[000:00:00;00] ah ah this is dw news coming to live from berlin. russia once again targets ukraine's 2nd largest city rockets, rain down, and keep destroying a university building and bringing the death toll days of attacks to at least 8 team. also with the program driven chandler bluff, schultz takes the witness stand at 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 halter and dryer, but the greek capital is finding ways to adapt to rising temperature. ah. hello m terry martin. thanks for joining us. russian shelling continues to target off keep ukraine 2nd largest city. ukrainian official 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. meanwhile, media reports 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, or 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 ballade him, his lensky and the turkish leader. wretch of type ardo on guitars repeated his calls for a safe zone around the russian occupied zap, reach ya, nuclear power plant. nearly fairly equipments and put so now should be withdrawn from the plant.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 really that ice and we must feel as he sees any potential damage who's up what he's yet is suicide. perish is now in the ukrainian port city of odessa, where dw corresponding young philips schultz has been covering his visit. i asked him what the un chief hope to achieve there. a year in odessa, the secretary general's big goal is to follow up on the so codes greenville as you

know, the united nations and turkey broke out a deal some weeks ago. that enables the resumption of vital grain exports from ukrainian hordes and odessa is the biggest boards 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. that 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 as planned so far? it's working around 30 ships have been able to leave ukrainian ports 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 some sort of optimism. so it's really one of the big success stories are far good. cheddar's l, that green 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. a detective's cancer doesn't have much time to enjoy his applause because the dangerous to running 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 bad. they don't agree on the conditions. a fill of thank you very much, shar corresponded young phillips shots there in odessa you are watching d. w. news still to come, protecting ukraine's heritage in digital form. new app keeps the back up. the cultural side threatened by russian bombing park culture editor tells us how it works. the 1st german chancellor shoulds has been giving evidence before a regional parliamentary inquiry into germany's biggest financial scandal. while makers in hamburg want to know about meeting sholtes had with one of the banks

involved in the so called comics affair, which came to like 5 years ago. companies, investors defrauded the german state of billions of euro's charles was mayor of the city. the city state of hamburg at the time. this is the 2nd time sholtes has been called to give evidence to the inquiry. he says he doesn't remember any details about the bank meetings. 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 wall book, bank it. oh, with the city of hamburg, 47000000 euros for claiming refunds on texas. it never paid after sholtes met the banks, officials, humboldt 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 the salami 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 just 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, his 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 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. i asked t w's, chief political correspond melinda crane. if all of shelters testimony is likely to reveal any new details about the scandal? no, i don't think he will. he's likely to repeat what we've heard from him numerous times, including during his summer press conference just recently, where he says, there was no political influence on the hamburg finance authorities decision a not to demand at warburg repay the, the $40000000.00 plus that they had,

essentially cheated the state of and he says also that this whole scandal has been repeatedly analyzed. he said a word for word in his press conference. we shown a spotlight on this. we have asked everyone, we could, we have looked at all the documents. there is nothing more to be said, essentially suggesting that the story is at an end. but as our report pointed out, the story is not at an end. new developments continue to come to light, including that $200000.00 euro stash. but i think we're likely to see the chancellor, none the less pursue the kind of minimalist communication policy that we just saw in that report. he's known essentially for providing the least amount of information possible, but many feel that that is now coming to hurt his credibility. okay, just to be clear, this is

a regional parliamentary inquiry happening in hamburg. schoultz is appearing as a witness relating to his former role as mayor of that city. he's not a target, been a criminal investigation himself and tax rog, but could this still be a potential danger for trensler? schultz. berlin? yes, it could. as you said, the hamburg prosecutor repeated this week, the child is not currently a target of the investigation, but it's an ongoing investigation. that's why he speaking today before the committee and questions continue to arise. and as i said, those questions do also concern the credibility of the chancellor of germany, this very minimalistic communication style that he adopts can look as if he has something to hide. and that is problematic because it goes to the question of whether left schultz can provide the kind of leadership and trans transparent

communication that this country needs as it faces multiple severe challenges. so it may not at the moment be a legal problem, but it definitely is a potential political problem. and this scandal may not be uppermost on the minds of voters who are worried about inflation and soaring energy prices. none the less, certainly for the social democratic party that considers itself the party of the working man and woman. the possibility that the chancellor might have been soft on financial wrong doing by big capital could have very unpleasant political repercussions including regional elections in october, in the speedy stronghold of lower saxony. when to thank you very much, shar cheap political correspondent, melinda chris sketch. up on a few 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 attacked the tourist district in bonnie. a judge in the u. s. state of new york has refused bail for the man accused of trying to kill author so on rusty . the suspect repeated his plea of not guilty, rusty was due to give a talk when an attacker stabbed him repeatedly. the author is recovering in hospital. a massive blaze in eastern vein is gathering pace despite heavy rainfall. the fire in valencia has entered its 5th day and has scorched almost 20000 hectares of land. strong winds are fanning the flames. spain has recorded almost 400 wild fires so far this year. europe has been experiencing extreme weather conditions 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 brought climate change back into focus, internet report or correspond good. our current travels to the greek capital athens, to see what authorities there are doing to reduce the effect of very high temperatures and laney. 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 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 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 the pleasant mere villi once more parks. she is particularly proud of these japanese style space. she's friends with the landscape gardener. he 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 heat. so it's actually a pretty deadly mix enough in greece. extreme heat waves with highs of 40 degrees are almost always accompanied by forest fires. and they also threatened the capital

. in mid july fire reached athens more than city limits. thousands of homes with gutted experts fear 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 preparing 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 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 they found amok if i feel easier. 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 year history. or from our in this i spoke earlier to andreas glen, hama, he is chief sustainability officer at suite co and engineering and architecture consultancy in sweden. i asked him how he's advising his clients to deal with climate. what we see is that the man is it is 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 affected to. so that's where we usually start. and according to recent study we made, we see that only about a quarter of the city in europe have another station plan. the concrete sections, though they might vary from 60 to 16, but we generally advised 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 weather. they tend to want to be more prepared. they do their homework analysis. some form structured is unfortunate to then 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 and prepared. 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 trying are 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 in your 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 a hole with the also the safety, like copenhagen being very successful in using i t m 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 $0.60 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 mention funding of course, but the problems arise even earlier. we see that they have maybe a lack of understanding on the climate change is, is a now question, not the future problem. they also might be a lack of consensus between different city authorities on, on the scale of, of needed action here. when they enter planning they, they also usually have a maturity phase where they need to overcome these conflicts and also gather lots of good quality data on the vulnerability funding. it's an issue as you mentioned there, but also existing regulations that might stop them from doing good time with other patients. what we see however, is that there are good tools nowadays and good frameworks and cooperation between cities. so they can easily get going. they can learn very fast from other cities around the mystical and how much thank you very much for talking with this. that

was under the asking how much of the consultancy speaker or some other news, starting with a related story. torrential rains of cause, flooding and landslides on new zealand, south island, some 400 homes, were evacuated in a state of emergency declared. after more than double the average rainfall for a month. more heavy rain is forecast security forces in sudan have use tear gas to disperse thousands of demonstrators calling for civilian rule the army stage. the crew last year and military leader of the albert on has pledge to step aside for civilian government. but the protesters don't believe him. apple has warned of a major security flaw. it could allow hackers to take control of devices. users of my phones, i, pads, and macs, mac computers are being advised to update their software. apple is not revealed how many customers are now back to the war in

ukraine. it has laid waste to the nation's rich cultural heritage. bombing and shelling have damaged or destroyed historic buildings, museums, or religious sites. but a new project as promising to safeguard ukrainian culture, 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 up back up ukraine, turns ordinary ukrainians into digital archivists. the app turns their photos into 3 d models, tag to their precise location and save to a secure online database in the cloud. when albums can reach architect and key of resident maxim,

communion has already contributed more than 100 smartphone scans to the project. yes, would you, i should say, good morning. i hope this project will significantly help ukraine and its future generations. a good so far. yeah. because if a historical monument, a sculpture or historical building is destroyed, it will be possible to restore it in the same material and size. everything can be identical. one of the in fiji. so even if artworks are destroyed, they won't completely disappear. the apps founders want to safeguard ukraine's culture from the horrors of war. it can be used as sort of as a reference for, for reconstruction. it can be used as a cost and form, and it can also just be used as a form of documentation. i guess a 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 the 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 and 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 you crane says the russians 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 the 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 these 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's being used in ukraine. could it be used on a, for something else for other applications to, to help help say cultural heritage counselor. 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 on it could also be used in conditions that are not conflict, but where cultural heritage is 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 to, to war zones. and specifically the case of ukraine with 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 many of you, trans cultural institutions to servers outside the country to, to preserve also these digital documents. david, thank you. fascinating story. david levis from d w culture, you're watching d. w news coming up next in d. w. 's news asia suspected attacks by the so called islamic say so multiply and

afghanistan. why is the terrorist group resurgent under the taliban and outrage in india as convicted rapists and murderers are released early from prison? is it because the criminals or hindu and if victims, muslim, lisa chan has all that and more coming up next on terry margin for me and all of us here dw, thanks for watching. ah ah.

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