down the hedge. more life starts may 28th on d, w, d. ah, this is dw news live from berlin. 19 children and the u. s. are killed in the deadliest school shooting in years. families endure an agonizing weight as authorities confirm the identities of those shot dead by a gunman at an elementary school in texas. president joe biden asks when will

america stand up to the gun lobby? russia steps up its attacks on ukraine's don boss region followed the matter to lansky says moscow wants to destroy everything there. and he, hales, the courage of his people in resisting the invasion. south korea says the north that may be preparing for a possible new care test after appealing young fires or 3 more ballistic missiles plus the partying prime minister. a long awaited report blame senior u. k. officials for holding a legal gatherings during corona virus locked out, was the revelations. once again, turn off the political heat for bars jobs. ah hello, i'm pablo felice. welcome to the program. we begin in the united states where 19

children and 2 adults have been killed in a school shooting in texas. the attack happened at an elementary school in the town of validate near the mexican border. police killed the 18 year old shooter. the tragedy once again raises the question, for many americans, what can be done to stop gun violence? grieving family members, waiting to know if their kid survived. we can get anything we can get any, anything as little as their okay, they're not okay. or we're still waiting or you know, no, no information has been received any of the parents here. they have a loser for her name in here. so she's not here. so real it on down and awnings antonio, to work we find her at least 19 children and 2 teachers were killed in this texas elementary school. the death toll is expected to rise residence in the small town of al. they are still trying to process the tragedy sick break my heart. i just

didn't ever expected thing like they did well. and then men, person that did, it was going to high school here. it was a student here with more than 200 mass shootings in the u. s. so far this year. many americans asking themselves the same question over and over again, including and be a coach steve kerr, when are we gotta do something? i'm tired. i'm so i'm so tired of getting up urine, offering condolences to, to the devastated families that are out there. i'm so tired of, excuse me, i'm sorry, i'm tired of moments with filings enough. as gun control is back in the political debate. the people who valdez gathered 2 more in after the deadly mast shooting something far too many families and friends have to go through in the

u. s. was dw correspondence. innes pole is monitoring this story from washington and a short while ago. she gave us this update. we don't know about any motive yet, pablo, but what we know is that the 18 year old gunman attended the rob elementary school involved himself the know that he shot his grandmother before he entered to school wearing body armor. and a we know that the gunmen bought the 2 assault style rifles right after he turned 18 years. and we know pablo as so often in these cases, that there have been warnings over 18 year old, posted 2 days ago on his take tag channel. the sentence kids be scared, but obviously nobody really reacted to that. now enos, sadly,

this isn't the 1st mass school shooting in the united states. we can't forget sandy hogan, of course parkland as well just to americans went to bed last night under waking up with the news of yet another shooting tragedy could the shooting in val, they lead to a tightening of the gun laws and the u. s. i just mentioned sandy hook after this happened. i mean was this 27 dead? 2027 dead and 20 children were killed. then everybody said that something will be happening. nothing happened after sandy hook. there was pulse. the pulse shooting was 49 people did, and nothing happened. and now this shooting, this is the 2nd deadliest school shooting in the us. and sure that is hope that something now finally will happen that we will suffice or c, stricter a gun loss, but quite frankly, so close to the midterm election with this divided by politicians

political landscape. i really do not expect anything a big really, to be decided because everything is so politicized right now in the united states. obviously, even the killing of school kids, you know, tell us a little bit more about why it's so divided and why there is this resistance to tightening the gun laws in the us. right. so a part of the question about gun loss is probably one of the most divisive questions in the us. why is that the right to bear weapons in this country is so deeply ingrained in the identity of americans whenever we are going out and, and doing stories about shooting and stricter gun laws. we hear that this is my right to bear a weapon and no one is allowed to take this away. and on top of that,

there is this very powerful gun lobby. the n r a were just helplessly protecting this multi 1000000000 dollar business. and they get support from politicians like ted cruz, for example, the tax and senator who didn't ask for about a background check last night of the shooting or a further gun restrictions. quite the opposite. his immediate reaction yesterday after the shooting was that the country needs more guns that people need to be able to defend themselves. he wasn't asking for better background checks. he was asking for policeman in front of every school to stop killers like the young men who killed these many people yesterday. did of you, washington bureau chief in his paul, thank you. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. more than 70

people are missing. after a boat carrying migrant sank off the coast of tunisia. some 24 people have been rescued. the u. n's migration agency says the boat set or from neighboring libya before it sank near the chin. izzy. in city of facts, a funeral has taken place for a palestinian teenager who authority say was shot dead by israeli soldiers during clashes in the occupied west bank. a jewish pilgrimage was taking place at the time . is really media say the army has confirmed that shot one person during the confrontations authorities and bikini faso se rescuers have found the bodies of 4 out of 8 miners missing. since mid april contact was lost with the men after their mind, flooded rescue teams have been pumping water out of the mine. for weeks, the search goes on for the others. russia stepping up its attacks on ukraine's eastern don bass region. heavy fighting is reported in and around the industrial

city of seattle done asked. the regional governor says at least 12 people were killed by shelling. moscow says it will continue, it's offensive until it achieves it's golds. well dw correspondence mathias billina is in crime, a tourist in eastern ukraine, and i asked him how ukraine is doing in its effort to defend its territory. well, i am now at the regional capital of the ukrainian her territories in don't boss. we can see it's very empty here. there are maybe, yeah, i would say less than 10 people that i can see now at this main square of the city . so many people have left the region. fighting has indeed intensified, and russia has been making gains through these last few days. a big the gains are small each, each one of them are small, and often they are, they're the ukrainian lines hold or they can even fight back these attacks. but

they had up, they have brought a lot of firepower here and they have advanced and some places. and they have advanced towards one of the very important rows here. that's the road that connects with this city and, and other places in ukraine with the town, with the cities of sierra donetta. and lisa, chance these are the main chou cities that are still held by ukraine in the north of the territory in the north of the region in the lawns or blast. and this is, and they are at risk of being surrounded now. and they might become another marina . well, we have traveled to list a chance. can had a look what it's like there for weeks lucy chance has been without water to day a truck is expected to bring drinking water. vera and others have been standing here for hours. actors, no one knows when they're going to bring it more than 20000 people remain in the

city. fighting along the main road has made access difficult and the city itself is by no means a safe haven. oh, what do you think of these normal living conditions? it's very difficult. why always this roaring fender above your head? i'm with a few kilometers from here. things are even more tire. this is the city of sierra donetta because under constant fire, a bridge that leads there has been bombed, effectively trapping those who remain there. that is a fate that could also a wait list. a chance, if fighting along the road continues,

the city has already taken quite a few hits. the government is trying to arrange evacuations while it's still possible. a few dozen people have been told that the bus would pick them up today. and i was hoping that things might be okay, but when shells fly of your head and houses are burning, you just feel that you can't go on you our nerves erect, yet when you're done, nobody knows when the bus is coming and there's no way to ask internet and phone service are down in the basement. about 80 people have been sheltering for weeks some since the beginning of the war. mama, mama. oh, yes, lazar with a nod. you be the buses. mom says she would go if she knew where it's safe, but she doesn't know where to go to. you want to please, like mira

has been given 10 liters of water. that's all for to day. she and a neighbor galena will have to come back soon. at night they stay in the basement with dark. this is how we get down here though the whole neighborhood has moved into basement ross. 1234. and over there 6 people living here who there's always fear that the next shell my teeth here. i feel sorry for my cat than myself. you cry every 5 minutes. what will happen to him if i die? we'll bury him. don't worry. the evening is approaching to days of a que asian bus has not arrived yet. nobody knows whether it was to come on,

not not as we saw people in your report, hoping a bus would evacuate them. how difficult is it to arrange evacuations from those areas that russian troops are advancing on the bus that they were waiting for? actually arrived late that night, but another evacuation that was happening after was already very difficult. they brought out 6 people at this last evacuation. instead of planned several dozens 40 usually fit into that armored vehicle that they need to take people out. so it's very difficult and from day to day it is becoming more and more difficult. it's a big question. how long these of occasions can go on. they don't use my test. spelling are reporting from the city of crime, tor skin, ukraine's eastern dundas region. thank you. well, here are some of the other stories making use connected to the war in ukraine,

hungary prime minister victor, or band has declared a new state of emergency because of the war in a neighboring ukraine. emergency powers imposed during the pandemic were due to expire. critics say it means or bank can restrict basic rights. former german chancellor, gerhard schroeder says he has turned down a seat on the board of the russian energy. giant gas from sugar is a friend of president vladimir putin and has been criticized for refusing to cut his business ties to russia. russian judges have rejected an appeal by the opposition leader alex in the valley against a 9 year prison sentence for fraud and other alleged crimes. he will now be transferred from a penal camp to a high security prison. the valid, used the hearing to condemn the war. alarm is growing again over north korea's nuclear ambitions after pyongyang fired off 3 ballistic missiles. says korea's

military se they were launched from pyongyang towards the sea of japan and appeared to be preparation for a possible nuclear test. the united states and south korea carried, i've myself drills in response. u. s. president joe biden has just wrapped a trip to asia during which he agreed to new measures to deter north korea. well, we can now talk to sol based journalist frank smith. hi frank, and welcome to d w. so these missile tests come just to after a visit to the region by u. s. president joe biden is the timing of these tests by north korea, perhaps a provocation. i'm not sure if it was a provocation so much. north korea conducted 17 rounds of missile tests so far this year. national intelligence service officials here in south korea brief lawmakers last week prior to by summit with president news. so if you'll,

they told the chamber that north korea was prepared to conduct a missile test at any time and also had a reconstituted it's gay re nuclear test site ready for a nuclear test at any time. so it didn't come as an entire surprise. there was no rumors that perhaps you agree would conduct the test a missile test or nuclear test even when biting was here. so if anything, perhaps north korea waited a little bit not to provoke the u. s. response to severely. well, frank, what's the reaction being where you are in south korea the, the reactions been pretty strong here in south korea. so 3 inaugurated a new president on, on may 10th you. so you'll, and he takes a hard line with north korea. he advocates, for example, preparing a pre eminent strike capability, should it look like ne,

launching in this missile toward south korea. he also advocates quite strongly increasing the power of the alliance with the united states. that was the main point of their meeting. and he is also called for american strategic assets. these are american weapons bombers and ships that are capable of delivering nuclear weapons to participate in military exercises here in south korea. tablo, it's suspected that the corona virus has hit north korea's mostly on vaccinated population. pyongyang has called it a fever. i might be influencing pyongyang decisions at the moment. well, whenever north korea does something like this, you know, we don't have a good window into the decision making process. they're rather opaque in terms of journalism. people make the case that perhaps kim john is doing this

provocation or that activity in order to distract people from their poverty. or in this case, the cobit 19 pandemic. while that might be a credible strategy might be something that is taking place in terms of north korea's thinking. i think that the other influences on north korea decision making process are stronger than north korean leader kim. john said many times that he was going to continue his development of nuclear and missile capabilities. we can see this development broadened to include a hypersonic missiles, cruise missile summary and launch ballistic missiles. so really. busy this test this morning doesn't come entirely as a surprise book. so based journalist frank smith,

thank you. british prime minister bars johnson is facing mounting pressure to resign after the publication of a long awaited report into lockdown breaking gatherings in his offices. the report looked into 16 gatherings, attended by johnson and his staff, while the rest of the country was barred from socializing to 2 corona virus restrictions. it says senior leadership must bear responsibility for what a cold, a culture of rule breaking downing street. johnson has just given a statement to parliament and he said, add that he took full responsibility for the party. so let's take a listen. some of these gatherings, ben went on far longer than was necessary. and they were clearly in breach of the rules and they fell follow rules. i have to tell the house because the house will meet to know this. and again, this is not to mitigate extenuating. i had no knowledge of those subsequent

proceedings because i simply wasn't there and i have been surprised and disappointed as anyone else in this house. as the revelations have unfolded, dw cars on the big mass joins me now from london. i beg it, good to see you. so tell us what are the main findings of the report? interestingly, pablo, there were quite some details about what was going on behind the close doors in downing street, the details of alcohol, of loud music. even of people getting sick. so the impression of some of these events were quite wild parties. then apart from the details though old, say, some judgment on the culture of how downing street of how government i was conducting itself. and as soon gray, the civil servant said that there was a failure of leadership and a failure of judgment. and that some of these events should not have happened. and

that they fell short of the highest standards of behavior that the public has a right to expect. of government, so all in all, not a pretty picture for prime minister boys johnson and his government. so we're going to pretty damning report. so we heard bars johnson there. but can you tell us, sir, you've been watching him following him at there in parliament? what more had he had? did he have to say overall, i think he wanted to come across as somebody who was humbled. he said he was humbled, showing contrition, being quite apologetic. i think his strategy is to admit what he calls small mistakes. he has been fined over one of the gatherings that took place so he can say that he wasn't involved. so he's knowing the, having a you was involved. but then he said that he didn't have any knowledge of how the parties went on. so basically arguing yes, he was present at some gatherings and that was not okay. and with hindsight,

he shouldn't have done it. and he was apologizing for that. but insinuating that he didn't go and he didn't stay very long and that he didn't know that these big parties became these wild events and that he had no knowledge of this so defiant in on one hand. but on the other end, he also clearly will try to, to stay in power. he's saying he wants to move on. he wants to move the country forward. he's basically he trying to, to set the agenda, cost of living crises and, and he's saying that this is what the british people are really carrying about big mass in london. thank you. social inequality has continued to grow globally according to a recent study by oxford, almost half of humanity lives in poverty. and the crone of ours, pandemic has widened the gap between rich and poor at the world. economic form in

davos, where the powerful from politics and business come together. it's also an issue, at least for some participants. while some meet in the well guarded congress center and davos others are taking the railway up the mountain to be able to talk to each other undisturbed. they are the social innovators and social justice is what they're striving for. someone who has been feeding us to remain hungry, someone who has been making houses for us to remain homeless. so there's something fundamentally dull. and maybe that is that even in the quality's going, some are losing patience with those in power. those meeting here in davos who we need to address hunger, not only on the micro level, not only on the, you know, the corporate level, but also the grassroots solution because the guys little solution are much faster. is the respond to the problems. you know? well, probably they still talking about the planning,

we're to get them. some of the most dedicated social innovators are being recognized for their work by the swiss shrub foundation. and they plan to bring up issues that often get little attention has to, we will lose. and i think one of the big challenges that we face of the global community as a talent of how do we create a just and sustainable future for everyone? a sustainability is not just about protecting our world, but it's about creating a world in which all people can live and, and she, the well being that they want for themselves and their families. they discuss hunger inequality, poverty as well as the possible solutions they want to make it clear to the global lead that just discussing problems is not enough. because a lot of them, not all of them. a lot of them see that they want to do well and do good. they said that they're committed to the environment and equity. this is the time to show it. they should put their money where their mouth is. this is not the year to have triple digit profits at the risk of the most vulnerable. you can do well and do

good. it's a rare appeal for more social justice. here at the world economic forum in davos a dare devil tightrope walker has claimed a new world record for the longest slack line crossing frenchman not don't pull em . inched his way along. a 2200 metre long wire, some 100 meters high and just 2 centimeters white. it took them 2 hours to make his way along the sack line, which was suspended between a crane and an abbey on mont. saint michel, a feat that might make even those of us who aren't scared of heights a little nervous with. well, here's a reminder of the top story we're following for families are waiting for officials to identify the victims of a mass shooting in the u. s. stage of taxes,

at least 21 people died, most of them children, police kill the attacker at the elementary school in the town of albert. well, that's all for now coming up. next ego africa finds out why it's important to keep older variety in some seats. that's after a short break, and don't forget you can stay up to date on our website, d, w dot com or follow up on our social media account. i'm pablo for any us for me and the team here in berlin. take care and i'll see you again at the top with with

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