i miss so well, it's ok. so the movers shake is visionaries and major when binding the meaning of modern africa is actually a d, w b. ah, this is the w news live from berlin. you countries agree to reduce gas consumption and prepare for a total cut off. and it's a sign up to production targets to say preserves for the winter. russia says it's slashing deliveries. germany's energy minutes, the goals of economic war. a defense boost for ukraine with rapid rocket launches

from the us. we look at what the hi, my impact on the battle field is and how they've become a russian target. and most the announce is plans to withdraw from the international space station. it plans to build its own instead. ah, i've been fizzle and welcome. the european union has agreed to cut back on natural gas at an emergency meeting in brussels roster is slashing deliveries. moscow saying it needs to carry out maintenance work on it's not stream one pipeline and that a complete cut off is not on the cards. you officials don't believe either statement . member states reaching a deal to voluntarily reduce gas consumption by 15 percent from next month. as europe's energy ministers met in brussels on tuesday,

the urgency of the challenge they faced had become increasingly obvious. russia's announcement this week that it would cut supply of natural gas through its main pipeline to germany, to just a 5th of capacity meant a bad situation. had become even more dire. a collective agreement to reduce gas consumption has been long needed, but brussels initial demand for a mandatory 15 percent caught had caused uproar last week. as a result, the text agreed by the member states has multiple compromises. of course, there are a lot of compromises in this text. well, this is the way how europe operates. the problem might or charge this. all the exemptions are causing too much of a bureaucracy to that we are too slow in times of crisis. this is a danger, but the exemptions in itself, they are reasonable. they can be explained proposed cuts of 15 percent on a voluntary. and if the target becomes mandatory, the list of opt outs is long. among the exemptions, island stay,

it's not connected to the european grid, such as ireland, malta and cyprus. countries heavily dependent on gas for electricity can also opt out necessary flexibility ministers say to protect the european economy as a whole. came up and given shall industrial production, change a completely interdependent if there are problems with chemical from germany than the whole of european industry can stop. and that is what is a stake. he thought it shows that europe stays july chic, that europe is able to find, you mean that unity and i'm giving a strong sigma also in the day where the flows of decimal stream run are reduced them to another 20 percent to putting and to russia. you won't split us. so this is the important segment of the day. since the war and ukraine began 5 months ago. the need for europe to rid itself of its dependence on russian energy has grown by the day. governments are hoping that with winter on the horizon supplies tightening prices soaring, this compromise is enough. for now. over 12 russel's correspond,

christine woodward, is this deal going to work well, been, the commission says it will a provided that europe experiences what it cause an average winter, or even with all the exceptions. and the durham asians as they refer to am with in the steel the commission is confident that if member states ad do their fair share in, in saving, by reducing i guess usage. and instead of saving that at that, we would be able to get through the winter here in europe. i'm of course the, the intention is to store up reserves at to reach a level of 80 percent capacity by november. the reserves are currently at 67 percent. the message from the commission is saved now, and that will make a safer. i, in the winter that the saving has to happen across the board and that everybody needs to pitch in and do their fair share. now in the event that the commission

sees that there is an emergency situation and there is a mechanism that's been baked into the steel, which would allow, of course, at the heads of state of the you member countries at a trigger. and that mechanism which makes this 15 percent at mandatory as opposed to voluntary as it currently is. and according to a, you officials only hungry opposed to deal well, that would be this particular deal or the deal in this form. this is about the 3rd draft from the commission's initial plan that was proposed over a week ago that really caused have on that plan was rejected by a number of e u. member states. it would have seen the commission and take control over the situation in a way, ab, be in a position to, to mandate those cuts and dictates to, to you. members how to ration a gas supply at, in their own countries that was widely rejected by number of countries. and so this version and its current form has only been rejected at by hungry,

but bear in mind to get yelled at these concessions. these exemptions that i talked about and have been baked in there, which effectively give a lifeline to, to any you member state at any given time to be able to exercise some level of exemption. and so in terms of what the e u is, is showing today, it is of course, something that they can say will united over. but in truth, it was difficult getting to this point. and anybody can tell you, this is a significantly watered down version of what the commission intended cruising this and war, of course, are going to isolate right, a long term, but short term, it's european. so the most absolutely, and a ukraine's energy minister was here as a yesterday and he's meeting and having a number of fir settings with the people ye, a brief the media here and he said look, the energy war. so as he stepped, it began long before the invasion on a, on february 23rd 24th. and, and, and what we're seeing is, is definitely that, i mean, prices are going up and just wind rush reduces

b in the gas supply. and that takes the prices up, and this is what's also prompted the research that you saw by the international agency or for energy saying that in the months of the war, just the reduction of supply has seen prices. so to the point that russia has essentially made 3 times what it would in energy sales than it would in a given winter. so in terms of rushes capability to continue restricting the flow of gas, well, it seems to be getting incentivized by that. and of course, that just means european households will see their energy bills rise at a time when cost of living is already high. i in the block, it's going to be a difficult winter, and the commission is hoping that this plan will soften out. what is a blow that is certain to come from russia? whether or not there will be a total cut in that gas? how long the winter will be, how severe the cold weather will be. of course, these are all unknown factors and but what the commission is saying is, let's save as much as possible. it will do us better. it will at least signal to

the market that there is contingency plan. but this is no doubt going to impact are already hot. his european households. exactly. and or, or we do know is that winter is coming, the w's we're seeing the hood while thank you very much for your houses. let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines. germany's largest airline. lufthansa will cancel really all flight said it's domestic abs. frankfurt, a munich on wednesday. ground staff is striking. this could impact travel plans for more than 100. 30000 passengers in the coming days. union negotiate is what a pay rise for staff. japan has executed a man who killed 7 people in a trap ramming and stabbing spray in 2008. authorities say to me, here to cancel, i carefully planned the attack on a crowd of pedestrians despite international criticism of the death penalty. japan's justice minister insist that the punishment was appropriate for the violent crime. a protest has been held outside me among embassy in bangkok,

after the execution of 4 political activists, me. it must 1st executions in decades of prompted an international outcry. the military base im accused the man of aiding so called terror acts by a civilian resistance movement. ukraine's military says it's use advanced weapons systems from the us to strike more than 50 russian military targets in recent waves. it credits the multiple rocket, launching trucks known as high mas, with helping destroy ammunition, depots, and bridges in russian hill territory. ukraine only has a handful of the vehicles with more of the way, but they're also a target for russian attacks. this is high mass, a high mobility artillery rocket system. the crown jewel in ukraine's grubbing arsenal of us made weapons. and this is what it can do. the high mass can pull up in the middle of the road and far off multiple rockets very quickly.

and that precision guided, so they can accurately target russian munitions combat centers and more. the high mars is basically a truck carrying a pot containing 6 missiles. it can be reloaded in 3 to 5 minutes. most artillery is mounted on slower moving tread at vehicles or towed by trucks. but a high mass could get away quickly once it's far off. it's payload, or as the military term goes, it can shoot and scoot it's miss aisles had a range of 80 kilometers far more than most russian artillery. this means the russians must move their sensitive targets, like ammunition depos, further from the front lines. this makes it harder to supply its combat units. analysts say this is the game changing part of high miles. ukraine says it's rockets have destroyed at least 30 logistics hubs and ammunition,

depos. russia says it has destroyed at least 2 of the high mas trucks, a claim, the u. s. denies that ukraine's ability to use them effectively will also mean hiding these precious systems. well, keeping them supplied with ammunition is up to the west. from all we have to briefly a journalist riding on military and the feds issues. joining us from london, tim, we just heard that hi me as could be game changes, but a doesn't i'm as or a few more soon. would that really be enough to give you kind that military advantage and seeking you're right. it is a question of scale in this war. i mean, what we've heard reports of the russians firing 50000 artillery shells a day, so that the amount of firepower, the ukrainians can, can return with the high mile systems. it is a fraction of, of the, the russian capability at the moment. now, the high mas all proved to be quite effective at hitting, as you say,

i mention dumps in headquarters. they don't seem to been turned on the russian front line troops yet. so that the actual battle in the, in the trenches in the town in the woods of east and ukraine has not been affected by them very much so far. cave reckons that they're causing real damage to ross and forces moscow claims it's military is actually destroying them. what, what can you tell us? well, we're in a bit of a propaganda with both sides trying to claim that winning this war. i mean, it is very true though that both sides react to what the other does. so for example, the ukrainians last week, we're very proud of that. hit this, this major bridge of the denied at cushion. we have one of these rockets, but only yesterday the russians appeared to have built a pontoon bridge next to it to reopen their supply line. so it has an effect, but isn't long lasting is a long term impact on the russian operation. that's, that's not play yet. and, and rust is using the targeting of high miles. it's targeting of time as, as

a justification for its height and offensive beyond the dumbass. so, is mostly worried. yes, most cases you play a lot of efforts into what is called interdiction of the ukrainian supply lines because it is crucial for that for the ukrainians to keep these rocket launchers that the other artillery that the west is deployed, supplied with our mission is if you have the rocky launches on your gums up there in the don't bass foreign at the russian. they need thousands and thousands of shells and hundreds of rockets in every day every week to keep keep the war going. so unless you have an open supply line that can feed the beast of the, the, of the ukrainian woman, she is not going to defeat the russian. so that, that, that, that battle of the supply lines is just as important as, as the battle on the front. and what about continuing support from ukraine's allies from, for the public and public opinion as far as supplying is military hot way goes well,

again, that feeds into this idea, keeping that supplies going. i mean, you have one of those high rockets. you talked about 6 of them on, on a rocky was totally kills, you know, over a $1000000.00 each to keep, keep to one of those rockets. so the us taxpayers paying for those at the moment. and are they willing to do that for the long term? that's? that's the real question. it's money. money buys ammunition, money, buys rockets, money buys trucks to move them to the front. and we're money, the wall drawn to a halt. you had it from military gentle is tim ripley. thank you very much for your time. rock. russia says it's pulling out of the international space station of the 2024. earlier this year, rushes space agency and, and it would pull out to the i s. s. now the agencies director has provided president vladimir putin, a timeline for the move. after 2024. he said russia will meet all its obligations to mission part as before, quitting the station from

d w. science. i'm joined by lia i placed here just how significant is this announcement today? well, of course it is significant as the ice, as was built upon the cooperation between russia and, and us that that's the basic block building block of it. imagine the russian side, for example, as responsible for the orbital corrections they push the s as in to the right orbit, or once once in a while, whereas the nasa, the us segment is responsible for its energy supply with its solar panels. so of course, rather leaving death as will, will change things about the i assess and it's posed the question if it might be if it's still able to continue working. but it's not really in new announcement like it's not really new fact we knew that russia is playing with the idea of not content tending it's work on the i assess what, what doesn't nasa know about this though? well, i'm pretty sure they know they knew about russia, you know,

playing with these ideas and the rush of the form of rush and see for goes and had it didn't make any mystery about him thinking about, you know, not continuing working and operating the station after 2024. so i'm sure that new maybe this now the final decision. maybe it hasn't been communicated to the nasa so far. but there is no way they didn't know about them. and it's not the 1st time that you mentioned. but what's different this time? well, what's may be different, is that a cause most the russian space agency has a new chief since mid july. so i guess this is a bit maybe a move for him to set up his position. but yeah, well goes and the former chief said before that they might not continue working the isis of 2024. but we need to make clear that they never said that they would be operating the station after 2024. so it was even 2024 was already a deadline even before the one year crane started. so yet because the station is

old and the partners were thinking about if it's worth it to operated further now. so pushed to operate a 12 until 2030 in december 21 and the other partners, europe, japan and canada. thinking to to continue as well. but no rush. i was the 1st to say they would step out for $24.00. but you can't pinpoint this to the actual war in ukraine. is that what you say? oh, yeah, it's hard to say because i guess that the one ukraine can of maybe pushed things to, you know, maybe it pushed decisions to be taken quicker than they would have been. otherwise . maybe russia would have continued as well as nasa will be. but that's all hypothesis, we can't really know for sure. so what are going to be the not going to fix? you mentioned some of the factors involved before. yeah. so i think the very big trend will be that there will might be more competition and space flight that might

be more separate parties being involved in space. flight. i mean, russia plans to build its own station as china is already there already build their own own station at the moment. and now for the i s s, we will need to see if the of the remaining partners will be able to operate it after 2024 on their own. but there might be a chance, as they're already developing techniques, for example, and kept seals, who could push theirs as to its orbit. so there might be chance that the s s could survive. okay, but we old and we are looking at a more splintered world though just down here on earth, but also up in space was lately i brush from dw science. thank you very much. thanks. marvin. now the news fires have been raging in european countries on the heap wave conditions and enduring droughts this season. the mediterranean has been mostly affected by the impact of climate change is also being felt for the north foreign visor, also raging. here in germany, in the state of brandenburg close to the capital berlin regions known for its

swamps and lakes. but it is now suffering from drought and its board ways disappeared. there should be water flowing down this river bed. but the black, esther in the german state of brandon book, has dried up again, a consequence of heat waves and drought. water piped in from a nearby lake, replenishing the river at least a bit. which time hu bye works for a stay thrown company that we cultivated these former mining landscapes. he regularly monitors the block ester as, as the sprites. i thought i was taught as dried up repeatedly during hot summer spells. in the past 3 years. 201720182019 were already very dry years. a general precipitation deficit has built up. this means that we've lost an average year supply closet before the annual storage unit. many countries are already

familiar with extreme droughts due to climate change, but low water levels like you in brandon, brooke have become concerned in germany to, in the nearby flood control center. mike, all rush managers discourse resource in local lakes and rivers, sending it where it is now that most every drought season makes his job harder since ins escalates one. i noticed that alicia water shortages always increase potential for conflict between users who need the river water. if there is a water shortage, and this is more and more often the case than this potential for conflict worsens, put into oak was in other parts of brandon berg. alto tis have already kept the amount of water for private households, but on the 50 kilometers away from here. rows of burn trees testify to another danger. matthews, bower and other volunteers fought wildfire in this brandon before as one of the regions biggest fires this year. it burned more than $1000.00 hector's. as

vocalist in the situation was in part life threatening, and it pushed experienced firefighters to their limits at yahoo! some even had to run for their lives. there was norquist. however, on the 11th then, police have launched an arson investigation. firefighter say that the blaze could only has spread so quickly due to this year's extreme drought. once it's earth, that's a small fish this, that you can see that it's really dry. the scenario, if you dig up the soil here, you'll see that the top layer is totally dry due to the lack of rain sheets of hidden her ankle. he and his colleagues are now training to fight even more intense forest fires than they are. you still at that us, at seniors in other countries like southern spain or southern france where serious wildfires or nor frequent you can watch what's happening there. right on the news firefighters. they're a familiar with it. i haven't, i, we've never seen anything like it here until now was presented. thought rush time, huber brandon book is in the race against time to adapt to the fast changing

climate. as this is true, it's unpleasant, but we must deal with it. climate change won't spare us here either. our scientists say we're facing possible desertification here in the next 20 to 50 years. either from such all falls as brandon books, welters. it's clear that climate change is here. and here to stay. let's take a look at some more stories making headlines. gracie is in the european alps of vanishing of the fastest waiting 60 years less than usual. so 4 followed by sweltering temperatures. as accelerated, the decline, most of the world's mountain glaciers are in retreat due to climate change. thousands of black brazilian women have rallied in the city of sal paolo to protest against racism. they accused president julia boston out all of doing little to help marginalize women of color. the protest was held to mark the international, afro latin american women's day sports out and at the women's euros in england.

the 1st semi final will be played on tuesday evening. hosts england face sweden in front of a full house in sheffield. the controversy has struck again due to the lack of video, assistant referee cameras at the tournament. england, all the slight favorites to win choose de semi final against sweden in beth mead. they have the tournament top scorer and coach that in a vic mon, one, the euros with her native netherlands last time out in 2017. so far this squad has managed to juggle the expectation and pressure that comes with being hosts, seats, especially those thought we raised in the atmosphere and sounded so far has been outstanding for support when the people been coming, watching at home. and the message is up again, sent in, and they're not sound in where see the grateful for that. but i think it shows the growth as a gave the direction that way. why is continuing the tournament has shown

a boost in the popularity of the women's game and the sell out trout is expected in sheffield. however, semi finalists sweden have had several video, assistant referee decisions go against them. and now reports have emerged that you a for a, using far fewer via cameras that at the men's euros last year. for us at all, throughout the visit, we have 50 percent fuel via our cameras in our tenement that the men's game. and that's a catastrophe, because decisions can't be made with the same position as a sort of vault. we have one game though. when they make mistakes, they make a mistake in cost to draw the line on the wrong side. am allow food. we heard a have not the same cameras, and for me it's up to acceptable in, in, in, in the euro. sweden, we'll hope not to face another contentious decision. while england's lionesses

attempt to bring football ho. germany's famous by void festival is underway, showcasing the helpers of which had partner it takes place in a purpose, build the opera house in the composers former hometown. but the start of the event has been marked by accusations of what play sexual harassment by several women, including the festival director. the bye road festival is back. former german chancellor angle immacule headline, the long list of german v. i. peas and oper, lovers, and attendance. while most guests went masked this festival staff took precautions . many workers including performers, caught cove it in the run up to opening day. but the show went on starting with a modern staging of the tragic love story, tristan and he sold it. catherine foster and stephen gould, both veterans of the wagnerian opera shown in the premier. oh,

but the disturbing drama was not limited to the stage. and by royd recent revelations of sexual harassment have thrown a different kind of spotlight on the festival. several female employees, including festival director, katerina wagner, the granddaughter of the composer, say they were groped and otherwise sexually harassed while at work to buy them. as soon as there is a complaint we look into that here, we take it very seriously. we are very interested in clarifying such incident immediately and with the necessary severity hot off, you have to be on energy hat alpha appear to be on the allegations have very serious concerns with lawmakers. does this of kind of fall. this is totally unacceptable. it does. will have to be cleared up, which bins, i'm sure this will be cleared up and then by hoyde can shine again. well, if you'd like, it shows id, stollins, or wagner may be back on center stage this year. but scandal and pandemic

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