benefits and why are they a threat to a soul? opaque world starts june, 2nd on d, w. ah ah, ah, this is dw news live from berlin growing calls for gun control in the united states a day after the worst school shooting in a decade. president joe biden says he's sick and tired of the violence. also on the program, russia moved in on cities in eastern ukraine. silverado nats get hit by intense shelling as moscow looks to claim

a key victory in the don bass region. ah . hello, i'm claire richardson. thanks so much for joining us. president joe biden is leading calls for stricter gun control in the united states a day after it's deadly. a school shooting in a decade, a teenaged gunman barricaded himself inside a classroom at an elementary school in texas. he killed 19 children, and 2 teachers police later shot dead the attacker. now as grief turns to anger, americans and the watching world are once again asking what must be done to stop gun violence? hooks and praise were everywhere in you, balder on wednesday. as the town comes to terms with the murder of 19 children,

but behind the displays of grief and empathy. anger and indignation, a rippling through america. and i, we must ask when in god's name will we do what needs to be done? if not completely stop fundamentally change the model, the carnage goes on in this country. joe biden will travel to texas in the coming days to meet grieving families. sierra r is monday, is one of those relatives. her niece, 10 year old eliana garcia, was killed in the attack. i just, i just don't know how people can fill that table again. to kid, to an 18 year old. like what is he going to use it for but for that purpose, out of your out of line, democrat b 2

o rog. publicly confronted the texas governor greg albert. he accused the republican of being directly responsible by liberalizing state gun laws. sir ura, he came to my hometown of old house, okay. after 23 people were slaughtered, he said he was gonna do something that he did nothing. in fact, the only thing he did was make it easier to buy a gun. the only thing he did was make it easier to carry a gun in public and he bragged about the fact that there would be no background check, no training, no vetting whatsoever. as the political arguments continue to rage. more details and now emerging of those killed in the attack. these just some of the innocent lives cut needlessly short. and he tells me a correspondence. hassan simons is at the scene of the shooting in texas. here's

his assessment of why us lawmakers have found it. so difficult to tighten restrictions on guns, politicians on the progressive democratic, so try for years and years and years to the the better a gun control loss and the republican side will not have it. why is that good question? because the poll suggests it up to almost 90 percent of americans actually want some kind of better gun control. meaning that there is a system in place which flags up problems, possible problems with people who try to purchase a gun. but there is no way, apparently not all americans agree. they do not want anything with guns being touched. for them it goes straight on the constitution and the 2nd amendment, which guarantees that every american can bear guns. and then don't forget, you also have a very, very powerful, with very deep pockets gum lobby, which is active, $365.00 days a year. to make sure that nobody touches or tries to touch too much of this. right,

to bear guns and to purchase guns when you're 18 years old. goin to shop here in texas and buy whatever you want. chef in simon's for us, there must her. now to the latest on the war in ukraine. russia is stepping up. it's attacks on the eastern don bass region. moscow has me at the industrial zone. it's main objective. after failing to take control of the capital, keith. heavy fighting is reported in and around the city of several don hats. the regional governor there says at least 12 people have been killed by shelling. russia says it will continue the offensive until it achieves its goals. the battle fish the vera don't exc. 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.

to 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 lake. now it seems like the fungus around the cd, it's practically surrounded there that we can see trucks from the army, b, b, the flowing around the city. so it seems likely that to me is about before 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. and he doesn't correspond at rebecca writers is in the ukrainian capital keith with an update on the situation in the east. the situation in don bass is dia, and it's getting worse because the governor of don yet sc saying that 3 cities in that region have now been taken by the russian forces and that they are advancing. the governor of lou hans square that sits ever done yet skis, situated and now where the fighting is centered around, they're saying that the russians are just trying to destroy that city. it's just being completely shelled, constantly bombarded. and as you heard in that report, saying that citizens who haven't escaped yet who haven't been able to evacuate, it's probably too late to do so with many of the roads completely cut off. and those that are still available, still open,

being continually shelves. the foreign ministers saying that this is the worst battle that europe has seen since world war 2, and he's really urgently calling for those foreign weapons that have been promised to ukraine to be delivered as swiftly as possible so that they're able to try and hope this current advance and even try and push back russians from these areas. and we can get a quick round up of some of the other developments in this war. president vladimir putin has visited wounded russian soldiers and hospital in moscow. these pictures released by the kremlin, or the 1st showing putin with wounded troops since the war began. western analysts estimate up to 15000 russian soldiers have been killed in the conflict. sweden and finland have held high level talks with turkey about their beds to join nato. they want to convince turkey to drop it off position to their joining the alliance president air to want to keep it the scandinavian nations of harbouring

curds, which he sees as terrorists. the european union wants to confiscate and sell assets belonging to russian oligarchs, rather than just simply freezing them. brussels has frozen 10000000000 euros worth and says money from selling the assets could help to rebuild ukraine. but some member states, including germany, are skeptical. the villa fresh and ali gar i'll is sherise man of being seized by italy's financial police on the island of said in yap. lisman off is a billionaire and close ally of fresh president vladimir putin. he's only one of hundreds of ali gars that the european union has slapped with sanctions since russia invaded ukraine. at the moment it's difficult to confiscate luxury as it's like this in that you. but the ear commission, the executive farm, wants to change that. assets will be confiscated if

a link to criminal activity can be proven under the proposed legislation evading e u. sanctions, for example, by transferring assets to family members could become illegal. but some say this won't hurt the russian economy. i think that this is done in morrow, a symbolic her with a symbolic reason to try and explain that. you know? no, you will be seized if you are outside to your jurisdiction. the ears says the russian assets worth 10000000000 euros have been frozen in the block. brussels wants to use this money to help to rebuild ukraine. but that's easier said than done in some countries like germany, this would collide with private property laws. there are guarantees form private assets in our constitution in our own based order. and we have very, very precise to consider what we are doing when we

are bullish. these guarantees for a private sector assets. if the law is past ration oligarchy would have a much harder time getting their hands on their villas again. meanwhile, british authorities have approved the sale of chelsea football club to a consortium led by us billionaire taught a bully. the money raised will go to humanitarian causes in ukraine. chelsea football club was put up for sale by owner roman abram avila just days after rushes invasion of ukraine. the war made his ownership of the club untenable . the russian oligarch was then sanctioned by the u. k. government over his links to russian president vladimir putin and the club sods. daily operations severely restricted by sanctions, which complicated the sale process. the club agreed to

a sale of $5200000000.00 to a consortium led by tide boley, an american businessman who owns percentages of major league, baseball's, eli dodgers, and a w m. b a l a sparks the completion. the sale will allow chelsea to resume normal business and transfer activity which was prohibited as part of the sanctions imposed. the proceeds of the sale will not go to abram village but will be used for humanitarian causes in ukraine. the u. k. government's decision to approve the sale of the club marks the end of one of the most dramatic periods in the history of chelsea and brings down the curtain on roman abramivitch is 19 year tenure as owner under a brand which is ownership. chelsea saw unprecedented success winning $21.00 trophies, including 5 primarily titles, 2 champions, leagues, and the club world cup. and the war in ukraine has also dominated this year's can film festival. even some of those on the red carpet are directly affected. for the

filmmakers behind the ukrainian entry butterfly vision, a fictional conflict has become all too real. it's the story of a female fighter, really a, a ukrainian soldier. after 2 months as a russian prisoner, she is released while in jail, she hadn't repeatedly raped the wife was la. now the question is, how will she ever find peace again? especially when she later finds out that she's pregnant? ah, it's the feature film debut of ukrainian director, maxine not going naturally because it's a story of survival. it's a story of a will to survive and to keep standing and fighting, and i hope it would make its contribution into our general survival standing and fighting as ukraine. filming started at the beginning

of last year in don bus were fighting, had been going on for years before the major russian attack there earlier this year . boy, the fictional story they were producing turned into reality with all the horrors of a war whose end is not in sight, star more thought of them. fifthly, our general and the cultural identity in particular is under attack. and that's why each case of ukraine, nan culture being successful, being presented to being a loud and noticed a is, is a part of us still being alive and presenting the film here in con, also shows that the war affects everyone, including those on the red carpet at a glamorous film festival. and before we go, let's get a reminder of the top story we're following for you. us president joe biden is the leading calls for stricter gun control in the united states a day after. it's

a deadly, a school shooting in a decade. a teenaged gun man killed 19 children and 2 teachers at an elementary school in texas. police later shot dead the attacker as your news update at this hour. don't forget there's always more news and analysis on our website. has to be found at d. w dot com. or you can check us out on instagram and twitter at t to the news. i'm clear, richardson in berlin for me in the team. thanks so much for watching. a south bay mother who is going to spend the rest of her life behind bars for murdering birth with poems like posters is an awful illness.