the villagers cut down mongrel fires, said they're protecting the coastline. this is not the only reason for the catastrophe. global warming and rising c levers are threatening the whole area. as you used to live them under local village near by. to day she needs a boat to access our village, makes if structures lead to her former home assia just came to pick up some of her personal belongings here about an airbag and of course i miss home. mm hm. but what can i do that that happen? it's not habitable anymore, that have been d and was that the gaining rev bar. she had no other choice and to move to the next city. swapping a house for one bedroom, concrete apartment, but at least she has dry feet here. wildfires of scorched some of the action, stone statues on robin louis, also known as easter islands. the island is more than 3000 kilometers from the western coast of chile authorities. so the blaze has been burning since monday and

as potentially damaged several 100 of the giant carved stone figures known as more high burning on one of the most remote inhabited islands on the planet displays trans to destroy a centuries old legacy. stone figures known as mau i were carved by the indigenous rope on new people some 500 years ago. but the uncontrollable blaze that has gone on for days is said to have done a repairable damage to the iconic statues. oh, the fire has swept through a vast area of land, some 60 hector's there around $1000.00 moy on the island, and estimated several 100 or ineffective area. one descendants of the ralph, i knew we had carved the stones were stolen on the island. they considered

a statues to be sacred, archaeologist, believe the mo i, our representation of ancestors and may have played a role in rituals. the fire comes just 3 months after the island re open to tourists after a 2 year closure due to the pandemic, and soon that dollar series of to the pico logo, it's unesco status. as a world heritage site has brought over 160000 to us a year to the island, providing a livelihood to some 4000 residents. now as damages are being assessed, the site is once again closed. linden toronto is an expert and last group fire management from the european forest institute. i asked him if he thinks the damage to the straw and statues was avoidable. of course,

in principle, if it's human cause the fires can be avoidable, but there will always be arson. issues regardless of where in the world, so it's a matter of what can be done to prevent it in the 1st place of its human cost. and how can we respond quickly and how can we make the site itself more resilient to fire? now what do you think east orland can do to protect the statues from far as like this one is going forward and looking forward to the future? well, we actually have quite a long history of, of, of fires occurring on this area or 25 wildfires just in a couple of years or some years back. so i think they're already taking measures and keeping the grass short the vegetation short around the areas to the best protect them to have less available fuel. i think we can always do more measures. one could support, you know, there's always an outcry of, of not enough human resources to effectively manage that many of the sites, not just this one so,

so supporting the local agency on the ground as best we can. and also from the organizational standpoint of unesco and deal management that can be done to, to like i said, really keep these areas safe from fire as possible because fire will, will occur again. now wildfire threatened to cultural treasure like this one. what additional problems does that cause for firefighters? well, depending on, on what site we have, i mean, this is a cultural site and we have natural science. we have mix sites depending on what type of site it is. and you can have different types of fire fighting measures, but in the end, obviously sensitive areas like this, you want to have a least aggressive approach in actual containment options. which can of course, cause some challenges. but it all in all, i think it's, it's a matter of resources,

of education, of preparing the sites. and i would like to say, i mean, i think that we have kind of a wet wetland area here. we have wind driven fire. we have very light fuel, so the temperature itself of the fire is relatively low. so i would like to think that as of now, it looks worse than it is. and of course we have to wait for more damage assessment . linda prompt landscape, fire management expert. now let's have another look at some of the other stories making news. sherlock has top court has allowed rights groups to initiate a legal action against the countries. former leader, transparency international seeking proceedings against deposed presidents go to buy . i was a part of the country's worst financial crisis in decades, which spot unrest in the country and roger parks is flight abroad. wells health organization is issued an alert against using several cough and cold drugs. blame

for fatal kidney damage. at least 66 children in gumby are said to have died. after ingesting one of the for indian made medicine, guardian authorities have banned the treatments and are going door to door to collect them. mostly kidney problem. and uganda health workers are racing to contain an outbreak of ebola virus. it's the 1st outbreak of the sedans strain of the virus in uganda. in a decade, the stream which has no approved vaccine or drug treatment, there are growing fears. the virus could spread across east africa, t w's. julius morgan one has the story from central uganda where this outbreak started. the grief he still ro, formally course him. you know, if you weeks ago he lost his 12 year old son to what he suspected was malaria. and when his wife fill you it day later, he assumed it was a mother's depression caused by her very ferment. but at the hospital,

she was diagnosed with abolla and immediately isolated. every i asked ass ingler as she left in the ambulance gone by you. she cried for her children. again. this was the last time simple would see his wife alive, ablation in the isolation center was the 1st to call her son. it was around mid town on saturday when he informed us that she had breathed her last week on the news of the killer disease has shut the residence of my due. after losing me buzz to abolla. many people here are now living in fear that the deadly virus may have spread to your families. some are already being monitored by health teams because they are contexts of confirmed cases. and as the hell swipe has continued their chicks is also growing awareness of the 3 among the villages. every day they are

coming to dress, the contacts and the we are. we are happy that the contacts today between 10 to the one days available. none has been conducted a disease, but you will always say again, if you are, you may have a contact again at a nearby hospital staff are undergoing refresher training. some are demanding additional pay, fearing the risks div hudden use of health like as of died from a bola after treating an infected patient. these are the teams of people working 1st time on some of this bush and dead. mysterious ann wilkinson lead for the typical, the typical velocity within that whole team, which was an effective unit claim similar to the southern in less than a month, a bullet has sprayed from this village. we had a virus was 1st detected to places as fast, 200 kilometers

a week. but the government claims that the outbreak is under control. unlike in previous outbreaks, this time, samples are analyzed on site. before we used to send our samples either to south africa or sometimes to the us or europe. so it was taking a week or more you can imagine to and as your weighty people are getting affected. this was the case in uganda. as for previous a bullet out bricks defrost in 2000 was the deadliest. it claimed more than $200.00 lives. this time you're going is dealing with a strain of the virus that spreads more slowly. as health teams from of contaminated material from samples home, those left behind will be hoping their beloved is the last case. as a reminder, for viewers who might have just joined us, we're still waiting to hear from you. leaders in prague was about to give

a press conference on their response to the energy crisis. the block is currently facing leaders have been struggling to see eye to eye on measures conclude including price cap on natural gas. and we'll bring you that press conference as soon as it comes in in a couple of minutes. but 1st, this year's nobel peace prize is being shared by 3 champions of human rights jail, but illusion rights activists alice bailey at ski rushes organization, my mot, memorial and ukraine's center for civil liberties. the joint water aims to highlight the significance of civil society for peace and democracy. the most highly anticipated announcement in a week of awards. at the stroke of 11 in oslo, the chair of norway's nobel committee ended the speculation. this piece

try is awarded to human rights advocate. be good from bella. ruth deborah, the human rights organization, memory, all the ukrainian human rights organization. tense up for civil liberties. the committee said it was recognizing 3 champions of human values in a rage and rife with repression and fear, all the else. they had made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human rights abuses and the abuse of power. together they demonstrate the significance of civil society, poor, peace and democracy. allah's b l e. upscale has been

a leader of the democracy movement in belarus since the mid 19 eighties. he was detained following anti government protests in 2020, and remains in jail without trial. the committee called for the 60 year olds, immediate release. ukraine center for civil liberties has been active for more than a decade following russia's invasion of ukraine. the group has worked tirelessly to document war crimes against civilians. the memorial n g o has its roots in the soviet union in russia and continue to track human rights abuses and the fate of political prisoners thought it was dissolved late last year. as part of the kremlin ever taught and incorrect down on descent. the nobel committee says the prize was not a direct message to the russian president resisted. for most though more it's another stinging rebuke for the repressive regime of vladimir putin, which also happens to fall on his 70th birthday. now for more

on the prize winners i spoke to d. w correspondent, calmly and keith, and are russia analyst, roman, gone to rank or in bon and a start, bask nick about the jail pollution campaign alice juliette ski. i think his biography really stands for the history of modern belarus. this is someone who started off as a dissident in his student years in the 1980s. while the student union still existed, who has been in, out of, in and out of prison, routinely since bella roofs gained independence in the early ninety's. and it was organization, this now is crucial to helping families, helping loved ones find out where they're at their, their closest relatives and friends are often you arrest in burrows happen without much warning without any proper procedure. and as of see, have been a lot of harassment of jealous barrels of any one senate for their civil rights down the decades. and that's what he was selling bought into real shop focus in

2020. when you had those mass, protestant sellers, hundreds of thousands people's people go out, protest, and lots people just disappearing for days on end. so an organization like his is not really crucial there. he's been in jail since 2021. and this is of see a very clear signal from the prize committee that belarus is not forgotten for all the stuff going on in russia and ukraine. this is still very much on the gender role. let's talk about the russian organization memorial and why do they deserve this prize? well, it is no surprise, no good to prose now because they were nominated many times. it is the most, the most famous thermal renown rush from lights, organization founded in the eighty's or a child of perestroika if you wish. the time when russia was soviet union at the time was open, open for democracy, and at the core of its activity was studying the dark times of the soviet union and asserted the great terabyte the soviet dictators, talon, and indebted respect. it is also a signal to current,

a russian president vladimir putin who adores style in it and trying to implement some of studied methods e, current, russia, and also in this war in ukraine against the ukraine. and that is why it is a very symbolic decision by then go price community to show that it is important to remember the and crimes of the past. it is important to prevent them in the future . and now in these days, nick, back to you are, can you tell us more about the 3rd recipient? the are ukranian human rights organizations center for civil liberties please? i think it wouldn't let me know if they wouldn't be offended if i said that this is certainly an organization that is a lot less prominent in ukraine than both eligibility and his now organization and memorial are in their respective countries. yes, this is all notion that, that has been operating for years now, has been looking to kind of check, keep a check on what the government and the governments digital or organs are doing most

recently, since the most recent phase of this russian aggression, it's ukraine, it's been documenting war crimes against civilians in russia by ukraine. something that has to be done quickly and falling on the standards if those bits of evidence are going to be used in potential will crimes prosecutions. but certainly ukraine is not a country that has the same issues with freedom of speech and with judicial kind of abuses as belarus and russia do. i think this is really about the optics at a time where russia is attacking ukraine weight. bruce is being used by russia to attack ukraine, that the nobel prize came if he wants to include a ukrainian organization in that 3 kind of group that can triple group of winners around one of the light of what nick just said. it does this mean that the noble committee is kind of taking aim in a way at vladimir putin on his birthday was i think it's a, it's a side effect. it's not the number one aim of the northern conference committee to, to give a sign up to leave me put in on his birthday. but it is,

it is important that all 3 countries are represented interest and said russia is waging war against ukraine using bella, russian territory. and it was important also to talk ma'am, take a ukrainian or 2 and give this award also to a ukranian organization or human rights organization. i think what at the core of this is, and it is, it is a, it is a message to have ladyman brought in that abuse war will be over some day. and the crimes that are committed now will be investigated by these organizations and others. of course, but these are the stand out and this is, this is what the or talent time will come. i think this is one of the messages of this or of these day the time will come when the crimes will be investigated. and it is very important to have independent organizations like over the us. not in barrels alike memorial and in russia or like their center for civil liberties in ukraine. they are working now as we speak to collect very important data,

which will later target at the court. the domains right? alice roman gone, try rank her there and are corresponded nick connelly reporting from keith. thank you both very much. just president joe biden says the risk of nuclear quote. armageddon is at its highest since the cuban missile crisis of the 19th sixty's. by more that russian leader vladimir putin is not joking. when he talks about using nuclear weapons following heavy russian lot losses on the battlefield in ukraine. meanwhile, ukrainian authorities say the death toll from russia's missile attack on the southern city of upper isha has risen to 11. the strike destroys an apartment building on thursday and came as russian forces lost more ground to ukraine's contra offensive in the south. and in the east gutted by russian rockets here ins apparition rescue workers search the rubble for

missing residents off the initial dorn attack fire fighters headed to the scene. but a 2nd salvo, st. locals running for cover as well as rescue workers. present zalinski condemned the strikes was a but easier beast, a person that erasure after the 1st rocket strike today when people came to pick apart the rebel. russia conducted a 2nd rocket strike, the absolute vileness, absolute evil. up and there have been thousands of instances of this already, and there could be thousands more. unfortunately, he shan't, merrill moreland, bold locals were left reeling through them. why aren't you doing this to us? what are they trying to prove? killing repeated. why, for what?

the attacks come, as ukraine continues to force russian troops back in the south and east with these ukranian troops and the don bass telling french reporters that they were using shells captured from the russians with winter. fast approaching, keep seems determined to press its current advantage, as long as it can. and we have some breaking news coming in the bill origin opposition leaders for la to con. oscar is currently reacting to the noble piece applies, awarded to 3 o $22.00 organizations. one individual as have a listener in jail or an exile. what do you see as the future for the movement in belarus and can this nobel prize make any difference? can it galvanized people our movement is a life our people are regardless they profession or gender or

status are not given up. because we understand that is our moral obligation to release all of political prisoners, the number of beach is still can continue to increase every day and to bring our country to that democratic changes. this award, as i said, we will not release a yes or are the political prisoners, but this award will help bring more attention to was the situation in billers because now we see that our country is overlooked behind. ah, awful events in ukraine, but our people are suffering in jail every day. they have been tortured every day. they actually took moreland physical every day and they pain is our pain. so i want all, there are possible human rights organizations. are you in human

right? cancel, you know, to pay more attention to the situation and barrows, and with the help of i as governments, over the help of political and economical pressure on the one side. and support a civil society to humor, a defendant, santa stool, our cultural projects in order to assist people to keep energy, to continue our fight. because sooner or later the window of opportunity in barrows will appear again. and we need to keep our strength. we have to keep our energy to use this moment in full margaret my name is juanita from joe don't use japanese news agency. ah. ah sir and i dont follow in detail the the boom went in barrows. so could you explain

a little bit how mrs. mr. pulaski inspired you and inspire your movement and how do you describe her the relationship with him after an hour and you know, i didn't know i used till 2020. i was ordinary citizen of burrows, who didn't take care about political situation. i was living in my own family, taken care on about my children, and didn't think about a dictatorship. of course, we knew that people who dare to resist the system who dare to our prize. they are, they disappear, they are jailed. they are suffering a lot because of this. and the, as far as i know now, you know,

i didn't know this before. 2020 i, yes. was in this movement since early ninety's here. i actually was or the beginning or for human right. defendant movements not only in burrows, but also in ukraine, russia and other pos, soviet union countries. because when i to 1st uprising in 199599 to 6 in billows, people have been detained. and he was the person who started to organize assistance helped to political prisoners. and from that moment, this moment was in crisen crisen. and actually it was very important because every ah elections in biller was there when you detentions new political prisoners. and actually he always had a lot to do. now, elise is in prison for the 2nd time in his life. he's at grid as a political prisoner. he spent many years in jail. and previously he was jailed for

me for different terms many, many times in his life. but imagine that ah, how unbreakable person he is. every time when he was released, he stood up and went and no he didn't give up and sold human right. oh, problems in the for other people. he's like stone, he's our real hero. and i met him 1st in 2020. and the only think i remember that he told me, look, we are supporting you. i bless you to do your job. you're representing our country, our bill arose on the international arena. i'm proud of you. you do this perfectly, and i'm in your team. i will take care of you, my humans humor, right? defendant center about political prisoners,

about the families i will fulfill my job and you had to do what you had been chosen for. so it was such as baron words for me, and i'm fulfilling his real la, pushy and see therefore it is his brighten up of freedom for alice. sir. is this bryson up of a freedom for alice? yes. yes. you know, for sure this no price or will not release i yes, i would say on contrary, he became even more expensive hostage

for the regime. and as you know, maybe you don't know. but regime always used both called prisoners to trade with for lift and sanctions for some profit. but and now we are asking our partners not to trade not to try not to begin with our political prisons. don't be all political prisons to be bugging and chips in your political games. everybody has to be released unconditionally. but i will repeat that this nobel prize with for sure, attract attention to our problem that her political prisoners are still, their situation is not improving. and we actually have for human teran crisis in our country and we go all the possible organizations who are dealing with human rights pay attention. people are still suffering, the number of them is increasing. so it's your task. it's your legation to fulfill

the walk. you have been organized tal heidelberg cabins about for a p. m. how do you think this nobel prize would be regarded by the actual leaders in but iris and russia? look, i honestly sure that i need blood be at school will be released hope sooner. and her this award, and we'll be given to him and maybe alongside with other oh the between us and all this and would but for sure that the whole berson nation will congratulate person i. yes. personally with this or what?

because now he is suffering in jails for us, for our freedom, for our independence. he is our real hero and it to be, it's to today. it's a huge day of honor for bill we're sense, but when he is released and we will have opportunity to hark him in or to show all our and emotions. so it will be also one more day or for the health of happiness. you know, i just dreaming about this day because when i least is 3. so my husband history, so i bet thousands of people are friends with the and really pres nick celebration in belarus. that was a better original position needed svetlana and sick on oscar commenting on the

nobel peace prize being awarded to the bill. origin opposition figure alice the are you asking? and now is a reminder of the top story that they saw this year is nobel peace prize has been awarded to the jail delusions, human rights activists. alice periodically, the russian organization, memorial and ukraine, center for civil liberties. the norwegian noble committee set the peace prize laureates represent civil society in their countries. and we go back to the war in ukraine now. and one of the newly liberated towns by ukrainian forces is li mom. in the next one or 4 regions illegally annexed by russia. a week ago, president putting declared the territories would be russian forever. now some areas are back on the ukrainian control hungry and afraid p.