ah, 3 years that would change the world forever. but jones journey around the world, september 7th on d. w. ah, ah, this is dw news live from berlin. a team from the un nuclear watchdog is on its way to ukraine's russian occupied power plant. people there are preparing for the worst made you attacks near the facility. also coming up more than 1000 people have been

killed as pakistan, struggles to cope with devastating monsoon floods. the government is calling it a climate catastrophe and appealing to the international community for help. now says next generation rocket is set to blast off in just a few hours. the debut kicked off the space agency ins, moon to mars program, and unmanned capsule will go round the moon and back to earth. ah, i'm pablo foley, as welcome to the program. experts from the international atomic energy agency are on their way to ukraine's occupied upper regia nuclear power plant. i a, a head if i fail. grossey says the team will visit the plant later this week. russia and ukraine accuse each other of artillery strikes near the site. the

attacks are fueling fears of a catastrophic radiation leak official say radiation levels are still normal, but people living in the area are preparing for the worst. people are queueing up in towns, neal tessa felicia power plant for this green tablet. it's iodine and could help protect them against a radioactive leak. escalate the issue, we were told an adult 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 cielo ross. soon after russia invaded ukraine, ah, a book of polish. we brought up the false diamond window when the plant was shelled, the frost, i'm with emergency workers are claiming for the worst moving victims who have been exposed to radioactive cloud. cleaning them

and testing levels of radiation on each other does up or asia 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 currencies compromises safety with with, if they could come by unfair. there's lots of heavy equipment and plants in country combat vehicles. trucks on in tanks with the vine. the worst of all is that in the last 3 weeks, they put this equipment near the power units, number one, and number 2 in a little while for facial deed means there are now like minds out of the been all about russia and ukraine. blame each other for shelling around the facility. as the power plant stands, exposed of more were joined by our correspondent young philip shelter. who's in the ukranian capital? keith? good to see a yan phillips. so the u ends at nuclear watchdog is on route sues operation. what

more can you tell us? yes, exactly. we are also hearing reports that sir, the international inspectors are on their way right now, and they will probably arrive at the plant and the 2nd top of the week. this is also consistent with announcements announcements that the agency made says some days ago. a lot of observe us expected the trip to be imminent, especially after putin gave up his opposition to the idea of the inspector traveling through non occupied territory in ukraine. it here in ukraine bay observers, the inspector is the team of experts. they are definitely very welcome and some people here i seriously concerned about a possible disaster. there have been a report regarding our i, which

a just over the weekend new power outages and also renew renewed fighting directly around the plant in the past 24 hours. young philip there being contradictory accounts from ukraine and russia by what's going on after his apparition. plant, is there any way to verify what's actually happening? international report has contributed to the site at the moment, so there is no possibility to verify the information 1st. hence, however, we have talked to many employees that are still working at the plant. and we've also talked to the towns mayor where the plant is located. at the same time we have for russia, history of a systematic disinformation, disinformation vets can easily be falsified. so we can almost say for certain that russia is using the plans as the military bases, and that there have been false flag attacks by russia on the plant. but having said, those are also strong indications that ukrainian troops have attacked the plant

several times in the past 2 weeks. and also the towns may or didn't deny that there have been ukrainian attacks around the plant you until we've seen in the report. and you've mentioned this welders of the concerns about radiation. what do we know though about the radiation levels at the plant? the good news is that the reason some measurements at the plans and very close to the blend have all been within the normal range. and the emergency system seems to be in place as we heard, and the reports offered and the report authorities are continuing to distribute io, dean, i'm tablets. so there is no way to say everything is okay about the radiation levels. are a normal range at the moment, and everybody is looking forward for the team of international experts to arrive. thank you yon philip yon philip chelsea, keith. let's take

a look at some other stories making headlines. you foreign ministers meeting in the check, a capital prag this week, or expected to make it more difficult for russian citizens to travel in the block. they may suspend a 2007 agreement giving preferential treatment to visa applications from russians. the measure falls short of the total travel band, so member states have been demanding brazil's main presidential candidates have faced off in the 1st televised debate ahead of the general election in october, the incumbent. charitable fernando and his rival, ex president, was ignacio large silver traded jobs in numerous heated exchange dress opinion polls show balls. fernando trailing behind loose or pakistan's climate minister has told d w that much of her country looks like a small ocean. over 1000 people have been killed by weeks of devastating flooding.

and an estimated 300000 homes have been destroyed. the latest floods are heading areas in the north, west, further south baluchistan, and seemed provinces are taking the brunt of the extreme. whether the flooding has not died. transport and communications, and the state of emergency is in force while with millions 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 current of swallowed up their homes and swept away their belongings. sakina dod is in disbelief as she and her family wade through waste deep water. their mother died 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, the model. okay, i didn't have to write that down about destruction is all around 300000 homes.

last, farmland, destroyed. roadways rendered impassable the future from millions here uncertain amada, balls all big. another storm is coming on, the water will flow into the industry. we're scared of the river by. we don't know when the embankment will break. ya got a, a big push for the unused on. the government has declared an emergency. prime minister, shabazz sharif, joined flight crews, 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 rain and flooding is expected. authorities say by the time rains were seed, a quarter of pakistan could be underwater. while pakistan's climate change minister, sherry raymond has visited the worst affected regions and she gave his heritage avenue a 1st hand account of the devastation. well, as you can see, 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 most of the sky. and we have now in our, it's 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, you know, 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 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 event, extreme weather event and a guest dime that catastrophes and that started literally in early march, late february, when we went straight from winter to spring pakistan became one of the hardest places on the planted crossing $53.00 degrees in the south and that it's triggered, agreed de la public stress. it triggered the us a whole season up our fire, which we had to back in areas that we already have little cover. so it's been

a very stressful time. and then of course this unrelenting was pakistan's climate change minister sherry raymond, speaking to d w. well, moving on the u. s. face agency, nasa is counting down to a high stakes lunar launch space enthusiasts have flocked to cape canaveral in florida to watch the maiden mission of the artemus program. blast office scheduled just hours from now. the plan is to send an unmanned capital around the moon and back to earth. if all goes well, future flights will carry astronauts to eventually set foot on the moon again. 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 rocket and orion spacecraft ready on launch pad $39.00 b and less than 2 days. the rocket is ready and so is the 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 nasa is feeling the pressure is a new creation. it is a new rocket and 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 or by up with a lot has changed on it since neil armstrong uttered those iconic woods these days, they are better cameras and foss, 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 through his society?

one of the stated ambitions of the auto mas mission is to put the 1st woman and person of color on the main. likely astronaut jessica watkins. i certainly would, would be, ah, jess, 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 our 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 of 50 years after they made history on the surface of the moon

. it's clear that nasa is eager to do it again. but before the american dream of living there can become a reality. monday's test flight will need to be a success. all right, well that's all from us for now. up next world stories with a report on what it's like to be an openly gay mom in france. stay tuned for that. and don't forget, you can always stay up to date on our website, d, w dot com and follow up on our social media platforms on pablo foliage for me and the team hair imprint. thanks. watching take care on seagate, other people in trucks injured, one trying to flee the city center more and more refugees are being turned away as the border families played on the tags in syria.