ah ah ah this is d w coming to line from berlin. ukraine is hosting the leaders of turkey and the un who are there to discuss ways to end the war. this says officials in hockey, the country 2nd largest city report fresh russian strikes. also, billionaire and also coming up a bombing at

a mosque in the afghan capital cobbling pills. 21 people in boons. dozens is the latest in a spate of attack since the taliban seized power last year plus across europe, trees are shedding their leaves prematurely. another consequence of the intense heat waves and drought, we have a special report on what's being done to save them here in berlin. and in french, the la river has all but vanished as an intense heat wave scorches europe with devastating effects on the regions ecosystem. and economy ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us ukrainian authority. so russian shelling has killed at least 2 people in ukraine, 2nd largest city hockey. were an apartment building was hit on thursday morning. hockey in northeastern ukraine has been subjected to continued russian strike since

the start of the war. on wednesday night shelling in the cities, sal, tooth, co neighborhood, left 7 people dead, and more than a dozen. woo! celtic girl is a large district in the northeast of hockey. close to the front line and it's the target of russian shelling nearly every day. the mayor of hockey says, 1000 civilians in the city have died since the beginning of the war or reporter but give the sugar was in south if good just days ago before the latest round of attacks. and she piled this report. ah correct shops bombed out schools. no gosh, no water. this used to be a vibrant neighborhood. months of attacks as the russians try to smash hockey, f into submission had left sol discard district like this. since the start up rush, us invasion felt if god has borne the brunt of moscow's relentless shelling, we are told to 90 percent of the inhabitants have fled the neighbourhood. he has

certainly feels like a ghost town. it's often the weekend poor who remained enduring months of her tax lien at her. tatiana boscoe are the only people still in there. block them miss how life used to be i lost the game. there were many children running around it, but it was fun living here without a gone medium. yes, we are many kindergartens and schools. everything was there. we were there doing what they can to prepare for winter and use this basement to high tailoring air raid alarms, why we're down there. we're shelly in the distance with us . the reason of my biggest fear is still that the russians could come for my 1st member. to show the we can survive with no water with no electricity from when you should, but this shooting the rockets hitting us. the bullets that frightens me. despite

the fear, life is slowly returning to south america. next door, workers fix water pipes for the least damage apartments and patch up the smashed windows to prevent rain and snow making the damage worse. but they're not ready to start full renovation. a member of harkey housing committee tells me the boat was with these to justin had some whistler. there is no sense in doing it now because the war is still going on. most human hockey is being shelled every day of the dinner. and if for example, we were to replace the glass on the windows, we could even happy born an attack. jesus took one in the bulletin. i'm ordering her with reduced. but for ego a sadder ours me even basic repairs are a sign of hope. he invites us to his home, after weeks living in the metro station he and his wife all in our in need to be bag. even though they have no windows, all running water. with me as we don't know what will happen in the winter and

we hope there'll be some heating or we have to put more plastic in the windows. nothing eager says he's lucky. he's still being paid as a professional football court. he proudly shows us as teed. we are sitting here, nobody moves which a lot of them are gone abroad or are now in western ukraine. they promote only 6 of the kids have stayed here, as i missed them so very much. i really hope they come back soon and so then he and the others we met here in south africa will concentrate on surviving and yellow, hoping the front keeps being pushed further away. bracing for the coming winter. you cringe president vladimir lansky is in libby been western ukraine to meet you and secretary general antonio, good cherish and turkish prose. no rush of type out to one to day or correspondent mathias bollinger is covering that high level meeting. i asked him what's on the agenda, so good harris and ad on other people who are behind the broke is behind the

a great deal that allows ukraine to ship out a grain from the ports, which should both sides have to agree to guarantee the security both sides, i mean russia and ukraine guaranteed the safe passage of the ships and these 2 are now he and we've meeting with president zalinski is the 1st time ad one. why has been an important rocha in this, in this war? is meeting directly with zelinski since the beginning of the war to add on i said that he wants to be all he wants to initiate a piece process, a way of agreeing to receive high. however, whether this is likely or not, that high doubts about that. talk to us more about this grain deal. there was a lot of work diplomatic effort that went into making it happen. mathias is is holding. is it working? it was a big diplomatic success for the un in turkey. it looks like it is

a male more than 20 ships have already left ukrainian paws bringing out half a 1000000 tons of grain. however, of course, it would have to last for a very long time. there are still 20000000 tons of grain from last year's harvest. and adding probably the same amount this year. so this will have to work for many months. okay, and the fighting around those upper risha nuclear plant in ukraine has every one worried the you and wants to get his experts in there to monitor the situation. do we know what's happening at that nuclear plant? now mathias fried. this is probably going to be on the table to day. it's scenario where one would need and negotiated because both sides are accusing each other of selling the plant and russia has threatened to cut it, shut it down, basically, the selling continued,

which they are you using ukraine of ukraine as accusing russia of storing heavy weapons. they're using it as the shield, which rossa russia on it's tim denies, so it's very messed up there. and the danger is of course high that something might happen there. some kind of accident in what way are ever by poor management or by fighting in the areas. so this is a risky thing that is probably something to be discussed today. and he is thank you very much, i'm sure we'll be catching up with you later on. the day our correspond mathias spelling of that in the beef ukraine. as mathias mentioned, turkey has been doing what he can to mediate between the warring sides. earlier i spoke to our correspondent julia han in east amble. i asked her, what turkish present wretched type her to one wants to achieve in this meeting in libby? well, i think what is important for the turkish president is that he can cast himself as

a key mediator in this war. it is his 1st visit to ukraine since russia invaded the country in february. some say it is about time that he's finally going there because he has already met the russian leader twice in recent months. we know turkey is a nato member, president edwin is performing a delicate balancing act where he supports ukraine militarily, as well with combat drones. but he's also very careful not to antagonize russia. turkey has not joined western sanctions against the kremlin add on says this is actually an advantage. it makes him the perfect mediator in this crisis. so i expect him to day to push again for further diplomatic diplomatic efforts to be made some steps that could eventually to cease fire talks or even peace negotiations with a turkish involvement. but i should also add that there is quite some skepticism and western capitals that some are alarmed at the deepening ties between mr. ad one

and mr. put in. so i think many eyes are on these meetings in live, if to day well, neither ukraine nor russia seemed to be very open to peace talks at this point saw eulu. is there any reason to believe that president, other one can get them to the negotiating table? well, i think come, the motto here is to, to just keep trying. i think this is something we've heard from the united nations secretary general as well. but yes, realistically speaking, if we look at the situation on the ground, the military situation, ukraine and russia, seemed to be very far away from any kind of agreement on cease fires or even a peace negotiations. i think what we're going to see today is the 3 leaders emphasizing the green deal that has been signed nearly a months ago. here in istanbul, it has been hailed as a success by the united nations and by turkey. and there are some hopes that this,

this deal, which really is the 1st major agreement between the 2 sides in this war, that this should, could somehow create a positive momentum, but it really remains to be seen. what kind of concrete results we will see after today's meetings? now the turkey's president is one of the few world leaders who is still talking to both sides in this war, both the russians and the ukrainians. how important is turkey as a mediator for the intellectual community? well, this war really has pataki in a difficult position. the country has close ties with both keys in moscow, but it is also very dependent on russia in terms of trade, in terms of energy, in terms of tourists. what the turkish leader has been trying to do is turning this challenge into an opportunity where he is now emerging as the man, everybody has to talk to when it comes to this war, this conflict. so in the end,

i think it is a, it is about protecting power. it is about protecting influence for president edwin . not only here in the broader region, but also internationally the, the, the, the west. everybody has to accept the fact that he is now an important mediator in this one. i think that is something that is very important to president edwin julia . thank you very much. shar correspondent jojo honda in is tumble sketchup on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. real workers in the u . k. our own strike leaving london's main train stations empty as unions call for better working conditions and a major walk out today. and the weekend will call significant disruption to the u. k. is real network. dock. workers are also planning industrial action for higher wages. amid high inflation tri ones, air force has showcased some of its most powerful anti aircraft weapons saying it was ready to defend it. so this comes as china carries of military exercises around

the democratic go. democratically governed island, china claims taiwan as its territory and has never reynolds the use of force to bring it under its control. remains of 2 young children have been found in a suitcase vault at an auction in new zealand. police say the children aged between 5 and 10 could have been dead for a number of years. he auction lot was part of the storage unit clearance. police are investigating german go is to cut sales tax on the price of natural gas in a further bid to storm rising inflation. german chancellor, all of shorts and else the decision in berlin. sales tax would drop from 19 to 7 percent as a temporary measure. germans are set to see fuel costs rise quickly later this year when an extra surcharge on natural gas comes into effect. t w's

political correspondent nina has, has been following the story for us. i asked her about the significance of the tax cut. yeah, it is a big step. well 1st of course we have to look at why this as sales tax was actually introduced. i mean, it is going to come into effect on the 1st of october. so german gas importers are frantically looking to get gas from elsewhere, but russia, germany is still massively dependent on russian gas. but of course, those sources are of cause a lot more expensive. so in order to help those companies, there's gas levy will be introduced. so they can pass on some of their higher costs to consumers. so it will amount of roughly 2 and a half cents extra per kilowatt hour, and for an ordinary family or in germany that will probably amount to hundreds of euros. and the use says that v a t needs to be charged on that levy gemini had tried to get out of that to get rid of v a t altogether. but that's not possible. so reducing it now from 19 percent is 7,

is one of those measures aimed at limiting those extra costs. and a german chancellor shows us that said that companies have to pass on the reduction in full to consumers. what else is the german government doing nina to fight inflation and keep the cost of living manageable? they are working on their 3rd package of 8 measures. they've already handed out 8 packages with 30000000000 euros over the last couple of months. for example, public transport nationwide was reduced to cost only 9 years per month, per person for the duration of 3 months of very popular measure here. and then they're also going to be reforms of some of the aspects of our social welfare state here over the next month. so change the criteria so that more people can benefit from already existing measures will have shows, keeps repeating, you will never walk alone. he always says that in english, he's promised germans that this government will get germans through what is certainly going to be a tough ottoman winter once temperatures drop and once people have to heat their homes and gas bills were right. okay, sir,

germans are happy about that. a lower price of public transport at least for awhile, or what do they think about the governments other inflation fighting efforts? well, germany is a rich country. yes, but there are many, many people here who do get by on what they earned, but who can't necessarily put money aside. and so there is a big fear of soaring gas bills and of inflation hitting people really hard later this year. and they have already been a few situations where hecklers have appeared at public appearances of members of the government, as with salts on wednesday evening hall, right and left. when parties have also announced that they'll regularly take to the streets and protest from september onwards. we'll have so as it says that there won't be any social unrest this winter, he's very sure, but one day he will be measured by those might need a thank you so much. our political correspond, nina hasa, now to afghanistan were a bombing at a mosque in the capitol cobble has killed at least $21.00 people in killing,

including a prominent cleric and wounded dozens more. there has been no immediate claim of responsibility, but the country has been witnessing regular attacks since the telephone seized power last year. many of these attacks have been claimed by the so called islamic state. oh, the mosque was crowded, and the bomb was powerful. dozens died and several children are believed to be among the wound. it casualty numbers are expected to rise. security forces have now sealed off the blast seen, but this neighborhood is still in shock. allen that i thought to do as i was on the, i lost my cousin, he went to the mosque, and then the blast happened. we only found out at midnight that he had lost his life. i've gone, a son has been hit by a regular attack since the taliban seized power in august last year. many of them

have been claimed by the islamic state last week, the group claim responsibility for killing a prominent taliban cleric at his religious center in kabul. but so far, no one has taken credit for this attack. at the hospital, the families of the victims are waiting for news very that out of out of my drivers . so many people were killed all the amount of my some were even thrown out of the windows of the moss. i'm out of ever with y'all been bought on that with my dilemma resort, but they know that i brought 2 of my family members here up of that they were injured in the blast. we are done before we learned was go there, missouri. the islamic state has primarily targeted minority communities such as she ight su, fees, and seeks. but their focus now seems to be widening just as the taliban celebrate their one year empower. earlier i spoke to journalist ali lativia and cobbler asked

him who might be behind this deadly attack. as of yet, there is no group that helene responsibility, but you know, as the video package said, the so called islam of state has attacked a number of religious centers over the last year. messages for the need for she has eyes to fi worship centers, a seat go guerra i religious leaders. you know that they're sending this man. if it is them there, they're continuing to send this message late. you are not see even in prayer. now this calming, comes very close to the 1st anniversary of the telephone taiko were, how significant do you think is the timing of the so tackling you know, any attack is significant. i mean, the one thing we have to be fair is that, you know, to so fall this long of see far, edith balaban take over, you know,

they 1st started staging attacks 56 years ago. so this is not something isolated to the islam. cameron, this is something that this la mancha public also failed to deal with. and both governments have several times said that they have white, tao eliminated, reduce the so called us pharmacy. and again, if it does turn out to be them, which seems to fit their pattern a, it's worrying and that you know this la mic emory has so far, just like this, monica public. vail, who take on an insurgency and limit its power while the thank you very much. sure of that was journalist ali la t p. they're in cobble salt. europe's most famous rivers are running out of water this summer. as extremely hot, dry weather takes its toll. the la war river in france is among them, a region attracts visitors from all over the world, but this year the rivers have flat bottom barges can't carry tourists around at all due to extremely low. well, water levels de la river in france is famous for the historic castles

dotted along its banks. it's also famously a shallow river, but with water levels at near record lows. even the locals, a shocked thing. and then why some, at least it makes me sad. my place because it makes me sad because i grew up in the village. emily, and i've never seen the river like this toy dog. we used to go to the water holes over there with the children and fish because the water wasn't too hot and would need it, but i should let no one. yep. now there's just algy and frogs, lafferty sal good decline. the reduction in water has been disastrous from much of the areas ecosystem. many islands i now connected to the shaw cutting off various waterways. fish have been robbed of the space they need to survive and reduced to living and ponds. scientists say the current low water level is something of

a wider wake up call. it charged no, denise, 100 than the low water level this year is quite exceptional. it's due to a major deficit in rainfall that began last winter g. it's led to many small tributaries of the law to dry up on jessie roland dickory, 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. monkey magic it on climate change is underway. it's undeniable and it must encourage us to reflect on our rules for sharing water resources. we must understand that we're all affected. sydney and with extreme weather events only set to increase in the future . the issue is not going away any time soon. well, trees are one of the main protectors of our climate. they remove carbon dioxide

from the air, release, oxygen, and cooler cities, but intense heat, waves and drought across europe. this summer have put trees under severe strain. des sophie kirby reports on what's being done to save them in germany's capital. berlin brown crumpled up and blanketing the ground. many trees in germany's capital berlin are losing their leaves or are about to in some parts of iffy, it looks almost as if autumn has come early, except. but in this department, for the environment told me the trees here suffering from climate stress. they're feeling the effect of the extreme heat of recent summer and the ongoing grounds. and they're not the only ones. it's a similar story all across europe. even in typically west places like england find to say this is climate change in action is

a high probability. we haven't exceptional drought now because of the, the effect we have had on the bar. the climate change that we have. trees are responding to that drought by dropping leaps because without a squad or 2 they count for to synthesize. i'm so so the leaves are useless. it's an emergency response to protect themselves against against the aggression consequences. with racial julie loosely as an ecologist, living in berlin several years ago, she noticed the trees looking sick and decided to help them. i realized how much they needed water. how dry the summer was. and i know it's supposed to be raining way more usually, which is it's nice to have a sunny weather for the word. but for the truth and the environment, it can be very hard for them. so same this type of weather over the years. she uses

an open source app that maps out nearly all the trees in the city, some 800000 of them. it gives volunteers an overview of what trees have been watered and how much they still need. so just looking at this is incredibly detailed, i guess both the makers and the uses of this app really appreciate how important trees are for us. yes, i think we're all realizing how important they are. they provide shadow to help cooling down the streets and also for pumping out oxygen deoxygenated. we're breathing. they also help absorb the carbon dioxide and the carbon dioxide, of course, being one of the greenhouse gases that contributes to global warming. yes, yes. certainly, there are many engaged citizens in berlin, but unfortunately no where near enough for watering the trees, the authorities also don't have the capacity even during mild a summers. but ins, department for the environment is looking at ways to support trees in the longer term. they include making better use of rain water, planting more climate,

resilient species, and working to boost public awareness of just how important trees are for our existence. so that more people start to look after them. paddle boarding is an increasingly popular weight to exercise and get in touch with nature . but sometimes well, nature can come a bit too close for comfort. as to paddle boarders and argentina found out on the coast of monte and mosul, they were suddenly surrounded by about a dozen whales which swam right up to them. one of the men even received more marine version of the of a friendly little fist bump. may be the whale was a bit over enthusiastic here, but puddle borders. valentine villa and diego shall say the unexpected encounter was exciting and unforgettable.

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