[000:00:00;00] ah, this is the w slide from berlin. travel chaos as over a 1000 flights through germany are cancelled as airline staff go on strike. passengers are left stranded in airports as lufthansa cuts almost all service through 2 major hops, striking ground staff say they need higher pay to cope with inflation and an increased workload. also coming up, russia, cuts, grass supplies to germany,

flows through the north stream pipeline are down to just 20 percent of normal capacity. germany's government calls its power play by moscow. and u. s. fire fighters are raising hopes of saving yosemite national park. a giant blaze threatening is action trees shifts, direction. evacuation orders though are still in place for thousands of reasons. plus england's most closer to claiming the crown at the euro football tournament. both nations team advances to the final. after beating sweden, their opponent will be decided and matched today between germany and france. ah, i'm good. how about us? welcome to the program gradstaff. it's germany's largest airline. lufthansa on strike, and the others forced the company to cancel more than

a 1000 flights. nearly services through lufthansa, hobbs in frankfort and munich. i've been scrapped starting today. the disruption is impacting travel plans for more than a $130000.00 passengers worldwide in the coming days. workers are demanding a pay increase to cope with rising living costs, holiday plans and business trips put on hold. no one left to work. the counters would be looked hansa passengers at frankfurt airport, or stuck with almost no ground staff to help them and their luggage reach their destinations. i got a cancellation message her this morning were traveling and her, but nothing more. i'll try to reach them by, by chance, and by my phone, but a or nothing. they're not coming through. ah, we have to stay in line and see if we get a fight back and hope we got quite back as we're going to start school soon. and

then also our parents, they're traveling to nigeria, so it's like we would if we don't get a flight back in like a few days, then we won't be able to see them for like almost 3 lines because we haven't seen them. the striking workers say they have plenty of reasons to ask for higher wages . staff shortages have increased their workload as has the surgeon travel as pandemic restrictions loosen. but after 2 rounds of bargaining, they still haven't gotten what they wanted. does that song, a boy tell by the last offer, lufthansa made was not enough to stop the strike had been lufthansa also hasn't improved its offer in recent days. so the employees see the necessity to go on strike. to day my view for weeks we have seen an immense workload at airports across germany. so this is a clear signal from the employs ignited in the bush after 9 left hansa has pointed the finger at the workers for demanding too much, and putting a burden on travellers. organizers say the strike should last just over 24 hours,

but they're prepared for further walk outs. if lufthansa doesn't meet their demands to w correspondent christy puts in his effort for that. but an early am i asked her if things had gotten any better. well, the line of people you can see behind me has thinned out to some degree. if you could see to my left, the end of the line is, is just to my left here by wires earlier today. that line when all the way back to the through the terminal, couldn't even see the end when i went to look for it. i'm so it is shorter, but i will say some of the people that i spoke to earlier this morning about 3 hours ago. i see that they're still waiting in line, still haven't gotten to speak to lufthansa. representatives are still waiting to find out when they can leave frankfurt when they can get home or get on to their next destination or destination. so there are almost all of tons of flights were cancelled today. there's very little wiggle room here in terms of re booking these people until of tons of flights. obviously, a very large amount of passengers affected over 90000 passengers. here in frankfort,

alone affected by these strikes. so it's quite difficult to relocate them on to other other flights. it seems this may not be the last of these stripes. what well, what we know is that a lufthansa and the left on the union do plan to continue negotiations in next week . but the union has said that if their demands are not metal or that if they're not, if they're not offered an offer that they're happy with, they are willing to strike again. one of their main sticking points for with the most recent offer from the lufthansa is that part of the pay raise that lufthansa is willing to offer is tied to the condition that the company is profitable. so that will of basically mean that if they, if they aren't profitable than these employees won't get periods, we obviously know we're dealing with record high flayson here in europe as elsewhere. and for the workers who are just completely overwhelmed by the demand from this this post coven summer season, a that's just not acceptable to them. they said they are willing to strike again

because it is it just look tons of passengers who have to worry about their flights . who should say this isn't the 1st strike we've seen the summer. we also saw a few weeks ago strikes from scandinavian era. it's also strikes from airlines in france as well. and we also heard today that reiner is planning a strike in august as well. it's been a very chaotic season for european air travel. pretty much the same issues that a lot of tons of employees are dealing with and are complaining about our, our issues for the whole industry and actually a little of tons of spokesperson we spoke to earlier. said as much himself. he said this is not just an issue for a lot of times, it's an issue for the whole industry up. so i worth in the thick of the european vacation season right now, and it doesn't look like his issues are going to be clearing up anytime soon. as the bouncing back the, the business in frankfort for us. thank you for the russian energy company, gas promised contents. gas applies to germany through an old stream pipeline.

germany network operator confirm that flows have dropped to just 20 percent of their normal volumes. the costs will make it difficult for germany to fill its reserve tanks before the wind up and further reductions could trigger emergency plans to rush and gas. but the french government now says it could supply 2 percent of germany's needs over the winter. well, it'll be a business reporter for moscow. correspondence. tilton is with me. the story is covering the story of force and how will this reduction affect germany now? well, it's not likely to have an immediate impact in terms of a business sense. i mean, you have to remember the kremlin has already made some noise that they're willing to make up for this, these gas deliveries from north stream one through another pipeline running through central europe. so it's not likely to have a huge impact in that sense. this is more about exerting pressure, both on the german government and the german people. they're trying to get them to lose their interest in supporting the war. new crane long term. i mean, we're already in a situation where a lot of people are having kind of

a price shock when, when they're looking at their gas bills. you know, i'm moving house right now in pain from i used to pay $50.00 a month to heat my old apartment. well, the new apartment is going to be 272301000 euros a month for gas to heat. my apartment and of course in when people see that in here, the type of noise coming out of crime when they get a little bit of nervous, a little bit nervous rather. and that's exactly what the kremlin was. this is more a political move than it is an economic move. so, so currently the credit has caught a gas problem has caught deliveries to 20 percent of noble capacity. is a company cut off likely will that and that is really dependent upon how the german government now the german people and also the uses more broadly react in the coming months. you have to realize that the kremlin is actually a fairly good position right now. there while it is actually full gas prices are up and they're actually making more money from selling hydrocarbons they did before the war. so that's kind of given them. i think the confidence to say ok, we can use this as a tool to sort some pressure on the. remember they're known to have done that before. they did it in the early 2,

thousands to crane several times. and this is all about kind of destabilizing germany, to a certain extent. i mean, you know, flattery. putin is a very high level. judo player in judo, which i do think informs, is approach to foreign policy. it's all about giving your opponent a little bit of a shelf and seen which way they're going to fall before you go in for the attack. i do believe that's what they're doing right here. they're giving the you in germany a little bit of a shelf, and now they want to see what the best policy can be moving forward. a very interesting, she actually now against the back of this impending gas shortage. the german government is also planning to focus on the refurbishment of existing building buildings, cladding, them insulating them better. is that gonna help in the short term? you know, i really think it's nothing more than a bit of a distraction because we're talking about a short term crisis right now. prices, bio spiraling gas shooting up. and anybody who's ever tried to do any type of

construction in this land of red tape and bureaucracy knows you can't get anything done in 6 months to a year, even if you try. right. so it went badly. yes. it's just that it's the case everywhere in the country. so by saying, we're going to focus on, you know, on refurbishing the buildings, these less energy. i mean, that's not going to fix our gas prices in the next 2 to 3 months. the kremlin is thinking in a very short term here, thinking about short term ways to exert pressure on germany. and, you know, seeing that we're going to convert to solar in the next 6 months is just a way to distract from the larger issues at hand, in my opinion. good up until to the thank you very much for this analysis on. thank you. turkey has unveiled a headquarters of a new coordination center which will oversee the export of ukrainian grain shipments. it comes after russia ukraine of signed a landmark deal to unblock grain exports from ukrainian harbors. together, russia and ukraine shipped almost one 3rd of the global weed supplies abroad before

the war began. but russia's invasion has drastically limited ukraine's ability ability to send out its brand stocks, driving fears of a rising global fuel crossover, anti dummies. dorian jones is in his temple where the central is starting up an early i'm explained how it plans to get the grain flowing again. well, this center is key to the implementation of the steel. those signed on friday between russia, ukraine, united nations and turkey. this will be the harp where all the activities will be monitor cosi. you'll have, as, as you see behind me, there was a map showing the black sea and there they will monitor the convoys of ship cargo ships, leaving the ukrainian 3 ukrainian ports are led by ukrainian pilots who will guide them through the heavily mind waters. from there, the center will then monitor the ships as they progress across the black sea, the estoppel, and then on to well market. the center also place

a crucial role in terms of an alt searching all ship before they reach the ukrainian port. this is the key, the amount of moscow they fear that they, they should or possibly used to carry weapons to the ukraine. and this center will being showing that, that doesn't happen. ah, this is all, there is a great deal of skepticism about this operation. the fact that of launched a missile attack on saturday against odessa, a diesel port which was seen as a violation. but at the same time, there's a recognition that this agreement, really the only hope at the moment of the 13th and major global famine. now you said there is some skepticism about sent us abs. do you know when the 1st grand export will start? well, a, in fact, they were expect to the thought within the next coming days underlining how important this is to get. these are 20000000 tons of grain on to the world market. although un officials that i have spoke to said that it will take

a number of weeks before it reaches full capacity of this operation. the aiming to export in the region of $5000000.00 tons a month on to the well market. and in fact, the, even the announced that he has seen the falling of price is initially this is seen as key to refrain down. those prices are permanently and to avoid a major well crisis in terms of food or salvation. good of his door and joe's there in is stumble. thank you, dorian tom nob to have a look at some of the other stories are making headlines around the world to day. a powerful earthquake has hit the northern philippines, killing at least 4 people and injuring thousands more. major tremors. damaged buildings at the epicenter in abra province and force evacuations in the capital manila, it is the strongest earthquake to it. the philippines, in years to nature, has approved

a new constitution in a referendum that was marred by a low voter turnout and accusations of fraud. changes to the constitution have granted unchecked powers to the office of president k site. his critics have accused the electoral board of falsify turner figures after rivals of boycotting the boat. police in mexico city have made a major drugs bust authorities seized 1.6 tons of cocaine. that was hidden in compartments in 2 trucks. the drugs, i believe, to have origin it from columbia and would be worth about $20000000.00 us dollars on the streets. at least 15 people have been killed during a violent protests directed against the united nations in the democratic republic of congo. both protesters and un personnel among the dead. the demonstrate to say

the long serving un peacekeeping mission has fail to protect civilians from militia violence. the un has strongly condemned the clashes, but it also faces accusations that it's peacekeepers shot and killed protesters. 4 ah, the people of the democratic republic of congo have had to live with conflict and violence for decades. now, some have turned against those assigned to protect them from it. the troops and the blue hats are from anesco. the un peacekeeping force, which served in the country for more than 20 years. but some believe they have failed to deal with the militia violence which has long brutalized, the eastern part of the country. protests against the you and forces this week, organized by a youth wing of the country's ruling party, quickly turned deadly in the cities of goma on dutempo. at least one un peacekeepers and 2 un police personnel were killed along with several protesters.

the death toll is still rising. we add our voice to the acting head of monasco cassim gen, to condemn the killing of our colleagues and to express our deepest sympathy to their families and colleagues. mr. jang has described the violence against the un as absolutely unacceptable and counterproductive. given that the mission is in the country to work alongside local authorities, to protect civilians, deter armed groups and build a capacity of state institutions and services. but monasco forces are accused of shooting protesters, a potential breach of their mandate. have you done obama, nissan o? what has just happened here is a peace keeper has killed one person here at their base, and he has injured another. we don't want them here any more. best yet to let them go to their homes. i never took enough. you black lined up well, but didn't go, is it? reuters journalist has reported seeing un peacekeepers shoot to people dead as

protesters through rocks and tried to set fire to you and building and goma the you and says it will investigate those claims. obviously, if there's any, ah, if there's any a responsibility by u. n. a of forces for any of the injuries or, or any of the death, we will, we will follow up on that. but uh, but yes, we do 1st need to get to the truth of what was happening on the ground. we should, what is clear on the ground is that there is opposition to moscow. much of it directed by the country's government who have long wanted the you and force reduced or removed entirely. my bombay some up there, tear gassing us. because we came to say that moscow does not have blah, blah, blah, that have been in congo for 22 years. and nothing works. we can't demand our rights, but they shoot us with tear gas yet. but under become a claim was in the fog of conflict in this country is dense. apportioning responsibility is a difficult task, but what is obvious to everyone on all sides?

the piece is not being kept firefighters in the usa dos california, as say they're making progress in containing a giant blaze on the edge of yosemite national park. the fire that's been raging since saturday was threatening the parks giants sequoia trees and many endangered animals. but now, favourable weather conditions have slowed the fire, the blaze has already destroyed dozens of homes and force thousands of residents to evacuate. just some of the destruction after fi ripped through mariposa county. the huge blaze has caused major damage in many areas, but more moist air moved into the region on tuesday. a huge help for the 3005 fight is battling the arc fire. read a really good day today. we got a lot of work done this morning. we reported 10 percent containment on the fire to

night were reporting 16 was inconvenient. so you know, it's not a huge number, but it's a pretty big percentage. um, if you look at it that way, the flames erupted last friday and quickly got out of control. the ferocious blaze was fed by tend to dry conditions. the region of seeing its worst drought and decades. thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes. dozens of which have been destroyed. these images showed the blaze smoldering from space. not far south west from yosemite national park officials were concerned. the file was heading towards the reserve. but now they believe it warn't reach it. at this point, the fire does not appear to be an imminent threat to yosemite. california has experienced increasingly larger and deadly a wildfire in recent years. and scientists believe that due to climate change,

the situation here will only get more unpredictable in the future. our correspondence to funds the months is at an evacuation santa maria, post california. and earlier we asked him if firefighters are closer to having the fire on the control 26 percent contain now that is a huge jumper and the p i o. the press information officer in the piece was very positive, and that is rightfully so. odd the firefighters who started battling this fi as when it was really smaller just 3 days ago, or 500 fire fighters deployed. now 3000 battling a major fire, 18000 acres. big. this is humongous. the biggest fire in 2022 so far in california . so of course he's positive because they're making progress and they seem and there is a crook at the moment to seem to be positive that the fire is drifting away from you. so many part, but this can change. this fire is erratic, it jumped so fast and made so many acres, jumps in days,

thousands of acres that 3000 fire fighters are now necessary to battle it. many countries in europe have also seen major wildfires in recent days as climate change exacerbates heat, waves and droughts. major blazes have been burning across a national park in eastern germany for several days. military helicopters have been called in to assist the fire spread across the border from the czech republic, with hundreds of firefighters from both countries still battling to contain it. and now let's have a look at some more world news stories in brief flash flooding in the u. s, state of missouri has killed at least one person and left hundreds stranded emergency workers struggle to respond to request for help as record rainfall caused widespread damage across the st. louis area authorities have declared a state of emergency with more storms expected. later this week.

fireworks and both braces have marked the opening of a new bridge linking the southern tip of croatia with the mainland. the long awaited project will allow commuters to bypass a narrow strip of bosnian territory that splits the country. creations, prime minister, call the opening historic day for the next football now and here are 2022 host english are through to the competition final. after beating sweden for nil, england's alliances kept their composure after a fiercely contest. it started a game in sheffield. forward beth meet scored her 6th goal of the tournament, giving them joint most goals in a single euros. england will play either germany or france who will face off later today all day. you as i'm not a sports reporter, max merritt max. how did the english women pulled off?

well in bonds doing fashion for neal against the number to rank side in the world. if sweden is not just anyone? absolutely not. busy and we were the better side for 20 minutes. at the very least in the were on the back foot. really struggling actually seemed like the pressure maybe gotten to them in sweden had the better game plan. but then against the run of play, beth meet got yes. another goal, the tournament top scorer, fantastic stuff from her and then the 2nd half the floodgates opened. and as sweden really have to look at themselves a bit, some bad defending that the goal people won't be happy with her performance as well . lucy brown scoring, but unless you're rousseau, as well for england coming on as a sub for the 4th time she scored from the bench. so just showing the depth that england happened, and frank kirby with another delightful go. so england are in the final, at wembley, presumably a full house. it's going to be a really raucous atmosphere. they are arguably the strongest side in this competition. but i do support a few weaknesses that could be exposed in the final. so let's see who faces that.

now that final is going to be very, very interesting, especially if it's of course, germany versus a man that has a lot of history, that pairing. now in this, in the final, well, it will turn out. it's germany versus france today. how is that going to go? well, i think germany are going to do it. i mean, france are good side, but they're not great. and germany have been absolutely great in this competition. they came into this tournament, not being one of the firm favorites being a sort of outside favorite, which is somewhat surprising considering that track record out of 12 women's euros germany of $18.00. so they definitely have history on their side and they have the school to do it as well. the only real problem they have is the cloud blue. one of their starting forwards has cove it so she won't be playing at tonight. so i do think still there's enough there to beat france and then if there was a final between england and germany, i think england have a slight edge in the coaching department that in a big month, one the euros with a native netherlands last time around in 2017, however,

germany are an absolute pressing machine and having watched england closely during their last 2 matches against spain and now against sweden, they are a little bit susceptible when they are pressed effectively and germany are the best at that. and the competition. both themes have a lot of strength and depth and star quality, but yet last time they met in a final 2009 at the or as germany, 162. so could be an interesting one. hope for us, you very much. knox american dw sports italian football club, roma are known for their creative transfer announcement, but they did pull out all the stops when presenting their new. assigning. paolo di, bought up. b argentinian forward was welcomed by around 10000. in the italian capital. devour has joined on the free transfer from event and his number 21 shirt as already become the fastest selling jersey in italian history,

beating out with the honor. and all those from event is by wide march. and before we go, archaeologists in israel have been showing off a rad recently discovered roman era coin, thought to be more than 1800 years old. the coin bears the image of the zodiac sign cancer. behind a depiction of the moon goddess luna was minted in the egyptian city of alexandria . the bronze coin was discovered off the coast. i thought, and is the only one of its kind at the found in his well use it watching the w news here. so we mind off the top story, we're following for you. ground staff, a germany is the largest ally, lufthansa. i've gone on strike, the company has cancelled more than a 1000 flights through its frankfurt and unit cobbs, disrupting, travel plans for travelers around the globe. workers are demanding higher pay to

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