ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live cumberland, funeral proceedings are underway for japan's longest serving prime minister. thousands of people gather outside of a temple in tokyo to take respect to sions, obey. after the premier was gone down at a campaign rally last week. also coming up, despite

a potential new russian push in the east of ukraine, western intelligence agencies are warning of the dangers on the countries porter with bella roost. we have a 1st hand account to the situation, their entry lock us government calls for call in mid the chaos with fuel prices hitting record highs. the government asked citizens to stay at home. the ball opposition leaders are unable to agree who will replace the president plus nasa releases the 1st full color image from the largest and most powerful space telescope ever launched. revolutionary jayden's web telescope designed to peer through the cosmos, to the dawn of the universe. ah, i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. the funeral of former japanese prime minister sions. obey has taken place in the capital. tokyo. thousands of mourners

gathered outside of the temple where a private service was held. following the ceremony, abe's body travelled through this city passing important landmarks including the parliament building. 67 year old was assassinated on friday, while making a speech in the city of nara, just days before a national election. we are joined by journalists, sonya blanca, who has the view now from tokyo, sonia just walk us through what has been happening today. so today, as you mentioned before, there was the private funeral service. thereafter the body was transported into her so through tokyo, thousands of people lined the streets, especially near the temple, and also gathered in front of the head quarter of a liberal democratic party. and of course, the prime minister's office. just half an hour ago, the hearse arrived at the information hall. so this is so for now with the last

steps, so to speak. and at a later stage there will be a ceremony held again, a kind of official ceremony in tokyo and also in his home prefecture and yamaha, which was a popular i mean, because we see all those people there and the streets just just walk us through how he's being remembered in the country and how he was as a leader. i mean for many people, especially the younger ones. she was all they knew he was the only prime minister they had seen in a long time. so he had a surprisingly big following among the younger people i surprising because his policies were very conservative. so he's been also a rather do is bigger and i think a lot of the more controversial things didn't actually get reported much outside of japan. so the image that people have outside of japan and inside of japan can be quite different. there were a lot of demonstrations and yeah, he's achieved some things, but others yeah. he didn't really get that far. and

a lot of things that now aren't being mentioned because of obviously the grief, but shouldn't be forgotten and should be looked into journalists on blush. go joining us with a view from tokyo, a summer day there. and so ave his funeral taking place. thank you. so much for following that for us you're welcome. in ukraine authority is our warning that moscow is gearing up for a new push in the don boss region. but it's not just the east of ukraine causing concern ukraine's border with bella. ruth is also seeing a troubling military build up. western intelligence agency say that russian soldiers and weapon systems are ready and waiting in belarus to open a new front against ukraine. something that would stretch key of forces considerably. d. w isn't a connelly went to the border region near tar need to see for himself here when you

cranes with boilers and never really alone for the drones. one of ours don't actually it is but that's not a given. it was a russian truant attack from across the border, the start the war for these ukrainian border guards. on friday, the 24th. they tried to keep russian forces on the bellows side by blowing up the bridge. but the russians came all the same and stayed for nearly a month. and the russians left in april, the shooting round here is lot. you been restricted to exercises on both sides of the border fear now, many ukrainians is that russia's exercises in belarus. good suddenly turn into real warfare just like they did in february. russian forces have never left belarus. instead, their so called exercises keep getting extended. ukrainian leaders long said their presence was just a distraction or a bluff rather than

a real threat. but recently rushed troop numbers of the board have risen in the tone from bell russian leader. alexander lucas shanker, has grown, ever more aggressive. ukraine's actions are also speaking a different language. these images from the bell, russian government, apparently show ukrainian forces mining their side of the border in recent days. much of the 1000 kilometer frontier, which in ukraine belarus was barely marked, let alone defended before this wall. back then trips across the board of groceries to see a doctor or part in every day. life is not all that you ca ruiz, to go to bella ruth law. and they would come to us easily for you all just got on somehow little the i didn't even think a war like this was even possible, actually, holy, who knows what snacks and her to do my the war has taken its toll on many family ties. the span this border law school does not. many people here in the village have relative annabel, a russian side, religion. some of them have stopped talking to each other because of the war. i

believe ukraine will when eventually it has to woo that we can't afford to lose many locals. here. we've given up that job to try to make sure that holds true. what are your, what on it? we have a security guard. we're g, a driver, shop assistants here, brother and locksmiths. ah, unless he is lazara. constantine's life changed overnight when he was called up put in charge of dozens of men in the territorial defense force. his experience some brief military training university. he'd never actually fought over me. she is fundamental to me in the the people and other places gotten, know what it feels like when in the line, bombs are falling. believe your child is terrified of everything on our way of saw . you've shown up the club one most of us here have never even been in a fight until the war and again, little bit. yup. and then when it starts with, you know, or if the enemy comes, if you do what you need to do on the will the d at without thinking twice in

italian with assume you either. yet masvie here might seem relaxed, domestic neighbors, even father and son serving side by side. the real sense, threat is never far away. caughtington tells us he's never yet had to call the family. we didn't use of a fatality. he didn't so i'm sure he'll stay that way. and i am joined now by katia, glad from the center for european policy analysis. she is an expert on beller roofs and rush. i thank you so much for joining us. as we know. and as we've heard, bella bruce has long served as a staging ground for the russian invasion of ukraine. but are the people in that report now, right to fear that bella roost could become the latest front in the russian offensive? hey, good morning sarah. i think there are certainly signs that stay has been an increase in military activity along the border with ukraine and bella bruce. but

know that they have been assess in a russian equipment brought back speller ruins particularly around to airports. not far from the border with the ukraine. we have also seen some preparation for mobilization like efforts. we heard, for example, that in one area in the south, a man of where i'm asked to show up for a potential of military troughs. and obviously a lucas hancock also sat in several days ago that bella risa will always support russia. but on the other hand, even lucas youngest rhetoric has been a bit ambiguous because he was also trying to say that this is not our war that we are fighting. so i think at the moment, we don't really know whether these are the signs for lucas shanker to show his loyalty to putin and to show preparedness to fight, but actually avoids doing so. or whether it is indeed a very a gretch y'all. i engagement of galleries into the war. we know that the kremlin

has been quite active in the oddest v as to drac villarille. slowly in the am, are processes which is a interested in but at the same time to fundamentals remain the same belly rich, an army is very small, it's poorly trained, it has no comb with experience. so most military experts thing that even if velo bruce participates, it will be to very marginal degree, more like in some sort version um intelligence efforts or lot likely to again protect the russian army in the rear rather than participated in a full scale invasion. how about the people are within belarus? how do they view the war and ukraine to eat, to even know, and are they worried about getting further dragged deeper into the conflict? yes, there are some independent polls which anal mostly conducted through the internet. so there really cover people who only have access to the internet,

but by all the statistics available, it's over 80 percent of the bill origin population on the picture there inside deliveries is actually quite different from what we see within the russian public. for example, a few days ago to polls came out, we can confirm the trends that over 85 percent of bella rouge hands are against the bell region armed forces being deployed to ukraine. and that has not really changed since the beginning of the war. and this is probably also what prevents lucas hancock from a agreed to give the bill origin army to present because that would be devastating for him politically. and people living within their regime of alexander lucas yankee himself, a very likely to saying the same what the bill origin public thing that this is not the bill original war. and it is really shame that by the response of us. thank you so much. kasey. glad, as we mentioned, you're joining us from a center for european policy and analysis. thank you for sharing your expertise.

thank you for coming with ukrainian. we're through crane for return in forces facing threats from many sides, key of is looking for help, wherever it can get it, especially when it comes to intel. now they are receiving help from an unlikely source in latvia, ukrainian refugees in riga who previously had no engineering experience, are building drones to help the war effort tedious. killian buyer travel to meet some of them. a few weeks ago these ukranian refugees did not know which way to turn a screwdriver. now they're building drones for the ukrainian army. atlas aerospace, the latvian company, they now work for saw an explosion in demand for military grade recognizance drones with the onset of the war in ukraine previously was like i was happy to sell 10

drawn spell monson. now you, if you're talking about extra 100 pip amounts and of stuff to figure, maybe if not enough and we need to sell to think how we're going to sell more. atlas builds drones that are small enough to be carried by one soldier. they are highly sought after by ukrainian special forces units equipped with these drones can cover large areas for reconnaissance and stream their video feeds back to base in real time in for read thermal imaging cameras turn night into day. atlas says tools like this help save soldiers lives and the ukrainians are buying so far more than 100. drones have already been delivered. a better plan has become a bit more transparent maybe. and you have soldiers that are just more independent can act independently because they already have all the daytime to what's happening over the next shell are behind bad wall assistance on ukraine's

battlefields. consumer drones from china have had a starring role and propaganda video circulating on social media at the glass and soldiers have been modifying these drones to drop bombs. i heard often to devastating effect for yelling or you won't be stuck in there, but experts say using chinese may drones is potentially dangerous. this video allegedly shows an artillery strike honing in on a ukrainian drone operator. it's been claim that d j i. the chinese firm producing these drones is passing on gio tracking information to the russian military. something the company denies. back in latvia, atlas aerospace is hiring more ukrainians to increase production. they are keen to

help them on the line with when they can drains for the ukrainian army. with the help of the strains, we shall win. the war. war is a money maker for some. all of these green bags will be going to ukraine, and they won't be the last, on average, these drones only last for 48 hours in combat. and so the flow of equipment will continue. and here's a quick look at some of their stories making news around the world. larvae as president wants to boost the country's defense spending and make military service compulsory for all citizens $18.00 to $27.00. as soon as next year, the proposals will have to be reviewed by parliament before taking effect. the nato member has already committed to raising its defense budget in response to the russian of the invasion of ukraine. you health agencies are recommending a 2nd corona virus booster vaccination for people over 60 and the medically

vulnerable to counter a fresh way of proven one team. a 2nd booster for people over 80 was recommended in april. a wildfire in california is spreading rapidly and threatening. some of the state's largest natural treasures yosemite natural park has, is home to, excuse me, you, somebody national park is home to hundreds of giant sequoia trees. some believed to be over 2000 years old. nearby residents have been evacuated, sri lanka, 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 and has closed schools. restaurants have switch to cooking meals with wood. thousands of protesters enraged by the countries worsening economic crisis stormed presidential compound and the prime ministers private home over the weekend. the president and

the prime minister have agreed to set down opposition. leaders are racing to form a new government journalist rashonna rizzi is in the sri lankan capital colombo columbo and i asked her if people trust that president roger pox. i will step down on wednesday. he absolutely has no choice just this morning. he and his brother had tried to leave the country or from the under like a commercial airport. but officials at the v i p lounge just stepped away from vacuum diesel right now there's a lot of anger against him against the family, so he expertly has no choice right now. but where does the political situation then go from here? to model again, residential and design minister officially announced a resignation. the speaker quietly went assumes that you did not the president on

19th off or july next week. we should have nominations being told by political parties or who they think should be the president. and i 20th sri lanka should have a new president. how much of this is going to actually bring about the system change with a change that people have been struggling more is yet to be seen. what is life like now amid all of this? to me 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 since really changed much side? i mean, it was still in long queues, bending met, gary days and nights. you know, waiting for a lpg get looked at, you know, i mean i, we haven't had petaluma who days already said that the situation here. the last in a much excuse there still evade of yet you meaning shortage,

also in the country to nothing really has changed on the ground yet was really yeah . and that was journalist roxan or his v industry. lunk and capital colombo speaking with me earlier. now for some science news that was 13000000000 years in the making. the white house has revealed the 1st full color image taken by the james web space telescope. nasa says that the photo is the deepest look into the universe ever recorded taken from a 1000000 miles from earth. the images show the earliest stars and galaxies ever observed the telescope. a joint project between us canadian and european space programs, is expected to operate for up to 20 years. lou, it's the most powerful telescope ever to be built. the james web space telescope developed by space agencies in europe, the us and canada,

is intended to explore the oldest galaxies in the universe. the new telescope is about $100.00 times more sensitive than its 30 year old predecessor, the hubble space telescope. thanks to a 25 square me to merge and in for it senses, it can detect galaxies, stars, and planets that a hidden in the visible spectrum by dust. and guess. ready the telescope was under development for more than 30 years and cost about $8800000000.00 euros. ready thousands of engineers and hundreds of scientists worked on its construction . more than 300 universities organizations and companies from 14 countries were involved in december, the telescope was finally launched a board and arianna rocket one month later,

it had reached its outpost 1500000 kilometers away. scientists hope its images will provide insights into the early period after the big bang, 13800000000 years ago. it will also examine the earth's immediate surroundings and our solar system, as well as look for habitable planets with water resources. and john astrophysicist anthony marston joins, as he's working with the european space agency. i thank you so much for joining us . what a special about this image released a good morning. yes, that's a special day. we've been working on this for a long time. and here we have an image that is taking us back after a very short length of time abusing this telescope,

are able to go back to some of the very earliest things we've ever seen. wow, what's the point of going back there? where it's a bit like looking at the universe when he was a baby. and we're trying to see therefore, how you get from a baby to the fully matured universe that we now live in. and in fact, we have a lot of questions about just exactly how you put together things from the very beginning of the universe. so this 1st image deals with that. well though, the telescope is going to do many other things besides looking deep into the universe. so it looks deep and it looks at things with, in detail. so these are the 2 things that really can do very, very well. tell us a little bit more about the telescope itself and, and, you know, how spectacular this is what we're seeing now. well,

the telescope itself is almost miraculous in terms of the way that it been put together and that is now functioning in space. now you've seen the sort of pig saginaw mirrors that probably an image is in the past. and those were originally folded away when it had to be, it's so big it had to be folded up to be put into the area and rocket, the biggest rock at the very end actually has and, and then it was deployed in space for it in order to make those mirrors move to exactly the right place within a small fraction of a centimeter. they had to be moved with a small actuators. and if just one of those hadn't worked, you would have had a problem with being able to focus properly. and all of the more,

every single motion that had to be done to move on this telescope in space worked over a period of the 1st month or so. it was in space. generally speaking, we don't like to put too many moving parts into things and space in case something just doesn't go exactly. is it supposed to go this? tell us, go when all out to have mechanisms that we're going to be able to move into place in space. and that's something we haven't really done before. and they, it all work very smoothly. incredible images which have been released and i understand that the mission is expected to last for up to 20 or so. there's certainly more to come astrophysicists, anthony marston, thank you so much for joining us. great, nice to be with you. let's. now he is arguably the most famous active footballer in the world,

but exactly where christiano rinaldo will be playing next season. has been a mystery. there were reports, the portuguese superstar wants to leave manchester united, a club new coach. however, incest, rinaldo is not for sale. manchester, united or in thailand for their 1st preseason friendly against outs, rivals, liverpool fans in bangkok want to see one man in particular. look christiano. rinaldo isn't there? media 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 right for superstar once one last crack at europe's elite competition. it's news to new coach, eric 10 hog. oh, he hasn't thought this. so i've read. but

what i said chris young was not for so christiane origin. oh blanche and we want to get successful. good. 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 at his anger is due to personal issues. no, we are planning which is shannon although for decision. so that's it. and i'm looking forward to, to work with united have already seen a host of plays leave, including paul paul go, 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. a quick reminder of our top story here on dw news. the funeral processions are underway for japan's. the longest serving prime minister,

thousands of people gathered outside of a temple in tokyo to pay respects to former premier shin to lock up next sunday w. that is the bundle slate. a show kick off with dave review of season one to stay with us. if you can for that in the meantime, as always were on the website, d, w dot com, i'm sarah kelly and berlin. thank you so much for watching with ah, with

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