ah ah ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin. a 3rd of pakistan is under water. the monsoon floods are the worst in 3 decades. the government calls the devastation mind boggling and blames climate change caused by other countries. also on the showed, ah, violence, iraq's in iraq after

a powerful shiite cleric leaves office. now he's asking his protesting loyalists to play the streets within an hour. and ukraine launches a counter offensive to retake the southern region of her son. he says its forces break the 1st line of russian defense, but moscow says it inflicts heavy casualties. ah, i manuscripts, mccann, and welcome to the show. the united nations is issuing an emergency appeal for funding to help pakistan recover from devastating floods. the rains have stopped for now, but more than one 3rd of the country has been left under water over 33000000 people are affected. now this map shows the vast areas impacted by the floods stretching

across the entire length of the country. and in the south, much of pakistan's bread basket provinces have been submerged, raising concerns about food security, a village underwater, in pakistan, sind province, one of several key agricultural regions that now resemble small oceans. many people here were poor before the floods came. now they've lost almost everything in those areas that are dry, makeshift camps. how's those displaced by the water and farmers salvage what they can from their fields? pakistan's climate minister says the flooding is apocalyptic, and that her country is bearing the brunt of climate change caused by more developed nations. boxes than is less than one percent in the global

emissions up by if you like a. we hardly contribute any of the emissions to the broader emission blanket that makes so for greenhouse gases to turn our climates into a living hill. in the northern pakistani city of la horror, the effects of the floods are being felt in soaring prices for food and other basic goods. philip, you are. these prices of increased a lot because of the floods relative thank if goods can't be transported from baluchistan. the roads are close iffy. my, our business here is almost slow to a star bodies that are built while people can't feed their children, can't pay their rent. so got there. can even pay electricity bill should i have the old prices have w? i got got a sec, they're supposed double men, garza, the floods could not have come at a worse time for pakistan where the economy was already in crisis. now the government says it needs more than $10000000000.00 to recover from this latest

climate catastrophe. harun january as a journalist in islamabad, and i asked him earlier, some more on the situation across pakistan neutral. and let me see that in pockets on have to give it met the destruction, more than 1100 have been died and a 1000000 hoses are affected and they need to have destructed. the infrastructure was to be roads, bridges, and groves, and millions who have been destroyed and have lost their lives, have lost it. and they are living under the open sky in the debate against rescue, but still have not re department gauge is part of the country. and are living boards and other mean across the board available to meet the active. but the situation we do have more have you on expected. i had the government have declared learning and actually emergency you mentioned the rescue work is not being able to

reach people. can you tell us, what's all the pakistani authorities doing to help people in the country? certainly to provide relief at the scale of the disaster is much higher on the right that the government had not planning and debate bloody and marks on language and minister guardian climate. sophie, this is the most destructive, more than 2000 in the recent history. the united nations today have issued a flash b, last $1.16 bar indicators. public load device is december. the latest extreme was at the event in bucket bon up there. and then keep it in the southern part of the summer attorneys bank as one of the most a, one of the genes. now, even before the floods pakistan was in an economic crisis, as he mentioned now, the government has appealed to $10000000000.00 in international aid. even with that

amount of money, do you feel that pakistan is able to cope with this situation? oksana just with you on the i am at ram realty. good morning, gracie's. the iron relieves all $1.11 to lancaster. oh, he gunnery the government sector focused on news more than $10000000000.00. little beer reading blizzard took everybody long rounds and markers dancing. don't think that argument like the heavier on as a threat to the mommy. oh. and you want to see you as do the impact on the agriculture sector and her and other grasses. hooton's beauties loaning a mazda journalist harun a gender in islamabad. thanks so much for the update. and we can speak now to sandlin dixon, declare she is the co president of the club of rome, which is an organization working to address pressing global issues. welcome to

d. w, should the floods in pakistan be recognized by world leaders as proof. finally, that more immediate action is needed on find that change. absolutely, but i would also say that the droughts across europe, the heat waves that we've been seeing the fires burning my heart, goes out to the pakistani people. but we've had floods in germany and also in belgium last year, where many actually of our experts from the south have been supporting us in trying to address some of these issues. the problem with all of these issues is that it's the world's most vulnerable that suffers the most, whether it is in the countries in the west where it is often in those populations that are already the most vulnerable within those economies. so it is absolutely clear that this is just one of another indication that we must start to address, not only climate change,

but poverty and inequality at the same time. you just presented a new report warning about rising global inequality and its impact on the climate. can you tell us more about that, please? yes, this book which we are here today. launching is called earth for all the survival guide for humanity. and it very much looks at both the system dynamic modeling that we've been doing with the inter relationships between and equality, poverty. and clearly the climate change that we are saying. what we're trying to do in that book is bring forward clear recommendations. we've heard from that your report here in pakistan that actually the food crisis is only continuing some of the recommendations that we have in this book. for example, of our turn around around food is to addressing food stability through a food stability board or risk management. addressing also the debt crisis by working with governments to actually re integrate and shift that debt. in fact,

even eliminate in some cases, are having special drawing rights. so what this book actually does is look at the clear inter relationships of the crises, both social and environmental that we have and what are some of the solutions that we have today for governments to deal with the current crises and plan for future resilience. and your report does suggest that we can end global extreme poverty and reach net 0 missions by 2050. is this realistic? absolutely. in fact we show that 2 to 4 per cent annual g d p figures are what we're asking to redistribute. we also very clearly indicate that we have to work with the world's wealthiest and start to place a very clear tax on the wealthiest. the 10 percent of those revenues really need to, to shift and actually 10 percent of the wealthiest need to ensure that they are only taking 40 percent of our national incomes. the, the fact is that we can do this. we already have most of the solutions in the

current tool box, whether it be tripling investments in renew in renewables, excuse me, ensuring that we move towards energy efficiency measures moving towards regenerative agriculture and local production for local consumption. so all of those recommendations are in there shifting also from growth and g. d. p. a economic indicators towards well being indicators that take into consideration, social well being as well as environmental wellbeing, some blaine dixon declared co president of the club of rome. thanks so much for speaking with us. thank you. ok, let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines. and israeli court has sentence the garza director of an international agency to another 6 years in prison of us in addition to the 6th that he's already served mohammed al holiday of the christian charity. well, vision was jailed in 2016. he was convicted of channeling funds to hamas militants

. he continues to deny the allegations. some of china's biggest cities have increased coven 19 restrictions. this is part of china's 0 cove. its strategy sions and the south is closed businesses and postponed the start of the school year. some districts requiring proof of negative test results entry into residential areas. the iraqi cleric, monk tuttle solder, has called on his followers to end all protests, he apologized to the iraqi people for the violence after fighting with rival, she forces raged for a 2nd day in bagdad, sada gay follow is 60 minutes to withdraw from the city's high security green zone, at least 23 people have been killed since clashes ruptured on monday after sarah said he was stepping away from politics. classes again in the heart of baghdad, supporters of influential shia cleric and politician mac tada al serra

a back in the green zone, exchanging fire with security forces one day off, he declared he was quitting politics that heavily armed and frustrated with the political deadlock damage on helping with on it's as if they have cotton wool in there is we asked for reforms. we awesome to back down and they didn't do a lot more. they did nothing on their corner now on the, on the 40 we don't want the really sad maley life dish should have so and we're only here to offer a good life to off the schools for our children, access to health care. but we won't dignity, especially with our stone michael joe dot got on with the continued fighting comes after a night, filled with gunfire and shelling in the highly fortified green zone. the area is home to government offices and diplomatic missions. according to security officials,

the violence was the work of saturate militia. many a taking revenge after dozens of fellow satcher supporters were killed off to crowd stormed a government palace in the green zone. on monday. the clash is a just the latest escalations political crisis that's left iraq without him. you government can selections last october rocking. but on the tuesday afternoon, sandra used a televised speech to order his supporters to return home and apologized to the iraqi people for the bloodshed on the market that got many answered his call immediately and began leaving the green zone ad instructed and joining me for more on this is danielle gala editor in chief exaninth, middle east magazine. good to see. i think we've just heard alpha has called for his followers to withdraw from the green zone in baghdad. would you say that this

is a sign that he did not foresee the level of violence that erupt in baghdad or we, he didn't foresee it, but he factored it in. and that's what they usually do in iraq. politics when you want to strengthen your position of negotiation and don't want to be called bluff and you have to invest in it. and other has several ultimatums to his political opponents. one was 72 hours ago and he said like, we're going to the end, we're going to abolish this political system. we're going to dismantle the green zone and we are ready to do it. i'll follow us ready to do it. and he knew that on the other side, there was also a willingness to post this also violently. and of course he knows very well that even be rocky state with its security institutions is obliged to protect the greens on so it was a very dangerous game. according to my information, the, the statement that came out today by mocked us other was just not coming out of the blue and not only a response to the violence that wrapped it on the streets of baghdad. but also pri negotiations. he talked to the political opponents, who he knows for

a very long time, and then he said, i'm willing to call on the protest and withdraw from the streets a fact that in order to avoid for further bloodshed could you walk us through what started this unrest in the 1st place, well, 1st of all, the subject movement has been calling for the dismantlement of the green zone, which they consider a sign of occupation and the arrogance of the political leads. and for a long time, they have invaded the green zone with her stage protest. essence, 2016 every now and then governments have been promising to abolish the green zone. but of course they haven't followed up on his promises. now, about 10 months ago, after the last, the rockefeller mentioned reelection, the sub turned out to be the major winner of the election. but they didn't have enough seeds to, to form a government on themselves. and the discussions that have been going on on successfully solve that say in the last to 10 months, what do we want to have a majority government with an opposition and a strong party that assumes responsibility? or do we want to continue with a system of national unity?

were basically all the players on the table. everyone has access to to power, but no one has really to be held accountable. and this, these issues when solved, there are a few constitutional details that haven't been solved, that we would go now into, but that was a big mess. and in the end, the absence of a, of a dialogue of a national dialogue in the country meaningful national dialog before the elections was one of the factors that led to this, to this deadlock and ultimately to this disaster. can you tell us a little bit more about the cutout altogether and his support says, what is it that they want to achieve in iraq? most of us are, is a very interesting character, rocky politics, probably one of the most interesting characters in the least that i personally ever met. and he's a, he's a cleric. he doesn't have a high status in the clergy, but he's the son of a very important and charismatic leader that many of i have pledged loyalty to even after his death. the subject movement is more than a political party. it is a political social movement that has a political party,

and it also has an armed militia to protect its people to protect its political interest. so it's a very complex system, and mach today is not just the party leader. he sees himself as the leader of movement and of course he, he also is proud of his, his, his clerical status that he has. so he considers himself also spiritual and religious leader. but he pursues a very particular kind of nationalist agenda in iraq, a populous nationalist agenda, and one has to save you agree with him or not? he is able to mobilize a lot of people have, as you can see. now people are withdrawing from the green zone. people follow what he says, estimating and gala will have to leave at that. the thanks very much for speaking with us. thank you. ukraine says that it is broken through enemy lines at several points near the southern city of her son. it's mounting a campaign to retake territory occupied by russia and push comes after weeks of preparation. ukraine has been attacking russia's supply routes in an attempt to

isolate troops in the area. russia captured her son early on in the war. more. let's cross straight to the w as young phillip shots who is in the capital t . n. philip, what are you hearing about ukraine's offensive right now? the fighting is so currently focusing on the region around the occupied city of fair sun officials claim that they were able to break through several defense lines . there are also reports about heavy fighting in the town of noble kafka, which is about 30 kilometers east of the city of harrison are. those reports cannot be confirmed at the moment, but what is for sure is that ukrainian troops are still far away from the occupied city of harrison itself. and officials have already asked ukrainians to be patient

. can you tell us a little bit about the russians response must go claims that the offensive has failed, that ukraine has suffered, i losses the russians have increased their attacks on several other regions in the east and the south east of the country. in the past days, this is certainly an attempt to force ukrainian troops to stay in these regions and prevent them from being deployed to support the counter offensive around counseling . all right, the de leon phillips, charlotte's reporting from keith, thank and the war has forth millions of ukrainians from their homes. and many children have lost everything. a group of volunteers in the south and sets up a come summer camp. of course, it's supposed to be

a place of fun and safety, but those t w's mature spelling reports. the horror of the war is never, far away. yada 11 years old. today, it's a birthday like no other. i wish you have happiness and a peaceful sky above your head. i should. i wish you that everything will be fine and that you can go home soon. this is summer camp for kids and families. web lost their ho refugees from embattled occupied areas, yada and his mother fled her son, which is occupied by the russian. that was to see you. it's the russians were standing where with tango, tango, cl next to the tanks where people are unable to live. and then they took people away, lie unable to live his code, word, football,

games, just a few weeks. many of these kids have some and most people in the lifetime yard, it's dad is a soldier in the ukranian army. his mother decided to flee when the russians started looking for the families of ukrainian soldiers. but yet you are a firms. i looked through the blinds. i was scared, but the neighbor saved me. they told the soldiers that it was the house of a single mother with 2 kids. and the soldiers looked, they saw children's clothes drawing in the yard and didn't enter. i don't need the dean these nicely though. my dear the organizational lexi olenick, everybody 'cause him. uncle yoshi, so he wanted to create a space of solace if only temporary with the war is always close. you remember as a 7 year old girl named marsha whilst him to bring her friend. the camp was full, so he told her the friend could come. 2 weeks later she does 3 me mush

and one day she was sitting there in the hammock crying. lou, yep. it's i approached her and asked for to blush what's wrong and thought and she said to sure, but that was quick when the vis you said, my friend, whom he didn't take on. i said, yes, i remember she's coming in 2 weeks, is one of these. and then she said, well, i was and she's not coming any more yet as the ministry of children, i understand if not my fault then, but she would still be alive for many stories like this. but uncle josha and the other volunteers try as much as they can to distract everybody with outdoor activities. it's the birthday boys turned to climb the rocks yard. it makes it to the toss it down my private which can i did

give them the victory at least to day when so much in his life remains uncertain. oh sure. fine tests still have not identified the cause of the death of thousands of fish in the order river earlier this month. now there are numerous ferries, but so far, no conclusive ex, explanations has been described as an environmental disaster for the boss away which borders eastern germany and poland scouring a river for dead fish. this was not quite how clara you'd nor had imagined her 1st days at work. fresh out of university, she'd landed her dream job working as a ranger in the lower odor valley park. a few weeks into the job, the natural park was hit by an unprecedented disaster. tons of dead fish washed

ashore to him the unsung somebody's in the yard. some of them were still gasping it, and later we saw them in reserve. and here at the old booms, van horned m says naturally, and of course it was shocking, especially afterwards when it started to sting as decomposition set in, i'm the red tap. hundreds of kilometers of the odor river are effected altogether. almost 150 tons of dead fish have been removed from the river, which runs between germany and poland. the causes are still unclear, but toxic algae might have been the reason for the die off. its growth likely accelerated after brackish water was dumped into the river. by now most of the fish corpses have sunk to the river bed. but yeah, no worries that the dead fish were just the tip of the iceberg. boone yet come on me against within the now you can see quite clearly here that it wasn't just fish that died just because that is what was obvious at 1st on wasn't done but no,

there are lots of dense nails and shellfish data matters. it is dramatic because it shows just how many other organisms have come to hum and, and we still don't know what is going on under water in buffer is by manion kids can now with the odor. now practically a dead zone, you know, we'll spend years managing the damage done to the parks ecosystem. 80 kilometers up the river. people like and i schneider are also beginning to contend with. their losses will be that too long. he was born into a fishing family and grew up on the banks of the owner. his family makes its living from smoked fish at present only fish from the baltic sea and their camp site. but potential visitors are scared. and those who was on that for having a great summer, you can see people on the road with a black so can't events. but in recent years we'd always have a lot more people come on now suddenly it's become so quiet. you can see for

yourself, schneider still has many questions about what killed the fish and who is responsible, but he focuses on keeping afloat and rejoices at every lie fishy spots and the river was bitten by that thing, but it just has to go long and we've written, i'd like to continue to practice my profession here and to live by the river, where they live. the dramatic images of tons of dead fish have now passed. meanwhile, the inhabitants of the odors banks are just starting to gauge the extent of their loss. you're watching d. w news and has a quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you. one side of pakistan is underwater off to wide spread flooding with the governments as climate change is to blame. climate change minister is comparing the situation to a dystopian disaster movie, saying she's never seen anything like it. and iraq cleric muttered elsa has cooled on his follow as to end old protests of to fighting with rival shiite forces raged

for a 2nd day and back that these 23 people have been killed since the unrest erupted on monday. i was off to santa said he was quizzing and that's what we have time for coming up next kick off from d. w. sports with all of the goals and highlights from the button to sneak is 4th match day. i don't forget you, can we stay up to date between bulletins on our website. that's d w dot com? i'm and you can mckinnon. i'll be back here at the top, the next hour with ah, with

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