this is the pulpit to unleash on violet pass. enrique, imagine these teachings for relevance to gandhi's legacy store to august 6th on the w. ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. you countries, the meeting for emergency talks on cussing, gas consumption after russian says it is flashing gas deliveries to germany through its north train. one pipeline, ukraine's president is cooling it, open war on europe,

also coming up protests and condemnation around the world against the me and mom military regime for executing for pro democracy activists. now the recalls for further isolate the military test and process apologizes for the abuse of indigenous children at catholic schools in canada. thing the church cooperated in cultural destruct ah many keeps mckennan welcome to the show every one european energy ministers al missing to day to agree on a plan to cut gas consumption and to reduce the blocks dependence on russian gas supplies. now there's debate between e u countries over whether the reduction targets should be mandatory, but gas use is already being throttled with russia saying that it's causing flows

through the nord stream, one pipeline, to just 20 percent of its normal capacity. moscow's blaming the castle repair works and sanctions, but germany rejects that, excuse, maintenance work or warfare via pipeline berlin's has gas problems 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, listening 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. monument instead they always tell farcical stories about these turbines, which are simply not true. from wednesday, gas from were further half gas flows via not stream one to just 20 percent off its full capacity rushes 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 class. 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, but all, besides germany, several other european countries, likewise depend on russian gas. and we're now struggled to refill their storage burg event 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, a bracing themselves for a tough wind ahead. as we mentioned earlier, e u energy ministers are meeting now in brussels, where the trying to reach an agreement on rationing natural gas this winter. now, even before russia's latest gas cut, the e u had been working on a draft law that would require member states to cut demand for natural gas by 15 percent between august and next march. other remain significant disagreements over the details with several european countries heavily dependent on natural gas supplies from russia. and tell us more about all of this, we are joined from brussels by dw correspondent christine manuel. hi christine. now

and e ministers. they're meeting to a group today to agree on this emergency proposal to curb gas usage. what more can you tell us about today's meeting? that's right. onion, as you've highlighted on the initial planned by the commission or would have done more effectively, it would have given the commission the powers to dictate those mandatory cuts of gas usage. and ross have given the commission the powers add to rush and gas across the u. member states in the event that you had a drastic decision by moscow to cut or supplies to a member state like germany for example. so what is come down to? is them agreeing to what they are calling? voluntary cuts are between august and march and the says there are a lot of details that remain unclear as to just how effective at this is actually going to be some in the states. asking the question of the effectiveness of that. what is going to happen to this guess? what is a,

how is it going to benefit and change the picture of what is going to be a bleak winter, a here in europe. so there is going to be a press conference or when they finally reach the final details of that agreement and will certainly be asking those questions. but i've been keyed suits, all of this is really the blow that this is a to germany in the sense that the commissions plan would really have been helpful for germany, which was a supporter of their plan in its initial form. because what it would have done is help a country like germany who fully depends on russian gas in the event that that gas supply would stop. the commission would step in and ration guess from other european member countries that those you've been countries have refused to be forced to be put in that position essentially. and so while they'll sell out all the unity that they can, it's not very clear that what they will agree on to day and how effective that really will be. or if it's more than just that solidarity that they need to portray in the face of the aggressor, there is moscow. ok for the still front rich agreement. while they do tell us how hard it will be for the you to save enough gas this winter. what about the wider

repercussions of this need to cut gas use while the situation is, is really urgent? am the and europeans already feeling the impact of that? just look at the economic crisis. look at what's happening to the euro. the euro is sinking on invest a fears that europe's going to go into recession over the gas supply issue over concerns that moscow will continue to trickle the supply of gas. but also potentially totally cut the supply. and there has been some research that came out in recent weeks as suggesting that moscow is in a financial position to continue doing that. i that the money that it's made at selling at gas, that in great and energy, had increase the price increase prices in the last few months. it has enough in terms of relatively reserves to continue and threatening the blocks of moscow is really wielding a powerful stick here. and this is problematic for, for, for,

for the european union. so cost of living will go high energy prices are going to go high higher than they already are. and that is not going to help because people cannot be shielded from that. that cost is going to be passed on to european consumers. all right, we'll have to leave it there, did only correspondent christine montoya and brussel. thanks so much. okay, let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. japan has executed a man convicted of killing 7 people in a vehicle crash, and a stabbing spray in 2008 authorities say, tom or hero kato had carefully planned the attack on a crowd of pedestrians, despite international criticism for maintaining the death penalty for pans. justice minister insisted capital punishment was appropriate for the violent crime protest, as in the democratic republic of congo have stormed the un headquarters in the countries east. crowds in the city of goma were demanding the withdrawal of the un peacekeeping mission. the region is beset by fighting among millis for

a multiple militias and government forces. a man mas ruling military has defended its execution of 4 activists saying they were given a fair and lawful trial. first time that me and more has officially carried out executions in decades, and the action has prompted international outrage in thailand. hundreds, the pro democracy protests of gathered outside may and mars embassy in bangkok to condemn the punishment which is totally seen as politically motivated. and the whole men were tried convicted and sentenced by a military tribunal with no option to appeal to more we can cross straight to. i'm in 10 of pulitzer prize winning journalist in from me and mar, who now lives in exile. thanks so much for joining us. here on the w,

if we can start with this growing regional condemnation of the executions protests happening, where you are in bangkok and even strong woods from ozzy, and which is the association of southeast asian nations house. the military hunter in me and mar, cross the line. would you say? so we've seen quite a lot of condemnation from the international community since the 1st day of school . but while i see and did condemn the executions this week, even last week, dawson and boy was task those in the block for being too harsh. and i think it's important to in the context in which over 2000 people have already been killed by the which is not to mention the excess that have come about as a result of the political and economic chaos caused by the cool. so i think if we haven't seen, because we haven't seen significantly different language in the condemnations from the other atrocities that they have already committed since the 2. it's unlikely,

but the military will feel like they've crossed the line. you can now, despite the military tight grip that had been protest inside me and more to we hear what can you tell us about those? according to local media reports, a group of inmates in prison and mangold said that the ministration and they were essentially tracked on their cell phones. and the, the demonstration was almost negatively. people also help flask protest in stuff by the patients across the country before they were able to quickly disperse before soldiers for the best them. and then in dangle, we saw a resurgence of residents being talking hands as a p. m from across the city, which is a form of protest that was made popular in the early cases of this. okay, now more than one, hundreds of the people have been sense and sentence to death in me in law. do you think that international pressure could do anything to prevent these plans? executions, i think in terms of international pressure, there's has been quite

a lot of condemnation and even some sanctions for many months now. and that has largely not changed. the military course of action. they already killed people in the streets of a number of prisoners happen beaten to death during interrogation in prison. and the hunter has on many occasions, burned entire villages and continued to do so with impunity. and even just today, the military spokes person stated that is executions were lawful and quote, carried out in the name of justice for the people. so i think unless and until the international community to take that much stronger stance against it's difficult to believe that they will feel enough pressure to change what they've been doing. chandler time in 10 in bangkok, thank you so much. now in canada, frances has made a long awaited apology in person to indigenous groups. first, nations and other communities have long demand that the catholic church

a tone for its role in the abuse of children, residential schools. the church had resisted calls for a papal apology and canada for decades. 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. be little bit of dawn, but the money i ask for forgiveness for the ways in which many christians regrettably adopted the colonizing mentality of the powers that oppressed the indigenous peoples with dance yet go. pretty mute. 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 welcomed the papal visit, others have mixed feelings. i think it is high, long overdue. maybe something had happened many, many years ago. maybe the start of reconciliation would have started again. 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 ah, and his reminder of the top story that we're following for you out as our european energy ministers. the meeting today to discuss reducing gas consumption. russia

says it will soon cut gas supplies through it's and we'll see pipeline to just 20 percent of capacity. flames maintenance and sanctions. ukraine's president says russia is now waging open world on europe, and that's when we have time to pull you up to date coming out. next. our current affairs documentary series close up. now, don't forget, you can always find more news around the clock on our website. that's d, w dot com, foreign social media apps, d, w i, monique gibson, the can, and thanks so much for watching. ah, we're all set to go vo. yes, citizenship. and we're all live as we take on the we're all about the story.