[000:00:00;00] ah this is the w news light from berlin an attack at a new york train station injures at least 5 shootings happened during the busy morning commute. authorities are also said to have discovered and detonated explosive devices at the see also on the program. the battle for ukraine's besieged port of mario paul reaches a decisive stage, ukraine's president wards. russia could use chemical weapons against a city already devastated by heavy bombardment and thousands of civilian deaths

despite significant losses. in fact, facts russian president vladimir putin says his forces in you praying will prevail against what he describes a russian enemy. ah, i'm sure gale. welcome to the program. we begin with breaking news from the united states, where at least 5 people have been shot and injured at a train station in new york fire department personnel also reportedly discovered and designated explosive devices at the station. the incident occurred at the 36th street station in brooklyn. during the busy morning commute let's join bastion heartache in new york. welcome bastion. what more can you tell us? welfare. we just heard from an eye witness who was apparently on that very subway

car where this incident happened and she described her 16th of panic in that car. apparently the smoke grenade went off on one end of the subway car, all the people scrambling to the other end of the subway car. and then the shots went off. the people lying in their blood as the subway was pulling into the next station and making it possible for 4 people to get off. you mentioned, you mentioned a several people injured. they've been brought to nearby hospital. we have all kinds of law enforcement on the ground. we have new york police department, of course we have the f b i because as of now the suspect who had to have worn a some kind of construction vest as may be construction workers on the subway would . and also a gas mask apparently, is still at large police. of course, looking for that big right now. it seems to be a male. there. you can be sure that they're looking at all kinds of a t, c t,

v footage and license plate readers to find out which path that, that suspect took and to get away from that crime scene and the danger or the fear of course now is this alone shooter, or is this potentially part of some larger plot? was this potentially a terrorist attack? fail? i what is being said about these and detonated explosive devices that we here were found? yes, so 1st report that there were other devices we, i mentioned the smoke grenade that went off and there were reports that there were other devices, but the new york fire department now saying that they found more that more devices, but they were not active. no active explosive devices at the scene right now. as far as with hearing from the authorities, we don't know if it might have either explosive devices with him. if he's planning to go to another location. what we do know that this subway station in the south of brooklyn, very much

a working class residential area. people on their way to work this morning. not the kind of place that you would expect if you wanted to cause mass casual casualties. not the kind of place where you would, where you would be likely to go. it's not times where it's not one of the big trained face in penn station, or grand central here in, in manhattan. so there were people on the train, of course, but it wasn't a super busy day, a situation on that train car apparently, but also has to be said there, of course, at these, these neurologic point in the city. as i mentioned times where, for example, security has been stepped up considerably over the past weeks and months because there have been incidents at these places recurring incident. so this definitely a place where you would think that security wouldn't be as high. so thank you so

much for that. past invest in hartwick in new york sundays the war in ukraine. russia's assaults on the besieged to port city of mary or pole, appears to be entering a decisive phase. u. s. military analysts say russian forces are nearly in full control of the city closing in on trapped ukrainian forces. russia says it has killed or captured almost a 100 ukrainian troops attempting to escape overnight. russian strikes have been pounding matter of ball 4 weeks, killing as many as 20000 residents. according to the mer civilians are expected to attempt to leave by car to day along one of several and negotiated humanitarian corridors. capturing the port would give russia complete control of the sea, of as of coastline and connected forces in ukraine's south and east mean, while ukraine in western countries are investigating allegations that russian forces used chemical weapons and money of all the claims which russia denies come from ukraine's as of battalion and military unit,

the far right allegiances president vladimir zalinski has warned about their use or these robot. if one of the russian occupier spokesmen. he said that they might use chemical weapons against the defenders of north pole. or if they treat this 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 much harsher and faster source decent issue, which will they w correspondent, and commonly is in ukraine's 2nd largest city. a cock, if i picked up a some of those items a with him and started with the situation in the city was he can see her give his, basically a shadow of it's for myself, it's 5 pm here and it's totally empty. just a few passes by occasionally visible on the streets behind me, the regional government headquarters that was destroyed in

a russian missile attack right at the beginning of this war. and the russian soldiers are still very close within a few dozen kilometers where i'm standing now. so unlucky of where it feels like some kind of cheese returning and where those russian troops have withdrawn quite significantly in recent weeks. keep very much still on the front lines. basically every couple of minutes you can hear some artillery in the, in the background. it's often difficult to really work out where that is, but it just as you know, really bring home quite how close war is here and now still people staying here and not everyone has got out. but there is lots of speculation about where the russia will now trunk up its attempts to take cut, as well as the kind of symbolic target and expectation of more people trying to get out in a hurry in the days to come here. ok. and then down in the south in mario paul, russia seems to be intensifying its attack cent indeed. and it seems, if the reports were getting are true that the remaining ukraine forces have been split into. and now one of the main places they still are is still works with lots of underground tunnels,

lots of places to hide and to hide from shilling and bomb attacks. so with that was one of the reasons why we'd heard speakers for the progression separatists in done yet, suggesting that chemical weapons be used as a way of trying to get at those ukranian soldiers. as you printing troops still able to hide from the worth. the artillery, so that was really a sense now that they are trying to push home that advantage and to take medical instant charges as soon as possible to free up troops to then be able to attack for the north along the wide front and on bass in places where the cranium has been holding up pretty well in recent weeks and how credible others allegation said that russian forces used chemical weapons. so far, we just getting those reports from those ukranian battalions. the are effective based a, a number of people were given medical treatment with singing and their eyes, their throats. they were having problems breathing. it seems like no one has lost their lives in this alleged attack. but it doesn't surprise anyone. this is

something that even the western doesn't seem to be preparing for sending ukraine large amounts of equipment to deal with chemical attacks. and after all, now have to remember that the russian general in charge of this war has previously been in charge of us and forces in syria, a conflict where chemical weapons where you get civilians that definitely expectation here that is not off the table. and that's something that could be used by the rest inside if they feel like they're not making progress soft enough. okay, thank you for that nick, commonly in khaki. dr. alexander keller, s. from the institute for painted research and security policy at the university of hamburg. i asked him about those claims that russian forces and use a poisonous substance in mario, paul. good afternoon. well, it is certainly in the reality of the possible, but as we've just heard from your colleague on the ground, the evidence is very sketchy so far. right. investigators from the, from the u. s. a new k,

a said to be looking into this. how would they establish whether this was a chemical attack or generally speaking does is extremely difficult from a far one would have to get conclusive proof of by yeah. conducting an onsite investigation during which samples would be taken. this would be environmental samples, biomedical samples from those people affected by the attack. and those samples would then have to be analyzed and compared to a known chemical warfare. agents to be really certain that this is what has happened. so you would expect that to be viable samples still around well, perhaps not of the warfare agent itself. but over the years and decades, those states processing, chemical warfare agents, chemical weapons, which have by now practically all been been destroyed on the international

verification. those states certainly also know how these chemical warfare agents degrade and what then to look for after a week or a month after such an attack. war is inherently a terrible business. people get maimed or killed, lies, get destroyed. what is it about chemical weapons that makes them apparently so much worse than conventional weapons? well, to start with chemical weapons are prohibited by the chemical weapons convention. they kill indiscriminately and on that basis alone violate the principles of international humanitarian law. the laws of war, right. so what is the likely international response if this is found out if this is determined to have been a chemical weapons attack? well, i would expect, and we are already seeing a, just at the mere possibility that we would hear lots of condemnations and rightly

so if this were a proven to be a chemical weapon attack, i would expect more sanctions to be not only discussed but also to be enacted, and i would hope that states the international community would make use of the legal instruments that are available to hold those ah, responsible for those to account. because it this idea of holding people to account for the sort of attacks as fallen somewhat into disrepute. chemical weapons have been used in syria. and no one has been held to an account that has been used in attacks against the enemies of russia. and in the united kingdom, again, no one held to account. so beyond the condemnation, sanctions are already in place. and more sanctions are on the way. it's hard to see where russia gets punished if this is found to be them using these prohibited weapons or holding perpetrators for such horrible crimes.

and violations of the laws of war to account is a long process. and probably not so much in the eye of the public. this process actually works quite well until russia gets a chance to block it. russia has blocked the work of the o. p. c. w. in the hake, holding perpetrators in syria to account. russia has blocked those or similar efforts in the un security council with its veto. so i think it would be a mistake to criticize these processes when it is only one culprit who blocks the process from being conducted until the end. ok, thank you so much for joining your thanks, planning that dr. alexander keller from the institute for peace research and security policy. hillary welcome. no correspondent rebecca ritter's has been to the regions of separation. antony pro in east and ukraine,

had talked to people who have hated their governments warning to flee. mariel paul, as russian forces re focus on ukraine, se 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. they leave notes that any one

who can help them find their loved ones. he has searching for wives surgery or ah, father and mother to the north. the city of ni 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 don bass and zap erasure asians 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 cram a 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. earle 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, families are being torn apart too. as the battle for control of the east grows ever fiercer. a russian president vladimir putin says his country's military campaign in ukraine will continue until all of its goals have been met. speaking after taught through his allies, belushi, and president, alexander lucas shank. o. mister potent said, the talks with keith were at a dead end. but he said russia was withstanding what he called the blitzkrieg of

western sanctions and said that rising prices would put pressure on western leaders . what the shipper was lamps to. she would know. we know that today our offices are taking part in a special military operation in dom boss in ukraine, which meddled nobody's helping the dumbass people's republic. so just to know, they are acting bravely you professionally, that you under effectively using the most modern weapons that have unique characteristics. you hear me analogous characteristic. let's take a closer look at that speech with vladimir as he passed from d w that russia service in berlin. welcome. vladimir. so what we heard from mr. booted there. sounds like a president trying to put a positive spin on the wall that was supposed to be over quickly. what did you make of what he had to say? well, 1st of all, there's no such thing in the russian public opinion as a war itself. so there worked wars prohibited in russia, they're talking about special, made their operation in the ukraine. and it was a highly symbolic step for prison. put him to invite lucas and come to the space

launcher station russian far is. because today's and university of your, in regarding short fighter space, it's a very important day for us is to in terms of russians of power from the world. so there were very strong signals for the russian domestic public and for the, for an audience as well. so from okay, and let's hear the click from the speech a is vladimir putin sounds quite defiant about international sanctions. i mean, we're not going to be isolated. no one can be isolated in the modern world. moreover, it's impossible to do with any country as huge as russia. so we will work with partners who want to cooperate with vladimir se, paul, who is likely to want to cooperate with russia. i would say who is likely to need to cooperate with russia because europe still bank russian guys and oil. there's a bunch of countries around the want to, we're happy to buy more fresh energy despite of the high prices in the us,

it delivers more to the international markets like still like meet, like agricultural progress. but 1st of all, it's just an oil, and there's a huge, huge customer base is from this kind of commodities. but i'm ok. so this public speech there sat if, if this was the way this would be a president who's trying to get public opinion on his side was he tried to do with his speech. he has already the whole public opinion on his side. sincere. so the russian government wedding or put him, has a very tight grip on the russian that on the public opinion. so it does not make any campaigning force. it sells. the support is quite strong. and the parts of russian public was not supporting this military operation. just silent because there's their salad and everything. everyone and everything was against the war. and the big part of the russian public supporting came openly and they are pushing to support him as well. because i'm hearing voices from russia, of the, of the governmental employers. just push it to shore supports for,

for this war in the ukraine publicly. and so when, when we see here these, these public protests and people, thanks to the warm we see and getting cut to the way and, and arrested. how are they viewed by the public in russia the basis to look at them? is that what war or they do? they just see them as troublemakers there more than travel americans, their traitors in terms of frustrating the russian in the russian speech in the russian universe. and the russian informational bubble, there are people who are working with animals during the war, and they are labeled as a traitors. and there is no mercy for traitors. right? the campaign in the east, if you craney said to be intensifying, we're hearing a terrible reports of shedding and places just just suffering a destruction. how far that it looked like a president, putin is likely to take this as far as he needs to go as high as he wants to go. and i'm afraid you will be reducing more horror stories and more horror pictures

from this region of the crate in the future. and the verses you have to com. thank you so much for joining us apart from d w's russia service in. we'll take a look at some more headlines from the war in ukraine, and nearly 2 thirds of children in the country have been forced to leave their homes since russia invaded at 6 weeks ago. as, according to the u. m. the latest report also expressed that concerns over human trafficking and the sexual abuse of minors. greece plans to speed up expiration for natural gas in order to reduce its a dependency on brush imports. the grease currently ports around 40 percent of nat geo natural gas from russia. prime minister kitty, our cost me to talk is assess, he's cautiously optimistic about 6 areas in greek territory with possible gas reserves. german president, friend, brothers di my has arrived in the polish capital, warsaw for talk to the countries president andrey duda. discussions are expected to

focus on the conflict in ukraine person. cheyenne myers office, said the trip was about promoting freedom democracy and the rule of law. yes, president joe biden has told the indian finally to surrender mowgli that seeking more russian oil imports was not in the country's interest during a video conference of prime minister mode. he also revealed that he has spoken to the russian and ukrainian leaders leading her place and direct toll security and tracking climate crisis. how many of the 300000 refugees were arrived here in germany from ukraine have not been vaccinated against coven? 19 cities across the country now trying to change that. the doubling has been to the bavarian city of nuremberg, where a roving bus is giving up shots. one place where people fleeing the war can be vaccinated. is this month in the bavarian city of nuremberg. this woman was the 1st person to turn up today. she tells us that she's scared of potential side effects,

but she's going to get the 1st job to try to make life easier for herself others to our skeptical dealer to don't cover. because those at the moment, they're simply not enough information on the vaccines too many open questions in general, which is why i don't really want either myself or my daughter to be vaccinated against cove at 19. so got you to go. it's estimated only a 3rd of ukraine's population is protected. some of them with vaccines that are not recognized in the you. neuron bergs vaccination coordinator says the main goal is to inform people. that's where the bus comes in. is haydn's issue in ukraine. you can be sure that there are exactly the same sort of myths concerning vaccination as here. for instance, again and again, we see people arguing that fertility levels will decline. and of course, we do try to address such fears by providing information and reliable facts about

what is really true and what not. so many refugees are housed enlarged dormitories, which makes transmission of diseases easier. the doctor responsible for the refugees. medical treatment says the situation is under control. poor cotton. that is a dog to begin with. oh, we were very concerned. we were expecting about 30 percent to be positive. and then when the tests came back negative on a day to day basis, and there were only isolated cases, we got less and less worried by the day. 0 one, do you look through name was one too long. this young man fled from bella ruth and joined the large numbers of ukrainians trying to escape the war. he has no qualms about getting vaccinated from scottish hope, which i won't be vaccinated. why not? obviously i don't see the argument against it, which if it's good for your health, for what you mean,

it's funny. but it was another slow day at the bus. it seems word has yet to get around. no, he's right, a police officer shot and killed a palestinian today in these radio coastal city of ash cologne. it's the latest in a series of deadly incidents involving israel and palestinians. tensions are particularly high as muslim jewish and christian holidays converse this week. very more bloodshed, israel continues to ramp up its counter terrorism efforts in the occupied westbank . the situation in the region has been increasingly tense after palestinian launched attacks in israel. the left, 14 israelis dead in recent weeks, within the same period about the same number of palestinians, including assailants have also died. one of them was 17 year old mohammed, a carney, who israeli officials say was involved with his family in an exchange of gunfire with israeli forces. hundreds of palestinians came to mourn him in the west bank,

the army spiteful of every palestinian. they just kill any one they come across as a hateful army away. human rights groups and some officials have accused israel of using excessive force in some cases to say the israeli army has injured or killed people who are not involved in violence. all of this comes during the muslim holy month of ramadan when tensions tend to run high last year classes during ramadan letter 11 days of war and the mouse ruled golf street. this year ramadan coincides with passover a major holiday for jews, which might add even more tension. this is dw news life from berlin. here's reminder about top story this. our ukrainian officials for tens of thousands of civilians in the port of mario paul, have been killed. russian forces have been pounding to safety from flakes, and maybe poised to take it up, let's say on the w, wlan, does a full show at kickoff?

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