a 1022023 into a foundation. ah, this is the w news line from berlin, russia cuts gas appliance to germany, again, flows through moscow's biggest pipeline down to a 5th of normal capacity. germany describes the move has a power play. also on the program, more wild fires burned across europe and the place crosses the check border to

threaten one of germany's most popular national parks. meter farmers, cameron, searching for creative solutions to africa's food shortages from small beginnings. he's not running more than a 100 greenhouse fox to meet a group of refugees in broken up a new lives of themselves by mastering the art of the perfect deserves. ah, i'm fo gail welcome to the program versus state energy supply. gas problem has cut gas applies to germany through the node stream one pipeline terminus. network operators as flows have dropped to 20 percent of its full capacity because mean it will be difficult for the country to fill it reserve tanks before winter. and any further reductions can trigger emergency gas rationing. but the french government says it could help by supplying 2 percent of its neighbors needs over winter.

the w spoke with a u energy commissioner cadre, sim son. she said, europe should be able to make it through winter, even without russian gas. we know that the russia is not to lie, partnered, and any moment they can introduce it fully disruption of gas. despite the fact that right now they add to the bank as by a 30 pipelines. but there we are prepared. and i know that there with the help of reliable gas suppliers this sir storage level full enough or do very provide alternative gas supplies or so when eating season is it did speak and savings and this fuel switch. so, or those are different aspects that help us through this mentor and, and they will help us through this printer safely without emergency alert or her

address. lucian is an environmental economist from germany, university of bo hm. and he gave us his assessment of the many, if we just heard from the energy commissioner. yeah, we should stop discussing this. the commission is right. russia is no longer reliable against the player. it's actually, it's intention to create uncertainties to create fear of long european households. so we should focus on our mission. the most important one is we use a guess as far as quickly as possible, and we're using gas dependency. yes, we're using gas in the household supplies for industry and electric generation, and this is now really important, even with the lower deliveries off gas from russia. we can go through the winter if i guess you might use reduce substantially. so it is. so if russian gas flows

into germany through no stream on remain at the present reduced level and you think germany can make it through the other end. here we just add a new number from the german institutes of economic research showing that you are with low off gas to germany, 20 percent as it is right now, there is a relatively high change to go through the winter, but it's key of it that you emergency plans and the different legislation, the german government has to reduce gosti. mom will help us to really go through the winter without for the products. right. and that's a russia has fewer customers for its energy, but prices are going up. so with this is this tactic making the money or losing money? yeah, i think that's original strategy. if you're a dominant supplier, of course you're driving, you're trying to cut the supply in order to drive up the prices. but i think the

european answer should be that we are asked for me or using our market power on the demand side, a 75 percent off the pipeline market. and i think now it is really good time to think about possibilities to step in and trust. the price is not going to be high prices that have no attachment to reality. and if russia turns the taps off completely, do you see that as being a likely but this one possibility is that from the possibility that it's just opening up a tab and providing much more guess because the number one priority seems to me to really create these uncertainties in europe. well, we should focus on our strategies here. for example,

in germany we are now bringing back our co plans or qualify and whole plans to actually substitute for a gas fired power plant over the winter. i think that is what we should focus on in really trying to cover the mark. thank you so much for joining us. andrew marshall, an expert to environmental, an expert on environmental economy and sustainability. thank you. look, your secretary of state antony blinking has said he intends to meet with russia's foreign minister survey life raft to discuss a possible prisoner exchange. it would be his 1st meeting would be the 1st meeting since the russian invasion of ukraine. secretary lincoln said his priority would be to secure the release of u. s. professional basketball. player. brittany greiner and a former marine corps, turkey has owned a new sensor term, see the export of ukrainian grain before the war. russia and ukraine supplied nearly a 3rd of the world's weight. he says it's been unable to exports are great because

moscow's blockaded his port. global 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. $1000000.00 on the staff working at the center or where 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 that was so awesome. we got 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 in 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 engine. thank you . that's enough. i think if i really, i can't speculate on that as well or it will 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, seen the main obstacle for shipments at thousands of mines east by ukraine near the coast. the russians try on the port city of odessa just one day after the deal was signed with the agreement at risk with ukraine and president void him

a zalinski st. moscow can not be trusted. this man, who has a farm near or dare, sir, 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 his thought, his booth or a little c. historically, it makes no sense to make a deal with russia. the agreements with russia are not worth the paper. they're written on bison. 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. war corresponded mathias brinninger is in odessa. i asked him how the country's ports are getting ready. well, you trans as that the 3 ports that are included in this agreement have resumed work . and that they have been preparing basically the grain that they have formed

columns of off trucks that were bring the train to the ships and that they are ready. and they're waiting for the arrival of the ships. the ships are run by turkish companies and they would leave from mr. bull sale into these ports. get loaded and sail out. so we heard in the report there, the at the port is mind, but the 2nd defense minister has said that at d mining, these ports isn't necessary. how are they going to ensure the safety of the ships? so yeah, that doesn't mean that the ships have to go slalom around the mines, a corridor from these ports to the port of east and wool or to to the waters or to the international waters or the romanian waters. a has been, has been freed of mines and, and, and, and it's free to sail through the ships after stay within this corridor. that's the ukraine's way to ensure that a russia will not use this opportunity to attack because there's only this lane

that's open and from other size, you wouldn't be able to access these boards. and it's also not necessary to g mine all of the ports, but of course, where the ships will sail and where the ships will land. there will be no mind turning to the fighting or ukrainian artillery has struck a bridge crossing the denita river in the house on a region as a crucial supply route for russian forces. and what else can you tell us about that? this bridge is crucial for the russian supply routes. it's not only crucial, it's the main supply route. so here on the city, of course, that, that, that russia was able to take in the beginning of the war and that ukraine wants to take back now is on the north shore of the near river. the nipper river is a flowing into the sea, close to there was already quite wide there and so difficult to cross. and this is

the only bridge near the city that crosses the river. and there would be the link to crimea where the supplies come from. and reinforcements and whatever the only other way to cross the river is 60 kilometers further north. there's a dam. inova oscar, so one of 2 routes across its river in these contested northern territories. north of the near po is now destroyed. and that's a huge problem for the russians. we are seeing speculations, whether they can build a pontoon bridge there, but it's difficult because the river is wide. so we probably see some more images or information about how the russians are trying to bridge this river in that place. it's crucial for them to bring in supplies and to prepare for this counter offensive for this ukraine encounter offensive. that is on the way, but we do not know really when is the hottest phase of this counter offensive

expected. this is clearly a preparation for it. thank you for that is putting in odessa. let's take a look at some more stories around the world. 3 un peacekeepers and at least 19 civilians have been killed. the dozens injured during 2 days of violence and democratic republic of congo. protestors complained that the un mission in the east of the country has failed to protect civilians against militia violence. hundreds of iraqi protest, a storm, the national parliament in bagdad protesting and iran back parties. nominee prime minister, they breach security, was seen walking on tables and rifling through documents. many of them are reported to the followers of the influential shiite cleric, outsider flash flooding in the state of missouri as killed at least one person and left 100 stranded reco rainfalls caused a wide spread damage across the st. louis area authorities of declared

a state of emergency with more storms expected this week. and much of europe is struggling with drought 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 fire fighters battle blazes. wildfire are not unusual in germany, but global warming has made them more common and more intense in recent years. the eastern part of the country near the border with the check republic fires that are threatening a national park. d w reporter within blue cross is in bad shape bow close to the german check border. i fell. yeah, i'm standing here in one of the central coordinating areas, the staging area for firefighters really all around this region. the state of saxony, who have com, converged here to try to put out what a spokesperson told me is one of the largest fires in this areas. history,

we're right here on the check german border in this beautiful prestige natural world in this natural national park. that's a huge draw for tourists of all kinds who want to come for wellness for santa, for extreme sports outdoors. those outdoor sports now off limits as they're fighting this fire deep in this mountainous, rugged region of eastern germany. and what's being said about the cause of the fire? well, of course it's still not confirmed spokesperson said to me that he suspects it could be a cause. a human activity may be someone being careless, someone leaving a fire on someone flicking a cigarette onto very dry ground. that's of course not confirmed yet. we probably won't know for a while this fire started on the check side of the border, which is just steps away from here. and then strong winds sunday into monday drove the fire over the border into germany. so both countries are fighting this fire. i would everything abs actually worse on the checks i were there been evacuations

there so far. been no evacuation searing the germans ins because although the fire is not yet under control, it is contained deep in the wilderness far away from many of the idyllic villages, villages and towns that dot this landscape. right. so what is likely to happen over the next few days? well, again, spokesperson, i was speaking to earlier, who's overseeing the operation. and he told me that it could actually not just be days but weeks until this fire is really under control till they really have a handle on things. it doesn't necessarily mean that it's gonna spin out of control, that people will have to evacuate. it could happen, they say they're prepared for that. uh but it does mean that the ground in the, in these woods, in this mountainous area is very dry and also very hot. so even once you put out the fire, we've been told that fires can spring up again very easily. so could take actually weeks for this fire to come under control, which is something we've been seeing all around europe in yet another summer that's

been incredibly hot. and incredibly dry, i think that william will in blue cross on the german check border wildfires also affect the u. s. state of california. every summer firefighters are making progress in containing a giant blaze and yosemite national park. this was so threatening a giant sequoia trees and endangering animals favorable weather conditions have slowed its advance, but the blazes already destroyed the dozens of homes and force thousands of people to leave 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 3000 fire fighters battling the arc fire. we had a really good day to day. we got a lot of work done. this morning we reported 10 percent containment on the fire to

night were reporting 16 present containment. 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 and 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 smouldering from space. not far south west from yosemite national park. officials were concerned. the file was heading towards the reserve. but now i 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. a

pay strike by ground staff is forced germany's biggest ally, lufthansa to cancel more than a $1000.00 flights hub. airports in munich and frankfort of in worst affected tens of thousands of passengers around the world face 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 reached their destinations. i got a cancellation message her this morning were traveling and her but nothing more. i tried to reach them by, by chance. and by my phone, put a 3rd nothing. they're not coming through. ah, we have to stay in line and see if we get a fight back and hope we gotta quite back because we're going to start school soon now. 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 mines 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 it 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 after 9. 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 lotanza doesn't meet their demands, date of the business report, christy plug soon, that frankfurt f o to explained why this strike may not be the last. well, we know is that a lufthansa and though latan the union do plan to continue negotiations and next week. but the union has said that if their demands are not matter 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 basically means that if they, if they are profitable than these employees won't get a perez, 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 post cove. it's summer season and that's just not acceptable to them.

they said they are willing to strike again. we should say this isn't the 1st strike we've seen the summer. we also saw a few weeks ago strikes from scandinavian airlines also strikes from airlines in france as well. and we also heard today that ryanair is planning a strike in august as well. it's been a very chaotic season for european air travel. pretty much the same issue is that a lot of times as 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 lufthansa, it's an issue for the whole industry. so our worth in the thick of the european and a vacation season right now, and it doesn't look like his issues are going to be clearing up anytime soon. christy plots and reporting from frankfort, a climate change, the war in ukraine and corruption are threatening global food security across africa. shortages forcing farm is to search for new solutions to improve output d, w correspondent to place a on travel to the village of the bomb. barry in cameroon to meet

a businessman and farmer who is promoting smart agriculture using greenhouses dennis ago, ruler foreman, they'll return to cameron from the us to star greenhouse farming is a method of agriculture. doremus new income, rude. rolanda has more than 100. the house farms across the country jeroen, he got his clothes that i just came in the market. oh were traditionally available only in certain seasons. we grow based on what the market demands. we grow bell peppers because prior to are doing better best, they were actually been imported. so we've actually been able to substitute the importation of bell peppers into the country. one of the things we've been able to do is to sure to become unions that less than the things that are normally been imported or grown abroad, could also be grown here. do you agree? no, wor, tons of limit as we, as we get a price, i can fully cover rude. like

a rest of the continent. sorry, food prices are making it harder for many families to afford a complete meal. the stamps are good and can carry on for land, thinks african farmers can learn from the crisis and better as a customer offered by changing how farming is dawn. with the russian crisis, it is a curse on a blessing at the same time. and i believe that it actually reminds us of the need of, you know, industrialized i see precision agriculture and we took our presence on agriculture . greenhouse family seats are the very core of that in a bit to share knowledge and contribute to food security across cameroon. rollin is now offering classes to teach young people how to set up greenhouse forms like this . take home soon. it are 29 is currently among daughters of young people. on the rollers year long mentorship. she'll be here for 6 mars lennon. all it takes to set up are on a greenhouse form. before coming here,

i didn't have any clue. maybe i had just the busy knowledge about fun, but i cannot have the real knowledge about greenhouse. so i was just delighted when i saw it on facebook rule and it's pushing post austin of one organic food contribution. we're water saving techniques and efficient land use. his smart innovation could happen to us on the cameras and coach or whatever. a group of refugees in bro, we're making new lives themselves by learning to become desert chefs. the women worked as cooks in their homelands, but war persecution of poverty forced them to leave victoria, as from said on, she's making her national desert. she is one of the many refugees who arrived in italy with personal stories of disadvantage and vulnerability. now a dozen of these women are rebuilding the lights from scratch,

but not everything from back home is lost. they're all making sweets that represent the country that become from i school and all that. yeah, i think randall, i have been living in italy for 5 years. i escaped from more. my desert is called cut. i have home. the ingredients are dried fruit. this echo now making it by bangladesh. my country's name is bangladesh. i came to italy 8 years ago to staying here with my children. that's when you leave it on the m b. i came here to gast armando, to attend the pastry workshop because i really like it. and i like cooking very much with the horse over. she now to go for them if you as well. but it isn't just the passion for making that's driving them. the chefs hoped to make

a living out of this catarina game from ukraine before the war broke out. well, i hope in the future that i will find work in the pastry business. the city in the coming months will be meeting restaurant owners who the hope will collaborate with them and adopt one of the national dessert creations. you watching dw, i'll be back in just a moment to take a look at some of the biggest stories of the day in the day time with

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