[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah, this is dw news coming to live from berlin. miss l strike near ukraine's port city of odessa. ukraine says 17 people are dead after russian aircraft fired missiles that hit a multi story apartment building and other targets. the attack comes

a day after russia abandons a black sea island so that it seized early in the war. also coming up, china celebrates 25 years since the united kingdom handed back hong kong president . she jin king insists. hong kong can maintain its own laws. as a beijing hardliner takes over as the territories new leader plus the u. s. supreme court deals a blow to the by the ministrations bite against climate change. a new ruling, curb, the environment agencies, power to regulate carbon emissions and a bad on some single used plastics takes effect in india as part of a government plan to cut down on pollution. ah hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. russian missiles have hit the ukranian

region of odessa officials. they're said at least 17 people died in the series of overnight strikes fired from russian aircraft missiles had an apartment building killing residents and sparking of fire. rescuers were searching for people buried in the rubble. another miss al, hit a nearby recreation center. though russia has intensified attacks on ukraine in the last 2 weeks. it has just withdrawn from the strategically important snake island south of odessa. that may make it possible to restore c access to odessa as port dw corresponding to manuel shaws is covering developments for us from the ukranian city of odessa. earlier i asked her about this latest missile strike in that region . well, this her miss. so he turned a residential area, i would say, once again in ukraine, this is near odessa and at the time we speaking this already, 17 people which have been found dead as over 30 people injured along to dare to

have one child among the people injured. you have 4 children and a pregnant women di, emergency services, the 1st responders. they're still on the scene, they're still searching to rebel or to find more for survivors. this is just another day with just another attack on civilians. it, in what seems to be indiscriminate shedding in spite of russia are continuing to say that it does targets that does a much military targets. how ball honorable emma is the odessa region is ukraine in a good position to defend it? well, 1st off, terry, you know, odessa city is a port city does though, so it's by to see bite at biloxi where a lot of me size are being fired. you know, the reason why you don't see to see behind me right now is that we don't have the authorization to fill made because ukraine and also read his are so worried that, or, you know, it,

these might lead to russians are finding targets. it just shows you how worried there are about any attack that will come this way. and because we are directly by the black sea. well, odessa is more vulnerable because it's a shorter, you know, a range between the me size and the target. so it leaves all the sauce are part of your current thought and part of ukraine, pretty vulnerable, and the past few weeks and last night as well have to have shown just thought that civilians are a very much vulnerable last night. it was in odessa a few days ago. it was in michael i if there's really nowhere that feels safe in ukraine, especially in that area. this attack came soon after russian troops withdrew from snake island to just to south of odessa in the black sea. there tell us more about that. well, it's interesting because of course, ukraine, an armed forces are, you know, this was very important for them. this was an island that was taken on the very

onset of the war. and it was a huge blow to the moral of ukrainian a tubes. then there was, you know, dose border guards, ukraine, and border gus was told to, russian was sheep where to go and he had become quite lenders are legendary. he and quite a symbol of ukraine and resistance sort of thought that ukraine has a hold of snake island is very important. symbolically, it's so so very important strategically because it gives them back control of parts of the block c, which day hot before this thought of the war. but of course, this is a really a defeat and a resounding defeat for russia. so maybe those charts came as retaliation, but we cannot really tell because every day there's more shedding, you know, upon civilians here in ukraine. manuel, thank you very much. that was our correspondent manuel shaw's there in odessa, ukraine. nato has wrapped up its summit with her top, her line on russia and a promise to increase its true presence in europe at the gathering in madrid. ne,

through also officially invited 2 countries, finland and sweden to become members of the military alliance. pomp and pageantry in madrid. leaders of the 30 nato member states have tightened ranks against russia . and the attack on warners is attack out all or we will defend every edge of nato territory. every edge of dado territory for our part united states is doing exactly what i should redo it. prudent invaded, enhance our forest posture, your nato agreed on a new strategy, ending any pretence of partnership with russia than that's actually history. in fact, nato is a defense of alliance. it does not attack other countries and has no intention of doing so. for this, it is not a threat to any one in its own neighborhood. i know, but in fact, it is pooty and who has made imperialism the goal and the object of his policy. tears are not politic. mcdonald from kingston's unapologetic. while some members

have announced new deliveries of weapons to ukraine and additional military funding of more than 2000000000, yuri's chief says it's simply not enough to catch co brothers who represented ukraine here in person in madrid. one that ukraine's fight is a fight for europe. wake up, guys. this is happening now. you're going to be next. this is going to be knocking on you door. just in the blink of an eye, nato is also sent to grow with a turkish veto against finland and sweden joining having been ironed out, vladimir putin is warning he'll consider sending ballistic and even nuclear weapons to russia's border with finland once it joins nato's ranks. treachery, nature, unusually to everything, was going fine between us. but now there will be tensions there certainly. well is it that this is obvious and inevitable. i repeated that if there is a threat to us and it's better isn't the most though us and i'm a girl. nato also drop plans against what it sees as coercive tactics by china. the

leaders will meet again next summer in the lithuanian capital. vilnius dw brussel saw bureau chief alexander phenomena has been covering the summit forest in madrid and much else. alexandra, massive changes under way within nato. this is not the same alliance. it was just a year ago ah, isn't. while that is totally true of course. and i think that the goal here in madrid was to, to send a strong signal of you need to, to show that idea. lions, it's ready to, to tackle the problems, to address the new threats and to be united as so the leaders here were able to manage to agree on a new strategic concept for the next 10 years ago. and we're able here to also welcome finland's and sweden's, the bids to become members said they were ready to agreed to the prov,

them to welcome them as members, when the whole process is over. however, we also have to say that that could be trouble had to turkey has lifted it, severe 2 against sweden and finland membership. the turkish president here now said that they, they could still block the whole process. if the 2 countries are not meeting their expectations and for instance, extradite terrorist suspect, which links to outlaw kurdish groups. and that is of course up to the court to decide so they could be, there could be trouble ahead. but for now, nato is sending the signal that the alliance is set united and determined to address. busy the whole. busy the new threats of gender. what about the alliance

is support for you. crane can kid now be assured that nato has its back? well, i think that nato is very determined to continue supporting ukraine and said you asked. busy president joe biden told us here in madrid at that nato is sticking with ukraine as long as it's takes. however, he couldn't answer that question. what is the outlook here? how long is this war going to last? and that is, of course, the question that is on the mind of many people and in europe and in the united states. because of course, supporting ukraine, it's one think, but says sanction in sanctioning. russia is also not painless for europe. and for the you ask, when we see what's going on inflation soaring prices. so everyone here is aware that the longer the war dregs on the bigger is the risk that the support for ukraine could dwindle. alexander, thank you very much. that was our brussels bureau chief alexander phenomena in

madrid. china's president, she jane ping has concluded a visit to hong kong to mar 25 years since the united kingdom handed over control of the territory. during his visit, she praised the one country to systems policy, which is allowed hong kong to have its own laws. he said the policy was a success and would remain in place, but that hong kong must respect chinese leadership. she oversaw the swearing in of hong kong, new chief executive, john lee, she, loyalist and former security chief who helped crack down on pro democracy protests . beijing has been tightening its grip on the city. here's look at how hong kong has changed since the british hanover. ah, hong kong enters a new era woven 150 years of british colonial rule came to an end of

a stroke of midnight on july 1st 1997. the sun set on an empire and rose to a new age. under chinese rule. it was a moment long in the making. in 1984. after years of talks, london and beijing signed a handover agreement for hong kong. shina agreed to move a region for 50 years, according to the principle of one country to systems. although part of china, it was to be granted great autonomy and allowed to preserve freedoms and rights awarded under british rule, while beijing on it vis arrangement at 1st, it soon began shipping away hong kong special status. first in 2003. when china tried to pass a security law to limit descent and protests, more than half a 1000000 people turned out to oppose it. forcing authorities to back down yardi

than in 2014 beijing proposed allowing hong kong as to vote for their chief executive. but only from a short list of approved candidates in response, thousands marched to demand real democracy. when police tried to clear the streets, people started carrying umbrellas to use a shields against the pepper spray. the pro democracy protests became known as the umbrella movement. in 2020 beijing imposed a sweeping security law curbing voting rights and limiting freedom of press and free speech. hong kong, as once again hit the streets in protest. but this time it made no difference. it automatically falling since then hundreds of pro democracy activists. lawmakers

and journalists have been arrested. oh for british consulates. a rallying point for hong kong has he won't china to keep its promises . 25 years after handover. the new formula is one country, one system and their city. now, just like any other city in mainland china, oh, more now we can speak to ted wheat. he's a former hong kong legislator and democracy activist who was prosecuted for his role in the 2019 protest. she now lives in exile in australia. thanks for joining us, sir. mister wheat for some people. today's anniversary is a reason to celebrate. how do you feel about it? oh, of course. absolutely. there's no reason to celebrate. celebrate. i'll be happy about it because the, the celebration reminds, see, ah, that there is a home. i cannot go back to. if i go back,

i'll be arrested. so it reminds me all the freedom that we had in the past. now it's totally lost. we totally lost it. now people cannot take it to the streets. there's no public protest or demonstration ever allowed. and then the old free trial has gone, civil society disbanded, and more than $1000.00 off. let's go prisoners in jail. so how can i be happy about all these? i think it's possible any more to reverse the erosion of democratic freedoms in hong kong. ah no, i do not think so. even though paging can be soften, may be an appointment future but hold hold. it will not forgive what he has done. this is the be ready. shame has done so whole hall is so an after 25 years, the struggle that we've been fighting for freedom and democracy a true democracy,

but after or approaches or methods with tribes and to no avail. so we do not believe the ccp regime anymore. now the whole whole goal is for the c p, the bay jane regime to step down. not going back to how it was not going back to its promises. we don't trust this regime anymore. british prime minister boys johnson said the u. k was not giving up on hong kong and would do all it could to hold china to its commitments. do you believe that china cares what the u. k. and it's international partners who would like to see happen in hong kong. tyler has grown very oregon and because of its economy power for sure. but then i think the international pressure is still something of some pressure to beijing. that's why when, when you as is imposing sanctions and other countries like may fall, assume it can have

a shoot impact on the chinese economy. so i would still say when whole homeless panel speak from hong kong for the international community. i hope that it will continue to speak with hong kong, freedom and democracy, and that will be very helpful for whole home future. ted we exiled activist in adelaide. thank you very much. thank you. now to some other stories making headlines around the world, starting with another development at americas highest court. a landslide has sorry, starting with something else, a landslide, his in golf part of a town in northern peru, video captured the moment. it swept over at least $150.00 homes, sending a huge cloud of dust into the air. no deaths were reported, but officials have been searching for missing people. the ecuadorian government has

signed to deal with indigenous leaders bringing an end to protests that paralyzed the country for almost 3 weeks. the agreement cuts fuel prices to address protesters, anger of the rising cost of living wives to billions, and one soldier had been killed in the unrest with a court story. she brown jackson has made history becoming the 1st black woman sworn in as a u. s. supreme court justice, the 51 year old, replaces stephen bryer, who's retiring justices, remain on the bench for life for until they choose to step down for nearly a decade. that the u. s. supreme court has ruled that america's environmental protection agency does not have the authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal fired power plants. the ruling by the court's conservative majority marks a setback in the by the ministrations bite against climate change. it means the white house will now have to work through

a deeply divided congress in its battle to curb emissions another week. another u. s. supreme court ruling with far reaching consequences. this one concerns coal fired power plant and the extent to which the u. s. environmental protection agency can force them to cut emissions. the court ruled that the agency is not authorized to make decisions with such economic and political implications. today the court put the fossil fuel industries and interests over the over their own people. and that is, that's actually horrible. there is so much consensus right now that the climate crisis is our number one issue and the fact that we're already not doing enough. u . s. president joe biden wants to make the u. s. a leader on climate change. the plan was to make electricity generation carbon neutral by 2035 with that dependent on having the environmental protection agency behind it. instead,

the court says it's now up to congress to pass climate laws, but support for biden. there is far from assured or washington correspondent to me . so misconduct has been looking at the implications of the ruling for the by the ministrations climate targets. the impact is huge share. i mean, what this ruling does is it severely limits the environmental protection agency, the e p, a from regulating emissions from power plants. and if you look at what the supreme court is saying here, it's saying that congress didn't give a federal agency the right to regulate on what is called major question. so that's any big issue like climate change, and that, that power needs to rest with congress. but as you just mentioned, climate legislation isn't getting anywhere in congress. and one of the very 1st things president biden did when he entered office was to rejoin the paris climate agreement. as administration is set out ambitious targets of reducing emissions by at least 50 percent. this decade and making power plants, carbon neutral by 2035. and that is

a big task because the u. s. still relies on fossil fuel power plants and those plans make up about a 4th of us greenhouse gas emissions. so the ability to rein in that production is pretty important to president biden's climate plants. and his ability to use executive power has been key to that so severely restricting the e p a here is a big blow to president biden. and his attempts to make progress on a curbing global warming a ban on some single use. plastics has come into pores in india. it's part of a government plan to reduce pollution. india is the world's 2nd biggest producer plastic waste after the united states. and plastic pollution has doubled over the past 5 years. dw correspondent manero chaudhry has this report. india plastic problem is massive. the environment when if she says indians generate 3 and a half 1000000 tons of plastic rees a year,

experts said the actual figure is much more that plastic products hom, the environment is well known. and yet their use is visible in everyday life. at this winter to the market, for instance, it is something that both windows and buyers gone seem to do without subdue hon. without plastic bags, it will get very tough for us vegetable sellers. we can't put all the vegetables together in the big bag. nobody will buy things like this on it. for years, the government has tried to reduce the plastic footprint. now it's taking a big step. banning single use plastic products. items which are huge once and discard it, it's more easily blocked exact lauretha does. this is commonly, apart from these the central pollution control board has also announced a ban on other things. use plastic items such as the o, but can you think ballistic polystyrene decoration with you, among other things they took to that scene, a waste management expert. right?

says the ben is a good starting point. yeah, he says plastic is not only about reefed. it causes serious health problems as well . you might have come across new rules where plastic has now been found in the blood stream. humans deep inside the lungs even in be before they saw. i think that is good enough. evidence brought us from identify what pain plastics are problematic and then we can make it ahead sing as staging. cycling can be one solution. took up the issue last week that we saw that does not appear to be changing much though. in fact, india, plastic waste generation has doubled in the last 5 years and there is increasing awareness about the problem. medina, laos, hardy, are rivers and drains are clogged with plastic and it's non biodegradable, which is not good for our planet and environment in liberal will attorney. but i feel bad at all. the plastic bag is a good call by the government hobby of a lawsuit class that causes

a lot of pollution and every person is affected by that and see how they got an equinox on it. but for some making such a change comes at a cost. they cannot afford what you look up on me. maybe some people stop buying from us if we don't give them these plastic bags, they say how they carry the vegetables. it becomes difficult for us than most. you know that the, he does says the government can only do so much. people need to change their lifestyle. only then will it truly make a difference. for years, germany has struggled to own up to its colonial history in africa. one aspect of that is stolen objects which are on display at german museums, a collection known as the benign bronzes are a case in point. the british sold over throughout europe in the 19th century. now berlin is set to sign a deal that formerly recognizes the pieces as property of nigeria.

at the center of the colonialism debate in germany, the benign bronzes in 1897 british horses looted thousands of the art treasures from the royal palace and been modern day nigeria. many ended up in german museums. more than $400.00 or in berlin's humboldt for m a long battle over the looted art is now ending. both germany and nigeria have declared nigeria, the rightful owner of the plaques and sculptures. is a good today started moment for us for our 2 countries that we are now going to sign the agreement. so you know, for the return of the ban in bronsels, the brink through means that the objects can return to their homeland. it's also a radical change in perspective for germany's museums thus benoit,

it is i what does change of ownership means vidaurri it, it means that we western museums in the northern hemisphere and cannot simply determine the narrative of these beneath bronzes any longer. redeem it being gone, so it belongs to mere chain. could nigeria will decide which artworks will return. the government wants to build a new museum to house the bronzes, partly financed by germany. so us visit professionals. it is important for us to discuss on issues and areas of collaboration. so that would be able to benefit from this, you know, of toddler, patricia museums across europe. now agree that collaboration is better than confrontation. after years of strife, curators are almost competing to return the artworks. the british museum has started sending them back. france is also made bronzes a top political priority. but there is

a good chance that some of the precious works will stay in germany on permanent loan. for go just a quick look at the top story this, our ukraine says at least 17 people have been killed in russian missile strikes near the port city of odessa. it's the latest in a series of intensified russian attacks of cross ukraine. you're watching dw news from berlin up next. our current affairs talk show to the point looks at whether the u. s. is still a model of democracy. i'm terry margin. thanks. watch with,

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