it's tracy ah, meeting legal hearing their dreams. ready touring journey starts august 14th on d. w. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. another attack on europe's biggest nuclear power plants. moscow and cave accuse each other of shelling does apparition nuclear facility as the un wants of a potential disaster. also coming up extreme drought tightens its grip on europe. rivers run dry across the continent as scientists warned,

the drought could potentially become the worst in 500 years. and a tense wait for the results of kenya's presidential vote. if neither of the 2 contenders emerges as the clear winner, they'll be a runoff for the 1st time. plus a year after the taliban takeover we made some of the millions of afghans who remained displaced inside the country, desperate to leave. ah, i am rebecca writ as welcome to the program. the head of the u. s. nuclear watchdog has warned of a grave crisis unfolding at the separation nuclear power plant in new crime. he was addressing an emergency session of the un security council as moscow and cave tried accusations of the new shelling near the nuclear facility. as fighting in the area continues, the u. s. is back in co, was for

a demilitarized safe zone around the separation plant. ukraine says that russia has turned the site into a military base for launching attacks. dr. alex rosen is with the international physicians for the prevention of nuclear war, and he joins me now. dr. rosen, thanks for joining us. welcome to d. w. how concerned are you or should we be in fact about shelling at the separation nuclear power plant? i'm afraid, very concerned. we've been watching the situation in patricia for the past 8 years now. you remember the initial fighting and eastern ukraine started in 2014. and it's just a very, very dangerous sight. it's europe's largest nuclear plant. and it's basically the most vulnerable piece of infrastructure that you can imagine in the country at war . that seems he, i agree with you on that, but some expert say that the danger is quite localized. so obviously terrible for

the local residents, but not necessarily likely to cause a wide or nuclear disaster. what do you say to that? oh, as we all know in war, there's always collateral damage. if you remember the situation in kosovo war where natal accidentally bomb the chinese embassy. i mean, who is to say that so russia in it's almost indiscriminate shelling and does not cause damage to one of the ukrainian nuclear power plants. and so there's apparition, nuclear power plant is dangerous because it's not just the biggest and nuclear complex in europe. but it also contains a lot of spent fuel on. so any damage be it from sabotage. cyber criminality, shelling or accidents would cause a really wide spread disaster depending on the direction and the strength of the winds. and this in itself is a big danger because one side could inadvertently, or actually on purpose use this as i would say, a kill switch. i mean it's a piece of interest infrastructure in a country grappling with war. and if you are url cause a disaster there,

if you cause a meltdown, this would, depending on the winds or direction, cause widespread destruction and make large p r hearts of the country uninhabitable for decades. if not centuries. and cor, something else similar to a novel, which of course is at the forefront of everyone's mind when we talk about this. how different is this situation to what happened in general? it is the 1st time in history that we are actually seeing war in a country with the nuclear infrastructure. it's a new situation, but one that we're, as nuclear critical scientists have been warning about for decades. nuclear power plant is dangerous in itself in peace time. but during war time, it becomes a kill switch, it becomes the most vulnerable piece of infrastructure that a country can have and hitting it would not just cause a strategic and tactical problems for the country, but it would spread across national borders. because as we know from chernobyl,

if you have a meltdown, a national border does not stop the nuclear cloud or the radioactive cloud from spreading, depending on where the wind takes it, or certainly not ter helping to ease any concerns there. dr. rosen. thank you very much. for your time today, international physicians for the prevention of nuclear war, many thank you. and europe is in the grip of its most extreme drought in decades. reco breaking hate waves linked to climate change have dried up rivers across the continent. and st. water reserves plummeting to historic lows. scientists have warned that scorching summers and dry winters will likely become the new normal to the 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 tourists.

instead, it's drawing bed is littered with empty boats. those living near italy's longest river say the situation is unprecedented. you're salazar when 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 extreme adora, the water has receded so far a medieval bridge submerged decades ago is exposed again in catalonia, this might century church has also emerged from the depths with scorching weather,

predicted continue, water supplies, 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 and 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 country's 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 artery with barges transporting millions of tons of cargo, including coal, oil, and gas each year. but officials of warning that it is set to become impossible for

most boats within days as europe's drought drags on. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news this hour. at least 38 people have died across southwest in yemen, after torrential rains caused severe flooding in the capital. santa over 40 buildings were damaged along with bridges and roads. the country has been locked in the 7 years civil conflict which has led to a lack of maintenance infrastructure worsening. the situation for micheline can president got to buy at roger packs that has arrived in thailand on a flight from singapore. the ty, prime minister said his visit was permitted on humanitarian grounds as reggie packs of was seeking asylum in another country. he was forced to resign as president after protests caused by a deep economic crisis. that the can you now where there's still no clear winner in the presidential election, veteran opposition, leader rayleigh, dinger, and deputy president william, brutal, a neck and neck. if neither wins more than half the vote, they'll be

a run off for the 1st time. elder ret in west and kenya is one of rito strongholds . it was also the scene of ethnic unrest after the 2007 election. as our correspondent mario motor reports, memories of the violence linger on out and about on behalf of piece helen currency and collins barava walked through the neighborhood and elder it in western kenya, one day ahead of kenya's general election. they talked to me doesn't ask if they feel safe, whichever the outcome i'd be ready to like make my cell. so the scenes that unfolded in 2007 are still fresh in everyone's memory. here, after the elections violent clashes broke out between different ethnic groups, dozens of people, including children, were burned, a life in a church, peace activists, carissa and brother lost friends and relatives. but some people, when they were injured, they still have injury still to be some they become physically disabled,

some became mentally disabled. you can see the fear that they have the other neighborhood as a stronghold of william, brutal vice president of kenya. and one of the 2 leading presidential candidates authorities the, 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. they read vote for rudo or 2007 was just the tip of the iceberg. at the other end of the city ballad papers checked and thought it heavily police officers secure the side the i, b, c. the kenyan electro authority has to deliver this time after the last election 5 years ago, had to be repeated due to serious arrows. you have to be very keen to make sure that you have the right one for these and ship waiting for the people. but it's tuesday

morning election day at 6 am. presidential candidate william router is the 1st to cast as ballard in a village near elder it he to praise for peace but peace doesn't hold well on election day. these pictures make the rounds we're going to, i went to meet with a freshly elected member of county assembly for relo. dingoes party is involved in a violent dispute. he accuses his political arrival was whoever is not in a strong party that this year, we little more than 2 are going to grew. one of the attackers broke as 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, 5 p. m sharp, the police station has been closed time to count and of the eyes of numerous

election observers. now, days later, people are still eagerly waiting for the final results. and the author of that report, mario molla, join me from el dorado a short while ago. i asked her about the mood among canyons as they wait for the results of the election. yeah, this situation here is very peaceful. people are calmly waiting for the results to come in, even though the mood has changed a bit in the last few days since we've been here. so people have been telling us now that it's a bit more tens, it's a bit a, you know, a bit more anxious if people feel a bit more anxious because it's taking so long and they're getting a bit impatient. but also because their 3 mainly watched tv networks have stopped projecting and publishing results that have been doing over the past few days without giving giving any reason. so some people saying that they will wait for the electoral commission to publish the final result because they feel like they could

maybe cause and rest or insecurity if they prematurely announce a winner, which is a possibility of course. and so we're still waiting for that to happen, but also there's a lot of misinformation a circulating on social media. so that's also something that is adding to the uncertainty here. how long will people have to wait? what is the state of the tallying at the moment? so the actual commission is counting at each or is as publishing basically the results, the presidential results from each constituency. there are $292.00 nationwide and now they have con, announced about 10. and they have also declared that they will now speed up the process. they will have more people to count and to verify the documents. so we expect either to night, but probably in the morning because of service will also say that it's, it's a bit of a risk or it could cause, as i already mentioned,

people going out on the streets and some insecurity over the night. if they declared the results to night and so probably tomorrow morning, but it's really hard to say. so we will, we will see, well, whoever does win in the end, what's the biggest challenges facing them? so kenya is a country in deep economic traces as a devastating drought the worst in the last 4 decades. and millions of canyons are starving, thus a huge debt. so the incoming government will have to take care of these issues, but as well reconciling the 2 camps. the country is basically split in half because before the t v station stopped tallying or publishing the numbers, it showed that both candidates are very close to each other's a tight race. so this reconciliation has to be one of the main issues as well as the voter apathy. i mean, you could see in tuesday's election only 64 percent of registered voters came out

to the ballot and that's a drop from 80 percent. and 2017 in the last election. so what happened? why i use the, especially youth not feeling connected with politics. how can we make them feel hurt? how can we, you know, address their issues. so this are all on points that the income and government will have to take care of. yeah, so big job ahead indeed, mario miller and elder at kenya. thanks very much. it's been almost a year now since the taliban takeover of afghanistan force tens of thousands of people to flee the country. the lucky ones were lifted out, but many more were left behind the you in estimates, there are still about 3 and a half 1000000 people internally displaced their 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, but they and she misses the ones who made it out. what do you know? i would say he had one of them and it's my deep desire to see my children and talk then. well, we're having a lot of problems here. oh that the data didn't elena did, which we will overcome these challenges. but i want to be with my children, is that a little is almost what i heard that is on her son was a commando in the afghan army. now he's a refugee in the us where he still trying to get his family cleared to come over.

and do some the, i guess what the new athens will apart of 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 mckee. 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 of the law, unfortunately, we have not yet experienced the speedy transfer of evacuees, which is a breach of the pledge is made to afghans by the united states and european nations office for i will replace what i get of the yak nicholas headed for she was 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. and from on this,

i spoke with dr. i'll not v land karima and afghanistan, ex foot on the executive director of the center for international peace operations . as a starting point, i asked her for her reaction to wants unfolded their over the past year. devastating to see before then to use the story. many friends partners to see into learned families are on a thought that people back offering from hunger. the huge speed catastrophe. i mean many carrying a little one. yeah. i mean there are many crises facing the country. can you tell us a bit more about them? well for sure you need to be know about the medication crisis. a lot of them and we

know that more than 100 percent population back in some are hungry are solving or for sure. and here need the food and it's closely combine. it would be it's a nami collapse which is linked with the sanctions of the international community. and of course, it's also difficult situation, especially for me, i'm burying the children not only from the military situation, but also from the political situation, meaning that older than use in to school, many women are not allowed to work. so that's a very difficult situation for,

for the whole country, but also, especially for homer, that people that left behind when you left last august and aid, what would you say got us to this point? it's certainly not one thing, but why is i've got to stand in such a dire situation. would you say. ready for sure, there's a number of reasons, and i would say probably the main reason would be the petite internationally of the i've got some intervention. and up to 20 years, that was especially this, this idea of this plan, that domestic reasons why i wanted to leave. then they closed a deal. what i would call is one of the goes where she ever this will be to huh. agreement was closed in february, 2020. it was pcp. a deal between?

yes, my my colleagues are in the top of them, but it did not include the government at the time, which were all my might criticize the performance and they were, we were, they were our partners and it did not really include other native or the united nations we need charge of peace and security brought by and in this agreement, i mean, it only kind of promises made the promises by the us to leave the khaki in the promises by the entitled to say that again, to come and stay for either what we have witnessed last year last

week with the killing, the why fi in the middle of a lot of question marks. how much is deal? was what they did now, the suffering, the country and international community needing to basically think from, from one day to the next really shows what the situation is. i am not to read the conversation and we can spend all day having unfortunately we have to leave at the doctor. village creamy. i've got some expert and executive director of the center for international pace operations. thanks so much for your time today . thank you. let's take a look out some of the other stories making news. this. our former u. s. president donald trump has said he'll not oppose the release of the warrant that allowed f b. i. agents search his florida home. the u. s. attorney general has asked the judge to unseal the warrant to allow authorities to publish the list of items f. b

i. agent seized from the property, germany's defense ministry says it will suspend its military presence in marley. the announcement comes up to the maryan government repeatedly denied german forces overflight rights making the rotation of troops impossible. berlin says it would be willing to participate in international peacekeeping missions there, but only if it's supported by the molly government. former german chancellor. gerhard schroeder is suing the german parliament in an attempt to reinstate some privileges. he was stripped off in may. the 78 year old social democrat is demanding he be given back a parliamentary office in the law suit. a budget committee removed funding for schroeder's office in the bonus tag after widespread criticism of his close ties with russia. photo was german chancellor between 19982005. he still receives his pension and security detail and spring indeed,

i believe political correspondent neither has the nina, this is the 1st time i believe a former chancellor has sued the state. what's it all about? rebecca? this would be true political drama material, if this wasn't so serious. so back in wait, in may, it was an open secret. that said mr. should have was stripped of his privileges because the bonus tag essentially didn't want german taxpayers to pay for someone who so clearly has intense ties with flooding, reputed, and held personal and business interests that contradict the german government sanction policy against russia. but then in may, the official explanation was that parliament wanted ex chancellors not to be given automatic privileges, like an office and stuff. and that instead there has to be a link with their current activities and their former role as chancellor. so the current government has been asked to specify what that means. exactly, but so far it hasn't delivered. and that's exactly where should his lawyers are putting their finger in the wound and they using that as an argument to say it was

unfair. and this is just how democracy works. it is just very hard to prove legally that should as intense ties with prudence. russia are unlawful. and that's also something that his parties learning, which is not managed to kick him out sofa to why is this such a big deal or causing so much controversy? well, let's just imagine for a 2nd that former us president barack obama would take up senior positions and companies run by another country. that is a system rival of the u. s. and that countries then involved in actions that the current u. s. government condense, and this is exactly what's happening between should i use a social democrat and the current chancellor. charles, who's also social democrat, mr. should i still publicly make statements that are word by word? what comes out of the kremlin? and essentially they make all of shots look like a liar, and it is such a big deal because here in germany we don't have many former chancellors. so there was an office for 7 years anglo miracle in office for 16. so they're the only 2 x

chancellors alive and they tend to remain well known figures around the world even after they leave office. but what it is they have to do and what they mustn't do that something we still haven't specified. and it is also a big deal because of course, every time mr. should i scores a point as he likely will this time as well. it weakens the current government. and that of course is something that ultimately benefits the kremlin and moscow. all right, nina has the, thanks very much for breaking that down for us on this weekend. the world's most famous annual meteor shower, the per seeds begins falling. the shooting stars are known for being colorful and for having bright, persistent trails. that can be spotted from anywhere in the world. like here in bosnia, where it's one of the most popular celestial events for photographers made your shower will pick on saturday. the best time to watch it is right before dawn watching database the news,

his reminder of the top story we're following for you this hour ahead of you and nuclear watchdog has warned an emergency security council meeting of a grave crisis unfolding at the separation nuclear power plant in ukraine as moscow and cave tried accusations of new shelling near the facility. that's all for now after a short break date, but he's held show in good shape, looks at alternative healing. we'll have more news headlines for you at the top of the hour. i'm rebecca, written in berlin from a and the team here. thanks for watching. ah ah, with

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