so father starts april 16th on d, w ah ah, there's a dw news live from berlin. nieto pledges more aid for ukraine, gives foreign minister gets a warm welcome from leaders of the western alliance, but tells them his country needs weapons, weapons and more weapons. the debit the devastation left behind by retreating, russian forces north, new crane. we hear the stories of survivors and one liberated town outside the capital q and making history can dodgy brown jackson confirmed as the 1st black

woman to sit on the u. s. supreme court orders hail on historic day for the united states. ah, i'm aaron tilton. welcome to the program natal members meeting in brussels, have out to send more military and humanitarian aid to ukraine. ships foreign minister made an impassioned plea for help to fight off an expected russian assault in the east. 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 ukraine's foreign minister got a warm welcome at nato headquarters, but to meter 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 to day dot to alice or should do more on that ready to do more to provide more equipment on that they realize on, on, 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 will not and, and hell, 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 continue after the meeting, ukrainian foreign minister calais boss seemed cautiously optimistic, but complained that everything still taking too long. i spent here some other headlines on the war and ukraine. the united nations general assembly suspending russia from its human rights council over the war and ukraine, italy the 2nd time a member state has been suspended from the council. moscow has condemned the decision as politically motivated and illegal kremlin spokesperson beecher pest golf says that russia has sustained court, significant losses of troops and ukraine, calling it a huge tragedy for russia. the country's defense ministry claims between one and 2000 russian soldiers have been killed. but independent estimates put that number closer to 10000 european union states have approved new sanctions against russia, which include a ban on the import of russian calling. you ban on calls estimated due worth for

billy news a year. you to bill last are now working on additional sanctions, including sanctions on importing over oil and the strongest of messages. a nobel prize winning russian journalist has been attacked on a train with red paint in an apparent protest over his newspapers, critical coverage of the war. dmitri mural off is editor in chief of the liberal know vegas at the last week in the way, because at a said it was suspending operations in russia after receiving official warnings from the kremlin. as russian troops withdraw from northern ukraine, more evidence is emerging of civilian killings, rape and torture. authorities believe hundreds have been killed so far in one town alone, people in but at the anchor. 70 kilometers north, a west of give are searching through rubble hoping to find the bodies of loved ones are corresponded. alexander phenomena went to hear their stories. they have

began clearing the rabble, but any hope of finding survivors here is long gone. for a dan car lay on the main root of the russian, offensive on key of the scale of the destruction is so massive that even the emergency workers seem shock. this sham of budget is olivia. but now we see with our eyes what the russians did to a peaceful tan, there are no military bases here, missed them. they shot people dead. bombed high rise blocks. so 32, i don't understand why we're behind the bullet here. give me the shoe. when russian planes dropped their bombs on the town in early march, these apartment buildings were demolished. local authorities fear that up to $200.00 civilians were killed. their bodies still buried under the rubble. blueberry hole in one of the blocks we meet alexander. he is back to sell with some items from his when to partner with you. when the russian bombardment started,

he managed to flee together with his family. oh, it's bitter dammit, but like, i'm still writing the same clothes i had on. when i left, at least i want to take some things with me, his growth will. this used to be his children's room. his life. i don't really know what to say. don't have words left. their bastard scrap putin in his whole government. you see, can you prove you to florida? oh, if you have locked away a distribution center for humanitarian aid among the residents lining up nina and her family. they lived through a lot during the russian occupation of their hometown, including hunger and constant fear. about dawn must have known that they were pointing that guns at my daughter and the kids. i went down on my knees and screamed begging them not to write to my daughter. you know what can happen. you was like there from a boy. many he had told

a similar story in lena says she is still shaking when she thinks about the weeks under russian occupation, but she will not employed them. we have to thank our soldiers, they're so brave. they are so brave that they freed up already. okay. look what they did to my tan already unco was once beautiful and green residence told us, now it lies in ruins. the town is free, but it has paid a high price for its freedom. we are some other stories making headlines around the world at this hour. a landslide has killed at least 10 people north was columbia after 2 rental res mode and boulders buried on mining camp in the mountains. several people are still missing. nearby town was also evacuated. a cargo plane has crashed during emergency landing near the costa rican capital san jose. the

aircraft operated by which is 6 company d h. l returned to the airport shortly after take off because of mechanical problems. no one was hurt and the crash at least 2 people have been killed in an attack in these really city of tel aviv. several others wounded when a gunman opened fire on a bar and a popular night life district. there's been a surge of violence in israel and the occupied westbank in recent weeks dw corresponded on your co, was close to the scene. and as this update for us happened around 200 meters behind me. and if you see the background here, you will see that this place looks really quiet. but the attack and where i'm standing right now is in downtown tele, if you could say, i could say at the heart of television, and usually this place would be bustling with people. it is thursday night. so this is for most israelis at the start of the beginning of the weekend, so people,

a lot of them usually would be out here and they would go to the restaurants, but they don't do that anymore. they was sent home, they were going home looking for safety. and i was actually trying to get closer to the side of the attack, but was asked by a policeman to please not to do so because safe. he felt that that would not be safe for me because the police are still looking for the perpetrator apparently on the perpetrator. and it's still on the run. and we have been hearing a lot of sirens down town. we saw a helicopter and said this is the 4th attack within 2 weeks, so the police has already been on the highest load for 12 months. the u. s. senate has come from kentucky, brown jackson as the 1st black woman to woman rather to sit on the u. s. supreme court supporters including president jo bite, not held her appointment as an historic day for the united states. but most republican senators still voted against it. the age of 53, the names are 47,

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 confirmation as a historic moment for the u. s. g. 3 republican senators voted 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 raincoat 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 try 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. the supreme court are, 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 is likely to have on the make up of the court and its 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 6 to 3 conservative majority. and it's expected the justice jackson's. 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 u. s? 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 started with the seminal abortion decision roe vs wade in $973.00. 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 some would call it 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, 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. he's remind her of our main stories at this hour. nato members meeting in brussels have vowed to send more military humanitarian aid to ukraine, gives foreign minister made an impassioned plea for help to find off an expected russian assault least. he says, ukraine urgently needs more weapons to head off any new attacks you're watching. deed of your news coming up next, the latest business headlines. remember,

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