ah, ah ah, this is dw news live for berlin. natal pledges more, 8 for ukraine. foreign minister gets a warm welcome from leaders of the western alliance, but tells them his country needs weapons, weapons, and more weapons. and there's more evidence of the devastation left behind by russian troops. they pulled out of northern ukraine report on the ordeal of one small town occupied by the invaders and making history. kentucky brown, jackson confirmed as the 1st black woman to sit on the u. s. supreme court orders

hail historic day with united states. ah, i'm aaron tilton. welcome to the program. nato members meeting in brussels have vowed to send more military and humanitarian aid to ukraine, gives foreign minister made an impassioned plea for help to fight off an expected russian assault in the east of the country. he told leaders of the western alliance that ukraine urgently needs more weapons to head off any fresh attack. the warrant, his homeland has been going on now for 42 days. so you crane's foreign minister got a warm welcome at nato headquarters, but demetrius calais, but didn't make the trip to brussels just to get sympathy. my agenda is very simple . it has only 3 items on it. it's weapons, weapons, and weapons. so far,

individual member states of nato have been delivering weapons to ukraine, like the stinger anti aircraft missiles from germany. however, 2 weeks ago, nato members decided not to provide combat tanks to avoid being dragged into the war. now the images of war crimes have moved members to rethink that it was a can message from the meeting today. that's alice a should do more on that ready to do more to provide more equipment on the realism under cameras. the urgency, the czech republic has provided ukraine with tanks and armored personnel carriers. ukraine is now pushing for other countries like germany to follow suit. however, german tanks that had been taken out of service 1st have to be overhauled. it's foreign minister was non committal. justine's, when he got and, and fell a darcy on ukraine side. and that's why we're also looking together at everything that ukraine would need in order to better protect itself in future. how can come to you after the meeting?

ukrainian foreign minister calais boss seemed cautiously optimistic, but complained that everything still taking too long. today have you gotten any food leaders have condemned the apparent war crimes committed by russian forces and ukraine. evidence is mounting of civilian killings, rape and torture. authorities are still trying to identify hundreds of victims of atrocities in the town of boucher outside of the capital t f. as russian troops withdraw from northern ukraine, locals are coming out of hiding and taking stock. after nearly a month on your occupation. des des connelly visited the small town of bleak, of which so intense fighting in late february this is, we give a small town. it's just emerging from a month and a russian occupation month in which it was on the front lines between russian and ukrainian forces. toys was sometimes just the words people were children. it's as much as many residents of this ukrainian town could think of

a plea to the russian troops to leave them and their families alone, as they hid in their homes of the figure. but the same new people in this village spent 27 days without water on the 27th days without bread. he grew up by a demon his wife held out for 3 weeks until the shelling became too much to bear. and they were finally able to leave for a neighbouring village of them up when they got back of the cranium military had retaken the town, their home would be ransacked by retreating russian troops with they've got it. everything carried everything out, all that laughter, the walls and the sofa. a 2nd here near you. they've taken all the electronics. i don't even know where they put it all over the months they were here, the russians really changed for the worse. i'm just disgusted at the thought that they were moving around and eating in my house. at least he didn't sleep here with the phone or doesn't look dollars available,

delivered with carlo. they just destroyed things for the sake of it, him. he'll never even at the but the impact on this community goes far beyond limited homes, locals to this, they were kidnapped and detained in sellers for days on end. accused by the russians of helping the ukrainian military. several residents are still missing, fear killed. a priest arrives la neighboring village when supplies for those who have lost almost everything, but it's not food or money that the locals are asking for us. who am i and what was a little for 3 of the people here need tranquilizers were many of them have lost everything with me that they spent a lifetime saving for wallace with their houses sought their cars. it's all gone into separate from your book shows as the damp seller where she her husband and her neighbors spent some of the coldest nights of the year. no 210 years. and i agree with linda. we weren't just hearing the shelling,

we could feel it. everything was shaking when all we could do is pray that it wouldn't hit us. we just kept praying supplies like these people above and husband going during the weeks andrew occupation of the shop stayed shut and leaving home would have meant running a gold lot or was it that yes, i got us by the time you've been up and down these steps a few times, you lose the well to do anything else. they both tell the she and everyone she knows is exhausted, or what you can always waiting for something they can't quite define. unable to ever let go. my thing is that we didn't use to understand what it was that people and on boss have been going through all these years stuck in their sellers. the last month has taught us what war is his name. so thank you for now. the russian army has been pushed back more than 100 kilometers. the fear they might return suddenly, as they appeared, was never far away. ukrainians are searching through the rubble in the liberated town of bodied the younger hoping to find the bodies of loved ones or the

younger just 70 kilometers north west of the capital give was one of the 1st towns hit by russian shelling in the invasion local authorities believe hundreds of civilians have been killed. present zalinski says the situation there is much worse than in nearby boucher where russian forces are accused of massacring civilians. dw hall responded alexander, phenomenon was visited, but the younger sent us this update. well, i have to say that the scale of destruction and borrowed the younger that we saw today was shocking to all members of our team. it was shocking to see high rise houses completely demolished by russian artillery fire and bombardments there. and so we have to say it was also very heartbreaking to speak with the residents they that had to leave under russian occupation. one woman told me that the russian

soldiers stormed her parents house and her mom was a, was told to give the soldiers everything that she had everything of value. and she just spec them not to kill her. i also spoke with the family there and they told me that russian soldiers came to their house and pointed their machine gans gans at them and, and the mother, she went to her knees, begging them not to rape her daughter. so really hot breaking stories and, and a large huge scale of destruction there that was dw correspondent, alexander phenomena reporting there from ukraine. and here are some other stories making headlines around the world. the united nations general assembly is suspending russia from its human rights council over the war and ukraine is only the 2nd time a member state has been suspended from the council. moscow has condemned the decision as politically motivated and illegal. at least 2 people have been killed

in an attack in tel aviv ally say a gunman opened fire in a restaurant district in the city center. motive is not yet known, but it follows a spate of similar incidents in recent weeks. the u. s. senate has confirmed kentucky brown jackson as the 1st black woman to sit on the u. s. supreme court supporters including present joe biden availed her appointment as a historic day for the united states. but most republican senators voted against her nomination. the age of 53. the name of $47.00, and this nomination is confirmed. after 233 year wait, a black woman will soon sit on the us supreme court. catan g brown, jackson watched herself enter the history books from the white house alongside president joe biden, who hailed a consummation as a historic moment for the u. s. g. 3 republican senators vote with the democrats to

confirm. brown, jackson is only the 3rd black person and woman to serve on the u. s. his highest court. the vote concluded a bitterly part is an approval process. they were that so brown, jackson grilled by republican senators on hot button issues like race relations and abortion as well as her reco. as a judge, senate democrats were overjoyed by the result. it is just an amazing day. if i had to think of an adjective to describe all of us, it would be elated, elated because of this wonderful person going on the court. this has been a long, hard road as we've tried to get to greater equality, less bigotry in america. and there is often steps backward, but when you have a day like this, it inspires you to keep moving forward. frown jack, set your play, steve and brian, when he retires at the end of the cold current term. but with the conservative set to maintain that 63 majority,

she may find it difficult to make much impact on the increasingly right wing court well joined by bear mcdonald, a law professor at pepperdine university in malibu, california. and he's an expert in constitutional law to supreme court. thanks for joining us. so tell us how significant is brown jackson's nomination? well, it's significant in the sense that she is the 1st black woman to sit on the court and only as you've mentioned before, a handful of women ever appointed to the court. they're out of the court history. there's been a $109.00 white men to black men and now a handful of women justices. so this is a very historic nomination. nor do we know what type of effect she's likely to have on the make up of the court. and it's decision making process moving forward. well, right now, united states supreme court. unfortunately, it's become a fairly partisan institution where on the big cases involving important social and

political issues, it tends to split along republican appointee and democratic appointee. wines conservative versus liberal right now the supreme court for the 1st time in a long time is now controlled by a solid. 63 conservative majority and it's expected the justice jackson is going to follow the shoes of stephen brier, who's been a traditional liberal justice. and so if justice jackson is going to make her mark on the court, it's probably going to be by developing a very strong voice and dissent hoping that over time her. ready dissenting opinions will become majority opinions on the supreme court. so we're looking at a very highly partisan supreme court, but that partisanship also extends to nomination process as well. she only got 3 votes from republicans. so why have these nominations also become so partisan in the us? well, it's become hyper partis, it's always been

a little bit partisan when you ask a handful of judges to interpret general phrases of the constitution and what they mean. but it has become hyper partisan and modern era. it started with the seminal abortion decision. roe vs wade in 1073. and then a few years later, president ronald reagan ran on the platform of appointing justices. that would overturn roe vs wade and deliver a specific legal as some would call a political result that began the intense politicization of the supreme court for the last 40 years or so. and so today, presidents are looking to appoint a younger justices that share their political views. and so it's not surprising that when that happens with the senators from the opposing parties, are looking for any reason to vote those nominees down. all right,

i'm afraid we have to leave it there. that was a very mcdonald, while professor pepperdine university. thank you for your insight. thank you. you're watching. the w news is a reminder of our main story. at this hour natal members meeting in brussels have vowed to send more military humanitarian aid to ukraine. gifts were ministry made and impassioned plea for help to fight off unexpected russian assault in the east. he says, ukraine urgently needs more weapons to head off any new attacks and kremlin spokesperson. dmitri pasco has acknowledged his russia has sustained significant losses of troops in ukraine. he's called it a huge tragedy for russia. the country's defense ministry reports that between one and 2000 russian soldiers have been killed, but independent estimates put that number closer to 10000. you're watching t w news coming up next lessons from the past documentary and how young people in germany are learning about the holocaust. remember you can always get the latest

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