i miss so well, it's ok so the move is shake is visionaries and made it when binding the meaning of my don't africa is actually august and d w. mm hm. ah ah, this is dw news lie from birth in russia reduces gas supplies to europe even further flows through moscow's biggest pipeline to the continent, down to 20 percent of normal capacity. germany calls the move, a power play more wild fires, burn across europe. one, blaze spreads from the czech republic, across the border to germany, threatening

a national park, and deadly protests against united nations peacekeepers in the democratic republic of congo. critics say the troops and blue helmets are failing to protect civilians from militia violence. ah, i've been for solon welcome. energy security is at stake. russian energy company gas problem has cut its gas supply to germany through the north stream pipeline. germany network operator says flows have dropped to just 20 percent of their normal volumes. the cuts will make it difficult for germany to fill its reserve tanks before winter, and further reductions could trigger emergency plans to ration gas. but the french government now says it could help out a bit supplying 2 percent of germany's needs over the winter. the

e commissioner for energy countries, samsung has evaluated what europe could face this winter shall brush or turn off. the gas completely is what she told the w's. brussels correspond, christine mahoney. what commissioner, thanks so much was wanting to do. which of ella russia has again cut supply gas supply to your buy it the north stream one pipeline. we're now in uncharted territory. they are real concerns about whether or not right that europe is going to survive this winter doubts about if europe will survive this winter. well, we really ville the survivor this winter and we have started preparations already at the beginning of this year. and we know that the russia is not to lie up with partnered and any moment they can not introduce a fully disruption of gas. despite the fact that right now they are delivering gas via 3 pipelines. but we are prepared and i know that there with the

help of reliable gas suppliers this sir storage level full enough. i do very provide as turn a diverse gas supply is all. so when eating season is it did speak and was savings and was fuel switch. so or those are different aspects will help us through this winter and. and they will help us through this winter safely without emergency alert. member states agreed to a guest cutting plan yesterday. it wasn't met with much enthusiasm. many analysts aren't convinced that that plan, in addition to everything you've just highlighted now, is enough to get you through this winter. indeed that different member states do have different starting positions. different circumstances, different than ha, mixes, and they are different that boil himself underground storage. and we had a very serious political discussion. but as a result,

we do have this very important agreement. and now we know that we will start savings right now. because preemptive measures will help us get through this winter . this smaller impact over cheated b and smaller impact over industry than doing nothing right now and facing their level of emergency in the middle of the winter. it's rush of the side so. so we are not waiting for the best. next steps. we are ready and we are preparing ourselves for winter already. now. another consequence from the conflict in ukraine, turkey opening a new coordination center to oversee exports of ukrainian grain. russia and ukraine has signed a deal to unblock shipments from ukrainian boards. the 2 nations jointly supplied delay a 3rd of the world's weight affordable. the blockade has seen global food prices search. des doran jones was at the opening of the you coordination center in ist

ample, and explains how it works. well, this center is key to the implementation of this deal that was 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 it. 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 mine waters. from there, the center will then monitor the ship that 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 reached the ukrainian port. this is the key, the amount of moscow they fear that they, they ship or possibly used to carry weapons to the ukraine. and this center will be ensuring that, that doesn't happen. ah, this is all, there is

a great deal of skepticism about this operation. the fact that a 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 is the only hope at the moment of averting a major global famine. much of europe is struggling with drought and extreme heat which have caused wildfires across the continent from spain to norway. in germany, military helicopters had been called in to help battle blazes. hundreds of 5 fight, as will said, battling a fire on the border of the czech republic and east in germany. it's threatening a national park, want fi as a not unusual in germany, but global warming has made them more common and more intense in recent years. it will be reporter william, good croft is in, but shonda close to the german check border ground. show you right now. what's happening on the ground is actually what's happening in the air we've been seeing

all day. now we've been here for at least an hour helicopters, both of the federal police and the german military been coming to the elbow river. this one, the most important biggest rivers in europe. they've been filling these massive containers dangling under the helicopters from the river and flying into the mountains nonstop just on a round robin. here comes another one. now, we're just surrounded by a fleet of helicopters, a few from the german military, a few more from the german for the german federal police. and they're trying to get into the mountains to put out this fire. and this is a common site. these kinds of helicopters at wild fires it out in the mountains, but they're especially important here because as you can maybe see behind the rocks that the terrain here is extremely difficult. it's very difficult for firefighters to actually get in there on foot on the ground. so in some cases, the helicopters are the only way to actually try to douse the flames of this fire. it also looks extremely dry way. you why usually germany is so green in summer. do

we know more about the exact cause of these places? ah, yeah, we don't know the exact cause, come back with me. we can see how low the water level is here. look at these rocks here coming up over, you know, above the water level, we can see just how low the water is. something ironic because these helicopters need the water to put out the fire. we don't have an exact cause yet, but we've been seeing all around europe, dry conditions, drought conditions, historically dry conditions, historically hot conditions, which science is se, climate change is playing a role and that may be one of one part of this fire. one cause of this fire officials around germany have have the, the warning for the risk of forest fires of wildfires at a very high level almost all summer were right at the checked german border. this is the old border crossing during the cold war. the fire started on sunday on the check side and spread due to winds into the germans side. the checks i, we here is actually in a more difficult situation. but fortunately, winds have died down a little bit today,

and firefighters are cautiously optimistic. they may be slowly getting the upper hand on this wildfire. and william, can you tell us any more about germany's efforts in keeping these places under control? oh, what we can expect the days ahead are looking at least another few days trying to get this fire under control. they are not making any predictions yet. it will depend on rainfall on temperatures, on the wind. as i said, the wind has died down a little bit according to officials. this is a very serious situation. the entire, this entire national park is an important national park, not just for taurus, but also for wild life for nature. it's about 95 square kilometer. so far, just on the german side, about about 2 and a half square kilometers have burned so far is about 3 percent of the entire area. and as said, it's very hard to get access these parts. the good news about being hard to access and here comes another helicopter right now. german l a journal or helicopter is gonna come get the water. but it's so far not affected the towns and the residents

of their self. i'm not, have there been any evacuation i they were my they are going to the helicopter. i want to partner with a problem william blue cross or is that the latest on that plays on the tape republics forwarded to germany. a strike in germany has ruined the holiday plans of a whole lot of on away travelers. ground stuff calling from mo pe, forcing the may deadline. lufthansa to cancel over a 1000 flights, some 130000 passengers facing disruption over the next few days. holiday plans and business trips put on hold. no one left to work. the counters would be looked hans of passengers at frankfurt airport or stuck with almost no ground staff to help them and their luggage reached their destinations. i got a cancellation message her this morning were traveling and but nothing more. i'll

try to reach them by, by chance, and by, by phone web or nothing. they're not coming through. oh, we have to stay in line and see if we get a flight back and hope we gotta quite back cuz 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 months 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 today. by video 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 f distant vine. lufthansa has pointed the finger at the workers for demanding too much and putting a burden on travelers. 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 the deadly protests in the democratic republic of congo over the u when both demonstrate as an united nation stauffer among the 15 dead critics of the un say, a long standing peacekeeping mission has failed to protect civilians from militia violence. the people of the democratic republic of congo of hut 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 has 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 madness. go cassim gen, to condemn the killing of our colleagues and 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. deb, it's gone up um and he's fun. oh, what has just happened here is

a piece 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 a not give like, like, well, my syndrome was a reuters journalist has reported seeing un peacekeepers shoot to people dead. as protesters threw 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, but yes, we do 1st need to get to the truth of what was happening on the grammy judith. 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 mom because i'm up there tear gassing us because we came to see of monasco does not have both of us have been in congo for 22 years and nothing

works. we came to demand our rights, but they shoot us with tear gas bundled, become more said. 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 up next d, w, news, asia with this story prepping for bull y taiwan believes its largest ever military drills will deter any chinese invasion that mo, with parish vantage entre she'll break on painful and he said, ah, ah.