[000:00:00;00] news this is the, the news coming to live from berlin. at least 53 people are dead from wild fires in hawaii, destruction and tragedy as blazes re comic across the 2 islands. the governor says the blazes for the worst natural disaster in the history of the us state.

authorities expect the death toll to run. also coming out west african leaders agreed to keep all the options on the table, including military force to restore civilian rule in the chair. the can was porters deployment of a stand by force, but there are no signs. new shares, splinter will hand bank account, plus russia launches its 1st lunar mission in nearly 50 years and a bid to become the 1st country to reach the moon's south pole. and of the soccer world cup, it's quarter funnel crunch time. japan hope it will be raining goals when they faced sweden with a semi final against spain. as the price, the little em, terry margins good to heavy with this. at least 53 people have died as a result of devastating wildfire zone to hawaii and islands. the governor says the

places are the worst natural disaster in the history of the us state. the speed with which the fire spread on maui cock many people off guard the historic town reduced to a smouldering pile of ash and rattle once the capital of the former hawaiian kingdom. la high now is usually bustling with tours. now, much of the old town has been destroyed. many residents are caught off guard. some even jumped into the ocean to escape the oncoming flames. tens of thousands of locals and tours have been evacuated from the island and for those remaining sadness for what is lost. an anger of what could have been done to still pick the vials. this is not even the worst of it. still get the bodies in the water floating and on the sea. well, they've been sitting there since last night. we've been pulling people out since

last night trying to save people's lives. and i feel like we're not doing the help . we need us. president joe biden has said that hawaii will get everything it needs . when the blazes broke out, much of hawaii was under a red flag, fire risk warning. what exactly starts into fires is out to you to know that the conditions of a like a confluence of extremes, severe drought power can strength, wins, amplified by climate change has led to catastrophe. of more of this, we're joined by stephen buzzing. he's a professor at the department of atmospheric sciences at the university of hawaii. stephen why is used to dealing with wildfires? how did these fires get out of control? so well, this was a perfect storm, really because we had very strong high pressure to the north of the hawaiian islands. so it became synchronized with the passage of

a very strong tropical storm. dora hurricane dora, who was a category for hurricane wells of the south of y, but it's reduced this very strong when the surge that came across the west smiling mountains and the west valley mountains, in turn accelerated those wing wins further. and especially at night. and that's woodcock people off guard is that this firestorm occurred when people were you know, sleeping or taking unawares. so it was a perfect storm. these fires have caused massive loss of life and wiped out hawaii is historic capital. why have these fires prove so destructive, steve? well i, i think that that is probably a combination of the media are all a g, and then also a little bit of the history because it used to be that above the law high knows

that we're sugar team fields for many, many of the kids and those sugar team that agriculture disappeared in the, in the ninety's and a bit later and it has not been replaced. and so what do we have instead is sort of an invasive pull grass that, that provides the fuel for the so devastating fires. who are these fires, steven linked to the pattern of heat waves that we've been seeing across the northern hemisphere lately? that's an interesting question. uh, it is certainly a very obvious that we are seeing a great number of costs. le gratian across the northern hemisphere and hawaii somehow fits into this patter, that it's not a coincidence that we're seeing so many of these things happening at,

at the same time. however, it's very difficult to pinpoint and say ok, you know, this is a, a market climate change for this particular event. i think that it definitely has also a very strong weather component to it. steven, thank you very much. that was stephen blessing professor at the university of hawaii. my pleasure. now the leaders of the west african block eco was to have ordered the deployment of a standby for us to help address the new share crisis. they said they want to explore every means for a peaceful resolution to the military too. but the message is clear. if new shares, military rulers do not reinstate the countries democratically elected president, the share could find itself on a collision course with its neighbors. didn't waste african leaders arrived in

a boucher to move the next move image and mason came often easiest one to ignore the ultimatum to stand down from the power grab. the principal the group sees all diplomatic. a fits to result. the crisis has been rejected by the military leaders . now they are ramping up the pressure to restore democracy, issuing this directive, direct the committee of the chief of defense stuff, to activate the equity done by force, with all its elements immediately order the deployment, one of the echo stand by force to restore constitutional order. in the republic of new shit, but it still isn't clear what that will look like for the stand by force likely to take weeks if not longer to assemble. the block also reiterated its commitment to finding a peaceful resolution. earlier the hunter took some national tv to announce

a new government, with new jersey is deposed. president mohammed bosom still, and the house erased. concerns of growing about his well being. we're aware of recent reports that president obama resume of new share and his family are living without electricity, water, food, or medicine. and i can see the following. as the secretary general is very concerned over the deplorable living conditions that president presume and his family are reported to be living under as it continued to be arbitrarily detained by members of the presidential guard in next year. as the political did, law continues the people of media a weary of what comes next. really after the who did the, our country really leave and the bug situation. why i see a bug situation? because do that, if you look everywhere, we can see everywhere there's lights up, the lights of night. so i think it's gonna be tough to use it for the to should. i

mean, interview not ministry interview. tough sanctions on media maintenance, struggling with rolling pal accounts and supply chain disruptions, creating food and susan tea for residents awaiting the next move in the countries future. spring in need a villain here. she's the director of the of the program at the royal institute for international relations. that's a think tank based in brussels, belgium, you know, it go off is preparing a stand by pours for a possible invasion of new share. it says, all options are on the table, how likely is it that this could escalate into a more hey, it's really difficult to say at this moment um, what option that they will choose to take. and we know that the stakes are very high at the moment. uh, some of the echo was members who are currently suspended, precisely because they have gone through and military cool. in recent year, molly and burkina faso, they have declared that they will see such and military intervention as

a declared declaration of war against their own states and will defend and niger. we also know that the president bus, who is held hostage in, in new here by the military you into so there is also the possibility of risking and the president's life. and then we're also wondering what's constitutional order can be reinstated if there is such an intervention. news here has now seen 5 queues since independence. how do you account for the country's lack of political stability in nina? and this is an s, as a strange as it's a seems, this is not really something something different in the region. many of the, of the different states have seen more tools than that. and, and as you said, the new year has seen 5 cruise students, independence. but the 3 of these crews have been seen a bit as corrective crews,

like the military is stepping in to and reinstall the democratic order. because there has been some sort of blockage, some political blockage or some precedent as try to stay on longer then, then he should. and so in that way the military has been a bit seen like the savior of the population in some instances before. in this case is completely different and, but we can also see that the military is deeply involved in politics still. so this civil military imbalance is very much in grained in the history of new here. i would say new share is also regarded as a, a key partner in the fight. it goes, islam is militants in this a hell region. fighting there has displaced millions and calls to hunger crisis. as you will know, how much of a below is the coo and the share to efforts to defeat this insurgency? well, it's, it's, it's

a blow for sure. and because all of the attention of the military forces in new share at the moment, then i would say quite a few of the regional forces and are now centered on what's happening in new share, the political crisis rather than fighting the jihad is. so already there we have a considerable blo, be attention, is, is diverted to another crisis rather than did you hobbies. and we know that you how does organization, but also the other non state arm actors. they're striving from instability and k is so for them, this is really a good opportunity to expand their presence in the country and in the region at large. it's nina. thank you very much for talking with us. that was nina berlin from the front row institute for international relations. thank you. sketch up on a few other stories making headlines around the world today. authorities in china

type issue to red alert for the arrival of typo in tune of some 23000 residents of so far been evacuated from the area in the northeast to not is expected to cause heavy flooding. it is china's 6th type boon. so far this year ukraine says in russian missile his truck, a hotel used by the un in separation killing at least one person. this is the 2nd attack on the southern city in recent days. it's about 50 kilometers from europe's biggest nuclear power plant. ukraine's government has announced a humanitarian core door, allowing the departure of dozens of cargo ships trapped in its black c ports since rushes invasion. but the ukrainian navy is warning that risk remain from minds and russian attacks. moscow has increased strikes on ukraine's port since quitting a deal to allow green exports last month. it's us special council jack smith has asked

a judge to begin donald trump's trial on january 2nd. the former us president has been charged with plodding to overturn his 2020 election. you also, if approved the trial would begin 2 weeks before the 1st boats are cast in the 2024 republican presidential primaries. the story of the suspected spy working for russia in the german military has raised serious concerns here in germany. the suspect worked with sensitive details about weapon systems. he was arrested on wednesday. and what germany's defense minister boris the story is claimed was a success for german intelligence. a suspected spite in the ranks of the gym and armed forces working for russia. the story has sounded, alarm bells. the man arrested is thomas h, an employee of the boom, display of procurement office, which handles sensitive details about weapon systems. he allegedly attempted to

offer himself as an informant, for russia. such allegations are rare, says jim, and just administer mike of bush mount lived. he's our father is to this case is extremely exceptional, but we cannot turn a blind died just as cases we must be vigilant. devoss, sons, auntie of acres. in general, we're grateful for the enormous loyalty and exemplary performance of the members of the boldest bathtub with to the sauce banks. initial email contact with russian diplomats was immediately flag bios doherty's, according to the spiegel, it's believe the intended sensitive information to be handed to russian intelligence that could include details of elements, projects, technical information about weapon systems like f $35.00, find to objects which the gym and air force as ordered from the us would certainly be of interest. russian military intelligence. russia has repeatedly focused its espionage activity on germany, one of ukraine's major suppliers last year, a cd,

a foreign intelligence official, was detained for leaking details to moscow about the system monitoring russian military tactics on the battle front in ukraine, opposition. politicians want to more public push back against new king by the kremlin. we have to be much clearer and i expect from our government, much more outspoken statements that russia is leading a hybrid war against the german society, against suicide to cohesion. and trying to pull out our willingness to support ukraine and also our willingness to stop this war in time. so that we contain russia. thomas age now faces investigation by both military counter intelligence and the domestic intelligence service. while his arrest is a success of those task, with preventing for an espionage questions will be honest about both russia's objectives and the motives of those few. in germany's military,

they want to give sensitive secrets to moscow. russia has launched its 1st moon mission in almost 50 years. the luna $25.00 mission will study the lunar surface and search for resources such as water. russia is aiming to be the 1st country to successfully land at the moon's south pole. it's competing for that distinction with india, which launched its own lunar mission last months. after decades of little space agency interest in the moon, the last few years have seen a boom in moon focused missions. the lunar 25 mission is the 1st time russia has tried to reach the moon since the lunar 24 went there and back again in 1976 when russia was still part of the soviet union. this latest emission has been plagued by delays, but if all goes according to plan, the 800 kilogram lander could touch down on the lunar surface by the end of august

. russian space agency was cosmo says after arrival, the lender will analyze soil samples and conduct other research for a year. its findings, though, will not be shared with isa or now. so we have for discontinued the corporation was, was customers. so most of the rest of invasion um, but um, when we were still in the corporation, the scientific object us would have to have a better understanding on the regular and on zillow. that dustin pass me a range of admissions sponsored by different nations and even companies have failed in recent attempts at soft landing on the moon. although far safely accomplished in the mid 19 sixty's landing safely on the lunar surface rather than crashing their remains of challenging technical proposition. the indian space agency knows only too well how difficult a soft landing can be. it launched

a 2nd mission to land on the moon in mid july. its 1st attempt to come down softly and 2019. sailed the chandra on 3 land or has a longer flight plan so could actually be touching down around the same time as rush is lunar $25.00. most emissions are aimed at the moon's southern poll davi. it was a post. so typically are the most interesting areas not only to look for the history of the universe, but also we know that there was abundance of water. on the craters, i see water and the water can be used to produce hydrogen and oxygen. and this, we all know that the source of life has nations gear up for what many experts see as a new era and space exploration. the moon will play a central role mode for its resources and is a stepping stone for further endeavors with the lunar $25.00 mission. russia is

also trying to get in on the ground floor, skidmore on this now from dw science reporters with the car. bonnie: so pick up russia has long since 1st moon landing spacecraft in almost 50 years. what will determine the success of this mission? as well as long as you've got whether it can land on the moon, a festival, anywhere. it's aiming full, the southern pole of, of the moon, which isn't the tories. the difficult place. no country on us has ever soft line to day, which means no pod, which means no crash. if you look at the, the map of the moon, sort of the history of a been so if you had missions to the moon and i'm interested in the other missions, well, american emissions and the goal ended more newly. so this is a really aiming for the book at last, the crates of, which is very solely with these parents of wanted to pull that. so i'm going to be so essentially close to that. have to get this going to take a couple of days,

3 to 4 days and they have to land, then they have to do conducted experiments and then ship those experiments back. so that's really what's going to determine the success so, so we wouldn't really know until about use time. but just if i've got the time to say this, you know, just landing leave with a professional doing a soft landing. remember the resist the emission, but the europeans to which to, to, to a, to, to accommodate even that they had a perfect landing site and, but he bounced him a crime, but it bounced and you are a bonus sloth about bar itself is the root cause most the russian space agency has said that that is really that primary focus now is to find a sight lighting spots. russia won't be a loan up there in the originally send its own spacecraft on a similar mission to the moon. is there an element of competition here? oh, most definitely there's none of it's competition. i mean, this has been ramping up up not least since america essentially

a designated space, a new domain of rule. so we all in a huge rush and not only for dominance in terms of political dominance, but also in terms of resources. as we've been hearing when they say they want to inspect the ground for water and soil, they're looking for resources. it should be said, however, the moon is about a 100 times drive and that's a hard desert. so even if we do find reward, so i see well, otherwise we'd never going to be buckling in max is i would like to propose right now, but it's about dominance. and it's incredibly telling that this mission, luna 25. well, the 1st, since the soviet emissions of 76, i think it was the last. so the mission was moving to 24 to quite clearly there is a competition on a number of fronts here. the russians a saying essentially the cold war never ended. we all going back, we're going to be the 1st, they want to be the 1st, the land on the, the southern hemisphere,

the southern part of the moon. so definitely competition is, will be trying. it depends being trying, it like filed it's of the americans as well. it's a huge competition. so if god, thank you very much. that was the w science course by zillow paccar, bunny or the now to the women's soccer world cup were favorites. japan hope to reach the semi final shortly when they meet sweden in auckland, japan, the 2011 champions have looked electric so far, winning all their games and the tournament, but sweden will provide top opposition for the japanese given the ousted holders. a title was in the of the us in the last round. earlier we spoke to dealer sports, corresponded oliver moody, who is in it at the match in oakland. we asked him how big of a game this was for the pounds?

well it's friday night here in oakland and we already pull some know count wells comp, football you know here in oakland we have seen already the record for an attendance on a football much in this country broken 3 times just with the tournament games and we are expecting a packed house tonight, so we could be on coast to break the record for a full time. whatever crowd we do get, can't expect to see a real show. and that is because japan has been the great and since i, as at this tournament, so i thought they were the top scores in the tournament through the round of 16 with 14 goals and just watch them when that on the counter attack, they also dangerous. so quick so precise when they get their opponents turned around and running at their own goals. and on top of that, they have the top score at this tournament. so i thought, you know me as uh why seat on 5 goals leaving the right for the golden face at this point. and i'm sure she's hoping to add a couple more to that sally tonight, which it's not really expecting to be

a walk in the park for japan. the only sweden did knock out holder title hold was the us though. do they have a chance? sweden as well. absolutely. let's not forget to sweeten all the salt frank. somebody to less in this tournament. the number 3 in the world with usaa and gemini, of course, already out of the tournaments. i the other things we have been outland best quite so far. during this tournament box. there's no doubt that that's still a very talented site. if you're looking to fly, like most of our u. s. lani super talented. attacking the field sheet really clicks that will be dangerous for japan and look out to the suite and set faces. they have been deadly, especially from corners. so far the tournament you'll not addison's delivery has been especially dangerous to them and to illness that to a sense of box going 3 goals already of the tournament that is usually on hood off . and on top of that, we can expect it to be a key fact to tonight because at sweden have a huge height advantage over japan,

on average sweden stuff is, are about $0.06 and meet this tool in japan's thoughts. as i do watch out this weight is that basis, once again, kicks on the winner. that game will say, spain now that they beat in the netherlands, what do you make of that game? only that was a really close one. down in wellington went all the way to extra time about salma power. you wait a came through in style, just fine if that was an incredible goal to win it to one for them, a little shimmy. and then a finish. you know, if the price and the 19 year old foot spine 3 for that 1st have a wells company semi final, and that means they will feature in the final welcome games to take place in new zealand. that will be right behind me here at 8 o'clock on tuesday, audrey moody in auckland. thank you so much. you're watching the news. just reminder the top stories were funneling for you this hour. the death toll from

wildfire zone, hawaii is melly island, has risen to 53. officials say they expect that number to rise in which the us states from worse, natural disaster and decades. hundreds of buildings have been destroyed. thousands have been the back west african leaders from the eco us block of border, the activation of a standby force for potential deployment to restore civilian rule in these air. coming up next we have a documentary for you looking at what several years of drought has done to a romanian link. i'm terry martin. thanks for

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