sauce august the 5th, i'm d w d. ah, this is the w news live from berlin. you countries hold emergency talks on cutting gas consumption. ministers, me to agree on saving gas reserves after russia says it is slashing deliveries through the old stream, one pipeline. germany's energy minister calls it economic war also coming up an emotional response as polk francis apologizes to indigenous communities in canada, begging for forgiveness for evil abuse suffer for children at residential schools

run by the catholic church. ah, i'm good. how else as well come to the program? european energy ministers are now meeting in brussels to agree on a plan to cut gas consumption and reduce the blocks dependence on russian gas supplies. there's debate between ear countries over whether the reduction targets should be mandatory, but gas use is already being throttled as russia is cutting flows through the north stream, one pipeline to just 20 percent of its normal capacity. moscow blames the car on repair, works and sanctions. germany rejects that is excuse maintenance, work, all war fare via pipeline. the linz 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. listener news? my. they don't even have the guts to say we are waging and 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 prom with her. 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 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 that this is open gas warfare that russia is waging against

a united europe not, but 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, several other european countries, likewise depend on russian gas. and we're now struggled 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, a bracing themselves for a tough winter ahead. as we mentioned earlier, you, energy ministers are meeting and now in brussels,

where they're trying to reach an agreement on a rationing natural gas this winter. even before russia's latest gas coffee, you have been working on a draft law that would require member states to cut demand for natural gas by 15 percent between august and march, that we made significant disagreement over the details ever with several european countries heavily dependent on natural gas from russia of more that when i joined bob russell's corresponded agreement for chris's, you ministers are meeting today to agree on an emergency proposal to cover their gas usage. how effective is this plan going to be? well, by all accounts, energy analysts agree in principle that the idea of european union member states collective re reducing their consumption saving that would be effective in sort of cushioning. the blow that would be dealt our by continued reduced supply. perhaps even a total cut in supply of russian gas in terms of, in the winter months,

they could see how this plan would be effective in, for example, redirecting gas and making sure that there is fair distribution for at least everybody. but for that to be effective, it needs the buy in of absolutely everybody you need a solidarity and you need everybody pulling their weighted and, and contributing. i in that sense what, what is and care is if everybody agrees on the amount, right? so right now there is a 15 percent figure that's been touted just does that go far enough? is that enough of a buffer at to be able to, to be an emergency plan that is of that, that would really help in terms of cushioning, that blue of reduced supply in the coming winter months scared or through her. there is disagreement among ministers, about a variety of factors. what are these factors and who is disagreeing with whom? so guess the main issue is you've got countries in the european union who don't

depend so much on russian energy, some who don't at all. and these countries are questioning why they should be subjected to the same cuts are all reduced in, in consumption as others would be. so a, spain, for example, is arguing why should we be subjected to having to cut by as much as germany does, given our dependency on russian guess is, is very different add to that of germany. so they see that as unfairly, as you can understand, what this means, really reducing consumption effectively means restricting economic activity. it is identifying certain parts of the economy that are deemed non essential and essentially reducing their power supply. that is going to have some kind of an impact. so some countries are unwilling to, to, to, to take on as big a burden as countries like germany, for example, who had a big a dependency on russian gas. muhammad pro does put, you know, half of the you when it comes to energy suppliers. well, gay heard and having reported on what is happening from an economic perspective,

looking at what's, what's happening to the euro as it continues to sink as investors are basically pricing. what they believe is a looming recession in the european union because of the gas situation. i think it's fair to say that the russian, a president has to an extent achieve what he would like in terms of rattling the situation in the european union. people here will see their energy bills soaring in the coming months. and all while reports indicate. and this is a study that was shown by the international energy agency that the russians basically coined it in the, in the months of the ukraine war, they've made more in energy sales. and then they would, in, in, in a given winter by up to 3 times as much because of the increased prices. so certainly russia has the, the coffers to continue either restricting and trickling gas supply to the european union or in effect maybe even taking the drastic decision of cutting supply. it can definitely do that according to as some of the numbers. and so the issue here is, what is, is there going to be enough to to buffer, ah, what would be

a big blow and what people except except will be a blow in the winter. a cold winter to dubuque, responded, christine moaned, while they're reporting from brussels. thank you. pussy ukraine says russian forces have launched fresh missiles, strikes on coastal towns in the southern regions, off odessa mc alive. give released footage of what it says is the aftermath of the attacks, which with private buildings and port infrastructure on the black sea coast, russia previously attacked. this is bought at the weekend, casting doubt on the breakthrough deal to resume grain exports from ukraine. debbie's funny for char is covering this story and joins us from g. a funny ukraine says russian missiles hit coastal towns in the odessa region, or what more can you tell us?

exactly. one of those towels is called that talk up. people here remembers that took a really as a beach resort to something where people would love to go to during the summer vacation. and you really wonder why in the world you hit the beach coastal town. but if you look on the map, if you look at that talk, i of course is also key railway bridge. so again, key infrastructure that is important for russians to, to really want to move ahead and get some leverage daniel desa region and go ahead with their plans their strategy to caught you crane off from the black sea and taking in this important regent regions in the south to them in the odessa region, but also neighboring town to collide. that was hit as well, according to the local me a day saying the porter infrastructure has been hit. so what we see here right now is that the war continues between ukraine and russia or in the south. despite that there is a deal at the same time that somehow needs to maneuver around the fact that these war, ongoing white porter towns are being hit. these very same portal channels that i

actually crucial to organize what every i everyone that was brokering for it, especially for the u. s. especially united nations, try to get those vessels out of the ukraine in harbor view, a 1000000 tons of grain. what in the light of the fact that is a task continue, especially, especially at the course, you really wonder how that is going to go ahead. now, can you tell us anything about what's happening in odessa right now? our ships carrying grain actively preparing to set sail this little no and what exactly is going on there is no journalist who at this point can fill in that portal apart. it's really very much delicate information. you want to make sure that the enemy doesn't know about every part of what is happening. they add that portal, a of infrastructure of what we knew that of course, student preparations on the way after all, ukraine says that they are ready to explore with starting today. the un also seems

to be quite optimistic spokesperson. they said that this could start in a couple of days. now, all of that optimism is connected to the fact that all parties involved in this deal is, is really quite fragile because of that attack on odessa port over the weekend. all of them have re, affirmed their commitments, and now we just have to see really, where is that very 1st vessel. all eyes are on that 1st vast. so when is it going to leave the support and just whole far? is it going to get because let's not forget that those points are quite mind. so preparations all the way, trying to establish those safe corridors for the vessels, so they can go safely towards turkey from where the grain is, then going to be redistributed to other parts of the world. did up use funny for child reporting from acute for us. thank you. funny that's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. the

protest has been held outside the mia, my embassy and thailand's capital bank for after the execution of full political activists. the executions, the mia mas 1st decades have prompted international outrage. the country's military regime accused the full men of aiding terror acts by a civilian resistance. move to next year's president chi say it has been celebrating the almost certain adoption of a new constitution which would strengthen the passive. his office. 27 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots. in monday's referendum sides critic say, the new chart at the tip, the country back into dictatorship to pan has executed the man convicted of killing 7 people. vehicle crash, stabbing spray in 2008. authorities say 2 more. hill capital carefully planned the

attack on a crowd of pedestrians, despite international criticism for maintaining the death penalty. japan's justice minister insisted capital punishment was appropriate for the violence from pope frances has apologized in person to indigenous groups and canada for the abuse suffered by children at church run residential schools. he called that forced assimilation of native people a disastrous era that led to cultural destruction. the long awaited apology through an emotional response amongst survivors of the repressive system. 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. beetle that is on both of 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 boilers 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. think of his that is long overdue. maybe something had happened many, many years ago. maybe the start of vacant, so she would have started again. young frances 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 that's it from me and the news to him for now don't go away. and dw business is off next with wild waltz. ah, after just a short break and don't forget to been fine. lot more news around the clock when all websites d, w dot com, i've got alphas, i'm an update for you at the top. i sometimes books are more exciting than real life. raring to read. oh. what if there's no escape? do w literature list. 0100 german ma street and we're interested in the global.