will you ah ah, this is dw, live from the land, another $800000000.00 worth of us weapons are on their way to ukraine. washington hopes the assistance will help the ukrainian army to defend against a new russian offensive in the east. the latest equipment includes heavy artillery . finland says it will decide soon on applying for nato membership, public support for joining ne to us. since russia invaded ukraine and devastating floods sweep away homes and infrastructure in south africa,

killing hundreds of people. presidents ramos of pledges help to the victims and says, the disaster is part of climate change. ah, i'm told me a lot. well, it's good to have you with us. us president joe biden has approved $800000000.00 in additional military assistance to ukraine. package includes heavy artillery as q have prepared to defend against a massive russian onslaught. a sold rather expected in east and ukraine. satellite images have shown large convoys of russian military vehicles converging in and near the don bass region. murray, u poll is in ruins. after weeks of russian bombardment, the u. s. says it is once again sending arms to ukraine to stop russia's destruction of the country. i, today,

the president announced and author us another presidential drawdown of security assistance, valued it up to an additional $800000000.00 tailored to meet urgent ukrainian needs for today's fight. as russian forces shift the focus of their ruthless aggression now to eastern ukraine, ukraine's president expressed his gratitude. we've agreed on $800000000.00 in military aid for weapons ammunition, artillery helicopters and more than i am sincerely thankful for the support that you get that all the need for more arms is urgent. as russian convoys converge on eastern ukraine. analysts say the weapons in the american package, such as long range howitzers are especially suited to ukraine's defense of the eastern, on vast region. so you what system like that?

i can fire you at 3040 kilometers away from where you are trying to break up the military long before he gets close to you and that's what ukrainians need at this moment. they need to destroy the russian. com boys before they even get to the cities or near to locations, they want to take. the pentagon said it was rushing to send the equipment, but did not provide a time table for the people in the eastern ukrainian city of c of yet rodonna ask something as simple as walking to get groceries is a calculated risk that could end in tragedy. war has brought life to a standstill though it's a disaster. god. every 10 or 15 minutes in bam. bam. bar, yes. oh, i live on the 7th floor of a 9 floor building. it just imagine boom from one side band from the other. and then you think the roof will cave in and kill you? well, it's a put asleep for some, the fighting is too much to bear. a bus takes them away from the bombs. but others

are staying behind, hoping to survive the russian advance. if weapons from the u. s, don't stop at 1st. the most important warship in russia's black sea fleet, the moskva has been badly damaged. after on on board explosion, the russian defense ministry said the incident was caused by a fire at the ship's ammunition deco the ministry did not specify the cause of the blaze, but said the entire crew of 500 have been evacuated earlier. ukrainian officials said the ship had been hit by 2 missiles, but did not give any evidence for the claim. finland's prime minister says a country will decide within weeks whether or not to applies or join nato. finland is traditionally none alive, but public opinion on natal membership has changed dramatically since the start of the russian invasion of ukraine. russia has warned both finland and sweden against

joining the alliance. their joint appearance demonstrates neighborliness. but mil sweden and finland hands of government both moved toward nato membership. that's the main question being addressed at today's meeting and stockholm we have to really think through what is best for sweden and our security and our peace in this new situation. and of course, what is happening and the discussion in finland is important for us to follow. therefore we need to have a very close contact. this is a completely new security situation for finland and sweden until now the countries have been neutral viewing themselves as negotiators between east and west. but the war in ukraine has changed all that, including their attitude to nato are there is no other way to have security guarantees done under nato's deterrence and common defense as guaranteed by natives . article 5, the moon has shifted in both countries. more and more people now support nato

membership. ve mison walk out and i've changed my mind over the last month. walton of finland cannot defend itself alone. very among this good of all. it would be safer for us weeds to join. we should do so as quickly as possible. finland plans to decide in the coming weeks. sweden, probably by summer, russia says any expansion of nato will have negative consequences. so that to a round up of some other world news headlines. pakistan, former prime minister in montana's, holds the fresh elections at a rally in the north western city of shore. con was removed by parliament last weekend and replaced by opposition lawmaker ship ass sharif. time has accused us of being behind his removal flashes of broken up between israeli soldiers and palestinian youth after 3 people were killed during rates in the occupied. west

bank is ready forces of stepped up operations across the west bank in recent days. this follows a spade of killings and israel by in recent weeks by palestinian police in new york have arrested a man suspected of shooting 10 people on a subway train on tuesday authority. se 62 year old frank james will face federal charges for a terrorist fence. new york police commissioner said he was detained after a tip off from the public. thousands of protest as of march against rising inflation in argentina. they're demanding high wages and jobs. the protest come, as the government announced the highest inflation rates in more than 2 decades. argentina's inflation rate of almost 7 percent is among the highest in the world. in nigeria, at least $26.00 people have drowned, including $21.00 women, and 5 children after a canoe kept capsized. local officials in the northwestern state of so called are investigating the cause of the accident. both accidents are not uncommon in nigeria

mostly due to overcrowding, and lack of mental, devastating floods triggered by heavy rains in south africa. durbin area have claimed over 300 lives present. siller rama also called it a catastrophe of enormous proportions and blamed climate change. for death, all is expected to rise. a search and rescue efforts continue. the water has gun, but the damage remains. 2 days of heavy rains and flats destroyed thousands of houses in and around the city of durban. major infrastructure like roads and bridges, simply washed away. so as you drive through durban, you come across many of those lance lights like this one here was you can see in the middle of it there was a house that was flashed away with the landslide. there was a family staying in the egg rents,

mother with her 3 grand children. one of the children managed to get out all the others passed away. the youngest child was just 3 years old. neighbor loom deal in the, in a still trying to get to terms with what happened. she was inside when the soil started moving and the family home collapsed, killing her 10 year old cousin as and it, i felt like my house was like, dozen pieces. she wasn't badly, girl. joyful, always happy laugh if do i around the corner authorities set up a shelter in a school. thousands became homeless overnight during a visit president sewell ram up was up promised help, knowing that the limited resources of the states won't reach everyone and knowing that this will not be the last disaster. they have been similar flats in the area

in the past. yes. this is obviously, is part of climate change. it is telling us that the climate change is serious. it is here. we no longer can go what we need to do. the measures we need to take to deal with management capability needs to be high on them, needed nina hopes for assistance from the government, but doubts, she will get. it's everything the family own. she says is gone. like many years she tries to stay optimistic, but more rain has been predicted for the easter weekend. so long as prime minister has offered to meet with protest as camped outside the president's office. they calling on the government to step down over its handling of

a foreign currency crisis, which has led to food shortages, spiraling prices and hours of pockets every day. the government is due to start negotiations on international monetary fund bailout next week. oh, angry she lengthens are out on the streets. an unprecedented economic crisis has pushed these people to gather outside the president's office in the capital city, colombo, shouting slogans, leading placards and demanding change. i. on the one, the roger boxer family whose members occupy key positions in the shrunken government, including that of the president and the prime minister to resign. we believe their family rules. then the court is him and blatant of corruption responsible for this economic collapse. the people of the island nation have been facing regular power

cuts, food and medicine shortages and soaring prices of essentially non queues outside patrol and diesel stations had become a common sight as the country it runs out of cash to buy fuel. the crisis has brought people together. it's a paper spread as this is not political motivated. i'm not of any party. and i don't think anyone here is this the 1st time all of sri lanka has united against politics. this crisis has affected everybody stomach. so everyone is out on the street, irrespective of cost creed, really janai economic backgrounds, a shilling, concede, they want accountability, transparency, and a responsible government to control the address on the street. a nationwide called you and a state of emergency was imposed briefly, but that barely the 3rd the protector that you lankin prime minister. my hinder lodge bucks are, is now appealing to the people for peace and support being that the government is

working round the clock to dissolve the economic crisis. but it is obvious that the government has lost the trust of the public. economists, roland some energy eva, agrees that they can amik situation has been severely mismanaged by those in power . we are in excessive debt and it's very clear that in order to to be able to pick this debt, we have to bring in dollars. we cannot pay any more debt. we need to seriously negotiate with our people, to whom be all money and we have to get the economy functioning of the i back at the site. the crowd only increases as the sunset is not here with people of all ages joining in a demonstrated look domain to stay here to keep up their protest till they see the

change, the lot even a heavy down poor as the evening progresses. doesn't stanton best? ah, now the world's oldest female gorilla in captivity is celebrated her 60th of 65th or other birthday at berlin. to celebrate treat cake. far too has lived at the zoo since 1959. she arrived when she was just 2 years old and now lives there with her son. 4 daughters and grandchild western lowland gorillas are an endangered species due to the destruction of their natural habitat. happy birthday and hope she's getting a decent pension. you watching deed of the news. here's a reminder of our main story. u. s. president joe biden has approved for $800000000.00 in additional military assistance to ukraine. the package includes heavy artillery, s q, prepared to defend against

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