how they can go with how they can also go terribly watch, you know, new to ah ah, the w news live from berlin to pan has been saying farewell to the countries longest serving prime minister. thousands of people have gathered in tokyo to pay respect to sins avec, after the mere was gun 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 border with fellow roost. we get a 1st hand account, the situation there and to re lock us government calls for call them id the chaos with fuel prices hitting record highs. the government asks citizens to stay at home . meanwhile, opposition leaders are unable to agree on who will replace the president 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 bodily body travelled through the city passing important landmarks including the parliament building. the 67 year old was assassinated on friday while making

a speech in the city of nara, just days before a national election. and earlier i spoke with journalist sonya laska, who is in tokyo. she told me more about to pans farewell to with slain former leader. 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 street, especially near the temple and also gathered in front of the headquarters for liberal democratic party. and of course, the prime minister's office. just half an hour ago the heroes arrived at the information hall. so this is so for now with the last step, 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 yama, which was the 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. he 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 say surprising because his policies were very conservative. so he's been also a rather do is figure 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 song 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 that the grief but shouldn't be forgotten and should be looked into journalists on jablonka joining us with a view from tokyo, a summer day there. and so

a his funeral taking place. thank you so much for following it for us. you're welcome. and ukraine authorities are warning that moscow is gearing up for a new push in the dumb 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 the russian soldiers and weapon systems are ready and waiting in belarus to open a new front against ukraine. something that would stretch key of the force is considerably the though you know. connelly went to the border region near char nia to see for himself here when you cranes bored with boilers, you never really alone. not for the drones. one of ours don't actually. it is but that's not a given. it was a russian drone attack from across the border,

the stop the war from these ukrainian border guards on friday, the 24th. they tried to keep russian forces on the blue side, but blowing up the bridge of the russians came all the same and stayed for nearly a month since the russians left in april. the shooting route here is locked. you been restricted to exercises on both sides of the border fear now, many ukrainians is that russia's exercises and bellows could suddenly turn into real warfare. just like they did in february. russian forces have never left bellows. 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 belarus and leader alexander lucas shenker 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 between ukraine and belarus was barely marked, let alone defended before this war. by glen trips across the board of groceries to see a doctor or part of everyday life was like all that you ca, ruiz, to go to bella. ruth law and they would come to us before you die. all just got on somehow little the. i didn't even think a war like this was even possible. i showed me holler. who knows what snack center could do? my. the war has taken its toll on many family ties to span this border. ha, ha, ha. does not many people here in the village have relatives, annabel, or russian side issues. some of them have stopped talking to each other because of the war. i believe ukraine will when eventually it has to woo, we can't afford to lose many locals. here. we've given up their job to try to make sure that holds true. what you for on it. we have a security guard. we're g,

a driver, shop assistants here, brother and locksmiths. ah. unless he is lazara. constantine slash changed overnight. he was called up, put in charge of dozens of men in the territorial defense force. his experience, some brief, military training university had never actually fought over me. she's from the middle of me in the the people and other places, god know what it feels like when in the line, bombs are falling. when your child is terrified of everything on our way of. so you've shown up the club when 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 for, if you do what you need to do on the will the d without thinking twice you missed on them would assume you utsa yet must be here, might seem relaxed, domestic neighbors, even father and son serving side by side. the real sense of threat is never far away. caughtington tells us he's never yet had to call the family with news of

a fatality. it doesn't sound sure, it'll stay that way. with tension building on the belly, mercy and border. i asked katya gluck from the center for european policy analysis if ukrainians are right to fear that fellers could become the latest front in the russian offensive. hey, good morning sarah. i think there are certainly signs not stay has been an increase in military activity along the border with ukraine and bella, bruce, i know that they have been a assess, and a russian equipment brought back speller ruins particularly around to airports. not far from the border with ukraine. we have also seen some preparation for mobilization like efforts. we heard, for example, that in one area in the south, a man where i'm asked to show up for a potential and military troughs. and obviously a lucas hancock also sat and several days ago that bell arissa 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 hancock to show his loyalty to putin on, to shoot preparedness to fight, but actually avoids doing so. or whether it is indeed a barrier. gretchen, i engagement of galleries into the wall. we know that the kremlin has been quite active in the oddest via to dracula. we slowly indium, our processes which has a interested in but at the same time the fundamentals remain the same. bell rich, an army is very small, it's poorly trained, it has no comb with experience. so most military experts think that even if bela bruce participates, it will be to very marginal degree, more like in some subversion or um intelligence efforts or law likely to again

protect the russian army in the rear rather than participated in a full scale invasion. how about the people are with in belarus? how do they view the war in 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 they're really caught by 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 beller rouge hands are against to better region armed forces. i'm being deployed to ukraine and that has not really changed. and since the beginning of the war,

and this is probably also what prevents lucas hancock, roma it greens to give the pillar russian army to present because that would be devastation for him politically. and people even 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 bella responsive thus. thank you so much kasey. glad, as we mentioned, you're joining us from the center for european policy and analysis. thank you for sharing your expertise. thank you for 70 and has a look at some other stories making news around the world. the panamanian government has announced measures to deal with rising food and fuel costs after nationwide protest the president of the central american country. lauren, tino courts. you said that there would be a reduction in gas prices and a freeze on the staple food prices. you health agencies are recommending a 2nd corona virus booster vaccination for people over 60 and the medically

vulnerable to counter a fresh wave of coven. 19 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 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 hitting 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. storm the 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 journals with shawna. rigby is in the sri lankan capital colombo.

i asked her if people trust the president roger pox up will indeed 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 muscle afterward. but officials of the v i c now just stepped away from that duty . 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? to monro lane, incidental and design minister officially announced their basic nation. the speaker parliament assumes that you teased octopus again. on the 19th of our july next week, we should have nominations being told by political parties whom they think should

be the president. and i 20th 3 young casual how and you president, how much of this is going to actually being about the system change with a change that people have been struggling or 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 really change much sad. i mean, people are still in long queue spending met gary days and nights, you know, waiting for a lpg get, is it true? i mean i, we haven't had federal. 1 who 2 days on a beach. so that's the situation here. people are still a much excuse that they're still evade, obviously in the neighborhood shortage, also in the country. and nothing really has changed on the ground. yeah. for sure. yeah. and that was journalist roxanna rigby. and the sri lankan capital colombo,

a quick reminder of our top story. the funeral of former japanese prime minister sions lava has taken place in the capital, tokyo, thousands of mourners gathered outside of the temple where a private service was held up. next, it is close up with a documentary and looking at houses georgians aren't welcoming exiles from vladimir, put russia. all that more coming up. there's always more in the website he w dot com. i'm sarah kelly and berlin. thanks for watching. not just another day. so much is happening all at once. we take time to understand this is the day in depth look at current news, events analyzed by experts and.