our funding of our countries. the u is now racing to work out alternative routes across land to secure supply chains. meanwhile, the u. n. is leading negotiations to get shipping routes reopened,

and get vital food supplies to whether desperately need it and turning away from ukraine. non u. s. president joe biden has kicked off his presidential trip to asia in south korea. ways having talks with new president un, secure the journey, which also takes him to japan, is intended to count a chinese influence and submit us leadership in asia. he's expected to address concerns connected to russia's invasion of ukraine in so he visited a samsung semiconductor plant, one much like the factory, the electronics giant plants to build in texas, dealing with the global shortage of computer chips, his a key element of his trip. why did buy didn't choose to stop in south korea and not to pan on his 1st visit to asia as us president? i put that question to journalist frank smith in cell. he usually does go to japan 1st you as president, when, when he visits the, the region. i think this was something over reward for you. and so you'll,

he campaigned on a promise that he would strengthen the alliance and relations with the united states at the same time and does have an initiative that he's going to launch when you, when he visits japan, the into pacific economic framework. and perhaps he was saving that for his visit to tokyo. well, as we think china is holding military exercises in the disputed south china sea and there is the visit could be overshadowed by some kind of north korean missile test . how well that is the president about this? well, so 3 and authorities had to answer some difficult questions at the national assembly this past week about the possibility that north korea would conduct a nuclear test and they have reconstituted their pro gay re test site and launched

15 missiles so far this year. so created does want us to commit to extended to turns and strengthening the visitation us nuclear capable assets to the region. so it is something that they're concerned about during this summer. for sure. frank, on the, the rival, the u. s. president started by visiting a computer chip factory, as we mentioned in the late in taking t. why is that? well, around the world because the coven, 1910. then there were shortages of computer chips and in the production of various things in particular, cars and what the u. s. president is trying to do and, and the so the green president uses julie city, certainly on board with this is to create a supply chain alliance. south korea conducts 25 percent of its trade with china, and 15 percent of its trade with the u. s. the so green president said he wants to

diversify that dependence on china and alleviate the potential for the supply chain bottlenecks in the world suffered earlier in the pandemic. that's fascinating . i had no idea about that. actually it's very, very interesting. all the u. s. is allies in asia worried that biden's attention is now really on ukraine and no at asia and not on asia? well, i would say here in south korea that they, they're certainly pretty happy. i mean, it's just may 10th prison in so kill was it was inaugurated china is going to be a little bit more worried with south korea, possibly joining the quadrilateral security dialogue was the alliance started by japan, also involving a truly india in the united states. but it's perhaps north korea wants to see more attention paid to this region and perhaps some movement on the un security council sanctions. and perhaps we'll conduct more missile tests and,

and nuclear test if the u. s. doesn't, you know, offer some type of incentives to, to get back to negotiations on that. right, frank, thank you very much. that comprehensive update. frank smith in cell my, his a quick look at some other news making headlines around the world. no avail. pace prize laurie joe's a ramos horta has been sworn in for a 2nd time as president of team or less day. he took the oath of office in the capital, dilly boy. he said his top priorities to protect young people seeking democracy is an observation comes on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the southeast asian countries, independence officials in indian administered kashmir, said one worker has been killed, and another 9, a trapped off to pot of a tunnel collapsed. emergency work as a using earth move is to clear the wreckage and trying to rescue them. the tunnel is part of a mountainous highway tunnel system in the himalayan region. germany has detected its 1st case of the re

a monkey pox virus. the armed forces medical service said the case had been found in a patient in munich. more and more cases of monkey pox are being detected in europe and all the countries. normally, it occurs mainly only in africa. while it's unusual about the rapid spread is in the, in the west is that most people who are now infected hadn't previously traveled to africa. monkey pox as a rare viral infection, usually found in small mammals in west and central africa. the spread of the virus is usually caused by people traveling to those areas. but for the 1st time, the disease appears to be spreading among people who have not traveled to africa. germany, belgium, italy, and sweden have become the latest countries to confirm cases. following britain, portugal, spain, and the united states. there is something very unusual in terms of the speed in which it spread and also the long intubation time. 12 days and sometimes

potentially 21 days. mean that you could silently incubate many people before we realized that enough trail. yeah. one man who had recently returned from britain is also infected. a 2nd case was a waiting confirmation. the individual has been diagnosed in victoria came from london. so i flew on the 14th landed in abu dhabi and then was on an ebay w melbourne flight. landing in the early morning of the 16th had some symptoms prior to being on the flight, but has attended for medical care almost immediately. monkey pox similar to humans, small pugs, the milder most people recover from it in a few weeks. symptoms include fever and headache, feeling tired and swollen glance. the virus is usually transferred through close bodily contact, a bodily fluids. the world health organization says the general public should be

aware of unusual skin rashes and acknowledged that there were still many unknowns. also in terms of transmission, one of the theories of health officials is that the disease is now being sexually transmitted, but further investigation is needed. well here i asked kate baker, she's a professor at the university of liverpool in the u. k. i asked her if we should be concerned. yeah, there's a look happening. i guess i was just having been through caveat on, but there's a lot of good news here compared in contrast. so the case fatality rate, which is think is the one that everyone worries about as far as how many people you know, might go on to have a fatal infection. is quite low from monkey pox. and it's very context dependent. said previous estimates, you put it around between 0 and 11 percent, but that wide range is because it really is dependent on the outbreak. so we just don't know yet. but as they said in the lead in, you know, typically it's a self limiting are short term disease with relatively mild symptoms. and again, in contrast to cave it, you know,

it's not very of over bull virus. so we wouldn't expect this sort of streaming very in this, like we had with the k that outbreak as well as the transmission is very different . so, you know, there isn't asymptomatic transmission, so we're not going to be playing catch up as much. it's typically quite hard to transmit and when someone is transmitting they've got symptoms, and so it's much easier to intervene in that transmission. professor kate baker, speaking to me a little earlier on some football news now and after i talk frank fitz thrilling when the rope a lake on wednesday the team has arrived back home to a hero's welcome in the city around a $100000.00 fans packed frank. that's main square to hale, the men who bait the glasgow ranges on penalties. coach oliver glassner goalkeeper kevin trap and raphael bora, who scored the winning penalty are among those soaking up the acclaim. plasma says he is going to party until saturday and to another john of

german football humbug. bait had to berlin in the 1st leg of the bonus lake as relegation playoff. the visiting fans travel to berlin in huge numbers and their backing helped hamburg taken advantage into next week's return match. depending on who you believed, anywhere between 7525000 homburg funds were in the olympics. study on, on a bombing late in berlin, but there was plenty of home support to that. one of the most nerve wracking games in the german calendar. this was the atmosphere into which young danish keeper oliver christianson at to descend for his debut and a half a shirt injuries forced which felix mug out to play the 22 year old. he did well to perry robert gluck so short of 32 minutes but there was nothing he could do of it humbug. second tough winner you'd have it rice couldn't have miss hitches cross any better than the hummingbird funds went wild. a bitter moment for christianson and

for her to but the keeper's injury time save from young jamera means the berliners must only overcome a one goal deficit on monday. easier said than done in a hostile hamburg. and finally, boeing's new style on a capital has launched on an uncrated test flight to the international space station. it comes after more than 2 years of delays and engineering setbacks, the starla quickly made it to the proper orbit. after taking off from cape canaveral, florida, it's expected to take around 24 hours to reach the i ss, and we'll spend about a week there before returning to earth. if all goes well, the starline i could fly. it's 1st name of astronauts by the end of this year. you're watching daily news as a reminder of the top stories were following for you, ukraine's president valadez lensky says, russian forces have completely destroyed the industrial don boss region. he called the bombardment of several dynette done yet so brutal and senseless and accused

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