far from home, ali can finally become the person. he's always wanted to be alone. despair badly. oh, in a 3 credit and we'll go through with it. i was born in berlin. starts july 22nd on d w. ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. u. s. president joe biden arrives in israel kicking off a high stakes trip to the middle east. b u. s. leaders paying tribute to the holocaust victims at the country's yup for shame. memorial after declaring his country's deformed with a days of difficult diplomacy,

lie ahead also coming up she lanka and poses a nationwide curfew. anger and unrest with the country. protestors stormed the office of the prime minister and acting president of the former president. put a buyout of park south fleece the country. plus pope saw a breakthrough on easy global food shortage. ukrainian negotiate is express. optimism often talks with russia on resuming grain exports. the talks would help release huge amounts of brain to feed millions facing hunger. ah. i'm gallows. welcome to the program you as president joe biden, as landed in the israel. it's the 1st stop on his 1st trip to the middle east as american head of state. he visited the yog for shame, holocaust memorial, where he lit the flame of remembrance for victims. after 2 days in jerusalem,

the u. s. president will then go on to the occupied west bank that palestinian leader mahmoud abbas expected to voice his concern over his railey settlements. president's 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 the his goal of helping israel to further integrate into the middle east and community of states will continue to address as well as integration of the region, expand emerging farms and engagement like the 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, us presidential by that and asked the w correspondent, sunday kamma, what joe biden is hoping to achieve with this trip to israel. i think his visits here has several components, of course says on the one side, you know, the bilateral relations between israel and the u. s. t, a 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 pita into ins, 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. there have been more countries now that half

normalized, their diplomatic ties have signed piece agreements like united arab emirates like the rain or morocco. and that is, what do you as, 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 not concern yet, of course, about the common enemy iran 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. to next up, for biden is posting in territories. how unusual is it for you as president to go? that while it is not unusual for i you as president 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, very active and peacemaking and recent a. yes, not so much right now. there is no peace process, whatever. and we do not expect any push or break through in that regard. i think the visit now a when he's meeting the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. it is to reset diplomatic ties with the palestinians. of course the politicians themselves internally divided between by my lad, the policy no authority in hamas and garza. but here, meeting with 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 palestinians as a very biased towards israel policies. so we will see joe biden, he will be also visiting and is expected to visit a palestinian hospital in east jerusalem,

putting that back on the map. and then of course, going 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. a jerusalem of that. thank you very much. intra lanka, prime minister, acting present, ronelle. the crime is sinshay has asked the parliamentary speaker to nominate a new prime minister as comes off. the protesters stormed his office, demanding he stepped down, demonstrate as also want president got her by our roger post parks up to step aside . he fled the country before he was due to hand in his resignation. protest as blame him and his long ruling family for so long cuz worst economic crisis in decades. ah,

she longer is on the brink of change. it people's uprising has ended a family dynasties long group on bar after the president, sudden departure. and we protest does have now done that focus on the prime minister, who's now the acting president on become a savvy, his at that i have been informed by the president. and how did he go to have that come on since the president is out of the country? he has a pointer, a prime minister, i ronald mckinney, must become a sink, a grandma under the constitution, but call up to carry out his duties. and mother rightfully strike to dispose of the protesters with tear gas. but the people are not going anywhere just yet. many a camp at the presidential palace immediately while the president's house and the

prime minister's residence are maintained by tax money. anyway, this is a great opportunity for people to see these buildings because the people did not understand when they were talking. i thought maybe weatherman at them and it's only now they realized the luxurious lives that they had paid for with tax money either with any demonstrations have been taking place across the capital city of colombo for months. now. now the that is the most prominent. think that it has come to speak now with the follow up with them on the island nation is facing its worst economic crisis since its independence. 1948, but with public trust in the political class running critically low. it's not people who will automatically dig the country out of financial ruin. that's being

up to date now with some developments related to the war in ukraine. the russian energy company gas from the peer to cast doubt on the north stream one pipeline, returning to full capacity anytime soon. blaming the difficulty of getting replacement past due to sanctions on russia plan, which delivers gas to germany was shut off on monday for 10 days. of routine maintenance, european union and russia have reached an agreement to exempt the transit of goods to coleen ingram from sanctions, goods traveling by rail but not road will now be allowed. vilnius had imposed restrictions on transit truly, when yeah, to the russian next slave, citing you sanctions linked to the warn ukraine. the warrant. ukraine has disrupted global food supplies, delegations from ukraine and russia, have now met in turkey to discuss resuming grain exports from black c ports, including odessa,

b. u. n. has proposed safe corridors through the sea to get the grain out. stockpiles, stock of ukraine have caused global prices to rise sharply, making food, much less affordable. alexander to a 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 a fresh is war. just resent the shower, ukrainian grain cannot enter the international market now because that hordes are not working. the c route was the most important because of this, if the demand for grain decrease report was measure sir, but the harvest won't wait. and the grain keeps piling up, even as the farmers run out of space for it. an estimated 22000000 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. before 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. so i don't see that the agreement form was warsaw. and the, it's 1st, if ukrainian farmers will not survive, will and be able to feed to african countries known as the bread basket of the world. ukraine is a top global exporter of crops like wheat, barley, and corn. with the harvest stuck 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.

correspondence, dorian jones is covering this story in istanbul linoleum. they asked him, what are the challenges still standing in the way of an agreement to explore grand via the black sea? 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 her garden, take the girl, ukrainian grain, alt smuggling arms into ukraine. but i think the key obstacles are that pacing a question of trusts, basically, ukraine doesn't trust russia, that if it removes its mindset, 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 to have 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 eating

hot international sanctions. washington which is in the forefront of imposing sanctions, have been very clear until now. they said there will be no easing of restrictions or sanctions on russia. this is seen is also a key obstacle and will fuel concerns and fears, up mosque with possibly using that the danger of a will through crisis to force washington's hand and the rest internet community, the easiest crippling sanctions on russia. now turkey is hosting these talks who side as president ad wall? well turkey always insist that it is an honest broker. it's taking a balanced approach. i was one, the reasons why tokin says is not enforcing international sanctions. president, one does have very good relationship. both the ukranian president and his russian counterpart vladimir putin are an earth. one says it really, he's the only person and 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 both 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 grain, which turkey tonight and possible financial sanction busting. but the fact that turkey still plane is pivotal diplomatic role will go some way to silence that criticism. and that role will be fervor, underlined by the fact that president earth one will be sitting down with vladimir putin next week in tehran. dorian johnson assemble there for us. many thanks. door in you're watching t w news. he is a reminder of all top stories. us presidential biden as an israel at the start of his 1st trip to the middle east since taking office biden lay to reef. and the shambles memorial head of talks with israeli leaders base in the area also includes a controversial visit to saudi arabia and sherlock as prime minister and acton

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