i'm a change and environmental conservation is taking shape around the world and how we can all make a difference. knowledge grows through sharing, download it now for free with this is dw news life from berlin, b, e. you agrees to reduce gas consumption and prepare for a total cutoff, minutes to sign up to production targets to say preserves for the winter brush or is flashing deliveries. germany's energy minister calls at economic wall greek fire . find his battle for

a 6th straight day to down some massive wildfire. it's consuming, vast stretches of protected forest, and england take on sweden in the semi final of the 2022 euros. the host will attempt to reach their 3rd european championship final in front of a sold out crowd in sheffield. ah, i've been fossil and welcome. the european union has agreed to cut back on natural gas at an emergency meeting in brussels. russia is slashing deliveries. moscow saying it needs to carry out maintenance work on a key pipeline and that a complete stoppage 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. dairies no other option, then gas savings, unless the woo gets rate of dependency on russian gas, the prices remain high. if we succeed, that prices will drop. proposed cuts of 15 percent turn have 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. lot better than 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. latasha that shows that europe stays united, but europe is able to find union unity and am giving a strong sigma. also in the day we're the flows of decimals to run or reduce them to another 20 percent to putting and to russia. you won't split us. so this is the important secret overdue. 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 and prices soaring, this compromise is enough for now at brussels correspond christine bowen. bla, explain to us how the deal is going to work. well then the commission says it will

provide it that europe experiences what it cause an average winter, or even with all the exceptions. and the durham ations as they refer to within the steel. the commission is confident that if the member states ad do their fair share in, in saving, by reducing i guess usage. and instead of saving that ad 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 a save 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 e. u. member countries at

a trigger. and that mechanism which makes this 15 percent mandatory as opposed to voluntary as it currently is. and according to a, you officials only hungry opposed the 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 half of that plan was rejected by a number of e u. member states. it would have seen the commission 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 out by hungry. but bear in mind to get you at these concession, these exemptions that i talked about and have been faked 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 the war, of course, are going to isolate raj, a long term, but short term it's european solving most absolutely. and a ukraine's energy minister was here as a yesterday, and he's meeting and having a number of 1st sittings with the people. he a brief 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 when russia reduces b in the gas supply, and that takes the prices up with 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, it's just the reduction of supply has seen price a saw 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 capabilities to continue restricting the flow of gas while 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 is going to be a difficult went 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 faxes are, 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, hit european households. exactly. and all we do know is that winter is coming,

the w's we're seeing the hood. well, thank you very much for your analysis. let's take a look at some of the other stories from around the world. a protest has been held downside memos, embassy in the tank capital bank called after the execution of for democracy activists memos, 1st executions. in decades prompted and international outcry, the military regime accused the men of 18 so called terror acts by a civilian resistance movement. japan has executed a man who killed 7 people in a truck ramming and stabbing in 2008 authority say to me, here i can't, i can't flee planned the attack on a crowd of pedestrians despite international criticism of the death penalty. japan's justice minister insisted the punishment fit the crime. joanie's largest airline. lufthansa will cancel nearly all flights at its domestic obs, frankfurt, and music on wednesday. ground staff, a striking is could impact travel plans for more than $130000.00 passengers. in the

coming days, negotiators want to pay rise for staff is re, the archaeologists have displayed a recently found rare roman era coin. 1850 years old. the coin bid. the image of the zodiac sign cancer behind a depiction of the moon goddess luna. it was minted in alexandria. egypt, under the rule of the roman empire, antonius piers pious. the coin was discovered off the coast of high fair fighters in northern greece. have been trying to put out a fire blazing in a national park for the 6th day. volunteers from a wildlife protection group are trying to rescue animals. daddy, a forest is one of the most important protected areas in europe. vast areas of pines have already been lost to the fire. the w corresponded fully on schmidt, is close to the village of diarrhea in the everest region. florian,

how is the situation where you are? well, as you can see behind me, the situation in the remains very critical. you can see that have the smoke and i can actually see lames and flames. growing up. the weather today has not been helping it was really hot. it was just a way to just be below the 40 degree march. and so yesterday it was raining a little bit, but not enough with just the drops in the hot water drops in the desert. what makes the situation here extremely difficult is the fact that this is the pine forest in pine trees, of very lame a bull, and also pine cones explode in their transport, the fire to, to, to other parts of the, of the forest. and also, since it is a protected forest, there are no roads. there's hardly any access the for the fire fighters to

penetrate the forest deeper and, and work on the ground. about 320 people are working day and night. fire fighters from all over greece, but it's been very difficult for them because of the condition to contain this fire on a more positive note. the blazes that we've been worried about in less balls and on the peninsula of the of been upon is those seem to be under control. are officials any closer to finding out the cause of this place? i've been talking to some locals today and i've read, i've read the paper in the region, and there is a rumor that refugees caused this fire. but having said that, the locals also use the term lateral mentor knox is which roughly translates into illegal immigrants and is a sign of the high end time migrant sentiment. in this region. we're right next to

to the turkish water where the river and brought it. we're record, you try to cross the river on a regular basis. then once they enter european soil, they try to hide in the woods because they're, they're scared of the authorities and being illegally deported back to, to turkey. so we can really only speak about rumors because there are, there are dozens of possibilities that can cause such a fire responded fully and schmidt's thank you for bringing us up to date support now and at the women's euros in england. the 1st semi final is being played tuesday evening. england face sweden in front of a full house in sheffield with fans gathering in front of the stadium aus before kick off. a controversy has struck again due to the lack of video assistant bravery

cameras of the tournament, england, all the slight favorites to win cheese de semi final against sweden in beth made they have the tournament top scorer and coach that in a vague man, 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 and speaks not the pressure the loose thought will embrace and then the atmosphere ins on it so far has been outstanding. for support when people becoming watching at home and the messages up again, sunny and that they're not sound in their seat. we're grateful for that ball. i think it shows the growth of the game and the direction that way. one is continuing, the tournament has shown a boost and the popularity of the women's game and a sell out crowd 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

way for a using far fewer via cameras than at the men's euros last year. for fidel thought to elicit, we have 50 percent fuel via our cameras in our tenement than the men's game. that's a catastrophe because decisions can't be made with the same position as a sort of fall. we have one game though. when they make mistakes, they make a mistake in the cost to draw the line on the wrong side and allow them what we heard. they have not the same cameras. and for me it's not the acceptable in the euro. sweden, we'll hope not to face another contentious decision. while england's lionesses attempt to bring football home and by munich have signed french teenager matisse. tell from hen for a reporter, fee of up to $13000000.00 euros before it made 10 appearances for the club without scoring a single goal. but his performances as

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