ah ah ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin. you countries meet for emergency talks on cussing . gas consumption up to russia says it is flashing gas deliveries to germany through the north train. one pipeline, ukraine's president is calling it open war on europe. also coming up hopes for

a restart to ukraine grain exports, the united nation says the 1st shipment should start this week under a deal with moscow. despite the russian attack on the ukrainian course of death and pope francis apologizes for the abuse of indigenous children at catholic schools in canada, saying the church cooperated and cultural destruct ah i menu keeps mccain and thanks so much for being with us. european energy ministers are meeting today to agree on a plan to cut gas consumption and reduce the blocks dependence on russian gas supplies. either the debate between e u countries over whether the reduction target should be mandatory, but gas use is already being throttled with russia saying it is cutting flows through the north stream one pipeline to just 20 percent of normal capacity. moscow

is blaming the cost on repair works and sanctions. germany rejects that, excuse, maintenance, work or warfare via pipeline. berlin's has gas prompts move to further tightened the screws on gas supplies comes as no surprise while the russian energy giants has the reduction is down to servicing a turbine. european politicians believe moscow may cut off gas as political leverage. listener to smile. they don't even have the guts to say we are waging an economic war with you. we are just using our options. instead, they always tell farcical stories about these turbines, which are simply not true from wednesday gas from where fir, the half gas flows via not stream one to just 20 percent off its full capacity rush us main pipeline to germany had been running below capacity for weeks before it was

shut down altogether for a 10 day repair period. many have accused the kremlin of using energy as a punishment for ukraine related sanctions. on monday, ukraine's president caught on the you to hit back with even toughest sanctions. it said it left the glass. this is open gas warfare that russia is waging against a united europe. that's exactly how it should be perceived or so. and the russians don't care what will happen to the people, how they will suffer from hunger due to the blocking of ports, winter, cold, poverty, or occupation. these are just different forms of terror there or the sides. germany is several other european countries, likewise depend on russian gas, and we're now struggling to refill their storage like that. and we will no longer be in a situation in which gas will just keep flowing naturally at a cheap price. we have to be economical and that also means heating economically.

while e u member states have agreed an emergency plan to reduce gas consumption. people across the continent, bracing themselves for a tough winter ahead and for more no less we can bring in d w. 's political correspondent emanuel assures morning emma, so we've got germany and the rest of the eas saying they want to work together to save gas. but i mean, how easy is that gonna be? can you tell us a bit more about this plan? morning? i mean, yes, well, you have to keep in mind 12 e, u member states, a get russian got to know stream one. and for them it is crucial that they come to an agreement as to how to counter these dependency. oh, so for each member states, they have to agree to an emergency gas plan. this has been done to have, they've agreed on a draft is going to be discussed today. this includes the voluntary 15 percent reduction of natural gas consumption. this will occur between august this year to

march next year. they also want to create together and make counties to tweak a block wide alert eve. there is a widespread gas shortage to out the continent. and they also want to agree on binding savings target was one line really saving, saving, saving energy for the next winter. and now there is an approval process that will be discussed today during the special meeting i was talking about it is between the new energy ministers and all that habit. the economy minister and german vice chancellor should repeat that in germany there. okay, sounds very sensible, but of course, germany's been trying to reduce its dependence on russian gas ever since the war began. and that's not proving so easy is that how far from that goal is germany right now? well, the initial target for germany or was to win and south from russian gas by 2024.

there are studies that say now that this could happen as early as before. the winter of 2023. why? because new deeds have been done to get gas elsewhere from new partners, but also from international partners. there's also a strategic to turn towards renewable energy and to revive coal mines here in germany and again to save energy. now for the coming winter, because all that leaves germany was a big question mark, and that is how will the country go through the coming winter with energy prices likely to exponentially rise and fear of gas shortage at that time? okay, just a quick last question is the fear of a cold winter, potentially with not enough gas for heating affecting the way germans? think about the war in ukraine? well, polls have shown that german steel supports in their vast majority support for ukraine . in fact, 70 percent of germans are still in favor of supporting ukraine's effort to defend itself against a russia is full scale war against it. all right,

did abuse emanuel. shes thank you so much at the united nation says that shipments of ukrainian grain by sea could resume within the next few days after russia's invasion, choked off supplies of ukrainian grain, and threatened a food crisis in many parts of the world. on saturday, a russian miss, i'll hit the cranium port of the desert. i was just one day off to russia, and ukraine signed a deal to allow grain shipments to pass safely through ukrainian ports. russia has been blockading ukraine for since its invasion began in february. this russian attack on odessa coughed, doubts on the grain deals future deals broke it in part by turkey's precedent reptile ad. one. he says that he expects all sides to live up to their commitments. soon as you know, danica that us us,

we can see how fragile the processes is said from the attack that was carried out on odessa port model. unfortunately, we didn't want this, but it happened had to send out that we expect everyone to own up to the deals they signed and to act according to the responsibilities they undertook. and we want them to avoid actions that are contradictory to the deal in letter and, and spirit. and then the colonel mazin a tech he's president and i d, w is funny for char is covering this story for us, and she joins us from keith. hi, fanny, now ukrainian official say that hopeful that rain shipments could restart this week . how realistic is that really? well, that question is really connected to when we really see that very 1st ship, that very 1st vessel setting sail from the pool to for desa. if you listen to ukraine, they are quite hopeful. now saying that this could happen even to morrow, and the un says it may happen in the next couple of days. no,

that optimism is connected to all parties having reaffirmed their commitments when it comes to the steel yesterday. but of course, the question is, if everyone, especially russia, after hitting that port of our desk on saturdays, going to stick to that deal via here and quite mixed messages from russia because they sat after heating the poor. that actually this was just a military target. and he doesn't say anything in the deal signed a by these are full parties, russia, ukraine, un in turkey, that they cannot hit military target. now, of course, you, ukraine and russia, regardless of these deals, are at each at each other and rushes very much interested in the strategic port. odessa, but also me co life to be able to have a land corridor all the way from to don't boss a crimea to was basically the romanian border, cutting ukraine all from the black sea. so yes, the deal is fragile, but after all, and after reaffirming the commitments yesterday all parties now yesterday. yeah, there's some optimism that this could actually start. we just have to really see if

it will and how we just heard turkeys president saying that he is expecting all sides to live up to their commitments. but you know, as he say, what happens if they don't? what leverage does the international community really have? if russia does anything to prevent the shipments from taking place pharmacy, you can exhaust various diplomatic and political venues, avenue cl like, you can basically repeat a reconfirm you commitments again and again. but at some point those avenues will be exhausted. and at some point, one of these parties just has to say that while the deal is dead, which wouldn't be the 1st on that ukraine and russia. part of, if you remember the minced agreements 20142015, which were drafted to bring a piece, a sci fi and a dumbass region. fast forward 8 as of 8 respectively, 7 years later, and russian, ukraine, it's when russia claims that don buses, the mother land, it wouldn't be the 1st time that actually an agreement that also russia is part of

will was broken. we really have to see as i say, that the ukraine, ukraine, and also the un seems to be quite hopeful. now we have to see if actually at 1st vessel, which is quite so symbolic in this deal, almost can set sail and go and move forward from there. but yeah, it's all about diplomatic channels. and when will they be exhausted? do we know anything about what's happening in odessa right now? our ships carrying grain supplies, actively, and preparing to set sail? what we hear from the minister of infrastructure that really are a, coordinating all these efforts here. we're hearing that the port of odessa is being prepared for those ships to put the grain on them and try to get them out of the ports. but as i say, this is just early preparation. we do not, we do not know when that's going to happen. at the same time, we also hearing from the mayor of me calling another port, a key port that there was an attack on the port just yesterday. so the deal is for a job. we have to see how things progress. she

w funny fetch our reporting from keith. thank you. okay, let's take a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. she thousands of black brazilian women have rallied in the city of sao paolo, to protest against racism. they accused president jaya bolts, a narrow doing little to help marginalized women of color demographic, but lags behind on the countries socio economic scale. the protest was held to mark the international, afro latin american women's day. a gunman who shot dead to people in the canadian province of british columbia has been shot and killed by police. the shoot, also wounded to others. during an hours long rampaged through suburban vancouver investigators originally thought the attack was targeting the homeless. the latest that the motive was still being determined. ah, pope frances has made a long wasted apology in person to indigenous groups in canada. first nations and

other communities have long demanded the catholic church, a tone for its role in the physical, mental and sexual abuse of children at residential schools at the church had resisted coals for a papal apology in canada. until now, the quest for forgiveness led the head of the catholic church to moscow. cheese were memories of one of the darkest chapters in the history of the church. still echo today. visa, verizon, for the money i asked for forgiveness for the ways in which many christians regrettably adopted the colonizing mentality of the powers that oppressed the indigenous peoples. dance yet go pretty me and i look waivers. indeed. mask or cheese is the sight of one of the infamous residential schools church or on boarding schools, where it is estimated. 150000 indigenous children were forcibly educated,

torn from their families and cultural context. many became victims of physical and sexual violence. thousands of them died from abuse within a system that lasted into the 19 ninety's, while many representatives of the indigenous communities welcome the papal visit. others have mixed feelings. think of his head as high, long overdue. maybe something had happened many, many years ago. maybe the start of vacant, so if you had started, an francis is traveling through canada until the end of the week for some the fact that the 85 year old is taking this journey on at all is already proof of his sincere repentance for others. the pope's pilgrimage is only just the 1st step and a quick reminder of the top story that we're following for you at the sour european energy ministers are meeting today to discuss reducing gas consumption. russia says

it will soon cuts gas supplies through. it's north see pipeline, just 20 percent capacity blaming maintenance and sanctions. ukraine's president says russia is now waging open on europe and that, that you're up to date of business news is up next with janelle dem allowed. i'm a new cooper mckinnon on behalf of the whole team here. thanks so much. fortunately, w ah with .