they are peers and rivals with one daring goal to out smart nature. more life starts may 28 on d, w. ah, this is the w news live from by laying that russia intensifies its assault on don bass. multiple towns and cities are hit by intense shadowing as moscow focuses on capturing ukraine's industrial ha. also on the program, german chancellor last show tells the world economic forum, but russia cannot be allowed to win the world for the victims of america's

worst school shooting for a decade, which is renewed the debate of a gotten to violence in the u. s. ah, i'm fil gail. welcome to the program. russia is intensifying its campaign in ukraine's eastern dumbass region, launching attacks on dozens of towns in the hands. and danielle, ask the key industrial city of see if see ever severe done yet getting growing danger of becoming completely surrounded. having failed to capture the ukrainian capital cave and its 2nd largest city hockey. moscow has focused on smaller objectives, ukrainian president as a landscape, demanding more heavy weaponry from the west and describes the situation in don't,

bass is extremely difficult. 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 done yet, and no hands in the east. at least 12 people were killed by shilling as heavy fighting continues in and around civil autodesk. 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, residents are determined to start over forward attached for the title of the people who are returning home, even though it safer to wait further away. but it seemed to teach us her vision was pers nick. mister luther bought a 3rd to the suite. the mule people are coming back to their houses and starting to rebuild their helping our military. the school, when we asked the battle for done best, intensifies, many more lives will be lost. let's look at this with the frank lead, which is

a military unless you joins us from oxford in the united kingdom. welcome back, frank. ukrainian officials have talked about russia pouring an insane number of fighters and equipment into the hands that it now seemed inevitable that russia will eventually take the eastern dumbass region. what we're going to see over the next 4 weeks, i don't think it's controversial or not really, really china analysis or crystal ball gazing is what will amount to a seizure that town or you mentioned earlier, which is quite big. it's actually a twin time. this list chance right next door to about 200 people in the for about 200000. so back to get about half the size of mario you crate isn't preparing to defend those cities for about 7 years now as to the same number of russian forces coming in. what's happening is that concentrating their attack, i think there's about when in the area we're talking about before, whether we're trying to get to,

to take the highway. we're looking at about 20 battalions, but your credit is can face those off. one thing that's not often mentioned filters to close on this question if i might, or the huge ukrainian losses, we very rarely hear anything about it. you credit government, it's a matter of policy. and quite right, it doesn't comment on it. but from what i've heard, the casualties are really very severe. the thing is they can replace those casualties. brutal. oh, it sounds right. and we have western money equipment and intelligence pouring into you create an unprecedented rate. so this is slowing down the bleeding. if i can put it that way, but is it likely to turn this around? no, i don't think so. not, not in the medium term will certainly not in the short term. many of those are some of those. some of that equipment and reinforcement is still stuck in the west. i don't know if it's getting down there. i'm hearing that there are issues with that, but it is a short term issues in the medium term. yes. of the long term western support.

western intelligence help and above all, western logistics and equipment help will, i believe, who knows, turn that time, but this is going to be a long war. this is one battle in a long, long war going probably to next year and less of a real surprise on one side of the other. because i've seen it written that given the poor performance of russian forces that perhaps moscow would declare an end to this war effort to capture you cranes, eastern territories. that's possible. who knows what's in head and he runs the show that i think the credit could potentially some fall of surrender the weight would happen, or at least concession. but the way that would happen is the russian simply stand on the defensive ukraine is, would, would shape up to counter attack. and that's going to happen anyway. doesn't really matter. wants to play what's going to happen on the ground you can use. i'm going to stop fighting because the russians declare some sort of notion of victory was to happen to be a local success which could work, i think,

in the long term the reverse. thank you for the us for a clear frank lead richard military analyst. thanks very much miss gillian. that date up to correspondent rebecca recess in chief. welcome, rebecca. so now the fighting has moved away from the capital to the east. how a people there in key feeling about the wall. well, feelings are really run the whole gamut here. phil, you know, you've got obviously frustration and fatigue, but you also have that hopefulness and you know, it is really a united city or a night at western part of the country if you will. people here really still believe that ukraine can win this war. they, they say that the other option is just too horrible to think about. so people remaining hopeful, i mean there are still some fear, hear the sirens are still sounding, but there is a little bit of a sense of relief that now that the trips have left the surrounds of kevin. i was

here a couple of weeks ago. i've just re read, returned it to cave, and it is a different feeling. it definitely feels like more of a normal city, if you will. you know, the sun is now shining. of course that helps. but more restaurants and bars are not bars, but restaurants, cafes, that kind of thing are open. you see more people out in the streets and for all intents and purposes, you know, you could almost be forgiven for forgetting that the war is on it from time to time, except that people are still talking about it. it is really the, the main topic of conversation. people are still very worried watching very carefully what is happening in the aisd end. yeah, of course, still really hopeful that they will end up being victorious interest in your and what people are saying about the president at plaza is lensky because of course, outside the country has become something of an icon of this struggle. how do ukrainians feel about him? on the way this war is going after 3 months while i suddenly can't speak to every person in ukraine. but i would say that if there was an election held today, a president zalinski would win in an absolute landslide. people that before the war

perhaps didn't have that much faith in the president that you know, i swear to one before she said, well actually i thought it was a bit of a joke. you know, he wasn't, he was a comedian. he was an actor. i was very disappoint, said that he was elected, we all thought, how could a man like this be elected during war time? she said i, i now feel very embarrassed about holding that opinion because really he's proven himself to be such a wonderful leader. he's nobody could unite the country in the way that he has done . and that is an opinion really help pretty much across the board. feel that he's very, very popular here. people really think that he's been doing an absolutely wonderful job in trying to keep everyone together and leave this come country and try and get support from the international community. so i would say he's popularity, his sword during this conflict. ok, thank you for that. rebecca, riches, and keith is a quick look at some of the developments in this war. 2 captured russian soldiers have pleaded guilty at the 2nd war crimes trial to be held in ukraine. that accused

of selling civilly infrastructure in a town near hawkins and prosecutors. of course, for 12 year present sentences, verdicts expected on tuesday. russia supreme court has delayed until june, a decision on whether captured fighters from ukraine's as of regiment should be designated terrorists. the russian government considers unit a neo nazi organization, a 1st such a designation or were made. and russia is not likely to include fighters in prison exchanges with ukraine. and german chancellor, ola sholtes asserted russia's president. vladimir putin cannot be allowed to win the war and address to the world economic forum and the swiss town of davis. he repeated his country support for ukraine, but didn't address keeps demands for more heavy weapons. mister shaw, said rushes, war is contributing to a global food crisis. discussion of the worn ukraine and its effects

dominated this year's world economic forum. participants examined solutions for the leading global threats, food insecurity, energy, and the range of economic crises. these topics were also central to german chancellor. olaf schultz is keynote address, which wrapped up thursday's event. depend immune will silence to the pandemic. and russia is a war against ukraine. and yachts are threatening to roll back. progress made over the last decade from comforting got most dramatic, the fight against hunger and poverty. you can shuttle both. we are risking the world's biggest famine and decades if we don't respond as nicely on video. during the g 7 presidency we launched alliance for global food security. with the world bank. germany has set aside nearly half a 1000000000 euros a yada oval, bite custodian globe. it rings out if the global through the crisis is a major risk for poor countries in asia and africa. very difficult

time for african countries because it's like it's gotten them offside countries a more did because of it. countries a struggle with limited and 105000000 people got hungry. the cause of good group globally, a little those 30 percent of those ala fuko, another additional $100000000.00 pisec took that to go hungry. so this could be really serious. and now, as the world's most powerful players leave davos, the focus will turn to putting the plans and promises they've discussed into motion . will they? w correspondent christie plaza has into quite left divorcee yet a welcome. christie, a fundamentally different event this year. but did it bring fundamentally different insights? i mean, i think the real question is what really was possible with davosto this year? we had a german chancellor, olaf sholtes here this morning,

but he is the only g 7 leader to show this year. and if we take a step back, it may be mm, it makes sense why i doubles is associated with the rich and powerful with luxury up here in the mountains. and global leaders have a huge laundry list of issues to deal with a right now. everything from obviously the war ukraine, but also the ongoing pandemic. a looming food crisis right at rising food prices and a continued threat to the global economic recovery. so many of them are off dealing with those issues. meanwhile, the people who are here this year, the delegations, and the politicians in the business leaders. they're also concerned with these very same issues. what we did see emerging out of this week was unity around these issues of big sense of urgency in solving them. but a business leader seemed to be feeling like they're stuck a bit that politicians need to act and that the war and ukraine at needs to end before they can move on to address these things. okay, so the world's a political lead aside. so business leaders, but president zelinski did make an appearance demanding more of military hardware

of from world leaders. what sort of response did he get? yeah, that's right. i mean, the west has been providing military support to ukraine since the war began. but so far that's been largely soviet era weaponry and yes, it was one sky was asking now for more modern warfare, particularly, for example, long range weaponry that could you think ships? because russia's, aut navy is currently blocking huge shipments of grain from leaving the country. now, there, it does seem to be a growing openness to considering providing the country with modern warfare because there are many markets around the globe that desperately need the brains, again, because there's a shortage of food around the globe. earlier this week we saw denmark saying it would provide weapons to ukraine. the u. s. has already agreed to provide manuever modern, modern weaponry, excuse me. but other countries are being very cautious. russia has said that the west is already in a proxy war with russia, so to speak, by helping ukraine militarily. so they are proceeding with caution still at this

point. so of course, other big issues besides the war, climate change notable amongst them, did not get pushed to one side. right, well we heard a little bit about some protests near by, but up here it can feel like a bit of a davos bubble in the with the forest in the mountains that you see behind me are participants didn't seem to feel particularly affected by, by these protests for example, but that being said, a global warming was the topic of around a 3rd of the panels that we saw this week. so it's definitely an important agenda point up for the, for him this year. but we also had billionaire george thorough saying at a meeting earlier this week that he thinks the warrant crate is overshadowing the climate change crisis and that this could be fatal for humanity. ok, thank you for that. christy. christy plots and the world economic go for now to texas where law enforcement sir o, thores is

a facing criticism over the length of time it took for them to storm and elementary school where a gum and killed 19 children and 2 teachers. the shooter was shot dead and nearly an hour after he began he's at rampage. hundreds gathered in the town of val day on wednesday to on the victims of the worst school massacre in the us for a decade. many mourners said they would never have expected this to happen in that tight knit community. volunteers have been offering the psychological support as 20 w correspondence, stephan, siemens, i at the scene of the shooting. welcome back, stephan. how is this close knit community coping? not worry. we'll have to say people are numb me or people are still in pain, of course, and shocker frustrated, and they're hurting. this whole community is hurting. whereas they had the rob elementary school. you see to your ride on the screen,

those crosses. they popped up last night and of course they bear the names of all the victim slighted children, 2 adults and the other side becomes a make sure memorial, all sorts thou with locals. so people from you've all they and are from even places as houston and dallas are showing up here trying to pay their respects, praying going on there behind me on this at the side and people dropping flowers. so this community will be in pain for significant pain for considerable time. and how and of course, now the bell gun control debate has sprung up again. how entrenched are that the 2 sides does the pro gun lobby concede that anything needs to change? yeah, they are as entrenched as they always were. there is one crowd who says like, look of these kind of scenes here. these are incidents massacres or children or

people are all mass slaughtered by one gun man who is equipped with assault rifles or any kind of gun. we need more restrictions, a better gun control laws on the state and federal level. then there's the other side who says that no, not at all, that's not the right way to do it. they are those gun control laws or any suggestions. the other side makes are useless. they don't do the trick. and the only way to get out of this is actually putting more guns into the hands of the so called good guys, the good guy with a gun, this concept on it. so yeah, there is no go middle way at the moment on the political side. definitely not. and today's criticism or the latest criticism is that it, it's take, it took too long for police to get to the scene. i'm one of that what a law enforcement authority saying about that. as a father not saying anything, we would love to have a little press conference or the opportunity to ask some questions on that issue. now, a few other questions which remain open and need answering from police and law enforcement,

but they're not really forthcoming. as of now, well of course that is because this is still an active crime scene and the investigators here trying to really come up with a water tight timeline of what went down here. but the besides the fact that people say like they took too long to be there to be at the scene. it is more also at point here that there was apparently a group of men of fathers who wanted to go into the school and were held back by police saying, look, you're not going anywhere. what ensued then was after there were no contracts anymore, that it took police 40 minutes where nothing parentally happened, or where they may be tried to negotiate with the, with the young 18 year old, who did this year before they stormed into the school or at least into the classroom where he had himself barricaded. so there's a lot of details. questions on answered in this investigation. let's what we get to a few more answers anytime soon. here. thanks for that date of the correspondent

steph and siemens and val, a texas as quick round up of some of the source of making news around the world, the death toll from wednesday, st bombings in afghanistan. it's written to at least 16 as many as 10 people died in a multiple bomb attack on many buses. in the northern city of mazar, i sharif. i was later a bomb exploded and a mosque in kabul, killing 6, and injuring many of us. chinese city of shanghai relax some of its cov, 19 restrictions ahead of a planned exit from lockdown. next month, more people are being allowed out of their homes to go to work or to buy essential is come, says authorities elsewhere in china. step up as 0. cobit policy, including the capital beijing. this is a charlemagne. the price has been ordered to 3 ballad, bruce in a political activists. the award recognizes contributions to european unity svetlana ticket of sky, maria coll, collin. nick, over and veronica sep,

co. callow being recognized for their struggle against the countries of, for a tarion regime under their work to promote freedom and democracy. they teamed up into i tried to drive and seen brothers this long time, lead us through democratic means as to kind of sky ran for president and says she won, the regime responded by arresting thousands of opposition supporters scholars. nicola was jailed and accused of conspiring to overthrow the government. veronica said callo and spent lot of chicken or skype were both forced to flee the country. german foreign minister, unlike burbock, appraised the women at an awards ceremony in the german city of oxford, saying their message was not just for better route, but for the whole of europe. i'm going to keep watch out your efforts, remind us that we cannot close our eyes when freedom is threatened. we must never look away, but we must take action early on. so that is the responsibility of it. since the publication of the classic horrible dracula writer bram stoker was inspired to

write his vampire tale was holiday in whitby on england's northeast and coast towns now a place of pilgrimage for dracula. fast ah! it was a bright full moon. with heavy black driving clouds, bram stoker's dracula was published on may 26, 1897 would be bay as were in the novel count dracula lands in the western world. twice a year the town celebrates whitby goth weekend. the visitors have plenty of theories about our fascination with the count. very good story. it's spooky. i suppose there's, there's the, there's the fight over got over evil. professor katherine, when has studied the elements that irish writer bram stoker took from whitby. the

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 count dracula. stoker was also inspired by the 1885 shipwreck of a russian schooner in whitby. he just changed the name of the vote from the demetrius the diameter, the only living thing the pangs of this boat is a black dog, a huge hal. this huge hound is dracula. the 1st film version was f. w murno's north for our to the german classic has just celebrated. it's 100th birthday. i am that you live in 9031 hungary and born bella lagossi, created the template for a more suave incarnation. but for many, christopher lee who played regular 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 theatre manager in his full time job. and i think every theater manager in the rightful bide would love a long run of a 125 years lease. inspired thousands of writers and stage directors. when nightfall. jack, you? yeah, we believe that fanboys, all room. there's lots of empires in whitby. wow, we're not sure about that, but 125 years own bram stoker's dracula has millions of fans around the world. this is did only news life from berlin coming up next in news asia. a 1000000 of afghanistan's children threatened with severe malnutrition will have an update from the un cobble on the bursting, hunger christ it bearish vanity. we'll have those toners of more in news asia in

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