ah, ah, ah ah, this is dw news coming to you live from berlin. russia's war again comes to occupied crimea. huge blasts kill at least one person on a military base deep inside russian controlled territory. a key of official says it may be the work of partisans, but russia calls the explosions. an accident. ukraine's president again bows to return the peninsula to ukraine, also coming up anger among donald trump, supporters and republicans in washington. after f. b i. agents search the poor president's estate,

trump claims the raid is intended to stop him from running again and a neck and neck race in kenya, early election results show votes are almost evenly divided between the 2 top contenders or the presidents. ah. hello, i'm terry marching. good to have you with us. russia's war on ukraine is again impacting the occupied crimea peninsula. russian officials say explosions at an air base there have killed one person, an injured several others video shared on social media show several large blasts at the noah that a rifka facility rushes defense ministry says the explosions were detonations of stored ammunition and not the result of any attack kip denied any responsibility for the incident. a senior ukrainian official suggested the blasts may have been

the work of saboteurs inside crimea. russia illegally annexed crimea, in 2014 and actually, the ukraine's president blog me. zalinski says was directly connected to the current war showing you monitor. today there's a lot of attention on the crimea issue. underwrite the so because crimea is ukrainian and we will never renounce it. we will not forget that it was the occupation of crimea that was the beginning of the russian war against you kindly. our correspond mathias current. a billing is following the story for us from keir mathias, russia, and ukraine. both say that this was not a military attack. is that plausible? in your opinion, what's your assessment? somebody must have done it. it's not likely that this has been an accident, or because these explosions, they happened at the same time, at 2 locations that were too far from each other toobin to be caused by the same

accidental fire, which is the rush official russian version. russia, of course, has no interest in admitting that this was a strike whatsoever strike either by partisans, by rebels inside the inside crimea, or by any em rocket or, or a similar herb herb helicopters or whatever it might have been. ah, but a because that would show their vulnerable their vulnerability and in the case of a rocket attack or so the weakness of their and defense systems. they are not very keen on admitting that ukraine are, keeps its head down or because they do not really want to advertise their capabilities. if it was a partisan attack, for example, they would also not add to their probably frantic search that is going on. now, in crimea for these people who did it,

they would not or want to, to give any information on that. and if it was a rocket attack or any a yeah, and any strike air strike, then of course, it's also at the moment, not very advisable for them to brag about their possibilities. they do not want, of course, the russians to take precautions. that's the situation. now, there have been precedents before ukraine has, has been striking a ammunition depos or infrastructure on russian territory in the north of the, in the north of northern, at the northern border of ukraine, or between ukraine and russia. and, and then there again, they have never admitted that it was them who were doing it, but they're also not very secretive about it. you've just heard it. we have a very, her broad range of voice is coming out of the ukrainian government, anonymous, and official voices that give different the different versions of what has happened

. as we all know russia illegally, annex crimea in 2014, it's occupied it since then. if ukraine makes sufficient gains in the current conflict, mathias, do you think it could try to take crimea back? you have already said it if they will be in the position, they would probably try it because crimea is not only important for the, for the country because it used to be ukrainian terry, or it is legally ukrainian territory. but it is also important because it's one of the most militarized, probably places on earth. and you wouldn't want the russians being there with all these aerodrome rockets and all of these fleets. and he has thank you very much. shar corresponded mathias spelling of their in kia well elsewhere in ukraine. the fighting continues, especially in the east and south of the country. russia has been stepping up its

attacks in those areas in recent weeks. people in the city of michel ly, of have, in our live, in constant fear of rocket attacks from russian troops. and the entire region is on edge. a major russian offensive is expected there soon. his home has been reduced to ruffle. alexander is a ukrainian volunteer soldier. his happy he was not at home when the blast hit or coffee madame a moment, i'll have to sleep in the trenches in the next few days anyway. was was for years old. i don't need to come back here moment. you can't live here. it's not us, there was never pros or what every day mc alive is hit by miss house. several people were injured in this neighbourhood, but many do not want to leave their homes. the head of the regents military

administration, blame spies for providing targets to the russian army and i have trucks in there, and they like to request reg, even though they're dubious. so they just gave information for analytics. authorities are trying to rude out the spies as soon as possible. a deep sense of unease has settled over southern ukraine. the region is expecting a major russian offensive siren spring out in nearby odessa. though air defenses here are strong, but that's not the case in mich alive. as in iraq, sirens blair, for the 2nd time in a day, mothers and children at this children's hospital seek shelter in the basement. wish it was, it's terrifying. these children are our future digital. we're nothing without number. only a few are still here. thank god the ones will laugh. don't have to hear and see all of this yet. the reports rushes, planning on moving troops to the region with the situation already so bad. that's

making people here even more fearful for the future. all. now, to the us, we're angry supporters of donald trump. i've been demonstrating close to mara lago in florida. they're angry after the f. b. i rated the former president's estate there. such a raid on the home of a former president is unprecedented in u. s. history. trump is under investigation for allegedly removing official records from the white house, but he claims the raid is part of a conspiracy to stop him running for present. again, in 2024 from support is demonstrating near his mar, logo state to them the f. b. i rayed is just more evidence of a witch hunt against the form of president what the f b i just did was totally unacceptable. it's it reminded me of it reminds me if you feel like you're, you might be in venezuela, china, or russia or even in hitler's germany,

trump himself has slammed the search as politically motivated. and his republican party allies have been quick to follow his lead. here we now find that justice in america is not equal, is determined upon whether you want to go after a political, a person or not. and you go after your political foes, i think that's wrong. it's unprecedented that you would go into a former president. but the white house is stressing the investigation is independent. the president in the white house learned about this f. b. i search from public reports we learned just like the american public did yesterday, and we did not have advanced notice of this activity. president mine has been very clear from before he was elected president and throughout the his time in office that the justice department conducts its investigations independently with the justice department and f. b. i. yet to comment on the search and key midterm, congressional elections just

a few months away. the raid seems set to become yet another bitterly politicized blush point in a polarized america. earlier we spoke with naomi romani, he's a trial lawyer, a former federal prosecutor and legal commentator. we asked him if there was any reason to believe the raid on trump's estate was politically motivated. well, certainly possible. the statute that donald trump may have violated 18 u. s. c, 2071 has a disqualification provision, and this was passed after which are nixon. and it specifically says, in addition to a potential 3 year term and federal prison. that if you are convicted of violating this statute, you are prohibited from holding public office and is a question whether it is laws, unconstitutional or not because it's never been applied. but it's a real possibility that if trump is prosecuted, that he's prohibited from running in 2024, it's catch up on some other stories making headlines around the world this morning

. hundreds of government opponents have rallied in sri lanka, calling for an end to emergency laws and the dissolution of parliament. massive street protests forced the former president to quit last month. the new leader renewal vic rim a single was used as use emergency powers to arrest, protest firefighters in cuba, se they have finally gained control of a blaze of fuel depot that has raged for several days. officials described it as the worst fire in cuba as history. it was started by lightning strike and as destroyed around 40 percent of the islands, main fuel storage facility. hundreds of people have marked world indigenous peoples day with a colorful rating, mexico city martyrs war, traditional costumes from all across the country were around 19 percent of the population identify as indigenous boats are being counted in

kenya after a lower than expected turn out in tuesday's general election voters are selecting a new president and choosing members of the countries parliament. early indicators or showing a tight race between the 2 main candidates deputy president, william ruta and veteran opposition lead a royal or dingo. are both projected to have around 49 percent of the boat. if no candidate gets at least 50 per cent. the pair will face a row or more. i'm joined by our correspondent felix marina, in nairobi. so appendix kenyans have voted, is everyone satisfied with the way the selection was organized? good morning, terry, and it's a normal morning in a row, be people up is full. the election results are streaming in a number of people. yes. that davies. questions of ave kenya independent electoral

management system, which is a commonly defined as the kim's kit where 200 of their kids out of possible 46000 of them. why not working? and so some of the voters could not identify themselves. i get to be identified that they are pulling santa and that i a give them some delay when it came to voting. but a majority of the people why satisfied with how the election was drawn. we spoke to some observers from uganda and they actually said that they were also happy that eventually does the 2 front line. and i had spoken about fees and they were committing to a peaceful election. so generally the process went well and we can see that at least from everyone that we spoke to, they feel like the election was conducted in a good manner. they understand results of from the selection are not available yet, but there is a lot of speculation of coursework. can you tell us about projections at this point?

right, so presently, both a william router and i had a load dingo. i a going neck to neck, a william, brutal. he's at 49.7 percent of the total. what's cost as at this particular moment, re loading guys that as at 49 percent, as at this particular moment. but there's so many what's that i yet to be counted there, so many votes that i yet to be can fund. so they're going neck to neck. these luckily, projections on what is likely to happen if the candidate does not get a 50 plus one clustering 5 percent in majority of the counties, then they will be iran off. but if in case one of the candidates manages 2 across the 50 plus one point mark, then that becomes the president elect. so it's just that wait and see a nail biter election. felix marina in nairobi. thank you very much.

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