in america starts august 18th on d, w. the . this is different menus, life from berlin. ukraine defies russia and sends out a ship from the port of odessa. the container vessel safety means ukrainian waters using a new card or for merchant ships, despite russian warnings that it might target vessels on the black sea. also in the program, already confronting widespread poverty, the people of the share begin coping with crippling sanctions. weeks after the conference president is i've stood in a to and germany moves closer to legalizing kind of us. the government unveiled

draft close to the people to grow plants and joint kind of us clubs. the on pablo phone areas to our viewers watching on tvs in the united states and all around the world. welcome to the program. ukraine says it has started sending ships across the black sea along with want. it describes as a humanitarian car doors. the 1st ship left odessa on wednesday morning carrying an unspecified cargo and has now left ukrainian borders according to the ukrainian president of a lot of mirrors, the landscape. the hong kong flags. the carrier is one of many that have been stuck in ukrainian ports since rushes full scale war began in july, moscow withdrew from an agreement that allowed the safe passage of grain shipments

. the resumption of maritime traffic raises the possibility of intervention by russian warships and comes and made increasing tensions in the black sea summer sun, sand and see the beaches of odessa reopened this month. for the 1st time since rushes invasion, it may look identical, but this ukrainian black, c, c, c is now at the house of the battle of the military and geopolitical interest. russia has long been the prominent naval power in the black sea with its fleet stationed in crimea. but the western shows are controlled by nato allies. romania and bulgaria, and posts of the eastern shore belongs to nato popping to georgia in the south. nathan member, techie is the gatekeeper of the black sea, controlling the only access point through the bus press straits. in the early days of the war,

russia started mining ukrainian voices and locating its ports including odessa. the blockade disrupted ukraine's great exports, leaving millions of people affected, particularly in african nations. dounia often months of uncertainty techies, president rep, tie up at one and the united nations and broke it a d last summer for russia to allow ukraine to export its grain. but in july this year, ahead of the russia, africa summit, vladimir putin pulled out of the deal with most co announcing ships. the saving ukrainian ports would no longer be safe. when they got blown, they were gonna go into the tensions continue to rise as rush up again. the bombing campaign targeting ukraine's port infrastructure in odessa that forced ukraine to find alternative routes, sending its exports to smaller ports along the river, down you on its west. and boulder, but that to russia took action bombing, the ports of rennie scene has failed in just

a few 100 meters away in romania and nato country law. ukraine also ramped up its attacks targeting navy vessels in russian ports and several russian ships in the black sea. and then last week came another clash with rushes, navy firing warning shouts at powwow flag vessel afterwards failed to stop for inspection. it was bought it in a dramatic rate, but lights were allowed to continue to ukrainian. daniel port rush as president has said he is open to returning to the great deal, but only in exchange for better conditions for russia's own exports, but vital ukrainian gray and ex both remain stuck in storage facilities and in trucks waiting to be picked out as the black sea stand off as fast reaching boiling point. james, our homes is a chair of maritime strategy and professor of strategy at the us naval war college

. earlier i asked them why you crane is sending ships into the black sea despite the risk from russia. a hi, uh, pleasure to be with you. thank you for the invitation. uh, you know, it almost feels like it almost feels like he of as daring as during russia to make good on his dress. so to attack us to attack commercial shipping in the blacks and in the black sea, i think they are, they are perhaps gambling to rush or whatnot and whatnot. actually do that. it would not like the optics of being c to a to accessibility and shipping. that is carrying a vital food stuff other that are vital, they're vital not only to the entire world, but especially to the go to the global south. wherever we're lower income countries are very dependent on that drain. and in the, in the cube is also aware that russia has been reaching out to the global south as well. and the in the us and us, the media, the appearance as the soft power aspect of that could be very contrary. it could be very bad, but for, for us up and those to offset some of the pressure on the, on ukraine. now, tell us to is what could happen if russia does intercept or attack one of these

grand ships though? well, there are a few things, i mean there's the obvious, there's the obvious naval aspect aspect of it, especially especially if, if one of the, one of the ships those of those target that were for war of a foreign flag, not another ukrainian flag at that point at that point, you're now launching into attackers of insight on a for, and kind of like foreign country, rather than on your main combat until they get once again, one of those things that looks very bad. there's another, there's another, there's an a sort of an under estimated aspect of this as well. attacks on civilians, zipcode, tend to drive up the insurance rates. lloyd's of london actually has a see what happens at c during to during congested times. disease certainly because insurers, if they, if they, if they expect that their ship specifically or ensuring be covered under attack, they're going to raise the insurance rates to a point potentially where the, where the, where the voice becomes on profitable. and the us in the us, and it's in the process of possible the detour around the around the trigger straight. so that really the really leads the ukraine in a, in a, in a pickle in

a sense. so are there really any viable alternatives that are black, same for moving ukraine's food stuffs as well? you know, it almost feels like it almost feels like ukraine and ross are, are experimenting to, to determine the answer to that question. ukraine and ukraine is trying desperately to, to shift exports onto the danube, which of course, as you well know, but would bring a would bring a river traffic it into the heart of western europe. that's the end of that a few. and it appears that russia is now targeting green silos, is targeting a shipping infrastructure and all of the things that ukraine needs in order to make that happen. so rest of the rest of it is in essence trying to make its blockade air tight, bringing that incidence economic leverage on ukraine and ukraine is desperately trying to, to outside, to outflank that, that by whatever means it may. i think that i think the one that i think the one case that is probably cannot happen is i don't think the ukraine could shift. it could shift any meaningful amount of great exports onto road or rail traffic. and so it's, it's simply more economical to carry bulk of both cargo by water. it's meant to

it's been through for forever and it remains true to this day. so it feels like we're an experimental space to figure out the answer to your question. that's all right night on our because the black sea is bordered by 3 nato countries, turkey, romania, and bulgaria. is it safe to say that there is a real danger of escalation, whether deliberate or accidental? i think there, i think there's, i think there's a that there's a danger of the escalation that just does it. just as you say, i think i think there's one that i can store. okay. it's from our own times. it's actually worth looking back at back in the 1990 is when we were enforcing sanctions on saddam hussein's iraq. the iraq sort of struck up a quite a deal with the ron where by ships would come out of the shadow. then the 2 are through iranian more, the waters go around the side of the persian gulf and then and then and then the nip over into oper, davi or, or do by the usually do buy and sell oil illicitly. so it's, and so with your credit or to take to, to, to, to were to take, to doing that using nature of water is in order to try the to try it out, blanket russian, a russian, russian blockade. i think you'd, i think you could see,

could see a significant escalation there. don't know that that's up. i don't know that that's happening. but that was one thing that was sort of left off the screen as i read the, the daily news that, that everyone else watching this program reads. because that's, so that's a dangerous situation. or be keeping a close eye on developing sarah james, our home is from the us naval war college. thank you for being on dw. thank you. russia, it has begun testing. it's new digital rubel with consumers. 13 banks are participating along with a limited number of their clients. the move by russia central bank is expected to enhance the countries ability to evade sanctions. as a block chain, technology is considered difficult to track. consumer advocates are concerned about privacy and government surveillance. authorities argue whoever the digital ruble will make daily life easier and more convenient for its users. the f s b security service overseas, the safety of the digital currency. let's take

a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. a new crane says it's forces have read, taking the village of order to sign it in the don't ask region from russian occupiers, the military release, the video of its troops advancing and russian forces withdrawing, came for so far made slow progress and pushing back rushing unit from the fiercely contested area violence has broken out in pakistan's punjab province over allegations of glass and the by to christian residents. an angry mob attacked at least 2 churches and damaged several homes in the city of german. while it happened after torn pages of the koran were allegedly found near a christian settlement. fighting between the 2 armed functions and libya's capital tripoli has reportedly killed at least 55 people and injured nearly

a 100. residents were trapped in their homes. as the city was rocked by gunfire and explosions, tensions flared when a militia commander was captured by a rival group. it's the worst of islands. tripoli has seen this here. the french of military action against new jersey, new military leaders, remains on the table ahead of crisis talks on thursday by the west african equal last block. the readings on to is refusing to hand back power and has shrugged, shrugged off international efforts to restore it. mohammad, but as soon as the country's president, the standoff has led to this new of sanctions that are now crippling the country. hundreds of trucks so lined up on these as close board as many filled with desperately needed aiden food. although sanctions placed on the ship since last month's crew have only been in place for around 2 weeks. the country, one of the poorest in the world, his being,

he taught us. the majority of its electricity has been cut off by neighboring nigeria. and food prices are skyrocketing, making life and work even more challenging fuel in anger against the car was while growing support for each has made a tree lead us we don't care about a co equal us has to being taylor made for the presidents and power and we do not need to know where the equal was intervene, so not need to is ready for all the options we have radio on the 1st i will have one. why? because my children and i lost the soldiers, and i invited young people to join the army and develop our country and our villages was, did i make less thanks for the solar trust is go ahead and see what on. because leaders have so far avoided taking military action to remove new shares,

new unelected rulers, but have set a stand by force, could be used. they no anom conflict could further de stabilized the region. something eco us wants to avoid the already now do you? and chief antonio protector says a multinational force, including police and military units should be deployed to the carrier, be a nation of haiti to combat heavily armed gains, who overpowered the police force, their estimated to have seized control of some 80 percent of the capital port upfront with just a few belongings they can carry. these families are trying to reach safety, gang violence and hate. these capital is driving many out of the farms by foot a motorcycle. they're forced to seek shelter in public squares. and schools like this left to feel like their funding for themselves. it wasn't the gang leaders who chased me out of my head. it was the haitian state

that chased me out of my home and the haitian stage that killed all the people you'll see. because it's the state that has the so called legitimacy of violence. the states can witness the grand ravine, gang taking over the streets and never do anything about it. hates his face. years of economic security and political crisis. crime and poverty has escalated since full of present juvenile movies was assassinated in 2021. and current prime minister henri has struggled to stem the interest human rights watch says, rates killings and kidnappings, by criminal groups have risen dramatically since this don't of the year. it's triggered the anger on the streets with thousands of protesters calling one thirty's to provide more protection and 8 that we lost out policeman who were helping us find the gang they blood all night

rights groups are repeating full action to address the crisis in haiti. the u. n. chief is calling of the international community to deploy a multinational force to combat again violence. kenya is the latest country to consider taking the lead to bring low and order. ida sawyer is the director of the crisis and conflict division of human rights watch. and she told me little earlier what life is like for people living in haiti right now. so thanks for having me. so we found a new and heavy recently that the country is really facing an unprecedented human rights, humanitarian, political, and security crisis. there's been an alarming increase in killings and can nothings and ramp its actual violence. since the start of the year and violent criminal groups are now controlling nearly all of the metropolitan area of for to friends, the capital. many of the haitians who we interviewed said that the situation in

haiti today is worse now than at any time they remember. and i was really struck by the just probable feelings of terror, fear, abandonment, and hunger from the people we spoke with. since it started for a year, these groups have killed at least 2000 people if kidnapped over a 1000 others. they've looted and burned homes. and it's committed widespread sexual violence in their efforts to control periods or punish residents. they accuse of supporting rival groups. and in addition to this terrific violence people, we interviewed also told us repeatedly about how they're struggling to feed their families. their children have confidence stomach problems because they don't have access to clean water. they couldn't access health care or send their children to school, and many have been forced to feed their neighborhoods after their homes were burned down. sleeping in open air shelters with little or no humanitarian assistance. we also have looked at the context in which this volumes lucy, monitoring catastrophe are occurring,

including with clear state complicity and inaction, alleged collision between criminal groups and political, economic and security. after the crisis of democracy in real rapid impunity. so it's a, it's a really dire situation in haiti from what you're telling was from, from this report. so let's touch on that. the criminal groups which you mentioned there at your report finds that there's approximately a $150.00 criminal groups operating in the capitol, porto bronze. how did it get to this point? so we've seen the security situation. husband died and pay the for, for a while, but we've seen that really deteriorate over the past 2 years since the assassination of the former president. and since the current prime minister i o on, we came to power about a little over 2 years ago. and these criminal groups that now operate in nearly all of the capital, they have ties to political officials,

to influential economic actors, to members of the police. so some police officers are, you know, police officers by day and members of these criminal groups by night. and, and we're just seeing the state being incapable or unwilling to, to get, to get a control hold of the problem and restore state authority to of the main criminal alliances that are operating capital or the j pap. and then g 9, which are going to have a number of different groups. and we saw that some of the worst of islands in the diesel day. and there the brooklyn neighborhood area is controlled by one groups surrounded by an area controlled by the other group. and the g 9 just routinely killed and gang raped people, trying to leave the area controlled by one of the coalitions to get to the city center. and people are just stuck between needing to feed their families, get into the city center. but knowing that they could face being raped along the

way. that's incredibly complex situation. it appears that briefly, if you could, we seen that the u. n. chief antonio guitar says a 1000000, sorry, a multinational force should be deployed to haiti. but how quickly could we see that happening? so the, the kenyans has offered to, to consider leading this force. they're due to send a technical emission uh, to new york and then on to for to friends. we've heard later this week to do an assessment of, of the needs and how, how the force would operate. the u. n. is also looking for other countries to contribute. so it's not, it's not going to happen right away, but there does seem to be more movements towards the, the deployment of this multinational force artist sawyer, the director of the crisis and conflict division of human rights watch. thank you for joining us on dw, thanks for having me. a state in northern india has responded to deputy clashes

between hen do and to muslim communities. by penalizing the latter, the government of har, yanna sent bulldozers to demolish properties owned by muslims in new for partly because they were illegal. now it even prompted the high court to call this ethnic cleansing dw reporter, ideal bad travel to the city of new some, 85 kilometers from daily to see the impact the writing and subsequent government crackdown has had this family is waiting for the police to bring the 12 year old son to quote they see jupiter on his being charged with writing, but throwing stones at it can't do much of good zip on as a libra. he and his family have lived in the slums of noon for more than a decade. data, most of them writing g as refugees from landmark j brown was just one of many,

most of them children and young people are arrested accused of wayland, sandra, white thing, they picked up my son a week ago. we got permission once to see him, but they didn't let us in. and we don't understand why they discriminate against us . we have nothing to do with these classes. the police bringing jupiter on it's too much for his mother. she fixed them to leave him. why the police made arrest local authorities? did this, they demolished 1200 properties, belong to most of them was in no. they said the buildings were illegal and blocked and the social elements in

a wall in the woodlands sun for us. a local business man takes us to his hotel, tardies, the people used it to throw stones at the end of the procession. decades of book, an investment live here among the rubble, the whole much would be painted as a small thing. what i feel right now is worse than that. for the last few days, my family has not eaten anything and my children cry, and it's so sad you can only imagine what my family's going through. it's such a huge loss on what can do right. being go see, most of them was does the such losses and that the interests are justified. they say they are the ones under attack to reduce sounds good is the spokesperson of ritual him do, but he should hear in new delhi, he stays most of them. spock the deputy widens by twink stones at different just procession yet. so this is a launch in muslim conspiracy. would you like is lennox thinking,

believes in keeping people of other religions and see if they want to scare us and obstructs and do festivals. they want to break the unity of hindrance over which we demonstrate for religious processions. how ya, i'll get my benefit. if community could be what the one, what's the name of the face, the prospect of rebuilding, what they can be know can do. professions will continue to the neighborhoods. many fear they will become active with them. riley's and that wireless will spiral . let's take a look at some other headlines this. our officials in hawaii are working to identify the 106 people now known to have died in wild fires on the island of maui . the governor has confirmed the children are among the dead. the federal government has promised large amounts of aid us president joe biden is expected to

visit the island next week. thailand's constitutional court has blocked a bid by the progressive move forward party to nominate a new prime minister. despite winning the election in may, the parties candidate pickup, lim, jar o n rond has rejected, was rejected by the military dominated parliament. the court's decision paves the way for the appointment of a military loyalist to the post. to terminate is a step closer to legalizing marijuana. the government has signed off on a draft of bill allowing adults to buy and possess small amounts of cannabis. the legislation still needs to pass parliament, but if it does, germany would become the 1st major european country to legalize it. for recreational use, presenting his draft law to journalist the health minister said it represents the

turn around into him and he struck a policy on the plans. germans over the age of 18 can legally process up to 25 grams of cannabis in the future. growing up to 3 ham plans for private use will also be legal. adults can buy cannabis if they join non profit social clubs that produce its pilot projects, including the sale of kind of as products and license stalls. also, plans to the health minister says he wants to take the black markets much go to buy on it and criminal disease. we are the criminalizing that we're doing. so in a way that actually only allows private cultivation. when personal consumption is permitted, where people will be allowed to own up to 25 grams of candidates. and so i'm just kind of as so can stick stuff by this. that's of a mindful, but not everybody is asking us to help them in as the police and judges sable

regulations will mean more work duct us. one easy access to the drug could impact brain development and other lessons. the government also wants to raise more awareness about the risks of consumption for talking to us because that way and type in a way that to see it because the need of everyone will understand and kind of issues has no place among children and young people. it remains prohibited the meanwhile, the german public is divided over the issue. according to a new survey, 45 percent of german citizens, a fundamentally or post to legalize ation. while the 40 percent in favor, it's a single people need to be careful, but maybe legalize ation can prevent some illegal behavior. we have enough drugs smoking drinking. if it is, i would say this is a large scale trial. it can be reviewed like the law will now go to probably events where it's expected to be passed by the end of this year. as you're watching data

view and use. here's a reminder of our top story. ukraine's president of the mirrors, the landscape says a merchant ship has crossed safely out of ukrainian waters from the port of odessa, despite threats from russia. the vessel is one of many, instead of being stuck in ukrainian ports to thrushes, full scale war began you're up to date after a short break. i'll be back with an in depth review of the world's top stories in today joined me if you can, so that i bought the phone in the us for me, the team here in for an extra watching the

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the story. this is much less the way from just one week. how much was going to really get we still have time to work on doing the flux, the subscriber for moving it was like the so there's an emerging front in russia's invasion of the ukraine. the vital shipping rates for ukraine's huge stores of grain. i'm the commercial ports on the black sea, from where those ships head off to help feed a hungry world. russian miss all of our hating those ports and blockading ships from leaving them. today, a german owned container carrier set off to break pat blockade, leaving ukraine and holding the shore line. the yoseph showed to aims to reach assembled with an unspecified cargo and a heavy load of uncertain deal.