on mileage class and re imagine these teachings for relevance to gandhi's legacy. sports organ, fixed on b, w ah ah, this is dw news life from bo, then don't to play with fire over taiwan. a warning from china, jean pig to us president joe biden. according to the state media, the 2 leaders talk on the phone for the 1st time in 4 months as tensions between the 2 nations bryce. ukraine. second largest power plant is now a brush enhanced keith cap confirmed the capture. it says

a counter offensive in the south is gaining ground and surviving california's biggest wildfire of the year. this was on fire that was on fire. might find our mountain community forced out of their homes, leaving behind in child landscape crews continue to battle fight, approaching yosemite national park. ah, i've been fizzle and welcome cooperation and containment. that's what the u. s. president is reported the asking of his chinese counterpart biden. and she had talked on the phone for the 1st time since rush invaded ukraine by ging has failed to denounce bosco's war. instead of threatened taiwan with impatient trying to consider is it part of its territory? the ivan governs itself. demo adequate button is offered to come to tie one so

fence if she tries united breed uniting with the mainland us how speaking nancy pelosi is said to be planning a visit to the island rest. shiny state media says she warned biden not to play with fire over taiwan. thought the shadow christner was following the story for us from washington. strong words there from she. michelle. yes, absolutely. and it is highlights how tens the situation is already with that announcement of nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house that she is considering traveling to taiwan. so that was highly contentious. joe biden is to speaking as we told here on inflation on the economy. and he also is commenting on that very conversation as we speak here right now. i don't know whether we have the opportunity to dip into that. but one thing is for sure that china did when the race to shape or what comes out of it to

set a kind of the tone. was she in ping being quoted on tie knees, media, justice, short moment after that 2 hour plus conversation came to an end with his warning to the united states and that it should not indeed play with fire and nothing else than taiwan is meant that and that potential visit by the speaker of the house in the united states. michelle or the chinese state use agency also reported the both presidents viewed by coles as candid and in depth. isn't it would have been a 2 hours? is it even when you factor in translation at quite a stretch of time for the 2 most powerful men to actually be engaged in conversation? and they indeed have a long list to get through. and a lot of that is related to nuts and bolts issues like the economy and the united states is getting worse and worse,

economic data. although employment remains strong, they are indicators that heads towards a potential recession. and also in china, the economy isn't quite as strong as the chinese leadership would like to make it out to be. there was of the potential for the united states to decide that they may, may lift some terrorists that were imposed even by the trump administration. and also to tackle inflation here in the united states, although there was no expectation of a real concrete outcome. and we haven't heard anything about that yet. whether there was any kind of concrete agreement, most important. he is the rhetoric with both leaders needing towards the public to emerge as the stronger voice out of this conversation. so no concrete outcome, but you get the feeling good either of the 3 leaders managed to diffuse tensions between the 2 countries, which, which seem to be at a high right now. i think it anything that always means

a frank exchange means that there are some very tough pressure points that remain and that would, in itself be seen as success as speaking to experts on the region here. that is a real tangible concern that a stand off could fast become a crisis in this particular scenario, also of a taiwan. and with the wes supplying military assistance to taiwan, while not recognizing it as a separate state, so implicitly accepting that it will one day become again a part of china. but that is something the chinese very feel very touchy about. and we seen some very close encounters, also of, of the military in the region, both the u. s. and china. so the big fear is that something more concrete could happen on the ground. and leaders seem to have avoided that for now. michelle, a cooking for us in washington, following those talks closely between biden and she and we'll have more on the

response from president biden in out later updates. thank you. a halo russian forces have sees ukraine's 2nd biggest power station. the volero, his power plant, is the latest set back in the east, and dumbass, the area around the capitol. keith has come under bethel attack for the 1st time in wakes, but in the south, ukraine says a counter offensive is gaining ground. i from the ruins of this hotel. rescuers pull a man from the rubble alive. not every one was so lucky when russian rockets hit buck moved on thursday. the city in the doughnuts region has been hit again and again. i indiscriminate russian shelling part of moscow stalled efforts to claim ukraine's east for but in the country south keep says a counter offensive is moving forward. the city of her son fell to russian forces early on in the war. ukraine is now stepping up efforts to retake it. keep says is

knocked out the strategic antonio ski bridge. this would help isolate russian forces on the rivers west bank, away from their supply lines. yes sir. q and why that there is a significant damage to the bridge and its structure. we think that the enemy will try to repair it again with a number of others. we are prepared for this and you will soon hear about our next steps for multiple that should be removed as autumn was posting on telegram and official for the russian appointed administration said the bridge was still functional, while referring to ukraine's armed forces as nazis as, as common in the pro russian camp. still with most of the sword, one sealed group, the bridge is blown up with you. every one rejoices. but these are just allusions. none of the nazis will ever enter have song. so the destroyed bridge, which you can see behind me, you still exist and objectively speaking this hysteria by ukrainian nazis cuz it

won't change the outcome if fia ag, russell graham of his though the fighting over this strategic crossing is more than just a war of words ukraine says it's forces will repair the bridge eventually. but 1st, the aim to liberate her son. t w's mathias bellinger is in odessa. i started by asking him about russian forces, taking control of the country's 2nd biggest power station. the seizure of the wiggly, his power plant, is, of course, a major game for russia. for weeks russia has been attacking this plant and having taken it is a success. now, it falls pretty much in line with what russia has been doing before. it has been concentrating its fighting power and its fire power on certain objects or settlements for some time and, and had the patience to take them these gains. they are incremental, but they're adding up. this is why we are seeing a slow but steady advance in the east by the russians. the situation is different in the north east, the heart of region. and in the south where ukraine has been

a little bit on the offensive where ukraine has been able to take some settlements along the front line. but for the past few weeks, these guys are also incremental. but ukraine is preparing for a major offensive. and they have been trying to take out some of the supply lines of the russians, ammunition, they pause and also bridges that the russians would need to re supply their positions whether ukraine is in the position to advance more quickly now, or would it where they would need additional material for that additional weapons from the west is unclear. now that as unclear as when the 1st shipment of grain could go out of the ports of odessa, the see behind me is mind and the russia turkey the u. n. and ukraine have agreed to open a lane through these mines and to allow ships shipments to pass through. i've

talked to an official of the port authority today. he says, ukraine is ready, the ships are ready, they loaded and they're waiting for the go. now it could be as early as tomorrow, but it could also take a few more days. that's something that will have to be decided by the parties. in istanbul, let's not get you up to speed with some other stories making use german foreign minister, alina babble, has visited athens. they had a talks with the greek government. she'd like flowers at the sight of a former nazi headquarters where german occupies with thousands of great resistance fighters of korean leader. king john says he's ready to use nuclear weapons in potential conflicts with the united states or south korea. he was speaking on the 69th anniversary of the end of the korean war in the north as victory day. residents of the northern philippines are assessing the damage on for a powerful quite, it struck the island of zion. on wednesday,

at least 4 people were killed and over 130 injured hundreds of aftershocks of the region. many residents a day too scared to sleep in their homes. a massive, wild fire has been burning all week along the border between germany and the czech republic. it's destroying huge weights of parkland on both sides. the blade seemed to be contained about is spreading again. one village on the check side is already been destroyed. hundreds of residents evacuated. the fire started during a heat wave. scientist said extreme conditions of being made more frequent by climate change. those conditions are also being seen across the us. so the droughts combined with strong winds and high temperatures have fueled wildfires in 11 states . in california fire cruise is still working to contain the biggest blaze so far the see the oak fire, which threatened you 70 national park has been partially contained but is not yet

fully under control. he w correspondent stephens, events is in the sierra nevada mountains. we find is a still hot block driving through the hills and into the mountains surrounding small town mariposa on the southwest corner of yosemite park fields almost like entering a different world. the 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'll leave that here. they leave that here in case this come the fire, another fire exact come in there, common there, connect,

they go up there and they can find i all ready, ready to go. this will make you know, 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 has no respect for who it destroys what it destroys. as much as that is true. fire, finest,

all some say that higher 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 line 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 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 up next t w news asia with one of the stories we touched on, the full north korea's leda threatens nuclear war, issuing strong words against his staff and neva. that more with bearish vanity, coming up after a short break. i been fissile and i'll be back next hour with more news here on the dump of ah ah red alert for the blue climate. ah, we're going to have some epic. moreover, water with her is becoming a scarce commodity.