hidden drawing, ah, was there another symbolic meaning to this beautiful painting that perhaps we just don't understand? a search for answers starts july 7th on d, w ah, ah, this is d, w. news live from berlin. a powerful earthquake strikes, eastern afghanistan, state media, say a 1000 to date and many more injured making it one of the deadliest quakes in dick is also coming up ukrainian troops holding on as russia steps up. it's attacks in

the dumbass. heavy artillery from germany finally arrives, but keith says it needs more weapons and fast. diplomatic crisis escalates between russia and lithuania. moscow demands that the nato member lift a rail blockade on sanctioned goods to exclaim, colleen and breton, all place serious consequences. and as the war and he crime pushes up prices around the world, africa is feeling the impact, high cost, fueling a homelessness crisis in south africa. more and more people are ending up on the streets and authorities filing to find a solution. ah, i'm anthony. how'd welcome to the program. we begin with some breaking news more than a 1000 people have been killed in an earthquake that hit eastern afghanistan over not hundreds more. a weren't at the c point. one magnitude quite struck akiko

province, a remote area north, near the border with pakistan, eye, and official posted on social media that 90 houses were destroyed and dozens of people, a fear trapped beneath the rubble rescue operation. as on the why and helicopters are being used to reach the injured disaster, the come to the time when i found a stand is battling i severe humanitarian crisis, worsened by the taliban. take up either correspondent, france mattie and cobble has more force official. chloe bon rounds state news agency just reported that the death toll has over 1000 and over 1500 people 100 alone into this shape, indiana in bar mall, in hockey call. of that said, it should be kept in mind that these districts don't have that much of a population. so these numbers are very, very significant. and 1st responders had already in the morning reached the area

from nearby cities. there is full touch off of helicopters, learning that we're also um, confirmed by local sources. so 8 has reached a place. and, but of course, given to the scale of the devastation are not sufficiently yet. and it takes time to bring more 8 material excavators on site front, where the conditions, the relative isolation of the bridge and all make this difficult. i wonder how much assistance are the taliban government equipped to offer in an emergency, on a scale like this? what the taliban government can offer is most likely limited. they already before struggle to provide public services because the government is on their funded. so they have already before been dependent on international aid. also today they

called on 8 organizations to step in. so much will depend on a how false aid organizations are can react and can get aids to these rather remote areas. their yos are accessible by road and it's not as they are not the best roads on paved often. and i, it takes time tool to ship um, whatever is needed or to such places. the drive alone takes several hours. um, so it is a logistically difficult friends, muddy enough canister. and thanks so much on nearly 5 months into the war, germany has delivered its 1st heavy weapons to you, cried. he grants defense ministry says it received 7 self propelled houses. the german armies most modern artillery system. and as he running cruise trained in, they use berlin has faced criticism for its initial hesitation in supplying heavy

weapons to ukraine and for its perceived slow delivery of them. v, crying, the weapons cannot come soon enough. and it says, i made many, many more. russia continues to make gains in the don bass region in a grinding war of attrition. everything that concern is on fire. that's how the governor of ukraine's the hands gray gen described the situation here. russia is intensifying attacks in ukraine's east ukrainian defenders incubator denounced, still holding out in the besieged as a chemical plant there last stronghold in the city, hundreds of civilians, a sheltering that and the russian troops withdrew from her cave last month. the shelling has started once again. this footage shows what was once an educational building now in ruins. oh was blue and the

there were no armed forces, all representatives of territorial defense from all the national guard and in this building when it was hit. so this strike was solely directed as a place of city infrastructure in order to intimidate the civilian population. and you've also legal that intimidation takes the form of words as well as weapons. without directly mentioning ukraine, russian president vladimir putin announced that a new nuclear capable ballistic missile system, known as sam matt would be ready for deployment. by the end of the year, new by new was it was raised in addition to the new weapons already tested on the battlefield for the troops began to receive as $500.00 air. a missile defense system was so unlike any other, the heavy intercontinental ballistic missiles summit was successfully tested give a settlement. it is planned that the 1st complex will appear on combat duty at the end of the year. you will yours also. oh, you crane hopes that

a boost to its military arsenal, in the form of long awaited howitzers from germany, may help push back against the russian assault. but keith says it's received only a fraction of what it needs. not long after they were delivered. this was russia's response footage, released by russia's defense ministry, which they say shows the destruction of how it says sent by the u. s. and e u, but ukraine's morale and will to defend itself is proving much harder to destroy. so a significant moment for germany as it finally delivered its 1st heavy weapons to you cried, following months of criticism. but how significant is this for keith? i put that question to our correspond in the credit capital rebecca british. well finally, really being the key word there,

anthony and the word actually that the credit defense minister used when he tweeted the confirmation that these how it says we're now part of the ukrainian arsenal. he said, i'm happy to finally have them part of the else part with the arsenal. i mean, there has been a heavy criticism on germany as we know just that they haven't been a doing enough. be doing it fast enough. and while of course, all support is welcomed here and met with open arms by the ukranian government and the military. there is a real sense both in government circles and on the street that really this is just about time germany, a fraction of what they've promised as you've just been reporting. but what else they've been promised that by, by in way of heavy weapons and germany says won't make it here until at least the end of the summer, even all the autumn. and that is just, you know, really quite not fast enough for ukraine when they're watching at least 200 soldiers die every day. they're still heavily out guns and we're just, we're seeing them really struggling to hold the fences in the east,

in the don bass. and so, you know, all to might just be a little too little too late. they say. and that was the doubly correspond rebecca fritters in the 20th capital. keith. well, a diplomatic dispute between russia and lithuania is escalating. the baltic state is blocked, the rail transit of sanctioned goods, through its territory to the russian exclaim of colleen and grad that you. and he says it's just following a you guidelines. but moscow is threatening what it calls, serious consequences bound from russia to russia. this strain is bringing goods from russia's heartland to x, x clave of colin and gret, colin and gret is separated from the rest of russia by 2 countries, lithuania and belarus, could, while bell roosters letting all russian trains transit its territory, lithuania has started blocking all trains carrying sanctioned goods. luckily senior

doing anything. it's our european sanctions that are started working from the 17th of june. coal metal cement, wood building, materials, and high tech goods are among the items on the sanctions list. they account for up to 50 percent of all goods bound for colleen and grad. moscow has called the parcel trends had been a hostile blockade and is threatening nato member lithuania. you see a brazil chevy map afraid traffic between the kellen and grad region and the rest of russia's territory is not fully restored. in the next few days, russia retains its right to take measures to defend its national interests. hideously not only hinted, as of russia insists that international freight transportation agreements must be respected and is accusing lithuania, violating the human rights of its citizens, and colon and grad that you has rejected moscow's criticism and isn't turn accusing

the russian government of exploiting the partial trends. had been for its own eds thought, war, gollum, why did they could've expected this? the russian side knew full well that sanctions will limit the transport of goods and are now using this as a weapon in information war understood. passenger trains from russia continued to pass through lithuania without any problems. however, travelers are not allowed to get off the train, like here at a station in venus. in order to get around the blockade. russia now wants to you see roots as an alternative. in the meantime, fears are growing that moscow could try to further escalate to stand off. or earlier, i asked a dudley's uribe shadow in the latvian capital, rigor about the importance of kellen and grand. for russia. all telling, right is very important for russia. we can call it a strategic piece of land for russia, like an unsinkable air craft got rough carrier in the baltic sea. and the whole

region is highly militarized. italian grad, some of russia's short range, ballistic escandone missiles are stationed, as they can be equipped with her nuclear, where warheads are russian. people learned from the state television repeatedly that these rockets could easily destroy european capital, some just a minutes. at the same time. moscow officially remains tight lipped about to the question. if there are indeed atomic weapons in telling and brought but right on the other side of the border, the little alien government is sure about the matter. a few weeks ago the scene is gesenta minister claimed atomic bumps have always been stationed in calling and rat . so given its importance at what counter measures might russia type well, russia has been threatening our for months, and now it's doing so more and more blade blatantly. just a few days ago, russia's parliament submitted a proposal reachable to revoke lithuanian independence,

which russia had recognized after the collapse of the soviet union in the 90s. this proposal also raises that the question of the literary in a serenity, serenity, and in particular whether the baltic sea port of clay pear dark can really be considered a part of lithuania. of course, from the western point of view. these are the most abstruse france. what is more likely is that, that russia could completely block as rail traffic to within in and that could also hit the you members, it lithuanian economically? madison ridiculous to ask for months ago, uri, but when russia talks about defending national interests. what does that mean in this context? could russia attack lithuania militarily? well, russia is unpredictable, like we saw it in ukraine. altima. we can't rule out a military intervention on the baltic states completely, but the kremlin knows very well well as it would pay an extremely high price for it

. this when it is a member of the you and even more important part of natal natal, russian attack on this area would mean for moscow and all out war with the entire western military line. so mosque on north north that and when russian politicians bluster ah, with russian state beg propaganda to gather about nuclear weapons and iskander missiles, oh, of yours should understand that this is 1st and foremost aimed at a domestic audience. and even if we are talking about a new kind of cold war, there is a significant difference to the 99th eighty's, the russian elite to day politicians are the oligarchs even some still of a key, which means the representatives of the army and police. they have all to many personal contacts and condition connections in the best and world for them to light heartedly start a real war with nato. a figurative hearing for shadow in the latvian capital. very good, thanks so much. ok, let's take

a look now. some of the other stories making headlines to sell is rarely lawmakers voted in favor of dissolving parliament moving the country closer to its 5th parliamentary election in 3 years. motion is the 1st step in a series of votes to disband. the government, after prime minister naphtali bennett, announced his 8 hearty coalition, was no longer tenable school in your val. they, texas, where a gunman killed $21.00 people last month is said to be demolished. cities messes. announcement comes hours after an official called the police's response to the shooting, an abject failure which puts the officers lives ahead of the children on the agenda . busy u. s. senate has taken a step towards passing the country's 1st major gun control legislation. in decades . senators voted to speed up the passage of a bipartisan bill to toughen federal gun laws. the senate is expected to vote on the measures this week. the proposals follow a number of recept master shootings including the you've all day attack path

legislation that will but you're in california has found entertain a bill cosby guilty of sexually assaulting a teenager at the playboy mansion in 1975 after a 2 week civil hearing the victim was awarded $500000.00 us dollars in damages since 2005 more than 50 women have come forward with keys cosby of sexual assaults . so we go to flood waters, have inundated more of bangladesh after days of intense rank or access to a central has been cut off in the select region, which is saying it's worth flooding in more than a century. united nation says water born diseases and now also on the right, you really funny, funny story bit will driven by the war in ukraine, food prices and the cost of living rising throughout the world. africa is being particularly hard hit in south africa, poverty and inequality were already high. and after the pandemic surgeon cost,

and now fueling i homelessness crisis, there are correspondent, increase reports from cape town, where more and more make ship shelters popping up around the city. thank you very much for the food killing up for food handed out by a charity for homeless people in the middle of cape town. semi english hasn't had a warm meal for a long time. she's been living on the streets for more than 4. yes. i dumped up only by hired at the growth. they slow it down, move it. there's no way that we can move forward in life. there's no way that you can build yourself up in life while you still industry goes. i try that. maybe it absolutely didn't work english does not alone. and since the pandemic hit, even more people have been forced to live on the street came sent, makeshift, senators like this, have been much rooming in the city of cape town. there about 7000 homeless people in the city, much more than before. lockdown. the city runs

a safe place program for homeless people, but currently they're only about 50 free spaces available each night. the rest is occupied. cape town wants to create hundreds of additional spaces, but the may assess, the lack of support from the national government makes it impossible to solve the problem. the core of the problem here is that the health care system is not capacity to do enough to deal with the scale of this problem. we are picking up the pieces at the end of this. all of these other failures are there's been a poverty failure. there's been a o domestic violence failure often that the system has not coped with. there has been a mental breakdown failure and then a substance abuse failure. along with the rising homelessness, south africa is also dealing with an unemployment crisis. every 3rd person here, his jobless. now rising cost of living, driven by the war in ukraine, are making things worse for everyone. cooking oil has gone up by almost 50 percent

fuel by 20 says the for everyone because as you know, it offered. so the prices of the basic one wanted to very shots, but now the salaries of people are going, are people gone live like this anymore? it's, it's crazy. it's k use. we are, look, i, yes, world law in the state we living in it, but i says as this coming up been up, been up there we, the government has acknowledged the problem but has failed to provide a solution aimed a shortage of funds. and recent times we're having to deal with another problem which is the rising cost of living has made it increasingly difficult for the majority of our people to get by and to pay their bills and also to feed their children. semi angulation is relieved that she doesn't need to worry about food at least for to day, but to morrow, her daily struggle continues. well,

against the backdrop of the boy in ukraine and major european aerospace trade show is taking place for the 1st time. since the pandemic began, chancellor olive schoultz opened the ella as it's known here in berlin, where hundreds of exhibitors are showcasing new technologies in aviation. and aerospace sustainability and space security are among the focuses of this year's fear, as well as military defense and support. our political correspondent hands brand is at the international air and aerospace exhibition force and german chancellor olive shots opened the show. what did he have to say? that the audience yes, the chancellor try to develop a vision of an aerospace industry that is sustainable and that is climate neutral. he was talking about aircraft flying with electric engines making almost no noise or using carbon neutral hydrogen fuel. and so that is something that the air space

industry, aerospace industry itself is also pushing for the same time. also, kershawn was talking about the need for european corporation in developing larger cooperative for projects such as a new generation fighter jets in europe. so to push towards innovation, but sustainability i think, and her climate neutrality, those are the key themes in this aerospace exhibition. and so i can only imagine it's an industry pretty eager to get their hands on some of this additional german military spending some $100000000000.00 euros. absolutely. despite all this commitment to sustainability and so on, there is a sense that military technology is what is really at the center of the. so this year, the german defense forces are the largest exhibitor. what you see behind me, for instance, is an anti aircraft anti missile system that the german government is going to

supply to ukraine. they are military aircraft everywhere. all of shots the chancellor went to look at the new fighter jets from the united states, the f 35 that the germans are going to buy their fin, displays of military helicopters that the germans are going to buy. so yes, there's a feeling in this industry that because of the attack by russia and ukraine because of the large numbers of weapons that are being supplied to ukraine, there is a feeling of a booming industry in terms of the defense sector. and there is a lot of information naturally about new systems to be digested, that this exhibition, some of which you alluded to, are there though, any new technical developments that stand out in what is a pretty crowded market. i think what you have to say is that there are no absolutely new things, but developments of existing technology. there's a lot of talk here about drones, new drones being developed, but also anti drone systems to bring down drones. there's also new developments in

missile technology in sensor technology and again, anti aircraft and anti missile systems. i'm talking here as you can here, are about military systems. and really, as i said before, that is something that is at the center of interest here. while the development and commercial aircraft and are more on the background of political correspondent hands, brant at the international air. and aerospace exhibition, thanks so much some football needs now and it's official synagogue star sadie manet has completed his move to buy and munich from liverpool. money is one of africa's most successful players having won the champions league and premier league in england. he also led synagogue to african nations cup worry just last year by and we'll pay around $41000000.00 euros for the star that he rolled could end up replacing, rub,

live and dusky. if the poke, it's his wish to leave the german check on tennis. serena williams has returned to the court after a year away. the us athlete hasn't played competitive tennis since an injury led to her early exit from last year's wimbledon. the $23.00 times. major champion martyr return with a double victory at the east born international. a 40 year old is still chasing margaret court all time record of $24.00 majors. she's got one to go this year. she'll be competing at wimbledon as a wildcard when she had become the 1st unseeded woman to ever win the entertainment world and a new biopic telling the story of elvis presley its movie theaters this week. presley scandalized the united states with his swinging hips in 1957 and became an overnight sensation in the process. let's take a look at what's in store. ladies and gentlemen. oh,

how badly austin butler is elvis. the young actor went to great lengths to get his put try. all right. i started with just being a sponge, you know, reading every book that i can get my lawn watching everything and every image that are costly, fine, treating like a detective. and then also working with the number of different vocal coaches on seen and working on that because voice are so important with tom hanks. praise presley's controversial manager, colonel, tom parker. no, i don't know nothing about music, but i could see in that girlfriend, he was a taste of food and he could with i eat with my destiny. i have to say you can not take your eyes off austin, but no matter what the scene was, whether he is up on stage performing,

singing full on full pill that close to the vest. dedication was oppressive right off. the movie covers the milestones and the thing is life leading up to his tragic early death, but fails to dig deep. it's a visual face in the familiar past. moorman, directorial style review as loved it and hated it. now cinema towers can decide now before we go, he's a quick look at our top stories this our afghanistan state media says an earthquake in the east of the country has killed 1000 people and left 15 engine quite kid remote reaching close to the border with pakistan rescue as are arriving with the death toll expected to rise. i sure is mike in vance's in e friends, east and don bass region. ukraine says, russian forces has captured several more settlements and now control, almost all of the lo hunter region keeps only received

a fraction of the west and heavy weaponry. it needs to push the russians back. that is all the news for now. i'm next to south environment shows eco africa that's coming up on for a short break. don't forget our website is there for old. the latest news at any time of the day. that's to be down to d, w dot com. and you can also find us on twitter and instagram at d. w. news is the handle we need for the latest. i'm anthony howard from all of us here in berlin, took with it in the world. you're watching. thanks to joe with

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