[000:00:00;00] ah, they came to test the waters today, the turkish president and the secretary general of the u. n. sat down with willow demure zalinski to explore options for peace negotiations with russia. after all, the duel had been successful at brokering a long awaited grain deal between the war in countries. so why not keep trying building on the positive momentum both offered to act as mediators and the search for a diplomatic solution to the bloody conflict. but the lensky has a clear message to the aggressor. we won't talk until you leave. i'm nickel, really him, berlin, and this is the day. ah, yes,

i'm very grateful for these negotiations. i'm very grateful for the support that we have remained and will continue to remain on the side of our ukrainian friends. at the same time, she's going to, i have to underline that there is no trust in russia. we deliberated on the possibilities of evolving the positive atmosphere, created by the system, will feel into lasting peace. all about was with you in this we know we see the constant fighting from proximal side is 5. they have to will it, we from all whatever, for, and also on the day fears of another chernobyl as fighting flares up around europe's largest nuclear power. plant nearly 30 equipment and foot. so now should be withdrawn from the plant. further deployment of forces or equipment to the sides must be avoided. the area needs to be put on.

and we must sell, as he sees every potential damage, he's up. what is suicide? it's been almost half a year since russia invaded ukraine, fighting ranges on with seemingly no end in sight to the blood shed. but thursday saw some activity, at least on the diplomatic front ukrainian president. follow to me as the lensky host had talks with the president of turkey rich of type ardon and the un secretary general antonio cherish key items of concern, renewed grain shipments and the nuclear threats at supper regia, on the bigger question of whether russia and ukraine could negotiate their way out of the war, some optimism from the turkish president and the reality check from ukraine. we should be good. we deliberated on the possibilities of evolving the positive atmosphere, created by the stumble deal into lasting. he's missing from the den under chosen. i

personally remain convinced that the war will come to an end of the negotiation table on joomla morpho. i am very surprised to hear that they are ready for some kind of peace. the people who kill rate, it's our civilian cities, with cruise missiles every day, cannot want peace 1st, they should leave our territory. i am now pleased to welcome alexander share by he's a former ambassador to austria from ukraine. he's also the author of ukraine versus darkness. a collection of essays based on the 2 and a half decades he spend as a career diplomat and speech writer for ukrainian leaders. mr. share us so good to see you. i want to begin by asking you reject type early one says he thinks a lasting peace can evolve from the grain deal. do you share that optimism?

well, it can be just the beginning of the path to the lesson piece, but the real chance for the lesson piece would be the moment when we start pushing, pulling back from our territory. that would be the moment when fields you losing the, losing this war. and that will be the moment when you decide to really give diploma . because until now, whatever came whatever conversations about diplomacy and people solution that came from moscow from the genocide and many of the grammar. and it was all a just show you didn't mean anything by so when early on now come is face to face for the 1st time with the ukranian president saying that he supports ukraine in the fight. does that mean that they

are a trustworthy ally to bring that message to, to put, and you think well, just so happened. the guy is right now, the main negotiator between ukraine and russia. if there is any chance of, you know, bringing any crime to counsel signal from one side to another. why or why it's working? and we are thankful for that bill. so the bank where we went for the weapons that the supplies to russia. but again, there's a form i did. i have to say right now, i don't see much or diplomat diplomat solution just yesterday, rush destroyed with an extremely expensive nissan rocket. is there

a dormitory in here where people hearing impairments live. so 17 people died. many are one, does it just genocide people were hit without even hearing the something was coming their way. and this is what's happening every day. he just my friends, europe biggest atomic nuclear power plant. so this is what we're dealing here with just it's a man, it's a man yet. who feels like the world isn't ready to give him any, you know, red line. and so even to even attempt diplomacy with what you call a maniac. at some point, when demanding realizes that he is losing losing maybe every thing that it would be

a chance that the remains of his current band would play a role. but right now, he is just this block service, be creature killing thousands in ukraine, deporting thousands, making millions homeless. and if there is no inside was what is doing right now as we are speaking the right. the reason, once again, the air raid siren you right? this is our reality every day, a big like 81 years ago when not to attack soviet union. he's doing all the same thing, my doings, dissertations. so he's just just the history once again relieving where he's at now are on with certainly hoping to not leave live today empty handed, but he sort of did. right, because he was certainly rebuffed by,

by the lensky saying that, you know, if you, if you want to talk, you 1st need to leave ukrainian territory where, you know, bothered by the fact that, you know, early on came to ukraine to tell the president that it means to negotiate with russia, because the president certainly wasn't buying and either well, this is what he has been doing all along so we are disappointed, we aren't encouraged to just down doing it. maybe maybe there is some sense to it. but at this point right now, i don't see much a chance of this talk with the firm, i think solution over compromise with a bloodthirsty maniac will conduct genocide right now as we speak. so i'm not very mystic. i wasn't very optimistic for this meeting. i'm not very optimistic after it, but i'm very sick that now as we speak, there are 3,

be ammunition deposed in russia. and by premier bernie ukraine is doing her thing. we are just trying the armed forces of the russian federation and i want it. and what's topics a bit, there is a controversial debate going on in many countries, and i would love to hear your opinion on it. should there be a visa ban for russian citizen? yes, ukrainian. i say yes, because my family lives in so many ukrainian refuges live in vienna and they just travelling every day just by the help that they're getting from the west . and then seeing big, numerous groups of rush and tour just strolling through downtown, enjoying the life like nothing happened. and what about people trying to leave russia because they face oppression in their own country?

i hope, i hope, but we can draw a line between these down some tourists because indeed we must do it in the way that this happens. don't suffer that people who are dying and seeking medical help don't suffer, but just doing the tourist thing. is this nothing was happened, it was happening is, is wrong. you talked about separate jo before alleging that putin was, or his troops were, were booby trapping the nuclear plant and the ukraine intelligence services have been warning of russian activity there. what do you believe they are plotting? gutierrez, the un secretary general said any damage to the plan would equal to suicide. i think right. hm. so i'm doing what putting the legs the boy the best they are raising the space of the game. they are like,

they enjoy every minute or this. here the, the world is feeling that europe is feeling is gone wrong. you know, the saw the tune of your time around the world was here is a fearful sonya junior. now the hear us again. so the respect of this is the russian thinking right now, so they are raising this date. but i do hope that they have this more to come all in all common sense not to do this crazy and same thing from which russia can suffer immensely. to fans are not alone in that. alexander sherpa thank you for your time and can. meanwhile, authorities are searching for a survivors of rush and shelling in ukraine, 2nd largest city car. keith officials say at least 11 people were killed and a strike on an apartment building car keith in northeastern ukraine has been subjected to continued russian strikes since the start of the war. shelling earlier

in the cell. teeth con neighbourhood killed 7 people and saw chief guy is a large district in ne harkins close to the front line and has been the target of russian shelling nearly every day. the mayor of car keeps as a 1000 civilians in the city have already been killed since the war began. dw is begged, her sugar was insulting cough 3 days ago before the latest round of attacks and send us this report. greg sharps bombed out schools. no gas nor water. this used to be a vibrant neighborhood. months of attacks as the russians tried to smash hockey into submission, have left south africa district like this. since the start off rush, us invasion, felt if god has borne the brunt of moscow's relentless shelling. we're 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 in during months of attacks . luminated, tatiana bosco,

are the only people still in their block. them miss how life used to be are those to get there were many children running around it, it was fun living here to go. 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 from as best number to follow these, we can survive with no water with no electricity from wonderful, but this shooting the rockets hitting us. the bullets that frightens me despite the fear life is slowly returning to south africa. next door workers fix

water pipes for the least them at 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 har keeps housing committee tells me, proposals. judging of 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 game. and if, for example, we were to replace the glass in the windows, we could even humpy, born on a turkey joke, running the bulletin. i'm older i'm your what to do. but for ego or saddle, or actually 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 to be bag. even though they have no windows, all running water mean isn't we don't know what will happen in the winter. we hope there will be some heating or we have to put more plastic in the windows. with eager says he's lucky. he's still being paid. as

a professional football coach, he proudly shows us his tv. nobody moves this. a lot of them are gone abroad or are now in western crime. they promote only 6 of the kids have stayed here, as i missed him 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 really hoping the front keeps being pushed further away. bracing for the coming winter. as we heard before, the situation at those upper region nuclear power plant euros biggest in the south of ukraine, remains volatile with fighting intensifying around the site. the plant was occupied by russian forces back in march, but is still operated by ukrainian staff. both sides accused the other of targeting the complex d w. correspond, and jen phillips, shots spoke with workers who escaped, the plant to receive okay,

is worried. she has not been able to reach her colleagues for days until recently, the engineer worked at this up. what is she a nuclear power plant, which olga managed to escape? she tries to communicate with employees still on site, but it's becoming increasingly difficult. no more percent of them. i would say that 70 percent of my colleagues no longer show up for work. they're simply too afraid, you can imagine what that means for the ongoing operations, and especially for security precautions on site. that the hub yoke. olga doesn't want to be recognized for fear of retaliation. russian troops seized the nuclear lens and the 1st weeks of war. since then, ukraine says, though russians have been turning the facility into a military fortress, they have been several accidents and shelling of buildings on the premises. on one occasion, the emergency power system had to be activated abuse. then you could

lush on culture. they use this site to put pressure on the ukranian, governmental to blackmail them to remain on the power plant is currently a big trouble card in the war. but gosh, for the towns may or there's only one solution, a complete withdrawal up the russians from the plant. we reach them by phone and his makes of office and a neighboring town. upon the, the occupiers are currently breaking all the rules that have been established for nuclear safety. with the even fire might have been rocket launchers right from the grounds of the power plant. i hope they will find a solution on an international level to demilitarised the entire site totally gotten responsive. sometimes olga received cellphone videos from colleagues showing the dangerous situation around the power plant here, a bunch of recreational center close to the facility. memories of the channel abilities thus dark, come to her mind, double gently. i'm afraid that this could turn out to be 10 times worse local ins,

parisha, we have 6 reactors and a storage facility for nuclear fuel. compared to that'll chernobyl was a miniature version. in the meantime, olga has found a job and she is 400 kilometers away in a nuclear emergency. she and her son would probably not be safe here either. she says, but in war time, nowhere is completely safe. ah, it's been a year since the fall of the afghan government to the taliban. the takeover sparked a mass exodus from the country of people fearing life under islamist rule. but within afghanistan itself, there are also about $3500000.00 displaced people worldwide. the un puts the number at 2600000. germany is home to about 180000 of them. more than any other country in europe by far and has promised to accept about 30000 more. but campaigners say it

has broken promises to evacuate hundreds of people who risked their lives working with the german army. don't forget afghanistan, this post to read and merge and plead during this protest in berlin, one year of the taliban takeover. germany is not fulfilling its promises pro to say several 100 people who mostly worked for the german army are still hoping to be admitted to germany. i wouldn't move reached. i find it disgraceful that the german government has not fulfilled its promise. guessing the local forces ice if a scanner stan is needed as soon as possible. but a year ago, many people ask kids what could be done for of janice done. everyone wanted to do something back than it was always clear. it depends on what we do in a year and what we do now. people are still suffering. also attending the protest now against a student from afghanistan. her family was threatened by the tarley bon. the 21

year old moved to germany 6 years ago. since the taliban take over 12 or the members of her family have also sought refuge in germany. now they are all meeting up again for the 1st time in berlin or a union that would not have been possible without the help of nar gus. but also thanks to the involvement of many others, like her teacher needs to be at the n, with the help of a really wonderful lawyer and a lot of the support from different people. it was possible that heather here, everybody who is here now and got visa and you know, it's the 1st time we'll come together. it was all about the calling in zoom video and it's the 1st moment. yeah. when we'll come together and we're emotional and really beautiful to see everybody's safe. no. they might be safe here. but nah, gets us on still his painful memories of last year's events. martinez?

tell him you said taliban are the same taliban as 20 years ago? through the media and tv interviews, we tried hard and pleaded for afghanistan not to go back 20 years. but unfortunately, afghanistan was pushed back a century. that happened mina, darry was deputy male, head out in even dreadful parliament. she actively supported women's rights in campaign for a more more than afghanistan. she was a public figure when the taliban to cobble, she was forced to go into hiding with her family. now the hiding is over for now gives a temporarily relief, but not every one is safe. yet. since i saw there are more family members in his galveston and they all hope they will somehow get out right now. everything is very difficult and seems impossible. a nucleus same a, they still don't lose hope about being able to move to germany,

to finally be able to see their relatives in person and not on his screen. ah, trees are one of the main protectors of our climate. they removed carbon dioxide from the air release, oxygen and cool our cities by the intense heat waves and drought across europe the summer. and i've put trees under severe strain. our very own sophie, kirby reports on what's being done to save them inter when he'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 the city. it looks almost as if autumn has come early, except it hasn't been in his department for the environment. told me the trees here suffering from climate stress that feeling the effects of the extreme heat of

recent summers and the ongoing droughts. and they're not the only ones. it's a similar story all across europe. even in typically went to places like england, scientists say this is climate change in action is a high probability. we haven't exceptional drought, no, because of the, the effect we have had a climate change that we have. trees are responding start drought by dropping leaps because without a squire or 2, they comfort to fresh. i'm so so the leaves are useless. it's an emergency response to protect themselves against against jason. she said, julie luther is 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

and 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 murder. but for the trees and the environment, it can be very hard for them clean. 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 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 the 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 and 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. ah, finally, a light house in the german port of bremo hoffen has tilted sideways and officials say and could topple over completely part of the peer where it's located is thinking authorities of band ships from entering the gate to river at the port because of the risk from the lighthouse, which is one of my half and best known landmarks the day is almost done, but as always, the conversation continues on line for now for me and the entire team on the day.

thank you so much for spending part of your day with ah, with a little odessa on the spanish. oh, go and her colleagues have found a new home in the city of cut in when the war broke

out the ukrainians were here on a business trip. now village life is enriched by the young families who want to stay. with the pandemic in site, we show what it does look like. will return to normal. and we visit those who are finding it difficult. with success in our weekly coven, 19 special. in 60 minutes on d, w o a

is increasing every year in many im gonna working on lunch with holiday destinations drowning in plastic white line and that we could look at the car with every year. europe exports over 1000000 tons of plastic with there. another way, after all, the environment isn't to recyclable. make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines with . hello and welcome to focus on europe. it is good to have you with us today. the