the the, this is dw news lives from berlin. soldiers say that they have taken over the west african nation of new share. members of the presidential guard declare a national curfew after barricading the president inside his palace and firing warning shots to disperse protesters in the capital. also coming up a top level,

russia africa stomach gets under way and st. petersburg president, putting his hosting various leaders from the continent just days after pulling out of the ukraine grain export deal plus pression defense minister surg showing who holds talks with north korea. kim john on m p on gag this as the north marks the 70s, the anniversary of the korean war armstead. and that the women's world cup, it was a repeat of the 2019 finalized the netherlands health reading champions, the usa to a draw in their groups state raj, match the sarah kelly. welcome to the program news years. president mohammed by zoom has the taken to social media valley to protect what he called hard one democratic gains.

that is after soldiers in the west african country claimed to have removed him from power leader announcing that they had taken control of the country several nations . and international organizations have condemned to move the gunfire outside, guys, presidential palace after president mohammed bustle is detained by his phone protection for us. then came the announcement. jasmine that you had withdrawn bedroom, selected government that we, the defense and security forces under the national committee for the salvation of the people, have decided to put an end to the regime. you know, this follows the declaration made in view of the security situation and report economic and social governance level. this is the president's intentions and bedroom supporters into the streets from the capital in

the army of poppy, about this point on when the people were here to defend democracy. we used to defend the republic that way. here's a show our commitment to the rules. hello and say no to any attempt to seize power by force of pretty cool us bottle is that the bottom left for president bustling was elected in 2021. taking the country might involve a deep and economic and stability. i must be in that model. remember, it was the 1st baseboard transition of bar since independence limited candidate to the international community, including the african union,

the u. n. the european union and the united states have condemned the move and demanded the release of new jersey, the president, the secretary journalist following closely the situation in new jersey. he condemns in the strongest terms, any efforts to cease power by force and to undermine dec democratic governance, peace and stability in new share. the secretary general calls on all actors involved to exercise restraint and ensure the protection of constitutional order do 9 nation stance by the government and people of new share. as one of those i have lost investing of democracy. nisha has been invite to the rest and ally, an anger of stability. neighboring molly and burkina faso have had 4 goals in 3 years. and the struggling to find out is the miss militants that. so make me share the focus a less than a to contain both that growing militancy and political instability

a decade long enough for that wednesday as people are, has to landed out. especially as president anatomy pretend has been welcoming various african leaders to his native st. petersburg for a summit aimed at enhancing cooperation with the constant. the tox come just days after moscow pulled out of the ukraine. grain export deal. a move which has pushed up level grain process and further threatened food security in parts of africa. as the rest of africa summit is an opportunity for must go to tell the world it's not alone, and it can still do political business. consider all that has resulted from the invasion of ukraine, internationally with an arrest warrant for president vladimir 14 for war crimes, and internally with the instability of a failed mutiny by the lead of the wagner private army. despite all this african heads of state fly and when fortune invites them. but why?

the former soviet union was a pivotal top not to many african states in their fight against colonialism. it provided funding, moral support, and in some cases, weapons to independence. movements from us go, it was an opportunity to counter act west and influence during the cold war of countries like south africa. some public and goal and mozambique are still ruled by parties that were supported by the us as are doing the liberation struggles. some form a heads of state, even studies in moscow. some relationships continue to be cosy, especially with south africa. russia gave deliberation, opened the amc money weapons and training for the fight against apologize. the amc is in government today and it seems, has not forgotten. russia invests very little in africa and accounts for only one percent of the foreign direct investment into the continent. and yet

russia is a major force when it comes to arms. in recent years, russia has been, by far the biggest single exporter of to the african continent. it sells more than twice as much to africa than the us to us. these arms sales are seen as giving russian significant political leverage to its customers. and then that's the most new group wagner. it's active and molly central african republic, libya and so don, popping up autocratic regimes and exchange for natural resources like gold. it is accused of operating with overprotected to committing massacres and other human rights abuses for them. the loudness founder you have gave me pretty goshen, threatened a rebellion against the russian leadership at home. but moscow says, bob and i will continue. it's operations in africa. rushes, withdrawal from the black sea grain deal has pushed up global food prices. this is expected to hit east africa, the hottest if you'll,

pa and somalia already gripped by drought conflict and tongue of approximately 80 percent of east africa's green is imported from russia and ukraine in somalia. the spigot is 90 percent versus president. 14 has said he wants to assure african countries that russia is capable of replacing the ukraine in grain. the main priority for african need is in st. petersburg will be getting enough grain to feed their people is most go offers to replace what ukraine can no longer supply. that will tighten ties even further. send that in depth to sarah was from dw corresponded to mary a miller. now we have this summit taking place in saint petersburg between russia and various countries on the opposite african continent to view correspondence. funny for char has more on that and what can be expected the summit when it comes to the very, very notable, crucial time sarah, because as you just mentioned,

russia has withdrawn from that very important grain deal last week. as a result, as we're speaking right now, millions of people worldwide, but especially in eastern africa, are hungry. they are struggling and they're dying. in fact, if you zoom in on countries like somali, any fuel, yet, they really depend on, on the brain from ukraine and, and russia about 80 to 90 percent of the grain is imported from these 2 countries. and now the question is just how to revive that greenville. in fact, that's the hope of various african delegations that will arrive or have arrived already. for the start of this meeting today, the question is, will african nations thoughts to yeah, not pressurized, but in a way try to a message to the international community, to the western community, to eastern restrictions, to drop some sections even with regard to russia, to make sure that then ross, you at least could export their brain to these countries in eastern africa for example. but then again, the question is altogether, what is the result of what the result is going to be of such a summit?

for in fact, russia has rather people to interest in, in rather political interests here, trying to portray itself as a savior of a green deal that they have actually existed in the 1st place. sarah, talk with us a little bit more about that big picture of funding because we understand that putting is expected to present his vision of russia's ties with africa. what are we likely to hear? are well 1st and foremost, and very official, if you look at the program of the various panels that are going to take place today and tomorrow it's, it's running about academic and, and, and security relationship that should be increased there. even panelists, what artificial intelligence and health care and, and relationships with regard to sports and all of that. but if you zoom in on the thought you saw me to, to place the 1st as a rush. you advocate summit in 2019 and what came out of it can only play literally not much because the trade volume between african russia is somewhat stagnating, around $18000000000.00 a year. so it's really just

a drop in the bucket compared to the european union. and to china, for example, we have to be have to definitely point out that this meeting here, this summit is going to be about making sure that rush to either increasing isolated since the war in ukraine since their 1st getting page. and that they are looking for new partners in africa. and obviously russia is very strong in countries like south africa, very close ties also in it, if you'll be for example. but what about another giant idea? so they will try to look for new allies, and by that message to the russian audience, with this meeting takes place where the summit takes place. actually russia is not that isolated. in fact, we are inviting african leaders. we're inviting african partners. so russia is, is, don't want to count on, and someone to deal with a be to the greenville, but beat on many fronts when it comes to out about the geo political, a future of the world right now. the w correspondent, funny for char,

thank you. and here some other stories making news. a fire has broken out on a cargo ship, carrying almost $3000.00 cars off of the dutch coast. authorities suspect an electric vehicle calls to the blaze, which they say could be burning for days. at least one crew member has died. 22 others have been injured. some 3 witnesses have told us lawmakers that they believe that the government is covering up information on you a piece or on identified anomalous phenomenon, also known as us bose. the retired military veterans testified at a congressional hearing warning that the savings are a national security threat. the pentagon has denied the claims of come forward is almost like a construction cruise in new york city has caught fire and plunged hundreds of meters to the street. below the crane collapsed from the top of a 54 story building in manhattan,

forcing people to run for their lives during the morning rush hour. several people suffered minor injuries. north korea's leader of kim jong and has met with russia's defense ministers, district surg, showing the in p on young the parent discussed military issues and important of the regional security environment. and according to state media election in the visit coincided with the seventy's anniversary of the end of the fighting and the korean war. nobody gets on joy. while the korean armistice signed in 1953 put an end to the fighting, but did not technically end the conflict. 5000000 people died in that fight, half of them civilians, as well as many korean american and chinese soldiers. it divided korea into north and south and has since turned from a hot war into a cold conflict with the military. today some 28000 us soldiers remain stationed in south korea and all along with dmc the d militarized zone north and south korean

soldiers ever ready to pick up where they left off. as dw scared mathis reports, the cold war lives on pun, wouldn't jump the demilitarized, so between north and south korea, a south korean soldiers keep close watch when every move their communists. neighbors make tensions are running high. as north korea tests, as a more sophisticated besides, some can even reach cities in the us, the country that has pledged to protect south korea. this is most of the dangerous moment because there is a shortage of a symmetric, a capabilities. those go ahead, which is nuclear capability. once they either use new nukes or threaten seriously. so that since you use to use nukes, we don't have any plan or keep an eye to keep to from the country. it is very

doubtful that whether american governments who actually responded with nuclear weapons, north and south korea, a formerly still at war with each other, demilitarized zone, was established in july 1953 when they ended 3 years of bloody war with the korean armistice agreement relations between the 2 have had many highs and lows over the past 70 years, but they have now cooled considerably. reunification is not high on the agenda for many people in the south korean capital. so young age might be uh, get a lot of pressure by leaving their own life. but at the same time, if we are thinking about the reunion, is some point the how about like a concern, do we have to take care of them to community day one and i worry about the increase taxes. i will have to pay off to a possible the unification that might concern the one of them, i guess for a most like all or koreans like with my age, i think they see a more of

a distance topic rather than re unification. i think most people want to like just total separation. i think outside most of to some poles in south korea. sho, about 3 quarters of the public now support the idea of nuclear armament to counter threats from the north. johnson who owns as south korea should except the fact that the north has nuclear weapons instead of insisting on nuclear relation as a precondition for adults. he things south 3 of us to not use when it signed the so called the nuclear ization declaration. does this ukraine was when it gave up it's nuclear weapons, budapest memory run. one of the reason why the cross this as soon as i'm concerned about it is nuclear threat is that we have seen what you can express these days. we will understand that you print with nuclear weapons would not be in bed by the rush . you know,

they won't have to have to do from russia who is supposed to provide security guarantee to create a very similar destiny. is the evidence. even. i hate the walking the streets of sol. this frozen conflict seems very far away until one encounters, one of the many memorial sites in town. like here at the warm museum of korea, commemorating the 10s of thousands of south korean and united nation soldiers who died in the korean war 7 decades later lasting peace still seems out of reach. let's get more now with journalists, frank smith, who can tell us more about this day and his significance for both countries. 70 years of a frozen war. how were both countries marketing this day? i very differently in north korea it's, it's marked really as victory day. the victory of the communist forces over the capitalist force is represented by a south korean in particular,

the united states in south korea. it's more of a celebration of the strength of the alliance with the united states. and the support that south grew received from the united nations as well. it's also though a bitter reminder of the separation of the 2 careers with more than 50000 family members here in sales create that want to meet up with their relatives . that were, they were separated from in north korea back more than 70 years ago. but there are divisions in south korea as well. the current president, conservative president, you took your g minds to strengthen the alliance with the united states and increasingly with japan. he believes in peace through strength, which is a start turnaround from previous president, new jersey. and it's hard to engage in or 3. and we saw the coming of the relations

between north korea and south korea in the united states during his term, which ended with you'd be coming president of last may sarah, if we look at what's happening right now. meantime in north korea, we see kim pushing for deeper cooperation with allies, china, and russia. how is this being viewed where you are in sol as well? that's being viewed quite negatively. so scree wants to see, especially china pressure north korea into reining in. it's a missile, a nuclear programs, china, however, and, and russia represent kind of traditional allies. most of the north korea's trade is with china. a receive significant aid from china as well as diplomatic cover from china add, for example, the united nations security council. in terms of russia,

we have the visit that you, that was mentioned of a russian defense minister, saturday show you go. he visited a, a defense exhibition where he was shown around by the north korean leader, kim jong good. and this is troubling in terms of potential cooperation that's been reported over the past year in terms. ready of north korea supplying russia with arms or, or emulation potentially for it's a war and ukraine. okay. you, we've been showing images there. um, in fact, of this delegation visiting from russia, we also know much the chinese are there. these are to our understanding frank, the 1st known foreign visitors since 2020 there in, in north korea. do we know how the past few years of the pen demik have influenced kim jones leadership in north korea and what the status is right now? as well as north korea was the 1st country in the world to shut things down to close its border at the beginning of the pen demick. and

that generated quite a bit of economic problems and, and social problems in north korea and exacerbated to chronic food shortage in, in north korea. and also north korea turned down a to turn down vaccines. so we have really an unclear picture of what happened in north korea and geo is really left north korea early on in the kobe $819.00 pandemic. at the same time, the north korean government used, you know, the pen demik and so to speak as a, as a way of consolidating power. much like, you know, for example, the victory, the celebrations that, that are taking place in north korea today to show that the public in north korea, that the king dynasty and leader kim jong and is in control. their journalist,

frank smith, of joining us from sol. thank you so much. i. its wildfires have left a trail of scorched earth across the mediterranean croatia, portugal turkey and spain's canary islands have all suffered the worst. death told however, is in algeria their fires have claimed at least 34 lives. thousands of fires are also burning across southern italy, including the island of sicily, or temperatures have exceeded $47.00 degrees celsius. and new fires have broken out on mainland greece, adding to those already burning for days on several islands on roads. thousands of peoples have been, people have been evacuated in force, in nature, reserves destroyed another greek island that has been badly affected by wild fires is cor food. just off of greece as west coast. it's a popular holiday destination for tourists, especially in july. the w reporter,

lucille shilton reports the fire as rights above you. bit by bit, the fire creeps closer to his house. he hopes to be able to say that, but nothing is to be spinning boots is one degree guide and of course, but we're being told to leave police, i evict, creating the area vide fires has been raging here for days. now we moved to a nearby village nap petty's. yeah, very neat. if you need provide that to me and tell grand daughter that out and mutual, they also afraid the fires could reach the hardy day home or to get that. but i have been the person we have to keep and watch and protect our house. i have setup was a hers is all around the house for the scene is really the plan is to turn them on once i see the fire approaching. but i have to wait until it reaches my house. so what, what does this most of what the speak? yes. in the united family,

it came here for the holidays. like many other greeks. they've been experiencing long power. the day i determined to stay until they receive the official. if a creation order for them is the i'm afraid of because i know one of our relatives can be here to pick us up within 10 minutes. it will take longer than that for the fire to get here. are these people have left fluids? this taking only a few belongings. in the village of nia perry's yet residence, stressed but they're doing what they can to organize and to help each other level a and e and 2 granddaughters prepared to leave the house at any moment. so now they've been test turned in their favor and they can stay. but as long as

fires us motoring nearby, everyone here is on high it to the women's world cup. now where the united states and the netherlands staged a re match of the 2019 final. that upside booked prime for an upset. after scoring the games for school, but the americans managed a $11.00 draw. the judge came into the match with the promise of finding that gets the feeling woke up champions. the us packing more punch in the 1st half the netherlands took the lead through midfielder jew roared in the 70 minute dominique ensign nearly doubled the lead for the 2017 european champions. but over shot the target. the us went in and half time trailing in a world cup match for the 1st time in over a decade. overcoming the discharge of the 1st half the us sees control, and that is a 62 minute equalizer. on

a heather from co captain lindsey horace river, see the momentum during a 2nd here on slide. the us piled forward in search of a winter, but it wouldn't count, leaving this hard, fought battle level at 11. and then finally, now, before we go, she need o'connor. the a claimed irish singer, an activist, has died at the age of $56.00. she became internationally famous with her rendition of prince's song. nothing compares to you in 1990 o'connor will also be remembered for speaking out onto vertical and social issues. no cause of death has been in the quick reminder and all of our top story here on dw new soldiers and new share,

see that they have both withdrawn and the government of president mohammed kazi, however, has taken to social media valley to protect what he has called hard won democratic game next focus on europe is looking at why young russians are hiring abroad from pollutants for ukraine to stay with us if you can prove that. i'm sarah kelly in for a lend. thank you so much for watching. the

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