[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin put in claims victory and the besieged city of mario pope, and calls on the remaining ukrainian fighters to surrender the russian president councils. his military plans to storm the cities as of south steel plant, and instead orders forced to block it, ceiling ukrainian troops and civilians in south. also coming up ukraine. it seems it's dead from mass graves gathering evidence of possible war crimes. as relatives

watch on, including this mother whose son never came home. and in france, the 2 presidential candidates face off in the only debate before sundays run off election president illinois, mccall and his far right challenger melinda pen, clash over police to russian money. and his record in governing france. ah, i'm gabelle, as well come to the program. russian president vladimir putin has claimed victory in mario, paul, quoting the successful liberation of the port city and south eastern ukraine. however, he ordered his military to hold off taking the cities as of style steel plant saying it would be impractical to store. instead,

he called on his forces to block off the industrial area. ukrainian troops are holding out in the plant the last place in mario po, not under russian control. the site is also a refuge for up to 2000 civilians, according to ukrainian officials. best crossover the 2 keys, noah dw correspondence. rebecca riches is standing by rebecca. what more can you tell us? personally, live in explain a noise. i apologize. i definitely were coming to an am. sleep is here on the night on square playing a song about he is. it's extraordinary loud. i do hope you can hear me. now. he's just as you were saying, has now hardly come on, i'm sorry, he has them on slavery, bowman, russia, mary, territorially, nothing has really changed about announcement and they still and they had to some

days held the main all the areas of mary home bob that he'll work a factory to be bombarded instead to be blockaded. not technically why he's chosen to do that morning, whether that's they want to still factory to remain intact so that they do kind victor over. finally, they will be able to make use of it, or if it is indeed the fact that they need to save a bit of face, they have not been able to get her to, to, to get in there and to really get those ukrainian. so does out those remaining around about 2000 soldiers and it's believed to be around about a 1000 civilians who are sheltering in there. so definitely a technical change, an announcement, but that has not been a and we have not heard word from the ukrainians to back that up. rebecca, just in, let's have a look at the eastern part of the country. the humanitarian corridors there to

evacuate. a people from beast and pause. what's the latest there? well, as the as so called battle for don bass is its being called is the air has entered its 3rd day. now we've seen a. the optic involve monmouth in the east and the south in the southeast on bass, hardy, keith, and also today's nikolai averages in a, in the south. a not, not far from the other key port city of a desa are those bombardments definitely causing humanitarian catastrophes. the mayor of la heart sang some areas of with already without power, without utilities and things. they will not be able to be restored until after the war. so just imagine the civilians there, i was down reporting in that area last week or so. and there were already thousands of people fleeing those areas. not everyone has though some have remained behind. we've heard that in la hans food factory or a warehouse rather of the stores has been completely bombed by the russians. and

that people are surviving only on humanitarian aid. so huge monitoring catastrophe down there and more expected in the coming days. rebecca, very briefly. but what's the situation in kia fraud, mel or care? is a city trying to get on with things as best it can under the difficult circumstances . are people here taking air? you know, taking joy in the fact that it's been relatively calm in this city for the last week or so on the weekend. they were a couple of bombardments of munition factories nearby. but all in all the sirens haven't been ringing as often and people have been coming out on the streets. we've seen some restaurants open, some non a central shops to and behind behind us behind the camera. and perhaps you can see behind me, there are people now out in about on the streets, but the mayor vitality click go, you know, reminding people to take the air raid siren seriously. they are preparing for renewed attacks on the city and that people shouldn't be lulled into a false sense of security or return. in fact,

to cave liquor. it is their reporting from keith. thank you very much, rebecca. it's the 3rd day of russia's renewed offensive in the eastern dumbass region. i asked former british intelligence officer frank lead, which was different about this latest battle. what we're seeing now is 2nd world war style. entrenchment, battles, and circum or camps by russian forces when circle ukrainian forces, particularly in this a barrow, don't that region. now that's in that far in the south se there's a salient there, which is a bowls, international car territory. what the russians are trying to do is cut off your credit forces in that it's a grinding battle. i don't think the russians are ready for it. that feeding people in piece meal yesterday, ukrainian intelligence, which i found quite interesting said that they killed between 25 and 30 libby and

syrian most and they said something about money situation of the russians. they are clearly on a deadline, on a timeline. otherwise, they would not have conducted this attack at this time. they had made some games as your porter. what's interesting me, however, in the north, around caught carcass what represents the know, the, the russians are desperately trying to retake ground your trainings took last week . so this is a grinding struggle is going on as we speak. many people are being killed. and the russian secret breakthrough they have not made a break through. the area with talking about is actually composed quite lost if many towns move in those areas. you paid for, so we'll be able to leverage our advantages. but we haven't got to that point yet. that's fighting on the edges are spent on it's russian is going to take in a couple of small towns this. all this stuff will go on for several weeks. that was from a british intelligence officer, frank led, which speaking to us earlier. now

a couple of the other developments in this war, british prime minister boris johnson, has arrived in india on a 2 day trip focusing on defense and trade. the united kingdom has been trying to persuade india to reduce its reliance on russia, following the invasion of ukraine, india as a major recipient recipient of russian fossil fuels and weapons. and the war and ukraine overshadowed the g. 20 meeting of finance ministers in indonesia. those countries finance minister said some members were concerned about the humanitarian crisis and the economic and financial impact of the war. delegates from the u. s. canada and europe walked out in protest when russian officials addressed the meeting. ukrainian investigators are carrying out the painstaking and grim work of exhuming bodies from makeshift graves. it's part of an effort to gather evidence of alleged war crimes committed by russian troops. while

forensic teams do their work. relatives of those kill, killed weight nearby to claim their loved ones are corresponded to mathias bellingham joined other journalists on a visit to the town of bordered younger that's near keith and spoke to one mother whose son never came home to the police. it has become a grim routine. dozens of mass graves have been opened here in the past few weeks. but for an additional boy cord, this is the day she has been waiting for. her son was being ex you today. you showed that more he was on his way back. he called to say he'd be home soon, but he never came. question to him, boy cole was shot on the street in the early days of the war. his body was given a makeshift burial on the grounds of a hospital when the morgue had to close because it had no power. please say that here in the northern suburbs of keys,

they have recovered more than 1000 bodies. blue with a town or a young girl was heavily shelled and then occupied by russian forces by if is too far from normal supermarkets and shops looted and destroyed. people here depend on aid deliveries to survive at the hospital. police have examined 9 bodies to day. it was civilians were shocked in the streets are run over by tanks. some have yet to be identified. nazare pick out there about at the unfortunately we'll be doing this work for many more years already, but we'll work as quickly and as thoroughly as possible. so we have sold evidence to hold the aggressor accountable in the international courts will, if it's not only those who did it from you know, but also those who ordered you get, the more than that, give more,

you cannot the recovered bodies are being sent to the morgue for forensic examination will then be returned to their relatives. that it is the phil. hm. yeah, i know that his soul is gone. i know this is just a body, but it's the body that i used to hug and love the way it is good. it's my child, i cry every day because of the blood. medicinal boy cause one small comfort that soon she will be able to bury her son property and how to some other stories, making news around the world is railey white. plains struck the gaza strip overnight after hamas extreme is fired for rockets and southern israel. it's the biggest escalation between hamas and islamic group that governs the palestinian

territory at israel forces since the last year's 11 day war authorities in shanghai say the city will remain on the tight cove at 19. looked down, as, despite some districts reporting no new infections, millions of people are barred from leaving their homes in an attempt to contain the outbreak. the strict measures are part of china's 0 covet policy. to france now where the 2 candidates and next sunday's presidential election squared often they're only televised debate the duel wednesday was one of the last chance chances for encumbered m. o. my call and his far i challenge a marine le pen to sway voters. and there was some fiery exchanges on the streets of paris. it was billed as france against france and the big argument a life tv deal between french president emanuel micron and the woman who wants his

job saw right challenge f mathy le pen. ruth, while i go to school, so go home debug. you civil told it a little crazy go said and under the glare of the studio lights, the gloves were off with current president, emmanuel, the kron attack to maxine le pen because of her past dealings with russia, as in you as good for deep on did you depend on russian power, you depend on mister putin, a few months after saying that madame le pen, that you took out a loan from a russian bank in 2015 for the 1st check russian bank, that self tick cushion bank. when you don't talk to other leaders, you talk to your banker. when talking to russia, this is the problem them volleyball players on, can la pen insisted she was independence of moscow and returned to a clean of her campaign. the rising cost of fuel and essentials motion left course in if jose objected a car wash or higher,

read on all the sanctions that were taken against the oligarchs against the bang us lesson. the only sanction that i disagree with is the one blocking russian gas is an oil import zuka. why? because i think that's not the right method. this is not what will actually hurt russia and lit, and above all, it will hurt the french people a lot. which eco shot was, i fair. i know him on multiple griffith. it all, she took the candidates, clashed over microns, economic track record over the last 5 years. and climate change. either your answers, not again, but on immigration and the treatment of muslims and france. the candidates policies a far apart as ship. all i want is about the head job in public spaces. i'll say it on the clearest possible way. the fail is a uniform imposed by islamists. alma was a policy said miss rosalie, you will create a civil war in the housing projects. madame la fern, i'm being honest, what you're saying is very serious. it was good. we did sick all here,

then that is all except that because what you said is very serious. i have to think it on an opinion poll from a french broadcaster found over half of the viewers surveyed thought micron was more convincing in the debate. but french voters will have the last word in sundays run off election. that's it from me or the news team. terry martin will have an update for you at the top of the hour. i've got office thanks a lot. so you know, with some good and transformed into an orgy of hate and violence in the history of the ku klux klan, the oldest terrorist organization in the united states founded over 150 years ago. it's repeatedly died out, but always been resurrected. the ku klux klan starts may 11th on