history, it's tracy with their dreams. ready to do this week d, w ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is dw news live from berlin, b u n's. nuclear watchdog warns a military safe zone is needed around ukraine's operation nuclear plants. playing it by the head of the international atomic energy agency addresses the un security

council. warning that if showing around the facility does not end something catastrophic could occur. also coming up on the show, monsoon of flooding in pakistan force is a difficult decision. a huge leg threatens to overflow and authorities have chosen to spare more populated areas as rural residents pay the price and german lawmakers pay tribute to the last leader of the soviet union. we call gorbachev the man credited for his role in bringing down the iron curtain and allowing east and west germany to become one. ah hello, i'm clare richardson of a warm welcome to the show. we start in ukraine where local officials say russia has again shelled the area around the zap region nuclear power plant. this a day after the united nations secretary general said russia and ukraine must cease

military activity near the facility and agree on a security zone. and tony quoterush warned that any damage could spell catastrophe . 4th region and beyond, his words echoed those of the head of the un nuclear watchdog. it's rafael garcia's 3rd time speaking to the security council. but his 1st time reporting on what he seen with his own eyes at this apparition, nuclear plant broken, we are playing with fire and something very, very catastrophic could take place. this is why in our report, we are proposing the establishing the establishment, sorry, of a nuclear safety and security protection zone. grossey says it's not possible to work normally and safely at the plant. it's short staffed, the staff, it does have overworked and communication with the outside world is difficult and he says military vehicles are getting in the way. our concrete recommendation these

regard is that the military vehicles on equipment that are currently present in buildings inside nuclear buildings on this side be removed from the russian ambassador accused key of shelling the plant and said there could be serious consequences. a griffin reserved to look the responsibility lies solely with care. it's western supporters and all those in the security council who don't have the courage to call things by their name and stop the reckless actions against this power plant. you would use the board, you lose despite russia song and dance here today to avoid acknowledging responsibility for its actions. russia has no right to expose the world to unnecessary risk. and the possibility of nuclear catastrophe. nothing new at the security council, russia and western nations at loggerheads once again with no end to the conflict insight. as our while ago, i spoke to our correspondent mathias bollinger and teeth,

and i asked him how the i am investigation has been received in ukraine. well 1st of all, of course it's received a, it was received well that they have criticized the military equipment on side. that something that ukraine has been a, has been criticizing for a long time and that they expected them to do. but there was also criticism off the mission itself that they have not sure really proposed an action plan. they have not really said how they want to demilitarized this area that, that, that, that they just stated what they saw, but did not give any further advice. okay, to ukraine, disappointed, there is no plan of action there and we know to inspectors from the i e a are staying on at the plant. how helpful do you think that will be in improving the security situation there?

well, 1st of all, it improves the information or situation on security. so the i e, a will have more direct information from the ground and it will be easier to monitor the situation. of course, these 2 inspectors, they don't run the plan, they can facilitate maybe some things between the rush and management and the ukrainian staff at the plant. if there are some conflicts arising there, there might be able to negotiate, mediate or something like that. but in, in, in fact these 2 people, they are observe as they are not actively, probably going to to, to do something security wise there. but it's important to have the full picture. it's important to have the information. so these 2 people, of course they do make a difference. i mean, while ukrainian forces are pressing ahead with their counter offensive in the south and the east. what is the latest you're hearing from the front lines? yeah, we've heard about successes in the south for some time. we don't know how well they're

able to consolidate them. we don't get the full picture. there's little access to the front lines at the moment for journalists and so there are questions that remain them, but we have with the picture that the ukrainians are indeed advancing. there is, it is getting more and more is getting more and more confirmed. and in the east we are hearing now similar things, the push a push onto the front lines from the ukrainians. that seems to be that seems to be moving on that seem to be some successes. so a lot of pressure applied there. we don't know whether the objective is to really move forward fast there or just to keep pressure high on the russian troops there. so russia can not deploy them from there to the south. for example, that's something that's how that has been some speculation about. but at the moment it looks as if the ukrainians are having the initiative on the,

in the hock of region and in their own region. and that's off to russia. i've had the initiative in the dorm bus, but also in other areas for a very long time. my canceling or reporting for us from keith. thanks so much. let's bring you up to speed now on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. firefighters are searching the rubble for survivors. after rush and shells hit on apartment walk and a school in the eastern ukrainian city of yon, at least one civilian was killed in the rocket attacks. president putin has said that sanctions against moscow or a danger for the whole world. he also warned the west that it was impossible to isolate russia and hales ages, growing global influences that i should. western countries have imposed a raft of economic and personal sanction. russia invaded ukraine in february in the baltic states of luther lithuania, lot via and estonia have reached agreement to restrict the entry of russian

citizens as sonya had already banned russians entering as of last month. but this coordinated agreement in the new development and european commission president orthal of under lion has proposed a price cap on russian gas as part of several measures to tackle the energy crisis . facing europe. ministers are due to hold an emergency meeting on friday, mid charges that russia is weaponized energy supplies, in response to western sanctions. we aim at lowering the costs of gas and therefore we will propose a price cup on russian gas. of course the objective is very clear. we all know that our sanctions, deeply grinding into the russian economy with a heavy negative impact. but booting is partially buffering through fossil fuel revenues. so here the objective is we must cut rushes, revenues,

which put in uses to finance his atrocious war and ukraine. indeed, energy prices haven't been rising in europe after russia slashed natural gas deliveries in response to western sanctions. in the united kingdom, soaring energy costs have left many of the nation's cherished pubs. fighting to survive. the, the news struck a nerve, the dramatic rise of energy prices him written could spell the end for 70 percent of all pub, single country. for this little pub, were you sir? pay about $7000.00 pounds a year, and now the coordinator or b triple lot. so we're looking at bills probably around $24.00 to $30000.00 pounds . prices for private households are kept even though in a high level, but businesses are hit by unlimited price rises by the energy companies. clark cannot possibly make that much money. was this little corner pub? so what will he do? making lots of cuts out of some of the stuff that we do. of course some of the policies are gonna have to go up and we can't put them off too much because of

course the, the squeezes hold for everybody. the more you put it up, the less customers you have less money you have. but the end of this in other neighbourhood pubs is not just the question of sheer economics. the pub is his social hub for the community. a place to like make new friends and to kind of chat and actually have an affordable drink in a cozy place. so you know, if it went away, this wouldn't have happened though it would be sad to local pop go spencer. but she was take a bit deserve to really, so my specs would think about it. yeah, it's why applauded with quite a few people who mustered particularly because old places like the hand in hand on bright and see front also part of local history. in old time sailors used to drink here the very small drinking ho. i'm on a, on a corner very, very common around her has been serving this community for for many,

200 is they survived the recession in 2008. recently the coven pandemic, no energy prices might be the final threat. a lot of people over the other pups in those repub community are already starting to look at whether this is this is the one that has finally do them in this coming window could mean last orders for the hand in hand. and many of the pups in britain let's get an update from pakistan now where the prime minister says parts of his country are just like a c following devastating monsoon floods. shamar sharif was speaking after he visited the southern province of cent. that's where authorities are struggling to prevent pakistan's largest lake from overflowing. workers have breached a dyke of lake man chart to try to control the waters. and while that means more densely populated areas have been spared for now, nearby villages have been inundated. these people are free. the largest

league in pakistan has that much the homes with the league threatening to overflow and genius breached embankments to direct the water away from heavily populated areas. but what the levels remain dangerously high around a 100000 people have already been displaced. the overflowing lake is the result of heavy rain and pakistan. so worst flights on record. one 3rd of the country has been impacted since province, if among the worst hit and is now facing a humanitarian crisis, with millions at risk of falling ill. i'm my child and i drank the dirty flood water and my child fell sick. he started vomiting and got diarrhea. health experts had worn. the humanity in situation will get worse. was leads up say nothing ever since the flood. we've had patience streaming in the past. or we have

72000 patients registered with us homes on the way back to me because we have treated around 5000 children with diarrhea pakistan and made less than one percent of greenhouse gases, but x but fe, it if being the price for global emissions the un fecky gentle antonio with danish have fed the flat out of the felt of climate change nature. the striking beck and climate change is super charging the destruction of our planet. today. it is buck is done tomorrow, it can be anywhere else. good data. she's heading to pakistan this week. he's calling for a massive show of international support to bring in 8 that the country desperately need. he spoke earlier to idea shares, the country director of the aide organization care international in pakistan. i asked him about the current situation at lake men, char, the water level,

ledge lake mature is still high, and that is like another one or 2 days, which we can still say that that is the risk. the water is still passing from different cities and to 80 hours which are to lead trisic boarding jump shorter and to job in next 2 days time. this water will connect with the sea. so the next 2 days are definitely a risk. and there were like some breaches which are done problem this late yesterday and day before to reduce the lake flow of water, which has effected some of the rural areas and lake and all the city all about the will saved. but at the same time, the other 2 days will still be a risk. now we're also expecting more rain in the coming month. do you think things are going to get worse before they get better? is it's hard to say this to the i think the,

the experience which we have seen in this more than the prediction of the rain. so not that heavy but they were heavy and which converted into flag as an aide worker . i'm concerned because of the rain top and the flow of the rain, but really high. they could be in the spend all flooding which may happen and more or areas could be affected and even people who are displayed, they may face more challenges. so as an organization, we all need to play our role at this stage, but definitely we are concerned on the next range which will come. and let's talk about that response. your organization has been on the ground since the floods hit . are you encouraged by the response that you've seen so far? a heavy needs, i would say, like, you know, our teams ought to be b, as in sam then baluchistan via providing support to the effected communities. but there are massive needs it's, it's not

a small area which is hit by this emergency. they're almost like 80 distinct, which are hard hit from this emergency. and we are talking about $6400000.00 people who are in need of support is workers come in organizations and also like us are providing there's support in these areas. but we need to think that this is not an emergency which will over within days. because people have lost everything, including their sheltered lives, talk loudly, we're ready, crops, and other assets which they had. so it's like, you know, a pretty broad track to the emergency response which is lifesaving for now. and then converting into an early recovery phase. and then in the longer term development, and that will require a lot of support in terms of financial support in terms of in kind the board but, and then also making sure that these communities ought to be at about disaster risk reduction strategies. so that they can save them. so for any future thoughts or

a project like this one, based on your experience as an aide worker, how long do you think it will take pocket on to recover from this disaster? i think the life savings response can before the next 4 to 6 months, which is just the initial response. and then we'll convert into an ally the company response, but it's usually between 12 to 18. so i as an a, the worker and like from my previous experience of martin in country which was in 2010, i can see that it will take between 2 to 3 years to really recover these 2 communities and reintegrate them to the social network. sure, as country director of care international joining us from islam abroad. i want to thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us on d w. news. thank you so much. let's go now to some other world news stories. a court in hong kong has convicted 5 people of sedition or publishing children's

books. the picture books explained hong kong 2900 democracy movement to children. but the core to deemed the books to be anti government rights group, amnesty international called the decision. a brazen act of repression. the death toll from a typhoon that head south korea has risen to 10. local media showed rescuers recovering bodies from the flooded car park. but the rescue team did also discover 2 survivors who had huddled in an air pocket for 14 hours. the storm swept through the coastal city and the south of the country on tuesday or german lawmakers have paid tribute to late soviet president, me heil. gorbachev who died last month at the age of $91.00. the parliamentary president described him as a great liberator who changed germany's history. the tributes came as germany's parliament got back down to business after the summer break. the 1st session saw some sharp criticism aimed at chancellor all our shorts over his policies toward

ukraine and russia. the bonus tag began at session commemorating former soviet leader gorbachev, whose policy had ended the cold war and bridge the gap between the soviet union and the west. russian president vladimir putin. renunciation of this path and his war against embattled ukraine has led to the crisis situation that germany and other western states have to deal with. we abandoned us more. we will do what is next because all it is exactly along that policy line closely embedded in the alliance with our friends around the world that we support ukraine and will do so for as long as necessary. opposition leader frederick mads from the conservative sit back at the chancellor, telling him he is not doing enough to support ukraine. he also criticized the government for sticking with its plan to eventually shut off nuclear power through the site for the time being, this capacity must remain on the grid army. this will lower prices. this will

reduce costs for companies. if you have people were told you that and it should be anything but an exaggeration. esau. mister chancellor, stop this. insanity is in chancellor. charlotte's replied that his government had solved problems before the opposition had even identified them. he called out the conservators saying they were responsible for germany's reliance on russian energy as well as it's slow progress on renewables, z bond, or you were incapable of bringing about the expansion of renewable energies you for defense of pedals against every single wind turbine. and every defensive battle in the last few years is still hurting our country. today. that was view those, the government and opposition agree that energy prices need to come down. but fundamentally disagree on how to reach this goal. our political correspondent nina has a, has been reporting on events in the moon to start to day. now,

earlier asked her how unusual it is for the german parliament to dedicate so much time to remembering a late foreign leader. it was highly unusual indeed, if not unique. i still haven't found any records of the german bundis sack ever doing anything like this for a foreign leader, german politicians. yes, they do get those camera ration events, but not those from another country. and that of course has to do with the fact that gorbachev did play a very special role in the late 19 eighties for this country. it was his policies, his friendship with then chancellor call, whom he trusted. and his openness to you as president reagan and then his willingness to embark on that pasta democratic reform that eventually led to the peaceful revolution that we had here in germany. and that eventually then made german reunification possible. so it wouldn't have happened without gorbachev. so the commemoration event might have happened anyway, but of course the fact that he died this year brings it home even more that we're now dealing with

a completely different president in moscow. russia is on the completely opposite path. babbitt boss, the president of the parliament had a message to vladimir putin today. she said it's deeply painful that everything that got back from it by the opposition leader as we just heard, could germany be doing more to support ukraine? what is true and we all remember that germany was very reluctant up fast to send weapons to ukraine. it broke with a big to bu, for this country here. and especially when it came to delivering heavy weapons, that really was a paradigm shift. but it did happen and, but at 1st of course, it led to a minor diplomatic route between berlin and keith. but germany is delivering heavy weapons. now the ukrainian prime minister was here in berlin last week. and in that, in itself is a sign that ukraine is now willing to say, right, let's put all these things behind as move forward now, and the prime minister, me how thank germany. he thanked all i've showed set that had been lots of progress

. but of course he, once more gemini, has sent 10 houses and 15 advent tanks, amongst other things, it is also promised 4 units of the air defense system iris t. but the prime minister said ukraine needs 12 of those and he wants more u ones. combat tags from germany. the leopard too, but all i've showed stressed today again the gemini just won't go it alone. even the u. s. are not delivering those sort of weapons to ukraine. so they're very weary of this conflict of potentially expanding to a conflict between nato and russia. and we'll have shows also you mustn't forget, he's got a very strong left wing anti weapons group in his own party. and that some people say might be an additional factor, why he is still standing on the break. and, you know, just before i let you go, russia's war has triggered an energy crisis here in germany and elsewhere in europe . the chancellor to day though, that he isn't too worried going into winter all of toys deliver one of his better speeches to day and burn. the 2nd heavily criticized the opposition,

especially the conservatives who of course, ruled this country for 16 years. and he said they were responsible essentially for that big dependency on russian energy sources in which is something that he said as chancellor try to get away from and when the country off for us and gas from day one. and from the 1st minute that he was in power. and so he said the german government has essentially prepared for a scenario where russia would not be delivering gas to germany. and it did. so it prepared very early on, even before russia invaded ukraine in february. so now our gas storage facilities are filled up more than 85 percent. this is something that the german government had set itself. the goal for, for october. so they've reached that now already. they're investing massively and renewable energy sources. they've also changed some of the laws and made the approval processes easier so that new ellen g infrastructure terminals be being built. and the 1st ellen,

g gas can actually flow from other countries into germany as early as this winter. and all these measures will actually said that make him fairly confident now that germany will get through this winter. okay. in terms of energy security in a has, are political correspondent, thanks so much for that update. and in the united states, a landmark equal pay agreement has been signed by the us men's and women's football teams. and in a long and at times, acrimonious dispute. ah, the men's and women's us national teams made history in signing their collective bargaining agreement. the new contracts include identical pay structures for appearances, tournament victories, and revenue sharing. the u. s. women have 14 rolled cups in multiple olympic gold medals. the same never said i add to, we had them failed,

and thus the same vibe we brought to this. so a super proud moment, really excited for everyone and, and really excited to see where this pushes the game on. ah, the union's also agree to pool fif was payments for the me as world cup later this year. in next years women's world cup. this comes after years of struggling for equitable pay and treatment. the u. s. women filed a federal gender discrimination lawsuit against you, our soccer in 2019. it drew international attention and was settled with us. soccer agreed to pay the women $24000000.00 us dollars. and let's get reminder of our top story at this hour. ukraine has hold for residents living in russian occupied areas near this operation, nuclear power plant to evacuate. the warning comes after the winds. nuclear watchdog called for a security zone to be established around the facility. to plant has sustained significant damage as russian and ukrainian forces at battle near by risking

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