and that this will be the last and the so in the life they're all gone. how i witnesses experienced the terrible events and this, the world should not forget the long shadow of the 1972 olympic massacre. start september 3rd on d. w. ah ah, this is dw lie from berlin, conflicting reports about the safety of those apparition, nuclear power station in ukraine. their facility is held by russia and was off great for hours causing a blackout across the region at concerns about the danger of radio active incident

thought work seems to be on the way to reconnect it to the grip. also coming up in the us, the mighty colorado river is running dry. it powers hydroelectric plants and millions depend on it for their water needs. will a cotton consumption keep it flowing? ah, i'm glad elf as well come to the program. and we begin with conflicting reports on the operations at ukraine's parisha nuclear power plant, which is held by russian forces. it was knocked offline on thursday, causing regional blackouts. ukrainian officials say crews are still working to reconnect it to the power grid. but there are confusing russian state media reports about the current state of electricity supply from the plot. more shelling was reported over night, which has heightened fears of a nuclear accident. 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 great, 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, but ukrainian shelling for weeks now increased fighting at the plant has 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 generator has been done on it. if after the blackout, the automatic systems and the personnel didn't start woking personal thanks, we would have to face the consequences of radiation accidentally. la city projects in russia has put ukrainians as well as all europeans. one step away from radiation disaster like rock intermediate, seni castile, the head of the u ends. nuclear watchdog told french born 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. adding 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. and for the very latest about the situation, either papa, we'll go talk, responded

a bit later in the show. laura ukraine as forced near by turkey into a delicate balancing act that made support and give with drones and refraining from sanctions against russia. the conflict has also raised tangents in is some buller welcoming oases for both ukrainian refugees and russian tourists dw corresponded johan has more. i saw school for years old catalina, 2 years old, t as a free and a half months ukraine in children, killed in the war all in a evolution co does not want them to be forgotten. the 49 year old has been living in turkey for many years, but her son and grand children remain in ukraine. for months, she and

a group of others have been protesting. here in istanbul, city center. every single day since rushes invasion of ukraine began in late february. i did the didn't. what has this may be done? what do all the other ukrainian children have to do with this war? at least 360 have been killed so far, and we don't know how many are still buried under the rubble. we are here for the sake of these children. we want them to live. i want my grandchildren to live me when occasionally. what i mean, there are tens of thousands of ukrainians have come to turkey since the war started . but also many russians. every day, plains from moscow. land in east and bull. turkey is quoting russian tourists and president george of ty of add. one is performing a delicate balancing act supporting keith, trying not to jeopardize his relations with the kremlin tech. he is one of the few

countries in the region that hasn't imposed sanctions on moscow. that is why many russians still come here and encounter ukrainians. and that, as you can imagine, also leads to conflict. paulina eva shinkel recently experienced this herself. she shows me video footage of passes by russians as she says, who clearly showed their disgust for the demonstrators. not an isolated incident all in us, as she should by a dog's goblin. i find that deeply offensive. we're not here for fun or protesting for some trivial reason. we hear because we want the whole world to know what's happening in our country. but people are being killed every day, including children, you more than people like that. come along and make fun of us and insult us too much. that hurt for you. oh boy. oh mama brock but all in i and her fellow protest is don't want to be intimidated. they want the killing and ukraine to finally end.

and until then they say they will keep on demonstrating here in east and boy every single day over. thank you for coming back to our top story. the conflicting reports about the situation at this is up regia, nuclear power station in ukraine, and we can now speak to our correspondent roman contra ranko in key of the shed, a bit more light on that roman. on thursday, the electricity power in the cooling systems was cut off. now we're talking about reconnecting up. what is yes, to the grid. a confusing conflicting reports coming in. can you break that down for us? well, i'm sorry, but the situation remains confusing and it could be that we are having some dramatic hours on that station. so we have as of today, as we speak now, to conflicting reports from keith. the ukranian authorities saying that the station remains disconnected from the ukraine and power grid. and then the ukraine and

personnel of the station is trying to connect it that the line is intact. i am connecting it to the ukraine in power grid for you to understand that there were 4 of those lines initially connecting the station to the train in power grid 3 were damaged, there was only one left, and this one was cut off and yesterday and, and it was then restored, according to the ukranian officials, the russian officials are saying are, or people who are in control of that russian occupied territories saying that the line is not restored. so they contradict that, that they say that the station is working normally are but is just applying electricity to the regions controlled by russia. and so we have those contradictory reports and it is still unclear if the ukrainian personnel of the station will be able to connect the station to the power grid. this is very, very dire situation. i would say now you chris president,

a zelinski said on thursday that the world narrowly avoided and a nuclear accident. how concerned are an average ukrainians about this? of course, everybody is afraid of virtue. ukraine is the country where the chernobyl catastrophe happened to more than 30 years ago. but on the other hand, this war has led to people thinking, oh, russian missiles are maybe more dangerous that an exploding or nuclear power plant . so people still trust that the on both sides will do all they can to prevent nuclear disaster. so i spoke to and i'm monitoring the situation, but they say we are more afraid of russian missiles falling on our head. this situation is different in the south of ukraine in the neighboring legions of that a nuclear power plant, people living there have more fear of course, but they also have more fear of rush and rockets. you have to understand the russians are shelling the ukranian citizen positions from that station or in from

nearby and am i spoke to a person who was there not far, not long ago. and she said, people are in the city of nico paul, which is that up just opposite of that. a nuclear power plant are sleeping in their cars outside the city because the city's been constantly shelled. and then they come back in the morning to dubuque, responded roman, going to rank her, their reporting from key of thank you, roman, let's take a look now. some of the other stories making headlines to day and goal us national election commission says the ruling n p, a lay party his own cause to win the general election. the party of president joel lorenzo has 51.7 percent of the vote. with nearly all the ballads counted by now. and colors main opposition party earlier claimed it was in the league. a record heat wave and drought in china are drying up the young se river that's the longest river in asia. the river is

a crucial source of water for nearly 400000000 people at his vital to china's economy. fears of power shortages are growing as hydropower reservoirs also drying up and civil war is in north america about the hydro power stations that depend on the colorado river for some call. the hardest working river in the west is known best for carving out the grand canyon, but drought conditions made the mighty river is running dry. the colorado extends 2300 kilometers from high in the rocky mountains. it provides water for 40000000 people in 7 different states. hundreds of thousands of farms also rely on the river for crops and livestock, and it provides power from dams as well. but the water diverted to massive reservoirs like lake meat, has dropped dramatically, forcing the government to cut the share of the water, the different states can receive. my colleagues stefan ziemen snar reports from the

region around lake meet just up the road. from the massive hoover dam, ah, could the expensive fountain water display in front of so called sin cities? i call the culture bellagio. we a thing of the past soon. know, at least not yet. but as the entire southwest region of the u. s. is facing a mega drought water or not having enough of it anymore has become a big problem for las vegas and the entire state of nevada. we're meeting with christian galactic community activists and senior representative of national environmental organization. the sierra club christian wants to show us a place called echo bay, within what is known as lake meet national recreational area, just a few miles east of las vegas. hardly anybody ever comes really to echo bay. unfortunately, it was a very popular spot, so popular, in fact,

it had an airport. but as you can see, the water levels dropping so dramatically. it's affected the economy of the area. there are not people coming out to visit and recreate as much here in echo bay eco bay is not the only spot falling victim to the lower water level. tear lake meet created by hoover dam is the largest man made water reservoir in the us in terms of water capacity. however, the reservoir is water level has dropped visibly by unprecedented amounts in recent years. as christina, top flight attendant from germany, visits hoover dam, she is alarmed by what she observed. i think the bell rang long time ago in this. it should keep on ringing and something has to be done about it. absolutely. it is very dangerously long and we actually up a flight through so we flew over here days ago. and just to see also from above a 40000 feet, i can show you pictures. it's unbelievable meets water level, shrank by a whopping 150 plus feet in the last 40 years,

an ever growing so called white beth top ring here and at other reservoirs would have devastating effects for all us states in the lower colorado river basin for tens of millions of people and hundreds of thousands of businesses in nevada, arizona, california, and even in mexico, we are on track to see additional drops in the water levels up to the point to where it's, it's scary we may face what is called deadpool, where water will not even flow out of lake need further down the colorado river system. fixing this problem requires understanding where it starts in the rocky mountains, due to global warming, mild winters, don't produce enough snow. melt any more for the colorado river to carry down stream into lake mead and built the solution. unprecedented cuts in water use strict water conservation, and ultimately the de corporatization of our economies. not a can do any longer,

but a must. do experts say you want cindy w? news, he is a reminder of the top story we're following for you. ukrainian authorities say the nuclear power plant and his upper asia is still off grade after being knocked offline by showing on thursday. the plant has restored its own policy supply and its pulling systems of function prisons. lensky said the plants staff narrowly averted the nuclear accident about that. the danger remains. that's it from me for now. don't co way up. next dw business with crystal proof these places in europe are smashing the records, stepped into a bold adventure. it's the treasure map for modern globetrotters. discover some of you up to record breaking sites.