[000:00:00;00] ah, ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin, u. s. president joe biden accuses russian president vladimir putin of genocide. i call the genocide biden says the kremlin is trying to wipe the entire idea of ukrainian nationhood. meanwhile, russia advised to continue its military campaign until all its got with it. also coming up, germany's president abandoned plans to visit the ukrainian capital as

a gesture of solidarity after being told he's not welcome. plus flooding in south africa, claims dozens of lives. president 0 book serial or i'm opposed to visit some of the worst hit areas in durban and meet with the families of victims rescuer, search for the missing after heavy rain and mudslide, sweep away homes and infrastructure ah, i'm pablo foliage. welcome to the program. u. s. president joe biden has said that he believes russian president vladimir putin war in ukraine, amounts to genocide. it's the 1st time the u. s. leader has used a term to describe hooton's actions in ukraine. biden emphasized that it's his personal view and that the legality of russia's actions would ultimately be decided by lawyers. yes,

i call the jonathan the become is clear that food is assigned to wipe out the idea of the baby crane. and mom, the evidence of mine that different though it last week, the more of it is coming out of literally fall. thing of the russians have done in ukraine, and we can only learn more more about the devastation. ukraine says it cannot confirm russian media reports that marines defending the besieged port. city of mighty you pull, have surrendered, speaking to as stony as parliament ukrainian president followed the media to lansky repeated allegations that russia is using phosphorus bombs as part of its military campaign. he said the world must come together to stop the cremeans war on ukraine . russian troops on the streets of murray, you pull. russia has been accused of using band chemical weapons against the city.

ukraine's president admitted it is difficult to verify the claim while the city is under siege. but he urged the world not to wait to act. i'll f hoge in new, and that is given the repeated threats from russian propagandists of using chemical weapons against the defenders of murray. you poll even and given the repeated use of, for example, he phosphorus munitions by the russian army. by people the world must react. now what must react preventively? i didn't know about it, but of them did not. across eastern ukraine, people are fleeing ahead of an expected wide scale russian assault on the don best region. military analysts say the don bess with it's open to rain and lack of natural barriers will be harder for defenders to hold on to as to the outcome. it's find the balance right now because if the russians love the . busy lessons of the failure so far and could concentrate more force and could

connect the raffles to the ground forces better and could so that it just sticks out. then they might start to overwhelm the ukrainian positions. eventually things like that. and you, russian president vladimir putin who has i, the don, best region for years said piece was off the table to so my going ok is good. ukrainian side moved away from its agreement in istanbul. now the requirement for security guarantees is one thing about this. and the questions regarding settlement of relations with respect to crimea sufficed to pull and don best or to be taken outside the framework of those agreements. so we're back again in a dead end situation for all of us to do it as the russian army repositions for renewed assault on eastern ukraine as seen in these satellite images. there are fears the troops will leave many more destroyed cities like murder, you pull in their wake. for a closer look at the latest military movements, here is d. w reporter joe delroy will just a few weeks ago,

russian forces were close to encircling the ukrainian capital keith. but in recent days, the military map has been re drawn. the knots are about to show you come from british defense intelligence. and here we can see the territory that was controlled by russia up until late march, that was a month into the invasion. you can see the focus there around keith. but in early april, russia pull back its northern groups, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake, british intelligence as those forces and now being re deployed to ukraine's east as part of a push to take full control of the don bass region. here's some of what's happened there in recent days. there has been intensified shelling on the city of cock heave . satellite images have spotted a russian troop build up near is you him? there's been a push towards carma taught. that's the city where a missile strike killed almost 60 civilians last week. russia also attacked an airport near denise pro, and they are close to encircling the city of mario pole,

which would give russia full control along the coast of the sea of as of will. now ukraine is also concerned about possible movements in the area of trans mystery. now that is a breakaway region in moldova, that is aligned with russia. and now ukraine says it is concerned that russian forces station there, along with local police paramilitary, could potentially invade from the west. and in circle odessa, another sign of the latest news strategy. the u. s. says that russia has appointed a new war commander general. alexander devona calls he headed the russian forces in syria in 2050, where he over. so a brutal campaign of bombing cities into submission and in the latest ukraine invasion, he's been the district commander of the southeast region. his promotion is being site seen as another sign that russia is now making the se it's key target instead of q. but how effective will this new strategy be? well, according to some

u. s. analysts rushes combat capability is being greatly exaggerated. many of its units are badly damaged and being patched together without much training. russia is also believe to be trying to recruit hundreds of thousands of new soldiers assigned that despite their setbacks. they are ready for a protracted war. settled. he's told, told roy, assessing the situation there or did of new cars fung and to alexander phenomenon is following the latest developments from cave and we asked her earlier for an update on the battle for matthew pal. well, it seems that the russian forces are intensifying their assault on the port city of mar, you pull, and it seems that they are ready and determined to capture the city at any cost. because of course, they're trying to secure a language between their forces in the annex crimea and the russian army in the eastern part of ukraine. according to the cities may or up to 20 or more than 20000 civilians were killed in mar,

you po. of course we cannot verify this information because we do not have any access to the city. and we cannot verify russian claims either. according to the russian, a defense ministry, more than $1000.00 members of the ukraine, an armed forces of mutual have surrendered, are being held capture that is an inflammation, a claim that was not confirmed by the ukrainian government. instead, one of president zelinski advisors was quoted as saying that some members of the ukrainian forces in mo, you call were able to link up with ivory korean forces in the city. so as you, as you understand, it's very, very difficult to verify any information coming out of my you pull at the moment, alexandra, tell us about the significance of jo biden's use of the word genocide for the ukranian president. it is, of course, very significant because the ukranian president has been accusing russia of

carrying out a general site against his people for quite a while now. and now to look to hear from the you as president dad. he also thinks at that early russia's actions in ukraine could amount to a general size genocide against ukrainians, very important, it could mean more deliveries of weapons ukrainian more help. however, the key question is, of course, where the u. s. would be willing to change its response to the war like decides to send to american soldiers, and that is not very likely to happen because you asked for that. joe biden has ruled it out from the beginning. alexander, we'll speak again with you shortly, but 1st the presidents of poland and the baltic countries are on their way to the ukrainian capital key for talks with presidents zalinski, germany's head of state, frank valdosta and maya had been planning to go with them, but was informed during a visit to poland that he was not welcome in keys. that's because during shy my as

term as foreign minister, he pursued closer relations with russia. a policy which he recently admitted was a mistake. it was a conscious display of harmony when german president frank vile to shine maya was welcomed by his polish counterpart on j. duda. anti plans to travel to ukraine together were also meant to send the same message. but after the talked shine, maya made a shock announcement. my colleague on fonder bonuses that was it and other judah, my colleague and friend, are polish president. andre duda recently suggested that the 2 of us, together with the presidents of estonia, latvia and lithuania, travel to cuba, to send a strong signal of joint european solidarity with ukraine. and not so that i was ready to do that matter. but apparently that was not wanted by t of on the weekend, and i have to acknowledge that others in here,

mr. good. all that was left for the german president to say at the joint news conference following the meeting was distressed that germany and poland remain closed. partners then, as duda headed off to ukraine, stein maya booted his plane back to berlin. okay, let's bring back care alexandra phenomena. and so germany's president is not welcoming keith. is there consensus on this in the ukrainian capital? hello. this is really difficult to say. i talked to some of our forces. they told me they don't know anything about it. they don't want to come to come and on that, we know that the journal presidente has been highly criticized here for his close ties to russia. however, now we are hearing from one of president zelinski advisors saying that it was more about, well come in, somebody who really can make practical decisions like the german chancellor because

ukraine is hoping for more weapon deliveries from europe. so we are getting some mixed message messages here, and we really have to say that the rejection of style my as visit to key of was a huge africa. and we have to see how it's going to play out in the relations between the crane and germany. d w correspondent, alexander, phenomena reporting and keith. well, we also asked deed of you political correspondence. nina has it for the reaction here in germany to keep snow above german president shy my. their story generated massive headlines here in germany as slap in the face. that's what's commentators have been calling it here in germany. there's a lot of understanding for the horrible situation that ukraine is in. but this is the german president, the highest ranking, representative of germany that we're talking about. and of course he did apologize . am late. he did last week am and essentially the criticism is directed at the time when he was foreign minister. and when he was chief of staff of russia friendly,

former chancellor gach florida. so many people are questioning that so solidarity with ukraine might windle here in germany and that this could strain, potentially german and ukrainian relations. and you know, what does it mean for german chanter olaf schoultz? now now he's already been under fire. well yeah, the big question is, can he go to kids now and has some politicians are already saying that this is becoming very, very diplomatically tricky for him because of course his head of state has been embarrassed like that in public and internationally. and, and there's another thing, of course we'll have source, can't go on the symbolic visit. and ukraine has been very clear in its demands towards germany. so it will have so it would have to have one of 2 things in his suitcase. if he were to travel to keep either the energy embargo where germany says that a can't win itself off russian gas as quickly as would be needed or the air supply

of heavy weapons. and that is also something that is debated here in germany. but it is beginning to look like am he could have that in his suitcase if he were to go to kia, very soon, dw correspondence nina has of there will the issue of whether to send heavy weapons to ukraine has been the subject of heated debate here in germany, but opinions both among politicians and the german public have changed significantly since the outbreak of hostilities. in january, russian troops were preparing for war. while ukraine begged allies to send weapons . but germany said its history meant it could off our helmets, not arms. and the soil check immediately the that and we'll deliver 5000 homeless to ukraine as a clear signal that we are on your side cited it was supposed to be a gesture of good will, but it went down like

a bad joke. then vladimir putin gave the order to the attack as tens of thousands protested in berlin. the german chancellor lifted the weapons bon, citing anew reality. i'm bigger than shootin. we decided yesterday that germany will supply ukraine with weapons to defend themselves. the u turn saw germany sent thousands of anti tank and missile defense weapons. but as the war groaned on, the calls for germany to send more dead. so to ukraine's president implored the german parliament be during my de la support, assuming keep the peace in support ever ukrainian. stop the war, help us stop it. diplomacy, now ye, zebulon it. the horrors of butcher were not stopped, nor rama set to cushions and alleged torture. evidence of potential russian war

crimes. under growing pressure, berlin is now exploring ways to get old tanks like these on to ukrainian battle fields. german arms crypt ryan matal says the 1st batch could be delivered within weeks for a delegation of senior politicians visiting ukraine. they can't come soon enough that we need to clarify which weapons the ukranian army can use is this important so that they don't get equipment which requires a lot of training like, and we have to clarify this quickly because the weapons have to come now it listen get caea from helmet to tanks. it's been a $180.00 and defense policy for germany. for ukraine. it may come too late here. so more headlines from the war in ukraine. forensic teams have begun zooming bodies from a 2nd to mass grave in the town of future ukrainian pasta prosecutor said, of 260 bodies may be buried. there already, dozens of bodies have been removed from a 1st mass grave,

many with gunshot wounds. gucho was occupied by russian troops until their withdrawal in early april, finland's prime minister, santa marine, has said the countries parliament could vote on whether to apply to join nato within weeks. speaking on a visit to sweden, irene said the process was moving quickly. sweden's routing party is also debating whether to join the western military alliance. russia has warned against any nato enlargement. at least 59 people have died in flooding in the south african city of durban and the surrounding area. days of record rainfall have also left more than 6000 homes, destroyed roads and bridges and other critical infrastructure have been damaged by floods and glance lights hampering rescue efforts. the military has helped evacuate residents from worst affected areas. south african president 0 posen visited durbin

on wednesday. d w, southern africa correspondent adrienne creech is in durban, where the worst of the flooding occurred. and we asked him to tell us more about the situation there. well, it is quite shocking. i'm at one of the times where we had a land slides right behind me, but you can see there was the house here, right behind me that was just swept away, where 4 people insights grandmother with 3 grandchildren, one of the grandchildren, the wife of all the yeah, that's part of the way to be honest. one was just 3 years old and as you drive through job and you find many of these much light sites where these things were happening, where people were killed, where people died and in the rubble and how we still don't know the total expense of the catastrophe. that we're seeing here because they're working, build going on, people are still missing, so they're still locked to do in the next day to really see how many people pass away doing that and have prepared was durban for such

a massive rainstorm. live group got enough and there's already a lot of talked and criticism against the government because the drainage systems obviously haven't been really invested in for a long time. the infrastructure has been dilapidated, some bridges just collapse. so there's been some criticism, especially because this is not the 1st time it's such a flooding, it's happening yet. this is rather regular with the appearance that happens during this time of the year, the last really heavy flat where in 2019 about 60 people died. it happened in 2017 as well. so it happened in the past and it will likely happen again. just last week. a group of scientists published a report about changing, wet weather, patents, and disasters in the southern african region. we have had major events in south africa this year, for example, in madagascar with them being tropical storm cycle and the intensity and in my, one of these events has been increasing. and scientists are saying that just as a clear relation to global wanting

a woman within the address and how is the government helping those affected well, the president to really rama was currently here, is visiting the place where i'm standing at the moment talking to the residents accessing that need, trying to help at the moment, the government says the major challenges for find all the week them, but also to those who lost their houses. thousands of people are homeless, they lost everything. we talked to some of them here with ending in the closes that they had on the very day. it's happened and now they're saying and living at the school here to the government, trying to system with feeding with housing. but it's going to be a long process that we've talked to some residents who complaint already saying look, when this happened the last time, they also promised lots of things and nothing happened. a lot of people are still waiting for you houses after the last. the last that happened 3 years ago. and what's the forecast in the area looking like where the moment lucky

me it stopped raining. hopefully tomorrow the sun will shine. so that will help a little bit. but it will rain again over the easter weekend, and this is what people here kind of scared of the get about at the moment. it is not clear yet if the intensity of the rainfall will be absent from the before. but people here on high energy and the, the park is observing obviously how the weather forecasts will change in the next hour. dw correspondent adria increased air reporting from durban in south africa. well, here's a round up of some other world news headlines. palestinian official say. israeli forces have shot and killed a man during a military operation in the west bank. israel has stepped up rage and arrests across the west bank in recent days. it follows a spade of killings in israel by palestinians. in the past weeks, at least 16 people were killed and others injured in a truck accident in the west. poplar province of indonesia, the truck had been descending from

a remote mountain village. it was carrying miners from an illegal gold mine and their families. several tornadoes have swept across the central united states, a chain of tongue. thunderstorms brought hail and strong winds to parts of iowa and texas. dozens of people were injured and several structures damaged in one tornado . strike, shanghai streets remain mostly empty as police worn, they'll punish anyone violating the city strict corona virus lockdown. more than 25000000 residents have been ordered to stay at home and cars have been banned from roads. with few exceptions, shanghai is now battling china's biggest coven 19 at break since the start of the pandemic. what time for a bit of sports bar and munich have been surprisingly knocked out of the champions league by spanish side viet. and i spoke with chris harrington from dw sports about

barnes exit in the quarter finals in spain. you know, they lost that match. why? one goal in they actually ended a 22 game unbeaten run on the road in the champions league. and that there was some disrespect as well, you know, usually in august might say that by were lucky they weren't killed all via re, all basically were fuel. you know, by that type of disrespect, think look good though. in munich, levin dorski put the side ahead and it looked like they were going to walk away with the victory, byron munich, as they do dominate possession dominated attempts, one goal. but in the 8th minute, all of the phase out serena were silenced with sam, chuck woozy, came through with the leveling goal, and that pretty much gave you all the advantage in the aggregate score. but in the press matcher, presser, basically post match presser. now guzman kind of pointed the finger at a veteran ever said he was the reason, or a good reason that they lost this important match was nicholas. ma'am indigo, got some, is missing the 2nd goal, a little bit in the end. so someone, thomas,

we had a great chance with thomas mila, and if we did school that we would have one miss wesley. overall, the pressure was group today. i think it was very good, defensively. we allowed and it's a matter of course that's normal when you need to school, you have to take a bit more risk than the opponents of them. nevertheless, i think we dominated for long stretches. it just doesn't matter because we eliminate it isn't. yeah, basically he was calling out thomas mueller, he missed a point blank range header. you know, in that was a deciding, you know, i guess attempt and merely himself was confused and baffled by the laws and said that he felt that they deserve to go forward. but all in all, as now guzman wrapped it up there, eliminated. so, you know, looking to go back to the drawing board a great result for a small team. i figure out now chris, where does this leave barn, you know, novels minds, the start of his air has been a very rocky road 1st. they were kicked out of the german cup in a historic fashion by glad bah. and it only leaves now the bun as they get to focus on. it looks like they will wrap up their record tin straight, but it's a good title in

a row. but now guzman is the most expensive coach in transfer history. you know, he cost about $20000000.00 a to come over to bar munich. it doesn't look good so far. they have a lot of contract issues. levin dos, you will, they secure him long term right now. the club says they are calling me and emergency meeting to try to secure his services. you know, he's scoring goals by the droves. you know, that's one concern. the long term situations, investments as well. so a lot to be done it by music in terms of a lot of their season veterans as briefly as he can cress, who are the remaining favorite still in it will be, are we are you cannot, you know, disrespect. what would i emory has done that may be the cinderella story continues real madrid knocked out the cup holders. chelsea so they are also, you know, considered a favorite, but then we have a few teams in action tonight. we are, we all you want to focus on them. they play the winner have been feca and liverpool in a. you love the cinderella stories, the world needs

a bit of hope right now in this. definitely a satisfies that request t w's. chris harrington talking to me a bit earlier when you're watching the w news. here's a reminder of our main story. us president joe biden has called russian president vladimir putin swore in ukraine, genocide fide and said the kremlin was trying to wipe the idea of you frame your nation foot couldn't vibe to continue the military operations until russia has achieved all of the times. so you're watching new news coming up next in detail. use asia, trouble in paradise as the solomon islands in the south pacific look to strike a security deal with china. concerns that china is using tick tock to spread, fake news to taiwanese teenagers, and more with melissa china after the break. and remember, you can always get the latest news on our website, d, w dot com,

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