offers, enjoy our services. oh, be our guest at frankfurt airport city managed by fraud. ah ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin. germany's president travels to ukraine and gets a war zone reality check. frank published on my own experiences firsthand life on the siege inside ukraine. the general president is forced to take cover in a bomb shelter. also coming up at the major conference here in berlin,

world leaders vows to continue supporting ukraine, including sharing the cost of rebuilding once the war is over. and of course in russia rejects appealed by american basketball star. brittany greiner against her 9 year prison sentence for possession and smuggling of drugs. ah, i'm will azako. it's good to have you with us. german president, frank valdosta, maya has made a surprise visit to ukraine. his 1st trip since the russian invasion began on february 24th. shortly after arriving stein, my, i was directly confronted with the reality of life and it was a the german president had been in ukraine for just a few hours when he experienced the reality of war. as he spoke with local

officials in the northern town of carew kafka air raid sirens rang out with forcing his team journalists and the ukrainian hosts to seek safety in a shelter. thus, this was a dark reminder of the conditions of the people here have to endure every day, mention your lieberman and we had the opportunity to talk to 10 to 15 men and women from korea give care about these last 8 months of the russian war of aggression, they deliver these, let's not more, not to this was as an under figures back in kiff may or vitale, cleats call ford gave stain my tour of the destruction caused by the latest russian airs, tracks on the ukrainian capital. and the consequences for its residence is obviously because of the street lights are off because we are saving electricity. many

regions now phase blackouts. their goal is to make civilians freeze our winters, our colon, sometimes minus 20 or 31 frees 1. 1 my little dr. real and finally in the evening, ukraine's president welcomed stein mire into his office, where talks began in earnest. speaking at a news conference stand my a sent a strong message of support is we are on your side. we support you and we will continue to support you. he cannot mclee politically, militarily, for as long as necessary, not a message that men ukrainians are eager to hear. as rush as war in the country takes yet another ugly turn. ukrainian precedent. volume is lensky cancelled stunned miles planned trip to keep in april angry that the german precedents had taken a soft line toward moscow during his time as foreign minister. so how was the meeting

between the 2 precedence has dw martinez burling in keith. you've just heard it the german present, pretty solemn today. he was much more matter of factly. he just said what they had talked about that he was grateful but less and through the caustic and less solemn than the german president. and that's a little bit understandable if you look at the pre history of this meeting, stein might want you to come in earlier in this war and then he was not invited. he was already on his way, but was told not to come because your crime was very unhappy. not only what was germany was doing. but also with stein. my, i'm sorry, who has been one of the architects of gym, foreign policy that was seen here in ukraine this fatal for the country. and it

took quite some time for the 2 sides to get together. and i've asked my about this today. you said like it's time to leave this behind. they had cleared, they had been clear on this to 100 their talks and on this. and it's time to look forward and to stand firmly at the side of ukraine. at a conference here in berlin, delegates from the world's leading economies have vowed to fund the massive reconstruction that will be needed in ukraine after the war. the conference host, the german chancellor, will have shoals said the ground had been laid for a comprehensive plan to rebuild the war is far from over, that the international community is already preparing the ground for reconstruction . hosting the conference in berlin, chancellor shalt said, now is the time to decide how to rebuild and how to pay for it. what is a stake here? nothing less than creating a new marshal plan for the 21st century. a generation

a task that must begin. now the recovery, reconstruction of modernization of ukraine will indeed be a challenge for generations. one that will require the combined strength of the entire international community. the region to tax on ukraine have marked a new low in this war. this was make alive southern ukraine on monday, playground and residential neighborhood, reduced to rubble by russian attacks has also been heavy damage to the power supply and the wave 2 buildings and streets in kids and to civilian targets like the shopping center in zappa region. joining the berlin conference by video link presidents, lensky said billions would also be needed to balance the state budget in the coming year. if ukraine's prime minister then it's me house said he's country needs

between 3 and 5000000000 euros a month just to keep going. but he told the conference why international help make sense. we need this money to recover infrastructure immediately. to help us survive this winter to save the people from humanitarian, catastrophic. and to save the to be in continent from the immigration wave from the immigration to miami. according to the world bank, the total bill for damage to ukraine's infrastructure will be $350000000000.00. the ukrainian government says it could be much more some worry about the lack of transparency when such amounts are discussed. that he, you commission president lafond line is taking a positive view reconstruction linked with a dynamic you, accession process can function as a catalyst, as it was said today here, for necessary reforms. and at the same time. and this is certainly to, as a strong motivator to implement these reforms because there's

a goal you want to go to and therefore you understand why you have to do these reforms. b, e u will support ukraine for as long as necessary fonder. lion said, helped likely to be worked billions every month. it is clear that the human cost of the war in ukraine is immense. for financial cost is also huge. d w chief, political correspondent, nina hossa, was that the conference and gave us her insights. really, this was not just a political meeting where solidarity was, again proclaimed towards ukraine. this was an expert's conference where the heads of some of the most important financing institutions worldwide came together and discussed different ways of coordinating those recovery efforts. so they agreed on setting up some sort of an international platform to bring together all the knowledge, all the wisdom and all the funds and tools to coordinate exactly what is needed in

terms of financing, in terms of direct financing, but also for the medium and longer term and this is what was really, truly different compared to other conferences where you had a lot of pledges of concrete sums. this was not expected for today. this is the starting point of setting up some sort of an organizational structure so that ukraine knows that it can rely on the west solidarity also in terms of financing for the next couple of decades. let's take a look now. are some other stories making news around the world's britain's new prime minister. really soon i has appointed his cabinet soon. i cast kept jeremy hunt on finance minister, vowing to fix the case. economic crisis sooner has also reappointed celebration as interior minister just based off that she was forced to resign for a security breach. if it is found right liter, georgia,

maloney has reaffirmed her support for the e. u, nato and ukraine. and her 1st speech as prime minister chauffeur laid out her government policy plan before parliament, lower same birth deputies ahead of a confidence in both bologna that had for he would be helping businesses in household cope with rice and inflation. a lack of clean water and a health system devastated by 10 years of war, fueling a deadly cholera outbreak in syria. the united nation says more than 24000 people across the country have country contracts the highly contagious to see which affairs could spread across them. at live representatives from ethiopia, governments and rivals. he cry and forces have begun. formal peace talks in south africa. it's the 1st time the 2 sides have come together since the war broke out. nearly 2 years ago. the meeting comes as a government forces make gains in the battlefield,

capturing several towns in recent weeks. after a 5 month cease, fire broke down. ah rallying to condemn the tig wry people's liberation front. and to back the government in ethiopia is capital here in addis ababa support for the latest offensive by the if the open army is high. in recent weeks, government troops have taken several large towns in the embattled tig rye region. it's just the latest escalation in the wall that broke out nearly 2 years ago. pitting tpl f. fightin against ethiopian government forces, backed by troops from neighboring and retrain. with to gripe blockaded since the start of the fighting. and most communication cut off. tens of thousands, a thought to have died with millions more in desperate need of humanitarian aid.

by the un is increasingly concerned with the situation in it, your peer is spilling out of control. violence and destruction averaged the alarming levels. the social fabric is being ripped apart, o steel, it is in the 3rd grade region of ethiopia must end now. but while the piece talks provide a glimmer of hope for the future, for now fighting seems set to go on. with the government, ignoring kohls for an immediate cease, fire, jailed us basketballs saw brittany cry now has lost her appeal against her 9 year prison sentence in russia. greiner was arrested as a moscow airport for being in possession of vape cartridges containing cannabis, oil and february. the substance is banned and russia. brittany greiner appeared 5 video link from her prison south,

her appeal more out of hope than any real expectation of success. addressing what she called her honest mistake. she asked the court for leniency. i've been here almost a month and he was more severe. i've gotten less then. well, i didn't to do with all those in the house to well with grinders mistake was being caught with cannabis. oil in her back age to moscow, airports back in february. in august, she was sentenced to 9 years in jail for drug smuggling and possession. the backdrop to this, of course, is russia's war and ukraine. griner us citizen is one of the world's best

basketball players. a 2 time olympic champion has supported, consider her report in russia's political game. the u. s. reiterated isn't call for her media really nothing in the previous sentence, nothing in the result of today's appeal changes the fact that the united states government considers and screener to be wrongfully detained. this man could be grind as best hope of being set free quick to boot. a russian arms dealer serving a 25 year sentence in the u. s. has reportedly been muted as part of a potential prisoner swap, russia, they're apparently unwilling to negotiate. while grain is cor processed continues. after the rejection of her appeal, greiner was led away by prison guard should now be transferred to one of russia's notoriously harsh penal colonies to set the rest of her sentence. this is the dublin use. his reminder off the top story we are following for you. jasmine precedent, frank valdosta and maya has made a surprise visits to ukraine,

signed my i was directly confronted with the reality of life in a war zone, when he was forced to seek cover in a bomb shelter for more than one and a half hours. at that for me, up next, daniel windsor has your business updates. don't forget you can get all the latest news around the clock on d, w dot com, which is also got a brand new look i got the billing for me and the fees. and thanks for watching with every day for us and for our planet global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we.