ah ah ah ah ah, this is definitely a news coming to you live from berlin. another attack on europe's biggest nuclear power plant. moscow and kia accuse each other of shelling this apparition, nuclear facility as the un warns of a potential disaster. also coming up a year later, after the taliban take over, we meet some of the millions of afghans who remain displaced inside the country.

desperate to begin a new life away from the fear of poverty and persecution. plus extreme drought tightens its grip on europe. rivers run dry across the continent that scientists warn the drought could put, could become the worst in $500.00 youth. ah, hello, i'm terry martin. good to heavy with us. the head of the humans nuclear watchdog has warned of a grave crisis unfolding at the zap a risha nuclear power plant in ukraine. he was addressing an emergency session of the un security council as moscow and key of trade accusations of new shelling near the nuclear facility. as fighting in the area continues, the u. s. is backing calls for a demilitarized safe zone around this operation. plant. ukraine says that brush has

turned the site into a military base for launching attacks. forget to sugar is our correspondent in kia. she gave us the latest on the situation at this operation, nuclear plant hearing from the local authorities. that's the situation seems to be under control. they haven't detected any elevated and the radioactivity around the plan. but to be honest, this is more or less everything we just now about it about these attack. russia and ukraine are blaming each other. this is a pedal. we have been seeing over the past days when other tags on this nuclear power plant happened. so everybody is quite worried. what we know, or what we seem to know is there are no major parts were hit only in administrative bullying and, and kind of player station. but everybody's worried because only that nothing happens. now it doesn't mean that it won't happen in the, in the next possible

a tag, and that is why or why the government here it has been asking for, to establish a sort of a safety zone, a demilitarized zone. they have been asking this, the international community for months now, and the international community had, hadn't, like it responded to it until yesterday, when you and, and you said that they would support such a demilitarized tone. and this is in use, which was definitely welcome very much here and keep all eyes on that nuclear plant . but there are many fronts in this war. begin to tell us about some of the other flash points right now in ukraine. the main points are still at the southern front and the eastern front. let start with the southern front, there are the ukrainian forces continue. they attempt to retake the city of harrison, the hat on region. they are doing this by attacking and russian supply lines like

ammunition, depots, n m, important infrastructure. and russia at the same time has air deployed more forces to the south to, to reinforce their position. but they still have obviously enough firepower to still continue their shelling in the east. we see heavy fighting there. russia is obviously concentrating its attempts on the as city of bi mood. it's strategically wary, important because it is on the way to the administrative at cities of flu, janski's administrative center off the don. yet reason. so the russians are advancing slowly, but they are advancing steadily. a good deal. thank you very much for bringing us up to date. 3rd, that was our correspond bigot, a sugar in kia sketchup on a few other stories making headlines this hour in the us. an armed man has been killed after he tried to breach the api ais cincinnati office. in ohio,

he was shot by police after an hour's long stand off. the suspect was reported to have been in washington in the days before the january 6th riots, but authority say they are still investigating a possible motive. former german chancellor gerhard schroeder is suing parliament in an attempt to reinstate some privileges. he was stripped of in may. a budget committee removed funding for short, his office and the bonus talk after widespread criticism of his close ties with russia. he still receives his pension and security detail. at least $38.00 people have died across southwestern yemen after torrential range calls, severe flooding in the capital. santa over 40 buildings were damaged along with bridges and roads. the country has been locked in a 7 year civil conflict, which has led to a lack of maintenance infrastructure worsening. the situation. former sri lankan president got to buy a roger potter has arrived in thailand on

a flight from singapore. the ty, prime minister said his visit was permitted on humanitarian grounds. as roger potter was seeking asylum in another country, he was forced to resign as president after protests caused by a deep economic crisis. it's been nearly a year now since the taliban take over above canister and force tens of thousands of people to flee the country. the lucky ones were air lifted out, but many more were left behind. the united nations estimates there are still about 3500000 people who are internally displaced after decades of war. their situation every bit as desperate as it was almost a year ago. this was the scene at capital airport a year ago. people massed together, trying to get on any plane that would take them thousands, got out. many more, were left behind, splitting up families,

and leaving their loved ones in afghanistan at risk. well, 3 of shakima and abdul's children are in the us now. their remaining 2 daughters worked in television under the old government. now seamus says she fears they may be put in prison that they and she misses the ones who made it out. what do you know what he had or one of them on, but it's my deep desire to see my children and talk them learn what having a lot of problems here that the data didn't elena did, which we will overcome these challenges. but i want to be with my children, so the other one is almost out of your day, some. her son was a commando in the afghan army. now he's a refugee in the u. s. where he still trying to get his family cleared to come over . and do some the, i guess what the new athens hula what'd life is really difficult for us here. i've completed documentation for my family 2 or 3 times,

but their clearances are still pending. unfortunately, the government ignores our files from obama medicaid. at least he made it all the way to america. millions of afghan evacuees are stuck in limbo in neighboring pakistan, waiting for visas. many were journalists, or had other jobs that made them targets for the taliban. thus, if one at the law, unfortunately, we have not yet experienced the speedy transfer of evacuees, which is a breach of the pledges made the afghans by the united states and european nations all ought to follow to place for a bit of time. yet nicholas had a fall, she was in fresh i'mma, and abdul's family life in afghanistan is a waiting game. it's one they have to play carefully with their lives potentially at stake. earlier, i spoke with our correspondence under the peters man in cobble. i asked what life

is like for those who have no choice but to stay in afghanistan? i mean, we have spent quite a few days in cobble now and what you see here on the ground is really the collapsing of the economy. there are so many people job less queuing in food lines . it's like the middle class as evaporating. we met former ministry officials now queuing and the long lines at food distribution centers of the word food program. and i know cobbler very well. they have always been lots of st children and beggars and widows knocking on card was begging for food. also drac uses that you could see in the streets, but the numbers have increased so tremendously. it's really like wherever you go at the moment where you walk, where you drive, you see these desperate people and half of the population. that is 20000000 people here in afghanistan are depending on foot 8 at the moment they are securely. they are really severely foot insecure, how many afghans are of course suffering under the taliban regime,

but there are also those who are glad that the international forces have laughed arthur. definitely, yes, we traveled to the countryside visited provinces. are like water, dark, and logo, which store heavy fighting. when u. s. and nato allies were still present and the country they experienced almost 2 decades of night rates of air rates of drones strikes of bombardments. and when you speak to these people, they are really happy that the war is over. that varies, has an increased sense of security for them. they told us we can now carry on our lives. and we can now live according to our own traditional values and religious values. but at the same time, they also feel economic situation. i can remember one of them telling me you used to call us with bullets and bombs. and now you kill us with sanctions. which become ours handler of the pledges by western governments to relocate the thousands of

afghans who assisted them. well, just before we got here, we got some current figures from the german ministry of the interior. and they told us just that over $24000.00 afghans were relocated, starting with august 16th last year. and out of these 24000 efc and some 3500 were local stuff with immediate family and some 1500 were human rights activists. or politicians with immediate family, which were perceived to be at particular risk. but there are also still thousands and thousands for germany alone waiting here to be evacuated up to 12000 people. that's what the german ministry of foreign affairs told us. and there is a lack of communication with most of them. and one of the reasons given by german authorities, why this process is so slow is that a lot of these people, according to german authorities, lack proper papers to do security clearances and also proper papers to cross

borders because they have to be evacuated from places like neighboring pakistan or iran, where they then can bore to flight and to get to safety in germany and for afghan is done. this means a huge brain drain. all these people going because they were really some of the brightest and most gifted people that would be really needed here. now, to tackle this huge crisis, humanitarian crisis that this country finds itself in. chandler, thank you so much for your reporting. that was b, w st. peter's fun in couple europe is in the group of its most extreme drought in decades. record breaking heat waves linked to climate change of dried up rivers across the continent and sent water reserves plummeting to historic lows. scientists have warned that scorching summers and dryer winters will likely become the new normal due to human induced global warming . europe's rivers are disappearing.

italy's po is yet another casualty of the severe drought gripping much of the continent. the river would normally be teeming with taurus. instead, it's drying. bed is littered with empty boats. those living near italy's longest river say the situation is unprecedented. your son was or what i'm young and i do not remember anything like this, but even the elderly of my village and the villages around here have never seen something like this. never, ever. with the po relied upon for keeping rice feels like this one irrigated farm as a warning of devastating consequences for the region known as italy's bread basket . spain is facing similarly di, conditions with reservoirs falling to their lowest levels since 1995. but this one in extra madura, the water has receded so far

a medieval bridge submerge decades ago is exposed again in catalonia, this night, century church has also emerged from the depths with scorching weather, predicted continue, water supplies, a set to only dwindle. further, even the notoriously wet u. k is facing drought conditions with the source of the river thames drawing up for the 1st time since at least 1976. a made a record breaking heat and low rainfall in france, 2 rivers, a drawing up like here in the north west where the law, the countries longest river has fallen so low in some places. it can be crossed on foot to the east, sinking water levels in the rhine, a threatening not just fish, but the german economy to the river is

a key economic archery with barges. transporting millions of tons of cargo, including coal, oil and gas each year. but officials a warning that it is set to become impossible for most boats within days as europe's drought drags on. you're watching dw news coming up. next, we've got a documentary film for you showing how experts are uncovering hidden secrets and famous paintings. all will be revealed after a short break. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching. who were all set to go beyond the obvious citizenship? a man we're all in. as we take on the we're all about the stories that matter to you.