the, the, this is the, the news live from berlin. thousands are evacuated after a damn breach in southern ukraine, alicia's, a torrent of flood waters, fears mounts of a humanitarian catastrophe. as keys and moscow accused each other of destroying, that's a cold cut down. and there are warnings that the flooding could cause an environmental

disaster to chief calls, the dam, breach eco side, saying some parts of nature will be lost forever. plus, 1st concerns well over the health of hope. francis. the vatican says that he will have abdomen surgery, stay in rome, where he is expected to stake for several days in the hospital. and off the coast of the m in a bid to avoid a serious oil spill. more than a 1000000 barrels are still stored in this band in tank or transferring it to safety is a risky process. but doing nothing could be devastating. the . a dam breach in the russian health area of ukraine has sparked a growing humanitarian and environmental emergency with flooding, impacting thousands of towns and villages. the catastrophe is also now expected to

reshape the battlefield. just as ukraine launch is its counter offensive. war on that coming up. but 1st rescue teams are raising to evacuate areas in and dated by flood waters. the united nations, a chief said that the breach, i think a cove cut down, could be the most significant damage to civilian infrastructure. since the beginning of the war o'keefe claims that moscow blew up the dam on the front line to slow ukraine's military. well, russia is accusing ukraine of sabotage. meanwhile, the us says that it cannot say, conclusively, what happened with slot, which is rising. people grasped what they could and fled, supplied. send me every thing is submerged in water. all the furniture, the fridge, food, all the flowers, everything is floating. i don't know what to do. satellite images taken 2 days

apart. so the extent of the damage to the coast could um most of my officials say up to a t townsend villages are at risk of flooding. thousands of residents have been told to evacuate. the dam lies in russian controlled southern new crane. and near the front line, want to show you ukraine blaine's must go through the breach president below them is lensky claims that keith knew that russia had placed explosives on the diamond austria. so just inform on certainty some. the information indeed came from our intelligence. we chatted with that partners and everyone essentially understood that the russian federation was together with 2nd collaborators had a mind the damn about optimism in the wall of don lou schumann or ukraine just such a un security council meeting to discuss the disaster. well, sure, again, pointed the finger of blame at ukraine. why would we do it?

and besides, through canadians was threatening to doing the demo on things, including of the united states. representative counted this, i want to make absolutely clear. it was russia that started this. what it was russia that occupied this area of ukraine, and it was russian forces that took over the dam illegally last year and have been occupying ever since. well, lee does have condemned what is being called a humanitarian, an ecological disaster. and we can go now to one of those affected areas. harrison city which is controlled by ukraine and ego, but he got from dw is ukrainian service, is standing by for us. so eager tell us a little bit more about the situation there. co sign of re us you and because song and the 14 you still continues. as you can see behind me the uh level of the water grows up is still growing up. richardson, this tree is there is a like

a 600 meters from the rear side vod unit into last night. there was a really rough road up so much so as you can see, all of the ground floors in the house is beside me on the door to the recreation of o stature of the morning to this day and rescue services very using boards. uh is, is you can see the flow in here. uh and uh, when people leave in his houses result resolve they can retrieve is uh, uh, together. and 1st of all was the fast now we see a lot of area, a lot of pets around here. that are still trying to look through peoples through trying to recreate that. also reset the incense from this district, and that from the districts of carson affected by this phone team. uh, going through the neighborhood. see if you like to make a lot effort to odessa as far as i know from the morning more than solves and then the house people was,

it can were great from the city and the recreation is to continue. serra you mentioned people going to make alive is that where most people are going if we're just tell us a little bit more about what people's plans are, where they go next. one of the rest of the shelter. so as far as they know, when they come wife into the surrounded city, people understand the rest. so i could kind of temporary it. but uh, dustin is on the do recreation sons uh, the november side of those assignments and supposed to be rated from russia because so judy and all of this month with the city was uh, either a permanent position and some districts. i read it real hard to affected by the russian southern, like the, uh, this, probably the same district school was really close to the river side because of the, uh, this saturday cuz going through the, this is would be for room for the control and, but russians and so, and so it goes, so i drive a lot of way to afraid from across and there was

a trans to some noise in the regions by the now the closest shoulders and it goes prices to go uh in uh, because i have an assessor and the dresser, sir, thank you so much for joining us. that is a go up a day get from database, ukrainian service and let's get more now. we are joined by selina, cause a car that she is an area manager of southern ukraine care international and is also joining us from harrison. welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us. what is happening, where you are, how are you experiencing it? how are you getting a to people? this is you can say we are at the moment to in had a son named had a son. suki behind me is the area of the city that is flooded and where i can, the curation is ongoing, as we speak in for the 2nd day already on. we are receiving

information from the local authorities from our partners, uh on the ground from local organizations and lawn care organizations who have engaged the already since yesterday morning in a factory thing and people, but also providing essential assistance to those who have been evacuated. now what we understand is that some 1000 around 1500 people have been back here is that so far, but that there is a number of people that are still staying in their places of residence, even though it's affected by floods in the headphone 16, but also in other a rural areas around the sci fi that's have been heavily effected. what we're doing now is basically assessing the situation, hour after hour, and provide any assistance to our partners to respond as soon as possible. we, we understand that the breach is impacting both sides of the river. so ukrainians, pro child side as well as the rushing controlled side. i'm wondering if you can

give us a little bit of insight into whether you're getting calls from the russian side and are you able to help people there? some of our partners indeed have reported that has the set top different channels on communicating with people that are affected and uh receive their needs uh to those 4 planes. uh, they are reporting as well uh, the calls uh from the left bank. however, at the moment that side is not accessible by the, by the calls and by the request. seeing also heavily affected. we've also had reports of a russian installed governor warning today that there are mine fields which are flooded can, can you confirm and, and what does this mean in terms of getting help to people? what we understand is that indeed that this is a risk to the area of the headphone safety itself, but surrounding area has been contaminated. and there is a risk of that to the movement of water can actually move the mines or other

explosive devices around. so there is a risk of, uh, these mines uh, or other explosive devices being activated. uh, how far is to we did not receive any reports of uh, other incidents as of now. but this is something that we are closely monitoring as well. and also uh closely monitoring um, showing the potential for shelling, tell us a little bit more about how, how you are preparing to deal with that. yes, i don't know if you could hear, but there are ongoing, let's say explosions during the day, mainly the or tell her or it's hillary, i'm back so we haven't to for the past 2 days, at least the there hasn't been more severe. stalings. however, this is the ongoing situation in the region and has been for the past several days with ongoing explosives that keep the affecting people's lives here. thank you so

much for providing that perspective, selena kentucky which area manager of southern ukraine of care international. and joining us from her son, we appreciate it. thank you very much. i and let's get more now. we're going to buy elaina. so call the executive director from the vienna center for disarmament and nonproliferation in vienna. she joins us now. thank you so much and welcome to the program. we've been hearing about the situation with a the situation on the ground. how concerned are you also about the safety, for example, up this up or read? see a nuclear power plant after the breach of this down as well. thank you for having me. the situation with separator use of all that is different than we're experiencing in the funding areas. well, um the uh, the separation nuclear power plant itself is upstream from the cost cut them. and

the protocol that is a concern is actually draining the razor where and not enough water to continue to pump the safety systems there and cooling systems. however, what the i a director general says incent yesterday and, and continued i'm from today's, there is no immediate risk of them on there are several backup options for the water, which is as it i know that is extremely important to continue to pull out the remaining reactors and the spouse to but they have and a reason why on the territory next to the new flip phone plan. and it has been full, full, full and enough water for several months. their attention weight of some other

options. however we are talking about. so once it's more of like a permanent solution, so something would need to be found in the one medium or longer term. um the, the one of the issues that we will have to face is that they will and in additional stress on vapor. so now, course at the station, cuz so far we process the order i have been given out to minimize the non essential consumption order test to be sure that there is. and now the good news is that that the a symbol institution was a stress test that the some time ago that was particularly relevant after the simo disaster plan because of the insufficient water supply and lack of pulling 323. i'm just now that the so after focusing on a separate plan,

particularly in view of the potential breach. so sit down and hold all really plans to stress this thing. that's why there's already some, uh, backup options that are available. but again, it's not a long term solution. thank you so much. each one takes place. thank you. thank you so much atlanta. so cova for that really comprehensive look at the situation that might be facing. those operates the nuclear power plant, both in the short term and in the long term in order to secure that facility. and joining us from the vienna center for disarmament and nonproliferation, we really appreciate it. my pleasure. here's a look at some other stories making headlines. and united nation court has ruled that rwandan genocide suspect for this young couple. g, a is unfit to stand trial. the criminal tribunal in the hague is calling for an

alternative legal procedure that will will out a conviction. the 90 year old's was arrested in 2020 after decades on the run in the us to people have died in a shooting at a high school graduation in the state of virginia. a 19 year old suspect has been arrested. one of the victims was reported the a graduating student, several others are being treated for gunshot injuries. to us secretary of state anthony blinking has jetted into saudi arabia and held talks with the saudi crown. prince mohammed been some on the pear, reportedly discussed a range of bilateral issues in an open and candid conversation. blinking is in the kingdom to study washington's relationship with re a. after years of deepening disagreement as a pub, francis will undergo abdominal surgery today and has already arrived in the hospital where he is expected to remain for several days. is that of can

spokesperson, has 1786 year old is suffering from a hernia, which is causing painful and worsening symptoms. earlier the pope appeared at his weekly general audience at the vatican. frances has been suffering increasing health issues over the last few years. and was forced to spend several nights in the hospital with bronchitis in march from wireless, bringing of religious affairs corresponded martin gac martin. what do we know so far? we don't know a lot. we know that 2 days ago he had a checkup, which got a lot of the media by surprise. so it was reported that this was actually more serious that apparently it was released in the same day. but then of course, 2 days later, we are actually facing getting another house, grace of sorts. and this seems to be something that required some urgent intervention. the reports so far as that is a nerd, you know, which for a younger person and of course would be a major surgery. but in any case, for an 86 year old man, it's something of a bit more seriousness. we are monitoring the situation that those will fall,

the money budget and the budget and stories. and obviously by taking this report, there will be today a briefing at some point, but it has not yet been announced at what time that we saw today. he held his weekly general audience calling for peace and ukraine. were there any signs about his house, any indications? no, not really. uh, which actually itself is quite telling. so i mean, obviously she was in fairly good shape. uh, she has been dealing with different ailments for our last couple of months. presumably this was something that was seen in the last couple of days and involved into this. but so far there are no signs that there's anything of any, any gravity. there have been a number of reports about his health in the past months. just just walk us through with the general state of affairs is and, and how the vatican might be preparing right now. i mean the, the, the pope has had different mobility problems over the last couple of buttons having to do with his legs, having to do obviously with his advanced age. nonetheless,

this is not really stop him. i mean the, the pope has been traveling and actually has had a very d c. agend including issues that have to do with this initiative. and this is about to conduct fin. very much engaged in international politics and, and piece building. so this has no change, the fact is that as age advance and he comes closer to the ninety's, most of these things actually are coming to light like the march. uh, you know, brushwood, bronchitis that has been for 3. they seem to saw hospital. you know, i think that this is not a recent necessarily to be alarm, but very clearly is something that is keeping sort of the faithful and obviously that would suffice to actually to follow the magic and keeping an eye quite closely because of the importance that only for the catholic faith, but also us this is a major political if you're an international force, right? dw religious affairs correspondent martin gac thank you so much. you're welcome. now the united nations has begun an operation to drain over a 1000000 barrels of oil from

a decaying tank or off the germany coast. the cfo suffer has been abandoned off the port of who data for years threatening an ecological disaster. but finally, after years of fund raising a salvage missile mission is getting underway. a roosting rack off the coast of yemen, fedex, but say it's a catastrophe. waiting to happen for stuff is coming, move in a 1000000 barrels of crude oil. and that's concerned. it could break apart at any moment for tank. it was being used as a floating storage facility for oil when the m and civil war breakouts in 2015 since then is being left to rot. in 2019 that's, he went on board and took these photographs. they showed the extensive and neglect, even van pipes were leaking and valves rusting through a smooth adult from space. the stuff could have a big environmental impact,

a spilling the red sea would depth of states, wildlife, leaf fishing communities destitute. and it would disrupt trade. 3 of us who is canal you people have been talking about it and the not doing anything about it. this group has been able to do something about it and i believe will be successful. will continue to push forward until we succeed. if united nations raise the money for us, i wish operation for members states private companies at even the public through a crowd funding campaign used soon as it proceeds to buy his own tank to cooling, to the nautica fis on a nation show, use the plan for north it moves in close adults with the stuff the engineers board and gain access to its tanks, a low a pumps and transfer the oil to the north dakota. once its empty for tank,

it will be towed away to be scrapped the risk. so something going wrong are real, the palpable. and this is something where to go wrong. indeed, many questions would be asked the only way we could answer that question is, well, walking away is not an option. it wouldn't be easy, but the un saves you a ton to see if could be the biggest oil spill the world has ever seen. and we asked julian resort, a program director for green piece in the middle east and north africa. whether this, you and salvage mission is likely to succeed as well. we're hoping it's going to succeed. that's of no other choice than a success because if it doesn't succeed because it can impact and you might get an impact, gonna be very, very, very significant. and we have a trust and faith in b u. n. and split 1st. that is which is publish a. but there was a lot of experience and have the equipment needed like,

containing boom to make sure that this operation happened as safely as possible. now in other news, the police in paris fire tear gas on demonstrators protesting against president emmanuel, my calls pension reforms. the bill, raising the minimum retirement age to $64.00 was approved in march without a vote in parliament rallies have continued despite little chance of rolling back the pension overhaul, which will take effect in september. in bangladesh, thousands of schools have been closed as the country grapples with its longest heat wave in decades, temperatures and the capital dec i have reached 41 degrees celsius. the energy minister has warned a frequent power cuts due to a fuel shortage. president said that the power cuts have also led to water supply issues. the smoke from wild fires in canada is blanketing new york city and other parts of the northeastern united states. new yorks mayor. as urging people to limit

outdoor activity, the canadian province of come back is that the epicenter of the fires international firefighters are helping to battle the flames. sports news for you now, and novak joseph, which is through to the semi finals of the french open, the serv had to work hard for victory after losing the 1st step to russian karen at top, not the pressure on the 2nd set as well before the former world number one played the perfect tie break despite some late hiccups, joke of which served out the match, and just over 3 and a half hours and remains in with a shot of winning a new record of 23 grand slam titles. you know, i think serve as a great confidence booster. you know, mentally, sol, so physically and emotionally for me, you know, it's, it's important to win a match where you are, you know, you are losing or you were being down and then you came back and, and, and, and want to match. so especially at the, the latter stages of, of

a grand slam against the top players. and the man waiting for a joke event in the last for a spaniard, carlos carlos, i'll cut as, who made far lighter work of his quarter final. the world number one dominated from the outside again, stefano city past the 20 year old power was too much for the great tools to come in straight sets. when means that i'll cut as is through to the 2nd grand slam, semi final. he has the chance to stop joke of which i'm setting a new titles record. and he currently shares the spaniard ruffin at all. well one of sports most acrimonious battles has come to a sudden end with golf pga tour merging with the saudi backed l. i. v tor. the shock announcement comes after a year of fights, an unprecedented disruption that has split the sport of golf. for the last 12 months, the world of professional goals had become the scene of

a morality play nearly a year ago to the day. so the rate, the finance lift gulf hosted its 1st every event with the field full of former p g a to a gulf is who defected to the new lucrative fleet. since then, the 2 had been involved in the be the fight that a split the sport. now the stunning back flip, pga and leave goal for merge and form one unified commercial entity. the announcement comes as an even bigger shot given pga tour commission oj mono, hence, previous stands that the pga would never ever associate with live golf is i recognize that people are going to call me a hypocrite. and any time i said anything, i said it was the information i had at that moment. and i said, i said it based on someone that's trying to compete for the pga tour and our players. and so i accept those criticisms. but circumstances do change.

critics, the live goals, i saw these attempt at sports washing in the face of criticism of its human rights or i called the new agreement between the 2 parties also allows for lift gulf plants to reapply for a membership on the pga tour following the 2023 season after pga initially bend every player involved with list that being one of the big talking points throughout this year and a half from the commissioner about how these guys will never play on the pga tour again to. um, it'll be interesting. pga tour commissioner j monahan revealed the decision was 7 weeks in the making. the plays were less completely in the dark finding out the same time as the media want. i'm kind of finding out as just like you guys said there's, there's not a lot of detail, you know, so i don't really know much about it yet. so hopefully in the next few days we'll, we'll here as things kind of gone roll. all tardies will work in the months to come

to finalize terms of the agreement with details to be announced in due course. circumstances have certainly changed in the world of gulf and with that's how you're up to date here on the day that the news of next it is made in germany looking at why rent prices are skyrocketing in portugal. i'm sarah kelly and berlin . thank you so much for watching the

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