the the, this is dw news live from berlin. russian rockets make a deadly strike on ukraine hitting the western city of levine, an apartment building it's hit, at least 4 people have died according to the interior minister. meanwhile, concerns grow around the safety of the russian control nuclear facility and supper routine. we will have the latest from our correspondence on the ground. also coming

up along the side, the heavy weapons, russia is waging a war on information or rather, this information. we take post a look at how moscow's narrative for the conflict in ukraine is getting a wider circulation with spanish speaking influence. and funerals are held for palestinians killed in the west bank city of jeanine after israel's military operation. at least 12 palestinians died in 2 days of drowned stripes and raised these rarely military says the dead one militant plus. the un says that a ron is denying access to investigate allegations of human rights abuses against demonstrators. we meet one of the protesters to last, if i, after being shocked by a ronnie and security forces the

or sarah kelly walked into the program. we began and ukraine were. officials say that at least 4 people had been killed and more than 30 injured and a russian missile attack on the western city of love eve. the local mayor says that thousands of buildings have been damaged and rescued, where as are now searching to the rubble for potential survivors. although the city is far from the front lines, levine has come under repeated attacks since the beginning of the war. in late june, it was hit in a large scale russian drone attack targeting cities across ukraine, dw correspondents in teams. they connelly has the latest on the situation and leave as well. we've had some the math that he's called this the most devastating attack on the eve since the beginning of the war in terms of civilian casualties. we believe this was an apartment building, but there was also a university full of residents nearby school at images of people still going through the trouble of trying to find more survivors. talk about the c plus injured

we've heard from the military, that about 7 of 10 russian christmas cells were shut down over the nights. but obviously those 33 still go through these are very difficult to shoot down because they can just be programmed to imitate an attack on a certain target, one key of say, and then the last minutes swerve off in a different direction, making much more difficult to guess as prepared for these kinds of attacks and i think it's really important stress and leave is basically a 1000 columbus away from the front line. there's the city that is being a hub pushing military nathan, as long as he felt very far away from the fighting and where people who felt safe in hearing key of say so this is a real shock. people. we thought they weren't read safety. okay. and nick, you're going to stay with us, but 1st elsewhere in ukraine, the united nations nuclear watchdog is demanding more access to the occupied separate retail power plant. this as ukraine and russia, excuse each other of planning to attack the site rush just as ukraine was intending to sabotage the plant. while ukraine claims that russia had planted explosives on a route shop. nick, you're going to comment on all of this, but 1st we're having

a closer look because the international atomic energy agency, the i. e. a says that it has not seen any visible indications of minds or explosives on site following checks and recent days and weeks inspector say they have had no access to the roof tops of to reactors, nor some turbine halls or cooling systems. the head of the i e. a has called for additional access to confirm. the absence of explosives separates. here is your largest nuclear power plant. it has been under russian control as close to the start of the invasion in early 2022 and the economy is back with us and keeps. so it's a nic. tell us the i a, a is requesting additional access to this opportune nuclear power plant to assess claims of explosives there. is that likely to happen? this all depends basically, on the way i'm on the decision of the russian occupying forces,

who control the sites. i think it's important to stress the kind of limited value of these inspections given that they're having to request access phone events. they don't have unimpeded, full access to a positive blog, especially with things is easily moved. as mine say, it is possible with the russians could have instilled minds and then taking them away in time for that inspection and put them back, wants to inspect as a goal again. so there certainly is a sense that yes rusher is playing alone in part, but certainly there hasn't been anything near that kind of cooperation that recreating the outside world would've wanted. it was token beginning of the war of a kind of demilitarized zone around the power plant. that certainly hasn't happened . the russians still have ministry kits on or around the site is to of rest and that you people based on the site sleeping there. but they basically know the frames, contact them, the hiding, basically the image equipment behind the react as and definitely there are consistent attacks on ukrainian hel, towns on the other side of the reason. well that who are basically defensive because they call it 5 back at the all to the rate that is attacking them from the of the product. so lots of questions that and certainly situation where it seems

different, keep it that agency is just too slow and not able to really get to the bottom of things. ukrainian emergency workers have been holding drills to prepare for a possible radiation release from the plant, and those plans are set to involve evacuating around 300000 people from the area. how high are the fears next? the what's important stress here that 5 or the 6 wrecked as aust colds, that means they've been run down. they've been switched off and doesn't mean they don't need cooling, but they're obviously in a less kind of precarious state. but if they were in full operation, the 6th is still being shut down. and so going to exploit say that if there was some kind of result, they would be less damaging, less of a threat to human health and say, what happened in general when a problem when you was at winds to kind of free for a while. it was still a full operation, but this is a very densely inhabited area. you've got cities like separation with hundreds, thousands people, just 50 kilometers down the road depending on whether winds blowing on that day. that could be a huge hazard seem of health,

but there's also the aspect of uncontrolled events, even if this isn't sabotaged, even if none of that kind of boring parties plans to do anything. there are lots of problems with the electricity supply to keep the cooling going, what supply keep the cooling going. and then there's also spent nuclear fuel just sitting on the side in containers that is much more vulnerable to any kind of selling or tech from outside. and directors themselves, the i a itself has come under increase criticism from key presidents. lensky is advisor quoted as calling the i a e is handling of the situation a clown show. and the agency had rossi in effective. what's behind those harsh words? i think seem from key of here, they are basically convinced that this i don't like agency like lots of you and bodies is more concerned with being seen to be impossible and keeping good relations with russia than it is about basically as seen from key of telling the truth calling a spade a spade. they are frustrated with the kind of diplomatic niceties,

the unwillingness to actually cool things out. and you have the i. e. a saying they haven't seen any visible signs of mind. that doesn't mean that they aren't bad. these are things that can be easily hit, and so i think it's frustrating with that in the same way that this frustration that looked at and somebody didn't go to the couple of good them does off the site early enough, they haven't pulled out the fact that they haven't been allowed once the originals a ground, the same with access to ukrainian prisoners war with ukraine has offered access, disability to russian. prisons wasn't here. the same haven't happened the other way around saying the generalized frustration that these organizations made because that mandate all just sitting on the fence as seen from kit connelly and keith, thank you. so has truce rumor. and this information, russia has been bringing persuasive propaganda to his war effort. and that's implementing a campaign. it goes well beyond its borders. with over 500000000 speakers. spanish is a key language for russian propaganda. and now moscow's narrative is getting exposure

and sympathetic spanish forces. the 6th of june, 2023, the nova ca hoff got them collapses, and ukraine and videos like this one shared and viewed thousands of times in the spanish speaking world. but of course, there are many fakes. this use a here claims that this video shows the moment when the them exploded. this, this is leading. yes, we see the same them, but a reversed image search shows the video was published in november 2022. the tweet blames ukrainians for the exposure at the latest them as nazis. many other use us use the same description like in these tweets calling ukrainians. nazis is one of the major narratives of this war by spanish speaking accounts spreading this information. looking at the content on ukrainian or russian state backed accounts have use the term nazi 50 percent more often since the invasion and according to

experts. there's a reason for this also let in america, it's a very quick way of generating rejection towards the government by linking it to not citizens. another major does information. narrative focuses on to lensky himself. is crediting ukraine's president as a person and politician to legitimize the war. this video, which was few thousands of times claimed savanski wants the war to continue. as a reaction european probably been terry and to leave the session. but this claim is false. a reversed image search and the science on the tables lead us to the origin of the video, an austrian paul, even session earlier this year. here politicians of the far right austin, s p policy that leaves the room during the speech presidency. however, he didn't say that he wanted the war to continue. that. why is the lensky often a target himself? felt so nice to have a life personalizing brushes more on

a character and describe that character. as an ad hominem operation that propaganda awesome employees will find that. that major narrative focuses on infectious. they have become an important tool of russian propaganda in spanish. recent studies shows of the 15 most were tweeted accounts surveyed 7 for independent spanish speaking influence of one such spanish speaking influenza. as leo savannah, you go, she shares this leading claims about the war with thousands of all the words. the goal hosting support for the russian government did not fluid yet instead asking, and she has been doing so throughout the course of the war year. she's explaining how well russians are rebuilding my review for the city and southeastern ukraine. this claim is misleading. to via doesn't mention that russia was the one to destroy the city. she only shows how it is now building new apartments or playground. and

according to study, she's not the only influence of spreading russian narrative in spanish. one bill a lot like then official information is discredited. there is an attempt to turn to other voices how the citizen voices tend to be more credible. do so that could be tough truth, rumors and this information, all in all a way of strengthening rushing perspectives on the war and ukraine. the nations have an opening there because they can dress themselves up as being different from the western world. and it's a significant opening with a global reach of almost 500000000 spanish speakers. it's one of the key languages for russian propaganda of the stand for more on this, we are to insure in the studio by our correspond to thomas barrow, who was a member of the w's fact checking team. so meantime, as we just saw it in their report that russia has an opening in latin america to spread these sorts of misleading narratives can exist some more details. why is

that the case with us? it's important to stress that this opening is not new. it's not an opening but just begun as it was begun. russian channels state own channels have been operating in spanish and not in america for a long time. in fact, ok key, or russia today, as it was known, was going to spanish in 2009. but what did happen was when the war begun, when the invasion, big on russia did increase the amount of posts that it published in spanish. the engagement also rose according to several studies, and this has to go obviously, with the interest that russia has in not in america and more broadly in the spanish speaking world. one element that explains this is obviously the serial number of spanish speakers around the world. also in areas that are particularly important for russia and west state owned russian media outlets, a band. so you can think of the united states, whether the big number of spanish speakers you can think of spain and the issue,

and maybe russia things according to experts that by touching on spanish language narratives related to the work and also in directly reach spanish speakers for example in the united states or in spain, but it also has to do with the fact that in not in america and several countries, there is still an antique western sympathy if you will, because of the rather troubled relationship with that the united states. and that's in america has in the past. so russia believes that it has an opening, specifically that to present those on to west in the us narratives. but they're all 3 questions as to how effective that has been and how effective it could be. as the world of progress, talk with us a little bit more about we, i mean, we know that state on video life question today is found here in europe, but it's not the case in latin america. how popular are media outlets like r t? that's correct, and that's in america. in fact, according to several studies, main fact, one study by the university of ox. what state stated that russia today i t, which is states controlled by by russia,

is still driving and not in america. it's being described as one of the most followed for news agencies in the spanish speaking. well, if you look specifically at the number of follow wasn't social media platforms x look, i've revealed 2 things. one that russia today, ok in spanish is more popular than other language services of russia to date, like english or german or other languages on 2nd to the ocoee and spanish is also more popular than some of the other international media outlets in not in america, not all but some, but it's important here obviously to explain a cab the because only focusing on the followers does not necessarily explain the whole picture. some experts have been very cautious about focusing only on follow a stating that they could be sort of in authentic activity. you know, st take activity, meeting follow as in particular, then not necessarily real. and obviously there are other elements as well,

for example, that the website of the app is not necessarily as popular, and that's an american thomas barrow. unfortunately, have to leave it there uh from to the views fact checking team. we appreciate it. and here are some other stories making headlines. a russian fighter just came dangerously close to us. refer, droned, 5, flying over syria on wednesday in footage, released by the us air force, the russian plains can also be seen releasing flares. the us condemned to the maneuvers as unprofessional and unsafe for both of us and russian forces. there's a new arrival to twitter, meta, the umbrella company for facebook. instagram and whatsapp has today launched a text based platform called threads. with an hours millions of users have signed up in the countries where it's been launched. many users left twitter after it was taken over by you on most last year and underwent major changes. for rule has

declared a 60 day state of emergency after its most active volcanoes, started spewing ashes in gas. on tuesday, the volcano blue ash more than 5000 meters into the sky, covering nearby towns with gray powder. some 2000 people lived in the effective area surrounding the volcano. europe, on 5 rock, it has started its final flight. after delays, the rocket blasted off from french keiana carrying satellites from germany and france into orbit for nearly 3 decades. the ari on 5 has been a key part of the european space agencies launch program or palestinians in the west. big city of janine have held a mass funeral for many who died in israel's to day military operation. their fellow palestinians were killed by his rarely drone attacks and raids. the as really military says that the dead were militants and is really soldier was also killed in the operation. rebuilding efforts are underway after the city so

widespread destruction during the rates holding the dead loft as they carry them through the streets of janine thousands of moon is gathered in the city to accompany the bodies of a just the 12 palestinians killed during a 2 day rain by day, as rainy on me and put them to rest. and while the funerals are taking place elsewhere, citizens the starting today of the rubble. thousands of people were driven from the homes and buildings were destroyed by his riley as strikes and by the hundreds of troops that marched into the camp dw report to rebecca riches because of the efforts to start to rebuild the clean up has the gone. it is on the way to remove

the destroyed vehicles and all the debris that has been completely ripped out by the military. and you say there were explosive devices underneath them, and that is why they had to remove most all the bits from now. i was standing in this very spot a little over a week ago. and i can tell you, they looked a lot different to how it sounds today. israel says that the operation which killed one is really soldier who isn't necessarily cracked down on terra to allow me to cover the dr. minister benjamin netanyahu said on wednesday that it may not be the last engineer the oil. if janine goes back to terrorism, janine will go back to geneva and it will have it faster and stronger than any one imagines. we shall move into the you'll, you'll be in the mood that if you're meanwhile palestinian delegates new york called on the un security council to help them defend against isabel's actions. dwelling they have to do something out of the ordinary. they have to send signals

to the palestinian people that the international community is not abandoning them. as janine, we build a plea for support against another raid by his riley forces. are you, in fact, finding mission says that iran is blocking an investigation into alleged human rights abuses. the mission was set up to look into the islamic republics, treatment of protesters following the death of a young woman in police custody last september. now people who took to the streets to and straight has faced execution. imprisonment of serious injury done, got tundra, lost his right eye, an incident that led him in his family to seek refuge in germany. arrival in munich for them yet to andre. this marks the end of a long and dangerous journey from iran. loud talk

even i am relieved of them when we suffered a lot on our way. here. we were stuck in a refugee camp and that see something from a capital f t more the 18 year old and his family entered gemini on a to yes, your monetary and visa, with the help with an activist group called munich circle. sonya was shot in the face during an anti government protest and will undergo surgery here to save his eyesight. this is a story by you. i was in town with a friend when we heard gunshots, the exchange between us and then i thought in my name, why should i stay back when others are fighting? and we get to know the thing. when i went to join the protest in the city, i was to phoenix would be the 1st shot, hit my shoulder in my hand as i was raising it. and but i turned around to see

where my friends are and when he got cause i'm leaving him. that's one of the 2nd round of shots at my eyes. when they're doing this, they have to have a special the immunization system that they came and plug it into a car and then said, oh yeah, i'm unable with walkie talkie. so obviously, i don't know who they were. i think see what we've done yet. to cosign with them? i vomited blood in the car, but they stopped and threw me out into the street. i'm jealous of to help with my new i will find new and most of the shelves and she'll have her on them. as i said, there's my brother in law phone, me of us and told me that sonya was hurt, and mazda told her, i said, just and telling me, i forgot to be in big. who is he alive? well, not young, his worry didn't stop then. his 13 year old daughter also took part in n t,

raising pride to have a clue with um, the cost on. oh is this the item i wanted to fight? so she told me this. um, i wanted to a french member to what it was impossible for now. this safe engine any but then yeah. has another jenny ahead. he still has pallets launched in his head and could lose sight in his left eye too. and a rainy and boon doctor wants to prevent that rest of it when you mean by that, if he does his, i has managed to heat it by itself a little you know, how you, how we are watching out of treatment and surgery plan that will it will be the 1st step towards healing it's courtney can i gain in hindsight,

was it all with it as this is for those in? is that a man in my opinion? yes. scars 20 on what i'm to. but i hope that all our blood was not spelled for nothing. and the clue, what do you hype, full, and others include them, is to one day, see a free and flourishing around with the i that i have 6 movie. and for more on this last spring and yelled as our boss, who is the head of dw is person service. and i'd like to ask you a little bit more about this sending of the united nations fact finding mission to the territory of any state which requires approval around is refusing to grant the mission access. so what can be un do in this case? a yes, this is a major problem, but it's not only that they refuse the independent tech finding mission to enter the country. they also are not cooperating with amanda, of the fact finding mission, which is to collect evidence, to talk to,

to victims and to get access. also, for instance, to the judicial files and evidence because they are really the, the, we made it clear on the, on the 1st or reports at the human rights council that they really concerns about the d. p rating human rights situation. any wrong and connection with the protest there have been over $26.00. people sentenced to this and already 7 young man being executed. they were calling for the public to release the political process, the prisoners, and to also stop the execution. and they made it clear that if they are not willing to cooperate, they will of course, have other methods. for instance, the ask people and would come to invite them to submit information and evidence in order to collect these kind of evidence zone. your tongue draw, the young man that we saw on that report. he's just one of squares of people,

blinded by iranian security forces during recent protests, according to human rights activists. how important is it for victims to speak out all the and, and talk with us about the possible influence on um, putting on the pressure in order to get the you when to get the green light on this mission. this is absolutely important and crucial because this is the are the cases that are evidence to show that the security forces due process really targets . it's a protest those faces, for instance, binding them with uh, with uh, shop god, so called bird shots. but the thing is, there are 2 sides. one is because on the other hand, it is really risky and dangerous for the week to, to speak out, especially those who are still in the rom, and most of them are any wrong. even as on your twins route, he wanted to speak to us when he left the ron and was into her t. m. but on the other hand that he changed his mind because he and his family,

they were afraid. because we know that people also in turkey, the run around the intelligence was very active in turkey, and you weren't incense and cannot see if at all. but we see that so many young people took the social media channels despite all this risk and show their eye patches as a form of resistance, saying that you cannot write silence on. thank you so much. i'm head of data use person service, yelled as our boss with the update there are up to date on data for you. those. thanks for watching the

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