ah, ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin. ukraine wants to billions in the country south to flee as its forces prepare for counter attacks. keith urges residence in russian occupied trail on to urgently evacuate. so they aren't used as human shields. it comes as intense russian ass strikes, kill dozens and east and ukraine. also on the program an an easy. com returns to sri lanka, act to say they'll occupy the homes of the president and prime minister until the discredited leaders are gone. meanwhile, opposition parties look to form

a new government and an ex pussy accuses right, sharing abba of dirty tactics to fuel is aggressive global expansion implicating french president mccall and it's under hand and dealings. ah, i, monica jones and berlin. good to have you with us. ukraine and 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 cranes, 2nd largest city. hi keith. elsewhere in the east, rescuers in the city of chassis, if you are still hoping to find survivors under buildings hit in russian air

strikes, the death toll there has risen to at least 24 d w's. nick connelly is in ki if and i asked him if the attacks on civilian infrastructure could be viewed as a deliberate strategy by russia. that's certainly what the government hearing here is saying, they are convinced that this potter 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 on 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 kind

of more specific 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 brought to in general courts and when a potential 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 a garrison barracks or some other kind of military target. now, you mentioned those are international course uncles where these cases will eventually be put to key. it is 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, m. 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,

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 fear here and keep that as the cos living christ really bites in western europe, particularly in north america. that there's going to be a push for some kind of rollback on against russia. because new politicians will want energy prices to come back down again. and this is a way to read, looking those 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 attack ukraine and toward the minus security . then we'll look into those energy crises, sir, later on in the program in more detail. but nick, the ukranian government has now urged civilians in the southern carson region, which is currently occupied by russian forces to evacuate. because they say that preparing a counter offensive. what would you know, what we've definitely seen ukraine making advances in recent weeks. thanks to american weapons. there's a high mas rocket launchers that are able to target 70 to 80 kilometers away. that

is capability the cranes didn't briefly have and they're really using it very effectively. to attack russian supply lines, russian, army deposed, and to really try and even out the battlefield. the story along has been the ukraine's been outgunned. russia is 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. they can make some kind of volunteers immediately. have seen the russians throwing everything they have at the east. at the hans and making some advances. there's of the ukrainian kind of stress you now it's try and hit enough for the country where there are a few russian soldiers and where they think they have real chance is now to make some ground. in the next couple of weeks did over youth make connelly and key if thank you. now within russia, expressing an anti war stance can lead to serious consequences including

intimidation on the workplace. some public servants have lost their jobs. d. w correspondent, you reverse chateau, spoke to one russian teacher from moscow, who has refused to be silenced despite pressure for 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 this school management, which left the quote building slowly, but surely i'm being put under pressure even over trivial things. month if 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 that up. well, when russia launched, it's the one ukraine. hundreds of people talked of the streets that young much 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 tool to discuss my political views. he said they knew what i had done and that it was prohibited. oh, that the what the rest of your court, jo. i asked why humor? it's my free time after all, you might, you, she said yes, but the parents of your students could have a problem with it turns in a book. but what you're that young story isn't an exception across russia, public officials are being intimidated. state employees criticizing that who are being forced to leave. recently, threats, aimed at high school principals, came right from the into my itself. rush us lower house of parliament is used for prostate does up our this is about the security of, of the state order. she'll know about the future of our country though it, but if so,

these honorable principles should be aware of their responsibilities of 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, serious of that statement like this will set an example leading to critical teachers being silenced, it affect our literacy. 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 you go very proud. people like tatiana, her vanco, 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 face. tatiana says she's needed. um, why do you mean i won't go, especially because of the children who i've gotten to know where her,

who i'm raising them or educating them. oh sure what i should work for now? tatiana is going on holiday. and should she lose her job when she comes back? shes as she will take the school to court and fight until the end. the biggest pipeline supplying russian gas to germany closed today for annual maintenance. but german authorities fear russia won't resume gas supplies after the 10 day shut down. economy minister habit harbor said that cooperation and mutual understanding among european partners will be crucial to resolve the energy issue. germany is highly dependent on russian gas. the threats 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? i put that question to liana fix, an expert on eastern europe and russia at the german kerber foundation will,

at least the sweat that russia will further with used gas deliveries is very serious. russia, at the moment, benefits from bowie, higher energy prices, including gas prices. so it can afford to, it used the quantities that it delivers to europe and use a reduction of the quantities, if not the full and suspension of deliveries as an instrument to put political pressure on europe. now we're talking of political pressure. would you say that the german is 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. it could have been applied towards washer. so a gas embargo, or a reduction 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 russia, 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 de gas supplies give russia? yes, washer. because of the high gas prices at the moment, it can as a set of 4 to cut deliveries to you open. at the same time. russia sees it, the you can union takes its time to put out gas, it energy sanctions towards russia. so washer, from its perspective has enough time to we route exports. we've seen this in the

case of washing 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 upcoming. how politically explosive do you think russian gas supplies could become for germany and other european governments? are already now a serious issue in germany. and the most important question is, how willing will be the population of germany, but also in other european countries to reduce their own dies and energy consumption, especially in the one up to the mid winter months. because if all it already met is white. now, what kind of quantities can be saved and can be put into the gusto, 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 and to go through the difficult period in autumn and in the winter. right. lana fix that from the german curve of foundation. thank you so much. thank you. and he has a quick look now at some of the other stories making news around the welts, japanese prime minister whom yoshida has met with you, a secretary of state antony blinking, blinking delivered condolences over the death of japan's former leadership. so abbe was assassinated on friday, bring his miss, it comes after case she does governing coalition secured a solid majority in sunday's election. a court in the spanish city of barcelona has authorized an autopsy on form, a long term angolan president. as you say, edward woodall santos,

he was in spain for medical treatment and to die to utter a cardiac arrest to last week da santa's family alleged there was a conspiracy to kill him. macau, the world's biggest gambling hop has shut all its casinos for the least a week. as the chinese autonomous region struggled to contain its worst ever corona virus outbreak, residents have been ordered to stay at home. thousands are in quarantine as macau fullest china's 0 quoted policy sri lanka, president to go to have iraq pack sir, says he will officially step down on wednesday. that's according to an announcement from the prime minister's office. both leaders has said they will step down of a violent turmoil sparked by a deepening economic crisis. but protest as in columbus are skeptical, they say they will carry on occupying the home, saw the president a 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. i got that together. maybe 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. i order it to the abbey. and even a hamburger on saturday, tens of thousands of people filled the streets of sher lank, his capital colombo. they storm government buildings and the presidents 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 and we were leading the worries, fears and anger of the previous months of 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 roger pox. i lived in luxury in his gym or by the pool. is lillian really above eden in that that particular mission will come to us monday that finally come. and that is what we want that via info more than 90 days for this day. so i think this is a very excited isn't all of us. he 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. but i didn't thought we now expect the country to be ruined by capable people may we know that we have many talented young politicians here. they must now be given a chance and give hope back to the people of sher lanka. yeah, no problem. i got brought it. i love it in a couple of them in and deal hope that he'll be able to reopen his factory when the crisis has passed. but that's not lodge he to be any time. soon. early i spoke to i'm because that's cool. and who is a human rights lawyer and a former member of sri lanka, human rights commission. i asked her what she makes of the latest developments. i protest all the math approaches that we saw on the 9. busy was a combination,

it was an expression all the frustration b, i'm good, the anxieties of the people because they had been protesting for or 90 days. and i'd seen a few results and it appeared that the president was not going to reside. he had appointed someone who didn't even when it's finally meant receipt. as prime minister officer, his brother resigned. and even doctor people felt i did not to bring or they, they lost track on the fact that the government lost trust also means that the people do not believe, but the government said any more. and that, coupled with the cannot make hardship frustration. anger is it culminated in the massive pro just on the 9th, and also the occupation of the public space is because these are the, the power and in a way people are reclaiming them. and by the claiming them, sending them message, saying we need

a system that is more like what to be more transparent, more countable, and you do need to step down, right? i mean, help us help us understand how whole people, injury long are impacted by this massive economic crisis. well, normal life and people know it didn't, particularly the ones all ready to nominally marginalize the, as they noise it has stopped and become very difficult. because if you step out on the road, you do not the vehicles that because there's no fuel, there is no fuel, it means you can transport vegetables, you can't konami activity. the daily wage earners con, get to work, or their workplaces are low down. and then dr. affects their ability to feed their families, which affect elk nutrition. people do not have kerosene, all gas, which they used to cook. so people in the rural areas can manage with 5 would they watch about people who live in small faces in an area. so every aspect of life has

been affected, even hospitals, they ambulance service, 990, has issued a notice saying that in that area, even if someone fall sick, they should not call them because they do not have fuel and they cannot attend to the calls every aspect of life is affected and even during pro chest we have seen police brutality, which is something that is quite normal intro lanka, but that's is coupled with this. i think it just makes people's everyday live life very carey. right. just briefly. i mean, who is responsible for this crisis? and if we do see those resignations would a new government be able to resolve it who is responsible, low, partially resolved. so you story co factors, you know, in between deficits. the huge no, and of course some of them all. so the deck is historical but also the raj factors

are pock responsible the current crisis, clearly the president because of the populace. god being off. that's when we know by next change. not listening to experts, the disaster overnight, organic agricultural policy, not being truthful. the people not going to be there when things began to get guys, clearly the current president on the government, what will the new government be able to do? they will not be able to change things overnight. it will be a long road. but the fact is, if they can gain the truck of the people and it's very important to have elections as soon it's practically possible because the people have lost faith in all members . but now we need to regain that trust in democracy. lee, way to do that is to elections as practically right, because that's cool. non ton. thank you so much for your time. thank you very much . at your

a some other stories making news around the world. a wildfire 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 place. 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 truce with help. also coming from neighboring spain. nearly all of portugal was classified last month as being in either extreme or severe drought. and days of heavy monsoon rain has led to intense flooding in pakistan, killing dozens, and leaving hundreds of people homeless, 8 dams that also burst. the country's largest city, karachi has not been spared with roads homes and businesses underwater

and investigating or accuses so an investigation rather accuses o'bar of using underhanded tactics and ethically dubious practices to drive its gressick global expansion. it claimed that thousands of leaked documents show how we were quartered top politicians, including french president, him on when ma call. the report also says the taxi company exploited violence against drivers to win favourable concessions from regulators. and he files went to the guardian newspaper and a consortium of international journalists, a high ranking format you official is also implicated in the leaks. and i asked our brussels correspondent christine one to our for more details. that's right. or monica, a former official by the name of neil cruz who was effectively the 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 or 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 over 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 wrong doing, 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 away 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. in 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 in the european union. and these are sort of in cios are advocating for greater transparency, especially when it comes to what senior officials do. after leaving officer, the ears and 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 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 quoting for is greater transparency. they say that the e has egg on its face because they've been wanting the commission about this

because this is not the 1st position to find herself in this position and they're 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. and he is a reminder off our top stories. ukraine is urging civilians in the occupied south to evacuate as in forces. prepare a counter attack. it comes as shelling and ukraine's east has killed at least 3 people in ukraine, 2nd largest city, high chief, and the death toll from an earlier strike. and another city has risen to at least $24.00. 3 lanka remains a political vacuum for a 2nd day as opposition leader still need to agree on who should replace it out of need is that residents are being occupied by protesters angry over the country speaking. i'll make it watching. dw news live from berlin. art next is dw news,

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