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enjoy alice services. be allah. guests at frankfurt, airport city managed by from bought lou lou. ah ah, this is debbie news live from berlin. the united nations chief goes to turkey to oversee ukrainian grain shipments. antonio quoterush visits the facility coordinating exports during rushes war. he says more is needed to bring down world food prices. also coming up, russia agrees to allow international inspections of ukraine's,
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that british ship nuclear plant to assess the impact of nearby fighting. residents are stocking up on iodine pill. both sides accused each other, risking nuclear disaster. and poland in germany, investigate the cause of a mass fish die out in the odor. river test show toxic algae link to industrial pollution. maybe to blame for the ecological disaster. ah, i'm when bluecross welcome to the program, ukraine's grain exports have picked up with another 2 ships departing from black c ports. today under a united nations back deal more than a half 1000000 tons of grains have left ukraine in less than a month. un secretary general antonio quoterush has watched those shipments,
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leave 1st hand at the joint coordination center, where ukrainian russian, turkish, and un officials are monitoring the deal. catan, i said many more shipments of ukrainian grain are needed to help boost global supply. but he also said russia had to step up step up its own exports of fertilizer and food products to break down prices. russia blockaded ukrainian ports during the 1st months of its invasion. and at a news conference in ist and bowl, the u. n. chief reminded that the other part of the un brooker deal concerned russian food products. the on the bottom of his baggage deal is didn't be the success of to the global markets of russian food and foot eliza, which i've not subject to sanctions. it is important that though governments in the private sector corporates bringing them to markets without foot eliza in 2022, that it may not be enough food in 2020 city a spring indeed of you. of course my
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julia han who is in a symbol and was at that press conference. you the a tell us more about that sound bite. we just her it's interesting. i could tell cush focused on the russian side of the deal. well, because this is actually part of the big deal that russia would also be allowed to export its own brain and fertilizer to well markets without a sanctions. and i think there are still concerns of fears, even that russia might sabotaged the entire deal or end the entire a great deal if it has the impression that this part of the agreement is not being on it. now, a mr. quoterush came to is to bull today to see it 1st hand how these so called grain deal is being implemented. let's remember he was in odessa yesterday at this key ukrainian port where he saw ships being loaded with grain. and today he again said how a deeply moving that was for him to see he also said that more than 560000 metric
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tons of grain and other agricultural products have been shipped to out of ukrainian port. says since early august under this deal to world markets, but he also said as we just heard, that more needs to be done because let's remember, millions of tons of grain are still in sight. ukraine waiting to be exported to places around the world that urgently meet the grain. now this is a deal between ukraine and russia, but your and turkey. can you give us a little more insight about the role that the country, there's part well, the turkish government held the united nations a bro could this agreement. it is the only significant agreement reached between moscow and key of signed by both parties. since russia, russia invaded the country in later february, the turkish government. and since the beginning of the russian invasion has
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performed a balancing act where it, on the one hand supports ukraine militarily, as well with combat drones. but he's also trying not to antagonize russia, and it has a maneuvered itself by doing this into the role of a key mediator in this crisis am. and now if we look at the practical side of things, vessels that are coming from ukraine loaded with grain and vessels that are going to ukraine all being inspected here in turkish waters by teams consisting of representatives from both ukraine and russia. but also from the united nations and turkey. so turkey is involved in that process as well. so it is a very crucial part of that agreement. and to a mr. quoterush, the un secretary general to day thanked the turkish government for what he said. it's a pivotal role in this whole process. and garage is also mentioned that while this is a good start, it's by no means the end of these kinds of grain shipments. so they're still problem out there. can you tell us more about how this deal,
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the role it plays in alleviating hunger and food prices? well, the un secretary general at least said yesterday that there has already been a meaningful decrees in prices of foot stuff around the world, i guess more time as needed to really come up with a proper assessment there. but he is basically selling that as a message of hope, mata yes, said the ukrainian government has a huge interest in speeding this process up. they actually want at least 5 vessels to leave ukrainian ports per day. and the united nations also have an interest. they said they would try to step up at the grain exports as we're headed to would so winter. alrighty, w correspondent jojo han, therefore us is timble. thanks very much. russian president vladimir putin says he will allow inspectors to visit the occupied upper asia nuclear power plant and
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a call with francis president manuel mark on the russian leader said officials from the international atomic energy agency can go to see the situation on the ground. russian troops are stationed at the plant, which is 40 kilometers from the city as upper asia in ukraine's east. both moscow and keith have accused each other of firing near the facility, which is the largest of its kind in europe. and nearby residents are increasingly concerned about the potential for nuclear disaster and are preparing for the worst . the demand is skyrocketing every day, pharmacies ins, parisha, so iodine pills to residence. they're anxious about the russian occupied nuclear power plant. and we 40 kilometers away. merchants throws new. yes, and of course it worries us a lot. we all still remember chernobyl hills to, we're afraid, and we worry a lot. a humanitarian center here, hosts refugees from
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a nevada, where the power plant is located. a former employee he wants to remain anonymous, describes the situation. there is b, mature. they beat up the head of a department. they took him away and beat him. why they don't explain it, they just take people away and mistreat them again. and again, the side of the nuclear power plant comes under artillery, fire, russia, and ukraine, both blaine, each other just across the river in the town of nic oppo, people leaving fear not only from the daily shelling, but the risk of a nuclear disaster was laid alarmed when we go to bed at night, we always say good night, i am. but now we don't know whether there will be a tomorrow or the only god. no. residents are hoping the united nations can help. they say that what's unfolding here, threatened not only them,
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but the entirety of europe give your correspond again. philip schultz is in odessa . we asked him about the possibility of international inspections at that nuclear plant. well, at least it's some good news after weeks of horrible news. so surrounding the nuclear power plants and support asia. we don't know yet if it so will really take place. there have been many announcements from the russian side in the past that were misleading, but it's remarkable because poochie actually seems to agree to the conditions on the ukrainian side and let the international inspectors travel through ukrainian controls a territory. but the situation around the nuclear power plant is still very dangerous . of course, we're getting reports about new shelling, but it's not only the shelling of the sites, but it's also growing concerns regarding possible power outages and outages offer
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the cooling systems there that could lead to a potential disaster. that c, w correspond the unfilled sholtes from odessa in southern ukraine. in somalia, at least 12 people are dead after islamic militants launched an attack on a hotel in the capital. nobody shoot a group out shabba which is linked to arcadia has claimed responsibility for the attack on the high yacht hotel. it's a popular meeting spot for politicians and government officials. i'm sure bob has been fighting the somali government for more than 10 years. friday's attack is the 1st major assault since somalia new president took office in may earlier dw spoke on the phone to journalists saying hum that he was near the hotel in august issue where the siege between our ship bob and militant, a militants and authorities were still going on. yes, you have mentioned that. ready only go with the security forces.
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you say no harm in august, now let's get you up to date on some of the other stories make headlines right now . at least 14 people have been killed and dozens more wounded. in a rocket attack on a crowded market in the town of bob in northern syria, triggers back opposition fighters control the area syrian observatory for human rights as syrian government forces were behind the attack. mexican authorities have arrested a former attorney general in connection with the 2014 disappearance of 43 students . isis. mario com stands accused of miss handling an investigation of the student's suspected abductions has been charged with forced disappearance, torture and obstruction of justice. a statement from real carm's party called the arrest politically motivated, firefighters have battle a large blaze and eastern spain, using aircraft to control it. people were evacuated from the nearby towns of bay
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hayes and taurus, or the 19000 hector's have burned in recent days. parts of the iberian peninsula are suffering extremely dry conditions that are attributed to climate change, which increases the risk of such fires. and poland environment minister has announced a speedy investigation into the cause of a mass fish die off in the odor river. along its border with germany, germans, i to say they believe toxic algae is to blame for the deaths of the cause of the algae blooms, unclear. it's thought industrial pollution could be responsible for sounding the anom for the older residence and environmental activists protest and rustling against the poisoning of that river. they say officials were too slow to respond with the mass fish die off started la mcgill, it's the biggest environmental disaster in our country for decades. and we are all very annoyed because the state has failed us to go to bicycles of yoga. more than
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a 100 tons of dead fish have been pulled out of the roof and poland, floating barriers collect them, and prevent them from floating down stream. research is believed toxic alkie detected in the river in germany could have killed them. police officials believe that could be the case that to sibley's venom. we have also found the special type of algae under a microscope. in our was the samples. i would feel donna, research is continue to search for what could have killed the fish. but with thousands of suspect substances, it's painstaking detected work that's about, but it's going to take time. if the fish were sent for analysis at the end of july, we would know much more by now jenny bushman, those of you and say, multiple factors could have contributed to the fish die off on usually high levels of pesticides have been found in the water that along with drought and industrial
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discharge could have played a part. it might also be sold water discharged by a mining company. just sold off for years. nothing happened. but we have to ask the question, based on what we know, increasing salt and the water may be other substances. rocky substances over 200 witnesses have been in to you to get to the bottom of this. not so fresh water mystery. that's all for now. i way with the craft lot more of the top, the hour to stay with us will you become a criminal m. franklin may, i already knows. welcome to talk about hackers and paralyzing entire societies.
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