jolly alice services. oh, be all a guest at frankfurt airport city managed by from bought. ah ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. keith denies responsibility for an explosion at a russian air base in crimea. ukraine says it didn't strike the base for claims. the blast destroyed at least 9 russian war plans and on the mainland ukrainian fighters pushed towards her on our correspondent met them in the front line

trenches, also coming up a tight race in kenya. the top contenders to be the next president may be headed for a runoff election. and the seas far between israel and the palestinian militants is still holding in the gaza strip guidance or counting the grim cost of the latest ram divides. ah, i'm pablo folios. thanks for joining us. ukraine says 9 russian war plains have been destroyed in explosions at an air base in the annexed crimea. regent. russia says one person was killed and several others injured. russia has used the saki base near nova feather fed, or if got to strike southern ukraine. moscow says destinations of stored ammunition

set off the blasts, not an attack. ukraine also denies bombing, the air pay air air base. meanwhile, on the mainland, ukraine has stepped up attacks on russian supply lines in the strategically important harrison region. as it seeks to conduct a counter offensive to retake areas of the south, dw mathias bellinger went to the front line to meet ukrainian fighters, preparing for a trench warfare will bring it with another a weeds at the bottom of the trenches. that's how long the frontline has been here . you have so forsaken. that's his battlefield name. this has meant months of living in and under the earth. this is where they sleep, eat and wait for something to happen. ukraine's national poet taught us should chem cook, which is over them. yahoo! when they shell us, we all come down here to people have to stay outside to monitor the situation. the

others hide in here and we'll it's mostly beam in artillery will being shell shelling back, waiting for the next round. 2 sides target each other from a distance trying to damage a position enough to then storm. and we're just gay, nicely out of the front is in danger of a tank attack. but believe me, if they camera will meet them adequately. williams, as they shouted through thought right now is the ukrainians were attacking when they launched a counter offensive weeks ago and have taken a few dozen settlements. and the advance is low jordan recipient. we liberate the settlement that we can when we do, we don't move into the village, but we make sure the russians are gone. we don't go in, in order not to risk our soldiers live. that is important. when the command thinks

that we have enough weapons and how soldiers will happily move for you throughout the super duty period, because we travel to another position scorched. we can't get information on how many modern western weapons they have. at this section at the front. we are constantly told it is not enough and move on more boldly. because the brake from the shelling lunch in the trench, she said the soldiers have been living here too for many months. at the moment the mood is even relaxed. here in the trenches, there is a break in the fighting, but there is the expectation that the russians might step up. they're selling again . soldiers, no, it isn't strikes. artillery dumps has the high model. rocket launches, disrupt the russians. things from both dr. lee to less shelling from their side for

a certain period of time. but the russians also adjust their logistics. they learn the lessons from al highmark and far ranging artillery, political native. unfortunately, the war is not just a permanent turn in our favor. it's a process and it keeps changing itself here in the trenches at their own front. it's about patients moving forward carefully and keeping focused on we'll show, let's take a look out more stories related to the ukraine war. russian strikes in the southern ukrainian region of south for asia have killed at least 13 people and left thousands without electricity. authority say dozens of rockets hate residential areas. keep accuses moscow of using a captured nuclear plant in the region as cover for it's our taylor foreign ministers of the g. 7 group of nations of cold on moscow to return control

of the damaged ukrainian nuclear station to cave. the plant has been shelled several times prompting fears of a potential nuclear incident. moscow and keep blame each other for the attacks. a lawyer for former russian state t. v. journalist marina of jani cova says she's been charged with spreading false information about the russian army, if convicted, she could face of 215 years in jail. last month of jenny cova held up a poster in moscow called in president vladimir putin, a murderer and his soldiers, fascists, a run, all folk. it 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 rayleigh ganga and the deputy president william roto appear evenly matched. the result is expected later in the week. these ballot boxes will

seal 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 and seeing it will thing you bring one will and by one just these to prevail. some canyons say they have little hope and politicians after years and would successive governments failed to meet the country's economic needs, disapproval, so 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 pastime. now, not mine. mine is have you been allowed to vote? nobody was there a strictly prevented from what? the process was coll, peaceful,

or deli. so if somebody has chosen not to criticize he's or her right to to elected married, 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 pulled out. horton lose 2. i'm sorry to panic. i'm late in the previous. yes. business is going on. as usual. as you can see, her dad are quite a number of people going on with their business because her i'm wondering that we need to moisten that. these bullets he said is out of frames on to him to come when people, as we talk now, the notes am in any way i tried to use what actually, for the 1st time in kenya's history opposing candidates have vowed to accept the

results without dispute. as the results near canyon's hope, the promise will hold the cease fire that followed 3 days of bloody exchanges between israel and militants, and garza still appears to be held in israel's military, called the operation a success. their rockets killed the leaders and destroyed infrastructure from the palestinian islamic jihad militant group, but many civilians also died in gaza, including children. one blast killed 5 boys in the street where they were play and laughed at least one girl with life changing injuries. the violence may be over for now, but with each side blaming the other for that strike. the war of words is still well under way. driving through javala, an overcrowded refugee settlement in the northern gaza strip. there's little to remind you at 1st of the rockets, the death and the madness of the past week, and then suddenly you come across a memorial set up by neighbors to honor

a father and his 5 sons who were killed here. they were in this alley way on saturday. as the sun went down, cottony opened, they had no chance to run when a rock had exploded in their midst, killing 5 and seriously injuring 2 more. both survivors were children. gun it had been the girl was inside. it was supposed to go out and cool her brother's inside for dinner. i shall know. the girl is named roha. she's 11 years old, a pupil in the 6th grade. every one is quiet in her hospital room when the camera crew enters. then her family members remove her blanket. they want the world to see this. doctors had to amputate both of perhaps legs and her right arm. after the rocket exploded, her parents raced outside, calling out and crying in the living had we found her brother 1st and he was

covered in blood down that he was alive once ever clement, we waited until the ambulance came and then we kept searching for a half after 2 hours, we found her in the hospital with no legs, ashley and only one arm. they had, i had it out on the rocket that killed 5 children in javala and maimed for a huff is perhaps the most controversial weapon fired in the recent conflict. nobody wants to take responsibility for islam at jihad say, every missile that hit garza was israeli. but israel says this video proves that the rocket that hit jubilee was fired from gaza. and malfunctioned finally slamming into the crowded neighbourhood. almost 2 kilometers away and a few hours earlier in israeli rocket destroyed oh, die sham. lux house. he knows it was israel because they called him on the phone. mom battalion and my phone rang. oh hello,

solomon i come home. if you have 2 minutes to evacuate your house, he's a man's voice on the other end said, get him out of the thing to live. oh die, shun luck grabbed his family and his phone and got out in time to see his house blow up. why him was the strike targeting his neighbors where they suspected terrorists owed. i says he has no idea. oh, the rockets have stopped flying, but the question of who was to blame for the violence looms large in jamalia last saturday. whoever was behind the attack, wiped out the lives of innocence. a huge, wild fire has forced 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 it up wonderful? never experienced 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. one more than a 100 places in france have been cut off from their water supply. due to the ongoing drought ended to flood, he said one of or 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 on water use almost everywhere. in many places, farmers aren't allowed to irrigate their fields. scientists say human induced climate change is responsible, seditious. exit scenario is the extraordinary droughts is because there's been too little rain fall. in addition to much moisture is evaporating due to hot and dry air currents yellow fish issued. the drought also means wildfires can spread more quickly. blazes are burning in several regions like here and haven't football now and last season's champions, league winters round, madrid have won the wafer supercop after beating i tracked frankfurt the euroleague holders to nail in helsinki. the bonus league aside had no answer to goals from david alba and korean bens emma in the 1st competitive match between the clubs. since the 1960 european cup final, it's the 5th time round madrid have won the trophy.

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