ah ah ah, see that we news live from berlin after 2 months under stage evacuation efforts as the as a stall steel plant pickup pain, dozens of civilians are rescued from the factory and handed over to united nations and red cross representative rescue efforts will continue on saturday, also coming up, a powerful explosion and at van are killed at least 18 injures does more know tell. under renovation cuba president, visit the theme, calling the incident

a tragic accident and authorities. plain gas explosion. ah nickel, really good to have you with us. around 50 civilians have been evacuated from. 6 the besieged as off stalls, steel planned in mario full and are now in the care of un and red cross representatives, the international effort to bring the remaining civilians to safety. is that take a resume on saturday. ukrainian, president lensky says he's also working on a diplomatic solution to bring the soldiers who've been defending the facility for 2 months now to safety. the as of style plant is the last ukranian holdout and the port city. they've made it out. more people have been evacuated from the odds of style steel plant in muddy opal. though they are currently in russian control

data duty. moscow says they can't choose to leave ukraine in authority, say the ceasefire is constantly being violated by russia. diaz, all regiment, even alleged that evacuation efforts are being targeted. they said this soldier was injured, vent god, on its way to help civilians was hit with other i think previously, ukraine's precedent were louder me. zalinski bond offer breakdown and talks a frosh, how continues violations the crew only if the russians kilby blew can be changed, released or treated more than the whole. it doesn't matter if they are civilians or military, or if they kill them. there is no point in talking to russia on a diplomatic level. the schools are both of you know that what you're shown as mission russia. releasing this footage off,

the evacuations claims it is willing to let the humana dead in corridor still open our correspondence. but he is bowling a, is in the southern ukrainian city of mich alive. and he gave us his take on whether russia might be getting ready to declare a complete victory in mario, paul. well, it's hard to say whether they will be able to gain full control over the still works within the 2 days that remain before may 9th. but it's also possible that there was just declare victory, even if they haven't. if they haven't gained full control yet, it's not really a problem for them. they have been saying a lot of things that were not exactly matching the situation on the ground or that were completely opposite to the opposition to the situation on the ground. and we would expect them to declare victory because it seems that this victory, this, this control of them are you, paul, is very important to them. it would be

a major game for them. and it would be amazing achievement. and to have been very few achievements that they had so far. so speculation is that they will hold victory parade and marie will pull whether this is true or not. we do not know, but we know that putin has sent one of his most important 8 there to clear out to, to, to take control of the situation. that was our ukraine correspondence meant he has fooling talking to us earlier. let's now take a look at some other developments in the conflict. the united nations security council has adopted a resolution expressing concern over ukraine and backing efforts to find a solution. in the council. first statement that has been met with russian support since the war began ahead of the meeting demonstrators including ukrainian living in the u. s. protest against the violence. amnesty international says

it has documented extensive war crimes by russian forces in ukraine, including the torture and killing of civilians. the organization has been collecting evidence of atrocities and areas around keith amnesty cheve. agnes calla mar, who's been visiting ukraine, said it was vital that all those responsible face justin with a top kremlin officials as russia plans to stay in southern ukraine quote. forever . andre turn jack, who's a senior lawmaker from the governing united russia party, was speaking on a visit to the southern ukrainian city of hare sun city, has seen protests by local residents against russia's occupation after much criticism for dragging its feet on providing military support for ukraine the german government changed course and late april, an addition to allowing the export of armored anti aircraft vehicles. berlin has

now pledged to deliver 7 self propelled howitzers to the war torn country. ukraine says the additional support will be critical and defending the don bass region. the howitzer in action, according to the gym bundeswehr, it's one of the most modern artillery systems in the world. armed with $150.00 millimeter shells that have a range of up to 40 kilometers to how it so requires a crew of $3.00 to $5.00 soldiers. germany now wants to give 7 such how it says to the ukranian armed forces. as part of a german dutch deal, germany's defense minister announced to move during a visit to slovakia. this vehicle mines em together. we will now support you cray, even further by ensuring that it will be able to fight with how it's or 2 thousands in the future. and so can, can, can, we can get us up next of, uh huh. therefore, out starting next week, there will be training in germany on this happens upon on this how it sir,

went and afterwards a total of $125.00 duck systems, day 7 german systems arch will support ukraine and his courageous fight in comp when tested the specific how it says, have just been repaired and therefore not currently being used by the german army. the bonus fair normally estimates about 40 days for training. in this case, however, it could all go much faster. cuban authority say at least 18 people are dead, and dozens are injured. after an explosion ripped through a hotel in the capitol, havana, the blast was so powerful. it destroyed several walls from the prestigious saratoga hotel. cuban president miguel diaz canal visited the sy, calling the explosion. a tragic accident after authorities blended on a gas truck, the iconic saratoga hotel moments after the blast. i filled out, the saratoga has just exploded in front of me. look at this. mid oriental official

say the gas cylinder on this truck caused the deadly explosion which gutted the lower floors of the hotel and damaged nearby cars and other buildings. where you could see people shouting, dust rising up and disaster. it was like a horror film. really property, letterman cuban president miguel diaz cornell visited the scene of the disaster which happened near cuba. historic national capital building michigan were visiting the locations circle. everything seems to indicate that it was an accident with a gas tank that caused an explosion. and therefore, structural damage and to collapse, stood on. there was a group of people who are receiving help cuz their rescue team, so the firefighters and all the specialized forces acted very quickly. but unfortunately, people have died or we saw personified as rescue workers searched through the rubble and anxious crowd gathered outside the nearby hospital looking for their

loved ones. the hotel had been closed for over 2 years due to the pandemic. but officials say workers were inside preparing for a planned reopening. i can take a quick look at some other stories making headlines around the world today. full, the northern ireland suggests the nationalist sinn fein is that to become the largest party positioning leader michelle niel to head the next government. it would be the 1st time since the partition of ireland that the government would be led by a party that advocates re unification. of course, in bella, bruce has sentence a 24 year old russian citizen to fix years in jail for charges including inciting hatred. sophia, as a pagan, as the girlfriend of blogger, roman for ta savage, who frequently posted information critical of the villa ruffian government online. a couple was on a flight together. last year, when it was forcibly diverted to bella, bruce,

and the 2 were arrested there. the son of late philippines dictator ferdinand marco's is tip to win. next, monday's presidential election, ferdinand marco's junior, also known as long bong, has sought to re brand the marco's name. that, for many is synonymous to a brutal dictatorship and corruption. bong bongs running made is sarah to tear tay, daughter of the populace in combat. rodrigo da tirty. t w. janell de leon travelled to marco's stronghold a local nortech to speak to his supporters. the specter of ferdinand mark a senior still looms large over philippine politics. ahead of the election, visitors are flocking to this museum in a locust nor deaf for a dose of history, if not a particularly nuanced one. inside a chronicles the marcus, his time and power a lot on the rise, but curiously little on the fall and nothing on the documented human rights abuses

and wholesale plunder in between. located in the marcus his home province. it's called the milan young of the north, named after the presidential palace in manila, some 480 kilometers away from here. it is a symbol of the path he has taken from here to the highest office in the land. and it will become clear in a matter of days whether his son will managed, which he the same here, at least at bumble marcos is guaranteed in easy ride. many voters remember the marcus, his thought is cut across, but his patrons not help was did marco steel look at our roads? how nice they are gonna buy? oh, even if i were bribed, i would never change my vote. the marco says, are good people are those who study the region say, support for the marcus's is driven by a sense of gratitude among the electorate. they will tell you that their lands are

for a marquess their cows are adding modest game from mark worse if you are a university named after market, siobhan ostrich only after mark ross and other and other institutions. and if you 3 step again to you know, carnal fulcher, we called a young, you have to go, or you have to look bar or b or whatever, whatever benefit that you that you had from, from your benefit story. that means campaigning for any other presidential candidate here apart from bone bone, martha isn't especially difficult undertaking no more than the army, some of the hot and we have experienced harassment, bullying. and we are told, there is no place for us in the locos nor jane gartner, this enormous, not they, not about what it is. scary throws volunteers on. i mean, you'll marcus, but we keep on fighting at all, but the only, but i'll pull this up on republican people who love it. up and knock off and get

the posse out one them because when i meet silent supporters, i am happy about it and i know we are not alone. i'm going to put them in the usa while rob read or is unlikely to win in this mark of strong home. what's clear is that different versions of the past and vision for the future are competing in the selection. 4th, an enormous north and across the philippines, baseball crew members from the international space station have returned safely to earth. their capsules flashed down off the coast of florida. almost an day after it left the orbiting lab, germany, when he has mala was among the returning astronauts who were part of a 6 month nasa science mission off to $175.00 days in orbit. it was a watery return to earth. among those floating in the gulf of mexico, the 12th german to make it into space almost 24 hours earlier. mathias malika bid

farewell to the i. s s. it's been like 6 outstanding months up here in the space station. thanks to the my crew my it's, it's been so beautiful, thanks to all the people on the ground that supported us. it serve the end of a 6 months mission. but i think the space stream lives on mars spent his time in space, like all the astronauts aboard, carrying out scientific experiments and maintaining the decades old station. he also became only the 4th german to leave the i assess and conduct a space, walk the very last of his ether. now that way it back on earth. mara and his nasa kali's capsule was dragged aboard a space ex recovery ship outside for those inside, it was the end of an almost day long journey. yet the astronauts made their exits with smiles and waves, if not on their feet off to so long without gravity,

it was stretches for every one and that, that you're all up to date. but we will have more headlines for you at the top of the out. i'm the call for me and the entire team in the newsroom. thank you so much for your company. ah ah, ah mm hm.