your peers and rivals with one daring goal to help smart nature. more life starts may 28th on d, w. ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin. germany's chancellor slat says vladimir putin cannot be alive to win his war on ukraine. but olaf, schultz did not use the stage at the world economic forum to meet ukraine's requests for more weapons. also coming up russia steps of its attacks in

eastern ukraine multiple times and cities are hit by intense shadowing. as moscow focuses on, capturing the don boss region and a vigil for the victims of america's worst school shooting in a decade. the massacre has renewed the debate over gun violence in the united states. ah, i'm pablo felice. welcome to the program. german chancellor, all of sholtes, has said that russia's presidents out of mere putin cannot be alive to win the war in ukraine. giving a special address at the world economic form in davos, switzerland, sholtes underlined. his support for ukraine pledging that germany would end its reliance on russian oil and gas. but he didn't deliver on ukraine's class to supply

more weapons. shells said rushes, war shows that the world's democracies need to work together to confront global threat. like climate change and food security, they said on that seo, our goal is crystal clear. putin must not win this war on the community, and i am convinced that he will not win it from yes, even now he has failed to meet any of his strategic goals. i know i nominate because i'm russia capturing all of ukraine seems less likely now than it did at the start of the war. thanks. not least remarkable. defense put up by the ukrainian army and people. ukraine is now emphasizing european future. and more than ever before, or pierce or to com. all right, well let's get some more analysis from our very own feet of new political, corresponding julius of delhi. he's here with me in studio julia. now. german chancellor shows addressed a whole range of topics in his speech. what sort of the most for you? well, the warren ukraine was an overarching theme at the forum this year. and obviously

the chancellor also addressed it at the beginning of his speech and he and he wanted to put forward the message of how much of a turning point the war has been for germany and germany's policy. for one. he highlighted the fact that it's the 1st time that germany is delivering weapons to a country involved in a conflict. and also he reminded his audience that germany has approved up to 100000000000 euros to invest in the military. something that had not been done in recent years, and this comes to show how much of a change and a shift in policy we've seen with in germany. but he also spoke about broader issues, for example, shows his vision of a multi polar world. and that it's not just some powers that are dominating the discourse and will dominate the discourse in the coming years. but how new

countries will come to have more relevance in the world, the economy, and in the world policy? to tell us a little bit more about what he was talking a lot about ukraine and how germany is changed. germany has received a lot of criticism. am in the past few months with regards to their policies in ukraine. was this sort of a way of dealing with that criticism. in part it was here, he highlighted how germany is working together with its partners. for example, nato allies to come together and have a kind of a concerted effort in trying to help you crane. but also at the same time trying not to upset or provoke russian not to become a party in this war. and germany has been criticized also from ukraine, directly of not doing enough to support the country, especially in terms of delivering rep weapons. we've heard that also at the forum, but shows that not really addressed that directly. so i don't see the ukrainian

side really being satisfied with what he said today to you briefly if you could. how significant is it that he close to so much? well, he was the only a g 7 leader to be present at the summit this year. and it's the 1st time that he is there in person as the german chancellor. and he was there to set the agenda of his government for the coming the coming years. it's the 1st time that a chancellor is there for germany. that is not under the american in quite a long time and looking at how a broad scope he had in his speech, it seems like he wants to show that germany is ready to play a leading role in the world. did you political correspondent you've? yes, and then he thank you. earlier i spoke to our correspondent christie plants and who is in davos. and i asked her what stood out for her the most in chancellor shows to speech yet well. what really stood out to me was

a bit of the stronger language we were hearing from schultz today. but at the same time, he did manage to walk this cautious line that we've come to associate with him. i'm, as we heard earlier, he did say that russia cannot, should not win this war will not win this war. earlier we'd been hearing him saying things more like this warmth and so much more generic statements from the past. what he was saying today, jive, and also quite well with what european commission president ursa vander lane was saying earlier this week. she said ukraine must win this war and am, as you were just speaking about i'm. he also used the opportunity to highlight all the efforts that germany has put into helping ukraine's cause weaning themselves off of russian energy, delivering us weapons which they hadn't done in complex zones in the past. but critics would remind you that, for example, german reliance on russian energy is arguably one of the reasons that this war was possible in the 1st place. christie, the ukraine war, was the overarching theme at this. so by now ukraine's president polanski addressed

the form twice and then the kitch go. brothers are also there and all of them urging global leaders to provide them with more military hardware. what has been the response to their please? right, was a reminder, ukraine has received a lot of military support from the west and thus far it's been largely soviet ero weaponry that they've been getting. and now what, what ukraine's really been asking for is modern weaponry, particularly what they want is more long range weaponry that could, for example, at sink russian ships. we've got a fleet of russian ships blocking huge shipments of grain getting, i'm getting out of ukraine. and there is a sense that this is worrying the west as well. these grain shipments are really, really necessary to many other markets around the globe. and there is a sort of looming food crisis right now. so this is definitely something at western leaders will be taking into consideration of the u. s. has provided some modern weaponry. it's remains to be seen what else ukraine will be getting,

but there certainly does seem to be an openness to considering that christy climate change was on the agenda as well. but activists se claimed that the world economic form hasn't really done very much with regards to this. and are the protests getting any traction? right, well, up here you can see behind me were in this idyllic mountain forest setting. and it can feel like something of a davos bubble up here. i would say that participants don't seem particularly phased by the protest themselves. but what i will say is that around a 3rd of the panels on the agenda this week are about global warming. so that's not to say that this isn't a concern for people here now, but another point is of, for example, earlier this week, i'm at a meeting with the billionaire george soros. he is concerned that this war could mean i am at the end of civilization, largely because issues like climate change or not getting the attention. they deserve. d, w, corresponding chrissy. christie plots in the, in davos,

switzerland. thank you. russia continues to pound ukraine's eastern. don bass region, it's aiming to take the industrial hartline heartland. after failing to capture the ukrainian capital, keith moscow 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 try to keep out of their way messiah. wow. maybe we should go back to the basement. she says a little bit as a team of associated press film, russian artillery, keep up the bombardment along the road. more evidence of the fighting

rushes objective is to cease to don best provinces. don yeske and no hands in the east. at least 12 people were killed by shilling as heavy fighting continues in and around civil war to netscape. the local governor says the russians have taken 3 towns in the genetic region. russian troops are gaining ground in the east. these are frontline positions now abandoned by ukraine, but further away from the fighting in areas where the ukrainians have regained control residence are determined to start over. over the 3rd boy that other people are returning home even though it's safer to await further away. but it seemed to teach us who was personally mr. luda bowed up there to the suite them you people are coming back to their houses and starting to

rebuild the helping our military, your school. what as the battle for done best intensifies, many more lives will be lost. russian forces are bombarding the twin cities of severity, donetta and lucy shanks. i asked our correspond mateus bellinger, who is in eastern ukraine. why these places are so significant? well this city is actually has been shelled for a long time now. it's surrounded from 3 sides by the russian army inside the city. the ukrainian army is holding, but it's becoming increasingly more difficult as the main bridge leading into the city that side that is not a way it's not surrounded is a river actually, and this bridge has been blown up and every few smaller, one smaller bridge actually that leads into the city, so it's very difficult to get supplies. their water and electricity are down in the

city and mobile signal as well. the same is true for the sister city that lies on the other side of the address river. lucy, chance both of the cities have been cut off electricity and water drinking water needs to be brought there. and the main danger is now that the road that leads into these 2 cities into less a chance can then buy a smaller bridge into a smaller than as might be, count fighting has been intense along the main road going in there. and the russians have even been on the road, but then they have been ford back but very dangerous to drive their cars that take this road are being regularly. sheldon evacuations are only possible in armored vehicles, so it's a very tough situation. there's one other road, but it's small. it doesn't have the same capacity as, as, as this one. so the danger is, of course, that those 2 cities will end up being completely surrounded and then we would await

a we would see probably something like in mary you for where a whole city is, including the residence, to remain there more than $30000.00 people in the 2 cities where these residents would be trapped together with the military trying to fight them off. being shelled, constantly. now, president landscape refuses to give up any ukrainian territory, so no concession spokane ukrainian forces hold on to the east of the country. while the ukrainian or forces are holding many positions here. so every day we get reports that 10 attacks by the russians. for example, have been fought back, but an 11th attack does succeed and that continues over long period of time. there are significant gains. so this is not an easy game for the russians if they're not easily taking any positions, but they have a lot of firepower, a lot of artillery and they keep shelling these positions have been keeping selling these positions for 3 months. ukraine ah, has said several times,

and they need more, tillery, i'm, they are getting a jewelry from the western partners from the u. s. notably the m 777. how it is, for example, are very useful for them, but it doesn't seem to be enough at the moment. did you corresponded mathias pulling out in from a tourist? can eastern ukraine. thank you. the united nations estimates that nearly 7000000 ukrainians have left their homeland since the invasion. over half a 1000000 of them have come to germany. we went to meet a mother and her daughter who were now staying with a host family here in berlin. shenise, northeast of keith. 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. in my number here, i thought i said, my friends stayed in sion. if my classmates were i can't bear the thought that they

did not have the chance to escape even though they wanted to. i think it's terrifying. what drives and even though i'm doing well here, it's hard because i can't help them. beckon ukraine and i was finishing up high school. sasha walked in a cool center than the attack started. now they live with martin 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 and susan's, it's honestly, humans are social beings. if someone folds down next to you, you bent down and picked them up again. it's completely natural for this person to day. and then sasha, at the social welfare office of like all ukrainian refugees and germany,

they can apply for financial aid. to day they receive that fast monthly payment, $350.00 euros. each one will spend less neck on. they 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 unit. do you have children? i have been i am 2 children. if a little bit, if you go along with, oh yes, good, and we want to started your money. i have to play at them. so literally a, that's why we do that, all of it. you know, my, me a,

with the mother and daughter i slowly finding that bearings in berlin. and i could even imagine studying in germany and what i wanted to come back to ukraine to see my family members. but i think about leaving in terms of my life. yeah. and if don't both of us, if the i'm too old to completely overturn my former life, or my relative sign ukraine and my house to do, i want and that to decide for herself whether she wants to st. germany over 20 ukraine. but i want to go home sunday, you live there, most of the i yaki salable, there are no to them. what bush but at the moment, they have no idea how long that will take. dr. good deal. the taxes, town of val they has held a vigil to honor the victims of the latest school massacre in the united states. 21 people were killed in tuesday's mass shooting. most of them young children. the

killings have once again highlighted the divisive issue of gun control in the u. s . 6 the town of valley is mourning the loss of their loved ones. 19 children into d jose 21 lives that were needlessly cut short. that idly need community is the latest in the u. s. to be devastated by gun violence. but dixon, governor greg abbott, believes mental health not access to guns is the real issue. we as a state, we are this society. neither do a better job with mental health. anybody who shoots somebody else has a mental health challenge period. we her, we as a government need to find a way to target that mental health challenge and do something about it.

democratic beetle room was vying to me the next governor of texas in an upcoming election, publicly confronted reg. i've been during his press conference. he accused the republican of being responsible for the killings my liberalizing speed. gun laws are the question. all you need to ask him is why does he want violent criminals to be able to carry guns on our streets? go, go, ask him that. he has not had to answer for any of this, and he gets by with this theater on calling it out. i came here to called out to stop this because if we don't stop it, it will continue to happen despite the political arguments, families of the victims have little faith that things will change. and as always happens in the small town, nobody expects anything bad happen. and then it happens and everybody wants to make changes to prevent it from happening and then it dies down a little bit and then happens again and there were just this cycle.

i just want my baby. oh, i don't care care with her. oh, but even as people across the u. s. and around the world express grief and sympathy, few believe that this will be the law such tragedy. oh well joining me from the scene of the shooting in valet texas is dw correspondent stefan simon's 7 good to see you. how is this small community coping with this tragic hearse? not coping very well actually served wounds are of course to freshen. if you look

at the right of your screen right behind me, you see those crosses, bearing all the names of all the witnesses of all the victims. pardon the 21 of them, of course most as you said, 19 of them children 10 years old and younger. so yes, we were at the vigil yesterday, which was mentioned in the, in the report. and of course, that was a very tearful fair, so to speak, with texas governor there with preachers, there, pastors from all kinds of domination, trying to give comfort to the people. and that to some degree of course works. but however shock trauma, frustration, and, and disbelief and heard and pain are sitting deep in this community. and they will for a foreseeable future. stephane de massacre has yet again pushed the issue of gun control to the top of the political agenda in the us. but has there been any willingness to tightened the law as by those opposed to strict, are gone controls?

you see the debate about gun control, gun rides, gun control, more restrictions. red flag losses at ra is as old as i am here, standing here and on other occasions, marking those sat incidents where somebody a vice assault rifles or, or some kind of gun. and most down children or other people for whatever reason. so there is no change in the lines. there's 500000000 weapons in private hands in the united states. and there is 2 kind of crowds who are still fighting it out and on a political level on the state level, on the federal level, on every level, community level 2, the one say we need more guns to protect also from the to prevent this from happening. the other said, i know we need less guns when it more restrictions is that rather is a overwhelming majority actually in of americans who want one or another

restriction, nobody wants to change the constitution. nobody wants to ignore the 2nd amendment that guarantees the americans to bear the right to bear to have the right to bear arms. but restrictions, there's about 80 percent of americans in the latest paul say like they are for more gun control. now how to implement this, this is where the politicians coming, and this is where there is no movement an expert say in a pundits and everybody else who is reported or knows a little bit about gun rights. and then i says, nothing's gonna change. unfortunately. stefan simons in evolving texas. thank you. today mark's a 125 years since the classic carnival dracula was published. right. her, bram stoker got inspiration for his vampire a tale while holiday in whitby on england's northeastern coast. the time is now a place of pilgrimage for dracula fans. our reporter joined them there. mm. it was

a bright full moon. with heavy black driving clouds, bram stoker's dracula was published on may 26, 18. 97 would be bay as were in the novel count dracula lands in the western world. twice a year the town celebrates whitby gulf weekend. the visitors have plenty of theories about our fascination with the count. very good story. spooky, i suppose, is this the, the fight. i have a good over e all. professor catherine when has studied the elements that i wish writer bram stoker took from whitby. he also did his research in whitby library, and it was there, of course, that he discovered the name dracula. and he changes the name of his vampire from count one pier, which would never have worked strictly. it's very melodramatic to counteract.

stoker was also inspired by the 1885 ship wreck of a russian schooner in whitby. he just changed the name of the both from the demetrius, the diameter, the only living thing the pangs of this bose is a black dog. a huge hal, this huge hound is dracula. the 1st film version was f w murno's nurse for our to the german classic has just celebrated. it's 100th birthday. i am regular in 1931 hungary and born bella lagossi created the template for a more suave incarnation. but for many christopher lee who played dracula in 7 classic hammer horror movies is the benchmark, bram stoker died before the 1st film came out. what would he have made of the enduring success of his creation? he was a theater manager in his full time job. and i think every theory manager in the

right for buying would love a long run of a 125 years. he's inspired thousands of writers and stage directors. when night falls we meet some dracula devotees who take the whole thing a little too seriously. on i am scary. well noticed em lucifer lucifer dracula. yeah, we believe that van toys all room. there's lots of empires in whitby. while we're not sure about that, but 125 years on bram stoker's dracula has millions of fans around the world. well, here's a reminder off the top story we're following for you. german chancellor, olaf schultz says, russian president vladimir putin cannot be allowed to win in ukraine. he also said that germany will end its dependence on russian oil and gas. shots was addressing the final day of the world economic form in davos, switzerland that's all from us for now. of next conflict

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