in the report on the inside of the ground, reporting from the trenton mazda u. t. w is africa every friday on d w. ah, this is due to use my front burner nature promises an increase in aid for ukraine is winter sets in need is a v alliance mat in romania pledging more military equipment or fuel and medical supplies. dw is that also on the program. beijing cracks down harder on protest against that 0 coby policy,

least target individual campaign isn't check cell phones, but evidence of illegal activity. ah, i'm so gayle welcome to the program. nato allies are promising to increase a to ukraine as you prepare for a tough winter caused by moscow's bombing of its energy infrastructure. foreign ministers from the military alliance are in romania discussing how best to support case the specifics of emerged yet, but with millions of ukrainians. now about power or heat that are expected to provide military equipment to fuel power generators and medical supplies. this also shows that the value we can join our alexandra phenomena who is the welcome alex alexander, tell us more about what's expected to come out of this meeting. well, the fun misters has just issued

a common statement on the situation in ukraine among others, among other issues discussed in bucharest today. and in the statement there are saying that are standing with ukraine are committed to continuing supporting ukraine. and they also want to as step up there are practical and political support for the country. there is no mention of what kind of support that will be. what kind of goods or equipments are going to be delivered to ukraine. as you know, nato alliance is providing non lethal health for ukraine, drawn jammers fuel medical supplies, and it's up to individual allies to deliver military aids and heavy weapons to ukraine. so there is no, as expected, no mention of that in the statement of,

but this statement is being seen here as a strong sign of continuing support for ukraine. weapons, of course, are all the things that you crave, a time at the time at the time, suspect they need, and we're hearing that weapons manufacturers within nato countries having difficulties increasing our production to sort of meet war demand is likely to be a problem. well, in the long term, i think it is likely to be a problem not right now, because of course, we have to stress here that ukraine is still waiting for heavy weapons that were promised to them. weeks ago, for instance, germany has committed to delivering for iris t defense systems to ukraine and only one of them for now is operational on the ground. but in the long term, of course, it could be a problem because manufacturers need time to produce new weapons at the

same time as so the stock piles are shrinking. nato members are saying that they also need to strengthen the alliances eastern fling, but we heard here from the ukrainian foreign minister dmitri collabo spoke here during brief statements with need to achieve in stoughton back. and he made clear that what ukraine needs right now is of course support to rebuild its energy infrastructure. so transformers, so generators. but they also need or defense systems to protector cities and villages. their population from the constant russian attacks. and it is, i be like, is they're likely to be progress on ukraine's are willing desire to join nature at this meeting. well, it doesn't seem to be any to be likely to see any progress on that. i spoke about

that for instance, with the lithuanian foreign minister, a lance baggage, and he told me that his country is very much in favor of offering can ukraine a sort of road map for a future membership of the alliance. but when we speak with other natal members, there are more cautious. germany, for instance, is saying it's not now smart to speak about this topic because ukraine is a country actively at war, and nato allies don't want to be drawn into this war. so i think that it's fair to say that the political consensus right now is a not to discuss this issue and we are not going to see any progress on that. right. a mirror meetings, of course, with in meetings, we have germany which holds the g 7 presidency organizing meetings of g 7. lead is

upon us. on the sidelines of these native talks, they're looking to speed up the repair of ukraine's energy infrastructure. so what sort of assistance convey offer i think that are we talking here 1st and foremost about financial aid for ukraine, for them to be able to repair what's been destroyed by the russian bombs and missiles but also for them to, to build it. and so we have already heard from you as secretary of state, mr. lincoln, who said that the u. s. is ready to provide 53000000. you asked dollars to ukraine in addition to the $15000000.00 us dollars already promise, until we can also expect more statements from germany and for our nation's debt to curve. took part in this a g 7 plus meeting here in bucharest because they want to coordinate their efforts. they want to help or ukraine and help the people of ukraine survive. what

is expected to be it is very cold and difficult winter. and of course, everyone here is a concern about the current situation and to no one wants to see, you know, soldiers stuck in, in trenches freezing because those are pictures that you would, you remind you of. there were 2 war one and no one wants to see that. so they did that. the effort here is to support ukraine in the ukrainian population. roberta alexandra on nomine. in bucharest, i'm mary joiner, nick connelly who's in the ukrainian capital. welcome to nick. and what are ukrainians are hoping to come out with a certain latest later meeting, while the foreign minister hid mitchell could never put it very briefly. clearly he said 2 things, transformers and patriot missiles,

so that transformers part of the key kind of crucial kits to make sure that ukraine's grid survives we don't really have a power generation problem, the ceiling of electricity being produced, that the big problem is bringing it to people who need it, that network has been attack time and time again of the last 6 to 8 weeks by the russians. and that's proving to be the real kind of crucial point. now, making sure that ukraine has the capacity to keep on rebuilding right now. we've heard from the authorities here that they basically have run out of spare parts and any new repairs the system up basically 100 percent dependent on keep coming from outside. and it's very difficult to get that kit on the open market right now, because everyone is trying to get that equipment and ukraine's moving up everything you can find. and the picture missiles that is nature's basically most sophisticated air defense system that so far hasn't been sent to ukraine, that lots of nato countries have said is too complex. the grey would require too much training, but the ukrainians would count to that, that they have proven time time again that they are able to pick up the new tech

get to grips with much faster than anyone predicted. and they say basically that's anything that will keep ukrainian sky safe and will actually make it worthwhile rebuilding the infrastructure without that a defense component. they say it's basically pointless, trying to keep things going here. but the sooner they repair anything, the russians we back with the, for the strike and nick, there been multiple warnings from ukrainian leaders that today it might seem more russian as strikes a how things looking for now the kind of major strike that everyone was expecting hasn't happened, there's lots of activity at russian air bases, lots of russian planes making kind of unexpected maneuvers. a russian ship out in the black sea with cruise missiles on board, varies. now speculation that this is basically a false warning. the russians, a basic playing with the ukraine's trying to overwhelm them, keep them on high alert for so long that they can start losing their capacity wrecked, and may be lose the kind of ability turned the kind of bitter the nerves into can energy to then react adequately when it is needed. and we've also seen russia

firing missiles basic without warheads in the hope that will basically just dilute ukraine's past drag the bay waste missiles trying to intercept bases dummy, dummy bombs, dummy missiles, and then that the real ones get through. and i think there's, if you know, sense here that this is over, that russia somehow going to stop attacking civilian infrastructure. that basically being branded internationally now as basic kind of terrorist state or using terrorist tactic, st. you against ukraine's civilian population. that will somehow stop the russian government basically is the only thing that's working, but they've really just not having any success in the battlefield. says definitely expectation that this is going to get worse before it gets better. and we're right the beginning of the winter. i know we still got basically 4 months of very cold weather. the forecast is saying that it can get even colder than it already is at the end of this week. and people who are basically just talking about generators, everyone seeming an expert about different types of generators, different types of our banks, improvising, making power, banks out of car batteries. all kinds of things just to kind of have some way to

get through these difficult days. and, you know, stay connected. i think the thing that really hit send the most is when the mobile phone networks go off when the power is not available. and the generators don't work when people aren't able to find out how their family, how their friends are doing that really seems to be cutting through more in a way that, you know, people have now basically got use the fact they can't always charge things. they can't always cook through, they can't was wash clothes. that is kind of now just the norm here. thanks for that. nick and nick connelly in keith as so as soon as her secretary, nato secretary general against stocum burger speaks, following that meeting of that nature, foreign ministers will try to bring that to you life another and will continue with the rest of the day's news and will turn our attention to china. the reports are emerging, but of course is seeking out people who took part in the weekends. anti locked down protests as beijing deploy more security forces to clamp down on demonstrations against it's 0 covey policy, frustration,

and maybe 3 years of testing and restrictions which have set china apart from the rest of the world. a sparked rare public descent. lisa responded by increasing patrols of universe is a sending students home in an effort from to prevent them from rally. william hurst, his professor of chinese politics at the university of cambridge, we asked him about the what about how widespread demands for political change are at the moved it's extremely difficult to say because what we've also seen occasionally happen is that when some protesters say something like that others in the same crowd will start singing the national anthem or shouting that? no, no, they don't agree with that. so i think the more true extreme, or general the claims become, the less able they are to actually capture and hold together. this broad coalition of different groups that are in fact aggrieved about lockdown and other things. so

the other thing that's happening is that the state is beginning to turn up the pressure in terms of at least signaling the possibility of repression. most of what they've brought in have been what i would call a nuisance measures, putting up barricades and streets where protests have happened, making it difficult for people to get their stopping people and looking at phones, deleting images of protest checking ideas. the other thing they've been doing, though that's rather interesting, is they've apparently been tracking down people who were captured on video at protests using facial recognition or other means i don't know exactly how they're doing it, but they're tracking down people who've been at the protest calling them on the phone and asking them some questions about what they were doing while they were there, whether they planned to keep protesting and so on. they haven't actually threatened them as far as i know, nor of they arrested people through that means. but it's a clear signal that the police are watching and that things could turn far more repressive, and that may be enough to deter

a lot of people from turning out. professor william hurst from cambridge university, a 1000. the people in syria have been protesting against attacks on curtis groups in syria and iraq. turkey in the round of intensify their actions against the kurds . iran's launch drone strikes on iraq will to hear said what it calls kurdish militant post in syria. turkey has also announced plans for a ground offensive. when mohammed sully man drives through his village near the turkish border, it's like driving through a ghost town. the syrian curd says nearly every one has fled from here. the attacks of the last few days left no other choice, were not known with the giamvaldo and we were bombed by turkish drones. why our families have lived here for hundreds of years. there's no military presence here in the village. nobody from the syrian democratic forces. nobody from the p k. k. hassan. he feels either those groups are curtis militias and political parties.

turkey blamed them for a bomb attack and ist and bull. 2 weeks ago that killed 6 allegations, the kurds deny circus. artillery is already firing at kurdish positions in syria, trying to enlarge a buffer zone. turkeys as it wants to stop, so called terrorists from crossing the border. but many curds said, is the turks who are the terrorists. madame va, get it. so the church of state be allowed to continue its fascist occupation policy and massacre. our people were shedding. let's tell them that we are prepared. what that our armed forces are ready for a big war to lake that we shaded yard. we can it's a bitter pill for the kurds of syria and iraq after they made huge sacrifices fighting the so called islamic state demonstrators in this border town. say that if the west abandoned the kurds, now, it will betray its former partners as look at the most orders making news around the world. the iranian army is,

but the number of people killed in nationwide demonstrations that more than $300.00, which is much lower than estimates from rights groups and protests of the country since the staffing custody of a young woman arrested by iran, so called the relative police the former president of the indian ocean island of camaros has been sentenced to life in prison for high treason called convicted of dana sandy, of illegally selling passports to state las people in gulf countries. and he was accused of pocketing millions of dollars, guitars, energy minister has announced a long term agreement to supply germany with liquefied natural gas. the 15 year deal will deliver 2000000 tons every year from 2026. your us company, konica phillips, will transport the fuel by sea. germany's efforts and secure in gas supplies after russia's invasion of ukraine may be bearing fruit. katara has committed to a 15 year contract with

a u. s. company to delivered liquefied natural gas or l n. g to germany is plenty boy to port on the north sea coast from 2026. got our energy and kanaka phillips signed 2 agreements, promising l n g imports up to 2000000 tons annually. this is katara is 1st major supply deal with germany or the 1st 15 years is great. these obviously seem to be good conditions. i wouldn't mind 20 years or longer contracts at all, but the companies just have to know that the declining site in germany will then decrease at some point if we want to meet the climate protection targets that is well known becomes havoc also said german companies are securing flows from different suppliers and katara is just one of them. the gulf nation has the world's 3rd largest gas reserves behind russia and iran. this gives dough hired to her on an edge in energy exports. the latest gas deal with germany come soon after that

there are also signed a long term deal with china spending 27 years of security forces of ended a 12 hour hotel sage, by millison, in the somali capital market issue, at least 8 civilians and a member of the security forces were killed by gunman linked to al qaeda authorities, so they rescued 60 civilians. gunshots pierced the air on monday from inside the besieged hotel in somalia. as capitol special government forces thought the al qaeda linked militants more than 12 hours after the islamist grip stormed the building. by that point, several lives had already been lost. even with our monkey included a hole in the course of their attack on the hotel, the militants killed 8 civilians staying there. hello, cassie hobbins. he will tell hose $1.00 to $5.00 of the 6 fighters who attacked though tow were killed. drag a body now,

and one of them committed suicide by blowing himself up to law. he over at the hotel is located near the presidential residence and is frequently used by government officials. this somali army has been locked in a fight against al chabad, which still controls large parts of central and southern somalia. the fundamentalists militants frequently stage attacks in mogadishu and elsewhere. their goal is to topple the western backed government to establish its own rule based on an extreme interpretation of islamic lot. more news from around the world are truck drivers in south korea have shave their heads in protest to the government order to end a strike thousands of the refusing to work because they want to hire minimum wages . the action has disrupted supply chains and construction sites. united nation says australia, great barrier reef should be listed as endanger of the world. heritage site has

been damaged by climate change. australia has learned for years to keep the reef off the endangered list. a feeling that that could hit torrison or to hawaii, where officials are telling people to be ready to leave at short notice on a lower volcano on big island is erupting for the 1st time in nearly 4 decades. and our homes aren't in the path of a of lava flow, but scientists are wanting it could change direction quickly. lava pouring forth from the world's largest active volcano for the 1st time in 38 years. mount a lower. hawaiian for long mountain is awake. the huge volcano on hawaii's big island is once again throwing forth streams of lava and ash,

wallet spewing sulphur dioxide and other volcanic gases into the air. authorities say the islands, roughly 200000 residents, aren't in immediate danger. from lava lava flows are not threatening any downslope communities at this time, and all indications are that they rock sion will remain in the northeast drift zone on volcanic gas and possibly fine ash. and police hair are may be carried down when people are being urged to be prepared to move quickly during a 1950 eruption lava traveled some 24 kilometers in just 3 hours. but for now, some a content to stand back and witness as a sleeping giant wakes up ah, the world cup in katara iran,

the face united states in a crucial group be matched later with a both team still able to advance to the knockout stage with iran currently rocked by unrest, the games taking on even more political significance than usual. for many iran fans, this world carpets become a rallying call for something bigger than football. women lie freedom and nor to the anti government protests going on back home. and that call is extended to the team who stood silent during the anthem in that opening game. the players families have reportedly been threatened over the apparent act of solidarity. meanwhile, some protesters accused the team of not doing enough. the man fielding the questions around portuguese coach carlos queer us is having to choose his words carefully either if you talk about to a human rights. gracie,

the kids that died schools with shootings, we are fully directed all those causes. but here, our mission is bring the smiles for the, for the people, at least for nike mean queers was responding to a question about a social media post by the u. s. t in it's the emblem of the islamic republic was removed from the iran flag. the post since deleted was in support of women in iran that in turn has led to accusations of western hypocrisy. are you okay to be representing the us? meanwhile, there's so much discrimination happening against black people in america. there's discrimination. her everywhere you go, you know, one thing that i've learned, especially from living abroad in the past years and i having to fit in different cultures and kinda assembly into different cultures. ah, is that in the us? we're, we're continuing to make progress every single day as long as you see progress.

that's the most important thing. in a daft answer from adams ahead of a football match that will be even more political than usual. it's got more or less from it. is brooke from dw sport? welcome mathias. so iran versus usa, one of the tools was politically charged games, as we've seen there as what has been crucial on the pitch. absolutely. so we, for desert and the report, there's political tension there, but it's a crucial match on the field because usa currently in 3rd sport and iran in 2nd sport, which means in this group which is wide open usa have to win this game. a draw wouldn't be enough, so iran under but less pressure. but the usa came into this group with the ambition to go through to the knockout stage. and right now they have this grocery games against iran to secure that 2nd spot. u. s. a. at a very decent game, the last game against england with a new new draw. i think they will happy with it. and iran coming with a lot of momentum of this last minute victory against wales. so these teams played

once before at a woke up, which was $998.00 in france. and in this game, they even exchanged flowers before the game and they post 4 photos together. the fee for later awarded both countries, the fair play award for that, and many iranians still seed as the biggest achievement in the history of their football. so they're really hoping that the iranians can replicate that today, but it will be a $5050.00 game. so you as a slight favorite, but iran could easily go through as well. ok, the other group be game is england against wales, england. the favorites are absolutely england. clear favorites here. wales. just a little bit of a chance to go through, so they have to be to england and have to hope that the iran versus u. s. a game will finish in a draw, but it seems with wales if garrath bail, the superstar is not on. then wales are just really not finishing up yet the pos up front are not finishing for goals. so garetsville is on well is a chance if you're with bill is not really in the game like it was in the last game

than england should be dominant with that power. jude bellingham, in mid field, absolutely stunning performance at that young age. and harry came the captain carrying the steam. they want to bounce back as well after that no, no against the u. s. play which i'm sure they weren't happy with after that 1st game which i won 62 against iran and they want to keep that will meant i'm going into the knockout stage. england, the clear favorite here and wales. little bit of hope. but i think they're almost as good as eliminated. ok, this is brooke, date of the school. thank you so much. lamond as actually portugal sale bare spot in march 16 after 2 bruno flanders, a goal saw them beat or to go i to know after golden 1st half of portugal dominated the 2nd christiano. rinaldo was just a distraction during this cross from fernandez. i ran out, i didn't touch the ball, but it wasn't a set for to go on the road to victory. the brazilian switzerland faced off in monday's, a group g action i since each side, since each

a one their 1st the game draw would have st. both teams advance minutes to go brazil, very casa mira score the only goal. sending brazil through to the last 16 or switzerland can still advance avoidant defeating their last group. stage game against this is dw life from berlin kick off are looking at germany's next generation of a football superstars is next half more world news at the top. yeah, i'm good with

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