[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah this is d w. news line from berlin, europe's a looming energy crisis member states that told to use less fuel to avert a winter squeeze as brussels warms and russia is using gas applies as

a weapon. also on the program, russia raises the stakes in ukraine, foreign minister. so guy about ross says moscow's military and military aims. now go beyond the eastern don't bass region. scene of the heaviest fighting during british prime minister boris johnson face is his last question and answer session in parliament is warmer finance, chief re she's soon i case one of the 2 final contenders battling for his job and the other corner, a comparative a foreign minister list trust and after months of terminals for longer gets a new president, runner wicker, i'm a senior, succeeds the ousted former leader who flat last week, but we'll get people accept parliament choice. ah, i'm fil gale. welcome to the program. europe is facing a looming

a gas crisis. this winter. european union member states are being told to use 15 percent less gas until next march. russians are russian president vladimir prudence warning the supplies sent through the nord stream. one pipeline, which have already been reduced, could be cut off completely. the european commission has asked you citizens to use less warm water, so which of the lights, and turned on the heat and air conditioning to prepare for a winter without dressing gas, russia in black mailing us. russia is using energy as a weapon. and therefore, in any and where event, whether it's a partial major cut off of russian gas or a total cut off of russian gas, europe needs to be ready. and in order to be ready, ursula found a line had one big message. every one in europe has to save energy starting now.

the u. s. asking all member countries to reduce their gas use by 15 percent. first on a voluntary basis. then in case of severe gas shortages, the measure could become mandatory. it's a scenario that you commission hubs to avoid. if we do nothing, once things, sure, we will have shortfalls. and shortfalls will not just affect the countries where the shortfalls happen. they will affect every single member state because they will have serious consequences on our economy. energy solidarity among you members is said to become a big topic in europe once it gets colder, but it's not at all clear. all 27 states will get in line. they are not or equally dependent on russian gas and phase different levels of emergency. we have seen anger, for example, closing down their energy market border. not, you know, allowing

a floor out of the country of garza. if these becomes sir an action taken on may other governments. if these countries start to close down that energy market, we are going to be in trouble because the ear won't be able to draw on enough energy sources to fully replace fresh and gas by the winter. despite efforts to build new terminals for a liquefied natural gas, 1st, renewables and ramp up gas inputs from other countries, like as the by john. current gas storage levels are far below the e is minimum target of 80 percent. after a hot summer, a very tough winter is looming. so might this proposal mean some e u countries shutting down some of their industries to secure gas supplies for households in others? i asked i corresponded bad reagan in brussels. well, in theory, this could be the very, very, very last resort. but as it stands now,

or the emergency plan still maintains the priority for private households over the industry or other a supplier. so this is very unlikely to happen. and the national a gas plant in place, every member state has an national emergency plan. and in germany for example, it's also very clear that private households get gas and industry has to shut down and also the other venues like the theaters or the swimming fun parks have to shut down 1st. and the commission wants to avoid all this by saving gas and the gas that is now saved during the summer. and the fall should then be stored and then reef had into the system in winter to make ends meet. and by that, by saving the says, we can come through the winter right now, a sort of underlying says, her plan depends on the solidarity of member stage. we saw

a hungry victor all been in that report. there are member states on board. no, they are not hungry is just one example. hunger is very radical in its approach because saying we are not given guest to anybody. but there are also some other member states that have doubts that they have to save to resupply others. and he can also see that from the by leather agreements that we have so far in place. and you memorize it's, are asked for years now. the to, to come up is voluntary agreements withstand and neighbor countries, but they only a few in place. germany has some with said check republic and austria. but that meant when they were done that germany would supply aust job as gars. but now it could be the other way around because germany is so dependent on russian gas. there will be lot of discussions among member states,

how this system of solidarity shall work. but there are no mandatory voters or something like that. it's all on a voluntary basis. we heard a warning from the international monetary fund yesterday that a complete russian gas embargo would lead to severe recession and many a you country. so who would be most vulnerable and what preparations are being made where the most vulnerable countries are hungary, the check republicans. slovakia in eastern europe, but also germany, austria and italy. because the industries in germany, for example, are so much dependent on gas and the governments are coming up as national plans to prioritize which industry has to shut down 1st and which industry is relevant for the whole system. and so there, there are emergency plans in place, but it's clear if germany or italy shuts down some of its vulnerable industries, then this would have repercussions. busy all over europe,

because supply change and production lines are so intertwined. all of your would go into a recession, not only single countries. ok, thank you for that term ban d w. correspond been to be get in brussels. i russia says it's expanding its military objectives in ukraine. foreign minister, sir guy love. ralph says that moscow's military aims and now go beyond the eastern don bass region where fighting is continuing. he also said the delivery of long range weapons by the west has changed the realities of the conflict. and he reiterated that the aim of the invasion is to demilitarize ukraine. to just give us a little, be geographies different. now it's not only about genetic in the hands, but also the her son region. there's a for easy region and a number of other territories by miss process is continuing consistently and persistent length last year. the woodson, utah story issue. last correspondence that is bullying her a key if this came as a surprise, they do not come as a surprise,

russia has always laid claim to more territories in ukraine or, and are even laid claim to subduing their whole of ukraine. they have even been texts and, and, and speeches by vladimir pudding saying that ukraine is not really an independent country. so russia has always claimed all of ukraine and if they have focused their strategically on the dunbar so far in the past few months, that's because they have failed to take some other parts of the country. however, there are these territories in the south hassan and is upward asia and her, he hasn't been very clear about that. but he might be hinting at that in an annexation of these territories as the u. s. has also warned. right, and let's talk about that. so that you are so awarding what, what are you hearing there about that? so the u. s. has warned, basically that russia is preparing some kind of a referendum that would be in this scenario,

or like in crimea in these are self proclaimed republics, that only russia has so far recognized in no hands and done yet. but though, in their hassan region with russia nearly totally a controls and says there's a procedure region where it controls some parts. um or they have been om rumors or a speculations about such a referendum several times and they have not taken place so far. presumably for security reasons, because there is a resistance movement and armed resistance movement working, eric and her russian officials are under threat under referendum wouldn't be cause b, a target for these are for these rebels, these ukranian m. r partisans as their cordial sometimes and her. but we don't know the russia has, has, has been making preparations for such a scenario by grad yellow introducing the russian currency in these territories.

for example, by introducing or the russian or about network operators. switching to the mobile network operators to russian tv channels. and it has also given old russian passports to people. ukraine is saying it has forcefully it as force people to take russian passports. we've seen photos of ukranian, passports, burnt, et cetera, et cetera. all these can be seen as preparations for a more am for it, for this political step to bring these regions either closer to russia in a referendum that would be an independence referendum. like in dawn and dawn bass in the to don boss regions in 2014 or by annexing them, making them part of the russian federation. okay, thank you for that. mit is putting it in keith. okay, we'll take a look now at social stories making headlines around the world. turkish present

reggie tie bird one hopes for an agreement on resuming ukrainian grain exports in the coming days. is office says russia, ukraine and turkey reached an outline deal last week and the turkish leaders pushing for official confirmation. lease in the turkish capital ankara have broken up an l. g, b t q rally and detained. dozens of people. bright events are banned in turkey, but about 50 people, a marched, regardless to he was previously one of the few muslim majority countries to allow prime res, italian prime minister or drug. he says you cancel his resignation and remain in office if parties in his unity government give him their full back in the office resignation last week after losing his majority in parliament. but the president and many lawmakers asked him to stay on the old to file candidates battling to succeed boris johnson. as prime minister of the u. k, a foreign minister list trust and former finance minister richie sooner will compete to become

a leader of the conservative party with the results to be announced this summer. mister johnson, who held his last prime minister's question session today said he would step down early this month. follow mystery of political scandals. i asked correspondent bergen mass in london to tell us more about these 2 candidates. the candidate most successful with and he's with his peers is a re she sooner the of the former chancellor. he's widely credited for having helped business is through the cove crisis. so that's to his credit for many who would have waited for him. he is somebody who has immense personal wealth. he's married to the daughter of an indian build you now. and this is what are some people say might actually in the end not be to his favor, that he's personally so very rich when the country is facing a cost of living crisis and inflation and, and many people need to,

you need to choose whether they heat their homes or whether they put dinner on the table. so that could be in the future. a possible problem for him. also, others say that he has a, he had a korea in hedge fund and are questioning whether he'd be willing to tackle tax avoidance. for example, the other person is list truss and she's there foreign secretary, i'm she had not resigned under a boris johnson, even when the tom i'll hit in the last weeks. and she is somebody who is standing for a small state really hard. biggest policy is cutting taxes. she said she'd cut taxes on day one of her premier ship that's very popular with their conservative party base. on the other hand, her critics are arguing that she was not a very convincing in the leader debates that she comes across as wooden. and some people are even mocking her. and they're saying that if the conservative party, indeed, in the end did elect half they would have

a death wish because she's not very popular with the general public with the british voters. so it, let's just pick up on one of the point you raise her. you k inflations, just get a 40 year high in the country, dealing with the cost of living crisis. despite this, the new prime minister won't be announced until september. why such a long wait? well, our boys, johnson will be the so called jack had taken prime minister in the meantime. so it's not that the country has nobody who can lead it, but it's a 2 point process. it's a, it's for the conservative party base now to you to really pick who they won. so they had to whole summer and there will be hosting. so it will be many meetings with the conservative party members. and those conservative party members are looking for somebody with integrity, with honesty is what the polls are showing. but also for somebody with conventional

conservative views and tax cutting really is very high on, on the agenda. and this is why this trust for now is the favorite to succeed boys. johnson. thank of that bug berg mass in london. europe's heat wave is causing more death and destruction. record temperatures in several countries are fueling deadly wildfires. a climate scientists accordingly extreme, whether a wakeup call and a warning that worse is to come because of fossil fuels like coal and gas, germany has recorded its hottest day of the year at $39.00 degrees celsius. my reporter william glue croft has been out and about in berlin, armed with plenty of ice lawless. he told me how the german capital is coping. i don't know about any ice follies we haven't quite so much time for that, especially with our equipment giving us problems. that's how hot it is getting these delicate equipment to actually work. if you look at my,

my much simpler thermometer here. we're looking at about 373839 degrees depending what number you want to look at it, depending on the exact conditions where that's not quite a record of person on the way to see what the officials say, where the official temperature is. but that is still very hot for berlin to put that in perspective. if you live in a place like logos or televi, or cairo, or delhi places that are known for being very hot, you're having about the same temperatures that we're having today. and these are been and these are temperatures at berlin, that northern latitudes, like where, where from where we're in just, we're not accustomed to those kinds of extended abouts of heat and you've been talking to people about this. yeah, indeed. i mean, there are people who are trying to co people are trying to make the most of it. i was up at are one of brilliant many public pools earlier today and was able to talk to some people who are trying to escape the heat and get a little bit of refreshment. let's hear what the magazine ne, as a sense on it. i think it's extreme, but it's still possible to do something about it. here in germany,

it's still just about manageable. big sur, mcbriar. i think it's quite hot. it's still bearable, but it won't be for long. it's getting worse. will i? honestly, i will. it's is it in much darker? it's been that i'm privileged i work from home. i'm self employed so i can choose my workplace. i'm lucky. i know it's harder for others. a friend of mine as waitressing in a cafe, in 40 degree celsius. that's a whole different thing and i'm not on mama. so there's role in it. so seems to be taking it in their stride. william, but how most people coping yeah, you hear from those are people that people are trying to enjoy, but there is a recognition that is very difficult, especially someone who like behind me can't just come to this fountain or go into a museum behind me to to get some relief from he was still have to work with difficult service jobs who just have to, you know, grin and bear it. and it could be a very stressful, very dangerous for that for the human body really to, to get through it. they don't even bought

a william glue croft out and about in the berlin hate wife. now to should anchor where lawmakers have confirmed 6 time prime minister running a wicker m a singer as their new president is currently prime minister and acting president. and the vote means he will remain as president until 2024 is a controversial choice because many voters believe he's too close to the ousted former president. go to buy a roger coxa, but he won the parliamentary vote easily. 134 votes to 82 of the w south asia bureau chief of meter chima is in the salon co capital colombo. she told me more about, they hastily arranged to vote it was a hasty affair fill and it was also surprise result. because just a day before the selection, the opposition pulled together and tried to mount a challenge. so they expected a board result would be close. but it was such a decisive victory for around in became

a thing other people were quite surprised by that. as you mentioned, 134282. now, then it became a singer, played by the constitution an entire election 1st as it did and prime minister. and then as acting president was within the constitutional framework. so he has a parliamentary mandate for what he's doing, but what he doesn't tab and what he lacks phil is the public mandate. because in the last election he lost his parliamentary seat. he's only in parliament now due to a national list which put him there. and he has only one member of his party in parliament . so the thought that the man who was the executive president of sri lanka, who be sworn in to morrow has won parliamentary vote in the, in the parliament is problematic for many. right? well, there have been quite violent to protest there in shall anchor. it sounds like these are unlikely to stop with this election. what there wasn't a sense of outrage that people had expected when the result was announced. in fact,

i'm standing at the presidential secretariat and we were here earlier. and the day when the results were being telecast live on a screen here and people were sitting and listening to that. and they was a sense of disappointment. let's take a listen to some of the people that we actually talk to, is a parent or did. he has failed him bill and not, or he has failed the country as well because of all of his actions. and he is that under our field, we see people in cues of sri lanka says we don't have dollars to get better. we don't have a dollars to get to get. we don't have dollars to get this. we don't have dollars to do anything, but we see money has spoken in the parliament so very, very disappointed. not surprised, but still frustrated at how unfair this system continues. and the fact that the people of sri lanka has not been given what they deserve, which is peace and or

a peace of mind to unreason. what kind of leadership control i can expect from daniel wicker singer will as we heard from one of the protesters there, did this him as a field politician. he has been prime minister at 6 times what he is never completed, his tenure. but now he did become the executive president, which makes them head of state, head of government and head of the military. so that enormous power. now key, the 1st thing one needs to recognize about him. he's a law and order man. you know, we heard last week when they were protests and the court protest to an ugly. he tore the military restore law and order whatever it takes. then this week he declared a national emergency and you know what? shortly after he was elected in parliament, he went outside the parliament and spoke to the security forces, the armed forces, and the security forces to pack them for what they were doing and said that they'd get the parliament safe during this time. and he hoped they would continue to do so to those wanting. the 2nd thing about him, but he was not

a very successful politician. many recognized that he's a good administrator, that he has the real with all i had to set up a policy framework. richard boy, sri lanka, out of this economic crisis, for example, talking to international money lenders like the i m f, the i members already set their prepared do or don't resume talks with she lanka. so on the whole, i think what people see a, daniel became a singer as a pragmatic choice, but not necessarily a popular choice. okay, thank you for that. i'm rita. i'm rita tumor in coloma. well, mr with chrome a single will have to lead shalaka out of political and economic crises as we've been hearing. inflation has hit record highs for the last 9 months and stands at more than 50 percent. at the moment. people are struggling to make ends meet on a milton pereira cannot afford enough food and it shows at age 74, he keeps his hair neatly combed,

but other features bear witness to long waits for the next small meal. i. it's very difficult to live either even a loaf of bread is expensive. we have 6 children in the family and one we have to skip meals. if we take one meal, we skip another digger again, it's very difficult. a normal 3 luncheons are cutting back the world food program says 5 out of every 6 families are skipping meals, eating less or buying worse food inside his kitchen. pereira shows what his family can still put on the table, because my mom is we can only buy about 250 grams of fish. and sometimes that is only one fish. we have to cut it into many small pieces, so every one in the family can eat. i because we don't have much money. sometimes

we give the fish to the children. if i gave you that. com and we adults only eat the gravy. i'm at a nearby vegetable shop. there's no lack of supply, but customers have to pay twice. what they did just 3 months ago. for many healthy produce is no longer affordable for the music. i live out that the people are coming to buy food, but they aren't happy because they don't have money. the prices have gone up. the main reason is there is no way to transport those items because there's no fuel. this is lesson, that's why the prices of donna did it again in them. but at an anti government protest camp, one man is cultivating a different solution. not through buying and selling, but growing his own food and then sharing it with others. free of charge. yeah, i'm have really happy then really,

really happy people are coming. i'm have really happy i get to it was in here 3. i'm not judge. like many reluctance, theodore roger puck so blames the country's former leaders for the current crisis. he believes that his work at the protest camp is a positive influence. are not going who these people are kicked out after. i am not going, i'm here. because of did she look at people need disorder? they're saying you really suck and hope to make this. this way and coming to my knowledge, are you into view to people? it's knowledge that many people in sri lanka may need to feed themselves and their families in a crisis that's just been growing and growing. the rushes leading female tennis player has come out as lesbian in an online video dahlia cassette kina who's ranked 12 in the world said she was in a relationship with

a woman i. she also criticized homophobic attitude in a homeland. russia is considered to have a poor record on algae b t q writes, a quick reminder of our top story. our europe is facing a looming winter gas crisis. european union member states are being told to use 15 percent less gas until next march. as president vladimir putin is wanting, but supplies time through the north stream, one pipeline which already been produced, could be cut off completely and set you up to date. i'll hobble world years at the top of the our ben facility. and we'll be along in just a moment with the w. the news asia coverage with

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