we shed light on deal take worlds. who's behind benefits and why are they a threat to us all? oh, peak worlds. this week on d w ah ah, this is the w news live at from berlin tonight in afghanistan. a powerful earthquake has hit the east of the country. officials say, a 1000 people have died many more injured making at the country's deadliest weight in decades. also coming up here in germany transfer oh opt sholtes calls for

a new marshal plan to help ukraine and speak before parliament today. the also you said there will be no partnerships with why them your putins in theory, old russia. and this comes as the 1st german heavy weapons arrived in ukraine. but are they enough to silence critics who say germany has done to level to help ukraine defend itself. and as the war in ukraine fuels inflation around the world, african is feeling the impact. more and more people are ending up homeless in south africa and authorities. they're say they don't know what to do. ah i'm brent gov to i'm reviewers watching on p b. s in the united states and to all of you around the world, it's good to have you with this on this wednesday, and we begin with a massive earthquake in afghanistan. at least 1000 people have done. i'd with

hundreds more injured you as president joe biden. has ordered american aid agencies to see what they can do to help the afghan people. but that will not be easy since the taliban took control last year, most agencies have stayed out of the country. rescuers and survivors rush, the injured to waiting helicopters, getting around, and the remote mountainous regions of eastern afghanistan is challenging under normal circumstances. but after wednesday's earthquake, it is even more difficult. the powerful tremor took residents by surprise. many were at home in their beds, when it hit the sea, the spin you, i spoke it up, i think it was midnight when the quake struck the among the kids and i screamed. one of our rooms was destroyed, though our neighbors screamed and we saw every one's rooms collapsed. my own both. eventually, the houses in this rural region are mostly made of mud or stone and dozens were destroyed. authorities fear many people could be trapped beneath the rebel foot of

demand. the disaster poses a manger test for the taliban, lead government, which seized power last year. since then, many international agencies have left the country and billions of euros and development aid were cut. as a result, afghanistan was already facing a severe economic crisis. in light of these difficult circumstances, the taliban lead government is asking for international help. the afghan red crescent society has dispatched humanitarian aid from cobbled to the affected areas . and the united nations says it's also sending it's teams were earlier i asked freelance, journalist, france, marty, who was in cobbled to give us the latest a that's the whole. and the numbers of injured have risen through the day to the numbers that you mentioned, 1000 a month out, and 500 might rise. even 3rd, her rescue efforts were also impeded by rainfall and heavy winds. at times.

now it is night in call, wholly enough conason. so rescue efforts has mostly sculpt until tomorrow morning. this was the deadliest quake it's in the country and years. are. are there agencies in afghanistan that can deal with this, especially with the tale, but now in control? one thing to remember is that of con son's, he's frequent earthquakes. yes, this one was from the death toll a major one of the largest one in several years. but this is not something completely new. to some extent. the polygon also reacted well, for example, a quite quickly dispatched helicopters to the most affected areas in bar mold. one of the most heavily he'd stay streets ask of a excavators arrived pretty soon as little was confirmed to me in all their areas, the tale, bon lex, the capacity to, to act quickly and,

and aids that has arrived to some extent is not sufficient. if you can help us understand the united states, president biden has ordered agencies from his country to do what they can a, what can they do though, right now in afghanistan the situation is not easy. it is difficult. however, um aid agencies have a pretty soon off to the polygon, takeover try to resume their operation sometime successfully, sometimes not successfully. the u. s. m. has issued several general licenses that examined humanitarian organizations from sanctions that are imposed on afghanistan and the poly mon regime. so legally, it is possible to get aiden practically this of very lawfern also still faces difficulties. nonetheless, some and you will have expanded their self have expand that their programming. they

are on the pressure to implement from the donors their own pressure from the cali vaughn. that wants to get aiden also to siphon some of the aide off. and that this leads to, to various problems sometimes. ah, but all sold to the fact that 8 projects are still running and still implemented. and that also, in this case, a certain amount of international aid will certainly reach odd these regions journalist fronts, marty with the latest to night, from cobbled in afghanistan, france, thank you. germany will do justice to its responsibilities. that is the message that came to day from german transfer, olaf schultz who used an address before the countries parliament to double down on his government's commitment to supporting ukraine and germany's other allies in a wide ranging speech. the chancellor said that the european union and native joined forces like never before to fight against russian imperialist. he says that

germany knows from its own history, that alliances are important that germany will remain a reliable partner. douglas lindsay had to please oh, in the biggest security challenge in europe for decades. germany as the economically strongest country in europe with the largest population in the u, takes on special responsibility. one of us, not just for its own security, but also that of its allies. when i visited the baltic states 2 weeks ago, i made it clear like an attack on them would be an attack on all of us. and under office or earlier i asked our political correspondence, i mean young about the chancellor's heavy emphasis today on germany's responsibility towards its allies. well, that's right, brent olaf sholtes so repeated a commitment that he made back at the start of the war in ukraine. saying that we will protect every centimeter of nato territory, and he says that germany is doing that by

a beefing up its own military spending. but also by sending our troops and materiel to nato's eastern flank and showing its commitment that way. but of course, also by the support that it's given to ukraine, both the financial and decreasing li are in the form of the direct military support as well. in simon the jason and he tried to quash the idea that he is a movie to slowly on helping ukraine. did he achieve what he wanted to i guess that will depend on why the perceptions there certainly are plenty of people here in germany, a opposition politicians and others who i think the to the progress has been too slow and too hesitant. will other world leaders are, you know, give germany the credit that i laugh. schoultz thinks it deserves. we'll have to

wait and see. yeah, he's got a week of summit meetings coming up in particular, the nato summit here in germany at the weekend. and the beginning of next week, and we may hear more there, particularly president. so let's give you credit himself. will be part of that nato summit by video link. and now that the 1st heavy weapons from germany have actually begun to arrive in ukraine, perhaps some the criticism of germany's cautious approach at will die down our political correspondence. i'm a young with the latest to night here in berlin. simon, thank you. well, in his speech to day german chancellor sholtes also said that ukraine has every right to defend itself, adding that it is our duty to support ukraine as best we can. and germany is face international criticism for its initial reluctance to supply ukraine with weapons. and then for the time that it took to deliver those weapons,

the german panther hobbits of 5001 of the most sophisticated artillery systems in the world. i was 5 months after russia's invasion of ukraine, 7 of the self propelled howitzers have finally arrived on the battlefield. germany has long been accused of dragging its heels over the delivery of legal aid to ukraine. to counter such criticism, berlin has released a lengthy list of weapons and equipment. it is handed over to keefe it includes panza, fast infantry, anti tank, rocket launchers, man portable air defense systems, or man pads that enable soldiers to down enemy aircraft. 60000000 rounds of ammunition. these deliveries proved useful in the early stages of the war when ukrainian forces ambushed russian columns often at close range. but against the math artillery deployed by russia in its dumbass offensive,

ukraine needs more heavy guns of its own. germany has been slow to react and like some of its nato allies, o. u. s. has delivered over a 100 of these modern and hilary pieces and will soon send long range missile systems. poland has donated at least 18 self pelt. how it's us and hundreds of soviet era tanks. germany to has pledged more heavy equipment on the to do list. the gear pot self propelled anti aircraft gun effective against low flying aircraft . the mos multiple launch rockets system, able to targets up to 80 kilometers away. and the state of the art iris t anti aircraft system, able to clear the sky of enemy aircraft and missiles. but the 1st batch of gay pots and the mos launches, are only slated for delivery in july. the iris t might only arrive in ukraine in october. a long wait for

a country under constant attack from the air. or what difference will this delivery of heavy weapons make for ukraine? i put the question to nicholas drummond. he's the defense industry analyst, and a former officer in the british army. well, these weapons are extremely good in their own rights. depends on how it's a 2000 is probably one of the most capable artillery pieces in service across nato range and 70 kilometers for the latest ammunition types. able to deliver 5 rounds on target simultaneously. but ultimately, we're providing a limited quantity of these. and really what ukraine needs is, is mass, because there's no substitute for quantity as one is quality. and i'm sure you're aware of that. if i could just ask you about these weapons and delivering them, you know, the german government has been criticized massively for how long it has taken for

months. how big of a hurdle are the logistics here? well, the, it is not just the house of themselves, is the ammunition that supplies them. and before you can use them effectively, you have to deliver all the ammunition that's needed. and there's no point in having how it says, unless you have a good supply ammunition. so that whole logistics planning has to be very carefully coordinated with the ukrainian forces. and the 2nd really important factor is that you have to train the crews. and this is a highly sophisticated piece of equipment. it requires a, an experienced crew to use it effectively on the back of feel. so those 2 factors alone will have delayed its introduction into service, irrespective of any of the political background to the delivery of such weapons. we've been following you on twitter and you have been arguing that germany's hesitancy perhaps to sent military support is not

a weakness. in fact, you have written that it's a sign of integrity. why do you think so? edge, john, germany's behave very well indeed. and after the 2nd world war decided we wanted to be a country built on economic strength, not military strength. and therefore adopted pretty much a positive mindset. and it realised that it was not going to sponsor massive build it, build up with weapons and so on. and then because it realized that actually the pacifist approach would not deter an adversary like russia. and sholtes announced after the invasion of ukraine by rushman february. we have to change, we were wrong. we have to be strong because he only undecided strength, not weakness, and we'll weak if we don't investment events. and that was germany is like an aircraft carrier takes 10 kilometers to turn round. and he's had to lead not only

his own party, but the whole german people in this journey. and i think he's done it with great political dexterity. and as far as the u. k is concerned, jimmy is a great ally and doing extremely well in his speech today, the german chancellor, he, he said that this support for ukraine, particularly with weapons, will continue as long as the country needs it. and you know, we're not talking about a quick end to this war. so do you read this as germany abandoning this? it's this approach. you know, that you have praised. i know, i think jamie realize is now that this is going to be a long term commitment that will not change until there's a change of government in the, in russia. not that we're not going to drive a change of government by the way that, that will have to come from within that so long as that regime remains in place. russia will be a threat not only to the ukraine,

but to the rest of europe. and russia is extremely angry. pushing is angry that we have supported ukraine. he thought this was going to be a walk in the park, and it's been anything but that thanks to nato support of ukraine. so if we don't support you crave we allow russia to win. it will come after us with vengeance. and therefore, we are committed to this for the long term, for as long as it takes defense industry analysts, nicholas drama, drama. we appreciate your time and your valuable insights tonight. thank you. thank you. pleasure. a diplomatic dispute between russia and nato member lithuania continues to escalate. the wendy a has blocked trains loaded with sanctioned goods from crossing its territory to reach the russian exclusion of colony grot. now lithuania says that this is in line with european union sanctions against russia. but moscow says there will be serious consequences bound from russia to russia. this train is bringing

goods from russia's heartland to x, x clave of cleaning grad. colleen and grad is separated from the rest of russia by 2 countries, lithuania and belarus. but while bell roosters letting all russian trains transit its territory, lithuania has started blocking all trains carrying sanctioned goods lightly through near 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 count for up to 50 percent of all goods bound for cleaning grad. moscow has called the parcel trans, had been a hostile blockade, and is threatening nato member lithuania, museum militia, chevy, mac afraid traffic, between the kellen in grad region and the rest of russia's territory is not fully

restored in the next few days when russia retains its right to take measures to defend its national interests. way, 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 ends . stop war gallon, what did they could have expected this? the russian side knew full well that sanctions will limit the transport of goods. and, and now using this as a weapon and in information war context of passenger trains from russia continued to pass through lithuania without any problems. however, travellers are not allowed to get off the train back here at the station in venice . in order to get around the blockade, russia now wants to, you see roots as an alternative. in the meantime, feel

a growing that moscow could try to further escalate to stand off. and let's take a quick look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. the saudi arabia's crown prince mohamad been salman, is visiting turkey for the 1st time since the killing of salty journalists, jamal. cuz shogi plunged relations between the 2 countries into crisis. the crown prince today met with turkish president wretched tie of error. one error one once blamed the ground print for co showcase murder. the remains of the congo leaves independence hero, patrice le mama arrived in his home region more than 60 years after his death. a single tooth was all that was recovered. it will be taken on a national tour of d. r. congo before being buried. bulgaria as a prime minister, korean pet coff has lost a confidence vote in parliament over his fiscal and economic policy. that clubs government took office in december after 3 elections in the space of one year is

central party now has a 2nd and last chance to form a coalition. if not there could be yet again, new elections for the 1st time. in decades, the u. s. senate has taken a step towards passing democrat, major of gun control legislation. 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 i believe, followed a number of recent mass shootings including the revolting school massive the war in ukraine is one of the major drivers of inflation around the world. ask any one anywhere and they will tell you that food prices, the cost of living arise, especially in africa. in south africa, poverty inequality the pandemic, and now surging prices are fueling a homelessness crisis are corresponded. adrian creech reports to night from cape

town, where more and more mate shift shelters are popping up around the city. thank you that in iceland, a food killing up for food handed out by a charity for homeless people in the middle of kate, 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 i had a good day slow don't move in. there's no way that we can move forward in life. there's no way that you can build herself up in life while you still industry goes . i thought i 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 cam sent makeshift say it is 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 nights the rest is occupied. cape town wants to create hundreds of additional spaces, but the may assess the leg 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 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 a, there's been a poverty failure. there's been a oh, domestic violence failure often that the system has not coped with. there has been a mental breakdown failure in 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 and 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 give a 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 see as discovering up, been up in up. 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 see it that children semi angulation has relieved that she doesn't need to worry about foods, at least for to day. but to morrow, a daily struggle continues or 8 summons that will transfer news. it is officials cynical,

stars on you. monday has completed his move to byron munich from liverpool. money is one of africa's most successful players having won the champions league and from merely he also led synagogue to african nations cup. laurie last year. iron will pay around $41000000.00 euros for the star. the 30 year old could end up replacing robert lemon dal ski. if he gets his wish to leave. the german champ, 8 medical personnel will stand trial, charged with criminal negligence over the death of argentina, soccer great, diego mara, donna, the 60 year old died a cardiac arrest 2 years ago while receiving or recovering, rather from brain surgery due to a blood clot, he had also battled cocaine and alcohol addictions. for decades, prosecutors accused his caregivers of causing his death by abandoning him while he was hospitalized at home. their trial dicked has been sent

a new film telling the story of elvis presley opens in u. s. cinemas. this week. presley scandalized the united states with his swinging hips in 1957 and he became an overnight sensation in the process. let's take a look at what's in store. ladies and gentlemen, i played austin. butler is elvis, the young actor went to great lengths to get his portrayal rights. so was just being a sponge, you know, reading every book that i could get my lawn watching everything and every image that i possibly could find truly like a detective. and then also working with the number of different folk coaches on the scene working on that because voice a song one with tom hanks plays presley's controversial manager, colonel, tom parker. i don't know, nothing about music. but i could see in that girl's and he was

a taste of cook did include he couldn't eat, i eat with my destiny. i have to say you could not take your eyes off austin, but no matter what the scene was, whether he is up on stage performing, singing full on full tilt the close to the vest. dedication was oppressive right off. the movie covers the milestones and the single life leading up to his tragic early death, but fails to dig deep. it's a visual face in the familiar bass, dorman, directorial style view as loved it, and hated it. now cinema towers can decide all right, before we go, here's a quick look at our top stories. this, our an earthquake in the east of afghanistan has killed around 1000 people, injury hundreds more. that's according to the country, state media. you as president to bite, have directed american agencies to see what assistance they can provide. and

germany has are all sold. as promised, germany will do justice to its security responsibilities at home and abroad. in an address before the german parliament, he said that the european union and native have joined forces like never before to fight against russian imperialist. you watch you dw news after a short break. i'll be back to take you through the day stick around. we will be right back with

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of hatred and violence. is the monkey switzerland on the jews were considered servants of evil. they simply told you about the most atrocious chapter under, within 6 years, a 3rd of our people were exterminating 6000000 jews, like microbes to be annihilated. even 77 years after the holocaust hatred towards jews is still pervasive. the history of anti semitism starts july, 2nd on d. w is germany serious about helping ukraine defend itself against russia? it is a question that has haunted the german government ever since the war began 4 months ago. when today german chancellor shoals addressed parliament and attempted to dispel any doubts about germany's commitment to ukraine. se.