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ah ah ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin, ukraine's president says the dawn bass is completely destroyed. laudermill zalinski says russia has turned the eastern region into hell. he calls the bombardment of several on yet brutal and senseless while cave accuses russian forces have stopping civilians from playing also on the program. brushing oil from roles nef says care
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hutch loda is stepping down from its ford. the former german chancellor has been on the growing west and pressure over his ties to vladimir putin. classy with president joe biden touches down in south korea for talks with new lady and so kill global security issues are set to dominate. the agenda for body stops his visit at a computer chip factory will, hey, why and mounting concern, i've read potentially deadly illness, to growing number of countries and confirming cases of monkey pox. ah, i'm rebecca rita's welcome to the program. ukrainian president vladimir lensky says, russian forces have, quote, completely destroyed the industrial dumbass region. according to the regional governor, their russian show killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens in the eastern city
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of several. and yet, the ukrainian defense ministry said intense fighting. there is preventing civilians from fleeing the area. the landscape comments came in his nightly video address is room as the ukrainian or forces continue to make progress in liberating the heart of region, bicycle one. but the occupiers of trying to further strengthen the pressure that don bus thumb is held there. and that's not an exaggeration. department of civil donetta is brutal and absolutely senseless. wearily or i asked 8 of these funny fashion, keith, to tell us more about the russian assault in the dumbass region. situation is devastating rebecca in the don bus region attacks have really intensified ever since russia has withdrawn from the northern region. here i am writing on key fridge and sharon have and they have refocus, basically they offensive on the dump us region, something that bloody me put in has been describing as the motherland. basically this is where they want to gain momentum, specifically over one town. this is what they want to gain control over over
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several doing yet. now. several doing yeah it's, it's basically the administrative center, offline, screeching. adolescence is 2014, the separatist backed by russia. have control over lou hunter city, which has been the capital of the launch region. as a result, this is where we see most of the heavy shutting right now. these are villages, territories around that city, but also within the city itself. so people are caught up in the crossfire, it's civilian, so after beta bronze about 12 people during the past 24 hours alone have died because of shouting and at the same time, of course you have presidents at n ski describing this devastating situation as how in a way also signaling to the international community do not forget about the people in the dorm bus region, even though the front lines have shifted, as i say, from the north, towards the east and southern part of ukraine. so basically saying, step up there, make sure they are sanctions coming. may sure they are more weapons coming and make
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sure that this will ends soon. as you mentioned, there reinforcements from shown here. british military intelligence says roger is likely to re enforce its operations in the dawn bass once they secure that city of mattie. who? paul, what's the latest on the situation in matter? you pull in of course, at the as of steel plant, tougher murray pool because it's been really under heavy shutting for the past months. really that that town is basically reduced almost to nothing to rubble. and when it comes to the hours of star seal plant, there is little information from ukrainian government and really tight lipped, actually about what's happening right now. how many soldiers are still hold out there? they're seeing this is due to the fact that they want to make sure that they do not endanger the process that's still ongoing, but we just do not know what exactly is happening. is that one of the senior lead us of the, of a regiment appeared on a video, a message yesterday saying that he still inside other fighters are still on side. but if you do not know, as i say, just how many i side and how many have really surrendered. and while ukraine is
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quite tight lipped, russia assembling lea a or trying to control the narrative there. they say more than 1700 people soldiers have surrendered. this could be also, much as the as of regimen soldiers by the regulars to which is from the national guard. and they really trying to emphasize here that of those soldiers are treated well right now in the hospital, in the dumbass region, or in a, a facility that's actually like a prison. so, dang, to control. they are trying to control the message or on, on the what's happening to them while ukraine is not saying much. however, this is what gives some hope to the civilians and the relatives actually all of the soldiers that the rat cross has a began identifying and re just registering number of the soldiers. so at least to some relatives may be, the uncertainty may be over that at least they know, are they inside are the outside of this the, of that steel plant through are they? but regardless of that, the situation in that steel plant is not resolved yet. not funny,
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thank you very much for that update on a fisher in keith a while fighting rages in the don bass further north. the city of hard cave is firmly in ukrainian hands again after russian troops were driven away. authorities are eager to restore public life and that includes getting the hockey subway running again. but there are some obstacles to that. as our correspond, mathias billing has been finding out before they came here to flee the bombs. and now they don't want to leave the people who have been living in the subway station are petitioning the government to let them stay. subway stations here and hargrove, have been serving as bomb shirts since the beginning of the war. ye katerina top, i and her husband have been living here since the very 1st day. yet do have a value rough that he dearly i go home every 3 weeks. so busy but most, but i always need to prepare myself mentally before i can go without the moisture
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with them when i run home and take a bath so we can wash here, but the conditions are not ideal utils, so there's not a minute this dylan others don't have a choice, they do not have a place to go back to any more. this station is the terminal station of the metal line, the northernmost station in the city. it's closest to the front line and to those areas that have been most heavily shell. the shelling of hargrove has all but subsided, and the local government wants to get the subway system running again. it wants the people to leave the metro and is offering to relocate them. but many here, don't trust the piece. nova drama drama yet and look, i do go out on the street sometimes. but the fear is always there that before it is not that easy video, we need time to overcome it. not done her on the subway station. many of the houses have been destroyed in some streets, barely a house has been untouched. olga has also spent the past months in
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a subway. it's the 1st time she's come back to see the apartment where she lived with her mother and her son. she was told that there was damage, but she didn't know how bad it was. told us. it's terrible all. along with a shell hit a wall in one of the rooms. there's debris, everywhere, she documents everything. people can report the damage on the government website, but nobody knows how long it would take to get any support on that as i can, my knees are shaking my knees. they're actually shaking. i still can't believe it
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or what i knew that the windows were broken when you are the only that shall, hadn't hasten. yeah, there wasn't a hole in the wall. we might still somehow move back or the house is still standing . but this is different fairly for now, the only thing to do is to collect some of their belongings. they will not move back to the subway, but to a relative's house. in recent years for my german chancellor gerhard gouge, florida has been better known for his time to russia than for his time in office since he left office in 2005, he worked for a russian state and energy companies. now florida has resigned from the board of directors of moscow based oil company roles. and if the european parliament, early a cold for him to face sanction, if he didn't quit is a close friend of russian president vladimir putin. he was previously expected to take a top job at russian gas, john gas problem,
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which is now looking less likely they w political correspond benjamin alvarez group is on that story for us. been the former german chancellor has long been criticized here in germany and abroad for his close links to russia. why is he making this decision now? unfortunately, it's not possible to look into a read the mind of the former chance love it. i think there are 2 reasons for that . on one side you mentioned it. the possibility of being on a european union sanctioned list is the european parliament passed a decree asking also to governments of further persian sanction people who are close to russian companies. and the other side. of course yesterdays decision by a bonus or committee committee of the german parliament that decided that they will strip the former chance love some of his privileges that he still has. although he will still receive the pension and still have the security detail. he will not longer have the office and in that announcement that the committee a made,
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they did on mentioned the war in ukraine a because they fear that they might have legal challenges there. and the team around a guy had showed already set that they are analyzing a this because there is of course, the moral aspect. but there's also the legal aspect and is it was not mentioned. they said that he's not following the duties of a farmer. chancellor, there's of course the question, what are the duties of a former chancellor though this is a decision that was taken now i think due to these 2 factors, tell us a bit about the role that showed a played in germany's rush policy as chancellor and, and how it has changed since he left office. it was always really close when he was chance law. he left the chancellor in 2005 quickly afterwards he started working for a these companies it were mentioned already for the energy sector. he lobbied for them to see that there is this dependency between germany and russia when it comes to north stream one north dream 2. and it's far more than just
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a business relationship that he has with the russian president. he considered it later. you can sit as vladimir putin, a friend, and many have been wondering why he did not take a stand, not only in 2014, when a we have the situation in crimea and russia, but now with russia's war, russia's invasion in ukraine. he has been strongly criticized, also within the part within the social, a democrat party, so closely to russia. this is a decision there was a taking now and let's see if there will be any further consequences for the former chancellor. ben, thank you dw, political correspond benjamin, other as karuba, and here some other developments in the war in ukraine. the u. s. senate has overwhelmingly approved nearly $40000000000.00 in the way for ukraine. the emergency package includes military, economic and humanitarian assistance. the decision came as the u. s. authorized the shipment to ukraine of another $100000000.00 worth of weapons and equipment from
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pentagon stocks, united russia missiles have hit a grain warehouse in easton, ukraine official say the storage facility southeast of separation is now completely unusable. russia has repeatedly targeted ukraine's grain warehouses and other civilian infrastructure. while many in russia back flat, m a potent others have left because they oppose the invasion. they're not living in exile in countries, including israel. d. w is on your call met a film director who tells the stories of russian children raised in a culture of militarism and nationalism building a new home a so me tree bubble lubricant has family flat moscow at the beginning of march, leaving behind their former life as kremlin critical filmmakers, he says he and his wife had no choice or when the war started was
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absolute illness that we have to live. so, and we're like, we haven't slept and eat anything because we're so emotionally or devastated and they follow the news with great concern. but glue above says he's not surprised by the allegations of atrocities committed by the russian army. is 2019 documentary town of glory shows russians love of the military and how even children are indoctrinated with the attitude towards violence and russia. any kind of violence or is very m like it is a mere think like to beat your kid. if you're a teacher to shout on
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a students to torture some animal, the violence is normal thing for russia. i believe that this is the root of law. what is happening now in ukraine fatherland swimmer agenda will have the model of the film also deals with the propaganda protein and his aides have used over the years to convince russians that the west is their enemy didn't good idea born over for years. many russians are still almost held. think about the former soviet union book, a little book says that's why many of them support the war in ukraine. oh, boots im just doing what people want. she feels the pupils aspirations. yes, she warms it up. she a, make it more and more and more aggressive,
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but still she doing what people wanted him to do, hulu, both and his wife obtained is really citizenship. after the annexation of crimea, they wanted the safe haven, which israel offers to immigrants with jewish descent. they miss russia, but as long as putin is in power latency in the future. and you can watch that documentary town of glory bonder filmmaker, we just met there on the dw documentary channel on youtube. you as president joe biden has kicked off his 1st presidential trip to asia in south korea, where he's having talks with new president units of fuel the journey, which also takes him to japan is intended to count a chinese influence and cement us leadership in asia is expected to address concerns connected to russia's invasion of ukraine in so he visited a samsung semiconductor plant, one much like the factory. the electronics giant plans to build in texas,
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dealing with the global shortage of computer chips is a key element of his trip. why did biden choose to start in south korea and not japan on his 1st trip to asia, as you, as president? well, and i put that question to journalist frank smith in so he usually does go to japan for you as president, when, when he visits the, the region. i think this was something over reward for you. and so you'll, he campaigned on a promise that he would strengthen the alliance and relations with the united states at the same time and does have an initiative that he's going to launch when you, when he visits japan, the into pacific economic framework. and perhaps he was saving for his visit to tokyo. well, as we think china is holding military exercises in the disputed south china sea and
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there is the visit could be overshadowed by some kind of north korean missile test . how ball that is the president about this? well, so 3 of the stories had to answer some difficult questions at the national assembly this past week about the possibility that north korea would conduct a nuclear test and they have reconstituted their point a re test site. and launched 15 missiles so far this year. so the credit does want us to commit to extend to deterrence and strengthening the visitation us nuclear capable assets to the region. so it is something that they're concerned about during this summer for sure . frank, on the, the rival, the u. s. president started by visiting a computer chip factory, as we mentioned in the late in taking t. why is that? well, around the world because the coven, 1910. then there were shortages of computer chips and in the production of various
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things in particular, cars and what the u. s. president is trying to do and, and the, so the green president use of julie sawyer, certainly on board with this is to create a supply chain alliance. south korea conducts 25 percent of its trade with china and 15 percent of its trade with the u. s. so green president said he wants to diversify that dependence on china and alleviate the potential for the supply chain bottlenecks in the world suffered earlier in the pandemic. that's fascinating . i had no idea about that. actually it's very, very interesting how the u. s. is allies in asia worried that biden's attention is now really on ukraine and not at asia, not on asia? well, i would say here in south korea that they, they're certainly pretty happy. i mean, it's just made temp that present. a new circle was, was inaugurated. china is going to be a little bit more worried with south korea,
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possibly joining the quadrilateral security dialogue was the alliance started by japan, also involving a trillion india in the united states. but it's perhaps north korea that wants to see more attention paid to this region and perhaps some movement on the un security council sanctions and perhaps will conduct more missile tests and, and nuclear test if the u. s. doesn't, you know, offer some type of incentives to, to get back to negotiations on that. right, frank, thank you very much. that comprehensive update. frank smith in cell me a quick look at some of the news making headlines around the world. now, nobel peace prize laureate as a ramos horta has been sworn in for a 2nd time as president of team will s day. he took the oath of office in the capital dilly. he said his top priority as president is to protect young people seeking democracy. he's inauguration comes on the eve of the 20th anniversary of
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html s days. independence. officials in indian administered kashmir, said one worker has been killed and another 9, a trapped after part of a tunnel collapsed. emergency workers a using earth move is to clear the wreckage and try to rescue them. a tunnel is part of a mountainous highway tunnel system in the himalayan region. spain for my king juan carlos is visiting his homeland after nearly 2 years of self imposed exile. crowds turned out to see him, the 84 year old abdicated after a series of financial scandals. the royal family says he'll return to his home in abu dhabi. on monday. germany's top court has approved rules requiring health workers to be vaccinated against cove at 19. the constitutional court rejected complaints against the mandate, which has been in effect since march. it's at the importance of protecting vulnerable people in hospitals and care homes. outweighed any infringement of health workers rights when germany has detected its 1st
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case of the ram monkey pox virus. the armed forces medical service said the case had been found in a patient in munich. these says grow a growing number of european countries and others around the world report outbreaks . us doctors are investigating whether a case in the state of massachusetts is related to those in europe. monkey pox is a rare viral infection, usually found in small mammals in west and central africa. the spread of the virus is usually caused by people traveling to those areas. that's why doctor is at the massachusetts general hospital in the u. s. were initially surprised to be confronted with the disease in a patient. during the course of their admission, they were identified as a possible monkey hawk suspect. and this was really unusual because the patient had no travel history, no exposure to animals,
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that would be known to be reservoirs. however, the team thinking about the patient and hearing and just over the weekend and some of the cases, the united kingdom thought more broadly about the patient's diagnosis. doctors and now working to establish whether the infection is connected to small outbreaks. currently being seen in europe. italy in sweden have become the latest countries to confirm cases following britain, portugal and spain. authorities say they're monitoring the outbreak closely. it's not likely that it will generate a significant transmission, but we cannot rule it out. we have to be very careful. we monkey pox is similar to humans. smallpox, though milder. most people recover from it in a few weeks. symptoms include fever and headache, feeling tired and swollen glands. the virus is usually transferred through close bodily contact or bodily fluids. while the world health organization says the
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general public should be aware of unusual skin rashes, expert stress, there is no need for alarm. it can then spread from person to person, but it's not very efficient at trans matching. and so what we normally see is maybe one or 2 people get infected from that case and then it dies out cuz it's not very infectious within human population. while authority stressed of the risk to the general public as long as they're urging any suspected cases to self isolate immediately as in football news now and after aunt hocked frank, that's a thrilling wind in the rope, a leg on wednesday, a team has arrived back home to a hero's welcome in the city. around a $100000.00 fans packed frank, it's main square to hail the men who beat the glasgow ranges on penalties. coach oliver glass now goalkeeper kevin trap and raphael barra,
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who scored the winning penalty are among those soaking up the acclaim. plasma says he's going to party through until saturday and to another jain of german football humbug. bait had to berlin in the 1st leg, and the buddhist lake is relegation. play off. visiting fans traveled to berlin in huge numbers and they're backing health. hamburg, take an advantage into next week's return match. depending on who you believed, anywhere between 7525000 homburg funds were in the olympia study on, on a bobby knight and berlin. but there was plenty of home support to that. one of the most nerve wracking games in the german calendar. this was the atmosphere into which young danish keeper oliver christiansen had to descend for his debut, and a hair to shirt. injuries forced coach felix ma got to play the 20 the road. he did
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well to carry with a glut so short of 32 minutes but there was nothing he could do that humbug 2nd tough winner you'd have it rice couldn't have miss. it's his cross eddie better than the hubbard funds went wild a bitter moment for christianson and for her to but the keeper's injury time saved from young jamera means the berliners must only overcome a one goal deficit on monday. easier said than done in a hostile hamburg. and finally, the great composer, composer rather than galas, he wrote the soundtracks, the chariots of fire and blade runner has died at the age of 79. his career in music span more than 50 years. in 1992, he wrote the soundtrack for ridley thoughts, film, conquest of paradise, which topped the charts in many european countries. ah, funny and has had no formal training and said he never learned to read music.
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are you watching date of the news? his reminder of the top story we're following for you. he cries, president lansky says russian forces have completely destroyed the industrial don bass region. a called the bombardment of several done yet brutal and senseless, and accused russian forces of stopping civilians from flaying to ukraine, controlled areas. attorneys uptake foyer this hour. we'll have more headlines at the top of the next hour. i'm rebecca written in berlin. thanks to watching. ah ah
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