ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, a spat between 2 of the world's leading vaccine makers by and i find that was the 1st past the post with an effective covered 19 vaccine. now madonna is doing it for allegedly copying its technology. the un cole's full comment, ukraine's largest nuclear power plant as inspectors prepared to go in ukraine,

says rushing, shelling caused the facility to go off the grid for the 1st time. experts warn of a nuclear disaster fighting doesn't stop. and the mighty colorado river runs dry. it bows, hydroelectric plants, millions of americans depend on it for their water needs. well, it cotton consumption to keep it flowing. ah. i've been for solon welcome. the world was meant to have been working together on a vaccine, but us co 19 vaccine producer madonna is now suing its main rivals over alleged copyright infringements. madonna claims competitors pfizer together with buy and take of germany, copied its technology to produce their own shot. but owner maintains it father paid several years ago to protect this war. pfizer also an american company, says it's surprised by the cases both vaccines use gene technology.

the w washington bureau chief ines pole, told me more about madonna's accusations against it's rivals benwood. and i believe said pfizer, and by on tax code 19 maxine infringers patterns were dana filed between 201-2016 covering were done as foundational. m r n a technology. i have to go a little bit technology here, because it is important to understand that this groundbreaking technology was critical to the development of more than us own. m r and a coven. 19 maxine, so the lawyers of modern i say that pfizer and by antic copied disnick technology with our modern us permission. will this suit have any effect on vaccine availability? oh, down i said in this release, i just put out that it is not aiming to remove fires or by and take rec seems from

the market or prevent future say as of it succeeds. and that's actually good news, especially now was autumn just around the corner and the fear of a new army, kron waive, you know, when we have to keep in mind that modern advisors, vaccines have been the backbone here of the u. s. of explanation strategy. blaine tick has been an incredible success story for germany. will this in any way hurt its reputation? well, if these accusations are confirmed her that actually would come as a huge shock to germany as this country, as germany really is widely celebrated the to foreigners of by and take the former chancellor. i miracle met with them and, and the country was so proud to be back on the top of the pharmaceutical world. but right now been, it is too early and we have to wait for the outcome. but it is also fact that

madonna is not the 1st company which believes that by and take i committed a patent infringement in july, a company from the german town of tubing, and actually also filed a similar lawsuit enos pole in washington for us. thank you very much for the analysis. the united nations is calling for cease fire at the separation nuclear power plant as inspectors had their international atomic energy agency is planning to serve a damage of the facility, which was temporarily knocked off the grid causing blackouts. ukrainian officials have blamed russian occupying forces for the outage. russia blames ukrainian troops who are fighting to take back control of the station. experts warn one wrong move could lead to nuclear disaster. the risk of a nuclear disaster in europe has been dooming large for weeks. ukraine says it was narrowly avoided, yet with dizzy. if the diesel generators didn't turn on it after the black out,

the automatic systems and the personnel didn't start working, we would have to face the consequences of a radiation accident. the lug nuts, litski, i get the name of audi. russia has put ukrainians as well as all europeans. one step away from radiation disaster that hostile there has been growing concerned about fighting the part blonde on thursday fires visible. you're on satellite imagery knocked out. it's lost on power line. the electricity supplied was used for cooling and safety systems, or the nuclear power plant. hallmark wickersham, ukraine has blamed russian forces for starting the fires. russia as they was bogged by ukrainian chelan give residence while the danger has not been avoided. deborah, my all, what i think every sane person is afraid. now every one is afraid. knowing our

neighbor, knowing what it is capable of, that we understand that there can be different consequences of what is happening there. now that is why everyone is afraid. we are not worried about blackouts, see, but that the ecological situation may change. apply to him will jasminenewton vsoft are here with of course everyone is afraid. the entire world is afraid that if i really want the situation to become peaceful again, i want inspectors to finally reached the plant. i want the power shortages to be overcome and additional facilities to be operational. but it's of, i want all of us to live in a safe world, and we'll inspect us from the un nuclear watchdog planning to was at the bar station, which is held by russian forces the waiting to be rounded access. the w's woman gunshot ankle is in keith. i asked him how hard it is to work out what's really happening at the plant. well,

it is indeed very difficult. the situation is changing very fast, and we have contradicting reports from ki, of and from moscow. ah, so as of now, as we speak, there seems to be a solution to the problem and ukrainian, a company and our garden, which is responsible for nuclear power plants in the country and has reported that they have restored the line, connecting the to power plant in the parisha with the ukrainian power grid. and her one, at least one of the 2 nuclear reactors, was delivering an electricity to the ukraine on the key of control territory, which is on the other side of the deploy river. but we do not have a confirmation for that from the russian side. earlier today, the russian side contradicted such reports. so the situation is a very volatile once again. and let me give you just a little background of that power plant is in russian hand. seems a march missouri steel, ukrainian personnel on that land. and that is why ukraine is responsible,

and ukraine is demanding for russian troops to leave the power plant. and moscow refuses to do it. ukraine's president claims the world narrowly avoided a nuclear accident. how concerned are people there? well, of course people are concerned, or ukraine is the country it to had to turn novel tragedy more than tried to do or 30 years ago. not far from the capital kia for a nuclear power plant, exploding in the late eighty's. but at this moment i would say most of be of the people i talked to, and i think it's true for most ukrainians or not so much worried about that plan. they are much more worried about their relatives, their friends fighting in the front, against the russian army, or they are more afraid of russian missiles coming down on ukrainian cities. this situation hasn't changed and there is more probability or 2 to 2 of that no very nuclear power explosion. also the international atomic energy agency says the plans

to visit separation. what is the likelihood of inspectors getting in? i mean, there is a war going on. yes, there was some news on that from kia firm on this day. and her an advisor to the ukrainian energy me to minister said that a delegation of the i e a will probably visit the power plant in as a procedure in the coming days. so in late august or early september, and she said that they would come through ukrainian territory, and this is something that the government in kia was insisting on our president lansky said that if they come from russia control territory, for example, through i next crimea, then ukraine would cut off, dies with the i, e a. so there was a solution there. they will probably come to the front line and then cross it. and we can only hope that this will bring. and the beast ill or at least come to the situation, which is very volatile after, as i've just said, did oh,

he's home and gone to ankle. thanks, phil, bringing us up to date. let's take a look at some other stories making headlines. no region analysts say russia is destroying natural gas stocks. they play massive burn offset plants near the finished russian border waste $10000000.00 worth of fuel every day. the facility prepares russian gas for transport by pipeline to germany. for people have been killed in an air strike in the ethiopian city of micheler. the army is dismissed claims by to grind forces that had carried out the attack. a resurgence in violence has ended a ceasefire between the 2 sides that was enforced since march election officials in angola say the ruling party has won just over 50 percent of the vote. with nearly old balance now counted. that would give the m p a lay a majority in parliament and president joe out lorenzo. a 2nd term main opposition party got 44 percent heat wave and drought in china,

drying out the yangtze river the longest in asia. the river is a crucial water source for nearly 400000000 people and vital to the economy. blackouts of feed as reservoirs, dry up and similar worries in north america of the hydro power stations that depend on the colorado river. it's best known for coming out the grand canyon, but drought means the once mighty tart is running dry. colorado extends 2300 kilometers from high in the rocky mountains. it provides waterfall 40000000 people in 7 states. hundreds of thousands of farms and ranches rely on it. that border levels in several reservoirs have dropped dramatically and the government is cutting back on the amount of water that goes to individual states. d t o use stefan siemens reports from like meat near the hoover dam. ah. good the expensive fountain water display in front of so called sin cities iconic

coating 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 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 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 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 nurse. as christina, top the flight attendant from germany, visits hoover dam. she is alarmed by what she observed. i think the belgian 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 through so we flew over here days ago and just the seat also from a buffer. 40000 feet. i can show you a picture. it's unbelievable meats, water level shrink by a whopping $100.00. 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 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 winners 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 d. corporatization of our economies. not a can do any longer, but a must do experts say, finally drive in cinemas made. they come back during the covered 19 pandemic as a great way to socially distance from other movie go. as in venice, you don't pull up in a car. you can't buy water either by boat or gondola,

and if the movie doesn't captivate you, you can still enjoy sunset views over the lagoon. the venice film festival gets underway in a week's time. watching dw news up next, d. w. use asia is thailand's prime minister out of time. the opposition is trying to ask the former crew leader for exceeding his term. and how extreme weather means hardship from floods in south asia to drought in central china. that mol, with bearish energy. i been puzzled and i'll be back next hour. do you like it? do you want it? okay. then buckle up, put the.