[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, a step away from radioactive disaster in ukraine. the russian health parisha nuclear power plant is off the grid, causing a blackout across the region. cranes, president warrens of

a potential port catastrophic accident. while both sides traded blame also coming up lafayette, cuts ties with its past in solidarity with ukraine. the former soviet state has voted to remove all communist era statues. many now see them as symbols of russian aggression. and the taps run dry and eastern france, the drought is so severe that one mayor worries his town, it will soon run out of drinking water. ah, a marina evans dean, thanks for joining us. ukraine's apparition nuclear power plant, which is held by russian forces, remains disconnected from the energy grid causing blackouts across the region. the plant was knocked offline on thursday due to shelling,

but has managed to restore its own power. that means it's cooling and safety systems are still functional, but ukraine's president vladimir zalinski says the world has narrowly avoided a radiation disaster. before russia's invasion, the vall separation nuclear plants supplied around 20 percent of ukraine's energy needs. but on thursday, it was temporarily cut off from the country's power grid entirely off to fires visible here on satellite imagery knocked out its lost external power line that force the facilities last 2 operating reactors to shut down ukrainian officials say power has since been restored. one reactor is back on line and work is reportedly underway to restore the other russian forces have been in control of the plants since march. and ukraine has blamed them the starting, the fires. but russia claims they were sparked by ukrainian shelling for weeks now increased fighting of the plant as raised fears of

a nuclear catastrophe. experts fair that a loss of power would leave the facility, forced to rely on emergency backup generators, to cool it's reactors. yet with dizzy in that a diesel generate has been done on if after the blackout, the automatic systems and the personnel and start walking personal fines, we would have to face the consequences of radiation accidentally massive ki, i jets in russia has put ukrainians as well as all europeans, one step away from radiation disaster across the thread, yet seen that hostile the head of the u. n's, nuclear watchdog told french board costa france 24. he's planning to visit. i think now that he's ab general recognition that at we need to be there. we need to be there soon. avenue a keith accepts it. moscow accepts it, we need to go and we are going to be there. hopefully very, very soon the u. n. and world leaders have called for the creation of the

demilitarized zone surrounding the plant to avert disaster. china, but russia has rejected that proposal. d w, 's, roman gunshot ankle is in kills and a short while ago he told us about the confusion over the actual situation that the nuclear power plant. well, the situation there remains a very volatile and this is not quite clear what exactly is happening. and we had reported that the power station was reconnected with the ukrainian power grid after it was cut off for the 1st time in its history. and there were reports in ukrainian media that are one of the reactors, one rule was running again than there was other reports that both reactors are still shut down. and it is not quite clear if they will reconnect both of them during the day. probably yes, this is what we expect. so this whole situation and we had some also a confirmation from a satellite images that there is a fire in

a forest near by which according to both sides, the russian and the ukrainian sides caused that a cut off yesterday. so i to clear the situation, it shows that the m delegation of the international atomic agency should go there. it is being discussed. it is expected in the coming days, but is still, it is still not clear which roads available to take her through ukraine, which is what give insists on or through rational which give says, is not possible and is against it. so are we do not have that or an answer to this most important question, which road the, the delegation of the international experts would take to visit the station? what we can assume that, that visit will happen in the coming days. earlier i deemed tomorrow from the ukraine's national research center for radiation medicine explained why cutting off the electricity going into the nuclear plant?

could be so dangerous. so well, actually a nuclear rector spend operating their accumulating enormous amount of a short lived reading class to k products. a quite hard not only in the sales or for radiation, but also in the colonial temperature. so rector stopped. it should be cool for a couple of months or further to bring temperatures down and it's impossible without electricity. so if there is no external power live there, diesel generator need to be started by systems are in place and they should, should run. but still, so there are source of their operation is quite limited to a couple of weeks only because it's cooling down that will take a month or more. so there is a big danger of an accident

a time. and now do you think of this and by the international atomic energy agency, would somehow make a real difference? i mean, what could those inspectors are? those officials do to make things safer as well. so they can look so progress of course, but at least to might be known as they can leash russian authorities because without any control. so. so they for absolutely a ruthlessly answer you're responsible. so if some international missions will be on the spot, or possibly they will be limited in their actions. that was that deemed to mock from ukraine's national research center for radiation medicine. thank you so much. you're welcome. russia has confirmed that it hit a railway station on ukraine's independence. dame ukraine says the missiles strike

on the eastern town of chop lena, also hit a residential area. it says at least $25.00 people were killed and dozens more injured. russia claims had targeted a military train, and that more than $200.00 ukrainian troops died in that attack. chop lena in eastern ukraine. it's the latest town to become synonymous with grief and tara, the train station is now quiet, but the bombing is all too clear. in residence mines or do i heard the explosions, there was a loud bomb. when i drove by, i saw a ford people lying on the ground. 2 of them very close to further away than the police came to cover their bodies. edner brewed. the strike target at a train stationed in chap, lena,

witnesses save some of the victims burned to death in trained carriages. one provided the town to god. it's share of the destruction. so much about when the explosion happened. we were standing here, we were blown to the ground. we stood between the walls. the wave of the blast blew everything out. rush us defense ministry says the train was carrying arms to ukrainian frontlines in the don bus region. o. ukrainian officials did not say how many of those killed were as civilians, sort of the attack as one of the deadliest in the country in weeks for some of the residents here. it will leave permanent scars as they called their losses of homes, neighbors, and loved ones. and italy correspondent young philip shawls joins us now from chap,

lena. so tell us what war have you learned about the attack there? chaplin, it was a very small, quiet town in a remote area of for the depot ne pro region. and this all changed over night when the russian missiles hit the place here, almost everybody here in the small town know somebody who was affected. actually a lot of people are on the way to a funeral of a small boy at the moment. there's. this is especially tragic story of her father who found the dead body of his son during her search and rescue mission. we don't know all the details. what has so happens here. we know a train was hit very close to the train station and some residential buildings were hit as well. you can see some of them behind me. we don't know if it was a normal passenger train or if it had some kind of a military purpose, it is completely burned out. so it's impossible to say. but what we know is that the russians were obviously completely indifferent to civilian casualties. at least

25 people died in the take and sir, they claim that 200 soldiers, 200 ukrainian soldiers died. and the strike is also false. this region, yet ne, pro region seems to be in the focus of attacks. at the moment we received reports this morning that said 9 other places in the regions have been hit in the past hours, but fortunately, no further civilian casualties. dw dangelo shands reporting for us. thank you so much. while launch fears, largest soviet moral has been destroy it on the orders of the national parliament, a concrete obelisk, rising nearly 80 meters into the sky, formed the centerpiece of the monument. it commemorated the red armies victory over nancy, germany. in the 2nd world war, it's toppling is the latest example of an ongoing trend and the baltic states and

eastern europe, where relics of the soviet union are being removed. d, w is killing buyer reports from riga meter upon meter of concrete steel crushing to the ground the monument may have been destroyed, but it leaves a political divide in its wake. nobody mistakes that i feel wonderful because i experienced the awakening of latvian independence in the 19 ninety's and there it feels like this chapters finally closed the i brought them your order to burn the pain and injustice. my grandparents died in the ball in ways that defended the whole world from fascism and is a shirley this me official transmute officials. just a few months ago, regus victory park looked like this. it was the symbol of the red armies

victory over nazi germany. a place for ethnic russians to lay down flowers on victory day to commemorate their ancestors sacrifices in the 2nd world war. but the war and ukraine changed something around one and 4 people living in luck, fear are of russian descent. many of them cherished their soviet past for the majority of ethnic latvians, however, see this monument as a symbol of russian imperialism, and are glad that it's gone. for lateral, this monument symbolize lattice occupation of the 2nd world war. and after russian risen in your crime, we can't tolerate it any more. on june 16th the latvian parliament voted to remove all soviet era statues. the monument in riga

was the largest in all of latvia. it took hours of continuous hammering to eventually make it fall. oh, with it gone, some hope that the scars of past can finally heal. and that russians and latvians can live together peacefully. all right, let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. a record heat wave and drought and china are drying out the yangtze river the longest in asia. the river is a crucial source of water for nearly 400000000 people and it's vital to china's economy. fears of power shortages are growing as hydropower reservoirs dry up and goal is national election commission says the ruling m p a lay party is on course to win the general election. the party of joel lorenzo,

who has 51 percent point 7 percent of the vote with nearly all the balance now counted. and goal is main opposition party earlier claim that it was in the lead more than 1000000 roe hingham muslims have fled persecution in me and mar in recent years. and many have landed in india. while the exact number is not known, its estimated at around 40000 people, india does not offer them legal standards as refugees even if the un does. the result constant harassment for the ringer. here is more from d w when near a chowdhury, who visited a ro hang a camp in delhi, a makeshift shelter in southern daily. this is how most exile ringo lived across india. in dense or camps, with no access to basic amenities. they're called the most persecuted minority in the world by the you in the indian government who has a different name for this community,

illegal foreigners sunday that begum was forced to flee from myanmar years ago. she makes it clear that she and her community are refugees. this almera i'm 29. why? and i've spent 22 of those years. as a refugee about boy. i have 2 kids who are often asked me where they're homeless, where the country is up, but i cannot answer them. they're sky edelman, she says it means her when her community is called illegal migrants. and at times even criminals and a threat to national security. these terms were back in the spotlight. recently. the housing minister announced india would be moving the ro hinder to proper flats . the home ministry quickly denied that was the case. most of the people living here had refugee cards given to them by the you and hcr, the united nations high commissioner for refugees. but those guards have barely had

them. it also does not help, but in the i does not have a national laura policy to deal with refugees. it is also not a signatory to international laws that outlined refugee rights. lawyer colon gonzales, who has represented rockingham muslims in the past, says it is not entirely correct that the country does not have a legal framework for refugees. we have a perfectly legal framework incomes of the orders of the supreme court of india. under our constitution, the judgment of the supreme court operates like a statute that has the same status as a law made by parliament. you have lovely judgment so far so so we have a perfect system. india doesn't want to formalize that system. that is what upsets mohammed tyrone. he has been living in the scan for 12 years. you, he's close to tears when he shows us his refugee god. and the long don't visa

or the indian government gave him the reason, prove that he has been living here legally. i'm online for id, rather if we asked the government to let us stay here father, for in the way we have been living for so long it ended, if the government here and the united nations can help us to get our rights back in myanmar. mom, we will be ready to go back and wednesday of the on the, on joining a lot of like her own many other ruined. yeah. your have nearly given up hope several times. there mean wish remains that at least that children get a chance at a better life to france now, which like many parts of europe, is experiencing one of its worst droughts on record the summer. and an e report warns that warm dry conditions are likely to persist in western european countries for the next 3 months. hundreds of local communities in france have already begun rationing water supplies. our next report is from one of the effect

towns in the east of the country. there's just enough water to rinse off the little yorkshire terrier before the taps run. dr. carolyn bought tourette's dog salon is one of the few businesses in ottawa on bushy. but since the drought, the water has been turned off for hours at a time. this worries her, i'll see, but we don't know how long the situation go on. that means a lot of uncertainty for us. so i don't know what to do for switching out. should i arrange all the appointments in september for lunch time? get all that come with the gym or should i phone every one to cancel? you forgot or should i wait for now? and it's cuz i thought for a few weeks now, the mayor has been turning off the water at the means for 2 and a half hours in the morning and 5 in the afternoon. it's so dry. michelle, surely, era is worried, his community will soon be left without any drinking water level rummy will never

told all residency, just your call to collect rainwater up to now for example, really could be a little too. she ones who are already doing it, only doing so because they are aware of the problems all sebra said me full time in the future. everyone will have to do it and moon. claire has never known the mains water to be turned off like this in summer, and she grew up here. now the family is trying to adapt as a bizarre, it is worrying the shorter. ah, it's a problem with the washing machine and the dishwasher is, is no brute to the vet. and when you have a lot of people under one roof, it's stupid that you can't wash. when you want to. and professional convent. i find it unpleasant. really. that's finished yet when ending in the average person in france uses 147 leaders of drinking water a day. normally,

62 percent comes from natural underground water sources. but without rain, they are drying up. that's harming local farmers too. oh, supersport, i'm worried about the amount of hay that it will have in winter early on laundry. if i see too much to my cows in summer underneath, there won't be enough in winter. so that's how you port him for you to her. have now about her, the mother of the authorities are providing each person with 2 liters of bottled drinking water a day. it's an emergency stop gap solution until there's enough rain to have tap water 247. again. you're watching dw news still to come look, who's back? robert levant, asking gets an immediate re union with byron unit in the champions. we stay tuned to find out who else will be facing their former club. well here in germany, this year marks the 30th anniversary of one of the worst races attacks in his post

war history. in august 1992 far right mobs attacked a housing complex for asylum seekers and immigrants. german president frank welter, sy meyer, attended a ceremony outside the building at the place where the riot broke out. a memorial of shame in our country. the words of the german president describing the sunflower house in ra stock where immigrants once feared for their lives. frank valentine, maya had come to acknowledge the pain of 30 years ago, but also to express the hope that lessons have been learned. diets escaped, and i know there are quite a few people in rostock list and hug, and who wished that these events would be put to rent. so i'm all the happier about the many who are committed to understanding and remember to have done this for decades. and i know that in the 1st few years, they face some resistance food,

the offer, but one day in the august in august 1992 a far right. more but tech. the sunflower house turning molotov cocktails and crowbars against the terrified people inside. they were taking out theirs in a phobic hatred on asylum seekers and immigrants housed there. as the police struggle to control the riot, neo nazis from across the country arrived to join in and thousands of onlookers applauded a low point in germany's post re unification. story that many more races to tax have happened since. so have things really improved kept him or not. there is still a minority that his all authoritarian totalitarian nationalist and alters in a phobic. his minority must be kept in shame. it is important to convince these people what they think is wrong. mentions of super high society danco. yes, play i get the politicians now react differently to racism. and far right extreme is as the federal government,

we say clearly we are tackling racism and far right extremism. this is a difference compared to 30 years ago before i sit down. no lives were lost in the 5 days of violence with 30 years on the raw stock riots are still a better memory. is right wing parties continue to attract votes and xenophobic violence is still a problem. the need to combat racism is urgent as ever. some soccer news now and big driver waits in the champions league after by a munich were drawn in the same group as former striker robert levin dusky and his new side barcelona. it's an immediate re union between the german side of their former striker who left for spain in acrimony circumstances back in july. a groove is an especially tough man for byron, with italian giants into milan and checked. chevy in victoria. wilson also included . okay, mark meadows from did all the sports is here with me in the studio to break it all

down for as high mark so it does sort of feel like it was destiny. is that a rug 11 dusky would be facing his former class byron. yeah, it's amazing how often sport does this for these scenarios. i mean, there was a plethora of of a groups that by and could have been drawn in, but know they're drawn with levin dusky and barcelona. it was quite acrimonious when he left. he said, actually before the deal went through the something died inside of me this year, they're very, very, yeah. and that was kind of seen as a bit of a dig against her by a munich and especially their coach julian, now guzman. and then even when the, the deal did go through, he said by many could lie about the reasons why he left fine of tried to move all over and say, look, this is on the greatest players is over play for by and, and they're welcome him back but there is a bit of fir acrimony there. we don't know when the fixes will be yet they're still working on that. but the 1st set of fixes will be september 6 and 7th in the champions league group stage cache, loss of drama, air. and you know, it's also funny that this is not the only reunion in the champions league is

a deal. i mean, much the cities earling harlan gets an immediate reunion with bruce your dorm. and i mean to amazing reunions really. his departure was a bit more friendly of one in world football, knew that irving harland was, was leaving bruce you dormant for that for the premier league. he's got bags of gold for dormant. he's already started scoring gulf. so master city in england. so i think he will be given a warm welcome when he comes back to dormant ear. okay, so talk to him about the title holder. israel. my dreads. yes. well, they've been drawn with our b leipzig of germany and also checked out on asked of ukraine a really great moment for shattered annex to be able to play against the, the champions league winners. and is also celtic from scotland in that group. and now karen ben zimmer last night was also awarded you a for men's player of the year is part of the draw ceremony and he's going to win all the men's awards this this year really is. i mean, it was amazing last season pushing rail to the title, but he is 34. so maybe there's

a transfer over teams this year is some amazing games in his champions league. i'm in p s g of been drawn with, with you ventures in their group milan and chelsea in the same group. liverpool and rangers battle of britain there. and also i track thank for who are the 5th german side in the champions league this year, because they won the roper league there in actually may be an easy group. the top team in that group is probably tottenham of england while lots of exciting games in store for everyone, mark meadows from italy is for. it's always great to talk to you and thank you and you're up to date on dw news up next on global 3000, find out of jean editing, could make me production more sustainable. i'm marion evans team from me and the entire news team. thanks for watching. ah,

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