the, the state of the news line from berlin, germany orders the closure of for russian consulates, only the berlin embassy and one general consul, it will remain. the move is in response to russia's announcement that it will cap the number of german officials in his country. also on the program, are we experiencing the world's 1st real drone war? we take a look at how this piece of kit is shaping the course of the conflict in ukraine.

and leaders and countries across the africa are hoping to act as mediators to bring the war and ukraine to an end. but what's behind this push for peace plus rates across 10 german states. target suspect that's a borders of the so called as long states, police take 7 people into custody. the nicole fairly, it's good to have. you're with us. germany says it will flash the number of rushes, diplomatic missions and the country. the german foreign ministry has revoked the licenses of 4 out of 5 russian consulates. it says that it's up to russia to decide which of the consulates to close on scale has criticized this as an unfriendly step aimed at the further destruction of bi lateral top as berlin's movies. in response

to the russian foreign ministry. limiting the number of german officials in russia to 350 across wide over to the w, a political correspondence. simon young. here in berlin. simon, how did we got here? while the call is, you know, in the context of russia's war in ukraine relations between the 2 countries have been what thing for a while? i think it's fair to say, but the most recent thing is, you mentioned a russia has a cat, the number of german states employees that they're allowing to operate in russia at to let me take that number to 350 people. so what's on usually about that, that is that to the data applies, don't just to diplomatic stuff from the embassy stuff, and consider officials and so on. but also to some people with that more of a cultural focus,

including the teachers and stuff at the jim and schools in russia. and also people at the good to institutes which are a sort of jim is the institutes that promote interesting in german language and culture. so that was a relatively unusual move that happened just recently. and this is the gym and response, an attempt to sort of create some kind of parity, at least in the numbers of officials who will be working in. that's why they, they said that going to cut close called sealants in various places around around germany. what are the likely consequences of these tit for type moves? or yeah, well i think the main people to notice it are only people who need to use those called to con sealants, particularly uh, russian citizens, uh, in uh, in germany who need to get paperwork con, select. so of course, administrative uh,

instructions and uh they provide, uh, you know, certificates of best marriages and desks and that kind of thing. so these are the sorts of links. perhaps you might say, in some ways, the last remaining sort of links between civil societies in, in the 2 countries. and this is just going to make it hard and not impossible, of course, because the embassy in berlin. and we understand the consulate in bone will remain open when these other full consulates are closed. so either they'll be able to continue to operate. but i think something similar may happen for jim and citizens on jim and people, or anyone indeed, who needs concealer support in russia, it'll be a little bit more difficult to time. yeah, the russian foreign ministry has already announced that germany's decision will not go on answered. we haven't quite heard the end of this escalation, how we as well, it may not, you know, it's,

it's hard to say what exactly is the next step. germany is sort of pre emptive to move by announcing on its own. so i that it is going to close. it's can see that it's in the cleaning grad you, catherine. but notice a bisk. so the tit for tat response won't be able to take the full of closing, can see that. so i suppose the gym and say that the guy that keep both a diplomatic and a cultural presence in moscow and so petersburg as best they can with the reduce numbers of stuff that they're allowed to have there. a thought. secondly, i think politicians dependent on, once again, the politicians here in building by saying that they think that they, that governments have taken the right step. and so no one's backing down to no idea at least political corresponding simon young. thank you so much. a drone

attack on an oil refinery in southern russia has ignited a fire at the facility security camera footage shows the flames, which reportedly broke out of the installation in the crossing and our region east of the crime in peninsula russia has a keys. ukraine of being behind several drone attacks on russian territory in recent days, including all the capital mosque out. he has denied being behind the attacks. but ukraine's army does have specialized around brigades, finding the russian troops on ukrainian territory, both sides and the conflicts have deployed unmanned aerial vehicles with russia using a reunion main drones to regularly bomb cities, including the ukraine and capital keys. our next report looks at how ukraine is using drones to outsmart russian forces. a safe distance from the hail that his bus moved, valentin mis cradling the eyes of the korean army on his shoulder. this little

drawing takes its name from the local word for stark, and it's no a much valued asset. ukrainian fighters engaged in trench warfare as it spies on their enemy from above. the, the people who knows the success of a certain operation may depend on the work and efficiency of the way, the unit to communication this work carries much responsibility in order to, to utilize. so those are the 2, the possible recognizance drones, also known as u. e. v have picked up images like this. russian infantry throwing a blanket over their hurts in bus, moved a russian trucks. how you doing in the forest to to but it saves lives. either you go ahead line to walk into a trap, or you get guidance from this guy, cause this was my for the and then there are the attack drones jeep nimble unpacked

with explosives. they're capable of landing a deadly blow on unsuspecting combatants. select because of the eyes of the army. these are the fest for the drone, which you go to $300.00 and can be bought in any will be solved is capable of destroying online at the level our team has done many die on the settle below. so you have described the enemies banks typically have you ministry equipment and personnel is onto some very effective guy. told us a boy, scott, but the and the car. no wonder that you created on the set to be investing heavily in such low cost kamikaze drones. and the teams needed to operate them. so just he claimed these weapons, unlike all those are in heavy as to rushes, jamming systems, me buzz from where we see a tank driving. we fit them a piercing explosive to this across and let to fly. let me see infants today. we've

put the drug with shrapnel explosives and we fly it with. if it's a building, we'll so fits it with trump mil explosive and we fly inside the building. this may just be a demonstration today on the fighters of the 35th marine brigade leaves such tools of modern warfare will prove decisive in the country offensive. and we can now welcome samuel ben, that he's an advisor with the center for naval analysis of the russian studies program and, and the junk senior fellow with a center for a new american security. mr. bennett, welcome to the w. r. we currently witnessing the 1st ever real drone war to we are actually we're witnessing a significant optic enjoying activity in drawing manufacturing in the supplies of different types of drugs, the front and both sides, your brain in the russian military trying to learn the lessons from using both military and the commercial type, drones like the ones that you just showed. so why use drones rather than

conventional missiles to attack these like have or moscow, as we've seen in recent days. they're cheap. each of the drones that russia launch is against key of, or the drones that recently struck. moscow are actually much cheaper than the missiles. in fact, many magnets. it's cheaper than the missile. for example, the russia build. i rang and drone flying under the name get on can cost no more than $50000.00. a missile that can have a comparable reach can cost many hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars . and so these are cheap substitutes and certain bits for the missiles and they're used actively by both sides. and both sides are developing these type of drones to be even more capable and more legal. how, how decisive are they going to prove in the war? it really depends how they're used. you. great has taken the lead in um,

a very successful utilization of both military and commercial federals. the ukranian, the drones can be quite effective russians. roles are becoming more effective as well. it really depends on the military and whether or not the military understands how to properly organize the drawing force and combine it with existing formations, especially with the ground forces where most of the fighting has actually taken place. process as drones had moscow on tuesday. what do we know about the types of drones that allegedly attacked the capital as well? we know that there are at least 3 type of drones that struck moscow long as a classical aircraft time draw and possibly u. j. 22, which has recently been unveiled by the ukraine and military. and now there is a very interesting new design, a fairly large drone with a sofa push are designed with the propeller and motor in the back of the airframe. there are some commercial drones that exist in that configuration. this appears to

be much larger military type project. and then there's a classical airframe that has been used extensively on both sides. it's a um, a draw on that usually flies as an intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance tomorrow. but it's not exactly clear whether these are actual drones, the flu. and i think there's a lot of investigation going on right now to try and determine what exactly his moscow and what do you think could have produced as drones or you just said might have been involved in those strikes? well, if they flew from the ukrainian territory and had to overcome hundreds of kilometers of adversarial terrain, then it is likely that they were launched by the korean military by the ukrainian special forces. if ever launched closer to moscow in order to evade moscow's air defenses and electronic work, you know, electronic warfare systems, they may have been launched from inside russia proper, in which case we may be talking about, for example, special forces contingent. or perhaps this was the work of some of the m p

government mt of the kremlin forces that have recently materialized. but it's not exactly clear. again, there are some grainy video. a lot of these goals are actually shut down, but they do indicate a sophisticated attack and add uh, basically showing miles ago that the cd that is supposed to be extremely well protected. is that in fact safe from the brain cancer attack? are we going to see armies in the future? battling with unmanned aircraft system is much more than conventional missile technology is 100 percent. everyone is looking at the lessons of your grade and have both the grading and then the russian military's are using military technologies as well as journey widespread use of commercial technologies as well. and so a lot of new attorneys are, are already copying the tactics and the concepts and using such drugs. again, there's going to be an emphasis on cheaper mass use of these drones. in which case we could see thousands of loading,

munitions type or clock after type drones utilized by the military's for conduct a intelligence or billions recognizance combat duties or even comic gotcha strikes, samuel and debt advisor, what the cns. thank you so much for your time. thank you. countries across africa are discussing a potential piece plan to try and, and the war and ukraine. the conflict has disrupt at food supply chains and some regions that are heavily reliant on weight and grain source from ukraine. but analyst have questioned why african nations are attempting to position themselves as mediators in a surprise, move 6 african lead to see they will take part in a mission to media at an end to the war in you create the present center go uganda zambia campbell brezza view egypt, and so that was president, announced the initiative to lead us that i had occasion to speak to that is prison

. put in and president lensky. i agreed to that there would be willing to receive admission of the african heads of states and both must call an keys. but then you'd fidelity, or some of these of you can countries in particular, south africa has been called into question because of they have close ties with the rush you i of the us, his use of the goals supporting russia with it, sees it russian vis. so the lady ira picked up, we points that we need to look into so that he can level best in december. so that if you got denies the accusations russian for in the meanest say get level, sees on the china has presented it brand and he's now waiting for proposal from africa and brazil for each but ukraine has also acknowledged the need to, to improve ties with africa. ukraine plans that to open more embassies in africa

and hold as somebody to with the lead us from the continent. yeah. much i show crane dozer, but i believe that to create and really need to fix that for me in the countries. ok, i forgot to continue to content we needed to work with for many years so we didn't pay attention to it. ok, i think it's a big mistake. yeah. right. i mean you say it's, it's a little boy. ok. but if i think of nations, i have failed to jointly solve conflicts on the continent like you'd shop, you also done what hold do they have of making a difference in ukraine is situational for anyone who is attempting to cover their wall should be given the chance so if, because of then closing this to the elections, it also didn't countries south africa by to bloody as a member of the links the group, if it's can use it's pulled z, meeting to russia,

to influenza russia. to stop the war, then that would be welcome. the green will, has left many african countries at all, is that with each other. and the united nations in majority chose to abstain from fussing at least lucy and to condemn. right? she has envisioned, but the reason africa needs to push will piece may be closer to home, the war, his width and for the fuel and the cost of living crisis in many countries. lead is now thinking of the domestic benefits that piece in ukraine could bring. and let's take a look now, some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. one fires are continuing to burn out of control in eastern canada. more than 18000 people have already been forced to leave their homes. and the no injuries have been reported. officials or a warning that the fires will keep growing with hot dry and windy weather conditions, making fire finding difficult. minnesota has become the 23rd us state to legalize

cannabis for recreational use. democratic governor to and walls signed a bill making it legal to possess, grow and use for over 20 ones from august. cannabis remains illegal at the federal level. people and nigeria are rushing to buy fuel after the removal of a long time price subsidies and prices soaring new president bullet to new announced he was scrapping it in his inaugural speech on monday. and your real estate. oil company says it was spending over $800000000.00 euros on the subsidy each month. as a german court has sentenced a 28 year old woman to over 5 years in prison for taking part in a series of attacks on neo nazis. the student was also convicted of forming a criminal organization for 3 male co. defendants also received jail sentences, far less groups plan to rally against the verdict. police here in germany

have arrested 7 legs, supporters of the so called as law make state the anti terrorism operation involved rates across 10 german states. the suspects are thought to be part of a network seeking donations for the as long as terrorist group and syria, prosecutors say they collect of 65000 arrows for i as members, which in some cases held finance their escape from camps in northern syria. now german interior minister, nancy phaser said the operation had been a success. sleep sign is an incentive just like this as a blow against the financing of if the miss terrorism shows that authorities are very vigilant. but it is clear how important it is. you have to also take action against the financing networks, investment especially looking a tire reform networks. so you have to get to the sources of what is funding them on the good investment on invest c o finance here. now we cannot take

a closer look at this with gators timeline from the german institute for international and security affairs. welcome back. what can you tell us about today's operation? when it is an operation against the support of devices support his devices in syria, and that has been uh, the, or a network has developed in recent years supporting isis members who have either been jailed in sarah encouraged. james or women who are based in refugee camps in the syrian code is done. and in some cases that's at least what the government says. the money has been used for in order to, to allow these women to flee from their to italy, been in northwest and syria. so this is a strike against isis supporters here in germany. what do we know about their presence? how many are there? where are they?

uh, they are based in all over the country and that's kind of kind of a new problem. and, and uh, in recent times, uh, they were mainly based in the big cities. but now we have supporters all over all over the country. the problem for and the numbers on known i would, uh, i would assume that we speak about several 100 persons and it has become extremely fashionable for them to send money. even small, small amounts of money. 50 rose 100 and review rose to people who collect donations, especially for the women and in, in, sorry, and co this time. that that's the situation in germany. what about the rest of, of the european union? well, that's a, that's similar. oh, but that the situation, especially if the women but the situation uh off the ice is prisoners in, in syria is something like a riley and cry for you how to support those all over europe. they have been

looking for a cause of its ever since the territory. okay. okay. the fade has been a, has disappeared in, in 2919. and now the big issue is the support for those who are jaded in syria and even any rock. so support us advice is try to free women. and in some extreme cases, even try to free men. but by sending money to iraq, syria, and even to some other countries, what do we know about the quantities of, of a german isis fighters, or europeans, this finders that are being held in prisons and camps and, and women and children of course as well. and those can, well, most of the women, all those women who wanted to come back to germany has been re patry. i took by the, by the foreign ministry. there are still some 10 to 15 persons left. but most of them didn't want to come back to germany. they are in syrian refugee camps,

they remain there. and we speak about something like 30 man, that is a little bit contested of who is a german, 13 man among among 2004. and as for an ices fighters who still remain in custody in syria and kurdish a j is, but the government does not want them back to support for isis is, is still there, it's still simmering. it has luckily, been quite some time since we the seen a major isis inspired, or i suspect, attacked here and your why do you think that is why we have seen some inspired attacks in 2020 and funds in germany. and then some of the in some other places. i think that since 2017, this uh, the organization in syria and iraq is severely, we can plus the security all sorry to have the situation under control with the hub of the f b i n s a hand to ca. uh, that's a,

that's very important because we have had major plots in germany in recent years, but all of them could be faulted because the americans gave us prior information about communication going on. so the threat is still there, but this the but the organization is a lot weaker than it was in 20171890. and the 1st is manageable with a little help from our friends, apparently this time back. thank you so much for coming back. there was a alarm in the south korean capital sol after a satellite launch in north korea set off an emergency alert. defend, also issued a warning to residents in the south of the country. the attempt to send the satellite into orbits failed, but it could provide an intelligence winful for self. korea which says it has retrieve part the wreckage from the ocean. this is believed to be parts of north korea's fuss by satellites. the projectile was found by the south korean military officer which had crushed into the sea. well,

the military identified what seems to be the debris of upper port in north korean space rocket in the waters west of our town. we were in the process of recovering the debris in the 80 hours emergency, simon sounded across south korea's capital sold. it caused confusion along with mobile phone and lots which cooled on residents to evacuate level. it was saturday morning, so i understand that there may be a misunderstanding between us out of 10, in an emergency situation. however, it's not right to tell people to just evacuate without any explanation who sells. matt was forced to apologize for the confusion, but you defended the decision to raise the alarm of it. you're going to go with john. hey, imagine c message could be a working level officials over reaction boss. it was not

a mistake. our principle is to respond in a motto that can be seen as excessive and there can be no compromise on safety. once you meet the miss on a lot, the system was also briefly activated in japan's ok. now why region of the country's prime minister was taking no chances? most of the expenses, the north korea launched what is believed to be a ballistic miss. i am so sorry, my stuff. this was north korea's 6 satellite launch attempt, and the 1st in 7 years, it was supposed to put the new, clear on states for us to spice satellites. and all that po and young was quick to admit the launch had failed. but did so, reggie promise to carry out another test as soon as possible. i and here is a quick reminder over a top story here on the w news today. germany is to dramatically reduce russia's

diplomatic presence on its soil after moscow cast the number of staff for land is allowed to employ in russia. for of russia's 5 consulates are to close by the end of the year. the state you're now for conflict zone. tim sebastian speaks to special gas, shall michelle, the president of the european council of nicole fairly. thank you so much for watching the

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