ah ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin to night, the russian invasion of ukraine and the crimean factor. ukraine has denied responsibility for an explosion that a russian air base and crimea. at the same time, ukraine's president says the war will end 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 is your books to replace russian oil and natural gas? some countries are turning to nuclear power. finland says it has a solution for story radioactive waste. ah, i'm break off is good to have you with us or we begin tonight with an explosion at a russian air base in crimea. one person was killed and several others injured at the saki air base. now it's important to remember that russia illegally annexed crimea, back in 2014. it has used the saki based near nova federal mika to stripe southern ukraine. you can see right there moscow says that detonations of stored ammunitions set off the blast. he said it was not an attack, and crane has denied any involvement, but

a senior official is suggesting that this may have been sabotaged. ukrainian president zalinski, also vowing 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. tour is 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 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 annex crimea in 2014 many ukrainians . consider this to be the start of russia's invasion, including ukraine's president vladimir zalinski, 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 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 russian targets in crimea. officials and moscow warren,

that would trigger massive retaliation including strengths and key. if earlier i spoke with d. w mathias, berlin in key. but i asked him if the war is now expanding into the crimean peninsula, 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 routinely 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, which 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 similar strikes 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 whoa, ukraine has been striking beyond a, it's board as even in on to russian territory. so every supply line is a possible target. and of course, one of the targets of many people here in here and ukraine talk about is a 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. my thing

is really good with the last night and keep that here. thank you. and here's a look now at 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 an investigation into his organizations finances, the new york attorney general says there is evidence that the trump organization lied about the value of its essence. a lawyer for former russian state t. v. journalist marina of jani cobra says she's been charged with spreading false information about the russian army, if convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison. last month of jenny cover held up a poster in moscow, calling president windermere, brewton a murderer and his soldiers. fascists. china says that it has wrapped up military drills around tie one, but that it will stage more training exercises. beijing launch days of war games in response to the u. s. how speaker nancy pelosi is controversial visit to ty,

pay china seas taiwan as a break away province. about $750.00 inmates have escaped 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 people, or 22 police officers did. violence, flared at a protest against economic hardship in the country. grounds are demanding that the president stepped down. dozens of demonstrators were injured. staying in africa, a run off vote may be needed in kenya as early election results show a tight race between the 2 main contenders. to be the next president, the veteran opposition leader relo dinger. and the deputy president where you rudo, they 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 in thing, it will thing you bring one will and i one just be to prevail, some canyon say to have little hope and politicians after years and what successive governments failed to meet the country's economic needs, disapproval, sa, voter turnout plunge compared to previous years. especially among kenya's younger voters. but observer say they can only do so much. i cannot rumble about it. he cannot push the seats, he has to come. that's your pastime. now, not mine, mine is have they been allowed to vote nobody or is it a strict it prevented from what the process was calm, peaceful,

or deli. so if somebody has chosen not to, to exercise his or her i to, to, to elected that it well. canyons have returned to daily life while waiting. the results. for many memories of filing disputes over election results are not too distant. observers hope, a quick count will ease any anxieties. will now be bull um fulton used to. i said, bunny, i'm leg in that live. yes, yes, ah, business is going on. as usual, as you can see at that are quite a number of people going on with their business. because him wondering that we need to noise out that these bullets he said is out of feigns on to the common people as we talk now that note am in any way i try to use what i colleague for the 1st time in kenya's history opposing candidates have vowed to

accept the results without dispute. as the results near kenyans hope, the promise will hold. here in europe, countries are scrambling to find new energy sources to replace russian oil and natural gas, and some are turning to nuclear power. but storing nuclear waste waste that can remain radio active for centuries. there remains a big problem. finland is now pioneering of system, which it says can permanently contain all of its spent nuclear material. and it has some communities saying, please bring that toxic trash to our back yard or corresponded to re schoultz, went to western finland to find out why 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 realistic purchase. it's about $20000000.00 per year. every okey mayor vessel lock in him. he says, decades of good relations and no accidents. with the okey lu, auto nuclear power plant lead 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 considers that a win for his town, long term financial security. we have renewed his school son, ari uncle windsor realtor. her sports hall here at school support. 8000000 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 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 that also in the far future that there are no any, any pathways enchilada 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 center and take a tour of the facility posse to him, a heads up communications for pussy by 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, okay, and nuclear is good, but then you have this waste of use nuclear fuel. but well, we're not what we're saying is that no, that's not true. 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. terry shows reporting there. here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you. this. our ukraine says that 9 russian warplanes been destroyed in explosions at an airbase on the annex crimea peninsula. russia admits one person was killed, but it denies that the base was attacked. you're up to date. rob once is up next to the w business news and signs of an using an u. s. inflation. i'll see you tomorrow. departure be to the to day. this means flying to a foreign planet in the 16th century, it meant being a captain and setting sail.