with one doing goal out smart nature. one of the most insightful discoveries in the history of mankind. more life starts may 28th on d, w. ah, ah. this is d w. news live from berlin. russia says it has taken full control of the as of salt steel plant, after ukrainian officials ordered the last remaining defenders to surrender to save their lives. also on the program, a former german chancellor finally cause his ties to russia. state owned oil

company doesn't yet, says gearhart schroeder is leaving it or he was facing the threat of you sanctions over his ties to the kremlin and a close vote down under old clothes and vote counting begins in australia after today's federal election. i minister of morrison's conservatives hoping for 4th term, history and opinion polls way against them. ah, i'm told me or logical welcome to the program. russia says it is now in full control of the as of style still works in mario poll after a month long battle to take control of the port city ukrainian soldiers held on to the plant for weeks. despite being surrounded by russian forces and facing constant bombardment, officials in moscow said the last fighters,

as the rendered ukrainian president william is lensky said. they've been given permission to leave a steel works. soldiers have been taken to russian control territory, and keith says in hopes they will be released as part of a prison exchange. just and crump is the ceo of the global risk analysis consultancy civil line, and a veteran of the iraq war. this is his assessment of how much a blow the loss of variable is for ukraine. i mean, the loss of mario poll was long expected from the cry inside. and of course the defense are we went on much longer. many people would have expected. but i think ukrainian population little bit split certainly when the news of the surrender started to separate a few days ago. and it's been a lengthy process as you know, i think some people are very disappointed that the hold out did not continue other

people celebrating just how long it goes. there is a splitting the thing out of interest, the russian side, i think very much celebrating the complete capture of mario paul, the surrender of the as of salt font. and they're very focused on that side of it. and i sort of ignored the fact that this held out for 2 months. and instead of focused on the fact that it's full, well, they think affect you, cranium are all in the dumbass. and that's being linked to some of the battlefield changes we've been seeing in the last, in the last few days. so yeah. can you give us a picture of some of the, some, some of these changes have been seen from the russians. you know, we are likely to see this effect, the overall military strategy. one of the advantages of mary being completely captured and as of style being captured is that russia no longer has to tie down forces surrounding the perimeter of that lot. i'm sure most viewers have seen just quite how large the site was. and you think covering thousands of

meters, a frontage was tying up a lot of soldiers that can now be used and russia does need it. soldiers elsewhere on the southern front and in the dumbass, because they are putting together units from a combination of mercenaries, survivors of previous units to try and create spearhead forces. so that's going to be important for russia, but they've still got to hold onto the city itself. restore order that restore services that obviously it is a shell ruined ma'am. and so it's still a lot to do in my post. they comp free off everyone, but they will be able to free up a few 1000 to maybe, but that can be deployed elsewhere. and that is important in the fight in the dumbasses so easily and even the max of the moment with russia making comparatively minor gains of the weeks and weeks of attacks. but still, nonetheless, these all gains on front lines that have been static years in some cases in 2015 and particularly south and east. it's about done that switches last major city held

in your hands by the ukrainians. so at the very far end, the salient that ukrainian forces holden on bass, i think a lot of russian attention focused on that. and that 1st, so really big in sacrament of ukrainian forces planned probably for that area next week or very quickly justin, you know, looking at this, what's just happened to mario poll. we've seen the russians, you know, make some gains in some parts and losses and others, but how big a boost will this variable victory be for them? it's all to say setting on social media. you know, it's been taken as a great sign and there's been a lot of focus on the as of regiment that laws you hold up in as of style. of course, in the russian side is still unclear how they'll be treated. i think i promised to be treated as prisoners of war. i think there are moves of them to be treated as terrorists. and of course the notification was this whole reason the claims got into your brain. they leave the as a regiment. all right wing, still,

i'm focused on that, so that's for the biggest piece that they get to get the moment is this sort of victory over right wing forces in ukraine as far as they say. all right, so security analysts just as a crumb. thank you for speaking to us. think russia has cut off supplies of natural gas to finland according to the finish energy operator, the move comes after russia demanded that finland pay for its energy and rubles tell bolster the russian currency following economic sanctions. 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 around 5 percent of the country's energy portfolio officials in helsinki have said there will be no disruption to supplies. one of germany's former chancellors has resigned from the board of russia's state oil company rosen 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 as a is also a long time friend of letting me put in the political correspondent, simon young reports for years gear. how good it has been criticized for his closeness to russian interests. some called him the kremlin is chief lobbyist in germany. sure that 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 views 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 to go hunt 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 rush and gas to germany by the nord 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 prom. he later became chairman of the supervisory board of another russian oil giant raw, sniffed. and he's also on the board of the nod stream operating company just why florida has finally changed 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 who could face sanctions, including asset freezes, may be the decision by the abundance talk to withdraw privileges such as a fully staffed office and a driver forced the ex chancellor to think again, whatever the truth many say should a support for putin has tarnished german is international reputation and that

damage cannot easily be undone. now german media reports that a storm across western germany has killed one person while injuring dozens of others and causing severe damage. that includes a tornado that tall through the city of pattern injuring dozens of people. heavy damage was also reported in the nearby town of lipstick. the shopping mole in pa to bourne 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 in lift shot a local resident film. these images near the town square st. trees were scattered and roofs blown off, buildings. 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 or to some of the stories making news around the world. european health officials say they are concerned about the growing number of monkey box infections on the continent, the one that the virus could spread at an accelerated rate. during the warm summer

months, france, germany and belgium all reported the 1st cases. on friday. you as president joe biden has been holding talks in soul with his south korean count about use with your focusing on the nuclear threat from north korea. earlier by the late arrived at a military cemetery, he vowed to deepen the 70 year alliance between the u. s. and south korea, polls of closed in australia and a closely ford federal election dominated by climate change, the pandemic and the economy. more than $17000000.00 voters were eligible to cast their ballots and polling stations around the country. prime minister scott morrison's conservatives, a seeking a rare 4th term, despite some pre election polls showing it could be a change of government led by his challenger, opposition, labor leader, anthony allen, easy. 3 more years of the same. let's get more of this from our reporter,

jared read. jared, what, what do we know so far? having seen the polls close? well told me things are starting to get exciting because the a, b, c, which is australia, national broadcaster, their election analyst entity grant is predicting that there will be a hung parliament in australia. so this basically means when, where none of the major parties form can form a majority. this is something that is very common in many advanced democracies, but very much less common in australia. the last time this happened was back in 2010 under former prime minister julia de la, the labor prime minister. you had to form an alliance with the greens to get legislation through. basically the magic number in the laurel house in australia is 76768 out of 151. and according to the i, b, c, it's looking like none of the major parties will be able to reach that. so what happens now? i guess we have to wait for more results to come in. it points to,

i guess, people turning away from the major parties in favor of minor parties in favor of many climates, focused independent and independent candidates who are trying to push the major parties to go forward on things like climate pushing them to deal more with corruption and issues like that, so these results are getting quite interesting indeed expand on those on those issues that are bothering australians as they to the polls. yeah. right. let's start with climate. i mean climate is a big issue because australia is seeing these very significant weather events. like the floods recently back in 20192020 these extraordinary fires that tore up the east coast and showed these major cities in smoke this way and keep getting told these are extraordinary weather events, but they keep happening. and so they want politicians to do something about it, which is how these independents have sprung up,

mainly focused on climate. not all of them are trying to push the parties to have more green policies out of that. we have the pandemic as well. the economic recovery from the pandemic and sort of the other types of implications that have sprung from that store in cost of living, housing, shortage rental crisis. all of these hip pocket issues, child care that voters are really concerned about. one major thing that the next government, if one can be formed with the support of minor parties or independents, will be dealing with china, the rise of china. that will probably, that is probably a strategy is biggest foreign policy. i'm going forward very quickly that these small independent candidates, this on the stand out. yeah, there are, there is one code allegra spend. she is in the seat of wentworth, which was held by used to be held by former australian prime minister malcolm

turnbull back when a couple of prime minister good ago. when he was thrown out of office. she is hoping to take the seat from the liberal party, so the center, right, incumbent there. and it's looking like she might very well do that, but it will be keeping an eye on that, but dw surgery to thank you for bringing us up to speed. well that is all for now, next up our digital technology program shift looking at gaming and the dock web and the issue of human rights. i'm told me a logical for myself and the to thank you for with with me to now.