why says ending germany's main supply of russian gas also coming up? russia declares a state of emergency in a 2nd region as ukraine presses ahead with its incursion. president folder miranda landscape says ukrainian troops are still advancing in kursk for seizing dozens of towns in settlement. and 1st, the fire talks over the war and soon john are due to begin in geneva today, but it's too late for thousands already killed and injured in the conflict. we mean some of the civil wars, young victim, the welcome to the program, on the call for our lease german, prosecutors are seeking the arrest of a suspect over the sabotage of the north stream gas pipelines is alleged. a ukrainian man who was living in poland was

a diver who planted explosive devices in 2022 fullest prosecutors have confirmed they did receive the german arrest warrant to underwater. explosions were registered on the north stream pipelines off the danish island of bourne home. in september of 2022, that was months after the start of russia's full scale invasion of ukraine. now the pipelines were supposed to bring russian gas into your but we're not in operation at the time of the glass. our chief political correspondent, nina has a can bring us up to speed on this developing story. now what do we know so far about the suspect as we're talking about the ukranian man, whose name is given to us as load them yet said only. according to german privacy rules, we don't get the last name and whose last address was in poland. so german investigators believes that he was one of the divers appliances explosive devices on the note stream pipelines that arrest warrant has not been executed. so father,

because he said to have already left poland for ukraine because and i quote, the polish authorities gemini, failed to include his name and a database of wanted passes. that's what royce is reporting. so we're also hearing that german investigators have also identified 2 more ukrainians, but there are a no, and there is no arrest war. and so these people, yeah. what more do we know about them? german media reporting that there are 2 more suspect if i'm not mistaken, to most aspects to ukrainians amount on the women and german investigators believes that they could have acted as divers in those attacks. no arrest warrants for them yet. now we owe, remember the reports that 2 years ago there was a gym and yacht that was sailing in that area. the german, your named and drummond. and it is well plausible, a say those media reports now that those people have been actually dived

and, and planted those explosives on those pipelines. it's very important to note in this context of that none of this has been confirmed by the german prosecutors sofa and we have the information from the post authorities, but not from the german ones. they've declined to comment. so this attack dates back to a 2022. besides that yacht, that you just mentioned, what we learned in the meantime about how this group of people presumably was able to carry out an attack on the pipelines, germany, denmark and sweden all opens investigations into the incident. at the time of the swedish investigators found traces of explosives on several objects that they recovered from the explosion side, which then led the swedes to confirm that the blocks were in fact deliberate at so acts of sabotage. and in january last year, germany rated their ships may have been used to transport explosives and germany,

then told the united nations that they believed that trained divers could have attached devices to the pipelines, the depth of about 70 to 80 meters. but so far, uh, that has been no result as far as suspects go. lots of accusations from russia that were rejected by the countries accused, lots of conspiracy theories to and then like in sweden, then close to investigations earlier this year with no result as far as suspects go . and, but the investigations continued in gemini, can you give us a sense of how important the north stream pipeline is? we're for germany and europe in terms of energy security. that is a significant development in this story. nicole just remember that 2 years ago, russia loans is its full scale invasion in february european countries and post sanctions on russell because of that. russ or cub scouts supplies and responds and then in september the pipelines are subatomic and we see those explosions. so the, the note stream pipelines and those explosions where at the center of the political

tensions between russia and ukraine, i did support is on the other side then and says, and that has been lots of speculation, lots of conspiracy theories, as i said. but the case has been away run cold, and now we've got this. but again, it's west note saying that the german federal prosecution service has not confirmed any of it. but on wednesday, the governments folks passed and said it's high priority to said lights on the story that it is a must have for the process of prosecution. and that it doesn't have any negative implications on germany's relationship with keys or change. the fact that russia is still waiting more on ukraine as the double use mean a has a brewing speaking to you many thanks. the governor of russia's border region of belgrade has declared a state of emergency due to continue bombardment by ukrainian forces. belgrade is next to the car square agent where you crane, surprise offensive is in its 2nd week. now. ukraine's military chief says,

as force has now control 74 settlements on the russian territory. more than a 120000 people have been evacuated in the area following ukraine's advance their will. you creams incursion into russia. is something of an embarrassment for president vladimir putin, both politically and militarily, with russian citizens surprised by the ukrainian offensive rushes, the media are putting a positive spin on events, but the family's a front line. russian troops are becoming increasingly dismayed when you choose to deal with the 3. this is how russians states media presents you cries, incursions. i see russia will not negotiate with those until civilian city destroyed, civil infrastructure, and attack nuclear power facilities system. you're going to end up getting in the evening news program on state television claims tv reporters help rescue locals from a village in the course region. the loan number is reports

show alleged successful hits on the crating an army. well, the method was really, you didn't do it, but, but investigative journalists have already challenged the claims. some of the russian defense ministers videos reportedly contain old footage that wasn't even filmed on russian territory, but a new crane what russian t v, viewers don't see. this video from the 1st days of the incursion is believed to show ukraine and forces capturing russian soldiers among them. cons rentals to see if the russians units along the border consisted mostly of poorly trained conscript soldiers. and experts say that is part of the reason why your cranes incursion was possible. the conscripts mother started an online petition demanding president by good fortune to remove all conscripts from the border region . they have no military experience and no weapons spare the lives of soldiers who

are not prepared for military action. the military's reliance on con scripts did not come as a surprise for many analysts. it'd be so nobody promised they wouldn't take part in any military duties and they were promised they wouldn't be deployed in the so called special military operational 4 course. what isn't the states of it and to least officially find today? the ukraine and incursion that has brought process war closer to people inside russia. according to local authorities, tens of thousands of civilians have successfully been evacuated from boarder regence. these videos, published by russia's emergency ministry show temporary shelters build for civilians. very good. that is good for the they built the some close this change in to just video shared on social media platforms show

a different story why they want to show you how they told us to come here for the operation with the to know we are sending to you about their voices will not make russians, dave to receive any news. you get a cost savings that officer. let's take a look now. some other stories making news around the world today. highlands constitutional court has ruled a prime minister threat to a visa and be removed from office. he was accused of violating ethics rules. after pointing a cabinet minister, who spent time in jail, the type parliament must now choose his successor. sorento says he accepts the court's decision of the tal yvonne have marked the 3rd anniversary of seizing power and f got us down with the parade of the former u. s. military base and background. the take over 3 years ago followed the withdrawal of nato troops after 2 decades of war. the government remains unrecognized by other states and has severely restricted women from public life.

homeless charity, new zealand, has apologized after unknowingly distributing candies filled with methamphetamine. when tested, the swedes contained a potentially lethal 3 grams of the drug. police believe they came from a drug trafficking operation. there is no suggestion of wrong doing by the charity mediators and cease fire talks between israel and tomas are making a push to revive stalled negotiations. and the tensions between israel and iran, a new round of talks is set to begin on thursday. but how mos hasn't confirmed it will attend, any hopes that talks will resume or set against the backdrop of continued as really strikes and build up areas in gaza, where lives continue to be lost. should warn you that our next report contains disturbing scenes. my maid had left his family to pick up the certificates of his newborn twins. now he did

a move with his children's body sly alongside his wife's, wrapped in plastic backs killed and it is really bombardment in central casa. the twins were just 4 days old, homeless. it was a way to get the birth certificates for the babies. and my wife gave birth the day before yesterday. i didn't even have time to celebrate them. we understood what she gave, birth prices, ery infection, and then she was still tired and couldn't walk. v matthew higher is only 3 months old. her face covered in cuts and bruises. she's the only one that has family to survive and is really striking at home. so on monday, the baby was breastfed by her mother. we've been trying to feed her for me lessons this morning, but she wouldn't accept it because she's used to her mother's milk. out the 10 months support and gaza strip chemistry on health authority since almost 40000

palestinians have been killed. leading many grieving families and many children without the parents. israel says it's military choice to avoid harming civilians, and believes that that's on how i'm us. it operates in dense residential areas, the comp be just on the battlefield, but they think that they can beat us in p all times. it is how much that is responsible for any civilian casualties in gaza that don't upset that they're all civilian casualties. they wish that what 10 times more because it's a key part of this strategy. and it is really increases the pressure on have us on its leadership and its response to the october 7th terror attacks will cause and i'd like you to pay a heavy price. many here will be watching and hoping that the ceasefire, top slate is for this week, and also abundance. and that some kind of deal can be reached. so i'll put them

some rest bites in this will let this other more than a year of war. and so done, fresh ceasefire talks arranged by the us and saudi arabia are expected to begin today. also down to power military leader has announced plans to attend. it is not clear whether the head of the sudanese armed forces will participate to the army struggling to halt the advance of the parent military rapids support forces who stand accused of indiscriminately killing men, women and children, and ethnically motivated attacks. some of the worst violence has been documented in dar 4 and particular l. jeanina the capital of west star 4 or deadly r. as f attacked their killed at least 15000 people as ottoman for survivors to flee to neighboring chad. some 600000 ensued and these people are now living in refugee camps. there. it'll be use. mario miller traveled there to capture their stories. honey is 9 years old. he had

a childhood with no worries until last november. that's when sedans, rapids support forces came to his hometown engineer to detect how do you still con, speak about what happened? that's a bit of the big shot from all 4 sides, like, via there were many r as a fighters. we have them all. i don't know which side the bullet came from a guy. we only found him shots on the bus. you know? how little was charging the leg and needed medical care quickly. it was the family flat to chat with doctors amputated his leg. before this attack, the arrows, us and allied are up munitions to control of a nearby. so denise me, base. then they went door to door and honey is hometown system medic, you're looking for members of african ethnic groups like the muscle need community

. the rip girls and people are nice executed boys and men. they left bodies on the streets to watch honey. it's by the very 28 people that day, including his nephew on their, on their advisor. the man had shopped him in the head and his wife in the stomach, the pretty but i found them inside the house. and again, i do a bit during this attack, he remembers r as s i t as using racial slurs. okay, for the hardwood job, they abused as they said, when you want now of africans one, we will kill all of you. you won't have any land about that this land will be under our or far today. and we will decide who will cultivate advocates not know. it's a genocide against them. they don't want any black people to remain a roll of a so the united nation says the iris s and as allies today and as an

estimated 15000 people, an estimate came motivated mass because enough for human rights which has also want of a possible genocide against the muscle need and the region in our 1st they killed doctors, then they killed teachers. i think you would really just latest and most people with an education they want to in the muscle. the people who brought it out there, which i'm not even is that what i'm comfortable after the mind speaks as a community leader and from personal experience the same man he prayed with in the mosque in the evening, abducted 12 members of his family and executed them his son, the doctor, was killed while working at the hospital at the one surviving family. also sold safety in chad. that suspicion remains up of minds as the arab neighbors. and so don helped the iris f and pointing out most indeed houses during the attack. and some of them now live in a nearby refuge account. the other witnesses to corroborate this claim. and some

who tonight, that'll make this our upcoming tinita shop civilians would never kill. this is a lie. methylated a line of those who came to chad. nobody is hurt them the, you know, if we need to divide wednesday to put in conflict residents, tell us ethnic arab, an ethnic african refugees, are staying in separate, comes in the camp. holly, its parents are happy to watch the sun grow up and safety and it's filling them with hope for the future. when my son rose up, i hope you have a business. i imagine many things for him and working at the most and having children to yeah, i just want my son to be happy in his life. i have and the right now as before, honey was happiest when playing football with his friends. the scouts of the full,

the remain there on stopping him from doing what he loves. i want to turn now to shayna lewis. she's a human rights consultant, specializing and some don. she's an advisor to the group preventing an ending math atrocities. welcome back to the double, you know, before we dive into the meeting in switzerland, today, i'd like to get your thoughts about the story of colonial and his family. we just heard thank you for having me. i think what stands out to me about the story of serial and his family is that it is a story shot by so many people across that on today. on the, on demand solely the people have sit on, have been abandoned by the global community. we're talking about a country of 49000000 people, a country that before the succession of the south, and i feel that it was the largest country and all of africa. we know that simon has now reached areas of the gospel. and what this means in practice is that 2 in every 10000 people are dying of starvation in designs on friday,

if you comp in particular and awful. and just to flash this out, that means that 100 people every day are dying of starvation and the compound impacts of malnutrition. this was entirely preventable if our assessments off had not continued to block humanitarian assistance from entering the country over the past 16 to 17 months of war. and fundamentally, and can be taken to prevent the untold suffering of howell and other members of his family. according to the dogs starting today, engineers are aimed to put an end to the fighting and the suffering of millions. but the sooner these army will not be present. well, you know, with just one of the warring parties at the table, will anything come of this meeting you think, can anything come with this meeting? it's really hard to say a positive piece 1. 1 of the 2 sides of this will will not even come to the table to have a conversation around around peace and every day that that's what drives on is another day that the pos piece becomes even harder to find and spit on. and at the

talks that started today in geneva are supposed to be discussing the humanitarian situation. if you want to start an access, as well as reaching a ceasefire on a ceasefire monitoring mechanism. but of course, we console the policies by a se, and use on forces. i don't even present today. so my understanding is that the tools have shifted some more of a consultation process. we have a lot of high level engagement from the african union from the us and from the us as the hers alongside saudi arabia and others from the international community. but fundamentally as soft, do not come to the negotiating table. it is very, very hard for us to see a way to peace and what we need today installed as a fire. we needed a ceasefire yesterday. we need a deceased by a 16 months ago and it's all about happens. and that's tied of him out of the start and suffering will continue just to help us understand why the student is armed forces are staying away because as you're putting in their risk and standing in the way of ending the suffering of millions. right, and that's really a question we need to be posing to have the highest levels of fast,

including general, but hon the lead staff and is now the frontier president of sit on why they will not come to that to the negotiating table. well, they've actually been fairly consistent in that rhetoric over the past several months that they have no intention of negotiating what the r assess. i'm not for them to come to the table the are assess, has to leave all civilian dwellings across the country. i'm. we're particularly talking about cartoon, where they continue to occupy a lot of a lot of civilian homes, but it creates a very difficult dynamic because the, our staff, a starting pre conditions for the tools to even take place when fundamentally, visa conversations that should be happening at the negotiating table and i wonder whether that's an element has a soft you don't want to be seemed to be legitimizing the position of the are assessed by even coming to the talks, but they have to come to the table and on sudanese, on forces leadership really needs to step up if they are as committed as they say, to protecting the people of sit on onto protecting the future of sit on the china

the war and sit on has often been called a forgotten war. to what extent can this meeting be seen as a sign of that changing? i think it's a positive step fluence, but we have to be realistic about what can be achieved within these talks today and in the coming days. so the on house being for often it's not anything forgotten by the international community. the fact that the you on the security council has had, frankly, very little engagement on this war. but also the fact that, you know, within the international media, very little attention is on the sit on the war, even though the population is great. so the population of ukraine, and even though the scale of suffering is, is i would say the, the west and the world. and that has also the impacts out by time for all, several un agencies at this point. so well there, jake, is that as a welcome step forwards, whilst the, the key policies are discussing things like the national humanitarian situation. we must also remember that that is a humanitarian response and so on and on. and it is led by local sudanese use who

often times of staples and not communities to provide frontline humanitarian assistance for mutual aid and the through the emergency response room. sir. while the national picture is very, very important, international during this can be doing much, much more today to be supporting the monitoring and response insight on the international media also has a role now. human rights consultant, st. louis, thank you so much for shedding light on this very, very important situation and the meeting in geneva and what it could possibly achieve. several you countries are sending specialist crews and equipment to greece to help authorities deal with wildfire is that threatened athens and tire neighborhoods. north of the capital have been evacuated. our grease of civil protects administers as there is no longer an active fire front. near the city authorities are now dealing with many smaller, localized fires as 2 days after the devastating wildfires. outside of the

greek capital athens. the severity of the destruction is becoming clear. them and the athenians suburb of the lease, one of the most effective day where i was with thousands of houses and businesses burned down to the ground, the scenery a complete devastation, the flames transformed the landscape literally into a wasteland. the ground is covered by a thick layer of ash, and there is a very strong smell of smoke and burned wood. this woman's house was damaged by the flames. she was at work when she got the message to evacuate. she says she rushed home to pick up her parents and left. no, she's back to see the extent of the damage and take care of her dog, which young leashed before evacuating. one or 2 dogs is still missing. i'm supposed to. we packed left straight away and picked up people who didn't have a cough and i'm able to get within an hour the flame scorched the house. this

is the 1st time i've seen the top close and all the years i've been here. the 1st time is go from this sort of fire crews continue to look for hot spots. a few minutes down the road from where i'm bowman's body was found on us casa, lock is the position leader of the service or party comes to assess the situation. if the response that you're seeing here is to be job the adequate uh then i don't know what inadequate would look like. i want to clarify that the people on the front lines are on the front line, our true heroes. in my book, we are counting of them and that we are grateful to them, but they are understaffed. a lot of them work only seasonally and they don't have adequate equipment. and it's not just politicians criticizing the response. this

homes, owners say nobody came to their age, gave you because there was no water tanker, no fire engine, nobody to drench the place so that it could be saved or at least not completely destroyed, not to build such a house, takes a lifetime of work. the house is completely destroyed, you filled with the finally, it says they're still waiting for official of word on what to do next. and that's our show up next made in germany. it looks as a tricky challenge of recycling car. batteries. dollar more news for you at the top for the next hour. hope to see you, then the

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