ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, a security shake up in ukraine. presidents lensky fires, 2 of his top officials saying that they weren't doing enough to stop their staff colluding with russia. also coming up, a nationwide state of emergency is declared in sri lanka, a move the new acting president says is needed to maintain security and address

crippling supply shortages. and the crime of climate crisis gets real huge. wildfires burn across the mediterranean fuel by record, drought, and high temperatures. hundreds of people have died as a result with the extreme heat wave moving north. ah, i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. ukraine's president volota mir zalinski has fired 2 senior officials, the chief of the domestic security agency, and the top state prosecutor. so landscape cited for hundreds of criminal proceedings against their offices, employees, including my cases of treason and collaboration with russia. but neither even back enough. you can now former spy t, nor arena benedict tova. the countries ex prosecutor general,

have commented. the decision comes as ukrainian and british military officials claim russian forces are regrouping and preparing for their next offensive in both eastern and southern ukraine. so reports of treason seeping through ukraine's top ranks. i asked our correspondent, funny for char and keith. how big of a shock this news's a very big shock because we are talking about top law enforcement officials and apparently members of their offices, hundreds of cases. in fact, apparently of possible treason and calibration, russia, the people asking themselves how is it possible that the state prosecutor, for example, it couldn't avoid this from happening if it really happened. because we have to see obviously how these criminal investigations we move on when it comes to the had of the security office. basically, he was already on the scrutiny from the beginning of the invasion. so people are

bit less surprised when it comes to that figure. but when he comes to the state, prosecutor, really at that woman, is the face of a trying to make sure that justice will be served when he comes to all this atrocities that have been committed in many parts of ukraine, especially in boucher. she accompanied so many politicians just in may when i was here last time, she company to the german 4 minister bab walk through a bush and so many other journalists showing them. look, this is what happened to people here on the ground and we need you support to make sure the justice will be served and those held accountable that stand accused of having committed these crimes. russia namely, now who are office and members of office stand accused of collaborating with russia . so really people are wondering, really, is that rudy true and then again, why now? why is it now that president lensky made this announcement 5 months into the wall? so what else is there to, to calm but also what else is there that ukrainians do not know yet that may or may

have not happened when it comes to potential collaboration with russia? and given that funny mean, what does it tell us that 5 months now into this war kia appears to be struggling with so many cases of its own officials working with the russians? i mean, this is, this is not the country may be as unified as has been expressed externally. you really wonder where the country stands? because if really this proves to be true, because, of course, let's now jump to conclusions yet. however, people are asking themselves really, what does it say about other challenges other than the war being forward on the battlefield? what about the challenges make come see information and who is, who has the power over exchanging information that may backlash for the ukrainian as security apparatus per se? so it definitely exposes, if this proves to be true, a certain level of weakness of, for ukraine when it comes to the level of infiltration. and if this proved to be

true, we are talking about hundreds of quite cases alleges cases away i calibration. maybe the case been washing forces. if this really proved to be true, then it says something about a level of weakness of ukraine when it comes to infiltration by russia, that nobody may have expected. and as i say this coming 5 months into the wall really makes you wonder, what else is there to come? and now obviously, given the fact that russia is preparing an offensive, a renewed offensive along the front lines from the don't bus region to the south. but also the frontline to with hawk, if region you want to what information do they actually have that is based on information that was allegedly given to them by ukrainian authorities. so a very delicate situation coming at the front of the worse timing that there is right now as ukraine analysis. if you're trying to start to cultural offensive and make sure that they can take back a pause if you grade that. i know currency controlled by russia funding for char in

key of thank you funny. and our next report as a rare look at life in occupied areas of eastern ukraine, russian forces allowed a group of western journalists to tour the dunbar region, including cities of less. he chanced and mary, you pull this dispatch was compiled, is that the control and supervision of the russian army heavily damaged roads destroyed bridges and residential buildings. it's a journey into a region that's all weeks of fierce fighting. the trip is organized by the russian military, which now controls large areas of eastern and southern ukraine. lucy chanced glides in ruins. those who stayed behind have no food, water, or electricity. russian authorities are organizing humanitarian aid. the packages read, we are united. the messages that the future of don boss is russia, or cindy,

and i don't care whether zalinski or putin is in charge. here is the terrible situation must not continue. we need peacefully, if not many here are expecting that they fear for their future, which i'm afraid the war will return. the most important thing is peace and com. again. little of that goes with russia shows off captured weapons used by the ukrainian army, including system supplied by the west, a victory trophy, and a message to nato that its support for ukraine won't succeed. the southern city of mario full gained notoriety during heavy bombardments. now russia is building a hospital and housing for 2 and a half 1000 people here. the apartments are being built by the russian defense ministry. they'll then be handed over to the authorities of the de nuts people's republic. it would take decades to rebuild the don't boss region and an end to the

fighting is not in sight. residents face more danger in the coming months. and earlier i spoke with mike martin, a military analyst from king's college london and asked him what he made of russia's efforts to spin the war's reality to their benefit. i think the military reality is that they're having to pay offices and build hospitals because they destroyed those cities in the 1st place. i think this is fairly normal for occupying armies to do these sorts of activities. what i think we should do is view your recent reports within the context of the operational cause. the rush has been on for the last 10 days. so they have been regrouping, trying to get less supplies back together, trying to sort out their depleted manpower. they've suffered lots of casualties and because of that they haven't been doing any military offensives. so this gives them

a chance to do some of the activities that you showed in your recent reports. the other thing that i think are important is over this operational cause. over the last 10 days, we've started to see ukrainians use the artillery, the rocker artillery that the west has donated to it over the last month or so. and that starting to have a real effect and hitting russian supply. and we've seen in the meantime, i just like to bring our viewers attention to the barrage of russian attacks on civilian targets. and i sent a some far away from the front lines. what should we make of that? i think that if you are striking civilian targets, then you are not striking military targets. and so again, i think it fits into this idea that the russians have taken 10 days out of the war to regroup and restock. but of course, while they're doing that, they want to demonstrate that they are still relevant. and so

a fairly easy way to do that is to throw on guided missiles into civilian areas. but i think because they're hitting civilian targets, not military targets. these attacks will have absolutely no strategic consequence for the war whatsoever. so where do you then see the war going from here? especially considering that neither side has reported huge gains in recent weeks. so where we are now the races on until winter, we have about 3 or 4 months until the ground starts to freeze. it becomes muddy. it becomes very difficult to move. at the same time in europe, people are going to be turning on their heating because it is very cold outside. and of course, that is russia a great lever. so both sides are trying to capitalize on gains or to improve on games before the winter and for the russians, that means a further push in the east. they would like to take don, yes,

which is the other is the 2nd province in the dumbass region. and, and ukrainians announced that they were making a push in the south coast on zalinski said last week he was pulling together a 1000000 men army to retake the south and said those will be the 2 sense of activity over the next few months. mike martin military analyst, thank you so much. thank you. or despite ukraine's outward show of strength and resilience, frontline troops suffer not only physical wounds but also psychological. once he w nick spicer visited a treatment center in the countryside outside of the capital cave and helps them recover from which helps them recover from both kinds of war injuries. hello, so a rifleman alexi ship jenko worked in construction before the russian invasion. within weeks he was on the front lines in the east under constant massive artillery fire. he says he would fall to the ground for cover take out his phone. and amid the deafening blast swipe to a photo of daniel. his 7 year old boy,

back in the capitol, the bananas there was those white blues of what was it was when i looked at my son before going to bed and understood that if the russian soldiers were not stopped where i was there, they could reach key again, was to the modem, was that what i thought of my boy and asked myself, will someone else raise my son, or is it possible as you know, minimal looks, he didn't want to go into details, but we'll say he suffered a concussion and had a nervous breakdown he is one of a 150 patients of the rehabilitation center who's location we were asked to keep secret, so it wouldn't be targeted. some supper from post traumatic stress, a psychological problem, and others from traumatic brain injuries damage which can be caused by the blast. ways of explosions, symptoms for both include suicidal thoughts, depression insomnia, to anger articles. a door slam or firecracker can trigger the terrifying feeling you are under fire again. alexi is here for 3 weeks of psychotherapy group

discussions. walks and massages. he says he'll abide by the doctor's decision about whether he should return to balloon when he got on the level that we owe us over history, soldiers returning from war have described often feeling a sense of stigma from society and inability to understand where they're going through and a rejection of what they're feeling, but that's not all the case here in ukraine, according to the director of this institute. only he had on we believe in victory in the power strength and experience of our soldiers. every loss will be in the heart of every ukrainian now that i think that helps them, if well, the belief that we are here yet only standing behind them. as soon as there are people who respect them immensely and are proud of them, which i know for which i, it is very important for them to know about this and we constantly tell them we're

seeing them horton, christina. so it is one killed, one to but it is maxime is in explosives expert and has been fighting since 2014, when russia annexed crimea, and parts of the east. he likes looking at the murals at the center, to lift his morale. he suffers from combat related stress. this would have told him here, working with my college, if that helps, along with a person is whole, which has arms and legs. it does not mean that everything is normal with the person . so put up his psyche is to stir roles metal shy of successmaker. maxime says he is burdened by many memories. like when his men moved into a town just occupied by the russians who had shot people who attached explosives to their bodies and buried them. this was a horseman, was 1200 yards from the old lot of the woods. this most people wanted us to work faster. what of sir? they kept asking us to go from one yard on us to another? no, it took us 3 days to clean all the yards and gardens in this village,

still holding willow lodge and we found a total of 5 buried bodies of food that were booby trapped listener, fitted emissary, especially maxime says his men call him every day. they want him to come back, he says he knows it will be hard to return, but that he must and now let's look at some other stories making headlines around the world. gonna has confirmed its 1st 2 cases of the deadly and highly infectious marburg virus. both patients died recently in the ashanti region . dozens of people are in quarantine as suspected contact cases. no treatment exists for marburg, which is the same virus family as abolla. 3 mass vaccination sites have opened in new york to provide shots against the monkey pox virus. the city is the u . s. at the center of a global outbreak that is mainly affecting gay men. but with vaccine doses limited

authority is acknowledged supply currently cannot keep up with demand. 3 people have been killed and 2 others wounded in a massive shooting. in the us state of indiana. the gunman opened fire in a shopping mall before being killed by an armed bystander. police say the motive is still unclear. right? europe is feeling the likely effects of climate change as more scorching heat sets in from the united kingdom. 2 points. further, south temperatures are forecast to approach or exceed 40 degrees celsius. hundreds of people have already died from the record breaking conditions. they also, they are also a factor for wildfires blazing across several countries. like it's burning in france, spain, in portugal, italy, and in greece for

a week. wild fires have raged across southern europe. several firefighters have died in the line of duty, and thousands of residents have had to flee their homes. it is an especially difficult summer. we are dealing with very considerable drought you to insufficient rainfall over the winter spring, and especially dry months of may. and we now have particularly high temperatures but there's another related threat sweeping the region. a heat wave that has already claimed hundreds of lives. temperatures have reached the mid forties for a week in some parts of southern europe. and weather experts say it's moving north to a place that's never before experienced heat like this. the united kingdom forecasters are predicting temperatures of 40 degrees in england where few homes can cope with

these conditions. experts are warning that thousands could die, but authorities say there are steps people can take to protect themselves. drink plenty of water, stay out of the sun, and check on those at risk. and in sweltering berlin, delegations from around 40 countries have convene to confront the climate crisis. german chancellor, olaf shalt santa jim. him, president of the fed to assisi, are said to address the forum known as the petersburg climate dialogue. it's meant to set the stage for the bigger climate conference, the united nations cop, $27.00 taking place in egypt in november. on monday, german foreign minister on atlanta burbock said countries need to redouble their efforts to hit climate targets. all of us from the pacific island to this i held to

europe. no climate is the most important challenge of our time because it threatens the lives of millions of people. it threatens our peace and stability order world wide. it is the most serious international security issue of our time. the w political correspondent in the hazard is at the german foreign ministry where that meeting is taking place. and you know, just tell us, you know, the host country itself, germany, what is it doing to tackle the crime crisis and is it seen as enough? well, that's precisely the point. some countries are now beginning to say, germany is not doing enough. and that is of cause against the backdrop of russia's war against ukraine because germany like many other countries, is now frantically looking for short term solutions. because germany is very heavily dependent on russian energy supplies. and so the government had set out to be one that is going to step up the fight against the climate crisis,

but now is potentially seeing a lack of energy supply because of its dependency on russian energy. so the chancellors traveling around the world trying to get a short term supply solutions. for example, in senegal, in may, he said that germany would potentially be open to support senegal in terms of gases explorations. germany is also announced that it's going to extend its coal power plans, and that is something that the government had already announced. vote would be faced out eventually. so many people are questioning whether the era of fossil fuels really is over. and of course, some people, especially in the global south, are saying if germany is not doing everything, it can to put everything into renewables. how can they expect us to do it? so there's a lot of mistrust here, coming from the global south towards countries in the rich. so north, also including germany and against that backdrop. nina, what are the concrete names of this meeting in particular?

and can we expect to see any progress? it is the 1st time that this dialogue is actually being held in the foreign office . so annalynn babylon, the foreign minister from the greens, has made it very clear that she sees the fight against the climate crisis as the biggest crisis in terms of international security. because of all its implications on other areas, on refugees, on migration, et cetera. so this is something where she says it is vital that are all the ministers have to get a get together to prepare the next big climate conference in november so that they can put pressure on each other. so that more can be done. if you debbie political correspondent nina has a thank you lawmakers in the u. s. state of texas have released a damning report on the police response to a school shooting in the city of loudy. in may. the report goes as far as to say, that lacking leadership could have contributed to the loss of life. the findings

were presented to the victims, relatives who have accused the authorities of trying to cover up police failures, lackadaisical and agree justly poor. this is how lawmakers in texas described the police response to the you body school shooting that claimed 21 lives security video footage short, heavily armed officers standing by for 77 minutes. ah, even i sought out the investigative report, released sunday, set close to $400.00 officials present, feel to prioritize rescue efforts over their own safety. moody, president, just that day, several officers in the hallway or in that building new or should have known there was dying in that classroom. and they should have done more active with urgency. try the door handles, try to go into the windows, try to distract him. the report on so focused on both security measures at the

school, but the grieving families of the victims, reacting to the security video as an emphasized another key aspect, rising gun violence and the failure of existing gun control laws, spell the taxes. but there is one question that should be on the forefront of their minds. what if the gunmen never had access to an assault weapon? i'm up here because i'm, i'm begging you to make a change. nobody said sir, and thinks about this things, cuz it doesn't happen to them. i promise you, i promise you. you do not want this to happen to you. out of province. you protesters a demanding di da gun neu, luke horace, did you act? do decent my shootings by adding restrictions on guns is the new ruth would not have stalled the shooter at your body. any dean owned with nor reported history of

violence. you are all the more reason these protesters see with that stricter action is needed. now, gunshot wound to sri lanka acting, president, has declared a state of emergency across the entire country. he said the measure was necessary to maintain security and essential supplies. renelle rec rama singer took over the sri lankan leadership on friday. after the previous president was ousted by mass protest, shortages of fuel, food and medicine have provoked widespread anger. lawmakers are due to elect a new president on wednesday. he w southeast asia bureau chief, i'm re, to cima, is in sri lanka, capital colombo, and explained what the state of emergency means. the extraordinary gazette, issued by the acting president johnny became a singer, aims to enhance the powers of the security forces. the police is already out in high numbers, but these numbers will be increased. and also the army will be brought out. there

have been on standby in certain areas, but now they'll be much more visible. and it's not just in columbus, but it's the entire country which is now been placed under an emergency last week. there were some ugly scenes in, in fact, it just outside the office of the prime minister. and that's why daniel became a single wants to avoid anything like that happening again because there was scuffles, deal gas was fired. and in fact, one protested was killed. at that point become a single said, he will not let fascist disrupt the country's law and order situation. and by that he meant there are certain fringe radical elements which people believe may be trying to hijack. what is so far been a very peaceful protest. now, a lot will depend on the outcome of the presidential election on wednesday, the 4 contenders and victims singer is the clear favorite. not if he does get elected in parliament because georgia accessed party has

a majority. there may be more projects because people believe that the needle victim a singer is very closely linked to the larger box or brothers. and so they would not like to have him. they want something entirely new. but the others and supporters of danita become a singer, see that he is perhaps the only one who can pull the country back from the brink of economic chaos. because to survive now, sri lanka, believe international lenders like the i m f. then he'll become a singer, has been negotiating with them. he was doing that 2 and a half weeks ago when the ann i'm delegation was here, and people, feely understands what is needed. so if they do give him a 2nd chance and he is able to do that, i think the protests will die down. but at the moment, everything is open till the outcome of that result is known. and meanwhile, people here are getting extremely impatient. they're wanted what this an emergency means. we have protesters here and we been talking to some of them who said they're

worried that today the army would come and clear the scamps. now if there's any kind of violence, the mood could turn very quickly. so there's an uneasy calm and the city and the country is still on edge. that was c w se, asia bureau chief, i'm ready to cima. reporting for us from sri lanka, capital columbo, you're watching, data is coming up. next it is sports life with a look at soccer and how it helps prisoners get their lives back on track. i'm sarah kelly and berlin i spoke with . ah, with

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