ah, ah ah ah, this is dw slide from berlin, ukrainian missiles strike territory occupied by russia in the castle. regent. the cranes military says it hit a russian, i'm emissions people killing dozens of soldiers. also coming up drones are playing an increasingly important role in the war. we've made some other ukrainian refugees building drones in latvia for the war efforts. and questions about the whereabouts of tree lancaster president got a buyer, but

a park shop. the president hasn't been seen since friday. protestors cramped out at the presidential palace. fear he might try to flee the country before he's due to resign. ah, i'm gab elfaire. welcome to the program. ukrainian forces have launched a counter attack in the, in the southern hassan, a region after announcing plans to retake the territory from russia. cave says they've destroyed and ammunition depot, and killed more than 50 russian soldiers in an attack on the town of north nova kafka, which is held by russia's troops. state media in russia gave a different account, claiming at least 7 people were killed elsewhere. ukraine, south, the city of mich life was the target of moscow strikes medical facilities and residential

buildings where his at least a dozen people were injured. earlier i spoke to w, corresponded in manuel shaw's in cute, full, gave us more information about these most recent attacks. well, this much does, most recent, as strikes are actually fell on to hospital or on the one school and on residential buildings. this time there was nobody who died after those tries, but it's still a made 12 people injured in something that has become very sadly come on here. overall, a ukraine dose, tribes are falling on a residential areas on places that should, that ought to be protected. so such as schools such as hospitals and it just shows just how or how every day or violence is falling upon this country. well, you mentioned this, these attacks on civilians were here about that again. and again,

does it seem like a deliberate strategy by russian forces while i did at this stage, you know, russia claims it never targets or civilians and that it always has a strategic targets or with its me size. but are these days, god, we are, are 5 runs into that war and every day there are reports of a me size falling on residential area today on hospitals and schools as i was mentioning. but, you know, also on sunday on chance, if you are with the desk or rising up for 35 people, few weeks ago it was in clement shakana shopping center. these happens again and again on civilian targets as well, even though russia claims it's not the main target. now that you've run in government is now asking people in the south of the country to evacuate the area to flee. the area that is currently held by russia because ukraine is preparing

a counter attack there. or what does it say about the current state of ukraine's forces? well, it does say for one that the ukraine an armed forces are, are hoping that they're not going to strike on their own people. but it also shows you just how difficult this whole situation is in their thoughts with people who chose awful couldn't leave, chose to stay or simply couldn't leave because they are too weak. for example, i'm thinking about elderly people. some people are so dont have the means to leave their homes and others where they're just decided that they simply wouldn't leave their homes because they're spent their entire life there. that being said, they're really a counter offensive happening right now in the south. is you quinn? and armed forces are which have gain momentum with heavy weapons. oh, so are furnished by western allies. they are destroying how munition they pose.

they are farming or onto a russian tooth. but those russian troops are also in residential areas. so the west could still be to come for civilians who stayed in their cities. there was a manual chas reporting from the ukrainian capital there. thank you. rama. united states says it has intelligence that iran is preparing to deliver arm drones to the russian military. viewer says it's unclear whether any drones have already been delivered, but that iran is ready to train russian troops on their use. this month, the kremlin has announced that president vladimir putin will visit iran next week with initial training sessions, l smaller surveillance. drones are already used in the war in ukraine for our next report w's killian buyer traveled to the latvian capital riga, and visited a drone factory that struggling to keep up with demand. ukrainian forces have come to rely on recognizance drones in their fight against the russian invasion.

a few weeks ago these ukrainian 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 months. and now you, if you're talking about the extra 100 fare pay per month and if stuff to think him, if it's 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. the batter club 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. yeah. yeah, but 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. here 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 making trends for the ukranian 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. earlier i spoke to author holland, michelle and author and journalist,

who rides about emerging military and surveillance technologies. i asked them how drones are shaping the war in ukraine? i'd say they're a critical tool, but drones have never so leave on a war on their own. and, and this case is, is no different than they give a vertical perspective. they definitely in reach the intelligence picture for both sides. in some cases, they actually are quite close to the, the use of force itself in either dropping weapons or directing strikes. but again, it's important to emphasize that they are just one tool among a whole array. in our report, we mainly saw that's called amateur drones to be being used for intelligence gathering. sort of, you can buy them on amazon if you want. but what about on drones, the one we're talking about from iran, maybe are they playing a significant role in this? they are playing a relatively significant role. i mean,

they have been used by both sides to conduct strikes. ukraine has a drone that is very famous. now because of the strikes is conducted the director up, but again, these, these drones are in relatively small numbers. they are far outnumbered by other types of weapons on the ground. part of the reason though, that they have a prominent role a profile is because while they drones, they technologically advanced and they generate video which can be shared on social media. and so they've, they've, they've gained a kind of outside presence in the narrative of the war, and who has the say technological upper hand. now, the usaa saying that iran is about to deliver arm drones to the russians. what impact could these have on the battle fields? so iran actually has one of the world's longest running drone programs. it has supplied drones to a number of non state groups, including the hoodies in yemen. and, and there drones have been used to conduct

a whole range of operations from intelligence gathering to actual strikes that have been very effective. so it could be a pretty crucial moment in the war if, if russian forces are able to use these drowns to the same level of effectiveness as, as the forces that you iran has supplied in the past. but again, that will very much depend on the ukranian response and also whether the capabilities of these drones will be a good match, say for the terrain and the distances that they'll need to cover. and the types of targets that russia would presumably want to use. and for including artillery, you know, to surround the soldiers and, and on, and vehicles. how vulnerable are these drones that iran is said to be delivering to, to russia? how vulnerable are they to defer to defensive fire antiaircraft file,

even small arms fire? i'd say that they are most vulnerable to electronic warfare to weapons that can jam . the signals are weapons that can also locate the operator of the drone, as, as a result of signal at tracking. and it's a little bit harder to, to shoot the systems down with say, a missiles or bullets, although that is, ah, potentially one of the defensive options we've seen in the past that many of iranian sauce drones are presumably iranian sauce. trends have been brought down by these techniques, but again, there are always drones that get through those defensive measures off all of michelle. thank you very much. so long as president is at the heading to naval base to flee the country after being blocked from living by airport staff in colombo, who to buy are roger parcher has promised to step down on wednesday when civil unrest continues. the are countries. political crisis is also hitting citizens at

the fuel pump, with record prices the to conserve fuel. the government is asking people to work from home and as close schools, restaurants have even switch to cooking meals on wood fires for 7 days as our moore hardin has been waiting here in a kilometer long line for gas in sri lanka, capital colombo, he turned a new fuel delivery was coming, he spent day and night here since i didn't, the gas in there is simply no more fuel. we have no more gas at home to cook. we used to have an income, but for weeks now the money has stopped coming to one and we love, we can't go on like this. life is hard. i don't know where to make matters worse. his wife is ill. he tries to spend a little time with her every day at lunch time, risking losing his place in line in early and then i keep calling him when he

is there waiting. it's the tormenting. thank that have made me think i was even met at a hospital. we didn't even have fuel for him to drive me there. and accordingly, many people in sri lanka face similar problems, inflation is so rang, and prices are skyrocketing, even for essentials like food. hardly any one can afford to buy what they need. oh really isn't blank. other people used to have 3 meals a day. most of the time. now it's either 2 or one a little bit. sometimes people are drinking water instead of eating. i know, you know, that we don't know what to do, what to give our children. they say they're hungry, but we don't have anything for them. we don't want them will not be at my billing on them, but we can't drink tea with milk anymore. we have no milk powder, we just about managed to buy rice, but even that is very expensive. another day has gone by in the line for gas. and

for as amola, dean, it's again been fruitless. his one hope that after the resignation of president go to buy a roger packs or better times will finally come the am again, you get it any of it, only when we get problems like the fuel crisis solved. can we live a life worth living? i haven't lost faith yet that a new government will give us fresh hope and change will finally happen rather than double. don't be align dental until then as i'm will heading will spend another night in line, hoping that he will finally get a few leaches a few tom out of look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. the u. s. says it has killed the leader of the syrian branch of the so called islamic state in a drone strike maha ala gar was hit while riding a motorcycle near jen doris in the north. the syrian observatory for human rights has confirmed oligarchy, death. the funeral of former japanese prime minister,

sins of abbey has taken place in tokyo. thousands of mourners gathered outside the temple where the private service of was being held. abbey was assassinated on friday, while campaigning in the city of nero just days before a parliamentary election. you want cdw new still to come. nasa unveils the deepest image of the universe. yes. we look at how the james web telescope is long scientists gazed back billions of years in time for us back to the present where the euro has hit parity with the u. s. dollar, that's a 1st in more than 20 years, the exchange rate between the 2 currencies is now just one cent a pause. euro has been particularly vulnerable due to the war in ukraine and the rising gas price. but today's full box, the weakest, you will, has been in decades,

and it is raising fears of recession in europe. for more this i'm no joint in the studio by christy, placid from the w business chrissy. what exactly does this your dollar parity mean for me at my wallet? well, if you happen to be someone who is running a tourism company, this could actually be a good thing. euros are cheaper than ever. what this means is that actually a lot of international tourists could start flocking to europe, looking to throw some cash around. cuz this is a great time if you have some dollars to spend them harrison's, the euro is so cheap. now obviously that's not the case for you, not the case for me. it's the exact opposite situation for us if we're wanting to travel abroad, if we're wanting to buy things or order things from abroad, it's going to be more expensive for us now. and that's also the case for european businesses as well. they're gonna have to pay more to import products, and they're going to have to pass some of this price on to the consumers. now we know the inflation as the at record highs here in europe, and this is what, yes, yes, exactly, this is only gonna make it worse is one of the reasons for this sort of lower value

in the euro. we're seeing that sort of a vicious cycle that we could be ending up in there. so nothing changes. that's frightening. what does it mean for the u. s. own economy than, i mean it's, it's kind of the same situation on a larger scale. if you're an export or in some ways, this might be a good thing for you because it means your products are cheaper for people who want to buy them from abroad. and people love a good deal, obviously. so the would be seeing an increased demand, for example, you know, germany were exporting machinery. that would be a good time for people to buy that. but if you're looking to import, it's going to cost you a lot of money. um and, and like i said, this ultimately means things getting more expensive for people here in europe. and at some point these higher costs could start up. we could get people to stop spending and that would ultimately mean a hit to the economy, which is not a good thing for us here, of course. so basically it's sort of a drop in the value of the euro's very simple. what's the reason for this draw? yeah, great question. i mean, because we have to remember that the euro traditionally is high of

a higher value than the dollar. so yet what happened here? you mentioned it briefly before. it has a lot to do with the war in ukraine. it's hitting your much harder than it's hitting the us. and this is because of the reliance on russian energy. europe is trying to find an alternative to russian energy that's more expensive. that's one of the reason why the year has gotten weaker also because of the central bank response here versus in the united states. the federal reserve has been much stronger and reacting to inflation there than here in europe. so that's also one thing, accounting for this week. and euro that we're seeing now. it's offensive to w business. thank you very much. thanks o. u. s president joe biden. it is mexican count of andreas. hm. manuel lopez, alberto are holding talks at the white house today to address tensions. over migration relations have become strange since abra door skip the reason summit hosted by the us. but after more than 50 people were found dead last month and a sweltering truck in texas. they make migration issue is being treated with renewed urgency tail feel,

valencia and his wife are trying to come to terms with the inconceivable 2 of their son's age. just $16.18 died in the truck found in texas along with another relative i didn't, wasn't an asthma, we wanted to stop them, but they had dreams that they wanted to get ahead to build something the other. but that was an illusion. lie le franco, from info, thicker the limits. they wanted to get away from their small village in vera cruz mexico. and hoped for a better life in the us. seeing no legal path to get there. they paid a smuggler and got into a truck near anything. do you 53 migrants died in that vehicle in sweltering heat. but i mean, bobby, i have lost it had been part of my life. the tragedy casts a shadow over the meeting between you as president biden and mexico's present lopez,

overlander aid organizations, see thousands have died in recent years, trying to cross the border. and despite you as promises, nothing has changed for the better that all you become, you know, as migration policy is cruel and inhumane level, there's almost no legal way for refugees from central america to enter a kidney. and so they turned traffickers and organized crime because that seems the only option because of that, but it is risky and expensive. if a re, as gorda e gotta thousands of migrants wait in camps on the mexican side of the border due to lengthy us asylum procedures. many of biden's attempts to relax, some rules have failed in the face of conservative opposition. gay, there was great joy when the democratic president said he wanted to change something. but conservative groups are blocking him because were leaky leave. don't normally am bellamy deal in border cities like she wanna migrants hold vigils,

praying that tragedies like the one in texas don't happen. again. mexico's president says he will call on the u. s. to issue more work faces. the parents of the victims are hoping for this to that it would be nice if c u. s. would give more temporary pieces to young people who want to work so that this doesn't happen again . maybe that is those classes for now, they hope to be able to bury their sons in mexico soon. nasa has just released a batch of 4 photos from the james wept telescope showing the most detailed images of deep space ever seen by human eyes. they were taken with a james web telescope, which is located 1500000 kilometers from a fund to sophie images will help them understand all the 1st stars and galaxies for the molecular hydro. for more, we are now joined by the w. smith, aroma christian who is in dumpster in western germany with the european space

operations center is located so she could take us through what the new images show us to the new images are fabulous. there's a lot of excitement around what we saw. preston bite and release in the morning was the katrina july, which is one of the largest and the brightest nebula, that we have ever seen in addition to it. what's really exciting is we have also discovered some eggs or planets for the 1st time, and they have found water clouds on it. so the aim of a james webb is also to identify these planets where water is dead. and if there is water, maybe we can find lice there. so we also have images of other nebulae where it, which shows how stars die and how stars a form to, or europe even a isa where i'm standing. they released the image of steph and squinted, which is a collection of their galaxies and nebulae that we have never seen before. and one more image is still pending. and let's wait for that. okay,

but her earlier nasa revealed herbs, some sort of a teaser image showing galaxy galaxies that are up to 13000000000 years old. how is it possible for this telescope to if you will look back in time? so when you walk out in the night and look into the sky, you're looking at stars, but you're not really looking at stars as they are now. you're looking at ties from years ago because of a fodder we light takes time to reach us. so this is also what jane smith is doing, but it's looking at stars that are much further away into the universe, which means it's looking at light from years and years ago. and of this telescope is especially a telescope because it's looking at in threaded light, like imagine pushing a ball on the floor. and as it travels farther away, it goes lower. so the faster the ball, as you're seeing, blue lights the slaughter as you're seeing red lights. and that's why genes, when

a, which records infrared is looking at the lower light from galaxies that are far away . which means they were way back in time, forcibly. 13000000000 years ago. okay, so this was only the beginning really from, from james, the james web telescope. what can we look forward to in the future? so they're expecting to look at images every week from now on. so astronomers around the world as excited because this is one project where there's a global collaboration this esau b astronomers in australia working on it, astronomers in canada, working on it. so we're going to be looking into different regions in the sky. and the question about what exactly we'll be looking at is a decided on the images that of the collecting. now let's see if they find a collection of eggs or planets nearby. they close to our solar system, then they would look there. but instead of the looking at see a black hole that's farther away or dark matter approved for dark matter, farther away than they would be looking in that direction. so it really depends on

what we find in the future. fascinating stuff that reported 5 d w. smith, aroma, kristen frank usage meter. thank you. you are cindy w. news. he is a reminder of all top stories. ukrainian missiles have struck territory occupied by russia in the cast. some region cranes military says, hit russian. i'm emissions div hope. russia claims several people were killed and thousands injured in that strike to lancaster government is calling for commerce, petrol prices hit record highs. the company's outgoing president, meanwhile, is reportedly heading to naval base to flee the country after being blocked from leaving by at force officials they're watching d. w news coming up next in d w. news, asia. japan says it's final farewell to sions obeyed. as crowds flocked to the funeral of the slain, former prime minister and how melting glaciers in the himalayas threaten local

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