berlin. the runner-up in kenya's presidential election rates his silence and rejects the result. railadinga says he will challenge his defeat to william ruto but urges canyons to remain peaceful through the process. we will bring you the latest from nairobi. also on the program, unprecedented drought conditions dry up europe's waterways, transport on the rhine river.

the key shipping artery is at risk of running to a halt. in the u.s. state of wyoming, republican house representative connolly liz cheney could lose her seat in congress if voters shun her for her vocal criticism of former president donald trump and his role in the january 6 the riots. the academy awards finally apologized to a native american actress for the abuse she suffered on stage at an oscar ceremony 50 years ago. to our viewers in pbs, the united states and around the world, welcome. about a rep in kenya's presidential election has confirmed that he will indeed contest the results. raila odinga says the outcome shows blatant disregard for the

constitution. he also accused the chairperson of the electoral commission of acting unilaterally and illegally in declaring william ruto king's next president. after a largely peaceful election process, he also called on canyons to remain calm. >> dolonc weed for king's election result is over -- the long week for kenya past election result is over. this 12 is disputed -- this one is also disputed. he acted with gross impunity and total disregard of the constitution and our laws.

>> he lost his fifth bid for the top job despite the support of his rival, and outgoing president. people in his stronghold said they have mixed feelings about challenging the results. >> i think what he should do right now is go to court and they will decide who should become the president of kenya. >> it can go to court and we can win. my fear is the reelection may be mismanaged like this one. >> meanwhile, supporters are eager for him to take over soon.

-- william ruto to take over soon. but can you could face of uncertainty. and the way forward may ultimately be decided in court. >> a short while ago, i asked felix morita why raila odinga is contesting the outcome of these elections. >> he accused the chairman of three things. he is saying that the rbc chairman was partisan and did not encourage democracy within the commission. subsequently, he also claimed that the rbc chairman change to result, the election result. th set the stage for four out of the seven commissioners to present a different press

conference just before the final announcement was made. lastly, raila odinga accused the chairman of making a decision on his own and being a lone ranger, announcing the president-elect and giving the president-elect a certificate without getting consensus from the rest of his commission and these are some of the grants he will use to set the stage to go to court and asked that justice will be done to him. >> this is not the first time that odinga is disputing an election he lost. what have reactions been? >> some of the guys in the street, some of his supporters and others who are opposing him are saying that he did the right thing to call for peace and ask his supporters to remain calm as he addressed it in the supreme court but the guys opposing him,

supporters of william ruto were saying they were tired of this rhetoric all the time with odinga losing an election and say that his results have been doctored, they have been stolen and some supporters of will ruto is saying he should retire from politics. he will get support and eventually he will be declared president in the repeat election. >> that would be at the end of an entire process. what will happen next? >> what happens next is iffy mixture on his threat and goes to the supreme court, they have seven days which begins yesterday when the result was announced up tuesday of next week to fight a case of the supremcourt. it will take 14 days to dermine if the case is

nullified. if the election is nullified and then canyons will go to a fresh election in the next 60 days. if the election result is upheld and william ruto was elected, they will wait for another seven days to be sworn in as kenya's fifth president. >> thank you so much for clring all of that up for us. a summary of record-breaking heat is drying up rivers across europe. nearly half of the continent is facing an unprecedented drought. shipping companies in germany are preparing for the worst as the rhine river drops two critical levels. many vessels will be unable to navigate the key shipping route if the water drops much lower. scientists say it is clear that climate change is leading to more intense heat and drought.

staff is on the banks there. whitewater lepers -- water levels are reaching record lows as we have had weeks with little rain and prolonged periods with high temperatures. this drought is being made worse by climate change which is really impacting the whole region and rivers across the continent. this is a major problem for ships and companies looking to move it and down this river as they need a meter and a half of water to get up and down the river. in some places, that is not possible right now. they're having to reduce their cargo to as little as 25% of their intent to carry. that is causing delays in getting products to where they need to go and more cost for companies and consumers. this will add to the energy crisis as many of the ships going up and down this river are carrying coal, heating oil and

diesel. those ironically are the -- other very fossil fuels contributing to this climate crisis and making this drought worse and making it harder for these ships to navigate this river. >> that was hamburger on the banks of the river rhine. russian officials say 3000 people have been evacuated following what will explosions at an ammunitions depot in crimea. after some back-and-forth, moscow described it as an act of sabotage. the newest incident comes only a week after blast rocked a russian air base on the annex peninsula. if ukrainian forces were behind the explosions in crimea, it would mark a significant escalation of the war. >> russian officials say the blaze involved depot in northern crimea.

multiple fireballs can be seen and heard erupting in this amateur video as the blaze rips through the plant. two nearby villages had to be evacuated. >> clouds of smoke coming from the military warehouses. we stayed there until 7:00 or 8:00 a.m.. everything was exploding. then the emergency guys came. >> there explosions and shells falling into backyard. we have one in hours. the guys came over to inspect and they said they would do you monitor whatever. workers were quickly dispatched to start repairing real facts and power lines damaged in tuesday's blast. >> the russian ministry of defense says the official cause of the incident was sabotage.

more than 3000 people have been evacuated from two nearby settlement in the region. they are being housed in temporary filities. primarily in schools. a total of 2100 people are being sheltered. the rest of not to their relatives. >> the blasts, one week after similar explosions at a russian military airbase on the kremlin-controlled peninsula. kyiv has not claimed responsibility for either incident but ukraine's president has repeatedly said that regan's sovereignty over the country must include crimea which was annexed by russia or years ago. he touched on those. >> preparations for the crimea platform are underway. i suspect them to bring crimea back under crimea and to expand.

they have coordinated to create all of this. class crimea is a popular tourist destination for russians and cryptic tweets sent out after tuesday's explosion, one of the advisors wrote that invaders and thieves must understand there was a high risk of death in occupied territories. quin snyder some other stories related to the war in ukraine. russia's as any you admission to inspect the ukrainian nuclear power plant will not be able to travel through the capital because they say it is too dangerous. there are growing concerns about the safety of the reactorhich has been repeatedly struck by schelling. germany's economy minister has signed a letter of intent with four large energy importers. they have pledged to supply them with liquefied natural gas. the terminals on the german

north sea coast are due to go into operation at the end of the year. they are part of the efforts to reduce dependence on russian energy. you are watching dw news. a fight for the future of the republican party at primary elections in the u.s. state of wyoming. will criticism of former president donald trump cost members of congress their seats? left schultz -- olaf scholz has met in berlin. he said that he rejects the use of the term apartheid to describe relations between israel and the palestinian territories. >> the reinforcement of the two state solution and the destruction of the 1967 borders by the israeli side.

in the creation of the new reality in an apartheid system that is against us by the israeli side. it will not be in the service of security and freedom. of course, regarding the early politics, i have a different decision. i won't use the word apartheid. >> let's bring in simon young. when the friction there. what else did they talk about? >> this was about one hour or so of talks between chancellor schulz and the present have asked. -- the president. the chancellors said he welcomed the cease-fire between islam and

jihad and israel. chancellor schulz says he continues to support the plan for a tuesday system. they called for a full membership of the u.n. for palestine for the palestinian entity at the moment. chancellor charles -- chancellor schulz says it may be time to hold elections again. it is this commas about a bow tie that shows these live press conferences can be dangerous for leaders. unscripted remarks may be made here about apartheid. we can hear what happened at the end of that press conference

when the president is a difficult term. crisis since 1947, to the present day, israel has carried out 50 massacres. in 50 palestinian villages. 50 massacres, 50 holocausts and till today, every day, people get killed by the israeli army. we demand an end to that.

>> the chancellor just walked away after they talked about israel committing 50 holocausts. >> that is right. he looked unhappy when the president was speaking. it looks like the end of the press conference. a german chancellor would not just allow the suggestion that israel is responsible for multiple holocausts to pass without comment. there have been some waves created here in the response in berlin, the media, this evening. they are calling this an anti-semitism scandal. they are also quoting chancellor schultz and saying these types of remarks from a german point of view, the christian democrat leader says the chancellor's lack of reaction is

unacceptable. it just shows again that -- the difficulty that can arise when leaders speak unscripted at live press conferences. >> thank you so much, simon. to the united states now. today's primary election in wyoming is being exceeded -- seen as an endorsement of president trump. wyoming has called this a political battlefield. they are challenging republican incumbent, liz cheney. dw joins us now from the wyoming state capital of cheyenne. tell us more about these candidates. >> liz cheney is republican

loyalty -- royalty. dick cheney was the vice president with george w. bush. he has been in politics forever. she has been the congresswoman of wyoming since 2019 and really raised quickly to the top and the republican hrarchy. she was number three in the party before she was one of the first republicans who really condemned president trump's involvement the sixth of january rides. truck turned against her ed he supported harriet hagen. they shared th same conservative political views. they called each other funds.

>> those are the candidates. let's take a look at the state they want to represent and then come back to you. >> wyoming is known for its spice, cowboys and never-ending skies. it is the least populated state and politically, deep red. 70% voted for donald trump in the last election. it has hardly ever been in the focus of political intention. wyoming is a key political battlefield because of the fight within the republican party. liz chen is enemy number one for donald trump loyalists ever since he became one of the first republicans to the deb the former for his involvement in the storming of the capital january 6. >> we made voters in a downtown coffee shop in the state capital

of cheyenne to understand the division. >> what this means for the gop in wyoming if we go down this road is or becomes a party of extremists and we can't count on extremists to make solid policy. >> we really don't like that wyoming voted heavily for trump and she takes this pathway she denies trump due process. >> i think that is where america is. we aret a point where we have to vote for people and the character they are, they have to vote for integrity and lead the policies work themselves out the way they always have. >> the stake in this election is the battle between democratic institutions and the profound influence that president trump and his supporters still have among republicans. >> we have a bit of an overview. what do the polls say? >> not at all.

hagemann is 29 point ahead of liz cheney. voters have been up there minds. this is a clear cut why is that? it is because of donald trump. this election is so crucial. united states is watching because it will prove whoev donald trump adores -- endorses will win this election. it is also important to note that seven of the 10 republicans turned their back on donald trump and voted to evict him. they lost -- they left politics because he is still so powerful within the gop. this will be the result tonight. it really is about the christian

-- the question of how strong donald trump is still in the republican party. >> almost 50 years after native american actress such a little feather was booed at the oscars, they have apologized to her. after marlon brando sent little feather to refuse his oscar for best actor in protest at hollywood's treatment and depiction of native americans. little feather was given just a minute to speak and they received a mixture of applause and jeers. the academy now says it recognizes her bravery. little feather responded in a statement saying that we indians are very patient people. it is only when 50 years. i spoke to catrina phillips who specializes in native american history. i asked her what this policy --

apology means to american history. >> is gat to see that apology and it is great that it is getting international attention but it does not make up for the fact that as you said, she was essentially booed off the stage and basically blacklisted after this. i don't want to speak for anybody but myself but the growing awareness around the representation and misrepresentation of native people in the film industry is definitely a shift in the right direction. >> can you give us a bit of context? what was the idea behind the speech? >> we are kind of in the heart of the ongoing activism and advocacy movements that characterize the 1960's and 1970's. you have movements in the pacific northwest and the creation of the american indian movement here in the twin cities and the takeover of alcatraz by the indians of all tribes and we have all kinds of things,

takeovers at the bureau of indian affairs and mount rushmore. bringing attention to indigenous issues. the oscars ceremony was shortly after the wood in the occupation began and there was already getting a lot of media attention. marlon brando had actually been arrested at a place -- it was not like he jumd on the bandwagon. these were ideas he was aware of. he understood it and things like that. the idea behind the speech as far as i understand was to bring attention to how early native people were being treated by the film industry. >> has the treatment improved in the past five decades? >> i think it is getting there. there is a really long history of innovative people in the film industry going all the way back to movies of the agecoach.

we have seen some revisionist westerns that followed. we have films like the fast runner and the recenrelease of "prey" and it has a version that has been dubbed in the comanche language so you can watch the entire phone in comanche. i would say it is better but there is still a long way to go. request that was the story in minnesota. before we go, here is a quick reminder of the top stories we are following for you. the runner-up in kenya's presidential election has confirmed he will contest the results. raila odinga has described the outcome as a blatant disregard of the constitution. he said they acted unilaterally and illegally in declaring william ruto the winter. a series of explosions has rocked ukraine's crimean

peninsula. local officials say a fe sparked the explosion added an ammunition depot, injuring two people and forcing thousands from their homes. ukraine has neither confirmed nor denied any attacks on crimea. don't forget, you can always get dw news on the go. just download from google by any app store. that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news. that is all for now. stay with us. i will be back to take you through the day. to see you then.

♪ anchor: explosions at russian military positions in crimea. observers see a ukrainian push into the peninsula, seized by russia in 2014. coesting t election results in kenya. one candidate is calling for calm the victy is also disputed by half of the election commission in nairobi.