ah, ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin, ukraine's president wants rush, i could use chemical weapons against the besieged city of mario pool. laudermill zalinski says he's taking the apparent threat as seriously as possible. my uncles may, i said, the civilian death told could surpass 20000 also coming up. you officials are looking at more ways to punish russia for the void has started a new crane. a meeting of foreign ministers ends without agreement on

a 6 round of sanctions. an embargo on russian oil and gas still is a major offset. and rushes war could trigger a global foot shortage says, be use top diplomat. ukraine is a major wheat exporter to world markets, but von fields and block ports are throwing global supply into camps. ah, i'm glad of his welcome to the program. the united kingdom says it is trying to confirm where the chemical weapons were actually used in murray. a bull following unconfirmed reports of people suffering from breathing problems. russian forces have been pounding the se in port city for weeks, possibly killing thousands of civilians, a separatist from a group supported by moscow, russian state tv, that chemical weapons could be

a way to finally take the city. in his nightly address president vladimir zalinski said the world should be alarmed by that threats or deems ruefully. one of the russian occupier spokesmen who said that they might use chemical weapons against the dissenters of mary polly. okay, and then treat this with the utmost seriousness, which i would like to remind will 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 like much harsher and faster source kitchen issue h. m. i spoke to the w correspondent, young phillips shots about and asked about the unconfirmed reports of chemical weapons being used by russia against mario po. first, reports about the possible use of chemical weapons emerged last night sir. 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, sir, by the russians and previous wars. however, the origin of the current sir, allegations seem to come from the so called as of regiment, it's a paramilitary group of fighting in a mario poll. fighting to defense, the city, but they have also been allegations in the past that among those are 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 it yet. incident. what do you know about the situation in maria for right now. the situation is

disastrous sir. the city is almost completely destroy. it's a very heavy urban warfare going on. the is 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 poll 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, it's a city of extremely high significance when it comes to the economy of the country when it comes to a military military. and also culturally it's, it's, it's highly significant and it's probably very, very high on, on putins, new list of priorities. but like i said, the people are not panicking here. i talked to a high ranking officer of the ukranian military yesterday. and they say they feel

very well prepared for possible major attack by the russians t w's young phillips shots, their reporting from odessa. now for more on the threat of chemical weapons being used in ukraine, we're now joined back. i've trop, he's a chemist, toxicologist. and arms control specialist, mr. trump, ukraine's as of regimen says russia used to poisonous substance in mario pole. now the western ukiah, trying to verify that. but how can you verify whether there was actually a chemical weapons attack? good morning, the key issue is going to be access. the question is, can you actually get inspectors or investigators into multiple and inspect the situation there? take samples, talk to victims, make medic medical examinations and things like that. so at the moment that may be very difficult to do, the technicalities are not the issue. the issue really is how do you get a safe and quick access of competent people investigators to the site?

and if not, how close can you get get? and can you actually then provide access to people who are involved there who they are victims of the attack? or can you get access to samples that have been taken in the area. so then that they can be analyzed off to what's, could anyone take these samples or do you have to be a trained toxicologist, chemical experts, to do that? um, preferably the letter and also preferably with procedures that will afterwards demonstrate the authenticity of the sample and the chain of custody. that is one of the challenges you have in a situation like you have it now in of ozone where of course, many of the procedures that look very nice on paper will be challenged in the field when you have to deal with the real situation. now what do we know in terms of the kind of capacity that russia has to carry out a chemical weapons attack? and you what does he know russia, its member of the chemical weapons convention and of the opposite

w. so in principle, russia should not have any chemical weapons, it has declared stock pilot stock that has been verified and destroyed. so when we're talking about chemicals here, we are either speculating about the possibility that certain parts of the stock, but had not been declared and were still hanging on sunday in russia. i think rather in small quantities, that is a possibility. we've seen the use of toxic chemicals against the skip us in britain and against narconi, but i do not really expect that you're talking about launched on let's. there are other options here that includes the use of toxic luster, chemicals, and improvised weapons. all in fact, the attack with conventional weapons on facilities that contain chemicals in the target area. now, how can people, you can't protect themselves against a chemical weapons attack? what should they do if they think chemical weapons have been used? that's a difficult one to answer. i civilians a protection of civilians. it is a real challenge,

not just in the situation as we have it in multiple. but in principle, i mean what you can do is you can try and protect your face against the intake of the air results of gases. but against chemical weapons, this is really not the use for also, you know, from celia, that people tend under a bombardment to take shelter in low lang structures and sellers and bunkers and things. and this is precisely the area where gases such as chlorine can move in and then in fact a kill or force people out of these the structures. now the pentagon says it has concerns that russia may use riot control. agents like tear gas mixed with chemical weapons. in ukraine, why would they do that? and what sort of damage would that do? was us of all, i should say that the use of earth rock control agents as a means of water is also prohibited under the chemical weapons convention. why would they do that? they would do to force people out of shed as out of a protective structures into the open and then they become targets of other types

of weapons, either other chemicals or, or to conventional attack plus other chemical weapons expert there. thank you very much for time. thank you. austria's chance laconia, her mom has met with russian president vladimir putin in moscow. he's the 1st you leader to hold face to face talks with bruton. since the start of the war near hummer says he did not get a positive impression from the talks. was that he told, put in to end the war me of i reached the endow house. it was important to me to state clearly that the war must end for the people in ukraine. thus, under the crimes taking place must be investigated by international organizations or the united nations sunday, 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 thank them. also chancellor carney hammer there now 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, divide it on the sanctions that would heard moscow the most a boycott of russian oil and gas. time is of the essence. that was the mood of the e foreign minister summit rushes 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 also enough ukraine needs more military supplies, especially heavy weapons. now is not the time for excuses kind of now is the time for creative solutions. see activity that includes german weapons. after initial doubt about sending arms to ukraine, talks are under way about how to possibly provide keith with equipment such as they are pardon tanks. berlin has already sent patriot missiles to slovakia,

which has agreed and turned to provide some of its surface to air missiles and other hardware to ukraine. there was also e wide agreement that the block was support efforts to investigate possible war crimes, how to make russia accountable for the gross gross regulations of international law. we will provide assistance assistance to the tune of 1000000 euros from germany alone amid so much agreement. the e foreign ministers, however, failed to agree on a blanket embargo and buying russian oil of war on germany's role. here we are now joined by d. w t. political editor, melinda crane, or molina, why is germany is still reluctant to support an immediate oil and, or gas embargo. there are indications that germany's reluctance to support an oil embargo may be dissipating, but certainly on gas. germany does remain very reluctant,

and the reason for that quite simply is jobs. this is a very energy hungry economy. it's a heavy manufacturing industry depends very significantly on gas to some degree, a less so on oil. and the fact is that oil is easier to replace than gas. germany's economy minister has been working tirelessly for weeks to try to win the country off of russian, russian fossil fuels in general. and he thinks that with coal and oil, that goal may be largely achieved by the end of this year. but gas, as i say, is a harder challenge and therefore the reluctance to embark on an on the gas embargo is still there. but i think there have been signs from berlin that an oil embargo is at least a, something they're ready to discuss. and in fact, that was confirmed by the use foreign policy chief at the meetings yesterday. when he said nothing is off the table, oil and gas still on the table and an oil embargo very much under discussion

because it would hurt the russian economy significantly more than the coal embargo already undertaken. so what would need to happen that germany would accept major damage to its own economy? um, and support a gossum boggle well, germany has already been responding as pressure increases. for example, if you remember before the war began, germany suspended operation of the nord stream to gas pipeline from russia. although there had long been reluctance to do that. but as those russian forces masked on the ukrainian border, it became clear that germany was going to have to act another example. these discussions about heavy weapons for ukraine that has been taking off again as those images from boucher emerge, where we see probably war crimes having been committed and increasing pressure on

berlin to respond as again the e. u foreign policy chief said yesterday, this war is going to be decided not by sanctions but on the battlefield, but therefore it's significant rationing up of pressure. and we do see some movement from germany as that happens. and you mentioned the heavy weapons. there's been talk about a split in the cabinets over heavy we're heavy weapons from germany, full ukraine. what's your take on that? well, chancellor schultz has been under criticism for not being significantly more pro active. 3 days after the war began, he declared germany had entered a new era and he broke with a long standing taboo by sending and the report mentioned this defensive weapons like sting or anti aircraft missiles. older east germans said surface to air missiles as well as anti tank guns, but in recent weeks we have seen stalling and equivocation, especially from him. when it comes to ukraine's repeated calls for heavier weapons

. he has in fact dodged questions on that topic. oh, hast friday in this press conference with the u. k. prime minister barak johnson and also again this past sunday. and that despite the fact that there are dozens of tanks, for example, sitting around unused, needing maintenance on the side of the rhine metal company, ryan battelle. it said it would be very happy to send those tanks to ukraine or to swap them out for tanks. currently in use by the buddhist fair that could then go to ukraine, and when the foreign minister demands creativity, as we heard in her sound bite, that's the kind of deal she's thinking about. her con economics ministry colleague, robert hubig made a similar plea yesterday. so clearly there is dissension on the part of the junior coalition partner here, and on the part of many citizens, nearly half of them saying the government is doing too little. but in the crane the thank you very much, melinda. let's have look at some of the other headlines on the born ukraine. now,

nearly 2 thirds of ukrainian children have been forced to leave their home since russia invaded 6 weeks ago that according to the united nations, they also express concerns over human trafficking at the sexual abuse of minus 142 children are confirmed to have been killed since the start of the war. and for the $230.00 injured kremlin spokesman, dmitri pess, coff has wont 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 nato membership in the coming months. spurred on by the growing threat from russia, miscellaneous prime minister in greta chamonix tape is the latest in a line of world leaders to visit ukraine. she spoke to rescue workers in the town of board of the anchor near keith,

where the bodies of 7 people were being recovered from the rubble. she later tweeted that no words could describe what she saw and felt. there you, as president joe biden told indian prime minister in a rental modi that seeking more russian oil imports, was not at the country's interest during a video conference. moley also revealed that he has spoken to both the russian and ukrainian leaders, appealing for peace cove and direct talks advancing health security. the weeks that has been has been sown, but for what will happen to the coming harvest from the plains of ukraine. the fertile black sold as particularly suited for growing grain. normally ukraine supplies about 10 percent of the oils. we back sports, the biggest buyers on egypt, indonesia, pakistan, and bangladesh. but nothing is normal right now, and it's no surprise that the food and agriculture organization is warning of famine, especially in africa. the winter wheat with sun last year and it promises

a good yield under eva tango, an agricultural entrepreneur from them agro shows us how the soil is worked and the weeds removed. but andre isn't quite sure how things will go this year. he seed company is changing its production from peace to war. time. the main issue was what ukraine itself needs to survive. thank now sure, you know, just as the fighters are doing their job at the front front, we're doing ours with we'd cultivation. we realised that the war affects everything where we are growing more summer we'd be me. i'm speaking on behalf of my agricultural company here in a theory, and we are planting less mays amstel, and more we'd foresee were, that's how we are strengthening our food security. it's natasha. that was prejudiced, natural, a puddle which will sparkle, crops such as mays, sunflowers, or rapes, seed, or cultivated less. the focus now is on serials. that's what the government wants.

that's what the president wants. the military, on the other hand, doesn't want us to show where under his farm is, because there's an army based nearby. that's why we can only show the pigs outside . inside, we see the snails that andre exports to spain or france and the sacks of seas. it's all labor intensive, little bit. i'm we, on the breath. we have $22.00 full time employees and about $150.00 seasonal workers for the 2 or 3 months during the production period. i was on the bus and, and then i need someone to for cross reading the plants. that's a special job, la jolla for that will i have to hire someone else yankee, but a desire to from the she she or what the key thought about me. martha very and they my are you today ins of cra, the center of the community. we meet only vault sky, the mayor, he carries a hand gun, and on his phone, he has pictures of himself training with a kalashnikov rifle. the war feels close inside. he shows us the remains of

a russian missile that hit a few days ago. he fears that neighbouring bell a ruse could enter the war, but 1st he has to win the battle for the next harvest. we were to marble at your lugubrious la, most of the men volunteered to fight to look for you that many were drafted to it is all one of the men over 60. you stayed behind boucher dishes. we're now looking to them to drive tractors and operate other machinery for luke is such that we have a serious labor shortage chena at that. going to another doctor. us le, combined the last no problemo of scrambled us was along with russia. ukraine is the bread basket of the world. ukrainian farmers used to export more than $4000000.00 tons of their grain every month. but now it's just a few $100000.00 according to the government. that's mainly because of the occupied ports in the south, which means wheat maze and cooking oil can no longer be exported. agricultural production itself could soon decline as well. the shock waves are already being

felt around the world. food prices are rising, the un is warning of famine, especially in poor countries. tatyana heckman assesses the future, ah, it shall be, it wou, though, is his thoughts is the situation remains as it is now to volume the buddha. then we will have no problem with food production in ukraine. i expect the wallet, if ukraine produces $100000000.00 tons of grain, and half of it goes for export to walla, the harvest could be bad twice. jive nozzle and still we would not go hungry level . but conversely, this means if she were exports to the world where many countries rely on ukraine surpluses. ukraine will manage to find ways to deliver their products overland via the you. but the question is, how much the country will be able to export to the rest of the world. this is, and here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world right now

. you as president joe biden has vowed to track down and so called ghost guns, untraceable firearms assembled from d i y gung kits that have been used in a rising unbroken crimes. the new measure aims to reduce gun violence, but making it illegal to manufacture these firearms without a license active today. it's at least 25 people have been killed after a tropical storm caused severe flooding and landslides, in the central and southern philippines. a number of people are still missing as risk. if it's continue, the floods have displaced their arms, $30000.00 families or 2 years after the outbreak of cov, 19 china is battling with its high is that the case number's the country's largest city? shanghai is the worst hit 26000000 people there on the strict locked down. but as china pursues, it's stringent 0 cove. it policy cracks and people's patients are beginning to show

fabi on scratch. my reports for weeks, the streets of shanghai have been empty. supermarkets shot delivery workers that wouldn't normally be leaving their way through the city and nowhere to be seen. social media is put up, cries for help, and complaints about a lack of food. some videos, show unrest, neighborhoods where people are desperate to find food. and in one unverified video, people even seen looting, a supermarket authorities scrambling to deliver supplies. but there are huge probably know if i'm in for delivering vegetables, some of getting their food early summer getting late. it has a big impact on people's lives. cindy and les, it's a tomato pharma who walk on the outskirts of the city. he's doing his part to try and help. he's moved out of his home and into a dorm at the industrial greenhouses. whereas company growth tomatoes. this is the video he shot on his phone of the room. he's saying in general,

were understaffed at the moment and need to ensure we keep up production. so he start work early and work over time for about 2 hours a day. but reports say the biggest hurdle and the delivery of goods is at the last mile. many delivery workers and other supply personnel remain under locked down themselves. the challenge is getting food from markets and warehouses to people's home. the local government is now trying to mobilize delivery workers to get back to work. as long as there aren't any positive cases within their residential compound. the bottlenecks could pose a serious problem to the government. frank spy is c o and founder of china crossroads and a risk specialist. he's a resident of shanghai and has been under locked on himself for over a week. when you induce food insecurity to a country whose purpose is to modernize and make people live better, i think it adds a certain twist that, that, you know, people here are the leadership here are not,

are not so comfortable with for the past 2 years, china is talented its approach towards containing the virus and pointed towards its ramp and spread the west as a mark of superiority. this could break the narrative that china system is better at doing this, especially if it really explodes the next few weeks. so we could be at quite an an inflection point and how would evolve and how the world comes to see trans performance uncovered. but how its own people see it is what matters the most. and authorities will need to get a handle on the situation quickly to prevent people frustration from spiraling any further. you watching d, w. c. as a reminder of our top story, the mayor of mario pole has said the civilian dest toll in his city could surpass. 20000 of germany's foreign minister has pulled for more heavy weapons for your brain. and it's 5 to repel russia's innovation. and that's it. from

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