oh, with ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. funeral processions are underway for japan's longest serving prime minister. thousands of people gathered outside of a temple in tokyo to pay respect to ship the object after the premier was gone down at a campaign rally last week. also coming up in ukraine authorities ward of an intensification

of the conflict. he says that russia is preparing a major push to take the key cities in the don boss for a gen plus to relock of government calls for call. but the chaos with fuel prices to pitting record highs. the government asked citizens to stay at home. meanwhile, opposition leaders are unable to agree will replace the president. ah i'm sarah kelly's welcome to the program. the funeral of former japanese prime minister sions. obey is underway in the capital tokyo. thousands of mourners have gathered outside of the temple where the private service is now being held. following the ceremony, abe's body will travel through the city passing important landmarks including

parliament building. the 67 year old was assassinated on friday while making a speech in the city of norah, just days before a national election. and let's bring in journalists sonya blanca, who is joining us from tokyo, a very somber day to day in japan. walk us through what is happening once a day at 1 o'clock or the private service started for the former prime minister and it was only attended by family and close friends. it took place next to a temple called so georgie, and near that temple of thousands of people gathered or waiting for the car to travel to start traveling through the centre of tokyo. and just earlier at about 230 a little after that, i can see a lot of helicopters flying above the city of watching the car from above while it travels to places that were important for a miss other. like of course the headquarters look the liberal democratic party and

the car is also expected to travel to the prime minister's office. and you will be a separate sorry, sorry sonya i, i thought you were finished there. i just wanted to ask you because you were seeing that video there with you all the people who have come out and, and so to that point and i wanted to ask you how popular was he in japanese society? and how is he being remembered to day and the world popular? i find a bit difficult with mr. i reuse the word a controversial. obviously the people who have come to to see the car today, that a lot of people that do support. and he's been the longest reigning prime minister in japan, but there was a lot of controversy, thousands, 10000 people demonstrating against a lot of his policies. so depending on who you ask, and the opinion on mister abbey will be quite divided actually. oh, the son blushed. i'm covering all this for us. we'll be checking in with you

throughout the day as those ceremonies get underway. thank you so much for bringing us up to date. you're welcome. now ukraine has warned that russian forces are preparing to intensify their fight for the 2 key cities of crumb a tourist and bach moot in eastern don. boss region widespread russian shelling has intensified in recent days. at least 6 people were killed on monday. in the north eastern city of car heave, after russian rocket struck a shopping center and holmes and the death toll from sunday's attack on the eastern town of trus of yar rose to 30 people. economy as standing by force and key of nick just days ago. we heard the ukrainian official suggesting russian forces were running out of steam. now they're preparing for a fresh assault. what do you make of it? i think sarah, well enough, both of these things can be true. i think. on the one hand,

the definitely still is that intention, least from the political leadership in moscow from vladimir putin to push home as their advances as quickly as they can irrespective of the losses. and we've seen, or if it's a recent day saying that russia hadn't even started yet, that if the ukrainians thought they could deal with russia's might, than they were severely diluted. and on the other hand, we've heard the russian and military officials talking about the need for tactical pause to regroup, to bring soldiers back to the front lines to let those who've been there for months at a time at rest and recover. and i think this is just important from that war is, is, is not an exact science. no one really can give a kind of prediction, you know, in, with any kind of guarantee of success about where this is going. what we have seen on the one hand, the russians stepping up, their rocket attacks, all the things that basic don't require personnel. and you know, people on the ground to be in top shape. they've been hitting targets quite far away from the front lines. so those dozens of people killed in chess of yard before that, with the shopping center increment, you can central ukraine and on the other hand,

on the ground with the artillery battles of the last few weeks, months of dumbass be definitely seeing that they are increasingly having problems with logistics the ukrainians really using the western weapons they've been given to really great effect and are really the destroying russian weapons defers that mix picture. but the basic political decision in moscow is still nowhere near peace . no. when in negotiations and they're going to try and push home basically seemingly irrespective of what it costs there, so on the ground. nicolai, thank you so much for following that for us in keeping us up to date. joining us from keith, we appreciate it. here some other stores make news around the world, locked me as president wants to boost the country's defense bending and make military service compulsory for all citizens 18 to 27. as soon as next year, the proposals will have to be reviewed by parliament before taking effect. the needle member has already committed to raising its defense budget in response to the russian invasion of ukraine. britons conservative party has announced the

procedure for choosing their new leader and replacement for british prime minister horse johnson. candidates will be whittled down to to talk in lawmaker ballot starting this wednesday. and party members will then choose the winner with the new p. m. to be announced on september the 5th crisis. a wildfire in california is spreading rapidly and threatening, some of the state's largest national treasures. yosemite national park is home to hundreds of giant sequoia trees, some believe to be over 2000 years old. nearby residents have been evacuated tree long as political crisis is now heading citizens at the gas pump with record high prices in an effort to conserve fuel. the embattled government is asking people to work from home that has closed schools. restaurants have switch to cooking meals with wood. thousands of protesters enraged by the countries worsening

economic crisis stormed the presidential compound and the prime ministers private home over the weekend. while the president and prime minister have agreed to step down opposition leaders or racing to form a new government journalist works on a resume, joins us now from the sri lankan capital colombo. let's talk a little bit more about the president who is expected to step down on wednesday to people believe that he'll do it. he absolutely has no choice just this morning. he and his brother had tried to leave the country or from there on that night national airport. but officials at the v i p lounge just stepped away from that unity. so right now there's a lot of anger against him against the family. so he absolutely has no choice right now. but where does the political situation then go from here?

tomorrow when the president and prime minister officially announced a resignation and the speaker of parliament assumes that you teased octopus again, on 19th of our july next week, we should have nominations being put forward by political parties whom they think should be the president. and i 20th 3 young cache would help and you, president, how much of this is going to actually being about the system change with a change that people have been struggling for is yet to be seen. what is life like now a middle of this? i mean, we're, we're hearing all this anecdotes about the economic crisis, deepening people, trying to conserve food cooking with wood, for example. what are you hearing and observing and really change much sad. i mean, people are still in long queue spending met garrett days and nights. you know, waiting for a lpg get, is it true?

i mean i, we haven't had that to her my 2 days already said that the situation here. i'll be less still a much excuse that they still evade of yes, yes, seeming shortage. also in the countries to nothing really has changed on the ground yet was rely journalists, roxanna, whizzy. thank you so much. on the time in germany, lawmakers have new concerns about energy being used as a weapon. the biggest pipelines supplying russian natural gas to the country, closed for 10 days of annual maintenance work authorities in germany and across europe. for that moscow may keep the taps off to punish the west for its support of ukraine. leaders are now warning industries and households to prepare for gas shortages. gas has stopped flowing through the node stream one pipeline. it's meant

to be temporary, but german authorities are worried when moscow will turn the taps back on in the m shims to fire. in the worst case scenario, if there really is no gas coming in from russia, a few parameters are crucial is and how fast we are with the liquefied natural gas terminals. the government is procuring how much gas we can save ourselves. there are several scenarios where we would end up in a gas emergency. we must do everything possible now to avoid that tom van duster for might be on a visit to the czech republic. germany's economy minister gave voice to his government's uncertainty about russia's intentions was, comes, i'm just a gospel hole gas deliveries may resume and foe. they have even been statements from russia that effectively announce this. but deliveries may also remain at 0 because a minor technical issue is discovered that cannot be repaired. we can assume that this is a pretext to keep the pipeline shot for reformer gondolas. the maintenance work is

scheduled to last for 10 days with no gas flowing through its most important pipeline. germany is waiting nervously to see what happens after that. now he is arguably the most famous active footballer in the world. but exactly where christiano rinaldo will be playing next season. is a mystery. there are some reports that the portuguese superstar wants to leave manchester united at the club's. new coach insist rinaldo is not for sale. ah manchester, united or in thailand for their 1st preseason friendly against outs, rivals, liverpool fans in bangkok want to see one man in particular. but christiano, rinaldo isn't there. meet you report said the 37 year old has demanded to leave. united missed out on the champions league with a 6th place finish in england. last term. speculation is rife, a superstar once one last crack at europe's elite competition. it's news to new

coach, eric 10. ha, go into this. so i've read, but what i said, chris young was not for so christiane. always you know, branch and we want to good success together. but if that is the case, then where exactly is ronaldo? he's training back in portugal rather than lapping up the limelight in thailand. he's not that is and that is due to personal issues. no, we are planning to shannon although for the season. so that's it. i'm looking forward to lucrative united have already seen a host of plays leave, including paul pauper, who's just resigned for you. vent us. losing rinaldo and his mock ability around

the world would be a hammer blow united to adamant. they won't let that happen. and now for some science news that was 30000000000 years in the making, the white house has revealed to the 1st full color image taken by the team's web space telescope. nasa says that the photo is the deepest to look into the universe ever recorded. taken from orbit a 1000000 miles from earth, the images show the earliest stars and galaxies ever to be observed. a telescope, a joint project between the u. s. canadian and european space programs is expected to operate for up to 20 years. a quick reminder now of our top stories here on dw news. funeral processions are underway for japan's longest serving prime minister. thousands of people gather outside of a temple in tokyo to pay respect to the former premier. chalabi.

ukrainian authorities are warning of an intensification and the conflict of the countries east. kiev says that russia is preparing a major push to take key cities in the dumbass. ruth and that now you're up to date here on d. w. news is always warned the website www. dot com. i'm sarah kelly in for lynn. thank you so much for your time. take care with with .