[000:00:00;00] news this is d, w. use life from the ukraine reclaims territory from russian forces on the eastern front line troops re take religious de hockey and find a trail of destruction. it calling for more anti tank weapons to keep up momentum. despite the small victories the u. s ones, russia is ready for a long war. also coming up to re lincoln's push for the president to go,

protested defy orders to stay at home blocking street to call for new leadership. several people have died in clashes between pro and anti government groups. i mean a worsening economic crisis plus bat. useful. bruce, the adult fans, ali, hold on to the club to join matches. the city for the english team. agreed to pay $75000000.00 euro beliefs. ah, i've been physical and welcome ukrainian president blood of mister lansky says his country's forces are making gains against russian troops. they re taking several villages around the eastern city of ha, if despite this will be crazy bonds of a long fight ahead. united states intelligence says roger is ready for a protracted bull. ukrainian troops say they need more anti tank weapons to

continue clawing back. victory. ukrainian force is taken back control of villages on the outskirts of hot gift. as units pressed forward with their counter offensive, the encounter trail the wreckage from russia's invasion. ukrainian soldiers say russian forces fired on civilian convoys as they were trying to flee the fighting in frontline aires like here destruction to by ukrainian fighters. this russian tank when a many blown up with the state of the art equipment, both of them, the puma, the weapons, are helping us a lot, especially the anti tank ones, official, lumpy, should i wish we could get more of them vision to finish. we use the weapons for specific targets before wickersham, and here you see the results. congressman, if we had more weapons citizens, but we would get more results without blowing it will they should be sh! on the diplomatic front. precedent ballade, amir lensky,

met with the foreign ministers from germany in the netherlands in the capital, keith and lena bear bock as the 1st member of the german government to visit ukraine since the war began. then the all appear, sir, we will continue to support a european and free ukraine. money in humanitarian, financial, technological, political, and energy terms. and not only today, but also and above all, tomorrow, in the long term. lang 50 the minister club. but when asked about keith's ambition to join the you, the german foreign minister set there should be no false promises about shortcuts on the road to full membership. i spoke to our chief political editor michelle at cook, now here in berlin and our correspondent in the live amin, as if and started by asking him how bad bunks woods were received in ukraine. well, the unicorn go ukrainian foreign minister dimitra qu, labor described it as a turning point for germany. he said that one bombs hit key of there was also

a big explosion in germany in terms of foreign policy with reversing their longstanding stance on weapons deliveries to conflict zones, which is what happened in ukraine. now, germany is among those countries delivering the most and most powerful weapons to ukraine. so the, the political class is certainly grateful and in the know, and they understand that germany has been evolving on this issue and changing its mind, especially since they've seen that the reaction from russia is not quite what they expected. in other words, a germany had long been worried about escalating the conflict by sending heavy weapons which does not seem to have happened. russian forces have moved mostly to the east, but i would also add that most people on the street are not following the day to day visits by a top political brass from around europe almost every day. a new politician or foreign minister visits ukraine. so i think most ukrainians just want, ah,

the humanitarian weapon supplies, and they're not really keen on understanding who they're getting it from. okay, what about is that something is coming in that relation, sir? ah, on the opposite. michelle ha, ukraine cold this visit in historical turning point of relations with gemini jeep. do you agree why it certainly appears to have diffused what was actually diplomatic tension after the german president who wanted to travel a few weeks ago was essentially disinvited. german towns that would have shoals hasn't visited yet. he said he would wait until the president had visited. now that looks like it's off the card i asked him yesterday or whether this is now ended, it is back and forth. and he said that this visit essentially and what's taking place so far as a good basis for future relations. but most importantly, what you can craniums got from the foreign minister directly is the place that yes

ukraine belongs to the european union and that it will achieve full e u membership. but cautioning that there will be no short cuts. so that could still be a very, very long road. indeed, a minor my call, the french president said it could take decades, but it is a full fledged with the full weight of the use largest economy behind it for years, not decades. but michelle, what about this promise from barbara for more support? what sort of support is she talking about or beyond that political support, which essentially the german chancellor will have to fill fill. who's it said? it was an interesting idea what a monument car had proposed that there could be a political community, something in between a country on road to foreman membership and actual full membership that could also open prospects for post breaks it. you k, more concretely. as she said, there would be support in maintaining or getting evidence for war crimes that are

there have been committed in the region and also the german embassy has been reopened. again, germany wasn't particularly fast in doing that, but that is a clear signal and actually clear facts on the ground that germany is fully supporting ukraine, however long this may take a cable politics aside amin, how much of a difference is all that international support was in coming in from around the world. how much of a difference is that making as we've heard ukrainian troops say they've taken areas around harkey even are pushing russian troops back now. that is the 2nd largest city in ukraine, a very important area and not part of the russian occupied dunbar. so it's a very much a prized possession of ukraine. they want to keep that city and it's important for winning the war in the long term. and as u. s. officials have said artillery. so this is weapons that you can fire from the ground, like tanks and howitzers,

which are coming from germany. they're going to be very important. but as we've also heard, this war could drag on for a lot longer than many expected at the very beginning, certainly longer than russia expected. and in that sense, humanitarian aid is going to be very important. a lot of people in the country are surviving just off of that. germany is one of the top suppliers of humanitarian aid, but a lot is coming from you countries, the u. s. and the u. k as well. and that is something that those imports need to continue in order for people to continue their lives here. i mean, as far as in the v of michelle, christina, in berlin for us, thank you very much. the both of you and ami and his ills have been reporting for a border crossing near the city of if there are a long line of causes built up on the polish side, drivers of waiting as long as 3 days to cross. some are refugees returning home now that the war has moved east. but the reason for the huge traffic jam has to do with a lot passed by the ukranian government,

which many want to take advantage of. but they still have the chance car after car for nearly 3 kilometers, like the scenes on the border just after the russian invasion began with thousands waiting to get out of ukraine. but this line is waiting to get in by foot. the crossing takes about 15 minutes. those hoping to cross in a vehicle. don't have it so easy. yet this might been a 2 and a half days now. burger. yeah. yeah. we want to drive the car into odessa before on nadisa that soon for my friend mine a compet, they call this because you don't have to be tara kind of sold beside. there's no tariffs now as a gift kind. so in early april, the ukrainian government slashed taxes on importing private cars by a lot. taxes that used to nearly double the price of the vehicle disappeared

overnight. the spokes person of the v customs service tells me that in the 1st month after the past $12000.00 vehicles were imported in the levine, o blast alone, 6 times the number imported in the same period last year that she says was the plan a store and they did all those to list the law was created to stimulate ukrainian businesses which need to be able to operate in war time. so they can support the economy and pay taxes, the killer service, a buzz machine, and all of this money. it also helps people who lost their cars, or if someone has an old car, they can buy a new one without being taxed for that. even while the taxes have been dropped, imported cars still need to be registered at this customs office in ukraine. the weight continues another half a day. if you're lucky for those here it's worth the trouble. most santa number 3, we need

a car in case the situation escalates. so i can take my wife and my kids abroad, recorded or not for a couple job, but give, let you know. and i don't recall. i waited for 2 days on the border. well, a day and a half. it was, it was difficult physically as a woman to drive for such a long time. oh, if there was a traffic jam was very hard. i won't do it a 2nd time. over $200.00 newly registered cars will drive off this lot to day. some of them with 1st time owners who never thought a car would be in necessity, let alone a matter of survival. the war in ukraine has been going on for 2 and a half months. the question, how much longer? according to intelligence sources in the united states, this could be just the beginning. us national intelligence direct apple haynesville . these rushes, preparing for a protracted conflict, is preparing for more incentives that president putin still intends to achieve. goes beyond ukraine's eastern don't bass region,

adding he could turn to more drastic means as it continues. you alternately in world war 3 for more on that grim outlook from the u. s. head of intelligence and join now by frank lave, which is a former intelligence officer in the british military and lectures in strategy and lower at the university of portsmouth. what's meant by more drastic to thick watch overall haines spoke about yesterday was amongst other matters perhaps extension of the war and not only in terms of the land, but in terms of the demands in which it is being fought. what we may be saying is an extension to the cyber to buy or possibly even space. but one thing which the americans are also beginning to talk about to slightly disturbing, of course, for everybody is the possibility that nuclear low yield euclid weapons could be considered. that's a huge question. we shouldn't be polite about that, but there's more than one way of escalation like that. but what we've got here now

that is an attrition war, and that suits you credit for more than russia it's. it's a big problem for russia long war, i think. why does that suits the ukrainians? well, 1st start, russia has always come to the end of its manpower pool. we've been seen for a long time that they've been scraping the barrel in to try and find tre manpower. so what we're going to be looking to now that com scripts at your heart, this particular truck is about halfway through its training. they were called up in february and i will go on. so what we're going to see is a deep professionalization where it could be even less professional of the russian are forces as the war goes on, that they've got to the end of the road. that was what's happening with ukraine. it's off, it's becoming more professional, better on better structure to more experience. so in a longer term, the or goes look more favorable, few crate. in that respect, i would suggest what about persons objectives at this point if they changed?

i mean, do we have any indication as to what may constitute victory for him? yes, a victory speech the other day which, which was common or garden really? it was, it was, it was something that dam square, wasn't it? but what we did here, that was the dog boss mentioned 5 times in crimea, once you crate, by the way the word you can call it wasn't mentioned once, but anyhow, so we're seeing a focusing down the objective to don't best bless you and your piece before suggested that that isn't the limit to the objectives, and i would suggest that it remains a historical object, which is that southern part of ukraine. russians used to call it not to see. in fact, there was a republican never received a letter about 3 weeks in, in 2014 is very, russian has to be very conscious of this, but the 18th century. and i would suggest that that sort of band coastal character of ukraine is also on, but it would be the main objective. they're not going to get that up without a fight. let's put it that way. retired left and a general told me last night that the u. s. is talking about winning this war and

they're talking about taking back those eastern parts as well as crimea. what do you think about that? there's no doubt ukraine has the edge now. yesterday, the ukrainian army took territories very near the russian border. hockey, which was hinted at again in an earlier peace significant. so that is 2 fold. first of all, so the, in other words, the prices are already counter attacking. first of all, they're not within artillery range of russian railway supply routes to the southern, to the don bus area. it's a big truck, big problem for russian logistics. is it, them got enough already. secondly, they're not having to redirect forces out of the bus out of an already stored operation. but to return to your point where you question the ukrainians are certainly shaping for a major counter attack. and it's like you can take place. i would assess not only me in probably tools, july, and the russians are going to have at some point that current offensive is going to,

it's going to run out. going to culminate is military people say, going to run out of steam. at that point, the rock, the ukrainians will be ready to counter attack and then they'll be ready to retake ground, especially down in the south. and that's what we're really going to see some, some heavy fighting towards the end of the year. so yes, a long war, you know, to, from frank lake, which was an intelligence officer in the british military and lectures at the university of portsmouth. thank you very much. thank you. but i look at some of the other stories making headlines today. use broadcaster al jazeera says, is ready. troops have shot dead, one of its journalists, serene clay in the occupied west bank. the veteran journalist had been covering the radiant janine refugee camp is ready. authorities have confirmed that a fire fight broke out during the raid and that there will be an investigation into place death. more bodies have been found in the rubble of a collapsed hotel in cuba capitol. 42 people died when an explosion destroyed the

saratoga in havana. a spokesman for the hotels operator says that many of the victims were stuff leasing omnia had detained over 60 people during protests in the capitol. hundreds marched through yet even holding full prime minister, nico passion, young to step down. i mean, he is leader, his face the criticism for signing a piece deal with neighboring as a by john in 2020. after more than 6 weeks of was the by john claim several territories from a media wolds richest manny, lord must says he would live with his band on for you as president donald trump was buying 20 for 40 $4000000000.00 band trump following the january 6 right at the u. s. capital, out of concern he could incite further violence. entry longer authorities of extended a curfew and have given orders to crack down on writers plumbing. unrest that are

prompted this week. several people have died in classes in recent days. weeks of peaceful protests turned violent after pro government groups attacked protesters, calling for the resignation of president by roger pox. they blame him for a debt crisis that has left re lanka. thank is economy in turn, one is brother, the prime minister resigned on monday and has gone into hiding i don't now by marlin audi, cynthia, he's a journalist at the him of south asian newspaper ad is in colombo, thanks for coming on. the w give us the latest on the protests. thank you for holding on. now. the latest from too long that the post island, violet light curfew has been extended, which has invariably our contribution relenting off violence that the business on monday, which saw a 88 really goes on over a 100 policy. however,

in the past 20 hours, that's due. because of isolated incidents of violence, gumble and office number, and the item was not wanting the same a curfew and even warnings the police will use lives. ammunition hasn't helped people want president roger ponce to go, how has he responded yet? you're right, so yesterday the minister of defense stated that trifles us as has been deployed an order to assured all the people who funded property properties, or course personal and de morning diesel tapes of army because building a development and as journalist in david bought that heavy music and checkpoints in columbus and we are yet to hear from both of it. but he tweeted early on asking for hon and to this is echo violence. however, there will also be

a meeting happening over soon later today. and they're expecting to have more of move, more clarity following from the fact that the economy is in shambles. and true, thank is going to staggering death load. what is the way out of this crisis then? yeah, i mean that's the question that every sri lankan has been awesome for the last few months. actually. i mean the, i am if without a statement today saying that he would continue a discussion with the new government when that is form. but they also stated that while they're coming to us, it's sheila, they're also quite closely monitoring the developments. yeah. and i mean in my opinion, i think we need to be moved to process an hour and a period of stability to improve confidence. and for that to happen, i think the new vomiting that trust them for both of the people and

a good starting point would be that i think they should have the president who has been the darling bye of the business from around the country journalist. but on august in colombo, thank you. thank you. in the philippines, the presumptive winter of presidential elections for an ad macos junior has cemented his lead with several rivals. conceding defeat, preliminary results show. he has won a landslide victory. one of his 1st acts after hearing the outcome was to visit the grave, whose father, the dictator for nat marcus, philippine voters have cern. they're willing to ignore his family's history of authoritarianism and corruption in manila as a museum that glorifies ferdinand marcus's dictate tauriel regime, thousands of shoes belonging to the former president's wife imelda,

lovingly displayed a lifestyle showing the ostentation and corruption of a family that stole billions and wealth from the philippines. ah, on the streets, there are protests against the marcus returned to politics. but many filipinos feel others aren't listening. earl, haven't no one wants to remember that time. what happened on the dictatorship, where betraying the victims of those times with them on all, and like father like son, after a fear selection campaign, ferdinand marcus, junior, the son of the former dictator, succeeded. he now brings the marcus family clan back into power on in the wanda. i hope you won't get tired of supporting entrusting us because we have so many plans for the future. saw thing, you know, her. back then after 20 years in power, marco senior was overthrown. by ordinary filipinos,

they were angry at decades of corruption and human rights abuses. despite this, his son is now being celebrated, bon bon marcus, run an online election campaign. he portrayed his father's brutal regime as the glory days of the philippines. young marcus supporters believe these tales, they spend hours on social media and they think the crimes of the full marcus regime are all lies. ethical and if the accusations against marcos a true, why are they just coming out now? when we have just won the election and the celebrating lane, all that your mom, that young, oh, outgoing president, rodrigo to tear tay, couldn't be happier with the result. it protects him from prosecution for his so called war on drugs, which has taken thousands of lives. his daughter, sarah's gates,

be vice president. both families are protecting each other from future trials because of the propaganda being repeated over and over again. they thought that, oh, the philippines. less that they're off before. anti malcolm protest says on manila streets, claim election, fraud leg blatant lies, and election violations took place across the whole country. it appears for now, a majority of filipinos don't fear a return to rule by the marcus family english football team. manchester city has agreed to sign dot one striker ali on on, on july 1st. the norwegian was one of the most wanted players in the world. what on contract made, he could leave the german club this summer for 75000000 euro transfer fee. he said to own a wage of nearly half a 1000000 euros a week, the whole end. is it gone? scoring machine. i strike out who combine speed, strength,

and skill with phenomenal results. and even if you didn't hear from them, he'd move dimensions to see and it's riches long 1000 eligible. is it true that you're ready to bring early holland? here we do understand the months just to sit here and pull position to sign and no answer to your question. no answer to holland your opinion of him as a strike and no question. no answer about questions. holland had also attracted interest from the likes of rail madrid and barcelona, and little wonder, he's average nearly a goal per game for dormant, $88.00 appearances, $85.00 goals, plus $23.00 assists. those numbers meant his departure was a question of when ne speculation over his future eventually creating tensions between club and player. i believe all i want to do is to play football, but they pressed me to make

a decision about my future. so that means i have to make a decision soon and also i'm getting holland follow in the footsteps of his father house nga, who will stay played for manchester city for 3 years. whole and junior cost a fair bit more. there are 75000000 euros, somewhat argued that's a bargain for one of the best players in the world. and germany will host the 2024 european championship opening in munich, closing in berlin. the title match will be played at the olympic stadium here in the capital as it did in 2006, when germany held the world cup tournament will get underway at barracks. uh, leon sarina, in june 2024 group matches, will be played into regional clusters to reduce joanie times for teams and facts. a reminder now of the top story we're following for ukraine says it's forces have pushed russian troops back from several villages near the eastern city of huck. if

on president bloated mister lensky, ones of a long battle ahead. united states intelligence as russia is ready for a protracted bull of next he w's close up. we'll have more headlines at the top of the hour. you know, so get your news. 247 and our website, d, w dot com, add on twitter. you don't use it as well, and thanks for watching ah ah,

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