who ah ah, this is it we news life from berlin? ukraine puts a russian soldier on trial for war crimes. a 21 year old man will be the 1st russian soldier to stand trial for war crimes in ukraine. since the start of the invasion, he's accused of shooting dead, an, an armed 62 year old man. also coming up ukraine calls on his allies to seize russian assets. russia must be politically, economically, but also financially. the ukranian foreign minister was addressing

a meeting of g 7 foreign ministers in germany, and a final goodbye thousands of mourners paid their last respects to a veteran. al jazeera journalist fatally shot while doing her job reporting ahead of shooting. i buckley's that burial is really forces charged into the funeral procession carrying her casket. it has been an elbowing of grief across the palestinian territories and the arab world ah, hello everyone, i'm layla iraq. thank you very much for your company. we open our coverage with the opening of the 1st trial of a russian soldier, accused of war crimes during russia's unprovoked war in ukraine. a 21 year old stands accused of killing a 62 year old, an armed man during the 1st week of the war. 2 other cases are expected to be heard

in the coming days. a media scrum at ukraine's 1st trial of a russian soldier on war crimes charges. the 21 year old is accused of carrying a 62 year old man, shooting him dead to stop him from reporting the russian soldiers present to the ukrainian military who was reporting some squeak on february 28th and a village northwest of how keith. the accused shot an unarmed and threatening civilian in the head with an assault rifle rose all the walks a little boy that's the trial marks the beginning of a ukrainian judicial probe into alleged russian atrocities on its territory. the attorney general says prosecutors are examining more than 10000 alleged war crimes committed by russian forces against ukraine's civilians that just meanwhile, german chancellor, olaf shoulds spoke with russian president vladimir putin fair,

1st direct communication in weeks and russia's foreign minister had harsh words about ukraine's ambitions to join the european union she uses you has evolved from a constructive economic union into an aggressive militant actor who sure you're going to with ambitions far beyond the european continent that it was a pretty deal in europe. basically continue. ukrainian president floating me as a landscape also declared himself ready for direct talks with russian president vladimir putin, but stressed that ukrainians would not look kindly on it as things stand through the use. i'm going to see if is innovative and told me about the significance of this 1st war crimes trial. since the start of the unprovoked war in ukraine. it's a drop in the bucket layla in terms of the number of crimes, the number of alleged crimes that have been committed by russian troops and ukraine

and which ukraine hopes to bring before a court. but it's the 1st drop. so this is very significant. symbolically for ukraine to show that it's upholding some kind of standard of international law. there have also been accusations that ukrainian troops have committed war crimes. and ukraine has bowed to investigate those as well. so what ukraine is doing here is showing that despite the fact that its country has been forced into a state of war by an invasion, which is considered a legal and against international law, is going to continue to pursue a legal efforts to bring those who invaded accountable for their actions, especially when it's considered a war crime. and there's evidence that it, it happens later. and i mean at we understand that fighting is still ongoing at the steel plant in marty you, paula? but more key tell us about the latest there. the ukrainian military confirmed that russian troops continued to bombard the steel plant throughout last night and

into the early morning with artillery. that's ground fire and also from aircraft. this is a probably drones which the as of stall fighters or have the fighters who are defending as a style plant said was one of the serious problems for them because they have no way of defending against drones. now what russia is also done is blocked off the exits and are, are in. it seems that they're hoping to starve the troops out so that the m, as of battalion, eventually surrender is to russian troops, which would be a win for russia. and so far, any kind of prisoner swap has been denied by russia because they said that 1st those as off stall defenders would have to surrender to russian troops before they would consider any kind of prisoner swap. and i mean, in conclusion, what can you tell us about the situation in the dumbass region while the fighting continues there and for every ukrainian, when there seems to be a russian win as well. but at this destruction of the bridge has been celebrated in

the area of several done yet because that city is the last large city in don bass to be held by ukrainian troops is almost completely surrounded. but if russian troops had managed across the river, this would have been a disaster for ukrainian troops. and it shows a tactical superiority to ukrainians of their own military over russians that they were able to stop this. and what also happened in that situation is that the allowed russians to cross over this pontoon bridge and then destroyed the bridge so that the russians were stalled on the ukrainian side of the river, at which point they hit them with artillery and also air power. so this is being celebrated as a major win for ukraine, but will you also down here? and ukraine is to many wins that are coming out of the russian side with village after village and falling to russian troops and where they're showing up the dominance in that region that they had. mostly since 2014 did have used ammunition reporting from of if you, craig,

thank you very much for your continued coverage. at a meeting of g 7 foreign ministers in germany, ukraine accused russia of preferring wars to talks attending the summit as the guests ukrainian foreign minister dimitra co, labour called on the gathered representatives of some of the world's largest industrialized economies. the step up armed supplies to his country and put more pressure on russia. while this is you, foreign affairs chief of the barrel, used the meeting to announce another half a 1000000000 euros in military aid to ukraine. she 7 countries have promised to support ukraine until victory and ease of use. chief international editor richard walker is at the g 7 meeting in bison house in northern germany and sent us this assessment. unity is very much the buzzword here at the g 7 form. and this meeting in a blustery north and germany with minister after minister coming out and extolling the united response from the g 7 countries to russia's invasion,

and also their unity in their support for ukraine. where the financial support or military support during the course of this war and ukraine's foreign minister demitra caliber here as a guessing clearly very satisfied with how far western countries have come in there debate about how much support to provide ukraine with. to the extent that when the e u foreign policy chief announced another half 1000000000 euros of military aid for ukraine for heavy weapons like tanks and heavy artillery. that it almost seemed like par for the course. but this unity among the west will be tested in the days and weeks to come, particularly in the european union. first test is coming up at the beginning of the week in brussels, where the european union is trying to get hungary on the side for a ban on the imports of russian oil into the european union. demitrix labor saying that it was ridiculous that russia was still able to sell so much energy to europe

and then a sec as a slightly longer term question, is ukraine's desire to join the european union. it wants the e u to grant it as soon as possible, official candidate status as a country that is on the path to membership of the european union. it's not yet clear how much support there is among e u countries for that. that would be questions, for instance, about whether franz was wavering on such an idea. what caliber was here saying that he has received insurances from france, that it is not trying to block such a move. so this will be a question in the weeks ahead. will the you come around and say by a big meeting coming up in june, that yes, it once you claim to be an official candidate countries, richard walker, they're reporting on it. i know about the other stories in the headlines right now . sweden's foreign minister says her country's assertion to nato would prevent conflicts in northern europe. ollander was presenting

a parliamentary report on security as sweden considers applying to join the alliance in the face of russia's invasion of ukraine. a russian energy supplier has said it will stop exporting electricity to finland, beginning saturday as it has not been paid. the nordic countries grid companies that the move will not affect supplies as power from russia. accounts for just 10 percent of its total consumption. and 3 passengers have overpowered an attacker who wounded 5 people with a knife on a regional train in western germany. the incident took place in the town of half. so can hots near the border with the no one's police say the 31 year old iraq warn suspect had been reportedly investigated for possible lengths with islamist extremists. at the motive for the attack was not yet established. ela musk says he has put his $44000000000.00 deal to buy twitter temporarily on hold. he tweeted to

say he's waiting for data about spam or fake users. the new set shares in the social media platform plunging, walking away from the deal now would cost him $1000000000.00 in contract penalties . in another tweet, however, musk insisted he's still committed to buying the platform. the united arab emirates has announced the death of its president. she halifax, been zaid, and the young at the age of 73, halifax, had ruled the country since 2004, but his role was largely ceremonial after he suffered a stroke. 10 years later, the government has declared a 40 day morning period, as is customary in islam. thousands of mourners have paid their final respects at a funeral procession for prominent al jazeera journalist, sharina blackly in jerusalem. the e u says it is appalled by what happened before the service began. is really

security forces charged into the crowd carrying her coughing. you says it is appalled by what it calls unnecessary force used by israeli police. the veteran algae 0 reporter was killed during israeli army rate on the janine refugee camp in the occupied west bank on wednesday. israeli and palestinian authorities dispute who killed her journalist eye witnesses, and broadcaster al jazeera se serene was fatally shot by israeli forces. israel says it's not yet possible to determine what happened. i spoke to julie, some correspondence on your claim and asked her about the al pouring of grief. oh, well, we saw a very moving our funeral procession here in the old city. or she, there was 1st a church service, and then she was taken just around here outside the old city walls. and then behind me to the cemetery, a very small cemetery here. and it was

a huge turn out of people paying their last respects and the hundreds, if not thousands, are coming to pay their respects to should be in a black learn. i think that just shows you how well respected as she bos, how well loved also in the community and her well known as she was not just locally, as she was somehow to phase 5 to 0 aerobic in the region reporting for over 20 years on this conflict on the impact of the conflict on palestinians him in india, india occupied west bank, but also of course in jerusalem, where she was from. so it just shows you that there were a lot of people paying her respects to her. on thursday, there was an official memorial service also in ramallah and the presidential palace a residential presidential office there with present mahmoud abbas, and people from the ammonia by west bank could pay their respects. then there might

tonya, can you please speak about the troubling images of israeli police charging today? just moments ago, sherry's funeral procession and her pall bearers carrying her cough and then losing control of the casket. whether it was very disturbing, we were actually there in front of the hospital waiting for the coffin to be taken out and then being brought to the old city for the church service. there was a lot of tension already. a lot of police presence there when they suddenly charged in and that's when you know the scenes happen, that the polar bears almost dropped the coffin, and so she was then taken from death by car related to the old city, tonya kramer, they're reporting in jerusalem. you want, you need every news up next in d. w. news, asia. why the u. s. special envoy for afghan women believes that taliban are waging

a war against of gone, astonish women and girls. that story in a whole lot more coming up in just a moment indeed of news asia with my colleague parish batter jay, i'm layla rock and berlin on behalf of all of us here. thank you very much for spending. was part of your day last asi at the top of the ok. ah ah, if you ever have to cover up a murder, the best way is to make it look like an accident. raring to me. you've never read a book like this to literature list under german street. i was interested.