since last week, this is deed of you news from berlin. you'll find more news on our website, d, w dot com, explosions in the baltic c, tear holes in the north stream gas pipelines between russia and germany. they'd already been shut down as europe turns away from russia for its fuel supplies. so what caused these explosions? and if this was sabotaged, what did the saboteurs hope to gain? i'm fil gail in berlin and this is the day. ah! leaps from north street, one and 2 highlights the urgency of increasing our energy security in europe. today we faced an act of sabotage with us. pipelines

are very vulnerable, it just requires a boat that requires some divers, that bill how to handle explosive devices. we're talking about damage to the piping, it's not clear what kind of pressure really dropped in the danish stone. there's only one actor right now that actually benefit from more answer. that is russia to an act which likely means a further step of escalation of the situation in ukraine. now, ok also on the de protests against the state to funeral for former japanese. a prime minister sions are arbor as leaders, honor his legacy. and if on thought she she saw that was the one who worked harder than anyone else in the world to build and maintain peace with japan, the region and across the globe will c. o. welcome to the

day. authorities are investigating whether sabotage is the cause of links in the north stream gas pipelines connecting russia to europe, scientists recorded explosions in the baltic sea before detecting 3 similar tamia leaks. you cranes accused russia of carrying out a terror attack. germany, denmark, and the u. s. all fear it could be sabotage. the company says it's extremely concerned about the leaks. the pipeline operator says the damage is unprecedented. gas bubbles, churn, the baltic. see this video from denmark's military shows one area where 70 meters below sea level gases escaping from the nord stream pipelines, the undersea pipelines. nordstrom, $1.00 and $2.00 link russia and germany, 3 red dots mark the places where leaks were detected, even though the pipelines are not currently delivering russian gas to europe.

they're still fuel in the pipes. the pipelines operator reported a drop in pressure, but research has said they had detected possible explosions in the area whether leaks were observed, well, the source of these explosions. i mean, i mean, as far as we can tell, there is nothing a natural naturally occurring that that could explain the the exact source of them . it's of course, a baton for all sauce. to speculate the backs these really are explosions, which we find highly likely. then of course they're manmade somehow. denmark said the leaks were no accident, but caused by deliberate actions as the danish prime minister to it an energy facility in poland intended to bring gas from norway to replace russian supplies. poland leader called the leaks sabotaged the questions over the possible blasts and

baltic sea highlight how politicized energy supplies have become following russia's invasion of ukraine. the kremlin has also suggested foul play. if she just needs a scrutiny of them, no upson can be ruled out right now. it's clear that there is damage to the pipeline. so we can't exclude any version of events regarding the reason for this young man to before the results of the official investigation. we're doing news crew church, which broke to it, and it's an investigation that will be closely watched by russia and it's european neighbors. let's watch it now with benjamin schmidt. hayes, our former european energy security advisor, the u. s. department of state and joins us from cambridge, massachusetts. a welcome back to at d. w. been, what do you reckon? i'm sabotaged. unfortunately, i think so, phil, i think that you know, when we saw this,

let's go over the timeline of last 24 hours. the 1st nord string to trunk line. remember each northridge pipeline consists of 2 trunk lines carrying half a capacity each. so the 1st of the 2 north string to trunk lines. first had reports of a pressure drop, rapidly press relation and then visibility of a leap. basically, bubbles coming to the surface that was 1st seen by a danish f. 16 pilot on patrol and the baltic fi. so what that said to me immediately was, you know, where did this take place? and this took place southeast, a born home. and this is notable because the, the bad se the born home was for a long time objected to, to have constructed life gets going on by all, many of the baltic sea literal states that took place in the asp. who convention process the underscores the environmental security rates because of large scale chemical and conventional munition dumping sites in that region that took place

post world war 2. so my thought over last night, maybe it's some sort of physical security incident related to those dumping sites that were long since warned about since the very initiation of northridge to project development. however, later yesterday, overnight the, the rapid drop of north 31 pressure through both of its trunk lines in a location that happens to be north east of bourne home. not directly adjacent to the north trying to cite really, you know, hits home that it's very likely is in some sort of manmade incident. and this really raises mistakes in a completely new and different way, but not a way that was completely unforeseen. there are reports that are coming out that the u. s. intelligence. see the cia actually warned berlin about this potential over the summer again, was reported by spiegel. so, so what,

what man made but deliberate and who might benefit from sabotaging to none operational pipelines? well, what there's, there's any number of reasons that one can think of for the russian federation to do this. there was some, some speculation in target spiegel yesterday that you know, this could be a way for russia to create what would be considered a false flag operation. in other words, to try on the west on the united states, on poland, on germany, you name it, nato and, and basically to turn up uncertainty. i also would create uncertainty in, in the markets as well, but also have that political uncertainty to try to reduce the solidarity that the west has with ukraine. but at the same time, there's another reason that we can, we can look at and this is tied back to the siemens gas turbine sanctions waiver issue that i just testified before. canadian parliament on just

a few weeks ago. which is to say that russia already is saying that should it need to go in and help repair these pipelines. that it, it would have to have sanctions lifted technology sanction lifted on the pipelines in on russia for them to be able to do so. okay, just looking at the pictures of these channing said ones wondering why is that still pressurized gas in these pipelines when neither is operational? well, 1st of all, we have to remember that that for nord string to let's, let's look at that 1st north dream 2 was go undergoing commissioning operations in the late months of 2021 and early 2022. so we've had reportedly been filled with what is known as test gas, so the still methane and was filled with that gas. the last reporting that i had seen in the press before germany took its decision to revoke certification and us took its decision in the hours before rush of large elevation to finally impose

mandatory bipartisan sanctions. are to, to stop northridge to so what you're seeing from the north stream to pipe is very likely that test gas escaping the pipeline from the c bad into the water column. which is a major concern for, for, for maritime traffic. because that can actually create, you know, unstable buoyancy situations of the water column that could create basically danger at the surface level for vessels and north stream one yes, although nor 31 for the past 4 weeks or so, it's been cut off by a political decision by moscow, although blamed on the turbine issue over the over the summer. again, this would be filled with latent gas. so the question is, has russia turned off any pressure that could be going into the, into the pipes, to make this catastrophe even work? and that's not a right answer that i've been all the get yet. okay, so, so, so looking why this is so important to europe, sam, fuel security, energy security,

windsor is coming and we're going to be spending a lot more time in doors. how has the you done in reducing its dependence on russian oil and gas? it's working as fast as it can fill. the problem is it's very difficult to build infrastructure to increase that direct one to one hydrocarbon swap. so natural gas for natural gas, russia for swapping out rushes for global market l n g. as quickly as possible there's, there's development of floating surgery, gas vacation units going on across the baltic coastline and in particular in germany. but with these, you know, unexpected incidents. you have a situation where russia is now already threatening to cut off gas through ukraine and may try to use that to leverage and undermine western solidarity. on not only the technology sanctions i talked about earlier, but also on western support for ukraine, trying to get to a cease fire for potent to basically reload and get through all is recruitment of

300000 troops and, and rebuild to take another run it ukraine and we can't let that happen as of a pleasure talking to at been always very clear from the state department european energy security advisor benjamin smith. thank you. thanks so much feel, ah, and moscow claims early results from so called referendums and occupied ukraine, shown most voters favor joining russia. the kremlin is expected to use the outcome to annex for regions cave and its allies say these are sharma ballots and refusing to recognize the results. you're dropping a votes into the ballot box should mean having a say in one's future that not many ukrainians believed. that's what happened in so called referendums, staged in for russian held regions of ukraine. first results showed over to have already said they would not recognize the outcome of a valid that ukraine says was in some cases conducted at gunpoint level,

which got you're fema today. there's a small number of people who have to put something like that agreement mark on the pallet, you know, horton and why wouldn't because a man comes to every house with a rifle and asked them to vote. sure. what should people do when an armed person comes to their home, up to what they're forced to sign? the ballad room, or schumer you do it? not said a video from mary, you po, shared by the ukranian city, government in exile shows armed soldiers following election workers into residential buildings. a warning by ukrainian or authorities that people will face criminal punishment if they vote prompted some to leave and others to hide behind closed doors with ukrainian leadership and its western allies see the

referendums as a pretext for the kremlin to annexed. the 4 regions lit hans donnette sk sir parisha and her son. many ordinarily recham. firstly, there were some faces. it's simply often unbearable than even a human theme in a chilling warning. last week, vladimir putin said he would be ready to use nuclear weapons to protect territory. he considers part of the russian federation with the war, escalating continuously over the last few months. many ukrainians left their homes long before moscow staged. it's so called referendums on their future. those he stayed face the likelihood. they'll now have to live as citizens of russia and perhaps even become fighters for its army. the one of the lesser reported aspects of this at war is its effect on women and girls in ukraine and around the world. so let's bring an assa ragman,

she's assistant secretary journal of united nations and deputy executive director of un women. she joins us from new york. welcome to d w. m. let's start in ukraine and explain to us how they've built the wars affecting women and girls differently to men and boys. thank you so much for having me. well, and the, this, the wards, devastating, obviously on everyone. but we can see, for example, that seems women had lower income than men to start with their food insecurity and power. coventry is increasing more than lens air. we see that the increased food prices have the same have that effect on, on remain, that they are often enough responsible for food and cooking and so on us in many countries. and therefore, the police price, the higher prices have a great impact on their, on their poverty rates. and we also know that 90 percent almost of those

who haven't lived ukraine and during the war or we mean waste children. and we know that there is great theresa. unfortunately for trafficking and other all of exploitation, for example, i would say forced, forced pornography and different kinds of, of sexual exploitation of women and girls. we also know all documented cases of violence, sexual violence against women in ukraine and by russian soldiers. so there are many different ways that we are affected in a very, very concerning way. by the way, i did want to ask you specifically about women in those areas of ukraine that are occupied by russians. and this is the, the threat of sexual violence, particularly, is it? yes, that is, that is one very big concern that there has been are there is an ongoing

investigation that is mandated by the human rights counseling in geneva. and they came out with the 1st report on friday where they document and several cases of sexual violence against women and girls. and even to me, who works with this on a daily basis all over the world. they're very upsetting information in that report . and obviously it is important that the you and the others really try our best for justice or women and girls. i want to also point out that although women are both victims of violence and other hardship during the war, they're also extraordinary leaders. and they are often those who support other women and people with big needs in the country science, maybe people with disabilities who can't move easily. and they actually also are in

dialogue with us about the recovery of ukraine. of course, all the together with the government of ukraine. that's very clear. and more generally your report talks about the problems being faced by women and girls being invisible. what. what do you mean by at that? as always, i mean they, they, in terms of war, obviously everybody's affect it. but we might hear more about what happens to, to, to most of all men. because if the war is for which i man and it is important to highlight what is actually happening to women and children in these situations. and what strikes me the most is that we mean our boss really suffering the effects on ward at they're also doing incredible deeds for

others in terms of highlighting and other people's not necessarily visible. understood. thank you so much for joining us. as a regular assistant, un secretary general deputy executive director of you and women and you so much for having me. ah. i to japan which has held a state funeral for former prime minister sions. obey who was assassinated in july . it was attended by dignitaries from around the world, but there was also widespread opposition because of the funerals cost and because of divisions over mister abbey's legacy ah cremated shortly after his death. sheen's obese ashes were carried into his state funeral by his widow, a key abbey such services and normally reserved for japan's imperial

family. but an exception was granted for the country's longest serving prime minister ah, ministers among the international dignitaries where indian prime minister miranda mo day died at unbelief. you'll like a and former british prime minister to resume tick o'clock. okay. japanese prime minister because she to fu meo led the tributes. and if on thought she, she saw there was the one who worked harder than anyone else in the world to build and maintain peace with japan. the region and across the globe will see how you and to maintain and promote an international order that values freedom. she democracy think are human rights and the rules law. you stand the wow of a single so logical disha. ah, ever

a polarizing figure in japan. hundreds protested against ave state funeral, and it's $11000000.00 price tag. it is perhaps on the world stage where our base influence is most admired. us vice president kamala horace, spoke of his importance. ah, i hate live, he played the term being and, and holding him sitting in as a member of the in the pacific region. as american lead chairs with the service emphasized abe's global legacy as a country under family said their final good bye to shins. obey

a spring in there to buy as harris season experts on japanese politics and a senior fellow for asia at the center for american progress is also author of the iconoclast and sions are arby and the new japan which examines mister abbey's rise and fall as japanese leader and harry shaped japan's role in the world are welcome to d w. a. let's start with these protests about this state to funeral. tell us more about the objections. well, i think there are a few different reasons why public opinion ended up becoming so strongly against holding the state payroll and, and to be, to be clear as a state funeral. this means a state funeral funded entirely out of the national treasury where you have other prime ministers where the costs have been afraid by other organizations. and so the opposition for the most part was not to having a ceremony of this kind, but it was who was going to foot the bill. and so just to get that out of the way.

but i think there are 3 at least 3 different streams and one is just the cost. the public is always, i think, sensitive about outlays and whether outweighs are truly justified. second, i think, you know, when you look at the aftermath of his assassination, the attention that's been paid now to the somewhat questionable or suspect links between ave another liberal democratic party politicians and the so called unification church and formerly called unification church. that there's been a lot of attention on that as a major political question of the moment. and so i think some of it was just a question of whether this was really appropriate, given those questions. and then finally, i just think you have to consider the fact that throughout his career ave was a politician who was not hesitant to advance his views to advance his vision for the country. and frankly, that was a vision that was often at odds with the abuse of many of his countrymen who was always a controversial figure. he was always someone who i think accepted that and accepted that to be the kind of politician who wants to advance a particular vision. you have to be willing to face criticism. and so i think we should be that surprised that in death as in life,

he's proven quite controversial. and just picking up on one of those control the say say he did upset a lot of especially older people when he chose to reinterpret japan's pacifist constitution rather than think to change it through parliament oriented by referendum based of course, a lot of great military investments and the potential for japanese forces to fight overseas, and a lot of people never forgave him for that. well, i mean, i think you have to look at the bigger context even for ave, pursuing that. and that is as, as a politician ever since he entered politics in the early 90 ninety's, abe's mission above all else was really removing what he called the post war regime, the set of institutions, the constraints placed on the japanese military. and the japanese stayed at the end of world war $21945.00 by the us occupation. and he, as a politician, wanted to overturn that consensus. he was very clear about this when he became prime minister for the 1st time in 2006. he said as his logan, i am determined to leave behind the post war regime. and frankly, for

a lot of older japanese and you look at his support by generation, a lot of older japanese appreciated that post war consensus. i mean, they grew up turned up was for consensus, they had positive associations about it and, and did not see the point. and of course his support was always, i think, stronger among younger japanese. and so, i mean, there me, he was touching some of the most fundamental cultural identity questions, the japanese have it and i think is always made him a figure that it made it very difficult to persuade. a lot of japanese to follow his vision. good. talking to you, thank you so much for joining us. twice. harris off of the iconoclast. sions are. abi, i'm the new japan. thank you. that is the day you find the saw on the twitter i've at t w use or you can follow me to fill good more. of course on the d w website at d w dot call have a good day. ah

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