because no one should have to flee. ah, make up your own mind. w. made for mines. ah ah. ah, this is dw news live from building us president joe biden arrives in israel kicking off a high stakes trip to the middle east. he pays tribute to holocaust victims at ease rouse yad vashem memorial, a moment of reflection ahead of what promises to be difficult. days of diplomacy. also coming up sri lanka, leaf,

the nationwide curfew introduced over growing unrest earlier protested angry. a crippling economic turmoil, storm the office of the prime minister, who now claims to be acting president plus hope for millions of people threatened by hunger and starvation. there is reportedly been a breakthrough in tools between ukraine and russia on resuming grain export. ah, i'm jarrett raid, welcome to the shore. you as president joe biden is in israel at the start of his 1st trip to the middle east since taking office upon his arrival, he declared america's quart boyd deep bond with israel. he also met with defense officials and paid respect to holocaust victims. but the diplomacy will grow more difficult by the day bide in these jews who address

a host of tough issues. among them, israel 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 just funding ties that he face already phone because the connection between the israeli people and american people is blown. deep is blown. deep among the leaders was as rails defense minister who briefed biden on the iron dome, the iron door mrs. rail state of the art defense systems intercept missiles, biden's dress, the 2 nations close cooperation on defense projects where rear form the unshakable come every be honest. they say israel security, including partnering with israel on the most cutting edge, the french systems in the world bite, and then visited yard of a sham

a memorial. for wicked homes of the holocaust, he lit an eternal flame of remembrance and met survivors. the visit by a president of united states 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. thought earlier we spoke with our correspond rebecca rich's in jerusalem. we asked her what joy biden is hoping to achieve exactly with his trip to israel. it's always important when the u. s. president comes to israel, he's hoping to strengthen that already. barn deep ties, as he said himself,

that that's something that the, you know, the special relationship between the us in israel is something that the u. s. are always very came to, you know, show their support for, but he's also trying to sort of shore up stability a little bit in the region. you know, try and find some more pace and security in the region than perhaps in previous years. and how may be smooth the way it seems for a regional pe salons that would counter threats from iran. so in that st, he's here to kind of negotiate between 2 sides who've been foes for many years, and try and arrange for some yeah, regional alliances. i say defense alliance between those 2 states. rebecca route is there in jerusalem. well, a nationwide curfew is over now in sri lanka, it was introduced to stem unrest and anger over the country's economic collapse. on wednesday president go to buy a russia packs that fled 1st to the mal dives. his expected to travel on to

singapore, to seek asylum and officially stepped down. also on wednesday, protest to storm the office of the prime minister renelle vic remiss singer who was now the acting president. but demonstrate as i calling for his resignation to decrypt. missing it has now asked parliament to nominate, and your prime minister modified the sri lankan president has still not handed in his written resignation. earlier we spoke with allan keenan from the international crisis group in london. we asked him if the sri lankan leadership is trying to buy some more time. well, that would appear to be the case. i think in gustave his case, it's a bit more clear. and 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 travelling 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 a long desire to 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 3 lumpkins want is a clean, it's a clean start and run. oh, the commissioner is far from a clean start. that was alan kane, in there from the international crisis group in london. he's a quick let look now at some of the other stories making news. today. pope francis has appointed 3 women to the vatican department that chooses new bishops. the 2 nuns and a lay woman will become the 1st women to serve on the body. the move comes is francis seeks to give more with the women more influence within the catholic church . government britons form a finance minister receives through nak, has one the biggest backing from conservative law. mac is in the 1st round of

voting to choose the successor of boris johnson with $88.00 votes. 6 candidates are still in the running, including foreign minister, lease trust, and junior tried minister penny mordant. a tokyo court has ordered 4, former manages of tip code. the company that operated the fukushima nuclear plant to pay the equivalent of $94000000000.00 us dollars in damages. shareholders has shareholders, had accused them of not implementing safety measures that they say could have prevented the disaster back in 2011. well, ukraine is severing relations with north korea to pyongyang, confirm that it's formally recognizing the 2 self proclaimed pro russian republics in easton, ukraine. during his nightly video address, president of low to mid zalinski reacted to north korea's decision, yoga law and what an evil irony to day representatives of the occupied areas and did not announce that there were recognized by the democratic people's republic of

korea. of course we were react very harshly at all levels, but this is news that does not even need additional comments. even everything is obvious regarding the past we are taking. and the one, the occupiers want to lead us to open flood or miss zalinski. there will turkeys defense minister says russia and ukraine have made major progress in their efforts to get urgently needed. grain exports out of ukraine is the talks will continue next week in the hope of a final deal releasing 20000000 tons. wednesday's discussions in this dumble ended with a tentative agreement about how to transport the grain across the black sea crane is a vital exporter, but russia's invasion has disrupted shipments. stock pals of 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 a ukrainian grain cannot enter the international market now because the courts are not working. the c route was the most important because of this, 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. 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 keep his 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 sees it through grinnell farmers. warsaw and it's filtered if ukrainian farmers will not survive rule and be able to feed food, 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 un says the solution must be found urgently to avoid starvation on an unprecedented scale. the un children's son uni surf estimates that more than 18000000 children and not receiving schooling in nigeria. that's almost double last year's figure. the trend is being driven by continued

kidnappings and attacks on schools in parts of the north. many children are fleeing further south with their families and they are ending up on the streets of lagossi rather than in the classroom. as our correspondent and my co coyer reports, they should be in school. but instead, these children spend all day begun. 11 year old, i mean i used to be a pupil now, she has to help find money for our family. it is how this survive. anything i came from can know. i'm looking for money to get to school, and i love, i've been here since morning, begging my mom can afford to get me back to school. and that's my have to beg good . as a designer, i'm a parent amino was only in her 4th year of primary school when insurgence attacks have village of nothing kind of state. the experience forced her family to move over a 1000 kilometers south to restart demise. now we

bought a k out. i'm a current about my we're glad i. she knew i would love to send my children back to school. thank you. thought i dounia. i'm like, i do not prefer to be a beggar, but my husband died in the crisis of north america up was i when i came home to i don't have any one. we lost everything to do. yeah, that is why we came to lagos. i am begging with my children but not by choice. i wish somebody saw you young yuki, i when she was hoping for a better safe our future. but this was 4 years ago. amena has been on the streets ever since or been that one day. she can return to a classroom 60 percent of alco score children are girls which means 10000000 girls are now other school in nigeria, most of them up north. but due to the crisis in that region, they are forced to come to places like legal, incessant

a tags and schools by criminal gangs, and must have doctors or students by bandits has largely affected school in, in them off since vocal her on terrorists, abducted over 200 school girls and at north eastern town of tobac, bruno state in 2014 dozens of all the schools have been targeted unit. so says last year alone about a $1500.00 students were kidnapped by gunmen. the insecurity is a big, big problem that we have to overcome. ah, and that must be looked at for the children's sake it's criminal. the bandits are allowed to go into school kid map $300.00 girls, an escape and not meet justice amena is in everything she can to pay her school fees. okay, i want to go to school so i can become a doctor that i am. i got the brim in b, like many other children,

her age in spite of the challenges life has presented. ha, i mina, i'm or the niger and children with need. see if a species for quality learning, because the future of a whole generation and that of a country east, a stake you're up to date here on d. w up next is doc film with a look at extreme climate events that are going with a with interest in the global economy, our portfolio d w. business beyond. here's a closer look at the project. our mission.