ah ah ah ah, this is dw slide from berlin. europe's biggest nuclear power station goes offline for hours. the shut down of ukraine separation plant cost regional blackouts, and grazed fears of a serious incident. also coming up. our goal as president, heading for a 2nd term,

is long ruling party is in the lead. with nearly all votes counted under the u. s. the mighty color, rather river is running dry. it powers hydro electric plants and millions, depend on it for their water needs. will a cutting consumption keep it flowing? plus the bitter legacy of the munich olympics, terrorist, 50 years on there still a dispute over compensation for families of the victims. they're calling the amount offered by berlin. an insult. ah, i'm glad else has well come to the program. and we begin with conflicting reports on operations at ukraine's zapora asia nuclear power plant, which is held by russian forces. it was knocked offline on thursday, causing regional blackouts, ukraine and official. hey cruise have reconnected. one reactor 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. the risk of a nuclear disaster in europe has been looming large for weeks. ukraine says it was narrowly avoided on thursday. yet with lizzie, if an angel generally does, didn't on on. if after the black out, the automatic systems and personnel didn't start working, we would have had to face the consequences of radiation. accident eligible is mostly, russia has put ukrainians as well as all europeans. one step away from radiation is asked us to have a local grain. you, she, he will play to sit watches across the thread yet see me, castile there has been growing concerned about fighting of the par, blonde on thursday. fires visible your on satellite imagery knocked out its last

external power line. the electricity it's applied was used for cooling and safety systems at the nuclear power plant. norma, i think with ukraine has blamed russian forces for starting the fires. rush us as there was bog by ukrainian chelan give residence where the danger has not been awarded. yes, i think every thinking person is afraid. now everyone is afraid, shot you not knowing our neighbor, knowing what it is, cable to love. we understand that there can be different consequences of what is happening there. now it is here. that is why everyone is afraid. for them. we're not worried about blackouts. simple. yeah. but that the ecological situation may change. sure, sure, lisa, dry. tim was mainly this is the start here with source. everyone is afraid, the entire world is afraid because i only want the situation to become peaceful again because i want inspectors to finally reach the blog as well as the says,

i want the posh outages to be overcome and additional facilities to be operational at all. yeah, i want all of us to live in a safe world. inspectors from the new and nuclear watchdog, a planning to was at the power station, which is held by russian forces the waiting to be rounded access. earlier i spoke to a raw spiel, works on nuclear security and safety of kings college. in london, i asked him which side ukraine or russia was profiting most from the uncertainty over the nuclear power plant. at the moment i would say suddenly the russian forces they are able to concentrate attention on this one nuclear facility and certainly attention is warranted. but then she draws attention away from what was going on elsewhere, and country and elsewhere along this launch from line throughout east and on boss regional. i'm young and we shouldn't lose sight of the wider context in which this

contents finger photo. now there are conflicting reports on whether or not of the plant is being reconnected to the grid in ukraine. now, would russia have reasons not to reconnect is up patricia to ukrainian customers? absolutely. so to move the nuclear power on from one grants or another is not a easy wars, it's a, he's safe procedure. the plan would have 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 residents, lensky was referred to to. instead, they would be relying on those diesel generators and to be reliant solely on a single by empowering the critical safety equipment to something we definitely do not want to be in, in the nuclear industry is terrible position. so we need to be kind of getting that great connection, maintained

a need to be ensuring that emergency power can come in at all times. there is no period with that was most people a nuclear safety expert at king's college in london. now the warren ukraine has force nearby turkey into a delicate balancing act. that means supporting withdrawn and on the other hand, refraining from sanctions against russia. the conflict has also raised tensions in istanbul, welcoming oasis for both ukrainian refugees and for russian tourists. to w correspondent jojo han has mall i. sash good for years old. catalina, 2 years old. to yoga 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 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. what has this baby done? 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 work is really 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 boil. turkey is quoting russian tourists

and president george of tonya bad, one is performing a delicate balancing act supporting keith while trying not to jeopardize his relations with the kremlin. turkey 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 ukrainian. and that, as you can imagine, also leads to conflicts. paulina evo, shinkel recently experienced this herself. she shows me video footage of passes by russians as she says, who clearly show their disgust for the demonstrate is not an isolated incident. all in us is know, she should buy a boss from me. 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,

but hurts green out the boiler. oh, but all and 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 a stumble every single day. i think he did it. in latvia, the country's largest soviet memorial has been destroyed on the orders, the national parliament, a concrete obelisk, rising almost 80 meters into the sky, formed the centerpiece of the monument. it commemorated. the red army is victory over nazi germany in world war 2. it's toppling as the latest example of an ongoing trend in the baltic states and across western europe. eastern europe, where relics of the soviet union are being removed to w's. killian bio reports from reger meter upon meter of concrete steel crashing 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 lap in independence in the 19 ninety's. and now it feels like this chapter is finally closed. the i brought them your order to burn pain and injustice. my grandparents died in the ball and ways that defended the whole world from fascism and is a shelly this mute at 1st was just a few months ago. regus victory park looked like this. it was the symbol of the red army is 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 latvia 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 gone for latins this moment, symbolize lattice occupation of the 2nd world war. and after russia's invasion in your crown, 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

with it gone, some hope that the scars of past confine li he'll and that russians and latvians can live together peacefully. in angola, it looks like the ruling party and p l. a will hold on to power after the closest election in the country's history. with nearly all ballads counted election officials say the ruling employee has won some 51 percent of the vote and a majority of seats and parliament that would also mean a 2nd term for president john lorenzo. the main opposition with 44 percent increase its showing and what was seen as the most closely contested election since the 1st and frantic ball in the country 30 years ago. while the w corresponding oddly andries is in the capital at luanda and covering the selection for us. and 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 votes 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 am 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 have experienced that ourself to d, w staff members where temporarily arrested during, during this election process here, there 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 elections, but it's certainly a wake up call for the m 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 were 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 and cities like you and i, the young generation are complaining that nothing much has changed in their lives, especially in the economic situation. angola is the biggest oil producer in africa . there's a lot of all the money here, but this oil wealth has hardly trickled down to the major pretty 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 the new government has to address. did abuse other increase their reporting from angola? many thanks. other time not have a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines today. a state of emergency is in force in pakistan as heavy monsoon rains that add to exist. existing damage. official, st. millions of residents have had to leave their homes. rainfall started in june and has killed nearly a 1000 people already. first, president, monroe, my call has paid tributes of fallen soldiers in algeria. i caused visitors aimed at healing colonial era wounds. and boosting trade relations. relations between the 2 nations are improving. after a diplomatic ra, last year, germany is to start sending looted art back to nigeria this year, including the prize winning bronzes,

british soldiers stole the artifacts during the colonial era. they were sold and displayed in museums across europe, bronze estate, back to the 13th century. heat wave, and drought, and china drying up the young se, rivers they along the longest in asia, the river is a crucial water source for nearly 400000000 people and vital to the economy. blackouts are feared as reservoirs dryer bay and civil war is 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 drought conditions me 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 us states. hundreds of thousands of farms and

ranches rely on the river for crops and livestock. and it also provides power from dams as well. but the water held by massive reservoirs like lake mead, as dropped dramatically, prompting the federal government to announce cuts to the amount of water that the different states are allowed to receive. d, w. stephens, a month's 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 county koto 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 anymore has become a big problem for las vegas and the entire 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 the 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 eco bay. eco bay is not the only spot falling victim to the low. a water level tear lake meet created by hoover dam is the largest men made water reservoir in the u. s. in terms of water capacity, however, the reservoir is water level has dropped visibly by unpack then to the mountains in recent years. as christina top the flight attendant from germany visits hoover dam, she is alarmed by what she observed. i think the bell rang long time ago unless 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 school. so we flew over here days ago, and just the seat also from above. 40000 feet. i can show you pictures. it's unbelievable meats, water level, shrink 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 u. s. 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 scary. we may face what is called deadpool, where water will not even flow out of late 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 santian? 72 munich olympics began exactly 50 years ago to day they were the scene of the worst terrorist attack to ever hit the games. the german government has yet to agree on compensation with relatives of these rarely olympic team members who were killed by palestinian terrorists. relatives off the victims, half cold, 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 and their understanding that this is an

international tragedy we're talking about and it's being commemorated around the world in a week. lana's husband joseph was a weight lifter in munich. he was tortured and killed in front of his teammates and kiss husband andrew was a fencing monster and one of the hostages of the palestinian group. black september, who died during a feared rescue attempt. the names of yoseph and andree along with other 9 killed israeli t members. a 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 mishandling 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 mathematic gotcha 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 be given, the federal government regrets that it has not, it's impossible to reach a consensus with all relatives on the spaces and expressly emphasizes its willingness to engage in further talks in employ a willingness that relatives stone see they have decided to boycott the upcoming commemoration she's jojo shown that la lizzie, nothing will move me. unclean. and the families from coming to germany. miller, yeah, we won't be coming to germany. you should a solution not be found that own families have asked to israeli president isa cats, of 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. victims families

say that germany failed them to beckett's earlier i asked to w chief, political correspondent, belinda crime. whether that's true 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 had no training whatsoever in hosted rescue after a pause of only one day as 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 victims families 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, anti semitic 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 drive in cinemas are

a summer tradition that still attract movie go as and in venice, you don't pull up in your car to come by water, either by boat or even by gondola. and if the movie doesn't captivate you, you can still enjoy sunset views over the venice. film festival gets on the way in a week's time. you watching the w news? yes. a reminder of the top story we're following for you with the sour ukrainian authorities say one react out the nuclear power plant at parisha. the has been reconnected after being knocked offline on thursday. russian state media as the issue of contradictory reports shelling of the region as race concerts over a potential nuclear incident. you're watching a d w news coming up next in d w. a news asia is thailand's prime minister out of time. your position is trying

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