we shed light on the opaque world who's behind, who benefits and why are they a threat to us all over the world start june, 2nd on d, w ah, this is d w. news live from bar lane, russia steps up, it's offensive on ukraine's done bass region. plot them is the landscape, uses moscow wanting to destroy everything in the region and hail that courage of ukrainians resisting the invasion. also on the program of

a u. s. community devastating by gun violence after a shooting kills 19 children and 2 teachers at the texas primary school, far to say old of the victims were found in a single classroom. and the long awaited report blames the british prime minister and senior u. k. officials for holding a legal gatherings during corona virus lockdown. once again, the revelation is ton of the political heat under doris jones. ah, i'm phil gail, welcome to the program. russia is stepping up its attacks on ukraine's eastern dumbass region. heavy fighting has been reported in and around the industrial city of savannah, don yeske, or the regional governor has at least 12 people have been killed in shelly. moscow says it will continue, it's offensive until it achieve its goals. the battle for

silverado, next 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 hello. hello is her 1st edition, 2nd, a 3rd minute area problems. the russians have reportedly surrounded. silverado nets on 3 sides. the governor of lou hands 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 army be the feelings around the senior. so it seems like the that to me is about to for 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. let's take a quick round up of some more stories relating to this war. vladimir putin has visited wounded soldiers a military hospital in moscow. the kremlin, released at this 40 to which is the 1st of the russian president meeting with wounded troops since the invasion began. western military officials estimate up to 15000 russian soldiers have been killed in the war. representatives from

sweden and finland have held that talks at an anchor aimed at overcoming turkish presents. are the ones opposition to their native beds and who has accused both countries of support in groups of excuses, terrorist and restricting weapons exports to turkey under his prime minister to all band has declared a new state of emergency because of the war and the neighboring ukraine. emergency powers imposed during the pandemic have been had been due to expire. critics 8 means you can restrict basic rights. 19 children and 2 adults have been killed in a school shooting in the us state of texas. it happened at an elementary school in the town of o vada. near the mexican border, 18 year old shooter, barricaded himself and his victims inside a classroom where he was killed by police for many americans. the tragedy once again raises the question, 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 or they have alyssa for her name in here. so she 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 val, they are still trying to process the tragedy. rick, my ard, i just didn't ever expected thing like that to happen hearing well. and then the men person that did this issue with one device 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 got to 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 valdez gather to more in of the deadly mast shooting something far too many families and friends had to go through and the u. s. a. d w comes from an illness pole in washington. a gave me this update. i still don't know any motors or fill of the should or only that he posted some days ago. a sentence on his tick tock account. he rode kits be scared. what we do now 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's as little angels and light of my life. and so, you know, feel, we have to be aware that this little town of we via is very close to the mexican border and all of the children who get killed are, latinos are 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, than the argument start about 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 question 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 owner 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 these massachusetts. we keep saying, well, the texas senator, ted cruz is a good voice for that. immediately after the shooting. it says it's his state 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 if someone shoot them. he is asking for arm policeman in front of schools or to prevent shootings from that to happen. and i'm in phil. you know, 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 in their pupils and not to have less guns on the streets in his pole in washington. thank you. british prime minister boris johnson's facing mounting pressure to resign following

the publication of a long awaited report into lockdown breaking gatherings in his offices. or the report by senior civil servant looks into 16 gatherings of the prime minister's official residence, attended by the prime minister and his staff, while the rest of the country was bound from socializing. because of corona's irish restrictions, it says senior leadership must bear responsibility for what it says was a culture of rule breaking a 10 downing street i asked d. w, corresponded bergen master talk me through the reports, made findings. there were interesting details fill about a culture of alcohol about a loud noise is so loud and other people in the building could not really focus on their work. one person was even sick and see the picture. images of quite wild parties there in downing street, but there was also more, more broader reflection on the whole culture. and the criticism of leadership

already alluded to that, that there was a failure of leadership and judgement is what the report concluded. and that some of these events should never have happened and the day full short of the highest standards of behavior that the british public should really expect from their leaders. so really not a pretty picture for prime minister boys johnson and his government. and all this was going on while the country was in lockdown. so what is the prime minister said? the prime minister gave a statement to parliament and he tried to come across, i think as somebody who was humble, he said he was humbled. he apologized. but he really only apologized for rather small mistakes, as he would probably have put it. he said that he was briefly at gatherings, but that he couldn't have expected. he couldn't have known that they then turned into these are quite wild parties as it now has turned. i'd see he's also saying

that changes have been implemented basically trying to move the agenda forward saying, i understand i shouldn't have done this, but mine was a minor role in all of this. i have acted. i have changed my, my, my staff, my, my, my office, i've reorganized that. so let's move on. i think phil, we should have a listen. what exactly you said in parliament today. some of these gatherings then went on far longer than was necessary, and they were clearly in breach of the rules and they fell, follow the rules. i had to tell the house because the house will need to know this . and again, this is not to mitigate, alter, extenuating. i had no knowledge of those subsequent proceedings because i simply wasn't ah, and i have been as surprised and disappointed as anyone else in this house. as the revelations have unfolded, budget matters as a prime minister who,

who has survived other scandals, is this report from sue gray, likely to do him much damage this time. ah, that's reserved to be waited upon. phil, hear his approval ratings have fallen significantly since the so called party gate started. majority of british people now want him to resign. i've spoken to some of the victims or of coverage for patients. so there are several campaign groups and 11 lady said to me, she wasn't there when her father died. she couldn't really have a funeral celebration of his life. she wasn't able to comfort him, nor where people really able to comfort her. and she said that voice johnson should resign. and this is how several of these of these campaign is of these victims really feel. however,

it's really at the moment about how conservatives m p. 's feel and it's in their hands. what happens to prime minister bras? johnson, he's clearly fed today that he's not intending to resign. if several of conservative and peas raised out $54.00 of them have to express no confidence, then a process could be set in motion. whereas leadership is called into question. but at the moment we really don't see that it's going into that direction. okay. are bergen mass in london. thank you so much. to san, to remind about 12 stories at this hour. russia is stepping up. it's a tax on ukraine's east and don bass region with heavy fighting reported in and around the industrial city of savannah. done. yes. the regional governess has at least 12 people have been killed by shelling. moscow says it will continue. it's offensive until it achieves it's gone. this is dave w coming up next, a news,

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