for 3 years that would change the world for ever. but jillions journey around the world, starting september 7th on d w. ah . this is dw news life from berlin. the un secretary general says ukraine's energy is you crates, antonio, the terrorist calls on russia not to cut the separation nuclear power plant from ukraine's power grid at said least, moscow's plant, according to keep chance. old of shoulds testifies adm inquiry into germany's

biggest tax scandal. but he says he cannot remember crucial details. germany sent new troops to molly to help with peacekeeping, but their attentions over the host nation hiring russian most rates to battle insurgence and an ancient city facing a modern problem. climate change means athens is getting hotter and dryer, but the great capital is finding ways to adapt to rising temperatures. ah, i've been phys all and welcome a top level visit and stern warnings to russia, united nations secretary general antonio quoterush is visiting ukraine. today. he's in the port of odessa where he urged a greater effort in ensuring global access to ukrainian grain. quoterush also repeated his calls for a safe zone around the russian occupied separation nuclear power plant. and with

keep accusing moscow of planning to con electricity produced, the facility quoterush had a message for moscow. obviously, the electricity from the operator is ukrainian electricity. and it's necessary, especially during the winter ford of ukrainian people. and these principle must be fully respected. a correspond down for the shoulds, joins us from odessa. is growing concern yarn about this power plant. could you tell us what the latest is from separation? yes, indeed. the danger surrounding the power plant and supper asia, i have actually overshadowed much of which headers visits your in ukraine. ukrainian officials claim that they have information that russians are planning some kind of pro vocation at the nuclear power plant. so that's how they call it says some kind of provocation. but at the same time,

a situation is scenes still not to gets better, which harris has a demand at several times and he has repeated it's to day that there has to be a demilitarization of the entire site. but the russians have already rejected this plan. so the big question now is if a gutierrez will at least be successful to help an international team of inspectors get access to, to this plant. in theory, ukraine and russia both agree that there should be a visit of these international inspectors. but they disagree. or when it comes to the conditions that we were able to talk to some of the workers at the nuclear power plant yesterday. and so maybe we can have a look what they had to say. oh,

god is worried. she has not been able to reach her colleagues for days until recently, the engineer worked at the support, is she a nuclear power plant out of which all got managed to escape? she tries to communicate with employees still on site, but it's becoming increasingly difficult. no more present 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 of audio. all god doesn't want to be recognized for fear of italian. russian troops sees 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 than you could

lashaun portia. they use this site to put pressure on the ukrainian governmental to blackmail them. the divine law, the power plant is currently a big trump card in the war. but gosh, for the towns may or there's only one solution, a complete withdrawal of the russians from the plant. we reach them by phone in his makes of office and a neighboring town upon to read. the occupiers are currently breaking all the rules that have been established for nuclear safety, with the even fire multiplan 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. i believe that we've gotten responsive, sometimes over receive 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 didn't. i am afraid that this could turn out to be 10 times worse ins

appreciate we have 6 reactors and a storage facility for nuclear fuel. compared to that, no chernobyl was a miniature version. in the meantime, olga has found dropping ts 400 kilometers away in a nuclear emergency. she and her son would probably not be safe here either. she says, but in wartime, nowhere is completely safe and filled. let's pick up on the other topic of the day . grain shipments are there are still millions of tons stuck in ukraine. they have been shipments exported, but i guess there are parts of the world that still need a lot more than what's coming out of ukraine. yes, exactly, and this is why good header sir was here to day. the part of odessa is probably the most symbolic girl place when it comes to the so called so grain deal. the secretary general said that he was very emotional when he saw that this

a great deal has actually become a reality here in ukraine as you know, the united nations and starkey have been crucial or when it came when they were coming when it's were when the deal was negotiated, and so now it was a big moments, a fog, whichever she said, to, to see it with his own eyes that sir ships are actually leaving the parts of odessa . this is important for ukraine, but it is also important for a lot of poor countries around the world of that needs the grain urgently. this is why the secretary general also appeals to rich countries to open their hearts. and their wallet, as he said, are so bad, sir. the poor countries can actually afford this a gray. now, in his own words, he sets a desa has become a place that shows what the world can do when it comes to gather far. a common good

dw corresponded young phillip shots for us in odessa. thank you very much for bringing us up to date. sensor all our faults has been testifying at an inquiry into germany's biggest financial scandal. lawmakers in hamburg want to know about meeting shots, had with one of the banks involved in the so called comics affair. companies and investors allegedly defrauded the state of billions of euro's shoals was the mayor of hamburg at the time. it's the 2nd time shots has been called to give evidence. he says he doesn't remember any details about the meetings. what did he know when for years now, we'll have charles has not been able to shake off germany's biggest ever tech scandal when he was may of hamburg. he met with officials from vab walk, bank it out, the city of hamburg, 47000000 euros for claiming refunds on texas. it never paid after shots met the

banks. officials hamburg authorities dropped their demands at 1st. shots falsely claimed those meetings didn't happen, but was proven wrong. now he says he cannot remember what was discussed and stresses there's no connection between his meetings and the city backing down. 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 no memory at all. prosecutors do not see any breach of the law and emphasize that the chancellor is not a target of the investigation. yet the scandal is back in the headlines because a former handbook m, p from shelters, party,

had stashed away 200000 duras in cash. and that and peace district had received money from verbal bank before. nobody knows where the cash came from. and shoulds has 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. until now, by the time he is chief, political correspondent, melinda crane. but later chance lo love schoultz has been answering questions in hamburg today. is he expected to shed new light on the meadow? no. in his opening statement, she essentially repeated in multiple formulations. what we have heard from him before, both in his prior testimony in front of this investigative committee and also in various statements to the press, including during his summer press conference,

basically that there was no political influence exercised on the financial authority in hamburg. when it decided to essentially let the bank go without refunding the money that it had to elicit li cheated. the tax authorities of he also said that none of the various witnesses have been heard. another of the documentary evidence that has been provided, indicated anything to the contrary, that none of it showed that there was political influence and said there simply nothing there. and he closed his remarks by saying that any other claim that there had been involvement by politicians, including himself with simply presumptions and allegations, and that he very much wish that these could be put to rest. but immediately, during the hearing of members of the homburg,

city government from the christian democratic party were already saying they're certain that this won't be his last statement to the investigators now. so it is not a target in any criminal investigation into tactful, but could this still be a potential danger for him? it's certainly a political risk. the hamburg prosecutors said just this week that the chancellor is not a target. but new developments do still continue to come to light, including for example, that $200000.00 euros dash that was reported in our story just now. and therefore new questions come to light. and the fact is that the chancellor's minimalist communication style, his restraint, the appearance that he simply only answers the questions to the very minimum degree . all of that has definitely raise some doubts about his credibility. and those

doubts then essentially go to allow schultz is leadership and his communication style. and they also have effects for his party, the social democrats, because the social democratic party portrays itself as the advocate of the working man and woman. and any suggestion that its leader could have been soft on corruption by b capital is of course very problematic. so many eyes will be focused on regional elections in the very important as p d stronghold of lower saxony in october. to see whether voters are finding the various questions being raised, troubling other young melinda crime. thank you. germany says it has resumed troop rotations. in molly, just days after a dispute saw german aircraft turn around, mid air. berlin suspended it's peacekeeping operations. when molly's military

government refused to access, but doubts remain over the future of the mission. because molly is using russian mercenaries to fight a long running jihadist insurgency. the french may have left, but international troops are still in marley. among them around 1000 germans, part of the u. n. backed me know, sma peacekeeping mission. there are mixed feelings about them. being there, melanie minas, mom has brought us nothing but problems. it would be better if they left and allison, paralytic. whenever he was in the family for muslim, they have assisted molly in training and on many levels, including financial and moral support. for this, we cannot say there are no benefits. a month is corporation has been a win for all parties. tensions between germany in the military, junta and mildly have been growing mainly because by macros use of russian

contractors, german foreign minister bab, grace this during a trip to marley in april dasa my i'm doing this was my urgent appeal. why it's so important? including for the protection of civilians in marley that there is no co operation with russian act as here on the ground here for what it really quickly does. the regime and marley has been criticized for working with the russian wagner, mercenary group, which is being accused of atrocities against civilians. new ball in missouri, troops, and russian uniform all over marley. when the fall, it is clear that marley is changing, it strategy was the russian mercenaries want to get there. they have father interests. they want to get the mineral resources and then let themselves be paid in doing what the government wants while the russian government has confirmed that wagner personnel are in molly. the maryan government still claims that they are instructors from the official russian military. but these contradictions are

further undermining trust between berlin and by michael. and they are making a complete pull out by german troops. more likely, by the day. you can ask me to political scientist, nigger lee back or talk or in paris. she's chair of the african security sector network. thanks for joining us. the german military has suspended its operations. as part of the molly peacekeeping mission, france has already withdrawn its troops. why is this mission proving so difficult? i think it is very important to make a difference between the withdrawal of french troops which where the plugs are whizzing this so called back out of variation, which is alan t a g heavy force. it is completely indifferent. as regards you, el nino sma moves monday he didn't not to fight till raisin e g 's mandating to support implementation of the peace agreement signing

2015 and also to protect civilians. the problem is that, oh, those are a duties of us have been embodied by the a man, i'll sorry, he's of mostly as regards investigations of human rights and uses a bulls by the mazda and military and my in military and russians and partners. but also because they freedom of movement in the air or on the wrong. i've also been very difficult to condense because of rules. there is freaks, which have been decided by the money and authority if germany were to withdraw its troops though, as well as france, what would that mean to the overall un peacekeeping mission?

i think that does it mean you smile when you smile is a very for giant mission because there renegotiation of his mandates. in last june, i decided a number of from asian wish. as the man authorities have immediately indicated that they will not agree to employment. there have been an incident also which had involved a german troops at which is related to it for t 9 either and soldiers which wears to pause in the framework of national supports ellen and to protect thus german troops which is also alice of problems. but if the old does an international troops, including not only a german, but also a huge and also as suspended, they operations a drug. i'm not sure it will make a difference in the eyes of the 1000000 public opinion as shown in the you are very

good reports we gases or is that there is lots of sick g season among public opinion, because all those international actors are fee as not adding, being able to change the deterioration of the situation on the ground, especially as regards a cd and political scientists, new alibaba joe cohen parish, thank you very much for joining us there from the african security sector network. and let's get you up to speed on some other stories. making headlines. australia has criticized indonesians decision to reduce the sentence of a terrorist convicted over the 2002, bali bombings. the man could be freed within days. 202 people, including 88 straightens, were killed when militants attack, the tourist district involved. indonesia says the leaders of russia and china are planning to attend the g. 20 summit in bali in november. the host nation has been

under pressure to exclude the russian president vladimir putin over the war. ukraine's leader is also invited. apple has warned of a major security flaw that could allow hackers to take control of devices uses if i phones i pads at max being advised to update their software. apple is not said how many customers are affected. a wildfire in spain is gathering paste, despite heavy rainfall. the fire in valencia has entered its 5th day storm winds of fanning the flames. spain has recorded hundreds of y fi as this year. there's been little let up in the heat wave that has grit. europe for weeks now, temperatures had taught 40 degrees celsius in several countries. in annex reports, our correspondent gwinnett kona travels to the greek capital athens to see how authorities are dealing with the extreme heat. and laney mirror 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 is 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, 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's particularly proud of this japanese

style space. she's 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 produces even more heat. so it's actually a pretty deadly mix enough. in grease extreme heat waves with highs over 40 degrees are almost always accompanied by forest fi and they also threatened the capital. in mid july fire reached athens, northern city limits thousands of homes with gutted experts feared that large parts of the city came 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. my son mama, if i feel dizzy or 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 home city. after all, she says it's hardly the 1st crisis that the city has faced in its practically 4000

years history. alexandra cash. rachel kaiser, climate change adaptation expert at the european environment agency and joins us from copenhagen. denmark, august. alexander, we heard about a plan to build more green spaces in athens. a little bit of grain can go a long way, but what else can be done in cities to adapt to these high temperatures? that's and on and many thanks for then the invitation. indeed, the green spaces and the urban greening can substantially reduced temperatures in cities. but it's not the only solution. and when we look at the built environment, our sir europeans, we spent 90 percent of our time in building. so it's really important to make sure that they are climate proof. for example, through screening, all shading south facing windows, through improving the installation of buildings through providing a light color, the white walls and roofs that reflect a lot of their sand race, heating them and prevent them from, from

a heating or providing sustainable cooling, such as passive cooling or districts cooling, utilizing the cool water from, from seas and, and rivers for example. another option is making sure that the emergency services, health services and social cost services are prepared for the heat waves that they receive the warnings from meteorological institutions. and that they are ready to act by, for example, providing warnings to their elderly people. although vulnerable people on the approaching heat wave and for how they should behave in the heat, not go outside, drink a lot of water and so on. climate change hasn't just become an issue this year. but why is it taking so long for government to to start taking action? i think there's been a lot of action happening in the ground in the background about the indeed for many years or the patient has been sort of poor cousin of mitigation. and for,

for many actually giving other patients more attention felt almost like admitting defeat to death. we cannot do anything more about climate change and we just need to sort of resign ourselves and adapt about sir does situation, is that the even if we stopped making a carbon dioxide today and they still enough inertia in the climate and sure that's we need to adapt answer all the countries in the european union that actually have national adaptation strategies in place. so now it's a matter of putting those strategies into, into action and implementing that the measures that can prevent that loss of life. that the economic implications of climate change. finally, and just briefly, if we don't adapt which groups in society of most vulnerable to climate change, while groups that are vulnerable to talk to a lot of other than of freds and risks,

like we've seen that during the cold time. so it's the elderly people with pre existing health conditions, both mental and physical, is the young children and pregnant women. but also then lower socioeconomic groups . those people who are not living in the green leafy suburb spot in the overheating, poor quality apartments. that people who are working in manual jobs who have to walk outside in the agriculture field. so in construction, these are the ones that are likely to be hit the most. we're going to have to leave it there. thank you very much. alexander, i've been fossil and see you next l ah ah ah, with

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