[000:00:00;00] ah, subscriber to d w documentary on youtube. blue . ah, ah, this is dw news, live it from berlin to night. a 3rd of pakistan is under water in the wake of a monsoon on steroids. those are the words of the un secretary general describing the catastrophic flooding that has impacted 33000000 people. many of them homeless,

many more veering food shortage. also coming up tonight in iraq, the cleric will taught al solder, telling his followers to end their projects. after 30 people die in flashes in baghdad, we'll take a look at what sparked this unrest. and he w news visits a ukrainian summer camp. the children were traumatized by war, but still dreaming of peace. ah, i'm bring. gotcha. our viewers watching on p b. s. in the united states, into all of you around the world. welcome to night. the un chief antonio gutierrez, is calling on the world to take action to help pakistan cope with consequences of devastating floods. one 3rd of the country is now under water prompting pakistan and the un to appeal for

a $160000000.00 in emergency. 8 of the un says that climate change was to blame for the catastrophe. pakistan is the washing suffering. the pakistani people are facing them on soon on steroids, the relentless impact of ethical levels of rain and flooding. let stop sleep walking towards the struction of our planet by climate change to they. it is pakistan to mono it could be your con. this map shows the vast areas hit by the flooding, stretching the entire length of the country and many of pakistan's bread basket provinces. in the south. they have been submerged according to the world food program. $33000000.00 people have been affected around 3000 kilometers of roads and highways have been damaged and the country's national disaster management authority

says more than 8000 square kilometers of land have been flooded and that is 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 develop nations. because then is less than one percent in the global emissions up by if you like. 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 lahore. 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 skunky of 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 going well, people can't feed their children, can't pay their rent, so got their can even pay electricity. bill should i have the old prices of w a dot got a sec, they're supposed double mendera 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. janelle eli is with the international federation of red cross and red crescent

society. she told us more about the severity of the damage. are teens on the ground or just seeing it? very heartbreaking images. you mentioned the numbers 33000000 people affected by more than a 1000 homes are damaged or destroyed. 500000 people sleeping in temporary camps. it's really devastating picture and i think there are more things than just the immediate needs to food, water, shelter. i mean, a lot of people have lost family members or been separated from family members and don't know their fate. so it's an ever evolving situation. it's not over yet, and it's certainly something people are gonna have to cope with. well, and when we look at these images here, i mean, there's just so much water water as far as the i can see what needs have to be addressed 1st. in this type of catastrophe. so the basic needs are absolutely necessary shelter food water. and we think about things like mosquito nets making

sure that those kind of illnesses aren't spread. making sure that people have 1st aid and basic health care is really important. right now, the pa, cassandra, kristen and i, f r c, are even able to distribute some cash grants to people where markets are working so that they're able to buy what they need and can maybe even start to think about replacing things. they've lost it. we know that pakistan is a problem caves to begin with the politics, dysfunctional, the economy already crippled. how does that impact the work that you're trying to do that agencies are trying to help? they're trying to provide after a catastrophe like this? certainly right now, especially when communities have already suffered from the coven hand damage, we're just seeing compounding crises and compounding risks. and so at the red cross and red crescent, we pre positioned materials just in case something like

a flood happens and we have volunteers at the ready working around the clock. so while you can never be prepared for a disaster of this scale, certainly we know that teams are working hand in hand with other organizations and the government to just get as much aid to people in need. and you know, you say you can never be prepared for something that is this extensive, and that is true. yet, pakistan has been listed as one of the most vulnerable countries in the world in terms of climate change impact. is it possible then for 8 organizations to at least have some semblance of a plan for these countries that are going to be hit pakistan? of course, the best example certainly, and i know the red cross, red crescent is ramping up its preparedness efforts for this exact reason. how do we mitigate the risk of disasters before they happen? because that's certainly the best way to keep people safe, healthy and alive. so it's something we're investing in, and i know

a lot of other organizations are as well. we are just seeing that people are really shaken because the reality is, even if you know, a flood could happen or another disaster. the uncertainty you face a head is really scary and so that's what a lot of people are coping with right now. and we're hoping we can help people navigate through that. and you know, dealing with the international federation of red cross and red crescent society as you're doing important valuable work. thank you. tonight, ukraine says that its troops are engaged in intense fighting across the southern ukrainian harrison region. that's a day after ukraine said that it had broken through enemy lines at several points. he was trying to retake territory that is occupied by russia. the push fathers weeks of preparation with ukraine attacking rushes, supply routes in an attempt to isolate troops in the area may remember russia

captured the city of here. so on early on in the in itself, son is a member of the ukrainian parliament and the deputy leader of the liberal who los party. i asked her how news of the counter offensive in the south of the country is being received by the public. well tell you this, of course we do not know all the details of the operation that is on go in right now as we speak about what is apparent right now is that to ukraine has been preparing for this operation for a couple of weeks now. the explosions of the warehouses in her son regions. a parisha region in the south in crimea, had been part of this big operation that we are seeing right now. and of course ukraine and i'm, it would never have enough manpower to go against the whole russian army. but by being smart for using the smart equipment that we get in from the you asked for my, the western allies, we can actually make the difference on the battlefield. so what we know now is that there is some direct engagement out. we can neither, you know,

we cannot provide any details of that as of right now. but we know for sure that things are happening over there. and at the same time, ukraine, an army continued to destroy the rush and warehouses with weapons and ammunition in her soul. but we know like a halt, coach is close to crimea. are you getting this since from the defense ministry, as well as from the president that the, the military has reached a point thanks to these western weapons that it to mel begin, effectively pushing the russian forces back? well, it's hard for me to judge based on my talks with the military. of course, the west and me sales are making a huge difference. but there are some elements of, of the help that we are still asking from the west, which is still missing. mainly the tanks which not a single countries provide and as of right now, which at the same time, extremely important for any common to offensive spray a difficult to go and come to offensive without the proper amount of,

of good tank such a crane on. i mean, currently mates that they sell biggest oscar pro from the germans as well. i, you do have the tanks which are stored to with the industry right now. they only need the extra license to be provided to the ukrainians. so we ask into it that up, that of course l will to gather old weapon supplies, have made difference. and i think that the rashes have been actually expecting this . they, they didn't expect that the west would be as supportive and that he crane and i'm, it would be as smart in use in the support that we are getting. but it is happening and we just trust me very nervously waited for what is to come out of this in speaking of nervously waiting veteran that describes what the entire world is doing . when we look at the situation around these upper roots in nuclear power plant, um let me ask you about the team of you and nuclear inspectors that arrived in ukraine today. and we know that they met with president well demand zalinski received a meeting right there. that was planned ahead of their inspection of the nuclear power plant,

which is occupied by russian forces. now the site has been repeatedly hit by shelly, as russian and ukrainian forces babbled nearby and that has prompted fears of a meltdown a possible nuclear disaster. how do you see this visit by these inspectors? do you think that that's going to be enough to ensure that we are not facing a possible 2nd chernobyl well ukraine as a country, the dates survived. the 1st short novel is of course, very aware of what is to come. and we out was trying to best cautious as possible. i, unfortunately, the russians are holden, big, non billable for tanks. so family vehicle, a sofa fla, missile launches over there. we shall see how they will react to the international atomic agency, a mission over there. from what i have been hearing, they have actually been making the trip not safe for, for the mission about. i hope that old mission know, stay safe on the way that,

that one important thing to say. even if the mission comes of them and says that we are not witnessing, they are any, russian may sales and arrests and tanks, anything like that. how do i make sure that to aid, ma'am so, so many of they will take them away from the territory of the nuclear power plant. they will get them back to the mission leaps. so the question is actually to have a constant presence over there to ensure that the russians do not crate crate and nuclear disaster over them in its hopes, in a member of the ukrainian parliament. we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. the ukrainian counter repented it comes as european union defense ministers are meeting in prague to discuss military assistance for keith talks are focused on setting up a training program for the ukrainian army to enable them to operate western weapons . now the east top diplomat, joseph burrell, he says that the e u is united in its support for ukraine. not just the warfare. it's social

about how they, what was conducted, the drain of the soldiers that drained with immediate judy structure. and them many training initiative on the way, but the needs are enormous. and we need to ensure the coherence of these efforts. and i can say that all men but a stage agree clearly on that. and launching the work necessary to the find it that i am at us florida. you meet it to as she said, mission for the green. when he w jack a pair he has been following developments for is in prague. he joins us from there . jacking me ask you, we've heard it, joseph barrell, they're speaking about how e defense ministers will assist you. great. what exactly did they agree upon in today's meeting? over more they've essentially done is told joseph around the foreign policy on the

european union that they can start. and the quote was defining the parameters of or any potential e you training mission. the ukraine would look like there was some expectation that potentially they could sign off and give the green light for a training mission to start being put together. but it didn't, they didn't go that far. what they said is that it can start being sort of drawn up . what exactly it might look like. this is important and the ukrainians, a cooling fridge. in fact, the ukrainian defense minister also joined that meeting by video link. and they're saying what they need specifically is training on 3 things. medical training, training for snipers and also de mining that these are fundamental things that the, that the military needs. the question is how would the operation look now? the you does run military training missions as 3 sort of ongoing ones in africa at the moment, but all of them are in the countries of origin at where those troops are being

trained. whereas this one would more than likely be in any human, the state likely a neighboring one, potentially poland. and then the question start to arise of who would have the command control of that mission? the check, the defense ministry, the press office thereof, sent us a statement afterward, same it even if there is a possibility of such a mission existing in the future. further discussions regarding any specific involvement of the czech republic would be needed. so although the idea is going up that it looks like this idea for training mission is some way offering. and what about the idea of these are restrictions for russian travelers coming or who want to come into the european union? yes, this is the sort of double whammy of the meetings we had. so the defense verses we're talking about the training mission and those issues. and now the foreign ministers are in prague to discuss this visa or issue. and i will know that the both countries, denmark as well and fin, than they want an all i ban on european union, shang, of these as being issued to russian tourists. but there is

a lot of opposition to this. specifically, france and germany, they circulated a paper ahead of the meeting, saying that it would be counterproductive to restrict the sort of portal for russians coming in to the european union. that it would sort of rebuild some sort of iron curtain. again, we're information about what was going on in the west, wouldn't trickle back in the sort of window into the west wouldn't, wouldn't be that. we know that around a 1000000 russians have crossed into the use border since the beginning of the invasion and, and actually there are 10000000 e, u, v, z. as in russian passports, in circulation at the moment. a number of countries including the check republic in the baltic countries already said they applying to invalidate those visas. if the russians, if russian citizens enter into the european union, there is this call for an all light bomb, but it doesn't look like it's going anywhere. specifically, this issue would need unanimous approval by all of the used member countries. and

that doesn't look like it's happening to be jack perry joining us from prague. jack, thank you. let's take a look now, some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. the 1st ship carrying grain from war torn ukraine has reached africa. the brave commander docked and 2 booty on the horn of africa loaded were 23000 metric tons destined for ethiopia. the ship was made possible by a deal between keith and moscow. nearly 200000 people are without safe drinking water in the southern u. a city of jackson, mississippi residents have been warned not to drink tap water after the cities long neglected water treatment plant broke down in the aftermath of flooding. the city is now distributing bubbled water. schools and businesses have had to close now to iraq, where the president is calling for early elections to settle a political crisis that turned into some of the dead leaves, violence. baghdad, have seen in years earlier this week,

she and cleric will taught l solder. he called on his supporters to end their projects. after a 2nd day of clashes with the army and rival, she factions, early elections. they been one of else orders demands, at least 30 people have been killed. oh, burying their dead support is of no todd at asada lay their loved ones to rest, killed in clashes with fellow iraqis, fellow shiites. the unrest only ended out the powerful she, i cleric ordered his followers to pull back. one for built with within 60 minutes, you don't withdraw from the green zone and from the city and outside parliament, i will even disavow the movement itself. just minutes later, members of his militia began withdrawing and calm, was restored. a powerful demonstration of our father's influence. the unrest started after that firebrand cleric announced he was quitting politics in

frustration over a political deadlock. he commands a militia with thousands of fighters, many of whom stormed the green zone in anger. the area of his home to the iraqi parliament on numerous international embassies. they traded shots with rival, she ain't factions, and iraqi security forces. prompting the united nations to warn that the states very survival was at stake. the clutches, which is the latest escalation in a political crisis that's left iraq without any government since elections last october. i'll thought his party won the largest share of seats in parliament, but couldn't secure and majority because of a political infighting outside us. if is she, i rivals are too close to iran, as the time will continues many iraq, he's is struggling to put it on the table. dish should have so in that we only had to ask for a good life to off the schools for our children,

access to health care. we won't dignity local joe, don't get on with. the violence may be a, the, but the deep divisions rename with no leeway full it out of the crisis. i'm join l y homes, a her dad with the middle east and north africa program at the european council on foreign relations. it's good to have you with this. do we know what i'll saunders goal is here. he announced that he's quitting politics that appeared to spark these pro just now he's calling for his supporters to withdraw. was this a miscalculation or a demonstration of his power? you can definitely say was both, but i would lead with a miscalculation because he did when the most seats in the 2021 october elections with 73 seats. and he had those and piece resign a few weeks ago, which means he was no longer had a seat at the table. and his rivals were going to move on without him in form of

government, which then led for him to call for his proto, for protests, from his supporters. and it just kept escalating up until we, we had classes last night. and we know that moved on sunday, he has been demanding new elections. it looks like that that's going to happen. so it's he, at the end of the day is at least one of his demands being met. well, we still don't know. yeah. i mean it be the most logical thing to do is to have snap collections and start this over again. but in the long term, this will have a negative impact on iraq, democratization, because there is a lot of voter apathy and iraq voter turnout has been decreasing over the last 3 elections. and it was below 44 percent in october and to have another snap election just because someone regrets for thing is m p to resign doesn't bode well for democracy. but it's been more than 10 months now. since elections in iraq,

we still don't have a government. why haven't iraqi leaders? why haven't they been able some would say to get their act together and to form a function and govern well, they're being selfish. they're not being, they're not able to come together and have another consist of government. and that was actually led by move to the fact that he thought he could sideline some of his local rivals. and the shock component and form of government would gesture and parties from the kurdish and sidney blocks. but the others were able to block him and not allowed to form a new government which allowed him to have his m p, 's, resign and frustration. so it's, it's just the nature of the political system that encourages large, broad base consensus, governments i'm, they had on helping us understand the vince that of shaken baghdad this week. thank you. you're welcome. well,

the war in ukraine it has forest millions of people to leave their homes. many are children who have seemingly lost everything. a group of volunteers in the south of ukraine. they set up a summer camp. and of course, it's supposed to be a place for fun and it supposed to be say, but as d, w y t is burling reports tonight, the horror of the war. it's never far away. i yada is 11 years old to day. it's a birthday like no other goofy. i wish you have happiness and a peaceful sky above your head. i wish you that everything will be fine and that you can go home soon. this is a summer camp for kids and families. we've lost their ho refugees from embattled occupied areas, yada and his mother fled her son, which is occupied by the russians. that was the thing you, it's,

the russians were standing where with tangs garcia and next to the tanks where people are unable to live and then they to a few people away lies is not unable to live his code word, football, games, just a few weeks, many of these kids have seen you and most people in the lifetime yard, it's dad is the soldier and the ukranian army, his mother decided to flee when the russians started looking for the families of ukrainian soldiers. but yeah, to referrals, i looked through the lines. 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. yeah. i need the dean these nicely though. my dear. the organizer is alexi olenick. everybody 'cause him. uncle yoshi decided he wanted to create

a space of solace if only temporarily 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. and she is 3 me marsh. and one day she was sitting there in the hammock crying. lou, yep it's. i approached her and asked her to blush, what's wrong and thought? and she shrugged his shoulders. but it was quick when 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 she said, well, i was, and she's not coming any more yet has amused for you have children. i understand if not my fault

then but she would still be alive for many stories like this but on your show and the other volunteers try as much as they can to distract everybody with outdoor activities. it's the birthday boy's turn to climb the rocks and makes it to the toss it down. my problem, which can i did give them the victory at least to day when so much in his life remains uncertain. the war in the job after a short break, i'll be back to take you through the district around that will be right

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