[000:00:00;00] ah ah this is the news live from berlin. ukraine tries to make a deal with russia to get its injured fighters out of the us off star steel plat. negotiations continue on a plan that would see seriously injured ukrainian, defenders evacuated in exchange for russian prisoners. also coming up seeking answers a palestinian american, al jazeera journalist, killed covering and israeli wait on the janine refugee camp. sharina lee was in the occupied west back,

the broadcaster says the veteran reporter was targeted by israeli forces. israel's military chief maintains, as unclear, who killed or plus the abortion battle in the united states heats up. we meet one woman who has a personal stake in the issue ahead of a likely supreme court ruling to roll back pro, choice rights and sing a song for you praying at this year's eurovision song contest o ukraine's coll lose orchestra has qualified for saturdays grand finale into are in and is one of the favorites to win the top price. ah. hello everyone, i'm

a layla. her ok is good to be with you. we open our coverage with the latest developments out of ukraine. t is proposing a prisoner swamp, as it tries to resolve a bloody stand off at the us off stall steel plant. anybody who bowl the plan would see badly injured. ukrainian, defenders at the facility swapped for russian prisoners of war. negotiations are still ongoing. meanwhile, ukrainian forces say they have successfully pushed back against russian troops in the east of the country. but they remain under fire in the south, including in the strategic port city of odessa. the damage left by a night of russian bombardment, more destruction in the ukrainian city of desa and more casualties. initial indications, suggested russia used hypersonic missiles and these attacks, but they were not confirmed or not. is it that claudia? can't we analyzed the type of rocket used and, but came to the conclusion that it was the rockets dating back to soviet time. he

says that he was at us got identical that of me this year. the as of style steel pond and mary apple again came undefined. ukrainian soldiers remain hold up in underground bunkers. there the wives of 2 soldiers from the as of regiment who had been defending mary a pull for weeks, have asked pipe frances to intercede for them. our soldiers are ready to be equated to the source gone through. as they are ready to lay down their arms in peaceful application to the swords country, these drone images allegedly show a russian tank being destroyed by ukrainian fire, close to ha heath near the russian border. the ukrainian armed forces claimed to have re captured villages close to ukraine. second lodge, a city lunacy must ukrainian forces have good news from the khaki region. they are slowly forcing the occupiers back go google. bunch of you talk. ukraine says it's

counter offensive, has been successful, and the army has advanced to within 10 kilometers of the russian border. it also says mind removal operations underway with up to a 100 minds and unexploded shells diffused every day. did not be as much as billing her is in the ukrainian capital case, where people are waiting on news of that proposed swap of wounded. also stall defenders were russian soldiers captured by the ukrainian military. that's basically all that we know so far. there has been this proposal. it has not been accepted so far by the russians, but what the ukraine insider said is that talks are going on. these are, this is something that's very emotional here in ukraine. the whole country has followed. these are the, this battle around the steel plant and heard the revocation of the civilians and,

and just many ukrainians. really wish for these fighters to get out of for the soldiers to get out of the steel plant. they're seen by many as heroes who have defended the the city with almost nothing in their hands or, or the positions in the end where they were not the city any more. most of the city had already been occupied by the russians, but i'm so, so it's something very emotional and it's something that would be welcomed. on the other hand, we also know that russia is often taking revenge on those are that they see as service service. men are as military personnel or people who are have been in any ways serving in the men who have been in any way serving in the ukranian army. we know that at checkpoints when people civilians get out of the city, they are checked for to choose that miter associate them with the ukrainian nationalism or, or, or, or, or for any assigns that they have been serving like, like gun belt,

living. it's traces here. so it's very tricky thing to do to evacuate them. oh, software development, we understand that ukraine has halted the flow of some rush and gas to europe, and we able to learn more about this. so what are the details? yeah, it seems that the flows, one of the nodes has stopped. this node is in the separatist territory, and ukraine is a crate. it is accusing the separatists off, off of sift, stiffening off gas from there. that's why they ordered it and rerouted it through other points. it, sir, but it seems that to the overall gas flow is lower. now this gas is arriving. not all the gas has been rerouted. we wait to see it's a 1st time that gas trends, it's have become at in any point that the war has influence. gastron's it since the beginning of the full scale invasion did you corresponded mathias bellinger reporting for you from keith ukraine. thank you for your continued coverage. 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. the howitzers are highly precise, long range artillery the cannons mounted on track vehicles. can hear targets of up to 40 kilometers away. 7 of them will be sent from germany to ukraine. the shipment of heavy artillery and training of ukrainian soldiers marked a significant change, of course for the german government, which had previously been reluctant to supply arms to ukraine. they pro business f d p is parts of chance olive shoals as governing coalition. earlier i spoke to one of their key voices on defense. alexander miller. i asked him what difference 7 howitzers will make to the ukraine war effort. so system that the ukraine are

the most of the highest priorities that they have when the ukrainians come to us to the government. and so we need weapons then the how it, what they are priority number one. so i'm sure ukraine say we need them urgently than 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 is this is clear. we are not part of this law. 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, anybody with 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, 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. so our, our stance to, to deliver and help the ukraine. so. ready 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 struck to be always in this 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 mother lawmaker with the f t p, and also sits on germany parliament's defense committee. sir, thank you very much for your time. thanks for having me. when, as i know about the other stories in the headlines, britain has agreed to come to the defense of both sweden and finland in the event of an attack. prime minister bush, johnson travelled to start home and helsinki to sign the agreement. the 2 countries are considering joining nato amid russia's war against ukraine, but are seeking security guarantees until they become members,

security and other than a european union negotiator has out talk since a iran in an effort to salvage the iran nuclear deal. the agreement gave to ron sanctions relief and exchange for strict curbs on its nuclear program. former us president donald trump scrap the deal 4 years ago. efforts to revive it have made little progress. french authorities are investigating torture allegations against interpol president ahmed nasa. i see the case has been filed against the top united arab emirates official by 2 british nationals. they were detained before l. e. c. was elected president of the world police agency in november last year to the united states. now where a democratic lawmakers are scrambling to secure a federal abortion rights before the conservative supreme court strikes them down.

a senate vote is under way to enshrine abortion rights in federal law, but the measure is largely symbolic, as it's all but certain to be blocked by republicans. this summer the supreme court is expected to overturn roe v wade in 1973 to ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. and abortion rights will be a crucial issue on the campaign trail ahead of mid term elections this fall. give me news, met with one activists fighting to safeguard the right to choose days after the supreme court document leak. leslie templeton sees her mission more clearly than ever the reproductive rights activists just getting ready to speak at a rally in front of the supreme court. i'm hoping to achieve that. people realize that abortion is like saving healthcare,

we're all impacted by it lives will be lost if ro is 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 as terrifying or 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't 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. yeah. oh no one should be able to force me or anyone else to put their life at risk for

fetus. her, my disabled body isn't anyone's incubator. my link is important to me. the point to my friends, and it's important to my family with midterm 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, and we can take you now to washington to our correspondence there soon. we saw moscato joins as right now. so we great to see you. can you bring us up to speed with the what law makers have been debating today? ya at the bill that they've been debating. voting on would protect a woman's right to an abortion essentially, codifying roe v wade international law. and now again, roby wade is that ruling from 1973. that the supreme court that legalized abortion

across the us and with the news that we heard earlier this month, a robi wade is very likely going to be overturned in the supreme court. dmitri, democrats have been trying to get abortion rights into federal law to make sure it's on the books, but as you already mentioned, they just don't have the numbers to push through such type of legislation in the senate. they would need 60 vote. they only have about 50, but they knew that going in and they have still pushed this forward. and that is because for one, they are under a lot of pressure from abortion rights advocates like the voice we just heard in that report to find some pathway to make sure the right to an abortion is protected . they've been accused of having forgotten this topic and fail to put it on the agenda. and also because they argued that they have the public on their side. if you look at polls that show, they show that a majority of americans believe that abortion should be legal and at least some cases. and with this vote today, democrats are going to be able to point the finger directly at the senators who haven't voted for it. and say they are the reason that women don't have

a national right to our abortion. so that's what we've been seeing in the senate. as soon as you're reporting, we're showing live pictures are from the senate floor. some of the supreme court, as you referenced, is currently considering his position on the ro v. we'd abortion ruling. and we already know which way the court is leading. remind us what happened this month. that's really been a whirlwind of a month when it comes to abortion. rights, i mean, just in the 1st week of may, there was this draft majority opinion that was leaked from the supreme court that showed that the majority of justice is on the court will vote to a rule to overturn roe v wade. the fact that this information leaked in the 1st place was a bombshell that is very rare. but on top of that, layla robie wade has protected abortion rights for almost 50 years in this country . so conservative republicans have been fighting for precisely this to overturn it on religious grounds. and they have a lot of support from evangelical christians. and ever since that news broke,

it sparked protests nationwide. we've seen pro choice pro life demonstrators taken to the streets and really sent shock waves across washington. and it's moved abortion rights very high up on the political agenda in what is an important election year. so a lot of action in the past weeks alone simply on abortion rights. and the stakes assuming could not be higher. and they really are very high. we are talking about millions of women who are set to lose the right to an abortion. there are some 26 states that are certain, or at least likely to ban abortions as soon as roby weight is overturned. and we're expecting to see that in june. and that means the women who need an abortion in those states will have to travel. sometimes hundreds of miles to access one and the women will be impacted most layla or those who don't have the money or the resources to travel. very often that means a lot of black and brown women will feel the brunt of the impact of not having access to an abortion. and we're going to see some very strict laws going on the

books in conservative states. i just the final example layla for you, louisiana will be debating a bill this week that would charge women who have an abortion with homicide. so the implications and mistakes, as you said, of all that we're seeing in these recent weeks here, the u. s. will have a lasting effect for years to come, very consequential times in the you assume some kind of reporting for you from washington. so we thank you and the u. s. state department is demanding accountability over the death of veteran al jazeera journalist of sharina. lee, the palestinian american was fatally shot while covering an israeli military raid in the jeanine refugee camp in the occupied west back. i'll just there and says israeli troops fire the bullet that killed her. but an israeli military chief maintains it's unclear who pulled the trigger. oh, so read a book or

a crush at warner surround her body as it's carried through the streets of ramallah . the 51 year old palestinian american was a well known and highly respected journalist for al jazeera, as arabic channels. i shouldn't, i want it. she was a great journalist yet she was known in the whole air world. so i am so very sad. we some did. it says it's a loss for all the palestinian to era buddhist and american journalist. i met a guy, i put him on sharon was shot and killed during a raid conducted by israeli forces on a refugee camp. and janine and the occupied west bank israeli defense forces chief of eve coach harvey regrets her death, but says it's too early to determine which side caused it. another al jazeera journalist elisa moody was shot several times in the back during the raid. so moody is in stable condition. he and the could tarry based broadcaster,

blame israel for her death. the we consent of this, i mean, a heinous act boy dissuaded forces as to have a genius targeted while duel coverage wearing the press fest. serina loved ones are demanding justice for the reporter who dedicated her career, giving voice to the voiceless. you she sent an email to the to the news room saying that guys the are intervening. and ginny now and i'm gotten them hitting their de janice to reply back and said, we are waiting for you to to be on air on the top of the hour. but she never showed up. and this really difficult human rights groups, along with the united states in europe are calling for thorough and independent investigation. it's corky, it's counseling as the world's biggest live music event. the eurovision song

contest is bag or the vengeance this week. with qualifying rounds underway, inter in italy. ah, and this is ukraine's and for you, which is one of the favorites to win the final on saturday. the band coach orchestra has been outspoken in support for ukrainian resistance to the russian invasion since the conflict erupted with the competition is supposed to be all about the music. but political overtones are not unusual at the eurovision song contest. well joining me now from the your vision, the venue inter and is susanne adam. she's with we, we blogs and and all things eurovision song contest platform. welcome back. the audio was a bit shaky before we hope we've got that resolve right now. and this event is so much more than a musical competition. isn't it?

a, mary? yes. you realize that your original american it came together in the years following world war 2 to unite your end. from my perspective, it's all about the travel and my travel friend. the quality time i get in with my brother who is the founder of the blogs, but most importantly, i get a little bit of culture in history. every time i hear, i learned about the different countries i learned about the different genres of music. and it's just so much it is a lot of fun. i can attest to that. it's supposed to be an apolitical contest, but with all eyes now on ukraine this year, understandably, will you create when your vision this year? if you crave, when you're this year, it will be based on your performance. i believe not based on what's going on in

they're kind of damned if they do and damned if they don't. if they do well, then all of the haters will say, well they one because of what's going on. and if they don't win, then they just weren't good enough. and that is not the case. i am a huge fan of ukrainian music and have so much love for college orchestra. now the eurovision song contest is the epitome of euro paul kitchen. and i mean that in the best possible way, by the way, what is behind it's enduring appeal? outside of the fact that it brings so many people together, we are one big family. there are always these o m g moment. there are moments that are just so touching and then there are jaw dropping moments. when my brother 1st brought me into your edition world, he showed me the polish song with the girls turning better with their

bosoms hanging out. he also showed me conchita from 2014, with rise like a phoenix. and of course, they're gay. lazarus from 2016 and his amazing biceps. so it's b o. m g a moment to people having back it's a lifestyle. it's an experience. it is an experience and you started off by explaining a little bit to our american viewers, the significance of the eurovision song contest. how would you explain and elaborate on that to our us viewers the phenomenon that is, your vision knowing nominate is not what we've seen with the american song contest, which i did not watch much. actually watch the your vision movie. you'll see a little bit of what your vision is all about, while it's not complete, completely accurate. it does depict your vision. you have each country

competing, and you're so much country fried. there's a lot of competition. there's a lot of support from the base you have the super fancy year after year after year. and it's just coming together if so many different cultures and people because you think you might you think brings us together. it does indeed now part of the eurovision song contest it is, of course the fan base you and your team it will be blogs. are of course die hard fans yourself. and you are at the very venue where it's going to be taking place and where we horses are taking place behind you as we can hear. what's it like? so it's a little more somber. last year it was very somber beyond going a little quieter in years past and spend not just press accreditation, which many of us have, but there's also been

a credit issue. and so in so much fun to mingle and what does that mean? is it taking place this year so in the quieter a lot of but even though we're somewhat segregated, we're still able to go out and now. * and chat with everyone. it sounds like a lot of fun, susanne and i wish you so much more fun as you are there in person to watch the eurovision song contest in italy for now. thank you so much. is at adams for joining us. great pleasure. talking to you. thank you and don't forget your art with that we've come to the end of this edition of the w news. i'll be back at the top of the old ah

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