>> this is dw news, live from berlin. after three hours of face-to-face talks, the u.s. and russian president agree to disagree and then some. joe biden and vladimir putin say there -- the long-awaited summit was positive by the tensions and divisions were remaining. the floating mass of slime that is thrtening marine life a the fishing industry off the coast of turkey. critics say the government cleanup efforts have come too late.

in germany's match against france, two people are injured with a grin -- when a greenpeace stunt goes terribly wrong. i am brent goff, to our viewers watching on pbs in the united states and to all of you around the world, welcome. we start in geneva where joe biden and vladimir putin have concluded their first face-to-face summit. both leaders have described the nearly four hours of talks as positive and cordial. there remain areas of deep division. president putin denied that moscow was responsible for recent cyber attacks. he brushed aside criticism of russia's human rights record. including the jailing of alexi navalny.

joe biden outlined why the relationship between the u.s. and russia is different than the cold war and why cooperating is in russia's interest. >> i think the last thing he wants now is a cold war. without quoting him which i don't think it is -- i don't think is appropriate. you have a multi 1000 dollar board with china. they are hell-bent on election, seeking to be the most powerful economy in the world. we need to move it in an aggressive way. i don't think he is looking for a cold war with united states. >> the u.s. president says he believes vladimir putin is a killer. vladimir putin was asked what he thinks of the u.s. president.

here's what he said. >> if you ask me what type of person i think president biden is, i can say that he is a constructive peon, well-balanced and experienced, a seasoned politician and i expected that. he recalled his family and conversations he had with his mother. these things don't have something to do with our business directly but nevertheless, it shows his qualities and his moral values -- it is all appealing. i believe that we spoke the same language. that does not mean we need to look into the -- that does not

mean we need to look into the eyes and see the soul and pledge eternal love. we defend the national interests of our countries. this relationship is always based on pragmatism. >> teri schultz is in geneva, switzerland. good evening to you. these were very positive, almost flattering words for joe biden. joe positive about the russian president. what do we make of this positive spin that both presidents yesterday after their talks0 -- talks? >> i would agree with you. i think what came out of the meeting is that both men were eager to show that they were professional and not emotional about the situation and that they wanted some productive

results. none of them got into much detail about the subject's on which they agreed to discuss further but coming out of the meeting saying there was some room to work on issues that were so contentious like cyber for example, that is considered progress in itself. >> we know the president of the u.s. wanted to set redlines in terms of things such as cyber attacks. has the president articulated what the united states will do if the cyber attacks continue to happen and if they continue to come from russia? >> not in a specific way. any strategist would tell you no one is going to give their adversary in advance any clues about how they would respond. what president biden did say in very clear words is that russia knows that the u.s. has cyber

capabilities and he made clear that the u.s. would respond if these attacks continued. president putin denied any responsibility for the attacks that were traced back to russia time and again. president biden gave an interesting description. we are understanding that this could come back to hurt moscow as well. it could cripple the fuel supply in the united states. that is a major fuel supply. he said that was dawning on people as they sat in the room today. brent: the fact that this summit has taken place, the fact that the words have been so positive coming from the u.s. president biden, is this an attempt by the u.s. to give the russian president the respect that vladimir putin wants?

he wants to be treated like a global power and respected like one. was this an attempt to do that? >> president putin said how often do you get two hours with someone like this? he was referring to the attention that president biden was paying to him. i think he did feel treated with respect. president biden is a foreign professional. he knows these issues. i think president putin who is himself an negotiator probably felt that this was a worthy match for him in discussion and policy. i think he appreciated that. brent: that was teri schtz in geneva. our coverage continues at the big table. what were the main takeaways from this summit? >> the contrast could not be

clearer. you have a sense of so far so good. both sides agreed that this is at its lowest level since the end of the cold war. it hit some pretty deep blows during that time. the two leaders came out and separate press conferences, really delivering quite similar messages about the key agreements and the key steps that had been agreed to. joe biden did not say everything that vladimir putin just said is nonsense. he indicated a couple of times in this press conference that he had been watching vladimir putin. he did not contradict anything. now there are steps that were taken in a couple of areas. particularly this area of strategic stability. they have started a dialogue.

this is a joint presidential statement. nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. this is something that has been almost on its last legs the last few years. several arms-control committees. the two sides saying we really have to deal with this stuff. that is a change. brent: it is a change and it is important to hear that. present important, when asked about the cyber attacks, coming from russia, he denied any responsibility for that. with that, the story has not changed one bit. >> that will be one of the tests. these two sides are recommitting to arms-control.

you are really saying big nuclear weapons. in the era of cyber war and other high-tech aspect of the military, ai weapons, autonomous weapons, algorithms, you can't count those. you have to come out with new ways of dealing with these. how do you come up with agreements about what you can and cannot do? it will not be so much about what you are capable of doing, it is what you choose to do and what you agree to do or not do. even that is difficult. in the world of cyber, everything is deniable. it is not absolutely cast out. i know where that came from. >> there is some psychology here. it seems like president biden is

trying to give putin this respect that putin wants. by suggesting in the press conference that he is the president of russia and he has the power and authority to control his weapons and the cyber infrastructure, he is trying to give something to putin so that putin will give him the predict ability and saying there will be no more attacks. >> biden was trying to cast a new level of respect. obama made the mistake of once referring to russia as a regional power. this was seen as a diplomatic mistake. this only made vladimir putin want to prove his own power more. donald trump went in the opposite direction and flattered putin. it was almost bizarre. what joe biden said in the early part of his press conference is

that these two nations have a unique responsibility because they have the largest nuclear arsenals. even china only has hundreds. it is a totally different level. as proud nations, is -- it is their responsibility to deal with that. that will be a very carefully judged message. i am showing you respect. almost the whole event was a signal of respect. biden will be hoping that this influences vladimir putin's behavior. this is going to be the test. what comes in the next 3-6 months? do they actually come up with concrete solutions? are they able to find areas where they can say we agree on limits or behavior around these things? what happens in ukraine? that is a dynamic situation. things could happen.

there will be allowed to monitor in the next few months. i think it is so far so good. >> let's look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. the socialist candidate has claimed victory in peru's presidential election. he ended this ahead of his right wing rival. kim jong-un has warned of possible food shortages. he blamed what he called the tense food situation on the coronavirus pandemic and on last year's typhoons. he urged party officials to try to find ways of boosting the country possible farm production. at least 60 police have been injured in rising at one of berlin's last remaining squats.

they lit their kids on fire. they threw stones and firecrackers and police. in turkey, a slimy, floating mass, you see it right here of yellowish, white slime is threatening marine life, tourism and the fishing industry. especially in this see south of dunstable. -- sea south of istanbul. it is known as cease not. -- sea snot. it is caused by global warming. the turkish government lost an action plan to clean up the slimy substance. many say the actions come too late.

>> webs of thick, yellowish slime. they are covering corals, wrapping themselves around crabs and see urchins. -- see urchins -- sea urchins. this is not a horror movie, it is underwater footage of the sea of marmara. this is produced by some algae. the slime has been spreading for weeks, thriving on warm temperatures and pollution. it is a man-made disaster. >> it is verdifficult to grab hold of. this stuff is so slimy. it slips through your hands and back into the water. it is really revting. and aerial view illustrates the

extentf the environmenta crisis. carpets of mucus along the coastline, clogging ports and beaches. as well as affecting the sea of marmara and istanbul. the slime has taken over parts ofhe adjoining black seas. it is a teat to e local fishing industry and swimming is now impossible in many places. >> i had heard of the six s -- sea st. i tried swimming where there was less of it but my skin still fe itchy. >> we usually come surng here every week but now we are really worried. we have to go further out because the slime is all over the shore. >> i have been diving here for 10 years but i he never seen a natural disaster like this. there was sea's nothen i was a child -- sea snot when i was a

child but never as good as this. the turkish government has recently started to tackle the problem. the environmental minister launched a massive cleanup operation. dredges are pumping -- dredger are -- dredgers are pumping out the slime. many experts say it is already too late. what we see on the service is very worrying. but it is just the tip of the iceberg. the real problem is under the water. this is where the slime is spreading and it is getting worse every week. marine biologists say the scourge of sea snot is not just a turkish problem but a stark warning to the wld that imate change is pushing our g planet's life support systems to

the brink. >> is really airstrikes have hit the gaza strip after militants in the palestinian territory sent balloons over to israel. this was the first escalation of violence since israel and gaza's hamas rulers launched a cease-fire in may. >> airstrikes in gaza less than a month after a cease-fire in the latest round of conflict here. tension was in the air in jerusalem leading up to the airstrikes. in east jerusalem, police cleared the street and arrested palestinians while nationalists gathered to mark the anniversary of what israel calls the unification of the city in 19.

protesters got provoked by the marchers. we came here to protect our land, to show them it is ours and they will not take it no matter what happens. god willing, palestine will be free. in gaza, militants prepared their response to the right wing israeli rally. we have been launching fire balloons toward the gaza border all day in response to the marchers the settlers intend to carry out. the balloon attacks triggered a swift response from israel lost military. they bombed sites into cities in the gaza strip. later on wednesday, a palestinian woman was shot dead in the west bank after she try to attack a group of israeli soldiers. it haseen attesting 24 hours but the next day's will show how committed both sides are to avoiding another war.

>> wasn't a reckless pr stunt or a climate awareness campaign gone horribly wrong? a greenpeace protester came inches from crashing into this crowd shortly before kickoff at tuesday's game between germany and france. look at this video. the german activist was gliding into the open stadium in munich when his craft collided with wires supporting an overhead camera. he lost control and sent spectators running for him -- running for cover. max shot that mobile phone video inside the stadium. it has since been viewed more than 4.5 one million times. next talk to us -- max talked to us earlier about it. max: it was quite surreal. i had never seen anything like that before anywhere. i saw this man flying overhead

and dropping a ball. i thought this was some sort of stunned to bring the match ball onto the pitch until he got very close to those flyers. i was there recently with a cameraman who was flying a drone there. he obviously did not know they were there or thought he could dodge them. he came about 10 meters in front of me, clippings, equipment and some people there as he ripped his propeller off his back. it was very surreal, dangerous and overly scary moment but until a little while later, i thought it was some sort of stunned gone wrong. brent: apologies aside right now, who will take responsibility for what happened

today? will this fall solely on the protester, greenpeace or both? >> first of all, i really want to apologize to those who were injured in the protest. there were two people injured during the emergency landing t activist had to have -- had to make because of the technical failure. he originally wanted to fly over the stadi and kick out oil but in the end, we wilstill have to investigate how all of this happened because greenpeace takes safety very serioly and we will mount a full investigation into what went wrong. brent: you say that you take

safety very seriously but it seems obvious that it is dangerous to even attempt to what was done today inside the stadium. the danger factor was known to greenpeace, was it not? >> we have activists and that was a very experienced activist who knows what he is doing. they do a lot of training and exercising. but if you have a failed manual throttle control and you lose altitude, this is not something you could have for -- could not have foreseen. i heard today that the two injured left the hospital this afternoon. i am very relieved by that but we still have to look into further investigation and cooperating with authorities.

brent: if it had been a successful stunt, what would have changed? >> that i for climate protectn in ouruture without entering the stadium. leaving or releasing a softball which is very light, 1 meter in height. i think it is one kilo of weight. it is a balloon that he wanted toolice into the stadium. -- release into the stadium. cause they used the european championship for greenwashing and he wanted to criticize that they really need to phase out

petro. i can only apologize again. brent: european championships now, wales has put themselves in a position to win a championship. he insisted -- they claimed the victory. the first of today's matches -- they managed a memorable goal. russia held on to win. a bit more of news coming from the euros. stemming some of the tournament

-- snubbing some of the tournament because -- tournament's sponsors. this move came just one day after renaldo -- ronaldo moved aside 2 coca-cola bottles and urged people to just drink water. coca-cola shares dropped 2% after that. this swiss legend won the first set in this tennis match. the young canadian rallied back to stun federer. the 39-year-old federer has won

a record 10 titles. the presidents of the united states and russia have given up -- have given an assessment of their talks. they both say that the talks were good and positive. you are watching dw news. after a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. our coverage of the biden-putin summit continues right after this.

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>> hello, you are watching live from paris on "france 24." i am thomas waterhouse neds are the latest headlines. it is the capstone of joe biden's eight day tour of europe. the u.s. president meets with his russian counterpart. vladimir putin says there was no hostility. joe biden says the tone is positive. we will speak to francois in a just a few minutes france says adieu to face masks and prepares to bid farewell two months of nighttime curfew's in the battle against covid-19 and