ah, ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin, ukraine and russia agree on humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians from cities in ukraine's east and south east. more and more people are fleeing the region of thousands are still trapped as fierce grow of a new russian offensive on the way we get the latest from our correspondence on the ground. also on the program, the french election in manuel call has passed his throat and frances presidential election as he seeks a 2nd term of polls show far white rival and marine left hand only

a couple of points behind him. in pakistan's prime minister in wrong con, loses a vote of no confidence. following weeks of turmoil, the opposition will be tasked with forming a new government, but con says he will not accept it. ah, i monica jones well come to the program is done. ukraine is bracing for a new russian offensive. officials have announced an agreement on humanitarian corridors to allow thousands of people to leave before it's too late. more than 100000 are estimated to still be stuck in the city of maria paul, which has been under intense bombardment for weeks. people in the city of crime tours have been taking many buses to leave the city after a missiles struck the train station killing dozens. ukrainians are also fleeing the

city of lou hancock and the in the don and the don bass region. satellite voters are taken before the weekend show a convoy hundreds of russian military vehicles, heading to the dawn bus, making the task of evacuating civilians all the more urgent. and for more i am now joined on the line by our d. w correspondent rebecca ritter's who is on the train to levin rebecca. are you are on the way back from ne pro the central eastern city in ukraine, which is serving as the hub for the internally displaced ukrainians? what have you witnessed there that time? and i've actually just stepped off the train just said you were going to air and we've just come back from the pro, as you say, it's a hard for those people evacuating. but you could have done yet. and month grades in america has now ordered people in that region to lazy area said that at least 30

percent of people was still in the house. but they needed to get out before this russian offensive stopped to take place on talking to one young man. i've been trying to say he was actually from the program. so he was coming to the be on the same train, but i was on but he was telling me about his friends that are in the gun and they don't want to. but he said they said he said that those areas have been under the cd themselves, have been under russian control since 2000 and ice and they just don't want to be operated in that war. i don't want to leave again. so he actually broke down and he's as he was talking to me about this, telling me about how his friends were going to stay and fight dental. so thing, those things that we've seen in boucher, i mean obviously everyone incredibly worried that that's gonna happen in mid town and religion. right. i don't question. i mean you've been traveling all the way by train. tell us a little bit about that. what did you experience they're traveling through central ukraine. i mean,

i have nothing but good things to say about the train, the railway network and the company that same working so hard to get people in and out of places to get into areas that so desperately needed as well as evacuate the video that we went on and evacuation, trying to say the people who were all now trying at tickets, but plenty more in the pro. well, we're waiting for those evacuation trying to set up pretty the way it works, of the government of providing to get people out of those areas. as you said, any part of the big help. so we feel a lot of people trying to get out to people from all over that south and southeast region here actually has not arrived. and i've seen that the trying to completely different to when i left it so much more has been set up in the way all you met a terry and i there are so many here now when i left with the just

a couple of days ago and that's obviously to deal with the influx that they're expecting from the south east in region. right. rebecca, thank you so much for sharing these kind impressions with us, from your journey, from the pro back to living in the west and ukraine. rebecca rich's there. thank you so much and here are now some other developments regarding the war in ukraine. a mass grave has been found in the blue silver village near chief. the site was discovered after russian forces withdrew from the area to concentrate its forces on the east. it holds dozens of bodies adding to the mounting civilian casualties which have triggered widespread international condemnation on new sanctions. british prime minister boris johnston has become the latest western leader to visit keith. we met with president lensky and walked through the city. johnson praised the country's response to the russian invasion and offered ukraine armored vehicles and to anti ship missiles to help ensure that

the country would never be invaded again. oh, oh, frances has called for an east to cease fire in the ukraine in his 1st major palm sunday mass. since the start of the pandemic. he told some 50000 catholic faithful . that a cease fire would pay the way for peace through real negotiation. with us, international donors have pledged more than 10000000000 euros to help you, cranium, refugees as a conference in war. so the money is a mix of donations and loans. the funds are intended for projects run by the united nations and local 8 organizations or weapons military concern over ukraine. and the rise in the cost of living is expected to shape the outcome of the 1st round of francis presidential election to day until just weeks ago. paul's was suggesting an easy winful pro european interest president, manuel mac hong. but now far right marine le pen has projected to close the gap and

could potentially unseat mccall and the runoff. unless one of them gets more than half of the nationwide load, there will be a 2nd and decisive round between the top 2 candidates. as i did all the use, sonya family car went out to gauge the mood among parisian voters. busy basically for me and my new and my cars, the only candidate who has the stature of a president where you and we saw this was a ukraine war. i don't see any other candidate who could face putin. i go the distance away, people can, can vote again for him and even mcgraw even know for fall. do euclid new. are people lou most knew that he needed nothing and that he was useless. michael. merlin, me the main issue of the election is ecology. i think it will be one of the great challenges of the next years here, the pushing any, any question, it's immigration, it's the problem of lacking solidarity problems your love. so he does the measure in progress purchasing power because we're seeing that with the rise and gas prices,

more and more french people are having difficulty getting through the month to more i would for women racquel no question and out to buy that. even if there are lots of issues with what has been done, the situation with a can, why need to have somebody very strong to defend the european state and dw correspondence on your far nika joins me now from central perez. those sonya turn out so far seems rather low. and what is probably most striking is that just before polls opened, a 3rd of the voters was still undecided that according to estimates. what explains this indecisiveness? well, i think part of the problem, monica, is that some voters are simply quite tired after you know, 2 years of the panoramic, there's of water aging in europe, the pan. because also meant that this election campaign has been quite subdued that have been fewer rallies, fewer live debates, not so much discrete canvassing, and many french people who have spoken to say that says that this election feels

very different from the last one in 2017, that was a big, a buzzard on emanuel macro at the time of seemingly came out of nowhere and became the youngest president of france. i think another thing that is added to water uncertainty in france is that we no longer have a really clear cut divide between the traditional political right and the left. in france, you know, macros, centrist platform is essentially up ended traditional parties and kind of swept away old political loyalties and i think created a void for kind of dangerous populous rhetoric. and there you lead straight turn to marilla pen a vote for her. and her far right party is seen by many as a protest vote. and how likely are people to stick to that vote of the 2nd round? well, i think marie lapel has really tried to torn down her party's radical image. she's moved away from some of the far rights, more extreme positions. just try to put yourself as a much more moderate and credible candidate. and unlike mcroy, i think she's run

a very slick grassroots campaign focusing on the one issue that really matters to french waters. and that is really the, the rising cost of a cost of living. you know, she's been traveling around the country, meeting a blue collar workers from the left and the white, appealing to them saying, you know, that she's going to create jobs and, and put more money in their pockets and, and cap prices. and i think all that is resonating with some borders, and i think the big change in the selection is that there is no longer a stigma of wanting for the far right. that is what i've also heard from voters here and the outcome of this election. obviously is also very important for the rest of the european union. when can we expect to have a 1st result suddenly of this 1st round of voting? well, we'll have the 1st result actually this evening at 8 o'clock bowers time that we have an exit ball which, which will be quite accurate. and we have a pretty good idea, i think, of who makes it into that 2nd round. now, all the pools of projecting, like you mentioned, that we'd see kind of her repeat off the last 2017 election of face off between

macro and the pin and the side of course, the pin really closing in the macro. so it could be a cliff hanger of an election. i think water zeal will have to decide whether they give macro a 2nd chance and water for stability and continue to your whether the, you know, ups for a more radical change of course, right? dw correspondence and your family come from paris there. thank you so much. and here are some more stories making headlines around the world. is wally force is conducted. raids in the occupied west bank following a space of recent palestinian attacks in israel. the developments commerce attentions between israelis and palestinians have escalated during the muslim holy month of ramadan, which this year coincides with major jewish and christian holidays. dozens of microphones have been rescued from the mediterranean after their boats sank off the coast of tunisia. 13 bodies were also recovered and at least 10 people are still

missing. recent month have seen an increase in attempted crossings, and dozens of people have drowned in the chinese city of shanghai, a hue to make shift hospital has opened to treat poet 19 patients. the converted arena has 50000 beds. shanghai has imposed strict locked down as cases surge. the city is carrying out mass testing of its $26000000.00 residents to try to contain the outbreak. australian prime minister scott morrison has announced that the country will go to the polls on may the 21st. the general election is likely to be for to over the cost of living. precious climate change and political integrity morrison's conservative parties currently trailing the opposition labor party and opinion polls after 9 years in power. pakistan's prime minister, the former cricketer, iran con, has been ousted from power after losing a vote of no confidence in parliament. the supreme court on thursday restored parliament after con, tried to disbanded to avoid the vote. con was deserted by coalition partners who

blame him for a crumbling economy. and his failure to deliver on his campaign promises. i yes ma'am, about residence gathered around parliament as the assembly members left after the historic late night vote. some celebrated the ouster of prime minister imran con. while others protested opposition leader chabarise to read is likely to become pakistan's next prime minister. he is the brother of disgraced, former prime minister. no was sharif long. shabbas sharif, who leads to pakistan? muslim league praised the no confidence vote o was o no, joanna. allah hassan said the prayers of millions of pakistani mothers, sisters, daughters, other elders and youth. he be, meanwhile in mine, con has accused the u. s. of conspiring to topple him over his ties with russia and china. that has angered his supporters. are

ye among him? round. com has been removed through a foreign conspiracy. god willing, we will fight back to make him prime minister again. we don't want these thieves in power. i'm a little those suffering under pakistan's crumbling economy feel it was high time for kind to go all it had to happen because conditions in the country has become very bad. inflation has reached a peak and it has become difficult for the poor man to feed his family. as pakistan woke up to a new reality, police forces were on alert. divided opinions means protests are likely to continue until parliament meets on monday to elect a new prime minister. you're watching the de leon use as a reminder of our main story. officials have announced an agreement on sure monetary corridors to allow thousands of people to leave areas in the east of ukraine. espia of a new russian offensive is away satellite photos from before the weekend show

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