ah, ah ah, this is dw news, the wives from berlin, a russian seat on the outside stall plant in mario poll. hundreds of civilians are believed to be trapped inside. russia agrees to a cease fire to allow evacuations for ukraine says the shelling continues. also on the shelf ukrainian resistance, all silent in towns and cities that lost the fight to the invading army. we get a rare look at life in russian occupied territory,

plus german leadership. welcome and keith, once again, the chancellor and president have received unofficial invitation from ukraine after weeks of diplomatic tension. ah. hello, i'm claire richardson, thanks so much for joining us. rushes president is calling on ukraine's last remaining defenders in mario paul to surrender. the fighting is focused on the as of stall steel plant, where civilians and soldiers are sheltered, mostly underground. russia claimed it would pause it's offensive to allow civilians to evacuate. but ukraine says the facility was under attack from russian troops throughout the day. the batty for odds of style continues. this video released by the far right as of regiment shows heavy shelling on

ukraine's last stand in the besieged city of malleable. russia says it is ready for to cease fire to allow a humanity and caught a door out of the steve land, but ukrainian fighters gleam otherwise for the could day. the enemy has broken through the data to the off the odds of south plan to where heavy, bloody fighting continues. once again, the russians violated the promise offered truth and did not allow the evacuation of civilians who continued to hide from shelling in the astarte dance basement. yet the un haskin form that it has successfully evacuated hundreds more from audio boys . during a brief ceasefire on red, misty who we are accompanied by 11 buses, filled of civilians are women, children, an elderly who wants who are seeking safe heaven doors who have made it out a relief to finally be safe. but they are also wadded about the ones left

behind. and now i don't know who to ask to get them out of there to get them out of there. if they don't, they will all be killed over you. there may be hope of a fresh ceasefire holding a you and conroy on its way to mateo pool is hoping to use this to evacuate more people. earlier i spoke to savannah, a braille who is with the un office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs, and has been part of operations, helping get people to safety from mario, paul. i asked him what he'd heard from evacuees. thanks for having me. and i bought the buckwheat, i think what comes to my mind, the experience that i had with them and my colleagues hadn't been the last in the last base. you to tell them that they are facing the trauma they are experiencing after this is to monitor for ukraine in the last days. as you mentioned before, the monastery of our quick, more than almost 500 people now from article around the artist. and as i was health

plans and people about coming from that, that extremely traumatized. yesterday, you want the calm voice? i remember. well, one of the women that came with us on the bus is the moment dr. question we come from, i recall from out of control by the russian government, now you the russian busters and your 2nd point to have to do the change and come to the, to the grain of solid hydro rating. the buses, these we might do specifically, we must show how much she couldn't trust in when she couldn't speak. she couldn't talk, she couldn't walk from one bus to another one. and she couldn't trust even that you might try to, to support here. so you can imagine how difficult for someone experienced this heavy shelling every day over the heads and nothing. no, no, no, you're not going to survive days. so these are the situation to go here and ukraine are face, you know, if absolutely harrowing experience as we understand there have been many deals struck to get civilians out of mario, paul,

what is stopping evacuation been from happening to bring more people out? it's extremely difficult and dangerous environment for us to operate to our operating awards on so we can not forget that we cannot minimize the situation and to get to mario paul, to get to a job stop plan to, to any, out of that experience. and it's, it's necessarily the agreement from both us to the conflict. so to break these agreements to get to the agreement it's, it's highly level engagement with both governments to make sure that we can operate, that you can have an accept, you can pass and have the safe passage for, for students. these are specific questions that are happening in the last 2 days. we have been organized in the, in gauging with the pastor conflict for the last couple of months and trying to make sure that we quoted that into the break through loss. recently, when you went to tickets origin and i went to my school and then came to kane and visits as well. so these are the moments that boats abroad meant agreed that we

could start to move and we did in the last day. they will complete the question that we all know already know. now if you have confirmed that there is a new evacuation convoy on its way to mario full, i'm how optimistic are you that you'll be able to get everyone out who needs to be evacuated. we saw in the last days that we can make it if we have the past, the conflict willing to make it happen, it will happen and who are always different. i hope that we can make sure that we kind of equate all civilians that are trapped in data. we have to also remember that we have to have a way to put that wants to be acquainted. asked to be a decision of each person. if this beth and wants to leave or not, and these was as well. one of the challenge that we faced in the last 2 days ago, the style people have been leaving underground for 2 months without knowing exactly what is happening outside. we don't see the sunlight for 2 months and they were afraid actually they didn't know if they would be safe for them to leave. that would be safe for them to move on. then they didn't even know if they could trust

that they would be taking tried if they wants to be taking a break with the un office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs. thank you so much for taking the time to share that with us on dw. thank you. and our correspondent martinez. a bullying guy is reporting for us from the city of nikolai us. he offered an update from southern ukraine. so mccullough was one of the cities where the russians approach approached very closely. they have been in the suburbs of the city and fighting has been quite intense since the beginning of the war in this area. this is the city that lies in between has, on which is ration occupied and odessa, which was one of the targets of russia, which was one of the cities that russia wanted to. and they have said so they wanted to conquer. they were stopped here. so they were stopped here. fighting was

very intense here. if you pushed back a little bit from the city now. so shelling has become less here than it used to. because much of the to the that doesn't have a very long range is now far enough from the city. we've seen some of the positions to day or 2 sites have now moved on to a war of attrition. they, they are in trenches and they're facing each other, showing each other on the city so far as cut off from water. and that's one of the main problem here in the city because the water is coming from the russian occupied territories, the water supply. so what has to be brought in here? bye bye, bye bye. bye bye bye bye trucks or by any other means. there is no water coming out of the top here. difficult situation in life and so much as

a focus on mario paul in recent days and weeks. i think it's important to remember that the war is playing out across a french line. hundreds of kilometers long, either side making gains over all. would you say incremental gains? there are some movements along the along the front lines. we've been hearing that the ukrainians have also been able to push the russian troops further away from hockey. hockey, who's in the city where they have been with, they have come very close without being able to enter the city. and that has been having issues from these positions. this seems to have it. he's a little bit. but in the don't boss area, which is the main area fighting right now, things don't really seem to shift a lot on both sides are heavily are engaged in heavy battles. but nobody's able to break through the other lines. russia is trying to break

through the ukrainian lines and, but the ukrainian lines own crane is able to, has been able in the past few days to make some, some smaller games to push back the russians here and there. but it doesn't look like anything is being the site at the moment. a correspondent is going on in the life southern ukraine. thanks so much for a party. in south eastern ukraine is one of the most dangerous places for foreign reporters. but a team from french public tv travels with russian units to see how local people are dealing with the russian occupation. what they found were communities who just a few weeks ago were fighting invaders were now choosing their words very carefully . matter. you pull in southeastern ukraine, those to reduce the city to rubble. know, bring aid that 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. what are you talking about? what is the last one of us? there is tension in the ear, 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 bright and groom. beam with joy. ah, i've got a lot of my it's going well, we are very, very happy watching it's an important day for the city again

and for us. and we are very proud of the country of which country the french journalist asks russia 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 a future with russia. this is also being demonstrated in military pull. the central square is draped and soviet colors ahead of the commemoration of the red armies victory over nazi germany. on the 9th of me just a few weeks ago residents, 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 heaving her for,

for if they have res, new flags before it was ours. and there are always soldiers. here are you not house in your brain ever? what do you think about that? asked the french t. v. crew for has the vessel. it's hard to say when neutral. let's put it that way . a new era has begun and the occupied areas of ukraine. in some places, the ruble is being introduced us day by day. russia looks to expand its influence over all areas of life. and tensions between a cave and berlin appeared to be easy. weeks after germany's president was told, he was not welcome in ukraine, ukrainian at president valenti mirza lansky, twitter details of a conversation with frank utter. shimaya and i turned round zalinski extended an invitation to him and tear germany's chancellor to visit charmaya ties with russia . during his tenure as foreign minister have angered keith, he has since admitted he made mistakes,

dealing with moscow called and read it. and while germany's chancellor didn't comment on his or cheyenne myers future travel plans to ukraine, all af schoultz and did announce that he is sending in member of his cabinet. that one is president of the okay. the german president and the ukranian president spoke very carefully to each other who does offer that's a good thing. when i spoke in detail to the german president about it beforehand and afterwards, the by all who advocate for fun out and the result of the conversation. as that, the foreign minister will soon be in ukraine to minister and up crating them. earlier i spoke with political correspondent, thomas sparrow in berlin. he gave us this reaction to the chancellor's announcement . and it was actually a surprise to hear all of shots that german chancellor to de stress that the 1st cabinet member that will actually travel is angelina babel, the foreign minister, especially after much of the focus here in berlin, had been on

a possible visit either by president, dia, my us or the head of state or by chancellor shoulds, the head of government. but mister shaw, it's clearly stressed today that after speaking to mr. stein, maya in berlin, they had agreed. they had decided that it would be an elena babble traveling to ukraine. very soon, we still haven't got any concrete details as to when that trip could be. it is probably being discussed and it's also important to stress claire that, that doesn't mean that shots or stein my at will not travel. probably they are also discussing the possibility of traveling, but for now what we know is they will be on elena, bab, oak, the foreign minister who will be traveling to ukraine very soon. so what are we to make of a public and diplomatic spat between german and ukrainian leadership at a time like this? it was it in no one's interest. it was neither in germany's interest nor in ukraine's interest to have this high profile rao at this time, especially when they're so much at stake. and that's the reason probably why

pressure was growing specifically here in germany to try and resolve that route and which very probably also led to a phone conversation between the german president and the ukranian president. it's important to remember that the german president, mr. stein maya had intended to go to ukraine in april, alongside other european leaders. but he himself stressed that it didn't seem that he was very welcome in ukraine. that's probably related to his past as germany's a foreign minister and his relationship back then to russia. but that's white for him. it was also particularly important to have that conversation now with mr. zalinski to try and resolve all those differences. something that was clear from the statement that the german president's office published after the phone conversation took place. did these thomas barrow in berlin? thanks so much for clearing that up for us. that's bringing up to speed now. it's not. the other story is making headlines around the world. at least 3 people were killed and he suspected terror attack in the israeli city of l. at east of tel aviv

lease, say they suspect militants, and that the assailants are on the run. they attacked people in 2 different locations, as israel marked its independence day on thursday. new clash has have erupted at jerusalem's, alex and mosque as jewish worshippers return to the compound. their visits had been paused during the muslim holidays. israeli forces cleared palestinian protestors from the flash point site. oxer and the hilltop on which it is built are central to the conflict between the 2 sides loaders in the united kingdom or going to the polls in local elections. a vote is being viewed as a test of conservative prime minister board johnson's popularity in the wake of the lockdown parties, scandal in northern ireland. nationalist sion fain is seeking to become the biggest party for the 1st time in the provinces history. people in the chinese capital

beijing have begun returning to work after a 5 day public holiday with the government on high alert over the latest crone of virus outbreak, dozens of subway stations have been closed as a preventative measure, and schools and indoor dining remained suspended. residents are required to undergo 3 tests per week. well, the world health organization estimates some 15000000 people have died due to the crone of iris pandemic in the past 2 years. and that is a massive increase over the previous estimate. the calculation takes into account those who died because of crone of virus infection, as well as deaths due to knock on effects of the pandemic, such as overcrowded hospitals. among the countries with the highest death tolls are india, russia, the united states, and brazil. i'd like to bring an air vital dang, he is an epidemiologist and a member of the cove at 19 expert committee for the world health organization. thanks so much for taking the time to join us. or we mentioned the impact of huge

numbers of coven, 19 patients on health care systems. how significant of a factor was that in this pandemic? yeah, i think though a lot of the developing countries do not have really good health, robust health care systems, like the wealthier nations do, and they're easily swapped out. and they also, their health care systems don't track enough deaths that actually occurred. so the $15000000.00 i wanna be clear is the excess mortality about historical rates. and this, the teen 1000000 is a very conservative economist estimate that between 2 102121, there was actually 18000000 and actually now up to may 2022. there's actually 21. so there's $15000000.00 up till the end of last year. is actually still very conservative, but it's much is 3 full higher than the official confirm estimates because there is

just such a large impact on many other services and health care quality once hospitals overwhelm and how do you get to that estimate itself given a very different reporting of coven 19 cases and deaths in different countries. right, this is very inherently problematic. many countries simply do not have enough testing . us didn't even have enough testing in europe. also right now, many countries have stopped giving out free tests. the issue is that how you calculate it based on historical average debts and what is the total death in these countries during these 2 years? in $15000000.00 is the excess that compared to historical averages. and these pandemic ss, does combine both coded as well as indirect s, from say on a built in the able to treat patients all who have heart attacks or car accidents

or any other diseases. because hospitals and health care systems are completely overwhelmed. this number is very sobering and 4700000 of it was in india alone. that is just so staggering in terms of you be, think of how many people died in the 15000000. 13000000 actually were in a non wealthy countries. and some countries like india, you mentioned, aren't happy about this new estimate. why would government have an interest in keeping official mortality figures, lo? well, obviously for political optics, the 16000000 number was actually 1st quarter so weeks ago by new york times. and reportedly been, india was actually trying to politically block the report. india was the hold out and blocking the w report up until now. and because it's, it's a failure of leadership during the pandemic. and it's not just india and brazil,

russia, many other countries, even the u. k. had suffered really big failures, you know, and even in sweden, where, you know, the, supposedly, the swedish model was great. no swedish had more excess deaths in the last 2 years . then compared to over a r, since over a 100 years since 1918 pen demik. it is horrible numbers in government, just do not want to emit. and that's the case of politics getting in the way of public health. we'll leave it there for now. epidemiologist and i don't think thanks so much for coming on to the show and this as at least 700 people have been admitted to iraqi hospitals with breathing problems. after a sandstorm broke bore down on much of the country. baghdad saw canceled flights and deserted streets, and authorities urged every one to stay inside until the air is safe to breathe again. what should be

a busy street in baghdad with shops and cafes is deserted and covered with dust. with the latest sun storm has choked the iraqi capital in a thick cloud of fine particles, turning day into night to prevent inhalation of sand face must have become essential not just because of covert as a result of the dust bag does. hospitals are inundated with people struggling for air and asking why sandstorms are happening with greater frequency. little overheard as a result of this dust is making the situation worse, because we cannot inhale clean air with this sunstorm either through the day. the could have been better solutions for the climate to be less extreme. green bells could have been planted as in other experts think climate change is part of the reason for the laser 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 worsened conditions to iraqis are coping as best they can clean in the sun from their streets. while knowing the next sunstorm could already be approaching or turning out to the war in ukraine, which is also threatening the country's cultural heritage. and un says, dozens of cultural sight have been damaged since you bratia invaders. d. w correspondent, am i not chatted in the western city of the live where she met the people trying to protect its monuments and artifacts from destruction. the historic center of the leave is protected as one of the unesco world heritage sites. ukrainian authorities are working hard to ensure the centuries old monuments here are protected from

airstrikes, sandbags, wooden, and metal partners. there remind everyone here that they are countries at all. most of the cure of the so at least something has been done to look after a future. some one who has no history also has no future historian. ha, my, or my voicemail a lot, given a messiah doesn't choose where it lands. so of course i'm one humans can also be hetcher. so i think that li live is facing the theme, the intellus matter. you boil me be even worse because russia won't just stop and on bath, it will keep on going. and, and i shall, so don't go in my opinion, people in the viv are already used to seeing this. we don't feel the same here as people do in eastern ukraine. and pleasures shall we're already used to, as well as what you get used to everything law or so as archives. in their city, museum romance, melick has brought over 6000 objects and paintings to safety despite a constant threat of airstrikes. he wants to keep the cities cultural heritage

accessible to the public video walk which is nazare. ready her muscle at the request of our president and government to help support the economy and satisfy the cultural needs of displaced people or so we decided to partly open some exhibitions with phil a day kia, marshall look at it just or most of the exhibition rooms are closed because of the war, but the collections remain accessible. digitally preparing for the west. employees are working around the clock to digitize as many artifacts as possible. following the russian invasion, museum personnel from the west, effective wages. so chattering vive, now their work to highlight the importance of safeguarding ukrainian culture. rosie is very high. the museums contain proof color proof that the ukrainian nation exists here, paserel gera, not only do they keep tangible written sources,

but also items that can be seen and touched. they prove historical facts, prove the existence of the ukrainian people and the long time existence of its territory. you're evolving sawandi. let's see. $3040.00 many here say that the worst is sealed to come. but by safeguarding ukraine and history and identity, cultural institutions are playing a part in defeating rushes invasion. you're watching the w news live from our land in a moment. i'll be back to take you through the deck stated, ah ah, with

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dw, with natural spectacle, in an improved world. with the most boobies they have returned to the coast of the island of saint lou. ah, many success stories ration of biodiversity stores may 20th on d, w. it 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,

its members fight for races, state ruled by white supremacy. what we're talking about here is not only disorganized violence, it's not only terrorism. it's politics. founded over 150 years ago. it's repeatedly died out, but always been resurrected. the ku klux klan starts may 11th on d w. fears fighting around the mario full steel plant where ukraine says it's fighters and some 200 civilians have been sheltering for weeks. underground. russian forces are trying to finish off the last offenders of the strategic port city in what could be an attempt by president vladimir putin to present russians with a battlefield success ahead of its victory day celebrations. on monday, i'm claire richardson in berlin. we will have all of that and more on the day.