And russian president Vladimir Putin turning to the wagner group, appointing, a commander of the mercenary group to take charge of volunteer units in ukraine. The library gone to our view as watching on tv, as in the United States and to all of you around the world. Welcome the you and says that either by john has requested a delegation be sent to now gore know camera back to assess the humanity. Communitarian situation on the ground there. Uh, this is a surprise moved by a iser by john, which has been saying no for weeks now and to letting International Observers into the region. Last week. Ethic armenians begin fleeting to go into a power bar. After the very takeover took place, they told dw news that they feared being killed if they stay 90000 p. For about 2 thirds of the enclave population have already left the region. The territories leader says that it will cease to exist as a separate entity by the end of this year, giving up any hope of independence from either by john or any chance of being absorbed by armenia are corresponded. Maria, catch a mazda sent this report from the armenian town to gores, about 50 kilometers from the board. The cars stops with piles of belongings arriving in armenia. Each day the number of refugees grows, leaving the gardener, cordova increasingly empty. When opposite or by john to control of number of her boss last week, most of the asinique armenians decided to leave their homes. They believed they were in danger of ex termination, despite azerbaijan assurances of their safety. Thousands of new arrivals re score as the 1st c t over the border. This is the 1st place they can get help and shelter. They share the hardships they went through to get here didnt yay we spent 3 days in traffic. Usually it was a difficult trip to usually my mentor. It was a very difficult moment for us to leave town. And im not sure i dont mind the inside of the 3 years of the life last 2 homes and establish in life for young children. Have heard so many shows and messiah was so they cried so much. Its offensive them psychologically. I just wish my kids had a safe place. I went to school like over children, my agency talking to weird. It might not marketing on longer school or 5 years. I mean, is it the board is which is 50 kilometers away from the board that has become a communitarian hops for i think our menus, we now gotten a kind of, of thousands of refugees have been arriving at the borders theater where they had been registered. Where the 1st medical and psychological, how is being provided by the warranty is International Organizations have been working here non stop as well as the whole city to provide their activities with all the necessary volunteers inmates. Youve towns, feed people with sons, which is sweets and t, things they were deprived of for a long time. The volunteers also say housing, all the refugees will be an issue for a small country like armenia. I think the most the most pressing thing seems to be accommodation. Theres just, theres just, you know, the, its an overwhelming amount of people. So the country and entirely the system wasnt really prepared to take on this many people, i think the hospitality of individual armenia as to what this fellow composites eases the bad and the refugees say they feel welcomed locals come here to help you with whatever they can as go to the um, just provides sitting on the town and supporting people, especially kids. So most of start the deal at the low cost of doing whatever they carry them off with the protocols which they provide shelter and feed them. Oh gosh. Yeah, its, do i need no tongue can do this or the some refugees have been invoice for a few days, sleeping in their cars, waiting to register. Some plan to go to the capital city of sierra, of on, and leave with their relatives. Other say they have no one to go to, all of them are over whelmed by the uncertainty of the future. So i spoke with rob butler from the world health organization. He was at the Armenian Border with either by john earlier today. He told me more about what the refugees need most as well. The 98000 does we just tell us the 8 pm local time, the 98000 refugees that have now crossed this board. I have incredible needs a chronic disease patients to need medicines that need treatments. We have mountain nutrition, most maybe most concerning we amongst the elderly and the very young. We have us with suspect situation in terms of the vaccination status of the refugees coming. We dont have vaccination records, so were unsure of what scale of, of explanation response is going to have to be delivered on the local Health Services understandable in a small village. As weve just seen from your images, from a small town like doris overwhelms as of a social services. But as your reports are quite right, the said harvard tunzia yard events and nights with a sense of incredible solidarity from the local communities. People opening that Homes Community sense is to provide accommodation under remarkable coming together of the, of the all my names population and it is yours. Is that the impression youre getting be from the outside world when they hear Ethnic Armenians going over the border into armenia. The automatic thinking is that theyre going home or that they will be welcomed in armenia. Is that the impression that youve seen or youve gotten suddenly being paid when the welcomes . I mean, then the incredible response today registered you just so the, the, the images of the registration center, registration, food, clothing, more time, free transports, wherever they need to go in the country for those of them that have family here in armenia, theyre making a bee line to them, but there are plenty of others that are going to need as you just require on the 2nd year reports, they kind of have accommodation needs and, and thats what were here to also support not accommodation, particularly, but as the special envoy to exclude at the regional director for w, i try to europe. My job is to gauge what the house needs are and which services and what about supplies we need to deliver. Weve delivered in kids, weve delivered um, as a sergio and kids trauma kids. Also Mental Health supports, of course, lot of anxiety, a feeling of loss and despair. Psycho social support will be very important in the days and weeks that what let me pick up on the mental Health Services. You know, that also speaks to long term needs of this population. And what are these people going to need when you know, when the initial attention from the world has weight . So yes, as disturbing the disturbing thoughts as instead the worst of us the fatigue and that will be a waning at some points of this issue. In this crisis. They will need Strong Social support networks. But im very confident the sense of community we sold today. And given that this is just date for of this, of this exodus, we are very confident that the local and National Authorities have a medium tax plan in place. I meeting the minister of health tomorrow morning and this is one of the key questions. Ill be asking, what about the International Community, what would you say that of these ethnic, armenians and armenians themselves . What do they need most right now from the International Community . Well, accommodation, as you said, is, is critical. We sold today, cause arriving was full mattresses, piled on top with on chase on the back seat. People stopping the boots of the cause, search so that desperate to find a safe place. And soon because gorse is at about 1500 feet in altitude and were going to have an issue in terms of the weather. Over the next months is it cools in that particular area and i see brains to the next week that somehow this one road and this one right out refugees coming down, it supplies the going the otherwise well, butler with the world health organization. We appreciate you taking the time to update us tonight. Thank you. Thank you. In the United States, the sky is over, new york city have opened, dropping so much precipitation in just a few hours that much of the city has come to a standstill. The dealers has forced parts of the subway system to close buses and flights are also delayed and there are also reports of people abandoning their cars to escape flash Flooding Authority to cold the storm life threatening and have declared an emergency us. Alright, i want to go down the dw as boxy in heart g, as in, in new york. You, im in the middle of the storm in boston. I think youre in brooklyn right now. Correct me if im wrong, but just tell me, i mean how bad is the store right now and maybe the rain has let up a little bit in the past few hours because theyre expecting more rain not gonna get better. And theyre saying that this isnt over yet, and people have to stay in for an hour and then you can get back in the streets of new york and that the water really has nowhere to go. That much water. So within minutes the road can get flooded. Extremely dangerous basement apartment. Warning city. Yeah. Well what we know of busing. Were still were still in hurricane season, but we were not talking about a hurricane here. What was this kind of rain to new york city so quickly a variety of factors are moving in thats bringing up for you. Yeah. Whats the North Carolina warning in the water the water temperature water, the more like yeah. Like about a wet summer and now a westfall as well. The w boston party. Theyre trying to stay dry in portland boston. Thank you. All right, heres a round up now what some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. The long serving Us Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein has died at the age of 90. She was known as a firm and advocate for liberal causes, such as gun control and gender equality, but also as a pragmatic lawmaker who could find Common Ground with republicans. Feinstein was the oldest serving us senator Las Vegas Police have charged the man with the 1996 murder, a rap legend to fax record. Dwayne cathy d. Davis previously admitted that he was in the cadillac from which the fatal gun fire came the unsolved case. As long, frustrated investigators it has fascinated the public. The human Refugee Agency says about a 186000. 00 migrants and refugees of arrived in southern europe. So far this year. The vast majority entering the e u in italy, which has experienced an 83 percent increase on last years now at least 57 people have been killed in 2 separate suicide bomb attacks targeting religious events in pakistan. The 1st blast occurred in the south west and the 2nd in hong who in the north west, the blast in moscow struck a religious procession that was marking the birth of the as law mac prophet mohammed. Now that attack flamed at least 52 lives. Several more people have been killed in the north west where another mosque was targeted. So far there been no claims of responsibility for either attack nursing, all of us as a journalist based in his lama bod, she gave us her assessment of the bless. Um, well, it seems like it was a coordinated effort given the similarity and the nature of the targets and the expectation that many people would we gather not only for friday prayers, but also to celebrate the prophet mohammed, pc of on his birthday. The date he gets out of on fox are, are usually at the top of the list. However, they have denied this attack in the boss dyers, the so called a stomach state, have been responsible and attacks, which is the most recent one earlier this year on their religious Political Parties rally. But we do have to wait and see the result of any intelligence gathering. Some have also blamed load separatists, but considering the 2 attacks being incomplete, separate provinces indicates a more sophisticated Trans National elements. Essentially, 2 groups were being talked credit in both locations. The police as representatives of the state and the religious procession which represent a variant of stomach worship that many extremists reject and find important. The police has historically been the real true front line victims of terrorism, as well as the main security forest fighting the daily battles to contain extreme, its elements. Unlike the military which is garrisoned and highly secure, concentrated locations, the police is more vulnerable because they are spread to need to out the country and are required by the nature of their work to engage in the public on a daily basis. Thus making them an easier target of the kremlin has passed a Top Commander of the Wagner Mercenary group with setting up volunteer units defined in ukraine. Russian president Vladimir Putin today met with former senior officer, andre trow shift. You play the leading role in the buckner group. This comes a month after the mysterious death of former wagner leader of getting pre goshen who lead as you may remember, a short lived mutiny against mos scale. The military draft has been very unpopular in russia. Any increase in the number of wagner mercenaries on the ground, particularly in ukraine, could use pressure on con scripts. Or i dont want to pull the now is sean big fade. Hes an expert on Foreign Policy and mercenary groups with the National Defense university in washington, dc. Trying to see they have you with this. Where does the wagner group actually stand right now . Um after precautions . Death, i mean, is it still intact . Now all of a sudden were talking about a, a new commander. If i get a group, its still intact, but its scattered and in disarray. And the mission of troy said is to command it, but for directly for putting on a very short leech. And thats what choice travis is going to try to do. But what he can do is another question. So what can he do as well . The group is split actually into 2 groups. Theres an old guard in new guard. Now the new guard, or all those ex convicts dump out a russian jails a year ago and sent to fighting ukraine as if it stall and grad. And that is, thats the easy part choice of those new. Those new guard had been absorbed into the Russian Military and troy shabbat is going to be there commander. And hes going to be sitting in the Ministry Defense as a contractor. And theres not much those guys can do. There are basically cannon fodder. But the old guard, which a Higher Quality mercenaries on africa, thats what progression always kept as best mercenaries as theyre kind of out of reach. So because even of the most out can reach them in molly or sudan or but you know, fast so they can just disappear into the congo and become free lance mercenaries. So theres a big question about the old guard. Thats interesting that you say that. So they could basically disappear and be out of reach. Im many authorities back in moscow if im understanding you correctly. What does that tell us then about the role of wagner as we understood it under per goshen is theres a possibility that we will see the resurrection of wagner to the status. That ones hat. I dont know about that. I, what i do think is going to happen is that choice app is really going to take over the wagner group, guys who are in ukraine, the canon fighter. And theyre easy, those, theyre essentially starks or slaves to the Russian Military at this point. But you know, put, use the voc group since 2014 to today as a sort of a 5th column in africa to spread russian influence sort of a cause wagner. And like all mercenaries has plausible deniability. And he uses that to, you know, manipulate for crews and to do other things. What the future of that is, remains unknown. Trisha met also today with yesterday with put and also with Deputy Defense minister. Yep. Correct. Who has the same meeting . Gets crop, went around to africa, to all of those places. Wagner is working to try to talk to the heads of state. Theyre just sort of reassure them that progressions out, but were still in control. We dont know how successful he was. I suspect he wasnt entirely successful project because per goes into relationships with african countries with strictly on a bilateral personal level, you cant replace it with an empty seat from the kremlin shopping face with the National Defense university in washington, dc. With the latest on the wagner group, it is, its like a thriller novel to find out what the next step will be. Sean, thank you. Take care of the asian games in china. Afghanistans womens Volleyball Team will play its opening game on saturday. The squad is made up of exiles, he were forced to flee the country after the take over by the tale. Bon, the telephone, by the way, as you may know, it since band women sports and persecuted, female athletes are they ready to take on the continent . Afghanistans womens Volleyball Team have become huge obstacles to be at the asian games for to start new lives abroad by the tyler bands treatments of women in sports. Now that competing on the big stage, actually the important things for us enough to do for the data is that uh for distribution and such kind of matches and coming here, they give them hope for the future. The team will be huge on the dogs at the games. The players are based in Different Countries and of course do not get state funding like other sites competing here. But they determined to make the most of them moments in the sun i because so my 1st name, i told me to the i live in the teams expectations of supporting success in china. May the motors spot the financing and also get the most important bustle for the women at home bod, from playing sports as my big. So theres that, so maybe maybe maybe one day or 10 sport in their own fancy and, and in a p be hope that everything would change and have gone is gone. And one day, all this woman who are still it ever gotten this done, and they hope to be a part of the team here with this, with these girls. So we hope that everything would change and the thought about even accept the woman. But this will take time, the time is now for these women, no. And a win against catholics down on saturday would be the perfect conclusion to that tale of resilience. As in golf, europe is taking a commanding lead over the usa on the 1st day of the ryder cup in rome. Europe a wind for 0, ahead on an incredible morning and the force of matches. It was the 1st time that europe ever whitewashed. The us in an opening session of the con, the afternoon football matches were more even with the score after day, one meal spinning at 6 and a half to one and a half british, a police of a rest of the 16 year Old School Boys suspected of cutting down an icon a tree, the sycamore and stood by hadrian as well in Northern England for hundreds of years before it was cut down and what appears to be an act of vandalism. Centuries of history toned down in just one night. One of britains most celebrated and photographs trees reduced to just a stump. The old sycamore Northumberland National park was a beloved land mount to locals, but was known far beyond the u. K. Thanks to his dramatic appearance that even wanted to roll in the ninetys block buster, robin hood, prince of thieves star and kevin costner, and Morgan Freeman officials said messages of greece had been pouring in from the public. This sort of mental up the people. People would have been proposed to here they will of help significant family occasions here. Some people will, may have scattered the ashes of loved ones here and for someone to feel that they can to do this to such a sight. I just find really hard to comprehend them on our side, a real sense of loss today. Visitors also decried what Police Believe was the deliberate act of vandalism. Says its great, its quite upset and that you know what people from is go a joy from it and pictures and taking pictures of it and said, yeah, its such a shame that somebodys caring vandalized the beautiful part of the country side. Police have arrested a 16 year old boy on suspicion of criminal damage. But this still hope of new life breaking from ancient tree. Officials say shoots could grow from its stump, although it would take hundreds of years to restore its former glory. Its a bar mean world least this year. Barbie has been one of the Biggest Box Office hits around the world. His audience is dressed up in pink and new studio strand. Their pink logs on some countries including vietnam and to wait however have banned the sale. Barbie is also officially not on release and rush out, but some smaller screens. They are showing some boot leg copies. This colin over most kind of Shopping Mode is old. Pink hobby is coming to the screens. Through a new poll, many Hollywood Studios have stopped releasing the films in russia, but im licensed into copies of bobby found that way to avoid licensing problems. Some send them us a selling tickets for russian short films and showing the body feature as a premium. Russs coats and ministry, and some politicians on nothing used become popular. Its so far from the ality that i dont think its almost what russia wants to bring to the world today. Some people call it traditional values and the toner stick, you know, 140 miles away from the capital. Bobby menu isnt the thing. For me to suggest. If right now we need patriotic russian films to race as well. Right now we need to cut out western half or 2 or more laws. We but others have a more nuance to be c o far shes universal to become a more cultural and sociable person. Again, you need to watch films from other countries, double chill, eval bullet point, much for your skies. Im likely to lose her throne to bobby and russia. But its possible that the film has found its way onto a smaller screen in the city to maybe as a preview of a patriotic short film, just like in most count, no barbie. What would ken do . You watch any news after a short break . Ill be back to take you through the day. Well be right back into the the the, the view will tell you we are happy that we are back to the story. We have a getting a visa is more difficult than finding gold hosted to use that for sure. Yeah. And for the future in the stories and issues that are being discussed across the country. News africa in 60 minutes on d. W. 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