ah, ah ah ah, this is dw news coming to you live from berlin. russia prepares to formerly annex for regents of ukraine on friday. moscow says it will incorporate the regions which voted in so called referendums. the stage is set for an annexation ceremony in moscow. western allies now vow never to recognize brushes, illegal and grap. also coming up, germany announces a capital natural gas prices to stop runaway energy bills, or land plans to morrow,

to fund a 200000000000 euro package to help residents and businesses cope through tough times. ministers insist it will help calm inflation, which has hit a post war record hot and hurricane e and rips into the us state of florida flooding. inundated cities, the power goes out for millions of residents and authorities say the worst is not yet over. as the storm slows but brings more rain ah hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. the kremlin says russia will formally annex for ukrainian regions has its own territory. tamora. moscow claims the occupied eastern regions voted to join the russian federation in so called referendums, which were dismissed by the west as a sham, united nation says any annexation would,

it would violate international law. stage has been set up in moscow's bread square, where the annexation will be celebrated on friday. president vladimir putin is planning to give a speech following a signing ceremony with separatist leaders who are already in moscow. russia last annexed the ukraine's crimea peninsula through a similar process in 2014 the w correspond of a t is putting it, is in the ukrainian capital k a. i asked him, what impact this annexation move is likely to have well on the ground, not much. it is neither going to stop ukraine from trying to read, take the occupied territories, nor that miraculously enhancing the russian military's capabilities and the long term it might have however, impact because what put in is doing there. he is basically blocking the exit from these terry trees, the diplomatic exit from these territories, any way to retreat from ukraine by claiming that these territories are russia. so

any, any, any solution to the war will, will be even more difficult under the pressure on. also, maybe the russian public is high. it should continue. this will, does annexation mathias mean that putins nuclear threats now extend to those annex territories? while these nuclear threats, they haven't been very specific or they have been contradicted. and that's for a reason. i think it's very clear that if the kremlin ever decides to use nuclear weapons, it will be based on 2 criteria, whether it can gain anything by it and whether it can get away with it. there is no list of criteria a, b, c, and d. and if all of them are met, then russia has to use, or we'll definitely use these weapons. this is a decision that they will make according to their estimates of what they can expect to happen after that. the west does not recognize these annexations. obviously

the e u is announcing further sanctions, but what can be done about it mathias? it doesn't look like anything can be done to stop this process or that is now underway. but of course, what is going to be, what, what can be done and what is going to happen is most probably that the war will go on and that the crime will try to come to, to take back these occupy terry trees and that they will receive aid from the west as they have now, and that the west will keep their sanctions are. that's probably the, that's the most probable scenario. and that's pretty much what are those who don't agree with it? ukraine and the western countries can do right now and he has thank you very much. now that was our correspond mathias spelling of their in chip failed right? livelihood award is sometimes dove. the alternative nobel prize, each year,

the award honors activists and organizations working to make the world a better place. one of this year's winners is a ukranian woman who documents war crimes and human rights violations, or lic sondra mud. that shook as one of ukraine's most prominent human rights defenders and she chairs the center for civil liberties. jurors said both. she says she had been instrumental in, quote, building, sustainable democratic institutions and ukraine modeling. a path to international accountability for war crimes. it's the 1st time the right livelihood award has gone to someone from ukraine. earlier, i spoke to alexander murphy choke about her recent investigation into mass graves uncovered in it c. m. city that was occupied by russian forces. i asked her if she was surprised by what she found. unfortunately, we have no surprise about to be still going to be indifferent and to get used to

such a level of atrocities. we observe the same, which we see, for example, in april, in key region, when the russian girls where retreated from there. and we also found mars race and q. do you think that war crimes and human rights abuses are being perpetrated systematically as a weapon of war in ukraine? where is the 7 months of rush and large scale aggression? only all were joined, initiates, you know, would you have been documented more than 19. so this is, those are for crimes, and it show us that it's systematic and large scale character and russia uses were crimes as a message over here. now russia also says that ukraine is perpetrating war crimes as well. have you seen evidence about we have been documenting that were crimes

for 8 years, and we as a human rights defenders defended human rights regard as a site and eve, ukrainian science, committed war crimes. we also documented them, but here we have a to how to push for effective investigation. when we speak about russia, there is no possibility to stop this atrocities or to hold perpetrators to come to what are the biggest challenges you face and documenting the war in ukraine. irma, i am a human rights lawyer who have been spent 20 years protected. right. you claims recei region and last 8 years i have been document in war crimes and interviewed to more than hundreds of people from captivity. and they told me horrible, horrible stories, how they were beaten home there are raped,

how they're where they could torture with electricity and other way. but even me, professional human rights lawyer wasn't prepared for such level of atrocities. sometimes i feel my that i am working with a human saying like you were human. now, she just won an award for charting a path toward international accountability for suspected war crimes and ukraine. do you believe those responsible will actually some day be brought to justice? we had people who know to predict future where people who read that you chair which we weren't to see and in future or we are struggling or is future of his justice. so i myself and my colleagues will do our best to hold russian perpetrators to come to like sandra map, it's human rights lawyer and head of the non profit organization center for civil

liberties. thank you very much for talking with us. thank you. and you want to learn more about this year's right livelihood award. just go to our website. that's the w dot com. take a look at some other news making headlines around the world today. a court in myanmar has sentenced, ousted leader on so to cheat to 3 more years in jail for violating his secrets law . it's the latest in a string of convictions against her since the military seized power last year. so she's economics, advisor, australian sean turtle was he also received 3 years in prison. the trial of one of the alleged masterminds of rwanda is 1994 genocide has opened in the hague for the san caputo, who is boycotting. the un tribunal is accused of financing of facilitating the mass murder of 800000 people. he was captured in france in 2020. after decades on the run, berlin will spend 200000000000 euros to help consumers and businesses cope with

soaring energy prices. germany anal surprised cap on natural gas prices using a fun previously set aside for the fan demik at a press conference called on short notice the finance minister said the country is in an energy war over prosperity and freedom channel or of sholtes attended the meeting via video link due to a positive coven test. sholtes laid out his government's plans to get germany through the winter. yep. skipped to so many. we're talking about price cap for gas . for that purpose. we have now set up a committee that will come up with concrete suggestions in a very short time, the c emitter isaacson can we've now put in place the means to lower prices for consumers or over the country for families for pensioners, for traits people, but also if a business is big and small, and that's what desperately needed now, so we can get into these difficult time, sit with users feeling a tough call. our political correspondent told sparrow was following that press

conference. so thomas, a price cap on gas and a fun to offset the impact of inflation. what more details do you have on all this? well, the main component, the key element of this new announcement by the german government is that 200000000000 fund that you mention, which includes that price cap as well. the goal behind that is on the one hand to sink prices. hence, the price cap for gas, but at the same time to shield producers to shield businesses to shield consumers that have been particularly affected by the current energy crisis that are particularly affected by the current rate of inflation. it is a striking coincidence that at the same time that the government was announcing these new measures. the new inflation rate in germany for september was also announced 10 percent to record inflation rate, which is being described as the highest in around 70 years. this just gives you an

idea, terry, of how serious the situation is here in germany and why it is definitely needed to implement these kinds of measures that the government has just announced. that thomas, this comes against the background of an announcement that germany is coping with extreme inflation. as you just mentioned, the worse and 70 years, that inflation rate is directly linked to energy prices, isn't it? it's absolutely directly linked to energy prices. and also by the way, explains why the government had been planning these kinds of measures. the fact that inflation is so high in germany is also a matter of big concern for germans. you can see that in several surveys in the last few weeks in the last few months. it is one of the major topics of concern for germans, how they will cope with this situation, how they will deal with these increases in prices. and that's why there's also a big debate in society as to what the government should do or shouldn't do to help not only consumers,

but also businesses that are particularly affected all in all. it is undoubtedly a very big topic here in germany. and i do expect that this announcement by the german government will be followed very closely by germans as they try also to identify how they will be helped in this particularly difficult situation now. and especially also coming towards the next few months in winter. so that the energy crisis, of course, earned the inflation that germany and much of europe in the world is experienced right now, very much connected to that war in ukraine. was there any reaction from the chancellor or the other ministers, other commerce through russia's statement that was planning to amex for regions of ukraine to morrow? germany's position on this has been very clear throughout his by the way, also in line with the position of many other european countries, namely that ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity has to be protected. that is also in line with germany's position throughout. it was the reasoning why germany and other european countries also criticized strongly russia's invasion

back in february territorial integrity and sovereignty. these are the key words to understand germany's position now when it comes to the annexation of those territories. so as thank you so much, those are political correspondent, taurus pharaoh there. the swedish coast guard has found a 4th leak in the north stream gas pipelines. the ruptured after undersea explosions were detected. scientists say the baltic sea lines could be pumping out the biggest methane release on record. questions of blame remain as both the ear and russia demand answers. moscow is called united nations security council meeting to address the issue european leaders. i read it about the pipeline leaks in the politics that you faced. the damage was likely caused by deliberate act raising security consent. but the european commission has not said who might have been behind the suspect at separate touch. today, ms. oller, who is everything, is being done to try to identify the origin of these events and of the explosions

on the node string pipelines. so we will have to get to the bottom of this before being able to say anything on the origins of these explosions is okay. and who is responsible for though she'll her luggage in this is extra joy, a responsibility. as europe largest natural gas plant, norway thief, it will beef up the security efforts antarctic infrastructure eastern. the events in the baltic sea have resulted in the government deciding to further strengthen al preparedness around on and offshore infrastructures to prevent. another incident in, for shrouding or by the military will be more present and visible now our oil and gas installations, insulin enrollment really does have warrant of retaliation. for any attack on europe in our te networks. it here to reveal, there is no doubt that this is very serious. it is not a coincidence. this was planned. that is what i am or other things of discussed with the installed and burg nato secretary general. because this is serious. russia

says it's launching an international that it has some investigation into the leaks denying allegations it was involved. well, you know, it's quite predictable. it's because and also predictably stupid to make such claims to. i repeat once again, it's predictably stupid and absurd. so the gas escaping from the pipelines is also an environmental concern. it contains high levels of meeting and authority sphere. it could be the equivalent of one 3rd of denmark, thought it animal, greenhouse gas emissions. marcus father is a lawmaker on the german parliament's defense committee. i asked him what evidence he has to support claims that russia had sabotaged pipelines. mentioned it magically appeared for leaks at the pipeline during the baltic. lee. so lately, the milk incident, who has the capability to do so,

obviously as well as i had increase in capabilities to, to calm the pipelines and to data cables and the politics as well during the last 2 years. so it's probably pretty obvious. russia is scaring out this, carrying the energy market. it's guy rocking gas prices. so they have been very efficient in doing so. and this is just another way to do it. i guess a number of countries would have that capability, but why would russia destroy its own energy infrastructure to be for sure. denmark does not have garbage capability and all the other countries in the baltic sea next to the bottom, you don't have this capability. so the aim is pretty clear to skyrocket gas prices, cuz obviously russia is exporting gas to so they get more revenue and to show what they, they're capable. so the real threat here is that the pipeline from norway to germany, for instance, could be attacked as well. just the,

the possibility to do so is threatening our security during the winter. so it's rational behind there in russia. so who should do? well yeah, i just would just point out that i conducted an interview with a commander of the, from the norwegian naval academy, who's explain just how easy it is to set explosives like that to, to detonate at a later time. but moving on, russia is suggesting that the u. s. could have been responsible. the us are you ruling that out? because the u. s. has been fiercely opposed to the north stream to pipeline from the beginning. could they not have been behind the attack? let me think about it, who would take 2 neighboring countries this? yeah, maybe it wasn't us. maybe it was russia. and obviously the united states post not streams to as many congress in poland, for instance, the baltics case causing,

bypassing them by the united states. respect and international law and russel, how worried are you about these pipeline leaks and maybe reach cost extra the pipelines that take right now. i'm not putting gas at the moment because who didn't cut them off basically. but there are pipelines from the way, for instance, transporting, gets to germany into central europe. so to take them would actually take the energy supply of the rope, and this is a real threat for the winter. so nato should also think about what can be done to defend those pipe then, so that there, those sub a test x can not be transformed to the pipeline. so you sit on the going to stags defense committee, germany, it has a long baltic shore baltic sea shore line. you're familiar with germany's energy

infrastructure. how vulnerable would you say that european energy infrastructure is? that's a bad news. the infrastructure in europe is actually very willing to bill, though there's no defense or such pipelines in international waters, especially because obviously they belong to a company. so there was no idea of the ticking them and then a military way. so i think the european defense ministries and also nato have to think about how could they be defended. eddie found it comes through it's read for instance, if it comes. ready to so now, so that russian movies can be just like a father from the german parliament defense committee. thanks so much for talking with us. thanks having out the u. s. and hurricane ian is moving across the state of florida, after battering the gulf coast and causing catastrophic flooding. it made landfall

as one of the strongest storms ever to hit the u. s. and while it has since weakened it's still on leasing. strong winds and torrential rains. hurricane hunters flying to the eye of storms to gather data for meteorologists. oh, but this hunter was shocked by the strength of this hurricane. he says e n will be one to remember. today's flight was certainly the roughest that i've been on and my 6 years of doing this and it was, it was a messy pass. and i think even if you know in the future we fly through a storm in it and being worse than that. it will still be one that i think back honestly. oh, well, was it worse than ian? i'm not sure. ian has turned florida sandy, beaches and coastal towns into

a disaster zone. streets have been turned into rivers and nearly 2000000 homes and businesses are without power. hundreds of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate, but some have chosen to write out the hurricane. you as president joe biden has urged people to heat the safety precautions is life written. you should obey all warnings and directions for emergency. officials don't take anything for granted. use their judgment. not yours. a vacuum when order hurry can ian was one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the united states. the state governor says that it could take years to recover from the devastation left behind. this is a, a major, major event. it's going to be going to be a tragic event in many ways, and we understand this is not just

a 48 hour ordeal. this is going to be something that is going to be there for days and weeks and months. and unfortunately, in some circumstances, even years, ian has become significantly weaker after making land phone. and it is expected to weaken further as it hits inland. but even so, expert a warning of devastating rain and even tornadoes as it tiers across the state or in for more on this, i'm joining the studio now by edge to run john from d w environment. good to see you again. now we're seeing storms hurricanes, tropical storms, typhoons. how typical is this storm activity? is it different from years past? so a lot of these storms are strong. some of the strongest we've seen in history in these regions, not the strongest necessarily. but what's clear as we go through the center,

if you could throw lifetimes these types of storms will just become stronger. so we don't expect scientists don't say that they'll think that they think that hurricanes and, and typhoons will become more common. but very strongest ones will be happening much more frequently. so the normal kind of extreme weather event that you're expecting will become stronger because we're biting fossil fuels, heating the planet. and then a couple of ways of works. on the one hand, you've got sea level that for them high, which means that the storm surge, you get the big events is going to be going to ask a lot more water. they'll come in. and on the other hand, you also have warm air which can hold a lot more water vapor inside it. and that means that when the rains do fall, they fall much harder. and let's face it, human kind has settled on the coastal regions or when with rising sea levels, that's a problem. as our climate changes, we are talking about climate change. how difficult is it for people in vulnerable

regions to adapt? so you can see people already are adapting people don't have a choice if you live in a coastline that's being eroded and you're seeing these intent storms hitting more and more powerfully than people have already decided to leave homes. people have already decided to take out higher insurance premiums to get insured if they can afford that even. and in times of protection there's a lot that people can do. i mean, one of this thing and from a kind of big picture planning sense is to build less on flood plains, build less and region that really exposed. but of course not every place has that option. and so you end up also needing things like building sea walls coming up with good evacuation plan. so the governments in times of crises can clearly tell people where they need to be. they can look at the early warning systems and evacuate people to safety. of course that doesn't protect house, but it could protect your life. this summer we saw unprecedented heat waves and droughts in different parts of the world. now we're seeing storms and flooding in

multiple regions. at the same time. i know that climate scientists are modeling where all of this is going. what can you tell us about the patterns that we should anticipate? in a nutshell, the extreme weather will become more extreme. it'll become stronger. some types of these events will become more common. now the scale of this is kind of hard to really get your head around. i think one thing that stands out for me is that if we look to the end of the century, so kind of may, i guess i'll fill that potentially be alive by that point. when you get to the end of the century, then coastal floods that kind of used to be one in 100 year events to maybe get one a century. they'll be hitting most of the wealth coast every single year. that's an unimaginable scale of increased devastation and of course you can try to defend against that. you can come up with the walls and so on. but there will be pounding your case every year. in the near term future, we're going to see heat waves of the so i mean they've already heat wave that used

to hit one every, once every 50 years have become 5 times more common already. if we keep wanting the plan, if we keep eating it up, the sorts of events are you going to get stronger? you thank you very much. i didn't run john from d w environment. you are watching d w news coming to you live from berlin up up next it's news asia i'm terry martin . thanks for watching. ah. with

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