this is the poland to unleash on violet boss and re imagine these teachings for relevance to gandhi's legacy store to august 6th on b, w ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, it says d. w. news line from berlin. russian forces these control of ukraine's 2nd biggest power plant. it's the latest setback in the east as the area around the capital also comes under renewed attacks. ukraine says

a counter offensive in the south is gaining ground, also on the program. chinese president cheating, paying warrens, u. s. president joe biden, the over taiwan. don't play with fire, he says, as they talked for the 1st time in months, violent flares of, in columbia. as a new president prepares to take office beliefs, a, a powerful drug cartel is behind a wave of attack on security forces. and can john own, threatens to use nuclear weapons if north korea is attacked, his statement comes in that concerns that young young could be preparing a new nuclear test. ah, i'm nicole furnish, welcome to the program. russian forces have seized ukraine, 2nd biggest power station,

the capture of the rootless escape power plant is the latest set back for defenders and the eastern don bass region. the area around keith has come under missile attack for the 1st time in weeks. but in the south, ukraine says a counter offensive is gaining ground. with from the ruins of this hotel. rescuers pull a man from the rebel 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, keith 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. keith says is knocked out a 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 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 or multiple that should you, lucas, on most of these 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 is common in the pro russian camp. still with most of the sword, one sealy group, the bridge is blown up with every one rejoices. but these are just illusions. none of the nazis will ever enter have song so, but the destroyed bridge, which you can see behind me, you still exists and objectively speaking this hysteria by ukrainian nazis won't change the outcome for you. studia ag address. little grandma says 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 their son. moving on to columbia because the country is seeing a wave of violence against the police as a new president prepares to take office at least 25 officers have been killed so far this year, dozens more have been injured and attacks using fire arms and explosives, colombians have more than dead and vigils. nationwide. officials say the powerful golf clan, drug cartel is behind most of the murders and may even be offering rewards for targeting security forces. well, let's go to d. w on ramirez in bogota for more. jo ann, what's behind these attacks the government says that behind these attacks is the gland, the goal for the gold plan. this is the, the major criminal organization of the country,

one of the biggest drug gangs in latin america. these attacks are supposed to be retaliation against the authorities for the extra the shut off they need. there is a gang on the l or danielle was captured by the end of last year. and after many hearings and a longer process, he was a so the right extra the that to the united states a couple of months ago. just to give you an idea and the goal of the importance of auto nil after pablo escobar, the great drug lord in columbia auto neely's than most prominent figure in drug trafficking in this country. so his extradition is a major blow for this criminal organization. and the reason why they have declared this kind of war against the police. now that you mentioned, pablo escobar columbia is, of course, the country's guard by decades of brutal cartel violence at the hands of his men.

again, cartel, how concern our people about violence flaring up? once again, it's hard to imagine the called, but here in columbia, people are just to get, i mean, they're just used to, to, to, to live with violence and the, let's remember that the country went through a civil war that lasted more than 50 years. so violins have because i kind of daily a part of a daily life in the country. but columbia reached the peak of violence of back in the eighty's and ninety's did the golden era of doug drug traffic in the golden era of pablo escobar. so i think that there is the general perception that when it comes to violence, the words the worst is already behind. so this wave of fi, yeomans that hid the country from time to time, are just seen by colombians, a part of daily life in the country. still, this is

a problem that needs to be tackled in 10 days. columbia new government will be sworn and how is the new administration going to deal with a problem? the good news for the next government is that this sir glen, thank god for the biggest criminal organization of the country. with all the 30 criminal gangs and released a letter last week, proposing a peace accord to the to the next administration of gustavo petro. they are proposing to stop every criminal activity to hand over they weapons in exchange of pardon and a warranties of none. the prosecution, so this could open the door for a negotiations for a peace accord between the state than this criminal organizations by we cannot take it for granted this. remember that something similar already happened in the past to back in 2017, where the van of president one manuel santos on today. ah, now will be surprise

a winner. the glenville golfer also proposed they'd be so core to that the government and after some negotiations it failed you. so now the next 2 weeks and the next months are going to be key to see if this a new proposal finally works. bring him back to the country. interesting savion ramirez reporting from barbara, thank you so much. as they'll get you up to speed and some other stories making headlines around the world. french president avenue mccall has welcomed saudi crown . france mohammed been salon to his presidential palace in paris. the visit has drawn controversy in france because of saudi arabia's human rights abuses. the saudi government was linked to the killing of journalists drama, shoji in 2018. rare, heavy rains in the united arab emirates have caused flash floods closing roads and forcing families to evacuate their homes. the national weather center says it's the most rain seen in 27 years the jack vaughn for an

upcoming lottery draw and the united states has reached more than $1000000000.00. the organizers of the mega millions lottery draw say the prize pod is the 4th largest in us history. the odds of winning the bonanza and fridays draw are less than one in 300000000 things. the leaders of china and the united states have spoken for the 1st time and months and called dominated by tensions over taiwan. china considers the island to be part of its territory with the u. s. is offered taiwan support. if beijing tries to impose it's rule, there, joe biden, and cheating being talked for 2 hours and are reportedly exploring the idea of meeting and person freeze intentions flared when it was reported that you as how speaker nancy pelosi was planning to visit the island chinese. same media say she warned bitin not to get involved saying quote,

those who play with fire will only get bert president, she's in pings, bowling to the us. made headline. news in china with out of his message. don't play with fire over taiwan b to our conversation. was said to be broad ranging, but tensions over a potential visits by washington's 3rd most powerful politician dominate to the agenda. abscess. beijing views taiwan as a breakaway state of the mainland on denounces any political engagement which i pay on this democratically elected government. to does a jill me these remarks once again show that such an u. s. politicians flew out of the selfish interests one, nothing but tensions in china. us relations turbulence across the taiwan strait and chaos in the world. change up leases,

ill intentioned. yet william he earlier this week tie when he's president singing, when attended annual military exercises of the islands coast. though any visit from below, se wouldn't change the u. s. position on the one china policy. it's likely to rush . she took tensions over the contested tie. one straight should eager pelosi proceed with a trip. it would coincide with the 75th anniversary of the founding out the people's liberation army in china. and were likely, i think, to see an increase and in noticeable increase in chinese air space incursions in and around taiwan. any event that she proceeds with her trip, we may even see something called a median line incursion, and that's a breach of the maritime border that exists in the center of the taiwan street. when we are ginger, just last year, president,

she said reunification must be fulfilled and the u. s. is not officially said it would defend taiwan. but public support from high ranking officials, like nancy pelosi complicate the ambitions of the mum, that they call the chairman of everything north korea's liter kim jung own, has warned. he is ready to use nuclear weapons against the united states and south korea. it's thawed. kim's regime was preparing to conduct the 1st nuclear tests since 2017 observer. see his lead us rhetoric as an attempt to shore off morale as young young struggles to deal with a coven. 19 outbreak of faltering economy and the threat of more international sanctions. ah, at pune young's kim il sung square citizens dance to mock the so called victory day . although the korean war in the 50s ended in a truce for north korea, it was

a victory against the u. s. nationwide celebrations already started much earlier in the day, filling the streets with pride through will marching towards the victorious fatherland liberation war museum. while singing songs that the war victors used to sing grew up with them in a speech to mark the event. north korean leader kim jong, unclaimed. the country is ready for military clashes with the u. s. this came as washington said, peel young could conduct a nuclear test any time. the 1st since 2017 kim said. our armed forces are thoroughly prepared to respond to any crisis. and our states nuclear war to turns is also fully ready to mobilize, its absolute strength faithfully accurately and promptly to its mission. while north korean rhetoric, as often fiery tensions have in fact,

been rising on the peninsula. south korean president yourself, your has laid out a more aggressive defense policy. since he took office in may. it would allow sold to launch a pre emptive strikes on certain targets, which could kill kim jong and himself. the government also won't of consequences if the north conduct a nuclear test. connie to north korea would face even stronger sanctions if it pushes ahead with the 7th nuclear test orchestra, a hawkish stance kim junglin, strongly despised immune. on the victory day, he criticized to south korean president and brent at his administration and quote, a group of gangsters. ah, but for most north koreans, it wasn't a day of fury. it simply was an event of joy, pride, and a mode of entertainment. ah. and finally, while many parts of the world are struggling with heat waves and very much looks

like winter is coming, game of thrones is back as a prequel series with an all new cast on wednesday, house of the dragon premiered in los angeles. the theories will follow the tar, gary, and dynasty as there are many kings and queens both good and evil rule over the 7 kingdoms. yours can expect to see bloodshed battles and the trails and of course, plenty of dragons that's all from us for now. but stay with us as this is next, i'll have more headlines for you at the top of the hour of see that i got some hot tips for your bucket list. ah,