a hearing their dreams ready to journey to mrs. stuart's august 14th on d. w. ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is d w. news lived from berlin. russia's war on ukraine could be spreading to be occupied crime in peninsula huge blocks kill at least one person on a military base. deep inside russian control territory, keith deny is carrying out any bombing and russia,

explosions and accidents. also coming up and neck and neck brace and kenya, early election results, show votes are almost evenly divided between the 2 top contenders for the presidency. and as europe looks for different energy sources, nuclear power could be poised for a comeback in finland, says it has a solution to the problem of storing nuclear waste. but opponents say it's still not safe for us to some he is a journalist, uncovering war crimes, to others. he's a spy. as julian, a sorry wait expedition to the u. s. on espionage charges. his wife stella l. d w. his case is having a chilling effect on press freedom. ah, i manuscripts,

mckinnon. thanks so much for joining us. russian officials say explosions as an air base in occupied crimea have killed one person and injured several others. russian war planes have used the saki base near novo federico to strike areas in ukraine's south. on short notice, now, russia's defense ministry says choose death explosions were destinations of stored ammunition, and not the result of any attack. ukraine denies any responsibility for the incident, but a senior ukrainian official suggested the blasts may have been the work of supporters. a brilliant blue sky turns dark after several powerful blast. images of black smoke at a russian air basin. the black sea were posted on social media by beach goers in crimea, a popular holiday destination for many russians. but these holidaymakers may now want to change their plans. tourist described how they experienced the detonations . oh yes,

when you 1st of i was standing and then it felt like either i flew into the air or fell under ground. i was so scared, my husband jumped up, he was resting and said what happened? and then we took a few steps back and immediately saw this cloud and a column of smoke right above us. but not none in crimea was used by russia as one of the launch pants for an invasion of ukraine. moscow has had troops stationed on the peninsula since it illegally annex crimea, in 2014 many ukrainians. consider this to be the start of russia's invasion, including ukraine's president vladimir zalinski. ah, i received this russian war against ukraine and against all of free europe began with crimea on most and with crimea, with its liberation. yo zoom russia's defense ministry says the explosions were detonations of stored ammunition and not the result of an attack. ukraine has

denied it was responsible for the incident which took place deep in russian occupying territory. but as senior ukrainian officials suggested that the blast could have been the work of partisans, saboteurs, or russian incompetence. so far ukraine hasn't reported carrying out any major attacks on a russian targets in crimea. officials and moscow warren, that would trigger massive retaliation including strengths on key of my monson as a military analyst and conflict research. and i asked him her earlier who he thought was behind these explosions in crimea. of course it was the ukrainians. we've had this before from the russians when the moskva sankyo, your viewers will probably remember this russian ship that sank. they were all sorts of stories. and then it turned out that actually the guidance has far to miss

it. the reason of course, that the ukrainians, being slightly coy about this, the sag, oh well, you know, maybe it was us. maybe it wasn't us, is because what this does, is it it spreads confusion anthea amongst the russians. it's vicky the russian forces based in crimea and, and just north of crime. aaron hassan, and this is exactly what the russians would be doing for the last 10 years. so they getting a taste of their own medicine. is there any information available about the damage that these explosions caused it? not with complete charity. what we do know is that that base had a number of fairly advanced rushing fight to aircraft on them prior to the explosion. so we can assume that at least, and this is, this is sort of a tech, or we can assume that these have been damaged. but what we do also know is that there were some explosions from either the parts as an attack or missiles or whatever. and then some time later, there was a much larger susan explosions. and what that tells us is that effectively the

initial strike then set off ammunition or fuel, which is what you'd expect to have on a base of that size. and so the russians have lost quite a sizable constant. if you look at the pictures, it's sort of the mushroom cloud rising up. the russians have lost quite a sizable cons to fuel ammunition. if this was a ukrainian attack, does it signify a strategy strategy shift from keep actually, i think it's the continuation of a strategy effectively. what they're doing by striking in crimea, is pointing out to the russians that nowhere on occupied ukrainian territory is safe. and for the russians, crimea, is the most important territory that they occupy is more important than don't bus. if the trainings can hit the russians in crimea, what that will do is force the russians to pull forces and defense is out of other areas into crimea to defend it. and then of course gives the ukrainians more

options about where they want to attack next. the momentum really has shift in this war is now the ukrainians that are dictating story. whereas previously it's been the russians enforcing the ukrainians to respond to them within reports of more russian shelling of central ukraine overnight. can you tell it, tell us any more about that i. ready this shelling, all civilian areas by russia is if you look at it in military terms, it doesn't achieve anything. so when you see the ukrainians, striking russian military targets on the russians strike new training and civilian targets, that also tells us something. it tells us that russia is shilling under pressure and feeling somewhat powerless, and it's striking out to civilians because although attractions billions, obviously legal and obviously terrifying for those civilians in strict military terms. they don't actually advance the russian cause it's all,

in fact they probably set it back because as we see, a tyson civilians have galvanized the cranium population unified them to fight against the russians. mike martin will have to leave it there. thanks so much for that. really fascinating with this. thank you very much. now, ban on imports of russian coal into europe will come into effect today. e country is agreed on the embargo early this year's parson sanctions over russia's invasion of ukraine. almost half of the coal imports have come from russia, with germany, among the most dependent nations. countries are now turning to domestic mines and increasing imports from countries, including the u. s. columbia, south africa and australia to make up the shortfall. and 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 consistent problem. finland is pioneering. a system which is operators say can permanently contain, or it's spent nuclear material and some communities there are embracing the waste as the lease terry shoals 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. re get 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 your may considers that a win for his town, long term financial security. we have a new way to schools. i'm ari uncle. and so builder. her sports hall here at school support. the new euro's the economic boost from the nuclear industry is welcome, but embracing it's waste requires deep trust in expertise and authority, part of the bedrock of sinner society. thanks to that and the unique suitability of the actual finished bedrock, this country is making history, half a kilometer below ground. welcome to hong kong. 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 of

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 is being taken to ensure dead also into for a future that there are no any, any pathways, inches a survey so. so this facility will store 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's center and take a tour of the facility posse to or him a heads up communications for pussy eva the company responsible for all color, he says his goal is to demystify the process of nuclear power generation. a lot of people say that 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. i spoke to sean bernie earlier, he's a senior nuclear specialist at greenpeace, and i asked him whether the storage facility in finland that we just saw in that report really will be able to store nuclear waste safely for thousands of years.

well, of course not green. that's clearly ridiculous. um is only a few decades since the world basically woke up the idea of climate change or the idea that we know what's going to be happening in a 1000 years. never mind a 100000 years is clearly ridiculous. and the problem is that the nuclear street wants to convince people that they have a solution, and that just not the case and the, the specific problems with the finish approach to the spent fuel disposal. but that also applies worldwide. so know, were we not anywhere near a solution for, for nuclear waste including spent fuel they're obviously doing a pretty good job of selling their idea of how to do it. but tell us, how would you like to say nuclear waste in dealt with? well, the 1st thing you have to do, stop producing it, the idea that you could use a material that is so hazardous that it has to be isolated from all environmental impacts for hundreds of thousands of years is clearly not a sustainable option. the mistake the european commission is to buy to the nickel

industry. the finish approach is to ignore basic science on. for example, the copper you heard about copper that's going to be in casing the steel canisters . well, the swedish approach has been looking into corporate corrosion and is found that within about 100 years that corporate starts to crude. and within about a 1000 years old, the redirect which will be escaping. so there's so many problems with the idea of disposing of something i was like out to mind, which is always been the new, couldn't just res mantra. it doesn't actually match up with reality. it doesn't protect the environment. a nuclear power has come back into focus here in europe, since russia's invasion of ukraine and the dramatic dr. drop in russian gas imports, particularly here in germany, under the circumstances. is there not any argument to be made for nuclear power for, let's say, continuing the life of nuclear power stations for a while?

you know, so i think we're in this bizarre situation where daily headlines are of a possible nuclear disaster is up reaching nuclear power plant. and at the same time, you have a media narrative read right? run by the nicholas tree that says we need more nuclear power. the rail t's, we don't need nuclear power. we're not going to have nuclear power in the future because it's not economic renewables will easily defeat nuclear power. is producing more else are see now in the european union than nuclear power. so it's a, it's a desperate attempt by that you can stream, once again to try and save itself is not receiving the climate. it's not saving the environment. it's about saving a very powerful and powerful industry that has tentacles into nuclear, the that control energy policies. but the routes use renewables is gonna be nuclear power. and so therefore, this is a false debate. there isn't a revival of nuclear energy. there is a revival of the perception of nuclear power being necessary. and yet we're on the

cost possibly of another nuclear disaster in the ukraine. so people really need to wake up to the reality. the actually energy policy, if it's to be sustainable and to deliver decomposition rapidly, has to be based on renewables. sean bernie, from the green pace. thanks so much for talking to us. thank you. ok, let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. beijing has said it has now concluded its military drills around taiwan, but it will continue with training and war preparations. china conducted days of military exercises following us how speak announced police. he's visit to taipei, beijing views taiwan as a breakaway province. millions of people are back in lockdown, and mass testing is on the way on the chinese island of high none. the popular holiday spot is experiencing an outbreak of co, 19 tens of thousands of tourists have been left stranded, up to authority suspended,

travel for michelle. and can president got her by roger packs that has requested to visit thailand. that's according to the country's foreign ministry. they said pack that has no intention of seeking political asylum. he was forced to step down after a string of protests and has been in singapore since mid july. supporting the former u. s. president. donald trump have expressed outrage at an f. b, i rate on his estate in florida. agents search for papers allegedly removed from the white house. republicans, of course, the actions politically motivated. meanwhile, the white house said president joe biden had no prior knowledge of the raid about votes being counted in kenya after a lower than expect to turn out and choose days. general election voters are selecting a new president and choosing members of the countries parliament. early indicators a showing a tight race between the 2 main candidates deputy president,

william roto and veteran opposition lead a railroad anger a both projected to having close to 50 percent of the vote. and that means a runoff election may be needed. as i mentioned, the turn out and the selection was quite low, especially among younger voters. and i asked he, w, nairobi correspondent edith kamani. why that was if, if i was to summarize it into one word, it would be money. a lot of people here in kenya, a simply grappling with just how to survive on a regular basis. there was a viral video that went out about a month ago of a lady who went to the supermarket and upon realizing that the price of means flow, which is a staple here in kenya, was $2.00 up from $1.20. she just started screaming and almost sort of lost her mind when might describe and the sort of what is on the mind of most kanyes. every day i have people asking me for money asked me for jobs, and this is not unique to me personally. this is just the state of affairs in the country and this is what is on the minds of people. and so an election doesn't seem so important. so

a lot of pressure on the person who will be president next. can you tell us about the, to my men who are running of for president and what policies we could expect from each of them? relo dinger being a veteran in the air this raise. he is 77 years old. certainly not a new facing can and politics. he has held various positions for member of parliament right up to a prime minister. he is actually saying, but he's tried and tested hands. that's his promise that he's going to sort out issues of healthcare that his green to finally, and corruption which is endemic in this country. and the thing that is most important, most oh to kenya's, listen to him, is that he's going to provide a $50.00 stipend for those who do not have a salary or who don't have jobs. or william who took his contender is new, were in the political scene by no means a rookie. he is himself also very much in the canon political game has been for a while,

his health of various positions that right up to the deputy president. and he's a promise is that he is going to put the grassroots people 1st the, the local man, he's saying that he's going to have a bottom up approach. that's what he's calling it to. so both of these contenders are saying that they're going to put the canyon 1st. and what is ironic is that most kids feel that they're not being placed anywhere in this election. so whoever does when, what needs to be their number one priority? absolutely, looking at what's happening with the state of the economy. as i mentioned earlier, the quality of life here for most opinions is exceptionally poor. of course, that has been made worse by the war in ukraine. i was to reading from the effects of the global pandemic that we are still actually experiencing and is a drug that is currently ongoing. so that will have to be top of the agenda for the person who does come in to take over the government. it is kamani in nairobi. thank you so much. ricky leeks, founder julianna's songs remains in

a british prison awaiting extradition to the united states, to face charges over the publication of files that detailed us war crimes, and numerous journalists and human rights groups have called for his release. and mexico has offered him asylum. his biggest supporter is his wife, former lawyer, stella sash. and in a rare interview she told d w about her fears for her husband's life and the impact his treatment is having on press freedom worldwide. oh, freedom for julian assange. that's what his 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 is free to wince. life depends on him winning the sex tradition. joe in 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. in that time i was, 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 sargje

wants her children to get to know their father outside of prison walls. ultimately, once the domestic rab 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 european 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 exposed chinese crimes because we 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 do in can happen to others. the fight to free her husband is exhausting, but giving up is out of the question foster lozenge. until her husband is free. the japanese fashion designer is he me. aki has died at the age of 84. he survived hiroshima and went on to create a global clothing empire known in the industry as the prince of cleats. his signature designs was seen as being both comfortable and affordable. a fashion design icon of the past, 50 years, yet he disliked the concept of faction itself. is he me, aka referred to his designs as clothing rather than fashion? he said it was people that interested him. designing clothes was simply

a way of feeling closer to humanity. since establishing his design studio in 1970, his goal was to produce practical clothes, which would stand the test of time. that idea inspired perhaps his most famous design, pleated clothes, which to increase could be walked by machine on could be rolled instead of folded. there were affordable to a personal rebuke to a fashion industry. he felt catered too much to wealth, an extra 70 but he is arguably most famous for the mock turtle. next he designed for the late apple, c. e o. steve jobs. jobs originally wanted me ocoee to design a uniform for employees. it became his own personal signature, then was born in hiroshima in 1938. myakea was 7 years old when the atomic bomb was dropped in his home city as he sat in the classroom. his mother died 3 years later from radiation poisoning. it was something he did not wish to speak of, but in one of the few interviews he gave, he said the event was part of the reason he ended up designing clothes. a way to be

closer to people under way to be modern, optimistic, and to look forward with hope. now, one of the most prolific produces of the motown music era has died. lamont doesher leaves behind a catalogue of classics, including you can't hurry, love, and stop in the name of love, all sweetie, this to the low, but you are with passive, an a claims song writing trio who helped define mo, time records, blend of pop and rhythm. and blues, they were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 1990, as it was best known for his hits, for the supreme use 8081 years old when he died with and finally, a french free diver has broken the world record by diving,

120 meters below the caribbean sea, just off the bahamas coastline of known as jet. i reached the astonishing depth without the use of breathing apparatus, and it took him just 3 minutes and 34 seconds. now the free driver broke his own world record, which previously stood at 119 meters is latest achievement is the 7th time that he's broken the record in total. that's amazing. you're up to date. thanks so much for watching. he w ah ah ah

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