the future, a 77 percent every weekend, and d w ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. u. s. president joe biden arrives at israel kicking off a high stakes trip to the middle east. the usb that is paying tribute to a holocaust victims at the country's yard for shame. memorial, after declaring his country's bone deep bond with israel a days of difficult diplomacy, lie ahead also coming to lanka and poses

a nationwide curfew as anger and unrest. grip the country protest, a storm, the office of the prime minister and acting president after a former president go to bio roger parker, please. the country bus hopes for a breakthrough on easing global food shortages. ukrainian negotiators express optimism after talks with russia on resuming gray next 4 talks could help release huge amounts of grain to feed milk facing. ha ah, i'm good. how about of us? welcome to the program. u. s. presidential biden has landed in israel. it's the 1st stop on his 1st trip to the middle east as american head of state. he visited the yard for sham holocaust memorial where he lit the flame of remembrance for victims . the 2 days in jerusalem,

the u. s. president will then go on to the occupied west bank that palestinian leader mahmoud abbas is expected to voice his concern over israeli settlements. presidents final and most controversial stop will be in saudi arabia where containing iran increasing all production and human rights on his agenda. in his opening remarks, the president spoke about his goal of helping israel to further integrate into the middle east and community of states will continue to advance. israel's integration of the region, expand emerging farms and engagement like to know i to you to summit, which will bring israel, the united states, the u. a together. and india as well. to deepen our economic cooperation between the middle east and in a pacific greater pace. greater stability, greater connection is critical, is critical. why my ad for all the people of the region. until by then speaking,

then i'll join from jerusalem by the w correspondence, honeycomb atanya. what is to abide and hoping to achieve with his trip to israel? i think his visitor has several components, of course says on the one side, you know, the bilateral relations between israel and the u. s. there, very close allies. and we also have to see joe biden comes here, of course at a transitional moment. again, i had been a greeted here by, ah ha peter the year into him prime minister of a caretaker government. there are election schedules here in november, but there's a lot of talk as we just heard about the regional integration of israel into the region. and that has to do, of course, with the fact that the region has changed as since edge abide and was here the last time, 2016 as a vice president under barack obama. they have been more countries now that half

normalized, their diplomatic ties have signed disagreements like united arab emirates like the rain or morocco. and that is what the u. s. and israel hope to build on that has also been talk about some kind of informal, early warning system or defense alliance. and that would, you know, that it does love concern year of course, about the common enemy, yvonne and also is i would like to talk about yvonne and the talks for the nuclear agreement that differences in the positions of israel and the united states. so next up for biden as the palestinian territories. how unusual is it for you as president to go that while it is not unusual for i you as president a to go to the occupied palestinian territories and to meet with palestinian leaders. let's not forget that the united states have been, you know,

a very dis and peacemaking and a recent a. yes, not so much right now. there is no peace process, whatever. and we do not expect any push or break through. and that regard, i think the visit now or when he's meeting are the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. it is to reset diplomatic ties with the palestinians. of course the policy and themselves are internally divided between by my lie. the policy in authority in hamis in garza that here meeting them is important because under the trump administration, diplomatic ties were almost a cut off when donald trump moved to use embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. also put out a plan that was seen by policy unions as a very biased towards israel policies. so we will see joe biden. he will be also visiting. i is expected to visit a palestinian hospital in mr. whistler. putting that back on the map. and then of

course are going out to bethlehem meeting with palestine. president mahmoud abbas. we are not expecting of that. push maybe some gestures. and of course it's a question of how many palestinians are they would like to see the us being more engaged. but you know, they don't see an end to this conflict at all across by tanya kramer, a jerusalem there. thank you very much. of the month of protest sri lanka, president, go to buy are raja park, saw has fled 1st to the mount eaves. now he is reportedly on his way to singapore, where he is expected to seek asylum and officially step down from the presidency. earlier wednesday, protest is stormed the prime minister's office, former prime minister ronelle victrum cindy is and now the acting president bard protest, us want him to want him gone to rick graham synergy has now asked the parliament speaker to nominate a new prime minister, a nationwide curfew has been imposed here until thursday more

earlier i talked to the w, corresponded manero chaudhry in columbus and asked her whether protestors would be satisfied if the president handed in his official resignation. well, it definitely will that it will. people, i've been waiting for her if morning is the weekend. it was reported that the president would, america was a will. i submitted my big nation to the people on wednesday, but he'll be up. i mean, want to like the end of the day, but we haven't seen that of the day yet. but you many, it also seems like just to put money to you because i mean if that, i mean, if you like, it has already been declared as the acting president in the apple. so go to bed, which is also a reason, a lot of doubt, month people to quite wasting a legitimacy when it contracting president and owner charter, they're reporting from columbo knowledge bringing up to date with some developments related to the warren ukraine. european union and russia have reached an agreement to exempt the transit of goods to collision and grub from sanctions. goods

traveling by rail, but not road will now be allowed. vilnius had imposed restrictions on transit through lithuania. to the russian exclaimed, citing e u sanctions linked to the war in ukraine. and moscow court has ordered kremlin critic ilya yosh in to be detained for 2 months before trial. for having denounced the country's actions in ukraine. if convicted, he faces up to a decade in jail for spreading what moscow calls out false information on russian forces in ukraine. the russian backed donuts people's republic has opened an embassy in central moscow. according to their separatists. a solemn opening ceremony was cancelled due to intensified shelling in the break away region in easton, ukraine, russian foreign minister sergey lovegrove, has been expected to take part in the event. the word

ukraine has does rotten global food supplies, delegations from ukraine and russia of med and turkey to discuss resuming grain export from black seaports, including odessa, b u. n. has proposed safe corridors through the sea to get the grain out. stockpile stock in ukraine have caused global prices to rise sharply, making food less affordable. alexander to books warehouse should be empty and ready for the new harvest. instead, it's full to the rafters with wheat from last year, stuck here because of russia's war. those grew, there are ukrainian grain cannot enter the international market now because that horse are not working. the c route was the most important because of this is the demand for grain decrease, porpoise measure, sir. that's the harvest won't wait. and the grain keeps piling up. even as the farmers run out of space for it,

an estimated $22000000.00 tons of grain is stuck in ukraine. some of it is stored in silos like these in the port of a desa waiting for export. the for the war, 90 percent of ukraine's grain was exported via ports on the black sea that helped by territorial gains. russia is now blockading those ports and keith has laid minds across the black sea to defend its coast. the u. n. is proposing safe corridors through the sea to get the grain out and avert a global food crisis. to result open in port. i don't see that the ukrainian farmers, warsaw, and the it's feels to if ukrainian farmers will not survive, will and be able to feed to african conscious known as the bread basket of the world. ukraine is a top global exporter of crops like wheat, barley, and corn,

with the harvest stock inside ukraine. key supplies are missing, and prices worldwide have shut up. the u. n says the solution must be found urgently to avoid starvation on an unprecedented scale. dorian jones reports of from is double for us, asked him how close are we to a breakthrough in achieving an export agreement through a black sea? well, it does appear that her ukraine is the most optimistic out of the 4 parties. in fact, the un secretary general tonia gutierrez on to say, said there is still some way to go before any agreement can be achieved, and that is similar sentiments we've been hearing from turkish officials and also russia has been probably the most coolest so far. are they are seen as the one suddenly really need to be one over are to secure any deal. but having said all of that, the fact that these talks have now gone on for several hours longer than previous talks. it does appear that they are discussing something, possibly hammering out

a framework where that could come into immediate affective all sides could sign off to an agreement or but we're still waiting. so what are the main obstacles for a deal? well, it is a very complex arrangement. you have the whole idea of how you will remove minds from these port, how these corridors will work. how will you address russian concerns or any of the ships at a gurgling the take the girl, ukrainian green, alt smuggling armed into ukraine. but i think the key obstacles are that facing a question of trust. basically, ukraine doesn't trust russia, that if it removes its minds, that russia won't launch major attacks thickly on the crucial port of odessa. russia said that he will guarantee it will not do this, but that is seen as little offering little or a hope for ukraine. they want her possibly 3rd parties to provide some kind of protection rush rules that out. and the other key factor is also international sanctions. moscow has linked to any kind of deal to the lifting or at least easing

of international sanctions. washington, which is in the forefront of imposing sanctions, have been very clear until now. they said there will be no eating of restrictions or sanctions on russia. this is seen is also a key obstacle. and we'll fuel concerns and fears that mosque was possibly using that the danger of a well through crisis to force washington's hand and the rest into that community, the easiest, crippling sanctions on russia. now turkey is hosting these talks who side as president ad while while turkey always insist said it is an honest broker, it's taking a balanced approach. i is one, the reasons why turkey in says he's not enforcing international sanctions. president, one does have very good relationship. both the ukranian president and his russian counterpart vladimir putin. ah, an earl one says it really, he's the only person in turkey, the only person that could at least provide some facilitating roles. some if not mediation walter in this conflict, or at least so you come to a solution to solve this world looming world food crisis. and the fact that turkey

is, again, hosting talks with folks ukrainian or russian officials will under scroll turkey's important role, despite growing misgivings, among many of its western allies of possibly turkeys, exploiting its position of not enforcing sanctions. possibly they've been accusations of it in legally importing stolen, ukrainian, greenwich turkey denies and possible financial sanction busting. but the fact that turkey still plainest pivotal diplomatic role will go some way to silence our criticism. and that role will be fervor, underlined by the fact that president earth one will be sitting down with flag me, a putin next week in tehran. dorian johnson assemble there for us. many thanks. door in hey, what's ended up in use? i remind off our top story, u. s. president joe biden is in israel at the start of his 1st trip to the middle east since taking office biden lay the reef at the yup. a sham holocaust memorial. head of talks with israeli leaders is the to the area also includes a controversial visit to saudi arabia. coming up next in dw news,

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