d. w. ah, this is d w. news, and these are our top stories. the daughter of a prominent russian nationalist and vladimir putin ally has been killed in a suspected car bombing near moscow, diarrhea gainer and her father, alexander doogan, have publicly supported the war on ukraine. russia's foreign ministry suggested ukraine may be responsible, but keith has denied any ukrainian involvement.

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d w. ah, this is d w. news and these are all top stories. more than 40 people had been killed in a fire at the coptic church in egypt. the building was packed with worship as at morning mass and quickly filled with smoke. some of those trapped in sides jumped out of the windows to escape.

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d. w. ah this is d w. news live from berlin, palace times meter sparks outrage and the german capital german chancellor olaf show says he is disgusted after mahmoud abbas accuse is israel of committing 50 holocaust against his people? also on the program you tried, the president vladimir savanski suggest russian.

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d, w. ah, this is d, w. use life from berlin? a 3rd of pakistan is under water. monsoon floods the worst in 3 decades. the government pulls the devastation mind boggling. it blames climate change caused by other countries. violence, robson abroad gone for a powerful shiite cleric lead zealous, neighboring iran closes its orders and urges it. citizens to avoid the country and ukraine launches a counter offensive to retake the southern region of class on. keep says its forces break the 1st line of russian defense. but moscow says it is 6 heavy casualties. ah, i'm been fissile and welcome. heavy rains have submerged one 3rd of pakistan. the climate change minister compares the catastrophe to a dystopian disaster movie, saying she's never seen anything like it. more than a 1000 people, a dead. international late has begun to arrive, but delivering it is a challenge as some areas, a completely cut off a village underwater, in pakistan, sind province, one of several key agricultural regions that now resemble small oceans. many people here were poor before the floods came. now they've lost almost everything in those areas that are dry, makeshift camps. how's those displaced by the water and farmers salvage what they can from their fields? pakistan's climate minister says the flooding is apocalyptic, and that her country is bearing the brunt of climate change caused by more develop nations. boxes than is less than one percent in the global emissions up by if you like. we hardly contribute any of emissions to the broader emission blanket that makes so for greenhouse gases to turn our climates into a living hill. in the northern pakistani city of la horror, the effects of the floods are being felt in soaring price as for food and other basic goods. philip, you are, these prices of increased a lot because of the floods relative skunky of goods can't be transported from baluchistan. the roads are close iffy. my, our business here is almost slow to a star bodies that are built while people can't feed their children, can't pay their rent. so got there. can even pay electricity. bill should i have the old prices of w. i back got a sec, they're supposed double mendera the floods could not have come at a worse time for pakistan where the economy was already in crisis. now the government says it needs more than $10000000000.00 to recover from this latest climate catastrophe. a little kiss shake is an expert on climate risk management in islamabad. i asked him how bad it is in pakistan, a 1000000 all that been damaged for what i call them have unfortunately lost their lives. and probably 30000000 people have been touched. what we have seen so far is up buddies saw the capacity of the country and rescue operations. of course it could have been better, but we have done, but i think what is another stand that i wish to i light is a very repre mobile additional. some resources for cash disbursement you are a climate risk manager so to speak. these flash floods are often part of the monsoon season, but not on this scale. the government blames climate change caused by other countries. what's your take on this? just imagine you go to a put into the basin people last so structure that was during last 5 decades and sixties and seventies and the pleasure of them. and the garden footprint is navina on it. or if you are not prepared for the for infrastructure for. busy reading you were not prepared for trenches in of this thought to cause shredding of this seem so in the grammar gen, contacts. the footprint of this country is very small, but we are on the wrong side of the sick when it comes to climate justice. i talk is shaken expert on climate risk management. iran has closed its land borders to iraq, following violence. that's for brought it in the country. on tuesday she, i cleric knocked out our sat us that he was leaving politics, which prompted deadly clashes in iraq's capital back that the death toll. the clashes was 223 on tuesday following a day and night of unrest. supporters of santa could be seen firing rocket propelled grenades into baghdad, screams on earlier crowds, storms the presidential palace, but security forces drove them back out of the grains of the violence comes as a rank remains gripped in a political crisis that has left it without a government since elections last october. ah, supporters of finance, shia cleric looked on sunday reached, but god's heavy fortified green zone. in india, whom do ministries and embassies the soon over and the government balance. and i, i thought i'd get out of a revolution is solely in a rocky one because it's not southwest. no, this isn't a rocky revolution with any of the iraq. it should be returned to the people with anita de la jolla. yamaha. i let what's your plan. oh my, our demands are to the south parliament and to hold the corrupt to account and we say to saddler, we will sacrifice for you victory's aus one mazama lena. while you inside many was seen lounging in meeting rooms used by iraqi heads of state and cooling off in a swimming pool in the garden. they were soon driven out by security forces using deal gas and gunshots. the un mission to iraq, as well as the united states called on all sides for restraint. the plan up of my limbs follows months of political deadlock in iraq. 6 look the data, so there's movement us up to this block. was the biggest winner in october's election. but he failed to form a government that excluded his. she arrivals close to it on law morrow. my child, he would do. his lama goes from parliament in june. what was said while on my, on buddy and his followers have since been staging a sitting outside the bond im calling for financial elections. well, this isn't the 1st time. the influential carrick has withdrawn from politics. you thought to know for the cotton deadlock in iraq appears hotter to resolve than in the past. ukraine says it's broken through enemy lines at several points. it is a southern city of hassan. it's mounting a campaign to retake territory occupied by russia. the bush comes after weeks of preparation. ukraine has been attacking roches supply roots in an attempt to rise late troops in the area. russia captured, i saw an early on in the war. i asked former commander military expert, ben hodges, if this is the beginning of a long awaited counter offensive by ukraine's military. well, we're not sure. the ukrainian general staff has done a very good job of protecting information. we know more about the russians and we do about what your cranium courses are doing. but certainly the last few weeks, we have seen the effective use of high mars and other weapon systems to, to do what we call shaping operations to a trip or degrade russian logistics or children rockets. command control, it does, has the feeling does have the feeling of the beginning of something large mom, but we're not sure yet. there's a lot more unfold in the next few days. but would you say that the cranium military has the capacity to, to launch a successful counter offensive? i do the again, the ukrainian general staff has done a good job of preparation and they have resisted the urge to push every new tank in every new soldier into the current fight. holding on to them to build up a force that would be ready to launch an attack once the conditions are set on the ground. so what we're seeing, for example, the isolation of thousands of russian troops on the north west side of the negro river. for example, the, the significant reduction of artillery from russian side. all of these things are necessary preparations. i think that ukraine, if in fact they do launched their offensive, they will pick the right time in place to do it. and he say, we know more about the russians. how do you expect them to respond? well, of course we're seeing a variety of, of reactions from nothing's happening. nothing to see over here to people panicking both in terms of soldiers, but also even the civilians on the russian side of the border in belgrade. and i think there's great concern. the problem is that the russians have not yet fixed the many problems that they had that were on display back in february and march, especially their command and control framework for how they make decisions. now move people around, that's, it's still a mess to be candid and there logistical system is fragile, exhausted. it has gotten weaker by the with every passing week. so they're not as able to react to changes in the situation as a, as we might have expected earlier. what about her last week announcing a 10 percent increase in russian troops in ukraine. what's that say about the state of the russian army? well it, it's very interesting 1st that they would say that is a public acknowledgement that there's a problem. number one number to the i would say that this was the number that they will never get there. and i would bet a large amount of money. there's not $137000.00 russians wanting to step forward and join the military. and in fact, there's a tradition in russia of serious inflation of numbers. they've never had what they said they had, but this is a classic means of corruption to claim you have a certain number to draw salaries, when in fact, you're only paying about a half to 3 quarters of that. so there is a real manpower problem in russia, which is not something that i would have thought i'd said a few months ago. they just don't have people that want to get in this fight. and frankly, it's a overall lea, unhealthy population decreasing in size. and i don't think they'll ever get 237000 . and if they did, it would be months before these guys would show up with any level of training and improper equipment. let's see if this proves to be a turning point and husband's military expert and former command. thank you. thanks for the verbiage. defense ministers from across the european union meeting and product to discuss the blocks military support for ukraine. it talks are expected to focus on setting up a you training for the ukranian army to operate west and weapons. he is a look at some of the military 8 ukraine, his receiving ukraine's ammunition supply is about to get a boost. it's howard sir. artillery units will be stocked with a new toggle shell called the volcano german. he says it's sending several 100 volcano munitions to the front line. the gps and laser guided missiles reach up to 80 kilometers, almost duff saved from the west to particularly high mars and poets is our chances have equalized. that's where you see that with the full one of our shots was answered with 50 shots from then muslim. when needed today, the ratio is one to 4 or one to 5 frequency. they didn't look defeated within that you did. okay. ah, hi mars are the us supplied long range mobile rocket launches, which have allowed ukraine to hit deep behind russian lies. countries have pledged almost 90000000000 euros worth of equipment or military financing. the u. s. is by far, the biggest donna followed by the united kingdom and the european union. poland is number 4. it's donations include how it's their artillery vehicles like these to replace ukraine. soviet era tanks and cannon lanchester and i think the advance is more successful on our side because our equipment is more modern. we attack the occupiers. more precisely. germany is the 5th biggest military donor. it is now pledged almost 2000000000 years worth of aid, including anti aircraft vehicles and training for troops to operate them. the melody is in to men who are here will defend the country, highly will. they will defend it against the terrible threat posed to ukraine by russia's brutal war of aggression. and we will continue to support them without financial capabilities, but also with weapons of african buffer. and private individuals have also sent 1000000 for help ukraine by drones, for its fleet of eyes in the sky. foreign support has been crucial in keeping ukraine's resistance efforts afloat and helping it defend its territory for longer than anyone expected. and a reminder of the top stories by following foi on 3rd of pakistan is under water, the widespread flooding. the government says mad made climate change is to blame and rich countries, emissions. the climate change minister says she's never seen anything like at least 30 people have been killed in the iraqi capital, baghdad, and clashes between security forces and supporters of shia cleric malta. the violence broke out of the santa announced he's exiting politics next, close up with the look at the political reforms facing chile. i've been fizzling the same time tomorrow on your campus, but it will have your useful you next down with an interest in the global economy. our portfolio d. w. business beyond here is a closer look at the project.

d. w. ah . this is d w. news line from berlin. the un secretary general says ukraine's energy belongs to ukraine. antonia good perish calls on russian not to cut this upper region nuclear power plant from you came ukraine's power grid. something key of says moscow is planning to do. also coming up in the program, germany sends new troops to molly to help with peace keeping with our tensions over the host nation to hiring russian mercenaries to battle insurgents. and finland, prime minister says she did nothing wrong parting with friends. now, santa marina has taken a drug test to prove her point and silence her critics. ah, american children, thank you for joining us. a top level visit to crane and a stern warning to russia. the head of the united nations has reiterated concerns over the safety of europe's biggest nuclear power station. and tony quoterush is calling for a safe zone around the russian occupied the patricia nuclear power plant. each side accuses the other of shelley, the facility key of also claims russia is planning to cut electricity produced at the facility from his power network. visiting the port of odessa quoterush had a clear message for moscow. obviously, the electricity from zip codes here is ukrainian electricity, and it's necessary, especially during the winter ford of ukrainian people. and these people must be fully respected with all eyes and appreciate. we asked our correspondent young philip sholtes to give us the latest on the volatile situation at the nuclear power plant. well, after our days of horrible news, there are some potentially good news. so during a phone call with a friend president my call hootin agreed to a mission of international inspectors for at the power plant. this is remarkable because he seems to agree to ukrainian demands to let the inspectors travel through ukrainian or controlled territories. so this is a huge, a step forward. of course we have to see if he will really stick to this announcements. there have been very many misleading announcements in the past. and in the meantime, a situation at the power plant remains highly dangerous. a lot of international experts say that it's not only the shelling of the plan that is so dangerous, but also the increasing risks are increasing risk of potential power cuts that could lead to a serious overheating of the reactors with disastrous consequences. let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines at this hour. russia's gas promise, switching off gas deliveries to europe through the north stream, one pipeline for 3 days from the end of the month. the reason moscow gives is maintenance. the announcements set gas prices soaring once again. moscow has blamed problems importing a repair turbine for recent cuts and supplies. at least 14 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a rocket attack on a crowded market in the town of alba in northern syria. the area is controlled by tricky backed opposition fighters. the syrian observatory for human rights says syrian government forces were behind the attack police a gun and have taken control of a hotel and the smaller capital, mogadishu, following a car bombing, glass and gunfire. feel cradling to elijah bob group has claimed responsibility for the attack on the on hyatt hotel. it is a popular venue among wall makers and other government officials. germany has sent fresh troops to molly following a dispute, which saw a gunman, aircraft turn around in mid air. berlin suspected or suspended. rather, it's peculiar operations. when molly's military government refused access, still doubts remain over the future of the mission. as molly is using russian mercenaries to fight jihadist insurgencies, the french may have left, but international troops are still in marley. among them around 1000 germans, part of the u. n. backed me no small peacekeeping mission. there are mixed feelings about them being there. madeline minima has brought us nothing but problems. it would be better if they left that a fair let if, whenever you can, if i'm a year for myself, they have assisted molly in training and on many levels, including financial and moral support. we cannot say there are no benefits a month is, corporation has been a win for all parties. tensions between germany and the military junta and molly have been growing mainly because by macros use of russian contractors, german for a minister babel grace this during a trip to marley in april dasa my i'm doing this was my urgent appeal. why it's so important? including for the protection of civilians in molly that there is no co operation with russian act as here on the ground here for what it really quickly drove. the regime and marley has been criticized for working with the russian wagner mercenary group, which is being accused of atrocities against civilians. new ballot, my lira troops and russian uniform. all of my leisure. when you fall, it is clear that marley is changing it strategy was the retro mercenaries want to get there. they have father interests. they want to get the mineral resources and then let themselves be paid in doing what the government wants. while the russian government has confirmed that wagner personnel are in marley, the maryan government still claims that they are instructors from the official russian military. but these contradictions are further undermining trust between berlin and by michael. and they are making a complete pull out by german troops. more likely by the day. now it's a tale of tax fraud worthy of a hollywood film. the multi $1000000.00 com ex scheme enabled many to get rich by falsely reclaiming tax rebates. that was until authorities in germany got wind of it and closed the scheme down years later, questions or been asked about what chancellor will show it's new when he was mayor of hamburg. he's been given evidence at a hearing in the city to day. schultz has been facing some difficult questions. lo maker is that the inquiry in hamburg want to know whether he helped a local private bank avoid paying back millions and taxes. when sholtes was deceit is mer him at officials from var board bank, which owed the cd. 47000000 euros for claiming refunds on taxes. it never paid. after those meetings, hamburg authorities dropped, they payment demands at 1st, sholtes claimed he never met with the banks representatives. this was later proved to be wrong. now he says he cannot remember what was discussed and stresses. there is no connection between his meetings and the cd back in down. it is unlikely that he cannot remember anything from this meetings. during those meetings or phone calls, it was about nearly $50000000.00 euro for his city in tax revenue. the whole aspect of working here with this alarming tactic of just admitting what he has to admit and once more has been proven, you will admit more means that much more doubtful that there is no memory at all. prosecutor stressed the chancellor is not the target of investigation. speaking after the hearing shots had he acted appropriately, he had to meet off. i admit i had prepared myself for it to take longer. but the fact that it was done quick and speedy, also speaks for the fact that everything is now on the table. and one can also draw the clear conclusion. there was nothing. there was no influence kind of just not a good game. turned on. this was the chancellor's 2nd appearance before the investigators. his political opponents already seen. it shouldn't be. the last or chief political correspondent melinda crane, told us more about what charles had to say in hamburg. well, he said essentially what we have heard from him before both at the prior meeting of this committee at which he also testified. and also in various comments to the press, including december press conference, essentially, that there was no political influence on the decision of the financial authority in hamburg, when it essentially allowed the warburg bank to get away with not repaying over $40000000.00 euros in tax liabilities that it had, had not paid and he said that of all of the witnesses that the committee has heard of all of the various documentary evidence that has been produced. none of it had provided any indication that there had been political influence by him or others. and he said that in multiple formulations in the course of the inquiry, and then said that basically any claim to the contrary represented just pure allegations and presumptions. and that he very much hoped that these could now be laid to rest finance prime minister santa marine has defended her right to private life after a video of her parting with friends was looked online. the video showing maureen with well known influences, an artist has brought accusations of reckless behavior. martin said she did nothing illegal and has taken a drug test to prove it. ah, an innocent night out with friends or dereliction of public duty. finland's prime minister santa marine is it pains to prove it was the coma. after this video showing her partying and speculation about drug taking went viral opposition parties demanded proof. she'd not consumed an illegal substance. 7 bought it on either through lexia eric, i consider these accusations very serious on though i think the demand for a drug test is unreasonable for my own legal protection and to clear up dates, i've taken a test to day if i to the results will come in about a week and got full of de la knowing be accountable ortho marines behavior have divided the finished public. some have defended her right to enjoy, have free time as she pleases, like any one else. others have called her behavior inappropriate, and say she was naive to allow the filming. she was on duty as p. m at the time, but said she had no imminent appointments. i didn't have any work meetings planned for that week and they are confirmed usually beforehand and i didn't have any meetings for example, saturday or sunday, but we didn't have any government meetings during the week and i had time off fund on spent. why with my friends, and did nothing in legal still how critics question whether she could have made decisions in a sudden crisis in her condition, marine has the support of her social democratic party and intelligence experts say the incidental did not risk national security. bought the wound, it could be exploited for propaganda purposes. for example, by russia. mccarthy like over albina millison noticed on quite the balance. you have to be prepared for the fact that all material that start circulating can be used in the wrong way than that in santa marine became the world's younger, deserving government leader in 2019 age just 34 high presents. he has since been criticized for letting her head down at parties at her official residence. and last december, she apologized after it was revealed. she'd gone out clubbing till 4 am after being exposed to coven 19. now the war, new crane has laid waste to the nations rich cultural heritage. bombing and shelling have damage or destroyed historic buildings, museums, and religious sites. but a new project could help safeguard ukrainian culture and digital form. russia's missiles threaten ukrainians, lives, and also their cultural fabric. for months, volunteers have been working to save ukraine's heritage from russian attacks. now a new digital project offers a different way to preserve that heritage. 3 d scanning up back up ukraine, turns ordinary ukrainians into digital archivists. the up turns their photos into 3 d models and on tag to their precise location and save to a secure online database in the cloud. when albums can reach architect and key of resident maxim coming in has already contributed more than 100 smartphone scans to the project. yes, but i should say for the morning, i hope this project will significantly help ukraine and its future generations still with her equal ship. anya, because if a historical monument, a sculpture, no were historical building is destroyed, it will be possible to restore it in the same material in size. everything can be identical. what would the in fiji? so even if artworks are destroyed, they won't completely disappear. the apps founders want to safeguard ukraine's culture from the horrors of war. it can be used to sort of as a reference for, for reconstruct and it can be used as a cost and form. and it can also just be used as a form of doc

d, w. ah, this is d, w is live from berlin, israel and the palestinians agree a truce to and 3 days of conflict. israeli attacks have killed dozens of people and gather as the 2 sides exchanged rocket. 500 more civilians are injured all coming up. a 2nd convoy of ships loaded with green leaves, you cranes black seaports. but the 1st cargo, aimed at using the global crisis, has yet to reach its destination in lebanon. china winds down military exercises which tie one sees as a dress rehearsal for an invasion report on reaction to the shore, or by the communist power. and in the bond is niga, when you are in high school in berlin, darby on the 1st weekend of the season. ah, i am told me a logical welcome to the program. israel and the palestinians have agreed to a truce to and 3 days of rocket fire by both sides. by listing an authority say the sci fi will take effect at 8 p. m. local time. the region has seen the biggest escalation and violence in over a year. these 31 people have been killed in the gaza strip, including self. several children are wanting that are report contains some disturbing images ah, at this hospital mold, distraught relatives collapse with grief. as they find the bodies of their children, ah, palestinian health authorities have blamed their deaths in jubilee in northern garza on israeli aggression. but israel says a stray rocket fired from garza was responsible. yeah, the strike is one of hundreds as both sides trade blows. like past conflicts, it is the people living in the palestinian territory who is suffering. most dozens have been killed and hundreds injured and homes destroyed or clinician, what are the house with 5 or 6 rockets level body bought on the ground. it was horrifying. ashley and alicia, what i'm, what i did them from the usa will show up or was be dogged homeless people hoping they're safe in their homes while for the dog children and the elderly, they don't you're most welcome 11. who can we complain to? we're, we're delivering banana schooling been done with israel launched to strikes as part of what it calls a preemptive operation against imminent attacks from the palestinian militant group is lamar jihad, 2 of the groups, most senior leaders in garza have since been killed and dozens of alleged members arrested in the west bank. palestinian militants have been firing back into southern israel. for the 1st time in over a year, air raid sirens were heard in jerusalem. where pilgrims of visiting the temple mount for tisha of a holy day in the jewish calendar. the site is also home to the alex, a mosque, a point of conflict between the 2 sides that could escalate tensions even further with a truce due to come into force and just under an hour i asked amal dbhdd from d, w arabic. whether this is likely to be just another short lived flare up between israel and the palestinians. will all the indicator the latest indicates indicators are showing that this might as well be another there up in the area. israel has refused since the beginning of initiating what is called a pre emptive operation to tell when this operational end. although israeli officials have been saying this can at least go for one week now where, where, when the 2nd or 3rd even date of this military operation in gaza. and it seems that the egyptian mediators have managed to reach the truth between the between i got on one side or the militants in gaza. and israel on the other, on the other hand. and it's interesting that's where the 1st time in many years we speak about choice and not it's fine. you're so they're trying to broker in which a complete choose will be reached. and this of course depends on what the reaction of how much will be and how much officials who control the gaza s

d, w ah, this is d, w news ally from berlin, ukrainian sher morning, their dad, after russian rocket attack on a whale way station on ukraine's independence day. we visit the small town of chap lena as it berries a 6 year old boy who would have started school next week. also coming up, the un calls for com at ukraine's largest nuclear power plant, which is held by russian forces, nuclear inspectors say they're hoping to visit the site next week and an unsealed legal document sheds light on y. u. s. federal agents rated donald trump's florida home. they suspected highly classified information was kept in properly on trumps property ah i'm michael ok. thanks for joining us. residents of a small town in eastern ukraine are burying their dead after this week's devastating russian attack on the ukranian in penance death. at least 25 people, including 2 children, were killed by russian rockets. in the small town of chap, lina, our corresponded yon phillips sholtes, attended the funeral of one of the children who was among the victims. much lee would have had his 1st day of school next week and he's full time. the 6 year old boy will not live to see this day anymore. the whole neighbourhood came to say good bye. summer door. oh him, he was most precious thing in my life. no, it's all so incredibly sad for my daughter, there's nothing left. she doesn't even have a home any more. motherly was a quiet boy. his grandmother says his home was directly across the street from the towns train station. the family was just getting ready for dinner. when russian rocket started to strike the neighbourhood much, he was playing in the living room when the shelling started. and then he ran over to the kitchen where some other family members were. and that's when the rocketed and killed the little boy. immediately. russia claimed responsibility for the attack, the military said it wanted to destroy a train that was supposedly carrying ukrainian soldiers, and they apparently considered the death of motley and many others as acceptable collateral damage for the operation. it's the worst tragedy that has ever happened in the small town of chip lena, them may, i tell us, but it brought the community together. what you say, the parents of the dead children have gone through an incredible amount of stress. we know it's very hard for them to go on with life, but least we try everything possible to support them with the sites might be an 11 year old boy from the same neighborhood stipend be a take. a walk has already crossed the lives of more than 1000. 2 boys with the un atomic energy agency says it's ready to send a team of experts to these epolina nuclear plant in ukraine in the coming days. but there's no agreement yet on how to reach the site. so lensky warned overnight that the situation at the plant is still quote, precarious in dangerous. the power station was temporarily knocked off the grid this week, causing regional blackout nuclear experts fear that fighting around the plant risks, a radioactive catastrophe. russian forces took control of the facility in early march. the w corresponded a meticulous bill and the is in key. v has more on the situation in sabrina nuclear power plant. the problem is that we don't really know what it things look like at the power plant itself, except for some use that to reach the ukrainian atomic energy authority via some people inside the plant who might contact people they know forma or their, their, their superiors, who are at the ukrainian side, but we don't have the full picture. what we understand is that things are quite chaotic in parts of the plant that a lot of military equipment is stationed there. and that is shelling has been going on for several days, even weeks now. and all that this of course, and enhances the risk of some accident and that site, which is what are the prospects of inspectors from the international atomic energy agency soon getting access to the plant? well, there is a basic agreement that these inspectors can travel to the plant there was, would come from ukrainian territory and then cross the front line and come in right now. however, they're not able to travel. there are some protocols or some secure the russian side to saying that they haven't figured out the security of the offices yet, that it's not yet possible and that they are working on it. the ukrainian side is accusing the russians off, delaying access for these inspectors of the i a to the site. so the they are here, they're waiting to travel. they the, i am saying that they are ready to go. the ukrainian side is saying that they have given their go and now it's all about the russian sites that are giving access and, and providing access and just letting them in it matches. and there's also the question of energy supplies as apparition is an important power of source for ukraine. what would it mean for the country if it lost the plant? so this is the biggest power plant in europe, the biggest nuclear power plant in europe. and it is a crucial supply of ukrainian energy. however, your credit has 3 more atomic energy stations, and the ukraine has been, has had an electricity surplus. it has been exporting electricity. the ukrainian grid is connected to the european grids. so in the case that this power plan which is also operate already operating and not at full capacity there to react as out of 6, are working right now that these 2 reactors would be shut down there would probably would, there would be shortages, certainly in some areas of ukraine, those areas that are supplied by this power plant directly. but there would be possibilities to import electricity by the same channels where ukraine has been exporting energy before that some mathias burlingame, many, many thanks. russia has blocked a final declaration on the you ends main nuclear treaty. after a month long conference on disarmament, the russian delegation criticized the draft statement as political and unbalanced was the document included a statement of grave concern about fighting around ukraine nuclear sites without naming russia specifically. mm hm. other nations express disappointment saying that russia was undermining international peace. when social you, dr. energy analysts say russia is destroying natural gas stocks. they claim massive burn offs at a plant near the finish russian border waste $10000000.00 euros worth of fuel every day. finish, residents have reported seeing large flares and feeling much warmer conditions. the facility prepares russian gas for transport to germany, a valuable commodity, vanishing into sin air. while the rest of europe struggles with shortages of natural gas, russia seems to have too much of it. analysts have taken special interest in this russian gas terminal located in port to via bay near the finished russian border. the north $31.00 gas pipeline to germany, starts in port to via and a new ellen g plant has been built at the site. satellite data collected by a norwegian energy consultancy suggests that the so called flaring of gases taking place here at unusual levels. and we've observed that russia has been wearing ever since july 11th of mid july. which coincides with the maintenance that occurred or began on our streamline. but interestingly, flaring actually continued despite the operations being resumed. women are extreme one. back in late july, russia has reduced gas exports to europe, leaving it with a large surplus of gas. that could be one explanation for the burn off. experts said at western sanctions could also be to blame. they say flaring might be a sign of russia lacking the proper equipment to operate. the facility bearing does come at a class, but both economically and environmentally. and there's a loss associated with wearing, obviously, because you're burning off those valuable products that could otherwise be sold. so i would say flaring isn't, you know, it is only done if necessary. and that's why we've seen widespread it's, it's minimized wiring over the years. but i would say it's if russians doing this, it's possibly due to, you know, geo politics. but it could also very much be technical issues and possibly even safety issues from russian energy company. gas problem has not commented on the burning off of gas at the port to via facility. the u has accused russia using gas is a weapon to fight back against sanctions imposed over the war in ukraine. other stories making headlines now. pakistan's prime minister, shibel sharif, is taken in the aerial tour of the worst areas hit by the flooding in the southern province of sin on soon rains. and they're aftermath affected more than 30000000 people killing more than 900. pakistan is appealed for international health to deal with the disaster. an air strike is shit. the capital of ethiopia is to gr i region killing 4 people. the army has dismiss claims like to brian forces that it carried out the attack emacula. the united nations has condemned the resumption of fighting in the region. in the u. s. the justice department says 14 boxes containing classified documents were recovered from the florida home of former president, donald trump. in january. those details are part of a heavily redacted legal document that explains why the f b. i searched the mar logo property earlier this month. agents are investigating whether sensitive government documents were removed from the white house and stored at trumps to stick. crossed out in bold black lines, page after page. this affidavit hides more than it reveals, but it has made clear that the f, b i in the u. s. justice department are carrying out a criminal investigation. the f. b. i searched donald trump's estate in mata lago earlier this month and left with 20 boxes of documents, many containing classified material, some labeled top secret. they also contain names of sources that people who risked their lives to give information to the u. s. government. trump is suspected of having taken these documents with him after he lost the 2020 election. and he was keeping top secret documents owned by the federal government in his private residence, meaning an unauthorized location for this type of document. so under the presidential records act, removing official records of this kind may constitute a criminal offense. the former president save the polity. latan getting him for political reasons. many people expect him to run again in 2024. but us authorities are concerned that his actions may have threatened national security. cotton president joe biden is staying out of it. we feel that it is not appropriate for us to comment on this. this is an independent investigation that the department of justice is leading. that's something that the president finds is an important thing to do for the department of justice to have that independence going to be a very hard so far. no formal accusations have been made against trump, but the affidavit has revealed why the surge at mara lago was necessary in the eyes of federal investigators. china is suffering a crippling drought. the heat wave is the worst on record, and it's wreaking havoc with harvest and power supplies. the young's, the river, china's most vital inland waterway. the water flow has dropped to only half of the suffrage, putting pressure on hydro electric plans that supply power to megacities, such as chunking, sweating through temperatures as high as 45 degrees with limited power supply. residents say the heat has disrupted every aspect of their lives were warm, but yeah, we decided to close alba because we were struggling to create a nice atmosphere with the limited electricity supply. this is affecting our work and my life to a huge degree. so hold on, a southern china is experiencing the longest stretch of high temperatures and drought since reco began. 6 decades ago, scientists say sustained periods of heat are becoming more frequent due to climate change. and then take a colinza $34.00 according to the current monitoring. the high temperature damage index is the high since 1981. you don't want hartford, and that is on goal. enchanted such a long period of hot weather in the southern regions is unfavourable to growing produce a higher farmers are already battling to save their crops. reduced harvest could mean an increased need for imports. while global supplies are already strained by the war in ukraine. but there is little these farmers and change color thought can be either the crops or all scorched, you see, or what, what another urban residence in shanghai also learning to cope with the current crisis as to cities like go out to safe electricity. it's dark reminder of a dark future. if global warming remains unchecked. up next sports life looks at serial bonus league or champions buyer and munich. stay tuned for that. don't forget, you can always stay up to date on d, w dot com every day, counts for us and for our planet. global ideas is on its way to 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d, w. ah, this is d w y from by name your us how speak a nancy pelosi arrives in taiwan, defying threats from china and saying her visit honors america's unwavering commitment to the islands democracy. beijing describes the trip is extremely dangerous, and promises military exercises in response. also on the program, russia supreme court designates that ukraine's ass off regimen to a terrorist organization is made the unit with far right. routes can face harsh sentences, any of the as of soldiers who were captured in mateo, all are in russian prisons waiting to hear that fight on the us kills one of the key plots is of the 911 attacks president bible says out kite a lead. i'm and i was, i was hearing a died in a drone strike in afghanistan after years in hiding ah, i'm forgetting welcome to the program. us how speak and nancy pelosi has landed in taiwan after weeks of speculation over whether she would visit the island. the china claims as its territory. time is described, the trip is a major provocation and says it will respond with targeted military operations. by one's defense ministry say

d. w. ah . this is d w. news live from berlin prize winning author salman rushdie stab intellectual hall in new york. the writer has lived for decades in fear after ron supreme leader of hold for his death as rushed. he lives in hospital investigators look for a motive for the attack. for days after voting close, kenyans are still waiting for final result of its presidential election. if neither of the 2 contenders emergent with a majority, the voting will begin all over again. and polish, and german authorities suspect foul play as they worked to determine the cause of a mass fish die off in the auto group. ah, welcome to our viewers around the world on michael oak, author salman rushdie is a lie breathing through a ventilator after being stabbed on stage. as he was about to give a lecture in new york state. rusty had spent years in hiding and under police protection. after ronnie and lee is called for his execution over his 1988 novel, the satanic verses, a 24 year old man has been taken into custody panic as a man rushes the stage and attacks salman rushdie as he's about to speak. the author fell to the ground, police say he was stabbed in the neck. his assailant was tackled and taken into custody. people who are on the stage with him immediately rushed to the attacker and people jumped on to this stage from the audience to the point where there are probably 20 people on stage coin the attacker off and keeping him contained. and there happened to be at least 4 physicians in the audience who were able to come up on stage and, and help the author was transported to hospital via helicopter. the attack happened as he was about to deliver an address about artists living in exile under threat of persecution in western new york. he is alive, he is a then transport year lifted to safety. but here's an individual who is so spent decades. ah, speaking truth to power, someone who's been out there, i'm afraid, despite the threats that have followed him, his entire adult life, it seems, brushed, he was forced to spend more than a decade in hiding after the release of his 1988 novel, the satanic verses provoked protests by muslims in several countries and the supreme leader of iran called for his execution. the 75 year old author has long been a vocal critic of religious extremism and a champion of free speech. the motive for the attack is not yet known. for more on this story returned to our culture editor, scott roxborough, who gave us a reminder of exactly why salman rushdie is most controversial work. they satanic verses caused such an almighty stir. i think a lot of people talk about sam versus without really knowing what it's about, because i think it's of a book more famous of than rand, especially now since it's, it's so many decades old. i'm the book itself is not on merely about religion or, or islam. it's a story of 2 indian ex pats living in london who miraculously survive a terrorist attack. and like a lot of rusty's work, it's a satire and it's, it's the repent, has to sort of magically realistic elements throughout the book. and what's caused because defense at the time and still does for some people ease our dream sequences which are in the book which are sort of re collins of the traditional story of the life of the prophet mohammed and many muslims. at the time i took great offense that saying it was an insult to their religion. and that is what sparked a protest against the book at the time and led to the idaho many arranged around the spiritual leader, calling for a fat while religious edict calling for the the, for the death of the song. how was outrage over the book manifest back when it was released 30 years ago? yes, we will. didn't live through it. it's hard to imagine the outrage that came at the time. it initially actually started not in iran, but in india. refuse home country where the book was banned up, there were riots, books were burned, number of people were killed in riots at the time. and then the a protest spread around the muslim world and were, and of the country. the book was banned in many countries. and as a leading up to then, the religious edict by the supreme leader literally ran, calling for ashley to be killed. he's also by several assassination attempts. and people connected with the book were also attacked of japanese translator. the satanic verses was stabbed at the norwegian, publisher of the book was shot and nearly killed and rusty himself had to go into hiding and be under police protection for nearly a decade. living under the pseudonym a. joseph and hon. publish later, a memoir in the words and based on his experiences at that time called joseph anton. and it was an unbelievable attack of many would say on freedom of speech and of course, transformed a rush to life. and his persona, i'm as, as a, as a sort of livid literary celebrity because you came not only a celebrated author, but a symbol of the defense of st. speech against extremism forms. that's our scot rocks bo, or many, many thanks scott, to east africa now. and canyons are facing a tasser of patients as vote, tallying in the presidential election drags into a 5th day early projections point to a tight race between opposition. re liter morrila or dinger. and deputy president william, brutal with a history of disputed elections. kenya's voting commission is under pressure to declare a winner. national broadcasters of stop sharing provisional tallies after conflicting information caused confusion among the public. for more on this, i'm joined now by a d. w corresponded felix miranda, who is in nairobi. felix, we still have no official result and there are concerns about rigging in this election. what more can you tell us? good morning. so yes they are they one of the leading political parties, which is an affiliate of as im, your party yesterday give are pressed. it went saying that and then the members of parliament from their specific areas are actually rig doubt. and there was evidence of massive vertebrae body, so those are claims that are yet to be some substantiated. they said that they were following their necessary procedures and be that they had raised questions with their inter room electoral boundaries commission on those specific of votes as again claims um it, it remains to be a case of what will happen when their entire room electoral boundaries commission actually responds to their claims because on the other hand, some of the observers, both from the european a union, ah, the africa union in the east africa community.

d, w. ah, this is d, w. news life in berlin. the death toll from flooding in pakistan has surpassed 1000 people, while months of relentless monsoon range have displaced thousands more. the government is blaming climate change, but critic shades down to poor planning and corruption, also coming up ukraine's harvest is coming with no place to go. shipments of grain are being allowed out of the country, but the un warned it. millions of tons are still taking up storage needed for this year's crop. and pope francis arrives to lift the spirits on the christian sabbath at an italian town that still repairing the damage. 13 years after devastating earthquake, his visit comes on the heels of his appointment of a new group of cardinals. who could play a pivotal role in naming the next pontiff. ah, i'm michael ok. thanks for joining us. officials in pakistan say flash floods across much of the country, have killed over a 1000 people and displaced thousands more since mid june. weeks of unrelenting monsoon rains, have effected more than 30

d. w. ah. this is d, w is asia coming up today. the damage plastics are doing to the world. and if banding them will make a difference. beginning in india, when a bad on single use, plastics has been in for since july. we look at how some groups are trying to make people aware of the dangers of using these items last plastics in the world's oceans and saw him is killing animals. we look at 2 stories, one from australia and the other from sri lanka and innovative solutions. how a new billboard fish pioneer in china could go some way to was sucking out the plastic in the world's oceans. ah, i'm british manager, welcome to the dublin news asia that you could join us. the 3rd largest plastic polluter in the world. india has banned the production and use of some single used plastic. the band came into effect a little over a month ago. it covers 19 every day items, including plastic bags, disposable plates, and cutlery, or india already produces some $14000000.00 tons of plastic waste annually. but it's waste. disposal systems are diesel and eyes. single use items such as plastic bags are clogging its rivera's aunt drains alike. most in bought a mentalist agree that the band is a necessary step. however, in forcing it is another matter altogether. the key lies in making people aware of the dangers of using single used plastic and some citizens groups are doing their bit to make that happen. we didn't handle it that good role models are robbers from the well known series, money heist. but student ashish kumar has more sustainable goals than robbing a bank. his home town delhi is set to become plastic free. thanks the so called plastic grades. i plotted a lot of attendance. we steal plastic from people, some give it to us without much resistance. others get angry. they leave without giving us the plastic. some say company should stop producing plastic. if they stop producing it, people would stop using it. that's in plastic, plays a key role in daily life and india. even bands on single use plastic haven't managed to change attitudes. in order to achieve their aims. the plastic ice group has its own mastermind known as the professor. last to go out in plastic play such a big role in our lives that we don't even realize how much it harms us. for us, the fight against plastic is a war and we will win this war. but we will only when it, if we work together now, and it's conjugating, a local good sweetie thing. in addition to plastic raids, the activists organized performances and exhibitions, focusing on the damaging effects of plastic pollution. they often leave quite an impression a middle, but if not, um yeah, i'll try not to use plastic in the future, but i welcome this initiative and am grateful to the organizers, mcgonigal garcia, garcia, medical not got a plastic heist se there's still a way to go when it comes to spreading awareness about plastic pollution, but she's kumar believes that his group can make a real difference. they're already seeing some positive change. i cover the activities, we organize, leave an impression on people what they see, what we do and discuss it at home with their family and friends. that naturally has an impact with over the coming months, plastic ice is planning more reads around delhi. they're still a lot to do before. india's capital is truly plastic free. i yeah. and joining me now for more is made her that but the gov and environment list, i'm direct to the router environmental solutions accompany involved in converting wished plastic interfere with mr. walter, go, how difficult is it to implement a ban on such a convenient, everyday product leg single used plastic actually does not that difficult really? ah. but only thing is i, we have a lot of, you know, done though, the work because he ran your band something there has to be alternatives available . and for people for businesses, i think a lot of businesses are also facing even simple thing as a replacement. aust royce, i think either there should have been more ground work there should have been more awareness that you know what can be used and i think, yeah, but even after janet did something like this is very good for then why me? so as in robert, liz, i, you know, i'm really happy about this, but i still feel bad there is, there should be some more work done before we really implement such kind of a back. you know, we're talking about the federal bond that the government are implemented in july, but that's on the 1st plastic brown in india. if you look at it that way. i mean, deli, for example, is that a single used plastic bind for some time that have been other states in india that have had it from a before that. i mean, how successful have they been? see we, emma is a, we had a bad, a declared in 2018 now because it was only for the state, you know, things were still coming from the state. so i don't think it was very successful. but yet it made a success for 4 people because people got aware that such kind of a bad news give me, i'll give it a small example. you know, when it was, it was announced, a person came to, you know, give us a plastic. oh. and he put, did everything in the metal boxes because he didn't want to get caught by the police. i invite those are the b? no, but it in creating awareness. but as a ban into dallas did wasn't success will let on, you know, going back to what you were saying earlier. you said that more groundwork should have been done to ensure that this is ben progress as well. and it's implemented effectively. i mean, my question to you is how much more groundwork is required. this is not a new issue. governments. i've been talking about it not just federal government's but state governments. i've been talking about of quite sudden, quite some time. and now this nationwide bank has been announced. if even now the groundwork isn't sufficient, the question is how serious is the government and actually tackling thing in these plastic waste? i think government is very serious, but i think either the businesses and people have taken it lightly simply because you know, it's been going on for more than 20 years. i think, you know, everybody thinks that day level always get exchanged and we will always get some more time. so i think businesses have also been very lax about it. you know, because it's just a mentality of thinking that will get their attention or, you know, they will take on the back. but i think this time the central government is very, very up, you know, serious, even though, you know, they have to publish the all the requirements and everything for the recyclers, for or so. so now we have to apply to the c p, c, b pollution control board and everything i think in a government is doing everything they get. but in terms of ground, we're adding awareness and you know, awareness of i've done it in a new product that needs to be happen and that not only the awareness, but the supply c as a business. if you just want to replace a single straw, you are going to have that much office of light. so i think that's where the gap is, and i think, you know, businesses will look good to fill the gap. i'm has it as a general, a citizen making, this is good. people are getting of it. and i think, you know, we really, it's gets implemented, you know, in a better way. right now your company works to convert plastics into fuel. is that a more realistic alternative to bombing? so good news cluster producer. hi, it's one of those done. it is because you know, the amount of plastic you can only have a one technology or one innovation that works on every kind of plastic. so i think we have to work with her, you know, mechanical recyclers, people who, upside, because we will use it, you know, or so hopefully, you know, all of us things work together. what do you then we'll see some dent in the recycling. otherwise, you know, as a, even though i know we have to look this technology only did one technology is not a solution that all right. we left for me with the timing but thanks so much for joining us today. and me about that. but forgot environmentalist and director of frugal environmental solutions. thank you so much. thank you very much. and a lot of this plastic waste ends up in the world's oceans by some estimates between 752199 1000000 tons. this has a direct impact on the animals that call the seas. their home micro plastics in particular are extremely dangerous. as many animals mistake them for food and ingesting the plastic can be deadly. looking, cute and healthy. but appearances are deceptive. this green sea turtle hesling barely survived. the animal was found on a beach in sidney. it mistook color for micro plastic floating in the ocean for food. after it was rescued. it defi catered plastic for 6 days in a row. so unfortunately, the debris within the ocean does not address stick to any particular size animal or any specific spaces of animal where it had hatchlings that fit into the palm of your hand that have had plastic in gestation. and i've also had a 100 kilo turtles that have also been found with lots of plastic bags and fishing line and stuff like that inside their internal got system as well. the heckling only weighs 127 grams. let's hope that it will recover soon in the sydney wildlife hospital, but its future is answer tang. plastic does not only harm small animals. in c lanka, elephants are the victims of plastic digestion, the packet dams and m power district, about 210 kilometers east of the capitol. colombo are desperate to find food, their nature, a habit. it has been destroyed, and now they venture into human settlements. there they seek out the waist in a landfill for food. a deadly mistake. ha, ha, tomorrow, yes, i'm for what we noticed in the elephants that died in the garbage dump. they were there was that their stomachs were mostly empty. when a thing holly theme bags are food wrappers, stick and other non digestible. sas were seen in bulk, in their stomachs and in their food path, and the rest was water there. the normal food that elephants eat and digest was not evident hammer the plastic locks up their stomachs. the elephant then starved to death. during the last 8 years, 20 elephants have died after consuming plastic waste in sri lanka. which is why a scientist, an activists are constantly looking for ways to reduce plastic condition. and the hom it does to the environment. researchers at the university of each one in southwest in china are working on a fish robot that they hope could help to rid the oceans of micro plastics. they say the robot measuring just 1.3 centimeters in size, can already suck up micro plastics in shallow water. their aim is to enable the devices to hoover up the plastics of deeper levels. they also hope the miniature robots will be able to collect and analyze information on marine pollution in real time. well no more till the dish is controlled by light, enabling it to move in a specific direction. to a certain extent, we can also control the direction it moves in boy, which allows us to prevent it from colliding with other fish or shape. this means that we are able to control this route, which is actually what we had been trying to achieve with its accidentally eaten by other fish. this is not a problem as it's made of biodegradable material on the zone toggle and these on solids. and that's it for this week as ever. there is more on our website, the w dot gov, forward slash asia, and you can follow us on facebook and twitter as well. we're back again at the same time next week on monday. we'll see you then, to by people in trucks injured when trying to flee the city center. more and more refugees are being turned away. warner family involvement. the reason for the credit on that is with extreme dreams. rough getting 200 people around the world. more than 300000000 people are seeking refuge. yes. why? because no one should have to flee. make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines. ah, ah, ah. tensions between china and the us over taiwan are at fever pitch, with beijing's military posturing in the taiwan strait. a key shipping wrote, what's this mean for global trade? and for the world's top export her of computer chips. an example of the circular economy with an ecological twist, using the sun's energy to turn the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide back into jet fuel and tracking the production of palm oil. as was start up uses tech to try to ensure plantations don't use child labor and are easy on the environment. i'm been for sewland, let's do business. you worries about trade in asia and knock on effects for the global economy. china says it's sanctioning us how speaker nancy pelosi and her family. after she visited taiwan aging, considered the self governing island part of its territory and called her trip a provocation. the military exercises have prompted some ships to navigate around the taiwan strait, disrupting key trading roots for car

d. w. ah, this is d w. news, and these are our top stories. german chancellor off, shall it says he is disgusted. what he described as, quote outrageous remarks made by the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas during a visit to berlin at a tuesday press conference with the chancellor 40.

d. w. ah . this is d w. news live from berlin. russians paid tribute to barry at dig in moscow blames ukraine for the car bombing that killed the daughter of a well known russian nationalist. kids denies it had anything to do with her death . also coming up german chancellor left schoultz visits his canadian counterpart in montreal.

d. w. ah, this is d w news, and these are our top stories. the daughter of a prominent russian nationalist and vladimir putin ally has been killed in a suspected ca bombing near moscow. diarrhea de geena and her father, alexander doogan, have publicly so.

d, w. ah, this is d w. news in these are top stories. world leaders have condemned the stabbing of the renowned author salman rushdie as an attack on freedom is in critical condition in a hospital after the assault at an event in new york state. a 24 year old suspect is in custody.

d. w. ah . this is d w. news line from berlin. the palestinian president sparked outrage in germany accusing israel of committing 50 holocaust against his people in german transfer all of shoulder spaces, heavy criticism for failing to immediately respond to the comments. also coming up in the program, kenya's president elect to william root.

d, w. ah, this is d w news, and these are our top stories. your as how speaker nancy pelosi has landed in taiwan. it's the highest level visit by an american official for 25 years. john.

d. w. ah, this is d w. news ally from berlin prize winning author salman rushdie stab intellectual hall in new york. the writer has lived for decades in fear after ron.

d, w. ah . this is d w i from berlin world leaders pay tribute to mikhail gorbachev whose died at the age of 91, the last leader of the former soviet union. he is credited with helping to end the cold war, though seen as a hero in the west of you and his native. russia is more mixed.

d w. ah, this is d w as africa coming up on the program? judging what you, where address that's caused an outcry in rwanda, this woman face as possible jail time for has see through outfit. we explore the drama and what it reveals about rwandan society. also coming up after losing kenya's presidential election, veteran opposition politicians. rayleigh degas hasta supreme court to nullify the results. and as this year's african book festival opens in berlin to award winning african authors join us here in studio. we'll also hear from ghana, where one woman is running a project to help children develop passion, reading. that's really important for children to be surrounded by contents where the characters, the heroes it look like that helps will show confidence. i'm told me on lady ball. welcome to the program. we begin enroll wanda, where one woman is facing 2 years in jail, for what authorities call in decent dressing. lilyanne mcgarvey cassie was arrested in early august after a photo of her wearing a truck spring dress in public went viral

d. w. ah ah . ah, this is d w. news live from berlin. russia agrees to allow international inspectors to visit ukraine, chaper asia, nuclear plant. moscow says atomic officials can assess the nuclear station occupied by its forces back to the resident, stuck up on iodine pills with both sides, accusing each other a fighting near the facility. also coming out explosions. rock of an issue is militant place each to a hotel. at least 8 are killed with gunfire and cargo attack tests, somali as to bill a see under a new president and gas promenade, a 3 day shut down of been north stream gas pipeline. european customers turn down that heating and cities switch off the lights to save energy for the winter ahead. ah, i manuscripts mckinnon. thanks for joining us. russian president vladimir putin says that he will allow inspectors to visit the shop parisian nuclear power plant and a call with france as president and manuel back home be your russian leader, said officials from the international atomic energy agency will be a

d. w. ah . this is d w. a news alive from berlin? dozens dead off for a fire rips through church in egypt. worship, as was celebrating the coptic christian mass when the blaze broke out, authorities are blaming and electrical folds. also coming out afghanistan locks a year since the taliban return.

d. w. ah, this is d w news, and these are our top stories. the daughter of a prominent russian nationalist and vladimir putin ally has been killed in a suspected ca bombing near moscow diarrhea. dana and her father, alexander doogan, have publicly support.

d, w. ah, this is d w. news coming to you live from berlin. russia once again targets ukraine, 2nd largest city. rockets, rain down on cocky destroying the university building and bringing the death toll the days of attacks to at least 18. also on the progress german chancellor, all of shoulds take the witness, stand at a probe into the country's biggest ever tack scandal. but he says he can't remember crucial detail. and the mystery of the dying fish. thousands of them washed up on river banks in poland and germany. now scientists may have an answer to why a river ran gently. ah hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. russian shelling continues to target hakim, ukraine's 2nd largest city. ukrainian officials say at least one person was killed when 5 rockets hit the city early on friday, between wednesday and thursday, 17 people died in russian shelling in hockey. meanwhile, media report say a russian air field in crimea has been rocked by a series of explosions. the blasts were reported near a military airport. north of the city of sebastopol, we're thought were dozens of combat aircraft, were parked. russian occupation authorities are quoted as saying, no damage was done. this comes as united nations secretary general antonio terrace, is business ukraine. on thursday, he held talks in the be with the countries president followed him, his lensky, and the turkish lead. a rich of type our to juan gutierrez repeated his calls for a safe zone around the russian occupied apparition. nuclear power plant, nearly ferry equipment and but so now some new withdrawn from the plants. further, the deployment of forces on equipment, the sides must be avoided. the area needs to be the leap at eyes and we must feel as he sees any potential damage who's up? what easier is suicide. gutierrez is now in the ukranian port city of odessa. we're dw correspondent young phillips schultz has been covering his visit. i asked him what the un chief hope to achieve their a year in odessa, the secretary general's big goal is to follow up on the so called grain veal, as you know, the united nations and turkey broke out a deal some weeks ago. that enables a resumption of vital grain exports from ukrainian hordes and odessa is the biggest part in ukraine really vital for the ukrainian economy. so a very symbolic, a very important place. and in some me to in some minutes there will be a press briefing here in odessa and the secretary general read. probably talk about his impressions himself. not getting that grain deal in place was quite a diplomatic breakthrough. is the grain deal working as planned so far? it's working around 30 ships, have been able to leave ukrainian ports in the past weeks carrying tens of thousands of grain around the worlds. the importance for ukraine of this deal really can't be overestimated. a lot of people really appreciate that this deal has giving, given them back some sort of optimism. so it's really one of the big success stories are fargo cheddar's. and all that grain shipments have resumed, of course, is a big step forward for global food security. but there are other major worries regarding ukraine, not least the embattled nuclear plant right now ad safa ratio. what's the latest they are young fellow? yes, exactly. a without his cancer doesn't have much time to enjoy his applause. because the dangerous to running the nuclear power plant in separate asia overshadowing everything at the moment, especially as some information from the ukrainian security that russia mites plans some kind of fire pro occasion there very soon. good cherish is a trying to, i have a, a demilitarized zone in place, but russia has rejected this plan completely. so now the big question is, if coach harris will be successful in helping some international inspectors get access to, to the plans, in theory, russia and ukraine agree on this bad. they don't agree on the conditions. a village, thank you very much, shar corresponded yon phillips shots there in odessa. you're watching d. w. news still to come, protecting ukraine's heritage in digital form. a new app keeps a back up of cultural science, threatened by russian bombing. our culture editor is here. tell us how it works. first, let's catch up on some other stories making headlines today. australia has criticized indonesia decision to reduce the sentence of terrorists convicted in the 2002 bali bombings. it means the man could be freed within days if he's granted parole. 202 people, including 88 australians died when militants attacked a tourist district in bali. apple has warned if a major security flaw that could allow hackers to take complete control over devices. users of i, phones i, pads, and mac computers are being advised to update their software. apple has not revealed how many of its customers are affected by the issue. german chancellor, olaf schultz is preparing to test, apply for a 2nd time in investigation into a scandal that has undermined trust in germany's financial institutions and governm

d. w. ah, this is d w. news, and these are our top stories. german chancellor off, shall it says he is disgusted. what he described as, quote outrageous remarks made by the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas during a visit to berlin at a tuesday pres. com.

on d, w ah, this is d, w. news live from berlin, united nations chief goes to turkey to oversee ukrainian grain shipments. attorney, retaliation visits the facility, coordinating exports during rushes war. he says more is needed to bring down world food prices also coming up explosions, rock mogadishu as militants.

d w. ah, this is d w news, and these are our top stories. ukraine says electricity has been restored in the bridge and around the separating her nuclear power plant after the facility was cut off from the power grid for hours. he crime is blinding brush and military for starting fires. the damaged power lines. the plant is under the control of brush and.

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d. w. ah, this is d. w. news live from berlin and palestine liter sparks outrage in the german capital. german chancellor left show says he is disgusted after mahmoud abbas accuses israel, of committing 50 holler course against his people. also on the program, ukrainian president vladimir savanski suggest russian bungling is the cause of explosions at a military base in russia occupied crimea. but moscow blame stop at 1st, the local russian commander said, now hunting for the people responsible in the battle for the future of the republican party list cheney. donald trump's fist republican critic loses the wyoming primary to a supporter of the former u. s. president and oscar nominated to german filmmaker both gun pettus and dies aged 81 major breakthrough in 90 day to bomb with the world war 2 epic. das bolton went on to direct a strict of hollywood. ah i'm sure he'll welcome to the program. germany said chancellor, olaf shaw says he is disgusted at what he called. the outrageous remarks made by the palest

d. w. ah this is d, w. use life from berlin. a 3rd of pakistan is under water. the monsoon floods the worst in 3 decades. the government calls the devastation mind boggling. it blames climate change caused by other countries.

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d. w. ah this is d, w. use life from berlin? it's been a year since the taliban returns of power in afghanistan. last turbulent 12 months, have seen women's rights crushed and a human human humanitarian crisis worker was our sponsor. the hobble tells us how afghan women see that future. a fire rips through a coffee. both adults charge in egypt, killing dozens of washer, but it plays adds to the trauma of the already believe it really just minority and in the buddhist league by and beat volts bold off.

d. w. ah, this is d w. news ally from berlin, ukrainian show morning, their dad, after rushman rocket attack on a whale way station on ukraine's independence day. we visit the small town of chop lina as it varies. a 6 year old boy would have started school next week, also coming up the un calls for com at ukraine's largest nuclear power plant, which is held by russian forces. nuclear inspectors say they're hoping to visit the site next week.

d. w. ah, this is d w news and these are our top stories, e crenshaw 30 say a russian rocket attack on the central town of to planar has killed at least 22 people and injured more than 50 of it comes on new kinds independence day. and the 6 month anniversary, the start of the book, ukrainian president blood of miss lensky and his wife paid tribute to the ukrainian soldiers killed from the country.

courses put us into active exercises are available in d, w dot com slash dodge lennon on facebook or in the land gym. and so free with d w ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin. russia agrees to allow international inspectors to visit ukraine, zap parisha nuclear plants. moscow says atomic officials can assess the nuclear station occupied by his forces near by residence a stocking stocking up on i've been pills. both sides accused each other, firing on the facility. also on the program health care work is in india. prepare for what might be the next big virus outbreak. will take a closer look of what they're doing to contain monkey pox. and poland and germany investigate the cause of math fish deaths in the odor. river tests show taught technology you linked to industrial pollution, maybe to blame for the ecological disaster. ah, and i man, you can speak and, and thanks for joining us. russian president vladimir putin says that he will allow inspectors to visit the shop or reach a nuclear power plant in a cool with frances president, emmanuel, my call be russian leader, said officials from the international atomic energy agency will

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d w. ah, this is d w news, and these are our top stories. ukraine says electricity has been restored in the region around the separate asia nuclear power plant after the facility was cut off from the power grid for hours. ukraine is blending brush and military for starting fires. the damaged power lines. the plant is under the control of russian.

d w. ah, this is d w news, and these are our top stories. ukraine says electricity has been restored in the bridge and around the sap at asia nuclear power plant after the facility was cut off from the power grid for hours. he crime is blinding brushing.

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d. w. ah, this is d w news, and these are our top stories. russian security services of accused ukraine of being behind a car bombing that killed diarrhea. de gina, the daughter of leading bright wing kremlin supporter alexander dugan. the claim comes after key of denied any involvement and saturdays.

d. w. ah ah, this is d w. news alive from berlin. dozens dead to offer a fire rips through church in egypt. worship is with celebrating the coptic christian mass when the blaze broke out. authorities are blaming and electrical folds. also coming up on locks a year since the taliban is returned to power. women's lives are again severely restricted on the both the anniversary security forces break up a protest demanding more freedom and the ship carrying desperate they needed gray is ready to sail from the black sea. the brave commander will transport you cranes, 1st to famine relief cargo to africa since the start of the war. oh, lou, i'm all i was like a welcome to the program. or the 40 people have been killed and a fire as a coptic church in egypt. the building was packed with worshippers and quickly filled with smoke. many of those trapped inside jumped out of windows to escape authorities to say an electrical fold started the blaze in visa, near the capital, kyra, thousands of christians were attending sunday mass here. when the tragedy unfolded the abu se same church is located in a densely populated neighbourhood, egypt, 2nd largest city, gazda. eye witnesses say the blaze blocked exits and trigger destin paid. many worshippers were trapped inside the style of baba, some people who threw themselves out of windows. so with this constant it where a man hid it, jumping from a window of and now we saw hospital with a broken back. i'll look a little more of that. all bottom before you, the full story building also housed a nursery with the doctor. there was a day care center on 2 floors, a church worker managed to rescue the kits downstairs. oh, he didn't know. there were more upstairs than the noise and yelling started to bubble up when we finally got upstairs. we found people, dan, give me a shout back of all over. not very terrible. i saw them bringing that people from the upper floor, dead from suffocation, including children. we didn't know how to get to them. i know we can't even tell who sons or daughters they are. how can something like this happened? egypt sin tyria ministry says the blaze was caused by an electrical fault in an air conditioning unit. the prime minister and other officials visited the scene. they promised funds to help restore the building. and they visited survivors in hospital literally, in the coming i was, those was condition has stabilized, it will be the charged safety regulations are poorly enforced in egypt. and this is one of the worst fire tragedies in years earlier we off journalist, but here i mean, in cairo, whether the local community accepts the official explanation for the file. at this point. yes, there, there is no information just to say that this was arson. it's not, it's not an unfair question just because all the time one church is that when a similar similar accidents happen, the local community does cast out upon suspicion off all my questions that there's, this is an accident. this doesn't seem to be the case here. what we know happened, according to those official sources on local reports, is that the electricity was out in the area and they were working with the generator. and then one day of tricity came back because they hadn't shut down that main power line on the generator overloaded. and then the 1st thing to low is basically the air conditioner, which is why the interior ministry saying that they're blaming it on an air conditioner. and that's been confirmed by with oprah rates as well. and unfortunately, options like this one are common in cairo, and in egypt, especially in the populated neighborhoods where the buildings are a little older and infrastructure is inadequate. emergency services are slow right now. we're hearing that a lot of frustration from the local community, from the neighborhood that this could have been avoided. the scale of tragedy could have been avoided. at the same time, when something like this happens, the fear that grips the comp, the community, especially, is that usually takes a very long time for churches to get renovated to get reconstructed. there are bureaucratic hurdles and very long delays, even though there is the legal infrastructure in place to, to see things up. but this amp, we just got an announcement from the presidency that the armed forces engineering authority have been tasked with renovating and reconstructing the churches. so hopefully that won't be the case. this time a urine from the taliban for turn to power in afghanistan, women and girls are largely barred from public life. on saturday, security forces broke up a rare women's rally in the capital cobble. they fired warning shorts and assaulted protest. this marching passed the education ministry. the women were demanding food and freedom to work and travel. dw correspondence under appeared. osman is in cobble for us. sandra, you were a fat protest. tell us more about what you experienced yet was about 11 local time when the women assembled, it was about 3040 of them and they were marching in front of the road that runs past the ministry of education. there were already quite a few security forces in the area, so they let the women march and chant for about 500 meters, i would say. and then the scary moment came, a couple of taliban fighters started firing life rounds in the air to disperse this very small crowd of brave women. and now we all started running and seeking shelter because what goes down in the air at some point obviously also comes down. and then towards the end of this, quite a few of my colleagues got arrested, detained, held for about 10 hours. and it really took till the evening that they were released and they were questioned and they were asked about who was behind this protest, who are the organizers they were asked to pass on phone numbers and what show what this clearly shows is that the taliban struggle with voice is off the centering. cobble, sandra, what are the women that you've been talking to in kabul, saying about the future in afghanistan? it really depends on who you're talking with yesterday. for instance, i spent the entire day with a young woman who feels like a prisoner schifflet's confined to her home. she used to be a student, a student of journalism. she used to be a working woman doing her status in even in classes and all of that is not possible anymore for her, for she really spends her days at home. i got the feeling that she is quite depressed and really she is experiencing dark days. that was the term that she used . and yesterday she also wrote a letter into my notebook. the letter was addressed to her own country and it was a letter full of tears and you know, hopes that you might have had for her life are not there anymore. she clearly has the sense that under this regime she cannot continue the life that she wants to live. now if you travel to the countryside to areas where and people really experienced the brunt of war where they experienced nitrates, air strikes drones tracks. if you speak to women there in the more traditional and conservative areas here, people that have a strong sense of we are now more liberated because there is security and we are not targeted any more. the war is over and that it's really the prevailing sense in the countryside that more security means a little bit more freedom to them. although we have a regime here that is really having a tight grip on power. the telephone ceased control a year ago today. have they been able to run a function and government i mean, they clearly have a firm grip on this country. and a lot of analysts say that this is probably the strongest in terms of force, the strongest government in the past 4 decades. but what you must keep in mind only is that we are experiencing here, country and crisis. afghanistan, as the country of 40000000 people and about half of them are in dire need of food 8 . so they need food distribution. and the taliban might know very well how to fight and when an insurgency but, but we see here on the ground is that they are really struggling to serve people in crisis mode. sandra peters, man, are correspondent in cobble. many thanks. now a ship carrying a grain for ethiopia has set off from ukraine. it's the 1st ukranian famine relief, cargo bound for africa. since the start of the war, 16 grain ships have had safe passage sofa, under a dealer drawn up by the united nations, dw mathias burling. our reports from ukraine. loading 23000 tons of grain. this ship, the brave commander, arrived at the port of p. den 2 days ago, the car was destination is it fuel pier? the u ends. world food program ordered the shipment. the 1st humanitarian who died shipment leaving ukraine since the beginning of the war. we trust that this is just the beginning of many ships that will be leaving to provide hope and food to people across the globe. it has been 3 weeks since the great deal was closed, allowing ships that were stuck in the port since february to leave 16 ships that have been sitting in the ports have already left. now it's empty. ships coming in being stocked here and leaving the ports like this one the route goes through a see that not only sees fighting but is also heavily mine ships have to follow a fixed road that both sides have agreed to the mine. however at the moment it is unclear how many owners are ready to send their ships on this route. much depends on the success of missions like the brave commander we bring him, i'm sure the much a lot of water to we understand the scheme is working and freight prices have started falling a little. but of course, insurance remains expensive. after all, the ships that are sent into ukrainian ports are still sailing into a war zone. for the goal is to have 5 ships a day coming in and out of ukrainian ports. but that remains some way off. let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. a delegation of us lawmakers has arrived in taiwan amid heightened tensions with china following the visits of how speak a nancy pelosi beijing used the self governing island as a province of the mainland and considered visits by the united states as undermining the one china policy authorities in western mexico have arrested a 167 members of a criminal gang. during the operation over $200.00 weapons and $25.00 vehicles was seized. local media reported that those detained were part of a gang fighting for territorial control and the state of michal can and 5 people have been killed at least 15 injured in the ecuadorian city of why kill and incident government officials have blamed on organized crime. echoes interior minister said gangs we are now attacking with explosives. the city has seen a recent wave of crime fuel by drug trafficking. an explosion as markets in armenia has killed at least one person. dozens more were injured in the blast at a fireworks depot in the capital yerevan. cellphone video posted to social media shows thick smoke rising over the market. followed by a loud explosion, sending people running through the streets of the popular open air shopping area. ah, the blast ripped through a fireworks warehouse, causing nearby buildings to crumble. it happened in the afternoon during peak shopping hours. witnesses say the pyrotechnics continued to explode as rescue workers and civilians searched the debris for survivors. while it was an explosion of fireworks, the smoke. everything shattered in a 2nd. there are warehouses and other stores. i don't know. it was just fireworks fireworks fire when everything happened and a minute people could not even get out of the shots with fireworks. can be heard going off in the background as rescue workers carry out, survivors found trapped under the debris. authority say the cause of the blast, and the number of victims is still unclear. fire fighters worked for several hours to extinguish the blaze. the plume of smoke visible kilometers away. and a quick reminder of the top story with following for you at this hour. more than 40 people have been killed in a fire as a caustic church in egypt. the building in visa, near the capital cairo, was packed with worshippers with horse, he say, an electrical fold started the fire. you're watching the debris news live from but and off next on the channel world stories takes us to ukraine, spain, taiwan, and germany. stay tuned for that and remember as always, you can find much more news on the website d, w dot com. i'm all out. sika, thanks for watching. take away. ah, if you ever have to cover up a murder, the best way is to make it look like an accident raring to read you've never read a book like this. literature list.

d. w. ah . ah. this is d w. news live for late i eddie micah jr. esau last drives on gaza kills at least 10 people. these are the government says it targeted an imminent threat from the slimy g u senior emily towns and 5 year old girls. among the dead hours later, the militants returned fire from gaza. also ahead. europe's biggest nuclear power station, closest after shelley international monitors are worried about the safety of the planting ukraine and local residents. here i'm not sure i know that the 2 year silence metal heads are broken on one small bands from around the world to gather in northern germany. but the return of the back and heavy metal festival. ah welcome to the program is really air strikes of killed at least 11 people in the gaza strip, including a senior palestinian militant and a 5 year old girl that's triggered by roger of rockets fired back at iraq from gaza . these are the government says it targets had the slumber. she had militant group for what it called. an imminent threat is raile

d. w. ah, ah, this is d w. news. and these are our top stories. the 1st grain shipment has left the black sea port of odessa offer deal between russia, ukraine, and the united nations. russia was blockading ports in southern ukraine, causing global food shortages and price increases. its hope. the ports will return to full capacity in the coming weeks and help ease the global food crisis. un secretary general and tanaka terrace says the world is.