ah ah ah, this is dw news to live from berlin, ukraine and russia agree on humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians. the exodus is still growing, but thousands are trapped, and there are fears. russia is about to mount a new offensive. france goes to the polls and a 2 way race. manuel, my call is hoping for a 2nd 5 year term surveys that put his fall right rival marine le pen only a couple of points behind. and remembering the holocaust, 77 years survivors and jewish leaders mark the anniversary of the liberation of

brooklyn about concentration cap. ah. hello monica jones. welcome to the program. eastern ukraine is bracing for a new russian offensive. officials have agreed on humanitarian corridors to allow thousands of people to leave more than 100000 are forced to be stuck in the city of maria paul, which has been under intense bombardment for weeks. others have taken too many buses to leave cromwell tours following the missile attack on the railway station. ukrainians are also fleeing. no hans and the don bus region. satellite images show a convoy of hundreds of russian military vehicles, heading for don bass, making the evacuation of civilians more urgent of a more i'm joined now by our dw corresponded rebecca ritters who has just arrived

back in the v for rebecca. what's the latest you hear from new hans? as you rightly point out, want to grow just got back from not from no hands but from an area called denise, the pro cities, me pro, where people from the la hans and on beth region evacuate through. and we know that the governor of the hands of that region has ordered people to get out while they still can. but he said that 30 percent of people are still they're still in the area and, and staying port. i spoke to one young man i said we were getting on the train in ne prue to come back to live if he was from ne pro himself. but he was talking about his friends in our hands and done yet who were just tired and they were going to stay where they were, because they already lost everything in the 2014 war. and they just weren't prepared to do it again that they were going to stay and fight. he broke down in tears as he was telling me this story. obviously, thinking about what might happen to those regions and to his friends. every one

really worried that the scenes that were saying from mary paul from around key of the butcher from butcher that that will happen to their cities and towns as well. of course, i mean, and destiny pro is, is of course, a central eastern city in ukraine. we've been yesterday. it is serving as the hub for the internally displaced ukrainian. so you met this young man. what else have you witnessed there? where are these people, the refugees who go they're coming from and where are they headed? as i mentioned, that is a ne pro is a hub for people coming from done yet and no hands also from the southern upper region region where mary paul is situated, ah, many of these people coming from there then not knowing where they're actually going to end up, but they can't actually stay in the pro either. the mayor of ne pro has ordered that city to also evacuate all the women and children. and while they still can, because they are worried about this russian offensive, that they're expecting to start taking place in the,

in the coming days. and then they are worried about the entire southeast region. we saw hundreds of people at the train station and, and it seems that they're saying every single day we're at one of the refugee shelters there. but they did temporary places for people to get some rest and have a warm meal before they head on. further west, but many of the people i spoke to just didn't know where they were gonna end up. now you traveled back by train. ah, what did like to travel by train through a country add to wal from a central ukraine old way to western ukraine and the bid i have to say it was a i actually a, a very lovely journey of i could even say that in this time i mean, you know, if i were, if i didn't know about the war on the journey itself i, i certainly didn't get that sense. although there were a lot of people on the train coming west. not so many people on the train. i, when we were traveling in the other direction, understandably, i, one thing i,

i didn't mention was, of course, the tensions that were raised acne pro train station yesterday. we weren't able to film ah, inside the station or any of the platforms will people getting on the trains because of the, the worries and the fees. it something like the missile attack on the train station and cremmit tours might actually happen there. so, definitely tensions are at the train stations on the train itself, not so much, lots of sad faces, understandably, people being separated from their friends and families. and the only thing that really gave it away is that the train travels much slower than in ordinary times. so that it, if it needs to stop for whatever reason, if there's some shelling or anything, it is able to stop and, and evacuate people off the train. nor i to reg rebecca, which is there. thank you so much for this 1st hand report. rebecca, in live if and here are some other developments regarding the war in ukraine. a grave containing at least 2 civilian bodies has been found in abuse of our village near keith. it's the latest burial site uncovered since russian forces

withdrew from the area to concentrate on eastern ukraine. british prime minister boris johnson is the latest western leader to visit ukraine. johnson praised the government's handling of the war and offered to saint armored vehicles and anti ship missiles. he says the aim is to ensure ukraine is never invaded again. o francis has called for an easter cease fire in ukraine in his 1st full palm sunday master. since the start of the pandemic, the poke told $50000.00 catholic faithful that an armistice would pave the way for peace through negotiation. when the shoot 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, calls was suggesting an easy win for pro european centrist president manuel my call . but now far right marine le pen is projected to close the gap and could potentially unsafe my uncle and the run off. unless one of them gets more than half

of the nationwide load, there will be a 2nd and decisive route between the top 2 candidates. did you, sonya found the car went out to gauge the mood among parisian voters. did you guys before me and my new and my cars? the only candidate who has the statue ever president where you and we saw this with the 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, for do you create new, are people lou? most know that you did nothing and that he was useless. local mo, let 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 glass. sure it's immigration. it's the problem of lacking solidarity problems. your last so he doesn't t boned poor that's 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 fully manuel racquel no question and out to buy that. even if there are lots of issues with what has been done the situation with they can why need to have somebody very strong to defend the european status and dw corresponded marina strauss joins me now from central paris, marina, how much of an appetite is there actually among voters for this election turn out so far, looking pretty low. yes. yeah, definitely arise, french, people are coming out from that pandemic. there's also a war ranged raging in europe, of course. and then we have the climate crisis. so many people feel their life has become more difficult dose or so more threatening, and they feel that politicians don't have much influence on these developments or don't want to take enough action go, there is a lot of frustration. so if we look back 5 years when a man where micro, the income young president emerged, he was the figure of hope. and i'm someone with a lot of caris,

my someone who was very young centrist, and many people put a lot of hope on him. but 5 years later, especially left wing votes and then also people from the lower middle classes or from the working class are very disappointed with him. because they say he's the president of the ridge. they perceive him as a president of the rich because he made cuts to social welfare while cutting taxes on the rich. so they also don't really have another option because apart from macro, there's only the far left and the far right. oh, who would have an option or a chance to make into, into this crucial run of election in 2 weeks? the conservative and a socialist, those traditional french parties, their polling well below 10 percent don't have any tends to get in there. so just tell us briefly about marine le pen on her far right party. ok. she managed to to close them on michael in recent polls. what is her appeal? it's the 3rd time she is running. and in the last couple of years,

she had tried to come across a small moderate and she has actually managed. no, only reason i did is you talked about her cards and how much a toys she enjoys her. those spending time with them to french media, she also focuses to her campaign on purchasing power, rising cost of living, a topic that is very close to many people's heart in france, beds below the surface. she is still a very radical politician than one from the far rise. who would, if she boss press, and only if she would become president of france, she would take much the harsh extension, immigration. she would also take a much houses this dance and people with immigrant background living in france. for example. she said she will, she would fine a women wearing a headscarf in public. and he would also be a very difficult partner for many on the european level, because he has extremely, you're a skeptic youth, right correspondent in his 1st day from paris. and of course we will know more to night when we get the 1st exit polls. thank you. so much and here are some more

stories making headlines around the worlds. israel forces carried out raised in the occupied west bank following a series of terror attacks. tensions between israelis and palestinians have escalated during the muslim holy month of ramadan. it coincides this year with major jewish and christian holidays. dozens of migrants have been rescued from the mediterranean after they're both sank 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 pakistan's, parliament has voted prime minister in wrong con, out of office. the former crickets star tried to stop and no confidence vote, but was overruled by the supreme court. lawmakers were now elect a new prime minister. germany is marking the anniversary of the

liberation of brooklyn bout concentration. campbell from the nazis or low cost of ivers and jewish leaders gathered to remember the opening up of the campus 77 years ago. representatives of russia and belarus were asked not to attend, following the killing of a holocaust survivor in ukraine. and he w political correspondent, thomas sparrow, is in a weimar, near born via thomas. or can you tell us about a broken rod and the role played during the nazi machine? there's always a solemn, very heavy atmosphere when you come to former nazi concentration camps. and that is the case also here in bougainville, which was one of the most important actually concentration camps of the nazi regime . around 280000 people from all over europe were brought here to portland avaya on around 56000 died. there were obviously people who were liberated as well,

and actually 16 survivors are here to day to mark that anniversary. and warren via has also played an important role in recent times and trying to preserve their memory, trying to help also younger generations understand what happened during the nazi regime. and that is why these kinds of events which do happen indeed on an very often in germany are particularly important for germany's memory culture or ice. i'm in commemoration sir. of nazi crimes are, are happening on happening on a regular basis. but now this time, it coincides with the war going on, not far away from germany. what signal is today's commemoration sending about the war in ukraine? one, actually, the war in ukraine has to a large extent, overshadowed today's commemorations. not only because survivors he come, survivors have condemned the invasion of ukraine,

but also because of officials here actually on invited government representatives from russia and from belarus because of the war in ukraine. and in particular, because of boris romano jenko, who is who was 96 years old boys ranch anchor survived for concentration camps, including here in bougainville, but was killed in hockey in ukraine in march and forest from on chain coast memory was actually honored here as well. and that was one of the reasons, probably the most important reasons why officials from russia and from bella roost were uninvited. definitely, we can say that the war and ukraine has are overshadowed these kinds of events to day here in boone. right. well, thank you. thomas baron, we can hear a choir, they're singing behind you. there is number, but it was of there a moving scenes there at a book about concentration camper to my sparrow. thank you so much. it was a dw news coming up next. our digital magazine show shift looks at the latest in

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