i also invoke form ah ah, this is d, w use live from birth in the a c h ends. russia says it's captured more than $260.00 ukranian soldiers hold up in the steel mill. the troops is taken to territory held by russian forces where most who says they will be given medical treatment. ukrainians had been trapped in a still works for weeks. we made the sister of one of the finest in the as

a regiment in mary open, still waiting for news of her brother. but you also hear about the regiments controversial past. and for the 1st time since the start of the pandemic, the con film festival is back without restrictions. it's time to wrap the popcorn and take a listen to our correspondence take on. this is big screen offerings. ah, i've been fossil and good to have you along. over $260.00 ukranian soldiers had surrendered. they'd been hold up in a still works in the southern city of murray awful for weeks. it ends the longest siege of the war so far and puts russia in full control of the city. russia's already taken hundreds of the fighters, some severely wounded to territory, held by its forces. equivalent says they'll be treated in accordance with

international agreements. and any of the russian defense ministry says these pictures show mar, you pull fighters undergoing inspection before being evacuated. dozens of wounded troops have been taken from. are you pull to hospital in the russian controlled town of noble as offs in the far east. some 200 others were transferred north to albany, fca in russian. back to supper, his territory several 100 ukrainian soldiers could still be inside the eyes of style steel plant. keith says it wants to get them out alive, whom i am on that usually does. we hope to save the lives of our boys, that among them a heavily wounded. they have been treated obama. i want to on the line ukraine needs. it's ukrainian here is alive. this is our principle is the laws of the men from over donald to hopes of the work continues to bring our boys home and it requires delicacy and time just in keith. many ukrainians are skeptical about

russia's pledge to treat ukrainian soldiers in line with international norms. cerebral, her nothing good will come of it. we don't know how they will be treated. actually we do know what we have already seen in boucher, a pin on the other towns in she recently respond will remember it probably isn't very good if it, but if there's no way the way the soldiers can be saved later, russian backed separatist have released this video which they say shows them patrolling the as of style still works on tuesday. it like the rest of mar, you pull, is largely in ruins. the cities loss is a major symbolic blow for ukraine. and one that came at a heavy price for both sides did. oh, he's fun. if a child is in the capital cave, funny is ukraine now releasing russian prisoners in return.

what we know at this point is that actually ukraine is trying to get more more. i saw just out of the as of stars steel plan, there's no information when that prisoner swap is going to take place. in fact, people here in ukraine, a wondering whether it's going to take place at all. if they listen to the debate going on there in russia, some, a low may cause basically a cooling for these i have evacuated as of style as soldiers from the as af regiment. that they have to be brought to justice basically that the do not vote deserve to live. also, the justice ministry in russia basically cause in the supreme court right now to declare that as of a regiment is a terrorist organization. as a result, clearly people here and ukraine order. any people are quite skeptical that is going to be a prisoner swap. and they actually quite worried when it comes to the safety of those or the out of the of saw steel plant. what is really their fate? now we have to zoom in a little bit on the history of the as of regiment. because part of the truth is

also that when a vis a military unit started as a voluntary militia 8 years ago. the lead at that time was harboring quite radical views, but presidents lensky, sat and kept saying, when he was asked about the, as your regiment and their meaning. today, he said that they've been reformed. they are no longer radical. in fact, they should be viewed as euros. who are the last defenders of mary paul for more than 80 don't days? basically, i try to win time for, for ukrainian forces to advance and other parts in other parts of the country. but it remains the controversial unit nonetheless. and the question is whether that controversy that, that russia took as a pretext to invade ukraine. what that is going to mean into himself, whether the cane is ukrainian soldiers. i going to stay alive or not. we do not know, and probably what's happening to those soldiers who weren't able to leave a steel plant at all. well, the kremlin

a basically saw that putting guarantees that every one who surrender is going to be treated according to international law. but what about those who did not surrender yet? that's exactly what also the sister of one of the soldiers is wondering about to day. as she does not know about the fate of who rather 26 year old young man who has been basically a lawyer before joining the eyes of regiment. because he is the patriots. that's what he says, the size. what, what's going to happen to him now? is he going to make it out of there, alive? let's have a look at the report 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. be michel live in southern ukraine. i. 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 are tom changed venus now? sure, on the ship, he knew that sooner or later the aggressor will bring war to our country. and he knew that he needed to to prepare national, greenly. e. ross does not shit that i bought the lot. this said, our to him was 26, joined the angel fragment a few years ago. it was formed as a volunteer militia group, and later became part of the national guard. he still hold up here in the as of stone steel plant. the last holdout of ukraine's forces in the port city of mario pool. the regiment released his 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 fi inc, which has drawn a backlash globally. your and key. the unit is seen as heroes. billboards have

sprung up, supporting the soldiers. ye inclusive. i am expressing huge gratitude for them for standing, for us and for our ukraine, nestle, then johan was looking for puritan. as for every russian, every ukrainian is radical. but we only want to live on our own, and we strive to speak our own language. and every, as of soldier is a ukrainian wasn't as o t o green. because leslie, co chair researchers, right when groups he says it's correct that the founder of herself, harbored neo nazi views, but ins it's, that's changed now for all those guys who were interested in politics more than in a military action. they gone from there, but only on an regiment after a 1st several months of it's existing in 2014. natalia doesn't want to get into ourselves controversial past. she's more worried for her brother artem no word so on his so here he was texting me. that he's alive,

he has room and that's it. he writes very short messages. unfortunately, there's room holding on to signs of life and hoping her brother will return a life funny since you filled with natalia, have you had an update from her she's basically saying that she's appealing to the pope to help her brother being released safe and sound from the as of solstio plan, and in fact she was suggesting, would it be much better if turkey i would have extracted the soldiers and the soldiers would go to turkey as long as the war age is on. but clearly, this is not the playbook that's currently unfolding here as russia and ukraine agreed for this on this prison as well. only nobody knows whether that's actually going to take place. okay, time will say funny for china, our correspondent in ukraine in the capital, kia, thank you very much for the update. let's get another view on the as of

regiment. andres homeland is an historian from there, so i'm center for eastern european studies. just how d radicalized. would you say this group is 1st of all, one has to say it is not a political group. it is a military unit that follows the orders from the ministry of interior. it's part of the national guard under the ministry of interior. and i would suspect that there are still alter nationalists from the early period in this regiment. some perhaps new writing figures in the, in the regiment. but it is not any longer following a political agenda, but has soldiers of different kinds. and perhaps also probably also some with the far right background and including some from the early but battalion that

was indeed founded by far right extremists. so we don't know much about actually the exact composition of the regiment. but the people who were recruited to this regiment since 2014, we're not recruited on the basis of their political views, but are on the basis of their quality for. ready military service, or would russia's justice ministry be right then to ask the supreme court to declare ukraine's as of a terrorist organization, as we are just being told through use coming through right now. well, it will then be justified to declare it may be many military units around the world as terrorist because there are, if you study the far right internationally and the research has, will know that there is an affinity between the far right and the armed forces in

general in many countries, including in russia and there are units in, in many armies around the world that may have larger concentration of foreign act activists. and in the german bundis where we have regularly a scandalous with far right networks within the german army. so this is of course, a tricky question. the, the unit, of course, is a military unit. it's not a terrorist organization, but there, but there are, as perhaps other ukrainian units, far right extremists, so you cry dns, right to hail these soldiers as, as war heroes. yes, absolutely, because herb, independently from what their political views are are, these are defend us of the fatherland and they performed their as,

as defenders of the fatherland if they want to be politically active. ukraine has several far right parties. are they united in the last elections? the united front of all fall right. parties of, of ukraine got a slightly more than 2 percent in the last parliamentary elections. so they could go there and, and followed their far. i'd use their but in the military unit, they are defending the fatherland and in a heroic way. and so i think there should it, there should be no questions. ask you for the wealthy private use of these, of the soldiers are and one also has to say that this is only one of many units of the ukranian armed forces, which has a found an extraordinary attention to these are a couple of top maybe maybe 2000 maybe maybe slightly more than 2000 men and among the people also some far right ext extremists, which have found and enormous attention internationally. i so some exceptions,

basically what, what you're saying, but i, you worried that this war will create a space full, full radicalization within ukraine following this wall. well, that was the suspicion that many, including myself had in 2014, when the annexation of premier happened and the pewter civil war was started by russia in eastern ukraine. but what we observed in 2014 was actually a decline of the electoral support of the far right. both in the presidential elections and in the parliamentary elections. so that was based on past experience. that is not something that is obvious yet in any way the, the far right in ukraine is weaker than in many other european countries, including best european countries. so even if it, if its electoral support doubles or triples from the last parliamentary elections,

this would still be a relatively minor phenomenon within the international context of far right. movements in various more or less democratic countries. historian andreas online, thank you very much for your insights. thanks for ukrainian president bloated mister lansky has spoken with german cesar olaf sholtes about the war. so let's get tweeted that the pair had discussed the situation of the front line and for the sanctions on russia. he added that he appreciated the support of germany on defense matters as well as its backing of ukrainian accession to the european union. those talks came after a diplomatic spat in recent weeks that has since eased as d w's bank. i mean, i've had scuba told us travel by the countries. foreign ministers has helped come lingering tensions. both of them visited the other country where german 4,

a minister babbled visiting keith meeting, president lensky. she also visited the mass graves in boucher and the ukrainian counterpart collabo, who was in germany who was here in berlin. he met with government officials, he met with officials of the a position as well. and he also attended the d 7 foreign ministers meeting in no than germany. so that's definitely a good sign that the both relationships between both countries are on a good way. but now of course, the interesting question is, if either german president, thanks, i just, i my, all the german chancellor will go to ukraine will visit key. that's been a question that all of charlotte has been dodging yesterday evening. he was a part of a talk show where they ask him again, will you go to ukraine? will you go to keith? but he said, i will not join this group of people who just quickly go to ukraine, go the for a photo opportunity and then go back. it is a quick look at some other stories. spain's government has approved the draft build

up would allow women to take paid menstrual lee and also white, an abortion rights of teenagers. if the law gets parliamentary backing, it would make spain the 1st european country to grant paid sick leave. the period pains, sweden's foreign minister and linda has signed her countries, official nato application at the foreign ministry and star of sweden and finland seeking to join the alliance after russia's invasion of you quite inland parliament on tuesday, also approved its application with an overwhelming majority. britton's queen elizabeth has made a surprise public appearance at a ceremony integrating it. you'd london subway line named in her honor. the 96 year old monarch has had to cancel the number of public appearances in recent months due to her health issues. she's due to celebrate 70, he is on the throne, with a series of platinum jubilee events. next month. the u. s. has the to day may

17th, an international day against homophobia, trans phobia, and by phobia. israel is known as one of the most progressive countries in the middle east when it comes to l. g. b t writes, but still orthodox jews can struggle to be accepted by their community. he w's on your car, spoke to one gay man, forced to undergo so called conversion therapy. blue men shall know when the past catches, ma'am with him. then civil man sits down at the piano. he might play a love song rewriting it so that it's from one man to another man. her birth girl just a few years ago, ben would not have been able to talk about his sexuality, either pamela, better than i was terrified at our marcello, and i thought i was going to lose everything over him. hit of him schilling, my family, my best friends, my community. he lara, i need the outside of a lead dog. i was a religious kid, fanny. i believed in heaven,

but there believed in hell the bad and i thought i'd end up in hell and hot blame, silly ah then grew up in an ultra orthodox community with religious doctrine at its center. he would often read the taurus for up to 12 hours a day. he was to marry young and have lots of children. but he fell in love with one of his classmates, his teacher noticed until his father, who then sent ben to so called conversion ceremony. shotwell bonnie mccloud, she actually thought i was told it was based on childhood traumas off shani law must think of it had caused me not to feel masculine enough be careful, was utterly give. i was looking for another man, i think of leave to make up for my own lack of masculinity. how many on a how so? shocked on my masculinity problems, felt i would they said no longer be attracted to men. then spend 7 years in the so called therapy. during that time he avoided relationships,

but he was still attracted to man and that pushed him to despair. a malady ogazio i climbed up on to a roof with the causing him. i wanted to jump a little think i wasn't afraid, it seemed like the best solution at all market. then i thought there is one thing i haven't yet tried to be gay to try to be myself out of as unless i got down from the roof of as much as the and decided to come out on the annual a technology from a cooler fence, a strictly religious fenley refused to accept them. he left the community, build a new life for himself. he studied mcmahon to day, he rarely goes into ultra orthodox district. when he sees his family, he can talk about his relationship with you. here though, he feels understood every week and meets up with a group of gay, lesbian, and trans people from ultra orthodox backgrounds. they all share similar

experiences and that hubs been to accept himself that by just these look she highway i have met gay couples who have been together for decades. chicago. rp, what's given me hope that i to that will be able to find true love for harry much even though for years like i was taught the opposite. clarity of the havoc must i kneel to a sheet here. ben is now campaigning to have so cold converse in therapy bent, and israel, he's hope is that others can one day live as openly as he does. a great name and great approach to life. early results from lebanon's parliamentary election are indicating losses for allies of the countries iran backed his black group. final results is still to be determined, but a christian party with strong ties to saudi arabia and the us as my guides. it's unclear whether his ballade, its allies will hang on to the majority in the countries $128.00 c. parliament has

been a supporter is struck, and up b tone an election night. but it soon became apparent that there cheering was premature. the parliamentary block led by the shiite islamist group took a major hint early results show that its allies have lost support. opponents of has been made gains, including the christian lebanese forces party, which is linked to saudi arabia. my, the early result comes amid the worst economic and financial crisis, lebanon has ever seen the deadly explosion in the port of beirut. nearly 2 years ago made things even more dire. many people can barely afford basic necessities. even polling stations like this, one in tripoli were not spared from the daily power cuts. before i die, i want to see lebanon. the weight was when i was young, the,

we went to school, finished our education, lebanon was lebanon, then i want to die knowing lebanon is back again. so that the, here are q u, i voted for change of horrors because we can't go on like this, of them, of a lebanon needs to wake up and lift itself up and, and that's something i support so that our children can continue to live in this country i'm, i'm more you, the law charlotte, voter turnout was only 41 percent. and many observers say the country is complex, so called confessional power sharing political system has paralyzed the state. but others hope that the success of opposition parties may finally lead to real change . the con film festival opens today. it's the 1st time since the start of the pandemic that the festival is being held without restrictions. he w scott rocks bra and adrian kennedy. have been watching some of the films on offer

the cam film festival returns to relative normality after 2 years of coverage pandemic disruption ad can is taking off looking to be chalk gone again. cove. it also put breaks on the release of top gun, maverick, which will finally have its international launch. one has been sort of less mystery sir o than 35 years after the 1986 original. tom cruise is resurrection of the famous fight. a pilot is symbolic of the festivals own research . ah, 48 hours. this all comes at a very pivotal time for the movie industry. after 2 years of pandemic, locked downs, theaters worldwide are struggling and can, is counting on its unique combination of red carpet,

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