this is an egg, and d, w. blue. ah ah, this is the w news coming to live from berlin. russia once again targets ukraine's 2nd largest city artillery range down on cost. keep bringing the death, told days of attacks to at least 18 is comes as explosions are heard at a key russian military base and occupied crimea. also on the program, german chancellor of shoals prepared to take the witness stand out of proven into the country's biggest ever tack scandal. but he says he can't remember the crucial

details. and it's an ancient city facing a modern problem. climate change means athens is getting author and dryer, but the greek capital is finding ways to adapt to rising temperature. ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. russian shelly continues to target hockey eve ukraine, 2nd largest city. ukrainian officials say at least one person was killed when 5 rockets hit the city early on friday, between wednesday and thursday, 17 people died in russian shelling in khaki. meanwhile, miti report say a russian air field in crimea has been rocked by a series of explosions. the blasts were reported near a military airport. north of the city of sebastopol were dozens of combat or craft,

or park russian occupation. authorities are quoted as saying, no damage was done. well, this comes as united nations secretary general. antonio gutierrez is visiting ukraine on thursday. he held talks in the b with the countries president vladimir lansky, and the turkish leave wretch a pipe out on the terrace repeated his calls for a safe zone around the russian occupied supper. risha nuclear power station, nearly 30 equipment and but so now should be withdrawn from the plant. further, the deployment of forces on equipment, the sides must be avoided the yeti. it needs to be the leap at eyes and we must feel it as he sees any potential damage who's up? what he's yet is suicide. well, to bay un secretary general is in ukrainian port city of odessa dw corresponded young phillips schultz. is there covering that young fellow? what's antonio guitarist doing in odessa a year in

odessa, the secretary general's big goal is to follow up on the so called grain. the less, you know, the united nations and turkey broke out a deal some weeks ago that and abel's, the resumption of vital grain exports from ukrainian hordes. and a data is the biggest ports in ukraine, really vital for the ukrainian or economy. so a very symbolic, a very important place and, and some me to, in some minutes there will be a press briefing here in odessa and the secretary general wrote probably talk about his impressions himself. not getting that grain deal in place. saw was quite a diplomatic breakthrough. is that grain deal working is plant so far? it's working a round 30 ships have been able to leave ukrainian ports in the past weeks carrying

tens of thousands of grain around the worlds. the importance of, for ukraine, of this deal really can't be over estimates at a lot of people. really appreciate that this deal has given, given them back. sun starts off optimism. so it's really one of the big success stories are fargo cheddar's, so found l, the grain shipments have resumed, of course is a big step forward for global food security. but there are other major worries regarding ukraine, not least the embattled nuclear plant right now ad zappa ratio. what's the latest they are young philip? yes, exactly. a get out of cancer doesn't have much time to enjoy his applause because the dangerous surrounding the nuclear power plant in separate asia overshadowing everything at the moment. especially as some information from the ukrainian

security that russia mites plan some kind of fire pro occasion there very soon. good cherish is a trying to, i have a, a demilitarized zone in place, but russia has rejected this blend completely. so now the big question is, if quoterush will be successful in helping some international inspectors get access to, to the blend in theory, russia and ukraine agree on this bad. they don't agree on the conditions on philip . thank you very much. shar correspond a young phillip shots there in odessa sketch up on some other stories making headlines around the world today. australia has criticized indonesia decision to reduce the sentence of a terrorist convicted in a 2002 bali bombings. that means the man could be freed within days of his granted roll. 202 people including 88 australians died when militants attack the tourist

district in bali. a judge in the us state of new york has refused bail for the man accused of trying to kill author, selma, rusty the suspect repeated his plea of not guilty rickety was due to give a talk when an attacker stabbed him repeatedly. christy is recovering in hospital tom forest fires and algeria have killed at least 37 people. hundreds more have been moved to safety, with many victims suffering from breathing difficulties. helicopters being used to put out the fires german chancellor, all of schultz is preparing to test apply for a 2nd time in investigation into a scandal that has undermined trust in germany's financial institutions and government oversight companies and investors defrauded the german state of billions of euros and the so called comics stance scandal, the scandal came to light 5 years ago when schultz was mayor of hamburg.

investigators want to know about meetings, he had with one of the banks in bowl back then. but so far he says he doesn't remember. what did she know when for years now, will of choice has not been able to shake off germany's biggest ever tech scandal when he was mayor of hamburg. he met with officials from wobble, bank it. oh, with the city of hamburg, 47000000 euros for claiming refunds on texas. it never paid after sholtes met the banks, officials hamburger authorities dropped their demands at 1st shoals falsely claimed . those meetings didn't happen, but was proven wrong. now he says he cannot remember what was discussed and has been keen to stress. there is no connection between his meetings and the city, backing down this growing mistrust. in his version of events, it is unlikely that he cannot remember anything from this meetings. during those

meetings or phone calls, it was about nearly $50000000.00 euro for his city in tax revenue. the whole aspect of working here with this alarming tactic of just admitting what he has to admit and once more has been proven, he will admit more, obviously makes it that much more doubtful that there is no memory at all. so far, prosecutors do not see any breach of the law. the scandal is hitting the headlines again now, because a former habit and p from charlotte's us party, had stashed away 200000 euros in cash. and that and peace district had received money from warwick bank before as yet. nobody knows where the cash came from. and shaw says denied any knowledge. what do you know about the cash in the foreground? p safe deposit box? nothing. next question. where do you think it came from?

jacqueline? i no idea. i guess you know better than i do. whatever emerges from today's hearing . it truly won't be the end of the story. let's bring in our political correspond, anita hossa here, nina. chance all of shelters due to testify in this tack scandal today is he expected to shed any light on it? well, i wouldn't expect that to happen, terry, because m love. so the strategy is to stick to what he's been saying all along. he can't remember the details of the conversations with the officials from the bank, and you have to keep in mind that some 50 witnesses have been heard so far in by this committee. and there is no evidence so far, even after all these statements that he knows more than he is saying, all that he even played an active role. so i don't think that we're going to be learning much and new information today. a shelter itself is not the target of

this investigation. it must be said, these are appearing only as a witness relating to his former role as mayor of hamburg. so why is this still a potential danger fordham, anita? yes, that is actually, this is the big question. that we have to address looked terry. this scandal is about a very complicated story. i doubt that many germans even understand just how this tax fraud model work. they don't know enough. they don't know who could have stopped it, where it, when, and it is correct or left. so it is not the target of investigation himself. he is a witness regarding something that happened while he was mayor in hamburg. but keep in mind, come x didn't just happen in hamburg, it went on for years, german taxpayers last billions of years. and still to this day, no politician in germany has assumed responsibility for this biggest tax fraud in german history. so now pressure is mounting on the left, so it's because of course, he's no longer just the mayor of hamburg. he is now the german chancellor and of

course, trust, confidence, transparency. they're all vital assets in that position. and some members of the opposition are saying that it's his handling of their story. now that is the big scandal that he says he can't remember meeting those officials. he hasn't taken more initiative in actively trying to shed light on this story. and that all of that is not worthy of his position as chancellor. so some or even demanding, he resigned. but whatever happens to day, this story will continue to haunt him unless he takes an active step in trying to shed some light liter. thank you very much. for political correspond it, nita has other europe has been experiencing extreme weather conditions in the form of heat waves for several weeks. though temperatures have been above 40 degrees celsius. in some countries, the extreme conditions have brought climate change back into focus in our next report or correspond guna corona travels to the greek capital athens to see what

authorities there are doing to reduce the effects of very high temperatures. alaneese mirror villi always has her water bottle with her in summer. she's used to the dangerous heat waves in her home city. she is the 1st chief heat officer in athens and across europe. it's her job to get the greek capital fit to face the challenges of climate change. she's on her way down into the depths of the city with someone from athens waterworks. it's also a journey back in time. the subterranean tunnel, almost 20 kilometers long, was built by the roman emperor, a hadrian. in the 2nd century, near a village is planning to have water flowing along hadrian aqueduct. again, engineers are already working on her idea. they are planning to greet 20 specific points where the, where they tap into the water into the green new parks. a green belt across

athens is intended to make the city cooler and have a pleasant mere villi once more parks. she is particularly proud of this japanese style space. she is friends with the landscape gardener who created it. we don't have a lot of barks and, and green spaces. and we have a lot of old people. the fact that the surfaces are we have a lot of surfaces that then to heat up. we have a lot of cars that produce even more heat and air conditioning and produces even more c. so it's actually a pretty deadly mix enough. in grease extreme heat waves with highs of over 40 degrees are almost always accompanied by forest fires. and they also threatened the capital. in mid july fire reached athens in northern city, limits dozens of homes with gutted experts feared that large parts of the city

home to 4000000 people could be uninhabitable in a few days. studies already show that heat waves are responsible for a rise in mortality among the elderly. in particular, the chief heat officer is seeking advice from the red cross, red cross representatives from australia explain, they have their own emergency plan. when temperatures reach up to 50 degrees, we are preparing people to be able to help eh, people before they get really sick. so that we can tell them what to do and if they start having symptoms, somebody's there that can answer a phone or can be next to them to help them. so they don't end up in the hospital. but not all athenians see it as a life threatening problem. and i found on my, if i feel easier, think i'm going to vomit. i just stick my feet in cold water. oh, carry on at all. but unit happens is more and more unbearable in summer. we don't have any rivers and the surrounding area has usually already been scorched. near

valley is planning to stick by her haines city. after all, she says it's hardly the 1st crisis that the city has faced in its practically 4000 year history. you're watching dw news from berlin up next. we got business for you . chris cobra will be here to talk about apple admitting to serious laws, security flaws that hackers could use to exploit your devices. stay tuned for that . i departure to the to day this meet flying to a foreign planet in the 16th century, it meant being a captain and setting sale to discover a route the world famous c. voyage of ferdinand of magellan. i'd rather right.