is truly unique and we know that that uniqueness is what allows us to live and survive. google ideas, the environmental, susan golden, 3000 on d, w, and online ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. ukraine a launch has a long anticipated offensive to retake the southern region of hassan keeps as its forces have already broken the front 1st line of russian defense. but moscow says it is working advances and inflicting heavy casualties. also on the show

with deadly clashes in bagdad fortified green's own supporters of iraq's powerful shiite cleric, most hot outside or storm. the government palace after he says he's quitting politics for good and launch called off. nasa, post holmes the lift off of it's on this one rocket after running into problems. ah. hello, i'm clear. richardson, thanks so much for joining us. ukraine says it has broken through enemy lines at several points, dirt the southern city of her son as it mounts a campaign to retake occupied territory. the push comes after weeks of preparation . ukraine has been attacking russia, supply routes in an attempt to isolate troops. there are russia captured her so

early on in the war, facing little resistance. now ukrainian president bullet amir lensky, is vowing to push russian forces out of all occupied territories. gray le ukraine is returning its own and it will return hockey. the hands don't yet. sc separation, the house on regions, crimea, and definitely the waters of the black and the seas. so is this the start of the counter offensive that lensky has been signaling for a month earlier? did you put that question to military analyst? justin crump? he's ceo of the strategic advisory firm, civil line in the united kingdom. yeah, the situation is still confused. battlefields tend to be but it certainly looked like a much more significant defensive operation. so then we can say it does seem to fall in line with what the president wanted. and of course there was a, as we discussed before in the program, a timeline. ukraine of wanting to achieve something in kirsten before any

referendum could be held by ross, which is plan september. so ukraine's had this this deadline of doing something in, in the region by september. so it does seem to all fall in line with that. and certainly the scale of what we're seeing is much larger than this. ukraine, i think, is all of us he made great use of the western weapon donations, substitute the high mileage, and the miller s rocket systems to disrupt the russians we've. we've seen that going on, intensified in the region over the last few days. they've also been husbanding a certain amount of the equipment they've been donated. the limited amount of pictures we seen today show some of the western supplied on personnel car is being used and what appears to be quite a decent combined arms attack by ukraine using tanks, infantry across the headquarters tillery altogether to have achieved lisa limited breakthrough in the rushing front, as far as we understand it now, obviously driven. i'm like everything and warfare. ultimately it's extension of

this glens, but the pity sense that there's a need for an operation and the possibility of succeeding in something in her senate. this time has military analyst justin chrome speaking to us earlier. well, the united states government is urging a complete shut down of this apparition nuclear plant and has renewed calls for a demilitarized zone around the site. fighting in the area has escalated, raising concerns about a nuclear disaster. he team of experts from the international atomic energy agency are now headed for the plant and are expected to carry out inspections in the coming days. rushing back, officials say radiation levels are still normal, but people living in the area have been 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 led 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 cave, some residence. welcome to the visit. at the mercy, i think this is very good news. 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 europe. i still remember channel providing 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 that team to improve the situation. sir, i do not believe that that 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 on tablets to be taken in the event the radiation league that haven't been renewed on a particular. it's

a preventive and 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 calls for a demilitarized zone to avert potential disaster to a rock now where deadly clash as in the capitol. baghdad have left at least 15 people dead. the violence follows an announcement by powerful shiite cleric looked hotter al sutter and he would quit politics which prompted his supporters to stormy government. palace. attentions are soaring on that a political crisis that has left iraq without a government since elections last october.

ah, supporters of finance? shia cleric, mcdonald's under reach, but does heavy fortify, green zone in india, whom do ministries and embassies the soon over and the government balice and i, i thought that out of a, our revolution is solely in iraq. it was, it's not se, no, this isn't a rocky revolution with any of the iraq. it should be returned to its people with anita up. why yamaha? i let what's your client? oh, our demands are to the south parliament and to hold the corrupt to account and we say to saddler, we will sacrifice for you victory's aus. one miss nolan up. while lou inside, many was seen lounging in meeting rooms, used by iraqi heads of state and cooling off in a swimming pool in the garden,

they were soon driven out by security forces using deer, gas, and gunshots. the un mission to iraq, as well as the united states, called on all sides for restraint. the flat up of violence follows months of political deadlock in iraq looked at others movement. the sub this block was the biggest winner in october's election. but he failed to form a government that excluded his. she r, i was close to it on law. moral, marcia, he would you, his lawmakers from parliament in june. what was that while on my, on study of his followers have since been stating a sitting outside the parliament calling for fresh elections? well, this isn't the 1st time. the influential carrick has withdrawn from politics. you thought in the cotton deadlock in iraq appears hotter to resolve than in the past. daniel sir, where is

a professor at the johns hopkins school of advanced international studies. and he spoke to me earlier about what has led up to this unrest election results to make a long story short of mac does southern believe city one, the elections in the sense that he be arrival she a group, but he was unable to form a government and he withdrew his members from parliament. you know, boy cutting parliament is never a great idea because in new members are appointed in, in they form a government without you and that's what he's trying to prevent. and he thought her husband, a long time major player in iraq's political scene, but it has been more than 10 months since elections. so what is his motive for leaving politics now at this point, i think he's trying to show that he's indispensable. i'm not sure he's leaving

politics at all. i think what he's doing is rousing his supporters to make enough trouble that new elections are called and he tells a little bit more context about why it has been so difficult to form a government in this period. this is splintering of political groups in iraq and i looked at our center was unwilling to form a broad coalition. he wanted a majority, terry and government. iraq has been ruled by mid by broader coalitions since the american nation of, you know, there comes a time for a majority jury in government in a place like iraq. but he didn't have the votes, and that's what really counts. speaking of the u. s. invade and how much of a role have a foreign interests as such as the united states or iran,

a plate and influencing the current situation? it's hard to tell. iran certainly supports the sheer rivals mcgonagall center. i think they're unhappy with him. the americans, you know, they're perhaps content to see the caretaker of go government the premises to come to me, continue in power because he's friendly united states. they probably can't get better him out of either a different coalition or new elections. so looking ahead, do you think that is what could end this crisis, fresh elections? it's entirely possible that they will go to new elections. that would be frustrating. i think for a lot of the rockies iraqis have wanted an effective government that wanted the

government committed to clean government committed to providing services and they're not getting. all right, we're gonna have to leave it there, but daniel, our professor at johns hopkins. thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us on d w. news. let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines. international aid has begun to reach pakistan as the army and volunteers tried to evacuate tens of thousands of flood victims. unusually heavy monsoon rains have triggered flash floods, painting the lives of more than a 1000 people the somewhere. angola as president jalal laurence who has been handed a 2nd term in office after the countries electoral commission declared his party the winner of last week's elections. the commission said the long ruling and p l. a party 1851.2 percent majority fewer than half of ankle as registered,

voters turned out for the vote. and it is one of the world's most ambitious space programs. nasa multi $1000000000.00 artemus mission aimed at one day, getting humans back on the moon and eventually even mars. but it has gotten off to a disappointing start. the u. s. space agency was forced to scrub the launch of its largest ever rocket after a number of technical problems. the next attempt could happen as soon as friday. the 98 meter rocket and it's unmanned capsule, a ryan were left sitting on the launch pad. as the minutes ticked by us, vice president carmella harris had flown into cape canaveral to witness the lift off of the most powerful rocket ever built by nasa. teresa flocked to nearby locations all keen to get a glimpse of the action. but a whole series of technical problems meant the launch had to be called off. it's

yet another disappointment for the ottoman named program after a series of postpone launches. but nasa says spotting problems is part of the exercise. that is, the whole reason for this tough flight to stress it and to test it. to make sure it's as safe as possible when the art of miss to when we put humans in the spacecraft. i'm all rab r. bye up with more than whole to century ago. landing on the moon captured the imagination of an entire generation. now the human race is looking once again to return to the moon. if all goes well with this test mission accrued flight could be launched as early as 2024. 1 of the stated ambitions of the artemus mission is to put the 1st woman on 1st person of color on the moon. it's expected

to be astronaut, jessica watkins. i certainly would, would be a 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. it's the red planet that the ultimate goal that the are to miss mission hopes to 1st build a permanent presence on the moon. it would then use the moon as a proving ground from mission to mars. but 1st, it has to get its maiden test flight successfully off the launching pad and is your news update? thanks so much for watching with 15 years ago, the international gathering of peace and cooperation becomes the scene of a horrible tragedy. arab terrors, armed with sub machine guns, went to the headquarters of the israeli team and immediately killed one man.