ah, ah ah, it is d, w. news live from berlin. the as of style siege ends with the surround or surrender of hundreds of ukrainian soldiers after weeks trapped in the massive steel mill. they're now half tips of the russian military, with their immediate fate. unclear was on the program, sweden's prime minister announced that her country and finland formerly applied to jo nato. on wednesday the u. s. president pay his respects to the victims of a racist master shooting. kate will not prevail. wait,

supremacy will not have the last word. joe biden is in buffalo, new york to meet the families of the 10 people shot dead by a white supremacist on saturday. ah, allow soccer welcome to the program. more than 260 of the ukrainian soldiers hold up for weeks inside the massive steel works at murray you pull, have surrendered. this ends the wars longest siege and puts russia in full control of this key city. russia has already taken hundreds of ukrainian fighters, including severely wounded soldiers to territory health by its forces. the kremlin says, there'll be treated in accordance with international agreements. millennials will

look a little and the russian defense ministry says these pictures show mario po fighter, as undergoing inspection before being evacuated, a large convoy of surrendered ukrainian soldiers was escorted from the as off still works by pro russian armed forces, dozens of troops. i wound it and have been taken to a hospital in the russian controlled town of nova, his offs in the far east. some 200 others were transferred north to all any fca in russian backed separatist territory. several 100 ukrainian soldiers could still be inside the as off steel plant keeps as it wants to get them i to live, but that negotiations remain delicate. many ukrainians are skeptical about russia's pledge to treat ukrainian soldiers in line with international norms. during who nothing good will come of it. we don't know how they will be treated. actually we do know what we've already seen in boucher,

a pin on the other towns. issues. though most of mario paul now lies in ruins. the ukranian soldiers defending the city managed to fight against russian forces for much longer than expected would you support suits both so just all these guys basically changed the course of the war and gave ukraine the possibility to prove on the battlefield, that we have a straw alarming would also ukraine says that their mission at the mario pulse deal plant is complete, and that its defender as philly accomplished. what they set out to do. nevertheless, the city's loss, an evacuation of its people, is a major, symbolic blow free crane. one that came at a heavy price for both sides. dw mathias billing is in ukraine, 2nd biggest city, how to keep close to ukraine's border with russia. he told us more about the

soldiers taken out of the as of styles steelworks. we know that they have been brought to these places that we've just met this. he mentioned no was off in the car. we do actually not know how they are treated. we have heard that they are to you question whatever that means. and of course, the question is, what's going to happen? they're supposed to be there should be a prison. this what they were should be exchanged for russian prisoners of war. but listening to what we hear from moscow about to put him on the death penalty for them, the court of justice. debating whether to call that is off the tells you a terror terrorist group. we cannot be sure that this is going to happen at the spelling of the reporting from keith headland and sweden are pushing ahead to join with their efforts to join nato. despite turkey's objections to expanding the

alliance in stockholm, sweden's foreign minister signed her country's official native application, felons. parliament also proved its application by an overwhelming majority. the 2 noted countries fancy conscious of their membership bids together on wednesday. russia's invasion of ukraine has convinced sweet into n decades of military non alignments and utility. d. w. terry schultz reports from stucco. ah, every presidential visit is loaded with pomp and circumstance. but this time the circumstances are heavier than usual with war. weighing on every one. the finish in swedish leaders making history together as they finalized their bids to join nato. a move long considered unthinkable and stockholm and when the government resisted despite strong public and parliamentary support for it, you also have finland so firmly moving forward. and in that way, sweden has perhaps not pushed ourselves into nature, but we are in

a pulled in 4 months. swedish prime minister magdalena anderson warned nato membership would destabilize the region. now she seems ready to move in to what she calls a new era. it can go in a new day at on math. if the shakes matha, we can enter it with confidence and bring the best of our history into it. we have long been a strong voice for arms control, piece of freedom and human rights heroes. not every one is convinced sweden can keep that treasured identity inside nato. it's not an organization working for pres piece it is sir military alliance. and what a military alliance does that it is, it creates more war. we wanna keep the pieces written. but polls show most swedes do support joining. i think it's that younger generation are more against i think so. why? because they am never em had war. this

young ukrainian knows war and wishes her country was in sweden's shoes. i think it's great because sir my country, sir, in this situation, oh, we have to protect ourselves without any one's help. but until now, swedish law would have actually prevented foreign forces from coming to help the country in any situation short of a declaration of war. parliament is voting on a change this week. this open up her debility for us to get support on swedish territory in case of a crisis. pro nato policy analyst, eric brandt berg lives in washington, d. c, and flew to his native sweden just to be here when the momentous decision was made . he says, even if sweden has historically been ambivalent about nato, the alliance is very positive about it. there's already a lot of respect from nato toward sweden, but i think the fact that sweden are joints, gives nato a lot of new capabilities and give suite in the capabilities to no longer risk,

an uncertain future alone. harris some other stories making headlines around the world. this respect, the british government says that one to scrap part of the northern island breakfast protocol, trade deal agreed with european union as britain left the block or to foreign minister lives. charles fed the land legislation should provide northern ireland with access to the same benefits as the people of great britain sharing arrangements. the tiber results from lebanon's parliamentary elections show the hezbollah groups and its allies have lost their majority in parliament. several opposition candidates have made games. the results show a polarized parliament, mainly divided between pro and anti has belie low makers. famous government has approved a draw fill that would allow women to take paid menstrual leave and would wide an abortion rights for teenagers. if the law gets parliamentary backing,

it would make spain the 1st european country to grant paid, sickly, full period. paid us president joe biden has spoken out against what he called the poison of white supremacy in the united states. he was speaking in the city of buffalo in new york state were 10 black people were shot dead on saturday and were police treating as the racial hate crime? the teenage suspect is believed to have been a follower of braces ideology, a make shift memorial focal point for grief and remembrance near the place where the shootings happened. a grocery store and mostly african american neighborhood. the area closed off later for the president. and 1st ladies, 1st stop to way flowers of their own and connect with community leaders. so when i come to stand with you, the president and his wife had travel to buffalo to offer support. but also to put

a label on what police say is the driving force hall behind the massacre by a young white man targeting black people. terrorism, domestic terrorist violence inflicted in the service of hate. and the vicious thirst for power. that defines one group of people being inherently inferior to in any other group outside at the victim as memorial. a mostly appreciative community . i'm glad he came. does he see the suffering here? this person shot headed people, of course. yeah. and this is very important. you know, we, we need as much support as well as the community, as well as from our white house. and back inside by didn't had to pause. we counting one victim story, went to by his 3 year old son, a birthday cake. the

son showing a birthday asking where his daddy biden remained focused on his visit, telling his audience to fight domestic terrorism in american evil will not win. i promise you hey, will not prevail and white supremacy will not have the last word appointed message. we're meant to go beyond the perpetrators of racist violence to the voices urging them on. now the 75th can film festival has opened on the french riviera after a cancelled 2020 addition and a scaled back event last year. the stars aback in canada. the cast and crew of the zombie movie final caught were the 1st to take to the red carpet ukrainian president vladimir salenti. he also addressed the audience calling on filmmaker's, not to say silence over the wall in ukraine. atima film. critics have taken

a look at some of the films premiering at ken. ah, the cannes film festival returns to relative normality after 2 years of covey to pandemic disruption. ad can is taking off looking to be top gun again. cove. it also put breaks on the release of top gun, maverick, which will finally have it's international launch wednesday. it's one of less mystery sir. ah, more than 35 years after the 1986 original tom cruz's resurrection of the famous fight, a pilot is symbolic of the festivals own resurgence already ada . this all comes at

a very pivotal time for the movie industry. after 2 years of pandemic locked downs, theaters world wide are struggling, and can, is counting on its unique combination of reg, carpet, glamour and international art house allure to act as a global billboard. drawing film fans around the world, back into theaters and wanted to confirm another eagerly await new film is from coach canadian phil may, could david cronum, but after an achia heights us the master of 40 hora, dusted off a 20 year old script for his new film. crimes of the future the news ah, like was avenue in the body. particularly what's happening with my body. vigo mortensen lead to star studded cast as a performance artist, showcasing the metamorphosis of his own organs were seen

a little can. razzmatazz is provided by elvis o for bad lumens, by a pick starring often butler as the king of rock'n'roll and tom hanks. as his manager, 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 super hero. ah. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you. more than $260.00 ukrainian vices have surrendered to russian forces at the as of style steel plants and loss pocket for assistance in the port city of mario. moscow says the troops have been taken to

russian control territory and are receiving medical treatment. you're watching d. w news, part 2 of our case flex klan documentary is up next. stay tuned for that's, that's it for me. i'm will also take it by a thought say what grade he will be able to.