ah more life starts may 28th on d, w. ah ah, ah, business dw news live from berlin. the battle at the as off star plant in murray or book continues, hundreds of civilians are believed to be trapped inside. but their hopes on our pins on a rush of promise for a cease fire, which now seems unlike also coming up. well come in key. if once again, the german chancellor and the german president have received an official invitation from ukraine after weeks of diplomatic tension. plus

a massive sandstorm in golf's, the iraqi capital city backed out, hospitals are overwhelmed by patients struggling to breathe. after being exposed flights are suspended at the airport and authorities. von people to stay in thought ah, i am gabrielle has thanks for joining us today. ukraine's army says russia is trying to destroy the last remaining soldiers inside the us. off star steel plant in mario paul. moscow denies reports that its forces have stormed the plant. a 3 day sees fire announced by moscow's due to begin on thursday to allow the evacuations of more civilians. but ukrainian president suggests that the destruction of the steel plant has made it harder for any one to leave. he said, russian bombardments had left concrete debris,

trappings civilians and underground bunkers, and that they would have to be dug out. the battle for as elf style has been relentless. this footage, released by russian backed forces shows how determined moscow is to take these still works in mary paul 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 these soldiers are refusing to give up and appear to be fighting to the death you do it, was you probably very heavy, bloody battles for him was. i'm proud of my soldiers, for megan and schuman efforts to contain the enemy's onslaught in liquor. i think the whole world for the tremendous support of the mario pole 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 bedroom caught in the middle civilians. but the fortunate ones have been freed from from that underground prison. thou bertha, for the mirror, magneer, do escape and be beneath the peaceful sky. is wonderful. you look at it, the blue and the bright sun. in many though, we're still hiding in the bunkers and cora doors that form part of the steel plant is, would you fire much productivity of would have we hope to continue rescuing people from as of style for mary paul? there were still civilians left there. women, children, to save them, we need to continue the cease fire, 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. in lay. moscow says it will allow a 3 day cease fire starting thursday to help the remaining civilians get out.

but with heavily armed troops on the ground, it's unclear, it's a fighting will stop and weather more civilians will get out alive. i spoke earlier with sub yano, but a who's working for the un in southeast and ukraine, and he told me what he knows about the civilian still trapped in the steel plot. that situation of people that i think of people, it's urgent. someone that it's living to the hell of a war for a couple of months, we cannot have other awards, the dad desperate. and what i mentioned today the morning and to what other deals with extremely tell my ties. i think that's the most feature that i would mention about 2 people that i met doing these questions and people that my colleagues met when we're doing the equations. when you meet them that afraid, the traumatized, they don't know how to react of when when they come to to safety. and you talk to

me to people out of most of the way before for the 1st time in a couple of funds. you can imagine how is it to, how is the choice to live and they've been off for 2 months. don't see the sunlight for 2 months and what you would expect to see when you come out, not even your house, any more. how many civilians still believes to be trapped in this field? plant there. it's very difficult to to understand this point, how many people would be tracking the plant. now it's a giant planted globe style is still punching giant and there are many bunkers underneath it. we know about 3 bucks 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 78 people, they met,

people do that out of ended buses that they didn't even know that they were in the plant as well. they are 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 evacuations. one was roughly 20 people, almost just 7 people. what makes it so difficult to evacuate more people in one go it. we are creating. i walked on 1st i want to clarify on the figures because it's not that low. the 1st, the 1st of equation process we managed to bring to safety hearing support, isa, $127.00 people. i'm. i'm give you the details of how it was because you go once you're being a small group, go again, you know the small group, but the process doesn't friday and it's last for 5 days. and we, we,

we came back with the 1st 7 people. also, yesterday we built more than 300 people as well. so you total roughly we have almost $500.00 people that managed to lead multiple and surrounded artist interest . stop. you asked me, why is it so difficult? right, operating a was done is a war here and have shelly, you have 5, you have a still, it is all the time. so operating these 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 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 if you know that we're trying to, to, to, to wait to bring to safety, also not going to be target in any kind of military operation. tensions between keith and her berlin appeared to be easing a weeks after germany's president was told. he was not welcome in ukraine.

ukrainian lead of loading his zalinski tweeter details of a conversation with font. by the shine maya in a turnaround, zalinski extended an invitation to him. and to germany's chancellor to visit stine, mass dealings with russia during his tenure as foreign minister have angered keith . he has seen since admitted he made mistakes, that of dealing with moscow in the past. and now while germany's chancellor didn't comment on his austin mass future travel plans to ukraine would have shows did announce that he is sending a cabinet member that one is presented to ok. the german president and the ukranian president spoke very carefully to each other who to suffer. that's a good thing when i spoke in detail to the german president about it beforehand and afterwards. that by all who advocate for san alton, the result of the conversation is that the foreign minister will soon be in ukraine . dimness turned up crating. but for more are now joined by

political correspondence almost barrett here in berlin. thomas, another twist in this unpleasant on going diplomatic spats. why to the sent the foreign minister on the lena bear book now for that statement by mister shows probably came as a surprise to those who were expecting mister stein. my s o, the german president who is the german head of state, or chancellor shots was the head of government to be visiting kiev soon. but chancellor shorts clearly stressed that after talking to mr. stein, miles, they had both agreed that the person traveling to ukraine will be foreign minister in babylon. now this does not mean that shows or sign my i will not be traveling to ukraine soon. what it basically means is that they agreed at the 1st person to travel to ukraine. as a result of this conversation that have been taking place today will be germany's foreign minister. and then i babble further plans. we still don't know. so we don't know when an in a bad book will be traveling. and if so,

when shine maya or shoulder could be doing something similar. what we know for now is that the announcement from the german chancellor is that an alina babble will be traveling to ukraine very soon. now tell us more about what is behind this diplomatic, rob, between the german and ukrainian leadership? how did it come to the us? well, essentially mister stein, maya germany's president wanted to travel to ukraine, alongside other european leaders. but he himself stressed that that visit had not been welcome. ukrainian source is close to the government had stressed that that had not been the case that they hadn't on invited stay in my uh, but all this created tensions between the german government and the ukranian government and had been also a burden for mister shaw. the german chancellor traveling to ukraine, shots had himself stressed that, that decision not to invite mister time. it had been in the way of he himself traveling to ukraine. so the conversation today between both president,

so the president of germany, the president of ukraine, certainly seemed to ease those tensions to for that difficult situation and will probably help when it comes to further visits, specifically from ukrainian or from germany, lead us to, to ukraine. and in particular, as we've just stressed now, 1st and foremost from germany's foreign minister and an anabolic, thank you very much. the w's political correspondent, thomas spur. thank you. as have looked at some of the other stories making headlines around the world to day. new clashes have erupted and jerusalem's alex are mosque as jewish worship is returned to the compound. their visits were paused during the muslim holidays. israeli forces clear palestinian protesters from the flash on site. alexa and the hilltop on which it is built are central to the conflict between the 2 sides. 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 desktop and includes people unable to get medical care because of overwhelmed health systems. the united states alone as reported nearly 1000000 corona virus deck people at the chinese capital bay. jane has begun returning to work after 5 day public holiday with the government on high alert of the latest grown of ours upgrade. dozens of subway stations have been closed as a preventive measure and schools and indoor dining we main suspended residents are required to undergo 3 tests per week. voters in the united kingdom are going to the polls and local elections vote is being watched as a test of conservative prime minister boris johnson's popularity in the wake of the lockdown parties. scandal in northern ireland. naturalists should feign, is seeking to become the biggest party for the 1st time in the provinces history.

at least 700 people have been admitted to iraqi hospitals with breathing problems. after a sandstorm bore down on much of the country, baghdad saw canceled flights and deserted streets, and authorities urged every one to stay inside until the heirs once again safe to breathe. what should be a busy street in baghdad with shops and cafes is deserted and covered with dust. while the latest sunstorm has choked the iraqi capital and thick cloud of fine particles, turning day into night. to prevent inhalation of sand face masks have become essential. not just because of covert as a result of the dust. bagdad hospitals are inundated with people struggling for air and asking why sandstorms are happening with greater frequency. is it of a high as the visits? yes, this dust is making the situation worse. because we cannot inhale clean air with the sun storm. i as that of the getting the could have been better solutions for

the climate to be less extreme. green bells could have been planted as in air. other experts think climate change is part of the reason for the latest series of storms. but desertification due to outmoded farming practices, has also made sun storms more likely in a region that is already prone to them. record low rainfall has worse and conditions to iraqis are coping as best they can cleaning the sun from their streets. while knowing the next sunstorm could already be approaching your watching dw news. here's the, remind off the top story we're following for you ukrainian false as inside variables, positive steel plants say russian soldiers have launched fresh attacks. russia denies the reports, it has announced the 3 day c spot to love more civilian evacuations. but you frank

lames, that has already broken that promise, but that's it from me on the new, seem a for now. ok, next is the documentary abortion in europe. scold concealed for, give it on. there will be an update at the top of the albert mo. well news, i'm got office in berlin for me on the team here. thanks. nikko is in germany to learn german hello clinical. why not learn with him online on your mobile and free t w e learning course, eco's vague.