that was benjamin alvarez group, is there reporting your abs, largest nuclear power plant? it remains a cause for concern in russia's invasion of ukraine. un inspectors say the physical integrity of the russian occupied plant in separation has been violated several times. and speaking to reporters in vienna to day after returning from inspecting the plant, the un team said that they had been granted access to everything that they wanted to see. several members of the team now plan to stay indefinitely, despite reports of further fighting near the plant. ahead of a full safety report. next week, the teams chief raphael grossi showed a color coded breakdown of the different areas of concert. take a look. first is the facility that facility when he had his array and he's a big red. why is it a big red is because they're still, we kept, we have been seeing military activity around the plant and i was able to see myself and my team impact holes markings on, on buildings of. and so we means that the physical integrity of the facility has been violated, not once, but several, seve

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every correspondent benjamin alvarez karuba the u. n. says that hundreds of thousands of ukrainians have been forcibly taken to russian held territory or all the russian federation. the allegation appears to back up ukraine's long held claims of force deportations. he, when human rights officials say, there's also been a campaign to take unaccompanied ukrainian children across the border to be adopted in russia in may this year evacuated, residents, fleet, the besieged city of merrier pole. the united nations and the u. s. now say they have evidence that some evacuated from mary paul and other occupied areas, as well as many people who stayed behind have been forcibly deported to russia or russian held territories. any united nations security council session official said hundreds of thousands of ukrainians have been detained, interrogated and forcibly deported. the experience is different for every one, depending on how threatening they are perceived to be toward russia's invasion, and some are allowed to remain in russian occupied part

anyway, thank you very much, shar political correspondent benjamin alvarez group. are there catch up on smell? the stories making headlines around the world today. an earthquake and chinese southwestern swish. one province has killed 7 people after the tremors triggered landslides. more than 500 rescue personnel been deployed to the epicenter reports say that 8 point the 6.8 magnitude quake has caused major damage to homes and cut off telecommunication runners to go to a new prime minister will be named to day in the u. k. list trust is tip to win over rivalry. she sooner as the governing conservatives choose, new leader, the winter will inherit and economy in crisis and a population struggling under the rising cost of living. russia's foreign ministry says to staff have been killed in a suicide, bawling outside its embassy in afghanistan, capital cobble. again, police say guard shot the attacker. as he approached the gate where people had lined up for visas in chile, voters have overwhelmingly rejected a progressive new constitution. in a referendum, the proposed

so i thought i was, i wanted to bring benjamin alvarez gruber in munich. he's at standing at the event there. you managed to witness some of that benjamin what stood out for you today at the ceremony there. i think there are several parts of the ceremony there were really touching and you could it feel that the the crowd was sitting there, then i'll leaving. it was completely silent. one of them was at the moment that a melinda crane mentioned about anguish bits of speaking it to that, that has been saying that the whole that she feels in her heart will never really close. she said the many people that ask her if this agreement that family members found with the german government over compensation that will have now a this commission will not be able to help her close this. and the other thing that we just heard of urge em and president frank touchtone may who just left the venue a few minutes ago followed by israel's president i sir kat. so the 1st official apology of the government, the government of the state of the head of state of at franklin. i am as

my political correspond benjamin alvarez group is following today's events for us in his, in munich, benjamin at thanks for joining us, your a matte, all matte airfield named munich. tell us why you are there and, and what's it significance now, we're around 30 kilometers away from munich. we're the 1st commemoration to place them in the morning in this olympia park. were this big venue was willis olympic games were em opened in 9072. a few days later we just heard it there in the report . there was this tragic event, this terror attacked by the palestinian territory black september and it ended here . this is in our field is called 1st of had pork and this is were german and israeli president are expected in a few hours. we see the presence gathering there, several people coming here. so this is where it ended a with it. this botched attempt by poorly prepared it. police forces to free the hostages. several relatives of the victims will now be attending the van. we saw some of them in a report they, despite that they made an earlier announcement that they were going to boycott the ce

a standing my for us at ramstein, ebay says i correspondent benjamin alvarez group at ben. we hey, he had lloyd austin, they repeatedly stressing the need to support you, crime for the long haul. and what does that tell us about how the war is progressing? what it's showing us is that the need to change the strategy. they say that's also what austin said during his opening remarks as a war evolves this, we need to evolve as well. the mission of this group that was created here in april, so a few months ago is to have a joint support for ukraine to coordinate. the military held that they will give will have this big air package there was, again, announced by the u. s. will to so a list of what ukraine is demanding of more heavy artillery to go away from soviet weapons to more western weapons. and to see if this brought coalition that wants to show him that they are still supporting ukraine and they're still preparing ukraine, especially for the winter months. as for example, nato has announced that it will help with winter equipment for the soldiers, for ukrainian soldiers.

d, w 's benjamin alvarez. a group of has more details, is not the 1st time that russian state owned company gas from announces the gas flows via the north stream. one pipeline to germany will remain suspended of a technical problems. this time, it says it has found an oil leak as a compressor station until it is resolved, the supplies will remain stopped. they say germany's economy ministry reacted saying that this is just another sign of how and reliable russia is. as a partner, very similar to the criticism of the european commission that says that russia professed to flare gas instead of honoring contracts. the big difference now is that germany is better prepared for the situation and it was a few months ago is gas. storage is in the country now at 84 percent according to figures of the german government. it is uncertain how long the gas flows will be suspended. but what is certain is that there is no trust between those countries. moscow has blamed sanctions in post by the west after russia invaded ukrain

my colleague benjamin alvarez gruber, met him and asked him whether it was even possible to think about a start of and you school year in ukraine as possible. and it will start online and offline insecure places. and so unfortunately, we need to leave in to wherever this one is wor, which continuous. and also he is of course, a normal life. and we need to support it as much as we can. and one of the reasons sofa my visit to a gemini is to race a question about critical needs of ukrainian cultures. fair ukrainian artists which based in ukraine, mainly off preserve and new grain and culture. heritage on the eve of winter of how can you, grand and media was seen ukraine. ah, i, we received some promises, but it's not enough. it's very far from all way expectations. because sedition is very critical and we believe that next decisions off a gemini government should be made to race as the importance of ukraine and culture . a spiritual world culture and a support is needed, nods the day after to morrow. but right now, and any grain was sinew, great, what is the impact that the war having is h

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october 1st runs until october, the 3rd well, let's bring indeed up the correspondent of benjamin alvarez gruber, who is in munich, standing by at the world's largest b. a festival. benjamin i don't see you with beer. ah, but i'm sure you can tell us what awaits a visit us this year. so as you just mentioned, it started only a few minutes ago behind you can see some horses. they brought some beer barrels. that's the traditional opening of the oktoberfest is. you can also see it is raining, guests have been waiting some for hours even before this for even opened at 9. so now the b is already flowing with many happy that the finally can come back to the 2 of us after this 2 year pause. while you're talking about the pause and the weather, obviously doesn't play a long. does the pandemic still play a role somehow given that there are concerns of a new autumn and went away for 2 people just okay. they are concerned. indeed, if you think of the hundreds of thousands of people i expected here over the next 17 days, i asked if they have an estimate. they don't have that there are people and visi

w correspondent, benjamin alvarez gruber, in munich, standing by at the world's largest beer festival. the october fest benjamin, in addition to a bottomless mugs of beer. i imagine what's in store for visitors. this year is driving the beer that is already flowing their 17 big tents. and as you can see here, behind me, they're accused of people who started coming to this place even before the doors opened it around 9. so there were people running to get to the tables, but of course, for those who are he and don't want to drink beer, want to say outdoors but also many other activities. there are games, there is a ferris wheel. so that's something for everyone. if a family, for example is coming, they can also spend time outside and eat also delicious. hood. as far as you can see, is the pandemic still playing a role given there are worries of a new autumn in winter wave. there is definitely not playing a big role here. i just wanted to some of these spec tense. there was no mass wearing at all, only with a press. the problem of what we were standing right now. they asked us to and to

german chancellor over the course of the next few days in a consequential trip at that that dw is benjamin alvarez. goober many, thanks. a look now at a few other stories making headlines. this our nearly $1000000.00 people have been left with our power after hurricane fiona made landfall in eastern canada, bringing winds of nearly a 150 kilometers per hour. fiona earlier battered bermuda and several caribbean islands killing at least 8 people. the storm is expected to be one of canada's most severe on record. china has accused of the us of sending quote dangerous signals on taiwan. beijing issued the statement after a meeting between foreign minister wang ye and us secretary of state antony blinking in new york. that comes after us president joe biden said american troops would defend taiwan if it were attacked by china. ron's president has said the country must deal decisively with protesters after 8 nights of unrest. iran security forces are cracking down on the demonstrations which erupt at last week. after the death of a young woman in police custody, stay controlled, media says at least 35 p

we have benjamin alvarez grava here in berlin belt. ben . hi, what do we know more about this announcement? what can you tell us? what gas from is saying is in no league at the compressor station, meaning that they will not be able to continue sending gas via the north gym one pipeline. but it's you just said it. berlin and brussels have repeatedly accused a rush of using energy as a weapon with a german economy minister will but havoc saying that russia is using it this to play called the political maintenance. so we have annual maintenances with this pipeline. it happened a few months ago. we were there in loosening where this pipeline comes to germany, what it touches ground in germany, and from there it reduced its capacity. now we have this new situation with gas from saying they cannot say when it will resume again, sending gas to germany. okay. what kind of reactions have there been to these? so has been a short press release by germany's economy. it ministries saying that russia is not a reliable partner when it comes to m holding to

a reporter benjamin alvarez group was at the memorial ceremony today, and i earlier asked him what stood out for him. was a very emotional ceremony. so we had strong words, a by german presidents, 15 dash time, a finally apologized as the head of state for the failures that we saw during this olympic games during this terror attacks. not only by not being able to protect the israeli delegation, but also by the failures by german police. poorly prepared german police that had this botched rescue attempt that went to prepare for that. and after that all of the israeli athletes were killed. so we had that was really, really strong. also it, israel president is a catholic and anchor spits the widow of one of the israeli athletes. she said that many of ask it says no closure for her, but she said that the closure will never come. there is always will be a hole in her heart, and that it was important for them to continue pressuring the german government to finally find an agreement on not only compensation, but also on see exactly to find out with a commission. what happened on the day and to

chancellor over the course of the next few days and a consequential trip at that that dw is benjamin alvarez. goober many facts. his look at a few other stories making headlines. his, our china has accused the u. s. of sending, quote dangerous signals on taiwan. beijing issued the statement after a meeting between foreign minister when v and u. s. secretary of state antony, blinking in new york. it comes after us president joe biden said american troops would defend taiwan if it were attacked by china. nearly $1000000.00 people have been left without power after hurricane fiona made landfall in eastern canada, bringing winds of nearly a 150 kilometers per hour. fiona earlier battered bermuda and several caribbean islands killing at least 8 people. the storm is expected to be one of canada's most severe on record. ukraine says it will withdraw. the iranian ambassadors accreditation overtake ron's decision to supply russian forces with drones. the military in southern ukraine says it has shot down at least 7 iranian drones. president enchilada mir zalinski called to ron's backing of russian fo

. >> i want to bring you benjamin alvarez grouper. good to see you. we have the german chancellor. we have the israeli prime minister bennett. basically agreeing to disagree when it comes to iran. that is nothing new. is it putting extra stress on german israeli relations? >> that is nothing new. that is what we saw recently when israel's president was in berlin and met the german president. and how they actually disagree on the way forward. the leaders, both of them agreed on the thing that iran should not have access or be able to have these nuclear weapons. they also negotiated this agreement as germany's foreign minister is in favor of reviving this 2015 agreement just as german chancellor olaf scholz but they said they need to abide to the rules that they are now setting to see if they can revive. any agreement would not lead to stopping iran. this is nothing new. it is something that they again sucked today. there is an agreement on one side about how this can be achieved >> -- achieved. >> they met with holocaust survivors at the house of the vase a conference where the mass

we will go to our political correspondent, benjamin alvarez. do we know what the two leaders talked about? do we even know why this phone call to? >> we have to information's. one coming from moscow, one from berlin. jim and chancellor schultz called on the russian president to completely withdraw his troops from ukraine. according to berlin, he called this a diplomatic solution, stressing the importance of respecting ukraine's territorial integrity. this phone call comes after weeks of signs. there might be several reasons behind the timing of the call. one of them could be the criticism that the german government is now facing it when it comes to the deliveries of the heavy weapons to ukraine. this spoke about disappointing signals. want to come to germany, the german militants to send infantry fighting vehicles, the other could be the counteroffensive we just saw by the forces making a progress already, definitely an interesting phone call. something both of them agreed. both of them agreed to maintaining further contact after these weeks of

want to know that our political correspondent, benjamin alvarez gruber, benjamin, do we know what the 2 leaders talked about? do we even know why this phone call took place? we have 2 informations. one of them coming from moscow and one from berlin with germany saying that was a 90 minute long phone call. and the german chancellor shawls called on the russian president to completely withdraw his troops from ukraine. according to berlin, he also call to come to a diplomatic solution as quickly as possible, stressing the importance of respecting ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty. what's also spoke about is the need to fully implement the n back to deal to get grain out of ukraine. and this phone call comes after weeks of silence between those lead both leaders in only a week of to the german chancellor, spoke to ukraine and president viola gimme a sal lensky. that might be several reasons beyond the timing of the call. what you just asked me is one of the can be the criticism that the german government is indeed now facing when it comes to deliveries of heavy weapons to uk

g w. benjamin alvarez group are on the story force here in berlin tonight. benjamin, thank you. let's bring you up to date now with more world headlines, a right wing block has a narrow lead over the governing center lift coalition in sweden's election with almost all the votes. counted prime minister magdalena anderson says that the result remains too close to call. if the conservative block wins the anti immigration sweden, democrats could be part of the government for the 1st time ever. a rocket launch by jeff bezos, his space and company blue origin, was aboard it on monday after it caught fire just a minute into its flight. you see it right there, the unmanned rock. it was supposed to be the 1st in another series of sub orbital flights to the edge of space program has now been grounded by us aviation authorities. typhoon will. eva has been battery. japan's southern island authorities have warned residence to seek shelter from strong waves and winds. as the typhoon makes landfall, meteorologist and say that the storm is now on course to hit. mainland china, near shanghai aut

we can actually cross to our political correspondent benjamin alvarez gruber, who's on the ground. he was there this morning as well as the the 1st commemorative service took place. benjamin was the mood there are near munich on that airfield. there is indeed a lot of expectations and some of the family members of the murdered athletes are waiting here for the presidents. to arrive to him and president frank by the stymies railey president exec hertz. of course, tied security. not only here on the air base, but the access to it. they're waiting for them to arrive. there will be a short moment there will be standing in here. most of the guests around 850 were here this ab in kilometer though, sorry to interrupt you. and i'm actually looking at the live pictures here. and i can see that german president frank volter stein meyer and is radio president, is our hertzog are actually, they're paying their respects on the field. we might want to take those there. we others, the pictures live for you. you're absolutely right. you can see many people taking pictures so you can see how family

reparations to poland, to be a closed matter, far less bringing on our political correspond to benjamin alvarez gruber, he's been following this story force bridgeman. what, why is the polish government coming up with these demands? now, the timing here, why it's a political move, at least that's what the polish a position is saying. donal task who was at polish, a prime minister and then was the president of the european council says that this is a moved by the conservative party to use this anti jam and rhetoric to try to get some votes. and there are also domestic issues. here is our elections coming up, parliamentary elections and poland and next year, so that polish a position party is saying that the party is now again claiming these are not new claims. poland is repeatedly sad that it germany still has to pay for what it did during the 2nd world war. so domestic issues with this party also looking at recent poll says recent poll saying that they still debate, they're still division over if germany should pay a poland for and what it did during the 2nd. caldwell well beyond the politics i

earlier i spoke to d, w 's benjamin alvarez gruber, here in berlin. and i asked him what more we know about guess problems announcement basically turning off the taps. that's right after this maintenance it was supposed to end today, but according it to gas from state owns in russia's state own energy company. this was this oil leak. it compresses station, meaning that it will not be able to keep sending gas through this pipeline. and it can still not say how long this will take the maintenance. it's something we've heard over the past weeks and months that it's pretty difficult it for them to say when this alleged oil leak em will be solved. and when russia will again, be able to st. guess through this pipeline. so what kind of reaction if any, are we hearing tonight from germany or the european union? there have been several reactions already. one of them is germany's economy ministry. they said that this once again on the lines and shows that russia is not a reliable partner that is not abiding to the contract to send a gas from russia to germany.

anyway, thank you very much, shar political correspondent, benjamin alvarez group there. ukraine's prime minister dennis schmidt ha says he hopes germany will become a leading player, helping ukraine to build up its air defenses. he was speaking on a visit to berlin, where he thanked germans for their solidarity and support for his country. it was a stark contrast to earlier in the war when keith was critical of germany's slow response and providing military aid. hasty, highest ranking ukrainian politician to visit germany since the outbreak of the war . after months of frosty relations with germany, ukraine's prime minister came to berlin that issued me home with german chancellor, olaf shorts and a push for more and heavier weapons. she held himself is offered to sent germany more electricity from its nuclear power stations to help with its transition away from russian energy. they also thank the german government for the new 200000000 dollar aid package to help ukraine's internally displaced people. meanwhile, in the western city of cologne, hundreds of precious as much for the exact

our correspondent benjamin alvarez . grover reporting from rom shine airbase. thank you so much for that. and the united states a says that it has evidence that up to 1600000 ukrainians have been forcibly taken to russia or russian held territory. the finding backs up ukraine's longstanding claims about forces deportations. united nations also says unaccompanied ukrainian children have been taken across the border to be adopted in russia in may this year evacuated, residents, flea, the besieged city of merrier pole. the u. s. now says it has evidence that some evacuated from mario pole and other occupied areas, as well as many people who stayed behind, have been forcibly deported to russia or russian held territories. any united nations security council session, the u. s. ambassador to the u. n. said up to 1600000 ukrainians have been detained, interrogated and forcibly to port it. the experience is different for every one, depending on how threatening may are perceived to be toward russia's invasion, and some are allowed to remain in russian occupied parts of

earlier, i spoke to benjamin alvarez in berlin and asked him what more we know about the announcementbasically turning off the taps. benjamin: after the maintenance that was supposed to end today, according to gazprom's energy company, there was a leak meaning it will not be able to keep sending gas through the pipeline, and it can still not say how long this will take. the maintenance is something we have heard over the past weeks and months. it is pretty difficult for them to say when this alleged oil leak will be resolved and when pressure will again be able to send gas through the pipeline. brent: what kind of reaction, if any, are we hearing tonight from germany or the european union? benjamin: there have been several reactions already. one is germany's economy ministry. they said this shows that russia is not a reliable partner, that it isn't abiding to the contract to send gas from russia to germany. we also had one of the chairs of the german parliament foreign affairs committee saying this is part of russia's psychological war and the european commission also condemning this

to our correspondent, our benyamin alvarez gruber, he's there in ramstein is covering this as we wait for lloyd austin, who he just saw there to give his speech. benjamin what quakes back from today's meeting, what they're saying, the host, the u. s. is waiting for this opening remarks that they will show them wavering support with ukraine. they'll think about sending more heavy weapons. we're speaking about leo pot. ponce's of had the artillery to continue is supporting ukraine at this. a statement that will listen any minutes in narr could be next to the u. s. defense minutes. the secretary of defense, la dawson, also his ukranian counter patch was also here with many delegations. i just went to the room. we'll chat. no, any mean? it's just getting underway. we're gonna cross. there are the 20 lloyd austin, now ministry defense, alexi rush, rosemont carvin, deputy chief of the france, lieutenant general, moisture you korean are ukranian, armed forces have inspired the world with their determination to defend their democracy. and you, my friend, have inspired every one in his contact group with your resilience and courage. so thanks again for being he