[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah, this is dw use lie from berlin, u. s. president joe biden hits out at his predecessor ahead of key mid term elections. donald trump, with a migraine republicans representative extremism that threatens the very foundations

of our republic. he calls on all americans to reject political violence and protect democracy. un inspectors say they're worried about the safety of europe's biggest nuclear power station. experts plan to stay permanently at the plant in russia occupied ukraine, despite a by shell it and to return to middle earth fans of the lord of the rings. finally get a glimpse of then you've made the tv prequal. look at one of the most expensive series ever met. ah, i've been visible and welcome a warning from the president of the united states. joe biden has given a speech on prime time t v, telling boat as the former president, donald trump, and his supporters threatened a democracy. the midterm elections are in a couple months. they'll determine who controls the house of representatives and

senate. his address by an accused, trump supporters of undermining the rule of law and rolling back the rights and freedoms of citizens. biden's democrats have only narrowly ahead in opinion polls, but issues like inflation and abortion have up ended. the political playing field is more from biden's speech. too much of what's happening in our country today is not normal. donald trump and the magar republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. miger republicans do not respect the constitution. they do not believe in the rule of law, they did not recognize the will of the people. they refused to accept the results of a free election. and they're working right now. as i speak in state after state, to give power to the side elections in america, the partisans and cronies,

empowering election deniers undermined democracy itself. mag, of forces are determined to take this country backwards, backwards to an america where there is no right to choose. no right to privacy? no right to contraception. no right to marry who you love? and let's bring in us analysts pay to her the doll. this was joe by like we've never really see him quite firey and giving trump and his support is a real thrashing. this was a bite and as we haven't seen him in a very long time, this is perhaps one of the most forceful speeches. i think we've seen him given as president. but also before there's a kennedy, you know, for the past 3 years, he's really try to paint himself as the united chief, as someone who's decades of experience in the senate. back when he was a senator, put him in a position to, you know, reach across

a political i'll to make the deal to get things done. after years of dysfunction in washington. for a long time, he wouldn't even mention trump by name, he will call him the former guy. so really not me. good about trump, but make it about america in, in this case it seems like he is now we can up to the fact that this is not the washington that he came of age. and it is a washington where republicans have blocked biden's agenda at every turn and were republican as a party of also become more and more extreme. and we're really the loyalty to trump . it seems comes above all else. you've seen poll after poll showing that a sizable majority of republicans as many as 70 percent still think that biden is not the legitimate precedent where we've seen on the local level or state level on the with the supreme court does also increasing conservative that years that writes

that americans took for granted for decades that started being rolling back from, from abortion through access to the ballad and, and may be also at stake. same sex marriage. so that is the extremists. and we saw by and warning against your very forcefully button said that his speech was about the soul of the nation. i want to play a clip that i think really gets to that point. we are still at our core a democracy. yes, for history tells us the blind loyalty to a single later and a willingness to engage in political violence is fatal in democracy. for a long time, we told ourselves that american democracy is guaranteed, but it's not. we have to defend it. protected, stand up for it, each and every one of us. what do you make of that? yeah,

that this is such an interesting part of the speech and i think he's really trying to do 2 things there. on the one hand, we see bite and trying to paint himself, asked the penultimate commander in chief, carry in the mould of a to which washington, america's 1st precedent who let the american army to victory during the revolutionary. nary war against the british crown. some 250 years ago, ant bite in here saying that, you know, we need to stand up for the, for democracy. he is the guy who is going to lead them through that battle essentially. right. i mean, it's no coincidence that he's given the speech at independence hall, where the in philadelphia, where the declaration of independence was written, where the constitution was written. and so he saying this is really what is at stake here, is either going down the path toward tyranny returning to what americans broke free from some 250 years ago, or continue on the path of democracy. and then we're all seen the 2nd aspect, which is a, not so subtle, not i think,

to what is going on elsewhere in the world. what we're seeing in russia with a president vladimir putin who is undoing what was left of democracy in russia. hungary where we seemed to orbit also on doing many of the things that we associate with liberal democracies and where there's just been a search of anti democratic pro authoritarian movements throughout the continent. so he is both sending a message to american saying this is where we could be headed, but also, you know, not to the world saying we're seeing you. it's a, bring this back to the us. how do you think the midterms will pan out? it is a very tough question. one day you as politics can, can feel it can be a year in other places. so we are beginning to see the pendulum swing back in, in democrats favor. and this is come in after a, you know, after years of frustration with bite and who ran on being the guy who could get things done in washington for

a long time. he wasn't able to do that also because of infighting among democrats. but we are seeing now that he's scored a significant amount of legislative victories from infrastructure packages to tightening gun last 2. also, we're just seeing basic things like gas prices starting to come down. and those are things that really make a difference to democrats. and so we're seeing a bite and in a democratic party, i think who are looking at this is saying, this is how to beat. not just trump, keep him away from the white house in 2024, but also to beat republicans in just 3 months. let's see if he is the right man to do that be to hold the dog. thank you very much for coming. it could be with him. and let's take a look at some other stories making headlines. this out. police have arrested a man for supposedly trying to assassinate argentine is vice president put it shows him pulling a gun on christina fernandez, but no shots were fired. president basil fernandez,

whose unrelated called it the most serious event. the country's been through since returning to democracy in poland says itself is a $1.00 trillion dollars in damages during the 2nd world war. it wants to use this as the basis for a massive reparations claim against germany and calls the matter closed. arguing compensation was paid in the years after the war. southern pakistan is racing for even more flooding as water from the north. so does down river record floods have already effected more than a 3rd of the country killing over a 1000 people. millions will have been left in desperate need of humanitarian aid. un inspectors say ukraine separation nuclear power plant has been physically violated raising concerns about his safety. it's the independent experts 1st tour of the russian occupy facility. following near by shelling. both ukraine of russia reduce each other of attacking the plant. several members of the inspection team

remain on site and plan to stay there permanently. despite fresh reports of fighting in the region. 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 would believe it would be like her, my empirical. so this mission for us is just to did militarize the tutorials opposing leopold atlanta and surrounding area. if this mission helps to do that, then it will the success in the short term d, 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. a corresponded mathias building, a is in south parisha. he told me about the un teams assessment of the nuclear facility. look, the part of the mission has stayed there and the other part left after a few hours. so they have not given a full assessment of the state. they have just said that they have seen that,

that have been damaged on that. their integrity has been violated of the site. we've seen videos from russian media from their visit where they were walking amid military equipment on the side than there was shown at the damage that russia says had been done by ukrainian shelling ukraine as accusing rush of shelling the place . um, so they have gotten the 1st impression, but what is important now is that this has all the damage that you might not see in the 1st, you know, on the 1st, on 1st regard because the, whether the systems are working, etc, needs more assessment, deeper assessment they need to stay there and they need to see how things are processing, where their maintenance work is done, etc, etc. so obviously they need to stay a little longer to work out really what is going on there and what the safety situation is that long term. what, what are their plans so the i 8 wants to keep them there.

i wouldn't say indefinitely, but as long as necessary. so for several weeks, months, whatever is the situation there and, and they would have to really be on site and monitor closely was happening there, assessing the damage to the systems, the functioning of all the security mechanisms, the working conditions, et cetera, et cetera. that's what the i a, a has said, we don't know. we have heard conflicting information, but there was information that they would already leave to morrow. those will us who stayed behind. rossi has said he wants them to stay longer. russia hasn't, principal agreed to a longer stay, but has also clarified all these things are very fluid. are very fluid. these the here and good. yeah, we don't know where that will work, but from a security point of view they would have to stay there for quite some time, but mathias for this to have to work. and if they're going to say they're long term,

wouldn't the fighting. i need to stop the fighting nearby and right around this facility for anything to happen in a, in a positive way. the fighting would need to stop. on the other hand, you would save the fighting continues. it's even more vital that they are there in the sense the damage i i'm, i'm not sure the fighting needs to stop anyway. so. yeah. to have one to cold, as a sure mathias bellinger in the city of separation covering that story for us on is so much at stake, not just the fighting, but also the effects there on that nuclear power plant, which is the biggest in europe, ukraine's new school year began on thursday for many children, it was their 1st day back since rushman baited in february. so the half of schools are reopening for in person classes. we sent along our correspondent young philip

shots. there's an almost festive mood at this school in the center of which are just like every september students all over ukraine are heading back to class. but this year many haven't seen each other for more than 6 months. and turbo of war time horrible. those issues, louis show him, well, i'm glad we can go back to school during such a difficult period. and 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. she of course so or be naughty, i sure will say everything seems to be normal. everything seems to be well protected. she know alice the times to a little bit afraid when you're 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. i 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, might show the children are safe for the now the dent at little electrical vasquez's only schools that have bomb shelters are allowed to re open. estimates suggests that only half of the schools in the country had think 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 larissa admits it's probably going to be very difficult for the pupils to be concentrated down here which i 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 the help they need in her school. no, we need to think we have to find specialized therapists. our own school psychologist has been heavily affected by the war herself to hawked. of course, unblocked is, may be additional professionals could help the parents of teachers and pupils go, or shell it's still on for today, the air rate alerts they off and the show to us in the basement, remain unused. it almost feels a little like normal school life. but even the youngest, you know that this can change at any moment. you're watching the w news still to come more female characters, less c, g i. at the same middle earth magic a new t, v series takes, he was back deep into hobbit history. but 1st,

countries around the world is struggling to cope with rising inflation, which is making life more expensive and eroding savings. here in germany, the rate of inflation is close to 8 percent the highest in some for decades. as prices surge, people are trying to come back on their costs in the early morning light undelivered kosky as planting spinach. he is unemployed and lives on state benefits . thanks to this project that these allotments had liked sake, he can earn something on the side and that extra income is important. andre doesn't have much money to spend any way. and then along came inflation, eatable, hobbins, and every week when i go shopping, something has become more expensive. is there a $0.10 here and $0.10 there, and $0.10 there, and it all adds up in the shopping basket. and if you have to be a bit careful with money, it's not the zone to help it's agreed on tax cuts and $1.00 of payments to caution

inflation and rising energy costs. but few of these measures are reaching the people. here we go. why know that you don't notice anything. this doesn't make a difference. county, i barely have enough money to survive. but what can you do? you just have to pull through you know, only those up there. don't realize what's going on here between the people that they promised us that they want to bring out a new package for pension and students of them. but no one can tell us at the moment with the outcome will be and leave it. kosky believes that paul takes is currently only serving the wealthy and he blames germany's finance minister for. so how didn't wouldn't, mister lintner has decided, is really only a package of meshes for the rich for people like him. not for the poor for the pensioners, but event more than it may be summer here, but they are already worrying about the winter,

because it could poof even more expensive. high inflation is having a political impact here in germany. the government has proposed ways to ease the pain, but are people happy with the job? it's doing not really according to a survey by public broadcast, a r d. only one percent of people are very satisfied with the government's performance. 30 percent say their content. 37 percent less satisfied and a substantial 31 percent of germans are totally dissatisfied with the administration. political correspondent in manuel chas has more on this. what are germans mostly concerned about right now? well, is the inflation rate at his highest in 40 years? people are mostly worried about the cost of living prices. we've talked about it have drastically increased over 15 percent, sofa grocery shopping only. and of course the heating bills this winter are likely

to sky rockets increase by hundreds of euro's per households. so many germans are already reject it, reducing their energy consumption, where they can, we see consuming trends, also changing. there's less being investment, big investments, for example, in cars. inexpensive electronics, also enclose. and more people tend to buy from discounters with a majority of people hoping that the government will take new measures, such as the for example, re conducting the mostly transport or 9 euro tickets, or maybe a lower gas tax. so even an energy price cap and also a lot of people are hoping to see direct payments are being made are being made when it comes to financial aid of financial aid. they would also like to see geared not just towards a lower income, but also to middle class households. what about half a year into this war? ukraine? what, what you, people here in germany think about the sanctions against russia?

well, even if i hear from germany, we're like, we're in the middle of a global economy crisis. i mean, not just in germany as an acceptance, particularly here of germany's foreign policy towards russia. it is decreasing compared to what was the case at the beginning of russia's war against ukraine, but still a little over half of the population approves other sanctions even if a 3rd of them also fear a negative consequences. here in germany. and interestingly, this feeling is a bit more present in former eastern germany where we see disapproval though, is when we check popularity of individuals within the governing coalition. with chancellor all of shells, his finance minister, a christian lean there and even a green economy minister and vice chancellor robert harvey, usually popular losing significant support and even she is she also faces backlash . we see a foreign minister on elena barbara cause are currently being the most popular

minister with 4949 percent of approval rates, dw, dash us. thank you very much. in other news, a me in my military quarter sentence on sponsored she 23 years in jail with hard labor. the closed contract court reportedly found the acid leader guilty of electoral fraud in the 2020 elections when her pun landslide victory is already serving an early of 17 years sentence. the u. k. conservatives are in the final stages of choosing their new leader and prime minister. today's the last 8 member's consent in their ballads and choose between liz trust and richie su neck. the result will be announced on monday with when a replacing virus jones ship carrying ukrainian grain that ran aground in turkey. spots for straight has now been towed to anchorage and is dabble. the vessel was transporting corn to italy when it suffered or brought a failure, forcing the critical waterway to close. it's the 1st such incidents in exports from

ukraine. we started in july. one of the most expensive tv shows ever made has finally had its debut rings of power is the pre call to the popular load of the rings and hubbard films. but the story has moved to the small screen and takes place 4000 years before the events in those adaptations of j. r. r. tolkien novels . the series was found in new zealand during the pandemic looked down. culture critics have given the 1st episode, rave reviews are days of peace. begin. the waiting is over for the lord of the rings. fans. this series is not based on a particular j. r. r. tolkien novel. but on the righteous extensive background essays, we thought our choice would be an ending, resort allen night with never teen skies. are strange. the actors say the author is still very present. everybody in this, in the job. so passionate about talking and you know,

make them we can talk about him all the time. i know i, but so many conversations the legend doubt. in fact, i'm not upset the legendary many long because my fellow classmates roll their eyes and i'm going to say the outlet, which is the mount between finish reliance on c, g i that in the movies and some terrific attention to detail. ah, yes. so they actually had on the, on the wall is massive chat about how scale works and how tools and characters my hobbling characters are on the line. and then we had to learn about how i'm perspective. so i could be acting opposite you about where they place you with the elation that one of the smaller one of us is to allow them beyond the dogs, to dig shadow for years old, and use them to the filming of the 1st season. a new zealand reportedly cost over

$450000000.00 with if you would sour, ah, better be good for all that money paid out. and during a pandemic, reminder of the top story way following for you this our president of the united states to bide his born form of president donald trump. and his pulled has threatened democracy in a speech ahead of a crucial midterm election bite and accused from supporters of undermining the rule of law and bowling back writes up next the you crank, counter offensive can keep push the russian army back to now show to the point is love on our website, of course the w dot com, otherwise i'll be back next hour guarantee dealt

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download it now for free. after weeks of build up, ukraine says it has launched a counter offensive to retake territory seized by russia. in the 1st weeks of its invasion officials in chief said their forces had broken through moscow's defences in several areas of the front line. here the city of hassan, as the pushback got underway, the e, you agreed on launching its own new mission to provide additional military assistance to ukraine. so we're asking today ukraine counter offensive. can kion