ah ah ah ah, this is dw news why from berlin? ukraine braces for possible attacks from russia on its independence day. ukrainian authorities ban math gatherings and key of and warned civilians that russia could again bomb the capital. to day mark 6 months since russia launched its invasion of

ukraine, also coming up, germany signed the deal with canada to produce and ship green hydrogen by the year 2025. applying for more sustainable future that does a little to ease of germany's current, dependent on russian gas and drought and dread along italy's river po, one of europe's largest rivers is drying up, causing a ripple effect of loss across the region. and also on the program from the peak of power to a prison cell. malaysia's former prime minister, a goes to jail after the top court a bolt, his money laundering conviction, and calls in a national embarrassment. ah, a married evans dean. it's good to have you with ukraine is celebrating. it's dave independence, as well as marking 6 months since russia invaded the country. that invasion has

devastated ukraine, and it's also had tremendous repercussions for the world. a refugee crisis for one united nations estimate some 5000000 ukrainians have left most headed for other european countries. 7000000 people have been displaced inside of ukraine. the russian blockade of ukrainian ports lead to a massive disruption of shipments from one of the world's biggest grain producers. that in turn affected at tens of millions of people around the globe who depend on that grain or correspondence. but he has been and go recently visited with those who lived through the earliest attack on a residential building in chief up in the sky. they're working to fix the damage at the bellagio, but it was a rockets. it came from over there like this and sliced off a corner of the building, thought waldo. so

it was the 3 of the war. this was the 1st residential building and keith to be hit they've started reconstruction, even though the war hasn't yet ended. the city council is paying for most of the repairs, but residents like only natural makeover. oh, so raising funds that have been sent that was available. this was the api center of the explosion, or if there were 2 apartments here. and if you look over here, this quarter, there was another room here. at the rocket chick, the corner of and the whole room on the explosion also hit the 2 apartments above and below. abdulla only was out of all

a theatre who sneezing the destroyed room was the one most families in the apartments use. as the kids bedroom. the block was relatively new, built for the key of emerging middle class. the rock had wrecked 4 floors, but no one was killed. they were either in different parts of their apartments or had left the city like one family who fled to germany. on the video, they had a camera in the room and they could see on their phone her their flat was destroyed . i can't imagine what that feels like. they were safe, but they still saw this happening. terrible visit us did don't ship so roughly 4 floors for the joan, alina apartment,

was an damaged, even the glasses intact? still, she's happy. she wasn't home. when the rocket hit, some neighbors were there suffered a terrible shock and still have trouble returning. they stay in close contact at the calamity has united many of us have become friends and we understand how important it is to stick together. and when the war is over, i'm sure we will quarrel again. that defines from the people who's building was the 1st and key to be hit in this war. with ukraine marking independence day and 6 months and thrushes invasion. i asked d. w correspondent, roman gunshot ankle, a key of how ukrainians feel about these 2 significant milestones

was mixed feelings. i would say am, it's more of independence that ukraine is fighting 31 years after it proclaimed independence from the soviet union. and it's a very special day here. you can feel the tensity in the air and it's in the morning, it's a public holiday. the streets are still empty, but there are few people walking down their central boulevard here and key if crecia to just me behind my back where you can see dozens of scorch russian tanks that were captured as russia tried to capture key of the capital in the 1st days and weeks of this war, and this gives of course, ukrainians, the sense of pride are many people say local. russia has the 2nd strongest army in the world and we were able to fight them back and we're still fighting 6 months on . so they're very proud of that and but on the other hand, there is also sorrow. as i've said, this is a war of independence and ukraine in a pain, a very high price for that. we do not have official figures, but observers here in ukraine estimate that no tens of thousands of people died in these 6 months. military and civilians are so it's, it's a very m, m,

a tens feeling here and key of a feeling of prior to feeling of joy, but also a feeling of sorrow. and people remember those dead as there is a moment of silence every day. he and keith, but life goes on on the other hand. while the cranial government has been warning that russia could launch woods calling, brutal strikes to day on this day, targeting the capitol, perhaps. how are you craniums preparing well, the government, the government has warned ukrainians to avoid for the city center to be, to say vigilant. a video which is on a different from, from the beginning of the war when the war western warnings about the attack. and the government said, well, oh, we do not believe that quite or so ago. there was criticism of the government at that time. now it's acting differently. i so our government officials were urged to

stay home the whole week or to work from home, or from the public transport. he and kia for him is running only until 21 hours at night. but on the other hand, people are still walking. the streets are in other cities which are close to the frontline, like, for example, ukraine's 2nd largest city hockey. if the situation is very much different, the city is being shelled every day. every hour people are dying. there every day, and there is no train connection with khaki for so ukrainian railways are said on this independence day. it's too dangerous to drive by trying to hark. if so there is a kind of locked down there. i spoke to a young woman who came from hockey to kia and she said, the situation here in the capital so much different. she feels safe here. d w 's, roman gunshot ankle reporting for us from t everman. thank you so much. although ukraine is marking its independence stain as we just heard from our correspondent,

kia has band public celebrations. and his warning that russia may use the occasion for what a describes as an ugly use of force. he w reporter william glue craft looks back on some of the major turning points in the war so far. after months of speculation, warnings, fears, and a massive troop build up. i'm 3 sides of ukraine. russian president vladimir putin finally revealed his deadly intentions on february 24th. first, let's look at how things were on the eve of the war. now russia already occupied the crimean peninsula in the south, in 2014, and at the same time helped separatists take control of part of ukraine's eastern dondo region. now in that conflict, the united nations estimates 14000 civilians had been killed in the years since now starting february 24th putin launched a full scale invasion of ukraine by land, by sea, and by air. the russian leader claims the ukrainian government has committed crimes

against russian speaking ukrainians. but outside russia, the war seen as a desperate effort to stop ukraine's further integration with the west, which putin views as a threat to his power. now in the 1st stage of the war until around the beginning of april, russian forces pounded the capital key and other major urban centers like hockey and maria polk. entire civilian areas were flat, millions of people fled to neighboring countries or to ukraine, somewhat safer western region. but russia under estimated ukraine's resistance, and it's military, couldn't establish air superiority. it tried, but failed to surround keith and decapitate ukraine's democratically elected government. so after several weeks of little progress from the north of the country, russian commanders ordered a withdrawal to concentrate their firepower on the east. that is the wars 2nd face . ukrainian troops are outmanned and outgunned,

and they were forced to steadily retreat, allowing russian forces to consolidate gains on the ground. now what you see here doesn't mean that russia has full control of these areas. what we can say is that in the south and the east is where russia has advanced most and exert some level of administrative control. it's these areas that have seen the heaviest fighting. and now we're in the 3rd phase. ukraine says it's fighting back with the help of us and other western weapons. both sides have suffered tremendous losses, though it's impossible to put a precise figure on that. same goes for the civilian toll which the united nations officially puts at $13000.00 killed and wounded. but they acknowledge it's likely a gross under count now is unclear. what putin's end game is here as the war becomes one of attrition. whether ukraine has the strength to push back against russian advances, where the russia has the resources to establish itself as an occupying power. and whether the winter ahead will freeze fighting and force some kind of deal. there

was the w. william glee croft. will it for more we are now joined by mike martin. he is an author and speaker on conflict at king's college london. welcome. we know now 6 months into the war and russia is bogged down in a conflict that seemingly has no end in sight. how much longer do you think this war is likely to continue? oh, i'm sorry, the, the end of your question broke up. are we seem to be having a bit of difficulty with the audio? i'll just repeat our question, mike, just asking the question, how much longer do you expect russia's war on ukraine to continue? i think we're going to say at least another 6 months of the period that we're in now is to run up to winter and both sides. our kids shows much progress as possible

because over winter, what russia is planning to do is to use gas as a lever to separate ukraine permits from its european allies. and ukraine is keen to make as much progress as possible. before winter. everything is going slow down off to winter, and we won't really see any movements until the spring. so around the 1st birthday, the 1st anniversary of the invasion. so you do anticipate a longer longer war. we're hearing from president lensky, that russia may choose to launch particularly brutal strengths today on their dave independence. also, the 6 month mark of the conflict. what do you anticipate russia to do? yes, i mean we, we've actually seen this from russia throughout the war, which a deliberate attacks on civilians. i mean it effectively, what putin is, is threatening is to bomb and attack with civilian areas. and this is related

to the recent assassination doug ins. daughter, it was this russian idea log, supposed to president putin. and it's in one way of interpreting it, actually, is that it's, it's impotent. it's militarily impotence because attacking civilian is a war crime, but it doesn't achieve anything in military terms. and so the fact that russia 2nd civilians, rather than the ukrainian military in strategic terms, it is very stupid. ukraine is receiving weapons from the international community. but is it enough and are these weapons being delivered fast enough to stop russia from getting the upper hand? the weapons flow is continuing and it will continue. it is enough at the moment to stem the tide. the difficulty is as we see at the moment,

ukraine is starting to transition to offensive operations. we've seen these attacks recently in crimea on the i based on sabbatical naval base, but to really go on the offensive to, to take back large amounts of territory rather than the small amount of charge that you kind of take about recently. we need a much larger scale of weapons delivery, including specific things like ahmed infantry fighting vehicles and smaller on the bagels and tanks. that was mike martin from king's college london. mike, thank you so much for your analysis. thank you. all right, let's turn our attention now. to some of the other stories making news this our u. s. officials say you ron has easy demands that have been blocking the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal. this includes iran allowing un inspections that nuclear facilities. indirect talks between the u. s. and iran have been deadlock for more

than here. washington is expected to respond to through you, mediators. the international criminal courts. chief prosecutor has expressed frustration over the lack of accountability for crimes committed during the dar for conflict in sudan. addressing the un security council via video link, the prosecutor said survivors of the armed conflict needed quote, action not well known journalist and mexico have been protesting the death of a colleague calling for justice and an end to a culture of impunity columnist freddie roman was shot dead in his car, he was the 12 medium worker to be killed in the country. this year alone. germany and canada had signed a deal for a future partnership on renewable energy schanzer all off shore. and his canadian counterpart have agreed that candidate will suffice germany with the so called green hydrogen within the next 3 years. both countries hope the deal will help

fight climate change and also kickstart a trans atlantic hydrogen supply chain. sine now pay later germany and canada having to deal to deliver green hydrogen across the atlantic. canada will get a big customer. germany will get clean energy from an ally. it's a long term project. but chancellor olive shots is planning ahead. the time to act as know. not only in order to reach our ambitious climate targets and secure energy supply, but also in view of international competition around the world, green hydrogen is developing an electrifying pace. the technology converts water into hydrogen, which can be transported and used as fuel. it needs lots of renewable energy to create prime minister justin true dose as windy canada is the ideal place for large scale production. we are clear that every science teacher can create hydrogen in

the classroom. how do we figure out how to scale it up so that we can respond to the not just replacing russian energy in the world. but the increase in energy requirements, hydrogen is already being used to fuel vehicles, which only emit water as exhaust. but there's currently little infrastructure to generate or deliver the low carbon fuel. now the long term pipe dream is getting a new boost rushes, illegal and unjustifiable invasion of ukraine has meant that everything gets accelerated, that the pivot to reduce our carbon emissions to replace a coil and gas from russia for europe. but to accelerate the transition towards cleaner energy is happening now. now can't come soon enough. trudeau says the 1st shipments a jew in 2025 person shops will have to wait for the rewards of his trip. now in

terms of politics or maybe personality, our political correspondent nina has. i was traveling with chance or shoulds in canada. and she says the hydrogen deal will not provide a quick solution for germany's problem of replacing russian energy with other sources. this trip was never about delivering any short term solutions to germany's current problem of reduce gas supplies from russia. this trip was about intensifying the already existing strong economic and political partnership between canada and germany. both countries see each other as reliable partners that they think they can count upon over the next couple of decades. it is not looking very likely that canada will export liquefied natural gas to germany any time soon. canadians are hesitant that germans even will want to import gas for very much longer. but when it comes to the hydrogen agreement, there is a political message. both countries want to transform their industry towards carbon neutrality. so the hydrogen agreement might have happened anyway. but russia's war

on ukraine has definitely helped give this new technology a political boost, and it has helped canada jump up a few ranks on the list of countries that germany intends to invest in. in the future. it was the doubly is nina hossa? well, the drought conditions that have prevailed in parts of europe this summer have left some regions reeling. the lack of water has had a knock on effect that was unimaginable in places which used to have plenty of water for every one. a case in point. the pole river in northern italy, it was once known as the king of rivers. it spreads out far and wide over the neighboring country side most years. but not this year. the river po has reduced to a trickle in italy's lombardy region. it hasn't drained here properly since spring stiffen a grumpy is keeping an eye on the river stand banks which are growing wider by the day. sam, only of

a lot of my tissue to water levels. under 3.68 meters hormone means they live and usually it's much higher here at the black line. when i last year the, as you would see this in unit, that's where the water was la put it in for the aqua. not only farmers are affected, some 90 percent of the small hydro power stations they blind, the rivers channels have shut down. tank's empty one of the big plants easily that i feeney close down back in june. there wasn't enough water to power it's turbines . usually almost a 5th of italy's electricity is generated through hydro power. now production has been cut by 40 percent pharma. deluca to kini, is concerned about the poor quality of his cone. the plants on his fields simply didn't get enough water. he harvested this field. well, most 2 months, early green m yards in venice. lagoon and portrait of situation is tragic. we had to harvest her 20 days ago was talking because i ran out of water and everything

dry. dock, rice novice. you got in order to save a small bit of the harvest oil? well, i have to cut everything down yada where school crystal council, the regents thomas are losing half of their grain and rise crops. oh no. so part of the real maybe was survivors last we'll see a little or we'll have to close up shop at the end of the year. in the book i belong to fuel drive. picturesque lake garda is where the river pole gets a part of its will to from, but the lake only has 60 percent of its usual water. volume locals are worried. tourists are making the best of new swimming spots. we'll find out about that, but you can have a nice holiday it. good. i mean, it was somebody with the quality of the water is, is fine here. there was at least some rain full a short while ago, where the focus to say it'll be september before more is on the way less now. take a look at some other stories making headlines. firefighters in portugal countered

a phenomenon on camera as they battled a wild fire in the north. fire tornadoes like this can dramatically worsen series. blazes, making them spread rapidly, like several european countries. portugal has seen an increased number of wildfires this year. the embalmed heart of brazilian emperor don't pay that all the 1st has been received with military honors in brazil. ya to kick on brazil's bicentennial celebrations. the portuguese monarch declared brazil independence nearly 200 years ago. is heart has been brought in from portugal for 3 weeks. brazil's presidential year bull scenario has attempted to comp fears that he may try to overturn the results of october's presidential election if he loses balls and aro, said he will respect the outcome as long as the voting is clean and transparent. he's currently trailing 2nd in opinion polls. malaysia's top court has upheld x prime minister. no, she browse ox conviction for his part in

a corruption scandal. now, she was prosecuted for his role in the theft of some 4500000000 euros from a sovereign well fund. he's been ordered to pay a fine of nearly 50000000 euros and began a 12 year prison sentence immediately. the former prime minister, making his way into court inside judges unanimously up held his 2020 conviction on charges related to a multi 1000000000 euro. corruption, scandal, finance eve supported outside the verdict was a heavy blow for other malaysians welcomed the result from that from from the bottom of my heart. i am happy appear yesterday, sir, because justice is served and he deserved it by monday. but the economic center i've been, we're be waiting for this type of result for so long. finally,

we get something, a st. rosure for all of us. for malicious. we feel that we have your 5th justice program. listen, people that it's been a years long journey towards that justice with the jeep 1st being convicted of corruption 2 years ago. after being found guilty of stealing money from state investment fund, one m d b. with more than 42000000 ring it or 9400000 euros ending up in his private bank account. just a tiny fraction of the more than 1000000000 euros prosecutor se went to accounts linked to him. the scandals fault mass protests when it 1st came to light in 2015 land was a key factor in his shock election defeat in 2018. i accept the verdict of the people while the latest ruling cement the ex prime ministers. dizzying fall

from grace with 4 or the trials underway. his legal woes of fall from over ukraine's premier league has started its new football season amid the ongoing war with russia. all games are to be played an empty stadiums because of the risk involved. several of the leagues clubs are base and territory held by pro russian separatist and have to play the stadiums of clubs and other regions. for example, the season opener on tuesday between shocked hard on that scanned metal is hard to give to place in the capital hears president voted or zalinski address the teams from another location with namely, jamaica is olympic champion. you st. bolt says he wants a trademark, his famous lightning bolt celebration pose, just like michael jordan's and dunc bolt wants to use the silhouette of his distinctive pose on a number of products. a 36 year old, one multiple olympic titles and world championship goals during his career, and he still hold the world record in the 10200 meters prince.

before we go, a quick reminder of our top story. air raid sirens, sound and cube is ukraine. marks independence day and 6 months since the russian invasion authorities have warned people not to gather in public over fears of fresh russian air strikes. that's the latest sunday. the news this our up next. i'm close up 30 years after germany's worst post war racial violence. the legacy of the rostock riots continues to reverberate. marian, i haven't seen, thanks for watching. with

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