ah ah ah ah, sustainable you news live from berlin, russian forces ramp up a tax on eastern ukraine. the governor of lou hon. success, everything that conferred is on fire. us russian missiles, rain down ukrainian fighters are still holding out at a chemical plant into verizon. yes, also coming up, i diplomatic crisis escalates between russia and lithuanian. moscow. it demands that the nato member lift a rail blockade on sanction goods to colleen and grunting bus reports of fresh

atrocities, any fuel via put the civil war there. back in the spotlight dw, visits a town ravaged by ethnic finding in the countries north. we meet traumatized residents and here of others being held in a camp under inhumane conditions. germany's documented art show removes one of the works on display over its anti submitted content. ah m nichol foolish welcome to the program. chilling words from the lo hunter, regional governor. every thing that can burn is on fire. around 95 percent of that region is now under russian control. sererow done yet is a focus of the attacks amid fierce fighting ukrainian forces say they have held a chemical plant in the city were about $500.00 civilians are thought to be

sheltering. the new hunts governor has also warned that russia is preparing an even bigger offensive in the region. now, despite the relentless onslaught ukrainian president, voluntary zalinski remained defiant in his nightly address to the nation. yuk, yeah, you put it, which of course you russia is very nervous about our activity. to be more shelling of her keith and odessa, the happy more brutal of sold send don bus. civil this is an evil, i can only be defeated on the battlefield. session were defending losing chance, and 7 hold on. yes. currently, this whole region is the most difficult. these are the hardest fights job. earlier i spoke with our correspondent emmanuel, shes in keith, and i asked her whether ukraine could still turn things around as russia titans the news in the east? well, exactly. nicole. russia is a towing in all of its reserves,

in what is expected by, by the ukrainian armed forces to be decisive battles for follow hands for donors, for this entire don bass region, which russian troops have sorta to conquer over the past 4 months. a bit of a breaking news here with her who is finally d, arrival of how it says to how it says that were promised by germany and out to ukraine was asking for 4 months now. they aren't there how find out he arrived. it has been announced by ukraine's defense minister alexey leznik off. he said that he really appreciated all the efforts of his colleague and the german defense minister christine lam, breasts in support of ukraine and defiantly as well. he said, our artillery man will bring the heat to the batter fee. it's so heavy weapons that have been asked for for months now by ukraine finally on the ukrainian territory

with the army. there. did ukraine, an army that was awaiting those weapons to finally respond in kind to the russian troops. now we talk about military aid and military advances, but of course we can't forget about the human toll of it all. what do we know about the fate of the civilians trapped in the epicenter of the fighting? well for example, you were mentioning several done yes as a chemical plant there the other chemical plant where it is believed to be between $3600.00 civilians, tribe there, including a dozens of children. we find ourselves in a situation that we are sally already know of was the as of style as steel plowed in matter. you ball where civilians are trapped. also people in several don, yes, get done. have any news to get out of their city because all the bridges have been destroyed as well as their main highway leading to the city. so no way out and also no way in for supplies. electricity is cut off water supply that cut off not only

dare, but in many, many places in the eastern part of the country, which are currently occupied by the russian of russia. and you yourself spent the past the last couple of days visiting the keys suburbs, some of them associated with, with the worst horrors of the russian aggression, namely european hostile mail. can you tell us a bit about what you saw there? well i for one, it was a very impressive to see the extent of the destruction or with my own eyes. it's one thing to see reports and also for a journalist, and it's another to be on the field and to see at the amount of the destruction are to us to see that even 2 months after her, after russian troops retired, retreated from those places. well, they are still, there's just so much things to be repaired, so many windows that are broken so many houses that are still not arbiter bell any more. and of course the sufferings of the people is still there very much there to

see. very impressive. see no devastation around keith as well. d w, responded emma shars and keep many things. russia's foreign ministry has summoned the use ambassador to russia over what moscow calls a blockade on goods transiting through lithuania to the russian ex clave of colleen and grab. the india halted the rail transit of goods including construction materials, metals and coal, after a new package of ease sanctions against russia, came into force late last week. colleen and god is wedged between nato members, lithuania and poland. russia security council secretary warned lithuania of quote, serious consequences if the band is in a lift it. here is what the lithuanian prime minister said in response. the green arrow, your blue wing, it has no interest in an escalation, but the sanctions must be implemented. it's ironic here russia accuse us of international treaty violations because i don't know if there is any international

treaty that russia itself hasn't violated around. nobody is russia, analysts and former moscow corresponding emily sherman is here with more the lithuanian prime minister. they're not very young. well worried apparently about those threats. how concerned should the west b, about those warning will the secretary of russia security council warned of serious consequences for the lithuanian people without saying what those consequences would actually be. we heard from a lower level official, the governor of the that one potential response could be that russia could limit the transit of lithuanian goods in a kind of tit for tat response. but of course, the language that we're hearing, especially higher up in the food chain as it were in the kremlin, is much more dramatic. so i mentioned the security council secretary, he framed all of this as essentially the next step in nato. upping its presence at russia's border, as he said,

that it's an example that you cannot trust the west even with written promises. and of course, this is all happening as well, against the backdrop of kind of combat of language language. in general, we heard vladimir putin himself talking today about the deployment of new air defense systems and ballistic missiles. so it all sounds pretty dramatic, but i would guess that it's more rhetoric bluster than anything else. what is moscow trying to achieve here? well, as part of, you know, a wider push in russia to get you sanctions lifted and to paint them as destructive . so the governor of the region of callian and grad who i just mentioned said that these new measures would suffocate the region. he said that over that around 40 to 50 percent of cargo will be completely stopped by these measures. and you know, the fact that they're calling this a blockade. your has echoes of the siege of leningrad world war 2 tragic events in world war 2. i think this is a part of

a wider effort to put pressure on the west to lift sanctions. in general, you might remember that putin has been calling for sanctions to be lifted. the he's, he's been saying that that would make it easier to solve the food crisis. we've had a recently the russian energy giant gas from kind of reducing its shipments of gas to germany via nord stream, one of the pipeline saying that it's due to technical difficulties which were caused by sanctions. so it's kind of part of that wider effort. i think to, to put the pressure on the west and to and to get those sanctions lifted. now give us a bit of context on a geopolitical scale. how important is coleen ingram? well, it's a, it's an enclave in the baltic sea. it includes a very strategic port ball disk, which is the headquarters of the baltic sea fleet, and also is the western most point in russia. and now of course, specifically, you know, with the war in ukraine, russia has been painting this conflict in

a way as a conflict, a wider conflict between russia and the west. so the fact that the enclave is kind of sandwiched, as we saw on that map between nato states, makes it almost the, you know, the battle ground for that conflict as well. for the west, between the western russia at least that's how russian state t v is portraying t w's, russia analyst, emily, sherwin, thank you so much for those insight. and as we just heard from emily, one key front in the conflict around ukraine is the struggle for energy. russia has cut gas applies to europe, including its supply to germany, through the north stream, one pipeline. moscow says it's due to technical reasons, but many analysts believe in retaliation for western sanctions. germany is now looking at postponing the closure of coal fired power plants, a tough decision for a government with green credentials, less russian gas, the needy is getting through to germany, right. now that is prompting worries about what might happen this coming winter.

people need gas in their homes and industry relies on it as well. to make sure there's enough gas when demand is highest, the government wants to build up its reserves. one way to do that is to burn more coal instead of gas painful step, especially for germany's minister for climate and the economy. a green politician mission, we did not do this, we run the risk, but by the end of the year, the storage facilities will not be full enough. and then we'll be open to political blackmail. that means ensuring the reserves of full, if the top political imperative justice board, burning coal is not good for the environment. it produces about twice as much c, o 2 as gas. the german government has set itself the target of ending coal burning by 2030. but on to harbor explain some moth bald coal power stations could be

reactivated for a limited period. at least germany would burn more of its vast lig night reserves and also import hard coal from abroad. a drastic step. but according to her back part of the wider confrontation between the western russia, this is through this is a kind of arm wrestle where initially putin has had the longer arm. but this doesn't mean that with increased effort, we can't develop the stronger our didn't strike on amber compron. the plaid also foresees paying industry to reduce its guess consumption. and perhaps even encouraging germans to endure lower temperatures in their homes. the one idea is not on the cards, extending the life of germany's 3 remaining nuclear power stations. they are still due to be switched off at the end of this year. and he has around of other stories related to the war we're following for you. at the sour russian president vladimir putin has dialed up the rhetoric on his war in ukraine. another notch without

mentioning ukraine, directly, newton said in his speech on tuesday, that russia's newly tested nuclear capable ballistic missile system known as sar. matt would be ready for deployment, if by the end of the year was it? it was old. bear with the russian army says russian t. v is now broadcasting in ukraine, southern cur, san region. people there can now access $24.00 russian channels as spokesperson said, moscow has already introduced its currency in the area and started distributing russian passports. oh, the editor of one of russia's last independent newspapers, dmitri moore, at off, has auctioned off his 2021. no bell piece prize metal. the metal fetched a record, a $103500000.00, which will be donated to help children displaced by the war in ukraine. and moving on to east africa now, where the death toll from a massacre in ethiopia as or romeo region has risen to at least 260 officials said

rebels targeted ethnic. i'm hora villagers, the latest atrocity in ethiopia, where a civil war that began in the northern t gr, i region, has been raging for 2 years. government forces are trying to oust the t gray people's liberation front, from its stronghold there. but the war has spilled over into other parts of the country, leaving thousands dead and millions displaced. the w corresponded molly and mula visited the town on the t grey border region that has been shattered by ethnic violence, deserted and destroyed in december last year to grand fight, as loyal to the te gray people to liberation front or t p. f. attack the border town of alba and they left their mark. a bala used to have a mixed population of ethnic to grinds and afar in the days leading up to the tea

bailiff. attack witnesses tellers. fighting had already broken out along ethnic lines between afar residence a far militia and local to grounds, causing many to leave. as you can see, the destruction is systematic. every house on this road has been damaged. the to grind fighters went from door to door, looted and damaged everything they could find was to he has sent the mayor of abala has since returned together with armed men. an attempt to reinstate some sense of security on the cylinder. could borrow money to console him. of the shelling was relentless. m. o like rain. more than 225 people died in watermelon. they killed the elderly in their homes and others while they were escaping. good mother followed them as a shortness was yos and killed them on the liam at omega. they also raved several women. he says the t p l f and the government declared a ceasefire. it's fragile,

but it's been in for since march. in late april tpl f i t as withdrew from abala and other territories in the afar region, little allowing 8 convoys into the t gray region. but a palace may r t i s n says the t p a last never really left a for the lesson along with what they say. we're fully withdrawn from a thought a little, but they haven't really fully left of well, the hill that you see there are there up there. now don't scale come back once. they have received enough food aid as warranty, they had enough of it. they will use it for war jojo lot at a nearby cemetery we meet muhammad hussein, a local health official, who has helped very close to 60 bodies. among them were several children. he tells us, but among capital, i have a heavy heart and gloves. my little, i'm lost for words by them made this has left a scar in my life. if al and i'll never forget, this is over to mother's home, but it's not just lives that have been lost. loper infrastructure lies in ruins,

as well. citizens vocal that they destroyed the hospital with everything that's useful. the x ray machine, the cam lab and the laboratory i was, they took everything and they broke the rest of the refund. and both the fighting has caused a rift between the 2 communities. both now accused each other of massacres, destruction and looting. we found signs of t p. laugh actions, but to grind witnesses also made claims of a foreign militia aggressions. they say they're targeted and killed several to ground residence before transporting several 1000 to the regional capital samarra. the head of the u. n. h. c. r. 's field office in samarra confirmed that around 8000 people have been held at a government run camp meant to accommodate about 1500 people this on ah, national and international standards that should not, that's that, that should be included in human conditions. he says, among those detained are about 1200 children,

many suffering from malnourishment. we tried to gain access to the camp, but were denied by local authorities who also refused to grant us interviews. we did, however, manage to hear from one of the people in the camp. he sent us these pictures. he told us via fawn that people are suffering from diseases like scabies, diarrhea, and pneumonia. that there is not enough food and no medical care. he says 70 people, including 5 children, have died since december due to lack of medicines and food. no one knows when the border towns residence will return. or if they will ever get to call a bela their home again. if you're fears prime minister abbey ahem! and says, a committee will look into entering peace talks with rebel groups. and we ask journalists, collette one joey, and the capital addis ababa, how likely it is that a negotiated solution can be reached? well, that'll have penned on there is also the committee that is expected,

at least around, probably towards the end of this month, which is about 15 days from when the time to talk about this in parliament. and with that then you can come a guidance, guidance to the government, what, what was having and a decision in a way that a security that's what the plan is to see. on the other side of the open letter they sent through social media, they saved and ready for that should be investigated making like at least a 4 piece thought that should be done and when, which is, which is what they call it. ok. appetite for negotiations. that's a good start, but when both parties be willing or able to compromise on i think will any successful negotiation process compromised must be on the table by wire. in the meanwhile, factors, because without that, it will have to agree on who the compromise is. at least all whatever the site to

compromise or what parties it will be to make sure that they're more than likely people could you imagine issues that display this content really getting some sense of normalcy. so based on that, then there is a compromise or whatever cause they come up, we will really put to mind the fact that people need to go back to their lives. so we only need to see what both sides and say when the time comes, we don't know when that time. now, since the outbreak of the conflict almost 2 years ago, human rights groups have reported atrocities by both rebel groups and the theo, pin. army. what does that mean for civilians? who can they trust at this point? good, good, good question. and that kind of compromises. i mean, also the fact that what kind of piece people are looking at, you know, because we want people that don't want to be one people that i'm 50 and trust in that trust a trust should be and there might be a day. i think that the whole issue going to go see should process. that would be

because the government government has accepted and will keep it that they're members. now we did this actually because you know, some of them when they added to that just because it's a lock and if it happens or weight happens. so track must be at the core of this new decision. since you're based in addis ababa. how does the ethnic conflict affect co existence there in the capitol? obviously there is to ensure, you know, so much tension that we can be seen. you know that the right people from the field that they're not really in some parts of the country, a region that where they have been a kind of spilled over to even to see, you know, in so many things on the outside we have a kind of pre attention and not any

that are be topics the normal way of living for so many people. some people you know, i and that is not good for formal complaint. difficult scenario there. colacho and joey, thank you so much. thank you. let's take a quick look now at some other stories making headlines at this hour for longer has shut schools and non essential st services for 2 weeks. an effort to save fuel. the nation is in the grips of its worst ever. economic crisis calls for the president to resign are growing louder as people faced severe shortages of essential goods. nearly half a 1000000 people have been evacuated in southern china as the heaviest rains in decades freak havoc, red alert warnings were issued on tuesday with forecasters predicting more heavy downforce last summer. catastrophic flooding and central china killed almost 400

people. south korea has launched its 1st domestically made space rocket and successfully placed a dummy satellite and in october, failed. soul is planning further launches. it says it has no intention to use the rock for military purposes. it says british rail workers or staging their biggest national strike in 30 years. networks will largely be brought to a standstill on tuesday, thursday and saturday. this week. some $40000.00 staff have walked off the job demanding higher pay in england, scotland and wales. and 4 footballers on the spanish women's team have tested positive for corona virus. the squad had been training together ahead of next month's european championship. and now the quartet are having to isolate as cases rise across europe. a renowned german aren't show, has removed to one of the works on display over its anti semitic content. the

controversy around the piece has overshadowed the opening of the document on modern art exhibition, which is held every 5 years in the city of casa officials and organizers. have condemned the work in question a giant banner using anti semitic stereotypes to portray jewish israelis. this is the image that is causing widespread controversy, a hooked nose fangs, and bloodshot eyes, paired with the side carls traditionally warned by ultra orthodox jews. the image is parts of a work of art by the indonesian collective tart, p a t i. it took center stage at the document to holland castle. these, this building does is he had ski it. these illustration clearly has anti semitic imagery, protection against anti semitism, as well as protection against racism and any form of misanthropy of fundamental human values. long and if those values aren't respected than the freedom of

expression in art has its limitations couldn't fly. ideally, gunther in the same work of art to man would have pigs. nose is depicted as a member of massage the israeli foreign intelligence service. this too is an anti semitic stereotype. the israeli embassy reacted by tweeting documents promotes global style propaganda. merritt mandel is the director of the anne frank educational center. he's equally appalled and demands that the artwork be removed. it's martha. she isn't. we also need to question exactly how such a picture was created in the 1st place and then how it was allowed. such a prominent place in the exhibition or the ins on holeman entered dots in there. i watched him in the lower part of the artwork, r depictions of massacres and genocides. the holocaust is notably missing. the central council of jews has been highly critical of this. they said document as organiser is guaranteed, there would be nothing anti semitic in this year's exhibition. clearly,

the organizers have failed when it comes to the topic of anti semitism. the exhibition has denied any connection with anti semitism and apologize for any hurts caused. and finally, a fisherman in cambodia has netted the biggest fresh water fish on record. the 300 kilogram sting ray was fitted with a tracking tag by researchers before it was released back into the may kong river. the device will give scientist unprecedented access to the behavior of the elusive fish over the next year. sing re numbers are declining due to habitat loss and climate change. launching the w news coming up next on the w news, asia. afghan weddings get a strict make over under taliban road and pakistan. we meet the women trying to remove the stigma from a very predictable part of growing up. at a more on the de leon is asia with melissa jen after

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