history's anti semitism this week on d w ah ah ah, this is dw news fly from berlin. ukraine won civilians and the country south to flee as its forces prepare for counter attacks. keith urges residence in russia occupied her song to urgency. evacuate so they aren't used as human shields. it comes as intense russian as strikes kill at least $27.00 in eastern ukraine. pulse on the program. an uneasy. com returns to sri lanka. activist say they'll occupy

the home of the president and prime minister until the discredited leaders are gone . meanwhile, opposition parties look to form a new government. and ex pussy accuses ride sharing apple, google of dirty tactics to fuel its aggressive global expansion implicating french president my call in it's underhand dealings. ah, monica jones, good to have you with us. a ukrainian official has urged civilians in the russian occupied south to evacuate as ukraine forces prepare for a counter offensive there. meanwhile, in the east at least 3 people have been killed following shelling on residential areas around ukraine, 2nd largest city hart keith. elsewhere in the east rescue is in the city of chassis

. if you are still hoping to find the bible on the buildings hit in russian air strikes, the death toll there has risen to at least 24 dw nick connelly is in kiff and i asked him if the attacks on civilian infrastructure could be viewed as a deliberate strategy by russia. well that's certainly what the government hearing care of is saying, they are convinced that this part of russian stress is to try and so panic and chaos behind the front lines to get on re ukrainians to pressure their government to come to some kind of deal with the russians, and i think right now the intentions are less important than the facts and the round of those are that russia certainly not changing its tactics. they are certainly taking these are civilian casualties in their stride for the course. we've seen time and time again over recent weeks, attacks on civilian targets that the russians explained as attacks on western weapons heading to ukraine on military targets. whether this is just because they

don't have the kind of high tech weapons that would allow them to hit targets or kind of more specifically more accurately, or whether this is policy. i think that is a question for and the lawyers later on when this, when all these cases are brought to internal courts and when a potential war crimes are going to be prosecuted for now, throughout he is that people anywhere near the front lines are in extreme danger, even if they're not living immediately next to the garrison barracks or some other kind of military target. now you mentioned those, their international course are called where these cases will eventually be put to key if it's already calling for russia to be officially recognized as a state sponsor of terrorism. what would that achieve? this is a kind of spes very specific, very elite as it were, a group of countries in terms of the us sanctions regime that are subject to the most stringent restrictions countries like north korea, iran am. and this would basically mean that u. s. companies have a very,

very difficult time doing any kind of business with russia. and even countries are businesses rather from 3rd countries trying to engage with russia would think twice before doing so because of what that means for their business in the u. s. i am the real fair hearing key of that as the cross living christ really bites in western europe, particularly in north america, that there's going to be a push for some kind of role on sanctions against russia because new politicians will want energy prices to come back down again, and this is a way to really looking low sanctions for the long term to make sure that the economic pressure on russia is, you know, the most it can be and you know, long term brush has fewer resources to retire ukraine and toward the minus 30, then we'll look into those energy crises later on in the program in more detail. but nick, the ukranian government has now urged civilians in the southern parson region, which is currently occupied by russian forces to evacuate. because they say they're preparing a counter offensive. what would you know, what we've definitely seen ukraine making advances in recent weeks,

thanks to american weapons, those a high mas rocket launchers that are able to target 70 to 80 kilometers away. that is capability acronyms didn't previously have. and they're really using it very effectively to attack russian supply lines, russian alms depots, and to really trying even out the battlefield. the story along has been that ukraine's bit outgunned russia just having more in the way of artillery ammunitions and able to basically just cover them with shelling until basically ukrainians are forced to withdraw to avoid too high losses in terms of their soldiers. so now ukraine trying to even that battlefield, to make it more realistic that they can make some kind of vault as we definitely have seen the russians throwing everything to have at the east of the hans and making some advance as of the ukrainian kind of stretching now it's try and hit in of the country whether a few or russian soldiers and where they think they have real chance is now to make some ground. in the next couple weeks, dw, make connolly and kia, thank you. within russia,

expressing an anti war stance can lead to serious consequences, including intimidation on the workplace. some public servants of lost their jobs did up you correspond and you re, re chateau, spoke to one russian teacher from moscow, who has refused to be silenced. despite pressure from management, just if you lost corrections before the summer holidays that you are not to have anchor hopes that she'll still have her job to come back to when the new school year starts. that young us onto you was dance, has alienated her from the school management which left the quote building slowly, but surely i'm being put under pressure even over trivial things. murphy, for example, here a student scribbled something i have course, did you notice it? but i was still reprimanded by the director for allegedly not fulfilling my duties . i was told i should have invited the student's parents to the school to discuss it, just because of these doodles up. well, when russia launched it's one ukraine. hundreds of people talked of the streets

that young nature of anchor was one of them. even though it was a peaceful protest she was arrested and find around $300.00 euros. some lawyer afterwards the school director invited me in for a face to face talk to discuss my political views. he said they knew what i had done and that it was prohibited or what i thought the rest of your court. jo. i asked why, it's my free time after all, you might, you, she said yes, but the parents of your students true to have a problem with it. what brought you that younger story isn't an exception across russia, public officials are being intimidated. state employees criticizing that who are being forced to leave or recently threats aimed at high school brings the both came right from the do my itself. rush us, lower house of parliament is used for prostate. this up of this is about the security of states, would assure them about the future of our country,

though it. but if so, these honorable principles should be aware of their responsibilities. my, what's where you ought to be. if they aren't, they should simply go when you might, why, why stand up? we walk away. thank you. we do is russian teachers association fee us of that statement like this will set an example leading to critical teachers being silenced at effect alahi. this is fatal for russia, for all of russian society. we are now experiencing a kind of cold civil war in russia. and society is divided, but i hope that there will still be people who carry on saying the truth, right until the end of any problem. people like tatiana, her van co, recently she had to comfort one of her students who has relatives in the ukraine. the student was crying because she didn't know with whom she could talk to about it . it's exactly for moments like this that tatiana says,

she's need it. why do you mean i won't go, especially because of the children who i've gotten to know where her, well, i'm raising them or educating them. oh, sure. what i should for now, tatiana is going on holiday, and should she lose her job? when she comes back, she says she will take the school to court and fight until the end. dw correspondent, you re re certify that report for us and he joins us now from riga. you are good to see you as we saw there in this report just now the kremlin is increasingly creating an environment of fear and intimidation. how difficult is it to find back the way the tatiana is? walter jonah isn't the exception. there are many people with a clear anti war stance in russia, but we are talking about an atmosphere fear that wasn't created overnight. we are talking about here, of intimidation. he is of persecution, of dissidence. he has lived in fear for people who speak out. and it doesn't matter

if you are a journalist or teacher. the only thing that's important is that your opinion differs from that of the kremlin. and to be clear, people who are not political or active and you're only express their opinions at home at the kitchen table with their families and friends. they need to know here anything in russia, but everyone else can, more or less publicly takes position against the war risks a great deal, including long prison sentences. for example. just 3 days ago in moscow and moscow lawmaker was sentenced to 7 g as in prison for a crime that is being called spreading fake reports about the russian military. yeah, because in russia, of course, it's illegal to call the invasion a war, let alone criticize it. so what did president letting me put him in when he warned last week that russia has barely gotten started yet? well, couldn't certainly believe that the trash will not end to the war in the ukraine. quickly accusing the rest of literally fighting to the last ukraine. and he is saying, western military support will just prolong the suffering of the grain and people

are the more weapons the best applies to ukraine's them all. ukrainians will have to die. she said, she said, according to putting what is happening is a tragedy for the credit people for him. the west is to blame and not him, and certainly not russia. we've heard similar things for many years and that's one of the kremlin st narratives. russia is surrounded by enemies and so the russian people must stand behind putting their illegal and to the a salvia. i what a student isn't saying, monica, is that, that a lot of russian soldiers are also dying and to their possess was also prodigy for he's own people in russia. but a warning, the west, the way he does a man so far, many in the west have dismissed her. his threats as a sabre rattling, ah, put into recent comments. perhaps assigned western leaders should start taking these threats more seriously. social one must, of course, takes his words into account. let me put in is the president of russia, the leader of a state which is at war. ah,

but at the same time i would not of interpret or interpret what he is saying i'm. i don't want to play down too much either, but did you have to know, in what context of these words were sat and above all to whom they were addressed to russians? ah, the context is that russia has been unable to win the war for 4 months. russia is losing many soldiers every day. and no matter how hard the propaganda lies, these dead soldiers will be taken back to russia one day. and you can't hide that are in recent months. there have been a lot of funerals in east and seberio in and around the bye call, especially among the brilliant people and that make minority at an ethnic minority in russia. the story of fallen russian soldiers coming home to their families has no place in the official propaganda. but of course, warped is still getting out what was intended to be a blitzkrieg. a like lighting victory never came, and so a potent is trying to justify himself. so what do you think are regular russians

have to prepare themselves for? what does the future look like for them? well russians definitely clearly need to prepare for a long, dry spell as there are already a feeling or they are already feeling the consequences of the sanctions. albedo gradually and disrespect put in his rights that the west to didn't succeed in waging an economic blitzkrieg against russia. but regardless of whether the west really wanted to wage a lightening war is clear that the sanctions we'll primarily have a long term effect on that to this effect will only develop gradually. rush us economy is slowly being straddled by these sanctions. t w correspond and you re re chateau reporting for us from reger. thank you so much sherry when talking of sanctions, the biggest pipeline supplying russian gas to germany close to day for annual maintenance,

but german authorities fear that russia won't resume gas supplies after the 10 day shut down. germany economy minister robert harvey has won moscow, could find an excuse to completely suspend deliveries by the north stream. one pipeline. germany is highly dependent on russian gas. the threat of a supply stop is causing jitters about serious energy shortages, heading into the cold winter months. so how serious is the threats of russia keeping the taps turned off to germany? well, that's a question that i asked early on a fix, an expert on eastern europe and russia at the german kerber foundation will at least the threat that russia will further reduce gas deliveries is very serious . russia at the moment, benefits from bowie, higher energy prices, including gas prices that so it can afford to have used the quantities that it delivers to europe and use reduction of the quantities. if not the full suspension

of the louise as an instrument to put political pressure on europe. now we're talking of political pressure. would you say that germany's dependence on russian energy has affected its ability to stand up to russia's aggression in ukraine? well absolutely, it has because if germany's dependency on washing gas would have been lower than it is white, now, there would be other instruments that could have been applied towards washer. so a gas embargo, or a reduction and of gas imports from russia would have been possible. and it would have been a useful instrument to prevent that wash. asked state budget for the benefits from these payments. but due to the dependency, this is something which is not an option which is not pursued at the moment. an oil imports have been reduced, a will be reduced at the end of the year,

but gas is more celia. so this lever, which that we have towards, why shall we can't use a germany can't use because of its dependency. and, and how about the other way round? how much political leverage should to gas supplies if russia yes, washer. because of the high gas prices at the moment, it can, as i said, a fought to cut deliveries to you open. at the same time, a rush has seized the you pin union takes its time to put out gas. it energy sanctions towards rushes, a washer from its perspective has enough time to we route exports. we've seen this in the case of russian oil which goes to india and china, although it discounted prices. so the longer we continue a tactic of sanctions, which is, you know, piece by piece, the more opportunities russia has to. we wooed and diversify its exports. rise

a time isn't really on our, on europe side in the cold winter months of coming. how politically explosive do you think russian gas supplies could become for germany and other european governments? already now, a serious issue in germany, and the most important question is how willing will be the population in germany, but also in other european countries to reduce their own dies and energy consumption, especially in the one up to the winter months. because if it already met us right now, what kind of quantities can be saved and can be put into the gas dough, which is so we need a very clear and very urgent communication from governments in europe that we're using. energy consumption is already now in the hot summer months, a very important measure which will help us to come to go through the difficult period in autumn and in the winter. right, to learn

a fix that from the german care, the foundation, the thank you so much. thank you. and here's a quick look now at some of the other stories making use around the world. a wildfire in yosemite national park in california has more than doubled in size and is threatening the largest grove of giant sequoia trees. firefighters have been working in difficult terrain to contain the blaze. residents and campers have been evacuated from the affected areas of the sprawling park. thousands of fire fighters have been battling wildfires in portugal. amid a worsening heat, wave, dozens of aircraft have been supporting ground crews with help also carving from neighboring spain. nearly all of portugal was classified last month as being in either extreme or severe drought. days of heavy monsoon rain has led to intense flooding in pakistan, killing dozens, and leaving hundreds of people homeless. 8 dams had also burst. the country's

larger city karate has not been spared with roads, homes and businesses under water. macau, the world's biggest gambling hub, has shut off all its casinos for at least a week. as the chinese autonomous regions struggles to contain its worst ever karone of iris outbreak, residents have been ordered to stay at home. thousands are in quarantine as macau fall is china's serial covey to policy. she long has president got her by our roger pack, so says he will officially step down on wednesday. that's according to an announcement from the prime minister's office. both leaders have said they will step down over violent turmoil sparked by a deepening economic crisis. but protest as in colombo are skeptical they say they will carry on occupying the homes of the president and prime minister until the 2 men formerly resign picking up rubbish in the garden of the presidential palace

into deal. bon dora had taken part in protests for more than 90 days. he was injured so severely during one of them that he's been in a wheelchair ever since. what as other they given me and i did this for my country . what happened to me is irrelevant. we protested for so long until we finally achieved our goal. and this makes me really happy. all of it did they? abby, i live in america. on saturday, tens of thousands of people filled the streets of sherland as capital colombo. they stormed government buildings and the president's palace, bowing to public pressure, both prime minister week remy singer and president go to buy a raj. a boxer announced their resignations like many others in the new bon. dora sees the president as the main culprit for this crisis. he owned a small fabric factory but was forced to close its doors when or to stop coming in . that left his family of 6 without the income they relied on. i them again,

nathan, i meant i'm still living on my savings. i also donated to the protests, but because of the accident, i still had to pay for an operation really, which also cost me a lot of money. in reality, the worries, fears and anger of the previous months are forgotten, at least for now. the presidential palace is usually sealed off and out of bounds for ordinary people. now it's become a tourist hotspot. thousands come here to see how go to buy a raja parks. i lived in luxury in his gym or by the pool. it's really unbelievable. read and in that there that the conversation will come to us monday that final exam. and that is what we want that a reading her more than 90 days for this day. so i think this is a very excited as an oil up as you london. we are very happy and very we are very proud. but even with the president and prime minister gone,

the country's problems remain sri lanka is more than 50000000000 euros in debt. many people have lost their jobs and barely have the money to feed themselves and their families. well, i bought didn't we now expect the country to be ruined by capable people and they were, you know, we have many talented young politicians here. they was now be given a chance and give hope back to the people of sri lanka. yeah, no problem. i got that up here that i love. i didn't ballade in deal hope that he'll be able to reopen his factory when the crisis has passed. but that's not large, he to be any time soon. an investigation accuses ober of using underhand tactics and ethically dubious practices to drive his aggressive global expansion. it claimed thousands of leaked documents, show how over courted top politicians, including french president, manuel, mac hall. the report also says the taxi company exploited violence against drivers

to in favorable concessions from regulators. the leak files went to the guardian newspaper and a consortium of international journalists. our high ranking, former e, your official, is also implicated in the leaks and i asked our brussels correspond and christine lumber for more details. that's right. or monica, a former official by the name of neil cruz who was effectively the e use. digital chief i at the time has been implicated in, in, in these papers. it's been suggested that during her time i, in, in her role and in, in the months preceding that i, that she was helping over lobby are with her. see here, executives within the european union as well as in her, her home country, the netherlands papers show how she, for example, was in full support of labor. at some point, when the company had asked some issues with the authorities in the city of brussels in her home country, that she was personally and not just outwitting in support of uber for example,

but also maneuvering behind the scenes to get the regulators to quote back off now for her part she denies any wrongdoing saying that in her position in her role it was her job to be talking to, to politicians about companies like goober. but if you look at, for example, some state exchanges in these very lisa, between uber executives, it appears that they were aware of the sensitivity of this relationship harry, that they had with this sir. commissioner, i on number of occasions, instructing colleagues to keep it confidential. so after leaving her post, we must note that she also then went on to take a job at or newbury advisory board, where she was earning something to the tune of $200000.00 a year. and my briefly, if you would, christie, now that this has been exposed to what kind of repercussions will there be, what transparency groups are in the, in the european union are, these are sort of in cios are advocating for greater transparency, especially when it comes to what senior officials do after leaving officer,

the use an ethics laws dictate that when somebody leaves a position, especially of that high, a position of a high nature is that, that they're meant to do what's called an 18 month cooling off period. in that time, they're not meant to be lobbying, especially on topics that they were previously responsible for. in, in the case of nearly cruise it does appear that it, she might have been doing that in that 18 year period in that 18 month period. not only that, she went on to secure a job on ruby's advisory board after that. so what these groups are calling for is greater transparency. they say that the new has egg on its face because they've been wanting at the commission about this because this is not the 1st position to find herself in this position. and they are calling for greater tightening of the roles when it comes to the ethics breaches. right? kristin wound where they are reporting for us from brussels. thank you so much. in sports, son of elk, a joke of which has claimed his force strayed wimbleton title defeating australian

nicky curios in 4 sets to call jock of each rallied back after losing the 1st set in a thrilling, finally had to dig deep against curios who's displayed some fine tennis moose and his 1st final this is the sub stevenson wimbleton title joker, which is now one slam behind ruffin adults record of 22 majors. formula one will investigate claims that some spectators at the austrian grand pre suffered racist, homophobic and sexist abuse. statement says that the reported behavior was unacceptable and will not be tolerated earlier than the weekend to 7 time world champion loose. hamilton criticized fans and fuel burke for cheering. when he crashed out in qualifying the austrian grand prix has stood out in the season for its raucous atmosphere since its return in 2014. just reminder of our top story. ukraine has urging a civilians in the occupied south evacuate as its forces. prepare a counter attack. it comes

a selling and ukraine's east is killed at least 3 people in ukraine, 2nd largest city, high kiff, the death toll from an earlier strike. and another city has risen to at least $24.00. you're watching dw, in his life from berlin, up next, the growing threat of floods for the indian mega city, one by that because india after a short break and monica jones and dylan from me and the team, thanks for watching ah, [000:00:00;00] with

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