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ah. hello, i'm clear richardson, thank you so much for joining us. in the coming hours you leaders are said to endorse a plan, to ramp up the supply of artillery shells to keep their gathering for a summit in brussels, united nations secretary general antonio quoterush is joining the proceedings in person, while ukrainian president volota lensky will address the meeting via video being a number of other topics will be covered opposite, including migration and the economic impact of the war in ukraine or correspondent rosie bertram is out today. summit in brussels, where they're set to approve our plan to send keep a 1000000 rounds of ammunition within the next 12 months. i earlier asked her whether further military support is also on the table. so e leaders here in this building will be giving claire resounding rubber stamp to this plan, to jointly procure ammunition for ukraine. something key. it says it needs and fast

. and we've heard it from the estonian prime minister kaya collis. she is the woman who is behind this plan. she says she's delighted that it's been managed to be agreed within the space of 5 weeks, which of course is quite a long time on the battlefield. what is the timeline of european union law making? well, it's quite speedy. so she says she's delighted when she was asked. will this be enough? she said, well, it depends how long this war lawson, of course, we have had dire warnings. for example, from the nato secretary general against oldenburg saying european countries should prepare for the long haul. here, e u nation, say they will stay by ukraine's side for as long as it takes. and this new plan is about delivering on that promise. and we're also expecting ukrainian president full of voting lensky to address the summit of the video link. what you expect we might hear from him. claire, what i expect is what to lensky often says, needs addresses lease leaders in brussels,

and that is one key word speak speed on delivery, weapons speed on delivering on promises and speed own sanctions. remember, the european union has already slopped 10 rounds of sanctions on moscow over its invasion of ukraine. that includes, for example, an embargo on russian coal and about on imports of most russian oil key of would of course, like to see the screws tightened further on moscow's ability to keep financing its war. but from the stony prime minister who i just mentioned. we've also heard that she would like an emphasis at these talks on preventing circumvention of sanctions . she says the priority should be closing loop holes in the existing restrictions. or is it also talk for a moment about china and its support for russia? she's been paying has just gone to moscow holding talks with food and calling him a dear friend. how concerned are you leaders about what appeared to be deepening ties there? both china really is the elephant in the room at this meeting. it's not officially

on the agenda, but of course i think we all know the diplomatic event of this week is not a summit, but of course was those landmark talks between she should ping and russian president vladimir putin know, looking at what does appear to be as you said deepening ties were having some degree of caution and concern for me. you leaders, you studied prime minister brushed it off on her way into these talk. she said, i'm not concerned. on the other hand, we heard from lot of his prime minister christian his cards. he said, this should prompt you to reflect long and hard, deeply on how 8 wants to approach relations with beijing. he says, the best way is a united approach. we haven't so far seen from e leaders. sometimes china can be a controversial issue when it comes to foreign policy in this european union. no, let's not forget. beijing says 8 wants peace and he's working for peace. but of course, brussels and beijing have very different ideas on how to get there. china has criticize the european union for sending arms to ukraine. it says that it's sort of fueling the fire of this war. whereas on the european union side, there's

a much more of a degree of suspicion there because china hutch, despite saying it wants peace, it is not imposed sanctions on moscow. and of course, it hasn't actually explicitly criticize moscow for this full scale invasion on the country. we've seen in the past few days, signs of deepening and quite friendly ties. thank you so much for that update. that's d w correspondent, rising for chart and brussels. well, earlier i spoke to zalinski top foreign policy advisor, ears off ha years his take on the use plan to send a 1000000 rounds of artillery ammunition to support his country's military. yeah, this is a real important initiative which was initiated by a prime minister this tanya will sample to her personally until the government and to the country. so the you all to support it's easy. it is a mission is what is better needed now, you know, to start the counter offensive on the ground. you remember was successfully had the contents of several territories in the,

in the end of previous years. so this year you know, we have to stop it, but it just started when enough artillery shells enough, our movie doesn't dance and that will provide that was when you talk about a counter offensive, we've heard the commander who cranes round for the same. today it is army would very soon take advantage of russian fatigue in buck loot. is that where you were referring to eva crane and counter offensive? and oh, would definitely will not reveal where we will start the counter offensive. but if you ask me about the bus moved to area but moved, there is important for you. great, because this is our territory. this is our land will not give away any single each of your graham territory, but definitely let's not use the ta school that grocer and list not. you know, a review the plans of you bring him down to where is that ammunition than most badly needed in ukraine while the, with the on all the director is, i mean,

you even heard a if you told about the number over to sales we use on the daily basis, but dresser uses like 5 or 10 times more we want and we have to be fair now. so now when defendants, they get to the bottom. but does, yes, when you are to show us, you know, to start the younger offensive in many areas, which i don't you have liberators. so we have this promise from the you, but yet all of your western partners pledge as whether it's tanks or ammunition or other equipment. they do seem to have one thing in common in that the delivery takes a long time. what kind of impact does that have this unfortunate issue and there are many reasons for the sometimes the supply chains a way to acquire, you know, a week. sometimes it takes brokers. yes. what do you speak with a delivery? because we've received many promises and your amendment of the beginning of this

open war. there was no talk about the system. there was no that wasn't appleton. now we have on chrome. now we started to leverage with metal tags. so yes, we needed to quickly, we needed by the end of the smallest of the bigger amount of to start the counter offensive. ok, so i called for that delivery by the end of this month. i do want to turn to get your view on how deepening ties between russia and china are going to affect this war we've seen put in turning to beijing seeking support. are you worried about increasing chinese involvement on the kremlin side also in the war? you know, i would not call this is it a, she'd be a little successful team. definitely. when my come a successful presence, she because the much of the talk was about to run the development of economic ties between china and russia. friday increase in the supply of russia energy resources to achieve russian energy resources. so as far as a prison,

she's concerned. the success is not loo, he's while jim, i think, didn't even achieve what he was play. so we don't have any information about, you know, chinese delivery of weapons to russia. we don't have any statements about, you know, union between china and russia even work. yes. you great. so i think the chinese leadership and just the both chinese people are wise enough. not to take sides of ross or in the school, and we were expecting that chinese presentation paying after returning from that trip to russia would call president zalinski on the phone. are you still expecting that? that call is going to happen? no, i don't have any official information of that, but really my president was telling earlier and this is still true that he's ready to talk to president she in order to give you what is going on and you great. what kind of communication have you had with the chinese side, and what do you expect to hear from them? a foreign minister regularly talks to leave for mister china,

and mister jim dynasty, closer to the previous form, is there was no talk advisor in the, in the parking lots of research by me. so there's a good diplomatic talk, but definitely the talk between the leaders would be the most reliable source for us or chinese authorities to get to position what is really going on as far as the russian and rationalization crime is concerned. and i really want to get a sense of ukraine's position here regarding deepening ties between russia and china . what would president the landscape message a b to she? well, definitely the president of the will deliver his message personally to a president she, i will not concentrate. you know, a lot of speculations, whether that will be or not. we'll give you another example at the time of the visit to prison. she to, to moscow for mr. japan was hearing a country which is presiding under the g 7. and he was really ready and eager to

talk about the military situation and your grade, but the further restoration of ukraine, so listed the words going on unfortunately. and we need to invoke as many countries as possible to have to print over on this russian english. so what about china's proposals for negotiating an end to this war? can china become a trusted mediator between your country and russia? if you mean the document which was announced to several weeks ago, it's kind of the plan. it's kind of understanding of the situation and it's not really good that the decisions guy was only. so the quality could work. but he had some, some proposals. and this in this, in this, in this document, i'm going to send in, i mean, the integrity of the conference. that's what's important for you. great. let's talk about restoring integrity of ukraine. why nuclear charities

or nuclear blick man, what does russia go in doing? i guess all the world, so let's talk. the only thing is to talk ok now last month your president vladimir lansky said 2023 will be here of our victory. do you think that that still stands? that's absolutely still possible provide you did this video delivery of a new nation and there are 2 systems of metal things in flight and just taking place. it's absolutely possible because there's a view and current and professionals on the armed forces. what we need is the unity of europe over the entire world around to grant, in terms of the intent of sanctions in terms of european integration of your grade, you're talking today about this i'm, it's very important to go in with the european boss of your grade will during your grades with you. so if everything this is in place we'll, we'll definitely want to thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us today. that was your advisor to ukrainian president for letting you know. so we really appreciate you taking the time. thank goodness,

i also asked her corresponding keith to comment on shall credit remarks, especially concerning the ukrainian counter offensive, long awaited by its western allies. i think clear you heard from that provincial adviser, oh oh, to an attempt to be considered tree at all costs. usually weighing up his words. not trying to, ruffling any feathers you remember? couple months ago you had lots of ukrainian top figures being pretty outspoken in their demands for support for weapons, notably, ukraine's ambassador germany. and the minute was someone who was a kind of tabloid favorite. and i think they've realized that that can be counterproductive, especially with china. that's kind of sissy on the fence right now. is supporting russia to an extent is allowing rush to sell its energy will be that a big discount, but hasn't really thrown its military might behind russia yet. and provided ammunition other supplies on a lot of scales is the real desire there to make sure that stays as it is and doesn't increase the kind of scale of the support that the same goes for the you.

that's now finally getting around to a bi ammunition for ukraine, but there was all see that call to haste. i think it's important just to kind of think about the fact that we've had recently a statement from the boss of one of germany's talk, alms manufacturers. climate. i was saying that this year he expects the only 2 thirds of his capacities will be actually operational to producing ammunition because the government contracts just aren't ready. the bureaucratic machine isn't able even after a year war, to make sure those contracts come out fast enough to give him the certainty he needs to set those are those conveyor belts running and get that i mentioned to you . great. so lots of questions and a real worry hearing key of the people in brussels in berlin, just simply don't get quite how urgent this is and just are willing to move with the speed is needed. and if i also want to ask you about another point that we touched on in that interview there, we know that senior ukrainian general has said rush as month long assaults on the besieged city of bachman is losing steam and had a counter offensive. may be coming soon. how likely you think that as would ukraine

really openly advertise plans like that was certainly i'm always a little worried, a little concerned to follow a line like that. it does seem a little too obvious. and if you think back to last year when there was constant talk, in the summer of 2022 of imminent ukrainian attempts to regain parasol. and that didn't happen for quite some time. and the initial attacks on russian positions were in the east hundreds of gummed away from create a song. there's always a sense that this is part of the kind of psychological and kind of information war, but certainly there is pressure on ukraine to show some results. i was a real fear here that if you client isn't able to win back seen from lots of territory, that the willingness in the west keep on supplying ukraine with weapons and money is going to wayne. so military just feeling a lot of pressure, but i don't think if that contact happens, it will be anyone, it but what i think that is a diversionary tactic, a place to kind of hold you russian forces to force them to kind of commit resources. and most of the pundits here think, but

a ukrainian contract will happen for the south close to will to see of as of but now after all, we are only guessing here. and i think that is the ukraine stretch to just keep of on guessing to try and catch the russians of god. thank you so much for your insights that are correspondent nick connelly and keith and we can bring you up to speed. now, with some other world news headlines, demonstrators and france have blocked bus terminals, disrupted trained services, and closed some schools and the latest protests over the government controversial pension reforms. demonstrators have also blocked access to a terminal app harris's charles ago, airport, over the plans to raise the retirement age. to 64, australia has announced more details of a referendum. it will hold later this year on indigenous rights. the vote propose as setting up a special committee in parliament to advance the rights of aboriginal and torres strait islanders. they represent about 3 percent of australia's nearly 26000000 population. to me, israel has ratified a wall limiting the ways in which

a prime minister can be removed from office is one of several controversial new walls introduced by the countries ruling far right coalition. critics say it may shield prime minister benjamin netanyahu from any fall out related to his ongoing corruption trials and indian opposition leader raoul gandhi has been sentenced to 2 years in prison for criminal defamation. the conviction relates to 2019 comments made by gandhi about prime minister, nor render mowdy, where he accused him and others with the name lote of being thieves. fools with them, or you're watching dw news still to come on the show. 200 years after beethoven's death, scientists search for clues about the composer's chronic health problems by analyzing dna from his hair. that is coming up soon. but 1st, a new u. n. report says climate change and pollution are driving a world wide shortage of drinking water. with hundreds of millions of people facing

critical water scarcity. united nations is holding a special conference in new york to focus attention on a growing crisis. a crisis that has prompted one australian woman to set herself a unique challenge. when she noticed that the world was running out of water or, you know, girl, you start to draw and she hasn't stopped since i'm running because i want to take the voices of the people from the front lines of the water crisis and take them into boardrooms take them into the holes of power and in by the government officials the corporate corporate leaders to take action. the athlete and activists from australia completed $200.00 marathons across $32.00 countries over the last year. now she has made her way to new york city where delegates have gathered at the un for 3 day summit that i've had to discuss ways out of the water crisis. around 2000000000 people, the quarter of the world's population, like access to safe drinking water station as a human rights. this is more than

a conference on water. it is a conference on today's walls seems from the perspective of its most important resource. this conference mosley presents the quantum leaps in the capacity of member states and international community to recognize and act upon the vital importance of what the world sustainability and as a tool to foster peace and international cooperation in new you and report shows that the global water shortage is likely to waste and over the coming years, despite the efforts by the international community to make sure everyone has access to clean water. on the side of the summit, some famous faces highlighting the fact that a lack of water impacts more than just people's health. with a massive issue touches everything. it really affects women and girls. they are disproportionately affected by this. a lot of millions of girls aren't in school because of this because they're, they're collecting water d. u. n. wants to guarantee universal access to drinking water by 2030. but

scientists saw that the global community would need to triple its efforts to achieve that. to someone kicked off the u. s. government from the $49000000000.00 us dollars of funding to help the global water cause. i think it's easy in places like paris or here in new york city, where we turn on the tap. water comes out to think that there is a major demi globe. what a crisis did this outset mean? julie has witnessed the crisis herself seeing melting places and eric regions during her journey. now she hopes that the world won't turn a blind eye to an issue, that in the end will affect everyone everywhere. and joining us now from new york is oliver small, a water and climate expert at the world health organization. welcome to the show. thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us. is it time to radically rethink how many of us use water, especially in rich countries?

it is time to do so this, that a water conference comes very, very timely. and it puts a strong lens on that. we need to change the way on hobby look at water and how we use water. climate change is one of the main drivers at the moment that impacts the water and gender of unpredictable rain patterns. and b, a seeing more and more regions experiencing droughts, but also deadly floods. and more and more people are also experiencing use restrictions and water. so therefore we need to be very mindful of the way on how we are going to use water. and you know, we think on what we do with it and prioritize those uses that protect the environment and our health. he mentioned the impact that flooding has on health i just last year. for example, when a one 3rd of pakistan was submerged in historic flood, not like millions of people deprived of safe drinking water. can you tell us more about the connection between flooding and how that affects people's health?

right, so flats come within a minute and they kind of leave a big part of destruction. and i'm, you know, putting people kind of in a, in, in stress. and so it is not on the kind of the destruction that they experienced. but it's also the mental health effects that fall off of flood, so they're losing their, losing their houses. they are losing their kind of and i can only get to tease. and there may also be big issues that come through the water path actually. so that what is applies and sanitation services are not in working condition anymore, and that may come with the spread of diseases and not on effect. so it is really floods are one of the most that the experiences that the community can experience. let's talk more about this conference where you have such an urgent issue at hand. do you expect big enough decisions will be taken at this conference to address it?

so the conference brings together world leaders from countries from businesses, but also the civil society leaders. and they come together to in the, the fact that they have come to realize that we need to accelerate efforts. and, you know, providing every one group is safe toilet of safe drinking water that allowed them also to practice proper hygiene. and the, i have come to realize that we are off track with reaching our targets and goals. and the bureau set by the sustainable development agenda. so one of the expectations on this conference is that the accelerate political attention that we bring in more finance to close the gaps of the unfinished businesses. but also that the mobilize the global community and to bring forwards effective interventions and solutions that have proven to, to work and trying to scale them up across countries. so the water conference comes one of the outcomes of the water conferences,

the so called water action agenda. which is basically a compilation of voluntary commitments that are made by country civil society leaders and businesses for actions. it should support accelerating data agenda and attention on wash and to to organize progress to this. and thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us. it is oliver ashmore of the world health organization. well, lavish bun. beethoven died nearly 2 centuries ago and just 56 years old. after crating, some of the most influential works in classical music, and biographers have long sought to explain the german composer's chronic health problems, including his deafness and severe stomach ailments. now, an international team of scientists may have a lot, some clothes, after extracting dna from strains of his hair. o people have studied his music, his letters, now nearly 200 years after his death,

an international team of scientists is studying his hair, hoping it was shed light on what made luke from beethoven sick get out of a bit wilderness, a sort of his illness is at times, severely limited his creative work, tell us the sanction from an for physicians. it's always been a mystery as to what was really behind it in our sector. and so it's just a huge opportunity when you get a new source like this and lawyer relative, or you can really get new insights lawyer. i can't answer the common on the test revealed that be to when had a genetic predisposition to liver disease. and he betide his b months before his death. these factors, along with his chronic drinking, were probably enough to cause the liver failure that is widely believed to have killed him. at the age of 56. so far, the scientists are unable to explain his hearing loss or his stomach issues. the

mystery of beethoven's fragile health has always been a part of the composer's story. oh, akins, i'm back. we don't know his work without his illness. we don't know what it would have been like if he hadn't been l dolphins. car veterans illnesses are a part of the beethoven myths. good. so in our imagination, he could only create these great works because he was else inflation king. once to fully sequence genome is publicly available, scientists hoped to unlock even more of beethoven's medical history. but his music would always speak louder than his maladies. ah, well muslims around the world have been mark in the beginning of the holy month of ramadan. for the next 30 days, devout muslims will refrain from eating or drinking from dawn until dusk. every region has its own way to celebrate some colorful st lighting,

to man's prayers and sharing meals with family and friends. around $1800000000.00 muslims worldwide are expected to observe ramadan, which is intended to bring them closer to god and remind them of the suffering of the poor that she is at this hour. conflicts own with sarah kelly is coming up next. after a short break, to stay tuned for that. thank you so much for watching. ah ah with

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