the water is becoming a scarce commodity is dying of thirst. global struggle for water. thirst distorts. august 10th on d, w. ah, ah, ah, this is dw news lie from berlin as the board ukraine continues. russia reduces gas supplies to europe, again, flows through moscow's biggest pipeline to the continent, to down to 20 percent of normal capacity. germany calls the move a power plate ups for an easing of the world food crisis. and you center will

coordinate shipments of grain which you cranes his russia has blocked from export. and mo, wildfires burn across europe. one ablaze spreads from the czech republic across the border to germany, threatening a national park. ah, i've been fizzle and welcome. energy security is at stake, rushes gas pump has cut its gas applied to germany through the north string pipeline. germany, network operators says flows have dropped to just a 5th of their normal volumes. the cuts will make it difficult for germany to fill its reserve tanks before the winter and further reductions could trigger emergency plans to ration gas that the french government now says they could help out by supplying about 2 percent of germany's needs over the winter. the eas commissioner for energy countries simpson,

has evaluated what europe could face this window showed russia turn off the gas completely is what she told you. don't use brussels corresponding christine, behold, we're at 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 at 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 or partnered. and any moment they are gonna introduce a full disruption of gas despite the fact that right now they are delivering cars for your 3 pipelines. but we are prepared. and we know that there with a help of reliable gas suppliers,

her reserve storage level full enough or do well provide alternative or gas supply is all. so when eating season is it did speak and was savings and was fuel switch. so or those are different, their 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 your through this winter. indeed, i did a member states do have different starting positions, different circumstances, different then i to 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 g, the 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 at 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. turkey has opened a new coordination center to oversee the export of ukrainian grain. before the war, russia and ukraine supplied nearly a 3rd of the world's weight. keep says it's been unable to export grain because moscow is blockaded. its port of food prices have searched as a result, but the 2 sides have signed a deal to unblock shipments. getting the grain out, these officials have a challenging task. they need to figure out how to ship millions of tons of grain

stuck in ukraine in ports, russia, ukraine, turkey in the u. n. have each cent 5 officials to this coordination center to make it happen. will millions of dollars on the staff working at the center aware that the eyes of the world are upon them? it's our hope that through collective and successful work, the center will make the maximum contribution to she monetary needs and to piece what. so as i recall was all over, so the plan is to register and inspect merchant ships transporting food from ukraine and allow them to pass safely through the black sea to turkey. it was agreed by russia and ukraine during talks mediated by ankara last week. under the deal, moscow would also be allowed to ship its fertilizer to world markets. what's unclear is house and the 1st vessel will be able to leave ukraine. i can say that the, the people here,

all the parties here are committed to ensuring the success of the initiative. thank you. that's enough. i think if i really, i can't speculate on that and we're here or it'll be very soon. ukraine accused russia of blockading. it's poured stuff to the start of the invasion in february, and even stealing grain from the occupied territories in the south. russia denies both claim st. the main obstacle for shipments are thousands of mines placed by you crane near the coast. the russians try on the port city of odessa just one day after the deal was signed, put the agreement at risk with ukraine and president volume of the lansky st. moscow can not be trusted. this man who has a farm near odessa says he's running to huge financial troubles because he can't sell his grain or by seed for next year and is hopeful as he is. the deal will work . he has his doubts or he stories move

a little see historically it makes no sense to make a deal with russia. agreements with russia are not worth the paper, they're written on it. but for now, the port is preparing for the day when the shipments will finally resume, bring in the much needed food to vulnerable regence of the world. ok, let's bring you up to date on some other stories making use around the world. 3 united nations peacekeepers and at least 19 civilians have been killed and dozens injured during 2 days of clashes in the democratic republic of congo. protests was furred by complaints that a un mission in the east of the country had failed to protect civilians from militia violence. the german government has announced it'll compensate the families of those who died in the 972 olympics terror attack and munich surviving relatives of the 11 israeli athletes. and a german police officer have already received 2 payments, totaling about 5000000 euros. a powerful earthquake has hit the northern

philippines, killing at least 4 people and injuring dozens. major tremors, damaged buildings in the province of abra, forced evacuations. in the capital manila, it's the strongest quite to hit the philippines in years. and flash flooding in the u. s. state of missouri has killed at least one person and left hundreds stranded reco rainfall has caused widespread damage across the st. louis area authorities that declared a state of emergency with more storms expected later this week. well, much of europe is struggling with droughts and extreme heat. which of course wildfires across the continent from spain to norway in germany, military helicopters have been called in to help hundreds of find find his battle. blazes. one finds it not unusual in germany, but global warming has made them more common and more intense in recent years. in the eastern part of the country near the border with the check republic, pfizer threatening a national park d w report of william blue croft is in batch

hondo. close to the german cheque border grau and to 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 me 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 he's 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 scientists say climate change is playing a role. and that may be one a one part of this fire. one cause of this fire officials around germany who 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 hear 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 tourist, but also for wild life for nature. it's about 95 square kilometer. so far, just on the germans side, about about 2 and a half square kilometers, had burned so far is about 3 percent of the entire area. and as said,

it's very hard to get access to these parts. the good news about being hard to access and here comes another helicopter right now. german, how a german military i look up is gonna come get the water, but it's so far not affected the towns and the residence of their self. i'm not, have there been any evacuations? i think were my they are going to this helicopter. i want to park a problem william blue cross or is that the latest on that plays on the tape? republics? forwarded to germany and talking about flights as strike in germany. has ruined the holiday plans of a lot of on away travelers. ground stuff cooling, full mo, pay forced the main airline lu funds 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 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 this morning were traveling but nothing more. i've tried to reach him by, by check by my phone. but there is nothing. now coming through, we have to stay in line and see if we get a flight back and hope we get a flight back because we are going to start school. and then also our parents, they're traveling to nigeria. so it's like we wouldn't 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 search and travel as pandemic restrictions loosen. but after 2 rounds of bargaining, they still haven't gotten what they wanted. does that song bought out by the last

offer? love, handsome 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 indie bush f dish nevada. lufthansa 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, football now and at the heroes in england, the kick off for the 2nd heavy final is just under an hour away. germany's women face france in front of a pack stadium way of fans gathered outside hours beforehand. germany winger clara booth will miss the semi final off the testing positive for coven 19. the winners will take on england in the final, at wembley stadium on sunday. and

a reminder of the top story with falling for you this, our brushing energy company gas problem has produced gas supply through the notes stream. pipeline gas flows have dropped to just 20 percent of their noble volumes. germany is called the move of power play by moscow. and coming off a documentary film, the big fool looks at the bowl played by ordered his in the y a caught scandal. feel gail will have your next news update next hour. i'm paid for zillow and i'll be back tomorrow to see then a she's got issues with all say will gray. you.