where, who is covering the wanted starts june 29th on dw the this is dw use life from bullying. disaster unfolds southern ukraine reels from that goes that as far as keep rising, thousands of people are homeless. a humanitarian and environmental catastrophe keeps and most could blame each other for destroying the death. more concerns over the health of pope francis is in hospital for

a dumb little surgery and is expected to stay for several days. a bit to of the serious oil spill opm and all that a 1000000 barrels. so reduce the band and tanka transfer and get his whiskey doing nothing could be devastating and on the extra pressure while on to the jump in. the middle band with tom stein says it's taking allegations of sexual misconduct against its lead singer extremely seriously. the events is old and welcome. authorities in southern ukraine are bracing to evacuate thousands of presidents, the breaching of the kind of health cut them has flooded thousands of pounds and villages. the united nations a chief says it could be v was damage to civilian infrastructure in this war. chief claims moscow blew up the russian control dam. located on the front line,

just low any counter offensive. russia accuses ukraine of sabotage studies. president bridget tie a bad one has told both leaders and phone calls that an international investigation is need volunteers and rescue workers. use motorized continues to pick up people down stream from the destroy them trapped by the rising flood waters along with their pets. residents along the right bank of the dundee, pro river, controlled by ukraine, are being taken to temporary evacuation zones by road and by rail. one of them is in the city of nikolai, of 100 kilometers from the flood zone in his son. 2 there are paramedics, as well as volunteers, to help the back you, we use fine food and shelter. the collapse of the dam has brought further misery

for tens of thousands already caught on the front lines of the war between ukraine and russia. 65 year old hon as a rude and yeah, emerged from a bomb shelter after 3 days of rushing shelling to find her home, submerged a body shop or you could, your music. the city is like a ravine completely flaunted it's impossible to drive through the people who are trapped and what became like an island. i was taken away by my friends. i had to leave because having spent 3 nights in a bomb shelter, i just couldn't take it any more. but how does a root and yet is luckier than most? her ordeal has ended on a bright moment. her sisters live in nichol. i have so she has a place to stay and shoulders to lean on of the while. those living along ukraine's lower than the pearl river are now dealing with

the immediate consequences of the dams collapse. the impact may be felt for generations, with thousands of homes and livelihoods swept away in the disaster. a correspondence on your found that guy is in hassle and city, which is controlled by ukraine. i asked her to describe the situation. it would have been, so i'm in a residential neighborhood, i'm sure in caps on a when there is a risk and back if you know oppression still going on that in the portable is right behind me. it's about 500 meters of behind me. and we've speaking, we've been speaking to local officials here, one of them told me that he could actually walk down the street that you've seen behind me. so much completely underwent that he could walk that looks previously. what did they, what was the prison dramatically overnight? now that a risk of teams here that are on stand by with rubber boats and you know, bagels that can wait for the water. and that's because officials have told us that . so some precedents happen is accurate details, some refusing to beat the holdings and they're hoping to, you know,

kind of go by and convince them. and this is the situation with see um in many neighborhoods and kennestone especially close to the new dramatic scenes of people being evacuated by boat or even kind of who having come off some houses which are completely submerged. now we've, we've also been to the city of nicholas which is about 80 kilometers away from here . and, and what is kind of striking is that a full cities like did the pro us cities, a couple of which are directly on the do, but have been effective, but a full set of problems much for the inbound. that'll also be effective. we spoke to a woman who was unable to go back to a home because the her tone was quite dry. it's north of coastal and she said, bridges the loads. there had been washed away and so she couldn't get them. and i think this was the problem that many risk teams are not facing the fact that they cannot access some of these documents. we hearing of rescue teams also coming, you know, from kids with, with, you know, equipment like generate those water treatment plants and rubber boats. it's quite dramatic situation. stuff and wherever people actually going because they're,

they're report suppressing shelling of the affected ukrainian areas as people have been trying to evacuate and, and, and i guess we're talking about a huge area that's under water now. when the officials we spoke to your it the city or the or the told us that the city of console has set up a few evacuation side of the trend. those are ready and it's mainly in schools and engine as they say. some people have been taking their, we heard off a emergency pre and that was set up yesterday to take people to that town if need be cannot, if, which is the next biggest city, because they will just be praying this to the organizing bosses, this we will actually on the bus station and we cannot if and we spoke with the local white cross profession there. and he actually said, which was quite interesting. he said that, you know, not many people have actually come in uh, from canceling because they prefer to probably stay with relatives on higher ground, closer to their homes. so only about more than 40 people he said hadn't arrived on print that. yes. so if you don't rescue teams, they wouldn't stand by to,

to help you found that go for us reporting their from his own. thank you. well, the floods could impact the separation nuclear power plant. i asked matthew unable jail in a senior research associate at the hobbit kennedy school belfast center about the risk of nuclear catastrophe. as well. according to the i a and according to ukraine's new, clear operator and that a lot them, there actually isn't an imminent or, you know, critical risk right now to the bodies. ya after they the damn has been breached. but of course, we know that a safe and secure operation over nuclear power plant relies on a constant and reliable supply of water with the levels. and they can hook as of wire dropping dramatically. there is a danger that the pumping and the piping system after certain level of after the

water drops under a certain level, i will not be able to reach and pump the water there, of course, backup systems. there's a manmade cooling pond that has been filled and has been filled right now. they're rapidly to provide that emergency water. but of course, you know, nuclear power plants are not designed to operate in a war zone. and they're, they're not designed to operate and constantly responding to these very critical um, you know, and drastic changes and conditions. and my concern is, is, you know, the state of the operating staff that is constantly put to in a position to respond to the situation. and they're already working under really difficult conditions of occupation by the russian forces. could you also tell us about the implications of russian occupying forces, having allegedly mind the reactor units as well. you know, if,

if it is the russians who blew up the down, and if i were a betting woman, i would put my money on that option. and then it's really not very reassuring as to what the russians might do with the mind of nuclear reactors. now this might not cause the kind of, you know, should know, bold type catastrophe. but again, we see that the russian forces are not shy to cause major major disruptions, right? this is what this is a major humanitarian catastrophe after they they, but the blowing up of the down and that is going to, to, to keep the a crane occupied in the ukrainian authorities occupied for years if not decades to come. so i would not put it beyond them to, to do a similar type of a, of a disruption, a major, major disaster. if not,

you read the logical release. that's something very damaging. if they're in a situation to retreat from disabilities and nuclear power plant the analysis day from marianna put jaron how and kennedy school belfast and to thank you very much. thank you. as pub, francis is undergoing surgery today and is expected to stay in hospital for several days. american spokesman says the 86 year old has a hernia that's causing pain. earlier the pope repeated that is weekly general load against the vatican, and which he called for peace and ukraine. frances has had health issues the last few years. it was forced to spend several nights in hospital with bronchitis in march. i really just the phase corresponded mountain duck has more mountain. what do we know exactly so far? we don't know a lot. we know that this an emergency intervention, we know that he'd look well this morning as he met believers. and we know that he has had a couple of health scares over the last couple of months, including the sup,

just mentioned in march because of the bronchitis sheet has limited mobility and of course, has an 86 year old man. so, you know, given the fact that he's footprint extends far beyond the church, everybody of course is quite attentive to how these things develop. and it came so quickly. you said he seemed fine. you had a weekly general loading into the vatican and suddenly he's in the hospital. well indeed, i mean the, we're already room or a surgery or this week. she will had been sort of brought into the hospital, but it turned out that this was for a scheduled checkup. uh so however, uh, you know, it is the case that this was an emergency procedure to seem to be en, well, i mean that the point in which was, pardon, i'm in pain. so the report of course it's a decent earn. yeah. we've also reported on the pipes health of late on how prepared is the vatican to have someone else step in will take over. well, i don't think, i mean if, if this came to worse, i mean if this pope were to die,

then you would have actually been entire process of essentially burial and then conclave would set into motion. and then we would have actually a very traditional process and like the one we saw and you know, with, with the, with the emergence volt brad's finger, which was a thing that has really no precedent. but the fact is that this is not really just a religious figure, i mean about to can, would have to fill in the space of somebody who has a really very large political press. and it's not just within the church, as i said, but in geo politics, someone who's been so outspoken and done so much. no, just and so the judge and paulo is but for all of us around the world, very much. so, i mean, this is somebody that has been extremely, extremely involved in geo political affairs. he has actually tried to mediate conflicts and he has deployed his diplomatic muscle, which is considerable to actually bring people to your, to the table. and so the way from cuba to, to syria, to actually have the conversation. so, i mean, this is somebody that, you know, it is a occupied so really preponderance space in, in,

in word politics and great to see about doing so much. martin got our religious affairs correspondent, thank you very much. you remember that the united nations is coming out an operation to bring over a 1000000 barrels of oil from a decaying tank of human. the so safa has been a band for years, threatening an ecological disaster. but of the use of fundraising, a salvage mission is getting underway. 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 human civil war breakouts in 2015 since then is being left to rot. in 2019

a team went on board and took these photographs. they show the extensive and neglect even van pipes were leaking and valves rusting through a smooth adult from space for stuff could have a big environmental impact, a spilling the red sea with depth of states, wildlife, leaf fishing communities destitute and would disrupt trade. 3 of us who is canal you people have been talking about it and kind of been not doing anything about it . this group has been able to do something about it and will be successful. will continue to push forward or something. so we succeed. united nations raised money from establish operation for members, states private companies, and even the public through a crowd funding campaign use some of the proceeds to buy his own time to cool into the nautica. fis on the nation shows the plan for north it moves in

close adults with the stuff the engineers board and gain access to its tanks below 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 as well. walking away is not an option, it wouldn't be easy view and saves you a ton to see if could be the biggest oil spill the world has ever seen. so monica so right, yadda is the u. n. special repertoire on toxics and human rights. he's also a professor at the george washington university school of law. what's your assessment of the salvage mission that you wayne is on to take? the un mission is a very welcome development. it has taken many months in the planning. it involves

engagement and coordination of a range of actors from the technical team that's currently in the water to the political entities of the united nations that have enabled save access to the suffer. and of course, to the states and others that are footing the bill. given the potentially catastrophic threat that is both the by the suffer, the importance of safely removing oil from it to cannot be overstated. so what are the challenges facing engineers right now? well, there are various risks facing the mission and they're quite serious. the this offer is an old and the case structure that has not been properly maintained for years. so there is the risk that it may simply break apart,

due to changes in pressure as the oil is pumped out. this would cause massive oil spill. there is also the risk of explosion, given the highly flammable and volatile compounds in this offer. and this could expose the millions to hazard as the air pollution and a massive oil spill what, what would be the ecological risk, same or well, and those bill would be catastrophic and for the environment also for human rights . so for the people in the young man and, and in the region more than $2000000.00 people in coastal fishing communities would be devastated almost instantly. an oil spill would also close to the ports of date and so leaf, which are essential for bringing food and medicines to, to millions of people in warren turn human. this would aggravate to humans who many

turn in crisis. and given that there is more than 1000000 barrels on to suffer, a major oil spill will cause widespread and long lasting damage to the environment in the red sea and the region. 2 estimates of clean up have been in the order of $20000000000.00. this is all quite significant, of course you heard it from you and special level to my office already on a thank you very much for the insights. thank you very much, jim and had role band. i'm starting to take off a series of concepts in unit tonight. and mid claims of sexual misconduct aimed at lead singer to linda mon, german media is reporting that the band is looking into the allegations made by several women. it's alleged female fans was selected, it shows to join off the policies with some reportedly referring to sexual acts.

let's get more on that with david levitz from the w culture. david, just tell us more about the allegations that have been surfacing since. well, the most serious allegations are of sexual colors and the end of sexual assaults by turned into mind allegedly involving alcohol and possibly date rape drugs. there are 2 women who say that they believed they received what were spiked with a red drugs while they were with linda mind or shortly before i at least 2 of them . also say that that he committed acts with them that were non consensual, one woman who said that she believed she was date rape. i received the date, rape drugs, says that he got very angry with her when she refused to have sex with him. the other one says that she woke up actually to find him on top of her and sort of the wider background of this is that uh over

a dozen women have come forward. most of them in anonymous interviews with german press outlets. and they all described sort of the same thing, which is that they were recruited either online or at concerts to party with till the end of month ends potentially sleep with him based on their looks. some of them say they were pressured by the woman who recruited them to drink other say that turned into mind himself and gave them drink, and we're seeing more women coming forward with their stories. this, this week, a youtube, a blogger posted a video in which they were kick, recounts, but this woman took her backstage, allegedly, to an after party. and she says, allegedly that she ended up in a small room with women who were young, appeared to be intoxicated. and were their silent ways, she said that no one checked their ages and she was told that this was the pre selection of girls that till the end of month might like to sleep with it. which points she allegedly laughed so. so more and more the stories are popping up. okay,

so a lot more details, all the port of the details that are coming out. what about the band? what do you think about their reaction? well, they have said that they didn't do anything wrong and they say that they've actually launched their own investigation into it. they've also said that they have fired the, the woman who is accused of recruiting these young girls who is referred to as telling the months assistant. and they have also asked people not to pre judge them. now that's their reaction to fans. reaction has been pretty divided, some of really supported him, others appear to be trying to get rid of their concert tickets as we speak. there's also been a response from politicians here in germany with some discussion of whether cities can ban carstein concerts. germany's family minister is called for concerts in general to be made a safer space for women and the organizers of the munich concerts until the times time and the public. there will be no after parties,

there will be no sign parties at these concerts. and what about an a, an official investigation, but so far we haven't heard anything about any official investigations, although there's certainly some speculation that might happen, especially when we look at these allegations of date, rape drugs. but what i, what we are seeing is sort of a discussion in society that's coming up about so called grouping culture that's of course existed for decades. and that has largely been accepted in the music industry and some questions coming up as to whether maybe the combination of sex and drugs in power and rock and roll behind the scenes. baby was never right to begin with. there was life, it's thank you very much. fulfilling his id, it's the i didn't city and superstar little messy will reportedly joined major leak song aside into my miami after leaving probably such a ma,

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