[000:00:00;00] ah ah the state of the news line from berlin mission of board and ain't convoy on its way to evacuate civilians from mario full turns back. still dozens of busses managed to leave the city. but over a 100000 people remain trumped. also coming up with a start warning from the european union to china, don't help russia and it's war against ukraine. but beijing says it won't be forced to take zyden and hungarians,

head to the falls on sunday. a united opposition is seeking to unseat incumbent victory or wrong, but his close ties to russia to tip the balance. and what experts predicts to be a type res. ah, i'm nichol furnish. welcome to the program. the city of mario paul has become synonymous of the horrors of russia's war in ukraine for weeks. the port city has been under what is being called a medieval style siege with some 100000 people trapped without food and water and exposed to constant shelling. desperate attempts to evacuate civilians from the area have failed time and again on friday, a red cross convoy was reportedly blocked from entering mario full, still thousands managed to escape on their own.

arriving to relative safety. after weeks of shelling over 3000 were able to escape murray or pull on friday. but it's a journey full of risks. one woman recounts her fears as she crossed a russian checkpoint that he did as the fake, but it was very difficult. she said, yukon, i was afraid they would take my son away here. they made him to his phone on the ground and trample on it because he had american music. an attempt by the red cross to deliver aiden evacuate civilians ended in failure. the organization said the lives of thousands depended on evacuations. there is no plan b. here we have been working for weeks. i am telling the media bower efforts to get into my report with aid and to allow the safe passage of civilians out of the city

. am time is running out to the people of my appall, or they are desperately in need of assistance, though desperately need of leaving the city. if they wish to do so. unable to wait for the sled, the palms and cars, the white cloth assigned them me no harm. as many as 870000 muscle trapped in this city. but been devastated by war the former often age. now a makeshift bomb shelter for those who can't escape we came here to the basement. she said it is, but when we stay here because we don't what happens to our apartment? we run he with what we heard was still really ugly to bizarre. live the red cross said they will attempt once again to reach the city on saturday and had been to

rescue the innocent. from what is left of maria hall, russian troops are said to have withdrawn from the decommissioned her noble nuclear plant and northern ukraine with some soldiers, reportedly showing signs of radiation sickness. the you ends nuclear watchdog now wants to investigate whether russian forces were exposed to high levels of radiation. and the month they occupied the side of the world nuclear disaster. in history. weeks off to season control of the decommission chernobyl nuclear power plant russian forces said to have left the area ukrainian authorities of accused moscow of acting recklessly walling control of the site of the world's worst nuclear accident. seen here in archive footage, russia behaves irresponsibly internal them on all accounts from law, not allowing the personnel over station to perform their functions in humana ah,

to digging trenches in the contaminated areas. ukraine, nuclear agencies has digging those trenches and stirring up radioactive dust by driving heavy vehicles and toxic exclusions own contributed to rushes. withdrawal off to soldiers were exposed to high doses of radiation. the international atomic energy agency said that it hadn't been able to confirm the ukrainian claims, but welcomed rushes withdrawal. we see this, of course, as a step in the right direction. we are going to be there very, very soon, because that is an intern albany. there is a lot of work to be done, but the reasonable, while the stations returned, ukrainian control may have few implications in the fight against russia's invasion . it should allow or turn to normality at the sight, allowing workers to resume the long task of rendering chernobyl safe for future generations. and here's a quick look at some other stories we've been following for you. the german government has approved the sale of 58 tanks to ukraine,

the vehicles equipped with cannon and machine guns, or originally part of the east german military and now belong to a check company. germany had to approve the sale due to a so called end use clause. a former reserve officer in the german military is facing charges of spying for moscow. federal prosecutor say he was in contact with russian intelligence services from 2014 until 2020. and that he provided information about the military civil defense and the impact of e. u sanctions against russia on german companies. european parliament president robert m at sola has met with ukraine's president lola them years. the lensky, on a surprise visit to cave mitzo la pledge that the you would increase ed assistance to ukraine. the maltese politician is the 1st top e u official to visit since rushes invasion. the european union has called on china not to help russia

a wage war on ukraine or science at western sanctions. the warning came during the 1st summer between the you and china in 2 years since russia invaded ukraine, beijing has stood by moscow and still refuses to condemn the attack. it was the 1st summit between the you and china in 2 years. the goal assurances that china won't arm russia or help moscow evade western economic sanctions. european commission president or cilla funder lion, said afterward, she had made an appeal based on simple math. let me remind you that every day shine on the european union trade, almost 2000000000 euros were self goods and services and income parisian trade between shine on wash as only 300, some 330000000 euros per day. so a prolongation of the warm and the disruption it brings to the world economy is

therefore in no one's interests, certainly not in china's china has refused to condemn russia for invading ukraine. in fact, hours before the summit with brussels, a spokesperson for china's ministry of foreign affairs called the u. s. the culprit and leading instigator of the ukraine crisis for its role and nato's expansion since the cold war under president she jin ping was more subtle when addressing the you officials wrong day, china has maintained the consistency and continuity of its e u policy. we hope that you can form its own perception of china adopt and independent china policy and work with us for the steady and sustained development of china. you relations goshen, where russia's war has brought the you closer together and shown how far away other powers,

such as china or on foreign policy. ukrainian forces have been holding out against the far larger russian military for longer than most expect it, despite having fewer conventional weapons, ukraine's fighters have been assisted by a volunteer brigade of technician supplying a fleet of drones there being credited with helping track and attack the invading forces in this workshop, electronics enthusiasts are assembling some of ukraine's most effective weapons of war. their self built drones are destined for the front line to give ukrainian forces and overhead advantage. such drones have been used to carry out observation missions and even dropped small munitions. and doesn't cause like huge mon, it goes like no more than i phone calls more than this equipment. so one or 2 held this to save the life,

and they were seeing chris her this way. she's hobbyists used to race drones to song, when russia invaded, many fled to the western city of live and formed a collective. they build their devices with pots, donated by supporters, from around the world. here we can help. oh guys, you can co follow crunchy. oh, you can reshowing bullish assures and knowledge between you strauser and like i think that for 3 weeks we did more them for several years in a normal large rushers military is also using drones. it's released footage of its troops launching unmanned aerial vehicles. self made drones might be no match for these military grade aircraft. but armed with cameras, ukrainian drones are also being used to document rushes, destruction of residential areas,

revealing the horrors of the invasion to the world. it's a war in which drones are being used, both as weapon and witness. and let's get you up to speed now on some other global headlines, shalana as president has declared a nationwide state of emergency following days of protest. demonstrators blocked roads across the country on friday, calling for the government to resign, shalaka, suffering, shortages of fuel and widespread power cuts on thursday. protesters and fire to vehicles near the president's home. and a major breakthrough, the warring parties in yemen, civil war have declared a tune. one sees fire, the un broker deal is the 1st nation wide. true since 2016, tens of thousands of people have been killed in 7 years. a finding between a saudi led coalition, backing gibbons, government, and who the rebels back by iran. the actor will smith has resigned from the academy

of motion, pictures, arts and sciences, the body whose members vote on oscar award nominations. in a statement, smith said he would accept any further punishment decided by the academy. smith is facing disciplinary action after slapping comedian chris rock during the ceremony on sunday night and hungary prime minister, victor all buns feed us party has been in powerful more than a decade in the sunday's parliamentary election. the status quo is being challenged for the 1st time by a united opposition alliance. the tense campaign has been dominated by the war next door with both sides promising voters their version of peace. funny fashion reports . it's plain sailing for hunger is crime. it is to vic to war bon on his home turf in seekers for he had left protect the peace of hungry under security. his mantra now only fit as can protect hungarians from the war. next door conflict,

he initially described as a military action or barnacles, friend, an economy. portner fulton now says a vote for fetus is a vote for peace. the government claims the opposition is pro war something the opposition denies. the war and neighboring ukraine has take a center stage in the selection. but just how much is the war influencing? i will turn me a bit get. we're going to vote for peace. that's why we're here and peace will be delivered by the government by feed us. yup. it is sunny. choose peace. choose euro read this campaign slogan from hungary opposition, but their message is being drowned out by orbit fetus party, which is dominating campaigning. some borders are also being swayed by domestic issues and take them. i will vote for the opposition because i see the future in them and not in this homophobic government. a political analyst, peacher crack o says the war in ukraine has helped or been create

a fresh narrative. so what are one does now is that he trials lays for him for listening to domestic boy dixon to the messages. that if you support the opposition, then the real team awfully do crane. and as a result there will be of war and you are hungry around voters can all so died as a result of divorce and u. s. angelina voter scan the v much for the gas and that tricity than you paid before. how much fetus stands to benefit from the tactic is unclear. one percent of voters say they are still undecided. and some football before we go the group stage, draw for this year's men's world cup and guitar took place on friday and some bank european teams. good luck here than others. england, for example, got off relatively easy with a group be that consists of around the usa and either wales, scotland or ukraine. germany. on the other hand, we'll have to contend with

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