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a clear winner is going to be a runoff. ah, i've been fizzle and welcome more money and more weapons. that's the promise to ukraine from western allies meeting in copenhagen. really 30 countries have pledged more than one and a half 1000000000 euros and aid, including weapons and training for ukrainian soldiers. danish defense minister, modern bot, scave, calls the commitments a clear sign of european unity. like the hosting to day 26 countries, as well as the european union, have met hearing copenhagen, and have send a clear signal. ukraine's fight is our fight. we stand together and we stand with the ukraine. we condemned russia's brutal attack in the strongest possible way. and

we will consider the continue to assist ukraine in its military needs. today's conference has been about. busy more than just words, dw cars on a chrissy montoya told me what concrete places have been made. so, part of this 1500000000 years i, this is really cash. and the other part of it is said donations in terms of military stock and hardware. add the monetary value of that that's been committed at, at the sag conference in, in copenhagen. and that's going to be put into this international fund because it also includes countries like australia, for example, and canada, who have made commitments add to that are found as well. it's, it's a 3 pronged effort if you like. there is the training of the troops, which is currently being headed up i in britain where the goal is to train at least 10000 ukrainian soldiers by october, indications from the press conference that we just heard is that they want to

increase, that there is also add effort to di, mind ukraine as in the, in the past few months at the war has been raging. a lot of minds have been put in place. and now ad there is an effort that is going to be led by iceland or where it is going to be about training trainers or who will eventually go back home and start the process of d, mining the country. this is an effort on land as well as at sea, and then it, it is the, obviously the most pressing is which would be the, the arms and most countries have donated. and given basically all that they have or that they can give at the stage. there is now a need to procure arms and that is of course to go to the markets and to buy a weaponry. and of course to ramp up and scale up production and countries like as slovakia, the czech republic, as we was holding this press conference at, will be at assisting in that if it ramping up production of certain military, our weapon re and, and the equipment that could be sent over to ukraine, arms and ammunition to kristin. let's just have

a listen to some of what the ukrainian defense minister had to say. i'm glad her that we all have common sense that there is no time for for tea. that is model horn. for my own unique energy and frankly speaking, the main energy in this case is money. our partners know that we need funding and they are articulated readiness to support us financially. chris, in the minister talking about a marathon there, does the international community have the stamina to keep up while that is certainly what they would like for, for the world to believe international leaders. certainly, leaders here in europe would like for, for, for, for, for ukraine at to believe that they still have the stamina at to continue to supporting ukraine. but, but the reality is a belong of the war dreads on. you can almost see that the political world waning because of course supported ukraine,

the continued support of ukraine. these monetary pledges have real implications for, for, for, for budget. so hence, these decisions have to be agreed upon in local and domestic parliament. and, and that has been a real concern and, and you're hearing that from, from the ukraine into defense minister because a lot of the concern from the ukrainians is that this is sort of becoming normal for a lot of people that people have been normalized that the war is starting to feel distance that the media coverage is waning. certainly, you don't have the same amount of media you had in the initial day. so what we heard today as well, from, from the british defense ministry of defense? are we saying that perhaps president putin, in, in, in, in, in russia would have liked a scenario where, you know, months into this were effectively going on to 6 months of the sworn ukraine. that you have the sort of a waning determination that he said that this renewed pledge the summit or was, was, was to show that the international community was still strongly and firmly behind ukraine. but for example, been here in europe, we're getting into the winter energy prices are going up. and of course this is

going to be a big problem as the cost of living and inflation goes up. do you still have that public support and will politicians have to now deal with that aspect of it as well? so ukraine would like for their continued support and certainly the leaders would like to do that. but it depends on the situation on the ground, as, as life gets tougher in the coming months, especially here europe. good boy, christine, would work for us in brussels. thank you. i take a look at some of the other stories making headlines. sierra leone has imposed a nation wide go of you. after anti government protests turned violent. at least 6 police officers and 13 civilians have been killed. the rising cost of living is increasing tensions. an armed man who held 6 people hostage at a bank in beirut has surrendered 2 authorities. no hostages were harmed local media say the man was unable to access $200000.00 from his account. lebanese banks of strict limits on withdrawals because of the card economic crisis. in kenya,

the veteran opposition leader rather dinger and deputy president william, brutal a neck and neck in the race to become president. if neither wins more than half the votes, there could be a run off for the 1st time. elder read in west and kenya is one of rudo strongholds . it was also the scene of ethnic unrest after the 2007 election. as i corresponded mario miller reports, memories of the violin sauce still vivid out and about on behalf of peace, helen carry thee and collins, whereas i walk through the neighborhood, an elder, it in western kenya, one day ahead of kenya's general election. they talk to neighbors and ask if they feel safe, whichever the outcome i'd be ready to lake her, make myself so. the scenes that unfolded in 2007 are still fresh, and every once memory here, after the elections violent clash is broke out between different ethnic groups.

dozens of people, including children, were burnt alive in a church. peace activists, corinthian barracuda lost friends and relatives. it was bad, some people when they were injured, they still have injury is still to be some they become physically disabled, some become mentally disabled. you can see their fear that they have the elder at neighbourhood as a stronghold of william, brutal vice president of kenya. and one of the 2 leading presidential candidates authority see the area as a possible hotspot for violence and have brought in hundreds of security forces. but like in 2007 leaflets with hate, speech have been circulating their eat vote for router or 2007 was just the tip of the iceberg. at the other end of the city ballad papers, a checked and sorted heavily armed police officers secure the site. the i, b, c. the canyon electro authority has to deliver this time after the last election 5 years ago, had to be repeated due to serious errors. you have to be very clean to make sure

that you have the right little river. and in the 8th, once risa, with his anxious waiting would be creditable. redwood, tuesday morning election day at 6 am presidential candidate, william brutal is the 1st to cast his ballad in a village near elder it he to praise for peace. riggle. oh good. but peace doesn't hold everywhere on election day. these pictures make the rounds go to i went to meet with a freshly elected member of county assembly for rayleigh or dingoes party is involved in a violent dispute. he accuses his political arrival. no was, we're why he's not in a strong party that you see a little more than 2 are going to group through him. one of the attackers broke his

aids arm. he says, the thoughts of violent incidents are not rare. and canyon politics, although they haven't happened much in the selection. back at the polling station is pm sharp. the police say shot has been closed. time to count and the eyes of numerous election of service. now days later, people are still eagerly waiting for the final results. did. oh, you corresponded felix. marina is at kennedy's national, telling center. he gave me this update on the vote count. yes. ah, the word counting is still under way the electoral i. e b. c. the electoral boundaries commission is currently verifying forms the physical forms that have been delivered from several i county tallying centers, and some more forms are yet to come. so we don't have the exact resolved yet, but they're telling that has been conducted by 3 of the main media houses. sure.

that at the present moment, j load the anger and a william root, or are both i going neck to near cut, 49 percent. and so i ran north could be likely if neither of them actually caused that 50 percent plus one. but also inside the telling center is a lot of activity shift. agents of their various political parties are present to ensure nothing goes on miss observe, or missions. in fact, just as i was waiting for you to come through the african union of summer mission has our members have just come into the national telling center so that they can ensure that everything that has been going on in the country and here at the national telling center goes smoothly there. i was reading that these international observers monitoring the selection. what, what have they been telling you? well, ah, the international observers we're observing we have the european observer, michelle, and we have the africa union above our mission. we have the east africa community

observe our mission and all of them so far seemed to be saying that the elections were conducted in a free and fair manner. and they are hoping that their country will maintain the same piece and tranquillity that is currently being experienced, even as people wait for the election results. will that be the case? because there are concerns of violence as we saw in that report. well i, i just spoke to the amnesty international director here in kenya is wrong. you to and, and he said that unlike the past this particular election is very unlikely for us to go into a chaos after the result is announced. but he also said that it is too early to tell because most of the time, immediately the results are unknown seats. when now either people remain peaceful, all their people decide to be cavity. so before they, the final, as result is actually unknowns. we're not able to tell,

but for the moment the country is come and everyone is, i just hoping that their best candidate, when i've just spoken to one of their agents to main political party and he said their focus is on ensuring that whatever it is all that comes from the electoral boundaries commission is actually their rights result and it's actually reflecting the real of canyons to w corresponded physics, manga in nairobi, thanks for the update. international help for france says a massive wildfire burns for 3 days over a 1000 firefighters. now battling the blaze near the wine region of bordeaux summer, heat, waves and droughts are a devastating mix this season. for many european countries, french authorities are restricting water use nationwide. 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 was the 1st time i've had to pump water from the lake. more than a 100 places in france have been cut off from their water supply due to the ongoing drought and into florida saying 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. seditious exits geneticist the extraordinary

droughts is because there's been too little rain full. in addition to much moisture is evaporating due to hot and dry air currents almost fish issued. the drought also means wildfires can spread more quickly. blazes burning in several regions like here, javante. that's all for me for now. next alpha dw documentary behind the curtain takes a closer look at the paintings of the dutch must have been mia. i'm been for sewland frank golf. we'll have your news next hour and i'll see you soon here on the w. bye bye. nico is in germany to learn german.