[000:00:00;00] news news . this is did every news life from rural and major gains? ukraine claims cubic trees on the eastern front line. troops were taking villages near harkey, find a trail of russian destruction. meanwhile, moscow takes the 1st steps toward annexation of her son, also coming up, shooting the messenger, palestinian american al jazeera journalist killed covering and israeli reed on the

janine refugee camp. shane and he was in the occupied west back the broadcasters. as the veteran reporter was targeted by israeli forces, israel's military chief maintains its unclear who killed her class as the abortion battle in the united states up we'll meet. why, woman, who has a personal stake in the issue we're head of a likely supreme court ruling. will back pro choice, right? ah hi everyone, i'm layla, iraq. it's good to be with you. we open our broadcast with ukrainian president of a lot, emory zalinski saying his country's forces are making gains against russian troops and have retaken several villages around the country. second biggest city hart keith in the east. meanwhile, on the south,

russian installed officials and harris on say they planned to ask moscow to annexed the territory. ukraine hopes more u. s. military funding will help it reclaim occupied regions. ukrainian forces taking back control and villages on the outskirts of hockey. as units crest forward, they encountered trail of wreckage from russia's invasion. ukrainian soldiers say russian forces fired on civilian convoys as they were trying to flee the fighting in frontline areas like here. destruction to by ukrainian fighters. this russian tank, one of many blown up by state of the art weapons delivered by nato countries. boozer lumber for miles, but the weapons are helping us a lot, especially the anti tank ones for them. i wish we could get more of them vision consideration. we use the weapons for specific target, little regional,

and here you see the results. concret meant if we had more weapon citizens, but we would get more results without blowing it will. they should be sh. it is the wish, the u. s. is only too happy to oblige etiquette. on tuesday, the house of representatives emphatically approved of $40000000000.00 aid package for ukraine paving the way for more weapon deliveries on this vote. the yeas are 3 . 68. the names are 57, the bill is past that house speaker, nancy pelosi affirmed us commitment to ukraine's war effort. it's about democracy versus a dictatorship. democracy must prevail. the ukrainian people are fighting the fight for their democracy and in doing so, for ours is well. russian forces have not given up their push into ukraine's don bus region. the progress is incremental as best as western

weapons continue to point to ukraine men and could soon begin to shift. i spoke to w correspondent, amenities in this and asked him about ukrainian gains in the east of the country. well, these 4 villages that have that the ukranian government as claimed to be now again under the control of ukrainian forces. having pushed a russian artillery out of the area that would add to 4 more. so 8 since early last week have been reclaimed by the ukrainian forces around har keith. and now what we know is that russian forces have not completely left the region. so a lot of hopes that this will become another kind of a miracle pushed back like what we saw and key of where russia decided to no longer to attempt to take the capital city. but to move further east, it seems that we still have to wait to see if that's what we're seeing. hearing harkey, which is the 2nd largest city in ukraine. zalinski said that despite these recent

victories that ukrainians should not put any moral pressure on the ukrainian military to have victory every day, every week that the victories were going to become a slower as russia gaines, a firm hold in the east of ukraine. but he said, essentially to remain patient that a ukraine is in this for the long haul, and it doesn't matter how long it takes. they'll liberate their country from the russian invasion. layla, an onion, a can you share with us what you've learned about reports that we're getting from the south that the moscow appointed and leaders of the occupied region, of course, on plan to ask president putin to annex the territory. at this point later, there is no am a date set for what zalinski is calling a fake referendum, a bogus referendum like where we saw in what he claims we saw in crimea, where the territory voted to be annexed by russia. after russia already exerted its

military might over the crimean peninsula in ukraine, and that became part of russia. so that is what a lot of people think we're seeing an unfair sun, which has been um, occupied by russian military since april. so it's been a, quite a long time. the city has adapted somewhat to the russian occupation, or we've seen russian flags go up in the city. we've seen a ukrainians cooperating with the russian officials there. and now that seems that they're asking to be part of russia. but zalinski said that if that happens of a referendum were to happen that would basically wipe the slate, clean of all the negotiations they've done. since the beginning to find a peaceful scituate a solution to this conflict, which is essentially based on a russia only claiming only being pushed back to the territories that had already had since the 2014 invasion. not since the most recent invasion layla. so this would really be a setback in terms of peace talks. if this were to go through and harrison,

i mean information raise of hope for ukrainians in the north said backs in the south. how do you kenyans feel about the prospects of winning this war? or there's utmost confidence here in western ukraine that there will be an eventual victory for this country against russian aggression. the question is, how long that will take. i think a lot of people after the beginning of the war, when russia was very slow to make progress, was not able to capture the capital city kia if there was a lot of hope that the conflict would be over soon. but it seems that russia has settled in to the east and that it's going to be a long slog russia continues to replace soldiers to bring in more artillery. so very few people know how long that's gonna take, but they do believe that it doesn't matter how long it will take layla that they're willing to fight for the country. w correspondent, m u n. s c for reporting from the live in western ukraine. i'm here,

thank you very much. nearly 100 ukrainian soldiers have arrived in germany to begin training on german built howitzers that will be used to fight russian troops in ukraine. thou answers are highly precise, long range artillery. a canons mounted on tract vehicles can hear targets up to 40 kilometers away. 7 of them will be sent from germany to ukraine. a shipment of heavy artillery and training of ukrainian soldiers marks a change of course for the german government which had previously been reluctant to supply arms to ukraine. the pro business f d p, which is part of a chance or ella shaw says the governing coalition. earlier i spoke to one of their key voices on defense, mr. alexander miller. and i asked him what different 7 houses will make to the ukraine war effort? i so system,

the ukraine asked the most the highest priorities they had when the ukrainians come to us to the government and say we need weapons then the how it, what they are priority number one. so i'm sure if you crane say we need to leave and they have really high priority for what they are technical operations. now sir, as you know, german instructors that will train ukrainian soldiers on german territory. is there a potential risk that russia might see this as direct involvement by germany in the war in ukraine? legally and formally, there is no risk because the, the international law firm is clear. we are not part of this wall. and we are not taking part of this wall by just taking this action, educating ukrainian. so just in germany, that makes us not part of the war. legally, it is clear, but you know,

a does not look for international law. he makes his own decisions. and if he wants to take their walk to anybody who will do mr. miller, germany has made a very consequential you turn on its original reluctance to provide ukraine with heavy weaponry. what prompted this very significant policy change? this is a good question because you're asking a liberal politicians and we did not change our minds. there are, there are some members of the podium and some of the government who had, who were reluctant delivering heavy weaponry because of several reasons. but they see how important our weapons are to provide you ukraine, the chance to, to defend themselves. and i think this, this was

a process that took some weeks and i'm really glad that other members of volume and other members of government are aligned with our liberal yes, our, our stance to deliver and help the ukraine. so. ready i have to, i said in january, january, already, we should not say we were never to deliver weapons. so in our liberal party, the process was not so hot like for them, but i'm glad as a now in the meantime, the ukrainian ambassador, a to germany says he's disappointed with the progress of german weapons their shipment to ukraine. he's calling a quote for a war summit of german arms, manufacturers and government officials to discuss more heavy weapons exports. would you support that initiative? oh no,

it says job to be always in this mood and it is okay for him, but i think it's a little bit too much. i have very much trust in the german government in our ministry of defense. they really consider sorely what we can do, what we can deliver. and this is done with highly professionalism in our ministry of defense, and i trust them. alexander, a muller lawmaker with the f t p, and also sits on german parliament's defense committee. sir, thank you very much for your time. thanks for having me. want to say now, but the other stories in the headlines today. the u. k. in sweden have agreed a new deal to come to each other's defense in the event of an attack on either nation. the country's prime ministers announced the pac today and stockholm the deal comes as meet in a neighboring finland. consider joining nato,

a med rushes war against ukraine. french authorities have open an investigation into torture allegations against interpol president ahmed nasir. i see. the case has been filed against the top united arab emirates official by 2 british individuals. they were detained in the emeralds. before i you see was elected president of the france based world police agency. in november, last year, more bodies have been found in the rubble of a collapse hotel and he was capital 42 people died when an explosion destroyed the saratoga in havana. a spokesman for the hotels operator says many of the victims were staff international news broadcast or al jazeera says israeli troops have shot and killed one of their veteran journalist in the occupied west bank shooting. a broccoli was covering an israeli military rate in the janine

refugee camp al jazeera says she was fatally shot while wearing a press black jacket and accused. this is really forces of deliberately targeting her. israel's prime minister says she was probably hit by palestinian fire, but the is really military chief says it's unclear who pulled the trigger either corresponding tanya kramer joined me earlier from jerusalem, where she gave us the latest on the circumstances of sharing. i will at least death . why? yes sir. consensus. i still unclear and details only is slowly coming in, of course. so the news broke this morning that al jazeera correspondence, sharina bartley, was killed while covering an israeli military raid in the palestinian town of janine, that's in the north of the occupied west bank. she was there with other colleagues covering this rate in a refugee camp. now the palestinian minister of health that she was hit by a bullet in the head and

a shortly died afterwards. a 2nd palestinian journalist also sustained guns suit, gunshot wounds in his back. he is in stable condition now as you said, the cut over based our network al jazeera for whom she brought pulled very long time had issued a harsh statement, claiming israel. now the israeli military had initially said that she might have most likely been hit by palestinian gun. my with gunfire by palestinian gunmen are there was a cross fire. and now we are hearing from the chief of staff general co harvey, that at this stage it's not possible to determine which bullet she was hit with and that there, sorry for her death. now posting and colleagues were with her this morning in this location have disputed, the claim said there was this kind of a crossfire there also have said that there were clearly marked as press swearing,

a blue flag check with press on it. can you, can you tell us who was sure mean i blackening why for the a bit hard to say that in a few words, but she was a very well respected, very well liked and very experienced one of the most experienced, i think a journalist here in the region, she basically has been reporting here for almost 2 decades about the conflict, but not just the conflict, but also of the impact it has on people. here she was known locally, of course, and as she worked for al jazeera arabic, she was also known in the region. some of her younger colleagues have sat on social media and they're all of course shocked. and in disbelief or what happened that that they grew up with her reporting here and she was a role model. there were a lot of reactions, of course, coming in. and i think this highlights again, also how difficult it is to work. as

a journalist in the circumstances in this environment, especially also for palestinian journalists with precious, from many different players and sides. and also of course, how dangerous it is because people also said, you know, you shouldn't die of for doing your job as a journalist in tanya. some final thoughts from you is there the will to hold whomever is found responsible for her killing to account? well, i mean there's a lot of pressure, of course, and a lot of colds. we just also had a statement by the you. there was a statement by the u. n. a special envoy for the middle east peace process by, by many institutions. many people here as well to, you know, half a thorough investigation. we also heard by politicians, obviously, palestinians and israelis, but also by the israeli military said to have said of a special investigation team that of course palestinians would say they wouldn't have much faith in the military. i'm investigating itself,

but there is the pressure to get to know to, to understand what happened there this morning that led to the, to the death of 1st serene blackland tanya, prima reporting from jerusalem. thank you very much. tonya democratic lawmakers in the united states are attempting to secure a federal abortion rights by bringing a bill to the senate. the move is largely symbolic because they lack the numbers to ensure its passage. the immigrants are trying to head off a supreme court decision, which is expected to overturn the court landmark 1973 ruling which legalized abortion nationwide news met one activist finding to safeguard the right to choose days after the supreme court document week, leslie templeton sees her mission more clearly than ever, the reproductive rights activist is getting ready to speak at

a rally in front of the supreme court. i'm hoping to achieve what people realize that abortion is life saving healthcare we're all impacted by it. lives will be lost if rose, overturn for the 25 year old. the right to abortion is personal. she's part of the quarter of us women who live with a disability. her condition makes life threatening pregnancy complications more likely. i felt scared for women like me who have kidney disease. you don't know what to are olds. and again, it's life or death and died reality for so many people is terrifying. no one wants to die. so we're fighting just to be able to live. i in her fight for disabled women's rights. leslie's weapon of choice is protest. she also wants to represent those who can physically attend together with young activists from around the country. she's

taking the topic to the steps of the supreme court in washington, dc. i no one should be able to force me or anyone else to put their lives at risk for fetus. her mind is legal. body isn't anyone's incubator. my leg is important to me. the point to my friends and it's important to my family with mid term elections. approaching this november, abortion rights will be at the center of a heated debate. leslie wants to make sure disable people's voices, won't fade. ah. which one our focus now to are western africa and impoverished nation of 21000000 people. molly has, over the past decade, been plagued by islamists, violence sways of the country are controlled by

a myriad of rebel groups and militias. in the middle, our german troops, berlin has announced their presence will be increased to a total of $1400.00 soldiers. but some are wondering if that's even enough for their own safety. let alone the people they are sent to protect. it is the boom. this fear is most dangerous for admission. trying to keep the peace in marley, a country under military rule divided by separatists movements and interethnic fighting a military coup in the west african country. in august 2020 saw, the president violently deposed. a civilian government established under international pressure without stayed in a 2nd military coup in may. 2021. jim intrigues are in molly as part of the united nations madness permission, their aim to stabilize the country. currently, the german contingent has a maximum size of 1100 soldiers, but with

a worsening security situation. and the announcement in february that french forces previously the largest international contingent are to leave marly altogether. changes are needed. the german government has already said it will no longer participate in the us training mission, the molly and security forces. now the german contribution to the g u. n. presence is set to be increased at $1400.00 traits. given the worsening picture of violence by armed extremists and claims of abuses by the malia and military, some will wonder if even that is sufficient to keep the soldiers themselves safe, let alone the civilians. they're there to protect. that were bored by w's, simon young. and i asked him earlier, what germany could hope to achieve in the country after french forces leave? well, i think the feeling is that molly should not be left alone. of course,

there is huge instability in the country. the future of molly politically is very uncertain, and of course the people who suffer most are the civilian population who face the effects of violence. many have been killed, many displaced. and so i think there's concern about that. and berlin feels that they ought to step up the un secretary general ability of terry. she said that if ministers were to come to an end, if you had operation then molly could fall apart. so germany's going to do what it can be thing up, it's peace keeping and stabilization role is extended the mandate to do that for another year. but it's also for the 1st time included an x e clause in the mandate saying, well, if the bone despair of german troops find that they don't have the means to do the job. and indeed, in particular, if they're not able to keep themselves safe in molly,

then they may pull out sooner than planned. and in a controversial move, simon, the mayan government, the troops are now fighting, understand, side by side with russian mercenary. what kind of impact does that have on germany's engagement in molly? well, that's right, u. s. intelligence say that there are hundreds of russian medicine res operating in malia, including those from the wagner group, which is a russian mercenary organization. we've heard a lot about it in connection with ukraine. this is one of the reasons for the split between france and the molly and authorities president and micron. france was recently saying that the russian soldiers of that sort of prop the military hunter as also as well as to advance business interest. so it's a very difficult situation. these are quite gruesome fighters. we understand who's been accused of

a role in that dozens of extra judicial killings. and these are the kind of problems i think the buddhist fair trips will continue to face in molly as well. and in a related development, simon, hundreds of german soldiers, i understand, will be read a port neighboring new share. why? well, that's right. this is the 2nd mission that jeremy's involved in, in molly, the training mission of molly and forces. now the germans say, well, they're not happy with the progress they're, there been the allegations of corruption but also of the atrocities carried out. there was a massacre back at the end of march where they were allegations that molly and soldiers had been involved in that. and of course, there's also the frustration with the military government saying they're not moving quickly enough to hold of a civilian elections and move back to a civilian path. and also the involvement with russian troops. it means they got frustrated, they're going to shift the focus of the mission to new jan now where they'll be

just 300 german troops involved rather than the 600 who have been training troops in molly up to now the w. vertical correspondence, simon young reporting. thank you. and before we go ukraine's entry for this year's eurovision song contest colors, orchestra has qualified for saturdays grand finale. oh, a booth is one of the favorites to win the contest in please this year in italy, the band has been outspoken resistance to the russian invasion. com. yeah. so the competition is supposed to be about the music this year's event as an even stronger political overtones. then my denial of the top story that we are covering this. our ukraine says its forces

have pushed russian troops back from several villagers near the eastern city of harkins. but president, a lot of reasons. he warned, of a long battle ahead. united states intelligence says russia is ready for a protracted war. you're watching. it renews the live firm roland of next is d w 's asia with my colleague direct gravity for now. thank you very much for making us part of your day. we'll be back at the top of the out with

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