starts april 16th o w ah, ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin, a grim warning from mario paul. the city's mayor accuses moscow of trying to wipe the sissy off the face of the earth and says, the russian military is committing genocide or a mouth and concerns the city could soon fall into russian hands. also coming up german chancellor will actually it says the you should begin membership talks with albania and north macedonia. to prevent russian interference in the bolton's and an

on stage flop down with the audience a be off those act. so will smith hits chris rock in the face after the comedian makes a joke about smith's wife? ah, i'm and you could mckinnon. welcome to the show. the mayor of mario pool and silva, ukraine says the city is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. and must be completely evacuated. as soon as possible, mario pole has endured relentless bombardment from russian forces in recent weeks, and mary cheng ko says nearly 5000 people have died. and some 160000 civilians remain in the city without any power. there is growing concerned that the city could soon fall under russian control. meanwhile,

ukraine's defense ministry says there is no evidence that russia is planning to abandon its effort to capture the capital. keep russian forces also stepping up their attacks in eastern ukraine. ah, for just a few brief moments, musicians provided those inside this hot here metro station and palm shelter with a brief respite from the war. if the music is a ray of light that helps our soul survive, it brightens our lives stops us panicking and keeps away the darkening bloom and bitterness of this war. wally, that the voice we all need support like never before. show me if we classical musicians can provide support to the people not playing our instruments. by doing what we can do better,

we will do it anywhere from what we'll do. we'll do it. but across ukraine and with each day that passes the death toll increases. this watch belong to one of the wars. victims of his son, victor witnessed his death. the russian soldiers just started firing. i looked up, my dad looked into the car. he was already choking on his own blood. i saw a ford direct hit, the windshield level as to call, but there is a faint glimmer of hope. the piece will return here and keep the president offered to moscow. a compromise on the town bustle fits as peace talks between russia and ukraine are set to resume on tuesday in turkey. yup. when you must wooden ball. i understand it's impossible to make russia give up the territory completely. that would lead to world war 3, and i understand completely,

but i'm aware of that. that's why i'm saying this is a compromise. but let's try to resolve the question of the don bus. the complex question of the don bus slowly frozen thus. but in moscow, there appears to be no shift in russia's demands my business. dillard books, we have to make sure that ukraine stops assimilating itself with the westward, with nato in the military sense. what with threats to the russian federation, physical military threats to the russian federation, where your locals notice used to figured out soon. death and destruction in ukraine here in levied the funeral of a soldier. another day that a family has been touched by the war. and for the latest where join now from the pregnant capital heave by d, w correspondent, mathias spelling mathias. tell us what might a possible compromise for a ceasefire?

look like for me training perspective, while a compromise will be not where the ukraine, where you crazy is the likely outcome. otherwise it wouldn't be a compromise. and i wouldn't think too much about the outcome of any of these talks right now. for now. i think this is decided on the battlefield and the any compromise will be reached when one of the sides feels the need to back down. and this is not what we're seeing right now. we have seen some um readiness to talk by russia that was in the beginning saying that they were the basically just saving the demands. zaleski said they were basically setting an ultimatum. um, and we see some things that says alaska has brought in this neutrality issue, but i also here i wouldn't see too much of a of a position to give any ideas that he would be ready to discuss this. but also this

had to be confirmed in a referendum, so he would not take the responsibility for this usually unpopular a comp for comp compromise. that would be so usually unpopular. i don't see that these talks um are serving in at anything beyond keeping the channels open, trying to feel the positions. i don't think they're going to was any result at the moment. so it does make sense to talk about outcomes yet. give us a sense of the situation on the ground and teeth where you are with this new round of negotiations about to start your unclear for the situation is unchanged. what we're hearing is that around the city in the north east and in the north west and in the east or yesterday there was his writing . we could hear it here in the city that they're selling was more intense than otherwise. and it's quite calm. now we've heard that ukrainian forces have regained

some territory there. otherwise, life is going on here. the cities has been surrounded for from about one hates a 180 degrees over half of the ring of the city is closed. since almost since the beginning of the war, so there are not so many changes and these negotiations, of course, people are following after them. and what's more important for their life now is what's going on in the fighting zones and what's going on in the places where the refugees come from. this is what people look at. not so much of these negotiations that have been correspondent, matea spelling are, are pushing from keith. thank you. jovan chancellor, willa phillips is called the e u, accession talks for albania and north macedonia. to begin as soon as possible shell, it's made the comments after a meeting, but sweden's prime minister, magdalena anderson here in berlin. he said it was important that the eve sped up, talks with the to both nations to prevent them from being pulled into rushes.

sphere of influence charlotte's and anderson also discussed the question of swedish neutrality as the country considered nate nato membership. anderson said it's e u member shipment sweden was no longer a neutral country. his german chancellor will actually magdalena and myself agree that we want to strengthen the make it more resilient as well. the turning point in history is something that means we must achieve real progress with american union. thus, we talked about the fact that the time has come to pass the albanian and macedonian campus. accession talks, begin as soon as possible. otherwise these isn't about to as well. can. states will be vulnerable russian inferencing, and we need to strengthen our passages in terms in a number of different ways. with the w spoke to swedish prime minister magdalena anderson after that press conference. we asked her about sholtes is comments about

you at session talks with albania, north macedonia. here's what she had to say. what i mean, countries should be able to join european union when they are ready for it. and i think it's important that all countries can have a process coming closer to european and membership and, and from a swedish perspective, we have been supporting countries. for instance, ukraine add to help build their institutions to become so they could come closer to becoming that members of the european union. attacking ukraine was not only an attack on ukraine, but also european security order, which means that every country can make their desist in themselves. so of course we don't, we have the right to do the decision that think is right for our country. but of course, when they do do that, we have to away all the different risks with the different options that we have. the situation in ronda baltic sea has change after rushes, invasion of ukraine. we've had a deteriorating a security situation round the baltic for a long time, but this was really

a shift. what we have done from a swedish perspective during the last years is to increase our defense bending. and we, we also follow germany to go up to 2 percent of g d p. but you also increased our bilateral multilateral corporation. like being a partner to nate. so with a very close close corporation to woulda finland but also with the joint expeditionary force with, with other countries. and we will continue in this direction. but you also have a discussion with the other parties in parliament to analyze the situation and see what that means. for or how we will act in the future. now to some of the other stories that we're following for you atlas, our russia has added this broadcast. the dutch are they lead to a list of media organizations. it labels as foreign agents. that designation means we're required to label anything we publish with a disclaimer. the term carries and negative soviet era connotations in russia. suggestive of spying. e interior ministers have been meeting in brussels to address

the flight of millions of refugees into the block from worse for new crime. they discussed a range of issues such as the distribution of refugees across member states, as well as financial support. poland alone has already taken in more than 2000000 people. and the european union wants member states to end the so called golden possible scheme, which is allowed wealthy people to buy their way into each citizenship. the war in ukraine has shown a light on previous beneficiaries with close links to the kremlin, including several prominent oligarchs, sports news, and canadian football fans, or celebrating after their country qualified for the men's world, caught for the 1st time in 36 years. the spot was guaranteed by a foreigner victory over can make men while scenes outside the stadium in toronto and started planning the trip to to talk later this year is the maple leaf 1st

world cup finals and parents since 1986. now the feel good. a family film coda was named best picture at the oscars in a surprise when making it the 1st streamed film to pick up the prize. but the most memorable moment of the ceremony was an outburst of violence from one of hollywood . biggest stars. accept will smith gossip on the stage and slapped comedian chris rock in the face. it was the year's biggest night in hollywood with a star studded line up the academy awards honoring the film industry's best movies at the oscars ceremony. but the night was overshadowed by an incident on stage. comedian chris rock made a joke about act at will smith's wife, j pink at smith, who suffer strong alopecia. it didn't go down to well, taylor lover, jane too can't wait to see you. ah.

oh, oh wow. wow. knew it was a g i g angel he mark boy. oh yeah. a jaw dropping moment for viewers around the world. smith and then went on to win best actor for his performance in king richard. a movie about the father of tennis does venus and serena williams. he apologized in his acceptance speech, your part imitates life. i looked like the crazy father lives like busy alert, crazy father just about with you or your own, but love will make you do crazy things. the lapd says it won't take things further . as chris rock declined to file a police report. oscars organizes tweeted that it does not condone violence. the

academy also tried to show off its diversity compared to previous years. appletv coda took the spotlight starting deaf actors in leading roles. it won best picture mocking the 1st time a streaming service took home the film award. what to do next of the power of the dog, which lead 12 nominations picked up on jane canyons directing when jessica chastine landed best actress for her role in the eyes of tammy faye mcgrew, and best international film was awarded to japan's drive my car. while the oscars was hoping to have a booster ratings to see his physical confrontation between 2 superstars certainly dominated the headlines in watching d w news. his

a recap of our main story. officials and mario poll say russia's siege of the city has left nearly 5000 people dead variables. mia has accused the russian military of committing genocide. the says mouth. the city could soon fall into russian pants and use round up. our documentary theories close up is up next. i manuscripts mckinnon from the entire same erin belin, x watching through time for the experiment about time. it can be measured precisely. and yet each person experiences it differently as if there are different forms of hon. but dimension and illusion about turn starts april 14th on the w.