[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is d w. news coming to you live from berlin. russia's war again comes to occupied crimea. huge blasts kill at least one person on the military base deep inside brushing controlled territory. a key of official says it may be the work of partisans, but russia calls the explosions and accident. ukraine's president again bows to return the peninsula to ukraine. also coming up anger among donald trump's supporters and republicans in washington. after epi,

i agents searched the former president's estate. his comes as trump prepares to testify in another investigation into his business deal, and a neck and neck race in kenya, early election results show votes are almost evenly divided between the 2 top contenders for the presidency. ah, hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. russia's war on ukraine is again impacting the occupied crimea peninsula. the russian officials say explosions at an air base there have killed one person, an injured several others. videos shared on social media show several large blasts at the noah fedora, facility rushes defense ministry says the explosions were detonations of stored ammunition and not the result of any attack. keith denied any responsibility for

the incident. a senior ukrainian official suggested the blast may have been the work of saboteurs inside crimea. russia illegally annex crimea in 2014 and action. the ukraine's president blow me, lance lensky 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 until he 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 dw, correspond mathias bellingers following the story from kip. i asked him whether rushes claim that the explosions were an accident. seemed plausible. well yeah, the ukranian and the ministry of defense as sand that it advises the people in occupied crimea to adhere to smoking range regulations and russia, how sad it was an accident. but if you look at the video footage that people have

shot from these explosions, then it's so very clear that an accidental fire is not very probable to explosions happening at the same time, at 2 different locations. that pretty much looks like an attack. ah, now who did it and why and how is another question over we have a several voices out of the ukranian government suggesting that it might have either been a partisan attack or some kind of a rocket. are you a v attack or this is very contradicted, and that's probably intended because ukraine wouldn't want to give russia a clue about what has been happening and wouldn't or want russia to draw some consequences in further cases, some security regulations, et cetera, from this. so we are at the moment, we don't really know what has happened, but it's pretty clear that this is

a major strike on irrational military infrastructure. there. that was, it was a big arrow drawn that was used ukrainians say for attacks on em, but they're ukranian or inner territories. and or, or we have also seen these were big explosions. a lot of ammunition, several planes destroyed. so it's definitely a military success for ukraine, and that's probably also the reason why russia is not admitting that it has been an attack because it would make it would make look russia pretty vulnerable on crimea, which is one of their main military or their base is one of the most militarized places in this agent, as well. no mathias, russia illegally annexed crimea, in 2014, and has occupied it ever since. if ukraine makes sufficient gains in the current

conflict, could we see ukraine trying to take back crimea? if is the big question, because at the moment, of course, this looks pretty much impossible whether the conditions will change in a way that her ukraine might attempt to take back crimea. his, of course, the bequest is probably the last one considering that the last territory that ukraine might try to take back, considering that it's pretty militarized. it's not as accessible as other territories that russia is occupying. that was our correspond mathias billing had speaking to me a little while ago from kia. well elsewhere in ukraine, the fighting continues, especially in the east and south. russia has stepped up its attacks and those areas in recent weeks. people in the city of nikolai, of have in live, in constant fear of rocket attacks from russian troops. the entire region is on edge. a major russian offensive is expected there soon. as his home has been

reduced to ruffle alexander is a ukrainian volunteer soldier. his happy he was not at home. when the blast hit off. madame a moment, i'll have to sleep in the trenches in the next few days. anyway. it wasn't for 3 years or i don't need to come back here moment. does it? you can't live here. let us no, must never close you out there. every day mich 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 regions, military administration, blame spies for providing targets to the russian army today. and i have charts, and then they like to request that you know, they're doing. so they just gave information for on that leave the authorities are trying to root 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. no 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 see shelter in the basement. wish it was, it's terrifying. these children are our future digital. we're nothing without remember, only a few are still here. thank god. the ones who left don't have to hear and see all of this as we put slashes, planning on moving troops to the regions with a situation already, so that, that's making people here even more fearful for the future. with a ban on imports of russian coal into europe has come into effect. you countries agreed on the embargo earlier this year as part of sanctions over russia's invasion of ukraine. many european countries have relied on russian to supply energy in the

form of coal. much that coal was imported to europe through the port of rotterdam in the netherlands. t w's barbara vessel has been watching that band take effect in rotterdam. she told us what has changed. now we are in the hover of rush, dumb at the kay, where coal is unload it. you can see one of those river barges that the coal is put on to right in the back here. and further in the back there, those big piles of coal. this is leg night as so it doesn't really look black. there is this sort of white dish residue on it. but it, this is the stuff that really goes into power plants that is mostly used for electricity. and the harbor of rotterdam as of today declares no more russian coal, not to bucketful anywhere here. so they started fading it out there. there was a peek in may about when everyone was, as you said, sucking up on coal, trying to get in as much as possible quickly. but now it has gone down to 0. all

the freighters that used to be way out of sight of the harbor. have been unloaded over the last 23 months. and now it's all gone. no more will be coming in because the european countries say, and of course the rob, the hub of rotterdam needs to enforce that. this is the end. the embargo starts as of today. and they have to find coal indifferent from different suppliers. alyssa embargo is coming into effect. barbara, as europe is facing an energy crisis, could this embargo result in a shortage of coal in europe this winter leading to power cuts? yes, indeed, it's a possibility because there are several factors sort of working together here that are negative for the supply offer, offer energy to europe. it's not only the coal, they are trying to replace the coal from south africa, even of from ecuador,

from columbia. that's what the harbor told us, so it all comes through the suez canal now instead of from the northern russian harbours. but even if they can sort of get the quantities, traveling also is the price. the price of the coal has tripled since last year. and the transport has become incredibly difficult because the rind, the river ryan, which is the main conduit to, to transport the coal into europe is drying up. and so the river barges dike the one we see here in the bag it can can't really be loaded. it might very much anymore only eat a 3rd of their cargo. and so a lot of barges have to go, which again, increases the price, and it might be difficult for the up to the winter to get enough coal in it to supply the power plants. and of course, the, the steel industry that uses coal mill, not all you countries are exposed to this sir,

to look through this embargo quite as much in terms of their loss of coal supplies, which countries armor scan going to be most affected by this, or colon barnett barbara yet again, it was germany, as was the gas, germany imported have $14000000.00 tons of russian coal a year. but even a year ago, and a about half of their imports came from russia. so there were extremely relied down . they have, of course, started since the beginning of the war, they have started to replace this coal of from on the sides. but as i said, it's a question of the price. it's becoming very, it used to be a cheap fuel. it's becoming very expensive now. and they do have to find other places, the netherlands, even where we are now as they imported russian coal. poland, which has its own mines. they had to step up mining on in poland, within poland to increase production. there they were quite realigned in italy. so these were the main import countries and they all really have to find

a new suppliers and they really you have to sort of step up imports in order to make it through the coming winters are. thank you very much. shar reporter barbara basil there in rotterdam. as european countries seek out new energy sources, some are increasing their use of nuclear power, but finding locations to store radioactive waste has been a consistent problem. finland is pioneering. a system to permanently contain all its spent nuclear material. some communities there are embracing the waste as t w's. terry schultz found out who wants to live next to a new, clear sight. well, this guy for one, and evidently most of the other, some 9000 residents of the town of error yaki finland. it's the proud home to 3 nuclear reactors and opening soon the world's 1st permanent storage site for high level radioactive waste. rick,

it there are realistic purchase. it's about $20000000.00 per year erie okey mayor vessel luck in him. he says, decades of good relations and no accidents. with the okey lu, auto nuclear power plant led his community to actively campaign to be chosen also as the location for the uncle repository. the facility is being called a game changer and the nuclear power industry. because the waste is deposited so deep in the earth, it will never have to be moved. lock in there may consider that a win for his town. long term financial security. we have no way to school son ari uncle. and so builder her sports hall here at school support 1000000 euros. the economic boost from the nuclear industry is welcome, but embracing its waste requires deep trust in expertise and authority. part of the bedrock of thinner society. thanks to that and the unique suitability of the actual finish bedrock, this country is making history, half

a kilometer below ground. welcome to call. when the site becomes operational, within the next couple of years, the spent nuclear fuel will be transferred into steel canisters and then copper capsules lowered into tunnels and sealed off forever. at the moment the uncle o site is still in its trial phase, as experts continue finalizing the details of permanently disposing of spent nuclear fuel with such high level radioactive waste, there is no room for miss steps. looked good geologist, johan hanson says every precaution has been taken to ensure that also into far future that there are no any, any pathways enchilada surf a so. so this facility will store at the canisters 400000 of years. though the project has been underway under ground for almost 2

decades. it's getting new interest from abroad. that's due in part to the european parliament designation of nuclear power as a green fuel. and the push in europe to reduce dependence on russia as an energy supplier, as it wages war on ukraine. so uncle is getting lots of attention these days and not only from scientists and journalists, $17000.00 people per year come to see this interactive visitor center and take a tour of the facility posse to or him a heads up communications for pussy by the company. responsible for all gallo, he says his goal is to demystify the process of nuclear power generation. a lot of people say that, okay, and nuclear is good, but then you have this a waste of used nuclear fuel bubble. would all what we're saying is that not that's not true, or we do have the solution for that is completely safe to a he my says he expects more european countries to follow finland's lead. now that

they're forced to reconsider how to power their futures is looked at some other stories making headlines around the world today. 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. a new leader, runny wicker, i'm a single, has used emergency powers to arrest, protest leaders. millions of people are back in lockdown, and mass testing is underway on the chinese island of high none. the popular holiday spot is experiencing an outbreak of coven 19 tens of thousands of tourists have been left stranded after authorities suspended, travel. beluga whale stranded in the river. san in france has been lifted from the water in the 1st stage of a rescue operation. the $800.00 kilo animal will be transported to the coast in

a refrigerated truck. it's health deteriorated when it became trapped, 100 kilometers inland. for you as president donald trump says he's being, quote, attacked from all sides, but that he will testify an investigation into his business dealings in new york. the state's chief prosecutor has accused him of overstating the value of real estate assets. this comes after the f. d i carried out an unprecedented raid on his florida estate in connection with the alleged removal of official documents from the white house. drum says he's done nothing wrong. his porter say the investigations are aimed at stopping him from running for president again and 2024 from supporters demonstrating that his mar logo state to them the f. b. i arrayed is just more evidence of a witch hunt against the form of president what the f b i just did was totally unacceptable. and 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, germany, trump, himself, has slammed the search as politically motivated. and his republican party allies have been quick to follow his lead. 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 epi, 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 way the rates seem set to become yet another bitterly it a sized flash point in a polarized america. earlier we spoke with them a romani, he's a trial lawyer, a former federal prosecutor and legal commentator. we asked him if there was any reason to believe the rate on trump's estate was politically motivated. well, it's certainly possible the statute that donald trump may have violated 18 u. s. c. 207. 1 has a disqualification provision, and this was passed after richard 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. that is a question whether this 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. now to kenya, we're votes are being counted after

a lower than expect to turn out in tuesday's general election, voters are selecting a new president and choosing members of the countries parliament. early indicators are showing a tight race between the 2 main candidates deputy president william ruta and veteran opposition leader riled a dingo are both projected to have around 49 percent of the vote. if no candidate gets in at least 50 percent, the pair will face a role for more enjoy. now by our corresponded to the exploring in nairobi, felix turnouts in the selection was quite low, especially among younger voters. what's behind that? hi, it's adrian. so their turnout for this particular election, especially among bank people, was low because of a particular things that had been foreseen. one, it's only 13 percent of their total voting population. that was youth. then. secondly, our,

our survey that was released by info tax. if what's right here in kenya just before the election, so that a majority of the young people between age 24 and 35 the as why the ones who are had heat by the high cost of living saw them not tanning up to woods, was probably a protest in their sense that even if they would or they don't, would, their situation would change and that might have actually made them stay home and not come out to woods. well, boats are still being counted, so we don't have results yet, but there's a lot of speculation. of course, what can you tell us about projections at this point? this particular point, again, it's only about 3000000 votes that have been counted out of 12600000 votes. so we're still far from projecting there. possibly now, but at the moment william router is leading. he's at about 50.6 percent. well that

closes, challenge out at a loading go or d, m is following him closely at 48.7 percent by the percentage is keep changing and we are not able to clearly see who will lead and who will not lead, especially now that they're, they're still so many pointing centers that are still yet to submit their final results. so was the results i given we could be able to tell conclusively that this is the leading pass on this is the president elect bats. if we had to go by what is happening at the moment, william router is leading currently at about 50.5 percent. it makes thank you very much for that. that was reporter felix moreno in nairobi. we k leaks, founder julian assange, remains in a british prison awaiting extradition to the united states, to face charges over the publication of piles which detailed us war crimes.

numerous journalists and human rights or groups have called for his release, and mexico has offered him asylum. but his biggest supporter is his wife and former lawyer, stella, a song in a rare interview with d. w. she spoke of her fears for her husband's life and the impact on press freedom worldwide. i freedom for julian, a sounds that food is supporters are demanding in front of the british home office . stella songs is among them, appearing in public to talk about her husband's flight, takes a toll on her pain. but she says she won't stop until he's free. julian's life depends on him winning this extradition, joanne, is clinically depressed if he is extradited and placed in the type of isolation that the u. s. government says that it reserves the right to place him and then he

will be driven to commit suicide. stella songs fell in love with her future husband . why working as his lawyer in the ecuadorian embassy in london assange to refuge there in an attempt to avoid extradition to the u. s. leaving the embassy would mean being arrested. so for 7 long years, he stayed within its walls and that time i was at, they had 2 sons. their wedding took place in prison, where the family is allowed to see each other for one hour a week. they check inside their mouths behind their ears in their hair under their feet. they have to go through the dogs that sniff them from head to toe. and they understand that this isn't a place where they're not where their father is not allowed to leave. so la sash once had children to get to know their father outside of prison walls. ultimately, once the domestic reb, remedies have been exhausted in the u. k. he can then appeal to the european court

of human rights. her husband is a journalist on covering war crimes, not a spy. that's what stella sonjee keeps telling the media. the u. s. justice system however, sees things differently. they accuse him of inciting others to hack into computer networks. it will define the scope of press freedom in europe. is it permissible for a foreign power to reach into the europe in space and limit what the press can publish? think about if china were to do exactly the same thing and prosecute a journalist in germany on the same principle because that journalist expose chinese crimes are keeping european governments should defend themselves against us interference. she says, the effect is to chill the press. because now, what can happen to julian can happen to others,

the fight to free her husband is exhausting, but giving up is out of the question 1st and last on until her husband is free. one of the most prolific producers of the motel music era has died. lamont dozier, leaves behind a catalogue of classics, including you can't hurry, love, and stop in the name of law. i'll sweetie this to the law. i won't tell. dodger was part of an acclaimed song writing trio who helped define motown records, blend of pop and rhythm and blues. they were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 1990. 8 was best known for his hitch or the supreme. he was 81 years old. ah, sir, muttered top story,

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