[000:00:00;00] ah, ah ah, this is it renews live from bro and a massive explosion. rocks keep a shopping mall is flattened by russian bombs, emergency cruise, still searching for survivors in the rubble and the besieged port city of my u bowl, where jack's a russian also made them to surrender. also coming up, germany's vice chancellor travels through the gulf in search of new energy sources as berlin scrambles for 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 layla rock. thank you so much for your company. it's day 26 of russia's war of aggression against ukraine overnight. the capital key came under attack ration shelling, 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 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 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 o v 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 of the street 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 theme here, shanowsky muscle, 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 key. what more have you learned? unfortunately, not the 1st time that the residential era in chief, another positive ukraine have been hit. but the fact that this shelling all the shopping center, as well as several homes near by that is to place in the actual historic district of key. if, even though the part that word exposure to place was right on the outskirts of that historic district, but still alone, the fact that these are targets that have nothing to do with military infrastructure. something the russia claims 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 this shouting, 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 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 my report in that 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 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 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 trop, layla, 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 are not expecting that any of that humanitarian corridors that are 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 ending site 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 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, a 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 here seeking shelter. some of them are trying to still leave across ball. and even though that number kind of use over the past couple of days, and the people here are saying what they need is not really or necessarily financial support by and g o. it's something that the mail 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 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 and ukraine for shar, reporting from levine. ukraine. funny. thank you very much for your continued coverage. you foreign and defense ministers are meeting again in brussels with the war in ukraine topping the agenda, the prospect of tightening sanctions against russia. also on the table. the ministers are expected to discuss whether or not to impose an oil embargo on the country. the meeting comes to had a visit from us. president joe bind to brussels on thursday. did it be a corresponded christine wound? why is joining us now from brussels? the christine. this would be if i understand correctly the 5th round of sanctions. what is there left to put on the table? that's right daily. it would be the 5th round and of all the sanctions that europe

has so far imposed on russia, however devastating they have been, the europeans have avoided russia's energy sakes. and i'm talking about oil imports, gas imports, as well as cold imports into the european union at to dates. europe remains one of russia's biggest customers in terms of energy at exports. it's a massive source of revenue for the russian government. and so it would be a really devastating blow at if for the europeans were to suddenly agree on embargoes on some of these energy sources. the trouble for the europeans, and specifically for some member states, more than others, is that this would have a direct impact on the european consumer in that energy prices, which are already very high in europe right now, would be even more expensive and it would be felt by european households, it would also have that impact on the economy. some member states have been suggested, an oil embargo, and there is a little appetite for that. especially among member states like germany, who fear

a backlash when it comes to gas, germany in italy, and others, for example, are very dependent on, on brush and gas. and moscow has been on the record and, and made a threat that if, for example, there was some kind of a oil and bother impose that it could potentially turn over the gas tabs. and that would really be very difficult for the europeans who have not yet been able to secure an alternative to that crucial gas. and now we understand the defense ministers are also also rather taking part in these meetings. do we expect them to affirm their commitment to ukraine? that's right. and that information will be in the, in the form of more financial assistance to ukraine and under the european piece facility. that is the mechanism as through which that many would be found funneled through to ukraine. we know that the ukranian defense minister will be briefing european defense ministers on the situation on the ground on the development on the

ground as the war is unfolding. it is very clear that the europeans understand that more of financial assistance, particularly for the military is needed. and so they've pretty much agreed that that would be happening. it will be interesting to see if what they hear from the defense minister will perhaps prompt the need for stronger sanctions. and as indeed some member states are calling for the language. and the consensus here is that what is happening in ukraine right now, is war crimes being committed? whether or not that would prompt the europeans to take more decisive measures. it remains to be seen. layla does every correspond, christine were reporting from brussels. thank you so much, christine or rushes, invasion of ukraine has led to growing calls to end western dependence on russian energy. germany, whether it's particularly high reliance, is under pressure to find alternative suppliers like the united arab emirates and

katara, germany's economy minister, robert albert visited katara, where he sealed a long term partnership. deal for gas applies. mister harbor then continued and travel to the u. e. where he clenched deals, that will send so called green hydrogen hydrogen energy to germany, as it goes into it. mister ha becker said in 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 are moments ago. well, let's turn out to d 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 lesson 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 saying. let's see what the ukrainian present villamor zalinski thinks about said. germany's relies on russian or, i mean, the chairman, do you have the par over europe? has the far more powerful than any missiles and more powerful than any tank. so you must believe whither 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, and no one can tell europe into pieces. we have warned your politicians that it is

dangerous when moscow decide whether you have gotten on how much money it costs you would easily g, u was la, he's given gold. 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 hub 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. us. 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 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 the 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 north 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 ain't worth 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 arabic would say both. 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 t political correspond melinda crane reporting. thank you very much. want to tell you about the other developments in the war you're creating an authorities of accused rush out of shelling, a number of civilian houses in the outskirts of death. no injuries have been reported. this marks the 1st such attack on the key black c port as a russian forces continue their advance toward the city. c c t. v footage has emerged showing russian occupying forces filing on protesters in the southern ukraine. city of harrison to disperse them becomes just

a day after president villamore zalinski praise the people of the port town after they were filled, confronting to military vehicles and chanting go home. 6 accord in moscow has ban facebook and instagram in russia, labeling them extremist organizations. the 2 social media platforms owned by parent company mehta, had already been blocked in russia over their rule and disseminating information following russia's invasion of ukraine. twitter is currently also restricted. frances agriculture minister says the russian invasion of ukraine could lead to a global food crisis. ukraine is normally one of the world's biggest grain 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 the 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 rations 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. is

a number of donors at the beginning. they already told us that some commodities is at coming, heading to one of those committees, which only diverted and this in the c, a 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. and 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 terra, many african countries, particularly given to roll debra woods, russia and ukraine. ah, part of the part of the fall. i me,

food production 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, to the world. food insecurity creates even more danger of civil conflict and chaos . while much of the world focuses its attention on ukraine, janice, president, changing thing has ordered an immediate investigation into the cause of a plane crash in the country south. as according to china's state broadcaster, 123 passengers and 9 crew members were on board the china, eastern airlines plane. the aircraft reportedly a boeing 737 was traveling from con, maine to gwan, joe. and his understood to have crashed close to the city of wu, joe, in guam g, providence, or traffic control at the point limited. some 8000 meters in 3 minutes. the number

of casualties and reason for the crash are not yet known. let's take you're now a to correspondence. vanya, far beyond their catch mart in beijing fabi. and what more have you learned about this an accident? well, the crucial question. i 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 plane was basically falling vertically down from the sky into the mountains. and also i witnesses told local media that they have not seen 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 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. 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 happen 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 crushes, but during the last 20 years, the country 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 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 a simultaneous li, then it would not explain how a plane basically crashes falling down like a stone from the sky. and 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 having a customer reporting from beijing. thank you very much for that update football icon, david becker handed over control of his instagram account to a ukrainian doctor working in the city of hart keith on sunday. the former

footballer is 71000000 follower sa, videos and photographs that followed a children's anesthesiologist at work in the midst of the war. mister beckerman and bassett for unicef since 2005 urged his followers to donate to the organization, which is working in ukraine to provide families with access to clean water and food . great initiative. thank you so much for watching. will be back with ah ah

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