a d, w ah ah, busy w news live from berlin. the battle at the as of star plans in mario po, hundreds of civilians are believed to be still trapped inside, above their hopes and i'll pend on a new russian promise for a cease far. also coming off ukrainian resistant for silence in towns and cities that lost the fight to the invading army will take a rare look at life in the russian occupied territory. plus it's a mission,

not quite accomplished for astronaut, but he has marked to stay. i want, i would like to stay here little bit longer. there still a lot of stuff that i want to do as a full person crew headed back to us. we look at the german astronauts 6 month mission on the i assess ah, i'm get out office. thanks for joining us today. to chris army says russia is trying to destroy the last remaining soldiers inside the other stall steel plant. and mario pl. bosco denies reports that its forces have stormed the plot. a 3 day cease fire announced by moscow as due to begin on 1st day to allow the evacuation of more civilians. but the ukrainian president suggests that the destruction of the steel plant has made it harder for anyone to leave. he says,

russian bombardments had left concrete debris, traffic civilians and underground bunkers that they would have to be dug out. the battle for as elf style has been relentless, this 14 released by russian backed forces shows how determined moscow is to take the steel wax, a merrier pole. the plant is become a symbol of ukrainian resistance in the east of the country. russia wants to drive out the few ukrainian forces still here, but the soldiers are refusing to give up and appear to be fighting to the death. you do it when you grow up with their heavy bloody battles. when was, i am proud of my soldiers for making in human efforts to contain the enemy's onslaught in liquor. i think the whole world for the tremendous support of the mario paul garrison, our soldiers to serve it. the situation is extremely difficult and,

but we continue to carry out the order to keep the defense, but a motto barrel caught in the middle civilians. but the fortunate ones have been freed from from that underground prison. the liberals that for the mere to man. yep. of do escape and be beneath the peaceful sky is wonderful. you look at it, the blue and the bright sun in many though is still hiding in the bunkers and corridors that form part of the steel plant is, would you, i am much productivity of what we hope to continue rescuing people from as of start from mario pole. there are still civilians left there. women children received it to save them. we need to continue the seas file. great. ukrainian saw it is ready to provide it. it takes time just to lift people out of those basements out of those underground shelters. them lay moscow says it will allow

a 3 day ceasefire starting thursday to help the remaining civilians get out. but with heavily armed troops on the ground, it is unclear if the fighting will stop and whether more civilians will get out alive. a little earlier, i spoke with a piano braille, who's working for the un in southeastern ukraine. he's told me what he knows about the civilians still trapped in the steel plant. it's very difficult to, to understand that this point, how many people would be trapped in the block. now, it's a giant planted globe style is still plenty of giant. and there are many bunkers underneath the we know about 3 buckets underneath, and we have at least 3 separate groups of people that are in the bunkers. during the evacuation process before the question process that we that we reached the plant, we had to go different time several times about quite small groups of people each time. so for example, one day we got quite 21 people in the 2nd day when we came back,

people that came for the 2nd group, the 2nd small group like 70 people, they met people do that also ended boxes that they didn't even know that they were in the plot as well as the friends that relatives and they so which on both sides in 2 months being the same place been trying to talk to shelter and to protect themselves from the, from the shelling the constant. shelley multiple for 2 months. i didn't even know if a relative where that is where i live or not. you just mentioned to evacuation. one was roughly 20 people, almost just 7 people. what makes it so difficult to evacuate more people in one go . it's it. we are operating. i was on her 1st i want to clarify on the figures because it's not that low. the 1st, the both 1st of equation process we managed to bring to safety hearing support, isa, $127.00 people. i'm giving you the details of how it was because you go, once you get small group to go again, you know the small group, but the process,

the stuff on friday and it last for 5 days and we, we came back with the 1st 7 people also yesterday we built more than 300 people as well. so you total ralph and we have almost $500.00 people that managed to lead multiple and surrounded artist and stuff. you asked me, why is it so difficult? right, operating a was done is a war here. and i have shelly, you, we have 5, you have a state, it is all the time. so operating gives up vironment. it's not easy, it's dangerous. it's complicated. we know how to do so. but we have to have agreement from the box to the conflict to make sure that we can do our job. and these negotiations happen all the time at the most minimal level of detail to make sure that we are safe and that we're trying to, to, to, to wait to bring to safety out of also not going to be targeted in any kind of military position that was have yano, a braille,

he's from the us off his for the coordination of humanitarian affairs in new crime . south east and ukraine is on the control of russian forces. what is large parts of it? and still one of the most dangerous places for foreign reporters. but even from french stay tv travelled with russian units to see how local people are dealing with that russian occupation. what i felt were communities who are just a few weeks ago fighting the invaders. and now choosing their words very carefully . man, you pull in southeastern ukraine, those reduced the city to rebel. know, bring an aid. that will everything was good and functioning. now everything is destroyed. you don't talk nonsense. i don't really. she is only here to provoke on you here for the aid only. what you talking about, what is the last one of us? there is tension in the air, but somehow life carries on in the russian occupied areas of ukraine. people are

even getting married, like here and bird janski's, 80 kilometers from under. you pull these of the 1st weddings since the war began. now the flags are red, white and blue, instead of blue and yellow. it's on show for the world to see the russian anthem placed the wedding ceremony. and the bride and groom. beam with joy. ah, i've got a lot of mine, it's going well, we are very, very happy. what a, it's an important day for the city that we can and for us, and we are very proud of the country of which country the french journalist asks russia ah, the marriage is marked by celebratory gunfire. well,

just a few kilometers away. soldiers kill an occupied areas. russia has installed mayors who see what putin once we have a military and civilian lead administration, we see our future with russia. this is also being demonstrated in my little pull. the central square is draped in soviet colors ahead of the commemoration of the red armies victory over nazi germany on the 9th of may. just a few weeks ago residence, protested the occupation. no, officially, at least there's barely any descent. oh, yes, i came with the red flag to celebrate russia's victory. i am not afraid of anything because we have always lived well with russia. he half ra or if they have res, new flags. before it was ours. and there are always soldiers. here are you not house in ukraine rather than what do you think about that? asked the french t. v. crew. for as professional,

it's hard to say when neutral. let's put it that way. a new era has begun in the occupied areas of ukraine. in some places, the ruble is being introduced as day by day. russia looks to expand its influence over all areas of life. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. new clashes have erupted and jerusalem's axa moss as jewish worship is returned to the compound. the visits were paused during the muslim holidays. israeli forces cleared palestinian protest from the flesh on site. alexa and the hilltop on which it is built are central to the conflict between the 2. thousands have been hospitalized in iraq after a severe sandstone blanketed much of the country. people were advised to stay in doors and flights to and from back that airport was suspended for hours. it's the 5th sandstorm to hit iraq in recent world health organization estimate some

15000000 people have died. you to the corona virus pandemic in the past 2 years. that's more than double the official death toll and includes people unable to get medical care because of overwhelmed health. united states alone has reported nearly 1000000 corona viruses, voters in the united kingdom. i go to the polls and local elections. the vote is being watched as a test for conservative prime minister boards. johnson's popularity in the wake of the lockdown party scandal in northern ireland. nationalist sion fame is seeking to become the biggest party for the 1st time in the provinces. history for astronauts have left the international space station and on their way back to us, the caps you will safely on dogs. from the i assess the ending the crews 6 months science mission. if everything goes according to plan, they're due to touched on thursday night ration just off the coast of u. s. state of florida. of all that capsule is germany snot months. yes, ma,

what did obviously i place takes a look at his time and space. next step is your opinion. today's agency as when german astronaut mathias mom, her arrived in space 6 months ago. the 1st thing he wanted to do was looked down at his home planet. i was like, wow, wow, is like i, i had goose bumps all over my buddy and shivering. almost like, wow, i'm really in space at down. i'm the me. i see a beautiful blue blue blue planet. since then, down on that blue planet, a war has started. and fears have arisen that the tensions between russia and the e u and u. s. might affect the international space station as well. but 400 kilometers above earth, life goes on as normally as it can in 0 gravity. we

are all up here for the same purpose to explore and to keep this does face station maintained and to keep performing the science on the in our laboratories. and so that is all we focused on, so the dynamic hasn't changed and we have about a 40 year history of working with the russians. and that is all still very much in working in play here and has been a real pleasant flavor working with our colleagues a friday evening. we always eat together and we shed ye the highlights of the week in the evening. we float over to the russian sec man. they come over to us sia and the spirit in space stations really, really good. as new rockets head to the station, leaving the conflict on earth behind a new crew of cosmo, not joined the international team in march. right in time from ours birthday party . the fact the new comers were wearing the colors of the ukrainian flag was just

a coincidence. they said my hours time in space was mostly occupied, not with political conflicts, but with scientific experiments. and maintaining the station he even conducted a space, walk a dream for every astronaut. i want to stay, i wouldn't, i would like to stay a little bit longer. there's still a lot of stuff that i want to do. so i would mind to stay in mind, so 2 or 3 long gap headspace understandable as at least the i s s has long been considered an oasis of peace, blue, and that's it was use update as stay with us though d w news, asia is op next, with this head of the philippines presidential ballot, we look at the top candidates buying to leave the country for the next 6 years. a

dictator's son and a widow who's pledged to defend democracy that are lawful coming up with melissa chan. after a short break and a reminder, you can find local news analysis and video on our website and that's d, w dot ga office and i have an update for you at the top of the hour with hold. so i'm just kinda, i want that tight and in the end the some me, you are not locked up to you anymore. we will send you back. are you familiar with this? with the smudges were lions of the what's your story. ready

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