any criticism of his regime, isn't it in the bud? ah, he believes his weight is far superior than that of western democracy. china's president, she ging ping starts july 30th on d. w. ah . ah . misty w. news ly, from berlin me on mam, executes for pro democracy activists. the manhattan challenge, last year's military coup rights group say they were murdered and coal for international action against the regime. also coming off the crane enforce his aim

to retake the occupied class on region. despite being outgunned by russian troops, the count for offensive could must turning point. full control of the black sea and fires are raging across greece as a heat wave pushes, temperature is above 40 degrees celsius. it's the latest europe. here. european countries to face large wildfires linked to climate. ah, i'm glad elf as welcome to the program. me a mars military government has executed for political prisoners, including a prominent lawmaker and a well known democracy activists, the for man, how to challenge last year. last year's military coup among those killed were peers . i thought a member of the elected ruling party and of the veteran activist, charming, you known as co. jimmy military accused all for men of being involved in terrorist

killings. executions have been condemned by observers including the united nation and the u. s. many more political prisoners are facing similar charge with a little earlier than i spoke to. i am and 10, an exhaust journalist from me, a mar who told us more about the executed men. so to the men and go, jimmy were deeply involved in activists and activism and happened involved in the pro democracy movement. since the 990 s appeals yet bought was seen as one of the grandfathers of our hip hop. and really pioneered, at form of innovative and subversive music to resist at the previous. and that he lived under and called jimmy was part of the student movement in 1988, i rode up against the dan hunter and the other 2 lamps and under us are not as much as known about them. but we do know that they were quite active in the days after

the to interesting. and there's also not that much know actually about the actual execution. but the assumption is that these men were how this is the form of execution that was favored in the past, but we don't have confirmation on, on those things. and yet, and the families have confirmed to local media that they were allowed to meet with the last friday. and so the other day is not a 100 percent confirmation that these when have been executed. the given everything that the media has seen in the last couple days. and the assumption is that the executions have carried out. now those are executions. half course, international outrage, japan, the u. s. even china a seems to be concerned. do the international reactions to this have any effect laquanta? i think what we seen from the hunter is that they are,

am largely immune to what the statements of condemnation and even some of the less direct forms of pressure that has been applied to them. you know, there's been sanctioned. there's been a repeated condemnation from a round of world i ever since they conducted the crew last february. but we are what we are seeing is continual escalation of the violence 1st it was attacking protesters than it was nitrate and the rest. and then it was attacking civilian villages. and now we're also seeing that they are carrying out that penalty a sentence is something that hasn't been done in our since at the late 19 eighties . now, what do you think is the likely effect of these executions on the democracy movement in miramar? so the parallel civilian government, the national unity government, which is which has risen up in a response to the qu,

has called it an attempt to threaten people with fear, so that the hunters able to grip its power or firmly. however, the countries already in open revolved in an open what has been called the defense of or against the military. and so it's quite unlikely that obese or dance which, you know, add a number to the over what 2100 people who've already been killed since the crew is likely to accomplish the military's goal of instantly more fear in the public. and indeed, it's more likely that it will incite more anger. and indeed, today we've already seen a tax on various military institutions including state television. now where do you very briefly, if you can, where do you see the country go in the next 6 months, 12 months an entry has largely been in a sort of a stalemate in the sort of conflict that has risen up in the last year or so

i think we are likely to see is continued battles, especially in the central parts of the country as well as in the border areas. we're going to continue to see displacement. i will go to continue to see this sort of slow rolling economic crisis that has seen it 30 percent contraction of the economy. since the who has happened, as well as the increasing rate of poverty, which there was a recent report out by the u. n. which said that the poverty level is not 40 percent the country. i'm into a journalist from me and i thank you very much. the ukrainian military says it is preparing a counter offensive in the southern house song region now occupied by russian forces president for the may. zalinski has vowed to take back the region, which would increase ukraine's access to the black sea, but ukrainian troops are still out gun by russian forces and say they urgently need

more advanced weapons from the west. dw correspondence manufacture is in ukraine's capital key for she told us more about your grants counter offensive against russia in coastal it's very inconclusive. this very moment. what exactly is happening at that line of contact that the front line between russian and ukrainian forces, as russian forces i try to bolster their positions and ukrainian forces are trying to do everything that she retake her so city that they lost early on in the war and the fact that a lot of people he knew crane he and he, if a question why that was the play at why that was the case. what we do know that preparations were really underweighed is leading up to what seems to be imminent right now. a major counter offensive by ukrainian forces preparations to really caught the supplies for russian forces by hitting a bridge and major bridge. they're near has some city last week that ukraine and forces were able to damage. we do not really know what is going to happen as really ukraine and russian forces. i go to battle each other, all the house and city,

but people are certainly worried and very much concerned that it is like going to be the biggest bloodshed and like a bethel within the will itself since the war has begun. war than 5 months ago. now, if any russia's foreign minister, sergei le love roth is currently touring africa, and during this tour, he stated that russia's goal is actually regime change in ukraine. others going back to us earlier statement that the leadership question was up to the ukranian people. how have these words been received in huge the 1st and foremost ukrainian people had really i was just saying this is never going to happen. it's never going to happen that. what lover of said that russians and ukrainians are going to live together, there's no way not even a form of reconciliation, left alone that ukraine is going to be occupied at by russia and that they're going to lose their independence. which of course echoes with presidency. lensky,

sad and laid out there last night, saying that if russia had known the history of ukraine than russia would have not even attacked, nobody would have even attack ukrainian 1st place. so clearly, ukraine really wants to show. there's no way that ukrainian forces are going to back down that they are going to give up on territory or even start some sort of a, some sort of negotiation of a certain pause that are on the russian control. really, what is interesting in this entire debate? now, what it actually means when lover of sas, that zalinski is not going to be the one to deal with in the future. who's going to govern this country? who is it going to be then? and 2nd, the what does it mean also here for the cap of the sitting kiefer. i am that's been relatively spirit from attacks of recently. does it mean that indiscriminate shelling is going to start to hit keith to scape people off? really, this is what makes people very anxious as they listened to what law firm had to say there for them. it's funny for each other in clear for thank you. funny.

now ukraine says it hopes to start exporting grain from the black sea region this week despite a russian missile attack on the port of odessa on saturday, russia claims it was targeting military equipment, ukrainian official said they poured off on a mosque, could be used to send the 1st shipments of grain under a deal between russia and ukraine. d w. as ne connelly has been to southern ukraine, where he met the farmers trying to get your cranes wheat out to the world and ease a global supply crisis. ukraine is bringing in the harvest, spite months of war, despite shortages of everything, fuel to work. here in this part of southern ukraine, we deal to down 40 percent or last year. that still millions of tons. this is we, that half a 1000000000 people around the world, more tenure to china. a waiting for lee, the think is with this is all grown for people abroad. ukraine can't and doesn't consume all these food, but no one's buying right now. the trade is,

might be willing to take it off our hands for storage, and 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 seaports 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 at the hopelessly overstretched river ports. the drivers can only guess how long they will be camping out for. what else like that then? yeah, well last time we were here for 3 weeks within the when

a body does turn up there that's only 20 trucks worth of grain, the wisdom like that. so thought, and there are thousands of us here that vice, much in a barely makes a difference wife that much in that. so the traffic jam continues out on the black sea where over a 100 ships wait their turn to end the river danube. the river ports can only handle smaller boats, meaning lots and needed. all the remaining coast guard can do is watch and try to manage the sudden influx. i have never seen. such men ships here who are doing about, or $100.00 plus ships waiting to increase. the capacity of this loop is, is not in the ball romanian country because i go to that the main problem is the capacity of the, of the ukrainian ports. this is the problem, i want to see that some of these vessels will take their cargo direct to customers in egypt with turkey. other smaller ships stay close to home,

yet taking their loads to remain his main c ported constantia for 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 was barely making a difference. ukraine's farmers a finding to they 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 zalinski has been so keen to strike a deal to reopen odessa. but many here are deeply skeptical that piece of sea is possible, or war continues on land. filled up with them. there's no point opening the poets is that means letting the russians in by the back door feel level, we'd rather go on as we are tightening our bells and helping each other out with anything to avoid being occupied or mildly mcculler has good reason to be worried up recent days, till person officials, once again, medically they plan to grab yet more ukrainian territory. let's have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the well today. to

nations are voting in a 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 chi say it almost total power, rather than say, it ousted the elected government last year. grant staff for german national carrier . lufthansa will go on strike across the country from wednesday morning until 6. i am on thursday talks between the union, representing around 20000 workers and the airline of pay and working conditions have failed. thousands of people have been evacuated to shelters, to escape fast moving wildfires in the u. s. state of california. the so called oak fire started on friday and has destroyed houses and remote communities. the blazes moving towards the nearby yosemite national park in grease

fire. fight is also battling wildfires that have forced hundreds to leave their homes. a large fire has broken out in the south near the archaeological side of ancient olympia. it has destroyed houses and forced people to evacuate from several villages. schools or fires have been burning across the country and mythology, so expecting the heat wave increase to last until the beginning of august. and joining me now from greece is dw correspondent floor and a schmidt's flow and give us an update. what's the latest on the fires? well, these are indeed very critical moments for the country. 141 blazes were counted during the past 3 days, only. we still see a very critical situation in ambros, where a national park has been on fire for the past by days. the latest on that is that reinforcements have arrived to support people on the ground. they're now focusing on the southwest round of the fire. luckily there started to rain a bit,

which might make the the work of the firefighters a little easier. we see very critical moments as well on the island of les posts, where things look a little better yesterday, but fires keep flaring up. and once again, the people of the village of but he saw were asked to evacuate their houses. and this also shows, oh, i'm predictable. these buyers actually are i'll throw it on. the greek government was criticized for its handling of last year's devastating wildfire. how things improve this year? well, after the catastrophe of last year, some government officials implied that they were taken by surprise by the intensity of the spires. now, this is an excuse that cannot be used this year. of course, environmental organizations have been criticizing the government for not having learned enough from the buyers last year. they state yes,

important investments has been made that the government is not focusing nearly enough on prevention as it should. the forest were not clear out the way it should have been the works there is that it way too late. and also they say it's crucial to improve the communication between between athens and the local authorities, which has been a huge problem in the past. and a lot of freaks keep criticizing the government now for, for investing a lot of money in an already massive police force and employing an additional 2000 priests. while a lot of fire departments remain understaffed and those he waves are likely to continue and could even increase and temperature and in duration of looking at climate change is greece prepared to handle this look, grease is looking at very systemic problems. i dare to say what the financial

crisis has made it very hard on a lot of institutions here. a lot of personnel has been reduced also in the fire fighting department. and in that very important point, 3 department. but it's also the whole situation. it's the old olive bridge that over eat, especially now during the eat ways when people try to pull down poorly insulated houses with air conditioning systems. it's the old habits also farmers burning pilots, even on hot and windy days be farmers smoking out there. there there be higher than people littering in the woods. and again, the communication between, between the local authorities to co ordinates is that plans fire plants and all of this needs needs to improve a lot of flu. smith in greece there for us. thank you. flew in

on the president of the philippines fed up marco's junior, as promised talk center agricultural reforms in his 1st major policy address, with ordinary filipinos facing soaring food and energy prices, macos outlined his policy agenda in the state of the nation. speech new plans include debt, really, for farmers, and much needed infrastructure investment. marcus junior, want to landslide victory in may, taking over from controversial liter rodrigo, the church for the country still reeling from one legacy of to tatters, rule and anti drugs complain, so brutal that it has been linked to thousands of deaths. all correspondent, give motus, visited local campanas, who are gathering evidence of the killings committed during the cold. so cold war on drugs. each of these skeletons has a story to tell the story of a war on drugs. the philippine government fought over the past 6 years. officially

some 6200 people were killed by police for dealing with drugs. the true toll is nearly certainly much bigger and the expiration, oh don't let's. with that i mean, okay. examining the remains of some of the people who died forensic pathologist, raquel for tune made a shocking discovery. in 7 cases out of $47.00, the death certificates were false year. they listed a natural cause of death when people had actually been shot rational. the philippines procedures for investigating death says the 60 year old have always been flawed. but here comes the family as wrestling. and he simply like that happening like and then it's been given to me is colleen faith, black, around me. somebody in many families in the philippines have experienced this kind

of scenario, hitman approaching at night to shoot aloft one. then evidence of drug abuse is planted, says grace. she lost her father and brother, 6 years ago. the mother of 3 now holds the doctor for tune wolf had more light on what actually happened by civilian bland then my father ah, dying ah, don't be his uh, damn cache. and my me, that's a lie. if you have a gang is bite buck that's there isa my father killed because it's bad fight buck the poor, where the primary victims of the war on drugs. the international criminal court estimates that up to 30000 people more than 4 times the official number were killed

on former president to testers. watch many relatives now want to set the record straight. this catholic priest is doing his part to support them with reference love yano villanueva pays for the exhumations and full legal advice. he fears that the killings even with to tear to gone, are far from over. in the past the weeks we have counted at least 8 or 9 killings to this very present lay my point. there's no difference between that then. and to day. to make matters worse, i believe that the culture of killing has not only been ingrained, but it has also become sadly an organized enterprise. dr. fortuna is convinced that the 2 toll of the war on drugs will never come to light. too many of those who lost their lives,

remain unidentified and unclaimed. but she hopes that her discoveries will bring a semblance of justice to the families who remained behind. but frances is in canada and where he is expected to apologize to have members of the indigenous community for abuses committed by catholic priests or canadian government commission. found that generations of indigenous children suffered physical and sexual abuse in state funded schools that were run by the catholic church. for decades, the church had pushed back on calls for paypal 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 do speak english. and we didn't understand teacher, and sometimes we didn't respond properly for which you would be slotted to 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 as cree nation for an audience. the latter bereavement leave on milton 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 when 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 visit and doesn't plan to be there. i can understand the anger and vitriol, many people have expressed, especially on social media because of what they feel. the church and residential school has harmed. there are 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 and become to some sports news in formula one driver marks for stop and as extended his championship lead to 63 points. after winning the

french grand prix, his rival solid class started the race in pole position at 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, courier pulls into winds, and the list of failures grew just 18 lapse in as he spun out of contention. it was the 3rd time this year laclare had retired while leading on the team radio. he made his frustration plane once again, max 1st happened was the beneficiary of declares, wos 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 whose 7th, when the season gives him a healthy lead over the chasing pack ahead of next weekend's race in hungary it was ended up being used as a reminder of the top story we are following for you. mia miles military junta has executed for pro democracy activists. b, it accused the men of terrorist activities for challenging lost the us military coup. international observers have condemned the chip. that's it from me and the new st for, for not up next equal in. ah, [000:00:00;00]

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