for a longer, healthier and fuller life. one of the most insightful discoveries in the history of mankind. more life starts may 28 on d, w ah ah, this is the w news line from berlin to russia. steps up, it's offensive on ukraine's dom vast region. laudermill accuses moscow being intent on destroying everything in the region and hales the courage of ukrainians resisting the invasion. also on the progress of

a u. s. community devastated by gun violence as a shooter kills 19 children and 2 teachers at a texas primary school. president biden asks american politicians when they will stand up to the gun lobby. i'm the summit in berlin. considers our major events like the pandemic and the war. and you cried, impact women. ah, i'm sure, gail, welcome to the program. or russia stuffing up its attacks on that ukraine's eastern dumbass region. heavy fighting's been reported in and around the industrial city of several done yet, or the regional governor says at least 12 people have been killed in shelling. moscow says it will continue. it's offensive until it achieve its goals. the battle 1st, the vero don't ask. it's capture would allow russia to advance into the other half

of the don bass region. the shelling is constant. some 15000 people are believed to be hiding in shelters. is help, you know, is her 1st edition, 2nd, a 3rd minute area problems. the russians have reportedly surrounded. silverado nets on 3 sides. the governor of lou hans province has warned that evacuations are now too risky. still some are seizing what could be their last opportunity to escape while you're on the leg. now it seems like the front is all around it for i think he's around the death that we can see trucks from the on maybe be the feelings around the scene to so it seems likely that to me it's about

the elsewhere. and don bass trains are filling up as people seek the relative safety of western ukraine. since the war broke out, ukraine has become a country synonymous with defiance. but russia's latest offensive is testing its limits. my country is dying, says this man. i am worried. but we will win each one so we as john did have his amenities pulling her who's in come a tours. welcome mathias. what are you hearing about the don bass region where russia is concentrating so much of its firepower? yeah, it's indeed intense fire power. that's everybody who are we've spoken to has said they've basically brought everything they have here. and in order to capture this

one city of theater, the nets ought to be more precise, the better the mask and than city that is next to it, separated only by a river listed chance. these 2 places, which are each of them had, once 100000 inhabitants, are, are surrounded, but from 3 sides of it, of the nest, from the sides and the other side, las chance is open. but the road there has become under huge pressure. russian troops are very close and keep shelling this road and that is what makes it so dangerous to travel there. so russia has made constant advances in this direction. all of these advances were not very big. the ukranian army is holding the lines as much as they can, but every small game brings them closer to the goal of, surrounding in the region is now extremely dangerous and weak that the rest of us can only imagine what it must be like to live under the constant threat of that constant shelling and firepower our people. they're coping what are they telling

you? yeah, shelling is happening all over the region even year in chrome at all, which is quite far from the line a plane today, dropped bombs on a on a residential area. um, but of course these places that are closer to the front line they are under under constant shelling is very difficult for people to live there. we've been to list a chance for 2 days ago and it's a really, it's really, really, really dire situation. people here, this shelling, they live in the basement. you never know where it hits and this is even this place is less her has michelle less than 0 or next, where shelling is more constant and you see you can watch across. you can see across the river and you see 7 is always a few points that are burning. so life has become very dangerous there. plus the problems with a, with the, with that, with supplies,

drinking water has to be brought in by trucks. now this, when the axes getting more difficult, there's also a problem with drinking water. no electricity, no, a mobile phone network, no internet. so people there feel really abandoned. they are, some of them are saying that the power, like the people empower the administration, has abandoned them. and i've met the governor of this region and i've asked him what he says, ah, what he has to say or towards these people. so if we continue to evacuate them, if doctors are still working there, if we continue to supply them with drinking water, who can say that we have given up and then the more because they remaining in these places that are under russian fire, they expose everybody to danger, thank you. let's stick to the fact he's got 1st. the authorities are present and these places are we don't stay there overnight because it is not safe. well,

will be the use of staying in a place where there is no connection and no possibility to organize any help. none at all if sharon's alicia said mister bizarre school wasn't sure walking across the central square and telling people look younger, i'm here with you into the court that does not help these people because of the short, the people who are staying there, exposing everybody to danger themselves and the people who keep bringing them water, medicine, and food. you use a bear with the hopes that a keeper was it 15 inch of order to leakage for you? it is pulling, it almost sounds like the governor that is blaming people for staying. he was definitely angry at this, so i add this guy, confrontational. he was not happy with this position. of course, he has a point though, because the authorities have been telling people to leave since the beginning of april, so that more than 6 weeks already. and they have organized a lot of evacuations, and many people have evacuated if you, if you look,

if you behind me, they are very few people on the street here in chrome at horse. and it's the same in many places. the tragedy is that those people who remain down from people who are really afraid of going somewhere because they're very poor and they are afraid that nobody will help them. these are people who are old, who feel it's too much for them to go. it's also people who are saying, well, in the end we've seen a lot in our life and it might not, and that badly. and then often when they realize it's worse, this time, it is bad. there's already these opportunities to evacuate aid, they're already closing and they remain trapped there. um, so it's a, it's a very tragic situation. but the one thing you can not blame the authorities for is that they have not told people to do. thank you for that. a matuse of bullying in come a task the united states and nato allies

stated publicly that they are providing ukraine with satellite images that intercepting russian communications and helping to defend the country from russian cyber attacks. but leaks and statements from within the u. s. intelligence committee on community, and i'm claiming even closer involvement, like with the sinking of the russian missile cruise mosque about ship was struck by ukrainian missiles, but there are reports. the u. s. provided information about his location in this month, the new york times reported that the u. s. a provided intelligence that helped ukraine kill several russian generals on the front line. let's explore this with dimitry out of it. who's a cyber policy on security expert on the silverado. policy accelerator in washington, d. c. welcome to the w. so what, what sort of role is western intelligence playing in this war? well, this assistance right now is very crucial. in fact, as we're speaking right now, there is a boeing e 3 a century aircraft, or

a wax airborne warning aircraft, or is flying in romania and nato aircraft from a german air base watching what is going on in ukraine, on the battlefield. collecting signals, intelligence, and likely providing that close to real time to bring in troops. so being able to provide targeting information to radians, about the position of russian troops. providing information as has been report about the mass cruiser. without that, the claims would be in a much, much harder fight. ok, so clear this is important. is there any danger of the russian military taking, taking aim at some of these, these recognizance flights and perhaps bring him that is, is there a danger that the west might become dragged into this in some way? i don't think so. as long as they stay out of ukraine itself, so they're flying in native countries. in slovakia, in poland and romania watching what's going on from afar. the russians aren't going

to take the step to escalate it with nato to fight with nato because they know that they're not capable of executing that fight. they're having a hard time as it is fighting ukraine by itself. so as long as nato stays out of ukraine, i think they're fairly safe. we hear from intelligence chiefs, the intelligence is being passed on an unprecedented right and scale. and why is that? well, clearly the united states and our nato and european allies want russia to be defeated in ukraine. they want ukraine to preserve its sovereignty, preserve as much territory as it can. and they know that without the intelligence help, certainly without the weapons assistance of it's been provided. ukraine stems very little chance of doing so. so the flood gates have opened since february 24th. and more and more is being provided to gain every day. i took. so long as these are because flights stay so to say that they seem safe, all that dangerous though to providing this sort of intelligence. well,

there's always a risk that the russians will decide to escalate. but we're now in the 3rd month of the war, and the russians are clearly aware that this is going on. they're watching these aircraft, as, as anyone can just go by going online. so they know that this information is being provided. but they haven't taken the steps to escalate, despite their rhetoric that they're not really fighting ukraine, that they're finding nato. they have not taking any actions to try to take kinetic actions against any native party. and i think it's going to stay that way. ok, thanks for julio. so to me, cherry, i'll part of it from the silverado policy. 72. thank you. some of the brief items of a war related news will start in hungary, where the prime minister to all bands declared a new state of emergency because of the war emergency powers imposed during the pandemic were due to expire. critic say it means that he can't restrict basic rights and freedoms. former german chancellor gerhard schroeder has turned down

a seat on the board of the russian energy company. gas from is a friend of president vladimir putin and has been criticized for refusing to cut his business ties to russia. he recently resigned from a position at another russian energy company. ross left russian judges have rejected an appeal by opposition. leader alexander found the against the 9 year prison sentence for fraud and other alleged crimes. hilary transferred from a people come to a high security prison in the valley, use the hearing to condemn the war, and you cry that united states were 19 children, and 2 teachers have been killed in a school shooting in texas. it's had took place in the town of over there. now the mexican border at an elementary school, 18 year old shooter, barricaded himself in his classroom where he was killed by police. 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 really see any of the parents or they have a lease or for her name in here. so she not here. so it on down are no names 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 val, they are still trying to process the tragedy. britain, i heard i just didn't ever expected things like that to happen here. well, and then men, person that did it was what do i see 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 here and 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 of silence enough. as gun control is back in the political debate. the people who, while they gather to more in, after the deadly mass shooting something far too many families and friends have to go through in the us sketch of a database. washington bureau chief, installed it in his will, will come to those arguments about gun control in just a moment. let's start with what else is emerging about these that these dreadful events. so we still don't know any motors fill of the shooter only that he poets.

it some days ago, a sentence on his tick tock account, he rode kits be scared. what we do know is that all victims got killed in one classroom and that the children have been between 9 and 10 years old networks here in the states now show pictures and caught parents who describe their children as little angels and light of my life. so, you know, feel, we have to be aware that this little town of, via, is very close to the mexican border. and all of the children who get killed are latino, so hispanic, so many of their parents or grandparents sacrifice a lot to came to the states so that their children could have a better life. and now these dreams are dead killed by a night 18 year old. and it does seem verted every couple of months. we seem to hear about more of the shootings than the argument start about a gun control. but the dial doesn't seem to be shifting any, any, any,

any closer towards controlling the number of guns on the street. right. i mean, the class about gun laws is one of the most divisive question here in the united states. you know, the, the right to bear weapons is so deeply ingrained in the identity of this country. and, and on top of that is a very powerful gun lobby n r a, which is protecting this multi 1000000000 dollar business. you know, the enter is actually so powerful here in this country that they are able to prevent the cdc from doing studies on the effects of gun violence. they literally shut down scientific research. i mean, that tells you everything. all right, so, so what is, what is their argument when people say, take these guns off the streets control their supply? what is, what is the argument that says no, we shouldn't do that despite all of the mass shootings. we keep saying, well,

the texas senator, ted cruz is a good voice for that a, immediately after the shooting. it says it's his stayed and it's the largest school shooting ever in texas. he didn't speak out for better background checks or other gun restriction. what he says is that we need more guns that people need to be able to defend himself as some than shoot them. he is asking for arm policeman in front of schools or to prevent shootings from that to happen. and i'm in feel, you know, is that the shooter in this little town was able to be more than 30 minutes in the school. and i'm sure this will be water on the mills for those who ask exactly for that, that even maybe teachers should be armed to protect themselves and their pupils and not to have less guns on the streets. it's cold in washington. thank you.

association of women's civil society groups is holding talks in germany to discuss how major events like the pandemic or the war in ukraine impact women on policy making. the women's 7 dialog opened in berlin today as part of germany's presidency of the g 7 group of advanced economies. over the next few days, delegates will come up with proposals on gender related violence, women's economic participation and feminist orientated foreign policy. german chancellor, ola schultz has taken part in a panel session and saying that protecting women's rights and achieving equality is one of society's key challenges. if we look at the situation and the world we see any day we see all the days that there are a lot of problems that could not be managed if we don't understand the situation of women. and if we are not managing to change situations, i think it is necessary that we discuss about jobs and how they are paid,

that we discuss about equality of paying for, for women and men. and there is still a big task to do on their id and the lean, he is director of the center for women, peace and security at the london school of economics. she's also founder and ceo of the international civil society action network. welcome to d, w. i suppose we should start by defining our terms did to our delegates in berlin all on the same page. they will speak about the same thing when they talk about a feminist foreign policy. it's a very good question. thank you for having me. we're getting there. i think that there is a dimension of it, which is very basic, which is to say, this is about making sure that we have equality for women and girls alongside men and boys. that said, there is a debt, there's an element i think, which is emerging in the german discussions today. and as part of the work that we've all been doing internationally, which is to say we're actually looking for transformational equality. we're not

suggesting that we want you know, equality in the status quo. we're saying that if you have women present in the discussions, for example, on foreign policy, peace and security. if you have a gender, it lands in how you do humanitarian assistance or development assistance, or, or education policies and so forth. it is good for women, but it's also good for men and part of the eminence lens. and it was very strong today was we're talking about the fact that we should be putting more effort into piece making and piece bill ling and, and demilitarization. and that certainly as i say, of course the benefits are for women. but it's also about saying we don't want our boys and men having to experience war and trauma and be in killed or maimed or, or having to kill and maim. and, and that's part of the conversation that doesn't often come out in these writing these discussions. but it's very much central to go to the discussions on famine. i'd like to come to that. but 1st, i think it's important to do it for you to expand beside via that. a looking at

politics, looking at policy making through agenda lens is good for everyone, rather than just for women. so for instance, with the pandemic, the presumption is that, but science and policy makers are looking at everyone's interests. how would pandemic policy have been better had there been a gen, did the aspect to policy making? well, so 1st of all, if we take a feminist lens and aj and a and had the voices of women in the discussions broadly speaking, the 1st thing you would have heard from us from all of us is that we need our national security policy. these to have a human security lens. and if we bring it to the pandemic, that would have meant having more in terms of health care, in terms of masks and so forth. i lived in the united states to that process and you know, there was, there was weaponry, there was money for the weapons and for drones and for nuclear had drones. but we didn't have money for masks and, and p v, you know,

the protective gear for our doctors, our nurses and, and, and patients. so our thinking is an interesting time is tight, but just on that point because it was interesting the united states example how mass became, is such a divisive issue where not so much for the rest of the world you believe values because of a lack of women in the decision making of the policy making rather than just red and blue choosing aside, i know i, i think i, what i'm saying is, is that it, if you think about security and you said security is having weapon versus security is having safety for people. men and women in our society, and then you think about, what did we need during the pandemic? we needed protective gear. we needed food, we needed, we needed to end gender based violence. if you think about why was there so much violence in the homes across the world, there's a huge gender dimension to that. well, what was going on with men in society being stuck a home alongside, you know,

women and, and kids. but it was, there was a lot of vile and lens by men perpetrated against women and children. why did that happen? what are the factors that led to that? and so there's a need for the protection of women. but there's also question, i'm trying to understand what goes on with men in our society. what are the frustrations, what, what are the life skills they may need to learn to be able to cope with with, you know, with crisis basically. and so did take the brief look at the women in a policy making and pace. again, this is if, if this is because of a lack of women in the room. so i'll give you a good example of that. if africa and women had been in the discussions in doha with the taliban, do we think that the question of protection of civilians and communities, minorities, protection of women, would have been a major part of the discussions or not? i would guess that yes, it was because because we heard women's saying that the fact that the discussions

that afghan on afghanistan were heavily male dominated and women were actually stonewall and kept out. meant that the taliban got away with a lot of things and we resulted in the crisis that we have now, which again has an impact on men and boys alongside women and girls. so it, it's really about perspectives that we bring and, and it's very much around thinking about the needs of people. oh, i'm having a future, a lens on the future. what do we want for our children and our societies for our boys on our goals, as opposed to thinking about it? you know, in many ways around power for me and a competition so. so i think there's a very different of conceptual framing when, when you have women in the space in there and, and, and bringing in the different perspectives. thank you for i'm, i'm answer clearly. i now get angeline from the center for women, peace and security. that it will title walk has claimed a new world record for longer slack line crossing frenchman nano pauline and inched

his way across a 2200 meter long while about a 100 meters high and just 2 centimeters. why took it 2 hours to make his way along the slack lie was suspended between a crane and an abbey. a most michelle, a freak that might make, even those of us who i'm scared of heights of nervous is reminded by top stories at this hour. russia stuffing up its attack on ukraine's eastern dumbass region with that heavy fighting reported in and around the industrial city of savannah and ask, the regional government says at least 12 people have been killed in the chalet. the moscow says it will continue. it's offensive until it achieves its goals. and at least 19 children and 2 teachers have been killed in a mass shooting the primary school in the state of texas. authority say the 18 year old gunman barricaded himself in a 4th grade classroom. when he opened fire was shot dead by police. joe biden. the

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