ah ah ah, this is w news alive from berlin, a massive explosion on the outskirts of ukraine's capital. several people are killed when rushing. shelling destroys, are shopping complex. in a residential neighborhood, emergency crews are still searching the rubble for survivors. meanwhile, the besieged port of mario refuses to surrender. the you now call and brushes tactics. a war crime. germany's vice chancellor full but have them travels to the

gulf in search of new energy sources. as berlin scrambled to diversify it, supply after years of relying on russian importance and thousands, turn out for a peace concert in berlin. one of several anti war demonstrations cross german. 7 jazz, ah ah, it's day 26 of russia's war of aggression against ukraine. i'm michael o, coo, welcome. at least 8 people are dead after a neighbourhood on the outskirts of keith came under heavy showing overnight. and despite the weeks long, she's the eastern port of mario bowl has to fight a russian deadline to surrender. the european union's top diplomat says russia's

tactics or war cry, a blast that shook the entire city of cave. fires erupted amid the wreckage of the mall. that was hit by russian shelling, fire fighters that rush to the scene were able to pull at least one person out of the rubble alive. but the aftermath is a scene of devastation. parts of the mall were completely obliterated when those blown out metal twisted craters in what used to be the parking lot civilians killed in the bombing of civilian infrastructure. fresh and troops have been hitting keith with a series of strikes, including on apartment buildings. but for now, their advance has largely stalled on the outskirts of the city. ukraine rejected an

ultimatum for the city of matthew pole in the country's east to surrender to russian forces. russia had offered safe passage out of them are you pull, but only for those who would lay down their weapons. conditions in the besieged city, continue to be difficult. food and water are scarce. medical help is hard to come by. just the ukraine's president will admit zalinski again condemned the attack on the city. look at me more when we deal this footer. the blockade of mario paul will go down in history as a war. crime to do this, to a peaceful city is terrorism. that will be remembered in centuries to come each in a state and the more ukrainians tell the world about it. the more support we will get the leaves. with the more russia uses terror against ukraine,

the more it will suffer, the consequences really deem he ish. and lastly, you must avoid lemay in matthew paul ukrainians planned to keep on resisting surrender. they say is out of the question sir. keeper took off former deputy minister of justice and now a law lecturer at the national university of keith joins us now. survey, thank you so much for making the time for us today. but 1st, we've seen this morning, the terrible destruction caused by russian bonds to achieve neighbourhood. how are people in the city coping with this violence and, and how are you coping right? oh, so this is a shopping mall in my area. and i could actually both here and see the blast last night. so we are talking to each other to our neighbors on, on various chads. and people are just of course, straight away, rushing to get more information. what, why was hit, what are the consequences?

what's going on? there is no panic in the city, and people are just making sure that you know, they're close. one are safe. and if they live, the houses in the houses are intact. and if the windows are still there, so i think we are at this point, quite used to lisa tags and the, you know, everybody's well coordinated and knows what can happen. sir. you have to say, i'm going to keep this personal for a moment. i think so many viewers watch what's going on in ukraine and they, they look at it with some degree of incredulity. in fact, looking at you right now. you as, as cool as eyes. how are you coping with this? what is going on with the people that allows them to just shoulder on you can believe how humans are adapting to any circumstances they're leaving in. i mean it's, it's a shock the 1st days, but then people get used to cyrus. people get used to attacks. again, i'm in this neighborhood that, that hears on, you know,

the shots throughout all those 3 weeks. so we're kind of used to that. you go to, you know, when to do shopping and you hear some blast. that's just part of your life. now you're taking precautions, but you're keeping cool those who could not cope with that left the city and had a right to do that the that those who stayed, we know what's going to happen. we know that we have to be prepared. we were psychologically single and we're just flexible enough to get used to left psychologically stable. okay, more questions for you. keeps mayor of vitality clinico has just announced reinforce curfew in the capital starting later tonight, asking people to stay either at home or in shelters. why is he doing that? right, michael, so this is the 3rd time that this has been happening. and each time i think it was full reason that we were expecting russian attacks on the ground within the city. we expected incursion of there are small groups within the city,

and in order to be able to effectively stop them, you have to ensure that no civilian is outside. so i think everybody understands that. and that means that to morrow, whoever is mad on the street, can be presumed to be anatomy. and therefore, you know that if people can, you know, our, our forces can react upon it. because we've seen the, you know, the russians, these guys as civilians, as ambulances, if fire quarters, so it's critical to have a curfew for armed forces, injury, toil defense, to be able to stop anyone, anyone who is on the street without sound reason, understood. i want to get to my real poll, the residence there, of course is, you know, have refused to russian ultimatum to surrender. so it seems that determination to resist the russian invasion, remain strong. despite the fact that thousands are trapped. exactly, we wait. i mean i'm,

i'm talking to many people. i talked to my neighbors to my friends. i see what's going on. the morale stays high. i don't think anyone is panic in of this point on the country. people get more coordinated and better organized. we are hoping for the best but prepared for the worst. that is a say keep it to cough a former deputy justice minister of ukraine. really appreciate your time and perspective, sir. so far, the united nations has counted more than $900.00 civilians killed since their start of russia's invasion of ukraine. over a 100 of them were children, thousands more have been wounded in the attacks. one hoss grantee is trying its best to treat young survivors. despite the challenges of war for law damage is lucky to be alive, is the car he was travelling in was hit by gun fired. 2 days after russia invaded

ukraine, his father and his 6 year old cousin were killed. although the 13 year old survived, he's been left with serious injuries. no hulu here, face was hurt. his jaw and his nose were broken. his arm was hit, his leg was hit in 2 places as well as his other leg. he had one or 2 bullets in his back. i can't remember staff working at this children's hospital in the ukrainian capital keep. stay here round the clock. they have to because of the security situation and the amount of work they have. these are tough times rational. it's really terrible. it's challenging, emotionally. it's awful. we live in the hospital, we don't go home. we're available 247 and any time day night morning evening we

rushed to help the children and it's really difficult. maybe after all her family, some of us are new school cycle support. maybe mark the lo real. only focus on for people tripling children valona. mir will need more surgery, doctor's husband. he will be able to walk again. but no one really knows if his emotional scars will ever heal. isn't a blue circuit? well, a germany's reliance on russian gas has exposed europe's biggest economy. it's reluctant to impose energy sanctioned john russia. and it's why a good economics or minister holberg ha back has traveled to the gulf states of guitar and the united arab emirates to negotiate a long term energy partnership. the trip is about energy and reducing germany's

dependency on russian gas. germany wants to replace russian gas with gas from guitar. after talks with the amir of guitar, the german economy minister said a deal had been sealed. goes on to your eyes. oh, it's great news. and that was the purpose of this visit that we've agreed on a long term energy partnership. part most often, the companies that have come with us will now enter into deeper contract negotiations with the could sorry side. i'm just, i'm at austin's, i to, in different parts 102 french died. many of the top german business leaders are traveling with havoc. the visit is being seen as an opportunity for german companies to do business with guitar. despite open questions about democracy and human rights. after visiting guitar, the german delegation traveled on to the united arab emirates for talks unsecure in green hydrogen, produced with renewable energy that spring and

d. w. 's are chief political correspondent, melinda crane. greetings, melinda. remind us again. why they're stripped to the golf was necessary and did germany get what it came for? it's necessary because dependence on russian fossil fuels is looking more and more like a ticking bomb. and in fact, the minister got more than he wanted a package deal that could help germany, not only deal with its short term problem of diversifying its sources of natural gas away from russia. but also it's a longer term goal of transforming gets entire energy system to become climate neutral. both are huge challenges for a big economy that has a very energy hungry industrial sector, which is one reason why germany has refused so far to go along with suggestions for an impart port embargo on russian fuels. minister havoc says that this long term energy partnership is a milestone or what he called putin free energy. it would focus on liquefied

natural gas deliveries from guitar to meet germany, short term needs. and on developing renewable energy projects, both in katara and in the united arab emirates, that would create a reliable supply of green hydrogen, green hydrogen. it's viewed as the fuel of choice for heavy industry. and of course it's no accident. that's the c o that some of germany's biggest industrial companies were along. on this trip. you mentioned germany's a resistance to rising calls for an embargo on russian gas in porch. it faced our new appeal today from ukrainian president vladimir zalinski. let's listen. mean. the chairman's, you have the par, little hall. europe has the par, more powerful than any missiles on more powerful than any tanks you missed. but you would like trade with you without your company's under banks. russia will not have money for this war. so let there be peace as soon as possible, so you can and you must defend yourself. my no one has the right to destroy nations,

and no one can tell europe into pieces. we have wandered politicians, that it is dangerous when moscow decides whether you have gotten on how much money it costs you was given. melinda strong words there from the ukranian president, adding pressure on germany to stop importing russian energy immediately. how long can germany maintain its current, stanch? the pressure is definitely going to rise as we see more atrocities in ukraine, like the images from maria poll. several participants in today's e. u foreign ministers meeting in brussels made an appeal very similar to president landscape. and german officials are undoubtedly bracing for similar calls when u. s. president biden meets thursday here in europe with nato, you and group a 7 member countries. so berlin could look increasingly isolated as it did earlier

in the crisis before it took the momentous decision to suspend operation of the nord stream to gas pipeline. german officials have repeatedly warned that cutting off gas could shave several percentage points off of g d p growth, and that that would have ripple effect for the entire e u economy. but the fact is that germany in europe have weathered such shocks, both during the financial crisis and during the pandemic. and we are seeing cautious support both from some economic experts and also from citizens for stronger action. in fact, about half of german say, in public opinion surveys that they would be in favor of an import embargo on russian gas. so as the pressure rises, as germany looks increasingly isolated, we may see german officials start to move on this melinda, i will remind our viewers at 12 years ago in the wake of the fukushima nuclear disaster. then chancel,

immacule boldly declared that germany would transition to renewable energies with the last nuclear power plant set to shut down this year. now germany saw itself as a world leader on energy transformation. what does the government heightened focus right now to load up on gas due to that image? if anything it tarnishes that image and it tarnishes it, especially with respect to the actions of the previous government. essentially this government in many ways is having to clean up the mess made earlier. one aspect of that mess the fact that germany will not meet its climate targets either for this year or for next year. another part of the difficulty that enormous dependence that we've been talking about on fossil fuel imports. the fact is, nuclear energy was one source of energy independence. and of course germany is phasing that out. so along a number of different to that dimensions. this energy transformation right now is

looking like a shambles. and it's one of the main challenges facing the german government. t w's chief political correspondent, melinda crane. as always, many thanks. here's a look at some other developments in the war. a court in moscow has rejected a request by the tech giant meta to dismiss a trial deciding if it should be classified as an extremist organization. russian authorities want to ban platforms like facebook and instagram for their role and disseminating information. following the invasion of you, chris and hey zealand has pledged the further $3500000.00 as non lethal military assistance to ukraine. a crime minister jacinta ardor said the money would be primarily directed to a nato trust fund that provides help in the form of communication equipment and for stains and military fis. dyke, polish officials say thousands of trucks headed for believers are backed up for 40

kilometers at the border. as protesters blocked the road, the demonstrators are demanding the e. u. halt, all trade with russia and its ally bellows. over the warn ukraine. frances agriculture minister, it says the russian invasion of ukraine could lead to a global food crisis. ukraine is normally one of the world's biggest grain at exporters, but with the war threatening this year's harvest, the shortfall and higher prices will likely be felt across the globe. and now ukrainians themselves need food aid a food delivery for ukraine's hungry, responding to a humanitarian crisis that didn't even exist a month ago. some of these supplies, however, were previously destined for hungry people in other parts of the world were show short of funds already. and now with ukraine,

we've got we've got 50 percent ration for people. for example, in yemen, i've just cut 50 percent ration for 8000000 people. these year, 50 percent rashes chad, 50 percent residence in 50 percent. don't have anything those who you're in extreme need. so it's already having a global impact. the effects are already being felt in somalia, a major drought there has uprooted thousands of people who now depend on international food aid. many are reliant on one meal a day. some are dying of malnutrition. busy number of donors at the beginning, the already told us there's some commodities at coming. heading to ourselves. last committee would only be diverted in this in the c heading to ukraine and yemen, the poorest country on earth ravaged by years of civil war. people here depend on staples like wheat to survive,

much of which is grown in ukraine. now that supply is under threat at, in rising prices for transportation, fuel, and fertilizer, all driven by the war. and more and more people are feeling the shock here and in africa, what prices are really going going up not only are many african countries, particularly given the role that woods russia and ukraine, ah, part of the part of the palm bay food products of hot globally and the fact that the crisis is going on there, it's also definitely affecting supply chain to the global that to be the world. food insecurity creates even more danger of civil conflict and chaos. while much of the world focuses it's attention on ukraine to asia now and the civil

aviation administration of china has confirmed that a china eastern airlines plane has crashed in the south of the country. there were a 123 passengers and 9 crew members on board the plane, reportedly a boeing 730 shaven was traveling from quin ming to gun. jo ann is understood to have crash close to the city of wu, jo in one she province. chinese president, she ging ping, said he was shocked by the crash. the number of casualties and reason for the crash or not yet. no. let's bring in corresponding fabian chrysler in beijing. fabian, can you bring us up to date on what happened? yeah, the plane took off em in coming that sir. capital, if you none, province. and in the beginning, every theme seemed to go s. norma s plant of the plane reached a height of 8800 meter and then it dropped radically very fast. and one media he

reported that within 2 minutes it lost all hate hate and crashed into the mountainous region of going she that's an area that is really not very accessible and, and it costs a fire in the forest and this firestone, m a. so fire has already been extinguished, but am, according to eye witnesses, not much. m was found, i'm off the m a plane. basically everything was burnt and destroyed. what is really remarkable is that i witness also told a media that the plane basically was falling down from the sky like a stone reward, sickly. and no one really can explain the cause of that. i mean, we don't have an official m, a confirmation of the authorities, but also aviation experts don't really know what could could have triggered that have been what, what more do we know about the type of aircraft involved here?

where it was a boeing 737, and we know that it was are almost 7 years old. and so, i mean, nothing really remarkable about the aircraft. and to also the whole last decade m was relatively safe in the last m. a deadly plane crash. big plane crash is already almost 12 years ago. there was in 2010 and, and so it's really a big tragedy. the rescue mission is ongoing. they are more than 1000 persons taking part in that rescue mission. so far. however, we don't know that any black box has been found. and of course, a know to our viewers. we will be bringing you as much information about this crash as we learn it, as we learn from it up in crash more in beijing, many things doesn't mean sahu re radcliffe has spoken for the 1st time after being allowed to return to the u. k. the british iranian aid worker, which jailed in tehran for almost 6 years after she was accused of plotting against

the iranian government. she was free to last thursday. after the british government settled an outstanding debt of 47475000000 euros. she thanked all of those who fought for her release, but said it should have happened 6 years ago. and so i would rather not answer the question i think this moment is just coming back home and just enjoy it will always want me. there is no other way around it. leave it with me. i mean anyway, it's a good example. it is never gonna leave you alone. but i think at the moment i would rather just focus on coming back home here in germany, there were protests across the country over the weekend, against russia's war in ukraine, in the capital berlin, thousands of people turned out for a peace concert featuring some of germany's biggest names in the business. oh,

any now the law i call for peace in ukraine from natalia clinico, the wife of keeps mer vitale, glitch go. on sunday musicians came together in the heart of berlin for musical rally under the slogan, sound of peace. natalia hoped their message was spread around the world. they don't pain in my name mentioned then he had a hipaa. every city in every country stood up like we are in berlin, we could bring change. and i truly believe that about, sorry, the concert was also a call for donations. 6.5000000 euros were raised support for victims of putin's war. more than 15000 people came, including many ukrainian refugees. both her body, a wolf, wade, roger for an oil, for gas, et cetera, turn into bombs,

falling on your pregnancy. do we just people who are select touch, who choose democrats to wait? please stop this ward. i don't know how i done. no. when but stop this war spine tingling moments with german pop sensation. so he, these one of over 50 performance is with a clear message ah, sends out of it. it's a very important event to be able, as artists and musicians to set an example. here with music we the most universal language we have and to show that we are in the majority here. we want peace and war is not an option because kind of sad oh. 7 0 gosh, you watching d w. news coming up next in d,

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