a ah ah, this is the w news alive from berlin, top us officials are heading to keith to meet with you. crane's president. the visit by the secretaries of state and defense comes after at least 8 people are killed in an attack on the port city of odessa. also coming up, france chooses a president. polling stations have opened across the country in the runoff between incumbent emanuel michael was falling for a 2nd term. and his far right challenger, marine the pen. and they've done it again. fire and munich, or german champions. once more. they've landed their 10th buddhist league,

a title in a row, with a victory over there perennial challengers. doors will find out what this means for german football. awe. nick spicer, welcome to the program. ukraine's president vladimir lensky says he's preparing to welcome the highest level us delegation to keep since russia invaded 2 months ago. the sunday visit by secretary of state anthony blanket and defense secretary lloyd austin, comes on the heels of a deadly missile strike on the port city of odessa. so lensky says, an infant was among the 8 people killed. he says he'll ask the americans for new weapons to stop a new russian on slot in ukraine, south and east. and he w course. a bonded young fellow sholtes joined us from the western ukrainian city

of the vive. young phillips zelinski denounced the attack on a desert and his night. we tv address, what else did he say? yes, indeed, sir. president lensky put a very strong emphasis on the, on the attacks on or desa during his speech. i was in odessa myself some weeks ago and the cultural and economic significance of the support city far ukraine can't be overestimated and may have been fears regarding a major attacks on the city. for a while, president zalinski also mentioned the story of her 3 month old, so a baby that was apparently killed in the attack, a baby that her sister seemed to ignore during a short life. and this and the fact that the attacks took place during easter celebrations, the orthodox easter celebrations, and apparently had to residential area that lead to very emotional reactions here

in ukraine. and just to move to another part of the country, the port city of mario paul, which we've been watching for weeks now, is expected to fall at any moment. what more can you tell us about the overall situation, most military and civilian? well, they're still fighting in maria poll especially around the affair. steel plant where many ukrainian fighters and hundreds of civilians are trapped. as you know, president putin said that he wants to block any excess to, to the plant. in general, the humanitarian situation in the city is disastrous. tenths of thousands of civilians are still trapped there and attempts to to evacuate. people had failed recently, or ukrainian officials also claimed that russians have tried to

forcibly depart residence to russian territory in the past days. and just to get to the diplomacy now, an impending visit by top us officials, as we are just saying to lensky has said, this is going to be a big meeting. he's got a big ask for them. what can we expect to occur in this encounter? yes, indeed, sir. president lensky announced some hours ago that sir chopped us officials for will visit the country. of course, the topic off for military age and will be very high on the agenda presidency. lensky has a concrete, a list of weapons that he says. ukraine needs, as you know, president lensky says that's a leader. sudden come empty handed to ukraine, but in the case of the united states, he doesn't have to worry about this. the united states have already provided

several billions of us dollars for military. 8 and survey have increased their commitments, including heavy weapons and president zalinski will probably also ask her u. s. delegation to put more pressure on its western areas, especially germany, to provide mad weapons. ok, the w corresponded young philip shorts in the v. ukraine. thanks for that. orthodox christians around the world are marking easter but in ukraine it's happening under the shadow of war. he w correspondent rebecca readers visited one village, northeast of keith that was under russian control until a few weeks ago. the community there came together to build a makeshift chapel after russian soldiers destroyed their church. oh, not recall and reflection for jesus who sacrificed all to die on the cross. it's

the saddest day in the christian calendar for the worship is here in this village outside keys there. good friday service. see this night shift chapel has taken on an even deeper meaning this year. oh okay. russian soldiers marching on keys. then there 19th century church to the ground sludgy hospital as you old. the missile hit the shelter of the church on the eastern side of the building. 3rd of the damage spread inside, the windows exploded out, but it didn't. it was a direct hit. it was lantern when the church was burning, i thought my soul was burning. she the icon of the profit, elijah, the only thing to survive. when i was with alyssa, it survived under the ruined is really, you know, under the ashes completely hellish him. but it's a phenomenon, and i don't know how to explain it that way. if me a miracle in the middle of war, unless not all the water gravel are people in the village said, father,

we cannot be without you prima. we need the services, the item that i told them you, let's build a tent so we can celebrate easter from most noble apostles written on boston. we started to build this chapel, you know, shall we, can you imagine what the quickest song of the thought to severe ukraine is a deeply religious country in villages like this one, the church plays a central role in the community. these people tell me that while russians may have destroyed their church, they will never destroy their spirits. but the churches themselves, we grew up here eco, when the church was burning right before our eyes, we were very scared of one of the scariest thing of all was that we couldn't do any things. and then because we were under fire at da da da, in some way all my childhood was spent here. i grew up 3 houses down the road. so how should i feel like it's like something is gone from your life, usually living? they, val, they'll rebuild their beloved church in all its former glory. once they're certain,

the russians won't return one law if they do, the priest has a message straight from the bible or squares cause jesus said, love one another. as i have loved you was the book, but he also said something else in for she who fights by the sword, all shall die by the sword. why did all that now? as the service ends, they pray for christ. we born on easter sunday. the church rebuilt, and doubtless, for a homeland free once again. i mean, lydia, i suppose you like ukraine. russia is also a predominantly orthodox country press. vladimir putin attended an easter mass early on sunday in moscow's christ as savior. cathedral service was led by the head of the russian orthodox church patriot keybo, who said he hope the conflict in ukraine would end quickly to deal has strongly back the kremlin war and ukraine estatements as splintered the worldwide orthodox

church. owing stations have opened across france and the presidential runoff between and come and leader emanuel mccomb and as far right challenger marine the pen, they emerged as the top 2 candidates after the 1st round. 2 weeks ago, back home received nearly 28 percent of the votes, while le pen had just over 23. paul suggest the race is much tighter than 5 years ago when french voters faced the same choice. as crossover live now to central paris, where dw corresponded, sonya found the cart joins us for more. sonya mccoy is expected to win. any chance of a surprise though? you're right. i mean mcroy is leading in the polls, but i think a marine le pen victory, a kind of an upset victory is possible. and i think that her number of factors that make today is lot quite unpredictable. you know, i think for one la pens chances of improve vastly in the selection. she's run a very slick grassroots campaign. she stoned down

a potties radicalism. it's no longer taboo. it seems to walk to the far right. we are also the sense of frustration along many voters were fed up that was seen, you know, the same old faces macro and look pain in this run off. i think people, many, many voters of express frustration at that. and finally, i think, you know, much of france this weekend isn't, isn't spring summer isn't spring school holidays. and that could of course impact the turn out. so i think that a lot of unpredicted with factors. and can you tell us a bit about that? the effect that undecided voters and abstention might have, as well as this french tradition of spoiling your valid in the, in the vote blog with are those factors at play here will but mcroy le pen and you don't need to attract voters who have you know, who backed other candidates in the 1st round and a very crucial group here is voters on the far left who backed had left a candidate, john look, men are showing that was strong their, their support is,

is really key. the problem here is this is that many of these voters dislike macro because they think he's a president of the rich. they think he's arrogant, but they also put awful marine appends anti immigration agenda. her focus on identity issues. i think a lot of younger voters in the segment also disappointed that there is no left candidate in the run off because it means that they are the issues that matter to them. you know, things like environmental education have really not featured at all in this campaign. so i think that is the sense of a lack of choice theory. and i think the big unknown error is how many of these voters, you know, will refuse to back either of the 2 candidates either by casting a blank ballot or by not showing up at all. okay, to dubuque, correspondent or sonya family car. thanks so much tougher. sports now and in the bonus, lee, your byron munich, have once again been crowned german champions. it is the 10th season running that barn have been the top team in german football. and they sealed it with

a win over the last chain to deny them the title document 10 is on from dornan's last championship by and had the chance to confirm that 10th title in a row against their old rivals. all eyes were on elling, holland andrew of 11 dusky. but it was another player who got the scoring underway . says can every volley time to put by in ahead. in the 15 minutes a top quality finished to put bion within touching distance of the title. that the other end holland had a golden chance to level the scores, but he scuffed his short wide, the kind of mistake that bion usually punish. and they did just that after a defensive mix up, who else but live and dusky applying the finishing touch. the pole, once again coming back to haunt his former club to nail turbine domains. frustration was clear to see but shortly into the 2nd half day with front and

lifeline. yours. you kimmy brought down motto, who is in the books, m re, john stepped up and made it to once and the penalty spots dormant, had rediscovered some hope and again hole and went through and go with a chance to equalize. but once more than a week and failed to find the targets. and in the 83rd minute by and made the gang and the titles safe, jamal marciello found the bottom corner to make it 31. and that was enough to get by in the all important victory. julian na, guzman celebrated his 1st major trophy when, while 11th, dusky had a consoling word for holland. buying a now into double figures for consecutive bodies, leggett titles, a level of dominance unparalleled in modern football. elsewhere in the bonus, lee good too late goal. so union berlin,

get some revenge for their cup to feed to our be leipzig. earlier this week, bob seek took the lead just after halftime through use of paulson, when only one failed to clear the ball, but said michel equal, i st. union seconds after coming on as a substitute. and then kevin barons hit the winning girl with just a minute. here's a look at the table now, just a few matches left to go. this season. buyer endorsement will finish 1st and 2nd. beneath them there's a battle for the european spots. with 5 teams separated by just 6 points at the bottom, her to berlin and stuttgart face off in a crunch. relegation match on sunday. b. lafelle, they're running out of time to get themselves out of the drop zone while shift are already down. this is tito the news live from berlin reporter is up next from cable to berlin. i met in fashion telling

a story of the founder of afghanistan's 1st and only modeling patients. and there's plenty more for your website d, w dot com. you can also follow us on social media. i'm nick spicer. thanks for watching a closely with listen carefully. don't know how with to the goal. ah, feel the magic.