isn't it in the bud? ah, he believes his weight is 4 superior than that of western democracy. china's president, she ging ping starts july 30th on d w. ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is d w. news live from berlin. ukraine says russian forces are in control of it. second biggest power plant, the capture of the coal fired book layers, car pass station is rushes latest advance in the east and on bus region. elsewhere

. ukraine's counter offensive appears to be making gains. also coming on time on stages, it's biggest of a military drift. all residents must trying to seek shelter from era after russia attack on ukraine. ty, while fears a chinese invasion is now more likely and residents describe living through california's largest wildfire so far this year. this was on fire. that was on fire, fire, fire, fire the charred landscape near yosemite national park. fire crews continued to fight the still burning blaze. ah, i'm glad elf has well come to the program. ukrainian officials say russian forces have taken control of the countries 2nd biggest power plot. british military

intelligence said mercenaries from the commercial russian military unit, wagner, half captured territory near the co fire plant. in recent days. the book landscape power station is the latest loss in the eastern don bus region. it comes as president wagner lensky said. ukraine was preparing to increase its electricity exposed to the european union to help it withstand pressure from russia over energy supplies. importantly, the, i mean, that's bring in did abuse much. he has building a he is in odessa covering this story for as much as give us the latest on the fighting. yeah. as you've mentioned, the power plan seems to have been taken by the rations as has been confirmed by an advisor to the president of ukraine. and this was one of the major theaters of fighting in the past few days and even weeks because it's a, it's a made. it was a major obstacle for the russians on their, on their move forward. however,

it has taken them quite long to get to this power plant and it's a pattern that's repeated. russia concentrates. it's attacks on one point. a shells them massively attacks them massively at, at some point they enter, they are making gains, but these gains each for themselves are incremental. they are adding up, but we cannot talk about a fast advance. and a similar things can be said about the ukranian counter offensive in other parts of the country where ukraine has been able to take back quite a few settlements along the line along the southern front line and also in the north east near. hark if, but none of them a can be considered a break through what ukraine has been doing so far is attacking in positions and a munition dumps behind the lines. and that has proven, quite effective to weaken the russians,

and also to slow down the advance of the russians. russia has responded or is responding increasingly by missile attacks all over the country. that's also something we've seen in the past day in the past night. so that, that, that missiles have been fired all over ukrainian territory, especially in the north this time, the key of region. and the cheney of region, which have been quite spared these, this kind of attacks and days and weeks before it is you're in the port city of odessa. yesterday we saw the opening of a coordination center in his stumble, which should oversee the restart of the gray in shipments from ukraine to world markets. when do authorities in odessa expect the 1st shipment there to set sail authorities here they say they are ready for these shipments that the ships are loaded and they're waiting for the go. so possibly even tomorrow is what,

what are one of the managers of the port authority told me they are? they would be ready to ship to morrow, but they need to go and they don't know when it will come. it's a matter of coordination between a turkey, the u. n. russia and ukraine. and this is something that's unpredictable, but they would be ready and it seems that pathway has been cleared. the whole coast is mine, they're russian mines, they're ukranian mines. there are russian vessels. there are fewer but some ukrainian vessels and they have agreed to to the minor corridor that leads out of the ukrainian waters into romanian and international waters. and then the ships would proceed to istanbul this corridor seems to be operational, seems to have been d mind and their ships are ready. so we might see a shipment tomorrow, we might see it in the next few days. it's a matter of coordination. it's something us remains

a little bit unpredictable. our correspondent is pulling a very voting from odessa. thank you much. yes. oh, let's get you up to speed on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. north korea's leader kim jong on has said he's ready to use nuclear weapons in potential conflicts with the united states with south korea. he made the comments during an event marking the 69th anniversary of the end of fighting in the korean war authorities in india. as west the state of who gerardo have launched an investigation after dozens of people died from drinking toxic liquor, please say it contained industrial, methanol, commonly used in pain furnace. liquor sales are banned in garage and sheep, elicit arkell causes hundreds of this across the country. every year residents of the northern philippines are assessing the damage after a powerful quake that struck the island of luzon. on wednesday,

at least 4 people were killed and more than a 130 injured hundreds of after shots have hit the region with many resident saying they're too scared to sleep in their homes. fire crews are still working to contain the biggest blaze to hit the u. s. state of california. this year, the region has been hit by increasingly large and destructive wildfires attribute to climate change in recent years. the latest called the oak fire had threatened the yosemite national park has been partially contained, but is not yet fully under control. d. w. respond stefan z months is in the sierra nevada mountains where firefighters are still harder, work. driving through the hills and into the mountains surrounding small town. mariposa on the southwest corner of yosemite park feels almost like entering a different world to fire fighters. we accompany liking it often to wear lunar landscape. some fire crews are swarming the chart grounds. the oak fire left behind

their mopping up as they say, reoccurring hotspots, attending, smouldering tree trunks. others are assigned to check on, establish so called lines or to expend them. jo amador a fire captain from san diego and the press inflammation officer assigned to us explains what they're trying to do. they're trying to build a parameter around this burn here to keep it from spreading. and that's what this protection line is doing. so they leave that here, they leave that here in case this come the fire, another fire exact come in, they come in there, connect, they go up there and they can find and i all ready, ready to go is we're making our way deeper into the mountains and to what's the front line, where the oak fires actively burning. we are passing sides of utter destruction. examples of destroyed property, and in many cases lost life. the interesting thing here is that this side of the street where we are now here is as you can see,

totally destroyed. now, if we look at this side of the street there, the neighbor got spirit. i asked jo, our press information officer who is with us, why that is, it's very usual to see a fire come through and, and destroy whole blocks of, of homes and property, and then maybe another house completely untouched. so that's the thing about fire. it has no respect for who it destroys what it destroys, as much as that is to fire, finest all some say that fire, education and preparation are most critical. some residents, like nick smith and his fiance, she and michelle took matters in their own hands successfully. as soon as the fire came for them, they have the necessary tools to protect their home though a dozer and other heavy machinery. this was on fire. that was on fire hiatuses behind on fire, and it was starting to wrap around so already as fire everywhere. the reality for

many of the 3000 deployed fire fighters who still fight the oak fire at its frontline. however, a day without strong wind helps. they can use every les, this is front line fire fighting right there. there's the active fire oak fire. you see the smoke in the background. and that's why we have the staging ground here, fire fighters and helicopters, they go to a what is called a dip. the dip is pumped in the backyard of a resident who have been evacuated on this day. 3 shoppers get water from here and dump it over the fire. if everything works out, california's largest wildfire this year to date is expected to be under control. in about 2 weeks or so. you as president joe biden and his chinese count, but she didn't ping are expected to hold a call later. today, as relations between the 2 countries face new tensions over taiwan. white house officials say they call, we'll have

a broad agenda. relations have deteriorated over, geez, vow to re a nice democratic taiwan with the chinese. my left beijing is also warned against a possible trip to taiwan by u. s. how speaker nancy pelosi saying there would be consequences for such a high profile visit? you thought. meanwhile, taiwan has been conducting its biggest ever military drill, simulating its response to a possible invasion. for the 1st time in decades, all residents must practice seeking shelter. d w responded zachary li has this report from the capital type pay on the roof r o m p only the sound of the warning sirens can be heard. the police instruct every one to sick shorter immediately cities of course i was shut down for 30 minutes. for this nationwide military 3. 0, let me, terry i says, i said this year are the largest in taiwan history. as you can see behind me,

all calls have been forced to put over to the side of the road and everyone is too thick. shut to do in the air, read jail. how many people are taking the exercise seriously in light of the war? ukraine that has served us a wakeup call for ty, one over the thread from china. i think the drills and necessary, we should be prepared beforehand. so how's the weather was on through the exercise, we know what instructions to follow in case of a war. i think the government held drills more frequently. people would know how to react in an emergency situation. the larger the total was because of the war in ukraine. we want to know where we can go and hide when we get attacked. for example, where are the shelters in taiwan? they now hold on hold those i 90 ambulances in fire trucks play including rule in these 3. 0, the rescue workers back piece putting out

a fire after supposed may sell, attack the toe, and he's got them and wants to make it as real as possible to risk public awareness of emergency. we're in the job where the purpose of this year's exercise is to test how we would react in a real war. and we will do a review after the exercises and see how we can improve one, the 3. 05 military exercise will conduct the same time, and this will give him ukraine in made. reservists, dict lunches under a beach. others walker, some practice in urban warfare, and on the open, the sever warships carry out, may new verse. i was president how you went over sort of deals on the navy destroyer. this actually, jill demonstrated the ability and determination of the soldiers of the republic of china to defend the country. let's continue to work hard and got

a high man together. china's threads, pumpkin pie one to stayed up, preparation for chinese attack or is 1st page in is concerned. any attempts by pie was to come fonts is military will be doomed to fail. as in sports news now for you in football, germany or through to the final of euro, 2022, after beating france to one germany. as women kept there cool and a fiercely contested match in milton keynes in the u. k. captain alexandra pop netted both girls and she is now the joint top score of the tournament. the team will face england in the final at london's wembley stadium on sunday. and in men's football, dockman striker sebastian allow, will be out for several months after undergoing surgery honor testicular tomorrow. the 28 year old was diagnosed last week during the team's pre season training camp

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