ah, ah, ah ah, this is either way news lie from rural and a massive explosion. rocks keep a shopping mall is flattened by russian bombs, emergency crews are still searching the rubble for survivors and the besieged port . city of mario paul rejects a res russian ultimatum to surrender. also coming up, germany's vice chancellor travels to the gulf in search of new energy sources as berlin scrambles to diversify after years of relying on russian imports and thousands. turn out for

a peace concert in berlin. one of several anti war demonstrations across germany. jack. 7 lou, lou sean ah hello everyone, i'm layla rock. thank you so much for joining us. it's day 26 of russia's war of aggression against ukraine overnight the capital keith came under attack. russian showing has destroyed a shopping mall in a residential neighborhood, killing at least 8 people. and the besieged port city of mario ball has to fight a russian deadline to surrender. the european union's top diplomat says what's happening in mario paul, is quote, a war crime. a blast that shook the entire city of keith fires interrupted 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 hating 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. jo, ukraine's president vladimir zalinski again condemned the attack on the city. look at me mighty open. we deal with this fully. 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 leash with the more russia uses terror against ukraine. the more it will suffer, the consequences really him. he, a sion nozzler key was for, pardon me. in matthew paul ukrainians plan to keep on resisting surrender. they

say is out of the question a 2nd now to western ukraine to levine to did of use correspondence to find for shar, who is standing by a funny, again a, we've just the air, some very graphic images of, of destruction, annihilation. and we understand there have also been attacks on the outskirts of keep what more have you learned? unfortunately, not the 1st time that the residential era in keep another positive ukraine have been hit. but the fact that this showing all the shopping center, as well as several homes nearby that this took place in the actual historic district of key if, even though the part that word explosion to place was right on the outskirts of that historic district. but still along the fact that these are the targets that have nothing to do with military infrastructure, something the russia claim from the beginning that they're interested in, and that they would never, shall, anything that's connected to civilian shows that unfortunately,

it continues not only in kiev sunday evening, late sunday, when this explosion happened with about 8 people at least killed in the shouting, according to local authorities. but it happens all over the southern eastern and northern part of the country. and partly also here in the western region where a civilian, a port and infrastructure closer to submit in a put was hit a couple of days ago. so it goes on the war goes on in ukraine and people on the ground, especially murray pull in the story that we have just seen before. i just hoping if this war goes on at least that there are some safe course implemented here. so people who need wearing desperate need to exit at least have a chance to do so. well, a speaking of, i mean the terrifying ordeal. of course for people trapped in my you pull a rushes deadline for the surrender of that city. a multiple has passed, thousands are, are still trapped in motor you poll. so what's gonna happen now now that this self imposed deadline by the russians has passed and you're talking about hundreds of

thousands of people trapped later. 400000 people lived in my pool in this city before the war started in just a few 1000 by the day, depending on what it's possible at all in a way, try to leave some of them on foot to try to leave mario pool because they are not expecting that any of that humanitarian corridors that were promised, both the ukraine and russia will be implemented now both parts are actually blaming each other about the reason why it's impossible to actually evacuate people, regardless, actually what is happening on the ground, which version is the version that will be verify that some day in his story is the people, the civilians who need to put up with the fact the basically since february 24th, they have limited or no access to food power and the basic things that you need to survive in fact, just today we have seen reports that apparently people that people, they're taken out from apartments by neighbors because simply the die of hunger or

because the freezing to death, we should not forget even though it's becoming spring. also here in the river, i am. but we still are freezing temperatures during denied. so the situation remains very harrowing, amarrow pool. and really the question is, is there an end in sight is at least some relief inside by helping to establish the safe corridors that are so needed not only model pool, but especially there in the southern part of ukraine. and funny, you are in levine, which is considered to be relatively safe. what's the situation? what can you tell us about what it's like to be where you are right now. even though in the background you see people walking just like if this was any other day sunny day basically, and people actually playing music behind me, but all around if you go through the city of course you see the impact of this war also here in terms of the number of internally displaced, people that have arrived, you're seeking shelter. some of them are trying to still leave across ball. and

even though that number kind of reduce over the past couple of days, and the people here are seeing what they need is not really or necessarily financial support by and g o. it's something that the mail for the they've asked for. what they're hoping is that there's going to be an end to any bombardment by closing the air space. this is something that we hear over and over again. people are requesting actually from us because we are representing a german television channels. so they're asking us to talk to the german government and to, to, to bring that message to germany and other parts outside of ukraine to close the, our space. now the situation here and leave it even though it is relatively peaceful. it's still a question, of course, just for how long the even here in the bay towards the west, just close to the polish border. people are wondering just how close this war is going to come, how close it's going to come here to live as well. and what that will then mean, not just 40, internally, displaced people who are here, but all the 700000 others who live in this city. the biggest city of west in

ukraine for shar, reporting from levine. ukraine. funny. thank you very much for your continued coverage. now the images of destruction from cities across ukraine have struck close to home for many syrians. for years russia supported the syrian regime with a brutal bombing campaign against rebel held areas. civilian infrastructure was devastated. cities destroyed on our syrians are showing solidarity with ukrainians, sending messages of support and advice for 1st responders as 1st responders. a video from the white helmets via a volunteer organization based in opposition, controlled parts of syria. standing at the ruins of the city of id. let they give information for ukrainians on how to rescue peoples and document war crimes are said. mac mood allowed man joined the white helmets. 2 years ago,

the doctor fled to the last rebel held stronghold after russian. and syrian jets bombed his home town. whatever. now he wants to pass on what he has learned had been at yahoo cut them. so they were giving tips to rescuers in syria. how to document war crimes with helmet cameras, cameras, it's important to get to the bombed areas and small teams, son of us, of just 3 or 4 people here. that the and then watch for drones and fighter jets morocco, the player on the fly. will harvey, the white helmets have been helping victims of bombing since 2013. 1 is why they pull people out of the rubble and give them medical aid of his thought, he was just a few volunteers. now they are 2900 doctors and paramedics. the white helmets said we have save 120000 lives. then the 3rd of their work continues to day at their headquarters in maria. the alarm sounds, despite the truce russian and syrian jets,

continued their bombardments upon and blocked schools and clinics in a live have all been half the opposition. se civilian infrastructure was directly targeted by syrian president bashar al acid, and his russian allies to bring rebel held areas under his control mood. a lot man has seen the suffering. this bombing campaign has brought many of his colleagues have died in the fall when we hear about a bombing and go to the affected areas and then we risk our lives in one mcdonough but it's worth it now. i'm club. i am not going forth every minute counts when they spring into action. the team leader must always have an eye on the sky on. i mean, i often the russian fight a jet strike twice and the rescue as i hit left. nolan macmiller experience shows that there is a gap of 4 to 5 minutes between the 1st and 2nd strikes. let is the time we have to inspect the area, find injured people and pull them out of the rubble. my father and shadow about

fatherhood, the white helmet so shocked by the image is coming from europe and fear for the worse for ukraine. they feel a bond with ukrainians. and an obligation went to law. what's isaac together is that the machinery of war that rages here is now killing people in ukraine. just look at it, dead bodies, children to bombing hospitals and infrastructure. first day, tips from the front line. the white helmets hope these videos will help people in ukraine and from a distance may be help to save lives. let's say for you and now on the other developments in the war, a courts 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, one to ban platforms like facebook and instagram for their role in disseminating

information. following the invasion of ukraine and new zealand has pledged a further $3500000.00 of non lethal military assistance to ukraine. prime minister jacinta are darn said. the money would be primarily directed to a nato trust fund that provides help in the form of communication equipment and 1st aid, a military polish official se thousands of trucks had it for bella. rooster are backed up for 40 kilometers at the border. as protesters block the road, the demonstrators are demanding that the e. u. halt all trade with russia and it's allied bella bruce over the war in ukraine. the civil aviation administration of china has confirmed that a china eastern airlines plane has crashed in the south of the country. there were $123.00 passengers and 9 crew members on board the plane, reportedly a boeing 737 was traveling from coming to one joe and is understood to have crashed

close to the city of jo in grungy province. chinese presentation being said, he was shocked by the crash, the number of casualties and reason for the crash are not yet known. let's take you now to correspondence far, far beyond the customer in beijing fabi and what more have you learned about this accident? well, the crucial question a could not yet, the answered the reason for this crush and basically the whole country is wondering what exactly happened. i mean, it's a very spectacular video that was circulated on social media that showed how the new plane was basically falling vertically down from the sky into the mountains. and also i witnesses told local media that they have not seen, you know, haven't seen any visible sign of smoke or fire in the plane. so basically came down

from the sky. then they rushed to the scene even before the rescue mission. and what day witnessed was basically destruction and some clothes were hanging on the trees, but on the ground there was not much left of the plane because it was burning. there was also a forest fire that could be extinguished later, but a lot of destruction, very horrible. and we don't know even the confirm number of people who died, but at least from what we could see on social media and also by local media reports . i think the hope should not be too high. that there are some survivors because it looked really like the worst happened and for sure it is the worst and most tragic and plane crash and china for almost 12 years. yeah. in terms of the safety track, record of china, eastern airlines. is it good? well, i mean, the country and the china in general had really a very tragic period during the ninety's. there were

a lot of cock paint precious. but during the last 20 years, the country had a re safe a period and, and now of the airline, china, eastern airlines basically had no major accidents for almost 2 decades. so you could say it's a safe airline by international standards. and the reason why this happened now to me, the tragedy of today is rudy not known because many experts, aviation safety experts. they said that even if the 2 engines of the boeing 737, failed simultaneously, then it would not explain how a plane basically crashes falling down like a stone from the sky em because it would usually glide, but it was really a vertical line. and so there must be some as a reason, and i hope that we get on the ground soon. and now even though that 1000 people rescuers ongoing, we have not found yet the black books of the plane. and maybe that could help shed some light into this tragedy. yes, indeed, off having

a customer reporting from beijing. thank you very much for that update. russia's invasion of ukraine has led to growing calls to and western dependence on russian energy. germany with its particularly high reliance, is under pressure to find alternative suppliers like the united arab emirates and guitar. germany's economy minister robert topic visited katara, where he clenched a deal for a long term partnership for gas supplies and guitar. he made an agreement so that will help german companies build up a supply chain for so called green hydrogen. let's take a listen to what mr. hawbaker had to say today, to have my mechanic, we simply don't have any time to lose. we can't wait for 10 or 15 years until we have enough green hydrogen and then switch away from coal. these are relative steps of course, but relatively better steps that not doing them. we spoke about that intensively

when you film and the companies that are here to day of being brought together with the know how that exists in the united arab emirates. it was very nice to see the high degree of commitment here. i'm also very committed in my management. of course they administer speaking. there are a moments ago. well, let's turn out to the w's chief political correspondent, melinda crane, who is covering this story. melinda, please remind us again why this trip to the gulf region was necessary and that germany get what it came for. germany is dependent for 40 per cent of its natural gas on russian imports, and that is increasingly looking like a ticking bomb. so that was the motivation behind this trip, and in fact, the minister got more than he wanted. he got 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 with its longer term goal of transforming its energy system to become

climate neutral. both of those are huge challenges for a big economy with a very energy hungry industrial sector. and that's one reason why germany has refused to go along so far. with suggestions for an empowered embargo on russian fuels minister habit has said that this new long term energy partnership with guitar and the emirates is a milestone toward what he called protein free energy. it would focus on liquefied natural gas deliveries to meet short term needs. and on developing renewable energy projects that would create a reliable supply of green hydrogen. and that is viewed as the fuel of choice for heavy industry. and by the way, the ceo's, if somebody's germany's biggest companies were along on the trip with the minister . i bet they were well, a green party minister heading to the gulf region on a shopping, a tour for fossil fuels. how are they squaring that circle? it is indeed an awkward trip for him, for a minister from

a party that says both de carbon ization and human rights should be priorities in german. international relations minister. havoc said he did bring up the subject of how foreign workers in katara being treated. many of them are they are to work on construction for the world cup. and there have been accusations that they're being poorly paid, working long hours and more. he says his counterparts listened said they were aware of the problem and are working to remedy it. and beyond that, on the d, carb ization point germans are very well aware that going shopping for fossil fuel isn't a roll. this green party leader would have wanted, but there's a new realism in this country. and the sense i'm getting is that most citizens appreciate the pragmatism they're seeing from havoc. they appreciate the pragmatism that they're seeing. let's see what the ukrainian present villamore zalinski thinks about said. germany's relies on russian or, i mean, the germans, do you have the par, little home? europe has the power more powerful than any missiles and more powerful than any

tank. so give us, but we thought trade with you was without your company's on your banks on russia will not have money for this war. so let there be peace as soon as possible. so if 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 with you soon you was law is getting worse. melinda, is this a pocket book issue for german lawmakers? and can they realistically turn off the russian energy tap? it's a pocket book issue, but with major social ramifications. this is why minister, how beck has said in the past that if it, the energy imports from russia were to be stopped immediately we could see mass unemployment. we could see many a poorer germans facing enormous difficulties with higher energy prices. so

there are very painful repercussions yet. the pressure is definitely rising as we see more atrocities in ukraine, atrocities like the images coming out of maria poll and several participants in today's e. u foreign ministers meeting made an appeal similar to president zalinski. german officials window will undoubtedly be bracing for more such calls. when u. s. president biden comes to europe on thursday and meets with nato e u and group of 7 members. so berlin could look increasingly isolated in its resistance to an energy import embargo, 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 save several percentage points off of g d p growth. that would have ripple effects, not only here, but also across the u, but the fact is germany in europe have weathered such shocks during the financial

crisis. during the pandemic, and i'm hearing cautious support for stronger action both amongst some economics experts. and we're seeing it in opinion polls where 50 percent of germans say that they would be in favor of a german embargo on gas inwards just a few words we've run out of time. what's more important for germany in the short term, prioritizing stability of energy supply or energy transition? i'm sure that minister avec would say both. he, he has said again and again, germany cannot neglect its climate goals in favor of short term energy security, which is why he's looking to do these package deals. i. d, w is chief. what a go correspond melinda crain reporting. thank you very much. well, 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 no. nina avalon, us a call for peace in ukraine, from natalia cliff, co, the wife of keeps mer vitale. politico 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. need okay, now my name mentioned then via the hipaa, every city in every country stood up like we are in berlin, we could bring change. i truly believe that about so i, 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 mahdi a wolf, wade,

roger for an oil, forgot, et cetera. if the bones falling on your pregnancy, do we just people who are select touch, who choose them across the way? please stop this ward. i don't know how. i don't know when, but stop. this was spine tingling moments with german pop sensation. silly. these. one of over 50 performance is with a clear message. ah, sends out 50. 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,

in sports, ukrainian high jumper ers lava mo, who check has won a gold medal at the world's indoor championships in belgrade, which she only attended after a treacherous journey. i will check cleared the bar at 2.02 meters to clean the goals. she said she had left ukraine amid explosions, fire, and air raid sirens with the trip to serbia taking 3 days. she said her performance was, quote, a defense of ukrainian colors. i'm attract ah, you're watching the debris news. this is our top story. russian shelling has destroyed a shopping mall in a residential area of kings, killing at least 8 people, and the besieged eastern port city of new ball is refusing to surrender. after

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