one of the most insightful discoveries in the history of mankind down the hedge. moral life starts may 28th on d, w. ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin, ukrainian president vladimir lensky, calls on the world to stop all trade with russia and escalate sanctions to the maximum. he says it is time for the international community to set a new precedent to prevent future aggression. also coming up in the 1st

war, crimes trial arising from russia's invasion, a court in ukraine sentences, a russian soldier to life in prison for killing an armed civilian. but is this the right moment to be trying such cases under warning from the united states to china? us president joe biden tells beijing it is flirting with danger over taiwan. and that to washington would be willing to use force to defend the territory if necessary. ah, hello monica jones. good to have you with us ukraine sir. president vladimir lansky has told the world economic forum and dab was that wealth. institutions need to

introduce maximum sanctions against russia, including an oil embargo and cutting off trade with russia completely in a wide ranging speech that referenced the historic martial plan that rebuild europe after the 2nd world war. he also proposed various measures to counter poverty, hunger despair, and chaos, as well as the conflict with russia. now, zalinski said ukraine is grateful for sanctions imposed on russia by the international community. but he said they should have come sooner and treats of millions of citizens in democratic countries. we are putting posher would have on government marcy and companies merciful to make sure they would limit restraining their relations with the aggressor state with russia not old lake. and instead, to help the people who i think it was under attack, but this is happening only now. levy nerve wrote, even though russia started its war against ukraine back in 2014 days. we are grateful for this support. but yet with that evil that will happen was that of the

younger than it think immediately that unity, that pressure on governments and companies for this type of thing is quite a for the freedom would russia started this full scale? warri wouldn't bring all these losses. apple, ukraine, and upon the world. i'm sure that the answer to this question is that it is also no much i early i spoke to dw is emily sherman and double us. and i discussed with her the gratitude, but also the criticism from the ukrainian president. well, the lens he received a standing ovation, but you're right. his tone was critical of the international community. he essentially was saying, yes, thank you for a uniting and backing ukraine in the face of russian aggression. but essentially, you should have done this much earlier. he pointed out, you know, that of russia annexed the crimean peninsula from ukraine, back in 2014. there's been a war going on there in the country since then. and the,

the international community, including here in douglas, didn't really do anything. you know, there was a russian presence here until this year at the forum as well. people were trading doing business. and he was saying, you know, this, it's too late. you should have done something earlier. and the same thing applied to international institutions. he was saying that they should be almost reformed in order to not only respond to crises, but to actually prevent them. and he also proposed some concrete measures specifically when it comes to punishing of russia for the current aggression in ukraine. he proposed much harsher sanctions, including an oil embargo and a full stop to all trade with russia. now, soleski also opened his speech with a striking reference to the russia war crimes house at double was. tell us more about that. was that they used to be, you know, as i was saying,

a pretty big russian presence here in davos. at the economic forum. there was a russia house, which was known for surveying vodka. the russian delegation held these glitzy parties. in fact, one year they held a kind of ice skating show as well. and that attracted a lot of attention, a lot of investment as well. this year, however, the world economic forum actually sever it all ties with russia. there aren't any russian delegates here, including, you know, billionaires who might have come out against the war. they're also not here. there's no one from russia here. in fact, in fact, in the place where the russian house used to be, there is now a russia war crimes house. and it's really a striking exhibition that you see when you go inside. there are over 4000 images that have been used to create a kind of almost video installation with sound as well, where you see the suffering of civilians at the hands of russian soldiers that has

taken place during this war. and the organizers that we were speaking to yesterday said that they think that the world should see that russia is this. now russia is the suffering that it has inflicted on the ukrainian people. all right, thanks, emily sharing their reporting for us, sir in diverse and a ukrainian court has sentenced a russian soldier to life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian. it is the 1st war crime trial arising from russia's invasion, but 21 year old soldier had pleaded guilty to charges, including premeditated murder and committing a war crime during a trial and cliff. it's the 1st war crime trial held, and it's likely to be one of many. the young sergeant admitted he shot dead, a 62 year old civilian on a bicycle in the eastern sumi region on february, the 28th ukraine's prosecutor general says it. they're investigating nearly 11000

to potential war crimes. only i spoke to yuri sark, advisor to the ukrainian defense minister, and i asked him about his reaction to the verdict. we have been signed from the very 1st day of this aggressive school. every war criminal who has committed a war crime in our land will be found and prosecuted and brought to justice. so what happened today is the 1st step in a logical commitment of ukraine to seek justice for the victims of these war crimes. and like we've said many times before, unfortunately, there is hardly any war crime that has not been committed by the russian occupies in ukraine during the last 2 and a half months. it is a very unusual for war crimes trials to be held during a conflict. and given that there are still bombardment shelling

casualties every day. how could ukraine guarantee a fair process in the circumstances? i think you might be re, sorry to the international war crimes tribunals and they usually take longer because they require a more difficult framework of all the investigators, the prosecutors 1st bodies and so on and so forth. but ukraine, we have been collecting evidence of these war crimes, our general prosecutor's office. our ministry of internal affairs have been very carefully and meticulously collecting evidence of these crimes since day one. and in this specific instance, the accused was sentenced to life in prison. today, he actually admitted committing this war crime. and this walker is a violation of a specific article in ukraine criminal code. the article that prohibits the

commission of war by election of the rules of customs of war. so from this perspective, ukrainian country based on rule of law and all the, all the rules of due process have been observed, which was stated today by our general prosecutor that hundreds of soldiers from maria paul surrendered to russia last week. what you think is the risk that russia starts holding its own trials of ukrainian troops? course we cannot rule out any course of events because we can only be responsible for the actions and commitments that we make. but we have said from the very beginning of this special rescue operation as a result of which all ukrainian warriors both wanted and those who were still bad, defending those all style have been evacuated. we have been saying that it is very important that the 3rd party,

such as the international red cross and the un are involved in this process. so we, we are convinced that their participation and their engagement will be a guarantee will be a safe guard from any untoward course of this rescue operation. and we are hoping to be able to return our warriors back to craig in due course to restock advisor to the ukrainian defense minister in weston. you, craig, thank you so much for your time. all the best. thank you for inviting me. thank you . and the russian forces have also been accused of intentionally hitting civilian structures such as home schools and hospitals did all these much as bowling. i went to the village of carlos over in the east, where one woman emerged from her basement after 2 months and hiding to find the russians. have all the target at her house. life in ruins, la knoxville never has just returned to what was

a home. i can't say anything. a shell hit her house 2 days ago. this is what is left to them. now we have nowhere to come back to people living here, a message scribbled on the door when the russian troops arrived. this village was occupied in the very beginning of the war. the russians were here for 2 months, and just 3 weeks ago the ukrainians took it back. says lana says that during those 2 months she didn't even see the russian soldiers. that's because the fighting was so heavy, she never left her basement. the 7 of the last night was the worse toil. we thought this is said madam. the house will collapse above us and barriers and the base wendy. our pets were with us, a dark and a cat money when i came here to get the cat, but i can't find it with a delicious directly. but those american, we will after the ukrainian

army reclaimed the village. almost all inhabitants left for the city of hargrove. as the fighting continues, the russian positions are just beyond the next village, 5 kilometers away. most likely the shell that hid her house came from there. yeah. the thing is that if it doesn't collapse and isn't hid again, maybe we can come back and rebuild it. but i told my husband, i would even live in the basement with him as long as it is home. she can't home for now, she will go back to the city and wait for the fighting in the area to end up and hear some of the other stories making news around the world. health authorities

in vienna say they have detected the 1st case of monkey pox in austria is comes as more cases have been identified in germany and other countries where the disease is not usually found. the world health organization said it expects war reports as surveillance as stepped up australia, labor party, leader, antony albany, z has been sworn in as the countries knew, prime minister, the final tally of election boat is not yet known, but albany was sworn in. so he could attend a t security meeting with the west india and japan in tokyo on tuesday of the means your actual and while launching a new asia pacific trade initiative in tokyo, you as president joe biden said he would be willing to use force to defend taiwan, if it were attacked, it is one of the strongest statements and support of the islands in decades. china claims tie one as its territory and while the u. s. and to other countries except this one china policy, they say it can only be resolved through diplomacy speaking and tokyo biden also

want that beijing increasingly assertive stance over the island was flirting with danger, hunger force. and this is what biden had to say when asked by reporters, what the u. s. would do in case of an attack by china. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan? if it comes to that? yes, you are. that's a commitment. we made a 2nd, then we may, we are not look, here's a situation. we agree with the one china pulse. we shined on. all the attendance agreements made from there. but the idea that that could be taken by force was taken by force is just not just not appropriate, dislocate the entire region, and be another action similar to what happened in, in your crew. now generally, sonya laska is in tokyo and asked her given biden's remarks how real the threat of

a chinese invasion of taiwanese then? well, i mean, considering what he says, obviously there are people who fear that it could be real. do you think that way in japan, however, it's not a matter of something that would happen very soon. it's real in the sense that they are trying now to prevent this from happening by showing a strong deterrence by really looking shoulders and saying, hey, we will not let this happen. and while biden said he would defend taiwan later, he said, no, he would stand before as well. he would stand by the one china policy and that they would only deliver weapons, but not soldiers, but still, he's remains. he's made these remarks repeatedly. so i think maybe this is not a coincidence that they would really like to try and avoid

a similar situation as we've seen happen now in europe, obviously with russia, ukraine. now japan, of course, is a key player in the region, but militarily, it's kept a low profile since world war 2. and now it's planning to spend more on defense capabilities. why now? yes. hello, this is constitution and it's one that's cherished very much by a large part of the population. however, they have been conservative, nationalists, politicians, who for a long time is wanting, wanting to change that. and kind of, ironically now the rational tech on ukraine has made that seem possible. and so quite likely. so it's been a real game changer in that sense. and china, for it's part, has done lots of things that angered the japanese. there have been lots of incursions by ships into japanese. what does that have been lots of territorial

issues, economic issues as well. but recently, mostly really these kind of ship issues, so to speak and that, and also of course the north korea and it's me sell tests have been the source of worry for japan. that's these are the main reasons why japan is changing its stance towards the military correspondence, nebraska, there for us in tokyo. thank you. you're welcome. well, leaders are not doing enough to prepare for more intense, environmental and security crises. that's according to a major piece. studies institute the stockholm, international piece, research institute, or see pre says the world is entering a new era of risk or environmental insecurity issues, overlap, it says droughts, heat, waves and other impacts of climate change are increasingly driving conflicts around

the world. according to the report, while temperatures rose worldwide between 201-2020, the number of armed conflict doubled. as did the number of refugees. early i spoke to mom, go to vast william form a swedish foreign minister and chair of the international panel that guided the research. and i asked her to give us some concrete examples of where they found the link between worsening crises, insecurity and the environment. well, it's easy to imagine that a country that has a lack of drinking water and share so a water source river with neighboring countries. and because of climate change, there's less and less water to share that you could easily lead to social unrest and conflicts. and in the worst case war, and we see that in many places around the world, but also how of course some,

some of the sort of problems lead to people leaving their country. so we have so many more effigies and climate change and refugee so, so i think that there are a number of these elements are showing the link between peace and security and growing environmental problems. now looking at the war and ukraine, aside from the human cost, it's also to stabilized european security and effective global food and energy supplies. what for the consequences do you see on the horizon? well, it's very clear that the russia war in ukraine has also and already led to i would say huge impact on the rest of the world. there is less a week to, for example. so people that go without bread in many countries and other exports of crops that cannot be harvested now in both ukraine and also in

russia. sentence waves of problems are around on the poor. so the whole oil and gas export from, from russia also being impacted by, by sanctions and so on. so we, we depend on each other. we understand that some of these problems follow a window river and we just have to take that into account. we have right with some of the stories you have to avoid them. now your report says that institutions, including governments are reacting to slowly, briefly, if he would, what action should they be taking now? when they have to cooperate, 1st of all, they have to make sure that they, they look into the future, identify some of the, the, say, environmental problems that can also have a spillover effect. and then they just have to think more long term and they have

to take into account what climate change we will do. and they have to improve their, their planning. and it also in engage, be deliberately inclusive, as we say. so talk to those people that will be affected and involved in the planning for the future. my margaret of ashley m. r. for my swedish foreign minister. thank you so much for your time. thank you. and out, as i'm more well, new stories, a senior member of iran to lead military force has been shot dead in tehran, revolutionary guard colonel hassan, a site called i was going to down outside his home in broad daylight. iran has blamed israel for similar assassinations in the past. members of a feminist group have unfilled a banner at the cannes film festival to protest the killing of women. it lists the

name of the $129.00 victims of fem aside in france. since last year's event, the action came as celebrities gathered for a gala dinner to celebrate the work of female filmmakers. the fall out from ukraine is also setting the agenda of the 1st trip to africa by german chancellor wolfe shrouds starting a 3 nation trip in senegal. shoulds promised to help african countries heaped by the global food cries is caused by the war. he is also discussing a major gas exploration project with senegal. allah solves his visit, has been dominated by issue surrounding the war in ukraine. high on the agenda for his meeting with santa goals. president marquis saul was the critical issue of food security. the war has sent, great price is soaring, and sole will soon travel to russia and ukraine on behalf of the african union hoping to secure, blocked supplies on bankrupt this gun. as chairman of the african union,

i expressed a chance to le shots ow, serious concerns about the impact of the war on our countries argue african countries, including the wide spread price, spikes, and shortages that we are currently seeing. to saw cost of the shawls has vowed to help get exports moving again, donald david king that the this is currently being discussed very intensively. what's that despite this terrible conflict, we need cooperation with soon so that a country which is currently defending itself against a war of aggression can successfully deliver. i'm good. it's important that we make the attempt as otherwise, if there is a great danger that many countries in the world will have extreme difficulty in feeding their populations, cut them out of the frugal. and they're also under discussion energy. germany offer to help develop natural gas production of santa gulf coast. the west african country has large reserves, and berlin sees them as

a possible alternative to rush and gas. after vinegar, shoals will travel to new year before finishing the 3 day visit in south africa. china, this, it has closed a hospital, used to treat 50000 cargo 19 patients in shanghai. the city has been the center of a covey 19 outbreak and under strict locked down for nearly 2 months now. authority, se cases have dropped significantly and their easing restrictions. signs of life have begun to reemerge on the world's longest subway system. but commuters in shanghai still need a compelling reason to travel. hundreds of bus routes connecting key hubs, such as train stations and airports have resumed, befits he is also dispensing more shed bikes to ease crowding on transportation. when it further opens up residence in some areas and being allowed out to

shop for the 1st time in 2 months. officials say they plan to return to a more normal life from the start of june. after months of restrictions under china 0 toby strategy. authorities say 157 locally transmitted cases were confirmed on sunday, just 36 in shanghai, a city of more than 25000000 people hurry. officials are keen to sell china strict approach as a success. but the zealous pandemic strategy has bruised the economy and left residents nervous about further mass lock downs. sports now and in formula one max fest op and has won the spanish grand prix in barcelona . the reigning well champion pounced when race leader chaslek lags ferry broke down with a win red bull for stoppin,

also overtakes la clack for the 1st place in the drive as championship. ah, harry charlotte, clerk led the title battle by 19 points going into the spanish grand prix. and he took an early lead from pole position in barcelona, with his main rival, max for stopping of red bull. sliding into the gravel in the early stages of the race. but then before the half way mark laclare began to slow down. oh, though rebecca, what happened? the pharaoh, an engine failure, forged him to withdraw from the race, losing a seemingly sure victory ah fresh up and also suffered intermittent mechanical problems. but he went on to cross the finish line 1st. and the wind means he is now 6 points ahead of the clerk at the top of the standings. ah,

a sunny had a lot of dill in such as nazario enough and. and because i was in the train and i tried to pass for my dearest was not always working so yet i made it, made it very tough. but we managed to, i did a strategy to get ahead again and, and do our, do our own race and eventually ray. so difficult beginning, but again with fresh drop in and le clerk sparring over the top spot. this year's formula one championship is shaping up to be of real thriller. you're watching dw news up next, our environment program eco. india, thanks for watching. ah ah, ah.

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