ah ah ah ah, this is d w news line from berlin. the palestinian president sparked outrage in germany, accusing israel of committing 50 holocausts against his people. and german chancellor, all of shoulds faces heavy criticism for failing to immediately respond to the comments. also coming up on the program, kenya's president liked to william root ho says that if there are legal challenges

to his victory, he will follow the rule of law for members of the like told commission object to the way the results were handled. and the u. s. space agency nasa prepares to launch the most powerful rocket it has ever built. the massive craft is part of a multi $1000000000.00 effort to send humans back to the moon. ah, i'm aaron tilton. welcome to the program. german chancellor. all of sholtes is facing criticism for his slow reaction to the remarks made by the palestinian president mahmoud abbas during a visit to berlin. speaking of the press conference with the german chancellor on tuesday evening, abbas said israel had committed quote 50 holocausts against palestinians, sparking an outpouring of anger here in germany. the chancellor later said he was disgusted by the comments. but critics say he was too slow to respond. it was this

moment at the very end of the press conference that caused outreach. long summer me. since 1947 for taken back to the present day. can feel israel has had hurried out 50 massacres in belda for the for me in 50 palestinian village of the elephant laura 50 massacres. 50 holocaust you and until to day every day, every day our people get killed by the israeli army. this about germany is needing tablo beard called as a holocaust scandal at the chancellor's office. but it wasn't only about the comment that sparked outrage. it was also this reaction from olaf choice. the press conference was concluded as planned with no visible attempt specialists to contradict abbas he should have told him to leave. tweeted conservative

opposite lead africa to this matter. you shouldn't go into a press conference was, was the of us was all having saw before about from locations of this kind, which should be expected. and then you know that you have to react because it's berlin, it's a german chancellor and as a german chancellor. emmett, growing pressure shows, responded with his own tweet for us germans in particular, any relative, a zation of the singularity of the holocaust is intolerable and unacceptable. during wednesdays press conference showed spokesperson took the blame for the lack of immediate reaction and made it clear there would be consequences. there wasn't cancer of either. the german chancellor expects the palestinian president to recognize the singularity of the holocaust without any qualification his gaff

yesterday. costs a dark shadow over german, his relationship with the palestinian authority. mackwood abbas tone down his message and a new statement. but as a holocaust remarks have already strained to german palestinian relations. earlier we asked w political correspondence, simon young about the outrage spurred by the palestinian leaders remarks and his host reaction. yeah, well this whole incident has sparked a storm of reaction with even for instance, the normally reticent form a chancellor angle america who hasn't said much should see less thought left off his last year condemning the remarks of the palestinian president. but it's not just about his remarks, as you say. it's also about the slow reaction from chancellor schulte and some people have called that unprofessional. and there is the story that the

chancellor's meteor adviser effectively brought the press conference to an end before the chancellor was about to say something. well, you know, that's fair enough, but i think the chancellor of germany ought to be responsible for his own actions. the leader of the opposition christiy democrat party is called incomprehensible. he says that ab as should not just have been contradicted, he should have been told to leave the chunk story. rather than being offered the handshake that showed survey that li thereafter did offer him. and there have been some negative comments as well, from jewish leaders here and other opposition politicians. i think you're, you're seeing a lot of aftermath, a lot of broken porcelain as they say on the floor. and there's a lot of repair work for the german government to do. they have some and the palestinian representative in berlin today and told him of the government's

position on this. that was d, w simon young. they're reporting for us here in berlin. the chair of kenya's electoral commission has issued a statement regarding the legality of the disputed presidential election results. fuller, triple khaki says that he is confident of the results and of his actions in announcing that with the router add one, the president elect himself said he's ready to move forward. following his victory runner up. reloading it says he will challenge the results legality for the country . 7 electoral commissioners have said that they cannot in good faith support the outcome data abuse, felix marina, in nairobi explained earlier the chairman's comments to us. let me just give a background of what happened. so on tuesday, just be on monday, just before the presidential election result was announced in kenya, for commissioners stormed out of the national attending center and went to

a different location and give a press conference, seeing that the one launch and the one not in agreement with a result that was about to be read by the chairman. so it turns out to d from a statement that has been released by the i b. c chairperson or for legible, cutty, that the commissioners wanted that. that it is alt i'll ted so that there would be no clear. we not enjoined one then. secondly, he also said that according to their kennel constitution, but there was no demand for any effort him to console into their commission as in telling canyons who they had rightfully voted for. so he said if anyone was aggrieved, then they can actually go to court. but it was timing to see that just their justice that day, their commission as well accusing the chairman that he was not a democratic boss on. he did not give them space and to discuss the, the bed results. and he turns out to day that the, that the commissioners actually wanted, that is all it's altered. so this is just playing out and we will see what,

what mall will get to know in the, in the days to come. that was due to his, she looks, barrenca, nairobi, several people with an injured at least 3 of them seriously. after they jumped from a train that had drawn close to a forest fire in eastern spain, the driver had stopped the train and was preparing to reverse away from the flames . when panic passengers tried to escape, cellphone video captures the moment inside the train, which prompted some panic passengers to break the window and jump. the train was traveling north from valencia when this while fire brought it to a halt. the driver asked passengers to stay on board while she reversed away from the danger. not every one listened. some run back to the station, others returned to the train with severe burdens we emergency services were dispatched to the train stopped in cordiality, eastern spain, to treat the shaken and the injured. your people in the small community also helped

out what the law had they put the whole said, we have to get out of here, no matter what, because it's a diesel train. the media lab will out of the eyes. she alhashan yoga, ambulances came and severely burned. woman was evacuated to hospital by a helicopter woodward that landed on the local football pitch. sharon was out of the dentist. her doors mother injured were in bad condition. the passengers were scarce. how was old? we gave them water and did everything we could for them. then a bus came and took them to safety down the road. a bit of 2 people had to be evacuated by helicopter, while others, including a young girl of about 10, were transported tenure by hospitals, valencia the latest region to experience severe forest fires caused by spain's prolonged heat way. at least 3 firefighters were injured this week, battling the blaze and eastern spain, which has for some 1000 residence, to flee their homes. investigation is underway to determine why the train was

permitted to travel into an area with an active wildfire stain with climate change . we now turned to the war valley, which is a unesco world heritage site and attracts visitors from all over the world. but this year, even it's flat, bottom barges can't ferry tours around thanks to low water levels. river flow is about 40 cubic meters, less than a 20th of average annual levels. de la river and france is famous for the historic castles dotted along its banks. it's also famously a shallow river, but with water levels at mere record lows. even the locals, a shocked it was some, at least it makes me sad, a mouthpiece because it makes me sad because i grew up in the village. i made it and i had never seen the river like this tornado. we used to go to the water holes over there with the children and fish, because the water wasn't too high and would need it. but i should have met no one

yet. now there's just algy and frogs laughed. does al good declining the reduction in water has been disastrous for much of the areas ecosystem. many islands i now connected to the shore, cutting off various waterways. fish have been robbed of the space they need to survive and reduced to living in ponds. scientists say the current low water level is something of a wider wake up call. it charged no, don't even under it at the low water level this year is quite exceptional. it's due to a major deficit and rainfall that began last winter g. it's led to many small tributaries of the law to dry up or not. it's just your yeah. degree more with france currently facing severe droughts and several regions in torrential rain and flooding in others. many experts are calling for a rethink when it comes to the use of essential natural resources. and monkey magic

it on climate change is underway, and it's undeniable. and it must encourage us to reflect on our rules for sharing water resources. we must understand that ro, all affected and 70 and with extreme weather events only set to increase in the future, the issue is not going away any time soon. that's announced to some other stories making headlines around the world. officials in afghanistan, see there are multiple casualties following a powerful explosion at a mosque in kabul, the blast had during evening prayers in a northern neighbourhood of the capitol. local media say that the a mum is among the dead. thousands of protesters descended on the streets of one of those aries to demand government relief for a cost of living crisis. argentina is battling one of the world's highest annual inflation rates of a staggering 70 percent and nearly half of its population live in poverty.

demonstrators are calling for wayne shikes and more social spending. human remains have been discovered in a lake near las vegas as a result of receding water levels. authority say this is the 5th set of skeletal remains found in the lake meet reservoir, which is shrinking due to an unprecedented drought in the western united states. russian and u. s. officials say a space walk outside the international space station was ended early on wednesday. moscow was well controlled called off the walk after an electrical issue was discovered in one of the 2 cars, but not space suits. both returned to the laboratories, airlock safely. the u. s. space agency nasa has begun preparations to launch the most powerful rocket it has ever built. the long delayed space launch system is part of a multi $1000000000.00 effort to return humans for the moon by 2023. as part of the are to miss program. and his practice for future missions to mars the enormous 98

meter tall rocket is scheduled to undergo its 1st on men test. at the end of the month. and almost 50 years after the last mission to the moon, what took so long? we put that test question rather to keith cowan, who used to work at nasa and is now the editor of space ref dot com. well, look, i'm 67. i remember those missions and i remember growing up as a boy. they said that here we've only flown one person in space. let's go to the movie 9 years, get it, and then we'll go to mars 1981. well, it never happened. so for some of us older folks we, it's okay, it's about time. but for more than half of the people on this planet, they'd never seen anybody walking in the world. so for them, it's as if it never happened before. so it's going to be kind of interesting from several different perspectives when we do put people back in the mid am also means wonderful in spanish and to paddle borders and argentina at

a wonderful hour off the coast of monte herman or more. so they say that about a dozen whales surrounded them and swam right up to them. being as close as they were, one of the men was knocked off his board as a tail, brushed him a paddle borges valentine vol. alba and diego, shall it say that the unexpected experience was exciting and worth every minute with it. all right, you're up to date. why calling? steve will pierce lees up next of the latest headlines from the world of business. and remember, there's much more on our website, it's d w dot com a vibrant habitat ended glistening place of long in the mediterranean sea scene of l muster. and to far abdul karim drift along, exploring the modern lifestyles and the mediterranean.