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has a history left its traces, ah, the legal hearing their dreams metty to me this week on d. w. ah ah, this is d w. news lie from berlin. horrific scenes coming from ukraine's east. investigators say they have uncovered evidence of torture and murder at a mass grave near the city of his hume. this side is an area recently liberated from russian occupation, also coming up, people in lebanon,
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take drastic stabs to demand access to their own money. banks are closing their doors as the economic crisis deepens. plus i, the world's biggest party gets a new way in unit will have life coverage of the 1st october fest. since the pandemic blue and very warm welcome to our viewers around the world on michael o. co investigators as searching through a mass grave in eastern ukraine, se they've found evidence that some of the dead were tortured. the site near is jim recently liberated from russian forces, appears to be one of the largest discovered in ukraine yet. but ukrainian authorities warned that their investigation was just beginning digging up evidence
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of possible russian atrocities, lined with body bags. this pine forest on the outskirts of islam is the size of a recent mass, grave. hauling body after body work as here have already exist the remains of 40 people. police believe that over 400 may be buried here. some soldiers, but also civilians. forensic inspectors say some of the bodies bear the marks of torture. laura's we examined the 1st grief and found a body where little the rope was found on the neck of the body and there are injuries on his limbs. listeners will. these are all indications of dojo sources which a whole read one. this old cemetery is now filled with new crosses, some bear, the names of the dead. most are just numbered. police say grave diggers recorded the details of those they knew. satellite imagery shows the changes in the landscape from march to august,
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appearing to show new patches in the forest. the united nations is preparing to send an inspection team, something welcomed by ukraine's president. to initiate the day, the wall must see what the russian army left behind and one of the most burial of modern people. children and adults you'd be civilians and military school, tortured the shortland, skilled by shelling. also in the city of is you emergency services. a still clearing rubble to search for bodies believed to be trapped underneath using documentation. ukraine is hoping to make the case for a legal recognition of alleged to russian war crimes. our correspondent nick connelly is in hawk. he's not far from indian. and he told us when investigators had found out so far, we're still very, very early on in this. if you look at what happened, ne, kia, where we saw those mass graves was a butcher being, it was a question of weeks and months before they got to the bottom of things for they got
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final numbers. but yes, in recent hours we've heard from the authorities there the previous estimate of the number of people killed and buried. there was about $400.00. we've now heard talk of 450 original forgive area official. spoke of 99 percent of people they had. so far uncovered, having signs of a violent death, we don't always know what valid death mean. some of them, as you mentioned, they're both there. there were signs of torture. others could have been victims of the shelling of the fighting. that is, you saw in the 1st she weeks of the war when the russian forces came in there. but definitely there's the expectation in this part of the world that this is not gonna be the last mass gray found. there's going to be more of this to come, even if it's can take quite some time to get names and to reconstruct what happened to all these people are buried there in that 1st. more vistacomm. clearly it's another trauma for survivors. how are ukrainians in the newly liberated areas adjusting after 6 months of occupation?
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we traveled to a village, just north of hud. keep close to the russian border somewhere. we can still hear active fighting going on because there's still a lot of shelling going on along the ukrainian russian border even if you crane has re taken most the vast majority of the techy of the heart give region. i think it's a bit too early for people to really process what's going on for now. people are just in a bit of a days trying to work out what is possible, what's not most if they still don't have electricity, they still don't have mobile phone connections. they can't often enough tell their families in other parts of ukraine that they're ok at the area is still a full of minds. there's a lot of a fear there of just, you know, exploring their surroundings and blocks people that told us that, you know, they're still, it's people missing people who are arrested by the russians who right get safety and went missing on that journeys to safety, presumed dead and those people said that they are now desperate for those d mining crews to come in to give them a chance to check and see if there are more of these graves with us, any trace of their loved ones who are often still on account for weeks and months after off this occupation began nic,
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what's happening right now with the ukranian counter offensive? well, obviously it slowed down a bit. that is partly because, obviously there was a huge effort for ukraine's forces. and partly because this was the weakest part of russia's military front lines in ukraine. so the rest, if you go close to woods, don't basset is better defended. but it does seem that ukraine is still kind of collecting new victories and is moving close to 7 years durham. but that's the big city in los region, which russia took that huge cost to its own soldiers in terms of lives and resources. so there's hope here that there's gonna be more good news from the front lines ahead, but definitely a bit of a, a kind of calm here and a kind of a bit of a break wall ukraine for 3 groups. planning where the next move will be an economy in hockey. many thanks, as always. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world at this, our authorities and kyrgyzstan say at least 24 people have been killed in border
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clashes with tajikistan, dozens or wounded. both countries are accusing each other of restarting, fighting along their disputed border. despite a cease fire deal, kyrgyzstan says nearly a 140000 people were evacuated from the area. aaron's president has ordered a probe into the death of a woman in police custody. masa armine was arrested on tuesday by the so called morality police over her head scarf footage from iranian police, shows her fainting and being taken to hospital authority, say her death was caused by a heart attack. japan's whether agency is warning residents to brace for a violent storm. super typhoon none model is approaching the southwest with gus of up to 270 kilometers per hour. experts say it could be one of the strongest to hit japan in decades. it's expected to make landfall on sunday before heading north
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to the main island. britons king charles and prince william had paid a surprise visit to the thousands of mourners hewing to see the queen lying in state. the cue in london to enter westminster hall at one point reached 24 hours long. later, the queen's grandchildren will hold silent vigil at her coffer. lebanon is in the grip of a massive economic crisis that has prompted banks to imposed rec, conan restrictions on withdrawals. the country's currency has lost more than 90 percent of its value on the black market. in recent years, while poverty an unemployment have sort, people desperate to get hold of their savings have now taken drastic action. ah after days of pleading for access to his savings abed sabra took matters into his own hands armed with a pistol. he entered a bank in the lebanese capital of beirut and spock to stand off that would last 4
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hours. they said they don't want to pay, they don't want to pay and i'm not leaving until they do. they need to figure it out. tell the guys they don't want to pay and i'm not leaving from here. why no one is on the $11.00 on the break in was one of 5. so cold deposit, a high school across lebanon, on friday alone, the country is in the grips of an economic meltdown. and strict limits on bank withdrawals have left millions unable to pay for basic needs. the crisis has thrown almost 3 quarters of the population into poverty. and driven some to take drastic measures outside the bank in beirut, public support for sebra was clear. heavy stuff. should he go to jail because he needs to pay people while his money is locked in the bank. he wants what is rightfully his. he went into the bank. good luck to him. we is lebanese. people stand in solidarity with anyone who has rights after hours of negotiations,
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super eventually walked free, but without any of his savings. in response to friday, spray of break ins, old bank branches across lebanon will close for 3 days, starting monday, but with public resentment rising, it is unclear whether they will be able to tackle the root causes of the problem. at least 10 people have been killed and several are missing. after flash flood swept through several towns in a hilly region of italy. torrential rains, turn streets into rivers, blocking bridges, and highways, and leaving thousands without electricity or gach. the storm is the latest destructive weather event in europe after a summer that has seen one of the worst droughts in recent history. people in the town of austria are cleaning up after torrential, overnight rain for their neighbors lost their lives. others took refuge like here
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in this garage delano emetic. i called the rescue workers and told them there are people in the garage come, come the the any the the down for lasted for hours. in some places the equivalent of half of years. rain fell in just hours. rivers and streams turned into rate in torrence within minutes. thank you. the last of the water came up to hear it carried everything away, cars and everything. it's a disaster lab. the head of this as an imaginative forces from all over another attorney were deployed on the night to search for the dead and the injured. some people are still missing, including children. at least 50 people with injuries and hypothermia are being treated in hospitals. a by deborah said no one expected the scale of this disaster . that's pretty obvious shoudl and i don't think that i'm an expert say hi, what
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a temperature is in the mediterranean and see lead to storms like these which are formed when warm and cold air collide. this year, italy has experienced 5 times more extreme weather events than 10 years ago. back here to germany now, the nation's famous october fast has returned to munich for the 1st time. since the start of the pandemic. after 2 year hiatus the festival opened as the mayor tap the 1st cag, and the beer started flowing. the world's biggest folk festival typically attracts millions of people to the city authority, say hospitals there will be able to cope with a potential buys in crone of virus cases. october fast runs until october 3rd. yet some of just o d. w corresponded benyamin alvarez gruber ease in munich, and earlier he told us about the atmosphere at the festival. his ride and the beard . it is already flowing there. 17 big tents. and as you can see here, behind me,
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they're accused of people who started coming to this place even before the doors opened it around 9. so there were people running to get to the tables. but of course, for those who are he and don't want to drink beer, want to say outdoors. there are also many other activities. there are games or is a ferris wheel. so that something for everyone. if a family, for example, is coming, they can also spend time outside and eat also delicious food. as far as you can see, is the pandemic still playing a role given there are worries of a new autumn in winter wave. there is definitely not playing a big role here. i just wanted to some of these speak tense. there was no mass wearing at all, only with the oppressed apartment where we were standing right now. they asked us to and to use the mass. but as you can see, many on not using math actually and pull them, it's not a big big thing. of course they are concerned or experts saying that the could indeed be a high level of new cove at 1000 cases over the next couple of weeks. and of course,
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they are afraid of that high number when it comes to autumn, you're in germany through open people, eager to get on with it to after the, to the us. you joe waves we had here a to another matter. now inflation is at a record high benjamin how is that? if at all reflected there for you can definitely see it when you look at the prices to be, it is around $1213.00 a euros one later of a b a. but for many, as i just mentioned, is not as thick of it. 19 pandemic is not playing any role at all, but also not at that price to so you can see inflation when it comes to food. and also when it comes to be, when it comes to other things that people can buy here. but they say, if we're coming, if we finally can come talk to us, is up to 2 years of a 2 year long break after the cove at 19 pandemic. they're willing to pay that money as well. thank you. d. w corresponded benyamin alvarez gruber in munich.
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you watching t w news. your reminder of our top story ukraine's president says investigators have found evidence of torture among bodies being zoomed at a mass grave in the countries east. the side is near their city of islam, which was recently recaptured from invading forces. most of the dead are believe to be civilians coming up next world stories looks at how children in afghanistan are at the risk of starvation. that's after the break. don't forget you can find all the latest news and headlines and our website, d, w dot com a michael. ok. thanks for watching with will you become a criminal m. franklin may i.

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