where exactly was fun, i've learned a lot our culture history, all their d. w. travel extremely worth a visit blue. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, u. s. president joe biden arrives in israel kicking off a high stakes trip to the middle east. he pays tribute to holocaust victims at israel's yard russia memorial. a moment of reflection ahead of what promises to be difficult days of diplomacy. also coming up

a nationwide curfew is now in effect across re lanka. these off to protest is stormed the office of the prime minister, who now claims to be acting president plus hope for millions of people threatened by hunger. and starvation is reportedly been a breakthrough in talks between ukraine and russia on resuming grinding expos. ah, i'm jarred rate in berlin. welcome to the shark. u. s. president joe biden is in israel at the start. if he's trip to the middle east as you, as president on arrival, he declared america's boy in deep bond with these route. he also met with defense officials and paid tribute to holocaust victims. but the diplomacy will grow more difficult by the day bye in is due to a dresser, host of tough issues. among them is rails sectarian strife, iran's nuclear program,

and saudi arabia's human rights abuses. it's not the 1st time joe biden is visiting israel, but it is the 1st since he became the president of the united states. he is meeting with israeli leaders to strengthen ties that he face already foam because the connection between the israeli people and the american people is blown. deep is blown. deep among the leaders was israel's defense minister who briefed biden on the iron dome. the iron dome is israel state of the art defense system to intercept miss isles. biden's dress. the 2 nations close cooperation on defense projects where rear form the unshakable come every be honest, nicely israel security including partnering with israel on the most cutting edge. the french systems in the world bite and then visited yad vashem, a memorial for week terms of the holocaust. he lit an eternal flame of

remembrance and met survivors the visit by a prison tonight, that state is always important because it helps to amplified the voices of the survivors. it helps to amplify. the blight of the victims biden's visit comes at a time of political turmoil in his room and will take him next to the west bank and then to a controversial stop in saudi arabia. ah, earlier we spoke with our correspondent rebecca reaches in jerusalem and we asked her what joy by denise hoping to achieve with his trip to israel is always important when the u. s. president comes to israel. he's hoping to strengthen that already bone deep ties, as he said himself. and that's something that the, you know, the special relationship between the u. s. in israel is something that the u. s.

are always very cain to, you know, show their support for, but he's also trying to a shore up stability a little bit in the region, you know, try and find some more peace and rebecca versus them. the curfew has come into effect in sri lanka, prime minister and acting prison, ronelle rec remy singer has asked the parliamentary speaker to nominate a new prime minister. this comes after protest is stormed his office, demanding that he stepped down demonstrate as also want president go to buy russia park sir. to step aside. he fled the country before he was due to hand in his resignation, protects his blame him and his dominant family for through lancaster. worst economic crisis indicates ah, she lanka is on the brink of change. a people's uprising has ended a family dynasties long group on bar after the president. sudden departure. i

agree. protest does have now done that. focus on the prime minister who's now be acting president on woocommerce savvy. his at the i have been informed by the president and audi, but the goal that since the president is out of the country, he has a pointer, a prime minister. i wanna make it, he must become a sink, a grandma under the constitution, but call up to carry out his duties. and montague, right bullies strike to dispose of the protesters with deal gas. but the people are not going anywhere just yet. many account at the presidential palace it amelia. they were the president's house and the prime minister's residents are maintained by tax money to renew. this is a great opportunity for people to see these buildings, because the people did not understand when they were told

a thought maybe weatherman at them. and it's only now they realized the luxurious lives of children that they had paid for with tax money. but the, whether the demonstrations have been taking place across the capital city of colombo for months now. now the 1st follow that is the most prominent right. it has come to speak. now before he should realize the follow up to beaver. and he says that it be bos gammas. the island nation is facing its worst economic crisis since its independence. 1948, but with public trust and the political class running critically bo, it's not due, would ultimately dig the country out of financial ruin. and sri lanka, president has still not handed in his written resignation. ilia, we spoke with alan keenan from the international crisis group. in london,

and we asked him if this re lincoln leadership is trying to buy more time. well, that would appear to be the case. i think in gustave his case, it's a bit more clear. um, he is liable to criminal prosecution for of alleged war crimes and other crimes within sri lanka. and as long as he is a head of the state, he has head of state immunity. so i think he wants to get somewhere where he is, has asylum or where he's feels very secure, some other country ah, before he gives up his head of state position and becomes more liable to prosecution. so it's, it's probably he's looking for a place and the rumor as he's traveling from all the eaves, to the same to singapore, to night. whether that's where he'll stay or hop somewhere else. who knows? so that may explain his delay. and the hope is that he will actually sometime soon resign, which will clarify a little bit of, of the picture. what renelle vicar missing a is, is aiming for is a little less clear. he's always wanted to be president. he's run for president

multiple times. he clearly has long desired the position. so it may just be that he wants to be and in that role when he has a chance, ab but it a but unfortunately, his immediate turn to a state of emergency his calling the protest movement, fascist. and announcing his desire to, to bring order that is extremely dangerous and very worrisome. and his, his of his assumption of the position of acting president, which is very, i believe, unprecedented in sri lanka, but certainly very unusual own is, has inflamed tensions because he's as much a target of protesters wrath, and of the general populations. ah anger at the established political elite as go tapia, so it's um what, what slackens want is a clean, it's a clean start and run. oh, the commissioner is far from a clean start. alan came in there from the international crisis group in london.

take a look now at some of the other stories making it used to day. pope francis has appointed 3 women to the vatican department that chooses new bishops, the 2 nuns and allay women will become the 1st women to serve on the body. the move comes, as francis seeks to give women more influence within the catholic church. as government britons, former finance minister, richie through knack, has won the biggest backing from conservative law makers in the 1st round of voting to choose boris johnson, successor with 88 votes. 6 candidates are still in the running, including foreign minister, lease trust, and junior trade minister penny mordant. a tokyo court has ordered for a former managers of tech car, the company that operated the fukushima nuclear plant to pay the equivalent of $94000000000.00 us dollars in damages. shareholders had sued them for not

implementing safety measures. they say could have prevented the 2001 disaster, 2011 disaster. so the european space agency has launched its new vegas c rocket from french guiana. vegas c will be able to carry heavies, heavier satellites than its predecessor while using less fuel. it's expected to transport earth observation satellites, and an uncreated robotic laboratory. you are watching. the inaugural us actress amber heard, has lost a bead for a new trial in her defamation case. we've ex husband johnny depp on wednesday. a judge rejected her lawyers argument that one juror had not been eligible to serve. in june herd was ordered to pay deb over $10000000.00 us dollars for defaming him. turkeys defense minister is russia, and ukraine have made major progress in their efforts to get urgently needed grain exports out of ukraine. he said talks will continue next week in the hope of

finalizing a deal on releasing 20000000 tons. wednesday's discussions in istanbul ended with a tentative agreement about how to transport the grain across the black sea. a crane is a vital exporter of grain, but russia's invasion has disrupted shipments. stockpiles stuck 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 beer, our ukrainian grain cannot enter the international market now because reports are not working. the c route was the most important because of this, the demand for grain decrease, porpoise mercer, 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 tons of grain is

stuck in ukraine. some of it is stored in silos like these in the port of odessa waiting for export. before the war, 90 percent of ukraine's grain was exported via ports on the black sea, but 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 puerto, i don't see that the ukrainian farmers, warsaw, and its 1st, if ukrainian farmers will not survive rule and be able to feed 2 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, and missing,

and prices worldwide have shut up. the u. n says a solution must be found urgently to avoid starvation on an unprecedented scale to sports now in a french report into the chaos which marred the champions league final empowers in may, has blamed police and organisational filings. liverpool fans were initially blind, but the report has concluded otherwise. it says vital lesson should be learned ahead of the 2024 paris olympics. it should have been a celebration of european football, but mays champions league final turned into a nightmare for liverpool fans. french police fire tear gas at english supporters after tensions fled when huge cues built up at the stud to fonts in paris. the most watched annual sporting event on the planet had to be delayed by over 30 minutes.

officials, including the french interior minister, initially said liverpool fans were at fault, but now were report by the french senate blames police and organizers, including the french football federation and european body wafer. for what happened, sit and notion more. it was a mistake which took place at the administrative decision making level. it was all quite vague. i see no one really felt responsible for overall organization. he has possibly some liverpool fans without tickets and troublesome. local youth exacerbated the problem, but police were accused of having a quote outdated 900 view. the british fans were hooligans submitted the use of gas concern people, even if they were not directly targeted. it appeared to be particularly aggressive towards supporters who came from countries went to gus is rarely used. that surely contributed to the support of feeling they had been exposed to an excessive use of force for liverpool love, the match to real madrid. but to mom's on, the fans now have victory in the fight for the truth about what happened outside

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