ah ah 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 i keep bringing the death toll of days of attacks to at least 18. this comes as explosions are heard at a key russian military base and occupied crimea. also on the program, german chancellor of shop prepared to take the witness stand that a probe into the country's biggest ever tack scandal. but he says he can't remember

crucial details. and it's an ancient city facing a modern problem. climate change means athens is getting hotter and dryer, but the greek capital was finding ways to adapt to biasing temps. ah, hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. russian shelley continues to target ha heave ukraine's 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. shelley in hockey. meanwhile, media report say a russian air field in crimea has been rocked by a series of explosions. blasts were reported near a military airport. north of the city of sebastopol were dozens of combat aircraft,

were part russian occupation. authorities are quoted as saying, no damage was done. this comes as united nations secretary general antonio guitarist is visiting ukraine on thursday he held talks in libby with the countries president, polonius zalinski, and the turkish leader of type out one. good, harris repeated his calls for a safe zone around the russian occupied as operation nuclear power station, nearly ferry equipment and but so now some new withdrawn from the plants. further, the flame of the force is on equipment to the sides must be avoided the yeti. it needs to be really that eyes and we must deal with as he sees any potential damage who's up? what easier is suicide repairs is now in the ukranian port city of odessa. we're dw, correspond a yon phillip sholtes has been covering his visit. i asked him what the un chief hope to achieve their a year in odessa,

the secretary general's big goal is to follow up on the so called grain deal. as you know, the united nations and turkey broke out a deal some weeks ago that enables a resumption of vital grain exports from ukrainian hordes. and sir odessa is the biggest part 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 read probably talk about his impressions himself. not getting that grain deal in place. was quite a diplomatic breakthrough. is that grain deal working is plant so far it's working or a round for 30 ships have been able to leave ukrainian parts in the past weeks carrying tens of thousands of grain around the worlds. the importance

for ukraine of this deal really can't be overestimated. a lot of people really appreciate that this deal has given a given them back sun sargje of optimism. so it's really one of the big success stories are far good cheddar's. so 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 adds up a ratio. what's the latest they are young fellow? yes, exactly. without his cancer doesn't have much time to enjoy his applause because the danger surrounding the nuclear power plant in separate asia overshadowing everything at the moment. especially as some information from the ukrainian security that russia mites plans 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, but they don't agree on the conditions on philip. thank you very much. shar corresponded young phillips shots there in odessa. you're watching dw news from berlin still to come, protecting ukraine's heritage in digital form. a new app keeps a back up of cultural size, threatened by russian bombing. our culture editor tells us what works. first let's get you up to speed on some of the other stories making headlines around the world. today. australia has criticized indonesia decision to reduce the

sentence of a terrorist convicted in the 2002 bali bombings. it means the man could be freed within days. if he's granted for roll 202 people including 88 australians died when militants attack, the tourist district in bonnie judge and the u. s. state of new york has refused bail for the man accused of trying to kill author selma. roosting, the suspect repeated his plea of not guilty. rusty was due to give a talk with an attacker stabbed him repeatedly. rusty is recovering in hospital. apple has more of a major security floor that could allow hackers to take complete control of devices . users of i phones i pads and i mac computers or being advised to update their software. apple has not revealed how many of his customers are affected by the issue. sharon chancellor, olive schultz is preparing to testify for

a 2nd time in an 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 through the scheme known as climax or dividend stripping 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 ball back then. but so far, schoultz says he doesn't remember. what did she know when for years now, all of charles has not been able to shake off germany's biggest ever tech scandal when he was mayor of hamburg. he met with officials from warble, bank it. oh, with the city of hamburg, 47000000 euros for claiming refunds on texas. it never paid after sholtes met the banks. officials hamburg 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 of former havoc and p from charlotte's,

his party had stashed away 200000 duras in cash. and that and peace district had received money from world bank before as yet. nobody knows where the cash came from . and charles says denied any knowledge. what do you know about the cash in the former and 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 surely won't be the end of the story. first he w a political correspondent, nina hazard. if all our shots, his testimony is likely to reveal any new details about the scandal. well, i wouldn't expect that to have happened, 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, or 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 self 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, nina? 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 the story. and that all of that is not worthy of his position as chancellor. so some or even demanding he reside, but whatever happens today, this story will continue to haunt him unless he takes an active step in trying to shed some light. nina, thank you very much for political correspond, nita, ours are there now to the french island of corsica. we're at least 6

people, including a teenage girl who died in a violent storm. hale heavy, rain and wind swept across the island, a popular tourist destination. several french towns have also been hit by thunderstorms and around a 1000 households are without power. it was fast and it was fierce, rushing flood waters since surprised french locals and tourist alike. racing for safety and the port city of mar, say. the abrupt thunderstorm dumped the equivalent of 6 months rainfall on the city . in just 24 hours. people who were sleeping at a nearby camp site where woken by thunder and falling branches. elbows still, i thought our intent was completely destroyed. it was torn apart with shelter in the corner with the kids, within hailstones broke through. okay. and we had to jump into the car room here.

you wanted to still, if you, you don't have which you to have, i'm all viewed on july, it was really violent. we knew it was coming and we were warned of all that we didn't expected anything on this scale. you know, spy, you was most up a julie on the island of corsica, violence storm, kill the teenage girl. and several other people. france, like most of europe, has been experiencing a heat wave drought has left the river and the war so shallow that even flat bottom tourist barges can barely navigate along it. but experts say the storm is unlikely to help because the flood water will disappear through the drainage system as quickly as it came. as mentioned, europe has been experiencing extreme weather conditions are in the form of a heat wave for several weeks. now, temperatures have been above the 40 degrees celsius mark in some countries. the

extreme conditions have rob climate change back into focus. in our next report, our correspondent, good, our current travels to the greek capital athens, to see what authorities there are doing to reduce the effects of very high temperatures. and laney, mary really 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 water works. it's also a journey back in time. the subterranean tunnel, almost 20 kilometers long, was built by the roman emperor hadrian. in the 2nd century, mira really is planning to have water flowing along hadrian aqueduct. again, engineers are already working on her idea. they are planning to create 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 little 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, 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 sleep. so it's actually a pretty deadly mix enough in, in grease it's stream 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 and more than 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 decades. studies already showed 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 referring people to be able to help her 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 mixed with them to help them. so they don't end up in the hospital that not all athenians see it as a life threatening problem. nice than normal if i feel dizzy or think i'm going to vomit, i just stick my feet in cold water or carry on at all. but unit happens is more and

more unbearable in summer. we don't have any rivers and the surrounding area. what has usually already been scorched near valley is planning to stick by her home city . after all, she says it's hardly the 1st crisis that the city has faced in its practically 4000 years. history was bringing under his gillen, hama, here he is. a climate analyst and chief sustainability officer at suite co and engineering and architecture consultancy in sweden. thanks for being with us, sir. mr. glint, hama, our report mentioned plans to build more green spaces in athens to help citizens deal with extreme heat. what advice are you giving your clients on how to deal with climate change? yes, pleasure to be with you. what we see is that many sit still lacking a proper climate adaptation plan, and that's a 1st crucial step so that you know the vulnerabilities and the risks your city are effected to as that's where we useless thought. and according to recent study we

made, we see that only about a quarter of the cities in europe have another station plan. the concrete actions, though they might vary from 60 to 16, but we generally advise them to work with a combination of natural solutions and the technical infrastructure solutions. working with the colors, green and blue. as they do, in essence, they take, it takes you a long way, assisted with more green areas like parks and vegetation. roofs will reduce heat stress and provide shade and also retain water to prevent both draw some flooding. so if it is, we would like to build capacity to retain water, right? which cities in the world would you say are the best at adapting to climate change? well, in general, i would say we also see a lot of action is to start have got hit by extreme, whether they tend to want to be more prepared. they do their homework analysis and form strategies. unfortunate to them is that they both have to take the cost, of course, for adaptation measures,

and the damages created by the extreme event. and also larger cities tend to be more active unprepared. they have more resources for planning and higher stakes in, in the climate adaptation. of course, i would like to mention the city of bay bustling in germany, where authorities managed to change the building codes to make green solutions mandatory. and now they are from primary in green roofs, but can also look at the use of multiple existing areas like they've done enough. sounds like we hard, but also in japan and you go home where they use low lighting green areas like parking spots or parks or football fields in order to make them as temporary flooding zones that doesn't affect the safety in the whole with the also the safety like copenhagen being very successful in using i t and smart solutions in order to monitor and have a good response system there. and i would also like to mention barcelona, actually that's one of the successful has been to put say to cents in the center of

this work. and they realize that this is a complex issue that takes citizens involvement very seriously. it is a complex issue. what about cities that are not adapting so well to climate change or what are the biggest obstacles holding the back? is it mainly funding or are there other issues they they tend to, to mentioned, funding will scores, but the problems arise even earlier. we see that they have may be a lack of understanding on the climate change. this is a now question, not the future problem. they also might be a lack of consensus between the forensic, the authorities on, on the scale of, of needed action here. and when they and the planning they, they also you flavor mature to face where they need to overcome these conflicts and also gather a lot of good quality day found the vulnerabilities and funding is an issue as you mentioned there, but also existing regulations that might stop them from doing good climate adaptation? look, we see however, is that there are good tools nowadays and good frameworks and cooperation between

cities. so they can easily get going as they can learn very fast from other cities around them. mr. gleaton. huh. thank you very much for talking with us. that was under the ass. good. uh huh. of the consultancy swatca. now, russia's war on ukraine has laid waste to ukraine's cultural heritage. indiscriminate bombing and shelling have damaged or destroyed historic buildings, museums, and religious sites. but a new project promise is to keep ukraine's culture safe, at least in digital for russia's missiles threaten ukrainians, lives, and also their cultural fabric. for months, volunteers have been working to save ukraine's heritage from russian attacks. now a new digital project offers a different way to preserve that heritage. 3 d scanning out back up ukraine, turns ordinary ukrainians into digital archivists. the up turns their photos into 3

d models, tag to their precise location and save to a secure online database in the cloud. where now bombs can reach architect and key of resident maxim, communion has already contributed more than 100 smartphone scans to the project. yes, but i should say, for the morning, i hope this project will significantly help ukraine and its future generations still with a inquisition vanya because of a historical monument, a sculpture or a historical building is destroyed. it will be possible to restore it in the same material and size laws. everything can be identical. what would the in fiji so even if art works are destroyed, they won't completely disappear. the apps founders want to safeguard ukraine's

culture from the horrors of war. it could be used the thought of as a reference for, for reconstructing. it could be used as a constant form, and it can also just be used as a form of documentation. i guess the form of preservation that is, it technically will last for ever downloaded more than 6000 times the app is on its way to preserving ukraine's irreplaceable cultural heritage. and with me in a studio for more is david levitz from d w culture. david, this technology is impressive, but it can't protect ukraine's cultural heritage from being destroyed in this war that is going on. it can only document it. why don't you begin by telling us how much of a threat ukraine's cultural heritage is facing? well, your grand cultural heritage is under attack like the rest of the country. the, the country's culture ministry has said that well over 400 cultural sites, an objects have been damaged or destroyed by russia's war of aggression. and unesco

confirmed a lot of these cases, including 76 religious sites, 13 museums, 34 historical buildings, 17 monuments and 8 libraries. and of course, we don't know how the war is going to continue or how, or when it's going to end. what's important is to document can historical, cultural heritage and historical heritage in ukraine, both so that it can possibly be reconstructed in the worst case, but also to be able to investigate possible war crimes. it's important because it is a war crime to intentionally destroy the cultural heritage of a country or people. and that's what ukraine says, the russian is doing. they say that russia is intentionally targeting their cultural heritage in order to erase the ukrainian identity. ok, so there's a forensic component to this documentation exercise up. let's talk more about the app that's at the center of it. it's called backup ukraine. how does it work?

well, basically the user and it could be any user with a smartphone. and ukraine takes a lot of pictures of an object that works best with sculptures actually with bigger buildings. you really need a drone or at least a very tall ladder, but it works very well with sculptures. and basically you take a lot of pictures of it. these are uploaded and then an algorithm puts the pictures together and it creates a 3 d model out of them. now the 3 d models in and of themselves are not that new, but what is new is that this technology is accessible to normal. people who don't have very expensive equipment, so that's, that's actually very exciting. it is exciting. this 3 d scan technology that is being used in ukraine. could it be used for something else for other applications to, to help her help say cultural heritage elsewhere? well, of course this app is made specifically for ukraine, but it's very feasible that the same technology could be used in other wars and it could also be used in conditions that are not conflict,

but where cultural heritage threatened for structural reasons like one great example is the great wall of china, where they used drones to create a 3 d model of the great wall and the drones were coupled with an algorithm that checked for weak spots. and it even suggested how those weak spots in the structure could be fixed. so there's a lot of, there's a lot of potential for the 3 d modeling technology to bring it back though to wars zones. and specifically the case of ukraine was also really important is when you have these digital backups that they are stored securely. because of course, the internet, the internet infrastructure, is in the real world. there are real servers and real hard drives that are susceptible to attack to war. so actually, there are a lot of people in ukraine. now librarians, archivists, and programmers who are busy day and night transferring the digital archives of and

many of ukraine cultural institutions to servers outside the country to, to preserve also the digital document. david, thank you fascinated story. david levers from dw culture, you're watching the w knows up next to it's to the point are talk show, asking either. so whether either side in the ukraine war can break the stalemate. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching with with

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