ah, ah ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin on the eve of ukraine's independence day. fears of fresh attacks from russia. u. s. intelligence says russia is planning to strike civilian infrastructure in the days ahead and the killing of the daughter of close polluted ally prompt, cold in moscow, for revenge. also coming up,

shopping for energy chance that will of shows as in canada to get access to new energy supplies. germany is racing to ease its dependence on russian oil and gas before the winter bumps camp canada health class. many countries across the world are struggling with unprecedented drugs and flooding. scientists say soft weather extremes are likely to become more frequent due to climate change. but there are also solutions. ah, i'm go ahead offers welcome to the program. ukraine is on high alert. ahead of independence day over possible russian talks on civilian targets. b, u. s. has also warned. russia is planning fresh strike. the warnings come as moscow

claims that ukraine was behind the killing of daria dugan up the daughter of a prominent russian nationalist. keith has denied any involvement, but a still expecting retaliation. my hosting the national flag, i had a few cranes independence day, a usually festive commemoration, but not this year as it also mock 6 months since russia's invasion. mccauley now his name, which will never recognize someone's color on our land and in our sky is our steel . we are always ready to defend our blue and yellow flag on the steps. yeah, brussel i asked now to commemorate heroes who gave their lives for those colors with a moment of silence billy ukraine, his band, bigger celebrations, of a fear of fresh rush and strikes in keith. whatsoever. not everyone shares that concern your pest. you live with joy, allah, we feel some tension, but it doesn't disrupt our lives. this is our reality. and then the wire,

the call. no, i have no feeling of insecurity. i come from her keith, it is dangerous there. and keith, i don't have the feeling. i've been living here for a month. there's no, no insecurity, vs normally it of course we know that there can be attacks, but when we are worried we can hide. tell them what. oh yeah, dorski. dorski. yes, you do feel a bit 10 flu. your course goes out there is too much information that has an effect national informal sales and seeing them. oh, you guys are more you otherwise everything as works business transport her from to you soon is that what can you do? aqua does julius and you can't hide in the basement for ever. life goes on. he removed the hinge there also concerns of a russian attacks after moscow accused ukraine of being behind the killing of daria

davina. but keith denied any involvement in the killing of the daughter of the russian nationalist and famous putin ally did i because one and roman gorenca is in care for us. and i asked him earlier whether the government there is concerned that russia may use dugan as death as a justification for stepped up a tax of the government and kia is very concerned, but this has build up. so on it a very, it's a very special day independence day in, in ukraine. russia is trying to destroy that independence as many here are. sure. and so this pressure has been building up for weeks, i would say, because ukraine presumably struck russian targets in crimea. russian military targets something which has never happened before. it's a new development and erm. there was no immediate retaliation from moscow to that than this killing of mentioned. which em makes tension even even higher. and then of course, the ukrainian government is urging it's,

it's m a people who work for it or to stay home this whole week. the public transports will work only until 21 hours. there will be no usual celebration here in the heart of give, which is which is actually a hard blow to the crenan their soul because it's a very special day. and maybe people wanted to come to the city center and her to listen to other people to speak to hear some music and, and to, to, to get some confidence. this will not happen for security reasons. there is a small hope that maybe this time russia would strike, not as bad as some fear because there were all righty. so some similar dates in the past, like the 9th of may, which is victor a day used to be in the soviet union. and in russia as well, or the 22nd of june, which was the day that not to germany and invaded the soviet union of those 2 symbolic days were also expected for russia to do something in ukraine. but then nothing special happened. so by special i mean, we are in war,

but there was no big rocket strike on the capital. this is something that, that there is a small hope here in key if that maybe this will not happen as well. but one cannot be sure. now with regard to the car bomb itself, how credible are these allegations by the russian intelligence service that the ukranian woman is behind this attack? well, it's hard, it's hard to check it because we have only one source, which is the russian secret service. and oh, in the pastor you had to be very careful to what they say of. there are many strange things here. one is how fast, how quickly the investigation was, was done. just in a, in a, in a few days may be hours, then how quickly rushes president vladimir putin and was eager to condemn it. and her 2 awards a medal to the woman that was killed. and then am also from ukrainian point of view . if you crane should be behind it, which i personally doubt and many henkie of doubt. ah, it is a very,

very unwise for ukraine to, to do such an attack on russian territory, which hasn't, hasn't been done by ukrainian, but ukraine before on the eve of this independence day. because of course, russia would be tempted to retaliate and our, our, or now our calls for the russian government to retaliate harshly. including the a father of the victim himself, or said, i want not just revenge, i want victory. so this is being already used for russian propaganda. thank you very much. roman entre ranko from keith there. thanks. now the situation inside russia is becoming more tense for high profile opponents of the war. new crime, intellectuals, artists, or television presenters who speak out up and targeted by authorities. musicians are banned from giving concerts and some have been forced to leave the country all refused re entry d w. correspond on hearing rossetto is in latvia where he met up with

a ukrainian pop stop. now bard from performing in russia, ah, a sea of lights amongst the audience in riga, we have come to see ukrainian singers with la beaudin, my friend, my homeland ukraine is currently going through a big, dreadful, unjust war. with atlanta labord, i used to live in moscow. she had millions of russian fans. but at the end of february, she publicly spoke out against russia, wall ukraine and turned her back on the country. yeah, i want to be on the right side of history under side of good and truth. moscow's response was swift lobrado was prohibited from entering russia for 50 years. that

is just one of many examples of how moscow punishes prominent people, who publicly criticize of the posters of the kremlin singers actors and divvy hosts had been forced to leave russia. those who stay risk persecution or harassment like aloe vera from you. katerina bork. with the bens, the singer, vera marcell on the used to be married to a well known rational position politician who's currently in custody because of his open anti war stance. sheep herself has publicly protested against moscow's policies and is suffering the consequences. ah, internet said the last night, our concerts are being banned. we get suddenly removed from the festival lineup. sometimes people just ring up a few hours before a performance and tell us that we can't play. the more serious the political

situation in russia becomes, the more openly the authorities been our concerts designated and said, no one is officially blacklisted. but the names of musicians seen as undesirable. a tear in the media, rushes low house of parliament is now going wants to her that it plans to punish officials who employ or engage such critics as they even included the hat of russia . channel one and the ball size direct on joy. this of all servants are on the wrong side of history. we want to bring them to reason that i was with the atlanta local. die is convinced that she's on the right side. she, thanks her fans in europe for their support. what, what about have hands in russia last year, the still not catherine. russia has gone badly astray. you knew what she knew, what she was at a town is a man who led the country in the wrong direction,

fled to thought. and as long as people there don't grasp that nothing good will come of this country with and until then performances like this will only be possible outside of russia. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines today. french president manuel my call says e you support for ukraine will continue for the long term. he made the pledge during an international conference on crimea hosted by president vladimir zalinski . the ukrainian leader has promised to do everything possible to recover crimea, which was illegally annexed by russia in 2040 you. 2. malaysia's top court has upheld the ex prime minister. deborah zack's conviction for his part and a corruption scandal. result was a key figure in the plundering of sovereign wealth funds. he will begin his 12 year

sentence immediately and is the country's 1st former prime minister to be jailed. the italian coast guard has rescued the crew and passengers of this luxury yours which sank in the mediterranean just off the coast of catanzaro medina. yours came into difficulty 15 kilometers from the coast. all 9 people on board. worse if it was not immediately clear what cost to ship to sick, germany is trying to end its dependence on russian gas as winter approaches. german chancellor, all of shots is on a visit to canada. shopping for energy. canada currently supplies little of its fossil fuel to europe. both countries are looking to expand that partnership looks like in the short term, canada can't offer much help. he's on a shopping trip, but there's nothing here to buy. at least not yet. chancellor olive shoals is in

canada looking for new energy suppliers, as germany reduces its reliance on russia. we are working hot to become independent of disgust supply, and we are doing a lot of investments to make it happen. and we are doing it as fast as ever possible. never such an infrastructure has been built in germany and that a short time. so canada has lots of natural gas, but currently few ways to exported to germany or prime minister just intruder only promised to remove regulation to speed up for a future gas exports. so we are in a situation in the short term where we will do what we can to contribute to the global supply of energy by increasing our capacities in the short term and explore ways to see if it makes sense to export l n g. and if there's

a business case for it to export l n g directly to europe. so no gas for now, but may be later. another option, the chancellor is chasing, so called green hydrogen canada is renewable power, could be harnessed to create it. the german latest to it will continue with a visit to a remote town in canada as far northeast, where green hydrogen technology development is underway. i asked the w as chief political correspondent melinda crane. if the german chancellor fail to secure any new source of gas to get this country through the winter, that is pretty much the bottom line, though, as we heard their prime minister trudeau was polite about it. and he did promise that canada will explore the options. but he mentioned the business case there by making it clear that he sees the options. problematic. canada's gas is mostly in the west of the country,

but it would have to be shipped to europe from the east of canada requiring a major investment in pipeline infrastructure. and given that canada has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and coming years, it's unclear that that infrastructure investment would pay off. the candidate maybe is certainly bad news for germany. economics minister hubig has been working tirelessly to wind germany off of russian energy, as you said, including by commissioning floating liquefied natural gas terminals in the north of germany to receive gas from other sources. but where's it to come from? berlin has previously reached out to norway and to co. tar, that they were not much more accommodating. then mr. tudor, not later today, sholtes and trudeau will visit a propos hydrogen production slide new foundland. what is germany hoping for there, and when can anything happen? well, germany's gas problem is not only about heating homes and keeping citizens warm,

but it's very much about industrial output and jobs. this country's export power house of an economy is very energy hungry. much hope is in fact being placed in green, hydrogen, that's hydrogen fuel produced with renewable energy sources as an alternative to natural gas. and in fact, it seems that much natural gas infrastructure could be repurposed for hydrogen, but scaling up to a level that could sustain german industry is an expensive, long term undertaking. this hydrogen deal that mister schultz and mr trudeau will seal later today is tellingly named energy partnership for the future. and it won't go into effect until 2025. so it's not going to heat german homes or fuel german factories this winter. and that means that the german government is still facing a major challenge. you said it is that the deal is going coming into effect in 2025

. what does that mean by then? that technology will be available. that is not clear. it is certainly an available now in pilot form, but scaling it up is an extremely complex and expensive undertaking. so i think there are a lot of bugs to be worked out, although hydrogen is of course much height as one of the most promising energy sources in the longer term. linda crime that thank you very much. unprecedented droughts and heat waves, half foot water scarcity into sharp focus worldwide. more than 2000000000 people lack access to clean water and climate change is likely to increase the frequency of extreme weather events. let's have a look at the impact that water's gas is having in countries around the world. right now. drought has ravaged northern new mexico where farm animals are dying

from a lack of water harvests have been disrupted. and fisheries have been called. as the country experienced one of the worst routes in more than 30 years. in hungary, meanwhile, lake surf turned into patches of dried mud and low water supplies and putting wild life at risk. farmers in the region of warri that they may not have enough green pasture to feed their life stock. many ruffian countries are facing their driest period on record and drought. low drought has also dried up much of shyness, largest fresh water like the poor young lake, which connects to what is the world's 3rd longest river, has been reduced to a quarter of its usual size. as water levels continue to drop farmlands in one of china's he writes, growing region on the threat of 4 years ago, cape town was facing the threat of day 0. that's the day when it's water was expected to run us. that thankfully never actually happened because people,

safe water and the raines finally came. but now another top has the same problem. came back up, formerly port elizabeth in eastern cape has experienced 7 years of drought. our course bonded adrian creech reports. not a drop in the tap in simple kazi tim bonnie's house for 7 months now. the supply has run dry. ah, the arrival of the water truck bring some relief. but tim bonnie knows that it also spills hard work. she has to carry the water all the way home for herself and her 4 grandchildren. yet good, let alone me getting sick because of carrying this water every day. my jeans hurt, i have body pains, i have to take painkillers to sleep or go to the clinic. especially 1st elderly people, the situation was painful. sandy pain,

both with that is that sad. control. this dam should provide water for her home, but it's almost empty. it's only filled to less than 15 percent of its capacity. only 4 percent is usable water rainfall is getting more and more sporadic and it isn't as heavy as it used to be. for 7 years the area has been in the grip of a historic droughts. but while climate change certainly plays a role mismanagement, decaying infrastructure and a lack of maintenance, certainly due to it, is estimated that about one 3rd of the water supply are lost due to leaking pipes. the scale of the problem is clear to see all over town. residents report about 200 leagues every day. the city has employed additional staff for repair works, and new wealth are being drilled, ground water supposed to help black the gap that the missing rain water has left the head of water distribution for the municipality says. but why didn't all this

happen much earlier? the, quite a number of reasons. some of them in financial arrangements are obviously from the study, the point of view. we've got competing priorities from a service delivery perspective. and in some of with a versus financial versus without a good to other project, a lot of people we talked to actually blame lumens of healthy for the current situation. at this point in time, my focus is to be able to deliver the metro and push the day 0 and our efforts, you know, i'm a going to a 3rd day 0. that's the day when all water reserves will be used up the worst scenario to avoid it, each resident is supposed to use no more than 50 liters of water per day with a municipality threatening to impose strict controls. in the poor neighbourhood of simple kazi, tim vonnie, people feel they have been given empty promises for months. even the water truck that is a lifeline for so many isn't organized by the municipality. it comes from an 8

organization called gift of the givers implant municipally. i blame the municipality, but after the politicians, when it is time to campaign for votes, you find a lot of them here asking for votes, but when the time comes to deliver services to the people, they are nowhere to be found. when we need water, they are nowhere to be found. like i'll call people cause it and bonnie has given up hope and politics. her only remaining hope that rain may fall soon, so she will get a break from the hard work of fetching water. earlier i spoke to fred had him on his water expert at the bottom institute for climate impact research. i asked him if he expects more regions across the world to reach day 0 expectations. and this is also the trend. we already see bird bite and from global observations, for example, satellite details issue us that we have less pressure water available as

a global leverage stored in fresh water stored and rivers and lakes stored in the sides and ground. autumn entrances are ongoing trent. it is possible under climate change conditions it has to do with her increase off as a global temper shined sensor. we expect, of course, after this for some time being able to go on home to a temperature increase under sprawl to oscillate water problems the ash. so explain to me the water does not leave the planet where, where does it go? for example, there's more water stored in the atmosphere, the cost of increasing temperature. we have more difficult transportation and more bought. and he was here and the wal mart atmosphere also keeps the water and it might be that in some areas we have also, and this has to do is have been systems and the seasons and all that more intense presbyterian we see also this trend already more that's more erosion also in some

areas spend and told her just just bought a fresh water available in reservoir. we have lakes and rivers and, and, and science and chromebooks. now in the you report, published this week says that almost half of europe is at risk of drought this summer. how high is this risk? what does this mean? i would say it was really high. the course in europe is actually my not a continence affected. most at the moment, and it is not only so that we have just a long lasting for the 1st big up and see and 20182019 started to start talking 20 again. so it is an accumulation of effects here where we are in the i am in berlin, bandwalk germany be is generally be a, for example, the miss. so plus petition. if we sum up it up over the last 5 years, it is

a presbyterian upon you, much which we don't have it. but how some of that from the potsdam institute for climate impact research. thank you. struts and other extreme weather events highlight the ro, water management place to ensure adequate water supplies is to look at some of the solutions that experts are proposing for the u. k. is current water shortage? parched fields. it's not what you would expect to find in northern england, but this is a summer of unprecedented heat and now of drought. climate change is making these extreme weather events more frequent. this is something different now this summer, so i think it's down to all of us to think about where water comes from. you know, when, when you turn on a tap or you have a shower, that water comes out of rivers like this. that means we're taking it away from the barman or taking it away from a farm or that could be using it to irrigate or harvey's crops that we will need.

water scarcity is also an issue of distribution. something that can be addressed through improved infrastructure. we have enough water in this country, it's normally in the west and in the winter. and we need investment in infrastructure to habit in the right place at the right time. so there's enough water for people, food, and the environment. this will not be the last drought. agriculture uses 70 percent of accessible fresh water globally. drawing more and more water from the environment is creating mass, biodiversity loss, environmental as say, it also creates a cycle of less water overall. for people and the environment. we need to bring back the wetlands that we've lost across our countryside, around might have center. these have disappeared in the last 100 years. we need to make space for that water. we're going to see increasing conditions like this and we will see crops failing if we don't take these kinds of actions. as the u. k

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