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lifestyles and the mediterranean meeting people on hearing their dreams, a mediterranean journey this week. do you w ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin horrific scenes in ukraine's east. investigators say they have uncovered evidence of torture and murder and a mass grave near the city of is yeah, the side is an area recently liberated from russian occupation, also coming up, people in lebanon, take drastic stamps to demand access to their own money. banks are closing their
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doors as the economic crisis deepens, plus, i, the world's biggest party gets a new way. immunity will take a look at the 1st octoberfest since the pen. ah, i'm michael. okay. it's nice to have you with us. the check republic, which currently holds the e u presidency, has called for the establishment of an international tribunal for war crimes. after new mass graves were found in eastern ukraine, investigator said there is evidence that some of the dead near the formerly russian occupied city of islam were tortured but ukrainian authorities warned that the investigation was just beginning digging up evidence of possible russian
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atrocities, lined with body bags this pine forest on the outskirts of islam is the site 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 assumed the 1st grief and found a body will little. the rope was found on the neck of the body, and there are injuries on his limbs. the listeners will. these are all indications of dojo so, so switch a whole rob to warn this old cemetery is now filled with new crosses. some bear the names of the dead. most are just numbered. police say grave dig is recorded. the details of those they knew. satellite imagery shows the changes in the
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landscape from march to august, 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 the civilians and military tortured the shortland, skilled by shelling. also in the city of is you emergency services, a still clearing rubble to search her 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. how correspondent nick connelly is in hockey, not far from indian. and he told us what investigators had found out so far. we're still very, very early on into this. if you look at what happened, ne, kia, where we saw those mass graves with 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 authorities there the previous estimate of the number of people are 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 violent death mean. some of them, as you mentioned the report there are, there were signs of torture. others could have been victims of the shelling of the fighting. that is, you saw in the 1st few 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 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 fat, 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 territory 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 is they still don't have electricity. they still don't have a mobile phone connection. 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 block people that told us that there still, it's people missing people who are arrested by the russians who tried get safety and went missing on their journey to safety, presumed dead. and those people said that they are now desperate for the de mining cruise 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's slow 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 coast to woods gone, bassett is better defended. but it does seem that ukraine is still kind of collecting new victories and is moving close to. it's never done yet durham, that's the big city in the husk 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, the united nation says the aftermath of massive flooding in pakistan is putting millions of people, including many children at risk of deadly diseases. the pakistani government says
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the flood affected regions are becoming infested with water born diseases. scorching temperatures in fed and pakistan. swimming is a big relief. but this if statement, flat water and a breeding ground for disease is like malaria, and then the fever that we bought the lot. it's extremely hot when we're swamped with flood water. so we not only swim in this water, we also drink it, so we're not getting any clean water from the government. all of with integrate, atheist, the miles out of it. the devastating floods have displaced millions of people. many are forced to live in makeshift camps like this one in baluchistan province without clean water and sanitary facilities. avi from home each day, survival becomes difficult. children are affected the most like satellite. mainly
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mosquitoes, i hear that bite our children. then the children suffered with melody on in high fever. we don't have clean water, the water is dirty. we don't have a dent and i will not to live in under me. at the nearby clinic, the number of patients keeps increasing. something like most cases are of malaria, but then we also have gastro enteritis, diarrhea, typhoid and skin disease. but women in the camp continued to fetch flat water. they have no other option. units of phase 3400000 girls and boys are in need of immediate life saving support and with it's slow to reach the most needy, many risk losing their life. some of the other stories now making news around the world. authorities in kyrgyzstan say at least 24 people have been killed in border clashes with august and dozens are wounded. both countries are accusing each other of restarting finding along their disputed border. despite a cease fire deal,
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kyrgyzstan says nearly a 140000 people were evacuated from the area. runs, 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. lebanon is in the grip of a massive economic crisis that has prompted banks to impose draconian 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 and unemployment have soared, people desperate to get hold of their savings have now taken drastic action. ah after days of pleading for access to his savings of it,
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sabra took matters into his own hands armed with a pistol. he entered a bank in the lebanese capital of beirut and spock to standoff. that would last 4 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 i'm gonna. the break in was one of 5, so cold deposit, a high seats 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 segora was clear. have us not sure to go to jail because he needs to pay people while his money is locked in the bank. he wants what is
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rightfully his. he went into the bank. good luck to him. we, as lebanese people stand in solidarity with anyone who has rights. after hours of negotiations, sebra 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. early we spoke to a correspondent in bay reson salmon, and she gave us a deeper sense of white as people are storming lebanese banks. good afternoon, michael. i'm standing here facing one of the bank such were torn yesterday and i'm, it's been by the caps invaded mike in the economy. it's getting so bad you, there's a limit on how much you've been can withdraw from the banks. for example, people suffering from underlying health conditions and others quite in count has
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access to their bank because it does have no access to medical assistance and the accounts have been pulled back for almost 3 years. now, this is a phenomenon i phenomenon of hyper inflation and 96 percent evaluation of that currency against the u. s. daughter does the purchasing power purchasing power has shrunk dramatically, and they couldn't make meltdown, has led to 80 percent of the news combination plunging under the poverty line. the world bank has, has warned that economy kilometer economy collaborative lebanon is one of the big 3 words and the words, and since then, mid 19th century. well, back here in germany, the nation's famous october fast has returned to munich for the 1st time since the
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start of the pandemic. after 2 year hiatus the festival opened, as of the mayor tap the 1st keg 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 rise in krona virus cases he w correspondent benjamin alvarez gruber, earlier talk to us about the atmosphere at the festival. is driving the beer that is already flowing their 17 big tents. and as you can see, it behind me, 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. there is a ferris wheel. so there's 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,
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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 went to some of these speak tense. there was no mass wearing at all, only with a press upon 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 there are concerns are at that saying that the could indeed be a high level of new cove at 900 cases over the next couple of weeks. and of course, 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, the us you jo, waves we had here a to another matter. now inflation is at a record high benjamin how is that? if at all selected derek from stray. yeah, you can definitely see it when you look at the prices to be. it is around $1213.00
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a euros one leader of at b a. but for many, as i just mentioned, is not just the covered 19th and emmy is not playing any role at all, but also not the price to say 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 office 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. a woman working as a referee in men's football. that's on switch left next me to sleep. ah listen carefully. don't know how do you miss to the girl? ah, feel.

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