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a solution to the problem of storing nuclear waste. but opponents say it's still not safe at the neck and neck. rice in kenya, early election results, show votes are almost evenly divided between the 2 top contenders for the presidency. ah, i'm rebecca route, as welcome to the program. you crime says 9 russian war plants have been destroyed in explosions at an air base in the annexed crimea. region. one person was killed and several others injured. russia has used the saki base near nova federal cut to strike south and you crime. moscow says detonations of stored ammunition set off the blast. not an attack! he cried. denies bombing. the air base about a senior official suggests it may have been, have

a charge president belladonna zalinski has vowed that ukraine will liberate the crimean peninsula from russian occupation. a brilliant blue sky turns dark after several powerful blast. images of black smoke at a russian air base in the black sea were posted on social media by beach goers and 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 its invasion of ukraine. moscow has had troops stationed on the peninsula since it illegally annexed crimea,

in 2014 many ukrainians. consider this to be the start of russia's invasion, including ukraine's president vladimir zalinski. ah, received this russian war against ukraine and against all of free europe began with crimea on most and with crimea, with its liberation. you'll zoom rushes, 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 occupied 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 russian targets in crimea, officials and moscow war, and that would trigger massive retaliation including strengths on key if

i'm to i now why from london by military analyst and conflict research and mike martin, mike, it's good to have you with us. thanks for your time today. i'm. we've seen these denials for throughout the war. who do you think was behind these explosions in crimea? oh, almost certainly, it was the kind of armed forces throughout the war. things have happened that haven't gone moscow's way. for example, i'm sure your viewers remember the sinking of the mosque of a. they're all sorts of stories about how that was being towed broken down and then it sank. and of course, what had happened was the ukrainians, it's something with a missile. what's happened here is that the trains of either launched missiles to attack it or use partisans to get over the fence and do some sabotaged. what's very interesting is that the ukranian government is saying, are we, we was to roll out that we weren't aware that was us and what they're doing there

is a creating confusion and it playing the russians at their own game. it makes it much more difficult to the russians to respond if the situation is ambiguous. we've heard about some of the damage done, but do we know the extent of the damage caused by these explosions? satellite imagery from the night before, which shows up to about 10 russian fighter jets. so one assumes they have at least been damaged. the other thing that's quite interesting is that there were a number of explosions that was separated into 2 groups. so the 1st set of explosions was the initial impact of the miss, all the sabotage. and then later on was a much bigger explosion. and that's the mushroom cloud that you see on all the pictures. and that tells us that a large quantity of fuel and, or ammunition went out. now if this is, or if this was a ukrainian attack, either directly from ukrainian held territory or bi partisan resistance fighters as

has been suggested, does that then signify a strategy shift from gave i think actually this is a continuation of a fairly long running ukrainian strategy. while the russians were focusing on the east, the ukrainians were focusing on the south. because what they realized is that a particular crimea, which was that occurred, is really the strategic central gravity for the russians is the most important part of the current for them. so if the ukrainians put pressure on the russians in crimea, the russians are going to pull forces out of everywhere else and ukraine to defend crimea. so by threatening crimea, will ukrainians doing it, causing the russians to weaken their forces elsewhere? it's very clever. now president and he has talked about re taking crimea. it was certainly a hot topic as russia was pushed out from the surrounds around it. is that really

a realistic prospect? i think if, if by take crimea you mean ukraine launching an invasion and killing every loss rawlson i think that's quite difficult. but as we've seen over the last few months, the ukrainians afford quite a clever war where they're using artillery, attacking supply dumps and command control to create fear on the russian side. and i think that's exactly what's happening here. if they can make crimea seem unsafe to the russians, then we start to see people pulling out. we start, see it much more difficult for the russians to, to reinforce the area. and that's what they're trying to do. they're trying to create collapse of the russian forces rather than trying to kill every last one of them. might just before we leave we've, we've seen more reports of russian strikes, hitting civilians or civilian targets. it's certainly not the 1st time. what does that tell us about moscow's military strategy? it tells us the amenities just use poor attacking civilians is obviously

a legal and orange in moral terms. but actually military terms, it's very stupid. if you're fighting a war, you want to use your. ready military assets to take out your opponents, military assets, and if you are attacking civilians and the reason they do this is the russian sing, the ukrainians are morally inferior to them. they think if we shell them, they'll give up. but actually, all it does is it engenders more resistance and it's an attack on a civilian. so it's not taking out a military asset as you is very poor or i'm, i'm out, we'll have to leave it there. thank you very much for that analysis. thank you. as european countries scramble to find new energy sources to replace russian oil and gas, some turning to nuclear power and storing waste that can remain radioactive for centuries is a huge problem. finland is pioneering. a system which it says can permanently contain all its spent. you claim material, and for some communities it's

a welcome financial boost. who wants to live next to a nuclear site? well, this guy for one, and evidently most of the other, some 9000 residents of the town of elder 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. rigate. there are real estate taxes. 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 in 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 considers that a win for his town, long term financial security. we have no way to school son ari,

uncle and so realtor, her sports hall here in school support the new 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 finished bedrock. this country is making history, half a kilometer below ground. welcome to call them. 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's no room for miss steps. looked good geologist johan hanson says every

precaution is being taken to ensure at all so into for future that there are no any, any pathways, inches or surveys so. so this facility will store to 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 him, a heads up communications for pussy. but the company responsible for on callo, 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 waste of use nuclear fuel bubble. would all what we're saying is that no, 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. a terry shields who filed that report joins me now. terry, great to see you. fascinating report. fascinating case study o nuclear weighs facilities are typically the ultimate no, no something that makes people go, not in my backyard, you know, yet it always excite the community of on color. they're a welcoming this facility. how do you explain that attitude? hi, rebecca, not only are they fine with this, they actively competed with other communities to be chosen as this site for the,

for the nuclear waste, the permanent luke nuclear storage. and they are going to have this waste there. as long as any of us can see into the future, all of the nuclear waste created in finland from the 5 nuclear reactors that are operational right now will go to this site for at least the next 100 years. and they expect it to stay there for more than 100000 years. and as i mentioned, the, the community feels that this is a source of long term financial stability. and it's been underway the construction for more than 20 years. so they feel that all the necessary safety studies have been done. this may be something quite particular to finland that they trust their authorities. and that when politicians then are the last ones to make the decisions, not the 1st ones. they feel that certainly the, the safety considerations have been taken into consideration and not the political decision. so this was really an important point that was made to me time. and again, i want to talk about some of those safety concerns when okay, was

a revenue being one of the major factors on the, on the yes column in the yes column rather. but if this has never been tried before, you say that everyone thinks that the safety tests have been done and people feel pretty secure. but how come to finish experts really be so sure they won't be leakage. i mean, nobody can say for sure, because it hasn't even become operational yet. but as i mentioned, the project started more than 20 years ago. and when uncle tells me that it will soon be put into into operation, they mean there are only 3 more years of testing. so they are really trying to cover every base. as you heard the geologist there say that they're going to test for at least a couple more years to make sure that despite all of this research that's been done, that there are no possible ways that any of this waste can get out into the bedrock into the into the air, into the water and the residents of this community feel that, that all necessarily all necessary things have been done. and one of the important

points about this is that there is an open communication line between the community and the facility. if they write an email and say, i'm worried about this or that, it's answered, there's a, there's a hotline, they can call if they're concerned. so this is really an interesting case study, as you pointed out in communication. indeed, and a case study that isn't being seen anywhere else. do you think this could be used in other countries? it certainly getting a lot of attention. i asked if the phone is now ringing off the hook as countries are having to get away from being dependent on russian energy and possibly to home . you said, yeah, we're, we're getting a lot of a lot of calls these days. but in fact, just this year, rebecca, there has been another country taking a decision to do that. and that's neighboring sweden, after years of skepticism in sweden, that perhaps these copper capsules would degrade in, in a 1000 years, instead of the 100000 years that are expected. swedish researchers came to the conclusion that in fact, this was safe enough and, and earlier this year in january, sweden decided to build

a facility just like on kilo. in fact, the finished facility is built on some swedish research itself. and now sweden is going to be constructing a site just like this. and from what i understand other countries are very much looking into this. because as we said from the beginning, this has been one of the concerns. one of the reasons why people are opposed to nuclear power. yes, i'm bet. all right, terry, thank you very much for that. terry shield from brussels bureau and let's take a look now at some of the stories making headlines around the world. china says it's wrapped up military drills around taiwan, but we'll stage will training exercises beijing knowledge, days of war games in response to the u. s. how speak and nancy pelosi is controversial visit to type hey china seas. taiwan as a breakaway province, lockdown and mass testing are in force on the chinese holiday island of high none. tens of thousands of tourists have been stranded since authorities block travel because it covered not because of a coven 19 outbreak. for micheline can president got to buy a roger path?

roger pack sir has applied to visit thailand. the tie, foreign ministry says roger, pac sir is not seeking political asylum. he was forced to step down last month by mass protests against his government. he's been thanked and think boats are being counted in kenya after a lower than expected election. turn out voters choosing a new president and a new parliament. early indicators show a tight race between the 2 main candidates deputy president william brito and a veteran opposition laid out railer, a dingo. iran or vote may be needed. our correspondent, even kamani, is in nairobi and joins me now. hi edith, nice to see you. turn out in this election was quite low, lower than expected, especially among young voters. why was that? if i'm to conclude it to one word, i would say money,

a lot of kenyans are not as broke, but the quality of life is really dia, a lot of her literally every single day step out of the house am asked for money by people who are asking for jobs of we're asking for something to do with survival. and so this is a state of affairs hearing hanger and this is the situation at the moment. tell us a bit more about the 2 men running for president. i want policies we might expect from one or the other. well, rayleigh degas is the veteran. he is 77 years old at the moment. he has occupied various seats in government, including and not limited to the prime minister. he is actually promising, but he is a set of dependable hands and that this is what people should wife should and this is what people should do, should look out for and should hope for this. what saying however, a,

what's his name of the router is all right, it's a bit. that's right. rather, dingo m, whoever does wind, so we will have a lot of really urgent issues to deal with from day one as you were just explaining what, what really needs to be the priority. would you say it had come on. he was not able to hear us properly. apologies for that, but many thanks to death. we'll try and get her back later in the program. so wiki lakes found a union assigned remained in a british prison awaiting expedition to the united states, to face charges over the publication of files detailing alleged us war crimes. numerous journalists to an human rights groups have called for his release, and mexico has offered him a son, and his biggest supporter is his wife and foreman lawyer stella. and she told d w about her fears for her husband's life and the implications for media freedom.

good 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's free. joins, life depends on him winning this extradition join 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 that 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. sir la sash 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 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 for stella sons until her husband is free. here are some other news items. why want you for you this? our former us president donald trump is being questioned under oath in new york.

his testimony as part of a 3 year investigation into the trump organisations finances. the attorney general says there's evidence the organization lied about the value of its assets and a blue whale that was stranded in the rivers that thing and france has died during a rescue operation. the whale was being moved to the coast, but developed breathing difficulties. the animal was trapped inland for more than a week. the japanese fashion designer if he myakea 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 plates. his signature designs were seen as being both comfortable and affordable. a fashioned design icon of the past 50 years. yet he disliked the concept of fashion itself. is he me? i can refer 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 could increase, could be watched by machine and could be rolled instead of folded. there were affordable to a personal rebuke to a fashion industry. he fast 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 he was born in hiroshima, in 1938. myakea was 7 years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on 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 and a way to be modern, optimistic, and to look forward with hope. a french free drop die that has broken the world record by plunging 120, made his below the caribbean sea cono's around reach the depth off the bahamas with no breathing apparatus. he was under water for 3 and a half minutes breaking his own world record. it's the latest in a string of 1st gerald has set. hm. and the 2020 terry football wild comp. and cathy is likely to start a day earlier than planned on sunday, november 20th, the change would allow for a host to the host to face ecuador in the opening game of the tournament. host nations traditionally play in the 1st match. a final decision, though, is yet to be made. you're watching daily news as

a reminder of the top story we're following for the south. ukraine says 9 russian war planes have been destroyed and explosions at an air based on the antics crimean peninsula. russia at russia admit one person was killed, but denies the bass came under attack. coming up in news asia, the afghan exception. this doctor is among a handful of women allowed to work in afghanistan. she tells d w y. her work is more challenging under the taliban. and the afghan rule that women not allowed to work and who was struggling to survive. those stories and more coming out with their advantage 8 after a short break. remember, you can always find more news on our website. that's d, w dot com. you can follow us on social media as well. where at the handle at dw news, i'm rebecca written in berlin for me in the entire team here. thanks very much.

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