elaborating large amounts of moisture. ah, my son get the answer in the invisible river that flows through the sky starts march 23rd on d w a. ah ah, this is dw, live from berlin. the un sounds the alarm of all the world's growing water cries. we all need it, but the un says safe drinking water is already in short supply and the problem is getting worse. and not just the way you think across the globe. also coming up german police carry on fresh raids on an extreme rise group. members of the so

called high spur implicated in an alleged plot to overthrow the german government last december and french president, him on the way back home defense his decision to force through a rise in the retirement age even as protest escalate across the country. ah, i'm good. how built as well come to the program? it is quite literally the life blood of humanity, but it is increasingly short supply. now a new u. n. report has revealed the scale of water scarcity across the world on world war today. especially united nations conference is underway in new york. the 1st in more than 40 years to focus on water. it's being billed as a once in

a generation chance to tackle worsening crisis. as un figures reveal billions across the globe do not have reliable access to clean water aversion. action is not taken. the situation could spiral further out of control, cracked land and dried out trees. judge is becoming a devastating reality all over the world. increasing temperatures are having a major impact, making it more and more difficult for people to access clean water. we see people that needs to travel long distances to get access to some supplies. and of course the quality of the supplies is being also challenged. so we see people that cannot access safe order in many, many areas. currently, around 2000000000 people, globally, quarter of the world's population do not have access to safe drinking water. it's a number that's likely to rise without

a boost and international cooperation. the u. n. has warned in our port released today. lack of water is causing severe risks to livelihood damaging food security, and it's also having an impact on health. almost half of the global population lacks access to safe sanitation. so without water, there is absolutely no health and a lot of that actually is cause that water contamination if they are even able to get any sort of water is because of poor sanitation failing access to clean water and sanitation as a global problem, according to experts but it is the country's most vulnerable to climate change in africa and asia that are some of the worst impacted the you and aims to ensure access to water and sanitation fraud by 2030. but progress is falling behind. we would have to do 4 times as much as far as financial investments, infrastructure improvements and everything else. so clearly there is, you know, i would say catastrophic neglect for water and sanitation as governments meet to

discuss the water crisis or to summit this week. the u. n will be looking to turn that neglect into commitments that flow into action. that report was filed by louise osborne from the w environments, which ones is now. here in the studio is a new york negotiated meeting for you when water conference clearly important. you mentioned it in the report of what's really at stake. yeah. okay. so i mean, as we talked about before, there are almost 2000000000 people or more than 2000000000 people who don't have access to water. that's a quarter of the population that can't have safer, let the water to drink from. just imagine what that must be like. then there are people who are almost half of the population that don't have access to safe sanitation, so know clean toilets to use. also hand washing, i mean, think of their coven 19 pandemic. were washing hands with so important. think about not having water to be able to do that with these people are coming contacts than

with diseases. cholera, diarrhea that are killing over a 1000000 people a year actually die. people, i like to tell you exactly. and they, these are preventable deaths. this does not have to be happening. and that is obviously something that is going to continue to become a bigger problem as the population continues to grow. well, population growth is one thing, but why is it so difficult for many people to access it? or we would just add on the report. i think the issue of drought, which means obviously that the water isn't there, but there's also an issue when it comes to flooding as well because this damage is more at water infrastructure. so the intuitive isn't, it was flooding, there's less access to water. exactly. yeah, you wouldn't really think about it, but you're talking about dirty water washing into clean water reservoirs and things like that and contaminating that water. meaning that you are not getting access to

the, the safe water that people need. there are also issues of conflict. for example, which is driving people away, displacing people in areas like ukraine, as we know about where people are, then not able to access safe water in their homes and things like that. this is a big problem, but something that experts really try time a home to me as i was talking to them was that this is an issue, obviously in places that are vulnerable to climate change protect melody, but also an issue in the global north and something that is really something we should be taking our thinking about globally as an issue. now that conference in new york, the 1st water conference in 40 years, clearly important, are we going to see any real tangible effects outcomes? i mean, that's the, the question when it comes to any of these kinds of conferences, the u. n. a is really trying to push some things through because the sustainable development goals that it's put in place for action by 2030 includes safe water

access unfun notation for all by by 2030. and at the moment they are feeling that we are not going to get there. so they are pushing for international cooperation. that is something that they've really talked about financing so that we can make financing for more investment and water infrastructure in different parts of the world. for example, one of the things that they have mentioned is, is so called water funds, which would see, you know, cities and businesses who are using water investing upstream to agricultural management and upstream habitat protection to protect the quality of the water results with that dw environment thank you, louise. here in germany, please have carried out a series of raids on properties linked to the so called rice burger group. that's the far right network implicated in an alleged plot. last december to overthrow the

german government. one police officer was shot and wounded in today's operation. the scene of the crime still cordoned off. police were carrying out a raid of the far right, right spur, good group in the southern city of royce lincoln. when a man, he wasn't a suspect, shot a police officer in the arm. it happened during a search of more than 20 properties across germany and switzerland. some of those are suspected of belonging to members of the rights bergen mignons, a group that denies the legitimacy of the german state. they made headlines last december when police uncovered a plot to overthrow the government. the alleged ringleader was this man known as heinrich, the 13th, a descendant of gen, royalty. he's already in custody, along with 25, others accused of supporting or being members of a terrorist organization. some of the accused a former late soldiers from the armed forces,

the group allegedly aim to storm the bonus tag, abolished democracy, and replace it with their own form of government as inputting outs him. enduring the rates. in december, investigators found documents in which people declared their unconditional commitment to that iceberg of course ice burger. and that gave investigators new evidence on oil. that's why many homes have been searching to day, or if you'd have one on resort, was the man arrested for shooting a police officer in writing and will now face the federal court of justice, where a judge will decide whether he can be released on bail or must remain in custody turner to have a look at some of the other news making headlines. at least 4 people have been killed off. the russian drones struck a student dormitory, 80 kilometers south of the ukrainian capital keith. the attack took place at dawn on wednesday. just hours after the japanese prime minister left keith, following an official visit, a school and 2 dormitories were partially destroyed in the attack. ukraine's

president vladimir zalinski has paid that unannounced visit to the besieged eastern city of buck mode. he ordered medals to ukrainian soldiers and heard reports about the state of operations in the heavily contested city. russia has recently made some gains in its advancement. bachman. savanski says ukraine is determined to hold it in is he o p or the parliament as we move the ticker of people's liberation front or t p l f. from the countries official list of terrorist organizations move as part of the implementation of the piece. deal deal was reached last year of the hundreds of thousands were killed in a 2 year conflict in the tig origin and france president amend our my call has defended his decision to force through unpopular pension reforms. raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 in a television interview, mccall said he had no regrets about pushing through the bill without

a vote. but at it he hopes to improve relations labor unions and involve them in any future reform for suffolk. he also stressed, there was no way round the changes if france wants a balanced pension system among those who but as i speak to you right now, please you think i enjoy doing this reform? no, no. if you think i could have done the same as many others before me, it was and sweet isn't of the copy. yes, but it may be me the head, there is one thing i regret or guide. it's that we weren't able to in the form of the need when to go. this reform is exec to model initiative. the fact that i form doc, we so yes, there are a 100 solutions. if we want the pension system to be balance proven, no longer is to dig out, and the more we wait so many in the more it will get worse hulsey than so this reform is necessary and i would have preferred not to, but it's also because of a sense of responsibility was it was off all the w correspond. eliza lewis is following the developments there in paris,

and i asked her earlier how my calls words have been received in france. members of the union here and of opposition parties have said that they felt he had this very arrogant attitude that he was shane disdain, that he was not, not listening to the people in the streets. obviously they have been asking for this reform to be withdrawn or other options such as the dissolution of parliament, or a re shuffle of the government or also the organization of a referendum. all these things in my, my, my call here is include excluded all these things and said he, his vision is to just move forward with things. but it was in protest as opposed to that. now why has the reaction to raising the retirement age from $6.00 to $2.00 to just $64.00? that's 2 years been so strong and falls? well, 1st of all, it's the minimum retirement age. and many people here retire at a later age because you need to have worked for at least 42 years. so people like

myself, for example, who have studied at university know that they and will probably retire much later. and also it's true that the friends consider the social security system. they have as a, you know, very important for their country. it's rather a question of identity for them. so any reform touching upon that is a very difficult reform to carry out. what's more, obviously, it's difficult times when you look around, over the france is no exception to high inflation to the energy crisis. people are struggling, they're worried, they won't make it. maybe they won't be able to make ends meet. and they're all busy on top of all that unhappy, how the government is going about that. so this top down approach as they feel in my my call, we did not listen to the people in the streets, but he did not listen to the parliamentarians either. so where do you expect these

protests to go from here? that's a very good question to lie. there is another nation wide to day of strikes and protests and all eyes will be on that day. or will there be more people that last week when there was the number, you know, the 8th such day since the beginning of the protest wave against the reform. and also people will be watching very closely what is happening outside these nationwide days of strike and, and protest. because since last thursday, when the government decided to use this exceptional constitutional power to push the reform through with the fight without a final vote in the national assembly. every day, there have been protests here in paris, but also in other cities across the country. not orderly protests but rather violent ones playing catch a mouse with the police and protests as attacking the police police then attacking was in the protest or defending themselves. and it's been, it's been. 6 rather

a and may have like situation people who will be watching that the government in my, my core, he's apparently batching on the protesters. you know, going away on this movement fading away after why, but now it remains to be seen if that will happen. this lives then parents. thank you lisa. and that's it. from me, are the world news team here in a berlin? don't go way doctoral is on the next with a look at brushes. roll in serious civil. my colleague, brent golf. we'll have a wilderness update for you we're all set to go on field citizenship and we're all in. as we take on the we're all about the stories that matter.