ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin could a hydro electric dan be russia is next target? ukrainian president, a lot of missile. lensky warns hundreds of thousands of people are at risk. he ledgers russian forces planted mines at the power station in the southern region of pests on. the leaders of germany and france looked to put a simmering route over energy policy behind the european leaders agree on a road map to contain soaring gas prices. fueled by the war in ukraine and

a new contest to become britain's next prime minister of fuel speculation of a comeback. forbores johnson list trust promises a replacement within a week after leaving storage on the economy. and her nations politics in turmoil. flooding in nigeria has killed 600 people and made more than a 1000000 homes. now farmers say the water is washing away any hope. they have a growing food and hunger loops. ah. a michael ok. it's good to have you with us. ukrainian president of lot him is zalinski, has accused russia of planning to blow up a hydro electric dam. in the her son region, he said, russian troops had mine the kafka power plant on the denito river to trigger what

zalinski called a catastrophe on a grand scale. his comments add to growing concern about russian attacks against energy infrastructure. there were reports this morning of glass in hockey, and zap parisha monuments destroyed windows of homes blown in residence of the southern ukrainian city. of nikolai, of our once again, picking up the pieces after the city was hit by russian drones and miss isles. ukraine accuses russia of using hundreds of iranian drones in its attack in recent weeks. that something both moscow and 2 ran adamantly deny. but a remark from a military expert on russian tv who didn't realize he was already live on air suggests otherwise. we'll, we'll know the drills are iranian,

but the government has not admitted to it. if you live with washington says that iran is actually training russian troops on how to use their drones. or you avi's. we assess that iranian personnel, runny nose, harry personnel were on the ground in crime. yes. and assisted russia in these operations. a russia has received dozens of these you avy so far, and will likely continue to receive additional shipments in the future with russia's progress on the battlefield. stalling moscow has stepped up a tax on infrastructure like power plant. ukraine's president has accused his russian counterpart of wanting ukrainians to freeze to death over the winter, and appealed to citizens to curtail their energy use in key the new energy saving guidelines are already being followed. more than half of the electric buses are no longer running. ukraine says russia has destroyed over 30 percent of its power

stations in just a week. if that continues ukrainians are going to be in for a very cold and dark winter, which is billing is our corresponded in key. i asked him earlier for more information on the stan that russia is set to be targeting it. we're talking about the dam by any a nova kafka. it's a major power plant and a major. it contains a major water is of war us. so if anything happened to that dam, a lot of water would be released and possibly the city of her son would be flooded into, in large part. so it's obviously something very dangerous. we're talking about. we don't really know where, how good the information is. we've been her talks about this, them being a daysia flown up accusations on both sides. russia has also been talking about it accusing ukraine about

a false flag. accusation operation of ukraine has now said that russia has minded, the dam is under russian control to have the strikes near the dam because it's also one of the main ways to cross the dipper river in this area. the only 2 points where 2 bridges, one is the damn it. it's along the dam. there is a roadway. and the other one is a bridge that has also been reset or attacked repair repeatedly by a ukraine from ukrainian territory. it's important to disrupt or the for ukraine is important to disrupt the supply lines along them. that's why the dumb has been at the focus of attention for some time. and the structure itself has not been hit on, but yeah, the fear in ukraine, the fear is that russia might blow it up when it retreats or to the other side of the river. which is something we have seen, extensive speculation about that russia might be planning to retreat from these

areas, including the city. ok, so on. and what about 2 runs involvement in the war and the drones being used. the us now says it has hard evidence at that then really been a doubt about these drones being iranian since the beginning. first of all, the have been reports about it coming from different different sides of these drones, hard to be delivered to, to russia. we have also heard, uranian officials seemingly not, you know, openly but confirming to journalists that these deals have been on their accusations that iranians have traveled to crimea to train the russians the ukrainians have intercepted quite a few or shut down quite a few of these drones they are exactly what the ukranian model that is known are. so it's a very, very a beyond reasonable doubt that he's a ukranian drones at sir d. w. 's o mathias, berlin,

in keith the 1st of a 9000 strong contingent of russian troops has begun arriving in bel rich men scan . moscow have announced their setting up a joint military unit to defend belushi and borders. the deployment comes after bellwood leader, alexander lucas. shank, oh said his country was facing threats from both neighboring ukraine and it's western alex, ukraine says moscow is trying to draw barriers into the war and fears the deployment could be setting the stage for a new offensive in the north. a train said to be carrying russian military vehicles arrives in bella was another apparently full of russian soldiers over the last few days. bella ross is defense, ministry has been releasing images like these to prove that

a deal struck between it and its giant neighbour. russia is really happening 40 with her. we arrived from the central region of russia. well, specifically, i'm from moscow. was come to help the brotherly people of the republic of villa rushes to strengthen their borders and to make everyone feel how good night the peoples of russia and billows are girls uprooted. alexander lucas jenko announces in size for a joint military unit. more than a week ago, mince kids sense confirmed that around 9000 russian troops will be based in the country, close to the ukrainian border. but location co continues to deny that his country will attack ukraine. it's no secret though, that russia is vladimir putin has been using bela rose in its war against cave, including launching air strikes from their ukraine,

has already released images of its armed forces. said to be training near the border with bella ruth, which had already been holding military drills in the region before the deal between minsk and moscow was announced. pretty your crew. bella bruce is came to show it's giving these russian soldiers a warm welcome. but once the show is over, no one's quite sure what will happen next. ukrainian refugees may have been the target of a suspected orson attack on a hotel in northeastern germany. police are investigating after a fire ripped through the hotel, where several refugees were living. 17 people were inside when the blaze rocked it . no one was injured. this was the scene in the village of grocer. compton door on wednesday evening. 14 guest, mostly ukrainians,

fleeing the war and 3 staff members were inside when the blaze broke out sin. thus, it is very scary to think that we all came to this country to find safety and feel protected. and after we thought we were in a safe environment, i believe all of a sudden we had to leave our homes again on good am, other than it is horrible to always have to be scared that you are not safe, agnes disregard bung, local police suspect arson and say that just days ago, the hotel entrance was defaced with swastikas and other graffiti visiting the scene, the state premier had this to say. so then there had asked them if arson is confirmed, then we would consider this an inhumane crime cover. in that case, we will do everything in our power because we do not tolerate hatred and violence against people in our country, and certainly not against people who are seeking our protection by an investigation

is already underway into the cause of the fire is being led by a police unit that specializes in politically motivated crimes. the energy crisis triggered by russia cutting gas supplies has created a rift within the european union. at a summit in brussels, e u leaders managed to agree on a road map aimed at shielding consumers from soaring prices. but key differences have not been settled. most member states, including france, are pushing for a cap on what they're prepared to pay for gas, but germany home to the use biggest economy, fear such a cap could see suppliers see alternative markets. earlier i asked you, w, corresponded jack parrot to tell us more about the roadmap price. so the leaders of and i'm sort of calling a road map, was a bit of a bit of a bell here in brussels. in other words, similar to that is framework essentially means they haven't managed to come to an agreement. so they want to look at the way in which they can come to an agreement

on these issues after 11 hours on this energy topic. lossing, until about 4 am in the morning, still couldn't get agreement on this energy price caps. so what they've done is they've tossed the european commission, the executive on the european union to do basically a cost benefit analysis on that price cap. how much is it gonna cost? what can we do with it? essentially, for the $15.00 countries, including francis you mentioned that are in favor of it to try and persuade around the german government that it would be worthwhile that it is manageable, that it will bring consumer prices dine, and it won't skew the market so that there becomes a lack of supply where as you say, energy produces decide to sell it in other markets where they can get more money if the european union has kept the prices, they did manage to have some other agreements like agreeing of voluntary purchasing system for gas. that there's a number of other issues surrounding liquidity benchmarks on that good natural gas importance is such a what it did managed to get together, but this big outstanding issue of the,

of the price cap that just wasn't resolved. and then we've had this classic fudge, as we say, a roadmap to get there. so burning the midnight candle in lots of coffee or t, i imagine what's the likelihood, the leading powers, germany and france will resolve their differences on these measures. yesterday how to tell at the moment i suppose that cost benefit analysis will be pretty important . we know that you energy ministers are meeting at the beginning of next week. they will obviously have a little bit more detail on these issues than the, than the leaders might have. obviously, that being within their portfolio, as you say, the franco german access is really the crucial one in the european union. now, especially after breaks it used to be a sort of $33.00 big powers of the you. now it's only 2 which makes it perhaps a little bit more difficult to horse trade. that was meant to be big cabinet ministerial meetings between the 2 countries. next week, but they were postponed over these issues likely to happen later on in the year if then it really is now down to that to france and germany. so knock heads and see if

we can get through hard to tell how quickly or when that might happen. okay, that so d, w corresponded jack parrot, many things some other stories. now making news around the world at this hour, the german parliament has, has the 200000000000 euro emergency rescue package to tackle the energy crisis. the package aims to predict, protect companies and households from the impact of soaring gas in electricity prices. pakistan's, former prime minister him ron con, has been bored from running for political office for 5 years. the country's election commission said con was guilty of corrupt practices for profiting from the sale of state gifts he received while in power cons aid said they will challenge the decision in the islam abad. high court security forces open fire on anti government protesters in chad on thursday,

killing at least 60 people. the demonstrators were demanding a faster democratic transition in the central african country. after elections were pushed back 2 years by interim leader, muhammad, interested in france and the african union, have condemned attractive american actor kevin spacey has been cleared in a sexual abuse case brought against him by actor anthony wrap. a new york jury found his accuser now 50 years old, did not prove his claim that spacy made an unwanted sexual advance on him when he was 14. well, a day after prime minister liz trust announced she was resigning from office. britain's top job is again up for grabs and the church is on to fill it. trust is stepping down after just 6 weeks in office, making her tenure, the shortest in british history. i'll senior members of the tory party say her

replacement will be found within a week's time. speculation is rife regarding who will take her place with many town and even a possible return of former prime minister boers. johnson. on the streets of england, many were happy, their trust was leaving the job. but when asked, who should replace the outgoing prime minister? many struggled for answers. i'm glad to see the back of us. i think she'd been out that a o fallen compton play. i'm glad she's resigned. i don't know what's gonna happen life, i guess the last. yeah. all of a really huge thing should replacer water? no, i don't really know. i mean, maybe like richie snack, just because he was a run, a rough and not a selection. they did, but i certainly thought necessary to beth astray. difficult to

say they all seem as broad as each other really. but you can't really say d, w corresponded burger mos sent us this update from london on the possibility of a board johnson return. the prospect of forest johnson coming back adds to the sense of political instability in the u. k. it was only a few months ago that he was forced to resign as prime minister. his critics are saying that his time is prime minister was dominated by lies and chaos. and he is still currently being investigated by a parliamentary committee over allegations that he misled parliament. but he was a vague winner and he had delivered a huge majority for the conservative party. if he really did come back though, it would certainly create more turmoil in parliament. it's thought that there are several in peace. we're just not willing to work with him. so it's not the stability that the majority of british people are craving for at the time of economic crisis. emergency services in nigeria say more than 600 people

have been killed and 1400000 are homeless. following some of the most severe flooding in a decade, rains have washed away farmland and crops raising fears of a food crisis. climate change, but also poor planning or being blamed, dw corresponded flourish to cuba, sent us this report. here this is what the rainy season usually looks like, an umbrella state in se elijah area. and this is what the same community looks like now. swollen rivas, have inundated numerous towels and villages across nigeria, cause in 1400000 people to flee their homes for camps set up on higher ground. 27 out of 3060 have been affected. alhambra. this is one of the was he one 3rd of the state is now own daughter. we are suffering but

suffering is better than stealing. that's why we are here in this condition. the clothes that i'm wearing are the only ones i have left. the flood carried away all our belongings. hon. our schools have been destroyed by water. so our plea is anyone that can help us should help us. anyone that can help us should help us please. 6 local engineers and philanthropists as crumbling to help with the time people here see the feel neglected by the government. the government manager, hub m bomb and not seen, only raises with key infrastructure swallowed by water. many of the flow debt communities are without power, and people's generators have been destroyed. critical infrastructures such as schools, health care centers, police stations,

and banks can't operate. the nigerian government says that thought they received early warning signs of the flood. they never foresaw, at this level of destruction, and with the number of farmlands that have been washed away. there are concerns about foot scarcity in the coming months. south eastern ange area is at risk of flooding, at least until the end of the rainy season. in november, dw corresponded flourished. roku ra, joins me now from legos. um, floor 33 out of 36 nigerian states are affected by the floods. authorities are saying it is an overwhelming disaster or victims getting access to aid. well armed, the national emergency agency arm is doing their best to get aid materials food materials across to these victims. but as you mentioned,

the nigerian government has actually said that this particular disaster has gotten out of hand. so um they are trying their best, but a lot of people are still on rich. the are lot of communities that haven't, i haven't received any form of aid. there are lots of communities that as a result of the flood, have been cut off because rods and i and bridges have been destroyed by the flawed . so people are receiving aid and even those who are receiving the aid are complaining that it's not, is not nearly enough and are well, some are, those are not even receiving, eat at all. as you surely know, there are reports, large areas of farm land have been destroyed. are we going to see a massive food crisis in africa's most populous country? well, the short answer to that is probably lots of economic experts are seeing that. of

course, as a result of this flooding, a lot of the food supply in nigeria is going to be, is going to be like short circuited. and we've spoken to lots of farmers who have lost thousands and thousands of acres of land, whether they're planting rice, the amp, cassava, whatever it is, everything going on, washed away by the floods, but i'm danger and of course made you are already loses a lot of food to a food waste stage as a result of the poor transportation network. so even getting the food around already food is wasted and add on top of that we don't even have enough harvest coming in in a few months. and we definitely foresee some form of food shortage, but then again, nigeria does not consume every for the food consumed. nigeria is not produced here . so we depend on inputs as well for food. so that may provide a little bit of a buffer for our for nature, and these floods are the worst in a decade. i feel that that's a, that's a sentence that we've heard more than several times in the last few years. do

authorities believe this is yet another example of the impact of, of human made climate change? yes, a lot of authorities, a lot of our ministers have attributed this flood to a climate change. but it's very easy to see the body language of the, of the, of the government, of this country. there is a lot of fits his, him, there's a lot of blaming, of nature of, you know, there is nothing we can do about it. in fact, just yesterday, the minister of what i resources said that 80 percent of the floods as, as a result of rain from god, you know, so there is that kind of attitude. meanwhile, the government was actually aware that the floods were coming months ago, and they could have prepared better for it even nobody foresaw the skill of destruction. there is some that at least they could have done something to prepare

people for the flaws. now that without we are seeing now, i wouldn't as seen this amount of debts, at least, even though we may not have been able to control the properties that were destroyed, at least we wouldn't have seen the number of people that have died as a result of this lot, all the best. you flores true. well d, w, corresponded in lagos. the president of iran's national olympic committee says that climate illness recovery will not be punished or suspended after competing in an international event, without her nation's mandatory headscarf. recopy was not the 1st iranian female athlete to disobey the requirement. in 2019 boxes said f, had them became the 1st iranian woman to win an international fight without a hitch shop. but unlike rickety, her them did not go home to run after the competition. it was 3 years ago said up high damn was working out,

having won her 1st international fight, the 1st of any iranian woman in the aftermath of victory. this was how she looked in the colors of the flag green top over red shorts and no hid job. she was to fly back to iran before long, but she says an arrest warrant was issued for her. she stayed in france. i decided to lay low and what does that mean? i've always known that speaking out against the government in iran, is a very dangerous activity. that's why i've stayed silent the past 3 years, not for me, but for my family in iran. but seeing the deadly policing pushback to recent protests over the death of young gina masa armine. while in the custody of iran's morality police was too much. i mean, he was accused of wearing her her job too loosely. in france,

hud am goes without a head covering and fears for the protesters back home, who want women to be able to decide on his job for themselves. and sooner they arrest people, the government, they kill people and i'm afraid for people's lives. but that's why i don't know, i hope that's it all works out, but i'm not very optimistic as when she's battling a strong opponent. hadn't believed the change of tactics is in order for the protesters. she seen a fellow iranian athlete, illness rackaboto who went without a her job while competing hustled home and in the process kept to the government's pro, head covers line a line had em crosses every day, but well, outside of iran and reminder of our top stories ukrainian president vladimir zalinski says russian forces have mine to hydro electric damn in the hearse on

region and says, hundreds of thousands of residents could be at risk of rapid flooding. if the jam is distort, you leaders have agreed on what they call a road map, aimed at shielding european consumers from storing energy prices. but leaders were not able to reach consensus on putting a cap on what they're prepared to pay for gas. a mike local. there's more news at the top of the f. ah ah, with

who to the point. strong opinions, clear positions, international perspective. civilian targets and ukraine have come under heavy russian fire, including from so called kamikaze, drums. and the west is mounting a response. today on to the point we ask, as a war in ukraine escalates, will nato cindy b party to point with

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drift along with exploring modern lifestyles and mediterranean. where has history left its traces, reading regal, hearing their dreams attitude. during this week, d. w. o. o. winter is approaching in europe and vladimir pigeons. russia is doing what it can to make it an exceptionally difficult one in ukraine. russian forces have been striking civilian infrastructure, including water supplies, power stations, and residential buildings. sometimes using so called because the wrong. but the west is showing its metal with plans to train some $15000.00 ukrainian soldiers and tomato running nuclear drilled amid the tensions. today on to the point we asked as

a war in your brain escalate, will nato soon be party to the conflict.