hello. oh, this is dw news live from berlin. fears of germany is energy supply. russia shuts down. it's the largest natural gas pipeline to germany for 10 days of scheduled maintenance. about berlin fierce the cut off could last much longer due to the war . in you pray. also coming up ukraine urges civilians in the southern region of harrison to flee as its forces prepare counter attacks. a russian ass strike on an apartment block kill that is $24.00 in the east of the country. and an uneasy calm

returns to sri lanka, activists say they occupy the homes of the president and prime minister until that is credited leaders are gone. meanwhile, a position parties look to form a new government. ah, i'm good. how those as well come to the program. jettas in germany today after the biggest pipeline supplying russian gas to the country, closed for 10 days of annual maintenance work authorities, fear the taps may stay turned off to exert political pressure, the west over the war and ukraine speaking earlier, germany's economy minister warned the e you needed to be prepared in case shipments, don't resume and admitted germany had become too dependent on russian energy. the entire german energy strategy was aimed at gas off and the gas was to come from

russia, which is why the north stream one and not stream to pipelines were built. not as you can see today, a serious political mistake, which we're trying to rectify it as fast as possible. it's no busiest can this time a loadings until then of course, would depend on the l n. g terminal. so the netherlands, belgium, and france to workers and suppliers with gas mit gases, arm. we need gas from norway. we need gas from the netherlands when it imports in the southern european region via italy, for example, high our streets. conversely, germany knows that it has to distribute the gas further as discussed by the we can only get a hit in the situation if we help each other through of iter endurance gig inside the house. earlier i spoke to w political correspondence, benjamin goober. i asked him just how important this pipeline is for germany. it is the largest single pipeline carrying natural gas from russia to germany. it's very

important not only for heating homes, but also when it comes to big industry. so that could be the ones that will need to pay the price in case a north stream warn is not connected. again, it's important not just for germany, but also for european countries. so that's why a little bit havoc stress at this european solidarity is so important in case russia decide to not turn in this pipeline up again. but we have the political discussions on one side when it comes to how can the european union react, how, what other possibilities, what can other countries do when it comes to sending this gas? but this is a discussion that's not going only a here in berlin and in other european capitals, but also with people saying what will they do with the soaring gas prices. and earlier today, we met some of them in berlin, and this is what they told us as the issue of a mission. so i'm already thought about it. i will soon just cook with the microwave, which needs electricity and not gas. unfortunately, i have a gas stove,

but i would say that, you know, i was born at the beginning of the war. we've already dealt with completely different things. i won't let myself go crazy over this. one is that we study for as many long, well the worries are clear that a winter will be cold in the apartment that had could hit the economy hard and i had to go visions in i think i would be quite worried of that. my to happen, i have to say, i'm a training and don't have that much money either. i would have no idea what i would have to do. i wouldn't know what to expect, and if that meant that i'm have to pay a lot more to get gas from somewhere else, that would be very, very difficult for me as a shooter, for me, i'm the exit is no 0.0 feared will be expensive so what then we'll earn a little more, save a little less vinegar, a missed all the doses, and i believe that there will be a real bottleneck in the winter on, often probably even worse than what we're expecting. you to start to worry that will be extremely limited in the winter, ordered us,

which is why we already increasing the running cost allowances on the plaza or the name cost, and that's who log on. so i dial so benjamin, what kind of scenarios urban are the authorities preparing for? they say they are preparing for the worst case scenario. we have soaring prizes, where if inflation we have a difficulties, we might have this difficulties also when it comes to autumn, when it comes to winter, when it comes to heating homes with people that are paying already far more, there is no sign that the german government would intervene with this prices were german chancellor, all of shows along with his vice chancellor economy minister also met representatives, the board of management of several german companies to see how they can tackle on one side problems when it comes to supply changes. but also when it comes to this rising costello, they are taking this very seriously. they want to see what are the opportunities of harvick has been traveling around. he was in katara trying to find his new alan g

terminals. it could, so new deliveries, imports of gas from katara from other countries, see what other suppliers could take a, this role that russia has been playing. but what the new government is saying, and that's something that we heard of all that harvick saying there is, well, the have been big mistakes that have been done by germany by this dependency on russian goal on russian gas. we're just speaking about an old stream one, it was another pipeline all stream to that was halted. that is not, will not be bill that has been stopped completely. so authorities are preparing for the worst, but still hoping that there is a possibility of still getting gas there are finding alternatives quickly lit up this political correspondent, benjamin of our as gruber. thank you, ben, to ukraine now where the deputy prime minister has urged civilians in the south of the country which is occupied by russia to evacuate because ukraine's army is preparing for a counter offensive that. meanwhile, in the east,

at least 3 people have been killed by shelling on residential areas around hockey's, elsewhere in the east rescue as the city of cross. if you are still hoping to find survivors on the buildings hits in russia as strikes the death toll that has risen to at least 24. well, the ws nick connelly is in the ukrainian capital reporting for us. and i asked them whether it was true that russia military seem to be targeting civilians deliberately. well, that's definitely what the ukraine government is sure of. that's the line. they're pushing. they say this an attempt by russia to so chaos and panic behind the front lines to get ukraine civilians to put pressure on their own lawmakers. they're in government to come to some kind of deal with russia, given that the russians are making particularly impressive progress through normal military combat. and the russians as ever, have claimed these were strikes against ukrainian military targets and west the weapons in particular being sent to ukraine. i think the kind of intention behind

these russians strikes is less important than the reality that time and time again, civilians are being hit and that the russians haven't made any change to their strategy since that devastating tech on the shopping center in central ukraine. but 10 days ago they are keeping on doing this and basically what this means for ordinary ukrainians. living anyone at the front lines that basically wherever they are have a far they are from a garrison or barracks or some other build shall get. they are not in safety and they really should be making plans or you're thinking about leaving now because these target these targets are these civilian buildings are being talked to. tom tom again. now the attorney government is calling for russia to be officially recognized as a state sponsor of terrorism. what would that achieve? well, this is a particular kind of a highest level of us sanctioning and something that so far been reserved for the likes of iran. north korea basically puts extraordinarily at tight limits on business that american companies can do with these countries,

but also potentially for a 3rd countries trying to do business with the, with russia, if it were to be a designated estates as wants of terrorism. if they would then want to do business with us. so basically, this is something that would really limit russia's economic ability to engage with outside world in the long term. and here in ukraine, they're worried the as the cost living crisis really escalates in western europe and north america, that there will be a temptation insert western capital trend road back some of those sanctions on russia. this attempt to really look in those sunk sanctions in the long term. wild world attention is focused on this war. now the ukrainian government has urged civilians in the southern hassan reason region, currently occupied by russian troops to evacuate, saying is preparing a counter offensive. well, can you tell us about that? what we've seen the ukranian forces really using the western weapons, very effective, especially american built rocket artillery system. time was the able to hit target 607980 kilometers distant. and that really has allowed them to start taking aim at

russian logistics hubs. russian armament steppers, and really trying to basically even outs, that disparity was all along. basically, you credit force, happy, outgunned by russia. russia has had basically an limited amount of ammunition as be able to basically when battle just by force of its artillery. so this is now really allowing ukraine to try and even the playing field. and especially in the south where few russian forces are available. they're all focused on the east. now there's a chance now to really make some turturro gains to push the russians back. and that's now what prison soleski has asked his military to start doing. fidel is nick connelly, reporting from keeps there. thank you. nick. now, within russia, expressing an anti war opinion can lead to serious consequences including intimidation in the workplace. some public servants have already lost their jobs. d . w correspondence yielded a shuttle spoke to one russian teacher from moscow,

who has refused to be silenced. just if you lost corrections before the summer holidays, that janitor of anchor hopes that she'll still have her job to come back to when the new school year starts. that young us on to you was dance, has alienated her from this school management, which left the quote doubling slowly, but surely i'm being put under pressure even over trivial things. murphy, for example, here a student scribbled something i of course did you notice it? 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 upwell. when russia launched, it's the one ukraine. hundreds of people took to the streets. tatiana, cher vanka 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 restrict you court yo. i asked why humor. it's my free time after all, you might, yes, she said yes, but the parents of your students could have a problem with it 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 war. i being forced to leave recently threats aimed at high school principals, came right from the into my itself. rashness lower house of parliament, zeus we're prostate, these up, uh, this is about the security of off. it ain't order. she'll know about the future of our country, though i too. 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 up when you might why, why stand up and walk away?

thank you. you are due to is russian teachers association, the c s, as that statement like this will set an example leading to critical teachers being silenced, it 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. yeah. go around, people like that. yeah. not her vanco. recently she had to come for to one of her students who has relatives in the ukraine, as 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 didn't you, 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 to us as she will take

the school to court and fight? until the end. little earlier i spoke to her correspondence, uri, her chateau father report, asked him to describe how difficult it is for teachers like tatiana to push back against the pressure of the kremlin. well, even though it's dangerous, tatiana isn't an exception. there are many people in russia protesting wallace publicly against the war. ah, but we're talking about an atmosphere fear that wasn't true it over night guard. we are talking about years of intimidation, years of persecution, of dissidence, years lift in fear for people who speak out as this climate of fear means we can't really tell how many people actually support president putin as many who take the polls are simply afraid to speak their minds because that they are not sure how anonymous, these polls really are either ality is that many russians who are against the war

are now so desperate that they simply retreat into their private life, so to speak. i don't want to hear or see anything because i am powerless. anyway. now in russia, it's illegal to call the invasion a war of let alone criticize it. so what did president putin mean when he warned last week that russia has barely gotten started? oh, pretty certain the beliefs that russia won't finish as of war quickly. i but accusing the rest of literally fighting to the last ukrainian he is saying western military support will just prolong the suffering of the cranium. people are therefore, put in, says that the west is to blame what is happening and not him and not russia are. that's one of the kremlin narratives. russian people must stand behind putin. they're a leader because the russia is surrounded by western secret agents and other enemies . what put in is avoiding to say is that a lot of russian soldiers are also dying, and that, that to this voice also and try to g for his own people in russia. a people who are

so to speak on the dark side of history now and are being held hostage by his, our government's policies and some interesting point of what must regular russians prepare themselves for. now, what does their future look like? well, russians are already feelings. the consequences of the western sanctions and of course shelves in the supermarkets, us too full. but prices are rising enormously. of course, as there are still nice cars on the streets of moscow in saint petersburg. but almost all west uncommon factors have left russia and of course there are still more than passenger planes flying, but these are western machines that are no longer being serviced and repaired by the west. so the question is, for how long can these planes fly safely? ah, more than 1000 west and companies have left the country. mcdonalds has gone ikea has left being b, b, m, w, i, siemens. and so one, you know,

russians have become accustomed to good, reliable, stylish, comfortable, and shake western goods and recent yes, but this western world, this standard of living is now disappearing more and more. and instead, slowly but surely, a war based economy is emerging. here in russia to report from reagan there, thank you. you're time now to have a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. a court in the spanish city of barcelona has authorized an autopsy on former long term. and golden president was either either the santos, he was in spain for medical treatment and died after a cardiac arrest to santos family claim. there was a conspiracy to kill days of heavy monsoon. rain has led to intense flooding and pakistan, killing dozens, and leaving hundreds of people homeless. 8 dams have also burst. the country's largest city. karachi has not been spared with roads,

homes and businesses under water. hundreds of thousands of muslims have performed the final right of the annual hodge pilgrimage in saudi arabia, worshippers threw stones at 3 pillars to re enact the stoning of the devil in the koran. the haunch is the 1st to take place without strict pandemic restrictions since 2090. to slacken our parliament says it will elect a new president on july 20th. that's after the country's current leader. but by our roger pucker announced he would officially step down on wednesday. slack as president and prime minister are about to step aside over violent turmoil spark by a deepening economic crisis. but protest in columbia are skeptical. they say they will carry on occupying the homes of both leaders until the 2 men formerly resign picking up rubbish in the garden of the presidential palace into deal bendara 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 that if i did this for my country, what happened to me is irrelevant. we protest it was 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 sherland, his 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 and we were leading. 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 roger pox. i lived in luxury in his gym or by the pool. is lillian really above eden in that there that the conversation 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 as it all up, as 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 had the money to feed themselves and their families. while i bought it entirely 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, niana problem. i thought he did, i love, i didn't even believable you know, deal hopes 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. correspondent oliver myer from that germany is public bukasa l. d has been covering events for us in colombo and with unconfirmed reports that the prime minister has actually left for longer. i asked him earlier who was running the country now? oh yeah, that's a very difficult question. i mean, on paper,

a prime minister become a single stir running the country year just said he's willing to resign, but he hasn't resigned yet. and the same as serve for the president for good or by era to pack. so he said he's going to step down on wednesday, but he hasn't stepped on yet. as the the constitution of silica says, it's when the president steps down the prime minister's automatically getting the president. so from wednesday on the prime minister is taking the spot of the president, which is quite ironic because the people don't want m m as well. so it's gonna be a really, really, so real situation and silicon is already now as in seen the back rod, it's a mixer between party and revolutionary. it's a really strange situation. see like a right now uses a mix of isn't between party and revolution, but it doesn't make the appearance of a violence situation there. no, it's not actually a mean. the people are quite term quite irv. com. actually it's a quite an order here. there's

a huge line in front of the presidential palace and people are queueing up. they are waiting for their turn. and inside here they are partying. but they are not destroying things. at least not that i am aware of. they are just are celebrating that they, they're inside of the gym of the president. they are in the courtyard and people are actually as we just um, saw on the report they are helping to clean up the space here. and this is quite extraordinary. so it's, it's quite calm here and people are celebrating no violence as of so far to day. now any update on the talks between the opposition parties on forming a new government yet quite tricky situation. as i already mentioned them, they want to form an old party government. they also want that go to buy a router box and also the prime minister become a single resign right now, but it doesn't seem like that is happening. so what's gonna happen is probably that what am i or

a topic says resigning on wednesday. then there will be no more talks on who's going to be elected as a new president. and it seems like on wednesday, the 28th of july, a new president is going to be elected. and only after that, a new government can be form my other re, oliver. my other reporting for us from a colombo does have a quick look at some other stories in the headlines. macau, the world's biggest gambling hub, has shops all its casinos for at least a week. the chinese autonomous region is struggling to contain its worst ever corona virus. upright residence have been ordered to stay at home. thousands aren't quarantine as a cow follows shyness. 0 cove, it all this leaks. documents have revealed that over regularly skirted laws and secretly lobbied governments as it expanded its ride sharing service. they showed the support from ben french economy minister,

immanuel my crohn to help the company brokering secret deals and giving over direct access to his staff. japan's prime minister whom yuki sheeta as met with you as secretary of state antony blinkin. lincoln delivered condolences over the death of japan's former leadership. the abbey, who was assassinated on friday. lincoln's visit comes after because she does governing coalition secured a solid majority in sunday's elections and some football news now paul pop, but as rejoined juventus on a free transfer after his majesty united contract expired. the 29 year old france midfielder won the italian title twice with the children's side before then world record 105 1000000 euro transfer to united in 2060, which did not really work out for the 2018 world cup winner. and he is now did back

to italy with you're watching d w. c. as a reminder, off all top stories, russia has shut off natural gas deliveries to germany by the north stream. one pipeline. the pipeline is due to be offline for 10 days for scheduled maintenance. bus. berlin is bori moscow could extend the shut down as tensions over the war in ukraine arise. ukraine is urging civilians in the occupied south of the country to evacuate as its forces are preparing a counter attack. it comes us. shelly n, ukraine's east has killed at least 3 people in the 2nd largest city, hockey destro from an earlier spiked and another city. as now, risen to at least 24 inch longer remains in a political vital for a 2nd day. as opposition leaders still need to agree on who should replace it's

ousted leaders. residents are being occupied by protest is angry over the countries economic trouble. and that's it. from me under the seem for now. next up is the w science magazine. tomorrow or today i have a world news update for you at the top of the on board with

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