hi alice services. ah, be our guest at frankfurt airport city managed by frat bought. ah, ah, ah, ah, this is dw news live from berlin safeguarding against a nuclear disaster. you and inspectors arrive at the russian held nuclear power plant in ukraine, and they say they plan to stay at the separate t a plant indefinitely. as the war outside rage is off. also coming up tonight, china accused of possible crimes against humanity

a damning un report on beijing's treatment of weaker muslims. china calling that report the work of thugs and the desperate flight of pakistan is a monster monsoon season. as left a 3rd of the country under water, the w h chose has more than 6000000 people need aid just to survive. ah, i bring gov to our viewers watching on p b s in the united states and to all of you around the world. welcome, a team of un inspectors has completed its 1st tour of ukraine's as apparition nuclear power plant. the plant in russian occupy territory has experienced several potentially catastrophic failures in recent weeks. and the international nuclear watch. salk wants to set up

a permanent base there. despite the danger posed by nearby missile strikes, experts from the international atomic energy agency being shown around the separation nuclear power plant by russian energy officials. on thursday they made a 1st tour of the key areas they wanted to see with ukraine and russia, blaming each other for shelling near the facility, the agencies had said the physical integrity of the plant had been violated. and he emphasized that their mission is far from over. we are not going anywhere the i e. busy is now there, he's at the plan and he's not moving. it's going to stay there. we're going to have a continued presence there at, at the plant. some of my experts are still the head of the power company that runs the plants and they are working to restart the reactor and expressed hope that the

un mission could help with believe it would be like her, my in parenthesis mission for us as just to did military us the tutorials opposing leopold atlanta and surrounding area? if is this mission helps to do that, then it will the success in the short term, the i. e. a plans to keep a group of experts at the plans for the next several days to continue their assessment of the damage already done to the facility. a dangerous unprecedented mission in the midst of a war zone. so i spawk spoke earlier with voting to mock of ukraine's national research center for radiation medicine and key. and i asked him what you would, inspectors are most likely to concentrate on 1st. so 1st of all, they need to establish technical conditionals. a nuclear power plant in general and the most important or they think, oh condition oh, there it if you materials there,

i mean a fuel assemblies both spent fuel answer, fresh fuel because they're both gonna some, some danger or i would say and it's very important. and also they relieve some of the psychological, put pressure on the personal of the nuclear power plant because they have what have working for almost 6 months on they're going from russian forces. they should also not in favor of security. who mr. to mike, you know, you bring up a good point. the, the employees of the plant have been under tremendous pressure. these inspectors, they're also under pressure now, right? because they perhaps are the only thing that stands between millions and millions of lives and radioactive meltdown. exactly. there, brave people, i really appreciate there, that gosh, and so there are motivation to go there because i know from the report that it was

not easy way today to get to the nuclear power plant. and it, we know that iodine tablet to have been distributed across that part of ukraine. what is your biggest concern right now? i mean, what, what would be the most acute danger in your opinion? actually a w, i n a r, a good for extreme scenario. vicious who could be my shalaka, she must and i ran the electric supply for the fall to ship cooling directors stops the core star to them to meltdown and some hydrogen or own chemical explosion. and then the release to the atmosphere and to see that at least 2 reactors are phillip waiting. they contain

a lot of for various or i didn't look like the coding iodine. and iodine has a big clarity that it is very biologically accessible and very mobile. so it is released 8 can very easily get through the organism office off of people. and then there it is. a property of accumulation in a certain gland issue. grayson might create hydro, this answer this, the iodine pills they block and then prevent from this intake and accumulation mr to what it is. there is a scenario. let's leave it's very light. we certainly hope that the worst case scenario would not become true. but in the event of a radiation, leach, even if we were to have a meltdown in your opinion, is the medical infrastructure already in place around separate around that entire

part of ukraine to deal with mass exposure to radiation. it's a very good question. so actually, oh, the, i consider in such scenario for quite a while. and so what, so, so you mentioned, this is a built, they're all, are they distributed in there will be available when they're needed. ah, but the problem is that, you know, the distribution of predictive material depends on, on bins and on metro apathetic conditions. and if wind blows to eastern direction to the territory, fisher occupied by invaders. ah, you kinda have control, it's gonna help, but population was as it made problem voting, to mock head of the laboratory, it ukraine's national research center for radiation medicine. mr. to mac. we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. thank you. right. well,

it is the 1st of september, ukraine's new school year began to day for many children. it was their 1st day back since russia invaded back in january. just over half of schools are reopening for in person instruction or corresponded young philip sholtes visited a school in the town of butcher. there's an almost festive mood at this school in the center of boucher, just like every september students all over ukraine, a heading back to class. but this year many haven't seen each other for more than 6 months. and in charge of war time hormone those viciously, we show me, i'm glad we can go back to school during such a difficult period though, i haven't seen many of my friends for a very long time. i've missed them so much. i just want to hug them all and she quit so or been at the bill said everything seems to be normal. everything seems to be well protected. she know other times to a little bit afraid had teacher larissa says that only around 60 percent of

students are returning. some are still abroad. the fate of others remains uncertain . larissa fled to germany shortly after the war began. in june, she returned and spent the whole summer preparing her school for watch an education . i'm unable on a stick, and i really felt motivated when i came back and thought i wanted the children to be able to continue their studies. who is still all worried, of course, but even if the war continues will make sure the children are safe for the now granted. like was spread. only schools that have bomb shelters are allowed to re open. estimate suggests that only half of the schools in the country have been. it's where classes go during eric alerts in boucher teacher, students and parents all work together to convert unused basement rooms into a shelter that is and her colleagues even set up proper classrooms down here in the

shelter. the rule is that whenever there's an error alert, those cent bags have to be placed in front of the window. but lattice, i admit, it's probably going to be very difficult for the pupils to be concentrated. stonier hutcher was particularly hearted by the russian invasion. the 1st month of the war, almost a 3rd of the town has been destroyed. headmistress larissa hopes that students who have had traumatizing experiences will get their help they need in her school. oh, when you think we have to find special i sarah, pests, our own school psychologist has been heavily affected by the war herself talked of course. this may be additional professionals could help the parent of teaching and p program which can fill out for today the air rates, alerts they off, and the shelters in the basement remain unused. it almost feels a little like normal school life. but even the youngest here know that this can

change at any moment. let's take a look now and some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world . the russian energy company, luke oil, says that its chairman has died following a serious illness. russian media had been reporting that raphael mag enough, had been found dead the after falling out of a hospital window in moscow. luc oil was one of the few russian companies to declare its opposition to the invasion of ukraine. back in march, russia, president vladimir putin has paid his respects to the late soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev. who passed away on tuesday. now, according to putin's spokespersons scheduling issues mean that the russian president will not attend mister gorbachev funeral on saturday boons office has also added that the ceremony will have elements of a state funeral,

including an honor guard. the governor of the u. s. state of arizona has travelled to taiwan for talks on economic cooperation in the high tech sector duct. do change visit to taipei is the latest in a string of visits by us. politicians visits that have angered china. beijing claims that taiwan is part of its territory and it says these visits are encouraging. taiwanese pro independence forces hands with taiwan will in response to these high profile u. s. visits, china has stepped up, its military drills around taiwan in august, a chinese military aircraft flew a record number of incursions into ty, one's air defense zones. so how concerned is taiwan about a possible full scale invasion? d, w 's, richard walker put that question to tie one's foreign minister joseph wu. in this exclusive interview, here's an excerpt from that talk. you see that the chinese seemed to be preparing

for a war against high 14 when they claim unification of their country. so what they were doing in the 1st part of august, ah, which is a exercise, according to ne, a playbook against i one, let me say it again. they fired missiles to the waters near taiwan. they conducted very large scale air and sea exercises. they conducted cyber attacks against high one. they conducted disinformation campaign against high one in, at the same time, they also engage in equal mclauren. so put it all together. this is what they want to do to taiwan when they want to invade taiwan. and you could watch the entire interview with joseph wu on d w's youtube channel. we'll have more for you, an excerpt from that interview as well. on the day in about 15 minutes time. the united nations tonight says that china's treatment of wiggers and other muslim

minority groups may constitute crimes against humanity. in the long delayed report, the u ins. human rights office said that there was critical, credible evidence of torture, forced medical treatment and sexual violence in detention camps in china's north western shin john region and china cause these centers training centers. china oppose the reports release, and it has denied the accusations with the 220 acre m g number 3 detention center is the largest in jin chang. and in china, it's at facilities like this one where beijing has long been accused of detaining more than 1000000 wiggers and other muslim minorities. now a bombshell un human rights office report, say sa detentions, which he called arbitrary and discriminatory, may amount to crimes against humanity. it also said it found credible allegations of torture rate for sterilize asian and forced labor. the long

anticipated report was released just 13 minutes before michelle batch of that term as un high commissioner for human rights ended and followed months of pressure from china to block its publication. vonsha fay, this report is a hodgepodge of misinformation that serves as a political tool for the u. s. in the west. to strategically use in jang to contain china. the chinese government as long maintained that many of its facilities and jin chang, a vocational training centers, created to counter alleged extremism and separatism among the regions. muslim minority but pictures from facilities engine, jang that were leaked earlier this year, tell a very different story. with hooded and bound prisoners forced in distress positions surrounded by police officers, armed with clubs, d u,

n. report edges china to release detainees and explain the fates of the huge numbers of people who have simply disappeared. but with beijing denying, having committed any abuses, many observe as a doubtful, it will changes, policies injuring jang until yesterday, kenneth roth was executive director of human rights watch. he's now retired after leading the human rights organization for nearly 30 years. i asked him if china was right about this report being a hodge podge of misinformation. to the contrary, this is a powerful danny report. now we know that aging has it been instructing, denying, trying to prevent the publication this report for a long time. but this is a very detailed report based on multiple interviews with former detainees and others with 1st hand information. and it describes the horror facing the weaker and

other took muslims if she jack there is so much to tell in that that it just basically gives the lie to beige repeated. and no one can read their report. and believe these denials any more coming from chinese that was richard roth speaking with us earlier. the word help organizations has almost 6 and a half a 1000000 people in pakistan are in dire need of humanitarian aid. this map shows the areas affected by floods. hundreds of thousands of homes have been destroyed. according to unicef with hundreds of health care facilities affected after heavy monsoon rains, pounded the country. the floods have led to more than a 1000 deaths and triggered a major humanitarian crisis. with survivors now at risk of disease and malnutrition . recent hun scans to soaked ruins of her home. the mother of 9 daughters lives in northern pakistan, swat district. for weeks,

it has rained here nonstop. the water flooded their home, almost completely destroying it. here ever thought a little garber. good people ask me what i lost, but it's impossible to even guess all our whole house has been destroyed. who's got to go go, there's nothing left. nothing at all is left in this house go. god regord, give me. yes i'm the pakistan monsoon season began in june extra saying that there has been $4.00 to $5.00 times the normal amount of rain this year. turning rivers into raging torrents, the flood waters reach the home of re thought, han and her daughter bushera a few days ago. when ali and we'll, as among we are just about to pack our bags. when the water came, what a get rose very quickly. up to our next visit, we left our bags behind and climbed up onto the roof to save our lives out of the see. but i will humble. more than $30000000.00 people have been affected by the flooding with damages estimated at more than $10000000000.00. food, water,

and shelter in particular are in short supply. pakistan's prime minister, shabani to reef has promised immediate aid. every penny we spent in a very rough wedding fishing that he would reach the needy there would be no rest at all. as to clean up work begins, disease is spreading throughout the areas affected by the flooding. there's also a shortage of medicine, including and swat district by the best and i'm doctor, i don't have enough money to go to the doctor by medicine that we have source for us and we're getting heat rashes on our skin cottage via them. her daughter bushrod was about to get married. we thought han had spent months making new garments and preparation for the wedding all destroyed by the flooding. she doesn't know where

to turn to a bit of a dog good, more, totally helpless mcgrew with my daughter and i are suffering badly. i can't cope with the severe consequences of the flood. i just don't know how we'll get through this, but certainly by bachelor and we'll do some of the adding back yard. good. we'll gun rebuttal for now. we thought han and her daughter are staying with friends, but they have no idea what their future holds. songs as the contact is the ceo of shelter box, that's an international disaster relief charity. that is sending a team to pakistan. he told us more about the needs of those affected by these flux . well 1st the scale of the need is your report reflected over 30000000 people have been affected. and it's not just that they have lost their homes that they have been separated from their children. over half of the $30000000.00 affected our children. it's also other impacts. it has including health impact due to sewage

mixing with flooding, water, creating unsafe drinking conditions and a potential health crisis on top of the sheer logistics of trying to reach the most vulnerable with 8 at this time. so it is a crisis that goes beyond just flooding and property destruction, to health crisis and a food crisis that we have to address the same time and so on. do you have an idea of which communities need help the most to mean? is there any way to get an overview of the extent of the damage in the need? well, we know that much of the flooding is centered around the north of sin province and possible. ok. you can actually see the swollen flooding that's created almost a lake in pakistan, some satellite photos from space, photos that didn't show that kind of water full previously a few days ago. we also know that in those areas the most vulnerable will be those caring for the elderly. and of course, those with children,

a disproportionate number, all the over $1000.00 and dead, almost cost our children. and that reflects the fact when they're off, like what is it will take children away. they are much lighter and they can be ripped from their parents on. so we are particularly concerned about families with lots of children, but also with those with disabled are elderly. and that's who we are likely to be targeting with our shelter assistance for us and the assistance that you offer and bring to not come a minute too soon. i'm wondering what is your take on the government's response to this disaster? well, we have responded as shelter box previously to the flooding in 2010 and worked with the pakistani national disaster management agency and they run a very good operations. they do know what they're doing, however, the scale of this crisis affecting so many millions will overwhelm any one country . as you've heard from the prime minister, it is the hope that aid will get to where it is most needed most quickly. and

that's exactly how shell to box operate. so we're looking forward to working with the pakistani authorities, sadly, often conflict and all the civil disorder concerns happen following a climate related design like flooding. and we hope that we won't see that in pakistan because that will impact the ability to deliberate swiftly, well, and there were a lot of people are certainly wishing you all the best and success in your endeavors and pakistan sondra chickens on the ceo of shelter box lunch, thank you. we appreciate your time to not countries in the horn of africa are struggling with extreme drought. the last 5 rainy seasons saw no precipitation. 8 organizations or warning of a catastrophe with more than 20000000 people facing possible food shortages, t w's. edith kamani visited farmers in what's known as the heart of kenya's bread, basket farmers who are now faced with the future of no harvest.

this was supposed to be a bump, a harvest for jonathan ki bet. but things could not have gone west for the king and farmer. first, the reins failed to come in much than an infestation of ami ones attacked his crop . and most recently, a violent storm flattened his entire happy will not be having anything to it. because a fled this flam was producing a, let's the air, 80 the 1515, but now i'm predicting maybe i'll get that he had to fight back. now you see that gap a gap? we'll that on 10 bucks. that 20 wouldn't be a city us. a cbs and our city us problem can your ranks as one of the countries be the highest food insecurity in the world? as the green fed economy? the country relies almost entirely on products from small scale farmers like jonathan, who simply can't keep up. we have been using air insurance mod of doing funding. we

are not good then it may be more in later men or now we can do as a manageable whistle funding on a neighboring farm. some santa lamb gets to tilling his land. the high cost of fuel has meant he can no longer afford to hire tractor. it's a lot of work with little return. he takes me to see this. he has harvest. it's not promising to indian beans. that means not the one failure to another block, fear is the only one i was threatening this year. the 65 year old is now at risk of poverty, as even his dairy business is threatened by the scarce animal feet. the impact of what's happening on the farms can already be felt in informal settlements right here in the city. the price of maids flour, which is the staple in the country, is now retailing for close to $2.00. but for a population living in extreme poverty, that can feel like a death center. and that was made evident in this viral video, showing

a shop as visceral reaction at a supermarket to the increased food prices. on the streets, the view is similar, was them you can't expect someone earning a dollar a day to buy mayflower for $2.00. children who are going to school hungry. we can't even feed them. breakfast. food security expert and minor has been critical of african governments in ability to create crop and diet diversity. her suggestion focus on climate resilient and nature driven farming. we need to harness our resources are already we have several huge dems that have been built, but also putting money in there, investing in small initial facilities, conservation of what a building of what happens would make a huge difference in terms of food production in kenya, back in the rift valley, jonathan is already rolling out his next plans saga, m. a more drought resistant crop with a ready market. his hopeful he'll bounce back when the rains come. watching the

w news coming up next on the day. does taiwan consider a chinese invasion inevitable? taiwan is foreign minister, joseph whoop. will speak with d w's, chief international editor, richard walker, that exclusive interview, and more after a short break. then i'll be back to take you through the day, stick around. we'll be right back with a with

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