ah, ah ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin, a city demolish thousands killed and some 100000 others trapped in mary o. ball out of food, water, and fuel. the residents of the port city are struggling to survive as promises of humanitarian corridors fail, and russian bombing continues more support for ukraine to protect itself against the threat of chemical warfare. that's the latest pledge from nato had of emergency talks on. russia's invasion and storm works as moscow must allow civilians to leave

the siege. cities and the war has forced millions to flee their homes and thousands of jewish ukrainians are making their way to israel to seek refuge. ah, am abby courthouse and welcome to the program? we begin with a russian invasion of ukraine, which has seen incessant bombings, aerial dog fights, and st. battles in various parts of the country. the local council says russian forces, who surrounded the port city, have reduced it to ashes. cave is calling on moscow to allow civilians to escape marry. opal ukrainian president vladimir zalinski says 100000 people are trapped without food, water, or medication. so lansky also says russian troops have seized a humanitarian convoy, attempting to bully,

bring relief to mary uncle's residence. ah, these are missiles fired by russia, from c, and from land against ukraine. these images were released by russia's defense ministry. as were these in which russia claims web hit, a ukrainian anti aircraft missile system. but shells aren't only falling on military targets in keith. this home was hit by a russian strike. fire fighters worked to put out the blaze that followed. hello, it was a strike on the roof. i walked out of the house to smoke a cigarette and when i went back inside, it happened. the ceiling collapse was a buckle in mud, you pull the city under siege, hit relentlessly by russian bombing satellite images show the extent of the

devastation. life as hell for people who are still stuck in the city of law. russia has used more than a 1000 missiles against peaceful ukrainian cities, countless numbers of aerial bomb. the russian troops have destroyed dozens of our cities following some have been burned to ashes, but probably in many cities and villages under russian occupation. our people can't even bury their dead relatives with dignity. these buses are headed close to matthew polt. there intended to collect people who managed to flee the besieged city and take them to safety for more or less be to maria thomas in law live. she's head of the crimea platform department at the mission of the president of ukraine in crimea. maria, thank you for taking the time to speak to d w. now you've been working for years to document russia as human rights abuses in annex crimea. how has your work changed since russia launched this full scale

invasion last month? hello. basically indeed, it's important to say that at least war actually has far, if it's not on february 24 of the current year, but much earlier in the year 214, when russian federation invaded crimea and occupied the crimean peninsula. and since then, and after its invaded, russia invaded the boss as well. no. so since then, you creating human rights community has been documenting the human rights violations and war crimes in those areas. although it wasn't easy because it all happens mostly without the direct access to those territories. so we've been using various tools in order to get the information from there. but now i would say that in terms of working with crimea, the situation changed in the way that even those sources that we use inside the

peninsula. those people who talk to us who communicated with us, who spoke openly about human rights abuses. now, i mean, they behave more carefully because we all understand that this people are already hostages because they're on the occupied territories. and now it's even more complicated scenes. russia also changed its legislation after this new all out war her was start was launched and started. so now when you say that russia wages war against ukraine, it may be qualified as a france in the good. so to say, in the better case, it may be qualified as an administrative offense in worst case as a criminal offense. but nevertheless, it will be perceived like a so called this curtis ation of the armed forces of the russian federation. so

there are 4, and we have plenty of cases like these in crania already such cases. so in russia, as well. so when people just say that, ok, russia is, went to a war in the large scale war against ukraine. and after that they were fined by the, by the courts. now i do want to ask you after this full scale invasion again, as you said, the war started for you cranes 8 years ago. but this full scale invasion started 4 weeks ago, or is your team also looking at abuse is happening in other parts of the country now as well. and how difficult has that been given this incessant russian bombing and some of these places a. so the, actually, our team is, and i would say it's, it's very, a different in terms of that. and now we have various people involved in the process of the documentation. basically the governmental institutions that i represent. now, prior, just few months ago,

i was with the human rights act for 2 reasons. i shifted to the government position, but nevertheless, civil society organizations, human rights organizations, jointly with governmental institutions, try to collect as many information as it's possible in order to get the evidence as the testimony is the fax, the open source of information about those abuses that are taking place, and of course it's in comparable in terms of the scales of those violations even to the years prior to that. because when it comes to crimea, there was no actually like a full fledged war there. i mean, the, with the army will all of those awful things that we see now, it was, i would say, silently occupied and sized by russians by the russian federation, unlike them. but nevertheless, even in dunbar, although there was a war over there for years, it wasn't so brutal as it is now. for instance, in model that was just described in your program. maria,

you're documenting these war crimes. you're seeing the images on television, on what's happening in the rest of your country. when you look to the future. now, do you see a one where a vladimir putin or a senior russian official could one day, you know, face prosecution for launching this invasion of your country? ah, yes, definitely. and i think that it's one of the most important debates that are taking place within ukraine, but also with various legal experts around the globe is how actually it's possible to bring to responsibility russian officials. and the most obvious answer would be the i c, c, the international criminal court, which has already intensified it. airports for the investigation of the developments in ukraine scenes 2 or 14, basically not starting from now, but even prior to that. but another idea which seems to me very important is the

treat you know, the separate treat, you know, over of letting us put in a regime. some were in harkey, for instance, who was the city. it's offered a lot also from the, from the russian invasion and russian occupation as of now. but what, what i would like to underline because it's somehow interlinked with those debates that i can follow within the german media. and maybe public discussions is whether it's only about for the reporting or not. i think that we have to be very clear and have to be very have. i mean, we have to be honest with ourselves that lots of people in russian federation to support this war. and it's a huge challenge and it's a huge question of humanitarian kind. is what to do, how to work with the russian population. in order to, you know, demilitarised the minds of those people who explicitly support this aggression against ukraine. so, but even which is not the unfortunately,

the only person who stands behind that, i'm afraid that's the reality. maria tarmac with the crimea platform at the mission of the president of ukraine. thank you very much for your time. here's a look at some of the other developments in the conflict. a top kremlin aid has become the 1st member of putin's inner circle to quit his post over russia's war on ukraine. anatole buys was put in special representative for ties with international organizations, but his better known as the architect of russia's post soviet economic reforms. he has reportedly left the country. poland has expelled 45 russian diplomats, calling them kremlin spies. a government spokesperson said it was part of warsaw, dismantling of the russian special services network in the country. they've given most of the group 5 days to leave poland. moscow has called the accusations absurd

. russian president vladimir putin says his country will start charging what he calls unfriendly countries and rubles medals for the gas. they buy food and says a freeze on rushes. ask that you buy foreign nations, had destroyed moscow's trust in, quote, compromise currencies, like the dollar and the euro. evolution. hope francis has made a fresh appeal for peace and ukraine. he paid tribute to the victims of the war and said buying and producing more weapons is not the solution to the problem. he urged both ukraine and russia to work together for peace. you as president joe biden is heading to brussels to meet with nato leaders at an emergency summit on ukraine. the alliance is trying to balance further military assistance for ukraine, while avoiding a direct confrontation with moscow. nieto has promised more support to help ukraine protect itself from chemical warfare. but the alliance is also taking precautions

outside the country, deploying soldiers and weapons in eastern european member states. more reinforcements are on the way secretary general yen stolberg says, the alliance will send more troops to hungary, romania, bulgaria in slovakia and will double its number of battle. group station near russia. soleberg has implored member states to invest more resources in order to stop the war. from escalating the decisions we take to morrow will how far reaching implications major reinforcements to our security will require major investments in the fence. so i expect unless we agree to read or boulder efforts to invest more . there is a new sense of urgency because we cannot take peace for granted. earlier we spoke to our nato correspondent in brussels, terry shoals. she told us more about what to expect from the summit. the most

important point for to morrow summit is to demonstrate that all 30 allies, europe, and the united states are completely on the same page when it comes to being willing to commit whatever it takes to defend alliance territory against any potential spill over from the war on ukraine, and that's the message they want to send both to the kremlin and also the eastern allies who are nervous about the potential effect that the war will have on them and, and that possibly, russian president vladimir putin will set his sights on them next. so all of these reinforcements are going to be very welcome in those capitals. they will also be joined at one point by ukrainian president villarreal zalinski. and he of course, will be asking leila for things he's not going to get like like a no fly zone. like these, these fighter jets that may or may not at one point be on their way to ukraine. but he is expected to hear from allies that they'll be sending more defensive equipment . and he'll get more moral support even though none of these allies are, of course, willing to send forces to serve on the ground in ukraine. ukrainian,

president waterbury zalinski has addressed lawmakers in france. it's the latest in a series of speeches he's given before parliament of allied countries, ukrainian leader called for a minute of silence for ukraine and for victims of the war. he also told french lawmakers that they have many of the answers into this war and their hands are sending more weapons, withdrawing french companies from russia and imposing stronger sanctions this evening. it is antiquated. we need hope even more help and support for freedom not to lose. it should be well armed tanks onto tanks, fighter jets, aerial defense. you can help us and we need it for freedom not to lose the will to support it with sanctions against the aggressor each week. a new sanctions package, the sharp french companies should leave the russian market or no. oh sure. low wire,

marilla and others. they should stop being the sponsors of russia's war machine. earlier we spoke to our correspondent lisa lewis and paris. we asked her whether franz can deliver a president. zalinski is asking for. well, what certain is that frances, very determined to stand by you. crane side, france has been sending weapons, they've been sending humanitarian report and support. they also have been freezing the assets of the russian central bank here in france and the government is determined to continue to do so when it comes to sanctions. that's something the alizae told reporters today, that ad france was talking about with european international partners. that would be cool to be a point of discussion later on in brussels, doing meetings with the, with nato. but obviously they are talking about that they are working on that. what's for sure is that the french president, in my, my call has been taking on a very prominent role when it comes, a comes to talks between ukraine,

between russia. he's been in constant touch with the ukranian president and talked to vladimir 14 yesterday over the for now, this has not read a yield, yielded the results. everybody was hoping for that is a cease fire and former negotiations between russia and ukraine. the warren ukraine has forced millions of people of way mostly to neighboring countries. some jewish ukrainians are now flying to israel, which grant them the right to immigrate over $4000.00 ukrainians have arrived in israel since the start of the russian invasion. ah, they are safe at last. just a week ago. neatness. gov, his wife and sister arrived in israel from odessa, fleeing the war in ukraine. stuck a face of the gig and a dar cities of being bowman to her many have been destroyed. and there are many casualties among the civilian population. alina,

that's what russian aggression looks like. i see skag associate as someplace good. for now. they are living in the hotel in the small city of no haggling, along with many other refugees. every one here is waiting for the entry documents to be processed. miti is entitled to israeli citizenship because his jewish, that's the law. he feels welcome already heard the garage, but yet we're getting lots of support here on the lease that were being fed and given clothes and everything that we need that's by deals with mix monica model. and that's exactly how it should be. according to the male ones in immigrant, himself or mold over now in courage, his refugees to come to his city network with your mother. when selling point, he mentions cheaper. and then intel level is brenwood. never a bottle from where the one yesterday, but mostly abruptly. he also uses facebook to invite refugees to know how gallia,

which has already taken in 200 people fleet and the war. well, these railey government, still arguing about how much immigration the country can handle, the mayor ceased their arrival as a positive on the rock. mister keller, earlier should i look at other immigration waves in the past? the 1000000 and i see what it did to his realize your score more. it definitely did a lot and mostly my youngest from the migrant from back then all have high ranking job. so they've benefited the country for good. and i believe that will happen again more gemelli a lot shabani poor the city is no stranger to integration, half the residence he is big russian. and unlike in other parts of israel, street signs are not only written in hebrew error between english, but russian. 2 kinds of them and those who were once immigrants themselves are lending a helping hand to the more around the new israeli and

needed more than one other than we we have. we have too much and we can give meat. he says he now wants to find an apartment job and learn hebrew. he says he has no plans to return to ukraine, except to visit his parents who stayed behind in odessa. now just now the other stories were falling for in this hour. the taliban has shut secondary schools across afghanistan for girls. just hours after reopening them for the 1st time since they took power. authorities ordered the students to go home, causing confusion over the regimes policy. earlier this week, the education ministry had said schools would be reopened for girls in several provinces. chinese officials say they have recovered one black box from the china eastern airlines flight, which crashed on monday. all passengers and crew members are believed to have die

when the plane nose dived into a mountain side. relatives attempted to visit the crash sloane in the countryside in southern china, or were blocked by officials. protest have taken place in kingston, jamaica calling for the country to cut ties with britons, royal family, and demanding reparations for slavery. the protest come as britons prince william and his wife kate, visit the former colony. last year, the island of barbados, remove the queen as head of state. one person as dad, after a tornado swept through the city and suburbs of new orleans in the united states. the storm hit power lines and destroyed homes in an area that still recovering from the devastation caused by hurricane eda. last year. i believe that reports in germany that tick tock has been using a word filtering system in the country. according to research by public broadcasters, the chinese on social media platform has been blocking posts that contain words

related to sex, gay culture, and naziism. among the terms was out with the name of a concentration camp established by the nazis and poland. users were able to post the key words that the post were not visible to others, a practice known as shadow banning. for more on this story, let's bring in katerina falco, she's an investigative reporter with a german broadcaster, n d r, and a part of the team that uncovered this carry. net. welcome to the program. can you tell us about how you and your team came across this word filtering system on tick tock here in germany? of course, thanks for having me a b. so it actually started with a kind of toggle shot, which is very popular in germany. and the team there noticed that some of their comments didn't appear for no apparent reason. so they took notes and then reached out to the investigative unit where, which is where i'm working. and we started to run an experiment,

basically creating a list of $100.00 words that included the words that my colleagues had already discovered and those which are known to be banned on chinese social media. we then created test accounts and use those words in commenting under videos and basically showed that 19 out of those $100.00 words were actually bent on tick tock. those included, you've already mentioned it terms such as out with but also terms associated with the q i communities such as gay, homosexual, or determine words. and you reached out to tick tock the social media company to ask why words like this were causing an issue for them. what did the company have to say? while the basically told us that they were fully acknowledging everything that there were something that had gone wrong and that they had started for re examination, looking into this issue. they also already unblocked 8th of the $900.00 words that

we discovered. and they've gone to the bedroom in the future. however, we heard these pledges before. can you talk to me a little bit about the 8 words that were now visible and that are no longer bend? sure, i can give you an example. for instance, there's the name of this chinese tennis player ping y, which accused an official back in november of 2021 of the sexual abuse. and before we confront the tick tock, it was impossible to use her name in any comment after our initial inquiry. and this is still valid, you can actually use the name peng sure i. and it shows and the comments and the comment just regular larry appear on the platform. ok. and this type of censorship or shadow banning is not necessarily new for tick tock. is it? yeah, it's true. we've already heard criticism about it before. early this year report is

show the picked up was actually hiding certain words in the subtitles of german speaking videos. and what if i a striking is the disparity between their public pledges and what they're actually doing? so for instance, we found in our research that term associated with the l t p t q i community were proportionately affected by the ben. but at the same time tick tock has been very vocal about supporting p t q i create or some of them even financially. they also started an initiative with holocaust memorial to educate the public about this issue. however, the banning words such as out with which of course, kind of makes it difficult to even have a discussion about it. certainly have you found a way to circumvent the algorithm for stories that potentially your team needs to talk about? things like the holocaust like mentioning outfits. yeah,

i think we have to kind of like tackle this issue in a different way. maybe because tech companies such a tick, not tick tock. and of course it's not the only one that's open like facebook and instagram. they have such a huge impact on us as a society and what we're talking about online to a certain degree. so i think the question is really how we can hold them accountable for what they're doing. instead of adapting our behavior to their pe rules, because for instance, we don't know why tick tock has been disproportionately bending words associated with the g p, g, q i community. because it doesn't share anything about it's written. we don't know it's rule, it's all varied like opaque i'd say maybe like a black box. so i think especially for us as a journalist, it's important to keep that in mind and to keep taking this issue. journal of katerina falco. thank you very much for your insights. thanks for having

the world's top branch email tennis player, australia's ash barty has unexpectedly retired from the game at the age of 25. 40 announced her decision just weeks after becoming the 1st australian to win the australian open and 44 years already says she's leaving the game to chase other dreams. clutching a trophy, ash bodies last outing was as the newly crowned australian open sheffield. she celebrated breaking the australian drought with bubbles in melbourne. but as the rest of the world was wondering how many more she could add to her total of 3 grand slams, she shed the red dress and returned to the red center of the country to try and inspire the next aboriginal grand slam champion. jack. yeah, i was giving an unvarnished glimpse of where her next set of dreams lay along the way unfulfilled. i'm happy and i know how much work it takes 2 to bring the best out of yourself and i've set it to my team.

um multiple times. it's just, i don't have that in me anymore. she leaves the sport as it's number one ranked player. a french open wimbleton, and very much an australian champion who leaves a global crowd wanting more. you're watching dw news from berlin after a short break. i'll be back to guide you through the day i'm abby club. awesome, thanks for being with

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