Six In The Morning Sunday 4 September 2022

 

Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant loses main connection to power grid again

By Chris Liakos and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN

Updated 0847 GMT (1647 HKT) September 4, 2022

Ukraine's largest nuclear plant lost its main connection to the power grid again Saturday amid sustained shelling, despite the presence of international inspectors.

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is now relying on a reserve line to supply electricity to the grid, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said.

Inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog arrived at the site Thursday despite concerns about constant shelling in the area. Ukraine and Russia have blamed each other for the repeated artillery fire.

Warning of more floods in Pakistan as lake swells from monsoon rains

Authorities urge villagers near Lake Manchar to evacuate after waters reach dangerous levels

Associated Press

Officials in Pakistan have warned that more flooding was expected as Lake Manchar in the south of the country swelled from unprecedented monsoon rains that have resulted in the deaths of nearly 1,300 people.

Meteorologists predicted more rain in the region in the coming days and authorities urged villagers in the Jamshoro and Dadu districts of Sindh province near the lake to evacuate. The rising waters reached dangerous levels and posed a threat to a protective dyke and embankment, they said. The lake, located west of the Indus River, is the largest natural freshwater lake in Pakistan and one of the largest in Asia.

Fariduddin Mustafa, administrator for the Jamshoro district, said on Sunday that officials made a cut into the lake’s embankment to allow excess water to escape and ultimately flow into the Indus but the water was continuing to rise.

Escape from Afghanistan, Part I"We're Destroying the IT. Have a Nice Sunday"

Documents are burned, computers mutilated and 15 Mercedes SUVs are destroyed with a forklift: The fall of Kabul caught the Germans by surprise – and politicians in Berlin proved unequal to the moment.

By Matthias Gebauer und Konstantin von Hammerstein

On Monday morning, at six, the earth begins shaking. The floor sways, the walls quiver, but Chris Klawitter doesn’t get nervous easily. The businessman from Hamburg has lived in Kabul for two decades. He knows what earthquakes feel like.

But this time it's different, the shaking doesn't stop. Klawitter runs outside. He has spent the night in an accommodation container located in the military part of the airport. As he will recall later, the embassy called him at just after 3 p.m. on the previous afternoon: "Chris, come to the airport right away. We’re evacuating."

Germany announces €65 billion inflation relief package amid energy crisis

The German government on Sunday unveiled a new multi-billion euro plan to help households cope with soaring prices, and said it was eyeing windfall profits from energy companies to help fund the relief.

German businesses and consumers are feeling the pain from sky-high energy prices, as Europe's biggest economy seeks to extricate itself from reliance from Russian supplies in the wake of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Rapid measures to prepare for the coming cold season will ensure that Germany would "get through this winter," Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at the unveiling of the 65-billion-euro ($65-billion) package.

Voting on Chile’s proposed constitution: What you need to know

Chileans vote to approve a new constitution, the first since 1980 that was drafted under military leader Augusto Pinochet.

Millions of Chileans are voting in a referendum to approve or reject a new constitution drafted earlier this year, in what could be a defining moment for the country of 19 million people.

The proposed constitution – which took a year to prepare – includes more rights for women, indigenous people, and working-class citizens.

Inside Libya's secret jail: 'Being alive is a miracle'

A Libyan civil servant has given a harrowing account of how he was detained by the intelligence services and accused of espionage, writes Carolyn Lamboley.

On 1 October 2020, Walid Elhouderi was called in to act as an interpreter at a meeting with several ambassadors in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.

After it ended, he recalls walking the Congolese ambassador back to his car to see him off and then returning to the meeting room to collect his belongings.

"That's where I found four people waiting for me. They roughed me up. They slapped me. They held a gun to my stomach, and they abducted me. After that, I was disappeared. I didn't even know where I was," Mr Elhouderi says.