w ah ah, this is do you have the news live from berlin? pakistan, braces for fresh downpours as it contains with devastating floods. over 30000000 people are affected by the climate disaster. the government is appealing to the international community for assistance. also coming up, our report travels to the front line region of eastern ukraine to see how local residents are getting on with their lives. despite the dangers of war and closing the door and russian tourists, you foreign ministers are gearing up the debate new sanctions against moscow,

including a wide visa that ah and when you book rep, welcome to the program. pakistan's climate minister has told d w that much of her country looks like a small ocean over a 1000. people have been killed by weeks of devastating floods and an estimated 300000 homes have been destroyed. the latest flooding hippy areas in the northwestern part of the country for the south and baluchistan and cindy province is, are taking the brunt of the extreme, whether the flooding has knocked out. transporting communications and a state of emergency is in effect with millions of people left homeless. the prime minister is appealing to the world for help. it's hard for people in southern pakistan not to feel that all is lost. vast moving currents have swallowed up their

homes and swept away their belongings. sakina dod is in disbelief as she and her family wade through waste deep water. not that thou die every labored and built a house by investing money. now look at it. we are poor. how will my husband build another house with no job? there's not enough money to feed the children. we are hungry about okay, i didn't have my down. the destruction is all around. 300000 homes last, farmland destroyed. roadways rendered impassable the future from millions here uncertain, amada, basel, or big. another storm is coming on. the water will flow into the industry. we're scared of the river, right? we don't know when the embankment will break. yeah, that i of it was was on use gun. the government has declared an emergency prime

minister shabazz sharif joined flight cruise, delivering relief supplies. soldiers help local authorities pluck people from the floods. well, aid workers handout tense and other essentials, but help isn't reaching everybody quickly enough. some of the displace field abandoned by the government, and wonder how they will stay safe in the coming weeks. monsoon season is not yet over, and more rained and flooding is expected. authorities say by the time rains were seed, a quarter of pakistan could be under water pakistan's, climate minister sherry raymond has just returned from the worst affected region. she gave us this 1st hand account of the devastation. well, as you can see, the, the images are heartbreaking. it's not the sad part is it that it is not stopping. the rain is relentless. the water is coming down in buckets from

a month to the sky. and we have now in our 8th week, in the south of the country where it is beginning, many districts are beginning to look like they're part of the ocean. our helicopter sorties are not finding dry land to drop your rations essential services. people on the roof and on, on bits of high ground. we've had to deploy the navy for the 1st time to operate in, in the bucket because much of it looks resembles a small ocean. so yes, it's quite devastating. it is a climate catastrophe. i'm very clear because the whole of this year we have seen one after another cascade of one after another events, extreme weather events and a guest dime that good extra season. and that started lead to the in early

march, late february, when we went straight from winter to spring pakistan became one of the hardest places on the planet. 53 degrees in the south. and that in its triggered agreed de la public strength. it triggered the thought as a whole season, a quarter 5, which we had to back to in areas that we already have little cover. so it's been a very stressful time. and then of course, this unrelenting pakistan climate missed a climate change minister there. sherry, gramma, russia and ukraine have again accused each other of artillery strikes near these apparition nuclear power plant. that's growing fears that the fighting could cause a massive radiation lake. current winds would blow radiation over southern ukraine and into parts of russia. according to a map from ukraine's atomic energy agency communities in the area are preparing for

a nightmare scenario. people are queueing up in towns. neil is upward asia power plant for this green tablet. it's iodine and could help protect them against a radioactive leak. co issue, we will told them adults should take one tablet. i have a child, they should take half a tablet, a computer with google, and they've been worried about a nuclear disaster since polio. the feel ross soon after russia invaded ukraine, ah, a simple polish. we brought up the false diamond window when the plant was shown, the frost. i'm with emergency workers, a training for the was moving victims who have been exposed toward radioactive cloud, cleaning them and testing levels of radiation on each other.

does up regia power plant as europe's largest nuclear facility? ukrainian workers have continued to run it throughout the war, but it's occupied by russian forces. but you quinn, sees compromises safety. what would they think of them by where there's lots of heavy equipment. anthony planned in country compet vehicle trucks on in the tanks on the live divine, the worst of all that in the last 3 weeks, they put this equipment near the power units. number one, and number 2 in the book. decency means they're now like mine's been all about russia and ukraine. blame each other for shelling around the facility as the power plant stands, radioactive, and exposed, despite its major military efforts. russia's territorial gains of eastern ukraine had been limited. you have your correspondent young philip sholtes, travel to a frontline region where he met ukrainians, trying to get on with their lives. despite the dangers they raised early face were

on the road in eastern ukraine. 20 kilometers from the front line in the last small town before the combat zone, signs of war, all around. at the local supermarket, soldiers do their weekly grocery shopping before heading back to the trenches. the situation is tense. in recent days, the russians have stepped up their attacks in this semi abandon frontline town deanna. and alina want to serve the best cap in chino, east of give it to buy. sometimes we hear the missiles flying over us and we hear them exploding. it's scary, picky. it sounds always so terrifying, but we try to get on with our work on the mail that i'm with at 1st, they're small conflict zone. cafe was an insider tip. now, soldiers often queue up outside for half an hour of peace and a slice of homemade cake. with you when we get a break from the fighting, we come straight here,

full coffee. local deanna is proud that they haven't closed their cafe for a single day since the war started. only once, have they been forced to take evasive action when russian strikes came really close and people ran for shelter? politically, when we heard the shelling, we went to hide in the safe of days and after a few minutes we went back to work with the women have set up their own small emergency aid center directly above the cafe. here they collect food medicine and hygiene products. for families fleeing the surrounding villages, some of it has donated some they buy with their own money, the by my lawyers to actually try to help the smaller children who arrive here from the occupied territories. we have everything, diapers, close toys, all the things they need to feel better today, but he has had edge of touch up with you all this at the dover. diana and alina have got used to working in a cafe on the front line. still,

they help one day to use the emergency room again for its original purpose, having a good time turn out of some other stories making news right now. india carry out its largest ever demolition project to 100 meter high apartment towers on the outskirts of the capital delhi were brought down in a matter of seconds. india's supreme court ordered the demolition. after it was discovered, the high rises violated numerous safety regulations. the u. s, navy says 2 of its worships have sailed through the taiwan strait. the 1st such show of for since a recent escalation of tensions between china and us back to taiwan. self ruled island is under constant threat for mainland china, which says it could use military action to bring taiwan under its control. germany is filling its gas supplies more quickly than expected, as by russian supply cuts. the government says it's on target to fill 85 percent of

gas storage capacity by early next month, with current levels at 82 percent. berlin hopes to stop using russian gas by next year. you foreign ministers meeting in prague this week or expected to make it more difficult for russian citizens to travel to the european union. they may suspend a 2007 agreement that gives preferential treatment to visa applications from russians. the measure fall short of the total travel band, some members states are demanding. poland and the czech republic for example, have already stopped issuing these is to russians with others, possibly following suit or let me talk to dw corresponded family, eager in brussels, about what this measure might mean for russians looking to travel to europe. there's no travel been other kinds of reasons to be issued. for example, for russians who want to settle to study here or to visit family. this is possible,

but it will, the tourist visa will be severely cut back. many countries have announced that now, but for russians, there's also a way to circumvent the turkey, for example, allows visa free travel to it's tory to. so if you want to vacation on the sea, you can still do that as a russian. dan got their reporting from brussels. now looking up to space, the u. s. space agency nasa is counting down to a high stakes lunar launch space enthusiasts have flocked to cape canaveral, florida to watch the maiden mission of the art of miss program. blast office schedule just hours from now. the plan is to san an unmanned capsule around the moon and back to earth. fall goes well, future flights will carry astronauts to eventually set foot on the moon again. and although beset by delays and cost overruns, artemus aims to use the moon as a springboard to mars alive look at nasa space launch system. rockets and orion

spacecraft ready on launch pad $39.00 b and less than 2 days. the rocket is ready and say is thick u. s. space agency this year. this is the single step that starts the journey of a 1000 miles buckle up. everybody. we're going for ride to the moon. charlie's last, it's been half a century and nothing is feeling the pressure is a new ation. it is a new rocket in a new spacecraft to send humans to the moon on the very next flight. this is something that has not been done in over 50 years and is incredibly difficult. a poem hall lab or by up with a lot has changed on it since neil armstrong uttered those iconic woods. but these days they are better cameras and fast superior technology. the apollo why computer i have heard out about the same memory and processing power as the bob on your car

key. think about that for minute we flew to moon that for the international space station. what's also evolved is society. one of the stated ambitions of the autonomous mission is to put the 1st woman and person of color on the main likely astronaut jessica watkins. i certainly would, would be a just absolutely thrilled to be able to be a part of the effort to, to go to another planetary surface, whether it be the moon or mars. the latter goal looms large in nasa sites. the agency views the ottoman program as a stepping stone for a voyage to the red planet and the establishment of infrastructure in space. need. we need landing pads, we need communication systems, we need distributed power, and we hope to have a sustainable presence on the moon. maybe with bases research stations on the moon,

maybe with industry on the moon. we would like to demonstrate technologies and operations to live and work on a planetary surface, other than her power back 50 years after they made history on the surface of the moon. it's clear that martha is eager to do it again, but before, that's all for now. we'll see you said with what secrets lie behind these walls discover new adventures in 360 degrees and explore fascinating world.