and starts april 16th on d, w ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, ukraine and russia agree on humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians. the exodus is still growing, but thousands of traps. and there, if he is russia, is about to mount a new offensive. france goes to the polls in a 2 way race president emanuel. my call is hoping for a 2nd 5 year term. but surveys put his far right rival marine le pen only a couple of points behind. and remembering the holocaust 77 years

on survivors and jewish leaders, mark the anniversary of the liberation of converge concentration cap. ah, welcome by monica jones. good to have you with us. 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 cromer tours following a missile attack on the railway station. ukrainians are also fleeing no hands on the don bus region. satellite images show a convoy of hundreds of russian military vehicles, heading for don bus, 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? just as you rightly point out, want to grow just got back from not from no hands but from an area called denise, the pro city ne 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 stuff and staying port. i spoke to one young man i said we were getting on the train in ne proved to come back to the v 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 under any pro is, is of course, a central eastern city in ukraine where you'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 an a pro is a hub for people coming from done yet. and hands also from the southern upper region region where mary new paul is situated 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 seeds the dissing 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 this 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 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 any pro train station yesterday. we weren't able to film ah, inside the station or any of the platforms or people getting on the train because of the, the worries and the fees. it's 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 evacuate people off the train. right? reg, rebecca, written there. thank you so much for this 1st hand report to 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 boulevard 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 bars johnston 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 amos to assure you crane has never invaded again. hope frances has called for an easter cease fire in ukraine and his 1st full palm sunday mouse. since the thought of the pandemic, the pope told $50000.00 catholic faithful that an armistice would pay the way for peace through negotiation. international donors have pledged more than 10000000000 euros to help you, cranium, refugees at a conference in warsaw. the money is a mix of donations and loans. the funds are intended for projects run by the united nations and local 8 organizations. weapons,

france is voting on the 1st round of its presidential election turn out is reported to be sharply down on the last election 5 years ago with just under 2 thirds of voters taking part president in manuel. my call is facing a strong challenge from the far right. a leader marine la, penn, emmanuel and michael, casting his ballot alongside his wife and fellow citizens, frankly pro europe centrist leader, hopes to become the 1st president to be reelected in 20 years. they are 12 candidates, but michael's fiercest challenger is that by rights mary lou pen, she has managed to close the gap in the last month to just a few points behind my call in the polls. the soaring cost of living and the warring ukraine had turned a seemingly easy victory for my call into a tight race. the conflict is on the minds of many voters,

digital phony and my new and my cause, the only candidate who has the statue of a president when and we saw this with the ukraine war. i don't see any other candidate who could face putin, but many in france also criticized the president, saying he hasn't done enough to help people cope with inflation budgeted poor it'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 bearing a shock upset both my call and the pen. we'll go through into the ran off in 2 weeks time. and we'll have life coverage. so of the results of the 1st round of the french presidential election and just under 2 hours time. john, us for that here on did all the news at 20100 central european time magazine's prime minister has been ousted in a vote of no confidence. the former cricket star iran con, earlier tried to dodge the boat by dissolving parliament. but the supreme court

threw out the attempt for my allies, blame com for a crumbling economy and say he fails to deliver on campaign promises. oh yes ma'am, about residence gathered around parliament as assembly members left after the historic late night vote. some celebrated the ouster of prime minister imran con. while others protested opposition leader chabarise sharif is likely to become pakistan's next prime minister. he is the brother of disgraced, former prime minister in no wise sharif long you shabazz sharif, who leads the pakistan muslim league praised the no confidence vote. you would go, 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 are

ye among him? ram con 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 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 the alert. divided opinions means protests are likely to continue until parliament meets on monday to elect a new prime minister. and here are some more stories making headlines around the world. australian prime minister scott 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 parties currently trailing the

opposition labor and the poles after 9 years in power. using israel forces carried out rates in the occupied west bank following a series of terror attacks. tensions between israelis and palestinians have escalated to 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 of 2 nicea, 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 death tennesseans have demonstrated against president chi said, accusing him of one man rule after he dissolved parliament site 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 balkan bert concentration come from the nazis. holocaust survivors and jewish

leaders gathered to remember the opening up of the camp. 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 boulevard and the role played during the nazi machine? there's always a solemn, a very heavy atmosphere when you come to form a 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 via and iran 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 and 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. would 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 here 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 camp, including here in bougainville, but was killed in hockey in ukraine in march and forest ranch. and caused 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 bougainville. 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. you're 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 regions of ukraine are braced for an expected new russian

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