trying to a get, for example, grain out of ukraine, that's one of the big top is one of the big a priority is also off this meeting. but what's very important for them is not just talking about the global thought, but with the global south, there will be several representatives from african countries from the african union as well. who are here in berlin to see how this looming food crisis can somehow, sylvia versus such a critical moment. benjamin, what are the concrete measures being discussed? so on the food experts and on the grained from may ukraine. that's something that all 3 ministers say that it needs a reliable, long term transferred possibilities to get this grain out of ukraine. this green that is stuck in the ports of odessa, for example, the ukrainian ports a due to the russian blockade and something that they also said not just regarding this measures, it's how important it is also tackle a fake news, fake narrative. as for example, moscow is repeatedly saying that air these food add sports cannot be exported to

other countries due to western sanctions with it germany, and is all i say that is not true. that is, this is happening due to head the russian, a war that it is waging in ukraine. so several france there. they want to see how they can get this food, how they can get this green out of ukraine. also see how the countries that were suffering already due to the food supply in it. problems during the covered pent pandemic. and now some also continued feeding that population that is suffering right now. the w political correspondent peniman output is karuba. thanks so much and let's go back to our top story this our e leaders in brussels are discussing the economic impact of russia's board in ukraine, surging inflation and in it and the energy crisis on the agenda. a day after the block approved iep ran and moll davis, although the rob as the official candidates to join in the future.

and now that the candidate status is the 1st official step towards joining the european union. it's a political boast for ukraine suffices. big challenges on the battlefield. latest from germany, france and italy had obaskey grant application, but all 27 member states were needed to give the move the go ahead. yeah. yeah, yeah. yeah, we, demonstrators, outside the you council building here in brussels, found their views reflected by the 27 european leaders meeting inside. all of them agreed to grant ukraine e. u. candidate status, along with moldova, french president, emmanuel my call spoke glowingly after the vote. the pupil unusual to confirm that from day one of this conflict, europe has been reacting in a quick historic and united way body function. firstly with the sanctions as van economic, military and financial support, click on immediate annoy with this political gesture im not suggest politic. the

decision did not come as a surprise. mccall, along with 2 other powerful you leaders, germany, zoloft shots and italy's mario draggy had travelled to keep earlier in june, where they endorsed ukraine's e. u membership bid. many of the leaders acknowledge that russia's invasion played a large role in their decision making. this put the whole european union in such a motion. they will, we see is a result of totally new i would say atmosphere within the european council. it says, i would say this is a new european council at this moment. it's clear ukraine will have to fulfill a long list of criteria before being able to enter the union. a process that could take years even decades. but the possibility of a lengthy waste didn't dampen the spirits of ukraine's president, who thank the council by a video languidly quality them as neither recently you have you to show property.

and i believe that the flag of the european union will fly in every ukrainian city that we have to liberate from russian occupation if a great, the ukrainian and european flags will be together when we rebuild our country together. after this war, the trouble the slits ye lini ross, you leaders will also have to discuss whether the union is even able to welcome new family members anytime soon. many here in brussels agree the block needs internal reform 1st. so europe can compete on the world stage and believe the war raging on its doorstep makes this even more urgent. spoke a short while ago with d. w, brussels bureau, chief, alexandra phenomena that i, after that historic step was taken. i asked her how difficult the path was to achieve it. it was quite a difficult, i would say, and initially we saw that some members states were very skeptical, even reluctant, saying that it's not fair to that. so ukraine jumped the q because there are other

potential candidates states who have been waiting for years. and of course, it was also a remarkable risk her for the european union to grant or ukraine a country actively at war occupied in many areas by the russian forces. a candidate state to the because of course, the you understands itself as a peace project. however, i think that the discussion change after france, italy and germany, and they threw their ways behind this idea convincing others to follow. and we had a chance to chat with the latin prime minister, who was one of the vocal supporters of this a decision. and i asked him, what was the significance of granting ukraine candidate status? let's have a listen it it. it literally extends the hand of friendship and of openness

to a country, which is a, in a war right now with russia and mold of, of which is also very vulnerable. but may be more important for us. europeans is that we are once again in the business of looking to expand, looking to have the family of democratic nations grow ever larger. and i think this is a good signal to all of europe because as a europe has gained more and more member states, and these are member states which are ready to join which have undergone, the reforms which have democratic governance are the rule of law in all of this it increases all of our well being, so the well being in germany, in france in particle goes up as more member states are coming to the union. so it's good that in these very troubling times. there are still nations that want to be like us. i also asked the prime minister current what kind of signal dis,

decision sans to moscow. and he told me that if put in thought that the war in ukraine would. so this unity among europeans, the opposite is the case alexandra, by a new standards. the decision to give you crank, candidacy was quite fast. but what does that say about the rest of the process? now, does this now necessarily mean that ukraine is on a fast track to the official a you membership? no, not really. and we've been asking this question here a lot in brussels, and every time we got the answer, no, with official saying that ukraine has to complete the whole process that everything has to be done by the book that they have to fulfill certain criteria that are important that they have to strengthen the rule of law in the country that they have to strengthen the fight against corruption. and when we look at our candidate states, it really can take a while years even a decade. it is

a lengthy process of all the burning issues and there are many for you leaders to talk about in these days. what are the priorities as we look now to the rest of the day? while today, the economic situation within the european union is on the agenda with soaring energy prices, inflation and the german chancellor. olive shoulds told us upon his arrival that the global economy is now facing major challenges because of the war in ukraine. and of course, this will be discussed, it is being discussed among the leaders today. alexander, we eagerly await the final communicate to day any clues as to what we can expect. well i think that the most exciting parts were already approved yesterday with leaders granting ukrainian, or moldova candidate status and georgia and,

and you perspective. and they also approved a conclusions on the western balconies yesterday, after the meeting with her, the leaders of the region. we do not expect any new major decisions to be included in the community. but of course it will be interesting to read whether there will be any new ideas, how to cope with. for instance, throwing energy prices are much on the table. d, w. 's, alexander phenomena, brussels thanks so much and a reminder still to come live here on t w at this hour you latest will be holding a briefing soon. a day after backing your cransberg to join the buffalo girl, live there stern as soon as things get moving in brussels. meanwhile, ukraine has ordered the withdrawal of its troops from the eastern city of severe de netscape, after weeks of fierce fighting with russian forces there. that according to the

original governor, capturing severe ned skin, the dumbass area is central to russia's push to seize a large suede of land in easton ukraine regional authority. so, fighting is intensifying, and no town in the eastern region is safe for rich civilian evacuations are increasing. meanwhile, ukrainian troops has repelled a russian attack on the southern outskirts of nearby busy chunks. the foot last fully ukrainian controlled city in the region of new heights. earlier i asked a doubly correspondent manuel shows how much of a blow this retreat from severe donetta is for the crowning shot. well indeed, since certain user came earlier today or from lieutenant governor sergey had got a doctor, did you create an armed forces? would we treat, of course this is a blow to their de marolla ukrainian, but you have to keep in mind that the city are said about it sooner than yours has been destroyed. up 90 percent of me is 90. percent of the infrastructure of this

city is gone. it is a ghost town. as almost no civilians left out. the only ones are still there that are desperately trying to be evacuated. something that is rendered very hard because the bridge is leading to the city and out of the city are destroyed. so is to highway. and the 2nd i had already, a governor of law has justified this decision to retreat. the ukrainian armed forces because of the situation, he says, there is no point of the army staying there if there is no way out. and this reminds us of what happened in mother you called a few weeks ago. your friend and aunt armed forces were stuck there in the us or stars to you plant. and there had been criticism against the ukraine and government as to why did he didn't come to the rescue? so maybe this is a change of the strategic part of ukraine, an armed forces to retreat from set out and asked her to regroup in order to face a russian troops elsewhere, no harm. in the we're talking

a lot with colleagues in brussels today about the european union awarding ukraine candidate status. i wonder, are people talking about it much that definitely i'm standing a here on independence, esquire, yesterday at night as the decision of granting an e u. candidate status to ukraine came through a lot of people who came here her, in spite of their character you just to celebrate. i think people are perhaps in western europe or even in the rest of the world. maybe don't realize just how important this is for ukraine, and maybe we always showed a picture of this as being a relief for ukrainians. but ukraine can also bring a lot to the european union and i was talking about, for example, the advances are how advances, how advanced, sorry, don't countries in terms of digitization. i met with the minister of digital transformation. me hi love, it are off the other day. maybe let's have a look at what's ukraine could bring to europe. he calls it a state in

a smartphone, me hi lo fedora of has led the charge to modernize ukraine, making public services instantly available to everyone who is online. the minister of digital transformation tell d w, how does, has also helped in the wall buffalo from the to the drugstore for our goal is to have all services online by 2024 online. we want to build the most convenient country in the world for public services. at a small family, we can provide services to citizens very quickly. in a matter of days. homer young, they can tell us about damage property in the morning, or we can send them a direct payment report. we can very quickly solve almost any issue that arises between the state apart and citizens selling. oh, but it was in with you within the, in the shower. a user can put their passport, has insurance information, drivers license and vaccine certificate into the system. they can all be accessed from a smartphone to system is called dia,

which means action. and federal says it's are secure as can be la la, but should you miss? but of her but to london did is not to were personal data but unlocked it. all transactions take place in different registration, so everything is strictly separate. it will draw her and we fall all the digital safety rossclovis my protecting each registry volition and respect. we also operate a buck bounty sham, where we pay hackers round the world if they find a neutralize vulnerabilities shortly. the efficient program flush, i'm of course, as the water bottle got lost in the wall, has us or demanded action. the ministries developers could use the survey said ukrainians could send pictures afresh and forces to the authorities. every long as smartphone became part of the war effort, he said that a m. r. lewis, tears from you can take a picture of the enemy or their equipment and send it in via chat. but after the owner, we shared this information with military agencies along with you, were talking about thousands of high quality pieces of information about the enemy,

for photos and videos of movements. while the system could show the you that the block could gain as well as give motherfucker wanted to communicate with almost all you members and corporate with poland, slovenia, slovakia and germany and france were sharing experiences at this stage and planning joint projects. so we've already revolutionized many services. it will be an example for many countries in terms of digitalization local to, for as i say, other federal has one i focused on the future and the you, the other is firmly fixed on keeping the state running increasingly from a smartphone, go to the router. and it's a fascinating look at a country trying to move forward in the midst of a war. but coming in a you can to that country is part of that, but it's been a long and sometimes perilous journey for you. grand has been indeed it has been a very long journey. and in fact, if you look back there, you are made in process bach in november 2013,

which eventually led to the government, the pro ration government being overthrown. well, this is where equals thought to this is after dos process because a younger generation just wanted to be closer to the e. u. they had protesting against the government or not wanting an association between the u. n. ukraine. this younger generation process did because they feel closer to the european union than they do or to the russian neighbors. and it's often those protest that russia intervened her this after those protests that we saw janet fashion of crimea. and you know, the resurgence of a separatist movement in the ease, so it has been years in the making. and of course it came here in ukraine are to very high cost because ukrainians off paying these this wish to be closer to their, their west on our lives. we say own blogs, they w correspondent,

manual shells in keep many, many facts or germany as hosting talks to they, i'm the tackling the looming global food crisis. the more new crime has led to rising food prices and shortages around the world, especially in countries that were already struggling to feed their populations. many people in the deformed region of western sudan are dependent on fruit handouts now, but 8 has almost dried up this food, but hardly any customers people he and eastern to for simply can't afford was on offer even before to warn ukraine. prices here increased by 700 percent. this year. prices jumped again by another 200 percent for millions in sudan and across sub saharan africa. the situation is becoming unbearable. well let's at that because at the level since last year the you and have stopped the food distribution

to us. so come, so more than 75 percent of the people in this camp have been left out of the u. n. system mom of war. the few people who still get food aid will have their rations cut by 20 percent go. now, salva was 1st displaced by the warned. the 4 in 2006. her and her family walked for months to get to safety. here in this camp in east and before, since then she and her 5 children have all been dependent on food handouts. but in the last few months, this 8 has almost dried up. i looked at my that is in atlanta, and i was going to let them are doing my message to the international community. if they really know the meaning of human beings, they should provide food to everyone who has affected by war bag. and we need peace and security will. alyssa, in both east and west for most agencies,

have stopped their work completely. the only 8 arriving is fi, merchant sees like he and chronic after recent deadly attack. the war new crane has forced the un and other agencies to even cut this help by more than half for solver and her family. this means they and millions of others in sudan now face at devastating future. will they doubly as chief political editor, michaela griffin, i spoke to germany's agriculture minister chem austonia about the impact of war in ukraine as having on the world's food supplies. and what he hopes the meeting in berlin can achieve. she asked him what concrete support paypal can expect. now, in countries where there is already a shortage of bread. when, when not that bad in for finding alternative route, sir, that's bypassed to black. see a route so that so crane that to train con user right now we're,

we're having approximately $1700000.00 tons a month right now or of grain coming out of green. why alternative fruits before the war was about 5000000 tons her? so we're trying to put as much as possible out of for crane to meet the needs of countries like egypt and others. but it's clear we cannot make the war invisible. that's impossible. that's the aim of the war of russia to make the situation worse . so it's a mixture of helping ukraine to get its goods out and on the other side of financially help. and of course we have to look how we can be more efficient with our production. so if and this will video drags on for several years as many are predicting and the deadlock over the export of grain out of ukraine cannot be resolved. can that beat food security without ukraine in the well, very difficult,

obviously. so therefore, we're not only talking about the temporary, 2nd or 3rd best choice. i think we have to talk about a permanence alternative fruits, because it's in on finkel for ukraine to be. again, depending on russia, as long as putin will stay us, as long as dead regime and russia will stay, there is no safe route for the ukraine to bring its grain out. the via the black sea coaster from ukraine, that still is unthinkable. so therefore, i think we as european union, we as the member states, we as the neighboring countries together with our partners in the u. s. in canada and elsewhere like minded countries have to finger from permanent alternative route of bringing goods elder for free. being a green minister in the role of agriculture minister, do you see yourself also having to take steps that you actually don't want to take at? for instance, your colleague determined vice johnson energy minister now is proposing firing up coal power plants. again, in the face of an n, a diesel, it is in the face of

a food. so what is what options are still on the table? of course, if i have to take kid difficult decisions on a daily basis, that's part of the job description. but you will not cross the line of declaring more agricultural land that you want to spare in the name of saving the environment in the future. would you be willing to go in that direction? well, i did that for animal food, so i made an exception for one year and we're now to go shooting. we're brussels, sir. i just talk yesterday to i talked yesterday to the commissioner what we can expect with the new a european, the agricultural policy. how it can look like how we can adopt a wait a few more weeks. we will come again with a new offers. as i said, we have to make decisions on a daily basis because it's hard to foresee how long the war will go. most important thing right now, the war has to stop. i have to repeat this,

even as an agricultural minister because it's impossible to make the consequences of that horrible war in ukraine in a way that we don't feel the consequence. we feel it already with the increasing prices or farmers feel it or consumers feel it. so the war has to stop. that's the most important contribution. stop putin from continue with this war. so still, potential policy changes on a day to day basis. tim, it's demand to have an agriculture minister. thank you very much. okay, let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines. this out. the not nation says his riley security forces fired the bullets that killed al jazeera journalists, shutting up the un human rights of a said deed, palestinian american was not killed by indiscriminate firing from palestinians. a boot actually died while covering in israeli army operation. in the northern west bank last month, british prime minister bars johnson's conservatives have suffered to crushing

defeats in parliamentary by elections. one of the losses was in a part of southwest england, held by his party for well over a century. the defeats are the lightest blow for the embattled leader and could renew speculation about his future in a significant day for the gun violence debate in the united states, the senate passed the country's 1st federal gun control bill in 25 years. but that breakthrough came just hours after a setback for gun safety. when the supreme court ruled that americans have a constitutional right to carry firearms in public, finally take action. police in ecuador capital fired tear gas at protest as, as they tried to enter the congress building nationwide demonstrations against rising fuel prices. and the high cost of living have shut down the capital for over a week. 3 people have died in the unrest to afghanistan, where taliban officials say they've ended their search for survivors. after wednesday's powerful earthquake,

at least 1000 people were killed and many more injured. first trim has struck the same remote area in the countries east earlier on friday. killing 5 more people, i groups and now rushing to get food, tents and medical supplies to a region left reeling up to a rock. mine has seen so much in his life, but the pain after the earthquake closer, but it is almost too much. this is what's left of his home. this burden. legs on the ladder, quake happen. certainly at night our houses were destroyed. 12 people for my family were killed, one and my brothers were hurt. who were the people killed the money to my wife's, my brothers money. some elders and one of my sons remodeled gunner humans, though slowly at a creeping pace. in fact, aid is making its way to the areas that are most difficult to reach. read,

waiting for that aid children like najia and her brother sitting on the rubble of what was their home. they lost their mother and 2 sisters. untold numbers of children have helped bury parents and elders and parents have very children who abdulla bed last 13 members of his family, including children who live where afghan helicopters can land food, water and medicine have already arrived. also importantly, tense, overnight rainfall has added to the misery of those who have lost their homes and their loved ones. ha, now before we go the sal his a quick look at that top stories. you ladies are meeting in brussels, where they are holding talks on the economic impact of russia, sport, and g, surging inflation and the energy crisis on the agenda statute and bring your life

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