a ah ah, this is dw use lie from bo, then the 2 most powerful leaders in the world tried talking about their problems. the way president joe biden and china is teaching being hold their 1st conference call in months. aging is outraged by plans for a tough us politicians to visit taiwan. you prank confirms russian forces have taken control of its 2nd biggest power plant. keith plays down the capture of the coal fired station into yet as a tiny, tactical advantage and surviving california biggest wild fire of the year.

this was on fire that was on fire, fire. i'm bar, mountain communities evacuate, leaving behind a child landscape. fly crews continue to baffle the blades near yosemite national park. ah, i've been fizzle, unwelcome cooperation and containment. that's what the u. s. president is reported the asking of his chinese counterpart biden. and she of talked on the phone for the 1st time since roster invaded ukraine. badging has failed to denounce moscow's war . instead, it's threatened, taiwan with invasion. china considered it part of its territory. the island governs itself democratically biden has offered to come to, ty, wants defense. if she tries, where uniting it with the mainland us house we can. nancy pelosi is said to be

planning a visit to the island. i think by jing, as board of consequences. if such a high profile visit takes place, michelin, chris knows how long the story for us from washington. what are you expecting to come out of these talks? i would expect a strong rhetoric on both sides to come out of those very readouts and we're currently waiting for the readout to come out of the white house on that very phone call. but mostly just haven't spoken for months last time. ukraine was very much the focus with a veiled threat from the united states if that, that if china positions itself, not just backing of russia, but helping russia in its war against ukraine, that there would be consequences. the now the rhetoric is somewhat the other way around when it comes to taiwan with china, wanted warning of severe messages. if indeed nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house, who is completely separate from the present. she can take her own decisions,

but she's from the same party is indeed a does decide to go ahead with a visit to china, which is red there as a sorry not to time to taiwan, which is read as a provocation of tyna, which considers taiwan of course an integral part of its territory and biden's being alluding to the us possibly defending ty, one in the event of any sort of invasion, i guess that's not going down well with by j. well no, it didn't do so while ago he was asked that very question whether he would actually defend taiwan militarily. and he simply answered yes, that was read as a threat in china taking us back to 19 in the mid ninety's. if we had a similar escalation that our, she thought china launch missiles into the sea or off the coast of taiwan. a taiwan is not officially recognized as a separate state by the us. but it receives military aid, and it is,

and that is key and receipt of a lot of the global chip industry. and a lot of the things that are being mach manufactured everywhere around the world, from cars to coffee machines, have little chips in them. and so without taiwan, that delivery chain would be interrupted, that makes it so vital also to global economic power. and both countries, certainly the u. s. and china are currently fighting over that very leadership. and the u. s. has gone even further saying that china needs to be contained how will that go down to this conference call? hold both sides, feel that the other side needs to be contained and that and where that's where there is a come fundamental rift between those 2 world powers to very different system is the real life consequences of the competition between democracy and

authoritarian rule. as we see in china with both leaders awaiting elections in alton and she's in ping is expected to be re elected by the people's assembly at the same time he needs to project power. and so does joe biden. you see new lows in the opinion polls and is also due to speak here today because for the 2nd quarter running and the u. s. is seeing negative economic data coming out pointing towards over session. so both for this moment are on the defensive and that's not a very productive climate for any kind of compromise. not at all, dw corresponded. michelle ok, thank you. some analysis on chinese foreign policy. i talked to ian chung and associate professor at the national university of singapore. i asked him for his expectations from the talks. honestly i, i expect quite a lot of bluster and positioning,

but i really do not expect any resolution to the differences because the issues at hand are very much intertwined with domestic issues in both china or the p r c and also the u. s. so i don't think leaders on the leaders on either side have very much room for new maneuver. well, with this crucial election coming up for she, jim ping. i bet there's a lot of. well, i wouldn't say acting, but a lot of playing to add to the public going on, especially this anger over at nancy pelosi proposed visit to taiwan when you say so on the she side. it's not that he's going for election. i think it's pretty clear. has is the term it's about him being able to push agenda through being able to put his key allies into important positions. and the way that she has positioned himself, as the leader of china, is one that focuses a lot on nationalism on bringing up china sort of national sentiment sometimes

in rather sort of ethnic terms. and that can come up as pretty strident. so with that, create a dynamic in the p r c, where everyone has an incentive to look strong. no one has an incentive to look, we least of all she. so i think there's going to be a lot of forcefulness coming from. she has certainly we see that on as rhetoric on taiwan, that's this new thing that he's putting forward about how the talent street is an international waters where previous the, the, the p s, he had not raised these sorts of concerns. so this, that moving of the needle, i think, to positions she in a stronger position that creates more friction. not only with taiwan, but the u. s. u. s. allies. talking about looking strong ones holding. it's biggest to have a military drill right now. are the concerns of an invasion real. so taiwan has had to deal with the potential over evasion for a really long time in the late ninety's, early 2000. there was

a few that perhaps the economics would be more important that certainly hasn't played out. so with the vision of ukraine by russia, i think many people and how in start realizing that war could be quite real. so there's a lot more seriousness put into the current $138.00 exercise, but it's not just the military sites. there's a big civil defense element that has seen far more involvement from the public than was in the past. so this on one side as preparedness, but i think they're also trying to send a signal that any attempt to invasion will be costly. leslie, what's the chance of us getting any sort of cooperation from these 2 leaders when, when both sides would like to see the other contained well, i think for the u. s. they've been trying to talk about constrain meant not so much about containment. the chinese that is talked about containment, accused us of trying to contain them. now there is a lot to corporate over the economy. the continuing pandemic climate change. but

unfortunately, i think the politics on the 2 sides and the mutual suspicions are so deep. and also the need for trying to push this nationalist narrative is so ingrained that i think they, that that sort of very useful and reasonable corporation might unfortunately have to be for gone in jump from the national university of singapore. thank you very much for getting, you'll take on this. thank you, constraint and containment. now let's get you up to speed on some other stories. north korea's liter kim jung and says he's ready to use nuclear weapons in potential conflicts with the united states or south korea. speaking on the 16th anniversary of the end of the korean war, known in the north as victory de la yona, a russian court is convicted, a journalist of discrediting the armed forces and find her the equivalent of 800 euros arena of young cova and international attention when she protested against

russia invasion of ukraine during a news bulletin. honestly, the case relates to her latest social media posts in which she criticized the war. at least formal protest is being killed in the democratic republic of congo. soldiers fired shots which hit an electric cable that then fell on the crowd. demonstration was against the united nations peacekeeping mission. at least 15 people died in the rallies. ukrainian officials, a russian forces have taken control of a 2nd biggest power station for la hisco power plant is the latest loss in the east and don bass region. president vladimir lensky says ukraine is to step up electricity exports to the european union to help it withstand pressure from russia of a constant energy supplies. d. w is matea. spelling a is in odessa. we asked him to tell us more about this latest development. yes, so this power plant has been under attack for several weeks. and it seems now that

the russians have been able to take it that fits with pretty much the pattern that we've seen during the past few months. actually in the east that russia concentrates its fire power and, and, and soldiers on one object and they keep shelling it, they keep attacking it until at some point they can take it, they are making gains, they're making gains that seem incremental at the moment. a few months to take one power plant, but of course they're adding up. and this is why russia has been able to advance in that region in other regions and other parts of the front, the north east of region and the south. it's not the same, that's where ukraine is, exercising more pressure on the russians and where they have been able to make some gains. also, these gains are relatively small. they are some villages at the front line near the front line, but they have been steady. and what we've been seeing in the past few days with the past few weeks, actually since these high mars multiple rocket launchers have arrived,

they have systematically taken out some of the russian supply lines quite far behind the lines, ammunition depos or a bridge. very important bridge that connects the city, of course, on to the southern shore of the near river and to crimea. the main supply route, basically for the russian troops there. and that looks very pretty much like a preparation for a counter offensive that ukraine has already announced. ok on another front i, i ask you this question every time this week, but the world really wants to know when those 1st grain shipments are going to leave ukraine. you're in odessa, yesterday we saw the opening of the coordination center in turkey to get those ships out. but it's a dangerous operation, isn't it? i talked to an official from the port authority before and he said, theoretically they're ready to ship tomorrow. the ship's already loaded and the

lanes that need to be de mine. they have been de mine. there is the possibility for the ships to, to go now and to, to, to sail on to turkey. but they're waiting for the go. and we do not really know how and when this decision will be taking ukraine says it's ready, sports operating it ships are loaded, and the mines are clear from that, from that lane. the latest they from mateus building a new great, thank you. the war is killed thousands and destroyed infrastructure and batted the mental health of many ukrainians. psychologists are struggling to help adults and children deal with the impact. he w correspondent, expire a visit at the devastated town of bar duncan, and found that even reminders of historical violence can trigger a new anxiety for show shocked ukrainians. during the occupation, somebody put

a bullet hole through the head of ukraine's national poet, terra schiff, jenko, psychologist, tenure sauce, go tells of a patient who walk past it with her son who is children long. he is poems and begin in from their 1st grade till 11th grade. and the boy said, mom a little glue. what's in what state? oh it's. he holds in his head. he's sure didn't say oh no, maybe they didn't know that said jen goes nasha, he's our national hero. the boy like, you know, it was his pain. there are painful reminders everywhere including right across the street from the market on shift. jenko square is nigi. everybody and bar jacket seems to know the story of this building. when russian shelling started, people took shelter inside its basement as they're supposed to do, but they were trapped by the rubble for around a month. they cried out for food and water and people tried to bring it to them. snipers held them at bay. so there are feelings of helplessness and the fear that

the war is following you. when it started this couple thought it would be over in days and never get close. but celine with that, i do here what apple is shelling from the russian multiple launch rockets system. hit the playground where my wife and child were leave literally were so helpful. she got fragments in her leg shell hola. most most of the 3 or squall of yellowish i was sent to the hospital in jer, tamiya. and then she told me it was bombed. it was very difficult, psychologically difficult to for those who can't even express their fear with words yet my child is scared now. even the words air alarm he understands and he trembled . any noise. my son he is, he runs to me and starts hugging me. margaret tonya takes me aboard what she calls the psychological brigade van town. we use this car for visa tend to be small villages busy called us several times a day and explain about the problem,

especially, you know, it's very difficult situation for mothers with many children when they don't have father. their father is a soldier and goes there and use a book to people. the russians destroyed the building that used to house tanya's communities. psychological support service. now they're set up in a school. the biggest challenge she says, is grief. it's really difficult to find the words how to say that you should leave again, but yes, and we're trying to find because they, you should, they should leave because it will be the memory was them will live the memory of those people and so on. and so forth, it's difficult but, but we do this every day outside the school children wait for their parents, tanya and the other psychologist said the big job is going to be helping kids make sense of what they have seen and heard and continue to see around them only then can healing and bore jenko truly begin. a massive wildfire has been burning all

week along the border between germany and the czech republic. it's destroying huge swathes of parkland on both sides. the blaze seemed to be contained but is spreading again. already one village on the check side has been destroyed and hundreds of residents evacuated. the fire started during a heat life. scientists say extreme conditions are being made more frequent by change. as conditions are also being seen across the us, severe droughts combined with strong winds and high temperatures. a few fires in 11 states in california. fire crews are still working to contain the biggest blaze this year. the oak fire, which threatened the semitic national park, has been partially contained, but is not yet fully under control. dw correspondence evans humans is in the sierra nevada mountains by firefighters. it's still hard 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 swarming. the chart grounds, the oak fire left behind their mopping up as they say, reoccurring hot spots 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 as we're making our way deeper into the mountains and to what's the front line with the oak fires actively burning. we are passing sides of utter

destruction. examples of destroyed property, and in many cases, last lively. 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 through. it destroys what it destroys, as much as that is true. 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. hi, this light is on fire and it was starting to wrap around, so already 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 lesson. 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 a pond in the back yard of a resident who have been evacuated on this day. 3 choppers get water from here and dumping 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. so the news now from around the world authorities in india's waste and state of goods,

rat have launched an investigation of the dozens of people died from drinking toxic liquor. police say contained industrial, methanol, commonly used in paints in it because sales abandoned goods around and cheap illicit. alcohol causes hundreds of deaths across the country. every year. residents of the northern philippines are assessing the damage on for a powerful quite it struck the island of the zone. on wednesday, at least 4 people were killed and over a 130 injured hundreds of aftershocks have hit the region with many residents saying they're too scared to sleep in their homes. and intense gang fighting has broken out in the haitian capital. rival groups reportedly locked in a deadly battle for control. a large part of the city suspected gang members is said to have said a church on fire in an attempt to kill their opponents and gain more territory. the watching dw news still to come, ah, the ta gary ends are coming. dragon riding royals from game of thrones. get their

own free call. fans get an early glimpse at the premier in hollywood. in rwanda, it's not illegal to be gay or lesbian, but society still doesn't accept many l g p t. 2 people. many say they're frequently facing discrimination. but against this backdrop, one church has decided to tread another path and open its doors. sunday morning for most rwandans means going to church and they spoiled for choice and where they can go to worship. but many l g b t 2 people say they didn't feel welcome and rwanda's churches until they found this one on the outskirts of the capitol kigali. where in fact, as yet that fidel is conscious. if i heard about this church in a place that accepts us unconditionally and accepts any one, i keep sac victor, jack 5th to put in and i jumped for joy because this is something new in rwanda,

after 50, at the moment i feel at home here because this is the 1st time i can freely saying, dance or talk with other people because you are not from the l g b t, q, community one, play malaysia on lacey, elijah in some popcorn love on in, on the a single mom. did my in sanity christians from other churches criticize us, another thing they judges because of us sexuality thing i'm saying we are cast a semi let a sheet a whole lot in their eyes. we will go to hell. so it is not easy for us to stay here and gone. the law of the house, the churches leadership made a conscious effort to open up its membership, which is currently at about a 100 people. they say another $5000.00 from around the country follow the teachings online. or korea, harold squad, it to my

d head towards coma. the decision to integrate l g b t q. people into our churches came after we saw that they were undesirable in any christian church. daniella cuz we looked at the scriptures and saw that they aren't acceptable. people like us able to see what that is, why we welcomed these people of god, warmer corn, billy money, other churches have distance themselves from that stands maintaining that true christianity cannot be altered behaviors, laker di maria, and do what sexuality and some of those other things that then portray doesn't seem for behaviors, upward munitions actually for her asthma to fuck. why? because everything to diction you finding the bible is the protection for the community. it's a common view in rwanda, which has over 15000 churches but with only one outlier providing the

unconditional welcome l g b t q. christians seek now for all you game of thrones fans out there, the hit fat as he drama is back as a pre call series house of the dragon producers and stage than eagerly anticipated premier in los angeles. ah, story about a family divide, it is a full time in which dragon's fly, the skies and their turn gary and riders through the 7 kingdoms at the house of the dragon. the picked up bitter and brutal civil war that took place roughly 200 years before the original serious. they called it the dance of the dragons. the makers of the series says it has its own town or is the ring. the original series is very much like the odyssey. i think this is, this is more like a greek tragedy, as it is about

a single house tearing itself apart from within. these, in the novel firing blot the spin of willing to dozens of winged blizzards. there are so many dragons in this one was yours. you won't be disappointed if you like dragons, if you don't like dragons, you should watch the show. it's been season since game of thrones reached is very much disputed and the new team hopes to recapture the magic. the original game of thrones was about multiple different families and it was spread over multiple confidence as a much more intimate story. it's really about the dissolution of one family and so in a why it wasn't hard for it to be different. but the fight was how, who might be to feel that they were in a familiar world to make them feel content, give them what they want. but knowing the way they're expecting house of 2 item will feature 10 episodes. the show begin streaming on august 21st.

i'll be watching that. so from us for now coming up next, focused on europe, includes a report from spain on farmers having to drill a legal wells because drought has cut off their water supplies, st. jude for that. i'm been presume and i'll be back next out of i ah, with

ah, with who are illegal fields? illegal wells, legal nature conservation in southern spain, foreigners of digging up water from a unesco nature reserve, a basso full scarce resources in which the authorities are partly to blame. focus on europe or

d. w. ah . is the end of the pandemic in site. we show what it could look like. return to normal. and we visit those who are finding it difficult with successes or in a weekly coven. 19 special. every thursday con d w. o. his goal is establishing and world order. she ging, president of the global power china, is part of a whole system which believes his time has come. he relies on an authoritarian system of total surveillance on economic expansion without scruples

and again and again, she provokes and threatens with military aggression. the chinese president believes his way is for superior than that of western democracy. china's president, she g starts july 30th on d, w. a with hello and welcome to focus on europe a europe that is facing huge and unprecedented challenges. one of which is heat. now while fires are of course, typically for the season in dry southern parts of the continent, but this time around large areas of central.