ah, 1st it was a blast at a russian air base in crimea, then explosions had an air filled in bell roofs. both this week, both mysterious and both not attacks by ukrainian forces. that's according to the russians. publicly, kiva is not so certain. it's military remains outgunned by russia, but there is a growing sense that that calculus, it doesn't mean what it used to. i'm brit golf in berlin. this is the day. ah, russian all starting to fail and beats of the little girls, the occupant himself, was, was the faster we can get married. they may have got on to law that we have to make fun reaching decisions to support ukraine in its fight. voided chat. time will come

when the russians vote from harkey, don us, crimea. they have failed so far and on likely to ever succeed in occupying that grade. also coming up a year after the taliban takeover of afghanistan, the countries health care system is on the brink of collapse. one, german and jia is making life and death decisions about which children to air lift to europe for treatment. it's my hard to say he can come with us, so you can come with us next time and without knowing, especially with the pain informations, if the children will still be alive in 6 months or to our viewers watching a p b. s. in the united states. into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin the day with a series of explosions at russian military bases near the border with ukraine. they look like attacks, but moscow insist. they're not saying the blasts in crimea in bel ruth were either

accidents or technical malfunctions. now keith has not publicly claimed any responsibility here, but the ukranian president in his cabinet, they have seized upon events to shape the narrative in ukraine's favor ukraine's allies are in step with that message. i want you to take a listen to what the u. k. defense minister said earlier today, russia all starting to fail in many areas. they have failed so far, and i am likely to ever succeed in occupying that ukraine. their invasion has faulted and constantly being modified to the extent they are really only focusing in parts of the site and in the east a long, long way away from that 3 day. so. ready called special operation 3 days and now over a $150.00 days and nearly 6 months in with huge, significant losses of both equipment and indeed russian personnel. yeah. now back to those exposure or that explosion bill roof spell a roof is playing down reports of over night last, at

a military air base near its border with ukraine. the bell rings, you defense ministry said an engine called fire and that there were no casualties. franak b, a cork, up, a senior advisor to belushi, to exalt opposition leader sled, lana. t hadn't of sky. yup. he has a different account of events and he is my 1st guest to night frantic. it's good to have you back on the day and tell me what have you heard about what happened in bella? ruth's do, do you know who was responsible for what happened? and we don't know who is responsible yesterday, perhaps at 11 pm. we recipient permission from multiple sources about the explosion of the blast about the flashes it was so if you broke up people, so we've been home in the region and it's definitely not the fire engine. this people, they the features they do the job. we try to identify anything less

than a fortunate it's very difficult to understand, wasn't made that in jail or was it was an artist on some diversion. we don't know for sure, but the official statement from ministry defense of lucas, you can use that. it was just the fire engine. yeah. and there is no mention at all in the official explanation of the possibility of the explosion being the result of a ukrainian attack, right. of course and, and i, we do, we can, we can't expect that fisher leverage in propaganda will say that it's, you bring an army fact. but this can be all to the parking mistake for russian military for behavior like their host and others. and since february 2022, they created multiple dangerous situation in the homeland breast region bordering

with ukraine. in front of it remains almost impossible to verify reports on the ground in bell the ruse in the same in crimea. and how worried are you that the fog of war could create unrealistic expectations among the ukrainian people as well as the people in bella russo who are against this war? absolute majority of the letter sends them one billers would be dropped into this war. there is a huge fear lest a year should wear, afraid of repression of terror. now people are afraid of war and location, which is regime they're trying to drag ellerson brothers army into this company. but the dissemination those and population, even the ocean officers, they resist, they do a possible to prevent these provocation, this se explosions. yesterday was the also the publication will the through force percent, that regime emblems army to answer the warning the crane. but i hope it won't

be, do you? do you think of that? that is a possibility that ukraine could be trying to force bill a roost to get into the work. where do you think that that, that pressure is coming from ukraine? definitely doesn't want to let us know, and that's what it rained, the doesn't one that a government rates a lot of times for the directive, it's about, it's almost finished on either of williams and the democratic movement. and then they go possible to prevent a from, from entering this war. but the question is, how much of an army and how much our artisans can do in march and april, our park is on spoke russian trains, a several partisans are facing the right now death penalty because of the sabotage effects. and now we're trying to strengthen this on the ground movement,

but regime is so cruel people that arrest of every day for every month, they work all month for every work and so forth. great. an advisor to go to new zealand. he has again issued a thinly veiled warning to russia and its ally bill or roots. and let me just read that for you. the epidemic of technical accidents and military airfields of crimea in bel. ruth should be considered by russia's military as a warning. forget about ukraine, take off the uniform and leave neither in occupied crimea, nor in occupied bill. ruth, will you feel safe, carma, find you anywhere. there's a very strong words their product. this, of course, is ukrainian government messaging. it sounds like ukraine believes that it is now winning this war, is that how you see the crane is definitely wing and the information space is

definitely a winning international reaction and national organizations. but in terms of the front line, it's not so clear yet. but to be want your green to lean because when your brain reads prevail from russia, it will create transfer gallons for get the rate. you get 3 as well. right now, the face of delegates and where are so interconnected, never in q 3. and we do all possible to support your brain. we support volunteers, military volunteers fighting free because we know we know that the support will help them and they are weak. that will help us to win over to you. and i have spoken before about the german government and how it was criticized for dragging its feet with our shipments of weapons to ukraine when this invasion began. with not being tough enough on russia. i want you to take a listen to what transfer short said today. because that also the biggest challenge is a terrible war that russia started against ukraine that has already lasted many months,

will not have yet. it means we have to make far reaching decisions to support ukraine and it's fine for independence with the foot. told us, as you know, we are doing that with a massive break with our previous policy by delivering weapons. very, very many very efficient, long range weapons. what does that mean? and we will continue to do that in future. we are supporting ukraine financially, and we have reconciled ourselves with this war affecting the whole world, europe and our country. and so that the route of the zip switched in the front of the german travelers, strong words or another very positive signal for the ukrainians. do you think the ukranian forces are now in possession of the weapons that they need to begin pushing the russians back? it will never be enough, of course, the delivery of the german american british and canadian weapons is very,

very important. but so we are dealing with a cruel empire with militaristic regime of which has so much arms weapons with that remains after soviet union. everything that was done already is not enough. so i think the delivery must continue to green, must receive everything they want, but also not on the crane. most of the on the ground movement, underground resistance and just like billers, most must be supportive and we are grateful to german government versus this one tells a office and they promise to do all possible to support the fight against the question. because for sure, the ukrainian president zelinski, he says that this war will end only when the annexation of crimea is over. is that a realistic goal? considering the russian position,

russia will get weaker and weaker. it will get exhausted after some time. you know, this resumed the they, they are looking invincible until they are not on the we must be optimistic. yes, it will be a very difficult when there are many people there have to pay bigger prices and taxes, but this is the price we pay for many years. so election of such regime, i'm sure, with loose, with ashley's look at the rational the garcia russian society is getting also not so happy. so we, we just have to be ready to use that window of opportunity and to, during this energy in russia again. and you know, before we were no time to, you know, we hear so much about what is at stake with the outcome of this war, particularly for ukraine. but what about a bill of roofs a democratic revolution reform in bill roots? is that possible?

as long if russia loses this war, will it be possible for bill roost to have democratic reforms? and is it possible, as long as vladimir putin is still in charge in russia? changes a russian doesn't depend on the state of beliefs and ukraine. and this is why in blankets bank of an hour of ocean started, who didn't supported lucas and come back then and spent 21 correct down civil side . but we didn't know that the plant so that your frame wasn't ready in the future and everything that was happening and it was a frequent ration for it back to you by with a was a read the completion region in the separation from the quarter as always, from that, we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. thank you. while

the front lines in this were ukraine had stepped up, attacks on russian supply lines, commanders are repairing a counter offensive to reject areas in the south, which are currently held by russia. the w's martinez burger. he went to the front lines to meet ukrainian finders. you were getting ready for trench warfare with another a weeds at the bottom of the trenches. that's how long the frontline has been here and you have so forsaken. that's his battlefield name. this has meant months of living in and under the u. this is where they sleep, eat and wait for something to happen. ukraine's national poet taught us should jenko, 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're it's mostly been an artillery well 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 an article of her. yes. okay. not a lot of the front is in danger of a tank attack, but believe me, if they commodore will meet them adequately, the williams as they shout little tough 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 settlements 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, always use rather super duty period as 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 a break 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. right. so not tillery dumps has the high model was rocket launches, disruptive russians. it's attention opponent, 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, critical. 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 the 1st one front, it's about the patients moving forward carefully that and keeping focus. garage wheels. ah, the u. s. attorney general has broken his silence on the f. b. i read of donald trump's florida estate earlier this week. merit garland, and justifying the raid on trump's mar lago estate by saying that there was probable cause for the unprecedented search. he also addressed fierce criticism from some republicans that the raid was politically motivated. first, i personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter. second, the department does not take such a decision lightly where possible in

a standard practice to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search. and to narrowly scope, any search that is undertaken. 3rd, let me address recent unfounded attacks on the professionalism of the f, b i and justice department agents and prosecutors. i will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked. nearly a year on from the return to power by the tale bought. afghanistan's health care system is in chaos. victims of violence in particular are suffering from a lack of medical care. d, w. 's molina grinned reports to night on a german aid organizations efforts to help sick and wounded children. the people here are all hoping to get medical help in germany. hundreds of parents have come to the african capital travel which i seriously children. so did 11 year old up to lend his father. both of doing him would turn off in a bump attack,

and john was almost blind and left the aid organization. and i will bring him to germany for further treatment. i don't know. i visited other hospitals, but i didn't cover that's why i'm here because i need help with my hands that so that though she was clearly i'm having an employee of freedom stuff international has been flying to afghanistan for years. she and her team had to make life and death decisions, which one of the many children are brought to germany for further treaty. no, she shouldn't see me. it's quite hard to say you can come with us so you can come with us next time without knowing, especially with the bone information, the children will still be alive in 6 months later to no, not at this time more children showed up than ever before. $2200.00 families and total. the situation in afghanistan is disastrous. the economy has collapsed. many

people are starving. doctors have left the country and so have many 8 arguments without pain killers, without bandages one is just lying at home. and in fact, how the leading a few months later, germany, we meet at the 8 organizations compound, to live here with other seriously injured children from crisis and wall region around the world without parents, an emergency community for as long as operations and rehabilitation take. today i do have to have his check out soon, the doctors one to operate on his for on so that he can use it like a pincers onto on, on the as ha, it's, i'm not scared of the operation. i'm happy that with rating on me. i'm not scared, it'll fetch there until then. i'm through spends his bedtime with his new friend. they help him through the pain and from

a sickening of who does not yet know with him. he's already looking forward to showing his family with them the ceasefire between israel and militants, and garza is holding after 3 days of intense clashes. israel's military says it's rockets killed leaders of the palestinian islamic jihad militant group, but many civilians died in gods, including children. one blast killed 5 boys in the street where they were play driving through jamalia and overcrowded refugees settlement in a 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 alleyway on

saturday. as the sun went down, cottony opened, they had no chance to run when a rocket exploded in their midst, killing 5 and seriously injuring 2 more. both survivors were children. a gun it had been the girl was inside when i was supposed to go out and call her brothers 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 her house legs and her right arm. after the rocket exploded, her parents raced outside, calling out and crying in the home. but we 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 to get out of the rocket that killed 5 children in javala and maimed for a half is perhaps the most controversial weapon fired in the recent conflict. nobody wants to take responsibility for it. islam of 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. to melissa, i sent 2 kilometers away and a few hours earlier in israeli rocket destroyed, oh, dye sham locks house. he knows it was israel because they called him on the phone number touch on my phone rang oh hello, solomon. i compliment, you have 10 minutes to evacuate your house. he's a man's voice on the other end said get him out of the thing that

a little bit more long. oh die sham lock 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. another summer heat wave here in europe is worsening. the drought in many parts across the continent. here in germany, the rhine river, the country's most important for freight transport is at dangerously low levels. and that's threatening to disrupt coal supplies to power plants, as well as affecting german german chemical producers which are located along the river. most people when they hear drought think of parched farm land, but the extreme conditions are also taking a heavy toll on woodlands in urine bare and southern germany. local authorities

have come up with an unorthodox plan to help the cities trees, whether this dry spell. a cold shower is essential if these trees in europe the got to survive. the high temperatures are taking metal football. we have been giving each tree to 100 leeches of water, but nicely distributed so that the water can trickle down to the fine route tops the gun come this mother, the cities indoor swimming pools of the source of the water floating on haystack and his colleagues pumped out several times a day the former form lytham's name means that we don't have to use drinking water from the mains for the trees. it was a great idea to use the water from the swimming pool that would have otherwise ended up in the water treatment plant. seagly. unlike glow, via the city of nuremberg, close 3 and or pulls to save energy. so all of a sudden there was water law, the pool shut down weeks ago, and no chlorine has been added since then. that's miss dennis. mac,

a pool is close, so we don't need to art chlorine, it breaks down and disperse, is when we don't add any more fuel. so there are no problems using it. the water is currently slaking the 1st of $10000.00 trees in nuremberg get out in, especially in the new city which is very built up. it's important to keep the trees as much water as possible in the areas of open, so which are relatively small in size line, since it's the type of creative solution that will be needed more and more with climate change. save the trees the days almost around the conversation continues online. you can find me on twitter at brent golf t v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day. we'll see that everybody

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