[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah ah, this is the w news lived from berlin. the man mar carries out the execution of for pro democracy activists. for men on hand, the challenging last year's military coup rights group say the men were murdered

and calling for action against the regime. also coming up ukrainian forces aim to retake the occupied san region. despite being outdone by russian troops to counter offensive could market turning point the control the black c plus traffic jams at sea is shipped face long way to export ukrainian grain dw visits farmers in ukraine south to struggling to get that went out to the world. and in formula, juan and charlotte glanced spins out of the french crone for a lesson. rival max pushed up and breeze toward another when ah, i manuscripts, mccann, and thanks so much for joining us. me and mas military government has executed 4 political prisoners, including a prominent law maker, and

a well known democracy activist, the 4 men, had challenged last year's military coup. now, among those hanged were pos i asked, tore a member of the elected ruling party. and the veteran activists true menu, better known as co, jimmy, a military accused, all for men of being involved in terrorist killings. and the executions have been widely condemned by international observers. many more political prisoners are facing similar charges and the more we can cross straight to i'm in times a journalist from me and mar, who now lives in exile. welcome to d w. what more can you tell us about these 4 men and the circumstances of their executions so far, very little known about the actual executions. um, even the manner of execution is currently unclear. the military has not confirmed

how does it were killed, but most i presume that it was a hanging because that is how i executed something carried up past what we do. little dots. the families were allowed to speak with the 4 men before they were executed on friday. however, they weren't told at the time that adam and we're going to be executed. the military also quick way over the weekend about whether or not they were about to carry out the sentences, although because the families were last week with them for the 1st time since their sentencing. many had speculated those would be carried out today. what signal is the military hunter sending? would you say by carrying out these executions? the military has been facing quite a lot of resistance from people within the country and including many of its own officials as well as soldiers police, and those who worked for the military been a target of assassination campaigns, as well as active conflict in many areas of the country are good at their over

a 100 people who are now on death row, who have been sentenced to military about many believe that this is a tactic to try to install and still more fear in the population. but it's quite unlikely that that is going to be successful, although that although there's quite a lot of anger in the country over 2100 people have already been killed by the military. and so many are unlikely to be counted by these recent actions, or based on what you just said was, is the likely effect of these executions on the democracy movement. and man, man a world likely to see quite a lot of retaliation. but after the sentencing of these men to death, add to that penalty as well as the sentencing of other prominent activists as was politicians. there has been retaliatory attacks on prisons are military officials.

and i think we're likely to see another wave of tax as retaliation or are these actions. and i think we're likely to see the continue erosion of rule of law by people who, you know, may have been in the past, more willing to accept military rule. but are now more and more convinced every day that there will be no justice, and there will be no rule of law under this regime. you've been them and in your criticism of the coo of the one to you, now live in exile. and do you hope to return to me and more one day, but he hoped to return to me and one day, and i do think that gives in the strength of the resistance to the military so far, you know, this is a, an institution with over a $1000000000.00 a budget for fighting against what a population of largely farmers that has been largely and able to solidify its role even over a year after their cou,

i do have hope that i will be able to return the future. however, i think that is not going to be something that's going to happen in the next in the short term lease. i'm in terms of journalist from me and my thank you so much for your time. thank you for having me. ok to the war in the ukraine now where the country's military says it is preparing a counter offensive in the southern hassan region now occupied by russian forces. president vladimir zalinski has vowed to take back the region back. ukrainian troops are still out gun by russian forces, and they say they urgently need more advanced weapons from the west. the ravages of war have left this village uninhabited, except for a few stray pets and these ukrainian fighters as they wait for the order to begin. ukraine's promised pushback towards the strategically and symbolically important city of capstone. currently on the russian control,

this village is just kilometers from harrison, but on the ukrainian control side of the front line, the signs of devastation are everywhere in what's left of this settlement in his nightly address president followed him as a lensky vow to take back, have sun and said ukrainian troops were already making headway there. but the him, one has come to that. first of all, we can say now that in the hands on region, the occupiers tried to gain a foothold. lay collaborators made various brazen statements. but how did it help them or the armed forces of ukraine are advancing, step by step in the region. look like to publish these fighters, see it as their duty to future generations of ukrainians to resist russian occupation. hassan movers, all on. so thoughtful, we will liberate harrison that's for sure. must go long's early. we won't give it away to the russians. that's why we're here. we will said that our children won't have to fight any more. they will you all the so that we can resolve this war issue

now. and for evelyn of the baton your us. some of these men fear they will be hopelessly outgunned by the enemy. will you do when you cook open emotional, our community, we really don't have enough artillery here to see if we fire 8 times at their mushroom. they fire back 48 times for now. they have superiority in artillery was working with us was still you can sort of course, wonderful, wonderful combined coffee and both ukranian officials and western analysts fear the imminent battle for harrison could be the start of the bloodiest phase of the war. so far as more we can bring in the w correspondent, funny if a child who is in ukraine's capital t hi, fanny, get to see can you tell us more about this ukranian counter offensive? basically the ukranian soldiers are waiting for that order by their top commanders to say, shoot,

you can start your counter offensive. now what's been happening so far, they basically preparations leading up to this country offensive that really seems to be imminent, right now. preparations such as a trying to hit very key infrastructure in her son, house and region that is very important for washing forces to basically supply the units with kia, with weapons, with fuel. the very basic things basically to expand and not just to have a foothold in the house in region, but also extend the positions there. and both are there positions there along that front line or on along that line of contact between ukrainian, russian forces. and as we have food in that report, really is a village just to can you me to see on ukrainian control territory to can meet us away from the russian frontline. so what ever we will a see play out now with this counter offensive about to start and russia playbook being unclear, actually hold the are going to a play out there offensive there, as there was a quite busy to say. so in the don't bus region,

we really have to see what is that going to mean for the civilians on the ground. i have to add though, that at least via those long range missile systems, the high moss that the u. s. supplied to ukraine recently, at least ukraine could get some sort of momentum to slow down some, some of these supply chains as i say, a for russian forces and to gain momentum, to prepare what is then to be the counter offensive to stop. very soon. funny, i just want to talk about rushes foreign minister sag oliver, of because he is currently on a diplomatic tour of africa during which he stated that russia's goal is regime change in ukraine. and we're going to have a quick listen to that. russian grinning people would continue to leave to give we will certainly fail to bring in people to get rid of the regime, which is absolutely empty. people on the historical issues,

it's on the very wrong side of history. ok, so talking about regime change. they're funny. tell us how his words have been received and keep not very well presidency lensky and his speech last night made clear that no one is going to give up plant here in ukraine, that the independence of ukraine is going to be preserved. and in fact, he was really poised to deliver the speech and to say, you do not know the history, russia of ukraine, because if you had known the history of ukraine, you would have not even attacked this country. so you really make clear the speech that the ukrainians are not going to be intimidated by these remarks by a lover off by rushes for a minister. however, i have to add to that, that this is actually not the 1st time that lover of set something along the lines that actually the ukrainian government is probably not a stable and going not to be the ukrainian government to move forward with here. in fact, last week on wednesday,

he pointed out that this trajectory of violence is going to change, that the interested in more territory is far beyond the dom bus. and in that, in those remarks last week, also lover of said that, well, we will have to see if the government is going to remain the government. if president lensky is going to remain the president. however, still this law is in stark contrast to earlier speeches. russia said ukrainians are going to decide about who's going to be the government. so a lot is going on here right now, as russia is really toughening its position when he comes to ukraine. he is funny in key. thank you so much. now ukraine says it will push ahead with efforts to expose its grain despite a russian missile attack on the port of the death. at the weekend. russia claims it was targeting military infrastructure. and saturday strike came hours after deal was struck between russia and ukraine to allow the resumption, if ukrainian grain exports the deal, and attempt to alleviate a global supply crisis. he

w. nick connelly has been to southern ukraine where he met the people who were trying to get you cried suit out to the world. ukraine is bringing in the harvest, spite months of war, spite shortages of everything. fuel to workers. here in this part of southern ukraine, we yielded down 40 percent or last year, that still millions of tons. this is we, that half a 1000000000 people around the world, martina to china, or waiting for lina because with this is all grown for people abroad in them. ukraine can't and doesn't consume all this food, but no one's buying right now. the trade is, might be willing to take it off our hands for storage. the, we only get paid once it goes to the customers. this is harvest is now piling up unsold. ukraine's granaries on top of last year's crop should have been shipped in the early months of this year. just when war broke out. ukraine's cashed off. farmers are often themselves will. they'll even be able to afford to plot next

year's crop. if the ports to reopen, giving them a chance to sell what they have and pay for new seats and fertilizer with staples like a desk shut, ukraine is trying to redirect a flood through a narrow stream and the crops out by truck and river budge, rather than the huge freighters normally used the land journey is gone for a matter of hours to weeks, the trucks back up for miles around, waiting to unload the hopelessly overstretched reports. the drivers can only guess how long will be camping out for us like advance. yeah. well, last time we were here for 3 weeks later in the the body does turn out if that's only 20 trucks worth of grain that with him, not that so the door and there are thousands of us. he and of that very much in a barely makes a difference. why so much in that. so the traffic jam continues out on the black sea, wherever 100 ships wait, their turn to end the river danube. the river ports can only handle small boats,

meaning lots and needed. all the remaining coast god can do is watch and try to manage the sudden influx. i have never seen. such men ships here who are talking about or were $100.00 plus ships waiting to increase. the capacity of this route is, is not in the borrower romanian country. because i go to that the main problem is the capacity of the, of the ukrainian boards. this is the problem, want to see that some of these vessels will take their cargo direct to customers in egypt or turkey. other smaller ships stay close to home, you taking their loads to remain his main seaport, constantia to the grain is collected before being loaded on to bigger ships. but the bottlenecks don't and here romania is busy shipping its own harvest on the little spare capacity does have is barely making a difference. ukraine's farmers a finding to their cost the alternative routes out only add up to trickle company keep estimates. exports are still only

a quarter of pre war levels. that's why present lensky has been so keen to strike a deal to reopen odessa. but many here are deeply skeptical that piece of sea is possible. all war continues on land. filled with him, there's no point opening the poets is that means letting the russians in by the back door feel little we'd rather go on as we are tightening our bells and helping each other out with anything to avoid being occupied or mob. mcculler has good reason to be worried up recent days, top person officials. once again made it clear they planned to grab yet more ukrainian territory. what cindy de leon, you still to come along a wasted apology, her francis visit canada to seek forgiveness from indigenous peoples for years of horrific abuse at church run the schools and for lang has t industry sees production, harv by the economic crisis t pick as a desperate to see a restart of the country, iconic industry, but 1st in greece,

firefighters are battling wildfires that have forced hundreds to leave their homes . a large fire has broken out in the south near the archaeological site of ancient olympia. it's destroyed houses and forced people to evacuate from several villages . and the 7 major fires have been burning across the country. and meteorologists are expecting the heat wave in greece to last until the beginning of august. and for more joining me now from grace is dw correspondence truly an schmidt's high floor. and can you give us an update? what's the latest on the fires there? 141 forest fires in all the 3 days. this is a high number, even for country used to forest fires. the forest of rows is still burning. it's been burning for by days now. there, the authorities faced and especially difficult night actually trying to contain 3

different fires than that. you all do. you mentioned that volume poly bonus, us in the southern peninsula and greece, where their youth villages need to be evacuated, as well as the children's summer camp. we have an ongoing situation in the less was where things looked a little bit or a little better yesterday. but things the buyers have been flaring up and i've been told that locals now is stepping in to extinguish these fires and then we were informed that the fire broke out in the village. tell us the early morning hours about an hour ago. this of course is the 1st time that greece is dealing with fires and the greek government was criticized last care france handling of the devastating wildfires then have things improved in any way this year. there was a lot of talk about prevention, about preemptive strategies after the devastating buyers and read last year environmental organizations that i've been talking to are criticizing the government though. well,

not having learned from the mistakes less did they say that yes, some important investment work done, but they say that the focus is still not on prevention the way it should be. for example, the force need to be clear out of that trees are falling off branches after the winter, so that fires can spread it easily. and they also say that local authorities need to communicate a lot better of each other. every region is very individual needs to focus on, and they also say that the governments investing much more and buyer buyers, then policeman w correspondent trillion schmidt's in greece. thank you so much. ok, we're going to take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. thousands of people have been evacuated to shelters, to escape fast moving wildfires in the us state of california, the so called oak fire started on friday and has destroyed houses and remote

communities. the place is moving towards the nearby yosemite national park tennesseans a voting and referendum on a new constitution that could expand the president's powers. major political parties vowed to boycott the vote. critics say that the changes would give the president k said almost total power. residents laid out that the elected government last year. at the 17, people are dead after a boat carrying dozens of haitian migrants capsized off the coast of the bahamas. rescue workers were able to save 25 people that live up to 60 people could have been on board the but it was believed to be on route to miami. now have francis's arrived in canada where he is expected to apologize to members of the indigenous community as the abuse committed by catholic clergy. that canadian government commission, in 2021, found that generations of indigenous children suffered physical and sexual obese

state funded schools run by the catholic church. at a decade, the church had pushed back on coals for a papal apology until now the tiny, mostly indigenous village of mask watches is buzzing to make way for the pope and the expected apology right here from the head of the catholic church. frances has already acknowledged the churches shocking indifference to indigenous life and culture at schools where the church was once contracted to teach and nurture. first nations children, many like bruce cut knife are taken from their parents, taken from their traditions and language. cut knife now lives outside edmonton, a 100 kilometers up the road from where his school once stood. and the majority of us didn't speak english. and we didn't understand teacher, and sometimes we didn't respond properly for which you would be slapped in the face . much worse, residential schools contracted to the catholic churches were sometimes home to

sexual predators in the guise of clergy or staff. earlier this year at the vatican, pope francis invited members of canada's cree nation for an audience. below bereavement leave and open for the deplorable behavior of those members of the catholic church. i ask forgiveness from god. and i would like to tell you from the bottom of my heart, that i am very pained and i join my brother bishops from canada in apologizing to you. now, indigenous people wait to hear the pope say something similar on canadian soil. bruce cut knife says he has mixed feelings about the visitor and doesn't plan to be there. i can understand the anger and betrayal. many people have expressed especially on social media because of what they feel. the church and residential school has harmed their family, not only themselves, but their parents,

grandparents and even great grandparents, but to cut knife believes a sincere apology, delivered right in the heart of where the terrible harm occurred. can still, he says, be quite meaningful to shoreline canal, where the new president is seeking a bail out from international lenders after the country defaulted on its debts, severe shortages of fuel, food, and other essentials of ravaged the country. the crisis is also crippled at the once lucrative t industry which has seen production almost harvey. and he grow as our desperate for resolution the livelihood of these women is under threat. hello, phil, i think we don't know what will happen in the future. we have food to eat today, but we don't know about tomorrow and all of us will be funded the out then. bad. yeah. a minute. oh,

it's hard to live right now for to on the bad this month. only manage. mm hm. but we don't know about the next. yeah, i love another bet. sure, lancoste he industry has exported sale on t around the world since before the 1st world war. no, it's struggling to stay afloat. meaning these t pickers could soon be without work with fuel shortages and power cuts have affected daily operations in the factories. prolonged power cuts result in plucked, leaves, withering, and getting spoiled. these are only the latest problems for the industry. 3 years ago, the former president introduced a ban on chemical fertilizer in the hopes of turning the industry organic, but it led to a collapse and production lea. don't know what happened was so, so not only the from the top to bottom is going to suffer because of these subtle issues. what are you afraid or falsely? worst thing that could happen was things that on the world is going to last the

salon deep for the thousands of people working on the t estates. wages are already desperately low. if they lose the little income they earn, it will be even harder for them to make ends meet some sports use we now and in formula one driver max for stephanie has extended his championship, leads to 63 points off to winning the french grown pre. his rival sharla class, started the race and pole position and was leading the race. but disaster struck and ended his hopes of victory. ah, another pull position for charlotte, claire. and very soon, another sob story. the mon, aghast had converted only 5 of his previous 15 career, pulls into winds, and the list of failures grew just 18 lapse in as he spun out of contention. oh, it was the 3rd time this year laclare had retired while leading on the team radio.

he made his frustration plane once again max finished up and was the beneficiary of declares was the grid at the castelli has been good to the dutchman. and he took the checkered flag just as he had last year . elsewhere there was a rare moment of joy in a poor season for mercedes. as george russell joined british compatriot and teammate louis hamilton on the podium. but the day belonged to pushed up and who 7th, when the season gives him a healthy lead. over the chasing pack ahead of next weekend's race in hungary. ah. and in athletics and the wild record has tumbled at the world athletics championships in oregon and sweden's armand to planted one gold in the mens. puzzled, the 22 year old olympic champion cleared. a height of 6 meters 21 of his rivals managed higher than 5 meters 94. this is the 5th time that to contest is broken.

the world record is a quick reminder of the top stories that we're following for you at this hour. me and mars military hunter has executed for pro democracy activists that accused the men of terrorist activities. the challenging last year's military coup with national services can have condemned. the killings and ukraine's military says it is preparing an attempt to retake the southern hassan region now occupied by russian forces a counter offensive could not turning point to the control of the black sea coast. to 50 w news live from berlin up next dw science program to morrow to day, to cram for that ah,

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