[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin, your grains president bonds, russia could use chemical weapons against the besieged city of mario full blood. miss ellensby says he's taken an apparent threat as seriously as possible. is put the civilian death toll in the city at $10000.00. also coming up you officials are looking at more sanctions against russia. a meeting of the blocks foreign ministers ends without agreement on a 6 round of sanctions and embargo on russian oil and gas still is

a major sticking point. and the new prime minister in pakistan after a week of political turmoil, opposition, politician shabazz sharif, is elected by parliament after lawmakers from the party of austin prime minister in run comp. boycott the vote. ah, i'm glad else has woke up to the program. the united kingdom says it is strive to confirm whether chemical weapons were used in murray up or following unconfirmed reports of people suffering from breathing problems. russian forces have been pounding the southeastern port city for weeks, possibly killing thousands of civilians. a separatist from a group supported by moscow told russian states evie that chemical weapons could be

a way to finally take the city in his nightly address president flooding his zalinski said the world should be alarmed by the threat or dangerous. but if one of the russian occupiers spokesman, who said that they might use chemical weapons against the dissenters of mary paul was the address treatise with the utmost seriousness. which i would like to remind world leaders that the possible use of chemical weapons by the russian military has already been discussed. and already at that time, it meant that it was necessary to react to the russian aggression what much harsher and faster zaleski she issued h and i, we are joined by a corresponded young phillip shots whose in odessa angela. could you tell us more about the origins of the chemical attacks allegations in mario pull? yes, sir. first reports about the possible use of chemical weapons emerged. last night's a ukrainian fight, us said that russian troops dropped

a poisonous substance on the besieged city of maria pal using a drone. the u. s. and the u. k. have already started investigations. as you know, we have seen the use of chemical weapons or by the russians and previous wars. however, the origin of the current sir, allegations seem to come from the so called acids of regiment. it's a paramilitary group of fighting and, and mario paul fighting to defense the city. but they have also been allegations in the past that among those fighters are radical right wing extremists and even some neo nazis. so at the moment or president zalinski, as we heard, it said that the use of chemical weapons is a possibility. but he hasn't confirmed that yet. you have to live. what do you know about the situation in maria for right now?

the situation is disastrous, so the city is almost completely destroy. it's a very heavy urban warfare going on the the russians seem to have been and to have made some advances. recently, the humanitarian situation is the disaster of our hundreds of, of dead bodies on the streets. the mayor said that there could be up to $20000.00 people debts. and so we are here more and more about many alleged cases of rape. so the situation in the city is disastrous. some new evacuation curry does have been established in recent days, but there are still at least 800000 people or more a trapped in the city. if you're in odessa,

that's another port city. how's the situation there? your in odessa at the moment, the situation is relatively calm. people are worried about a possible major attack by the russians, but they are not panicking between maria paul and odessa is still the part city of nikolai. and the russians would have to take over this city 1st, before they can start a major attack on odessa. odessa, of course, is a city of extremely high significance when it comes to the economy of the country when it comes to a military military. and also a culturally it's, it's, it's highly significant and it's probably very, very high on, on, put in the new list of priorities. but like i said, the people are not panicking here. i talked to a high ranking officer of the ukrainian military yesterday. and they say they feel

very well prepared for a possible major attack by the russians didn't use young philip shots, they're reporting from odessa and ukraine. thank you very much for that. as russian forces regroup for more focused attack on southeastern ukraine, people there have been warned to get out while they still can. a mass migration is underway, us 1000 seek relative safety. elsewhere in the country did abused rebecca orators visited the regions of supper regions and the ne probe to talk to some of those who fled this was a supermarket parking lot before the war. now it's the 1st place where people who've managed to flee marry you paul, and others southern cities can breathe at last without fear. it's just 25 kilometers from the russian forces who destroyed their homes and lives more than

80000 people have passed through. here since rush are invaded, most don't want to talk about what they have gone through. but ogre says, life under occupation was impossible, and evacuation was difficult to. oh, you got your email. we registered to get out a while ago. we were waiting for around 3 weeks. we were waiting and waiting, and it turned out the russians had stolen. the evacuation buses we are seeking for people are also waiting for news of the disappeared. i leave notes for any one who can help them find their loved ones. he has searching for wives searching for ah, father and mother. to the north. the city of ne pro, where even more people come to escape the fighting. nay pro is the main hub for people evacuating the south and south aisd areas in the dawn bass and zap erasure regions. thousands of people have come through here already and thousands more. are

expected in the coming days as the southeast region prepared for an intensified russian attack. they're also coming here shocked by what happened on the weekend. in another train station, just a few hours up the tracks. the rocket attack that killed 50 people, including children and crammed tours as they were trying to live in the pro the refugees. mostly women and children have found relative safety. but the mayor is asking them to move on further west is no guarantee. the war won't come here to a war. the men must stay behind and fight if they can or not. her ill, bruce me. my husband told me to leave him in the cellar and to go on my own home. then i said, no, i will not leave you now. how could i leave you here to die? one is the hotels my husband didn't want to leave on. he sent us away, he said, he said if the russians come,

he would tear them apart. baffled the lights. ringback families are being torn apart too, as the battle for control of the east grows ever fiercer. and here are some of the other had lines on the war in you crime. nearly 2 thirds of ukrainian children have been forced to leave their homes since russia invaded 6 weeks ago that according to the united nations, they are also expressed concerns over human trafficking and the sexual abuse of minus 142 children are confirmed, have been killed since the start of the war, and a further 230 kremlin spokesman dmitri pess coff has wants sweden and finland against joining nato. he said expanding the military alliance would quote, not bring additional security to the european continent. the nordic countries are widely expected to apply for nigel membership in the coming months. spurred by the

growing threat from russia, lithuania, as prime minister in greta, she monita it is the latest in a line of world leaders to visit ukraine. she spoke to rescue workers in a town near keith where the bodies of 7 people were being recovered from rubble. she later twitter that no words describe what she saw and felt there. also as chancellor carney, her mom has met with russian president vladimir putin in moscow is the 1st you leader to hold face to face talks with put it since the start of the war. me hummer says he did not get a positive impression from the talks, but said he told, put in to end the war me of avi endow house. it was important to me to state clearly that the war must end for the people in ukraine. thus, if a break under the crimes taking place must be investigated by international organizations or the united nations sunday them as well as international criminal

justice system which works slowly but steadily. and we have seen how successful they can be in. we have one great as a langham european union. foreign ministers have been meeting in luxembourg to discuss ways to expand their support for ukraine. they approved additional weapons for keith, but the block still remains divided on the sanctions that would hurt moscow. the most. a boycott of russian oil and gas. time is of the essence. that was the mood at the e. u. foreign minister summit. russia is thought to be planning a military offensive in ukraine's east. the eas response. a pledge of more arms deliveries worth an additional $500000000.00 euros. he okay enough ukraine needs more military supplies, especially heavy weapons. now is not the time for excuses. now is the time for creative solutions. c a t v t. that includes german weapons. after initial doubts about sending arms to ukraine,

berlin has broken its taboo and agree to send leopard tanks and armored personnel carriers. it's already st patriot missiles to slovakia, which is agreed in turn to provide some of its surface to air missiles and other hardware to ukraine. there was also agreement across the e u that the block will support efforts to investigate possible war crimes. how to make russia accountable for the gross brush regulations of international law. we will provide assistance, assistance to the tune of 1000000 euros from germany alone. amid so much agreement, the e. u foreign ministers, however, failed to agree on a blanket embargo on buying russian oil. pakistan has a new prime minister, shabazz sharif, took office after his predecessor, him on con, lost no confidence vote. sheriff will form a new government under elections are planned for next year. mia mama's ship shabba

should he sub is declared to have been elected as the prime minister of this moment . he was the only candidate left standing after ousted prime minister in ron khan, and his party members walked out of parliament, burned down. okay. this is the 1st time in history that a no confidence motion has succeeded. com yordway. oh, it's a victory of righteousness on job. mm. and evil has been defeated to pakistan's, new interim premier shabazz sharif is no stranger to the countries thorny politics . his brother is disgraced, former prime minister, noah sharif. both are members of a family dynasty that has been prominent and government for decades. during that time, the sheriffs up in accused of money laundering and corruption charges they deny.

the leader of the centrist pakistan muslim league has served 3 terms, representing poor, jaw province, but serving as prime minister until august 2023 sharif. we'll have to navigate the country out of a near historic budget deficit and revive a shaky repeat. sharif announced a raf of measures that includes increasing the minimum wage and civil servant salaries. he's also pushing for more development projects and rural areas. aside from targeting, the troubled economy sharif wants improved relations with india into demoted rog, abriana. we need dialogue, not deadlock. if we are to take this democratic process and economy forward, novice b o. m on con will not make the job easy. his supporters have taken to the streets to protest his removal. con insist that he is the victim of a regime change,

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