[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, needle pledges more, 8 for you craned. king foreign minister gets a warm welcome from leaders of the western alliance, but tells them his country needs weapons, weapons, and more weapons. the devastation left behind by retrieve the russian forces in northern ukraine. we hear the stories of survivors in one liberated town outside the capital gift and making history can dodgy brown jackson confirmed

as the 1st black woman to sit on the u. s. supreme court supporters hail a historic day with united states. ah. my baron tilton walking to the program natal members meeting in brussels have vowed to send more military and humanitarian aid. ukraine gives foreign minister mate and 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 attacks. the war in his homeland has been going on now for 42 days. so ukraine's foreign minister got a warm welcome at nato headquarters. but demeter calais bought 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 should do more on that ready to do more to provide more equipment on that day. i realize on under commerce, 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 really bad and, and fella 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 today have you here some other headlines of the war in ukraine. the united nations general assembly is suspending russia from human rights council over the war and ukraine. it's only the 2nd time a member state has been suspended from the council. moscow has condemned the decision as politically motivated and illegal credell and spokesperson dmitri fest . gov said that russia has sustained, quote, significant losses of troops in ukraine calling 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. the european union has approve new sanctions against russia, including a ban on coal imports. embargo will hit trade with around 4000000000 euros a year. that will, that's of our working on water measures also targeting oil imports from russia. i

think this position of this parliament is a nobel prize winning russian journalist has been attacked on a train with red paint, and in a barren protest over his newspapers, critical coverage of the war. dmitri motor cove is editor in chief of the liberal nova gazette. the newspaper last week, no vague ozetta said, it was suspending operations in russia after receiving the official wards of the kremlin. as russian troops withdraw from northern ukraine, more evidences emerging of civilians killed, raped, or tortured. authorities believe hundreds have been killed in one town alone. people in body dunker 70 kilometers north, west of cio are searching through the rubble hoping to find the bodies of missing loved ones are corresponded. alexander phenomena went there 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 emergency workers seem shock. this sham of budget is why live it by now we see with our eyes what the russians did to a peaceful time. there were no military bases. here they shot people dead bombed high rise bluffs. so frida, i don't understand why really bad the bullet here in the v show, when russian planes dropped their bombs on the town in early march, these apartment buildings were demolished. local authorities feared 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 wind to partner with you. when the russian bombardment started, he managed to flee together with his family. oh, it's bitter dammit, but 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 is life. i don't really know what to say. we don't have words left, that bastard school putin in his whole government. you see in a provocative latortia what 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. for 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 are like they're from a boy. many he told us similar story later says she is still shaking when she thinks about the weeks under russian occupation, but she will not enforce them. we have to thank our soldiers,

they're so brave. they are so brave that they freed up already anchor. look what they did to my tan for the unco was once beautiful and green residence told us now it lies in the ruins. the town is free, but it has paid a high price for its freedom. here are some other stories making headlines around the world. at this hour. 2 people have been killed after a gunman opened fire in the israeli city of tel aviv several others were wounded in the shooting at a bar in a popular night life district. security forces later shot dead the attacker in a gun battle. a landslide has killed at least 10 people north was columbia after 2 rental res. modern boulders buried a mining camp in the mountains, and several people are still reported missing. a nearby town in the region was also

evacuated. a cargo plane has crashed or an emergency landing near the coastal rican capital san jose. the aircraft operated by logistics company, d d h l returned to the airport shortly after take off because of mechanical problems. no one was hurt. the crash german lawmakers have rejected a proposal to bring in compulsory coven 19 vaccinations for over sixty's health minister col lauterbach earlier argued for mandatory jams for all adults to boost the vaccination rate is not like a shift. often the u. s. senate has confirmed kentucky brown jackson as the 1st black woman to sit on the u. s. supreme court supporters including president joe biden availed her appointment as a historic day for the united states. but most republican senators voted against it . the age of 53. the naser 47, and this nomination has confirmed after 233 year wait,

a black woman will soon sit on the u. s. supreme court contain 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 6 women 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, jet, 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 . we're now joined by bear mcdonald, a law professor at pepperdine university in malibu, california, and he's an expert in constitutional law. the 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 courts 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. no. 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, lines 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 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 part of, 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 and 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 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. he's remind her of our main story at the sour nato members meeting in brussels. have vowed to send more military humanitarian aid. ukraine gives foreign minister made an impassioned plea for help to fight off an expected russian assault in the east. he says, you, crane urgently needs more weapons to head off any new attacks. don't forget, you could all, we could feed up, you news on the go, just download our app from the google play store or from the apple app store. i will give you access to all the latest news for around the world as well as push

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