[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, tens of thousands of war, dead in matter. you pull a loan. that's the estimate of ukrainian president of the meter to landscape after weeks of russian shelling which have reduced the southern port city to rub them. it's thought tens of thousands of people are still trapped in body. also, coming up, francis sat for a repeat of the 2017 presidential election runoff. centrist leader emanuel michael,

comes out on top in the 1st round of voting. but he faces a strong challenge from far right candidate, not independent. and pakistan's, parliament convenes to elect a new prime minister. shabazz sharif is the favorite for the post, but whoever is chosen face is a difficult task in restoring political stability. ah, i'm pablo foliage. welcome to the program. ukrainian president valez made it to lansky says tens of thousands of people may have died in the besieged city of mattie you, paul. he may be unverified claim and a call to south korean lawmakers where he appealed for more weapons. the port city matthew pole has been under relentless, russian bombardment for weeks with many buildings destroyed and basic services cut off. meanwhile,

russia now appears to be focusing its military efforts in the breakaway don boss regions, local pro russian leaders there have warned that efforts to quote, liberate the region will be intensified while we're joined now by a correspondent, alexandra phenomena who is in keys. i alexandra, good to see you. now at tens of thousands of people may have been killed in russia's assault on the southeastern city of mattie, you pull as president zalinski said. could you tell us more on that? president's zalinski spoke about said the humanitarian disaster about the situation unfolding in a city of marie opal. when he was addressing south korean lawmakers and we have to stress that the city has been under almost constant shelling by the russian forces since the beginning of the war. and as you just mentioned, tens of thousands are still trapped there without water electricity,

without foods. and of course now we can assume, and that is what the ukranian government is anticipating that the russian forces are preparing for a major offensive there to capture the city of new pool. and to take control of to hold the nets, creegan, to establish, to secure and lend rich between their forces in the eastern part of ukraine and their forces in the, in the next crimea. and that is why the government of ukraine is so alarmed that the situation in my you pool could get worse and that the life, all, all of the people trapped there are of course, at stake. now, alexander, russian forces left a trail of destruction following their withdrawal from the north. now you've been visiting those areas. tell us a little bit about what you've seen there. well, yesterday we visited the city of cheney here for north of a key of the city was under a russian thieves for many weeks. and for, for almost 2 weeks,

the city was completely cut off from the outside world and people there, they didn't have water. they didn't have electricity. people there told me that there was suffered from hunger that they went on for 3 days without eating anything . many parts of tourney, heave a word destroyed among them, squirrels, a hospital residential areas, but judge for yourself. here's our report from tourney. heath the city of journey his after weeks of siege and have his shelling by russian forces. we meet svetlana and valentino sapient coin a local hospital where they survived, but were both injured in a nurse strike that hit their house for the ballistic wounded some while ago took less than a 2nd. loosely, sweet. we just heard a whistle here,

creak boom. the symbol i screamed get down was uncovered, my son fillum, occlusal voice. even school valentin still has surgeries ahead of him. svetlana is doing a little bit better. she shows me pictures of their house before and after the attack . this done up on why did they attack us? i don't know. we didn't do anything bad. where civilians are still the quinn, islam. the hospital itself was not spirit either bought and russia load. the hat of the trauma center here tells us after russian strike his team struggled to keep going. for 2 hours before we worked without water and electricity, willingly put headlamps on and took care of those seeking medical assistance. also, it was very hard on what we stayed here and did what was necessary. raleigh williams, social wellness and the situation worse than when russian forces completely

encircled the city. residents tell us journey heath and you are to weeks of russian siege. and just burley came through water and electricity were almost completely cut off. no age could come in. local officials say at times the city buried up to 100 people in a single day. some of them were killed by russian troops. others died because they could not reach the hospital due to heavy shelling. in the local morgue, edward slept with using refrigerated trucks for the bodies that still needs to be identified or pick up by relatives. elizabeth or they were you follow. many people left the country to escape the fighting because that they are not in ukraine for them and cannot get back to bury their relatives, escape from warner. so that's why there are still many bodies here to preserve the right. listen here was that would be those who come here to claim their

loved ones are overwhelmed by grief. like egos, family, he was a husband, a father, a brother, shut debt by russian soldiers. whenever he was the best buy there he could have, i was so proud of him. and now something this terrible has happened to his mother wouldn't. death and destruction is all that is left after the withdrawal of russian forces from turned the heath. and what those who survived your most is that the russian army might return. some dreadful images there. alexander, now, given the atrocities that have come to life in areas under siege by the russians, is the ukrainian government still willing to negotiate with moscow on ending this war? surely they are, even though the queen and president has repeatedly stressed her how difficult, how hard it is to consider resuming talks with the the russians because of what

happened in boucher bra, junker chimney heath. however, he also said that even it, even though it is a almost impossible to imagine, to talk to somebody who is torturing your country as he put it. it is important to seize any po, put unity to and this war. and that is, of course, what every one he wants to see. this war ended. however, we also have to add that so far talk 3rd between the russian and the ukraine delegation. i has not brought that they have not brought any results. alexander, a phenomena in cave. thank you. german foreign minister and a lena bear, bach has called for more heavy weapons for ukraine, saying now is not the time for excuses. her comments came as european union foreign ministers met in luxembourg to discuss ways to expand their support for ukraine. you foreign affairs commissioner 2 separate l as already proposed an additional

$500000000.00 euros in weapons. and other military equipment. ministers are also expected to make further steps on sanctions and to plan to phase out russian. oil imports faster. the you announced a band on russian coal last friday, i think now in france and manual my coin has emerged as the clear front runner after sunday's 1st round of voting in the country's presidential election. interior ministry figures gave my call over 27 percent of the vote. his far i challenger money in the pen, received over 23 percent. both contenders now go through to the 2nd round. on april 24th. 10. other candidates from across the political spectrum have been eliminated, that they'll micron did come out on top. in this 1st round, the pen dramatically narrowed the president's lead in opinion polls. he may have won the 1st round, but for a manual microphone, this was no time for a victory lab. don't,

don't be seen. nothing is decided to read. barely a month ago, micron looks like a shoe in. instead, the incumbent president ended up in the fight for his political life, with critics accusing him of focusing on global crises rather than the ones at home . at to, to go back to you to all those who chose to abstain or to vote on the extreme server. because i want to convince you in the coming days of any that are project is a much stronger response sorted out at the far right lot. and there scare munger. it would, if you don't, you can count on, you know, my growing anger, arising, inflation created an opening for the populace marine le pen as she softened her image as a far right nationalist and re cost herself as a champion for struggling households. now that have been

a dual during this 1st round, the french people have clearly wanted to arbitrate a fundamental choice between 2 opposite visions of the future. either the division, the injustice and the disorder, imposed by men or am i call for the benefit of a few or the gathering of the french people around social justice and protection, guaranteed by fraternal framework around the age old idea of nation and people in there. the, unless you're a defer with macros headed for a potentially bruising run off. he's hoping to stave off the threat from the right with the help of more mainstream parties. but his biggest boost could come from an unlikely backer. far left lita, jean luc, melanie sean, who came in 3rd with over a 5th of the vote, coming down on that. we will never lose our trusted democracy. so you must not give a boat to mrs. le pen name. we must not give one boat to mrs. le pen robin

in an election that saw the extremes celebrate and traditional parties, flat line, the battle lines for france, the future have been drawn. pakistani lawmakers are electing a new prime minister after him, ranken was ousted in a no confidence vote on sunday. the frontrunner is chabad sharif leader of one of the countries 3 major parties, the centrist pakistan, muslim league, he's also the brother of disgraced, former prime minister now was sheriff. the vote seeks to end a week long constitutional crisis. what can, has called fort nationwide protests anyway, was more on joined by our correspondent, i ruined john july in islamabad. i am good to see you now. what's the latest from the parliament devoting has been, as you will defer to be, am local time here, but it seemed that the session is delayed and it is clear that your boss should

leave the front runner when, when the election got the hands party had. why party the election and going for mass resign designations from the parliament? and it will be by easy for mr. should do get to the prime, the prime minister, the new prime minister pocket on and after the can do in any traditional and we'll get pricing for the boston one week or so. so it seems by easy for you or the office know tell us a little bit more about shabba sharif. what can we expect from him if he becomes prime minister? well, there should be people who are from the last 2 and a hop game and romance the minister of the most popular robin and job. and he had done some development work here in, in been jobs because he had been notified by,

by the member on hon. that he have not succeeded in getting the institutional reformed ended corruption. and in job right now, he's also placing the drop in the board and he demand in jail, in invented by the hon government. but later he on bail and investing good action. he w correspondent, harun john july in islamabad. thank you. you're watching details, you can use up next state of you business with stephen beardsley. and remember, you can always get the latest news on our website, d, w dot com. and you can also follow us on our social media accounts. i'm pablo foias from me and the news team here in berlin. take care and i'll see you at the top of the next hour.

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