[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah ah, this is steve. we news lying from berlin, the un secretary general says ukraine's energy belongs to ukraine until a new good terrorist calls on russia not to cut the deaf regia nuclear plant from

ukraine's power grid. something keeps as moscow as planning to do. also coming up chancellor upshaw's to testify to add an inquiry into germany's biggest attack scandal, but says he can't remember crucial detail. and germany sends new troops to molly to help with peacekeeping. but there are attentions over the host nation, hiring russian mercenaries to battle and surgeon. ah, i'm nickel, furnish, it's good to have you with us. a top level visit to ukraine and a stern warning to russia. the head of the united nations has restated concerns over the safety of europe's biggest nuclear power station. antonio terrace is calling for a safe zone around the russian occupied upper regia, nuclear plant. each side accuses the other of shelling the plant. keep also claims

. russia is planning to cut to electricity produced at the facility from its power network. visiting the port of odessa gutierrez had a clear message for moscow. obviously, the electricity from some votes, you use ukrainian electricity and the, it's necessary, especially during the winter ford of ukrainian people. and these people must be fully respect. and our correspondent young philip shots joins us now from odessa and firms that see if we can bring him up. looks like he's not there yet, philip. can you hear me? yeah, yeah, yeah, camilla, all eyes on separate joe. what is the latest on the situation at the nuclear power plant? well, after days of horrible news, there are some potentially good news, sir. during a phone call with

a friend president my call hootin agreed to a mission of international inspectors for at the power plant. this is remarkable because he seems to agree to ukrainian demands to let the inspectors travel through ukrainian or controlled territories. so this is a huge, a step forward. of course we have to see if he will really stick to this announcements. there have been very many misleading announcements in the past, and in the meantime, a situation at the power plant remains highly dangerous. a lot of international experts say that it's not only the shelling of the plan that is so dangerous, but also the increasing risks are increasing risk of potential power cuts that could lead to a serious overheating of the reactors were for disastrous consequences. let's not forget the real reason,

the terrorist visit and odessa grain. millions of tons remained stuck in the port city. our shipments starting to pick up pace. yes, there's also some good news in this regards. the grain deal seems to be holding a more or around. 230 ships have left the ukranian part so far and more ships will leave the ports in the coming days. it's actually a big success for the secretary general gutierrez, and during his visit at the parts of odessa, he made it clear that he is very proud of the united nations contribution to it. he says that odessa is actually a symbol of what the world, so can she for, when it's working together for a common good and guitarist when that deal was struck, actually said that it might have been the most important deal of his career. the u

. s. is announcing a new military aid package. what can you tell us about that? yes, the pentagon just announced another $800.00 sir $1000000.00 aid package. it's basically a package of military assistance. it includes ammunition, how width servers are drawn for her equipment against my and a lot of military equipment. and it comes at a time when a lot of military experts say that server war has reached a strategic debt lock and service. sir. russia has serious problems were for amunition or with this new packet serv. united states have for her contributors, more than $10000000000.00 us dollars in military aids, to the ukranian war and said to her fight,

cheer in ukraine. young fell of shouts with the latest from odessa. thank you it's a tale of tax fraud worthy of a hollywood film. the multi $1000000.00 come ex scheme and able to many to get rich by falsely reclaiming tax rebates. that was until authorities and germany got wind of it and closed it down years later. questions are being asked about what chancellor or left shots knew when he was mayor of hamburg. he has been giving evidence at the hearing in the city. shoulds has been facing some difficult questions. lawmakers at the inquiry in hamburg, want to know whether he helped a local private bank avoid pained back millions and taxes. when sholtes was deceit, is mere him at officials from var bourg bank, which old the city 47000000 euros for claiming refunds on taxes. it never paid. after those meetings, hamburg authorities dropped a payment demands at 1st,

sholtes claimed he never met with the banks representatives. this was later proved to be wrong. now he says he can not remember what was discussed and stresses. there is no connection between his meetings and the cd back in down is unlikely that he cannot remember anything from this meetings. during those meetings or phone calls, it was about nearly $50000000.00 euros 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, you will admit more masons that much more doubtful that there is no memory at all. prosecutor, a stress the chancellor is not the target of the investigation. speaking after the hearing shots said he acted appropriately, he had them off. i admit i prepared myself for it to take longer. but the fact that it was done quick and speedy,

also speaks for the fact that everything is now on the table. and one can also draw the clear conclusion. there was nothing. there was no influence kind of interest on the game. turned on. this was the chancellor's 2nd appearance before the investigators his political opponents already seen. it shouldn't be the last. our chief political correspondent melinda crane told us more about what shots had to say and hamburg today. well, he said essentially what we have heard from him before both at the prior meeting of this committee at which he also testified. and also in various comments to the press, including december press conference, essentially, that there was no political influence on the decision of the financial authority in hamburg, when it essentially allowed the warburg bank to get away with not

repaying over $40000000.00 euros in tax liabilities that it had, had not paid and he said that of all of the witnesses that the committee has heard of all of the various documentary evidence that has been produced. none of it had provided any indication that there had been political influence by him or others. and he said that in multiple formulations in the course of the inquiry, and then said that basically any claim to the contrary represented just pure allegations and presumptions. and that he very much hoped that these could now be laid to rest. germany is sending fresh troops to molly following a dispute, which sa, german aircraft turn around mid flight, amid fears for the safety of german soldiers. berlin suspended it's peacekeeping operations. when molly's military government refused to access,

still doubts remain over the future of the mission. as molly is using russian mercenaries to fight a g hottest 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 no small peacekeeping mission. there are mixed feelings about them being there in this maryland museum has brought us nothing but problems . it would be better if they left the school where lyric, whenever he was. and if i'm a year for myself, they have assisted molly in training and on many levels, including financial and moral support. for this, we cannot say there are no benefits that i'm on. this corporation has been a win for all parties. tension between germany and the military, junta and mildly have been growing mainly because by macros use of russian contractors, german for a minister barber grace this during

a trip to marley in april dasa mine. i'm doing this was my urgent appeal. why it's so important, including for the protection of civilians in molly that there is no co operation with russian actors here on the ground here for what it really quickly drove. the regime and marley has been criticized for working with the russian wagner mercenary group, which is being accused of atrocities against civilians. moderate troops and russian uniform all of a mildly. so when you fall, it is clear that molly is changing. it strategy wasn't the russian mercenaries want to get there is they have father interests. they want to get the mineral resources and then let themselves be paid in doing what the government once well, the russian government has confirmed that vulcan, a personal are in molly. the morgan government still claims that they are instruct us from the official russian military. but these contradictions of further

undermining trust between good linden by michael, and they are making a complete pull out by german troops more likely by the day. let's now get you up to speed on some of the other stories making headlines around the world. police. a gunman have taken control of a hotel and the somali capital mogadishu, following a car, bomb blast and gunfire. the al qaeda linked i'll show bob group is thought to be behind the attack on the hyatt hotel, the popular venue with lawmakers and other government officials. russia gas from is switching off gas deliveries to europe through the north stream, one pipeline for 3 days from the end of the month. the reason it gives maintenance the announcements and gas prices storing moscow has blamed problems, importing a repair turbine for a recent cut and supplies a member of an islamist mortar, so was sentenced to life in prison for the deaths of for you as hostages in syria.

l chaffey else chic is part of the so called islamic state group dubbed the beatles by their captives because of their british accents as fire fighters in portugal brought one massive wildfire under control. another broke out near by the 1st and the sarah distill a natural park burned for 2 weeks. now, emergency crews are battling a blaze on the parts. northern edge are renewed, heat wave is forecast. you're watching to double, you know, still to come preserving ukraine's cultural heritage. how a new 3 d app archive. irreplaceable artifact at risk of being destroyed. but 1st, torrential rains have battered new zealand, south island for a 4th straight day, forcing hundreds of people to leave their homes. roads and schools are closed and the state of emergency is enforce more rain as forecast a

raging torrent and massive landslides, roads in many places across new zealand are submerged, and homes covered in sludge. the worst had cities so far as nelson in the north of the south island, with the initial down poor over people are now returning to their homes, only for some to discover their uninhabitable top breaking. i am all the way through the house and it's just i'm squashing mud everywhere. the car is pretty much right off. i feel on the walk is okay. so that is fantastic. um yeah. even the bath, his mud and i've never seen anything like it before. i was quite amazing and all happened in the course of

a few minutes. gardens have been transformed into murky pools and parked cars, locked in mud. officials say it will take a long time to repair the damage. i think that were years away. sorry from, from her recovery. and the, the point was that i as we were driving yeah, there was steps this falling everywhere and to be honest, i don't know what that assistant will be. we still in the response mode, we will have to assist that and that will be part of the recovery. and i am, i just don't know at the moment nelson's pricing itself for more chaos. further downpours are expected at the weekend. i'm forecasters are also predicting more heavy rain and parts of the north island. new zealand has already experienced it,

sweat. it's july on record, unsigned to say, climate change is likely playing a role. just when the world was getting a handle on the cove at 19 pandemic, along comes another new medical puzzle. 90 countries have reported monkey pox cases so far with over 30000 confirmed infections. while this does not spread as easily as the corona virus, governments are concerned and demands for vaccine arising. india has seen very few cases as of yet, but hospitals are preparing as d w. manero, chandry reports from delhi. this hospital in delhi was at the center of fighting the coven. 19 benjamin. it's now become the center again. this time to battled yet another virus. monkey books. thousands of cases had been detected in dozens of countries around the world. but just then cases have been officially

reported across india. so for some exploits suggest more may be spreading unchecked up. the cerebral mar is the medical director as you he says the hospital is fully prepared to handle infected patients. we have dedicated isolation, ward treatment facility, and dedicated staff for the monkey forks here, cleaned our doctors, nurses definition, but of my lease for this virus. because this virus is new in our reason, in our country because these patients are pending. these patients are worried about their outcome. so we have a dedicated counseling unit. also. the out of the world health organization declared monkey box of public health emergency. last month, the indian government sprang into action. first, the government have constituted a task force and release a host of guidelines to check the spread of the spiders. and according to reports, at least 8 pharma companies have expressed interest in developing

a vaccine for monkey box. this of every biologist get in there as to hon, possess more box vaccines are effective against monkey box. but the country does not have stalks on hand, so he acts that it's important to be cautious and ready. but ruby neither works either this food or not. i'm not really sure because a cell resolving infection is it's doesn't spread very fast. mortality, these are very ready law. so i don't do mos vaccination for, for a monkey box or something we should be looking at right. the monkey pox virus is not perceived as a serious threat at the moment, but having recently emerged from dead leaves of cor, with 19 and dealing with rising cases. yet again, the country can not afford the good lax when it comes to a potential health imaging. finland's prime minister, santa martin, has defended her right to a private life after

a video of her partying with friends was leaked online. the video showing martin with well known influencers and artists has broad accusations of reckless behavior . martin says she does nothing a legal and has taken a drug test to prove it. ah, an innocent night out with friends or dereliction of public duty, finland's prime minister santa marine. is it pains to prove it was the former, after this video showing her partying and speculation about drug taking went viral? opposition parties demanded proof, heed not consumed an illegal substance. so i bought it on neither 3 books. i consider these accusations very serious, and though i think the demand for a drug test is unreasonable for my own legal protection and to clear up dates, i've taken a test to day if i that the results will come in about

a week and full of delay knowing the account will ortho marines behavior have divided the finished public. some have defended her right to enjoy her free time as she pleases, like any one else. others have called her behavior inappropriate, and say she was naive to allow the filming. she was on duty as p. m at the time, but said she had no imminent appointments. i didn't have any work meetings planned for that week and they are confirmed usually beforehand. and i didn't have any meetings for example, saturday or sunday, but we didn't have any government meeting during the week. and i had time off fund on spent at white with my friends and did nothing in legal still how critics question whether she could have made decisions in a sudden crisis in her condition. marine has the support of her social democratic party and intelligence experts say the incident law did not risk national security,

but they warn it could be exploited for propaganda purposes. for example, by russia. mccarthy. luckily albina more less than the other stuff like that. and you have to be prepared for the fact that all material that starts circulating can be used in the wrong way on bad in santa marine became the world's youngest serving government leader in 2019 age just 34 percent. she has since been criticized for letting her head down at parties at her official residence. and last december, she apologized after it was revealed, she'd gone out clubbing till 4 am off to being exposed to covey. 19. well, our correspondent terry shall in brussels as following the story for us. terry, the opposition says the problem is not that she was having fun with friends, but that she was on duty. does this kind of behavior actually create a security risk for the country? well, nickel, they've actually come out intelligence officials and said there was no security

risk from santa barnes behavior. and we should point out that there's no evidence that she did anything wrong. dancing is not illegal in finland, drinking alcohol as an adult is not illegal. and she does not appear even in that video, and i've watched it many times to, to seem incapacitated in any way. but the truth is that in a country like finland, which shares a border of 1340 kilometers with russia, national security questions are taken very seriously and are discussed quite transparently and public. and that's what this is really coming down to. and in the end it's, it's not so much whether she would have needed to take a decision at that moment that she was dancing in front of her friends camera. but whether the video itself can be used for propaganda. and as you heard, expert hannah smith say, there are already signs that russia is trying to exploit this video. this was, of course, meant to be a private video though. do we know how it was leaked? we don't know,

and i've just checked with finished friends again in the last few minutes to make sure that we haven't seen any evidence about who leaked it. and this, in fact might be a bigger security question, nickel because of course i sent them are and, and, and everyone there will know who was behind the phone. but if that person, and i would expect that someone in that close circle would not purposely put it out, perhaps there is a lack of security in their phone system in, in the, you know, the people in networks close to santa martin and that might be something that really is worth more of a more scrutiny when it, when it comes to security. if these phones can be hacked so easily that this video could be put out. and i would expect that people are looking at that very closely. now, this entire thing has triggered a heated debate about whether a video like this would have caused the same stir, the prime minister. we're an older man, if marin under a particular scrutiny in finland for being young and for being

a woman. i think she is, and i lived in finland for 8 years and i study the country quite carefully. you know, finland has had a lot of leaders who have done things that might not be considered so publicly proper. they were drinkers, they had mistresses, they had quite close relationships with soviet leaders. and you don't hear so much about that. of course, there wasn't twitter there. what weren't social social mobile videos that could be disseminated into the public. and so they got away with a lot more. so now you have this extroverted, beautiful young women seeming to have fun while on the job. and there's something about finland that says, you know, perhaps us just a bit much. they aren't so light hearted at time. and i think they might be a little bit uncomfortable with it, but of course you have seen young people also cheering her on and saying, have a good time when you're off duty, madam prime minister. thank you very much. the w correspondent,

terry schultz from brussels. the war in ukraine has laid waste to the nations wrench. cultural heritage, bombing and shelling, have damaged or destroyed historic buildings, museums, and religious sites. but a new project could help save guard ukrainian culture, at least and digital form rushes 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 and on 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. what do i have paper due to the warning? i hope this project will significantly help ukraine and its future generations still a good. so far now, because if a historical monument, a sculpture or historical building is destroyed, it will be possible to restore it in the same material in size. everything can be identical. what will the in these so even if artworks are destroyed, they won't completely disappear. the abs 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 could be used as a constant 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

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