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ah ah ah, this is dw is alive from berlin. the red cross says is still has no access to the side of an attack which kill dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war. russia says it is invited in international observers but denies carrying out the strike. also coming up a show of strength by russia's navy in the imperial,
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former capital st. petersburg. while commander in chief, vladimir putin denounces what he calls americans desire to dominate the oceans. and after months of bloody protest, voters go to the polls in santiago, opposition parties, a desperate to stop president mackie sol from clinging to power? ah, i am told me, laddie. well welcome to the program. the international committee of the red cross says it has not been granted access to the bombed outside of the prison camp, where dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in a missile strike. russia's defense ministry says it is invited the red cross and the you went to inspect the location following calls from ukraine for an investigation. moscow and kim have blamed each other for the soldiers,
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deaths. elsewhere in ukraine. heavy russian strikes hit the southern port city of mc alive, killing a leading business man in the green export business, and entering several other people. dw mathias bellinger is in odessa and i asked him what role the red cross might play? well, it's not an investigation mission. as far as we know, it's a mission to establish the identity of those who were killed and to yesterday and to help with medical supplies, et cetera. it's not an investigation into what has happened there. however, we have this invitation from the russians via public channels, but the red cross is saying it has not yet received confirmation that there be really able to travel there. so we don't know whether it will really happen or not . okay, and, and we're also hearing from turkey that the 1st green export shipment could leave
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ukraine on monday, but with the renewed attacks and southern ukraine. is that likely? i'm not sure whether there's a link between these attacks and these green exports because these attacks have been going on for quite a while and they have started before that grain deal was signed. the attacks on mc alive i'm saying, look alive is one of the cities that has been shared heavily since the beginning of the what. what is true is that the, the shelling have intensified throughout the past few days. and that the last night was probably the worst one of the worst, if not the worst, since the beginning of the war with 40 rockets hitting the city. so these are shelling half clearly intensified. there has also been, i have also been explosions here in odessa, in the outskirts of odessa. and that's also something that has occurred during the past few days to weeks. um, you can see behind me that people have some,
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are adapted to this and they're not m disrupted by a, by something hitting somewhere in the outskirts or nearby. but of course there is always the danger. and i think if the, the strikes would not directly hit the ports right now where these ships are already loaded and waiting to leave. that would probably not be a disruption. ukraine has no interest in, in, in using these attacks in some way. they have an interest in getting out as much grain as possible as long as it will be possible. faith is not very high that this will really work on a longer period for 8 months needed to get all the grain supplies out. and it's definitely something that a many people have doubts about whether this will really be possible. so whether it's going to happen tomorrow or not, we don't know the signal. the go has to come from turkey from this coordination
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center. it did not come on friday and saturday as many had expected, but it might come tomorrow. but it is martez. belinda, thanks for speaking to us and nettles, expansion and america's desire to dominate the oceans of the biggest threats facing moscow. that's at least according to a new russian naval doctrine signed by the president vladimir putin. the russian fleet has been staging an annual show of force, highlighting its capabilities in wartime warships lead a huge show of force in russia's former imperial capital of st. petersburg, the parade of boats, submarines, personnel, and fighter jets is ostensibly to honor russia's naval forces. but with the absence of victory in ukraine and isolated by much of the world, it appears more a highly choreographed signal of defiance and persistence. president vladimir putin who started the war now in its 6th month,
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came back to his home town to oversee the spectacle. the occasion was somewhat mod, though, by a drawing attack on the crimean peninsula, russia forcibly annexed it from ukraine in 2014. the attack happened in the port city of sylvester pole home to russia's black sea fleet. russia has accused ukraine of carrying out the attack, which injured a number of people. these pictures of the apparent damage were released by the city's governor. says chisel her remoter at approximately 2 minutes past 6, an explosion was heard like a drone attack the fleets headquarters. the explosion went off in the courtyard. there were no casualties of 6 people were hurt. 2 of them have injuries of medium severity, although the rest suffered light injuries registered on the roster. nicholas u. ukraine's navy has denied involvement sang the drone attack was a quote, invented excuse for russia to cancel its navy day parade in savannah to paul's back
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in saint petersburg, florida mi brewton used the occasion to sign a new doctrine sitting at russia's naval strategy. it includes ambitions for russia to become a great maritime power, with a presence across the entire world. our correspondent maria, cut a matter in riga, sent us this update on the drone attack in sebastopol. wow, to be quite honest, we don't have far, much information at this moment. ah, as it was said before, ah, the russian president vladimir putin made a public appearance in his home town san petersburg during the navy day celebration . ah the ah headquarters of the black sea fleet. ah, the black sea fleet, ah, that was located in sebastopol has been hit by a john strike an honor def. an identified object flew into the yard of the headquarters. 5 people have been injured and are no casualties. have been reported
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yet. russia accuses ukraine, saying that the attack was aimed to that the attack was deliberate and it was aimed to spoil these celebrations, the ukrainian side for its part. it denies dedication saying that, ah, it was a sabotaged by this a russian secret services. ah, so at this point i would say that it's still unclear who was behind it. let's have a look, not some of the stories making headlines around the world. hoss all the grain silos in the lebanese capital bay roots have collapsed just days before the 2nd anniversary of the catastrophic explosion of the cities port that left at least 215 people dead. the damage structure caught fire about 2 weeks ago, due to green fermenting in soaring summer temperatures. california's governor has declared a state of emergency in response to a fast moving wildfire which has been burning for 2 days,
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firefighters. se thunderstorms and erratic winds are making it harder to put out the flames. at least a dozen homes have been destroyed. thousands of protesters have rallied in the sydney's capital, how tomb calling for an end to military rule protest have taken place weekly in sedans, armed forces to part in october last year, the crew ended a transition to civilian rule. after a long time president omar alba share was ousted in 2019 a polling has just closed in parliamentary elections in senegal. opposition parties are hoping to pick up enough seats to stop president mackie sell from retaining a majority. they want to block south from seeking a 3rd term, which is board under the constitution synagogue is one of africa is more stable democracies. but there were violent protests in the run up to the vote. join now from the senegalese capital dot com by journalist maria,
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get nicholas school. maria, thanks for joining us. the polls have closed. what's at stake in this parliamentary election? yes, pools lawyer is set to close here at 6 pm local time. during the afternoon, observers had noted a lower participation rate and then for the january a local election, but we'll have to wait a bit more to get more precise figures in any case. these elections are certainly a test for president mike you saw and his coalition been ahead of the 2024 presidential election. critics have accused the president of envisioning to run for a 3rd term and 2024. despite the countries a to term limits, the president himself has said quite vague about his intentions, but the opposition now hopes to win a majority of the 165 seat parliament. and by winning this majority there, hoping to put an end to mikey south potential ambitions for
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a 3rd term there. also hoping to force the government to cohabitate with the 2 main opposition coalition, the we s can we. and while loosen the gal who have joint forces in the hope to reach this majority, a breakthrough of the opposition in parliament could also mean that nike cell will appoint a prime minister of from the opposition. the main opposition leader. it was mental cool. arrived 3rd in the 2019 a presidential election and the opposition also one major cities such as back and del shopping local elections in general. so obviously they're hoping to keep this tendency going and cynical has been seen as one of africa's more stable democracies is a worry that this stability is under threat. yes, while senegal has a good reputation of being one of the stabler countries politically in africa and particularly in west africa, has a good track record of a democratic process says it has a relatively good press freedom as well as freedom of expression. but time and
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again, there have been a political pension, for instance, in march 2021 of several violent protests erupted after school and was accused of rape. and more recently, in june, 1 protest of the opposition turned violent with 3 people killed and several injured . this came after the constitutional court invalidated the national list of candidates of the we can we on technical grounds, forcing them to run with a list of alternate candidates only at this point position to accuse the government of purposefully trying to block the opposition. something that the government has repeatedly denied it does seem, however, that synagogue population is increasingly of frustrated, frustrated that although the month of july has been very calm and peaceful election campaign, things could blow up again. for instance, if nike saw it would decides to run for a 3rd term, in any case the election,
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they seem to have unfolded peacefully. we'll have to wait for the 1st preliminary, partial preliminary results maybe later tonight. and for the more global preliminary results, we'll have to wait until next week. all right, journalist maria, get nicholas school reporting from senegal. thank you. thank you. could look at the sport now and in formula one max must happen has one the hungarian grand prix. the dutch man started the race way back on the grid after engine trouble hampered his qualifying session. but he survived a mid race spin to claim an unlikely victory. things couldn't have looked much bleaker for red bills, max for sharpen as he started 10 from the grid. but all season the dutchman has been there to pounce when his rivals faltered and saw it proved again in hungary. horses challenger sharla clare spun off in france last week, and he had another wretched time here for stop and overtook him after the 2nd round
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of pit stops and laclare could only temporarily take advantage of a spin by the dutchman eventually trailed in 6 elsewhere. louis hamilton passed carlo signs and paul sitting, teammate george russell to repeat his 2nd place performance of last week as mercedes fortune's improve what there was no catching pushed up and we seemed rather pleased with his unlikely victory. the dutchman made and when and hungry is his 8th this season and one that boots yet more daylight between himself and the chasing pack each year, thousands of flamingo chicks are born in southern spain before the hatchlings fly
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up to nature reserves in europe and africa, volunteers tagged them 600 of their chicks have been fitted with plastic bands to trap their migration. a young birds are then said free to rejoin their community. fuente de pierre dragon is europe's biggest flamingo colony. watching dw live from berlin up. next, our tex show shift introducing you to a virtual superstar. i'll be back at the top of the hour with mornings until me already bought for myself and the team. thanks for watching. a vibrant habitat ended go listening place of longing. the mediterranean sea have almost far and to follow do korean.

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