[000:00:00;00] ah, ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin after nearly 3 months on the sea. ukrainian soldiers have finally left the as of stalls steal works in murray. ukraine says the severely wounded soldiers ought to be taken to russian held territory is thought they could be exchanged for russian prisoners. also on the program, turkish president french anti bad. one threatened to block bids by finland and sweden to join nato, accusing both countries of harboring terrorists. and for the 1st time that the

start of the pandemic, the cannes film festival kicks off in france. our correspondence surveyed some of the films screaming at the festival and tells us what to look out for. ah, i'm and you keeps mckinnon. welcome to the program. ukraine and russia have reached agreement on the removal of hundreds of ukrainian soldiers from the as of stalled steel works. and maria, pull around 600 members of the so called as of regiment, been trapped that for weeks, ukraine's deputy defense minister said the soldiers were being taken by russia through a humanitarian corridor for medical treatment in russian held territory. several buses carrying the soldiers left the plant on monday night. at the move means that ukraine has now effectively seated full control of the city of mario pool to russia

. to parting in darkness and under russian guard, the 1st ukrainian troops have left the as of style steal works off to weeks of fierce resistance. buses brought 53 of the worst injured to a hospital here in the near by, russian control town of nova, as often ukrainian officials said another 211 soldiers had been taken to separate his territory. further north present, zalinski made clear that getting as of stells, defend his home, was a priority on my mind that you shall, does. we hope to save the lives of our boys, that among the my heavily wounded, by a being treated. i 12 on the line ukraine needs. it's ukranian heroes alive. this is our principal just allows me shoot over a note to hopes of the work continues to bring our boys home. and it requires

delicacy and time. just it's unclear just how many soldiers still left inside the heavily bombarded as of style complex. but the evacuation seems to indicate that the long and bitter siege is drawing to an end. ukrainian army announced late on monday that the main goal now was to save the lives of the remaining defenders. at ere i spent 12 correspondent next sunday in levey than austin, the more on the 260 troops, our vacuum had from the as a style scale planned. so that's right on his from what we know right now is that more than $260.00 defenders, the ukrainian military personnel were evacuated from the as of steel plant. um 53 of them are supposed to be in their critical condition. are supposed to be heavily wounded animals will receive medical treatment in russian health territory and the remaining of roughly 211 are supposed to be transferred. and then later take part in a prisoner swap. needless to say,

a situation in the us tell still works. we've heard of it a lot in the last couple months is, was incredibly dire. so the people who were fighting they were all in a quite difficult condition. and there have been many calls for their evacuation though not to russian territory or something that the russians or would not agree out, did not agree on in the past. so now it seems that this indicates a change in politics there, there in the region actually sending a military personal ukrainians into russian territory and you're putting, putting them in into that situation. but as we heard just now, the report and the priority now seems to be to save lives and do whatever it takes that he'd be correspondent, max, and ever putting that from the vis alpha. more on the ukranian perspective, on the as a style plant evacuation i spoke with dr. anton chicago itself,

director of the center for democratic integrity and the senior fellow at the free russia foundation which supports democratic development in the country. and started by asking if this was a victory for russia. well, 1st of all, thank you for having me. and so i must say no, this is not a big story for the, for, for the russian federation. because the, the defenders, all the off star plans have totally fulfilled the order of the high command of ukraine. they have drawn, overwhelming forces of the russian federation. and they defended my the will, i think even for a longer period than anyone could, could, could have thought that they would, that they would be able to, to defend the city for such a long time. so it's not a big story. now they have been taken by russian soldiers to russian controlled territory. how likely is it that

a prisoner exchange will happen and that the evacuees will be brought back to you? cranium territory, you see ukraine has around a 1000 of the russian prisoners of war. and i think i really hope that the russians will not try to put their own appeal w's in danger. so of course the defenders of as of started being taken to the rush. oh good by terry. there's. this is not good news, but i do hope that the leadership of ukraine has thought through this particular scenario and has ensured that nothing really happens, nothing bad happens to, to, to ukraine, prisoners of war now. and as we know, unfortunately,

sometimes the russian soldiers and offices actually kill ukrainian p o w is in violation of the old humanitarian and international rules of war. i really hope that doesn't help them. now, can we talk about what these evacuations mean for the direction of the war and for ukraine? we see that a russia is retreating on many directions. we saw that several weeks ago, it started the retreat from the region. now we're seeing the retreat of the russian forces from the region from that direction. they will try because because they are suffering all had losses in many directions. what i, what i think is going to happen now, they're going to defy the positions in the house. so it ends up

a blast. so basically of the regions that are attached to the attached, but very close to the next crimea. but also they are going to fire the positions in the done yet can all blessed unfortunately, yes, mario is now practically occupied entirely by the, by the russian betas. and of course, unfortunately the, the war crimes that were committed by the russian forces will have to wait for investigations of the international international but is, but i do believe that the, the occupation, the total occupational body a little, not a whole for long or i will have to leave it there. dr. anton check of self director

of the center for democratic integrity in vienna. thank you so much. thank you. as has been reporting, nearly 300 members of ukraine's as of regiment, all being transported to russian held territory. often agreement made between keys in moscow for hundreds of soldiers are still thought to behold. up in the steel works are reported, fanny perchance spoke to the sister of 15. how will i still thought to be trapped there? she addressed allegations that many in the as of regiment have links to near nancy's for natalia, the war in ukraine has been a time of intense worry and reflection. yes, she's thinking a launch about her younger brother these days at the more, but this is my brother artem at school when he was 8 or 9 o'clock was simply natalia recalls a very normal charge with growing up in michel live in southern ukraine. yeah, i always considered art him to be a creative person and that he would go down a more creative path. i never thought he'd become a soldier. but one,

the war and don't. bus began in 2014. natalia says our tone changed. van is now shore on the ship, he knew that sooner or later the aggressor will bring war to our country. and he knew that he needed to prepare national, greenly e. ross does not. should that i bought the what this said, our tone was 26, joined the owns of regiment a few years ago. it was formed as a volunteer militia group and later became part of the national guard. he still hold up, he are in the eyes of stone steel plant. the last holdout of ukraine's forces in the port city of mar your pool. the regiment released these pictures displaying the horrible conditions. some of the fighters are in put in, accuses the units of being not cease. he's justified his invasion by claiming that ukraine needs, in his words, the nazi flying, which has drawn a backlash globally. here in key. the unit is seen as heroes. billboards have

sprung up, supporting the soldiers. you have, i am expressing huge gratitude for them for standing, for us, and for our ukraine. and then johan, for putin, as for every russian, every ukrainian is radical. but we only want to live on our own, and we strive to be cohen, language, and every, as a soldier is a ukrainian because leslie got chef researchers, right wing group. he says it's correct that the founder supposition harbored neo nazi views. but in it, that's changed now, all those guys who were interested in politics more than in the military, actually they gone from there. but on the, on the regiment, after several months of it's existing in 2014, natalia doesn't want to get into asoft controversial past. she's more worried for her brother are to know what and so here he was texting me that he's alive.

yes. and that's it, he writes very short messages. unfortunately, there's nothing holding onto signs of life and hoping her brother will return a life. the finished president solely in this store is starting a 2 day state visit to sweden today. now this comes off to both countries said they were planning to apply for nato membership. turkey has threatened to block those countries bids to join the alliance with president red chip, tie it at one, accusing finland and sweden of harbouring kurdish separatists. it was a moment that for many, had long been unthinkable. but less than 3 months after russia invaded ukraine, the swedish prime minister saw no other choice, but to end 2 centuries of neutrality and without evac. and that it is a major historical shift for our country. the lamb were ending one era and

beginning another. but we can enter this new era with confidence here because we are doing it with the belt of our history, all the best stuff aboard launch systems, tao. the decision was cheered by many in stockholm i was, i was absolutely against it before because i thought that we shouldn't be neutral as we have always been. but then when, when this invasion of russia happened, i kind of changed my mind a little bit because the, the, the world and the nordic, or scandinavian countries, it felt not but safe any more? well, i think it was about time. we've been hanging around forever and now we're 2 or fullstep. the move follows neighboring finland's decision to also apply for membership. but what started out as a dream come true for many natal members,

soon turned into a diplomatic nightmare. as turkish president reach, kept high up ardon shot. dian any hopes for a smooth process or to one accuses the nordic countries of working against his government or that includes a recent refusals to extradite kurdish militants that turkey considers. terrorists is welcome. good, good, murray. heard you kinda neither sweden nor finland has an open, clear stance against terrorist organizational solutions. besides, throughout this process, even if they say they're against harris organizations through teachers. on the contrary, they have statements saying they would not expedite certain terrorism. even if they say they'll be exercising them, we believe once bitten, twice shy to come oxen it many fear the fracture could play into putins hands. at a time when western leaders are desperate to display unity, i'm going across straight to a correspondent terry schultz, who's in stockholm. terry of finland's president is in sweden today. what can we

expect from this visit? that's right. he's just arrived in a horse drawn carriage to the palace with the king of sweden finished president selling his no has a couple of days here of very intense diplomacy. but i think the main point here for both him and for the swedes is to show the strong solidarity in the nordic countries. as we know they've decided to apply to join nato together. neither of them really wanted to be left alone after their neighbor went ahead with this. so really as, as we've just heard, sweden didn't have another choice as the fins were moving more quickly. and that's what we'll expect to see today. a strong show of solidarity and perhaps more announcements about the next step in their process toward actually formally announcing it that they've submitted their nato membership applications. now turkeys president ada one is being very clear. he's told sweden and finland not to bother sending delegations to convince his country of that. so realistically is

that it for the hopes of nato membership and not at all. in fact, i'm quite sure that everyone in nato believes that at the end of a turkey will have to support finish and swedish membership. it may not be the fins and suite sending delegations to anchor that that moves the, the bar on this with president air to one. but i know that in the united states has a lot of leverage over turkey. there are some deals on fighter jets that turkey would very much like to conclude with the united states. and i'm certain that those conversations are taking place. and you've also seen the other nato members step up and re announce their support for the finish, and swedish bids. so everyone is certainly putting pressure on air to one, letting him know that he's the one who will be isolated if he doesn't pass through these. these members that the other nato allies are very much looking forward to having joined the alliance. now that you've been talking to swedes about this historic decision to apply for nathan membership, what, what have they been telling you?

well, public opinion polls have shown that there is a clear and large majority of he's in favor of joining the alliance just since the invasion of ukraine. that's when we saw this massive shift in both sweden and finland. and most of the people that we've spoken to on the street are strongly in favor saying why didn't we do this years ago? well, the answer is they didn't feel threatened enough years ago, but there was only a couple of people who said, you know, i really care about our neutral status. i'm worried that it will affect us being seen as a mediator in disputes that we're afraid there might be nuclear weapons stationed here are permanent nato basis. but those are things that suite and will be able to negotiate with nato as norway has done. and so i think that in the end, the swedish government will pay a lot of attention to trying to watch any concerns that swedes have about losing the special status while they take on a new one inside nato. or i d w. terry schultz from stockholm. anything and here is

a quick look at some of the stories away from the war. classes have broken out at a funeral in jerusalem for a palestinian man who was fatally injured during recent violence of the al accept mosque. israeli police fired tear gas and rubber bullets after mourners for stones and fireworks. police arrested multiple palestinians, while dozens were injured. drilling cause new prime ministers as the countries down to its last day of petrol and is printing money to pay civil servants. renel wick rima finger who was appointed on thursday, that the country needs $75000000.02 pay for essential importance. the economic and political crisis is fueled weeks of anti government protests. c u. s. troops will be returning to somalia to help local authorities their fights. the alphabet militant group president joe biden approved every deployment, reversing a decision by his predecessor, donald trump, to withdraw us forces in 2020 somali as newly elected president hassan shake

mohammed has promised to work closely with foreign partners. now any results from lebanon's parliamentary election indicate losses the allies of the countries iran backed has below group several anti establishment and opposition. candidates made gains in the vote. the 1st since the deadly beirut explosion and the start of the ongoing economic crisis. and the final results are expected on tuesday, but it is still unclear if there will be any majority in the countries $128.00 seat parliament, t w correspondent. rebecca ris as, as covering this election from bay route. and we asked her what the new lebanese government might look like. still a little bit too early to be able to make any predictions. as you said, your cell votes are still trickling in. but even after the votes are all completely counted, 11 on takes is notorious for taking a very long time to form government. so exactly how it will look hard to say at

this point. but as you mentioned, has does look to be losing its parliamentary majority. that instead going to the far right christian lebanese forces, part of the circle, saudi us alliance. and they will be able to, there may comp and eliza coalition government, they'll have to nominate a prime minister. they me able to form a cabinet now that could take the lead on, has been known to be without a government for 2 years at a time as these sort of in fighting and faction behind a, behind the scenes faction fighting goes on. but what is clear and what was really going into this election, one of the huge issues was the head issue and it doesn't appear that people have voted with their fate. many going into this electron has caused all the problems. other people saying that hitler isn't the only problem in this country, and we need to deal with corruption on all level. people certainly voting with their fate. a lot of independent candidates, also winning states. we're looking at maybe 10 states for the circle change of

position candidates and they'll play an important role if you got these 2 opposing blocks 1184 on one side handler on the other. and these independent candid saying white an important role in the middle w, rebecca ritter's. now the can that film festival opens in the south of france. today is the 1st time since the stars to the pandemic, that the festival is being held without mosques and without health. pulses, he, w correspondence. rock spread has been watching some of the films on offer. ah, the can film festival returns to relative no manatee, after 2 years of coven pandemic disruption, ad can is taking off looking to be chop gone again. cove it also, it breaks on the release of top gun, maverick, which will finally have its international launch. why is that one of life's mystery, sir?

ah, more than 35 years after the 1986 original tom cruises, resurrection of the famous fighter pilot is symbolic of the festivals own resurgence already. adrie wanted to confirm another eagerly await it. new film is from cult canadian filmmaker, david cronum. but after an achia high actors, the master of 40 horror dusted off a 20 year old script for his new film. crimes of the future ah, like was avenue in the body. in particular, what's happening with my body? vigo mortensen lead to star studded cast as a performance artist, showcasing the metamorphosis of his own organs. if it were seen a little can, razzmatazz is provided by elvis

o bears lumens by a pic starring austin butler as the king of rock'n'roll and tom hanks. as his manager to colonel tom parker is a romp through the good, the bad and the ugly of american culture. with elvis betrayed in the direct his own words as the original superhero. ah, not to let foot. now i spoke to scott rock spread his in can earlier, and he told me that it looks like the festival is arriving up for a come back up to 2 years of pandemic disruptions. i was a little bit skeptical ahead of this pastor. i didn't know if they're going to pull it off and we'll see what happens. of course, the next couple of weeks. but going into

a cam this year. there's just excitement in the year. i've been coming to the festival for a long time. and i really feel almost like my 1st time there's just such a electricity in the year. everyone. i spent 2 years in lockdown or in various states of pandemic blues. and the whole domain is really world wide, is now so excited to come to this festival again and really celebrate a real return to cinema. and we saw some of the things on alpha in our report, including tom cruz, looking still quite young and sprightly. what are some of the other highlights that we should be looking out for over the next few days? yeah, i mean can as got i think, got the balance really right. this time with a couple of really big films. we saw a top gun, which has spent 2 years on the shelf waiting for this moment waiting for a time when i can not only premier and camp, then go around the world to be in theaters around around the world are now open again. i'm and elders, of course,

a huge film from abbas learning a book can is really best known for. it's our house movies. i mean, we probably excited to see what david converts what to do with this new weird science fiction, dystopian crimes, the future. and there is a number of really powerful, impressive looking our house movies. i'll be showing here of the next 2 weeks. i can pick just one i'm. there's a film from ali obasi who's a danish, iranian a director. it's called a holy spider and it's billed as a sort of a film the wire, but sat in iran about e x a serial killer. looks very, very strange, very, very well. probably a little bit disturbing, but that's sort of a kind of fear that is often the real highlights here here at the campus. now we should say that the war in ukraine isn't being forgotten in can this year that no, i mean, obviously they're not that many of films directly addressing the subject. the we do have a couple of documentaries,

a looking at the warner crane one incredibly timely one which is set in maria who are the director of whom was actually killed during the invasion. but they were able to get the, the footage out and we'll be showing that here under a couple of other, smaller films that look and aspects of the iranian, of the ukrainian conflict. but the, the, so war in ukraine really hangs over this festival cert degree. it's going to be the topic on everybody's mind. and of course in all the discussions, aside from the talks about the film this year, all right, well have to leave it there. dw scottsboro reporting for us from can thanks so much land. a reminder of the top story that we're following for you today. ukraine's military says more than $260.00 ukranian soldiers have left the seats as of stalls . still works in the port city of mario, pull up to being trapped inside for weeks. more than 50 wounded troops were taken to a hospital and

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