ah ah this is the w news line from berlin came from the us nuclear watchdog says that finally on route to inspect you cranes up regia, nuclear plant. europe's biggest nuclear facility is now controlled by russian forces, and there have been international warnings about the plant safety comes on to increased attack. also on the program,

nasa postponed the launch of its ultimate one rocket after encountering problems. the best bass agencies on cruise mission is the 1st step and it's goal returning people to the moon for the 1st time in 50 years. it's exactly a year since the us evacuated a group of local employees from afghanistan to a holding camp in kosovo. we'll look at why some of them are still there at the u. s. pieces were denied. and we're looking at the end of an era of the usaa superstar serena williams and tried to play the final tournament. offer storage korean. ah, i'm from gail. welcome to the program. inspectors from the international atomic energy agency are on their way to ukraine's that ratio nuclear power plant, which has been held by russian forces. the i. e a's had

a rough al grossey says his ting will visit the facility this week. i'm a growing international concerns about security of the fight, rush and state news agency, ryan of austin as a ukrainian miss al strike has punched a hole in the year and the roof of a fuel dep out. the plant are shown back official se radiation levels are still normal, but people living in the area are preparing for the worst. the situation at the separation nuclear power plot has set alarm bells ringing across europe and around the world. now the u. n's nuclear watchdog has dispatched a team of experts to the site lead by agency chief rafael grossi. they're set to assess any damage to the plant and inspected security and safety systems when they arrive later this week. in keith, some residence. welcome to visit your the risk. i think this is very good. knees.

we certainly don't need another disaster at a nuclear power plant and it wouldn't just be a disaster for ukraine. it would affect all of iraq. i still remember channel lighting, but others were more gloomy about what it could achieve. she was young if i'm not sure if the russian authorities will reveal the full reality on the ground and if they will really allow the team to improve the situation. sir, i do not believe that it will be any real results in cities and towns near the power plant. people are already preparing for the worst and heading to sites like this one where local authorities are handing out i'd. i'd tablets to be taken in the event, the radiation leak. to prevent the manila to particular, it's a preventive m. prophylactic measure. you mustn't take the pill when you receive it . it must only be taken after an official notification from the authorities. or we cannot, we started the distribution last week around 8 and a half 1000 people received tablets including 2 and

a half 1000 children. while hopefully these tablets won't have to be taken. the stand off over years. biggest nuclear facility remains tense, and moscow continues to reject international goals for a demilitarized zone to avert potential disaster. the w correspondent, young philips shawl st. keith, tell me more about the nuclear inspectors proposed visit. well, they, inspector, us are on their way to ukraine. they will probably arrive at the plant and the 2nd half of the week, and they will start their work immediately. their main job is to assess the damages, but they also want to have a look at the staffs generally working conditions. and there are reports that the agency wants to install some permanent or staff there, some permanent representatives at the plants, and there are reports from the ukrainian sites. events,

the people here welcome the mission, but some i still skeptic if they can really achieve what they want. the concern, sir, among the people are still a huge when it comes to the possibility of a disaster mosque also says it's a well, comes a visit and that it could potentially a clear up some misunderstandings. they say about the plant safety, and now we have a vis hole in the, the roof of a fuel depot at the plant with each side accusing the other of attacking the area. how dangerous izzy there. well, it is very dangerous still in the region of the separation power plant is really right at the front line. ukraine continues to accuse the russia of using the side as a military base. on the other hand, russia says ukraine is selling the plant on a regular basis. you just mentioned it,

it reports have just come in. that's are you ukranian. the ukranian missile has hit a fuel depot, but from what we can say, it's information that i originate, sir. with the ukrainian or russian installed officials and looking at russia history of spreading dis information. we should definitely be careful with the information. there is no way that we can independently verify the information at the moment since it's impossible to, to travel to the plant. the good news is that they're ready to radiation levels. their egg seem to still be in a normal range, but the situation remains very tense. okay, thank you for that yon phillip shows in keith well, in the last few days yon philip traveled to one of the frontline regions of the war

in easton, ukraine, where russia's territorial gains have been limited. there he met you, cried. it's trying to get on with their lives, despite the ongoing danger of war. we are on the road an eastern ukraine, 20 kilometers from the front line. and the last small town before the combat zone. signs of war are all a raj at the local supermarket soldiers through 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 the semi abandoned frontline town, diana and eileen. i want to serve the best cup, would she know east of here? i am. sure, bye. sometimes we hear the missiles flying over us and we hear them exploding. it's scary picking. it sounds always so terrifying that we try to get on with our work or the mails that i was supposed to read to them. at 1st, they're small conflict zone cafe wasn't inside at it. now,

soldiers often queue up outside for half an hour of peace and a slice of homemade kate, when he was, when we get a break from the fighting, we come straight here, full coffee. nicole. diana is proud that they haven't closed back her face for a single day since the war started. only once, had they been forced to take a vase affection when russian strikes came really close and people ran 1st filter. clearly when we heard the shelling, we went to hide in the sample space. in the after a few minutes we went back to work with the women has 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 is donated some they buy with their own money nipple. my mother used to actually try to help the smaller children who arrived here from the occupied territories we had, we had everything, diapers, lowe's toys,

all the things they need to feel better today. but he has had edge of touch up. but you all are said the dover, diana angelina have got used to working in the cafe on the front line. still, they help one day to use the emergency room again for its original purpose, having a good time. now nasa's multi $1000000000.00 optimist moon mission has suffered. another disappointment after the u. s. space agency was forced to cancel today's rocket launch because of technical problems. lots rector, charley blackwell. thompson has called a scrub of the attempt of launch of artemus one. now this was the seeing that at cape canaveral in florida, when the launch was cooled off the rocket and its unmanned capture left sitting on the launch pad left off on hold because of a fuel leak and the temperature issue with one of the 4 engines. the weather has also been a problem with thunderstorms causing delays. the next attempt to won't take place until friday at the earliest. well, astro biologist and full my nasa employee,

keith cowan told me more about what went wrong today. well this is 1st, this is a test flight and they'll tell you that up front. and this is the 1st time that they ever actually got to this point in testing the rocket. and unfortunately, last time they tested it. this was supposed to be something that they tested in the didn't. so today when they were putting would, would hydrogen through the system. one of the 4 engines didn't respond appropriately to the right temperature and pressure. and they tried everything from, you know, pushing one button or another and try and went belt and it didn't work and went off to try and figure out if there are ways around this in after a 10 minute be keep meeting became nearly an hour long. they decided that they just couldn't get there today. we didn't watch window that they were being given. and by the way, the weather was getting bad a little bit to the west. so did i understand you correctly when you said that this was a known issue? well, it was an unknown issue in that they had not actually tested the actual rocket on

the actual launch pad with the actual fuel on this one thing. but today, when they did it the 1st time, one of the engines didn't behave had they tested this before. they've seen it, we don't know, but the point was they admitted it today was the 1st time. so yes, what they discovered? well, now they've discovered it back to the drawing board, but this is not the 1st delay. this has been delayed fight for years. i think it was supposed to go in december 2016. it's billions over budget as well. what are american taxpayers getting for all this money? well, it's a, we're paying the brunt of the cost of this, and i, i was your 10 meters away. president bush in 24, when it was a point where he said, we're going to do this and we kept redesigning it, changing it. and our congress got into it and told us that the folks at nasa you have to use old shuttle parts. will they mandate how the rocket was built, which is why we elect those people to congress, right?

yeah. so yeah. all that together. it's the way we had delay and so forth. so, you know, a lot of people really want to see this rocket launched. what are we getting for? we're going back to the moon and now we're going with other countries, the upper stages and foods and european contribution. and among the 1st people to walk on the moon in the system will be people from europe and canada and japan. so we're going back with some friends, the stuff here, but going back with friends that that's, that's $23000000000.00 to take a to take your friends on a joint up to the moon. it's, it sounds like an enormous vanity project and we getting any more out of it than this. well, you know, it's interesting because i am 66. i saw i thought about you, but i actually saw people walk on in the world wide more than half humanities. never seen that. so i remember how excited we were at back then to if nothing else . this is something that a lot of people never see, but you know, if you look at why we do things, there was an in marcia poll that was done recently of all countries around the

world. and here in the u. s i put a picture up on my website at the national, not sleeping were sort of blogs, a but china and india. they're all doing this for the 1st time. they see the value in this, in terms of technology, leadership and collaboration, so forth. and so i would just say that, you know, maybe you're in the u. s, we can't really explain why we're doing this, but around the world of countries are lining up to want to be part of this. so i don't have a simple answer for you, except we did it before. now many other countries want to do it again, and we're going to take them along with us. all right, great. ok here. thank you so much for. explain your answer. clearly, astro biologist, keith county will take a look at the most doors making headlines around the world. i will start in iraq, where at least one person has died and dozens more injured after supporters, the countries powerful clerical knocked out of outsider. class with security forces in baghdad, van is erupt, it after all thought as follows. stone, the government palace hours after he announced he was quitting politics. his back

as of health and weeks of protest calling for reform. brazil's mind presidential candidates are faced off and the 1st televised debate ahead of october's general election incumbent jaya bosa narrow, accused. his once jailed of rifle ex president at louis ignacio doing a de silva of corruption lula whose leading the poles accused present boston are of destroying the country angola. cilantro commissioners declared the country's long ruling. m. p l. a party. the winner of last week's elections giving the president shower le ranko. a 2nd term, the commission sat his party, 151.2 percent majority though few and half of an goal is registered voters to part to pakistan where the plodding ministers it says it might take 5 years to rebuild and recover from losses caused by unprecedented monsoon flooding this year,

authority side catastrophes the result of climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels. international aid has begun to arrive, but many say they have lost everything. drone images reveal the extent of the devastation near pakistan's in dose river. the floods have destroyed bridges and washed away many roads, forcing authorities to use boats, military planes, and helicopters to carry out difficult rescue operations. the government says one in 7 pakistanis are affected by these floods. that's more than 33000000 people. that are absolutely devastating. i haven't seen anything, any destruction or devastation of this scale. i find it very difficult to put into words. the freely oddities that we use to whether it's monsoon rains, or flooding doesn't quite seem to encapsulate the ongoing devastation and

disaster that we're still witnessing relief efforts. are underway across the country. still, many flood victims feel abandoned by the government. lot of all of all of their love by a lot of water entered our village. our homes are submerged law. some of our relatives have died were not receiving any relief from the government of them. there is also worry about what still to come. monsoon season isn't over yet. more rain and flooding is expected and could leave a 3rd of the country under water. so it's been a year since the u. s. military left afghanistan, final weeks of american present. so one of the biggest alice in history, more than a 100000 people flown out of cobble airport for where did they go and what's happened to them since more than 75000 african refugees ended up in the u. s. and

at least 27000 or in the, in you while a, canada, australia i'm the u. k also took in thousands. initially some afghans regarded of high level was sent to the us army camp camp leah, in kosovo. but dozens and are stuck there after failing to receive security clearances, to move on crossovers committed to supporting them for another year. but for those are left in limbo. the next step is far from clear. one year ago evacuated afghan allies were welcomed with open arms at a special camp in kosovo, designed by the united states as a temporary location to await what most expected would be quick. we settlements we are foreigners to be able to help out with these. oh, works for nature. they left their homes and their country in desperation, but today company itself has become a place of desperation for some a vacuum ease,

who are still there, while hundreds have moved on. some have been rejected for a u. s. visa, others have received neither a yes or no. residents are not allowed to leave the camp and d w's request a visit was denied. this situation is not with this evacuee shared video and his views, but wishes to remain anonymous for security reasons. frustration boiled over earlier this summer, evacuees protested, holding signs, saying we want justice. this resident says the information vacuum is worse than being in prison. the prisoner is his wife. he's here for how long he will be in detention if he asked, don't give us the reason why we are in this camp for how long

former afghan intelligence chief mohammed, our reefs, our worry, is among those rejected for us for settlement. his attorney, julie sirs, calls his situation shocking. i don't think there is any individual in afghanistan who did more than mister sar worry did to help the united states post 911. i think the treatment is highly improper, especially in cases like my clients who provided tremendous assistance at great risk to his life. when the u. s. built camp leah, it pledged all residence would be resettled within $365.00 days. but when evacuees are denied us visas, it raises a red flag and washington is having trouble finding other countries to take them. going back to afghanistan would mean certain death for many asked what the options may be for these residents. the state department offered no clarity, each vetting process is done on a case by case basis. and that's ongoing for those who remain there. that leads the

problem unco suppose, doorstep, pristine. it has agreed to extend the one year deadline, but that's not the only issue. there are evacuate, who do not have, who have not been given visas to go on to the united states. and will you accept these people to stay in kosovo? if they do not find 3rd countries, so it's a humanitarian duty. on the other hand is due to towards our allies and partners and friends. oh, of course, 1st of all, united states to help when they are in need. and her we will continue to do so. this is not a reassuring answer for those afghans who believed camp leah was just to lay over on their way to better lives. well, i spoke to you as the sunny julie, sir, so you saw in that report and asked and asked her whether any of the people in company or know why they've been rejected for resettlement. no, i don't think as far as i know, any of them has been given

a detailed response as to why they've been rejected or to why it's unclear whether they're rejected or not. and so and then so they don't know why the stuff that they don't know how long they're going to be. stuff that they don't know where they will go next. if they do get moved on, is that as an accurate summation? that's correct. yes. so what are you hearing about the, the living conditions there and during that i've heard that they're not great for, for short term. they might have been, all right, it's my understanding. they've been living in tents for some attempt at i'm at control, but basically intense all year round in winter in summer as well. i know that some of them have had medical issues but have been unable to be operated on because the conditions are not sufficient to allow them

a proper environment to recuperate in so so again, it's a temporary measure that they can't might have been. all right, but for the longer term, the month to month that some of them have been there it's, it's not a very good condition. and the thing to remember here is that these are people who assisted us forces, who assisted nato forces. i'm would believe to be a high level evacuation and then this happens. this must be so despair thing. i think it is, it's dispiriting. it's puzzling and it's unclear both to them and, and to those of us who are trying to assist them, why it's happening. it's very frustrating. i know i've been assured by others in the u. s. government, for example, in my client's case, that he should be clear to go. but that then didn't happen. so it's, and i know others have had similar experiences. so i know it's just tremendously

frustrating for them. so if see response from the state department told the department of defense is so vague. how do you 5 out, how do you say my client or indeed anyone has a right to this? if you don't know the reason that they've been denied it, yes, that is very frustrating because in a typical immigration case, if someone is denied, you can at least appeal. but that that doesn't seem to be happening here. this isn't going through what would be more, more typical immigration procedures. so they're really so far i've found really isn't anything they can be done in a specific case. i'm a seems to be no climb full. ok if you are denied and no one else will take you. what them that isn't clear, it's my understanding that the state department has told the individuals who remain that they will attempt to resettle them in another country. but of course,

if the other countries think that they've been denied for some security reason, that makes it more difficult to settle them. and. and as i mentioned a from what i've seen of certain cases, there clearly seems to be mistakes in, in the determination bears. so these are individual, like you mentioned, who are very high level, who provided tremendous assistance at various points throughout the us involvement in afghanistan, nato's involvement in afghanistan. and yet now there's back in this limbo and unable to address what are the inaccurate allegations against them and don't even know what those are. so, and without a clear path to go anywhere else as a result of that. thank you so much for joining us. us lawyer, julie says, ah, at the u. s. at tennis open more than 20 years ago, a teenage is serina williams. one her 1st ever grand slam singles title. she

eventually made the record books with 23 major titles, 2nd home to australia, margaret court. now she's about to end her tennis career at the tournament where her single success began. a 1st round match is just hours away. oh, really, serena williams is regarded by many as the best women's tennis player of all tie. oh, she's the only player, male or female, to win 3 different grand slams 6 times or more. her 1st of 6 in new york came decades ago. i thought, well, happy sarita williams. now 40 years old williams revealed, the countdown has started to a glittering career at the major where it all began. i love playing now it's,

it's like it's amazing, but you know, i can't do this for ever. so it's just like sometimes you just wanted try your best to enjoy the moments serena has become in i cod, in inspiration to the next generation of tennis players and arguably the greatest of all time williams 1st match in new york could also be the final match of her decorated singles career if it is, fans will still be able to see serena alongside her sister venus in the doubles tournament. at the us open is reminder of our top story at this hour. the international atomic energy agency says one of its teams is having to ukraine salaries yet nuclear power plant, which is currently being held by russian forces that that'll carry out inspections that this week of russia and ukraine of accused each other of shelling close to the

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