starts me 3rd on d, w ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin. ukrainian fighters under siege are defying a russian ultimatum to lay down their offs. ukraine has proposed direct unconditional talks with russia to save the lives of soldiers and civilians. still trapped in the city of mario pope, also coming up foreign minister on the line, a bad book analysis. germany will hold all russian oil imports by the end of the french presidential candidates place off,

and they're only debate before sundays run off election manual my whole and far right challenge. i'm are in the pen clash over her legs to rush and money, and his record in running problems. ah, i'm all our soccer. a very warm welcome to the show. ukraine says it has proposed a special round of negotiations to save the lives of those still trapped in the besieged port of mary jo, pole, ukrainian negotiations say they are ready for direct talks with russia on evacuating the cities, remaining garrison and civilians. ukrainian troops in mario poll have been defying russian demands to surrender the city. recent efforts to open humanitarian corridors to allow civilians to leave have been largely unsuccessful.

chechen soldiers on patrol in matter you pull into distance as of style steel works. russian soldiers are here to they've hung red flags along a possible route for ukrainian forces who wish to surrender. their fight for control of their city may be almost over. send us another chico. this is our appeal to the world, but this could be our last appeal of our lives may be facing our last days, and if not hours, the enemy ag numbers of 10 to one. but in keep ukraine's president volunteer made it to lansky speaking alongside european council president charles michelle remains defiant duck. she clothes mighty hopefully. all our guys and mattie, you pull, want a victory, which they want the city to be liberated orders, book known is going to surrender to the enemy right as the, the so that's how they feel. that's who they are to. and that's what's inside their

souls. the key key when the eve said it was a fool in moscow, russian president vladimir putin said russia would work to quote, normalized life in ukraine's eastern industrial hard land nodding. it would change for the better. lasha can pers roshan one but back and my tuple life is far from normal. these residents are evacuating a city that has been traumatic for weeks with he is with martha with. we need a break after the shelling after this nightmare. we've been hiding in basements for 30 days. oh boy, so we want to go to my son's house. he's waiting for me. mom, when are you coming? he keeps asking me. i have a son, a daughter in law,

on the granddaughter my bought a ticket just before the war, and then on the 24th of february, it all began. and almost 2 months later, the war continues. these residents don't know when they will be able to return as the battle from are you pull rages on d, w, correspondence, mathias billing i. as in the ukrainian capital, keith, we asked them what he can tell us about the russian offensive in east new crane. it seems to be very different from what we have seen in the 1st phase of the war. or russia has amassed a lot of heavy artillery and a lot of a soldiers there. and they are planning to they seem to be planning to a different tactic to move in with much more force, with much more firepower and to advance maybe slower than they had planned in the 1st phase that has failed, where they wanted to, to, to, to,

to to advance as quickly as possible, and then they were taken out by the ukrainian forces because they hadn't, did not bring their back up and at etc, etc. so this looks like a much more, much more heavy attack, a much slower and heavier attack, and that's something of course, that might lead to a lot more casualties than, than we have seen before on the military side. but also on the civilian side, we have seen in mary you, paul, that the russians have shelled the city indiscriminately living quarters, hospitals and military positions of course as well. and the fear is that this blurb battle in don boss would be very bloody corresponded, mathias spelling of the reporting from keith. now, russia's defense ministry says it has successfully completed a test launch of its new intercontinental ballistic missile. the country said the launch was carried out close to the finish border. the summit is

a heavy missile with russian official says, capable of penetrating all missile defense systems. president vladimir putin said it would make some, make any one threatening russia, quote, think twice the put lulu and germany has vowed to hold all imports of russian oil by the end of the year. for minister analynn r. burbock made the announcement after meeting with her count pouts from estonia, latvia, and it's when you buy book also sent an unequivocal message of support, saying nato allies could rely on germany, 100 percent. mind them then to v. o to hear god all to day, the 4 of us are sending a clear message to moscow. if we will defend peace, i sovereignty id and freedom owns not to nato will collectively defend its territory and protect every corner of a mines. i'm sure. so how feasible is it for germany to stop russian oil imports in

8 months has political correspondent simon young for she was going to be very tough indeed, because around 35 percent of germany's oil imports come from russia. and we seen how sensitive the, the energy market saw with the prices the price of energy commodity shooting up just on the announcement that putin was going to invade ukraine and the price of stayed high. even though, of course, at the moment still the oil and the and the gas is still flowing if it goes on like that. or indeed, if the supplies reduce that could push prices even higher. that'll cause pain for german industry and for german old re, german citizens. they've been shopping around for other places to get oil from. they've done some deals. supply deals with the other supplies, for instance, the states in, in the gulf. but you know, none of that can be changed very quickly. so it's an ambitious target. having said

that, if they could do it, it really could be effective because this is the money that is financing puccini war. and of course, if you end that war quicker, well that in the end would be good for german business, which is one of the key concerns. when you're looking at this situation from berlin's perspective, from young reporting that now let's take a look at some headline headlines away from the war in ukraine is very police blocks and unauthorized right wing nationalist march in the muslim quarter of jerusalem authorities refused to give the rally permission to take place. so i think security concerns tensions have been. hi, after is really security forces clashed with palestinians at a holy science important for both muslims and jews. a court in london has issued an order to extradite wiki leagues founder julian sands. the u. s to face trial for releasing secret information. if the final appeals fail,

the you case interior minister pretty patel will decide his fate. sounds good faith . a life sentence if found guilty in the u. s. a. wildfire has force over 2000 people to flee their homes in the us state of arizona. strong winds, triple the size of the blaze. the fire consume forest areas and destroyed some buildings. the region has been suffering from a decades long drought that you can do in france's presidential election incumbent emanuel macro and foreign far i challenge ever in the pen have squared off in their only televised bait. wednesdays nights live event was one of their last chances to convince undecided voters ahead of sundays run off election. candidates clashed on issues ranging from russia to the e. u and headscarf macro as currently leading in pre election polls with

d w. lisa, we followed the debate. i asked her, who she thought came out on top and whether it would have any impact on sundays run off. well, it's very difficult to say you came out on top. it looked like there was no clear winner as opposed to 5 years ago. remember, there was already a run off between marine the pen and a minimal quiet time. and at the time during that to pay debate, marina pen, she basically crashed and that led to my call, gaining lots of points in the poles. this time around the picture was much less clear actually and both were discussing, both were staying calm. they got mixed up a bit with their figures at times on both sides, but you couldn't say one of them is the clear winner of this debate. mind you, these debates really play a very big role. they can change the polls a little bit, but in french history so far, these debates have never really turned or out things. and then, you know,

had someone when, who was beforehand not supposed to win the elections. what other key issues in this election? well in the debate, at least they were talking about a lot of different topics. the main priority for the french reuters here is spending power. and that was also the 1st topic on the agenda tonight. and marilla pan has been displayed, picturing herself as the candidate of increase spending power and my call was contradicting that image night and saying, you know, actually i'm also helping people to make and meet other topics on tonight's agenda were you know, immigration, security, education health, but also, lots of international topics that the 2 candidates were talking about tonight. and of course the war in ukraine looms large. what was said about that tonight. while they were talking about ukraine, for example,

at one point and my michael said, you know, we know that marina penn, i understand supports the referendum that happened in crimea, that got the next by russia a few years back. and the, that referred him that was held there is actually internationally not recognized by marine, the pen has recognized it, you know, to, to split up from, from ukraine. and as she also repeated that stand point a few weeks back, m m m a call also cues marilla, pain of being quite close a wanting to be quite pleased to russia and of having taken up a loan with the russian bank before the last presidential campaign. and he said, you know, this means that actually you depend on the russian government and you are not independent. marina, penn, nobody said no, i am independent. i also support your stance in this war in ukraine. i absolutely reject the russian invasion, although she also added that that she was against an embargo on russian oil and,

and gas because that would have a large impact on spending power in france. and that is something that she wanted to say that she cared about in the selection, dw correspondent lisa louis in paris. thank you very much. tennis now and wimbledon organizers have banned russian and belushi and tennis players from this year's tournament because of the war in ukraine. the band will prevent a number of top rank players from competing in june grand slam events. the kremlin has called it unacceptable, and both men's and women's tennis associations say the ban is discriminatory. the green, green grass of wimbledon, part of what makes it, arguably the most well known tennis tournaments in the world. but this year, no russians or better ruffians will grace the hallow tough organize is taking the decision because quote, it would be unacceptable for the russian regime to derive any benefits from the

involvement of rational bella roosting players with the championships. the ban means big name players like the needle medford of the russian world. number 2 and battery says arena isabella anchor, who reached the wimbledon semifinals last year. won't be allowed to take part. in february, the international olympic committee called on the sports bodies to pan russian and bell roost in athletes. but wimbledon is going against the grain in tennis. at regular tournaments, players from russia and batteries can take parties, neutrals, others in the sport, believing it's unfair to punish individuals for a regimes actions. when bowden though, closing its gates to russia and belarus, the possibility of someone from those countries lifting the famous trophy and the resulting propaganda boost back home too much for organizes to bear it watching the w news. his a reminder of our top story. ukraine says it's ready to hold

a special round of negotiations on the besieged port city of mario pole, and told 8 to ukrainian president lensky says cave is ready for direct tools to brush up to evacuate. the city's remaining soldiers and civilians. ukraine is reportedly awaiting a response from russia. that's it for now. doctor film is up next, stay tuned. started out with spooky intimidation and transformed into an orgy of hate and violence. the history of the ku klux klan, the oldest terrorist organization in the united states found it over 150 years ago . it's repeatedly died out, but always been resurrected. the ku klux klan starts may 11th on d.