we shed light on the opaque world who's behind the benefits. and why are they a threat to a sole opaque world starts june, 2nd on d, w 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 show. russia moved on cities in eastern ukraine. so vero don't ask is hit by

intense shelling as moscow looks to claim a key victory in the don bass region. and we meet a mother and daughter from ukraine. now living here in berlin, one wants to return to her homeland, but the other isn't so sure. ah . hello, i'm claire richardson, thanks for joining us. president joe biden is leading calls for stricter gun control in the united states a day after it's a deadliest 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 worlds are once again asking what must be done to stop

gun violence. hugs and prayers were everywhere in you vall, day 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 are we must ask when in god's name will we do what needs to be done to her if not completely stop fundamentally changed. the amount of the carnage goes on to 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 coaches. so i just didn't know how

people could fill that typo 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, better. oh, rock publicly conference at the texas governor greg albert, you know, he accused the republican of being directly responsible by liberalizing state gun laws. sir. euro came to my hometown of old houses. okay. after 23 people were slaughtered, he said he was gonna do something. 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, no training, no vetting whatsoever as a 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. cindy's other correspondence doesn't. simon's is at the scene of that shooting in texas. here's his report on how people are dealing with their grief. of course is pain, trauma shock and all of this, but there is somewhat of a permanent and overreaching moment of silence. people here are withdrawn now. it seems they're going inside. they stay inside, they don't want to talk, they don't want to interact, they're pretty much alone with their pain and with their frustration and with the trauma they experienced. and perhaps this is about to last for quite a while. now what's happening in washington, of course, is the healthy debate. now, progressive democrats propagating more change, tougher gun control,

tougher restrictions. republicans on the other side, perhaps i suspect it won't have, it won't touch it. for them. it's all about the 2nd amendment in the constitution that every american can bear arms and has the right to bear arms, and this should not be touched with shifting simons for us as go now to the latest in the war in ukraine. russia is stepping up its attacks on the eastern donna bass region. moscow has made the industrial zone its main objective. after failing to take control of the capital, keith, russia says it will continue the offensive until it achieves its goals. ukrainian forces are doing their best to push back russian troops despite heavy shelling in this village now back in ukrainian hands. residents tell of their fears as the russians arrived. but i don't think you can. we tried to keep out of the way

. was that? yeah, yeah, well maybe we should go back to the basement. she says that a little bit as a team of associated press film, russian at hillary, keep up the bombardment along the road. more evidence of the fighting rushes objective is to cease to don best provinces. done yet in the hands in the east, at least 12 people were killed by shilling as heavy fighting continues in and around civil war to next. russian troops are gaining ground in the east. these are frontline positions, now abandoned by ukraine. the local governor says the russians have taken 3 towns in the genetic region in areas where the ukrainians have regained. control residents are determined to start over over the 3rd. for the better though,

people are returning home, even though it's safer to wait further away. but assume that they just, her vision was personally myself. people are coming back to the houses and starting to rebuild it. and i helping our military and the part the lashing the score and what we asked the battle for done best intensifies many more lives will be lost. t w correspondent rebecca readers is in the ukrainian capital t 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 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 been 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. let's get a quick round up. now of some other developments in this war. president vladimir putin has visited wounded russian soldiers in hospital in moscow. and these pictures were leased 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. and sweden and finland have held high level talks with

the turkey about their beds to join nato. they want to convince turkey to drop its opposition to their joining the alliance. president air to one uses the scandinavian nations of harbouring curds. he sees as terrorists and the european union wants to confiscate and sell assets belonging to russian oligarchs. rather than simply freezing them. brussels has frozen 10000000000 euros worth as, as 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 share with man of being seized by italy's financial police on the island of sid dinero lisman off is a billionaire and close ally of freshman 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 acid. select this in the you. but the ear commission, the executive arm, 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 constitutionally, 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 passed, ration oligarchy would have a much hard time getting their hands on their villas again. well, the united nations estimates that nearly 7000000 ukrainians have left their homeland since the invasion, half a 1000000 of them have come here to germany. we went to meet a mother and her daughter who are now staying with a host family in berlin to niv northeast of key. if after month of heavy russian selling much of the city is destroyed, it is anna and such as hometown. in march, the mother and daughter fled to berlin,

but their thoughts are still with their family and friends in ukraine. slow in winning the yoga thought. i said my friends stayed in shania if died, my classmates, what i can't bear the thought that they did not have the chance to escape even though they wanted to. i think there, but it's terrifying. what thought and even though i'm doing well here, it's hard because i can't help them back in ukraine and i was finishing up high school. sasha walked in a call center than the attack started. now they live with mountain and cornelia young english. he's an entrepreneur, she's a doctor. the couple drove to the polish ukrainian border to help any refugees and take them to germany here. and the insistence with god as we humans are social

beings. if someone folds down next to you, you bent down and picked them up again. it's completely natural for his nurse wilson to day and an sasha at the social welfare office. like o ukrainian refugees and germany, they can apply for financial aid. to day they receive that fast monthly payment, $350.00 euros each. mama did love nick on. do you want to save up and send some money to grandmother so she can prepare her roof? the skin which was destroyed in the wool. but needless. anon, sasha want to integrate quickly. they have signed up for a german language course. a charge congregation organizes it for free hub in the community. do you have children? we have been, i am 2 children. it's a little bit if you go with oh yes, good. we want to started jill money to play at them. so

this is roy a, that's why we wouldn't. but also it's, you know, my new with the mother and daughter i slowly finding that bearings in berlin. and i could even imagine studying in germany and what i wanted. oh, to come back to ukraine to see my family members. but i think about leaving in german of my life. yeah. and you film both of us. if the were, i'm too old to completely overturn my former life, all my relatives on ukraine and my house to do i want and that to decide for herself whether she wants to st. germany over 20 ukraine. little. but i want to go home sunday. you leave didn't listen. i yeah, it's yellow book that most of them. what but bullshit. but at the moment they have no idea how long that will take before we go, let's get

a reminder of the top story. we're following for you at this hour. president joe biden is leading calls for scripture of gun control in the united states a day offer. it's a deadly, a school shooting in a decade, a teenage to gun man killed 19 children and 2 teachers at an elementary school in texas. later shot dead. the attacker the, to me something at this, our stay tuned for the business headlines with my colleague of problems have coming up next week. so i for joining us for her. i'm just kinda, i think that's hard and in the end is a meeting. you are not allowed to see you anymore, we will send you back. are you familiar with this.