[000:00:00;00] news with this is dw news live from berlin, ukraine's president warrens russia could use chemical weapons against the besieged city of mighty you. pope. heavy bombardment has already devastated the city, possibly killing thousands of civilians since the start of the war. also coming up, a german delegation is heading to ukraine, but not the chancellor himself. olaf,

schoultz is under pressure to lend ukraine more support. his own foreign minister contradicted him on heavy weapons, which shows has so far be reluctant to sent locked hand takes its toll on shanghai. after 3 weeks of heavy restriction supplies are running low. it's the biggest test yet for china's 0 covered strategy. ah, i'm pablo foliage. welcome to the program. russia's assault on the besieged, ukrainian, city of matter. you pull appears to be entering a decisive phase. u. s. military analysts say russian forces are nearing full control of the city, closing in on trap to ukrainian forces. russia says it killed or captured almost $100.00 ukrainian troops attempting to escape over night. marty you pull has been pounded by russian strikes for weeks,

killing up to 90000 residence. according to the local mayor, civilians are expected to attempt to evacuate by car today, along one of several negotiated humanitarian car doors. the cities full wood gave russia complete control of the sea of as of coastline, and connect its forces in ukraine, south and east. meanwhile, ukraine and western nations are investigating allegations that russian forces may have used chemical weapons in matter. you pull, you cranes, as of battalion, a military unit with far right allegiances made the claim. russia has denied its used chemical weapons. i earlier ukrainian president followed the matter to landscape warned of their use all these ruby, one of the russian occupiers spokesmen who said that they might use chemical weapons against the defenders of mary polly. okay, i don't 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 much harsher and faster source issue. issue h or earlier i spoke to our correspondent rebecca raters, about the latest i out of my tuple hello. it's really difficult to get real time information of what's happening in that received city. as you can imagine, communication has been caught from the city for more than a month. or the mayor of mario poll says at least 10000 people a believe to have been killed in that city. president lensky puts that number at much higher than that, saying tens of thousands in the multiples of 10000. and seeing the pictures and hearing the stories of people who do manage to get out of that city. unfortunately, it certainly seems that presidents are lends keys predictions. they are estimations a probably more accurate and why have spoken to some people who get out of that

city who've managed to make it out of that city. and basically talking of the most horrendous tales. i mean, if you can imagine the worst images of any war that's basically what's happening in mary paul. some $100000.00 people still believed to be tracked in that city without access to food or clean drinking water. that, excuse me, obviously we're in the main square here, levin. it's quite busy and bustling. so the truck behind you, i hope you can still hear me. um, but now of course we're hearing a ramp or you know, an escalation, a potential escalation with reports of a chemical attack. now they are of course unconfirmed. but eve true would definitely signify an escalation. rebecca, how are ukrainians coping with these allegations of chemical weapons being used? people are understandably at outraged at news of this. and as you heard, presidents at lensky, they're calling for much stronger reaction from the west to. he's been careful, of course,

because these haven't been confirmed yet. the russians have denied carrying out these a, carrying out a chemical attack, bought the spokesperson for the russian separatists, came out on monday and said that chemical weapons would be used to quote, smoke out the remaining battalion in that area protecting that city. so it is definitely plausible that chemical weapons could be used, but let's see being very careful to, to wait, wait for confirmation. the u. k. and the us working very hard to verify those claims. well, we also spoke earlier to alexander keller from the institute for peace research and security policy at the university of hamburg. and he explained what would need to happen to verify reports of chemical weapons attacks. well, ideally, an independent investigation by a team coming from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and

they would be able to visit the site of the supposed chemical weapon use and take samples their environmental samples, but also biomedical samples, which would then have to be analyzed, alexander, if a chemical weapons attack is confirmed, what would a meaningful response from the international community look like? well, i think 1st of all, the international community should stick to the tools that are available internationally to hold the perpetrators of such terrible acts to account that is on the one hand in the disarmament area. again, the o. p. c. w in the hague, which provides a venue for, for such accountability or the un security council. well, if, for example, and there are more sanctions that could or would likely not impress ad vladimir putin, a military and for intervention is not appealing to the united states. what options

are there really all the, the options are, are not that many we have, as i indicated on the one hand disarmament instruments, arms control treaties. and then we have international criminal law to hold perpetrators of war crimes and such atrocities as chemical weapons used to account . but that is a very long law to achieve accountability and justice for, for the victims of such terrible acts. now, are the international law is to prevent the use of chemical weapons worth the paper their action they're written on i would say yes, absolutely. because we know about all the atrocities that happened in theory through the use of chemical weapons. only because we have these instruments

and mechanisms in place, and because the o, p. c, w has been able to go there or go to a neighboring countries of syria and, and to conduct these investigations. the fact that when the reports are then transmitter to new york to the security council and the security council is blocked because of russian vetoes, which we can assume would also happen if the supposed attack and variable would be investigated that way and reported then to, to new york to the security council that does not diminish the value and the validity of these mechanisms. and these tools that we have that was alexander keller, from the institute for peace research and security policy at the university of hamburg. or earlier we spoke to our correspond of rebecca richards. she is back in lieu of eve after visiting the upward e j. and denise bro, regions, further east,

closer to the front lines. she talked to people who have heated, their governments warning to flee as russian forces re focus on ukraine. se rebecca file this report about those hoping to find relative safety from the war. 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 russia invade it. most don't want to talk about what they have gone through. but olga says life under occupation was impossible, and evacuation was difficult to. we 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. she has searching for wives surgery or, 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 paypal, 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. 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 has said, he said, if the russians come, he would tear them apart. baffled the lights, families are being torn apart too, as the battle for control of the east grows ever fiercer. or here are some of the other headlines on the war in ukraine. nearly 2 thirds of ukrainian children has been forced to leave their homes since russia invited 6 weeks ago. according to the un. they also expressed concerns over human trafficking and the

sexual abuse of minors. russian president vladimir putin has said that his military campaign in ukraine will achieve its noble objectives. he made the remarks as he met better, resumed president alexandra lucas jenko, add a space board in eastern russia to mark the international day of human space flight rushing opposition figure. vladimir. kyra mertsa was arrested in moscow on monday. his lawyer has confirmed he was charged with failing to follow a lawful order, but the details of the case are unclear. u. s. secretary of state antony blink and said in a tweet, we are monitoring their situation closely. and he urged his immediate release how in recent days, the ukrainian capital keith has played host to a succession of european leaders. eager to see the war up close for themselves. and to show solidarity with the embattled nation, one leader who was yet to travel to the besieged country is german chancellor,

olaf sholtes. now coals are growing for him to demonstrate his support. several european leaders have visited keith since the russian invasion while they wanted to meet ukrainian presidency landscape personally to express solidarity. the german chancellor has limited his contact to phone calls. this increasing pressure on all of shows to travel to ukraine as well. but not just for a photo op glenwood in fawn, does he only want to go there to show that he's moved by it? he or does she want to go there with solutions or proposals? georgia inform that decisive. i don't see much point in him going in if you're in, i had heard your shot with no harm in it. i would say how long he should do it. always stay in contact for that and to entice enough hours that would be assigned to the outside city. been to the whole of europe and the world. this am so if the german chancellor would go to kia, to show his solidarity and his support, i think that would be very important,

isn't alpha. but officials and berlin are still debating about what kind of support he should provide. so keith is not the chancellor, but the foreign minister who has been the most vocal about ukraine. asthma, may i? i slightly that the horrific pictures that we're seeing. the tara, we see daily make clear that ukraine needs further military support to defend itself. we're doing that together with our international partners hines and with our european partners. we're providing millions more via our european piece facility throughout european piece vicinity. about us plot, what is clear? ukraine needs further military personnel and most of all heavy weapons. there's no time for excuses now is the time for being creative and pragmatic ones. kuchma is most, it is not clear. if sholtes will also go to keith. but what is clear is that the pressure to put words into action is growing,

including within the governing coalition. well, for more were now joined by detail. these chief political correspondent, melinda crane. hi melinda. good to see you at chancellor shoals has been criticized by some for not traveling to keep what they believe is and why is it that i believe is necessary he go there. in fact, nearly half of german surveyed in a recent poll say that the government isn't doing enough for ukraine and those calling for chance, the shelter to go to kev would like to see a very clear demonstration of solidarity from a chancellor who is once again seen by many people sitting on the sidelines as he did during the brit build up, russian troops on the ukrainian border prior to the russian invasion. but a trip could actually do the chancellor more harm than good if it only resulted in more words rather than action. so for it to make a difference for both the chancellor and for germany, i think he definitely would need to take something meaningful with him. like, for example,

a concrete offer to provide heavy weaponry as ukraine has now repeatedly asked for . now at the beginning of the conflict though, the chancellor delivered a landmark speech that sounded like germany was ready to take on a new leadership role. you've touched on it there, but is a fair to say that he hasn't really delivered on that yet. he did, and in fact, in the initial phase, after giving that speech, it did look like germany was ready to exercise the kind of leadership that would be commensurate with its economic heavy weight position within the european union. germany broke a long standing taboo on delivering weapons to conflict zones as sent ukraine. defensive weapons, including anti tank weapons, including surface to air missiles. but for the last few weeks, the chancellor appears to have reverted to a posture of stalling and equivocation, particularly on heavy weapons,

but also on taking part in any form of embargo on russian fossil fuels. and certainly a chance of schultz is not known as a great communicator, but at times he appears to be essentially reinforcing people's fears, rather than allaying them as when he recently told the bonus tug in a debate on the budget that an embargo on fossil fuels would cause enormous difficulties for the economy would lead to many, many lost jobs, which essentially is the opposite of what many people think of when they think of leadership. namely yeah, an attitude to us that would say stay calm and carry on. we're a strong country and we can master this molina. why is chance, rochelle so reluctant to be more proactive when it comes to heavy weapons and fossil fuel embargo? well, it's different reasons. in the 2 cases on the fossil fuels embargo,

it is concerned about those potential lost jobs and what that would mean for social stability, as well as for the larger european economy and on the weapons. essentially, it seems to be in some respects, procedural in the sense that the bonus fair now has, has little left in its own stock piles. so any weapons delivered would have to be essentially delivered in a creative way, perhaps working with private industry like the defense contractor rine metallic, which is set. it has a lot of tanks that it would be willing to send to ukraine. so to some degree, there's a perception that there simply a lack of political will here to cut through bureaucratic procedures in red tape. deed of use, chief political correspondent melinda crane. thank you. while to other news now, 2 years after the outbreak of coven 19 china is battling with its highest ever case

numbers. the country's largest city, shanghai is the worst hit 26000000 people. there are under strict lockdown. but as china pursues its strict 0 covert policy cracks in people's patients are beginning to show fabi and kuchma reports. for weeks, the streets of shanghai have been empty. supermarkets shot delivery workers that wouldn't normally be leaving there. wait for the city are 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 seem looting a supermarket authorities scrambling to deliver supplies, but they are huge probably know for me for delivering vegetables. some are getting their food early, some are 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 a video he shot on his phone of the room. he's saying in general, we 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 lockdown themselves. the challenge is in 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 psi is ceo 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 has 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 has touted its approach towards containing the virus and pointed towards its rampant spread in the west as a marker of its superiority. this could break the narrative that china system is better at doing this, especially if it really close. the next few weeks, so we could be quite an inflection point in how good a balls and, and how the girl comes to see tries performance on code. 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's frustration from spiraling any further. well, further on catch my fall that report and he joins us now from beijing. hi fabi fabi

. i'm good to see. now, shanghai says it is easing restrictions in some areas. do we know what that means for the cities residence? yeah, so basically the city has been separated into 3 different categories. and if you live in a residential compound, meaning your apartment complex, your neighborhood community, where there were cases detected with the last week that you cannot even leave your flat. if you live in a compound where there were no cases detected in the last week, but within the last 2 weeks. so basically the last 40 days and you're allowed to leave your flat but can only go within your gated community. you're not allowed to go to the street and only for those people who live in a enabled community where there were no cases for the last 2 weeks. and they are allowed to go to the street now, but only in a confined area. and there's really not much to do so, i mean, public transportation is basically shut all the public facilities are shot. so,

i mean, it isn't easy, but a very cautious one. and as soon as there's one, only one single case within your whole neighborhood, the community shuts down again. so it's precarious. right? so you can't travel to shanghai, we're hearing from these restrictions that you've just mentioned. and what's your sense of how serious the situation is there in shanghai? what's an emergency situation and which slightly gets better by it time. but basically you can see how serious the situation is by the situation of the, by the decision of the u. s. consulate in shanghai today, they basically forced their non essential stuff to fly out because they cannot guarantee the safety. and when i talk to residents, both locals and also experts they are, i'm concerns are really quite existential. they fear that the food supply will not be enough. they feel that they get separated from the children of the children test positive. and they also in general,

are not so much afraid of the virus. but more afraid of m getting direct into the isolation centers because the hygienic conditions, they are really quite devastating. and you basically are locked there with several thousands of people. and it's really not a pleasant experience. so i think it's getting better with time and we saw the recent using but it's yeah, i mean it's really 10 situation father, and are there any signs that the government is perhaps rethinking how it deals with the virus so far? not really. i mean, the economic costs are really going high and we would know that the global supply chains are really stressed right now. and the service sector is going down the manufacturing sector. i mean, basically 90 percent of the big cities in china and to some degree affected by lockdown in the last 2 months. but i think the government is committed also because of their own propaganda. they stated that and we can manage the record,

we are the only country that can contain the virus, and that is a proof of our support warranty. and now to change that course, it is really very difficult also to justify, towards their own population. fabiani crash mar in beijing. thank you. here are so more stories making headlines around the world. taiwanda defense ministry has released a handbook advising the public what to do in the event of war. the publication which is available online contains information such as where to find shelters and how army reserve members should report for mobilization. authorities began drafting the guidelines last year and made a rising publications by mainland china. u. s. president joe biden has vowed to crack down on so called ghost guns, untraceable firearms assembled from kids that have been used in a rising number of shooting crimes. then you measure hopes to reduce gun violence

by making it illegal to manufacturer. these kid guns are these gun kits without a license or just 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 rescue efforts continue. the floods have displaced around $30000.00 families. and well, we are going to take a look now at our main headlines. okay, we're going to take a look now at, for having some technical issues here. and we're going to take a look at our promo opt, so don't forget, you can always add, take a look at our apps. you can always get it on the go from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news. and if you're part of a new story,

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