[000:00:00;00] with subscribe to the w documentary on you to be ah ah, this is deed of the news live for berlin. russia says it has taken full control of the as of style. steel plant, after ukrainian officials ordered the last remaining defenders to surrender to save

their lives. also in the program, performer german chancellor finally cuts his ties to russia's state owned oil company. doesn't have to, says god schroeder is leaving its port facing the threat of sanctions over his ties to the kremlin and a close vote down under poles close in australia's eastern and central regions in today's federal election. prime minister scott morrison's conservative, hoping for a 4th term, but history and opinion polls way against the ah . told me a logical welcome to the program. russia says it's now fully in control of the as of style still works in mary. a poll. you korean soldiers had held on to the plant for weeks, despite being surrounded by russian forces and facing constant bombardment of the

order to surrender came from officials and caves hoping to save the lives of hundreds of soldiers. the siege of mary, you po, appears to be over for weeks, the last ukrainian defenders held the as of style still plant under heavy russian bombardment. now, russia has announced that the remaining ukrainian forces have surrendered, mocking the end of one of the most symbolic battles of the wall. while they're saying that the russian defense minister has informed the president about the end of the operation and the complete liberation of the plot and the city of motto from the ukrainian militancy of what your, there's your portillo moscow says over 2400 soldiers have surrendered in the past week, in a video statement, the commander of ukraine's, as of battalion said, they had been ordered to abandon the defense of mario pl. we should we go, we're getting these glower commanders have given the order to save the lives of the

men and to abandon the defense of the city. it only me shall. the work is underway to bring the bodies of the killed fighters out just so that ukraine can bury its heroes, forced them a bow, wonderfully jolla with russia now claiming full control of mary jo, pole defense experts suggest moscow will now seek to relocate its forces. troops from ru po could now support the offensive in other parts of east and ukraine, where the russian assault is continuing unabated. deed of lee correspond and lex and a, as in kiff. and earlier i asked him, how big a blow the fall of my uncle is for ukraine. oh, tell me, i'm the fighting and maria pull and in the area has had a devastating effect on the city. we're talking roughly $20000.00 dead civilians and a city that was completely raised to the ground, so to say. but from a military perspective, the russians held this area for,

for quite some time. now this was the last stronghold of the fence. the as of style steelworks were hundreds of thousands of fighters were, were holding out and drawing all the attention of the russian forces, drawing artillery, fire airstrikes tank fire infantry. and that was kept busy by the last remaining fighters there. now this fight became unsustainable at some point, so they, essentially, they had to give up at some point. so this is a loss for ukraine in one way, but it's also noteworthy that they had a massive impact on the, on, on, on the war effort. and that the russian troops that were in that area could not engage in other parts of the country. and why is it so important for the russians to win control of the city? well on it's a symbolic when in a way, um and some are saying that the russians are using this for or they expect to them

to use this for our internal propaganda measures. i'm from from what we know is that according to the russian caesar unconfirmed numbers that 2400 fighters have actually left. and it's not confirmed that everybody is out. but the last thing we heard of this morning was that the commander of to marine, the brigade, was, was actually out. i'm so and they were russian. lawmakers also are russian authorities have been calling for investigations and the war crimes that these men that were taken out. some of them have been taking the hospital, others to penal colonies should be investigated for crimes against civilians for a war crimes. the ukrainian side is actually pushing for a prisoner swap, but there's very little information coming out right now, so we don't exactly know how far that is going on. but according to the training president zalinski, and there are, there are other actors involved, including israel and turkey at the moment. so it remains to be seen what the situation is there, or how that is going to play out. all right,

my thunder in q. thank you for bringing us up to speed. russia has cut off supplies of natural gas to finland according to the finish energy operator. now this move comes after russia demanded that finland pay for its energy in rubles, to help bolster the russian currency following economic sanctions. a finland is the latest country to be hit with energy restrictions after poland and bulgaria. it gets most of its gas from russia, but gas only accounts for about 5 percent of the country's energy portfolio and officials in elk helsinki. as they have said, there will be no disruption to supplies. one of germany's former chancellors as resigned from the board of russia's state oil company rosin eft. gerhard schroeder has been facing mounting criticism over his ties to russia and this week the european parliament called for him to face sanctions. if he did not quit. mister schroeder is also

a long time friend of latimer putin as the w political correspondent, simon young reports. for years gearhart, gerda has been criticized for his closeness to russian interests. some called him the kremlin chief lobbyist in germany. schroeder has refused to criticize the invasion of ukraine and he played down crimes committed by russian forces within the s p. d. the party that schroeder once led, many felt his bees were unacceptable, calls grew for him either to leave voluntarily or face expulsion. this week, chancellor shalt himself added to that pressure. one more thing is important to me if i may add, it would be best if galahad square to resign from his post. schroeder has never made a secret of his friendship with vladimir putin. while he was chancellor from 1998 to 2005, he signed the deal to bring russian guest to germany by the gnawed string pipeline

through the baltic sea. and he raised eyebrows by referring to the russian leader as a flawless democrat. soon after leaving office, he accepted a job with rush and energy company gas problem. he later became chairman of the supervisory board of another russian oil giant ra, sniffed. and he's also on the board of the north stream operating company. just weisner there has finally change tack is not clear. it could be down to a motion in the european parliament to put him on a list of those with russian links. he could face sanctions, including asset freezes, may be the decision by the bundled stock to withdraw privileges such as a fully staffed office and a driver force the ex chancellor to think again. whatever the truth many say should a support for putin has tarnished german, his international reputation, and that damage cannot easily be undone. german media reports that a storm across west and germany has kill one person while injuring dozens of others

and causing severe damage. that includes a tornado that tall through the city of potter bon injuring dozens of people. heavy damage was also reported in the near to nearby town of live said, ah, the shopping mall in powder born was among the buildings damaged as the storm unleashed its destructive force. the local police said the storm injured up to 40 people in potter born. at least 10 of them seriously. a police statement set, the tornado caused millions of euros of damage. as it swept through the western german city. ah! the storm left a trail of destruction in its wake, with trees uprooted and roofs ripped off. many trees fell on parked cars.

the tornado also cause extensive damage. 35 kilometers to the west, enlisted a local resident film. these images near the town square st. trees were scattered and roofs blown off. buildings, no heavy rain and gale force winds caused severe property damage here as well. around $120.00 bathers were temporary trapped at a local swimming pool. after fallen trees blocked the entrance lest unto some of the stories making news or on the world. european health officials say they're concerned about the growing number of monkey pox infections on the continent, a one that the virus could spread at an accelerated rate. during the warm summer months, france, germany and belgium all reported their 1st cases on friday. yes, president joe biden has been holding talks and so with his south korean counterpart you,

you'll focusing on the nuclear threat from north korea earlier by the later read at a military cemetery. he vowed to deepen the 70 year lives, which in the us and south korea, french president, my normal cross, new look cabinet, has been unveiled among the changes, a new foreign minister career, diplomatic, catherine calona, who last served as ambassador to britain earlier this week across team announced that elizabeth born would become frances 1st female, prime minister in 30 years, with the polls of closing eastern and central australia in closely for the federal election, dominated by climate change. the pandemic and the economy. more than $17000000.00 voters are eligible to cast their balance and polling stations around the country. i mean it's, it's got morrison's conservatives. james, seeking a rare 4th term despite some pre election polls showing that could be

a change of government led by his challenger opposition labor, anita, and in 3 more years of the same i. let's get more on what's happening in the polls from our reporter, jared read. jared, what do we know so far with these poles close and ok. so polls have closed on the east coast of australia and central australia in and around 45 minutes time from now. they're going to close in western australia, which means all polls then we'll have closed across the entire country. and what the experts was saying ahead of the selection is that the selection would go down to the wire between the 2 men. you mentioned anthony of an easy and scott morrison, the incumbent prime minister. but of course, they said that last time, polls showed the labor party would when last election they didn't win. so they've been quite badly burned by that they're hoping for a different result. this time we have to see if we can trust the holes. this election has been fought on kind of the big issues like climate change on the back of these really major weather events. australia's had the bush fires,

the floods and out of that has sprung these kind of climate focused independent candidates. so hoping to pressure the major parties to do more than what they currently want to when it comes to climate change. also, the pandemic played a big role. the economic prospects, long term of australia following the pandemic. how it's going to turn around this big budget deficit. as a result of government spending to get out of the coven, 19 pandemic. all the other types of issues so sore and cost of living for families . how can they pay for child care? rising cost of goods, housing, things like that are all on the mines avoid us today. and of course they're looking to lease big candidates to get them to take them forward as a nation. bring us up to speed on these 2 men challenging for prime minister. ok, well let's start with the incumbent. prime minister scott morrison, also known as going mario. he is a former marketing, boston, evangelical christian who's been the prime minister since 2018. he's

a big supporter of the coal industry. australia is the world's 3rd largest exporter of fossil fuels, and he is not really interested in going further than the current paris accord commitments. he kind of his trustworthiness and ability is a crisis manager has been called into question of life. his poll numbers dropped as a result of a kind of sluggish vaccine role that he struggled to recover from since then. his challenger is anthony albany, the leader of the center lift labor party. he has put himself forward as a more a man of the people he grew up in. public housing was raised by a single mother. he's slightly more ambitious when it comes to reducing emissions, but hasn't committed to phasing out or cutting coal. if we put the campaigns side by side, they are, it's been a divisive campaign, but neither side experts saying has really put forward the kind of transformative

policies that australia really needs right now when it comes to dealing with the challenges that we've been talking about. so as the accounting happens across the country, we'll have to see what the voters, what all right, and thanks for that update d, w is jared read. and if you'd like to follow up on that and all the stories of being korean, you can go to our website d, w dot com. that's up to date with all the news and, and that's i've told the elliptical for myself and the team. thanks for joining us . right. ah, ah, what secrets lie behind these walls?