john with this is dw news, lie from berlin, ukraine and russia agree on humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians. the exit is still growing a 1000 foot trapped, and there are fears. russia is about to mount a new offensive. france goes to the polls that a 2 way race, man, where my call is hoping for a 2nd 5 year term. but surveys put his fall right rival marine le pen, only a couple of points behind. and pakistan's prime minister in brown con,

is ousted as allies turn their backs. now the opposition must find a new leader. ah . hello monica jones. welcome to the program. ukraine and russia have agreed on humanitarian corridors to evacuate thousands of civilians. eastern regions of ukraine are braced for an expected new russian offensive. more than 100000 people are thought to be trapped in the city of maria paul, which has been under intense bombardment for weeks. others have taken too many buses to leave cromwell taurus following a missile attack on the railway station. ukrainians are also fleeing. la hans and the don boss 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 viv. rebecca, what's the latest you hear from lou? hans, as you rightly point out, want to grow just got back from not from no hans, but from an area called denise, the pro city of me pro, where people from the law 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 stay in staying port. i spoke to one young man, i said we were getting on the train in neighbor to come back to live if he was from ne pro himself. but he was talking about his friends in our hands and daniel, 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,

everyone really worried that the scenes that were saying from mary paul from around keep the butcher from butcher that that will happen to their cities and towns as well. of course, i mean, and destiny pro 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're headed? as i mentioned, that is ne pro is a hub for people coming from danielle and no hands also from the southern upper region region where mary new 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 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 were 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 they're saying that this is every single day we were 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 war from central ukraine, old way to western ukraine. and the viv 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, what 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 a one thing i,

i didn't mention was of course, the tensions that were raised at, in a pro train station yesterday. we weren't able to film ah, inside the station or any of the platforms or 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 is some shelling or anything, it is able to stop and, and evacuate people off the train and write a rig 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 a most of our village near keith is the latest burial side uncovered since russian

forces withdrew from the area to concentrate on eastern ukraine. british prime minister boris johnson as the latest western leader to this it, ukraine. johnson praised the government's handling of the war and offered to send armoured vehicles and anti ship missiles. he says the amos to ensure ukraine is never invaded again. hope frances has called for an easter cease fire in ukraine in his 1st full palm sunday mass. since the start of the pandemic, the pope told $50000.00 catholic faithful that an armistice would pave the way for peace through negotiation. france is rotating on the 1st round of its presidential election concern over ukraine, and the rising cost of living is expected to shape the outcome. just weeks ago, polls was suggesting an easy win for president manuel my call. but now the far right challenge a marine le pen is closing the gap. she could potentially unseat mccoy and the run

off a 2nd round to will be held unless one of the candidates gets half the national vote in the 1st round to did other you? sonya fall, nick her went out to gauge the mood among voters in paris. did you bicycle for me and my new and my cars? the only candidate who has the statue of a president where you and we saw this with the ukraine war. i don't see any other candidate who could face putin. i good a distant way. people can, can vote again for him and even mcgraw even for, for do you couldn't. who are people lou? most know that he did nothing and that he was useless. local merlois to me, the main issue of the election is ecology. i think it'll be one of the great challenges of the next years here. they're pushing any glass. sure. it's immigration. it's the problem of lacking solidarity problems you love. so he doesn't do those to improve its 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. the more i would for women racquel no question adopted by 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 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, you're definitely right. france. people are coming out from that pandemic. there's also a war range raising 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 develop sent 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 macro, the incubator president emerged, he was the figure of hope. i am someone with a lot of caris, my someone who was very young centrist, and many people put

a lot of help 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 a president of the ridge. they perceive him as a president of the rich because he made cats to social welfare while cutting texas 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 it into this crucial run of election in 2 weeks? the conservatives and the socialists, those traditional french parties, they are 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 in on michael and recently or 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 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 for a 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. some one from the far rise, who would, if she goss president of it, if she would become president of the, of france, she would take a much, the harsh, essential immigration. she would also take a much harder to stance on people with immigrant background living and france. for example. she said she will, she would find a and wearing a headscarf in public. and she would also be a very difficult partner for many on the european level because she has extremely, you're a skeptic. hughes nora correspondent of having us 1st there from paris. and of course we will no more to night. or when we get the 1st exit polls, thank you so much. and here is

a more stories making headlines around the worlds australian prime minister square . morrison has called an election on may the 21st. the campaign is likely to be fought over the cost of living climate change and political integrity. morrison's conservative party is currently trailing the opposition labor in opinion polls after 9 years in power. israeli forces carried out raids 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 their boats sank off the coast. after nicea 30 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 and tennesseans have demonstrated against

president a case said, accusing him of one man rule after he dissolves parliament side, took control last year. and what his opponents call a cou, a delegation from the european parliament is said to urge a return to democracy. germany is marking the anniversary of the liberation of booking both to concentration camp from the nazis holocaust survivors and jewish leaders gathered to remember the opening up of the camp. 77 years ago. representatives of russia and bella roost were asked not to attend to following the killing of a holocaust survivor in ukraine. pakistan's prime minister has been ousted in a vote of no confidence. the former cricket star, enron con, earlier tried to dodge though to buy dissolving parliament. but the supreme court threw out the attempt for my allies, blame con uh for a crumbling economy and say he failed to deliver on campaign promises. oh 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 mind, con has accused the u. s. of conspiring to topple him over his ties with russia and china. that has angered his supporters among imran. 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 leader. those suffering under pakistan's crumbling economy feel it was high time for con 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. it watching the w. c. as a reminder of our main story, ukraine and russia have agreed on humanitarian corridors to evacuate thousands of civilians. eastern rate regions of ukraine are braced for an expected new rochelle offensive. and francis voting in the 1st round of its presidential election. polls put president manuel michael head, but show the far right challenge marine la pen is closing the gap. it watching

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