or life starts may 28. 0 d w ah ah, this is data we news line from berlin. ukraine continues as push back against russian forces near its 2nd largest city, ukrainian soldiers clear villages on the outskirts of car keith after russian troops withdraw. but ukraine's president warrens of the long war ahead in the eastern don bass region, also coming up. nato. foreign ministers gather in berlin for talks as finland and sweden locked to join the military alliance. plot. broadcasting from

a bunker, ukraine takes its coverage of the eurovision song contest under ground, but even without the usual glitz and glamour, there's still plenty to celebrate. and in the united states, a national day of action for reproductive freedom, thousands join rallies to protest. a supreme court draft opinion that could wrap the rights to abortion. ah, i'm the cough really. it's good to have you with us. after weeks of heavy bombardment, harkey breathed as a sigh of relief. ukrainian military claims to have driven russian troops out of the area around the country. second largest city. the shelling, according to regional. it is,

has start by in cranes. president says his forces still lack the means to tip the scales in their favor. meaning whether you are sent a delegation cable on amir zalinski, once again emphasize ukraine's urgent need for more powerful weapons. republican leader, mitch mcconnell leads the u. s. senate delegation on a stroll through kiff to show their support for ukraine's war effort. to me it was all smiles and hand shakes as they met with president zelinski. follow you. good and regular. well her. thank you. we know each other a little bit. yeah. that's zalinski made it clear that smiles and hand shakes and polite small talk won't drive the russians out of ukraine. his armed forces need more long range artillery and strike aircraft to be able to hit russian forces and disrupt this supply lines. ukraine's general staff said the russians were pulling back from ca, keith, as they pressed their offensive in the southeast residence of villages around khaki

for coming to terms with the destruction left in the wake of russia's retreat. weeks of artillery bombardment and occupation have taken a heavy, tall oh, you are. russia launched fresh ground and air attacks in the eastern donetta province aiming to deplete ukrainian forces and destroy their fortified positions. the russian military seems to have an inexhaustible supply of machinery and men. president philadelphia, zelinski said that the outcome of the war would depend on support from europe and other allies. meanwhile, russian forces still haven't managed to defeat the last ukrainian fighters in the southern city of murder. you fall. families of the soldiers hold up in the us of style. steel works are asking china to help negotiate an evacuation of the wounded bomb objective ins. he not founded what goes on. there is no longer a war, murders are taking place there,

but i can see hundreds of wounded with no limbs and no anesthetics but a divine. while new bombardments inflict new wounds on already wounded fighters when they, they're exhausted. and just below the line of life, we want them to be rescued. mac watch him are away equally up to vala, but he government. she said that for the fighters, trapped inside the steel works, surrendering is not an option. as she believes the russians would execute any captured members of the as of regiment. nato foreign ministers are in berlin for talk sand to be dominated largely by russia's war in ukraine, but representatives from sweden and finland are also there to discuss their intentions to seek a membership of the north atlantic treaty organization. and not all nato members, including on letting the scandinavian countries become part and the defense alliance. u. s. secretary of state antony, think and arriving in berlin for nato talks at a time. the alliance is seeing

a shot rise in its geopolitical relevance. the talks are focused on long term goals, but more immediately the accession of finland and sweden are also on the table. not on the said sweden and finland, join nato, but they should do so quickly. of course, i'll have a good conversation with my counterpart. it is important that we have also consensus. consensus could be an issue. they to member turkey accuses sweden and finland of harboring bulletin curds. turkish people, predominantly a big majority of the turkish people, are against the membership of those countries who are supporting a pico k y p g that his organization. and they're asking us a to block this membership. finland, at least, is confident this issue can be smoothed out at court to my good colleague, her middle social group, to foreign minister and a little bit to take the tensions down and villa so meet, meet to day and i'm, i'm,

i'm sure that we will find a solution to this item, unity is key in the alliance as it looks to the future. and these berlin talks how to further reinforce nato's presence in eastern europe, given the tensions with russia. and for the 1st time to lay out guidance on dealing with china. foreign minister is from the group of 7 countries, have wrapped up their meaning and northern germany, vowing to never recognize the borders. russia is redrawing by force than jason. also pledge to increase pressure on russia through sanctions and asked china not to undermine international efforts to isolate moscow a united front. that's what the foreign ministers of g. 7 nations were hoping to put up after 3 days of dogs in northern germany. the reiterated the support for you, korean pledging to continues ending in military and economic aid.

to salon says he got a g 7 countries are strongly united to continue to support ukraine's fight for its sovereignty in the long term until ukraine's victory local bud clinicals as wendy were not as one with russia. it is russia that is at war with a cray and lucy see that we seek it on gay gold who recon, they also made clear that the dead agree seized by russia and ukraine would never gain international recognition. the army, not our height in our statement today, we have therefore, once again emphasized this very clearly, we were never recognized by the changes that russia once to force through military force lives. anakin, things, again, the g 7 ministers also sport light. did the food crisis don't buy the war in ukraine? they said that up to 50000000 people, particularly in the middle east and africa,

would face hunger in the coming months unless ukrainian grain was released from a russian blockade. despite the show of unity disagreements within the group remain, those include bang ukraine, reparations out of russian state assets are frozen abroad. nancy, a highly symbolic victory for ukraine and victory on states. thanks to the overwhelming support from fans across europe. ukrainian ban colors orchestra has won this year's euro vision song contest. usually ukrainian tv would broadcast the competition from a stadium kia, but after the war broke out, producers decided to move the broadcast to a secret location under ground our correspond and i'm in essence joined the crew on a very special night the big night broadcast from a bunker it's the night ukraine aims for eurovision, glory and the public broadcasters of spill. nor is the channel to tune into every

ukrainian gonna watch her because her we have not so many good moments right now. and this one, or it could be the most her wider for moment for last 3 months. in the 1st week of the war, suspicion is key of t, v tower was hit by russian missiles. they were forced to move their studio to an undisclosed location. and after that, her not only we often but all law ukrainian tv tv cruise had to move on to the grounds. the mood is excited, but tense. every one here wants the show to go off without a hitch. not just their own broadcast, but also the performance of collusion, orchestra the band representing ukraine. the song has been on repeat across the country for weeks on car radios, in coffee shops and on street corners. now one more time for the judges.

oh, felicia sang, stephanie, a just came on and people came running down from other rooms to come watch it on tv here. now these are journalists, but it's clear they have a preference in this show. the votes are in. oh, ukraine wins. it's the kind of announcement you don't often get to make on the cranium. tv, any more? good news. i'm very excited. i'm so broad for my gadri. it is. but the big pleasure for us to see. i can cry, i can laugh it. it does very well. oh, i still can't believe that it's through. thank you. so i still owe the viewers, all the people from europe a very, very hard to motion because we're still davina. england

were over in grand and her. it's a little piece of happiness for us. it's not the big victory day. everyone here is waiting for, but it's still something to celebrate. and let's now get you up to speed on some other stories making headlines around the world today. authorities and nigeria, so codo state have ordered at 24 hour curfew after hundreds of protesters demanded the release of 2 suspects and the brutal killing and the christian student. deborah samuel was stoned, beaten, and burned to death. after being accused of blasphemy against islam. religious tensions run high in africa's most populous country, especially in the north along as president has sworn in for new ministers as he seeks to restore a functioning government. the cabinet was dissolved last week after the president's

brother resigned as prime minister following weeks of protest. president go to via russia. pox appointed a new prime minister on thursday. an 18 year old man has killed at least 10 people in a shooting at a supermarket in buffalo and the u. s. state of new york police a. he wore body armor and live stream the attack wire helmet camera. the gunman is, and custody, and authorities are investigating the shooting as a hate crime. across the united states, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets to demand legal and safe access to abortion. the hundreds of marches and rallies were part of a national day of action called in response to a leak supreme court draft decision that would overturn the landmark ruling that granted women the right to choose almost half a century ago. in new york city, abortion rights supporters were determined to make their voices heard.

in washington, d. c. thousands of protesters also hit the streets all across the us. hundreds of rallies were organized under the slogan, bands off our bodies, protesters voicing that outraged that the supreme court seems poised to overturn the 1973 roe v wade ruling that established the nation wide right to abortion. honestly, if this is me off l i l, when i heard about the leaks of draft opinion, i want to sit on the flooring fry because i thought ro is going to be the role of the land. that i would always be an option for people in los angeles to thousands of demonstrators came out to show the support for abortion rights, as well as the anger at the republican party's drive to cattail them. in an industry, i roll more and annoyed but

abortion rights supporters have little colds for hope. on wednesday, legislation the aims to preempt the supreme court's expected ruling. by codifying the right to abortion, was blocked in the senate with all 50 republican senators, and one conserved to democrat voting against with the colds. final ruling expected in june, protest organizes of warned that if it does roll back abortion rights, the us will be in 1st summer of rage. and some sports before we go saturday was the last day in the bonus legacies and with 2 teams in with a chance of claiming the last champions link spot. fryeburg needed a win against labor couldn't and electric loss to be the fast, but labor cousins, exec yield. palacios fired, a long range shot into an empty net. in the final seconds of the match to secure a 21 victory and dash 5 bugs hopes. but it wouldn't have mattered anyway,

because likely he also clod back an equalizer against benefit in the 90th minute from a free cake which really alban had it in might say, clinch a trip to the template. more football coming up next, stay tuned for sports life and a look and how barcelona became the best women's soccer team in europe. i'm the cough really from me and the entire team here in berlin. thank you so much for your company today. with the w to talk show the strong opinions, clear positions, international perspectives. every week we get to the point on a current topic. opens, controversial commit it to the point on

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