ah ah ah, this is dw, live from berlin. miss al, strike in ukraine's odessa region. ukraine says at least 19 people are dead off the russian aircraft fired missiles that hit an apartment building and other targets. the attack comes a day off to russia, abandoned, a black sea island that it sees early in the wall. and china celebrates 25 years

since the united kingdom handed back hong kong president. she didn't ping and fists hong kong can maintain its own laws. as the beijing hotline that takes over as the territories new leader and about on some single used plastics takes effect in india as part of a government plan to cut down on the plastic village. ah, i'm glad else as well come to the program. russian missiles have hit the ukrainian region of the desert. official stamp said they have killed at least 19 people. missiles fired from ukrainian air from russian aircraft, his an apartment building in the town of. so you've got some 70 kilometers south west of odessa, rescues have been searching for people still buried in the rubble. another massage

hidden near by recreation center rushes intensified stripes on ukraine of the last 2 weeks. it is also withdrawn from the strategically important smoke island that may make it possible to restore c access to odessa sport. do w correspond at manuel shows, is covering developments for us in odessa. earlier i asked her about this latest massage strike, while gary dismissal strike occurred out around midnight time. last night there was an air air read alert that we heard. so here in the design it's truck about 70 kilometers sauce of what they saw instead of his car, that they're still as weak as we speak is 19 people including 2 children. there are 30 people who are who have been injured, including 4 children. also pregnant women, the scene is one of desolation does a lot of animals which are been killed as well as pets to were in those apartments

as much as a few dogs. still barking bare the emergency services still search the robbers. but at this stage, it would be 4 more bodies, so seen of devastation of desolation as we, we are very savvy, have grown accustomed to here in ukraine. now, a talk to me a bit about the city and the region of odessa. is it vulnerable in any way, and is ukraine the well position to defend it? where you know, a death is a port city, the whole region is by the black sea. so if you will, we are closer to where most miss eyes are being are being launched. so of course, these make the city or perhaps more vulnerable. dr. dr. places in central of, or western ukraine on. oh so you know, desa, eric eric alerts so quite regularly. you know, people take shelter quickly because the misses are simply not very far. and you

know, here i'm standing in the street. we in a port city, we don't see the c. and as a reason to it, we're not allowed to fin the seat because the author, it is ass care that the more we show the coast line, the more fuse we might, a gave also to the russian army to you know, find their next targets. now the russian troops, as we've heard and have withdrawn from a snake island just that's just south of odessa. tell us more about that. while this is there, a bose, a symbolic victory for ukraine and a very strategic one. symbolic why? well, because a snake, ireland was one of the 1st rush and victories on the very onset of the war when there are, you know, they, to cover this island, giving them, you know, the control of the black sea and strategic. well, exactly, for that reason, ukraine on armed forces be gaining control of snake island means every gain control of this part of the black sea. now russia, russia said that it was

a gesture of goodwill that they didn't intend to block humanitarian efforts. but, you know, with this choice, continuing indiscriminately on those civilian targets, one might wonder what these good will really is west amwell shows they're in odessa for us. thank you. emma. the czech republic takes over the repeal unions rotating presidency to day, the progress vowing to focus on the war and ukraine, and it's repercussions including refugees, energy insecurity, and keeping the $27.00 member block united against russia. food abuse report. christine manuel reports from prague. ha, there's a changing of the guard at the european union's top leadership with paris handing over the rotating presidency of the e. you council to prague because war has returned to europe. the check republics tenure at the home will be

a hard one. we are preparing ourselves or to take presidency. think over presidents, it in time for inflation is very high when a war is so close to our sir in the ukraine and her russian aggression against the cream is of course a main topic. her for all of us, the chick republic has welcome nearly 400000 ukranian refugees and provided significant financial and military aid to keep since the start of the war. within the e u. it is a vocal support opp sanctions against russia. but the central european country, like many others on the continent, is heavily dependent on russian energy. and there are serious concerns here about how secure that supplies energy took, reduce important topic right now. and our dependence on russia is huge for us. so it's a really a norm as sir dependency on rational gas and oil, and turn, we have to find

a solution of florida. all of us about 32 republic knows this would be possible only a solidarity of all your countries. but e u countries are increasingly drifting apart on how to respond to russia's invasion of ukraine. people i've spoken so here in prague favor continued support for ukraine and a hard line on russia. they say this country's history being occupied by the soviet union has a lot to do with it. but the sentiment isn't the same across the union. and so a big part of this presidency for the check republic will be to keep the e you united going forward. some say that the timing of the chic republics presidency is an opportunity for the country to act as a media is great. as we have tech republic as a presidency country now, because you know, they are the perfect fit for this shop. if there's a country that can actually try to find a consensus on the situation and the position towards russia,

it could be checked. republic, you know, when we look at france, france is a very dominant country and it sets its agenda in a way that this is what we want. and please get on board. check. republic will be more of a country that opens the dialogue with no signs that war in ukraine is anywhere close to ending. prague will be tested only to ability to keep e u. countries in lock step over the response to the worst crisis in europe. since the 2nd world war time, not of look at some of the other stories making headlines today. wheat prices have dropped 27 percent are close to rates available before the war and ukraine and prices to record high levels. analysts believe this is due to recent comments by russia and turkey. they say they are willing to discuss the safe passage of ukrainian grain from the blocked ports in italy, a heat warning has been issued for some 20 cities with people being urged to avoid the afternoon sun. heat wave is likely to worse and the countries already severe

drought in rome, the tiber river has fallen to low level exposing the remains of this bridge build nearly 2000 years ago. a landslide has engulfed a part of a town in northern peru. video captured the moment, it swept over at least 150 homes, sending a huge cloud of dust into the air. no deaths were reported. the officials have been searching for people still missing. the turkish court has blocked internet access to websites of thought, vela and voice of america. turkey wanted the broadcasters to obtain a license in february, the w did not comply with the request out of concern that would allow the turkish government to censor. editorial content. director general peter limbo has pledged to take legal action against the decision. the german government has also

criticized turkey's decision saying it's concerned about freedom of expression and freedom of the press. in turkey. he was the, the german government regrets that the websites of deutsch velez boys of america have been blocked in turkey. it is up to deutsch avella is an independent broadcast to decide what consequences it will draw from this an effect. it is already announced. legal steps are on the main concerned about freedom of expression and freedom of the press. in turkey, the german government is in regular, critical exchange with all turkish partners and this issue and will continue to advocate for independent fact based journalism in turkey and that is most in it. okay. and since china's president, she didn't ping has concluded a visit to hong kong to mark 25 years since the united kingdom handed over control of the territory during the 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. he's a sheet loyalist and former security chief who helped crack down on pro democracy protests. beijing has been tightening its grip on the sit. it has a look at how hong kong has changed since the british hanover. ah, hong kong enters a new era. more than a 150 years of british colonial rule came to an end at the 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 to hanover agreement for hong kong.

china agreed to rule the region for 50 years, according to the principle of one country to systems. although part of china, it was to be granted greater autonomy and allowed to preserve the freedoms and rights awarded under british rule. while beijing honored this arrangement at 1st, it soon began chipping away at 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 jar then in 2014, beijing proposed allowing hong kong or to vote for their chief executive hadn't changed, but only from a short list of approved candidates. well, you younger because he can come, he can come come in response, thousands marched to demand real democracy. when police tried to clear the streets, people started carrying umbrellas to use as 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 the press and free speech. hong kong has continued to hit the streets and protest, but in rapidly dwindling numbers. as hundreds of pro democracy activists, lawmakers and journalists were arrested the british consulate, a rallying point for hong kong, ers, who want china to keep its promises 25 years after the hand over the new formula is one country, one system in their city. now, just like any other city, mainland china, that was me. the city is d. w reporter,

cliff acount. if you've lived in hong kong, you've covered the hand over 90971997. yes. and you were, those are there covering the protest in a 2019, how much of that? hong kong you knew then is left what i think there's been a, there's definitely a lot of continuity there. one thing is that, you know, the spirit of hong kong people to very pragmatic people somehow, you know, in 1997 they felt a bit abandoned by, by the u. k. but people say, okay, we're going to have to do with china. then china started rolling back the promises, so the continuity, it has been with the people's attitude to how things have gone over the years and in 2019 during the protest, there was a real sense of resignation. but am, and everyone i spoke to back then is now in jail, which is great. hm. excuse me. incredible. when you think about it. so yeah, basically there is that continuity, but at the same time, external forces as they see them in hong kong of a really major, very difficult situation. now in 1997 where there was

a belief that hong kong with sheer power and and vibrancy had the potential to change china and inspire people on the mainland to, to sort of reach for democracy. was that a bit naive? i think so. i mean, i think it's just we, i'm everyone read china wrong, i think at room sort of believe that, you know, they would see the success of hong kong and somehow that the, the commerce party would, would open up and reform based on this model of the to the one country to systems. but in fact, i went the other way when the completely other direction. but in many ways it ties in with a whole sort of misreading in many ways of, of, of china. generally, the belief that engagement with china would bring about change in china, whereas becoming parking john is not interested in changing. it's actually, it feels it's, it's been very successful and it's more, you know, as you see now under she jumping, it's much more interested and it's model being something that the rest of the world can learn from. now in his speech marketing this anniversary,

just being promised to uphold the one come to 2 systems model. is this really a model that is still in place and what can we make of this? i think when, when you read statements like this, it's a bit, you know, you have to sort of see what people do rather than what they say because he is going to say this in terms of trying to justify what's happening in hong kong, internationally and terms of international law, he has to say that this is what's going on. but in reality, you know, the, the new chief executive, john lee is a former police chief. basically, hong kong is coming under much more under china's grip and the one country to system thing. i don't think anyone realistically thinks that's what's going to be the case. so 25 years after the hand over to look into your crystal ball. where do you see hong kong 25 years from now? still a separate entity are now off to completely swallowed up on. well, there's a, there's a story going around hong kong right now that they're talking about renaming,

hong kong search engine. and now some people say that this is an investment banker making a joke, but other people say it's a genuine government policy who knows. but, but certainly in terms of southern change and you know, this wonderful economic model in southern china just across the border from hong kong is very much how beijing sees hong kong developing. so i think it 25 years, we're going to see hong kong as a much more mainland china city, clinical and are china and hong kong expert. thank you very much. and we'll have a more on the hong kong hand over anniversary. and especially addition of the w 's asia with my colleague bureau strategy right after this bulletin about on some single use. plastics has come into force in india today. it's part of a government plan to reduce pollution. india is the world's 2nd biggest producer of plastic waste after the united states. and classic pollution has doubled over the

past. the past 5 years. the w correspondence madeira child re, has this report. india plastic problem is massive. the environment when it's t says indians, entity 3 and a half 1000000 tons of plastic with experts, see 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 can't seem to do without subdue or logo. 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 either running. 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

discarded in small eating block lauretha does. this is commonly, apart from these essential pollution control board has also announced a ban on other things. use plastic items such as 0, but can you think ballistic polystyrene decoration do? among other things they took to that scene, a waste management expert says the band 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 news with plastic has now been found in bloodstream. humans deep inside the lungs even in baby poops bait. so i think that is good enough. evidence brought us to identify what kind of plastics are problematic. and then again, they could benefit from seeing as touching. 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 as classic 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 to the liberal will attorney. but i feel bad about the plastic ban is a good call by the government abiola, but i feel for class that causes a lot pollution and every person is affected by that. he had a garden equinox on it. but for some making such a chines comes out of course they cannot afford but you look upon the nave 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 then you know that the heat that says the government can only do so much, people need to change their lifestyle. only then will it truly make a difference. of a few other stories were tracking for you. rescue is are searching for survivors of

a massive mudslide in northeast and india that killed at least 14 people to slip hit, railway construction site camp while workers were sleeping in the air has been delude, deluged by rainfall in recent weeks, with an estimated 200 people killed in floods and landslides, across the country in switzerland, the 1st same sex weddings have taken place. voters approved the expansion of marriage rights in a referendum last year. switzerland is one of the last western european nations to legalize same sex marriage. shanghai is disney theme, park has reopened for the 1st time and more than 3 months, welcoming thousands of visitors. the park was closed. you are the cities reason locked down to control an outbreak of cov, 19 shanghai. as since east restrictions authorities there say locally transmitters took transmitted cases have fallen to 0 with her to moscow. now web us basketball star,

brittany greiner is on trial on the charge of transportation of drugs. hearing begin today for months off the 1st arrested while traveling to play basketball in russia. ryan, i was detained at the moscow area airport after cannabis oil was allegedly found in her luggage. in february, the drug judges greiner faces carrier centers of up to 10 years. or more on this, the screen philip had enough w sports. philip, give us a breakdown of what happened when in this case. so this case all began on the 17th of february, that is when griner was traveling to russia to play basketball there. and that is when custom agents discovered that there was allegedly cannabis oil in her bait cartridges that she had brought today, the court has actually said the prosecution is said, how much quantity of cannabis was allegedly found. we're talking about 0.7 grams, 0.7017 grams. and that faces potentially 10 years in prison in russia. so that's

what we're dealing with. it took the u. s. government, 2 months after she was initially detained, to declare her as wrongfully detained. so a very long time as well. the preliminary hearing took place on the 29th of june. her detention was then extend it another 6 months. and there was also a court date given that is today the 1st of july, and today the hearing has started. there is no press allowed in the courtroom at the time being during the hearing. and also the lawyer has said of brittany griner, that it's approximately 2 months time period that they're looking at until the verdict is reached. talking about the verdict was one of the chances of a verdict that goes in favor. those are very likely others chance are very, very small. quit, all right, in the russian justice system is under one percent. so that also speaks for itself . there's also, it talks that russian officials often and planned evidence such as narcotics on people that they're trying to. the 10 for political reasons are such. the common

has said that this is not a political ordeal. however, looking at the facts, it seems quite the opposite. that griner is indeed a political power. in this situation. there is one perhaps scenario that might see her free sooner than later. and that as a prisoner exchange, russian media have said that there are ongoing talks between the bind administration on the one hand and russian government about an exchange that would c griner and victor about being exchanged for one another. victor about is and arms dealer who has the nickname, the merchant of death, and he's been a present in the u. s. in the year, 2008 for a total of 25 years. when asked about this, you as officials declined to comment on it, so they have neither confirmed nor denied. now what are the reactions live regarding a situation and also the start of the trial? so petition has been signed by over 300000 people at this point for the u. s. government to take more consequence actions in order to bring her back home to the

u. s. there's also a big outcry by fans, by family, by friends, of course. but people are still quite furious that this is not something that has been on public display and then the government is doing more. there's also a big talks about equal pay it regarding men and women, so are in context is being paid $230000.00 to play in the w and b a for one season . over in russia, it is up to a 1000000 and it is after tax. so that is the reason why she was there in the 1st place. so that is why people argue, had she been paid fairly in the w and b a. this whole case would have never happened to me to keep following this story for you all, colleagues, it was on it. thank you very much, philip. i'm return to stock on now at swedish pole vaulting. star mando de planted has set a new world record in front of a home crowd are competing and a diamond leak. the 22 year old delighted fans with his story jump of 6 meters.

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