[000:00:00;00] ah, this is news live from berlin, a deadly attack on civilians fleeing war battered ukraine, at least 50 dead and dozens more wounded as missiles strike a pack train station ukraine condemns it as another russian war cry. you chief ursula funded line tell is president a lot of missile lensky, chill speed up ukraine's bid to join the block. she also sees for herself the mass grave that shocked the world. and frances presidential race heat's up current

leader emmanuel mccaul faces off against 4. right challenger marine the pen. both contenders are tipped to go through to the 2nd round. ah and welcome to our viewers around the world. a michael ok. a russian missile attack on a train station in eastern ukraine has killed at least 50 people and wounded dozens more. authorities say rocket struck the crowded station in cremmit tossed in the donetta region. hundreds of people were waiting there to board trains to safety. ukraine is calling it another russian war, cry president of a lot of miss zalinski is demanding more weapons and a tough global response. the leaders of france and germany have condemned the attack and the white house has described it as

a whole. griffith atrocity scenes of tonnage and destruction in easton, ukraine streets littered with smouldering debris and the bodies of dozens killed. the governor of don't ask said at least 5 children are among the dead. after several rockets hid chrome, a tossed station on friday. edward speaking to the finished parliament. president, lord me, is the lensky condemned russia for striking clear civilian targets. they hit yeah, but little foolish. i will start with what happened this morning when you write russian forces hit the train station in our city of cremmit, ask an ordinary train station with ordinary people, cannibalization. there were no military personnel there, and there were people who are waiting for a train to get to a safe territory where mission forces hit them with military missiles. would that

a getaway or lose the criminal has denied the employ. this type of projectile, but ukrainian military officials said they've been used throughout the war on a visit to london to me. british prime minister boris johnson. german chancellor. ola sholtes, never called the attack. atrocious. pleasure. after welcome you. the bid at the veils will be images. we have seen from bushels here from mario, paul, and from many of the places the dramatic attack we have been told about to day to. it shocks us and we must say here in clear terms. it is a cruel, cruel wall. latin vaught gazette then goes on. as the sun calls on my creek. around 4000 people were thought to be at the station. they came with their pets and personal possessions, hoping to escape the worst hazards of wall. i'm joined now by nick connelly in

kiva. nick a missile attack kills people trying to get on trains to flee the fighting. yet russia is still insisting it does not target civilians. what do we make of this? well, it's kind of extraordinary. if you look at the russian state media, they are even saying that this was ukraine hitting ukraine. there are a reports in russian media of a, supposedly ukrainian missile divisions to the south west of this station in chrome, a tossed in dog bass in the east of the country. and they're not quite sure in their message. if you look at them, if in their reports, whether this, they claim this is a mistake by the ukrainian forces or whether they were doing on purpose. but certainly they are definitely saying repeatedly in different sources that this was the ukrainian side and then other russian media. i'll just trying not story about this at all. it's pretty extraordinary that this is even possible a time where it is well known by everyone,

that lot sicilians all get ahead of don bass. now regional governments in that part of the country are now calling on all civilians who can't get out before it's too late. before it becomes too dangerous to leave. in recent weeks, though, the situation there in dumbass, which has been the scene of fighting since 2014, had been comparatively quiet, at least in that part of john bass around crematory, had been less dangerous. now the pots, the country, but people now increasingly panic, increasingly convinced that this could be situation where the russian army will try to in circle ukrainian forces from the north and the south. and the east was from those separatist l churches there. so lots people trying to get out in a hurry and basically for most people, the train, the rail road is the only way out. and now increasingly we've seen a tax on the actual railroad tracks themselves. so increasingly fewer options to get out and more people try and get on fewer trains and now seemingly not even safe while they're waiting on the trains. how is ursula funder lines visit received in

cheese? does ukraine think the e is doing enough? i think it's always gonna be difficult to meet expectations here, but there is a sense that you're is waking up to the scale of this. i think this was, it was taken a very well of was received very well, but also ukrainians who had been frustrated with what they saw as fairly meaningless can message of solidarity and sympathy from the west that weren't backed up with real action and real promises of action, i think the words we heard from was on the line basically promising ukraine at turbocharged kind of fast process in t e. that was something that was very well received and was received with yeah, the some positivity unexpected. positive t given bass. the nato is for now at least seemingly close to ukraine. i think you membership is the one kind of process towards closer ties with west that people think is tangible is realistic that maybe you crank and end up with the status like finland, for instance, inside the but outside nato. having said that, finland, now after decades, neutrality is trying to get into nature itself. so i think people are acutely aware

that that you doesn't bring security guarantees in the way that nature would. and all these attempts now to kind of organize bilateral security guarantees from the u . s. so germany or the countries aren't quite the same deal as nature would bring. nick, you've made a reference to this already, but i want to get a little bit more detail from you on it. it's believed russian group, sir. forces are regrouping for major solved in eastern ukraine. what more you hearing about that? but we definitely hearing a bit of an uptick in activity, an uptick in a to attack shelling along those front lines. and we're hearing of more russian hardware being sent towards those borders with ukraine and into those areas. and it does seem that if mario paul were to fully for full in to russian hands, which it still hasn't been under siege since the 1st of march, then of see there will be a lot of russian forces freed up, try and push for into those territories. in launch control, yet skull bless,

of blood regions that are still under ukrainian control. and at the beginning of this, russia recognized those self became such as reasons in the borders, the entire regions. so there is the, the, the sense that maybe that is that kind of mid term go goal those russian forces to take don, yes, killer hunts regions in their entirety to then maybe come back to the negotiating table and say, okay, now you can, if you recognize though separate just regions in the entirety of the church, the new they control that maybe there's some deal to be done. got it. that is a nic connelly in keith. many, many things here are some other headlines on the war in ukraine. slovakia has donated its air defense system to ukraine. the soviet era, as 300 system is already in use by ukrainian forces requiring no extra training. it's ukraine's only defense against ballistic missiles. the u. s. as it's re equipping slovakia with a modern patriot missile defense system,

the german government says 40 russian diplomats have left the country. berlin ordered their expulsion shang they were carrying out espionage and were a danger to public security. the leaders of germany and britain have pledged to work together on renewable energy and reduced the need for russian fuel imports. olaf shots and boys johnson have been holding talks in london. shots insist it will take time to reduce germany's dependency on russia. the u. k. is to send more weapons join ukraine, almost more, your pool and austrian level. more details are emerging about how people survived under russian bombardment in northern ukraine. now that fighting in some cities have subsided, many were emerging from bunkers to find their homes destroyed. in the meantime, they've had to get used to living underground abandoned weapons,

devastated buildings. the russian soldiers might have withdrawn from chinese, but they have left an indelible mark on the town and on the minds of the people, as homes were attacked and destroyed, the people here took shelter together in places like this, sharing the relative safety of underground spaces. but now that the bombing had stopped summer, finding it hard to leave the places that saved their lives, some have nowhere else to go. others feel unsafe, going back like eula and her 8 year old daughter. madame a chancellor syllis, neither of i had 60 people here the mostly people who lost their homes and people whose houses are no longer in habitable, etc. ah not. so at some point there were about 600 people wonder if they were seeping all over the place at that time than the boys in the besieged town of maria, paul bunker living has become a way of life. 12 year old masha and her sister valeria have dared to come out into

the courtyard. they spend most of their time in the shelter or a hillock before i was scared of everything, the tiniest noise person. but you get used to it bit by bit. a few weeks ago, they tried to leave by car in the middle of a battle, but had to turn back after a few meters. another shelter had been fatally hit. maria helene and we were on our way with the children and grandparents in the back. i was in the front of them with the other one when we turned in front of the theater. look something exploded in front of us and the windscreen blew out with us. now they have been living under ground for several weeks with little light and 12 other people. there are a few home comforts, but masha longs for her old life. this is and also the movie. i just want to go home and go back to school. do my activities to live like i use chase programs

while millions of displaced ukrainians have fled to europe for safety. those left behind have little choice, but to shelter from the storms of conflict. some more stories now making headlines around the world. pakistan's embattled prime minister in rome, kado has called on his supporters to take the streets. he is facing a confidence vote in parliament, which he is expected to lose. the former cricket start earlier trying to stop the vote, but was over ruled by judges. saudi arabia says it will allow 1000000 people to make the harsh pilgrimage this year. as it eases covered 19 restrictions. pilgrims must be fully vaccinated, and under the age of $65.00, before the pandemic, several 1000000 muslims would make the journey to mecca every year. after will smith has been banned from the academy awards for 10 years? it's punishment for slapping comedian chris rock at this year's ceremony. but smith

has not been stripped of the best actor oscar. he won that night. frances presidential race is tightening just a day before the 1st round of voting. paul show far right challenger marine la pet, gaining on the current leader manuel mac hall, who's seeking a 2nd term in office. ammonium a krohn is asking voters to back him for another 5 years and power a few weeks ago. he enjoyed a comfortable lead in the polls. but his fall right challenge a marine le pen has steadily closed again. she's focused her campaign on the cost of living crisis that low to say is that biggest concern, while still promising radical anti immigration policies and barring an upset, she expected join micron in the run off on april 24th. micron is blaming his own loki campaign on having to focus on the wall and ukraine. he still tips to when in

the 2nd round, with le pen only narrowly behind and gaining, but with up to a quarter of people thought to still be undecided. and many planning not to vote to tool an upset remains a possibility. mac rollin, his supporters are having that back as a saw that firebrand john movement on show who sits a 3rd place in the poles, will vote from a crone in the 2nd round. keep pen out as many did the last election in 2017, but this time may be different. o told you the thing to day left when voters consider him to be to right wing today. left wing voters can here is messages on the political and economic order. but there is these speak more to the right than to the left alone. so yes, it's a challenge for the president to reassure the left with regard to social norms on one hand, but also of his ability to protect purchasing power ra galaxy. in fact, the, to quote a shot. while net crohn's margin of victory looked set to be narrow, he does remain the favor to win and become the 1st french president to hold on to

power in 20 years. well that's it for now. after short break, our technology program shift will take a deep dive into virtual reality. remember, you can always get the latest news on our website, d, w dot com a michael, ok for me and the entire news team here in berlin. thanks for watching and do stay with d w. these places in europe are smashing all the records. stepped into a bold adventure. it's the treasure map for modern globetrotters. discover some of you up to record breaking sites on google maps,