ah, ah, this is dw news lie from berlin, british prime minister boards, johnson travel strip eve to meet lot of me as a landscape. the planters, more military aid for ukraine and says he wants to show solidarity in the face of russia's aggression. also coming up on the program, men, well that phone seats a 2nd term entrance's presidential election, but paul show for right rival marine la penn. just a couple of points behind ah,

i'm michael ok. welcome to the program. british prime minister boards, johnson has traveled to keith to meet ukrainian president villarreal zalinski. johnson pledged more military support to help counter an expected russian offensive in the east. zelinski has said he is committed to pressing for peace despite russia as attacks on civilians. following one such attack, the city of comatose is still reeling from the missile strike on a train station on friday where residents were waiting to flee. a warning, this report contains distressing image. abandoned luggage phone's ringing inside as anxious, loved ones try to reach the missing man. this man has found his mother's bags, but there's no sign of her euclid,

but if she's just not answering my cause. as i know, she's not picking up the she was among hundreds fleeing war and hunger. my hoping to board a train at cram matters, but then a rocket at the station killing more than 50 people and injuring dozens more with it was terrifying the horror. the horror hadn't forbid i have to experience anything like that. again, they both look good. now. i don't want to put ukrainian president followed him is a lansky calls the attack or russian war crime. he's begging western leaders to do more to protect his people. and he warns of a tough battle ahead as russia re, groups in the east civil dis, glove. now we believe in this fight and in our victory national body bo him of

national. but we are ready to simultaneously fight and look for diplomatic solutions. if i could end this war and let the trevino poke out. meanwhile, british prime minister boris johnson made a surprised trip to visit zalinski in ukraine. the leaders discussed more british financial support. eric liked that's on top of the 100000000 pounds in high grade weapons. johnson already promised to help you crane. fend off russian attacks of courage of the lion. russia denies launching a rocket at civilians at the crimea towards the station, but it has a new war plan. general alexander devona called we'll now oversee the invasion. he commanded russian forces in syria and will take control of a war, plagued by high casualties and unexpected losses. on the ground, as russian forces refocus on the east, they have withdrawn from other parts of the country. the northern city of tourney

of was under siege for weeks, though it was never captured. it's mer says at least $700.00 people died in the salt. w corresponded alexander phenomena has travelled to neve, as the city take stock of the devastation and joins us now. alexandra, tr. nia to say the least has been hard hit by russian forces. as far as you can tell how much of the city is left standing or some areas of the city michael are completely demolished to schools, a hospital residential areas. and you can just see behind me an apartment building that was also destroyed during an earth strike. and we spoke with one of the resident and she used to live in the 9th floor together with her grown up son who is now fighting on the front lines. and she was totally devastated. she burst into tears when speaking with me,

she told me she doesn't have any place to go. she is now staying with her friend, but she doesn't know what to do next. and according to the mayor, up to 70 percent of the city was destroyed by russian as tri x is one of the thousands of stories that we will hear coming out of ukraine. alexander, during that weeks long siege of the city, what were conditions like for the residents there? it must have been terrible. people told us that they didn't have anything to eat. they were hungry because the city was under siege for many, many weeks. water and electricity were almost completely cut off for some period of time, no aid or was able to come in. and local officials say that at times the city buried up to $100.00 people in a single day,

and they were not only killed by airstrikes. they also died because they were, were ill. they didn't have their medicine that they needed. and because the law, coal cemetery was very close to russian forces and was under fire from time to time, people decided to, to bury their loved ones in long trenches behind the more. and i'm curious, alexandra, to what extent will evidence from attorney of help build a case of war signs against russia? well, i think that she need give is, or one more example ah, of how russian forces are, are deliberately targeted civilian infrastructure and how they killed civilians. and this is, of course, prohibited by the laws of war and could investigate if investigated on of course, that is what the ukrainian government and also international

r teams are promising they could amount to war crimes and dos. just one incident in particular, that was very shocking. it was mid, mid march march when russian forces open fi on a line of people standing in a line to get brett. that was sir. d, w, corresponded alexander phenomena interleave, as always made sense. international donors have pledged more than 11000000000 euros to help ukrainian refugees. ukrainian president volume is lensky . we made a virtual appearance at a donor conference in the polish capital. warsaw. the funds are a combination of donations and loans and are intended for projects run by the united nations and local aid organizations. but also in standing up while you're watching dw news still to come, hundreds of ukrainian refugees arrive every day at the mexican border,

hoping to make it to the united states. we have a special report from the border town of t one. in the meantime, polls have opened in the 1st round of the french presidential elections. they come as many voters are increasingly concerned over the war in ukraine and rising consumer prices. in the past months, president de manuel mccaul established himself as a leader on the international stage, seen as a major player negotiates head to head with russia. but recently the front runner has seen his numbers full as his main rival for right candidate marine, the pen has focused on domestic issues in play to widespread fears of immigration and terrorism. dw correspondence. sonya found the car joins me now from outside a polling station in central paris as sonya. nice to have you with us. perhaps what's most striking is at this late stage as we just heard,

a 3rd of the voters are undecided what exactly explains this indecisiveness. hi. good morning. well, i think part of the problem is simply a bit of water fatigue. little. what is the coming out of a, to your pandemic? there's a, there's a war reaching in the heart of europe the band because also meant that this election has been quite different in the sense that not too many inputs and rallies have been held, not totally live debates. there's not, not been any st canvassing as of convention elections. i think that was part of the reason. i think many french people had spoken to have also said that the selection feels very different from the last one. winn prison, macro was elected as a fresh, relatively unknown face. the youngest president in the history of france, mackerel, centrist platform, also kind of a up ended all traditional lot loyalties offer out right and left. and i think and the seeing that many bought us may shun the center and kind of vote for the extremes. and i think all that is also adding to this uncertainty. you say sion,

the center and vote for the extremes is a vote for marine le pen and her for right party sheen as a protest vote. and how likely are people to stick to that vote in the 2nd round? well, for rightly to marilla penn has actually kind of totally softened her appeal. she's moved, you know, she's trying to portray herself as a credible alternative as a moderate. and unlike mcroy, she's run quite a slick crossroads campaign where she's been traveling around the country focusing on the one issue that matters the most voters. and that is the rising cost of living. you know, she's been appealing to blue color waters and the right and left. seeing that, you know, she's going to create jobs, give them more money, cap prices, and i think that is resonating, i think what is different in the selection is that for many voters, there is no longer a stigma of watching for the far right. that is really certainly new in the selection w correspondence. sonya fan occur with her eye on that french election. many, many thanks. here are some more stories making headlines around the world at

this hour. pakistan's parliament has voted prime minister in ron con, out of office. the former cricket store tried to stop and build confidence vote by dissolving parliament sooner, but the supreme court ruled that was unconstitutional. parliament will meet on monday to elect a new prime minister. dozens of migrants have been rescued from the mediterranean after their boats. shank, off the coast of tunisia, 13 bodies were also recovered and at least 10 people are still missing. recent months have seen an increase in attempted crossings, and dozens of people have drowned mexican city of tier one a has become a staging point for ukrainian refugees looking to make it to the united states. a week ago about 35 people had arrived there, but officials now say that number has reached over a 1000 as a border city. t a one is no stranger to hosting migrants bound for the us. but

those migrants are usually from central america rather than europe. our reporters were on the ground. oh yeah. they're around 2500 ukrainians here in p 100 more. arrive in this refugee camp every day. they have a tourist visa for mexico, for them. this is just a self over the final destination. if the united states were friends or family are waiting around 700 ukrainians have been sheltering here for dates. the organizers are struggling with the growing number of refugees. the volunteers, most of them from the united states with ukrainian and russian backgrounds are scrambling when more people who, who can help us to feed them, to give them the hosting. to make sure that system to have all numbers that the line is going, we're giving them a right wherever the needs all here, want to get into the u. s. president bite and promised political asylum for 100000

ukrainians. on average, people here have to wait for just about 4 to 5 days before they manage to set food in the united states. that the anna is from how to give her step. so vladimir has been living for over a decade in florida. he picked her up from mexico city 4 days ago to take her home, doc on your so i stayed home. my husband had to leave to defend the city of odessa this year. i just want to be together with him again. that's all of them were both at him from which to geneva. people here are struggling in many ways, even if they are far from the war. was this the ruling issue? one? yes, we don't have any tears left were empty. now, in the beginning we cried a lot. now we have no tears. it is crazy, absolutely crazy. at the beginning, we were in mary paul, we were busy thinking about what to do,

how to say save. are we going to die? are we going to get charged? shall we said in the basement or go upstairs. and finally we left. and now we ask ourselves, what happened and why people here left, everything behind. they're exhausted and they're also traumatized. they're trying to process what happened. but hope might be around the corner. i owe money on it. today is the day for this you in families, they waited and are eager to leave the past behind as best as possible, they say. and they hoped for a new start in the united states. this pass provided by the city of tiquana with bring them to the border of 5 minutes, right? that is changing their fate away from war.

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