ah, where has history left its traces? ah, meeting beagle hearing their dreams. i'm ready to read. journey intended to say. snorts august 14th on d. w. ah, ah, this is dw news live from berlin to night, the russian invasion of ukraine and the crimean factor. ukraine has denied responsibility for an explosion at a russian air base in crimea. at the same time, you crates, president says the warrantable and only when the russian annexation of crimea is

also coming up tonight, a neck and neck race, in kenya, the top contenders to be the next president. they may be headed for a run off election. and as europe looks to replace russian oil and natural gas, some countries are turning to nuclear power. finland says it has a solution or story radioactive waste. ah, i'm regards to our viewers watching a p b s in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin with an explosion at a russian air base in crimea. one person was killed and several others injured at the saki base, which is near nova fed on the curb. and it's been used by russia. we understand a stripe, southern ukraine, as you see right there. moscow says that the explosions were detonations of stored ammunition since and not an attack. ukraine has deny bombing the air based, but

a senior official suggested it may have been sabotaged. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski as well 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 basin. the black sea were posted on social media by beach goers and crimea, a popular holiday destination for many russians. but these holiday makers may now want to change their plans. tour is described how they experienced the detonations . oh yes, well you got that 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, i 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 a rush and 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 warren, that would trigger massive retaliation including strengths and key. if it earlier i spoke with the w, my t as bellinger in cuban i asked him, is this war now expanding on to the crimean potential? while it's hard to say that it expanded because crimea was part of this war as we've just heard it a launch. but for the invasion, it's a highly militarized territory where russia has a lot of technology and it's also home to the black sea fleet. and the headquarters of the black sea fleet, they have been attacked by ukraine, presumably by ukraine. it also didn't own this, but just a few days ago. so of course, this is part of the war, but what is a clear is that the people in crimea, the tourists who traveled to crimea from russia,

they did not expect this. and we are now seeing pictures of long queues of people trying to leave the territory. it was probably falsely perceived as being kind of off the off site of the war. but it is, of course, part of this whole military game. and do these vacationers they are in crimea, most of them are russians, obviously. should they be worried? i mean, is, is there a fear that there's going to be some type of retaliation? retaliation the utility asian that russia has announced would obviously not target these vacation as it would target, for example, us here and key of all or in other places in ukraine. and deb wood is probably they'll probably worries about that. but then like every strike in a war triggers some kind of retaliation, you cannot fight to war if you only think about retaliation. so i think the people on crimea now they are worried about being targeted again in seamless trikes. this

my point at martinez, is there a concern now with this a blast at the russian air base in crimea? is there a concern that crimea is going to be a new battle field if you will, in this war? well, ukraine has this, has been striking beyond a, its board as even in on to russian territory. so every supply line is a possible target. and of course, one of the targets that many people here in here and ukraine talk about is the bridge that links crimea to russia. destroying this bridge would, of course, considerably disrupt the russian supplies in the south. and it's definitely something that would be worth for the ukranian army to do so once they are in the position to do so,

i expect i think that targets in crimea would probably be targeted again, nothing is really good with the last night from keith. but he of thank you, a russian journalist who attracted international attention by interrupting a state television news broadcasting protest of the war and ukraine is now facing criminal charges. marina of jani cova is accused of spreading false information about russia's armed forces. she's appeared in court following police raids on her home. in her mission, it was a moment which captured the world's attention. a journalist interrupting a news broadcast at the russian state tv channel. she worked at to protest the war in ukraine days after the invasion began. marina of johnny cove dramatically defied the kremlin narrative of a special military operation. don't believe the propaganda. they're lying to you. her poster read. many feared for her in the aftermath. but after being fined,

she continued to protest the war despite the kremlin, increasingly to coney and laws aimed at suppressing descent. last month, she held a solo anti war pika directly in front of the kremlin, holding a poster calling russian president vladimir putin a murderer and russian soldiers. fascists. according to her lawyer, that's what has led to the criminal charges against her, allegedly spreading false information about the russian armed forces. she was brought to court on wednesday, following, arrayed on her home with the will close mover after the red. what marina was taken here, which was, i'm not waiting for an officer to come down for me to start investigative procedures, according to the early information she's incriminated with the article 2073 of the criminal code devoted that protest has already landed her with the 50000 roubles fine. around $800.00 us dollars. a criminal

charges mean much more severe consequences if convicted, she face is 15 years in jail. but despite full awareness of those risks, she has remained unrepentant as seen recently at a court appearance in july. i'm staging pickets and protest as i am against the war . i'm not going to stay silent. this is my civic position with let me get through please put in a country where the government has been ruthless in its approach to critics. it is a stance which is both dangerous and remarkably brave. and here's the look now, some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. former us president donald trump has refused to answer questions under oath in new york, his organization, the trump organization, is being investigated in a 3 year probe of its finance. as the attorney general says, there's evidence that the organization lied about the value of its assets, about a $1750.00 inmates of escape from

a prison in the democratic republic of congo. gunman staged a jailbreak that left at least 5 people dead, including 2 policemen, analyst suspect a local militia with ties to so called his womic state, organized the attack. sierra leone has imposed a nationwide curfew after clashes left at least 2 p police officers dead. violence flared at a protest against economic hardship grounds demanded. the president stepped down. dozens of demonstrators were injured. a runner vote may be needed in kenya as early election results show a tight race between the 2 made contenders to be the next president. the veteran opposition leader railer of dingo and the deputy president william router appear evenly matched. the result is expected later this week. these ballot boxes will feel kenya's fate for the next 5 years. after hours of voting, describe as peaceful canyons are now waiting to hear who will next leave their country thing it will thing you bring one will. and now one just be to

prevail. some canyon say they have little hope and politicians after years and which successive governments failed to meet the country's economic needs. disapproval, saw voter turnout plunge compared to previous years, especially among kenya's younger voters. but observer say they can only do so much . i cannot to rumble about it. he cannot push the c g as to come. that's your past time. now, not my mine is there been allowed to vote? nobody was there a stricter prevented from watching. the process was calm, peaceful bodily. so if somebody has chosen not to, to exercise he's or her i to, to, to elected that well, canyons have returned to daily life while waiting. the results for many memories of

violent disputes over election results are not too distant. observers help a quick count will ease any anxieties. will now be bull um fulton used to, i said, bunny, i'm leg into oblivious. yes. our business is going on. as usual. as you can see her that are quite a number of people going on with their business because him wondering that we need to noise out that these bullets his out of fans on to the common people as we talk now. don notes am in any way i try to am is what i colleague for the 1st time in kenya's history. opposing candidates have vowed to accept the results without dispute. as the result near canyon's hope, the promise will hold it for more. now i'm joined by a corresponded felix marina. in nairobi. village we know that the votes are still

being counted. we don't have results yet. and there's a lot of speculation. what can you tell us about the projections? believing brent so, so far the votes that have been counted so far? sure. that ray loading of as the meal clinician and william brutal cannot cleanser lands. are both a tang. they are both at about 49 point something percent. so both of them are tying at the moment, but they're still a lot of what's that yet? i still to be counted there on the electoral commission has only 4 day has only counted about 8500000 votes. so they still another around $6000000.00 votes. that are still yet to be counted. so the rest looks to be so tight. it's too close to call. you can see a direct prediction right now. but i think as soon as more results come in, we'll be able to project a specific direction. you know too close to call, but if you look on social media, you may not get that impression and talk to me about how misinformation has played

a role here. it's very funny because every supporters of different candidates have actually been posting images of i a congratulatory messages for their candidates and immediately some announcements i made especially in the parliamentary elections in the gubernatorial elections. you find a completely different person from who was being congratulated on line, actually one. and then today there are also some statistics that are saying that the total would cost to walk around $6.00. and the 2 candidates had divided the votes. but again, in the afternoon, the electoral commission came out and announced that there was a total of $14300000.00 votes that had been cost. so at least the january still on . so people are pulling students for they have specific ends. and that has actually been confusing,

a lot of people who've been following trends. so people have actually been advised by the electoral commission to wait, be patient and wait for the final tally with a final call by the electoral commission, which is the overall deciding body in this canyon election. and with the numbers being so close, it appears that the voters have not given any candidate a clear mandate to govern, but whoever ends up winning, they're going to have to face some serious problems, aren't they? yes they are. and some of the analysts that we have spoken to have said that whoever wins the presidency will actually need to night the country because according to the voting patterns looks like they're 2 sides of a divide are on 5050, but also the cost of living youth that employment and of course, some of the other problems that have been facing people in the country as some of the things that they lead to who gets elected next will have to deal with

immediately they get to office. do w fill. it's maria in that ruby with the latest on the selection verb counting, still going on in kenya. felix, thank you. where in europe, countries are scrambling to find new energy sources to replace russian oil and natural gas. some are turning to nuclear power, but storing nuclear waste that can remain radioactive for centuries, it remains a big problem. finland is now pioneering system, which it says can permanently contain all of its spent nuclear material. and for some communities, it's a welcome financial boost or correspondent terry schultz. she went to western finland to find out more. 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. every 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 renewed his school son, ari uncle and so realtor. 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 and 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. 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 has been 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 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 on colo, he says his goal is to demystify the process of nuclear power generation. a lot of people say that, okay, nuclear effects, more european countries to follow finland's lead. now that they're forced to reconsider how to power their futures. johan swan is the director of m k g in sweden. that's an environmental group which looks at nuclear waste and how it

stored. he told me that he is cautious about this new facility. well, i think that that claim can certainly be questioned and i'm working in sweden when nuclear waste issues and in sweden we have the same method as infant land using copper canisters or and the copper canisters here are putting question much, much more. and we have our program in sweden is therefore delayed very much because of this problem. are you surprised that we're even talking about this right now? i mean, if you were to take the russian invasion of ukraine out of the equation, you know, we'd still be talking about because shima chernobyl, 3 mile island. i mean those dangers those disasters. they haven't gone away happy. no, certainly not. i mean, the risk of accidents is always there, but i think it's important to understand that the, the production of this long lived waste is, is probably the major problem to deal with. and i think it's still remains

questionable when you can do this. the statement a long term and i'm wondering instead of investing money in this solution, would it not make better economic sense, but also just be safe for long term if you were to take those resources and invest them in developing more sustainable energy sources. this is certainly correct. i mean there is a lot of focus now on you clear as a simon solution, but it just to dental than to late and renewables and efficiency measures are available at this moment to to, to do a lot more. and so i think it's important now to focus more on renewables at some sorts at this time and not put any major focus on on nuclear issues. are you surprised by the people we saw in that report there in finland they they want this disposal site because of the economic incentives. what,

what's this situation in sweden, me, we're used to hearing people saying not in my back yard with your nuclear waste. yes, i mean are actually the situation is quite similar than sweden in the, the nuclear communities that are quite news used to nuclear power and also to nuclear waste issues. they have also in suite and been accepting repository so, so that the planned repository. and at that for, for mac nuclear power, plant, north of stock. com. and the ablation is, is also they are pro, but it took a long, long time to get there and a long time to search and in anywhere else and sweden that presently what was impossible except right next to power plant, as is the case in finland. so it's certainly a problem to find a place for a depository, which is very clear in all other countries, basically that note there is not. and mister, so before you run out of time,

let me just ask you, let, let's, let's put back in the reality of the russian invasion of ukraine. we know energy prices are going to soar. their soaring right now, this war has, has it resulted in may be of the sobering fact that we will not be done with nuclear power as soon as we would like to be done? no, i think it's the other way round. actually. i think that the problems of the nuclear power stations being part of the war in the root korean shows that nuclear has, has less are important in the future probably. and it's, as i was saying before, we just too little and too late. i mean it's, it's, it said renewables that is the future of mr. farm. we appreciate your time and your insights to night. thank you. oh, thank you. a huge wildfire has force thousands of people to leave their homes. in southwestern france, officials thought the blaze was under control, but the flames have flared up again. summer heat waves have brought drought to

france and other european countries and with water getting scarcer. french authorities are imposing nationwide restrictions on its use. here in new rochelle, saint nicholas getting water has become an arduous task in a measure recently approved by local authorities, farmers are pumping water from a lake to supply their animals was enough. will never experience anything like this . sometimes things are critical in august, but never for this long. it was the 1st time i've had to pump water from the lake and one more than a 100 places in france have been cut off from their water supply. due to the ongoing drought ended to fly to sing, one of our 2 springs has dried up. only one is still flowing, providing 110 cubic meters a day by we need twice as much into village. now a tank comes every 2 days to supplies with water. the law the government says it's

the worst drought france has ever seen. a state of emergency is in place in more than 2 thirds of the country. and there are restrictions and water use almost everywhere. in many places, farmers aren't allowed to irrigate their fields. scientists say human in jesus climate change is responsible since issues exist in edited the extraordinary droughts is because there's been too little rainfall. in addition to much moisture is evaporating due to hot and dry occurrence. yeah, most fish issues the drowns will say means wildfires can spread more quickly. blazes have ending in several regions like hinge haven't for the 2022 football work up in katara is likely to start a day earlier than planned opening day now sunday, november 20th. the change would allow host guitar to face ecuador in the opening game of the tournament. loose nations traditionally play in the 1st match. a final

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around you. subscribe to d w documentary on youtube. do . crimea is a favorite vacation destination for russians, beaches san fun, and perhaps some black smoke and explosions as well. on tuesday, one person died in a blast at a russian air base near the crime be in cocoa. now ukraine had said that it was not responsible, but ukraine's president.