your platform or reliable information? ah ah ah, this is either way, news lie from berlin, a massive explosion. rocks keep a shopping mall is flattened by russian bombs, emergency crew still searching for survivors and the rubble and the besieged port city of mario paul rejects a 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

a china eastern airlines playing with 132 people on board crashes into a mountain in the south of the country. air traffic control says it plummeted suddenly from 8000 meters. ah hello everyone, i'm a layla rock. thank you very much for your company. it's day 26 on russia's war of aggression against ukraine overnight, the capital keith came under attack. russian shelling destroyed a shopping mall in a residential neighborhood, killing at least 8 people. and the besieged port city of mario ball has defied a russian deadline to surrender. the european union's top diplomat says, what's happening in body, your ball is a war crime. 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 rushed 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. windows 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 countries 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 your way, look, ukraine's president vladimir zalinski again condemned the attack on the city. look at me mighty open. we deal with florida. 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 street and the more ukrainians tell the world about it. the more support we will get the means. the more russia uses terror against ukraine, the more it will suffer, the consequences really deem he a sion nozzle 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 abuse correspondent, a fine for shar, who is standing by a funny, again, a, we've just a era, 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 to residential era and keep another positive ukraine have been hit. but the fact that this shelling all the shopping center, as well as several homes near by that this took place in the actual historic district of key of 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 it 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 shelling according to local authorities. but it happens all over the sudden eastern and northern part of the country and partly also here in the western region, the re, 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 my report 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. while speaking of i mean the terrifying ordeal, of course for people trapped in my view. paula rushes deadline for the surrender of that city and multiple has passed. thousands are still trapped in motor you poll.

so what's going to 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 but it's possible at all in a way, try to leave some of them on foot to try to leave mario pool because they're 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 verified at 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 money poor, but especially there in the southern part of ukraine. and funny, you are in love it, 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 read use 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 mayor of live 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 is 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 and ukraine for shar, reporting from v ukraine. funny, thank you very much for your continued coverage and here's look now at some other developments in the war. ukrainian authorities have accused russia of shelling a number of civilian houses in the outskirts of odessa. no injuries have been reported this march. the 1st such attack on the key black sea port as russian forces continue their advance towards the city. and new zealand has pledged a further $3500000.00 of non lethal military assistance to ukraine, prime minister just in the order and said the money would be primarily directed to a needle trust fund that provides help in the form of communication equipment. and 1st aid communications. a military, you are foreign and defense ministers are meeting again in brussels with the war in

ukraine topping the agenda, the prospect of tightening sanctions against russia. again on the table. the ministers are also expect to discuss whether or not to impose an oil embargo on the country. meeting comes out of a visit from us present, jo, buying to brussels on thursday. let's take you now to brussels dw corresponded christine amend. what is it covering developments, christine? this would be a 5th round of sanctions. what is there left to put on the table? that's right, layla. the big question is, is oil going to be on the table given europe's massive energy dependence on brush and gas, oil and coal. oil might be the sort of easier target, for example, in comparison to gas because of the different levels of dependencies. you certainly have a number of countries member states calling for that to put the energy fix up onto

the table. because in all the 4 rounds of sanctions that the european union has imposed on russia. energy has not yet been on the table, but it is complicated in the sense that that dependency means any embargoes on russia's energy sakes would have a direct impact on people in europe, on the way of life, and as highlighted by member states germany. and it's me, for example, energy prices at the moment are already very high, and that would likely see an increase of that. so oil is on the table. it's been put on the table by a number of states. for example, the baltic states, the se in oil embargo should now be imposed, given what is happening in ukraine right now. war crimes, it is, it is, it is what the european union is describing the events that are taking place in ukraine right now. the difficulty there is that, for example, if they were to go for oil, moscow for its part, has already put it on the table that it would potentially react by closing the gas

taps, closing the gas pipelines to europe. and that would have, of course, a massive impact because europe is not quite yet ready to win itself off of that russian gas. any alternatives would be costly and perhaps wouldn't cover the ground that the russian gas covers to date. so the question really is, is if they're saying that war crimes will being committed, what would it take then for the energy sacred to be finally put on the table? it's been suggested that perhaps if they were to be the use of chemical weapons in this war, if russia would it go that direction, then that is completely the signal that that step should be taken. but as it stands right now, the big question is whether or not oil is going to be on the sanctions. we can anticipate, of course, that perhaps more individuals are going to be black listed. that is, as it's being frozen, is perhaps more goods and services targeted. but the big one really is oil. and you can really see the rift here between members states because some don't quite think

energy should be on the table right now. and others are saying that is what is needed. a very divided picture that's emerging. d, w correspondence. christine, that window reporting from brussels. thank you very much. christine rushes. invasion of ukraine has led to growing calls to end western dependence on russian energy as we just heard. a christine reporting, germany with its particularly high reliance, is under pressure to find alternative suppliers like the united arab emirates and katara. germany's economy minister robert topic visited katara, where he sealed a long term partnership deal for gas supplies. mister ha, back then in the region traveled to the u. e. where he clenched deals that will send so called green hydrogen energy to germany. a sick listen to what mr. ha becca said earlier in the abu dhabi 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. what you from and the companies that are here to day are 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 most mortal. they administer speaking there a moment ago. well, let's turn now to the w's chief political correspondent, melinda crane, who is covering this story. melinda, please remind us again why this trip to the golf 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 hubig has said that this new long term energy partnership with guitar and the emirates is a milestone toward what he called putin 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 of some of these germany is 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 from a foreign minister from a party that says both dick harmonization 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 listen 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 how big they appreciate the pragmatism that they're seeing. let's see what the ukrainian present velocity zalinski thinks about. so germany's relies on russian oil mean the

chairman, do you have the par, little hall? europe has the power more powerful than any missiles on more powerful than any tank? so give us, but we thought trade with you was without your company's on your bank, 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, my bra, 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 ladies who g. u was la, he's 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 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 mario pole, 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 havoc would say both his 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. 90 w's t political correspond melinda crane reporting. thank you very much.

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 while now 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 control pods of syria. standing at the ruins of the city of it live, they give information for ukrainians on how to rescue people and document war crimes are said mach mood, a lot. my joined the white helmets. 2 years ago, the doctor fled to the last rebel held stronghold after russian and syrian jets bombed his hometown. any of them? now he wants to pass on. what he has learned had been at yahoo!

got them. 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 and as of just 3 or 4 people here, the elephant and then watch the drones and fighter jets morocco, the player on the floor. will harvey, the white helmets have been helping victims of bombings in 2013. but one is why they pull people out of the rubble and give them medical aid of the start. 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 our ria, the alarm sounds, despite the truce russian and syrian jets continued their bombardments upon and block schools and clinics in it live, have all been half the opposition, say civilian infrastructure was directly targeted by syrian president bashar assad

and his russian allies to bring rebel held areas under his control, mahmud a lot, man has seen the suffering this bombing campaign has brought. many of his colleagues have died in the program. 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 fighter jet strike twice and the rescue as i hit left norman mozilla. laura experience shows that there is a gap of 4 to 5 minutes between the 1st and 2nd strikes alone. that is the time we have to inspect the area, find injured people and pull them out of the rubble here. my father and shadow about fatherhood. the white helmets are shocked by the image is coming from europe and fear for the worse for ukraine. they feel

a bond with ukrainians and an obligation winter law. what isaac together is that the machinery of war that rages here is now killing people in ukraine. ah, 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. chinese aviation authorities have confirmed that a china eastern airlines plane has crashed in the south of the country. there were 123 passengers and 9 crew members on board the plane, reportedly a boeing 737 was traveling from con, maine to won joe and as understood to have crashed close to the city of war. joe in kwan she province air traffic control set, the plane plummeted for some 8000 meters in, in

a matter of 3 minutes. the number of casualties and reason for the crash are yet not no. let's take you now a to correspondence valia far beyond their catch mart in beijing, a fabi on what more have you learned about this an accident? well, the crucial question could not yet be 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 plane was basically falling vertically down from the sky into the mountains. and also i witnesses told local media that they have not seen or no 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 witness 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. and there was also a forest fire that could be extinguished later. but a lot of destruction, very horrible and, and we don't know even the confirmed 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 i had a re safe, a period and a, 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 in, out of the me, the tragedy of to day is really not known because many experts, aviation safety experts. they said that even if the 2 engines of the boeing 737, failed a simultaneous li, then it would not explain how a plane basically crushes, 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 $1000.00 people rescuers on going, we have not found yet the black box of the plane. and maybe that could help shed some light into this tragedy. yes, indeed. off i've been customer reporting from beijing. thank you very much for that update. he wants to do that. we knew is leih from berlin. this

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