why? because no one should have to flee. ah, make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines. ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. conflicting reports about the safety of those apparition, nuclear power station in ukraine. officials, they're say the russian how plant is reconnected to the power of red, but russian state media has issued contradictory reports. the facility was offline

for hours, causing regional blackouts and fears of a nuclear incident. also coming, our goal as president, looks set for his 2nd term in office is long ruling party. as the lead with nearly all votes counted in national elections. and 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 flow? plus the bitter legacy of the munich olympic, the terror attacks 50 years on. there's still a dispute over compensation for families of the victims. calling the amount off of bible in an insult. ah, i'm glad others welcome to the program where we begin with conflicting reports on

operations at a ukraine's shop alicia nuclear power plant, which is held by russian forces. it was knocked offline on thursday and causing regional blackouts. ukrainian official se crews have reconnected one reactor to the power grid now. but there are confusing russian state media reports about the current state of electricity supply from the plant. more shelling was reported over night, which is 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 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. 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. yeah. with dizzy in the diesel generators didn't on, on if after the blackout, the automatic systems and the personnel didn't start working personal stance. we would have to face the consequences of radiation, accidental loss if he had seen russia has put ukrainians as well as all europeans. one step away from radiation disaster like rocky thread, yet see me get hostile. the head of the un nuclear watchdog told french bore 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. l. m, i spoke to ross peele, who works on nuclear security and safety at kings college london and asked him earlier which side ukraine or russia was profiting most from the uncertainty over the nuclear power plant. at the moment, i would say it certainly the russian forces they are able to concentrate attention on this one nuclear facility and certainly attention is warrant. that is, then she draws attention away from what was going on elsewhere, and country, and elsewhere along this march from line throughout eastern don't boss, regional, i'm young and we shouldn't lose the sight of the wider context in which this plant is being photo. now there are conflicting reports on whether or not of the

blonde is being reconnected to the grid in ukraine. now, what russia have reasons not to reconnect is up patricia to ukrainian customers. absolutely. so to move the nuclear power on from one grants for another is not a easy wars, it's a, he's safe procedure, the fun with how to be completely shut down disconnected from all external grid connections. and that means that we have no ability to bring in emergency power from off sites to run safety equipment, such as the pumps and the cooling equipment. but as events landscapes referred to earlier to, instead they would be relying on those diesel generators and to be reliant so young single, by empowering the critical safety equipment. we definitely do not want to be in the nuclear industry is terrible position. so needs to be kind of getting that great connection, maintains a need to be ensuring that emergency power can come in at all times. there is no

period where the disconnect and that was will spiel and nuclear safety expo that kinks college london talking to me earlier. russia's president vladimir putin has signed the decree to increase the of russia's armed forces by more than 10 percent . but the end of this year, the movers seen as an apparent efforts to replenish troops that have suffered heavy losses. western officials estimate that russia has lost more than 70000 soldiers. in the 6 months since the war in ukraine began, it is not yet clear whether the numbers will be increased by recruiting new volunteers, or by widening conscription. and for more on this, we can now speak to military analyst frank lead, which frank care. russia does not publicly disclose how many casualties it is suffered in ukraine. what does this plant increase in the sizes army? tell us about the state of the russian military. before the war,

the russian armed forces were on demand, so they had to compliment which is to say, a planned strength of about a 1000000. this is the army about a 1000000 troops, not about 850000. so the run, the recruited us money forces are and they've taken since then. well, they haven't lost 70000 killed. most western intelligence agencies put the number of killed between 15 and 25000. you could double or triple or the casualty. so that was a $50000.00 so they have to make a, make up those casualties. they will recruit to that number. the number they're trying to recruit and as 1.1.15000000 there, probably around 800000 now in casualties. it's worth remembering as well. that every twice a year, i think they get an influx of about $240000.00 conscripts and they're not allowed to send those to your claim. so i think it's to some extent, it's found in theory. we don't know what these people are coming from. they're already trying to recruit essentially the states,

in some cases in presence. i don't think we should put too much, too much on it. say, the 210 is trying to sustain, of course, the awareness of the war is going on. people need it. now russia hasn't games any significant new ground in recent weeks. now it's increasing its troops. what's go to the next month and they are a little bit strapped for options. there is no way they'll be able to generate to combat power for another major offensive this year. probably early next. same applies, i think, i think actually to the ukrainians separate topic. so put in subject to will be to hold the territory. they have both specially down there in the se, in the hands and try and stop your credits from re taking casts on, which i think will be a very difficult task for them. the credit will take us. we take cash before the end of the year, probably sooner than that. so, 20 question. the objective is to hold on to what they have. right. russia you think

still count on volunteers or will they have to do a major draft? a person going back, of course, on the place it on the take a back in may that you know, we're not going to turn this into a war. this is a special operation. i can't see. conscription have forced conscription. ukraine happening. i think they'll bump along as they are, because now the central strategy is to hold on to what they have they know fully whether or not stupid they are learning clear whether not cable take any more, greg, trying to land the objective, as i said, to hold on to what they cost and for that they need to be placed casualties, which are trying to do dig in and weight. ukraine is next to expect, frankly, over there. thank you. fine. thank you. god. now the war, new crane has force nearby turkey into a delicate balancing act. that means supporting heave with drones and refraining

from sanctions against russia. on the other side, the conflict has also raised tensions in his thumb. bulk, a welcoming oasis, both ukrainian refugees and russian tourists. dw correspondent julia hop. as more i saw school for years old, catalina, 2 years old, to either free and a half months ukraine in children, killed in the war all in a election co does not want them to be forgotten. the 49 year old has been living in turkey for many years, but her son and grandchildren 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. what has this been done for you? what do all the other ukrainian children have to do with this war? but 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. the only one, occasionally. tens of thousands of ukrainians have come to attack he since the war started. but also many russians every day plains from moscow land in east symbol turkey is quoting russian tourists and president george of ty of add. one is performing a delicate balancing act supporting keith. while trying not to jeopardize his relations with the kremlin tack, 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 conflicts. molina evo shinkel recently experienced this herself. she shows me video footage of passes by russians, as she says, who clearly showed their disgust for the demonstrate is not an isolated incident. all in us is no, she should buy a dog company. i find that deeply offensive. we are not here for fun or protesting for some trivial reason. we are here because we want the whole world to know what's happening in our country. that people are being killed every day, including children, more here than people like that. come along and make fun of us and insult us. that hurts you will be great. oh boy. oh, but all in on to a fellow protest is don't want to be intimidated. they want the killing in ukraine to finally end. and until then, they say, they will keep on demonstrating here in

a stumble, every single day, a tony to angola, now it looks like the ruling party, m, p. a lay will hold on to pop after the closest election and the countries democratic history. with nearly all ballots counted election officials say the ruling mpi has won some 51 percent of the vote and a majority of seats and parliament. it would also mean a 2nd term for president john, lorenzo. the main opposition with 4 to 4 percent increased. it's showing what was seen as the most closely contested election since the 1st democratic 030 years ago . now correspondent ali increase is in the capital one done earlier. he told us how the opposition party has raised questions about the official tally. the opposition have been doing their parallel apart, counting the main opposition party unit as being counting the vote themselves and they claim that they are ahead. but you have to understand this country doesn't have a history of free and fair election. they have been several incidences in the past

and even this time around you can't really talk of a free and fair election and why i'm and when you only have less than 2000 say election observers allowed for more than 10000 polling stations, for example, there's also not really been a media freedom. we've experienced that ourself to d. w staff members were temporarily arrested during a, during this election process here. they were later released. but, and this is the reason why they have been doing their own counting to double check the numbers of the electoral commission that is still very much under the control of the governments. but both the opposition numbers that they're counting haven't been counted yet to the final state, and also the official numbers em are still not fully am recognized and published. so we're still waiting at the electoral commission waiting for the final results. but so far that's the most important things. people are waiting patiently and it has been very peaceful. one important thing is the opposition did make. in fact, big gains. how significant is that?

absolutely. i mean, it is very likely that the governing party will win this election, but it's certainly a wake up call for the n p l. a. that has been running this country, ruling this country for almost 50 years, most of the time with an iron fist without freedom of breast, without freedom of expression that has slightly changed 5 years ago when the new president took overdraw lorenzo, who portrayed himself as a reformer who went lot after corrupt individuals with him, the government would try to allow more freedom of speech. but many people here, especially in the urban areas in cities like you and the young generation, are complaining that nothing much has changed in their lives. especially in the economic situations. angola is the biggest oil producer in africa. there's a lot of money here, but this oil wealth has hardly trickled down to the majority of the population. so there's a lot of discontent here. a lot of young people who are angry, who are unhappy about the lack of opportunities, and this is certainly something then you government has to address this other and

teach their reporting from angola. many thanks of them. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines today. french president of manuel my call has paid tributes to fallen soldiers in algeria on the 2nd day of his trip. i calls visit is aimed at healing colonial era wounds. and boasting trade ties, relations between the 2 nations are improving. after that diplomatic spat last year, berlin will start re patriot in, looted asked to nigeria this year, including the prize, benign bronzes. british soldiers stole the artifacts during the colonial era, and then there were sold and displayed in museums, the bronze estate, back to this 13th century record heat wave, and drafted china, a drying of the young se river the longest in asia, the river is a crucial source of water for nearly 400000000 people and is also vital to china's

economy. fears of power shortages are growing as hydropower reservoirs are drying up. there are similar boys in north america about the hydro power stations that depend on the colorado river, what some called the hardest working river in the west is known best for carving out the grand canyon. but brown conditions mean the mighty river is running dry. the colorado extends 20 through 2300 kilometers from high the rocky mountains. it provides water for 40000000 people in 7 states. hundreds of thousands of farms and ranches rely on the river for crops and livestock, and it provides power for dams as well. but the water diverted to massive reservoirs like lake made, has dropped dramatically, forcing the government to cut the share of the water that different states are allowed to receive. d, w. 70 months reports from the region around lake meet just up the road from

a massive hoover dam. ah. good the expensive fountain water display in front of so called sin cities. i cultured bellagio be 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 any more has become a big problem for las vegas and the entire here state of nevada. we're meeting with christian gear like a community activist 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 reservoirs 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 and this it should keep on ringing and something has to be done about it. absolutely. it is very dangerously low and we actually up a flight. so we flew over here days ago and just the seat also from above 40000 feet. i can show you pictures. it's unbelievable. meets water level, shrink by a whopping 100. 50 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 on 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 meat and built the solution. unprecedented cuts in water use strict water conservation, and ultimately the d. corporatization of our economies. not a can do any longer, but a must. do experts say the 1970 to munich olympics began

exactly 50 years ago. today they were the scene of the worst terrorist attack to ever hit the games. the german government has yet to agree on compensation with relative sophie israeli olympic team members who were killed by palestinian terrorists. relatives of the victims have called the amount offered by berlin, an insult. their husbands were killed half a century ago. but the wounds of that loss remain open and we'd hoped that on the 50th anniversary, they would really open their eyes in their understanding that this is an international tragedy we're talking about on it's being commemorated around the world. and normally lana's husband joseph was a weightlifter in munich. he was tortured and killed in front of his teammates and his husband. andrew was a fencing master and one of the hostages of the palestinian group. black september who died during a failed rescue attempt. the names of yours, if an andree,

along with other 9 killed israeli t members. i coughed into this memorial stone, just outside of munich olympic village, where the massacre unfolded in september of 1972. although berlin admitted its responsibility for its miss handling of the attacks relative say, that is not enough in what the lookout will take responsibility. there's the price . if you do something wrong martial, there's a price for it. so pay a fair price. this is not the math they did here in the law. at the mathematica muscley bull. much the families, lawyers say that the payments offered by german authorities don't come close to the lowest end of their request. but berlin declined to comment on the specific figures of the negotiation once the given the federal government regrets that it has not yet impossible to reach a consensus with all relatives on this basis. and expressly emphasizes its willingness to engage in further talks. a willingness that relatives stone see they

have decided to boycott the upcoming commemoration. shares jojo shown that var lazy, nothing will knows me unclean, and the family is from coming to germany. law. we won't be coming to germany. should a solution not be found that their own families have asked to israeli president, isa cats look to boycott the memorial as well? a possible high level boy could. they could further reopened the fraud issue, but they could also bring about closure for that waiting families. let's get more of this from d. w chief political correspond, melinda crying. linda, the anger and frustration of the victims, family members is very palpable in that report. is their claim that germany failed them for decades justify it is the fact is that the olympic games of 1972 were supposed to be germany's come back an opportunity to demonstrate how harmonious and peaceful this country was. and perhaps partly for that reason,

many, many aspects of this, of this operation to try to rescue the hospital huss hostage is proved to be an absolute tobacco. the rescue operation itself was very, very poorly planned to police and security officers who executed it had no training whatsoever in hosted rescue after a pause of only one day and a funeral service. the competition to the games actually continued. and after a hijacking some weeks after that, the surviving perpetrators who had been imprisoned were released by the german government. in the immediate aftermath, there was no public deputy declaration of responsibility. there was no apology from politicians or the police. and no commission of inquiry was set up. the victims, relatives, on the other hand, have had to fight for decades to gain any access to information and also for more

adequate compensation. so that anger that they show is understandable with talk with compensation is money. really the biggest issue here. money is an issue, but it is a symbolic issue as well. as you said, the victim's family say that what they've been offered so far is an insult. so what they received at the time was 2000000 euros or the equivalent later on they did get another 3000000. but that say that they say that sorely inadequate to compensate them. they are asking for $40000000.00 german media report that the german government has now offered $10000000.00 and an additional public apology. but there is a very big difference between the ask and the offer. to what extent does this issue way on? germany israeli relations who think it definitely does way on relations and will do so. in particular, if the victims families do stay away from the official commemoration here in

germany, and that's what they say they do plan to do. and the fact is, this has been a tough year in several respects for german israeli relations. we also have rising attacks antisemitic attacks in germany. we've had a very embarrassing incident where the german chancellor stood next to palestinian president a boss as he essentially denied a relative of the holocaust. and so it's a painful time for an incident like this one to occur. to w. c. political correspondence, melinda crane. thank you, melinda. and finally drive in cinema or a summer tradition that still attract moviegoers. and in venice, you can, you don't pull up in york ha. of course come by water either by boat or gondola. and if the movie doesn't captivate you,

you can still enjoy sunset juice over the lagoon. float and cinema comes a week before the city is famous. venice film festival gets on the way you watching a d. w. now that's it. a from me and the news to him from all of an update for you at the top of the i don't go away d w as well, being serious in good shape is up next. so stay tuned for that. and also don't forget, you can stay up to bed between buttons on a website, d, w dot com for me or the team. it's, ah, ah, with

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