variety of cars, so with this, so the focus, the movers shake is visionaries and made it when binding the meaning of modern africa is actually start august the 5th and d w. mm hm. ah, this is dw news live from berlin, ukraine's president lansky says his country is ready to help ease the world. food crisis ships loaded with previously blockaded grain are ready to set, sail from black. c ports. as elsewhere,

dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war are killed in a mis. i'll strike. also on the program. u. s. secretary of state antony blink and announce is fresh sanctions against russia. this after telling his russian counterpart that moscow annexation of ukraine will never be accepted. and political and economic turmoil take their toll inter lanka, many of the country's best qualified citizens, one to leave in search of a better life. ah, i am pablo fully as welcome to the program. we begin with the deaths of dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war. many of whom were victims of the months long. siege of matter you pull russia and ukraine are accusing each other of shelling the prison in the eastern front line town of all, ne hska,

which is controlled by russia backed separatists. local officials say as many as 53 ukrainian prisoners were killed in the day's other main development, ukraine is ready to restart grain exports to help ease the global food crisis. ships are loaded and ready to leave to black see ports a cloud of dust or wraps. his grain is loaded onto a merchant ship. in the port city of odessa, ukraine's president is on hand to inspect the loaded vessels ahead of departure vessel numbers. and this is the 1st vessel being loaded up since the war began to see which alchemy i'm standing in front of a turkish chevy. more? yes, the novel, this means the port has started operating. what the most important thing for us is that the port is operating and that people are working on divorce. millions of tons of ukrainian grain have been held for months in silos and ships blockaded by russia

on the black sea, sending food prices soaring around the world. according to a recent deal brokered by the u. s. and turkey merchant ships will be given safe passage in and out of key ukrainian ports. this agreement, as the, as the secretary general said, is not just important for ukraine and ukraine's economy. but these is important for the world because it will help to prevent the global food crises, local officials, they more than a dozen ships loaded with grain are ready to leave. a rare moment of good news and the 5 month long war. but it's being overshadowed by reports of a missile attack on a prison in a separatist control region of eastern ukraine. the strike killed dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war, moscow and key if blame each other for the death. angel views mathias. belinda was at the port of odessa during presidency. lansky, his visit, visits by his zalinski and by the ambassadors of the g 7 countries,

plus turkey and the representative of the united nations. that clearly a signal that the world wants these transports to go on and ukraine wants these transports to go on. there are warning to russia not to obstruct this scheme in ukraine sports, we have no 7 team ships that are ready to go. and that hopefully leaving the next few days after that there will be a shuttle between istanbul and ukraine in order to bring out all these tons of great. we're talking about 20000000 tons of grain that are now stored in ukraine storage facilities. and after the next harvest, another $20000000.00 tons are expected to add to that in order to bring all of them out. ukraine counts with the period of 8 or 9 months, so it is quite a long period. and there are many chances that this will be interrupted due to

fighting in the black sea or due to obstruction by russia. so there is quite some extra anxiety here in ukraine whether this can really work that he has filling a reporting there, or the u. s. has announced further sanctions on russian individuals and entities. it says are supporting the at malign forces of the kremlin. this came following a call between secretary of state antony blinking, and russian foreign minister said, a gay lover of the 2 men spoke by phone for the 1st time since russia invaded ukrainian fabric during the exchange, lincoln told his russian counterpart that moscow's annexation of ukraine will never be accepted or earlier i spoke to dw correspondent michela cove now in washington, d. c. and i asked her for more details about the fresh us sanctions against russia . what was made quite clear in that statement that came from the secretary of state,

just a saw while after comments on that telephone conversation, that these were sanctions, in addition to those already imposed over ukraine, that they were very much separate and that they were because of russia's quote, malign influence on elections, but also democratic institutions around the world. this goes back to the less meddling in us elections. and this is quite interesting because it wasn't raised in connection with that telephone conversation that was much more if on close to home matters for the americans who have put what they call a serious offer on the table to try and secure the release of to us citizens, so this really is a wholesale condemnation of russia's influence on democracy's world wide. and that's why individuals and entities are targeted here in the united states who are seen as anti international and anti democratic or it's so the sanctions come of the

world weights to see whether those grades shipments out of ukraine's ports will actually resume. and despite the sanctions, you've mentioned some elements there. did anything positive come out of today's discussion between blinking and lover of well, they quite significantly, there was no head way made when it came to us attempts for the release of personally gonna pull whelan and those high profile at hostages as the american side cause them prisoners is how the russian side cause them, and there is a call on the west side to stick to commitments on that very export of grains out of ukraine. and there was a cool by ross's foreign minister love roff to return to more quiet diplomacy. as he calls it, after all, the russians are calling for the release of a convicted, alms trader, and then now reports that they also want to secure the release of

a convicted murderer actually held in germany for political assassination years ago . and no headway is the short on so the only good news really coming out of it is that both sides did talk for the 1st time through their foreign ministers since that russian invasion, ukraine, dw correspondence mikaela because now in washington, d. c. thank you. the turkish and german foreign ministers have clashed that a tense meeting in istanbul, a one of several points of contention. turkey accused germany of siding with greece in a dispute over energy reserves. and lena bear book arrived in turkey with a packed agenda. the war in ukraine of the energy and food crises that flow from it . turkish military operations in syria and turkeys, human rights record. high on her list to was security in the eastern mediterranean,

arriving from athens. the german foreign minister still had greek views on that subject, bringing in her ears when bare balk into the turkish counterpart emerged from talks . mamma chevy show lou clearly felt she had been influenced by greece. all. maria, in the past, germany has played an honest mediating role in this process with a balanced attitude. about had recent times, we see that this balance has unfortunately, been lost. we have to listen to both sides years. athens is concerned about growing belligerents from turkey, like these recent military exercises. tensions between the 2 countries have been sharpened by the discovery of lucrative gas reserves in the mediterranean. the anchor has threatened to challenge greece's sovereignty over the aegean islands. such a tough talk between nato partners is alarming to germany is as bad pardon,

and i've been for partners in an alliance. in my view, it goes without saying that we respect each other's borders. it is therefore important to me that we do not drift apart politically at this moment. i am not in these little men, and that was bare books. key message now is not the time for discord. because division among supporters of ukraine would only play into the hands of russia. let's get you up to speed on some other stories making headlines around the world. the u. s. house of representatives has passed legislation to revive a ban on semi automatic guns. however, it looks unlikely to pass in the senate. republicans have dismissed the measure as an election year strategy by democrats. years of my shootings in the u. s. has that to a push for stricter gun controls. torrential rains of triggered record floods in the us state of kentucky. authority say at least 16 people have died.

tens of thousands are without power. floods of also hit the state of virginia and west virginia ministers from algeria. nigeria and nick air have signed a preliminary deal to build a 4000 kilometer gas pipeline connecting the sahara desert. with europe. the project will cost about $14000000000.00 euros and could supply 30000000000 cubic meters of natural gas per year is going to contribute. pope frances as mat survivors of abuse, a former residential schools in e, calloway to in northern canada. the pontiff is visiting the country in a bit to make reparations for decades of sexual abuse. committed at church one schools for the indigenous community. he asked for their forgiveness and thanked those who were brave enough to share their stories. some have welcome the apology or critics, including the canadian government,

say it doesn't go far enough. i pretty much empty feelings and i didn't feel that there was any passion, speech being delivered. what i wanted to talk a ball was why the whole truth is important and you don't get to pick which truth you want to talk about. and which truth, you don't want to talk of all, because we're living the damage of all of that. trill anker's, economic and political emergency is seeing at citizens lose hope that things will get better any time soon. many are now considering leaving for good t w's. my near a chattering reports from colombo, every single day. hundreds queue up pure at the passport office in sri lanka, bushed by circumstances they wish to leave the country. one of them is 50 to utilize germany, david, who has been coming here for 3 days now. with her husband and son were to have

a husband papa, i have come here with my husband and my son to get their passports made and we want to leave for an acre. there's no work here for us. there's nothing bomb neo gemini has worked as a caregiver for years, and her husband as an auto rickshaw driver. both have lost a livelihood because of the current crisis, and she lanka and are finding it difficult to even so wife. what she wants now is a better life for her 19 year old son, which she knows is a far cry in her country. germany says that it's not just her but boundless others who are suffering. people here have been waiting for div standing in q was outside the department of immigration and emigration and colombo. many of them who have come from other parts of the country had rented small accommodations in nearby areas to get their passports made audrey note, white people seeking to go abroad for opportunities is not

a new opinion. she lanka, the number of people outside the passport office have shot up significantly in the past few months. young people especially feel they have no option but to leave. according to government statistics, the number of passports issued from january to mid june this year is over 300000 directly equal to the total number of passport issued last deal. the job market is alvis up and down. but in the current situation, there is no job market right now. so isn't why you wasting your time? there is no future here as far as reno i'm and i tried as ro, but yeah, there's no hope. so makes sense to make a move pretty much that frustration is bad. they bill her as da q inches forward, slowly is granted. disappointed, and ex hosted people continue to wheat. they believe leaving is the only way they can at least have a chance of creating

a better future for themselves. a rare bengal tiger was born a cuba national due in havana. it was enhanced on friday. the cope who is yet to be named was born under way to and as being cared for in the artificial breeding department bank. all tigers are classified as an endangered species with a rand. just 2500 remaining. very cute. all right, that's it. you're up to date, more news at the top of the next hour, janelle, to my loan, is here with business after the break. take care of it in the next sometimes a seed is all you need to allow the big ideas to grow. we're bringing environmental conservation to life with learning paths like global ideas.