[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. a warning that ukraine's fight against russian forces in the east of the country is going badly. the towns and cities are being hit by intense shelter as moscow focuses on capturing ukraine's industrial heartland. also coming up tonight, german chancellor o sholtes tells the boat economic form that russia can not be allowed to win this war and a vigil for the victims of america's worst school shooting in

a decade. it has renewed the debate over gun violence in the us. ah, i burned golf is good to have you with us on this thursday. russia is intensifying its campaign in ukraine's eastern don bass region, launching attacks on dozens of towns in new hampshire and don't ask the key. industrial city of several of don't ask is in growing danger of being completely surrounded and having failed to capture the ukrainian capital key and it's the 2nd largest city char keith. moscow has focused on smaller objectives. ukrainian president zalinski is demanding more heavy weaponry from the west. describe the situation in don bass as extremely difficult moments of joy in

times of war. this is the 1st civilian wedding in european a city close to keith. it was devastated by conflict. should've complaint they are on the same thing. well, it's a joyful feeling, but also very unusual because there's a war going on. it's unusual to get married during the war a little you know, little vehicles, no need to give up people. life goes on, no matter what i say. the truth is on our side, ukraine will be the one of the school so proud of the only question is when it will end. or, you know, that's what's worrying every one the most or kosovo diapers over quench. meanwhile, ukraine says the fighting in the east is fiercer than never before. some of castilla shots us club. this situation remains difficult and is getting worse. stringham, the enemy is using all its power and means to capture our territory and surround our troops in the fighting. has reached its maximum intensity to date. mister william,

mister chromebooks among my infant son wished him 90 percent of the lawns creech in his under russian occupation. its governess, s dot said to the last couple more. sure. the situation is very tense because the russians have sent all their forces to storm de la, hence region down the summer storm to capture towns and to bring the roads under their control. mister ha, but it is that they're attacking from different directions. last, no, it's very flawed, but we've been holding the defensive line. what are the 4 months now? most of useless showed lucko despite the fact while the enemy has suffered significant loss is the village that they keep pushing towards our defensive line. step by step without hillary shelling at sema obe storm for a dow leukemia mushroom versus lincoln. lansing genius together make up the don bus were rushing back separatist control large parts of the territory. russian forces have shalt some 40 towns, a crust on bus,

as they battle to cease the entire region. so even as life and air pin and keep slowly returns to normal, else we're no mallet. he is a very long way off. if a more now i'm joined by our correspondent rebecca readers she is in keep to night rebec either we we heard from the foreign minister of ukraine today that the situation in the east of the country is not looking good. what are you hearing about the situation plan? i don't have anything better to tell you on that front. things are not looking good by all accounts with ukraine authorities even admitting that they are really struggling to maintain any kind of upper hand that they've actually lost the upper hand in the dumbass region at the mer all at the. sorry, the governor rather of lu. hans has said that russians now control almost 95 percent of that region that's up from 90 percent of

a from last week. so they are making progress. they are moving forward and the ukrainians are really struggling to even hold them and keep them back. at this stage. we're hearing reports every one rocket or one artillery. that's fine from the russian side. sorry, from the ukrainian side. you've got 10 coming in the other direction so that sort of gives you an indication of sort of the, the on, on wasted of the heaviness on the russian side there. so it is looking really, really bad, you could say, and you know, suddenly with you kind of meeting that they're losing that up a handle that they haven't been, you know, while attention, peppers lost it. that really is saying something of this is going to be a very decisive moment in the battle. you've got presidents, zalinski and the foreign minister just singing out screaming, shouting from all weapons, they are really calling on the international community. this is almost 2 like we've also say renewed shelling in hockey. brent. so things are really hating up in the 8th of the country. and i'm wondering what are people there in keep saying, you know, we heard, for example, yesterday from the former you

a secretary of state, henry kissinger, saying that for the war to end, ukraine should give up a little bit of its territory. i mean, i know a lot of people in ukraine are upset by that, but is there some thinking beginning to take root that may be losing a little bit of territory will have to be the, the price for ending this war? no, from any one i've spoken to really, the consensus is here that if we give an inch, they'll take a mile. that's what people are telling me. they really do not think that ukraine should give up any territory. they said they did that already in 2015, 16 that they gave up, you know, crimea, they thought that that would suffice. but, you know, it's clearly that it clear that it hasn't, they say that, you know, if we do go ahead, as henry kissinger said, give out the don bass rage. and that, you know, in a couple of years, couple of months, who knows a decade, they'll be back for more. so really the feeling he is he that, that is not an option as president zalinski baby saying as well. and he is just not

going to give up territory. and that seems to be the popular opinion here. did abuse rebecca readers with the sobering assessment situation and eastern ukraine tonight? rebecca, thank you. germany's chance her off showed so says that russia's president vladimir putin cannot be allowed to win this war. in an address to the world economic forum in dublin, switzerland to day, the chancellor repeated his country support for ukraine, but he did not address caves, demands for more heavy weapons. he said that russia's war is contributing to a global food crush. 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. defending me on last, lanced, he's a pandemic and rushes war against

a crane and you are threatening to roll back. progress made over the last decade from comforting got one tumbled, most dramatic, the fight against hunger and poverty. you can shuttle both on we are risking the world's biggest famine and decades. if we don't respond as actively on video during the g 7 presidency we launched alliance for global food security with the world bank dot, germany has set aside nearly half a 1000000000 arrows. a jada oval died, crushed it, glove. it rings out the global to the crisis is a major risk for poor countries in asia. and africa said really difficult time for african countries because it's like it's gotten them offside conscious, a more debt because of it. countries are struggling with limited and 100 to 5000000 people got hungry because of calvin group globally a little those that fuss until those aim africa. another additional 100 in the

prison took the to go hungry, so this couldn't 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 . and here's a quick round of them. of some of the other developments in this war, 2 captured russian soldiers have pleaded guilty at the 2nd war crimes trial to be held in ukraine. they are accused of showing civilian infrastructure in a town near car keith. prosecutors have called the 12 year prison sentences. a verdict is expected. on tuesday. russia supreme court has delayed until june, a decision on whether captured fighters from ukraine's as off regiment should be designated as terrorists. the russian government considers the unit a neo nazi organization. if the regiment or to be designated a tara group, russia would be unlikely to include its fighters in any prisoner exchange with ukraine. you are a secretary of state. antony lincoln says,

the by the administration wants to lead countries opposed to russia's invasion of ukraine into a broader coalition, to counter beijing's global influence. he said china was the only country with the intent and increasingly the power to reshape the international order. so russia, president vladimir putin says that moscow is ready to help avert a looming food crisis. if western countries lift sanctions imposed over the war in ukraine, rushes, why kate of ukraine's port is hold to the export of millions of tons of great. but the kremlin insist that it is not to blame for global food supply broke from where the united nations estimates that nearly 7000000 ukrainians have left their homeland since the invasion began over 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 here in berlin. sydney is 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 flat to berlin, but their thoughts as still with their family and friends in ukraine in mind that he ok, i thought i said, my friends stayed and sion if that 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 at 1st 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 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 villains listens, 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 from simpson 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 received that fast monthly payment, $350.00 euros each. mama did love nick and we 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? i have been, i am 2 children. if the,

if you go with, so we wouldn't, we want to started jill money to play at them. so basically a, that's why we do that, all of it, 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 crane to see my family members. but i think about leaving in german of my life. yeah. and if don't both of us, if the book i'm too old to completely overturn my former life, or my relatives on ukraine and my house to do all i want and that to decide for herself whether she wants to st. germany over time to ukraine. little. but i want to go home sunday. you leave there melissa. i ya could seal

a book that most of them won't. but bullshit. but at the moment, they have no idea how long that will take not police in the town of you've all the texas are facing criticism over the length of time that it took for them to storm and elementary school where a gunman killed 19 children and 2 teachers on tuesday, the shooter was shot dead nearly an hour after he began his rampage, and armed security officer also failed to prevent him from entering the school. the massacre has once again raised the device of issue in the us over gun control. the town of nevada is mourning the loss of their loved ones, 19 children, and to teach us 21 lives it were needlessly cut short. the tightly knit community is the latest in the us to be devastated by gun violence. but texas governor greg

abbott beliefs mental health and not access to guns is the real issue. we as a state, we as a 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. democrats, vito role was vying to be the next governor of texas in an upcoming election publicly confronted, correct. other during his press conference, he accused the republican of being responsible for the killings by liberalizing state gun laws. oh, 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. the community is still trying to process what happened . i was at the school where it was so pre k and kate can every morning you have to open their doors for them to get out. can you see all these faces to like new them? this is really sad, so we have to goes to do this. and i'm saddened by that on angry and our government for not really more about gun control. but even as people across the u. s. and around the world express grief and sympathy. few believe that this will be the last such tragedy of only go down to our correspondence, if on simon's, he joins us from in front of rob elementary school, the scene of that deadly school shooting on tuesday. if on it had so many factors

about american society are converging right now, you've got gun violence, you've also got funding or the funding of the police for example. and now you've got accusations that the police didn't act quickly enough or we getting into reaction to law enforcement officials about this. they actually believe apartment of public safety here. and it police was under lot of pressure today because there were a significant questions unanswered. so the regional director came out and held a more or less impromptu press conference, and i can just tell you what he said, so they're trying to get it timeline, established on really what happened when when was, are there gunfire? when wasn't there? so he said number one, there was no resource officer who confronted him. the shooter, actually that is a false, a narrative there that there was an armed resource officer who had the chance and

did not engage the suspect, which he officially still is on there. so that's not true, then you are right or though between 11 30 am on that day on that tuesday and 114044. so 10 to 14 minutes there was a lot of shooting and sunni. so a lot of dying going on after that it took yeah, almost one hour to have a technical team coming to the scene here and storm the school. get into the room and shoot, slash eliminate the attacker, the shooter, and on it on i sent. what do you see the day was? yeah, what did they said though about the fact that it took an hour an hour that it took an hour to get a police to? yeah, the school police was here, but the technical team or a swat that's different. so it took a little time and you see this is the, everybody has to put this and i'm not cutting the police any slack you. there's

again, lots of questions unanswered. but keep in mind, small community, 16000 people, this is not big. there's police agencies plus federal aid, but he's coming from all over but the from the counties next door, the cities next door, no way that the local police could us like solve this problem by themself. so this is what we know so far, almost an hour until the technical team arrived to get into the school slash into the room and eliminate the threat ah, killed shooter. let me make one more point to day. it was supposed to be a very joyous day. it was the last day of school, supposedly. and you know, we just were, we were just were in town and there are posters of the top 10 high school students here in town. i'm. so this is a city which is proud about their students, friend, their graduation. now look, crossed my shoulder. of course, this day changed. is he those crosses, they popped up over night in our bearing the name. so fathers, 19 children and the 2 adults who were killed here, i know, i mean we,

it's impossible to imagine how are the feelings that these people are going through the sorrow that has enveloped that community. and now moving forward, we know that to morrow in houston, texas, i'm a meeting of the national rifle association is going to take place the in our res, annual convention. that looks bad. what people they are saying about it. i agree that's bad optics and guess was coming prior, former president donald trump and a few other people who didn't mean to or didn't to decide to cancel their appearance there. what do people here think about this? i think if you're at talk to people who are directed directly very directly impacted by what happened here. are they just shake their hats as isis absurd. and it is a tactless without you know it's, it's not really

a good tastes now. the n r a's a very powerful, a lobby ah, with the pockets even if though under investigation for this on that which led to a bankruptcy earlier about. however, a powerful lobby politician says some politicians, a lot of politicians take this money and they'll show up. and they say a lot of people in america who um, what ever happened here or 10 years ago and sandy hooks, all one will maybe happen next year, or whenever, here in the united states, say listen, this has nothing to do with this year. i have her rights to bear arms, it's constitutional guaranteed on the 2nd amendment. and i love gone sal go there. um and have my n r i convention, is it bad taste for many? it is for others. no problem at all. or corresponded to fun. simons, joining us tonight there on the scene of the tragic school shooting in texas stuff . i think we have to look now and some of the other stories that are making

headlines around the world. 50 people have been killed by armed fighters in eastern burkina, faso. it's not clear who's behind the attack, but jihad is militants of overrun swedes of the country. in recent years, the violence is part of a wider islamist insurgency, across west africa's. so hell region, british prosecutor say that they have charged hollywood actor kevin spacey with several counts of sexual assault against 3 men. the alleged incidents took place between 20052013 in london. and elsewhere in england. the charges against spacy followed in investigation by police in london. this year's charlemagne prize has been won by 3 bill ruffian political activists. the award recognizes contributions to european unity, but lana t hung of sky maria colas. the cova and veronica sipp column are being

recognized for their struggle against bella bruce's authoritarian regime and their work to promote freedom and democracy. they teamed up in 2022, trying to unseat bell ruses. longtime leader through democratic means ms. t have no sky ran for president and says that she won the election. the regime responded by arresting thousands of opposition supporters. ms. colace ne cova was jailed and accused of conspiring to overthrow the government. veronica sep carlo and svetlana t hung of sky were both forced to flee the country. at the award ceremony in the german city of austin, the german foreign minister on a line of airborne praised the 3 women saying that their message was not just for bella. bruce, but for the whole of europe, the 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 hon. that is the responsibility of all of us. and a part of that responsibility is the reorganizing of german and european policy with respect to our neighbors in the east to develop a new security framework early in the hydro and fit. we didn't ask for this out, but we owe it to our eastern neighbors leaking upon sweetie. right now to the u. k, where fans of the swedish super group abba are buzzing with excitement about the bands return to the stage on friday in london. but there is a catch, the group will not be there in the flesh, but instead will be represented by digital avatars or amber. tar ah, this is a taste of what audiences and others upcoming virtual concerts can look forward to holograms called avatars. seen here. and there video still have faith in you. the rest for tickets for the 1st shows has been enormous. and the count down to the

premier is on we are pushing boundaries and we have created something that people have never seen before. oh, the london concert hall was built, especially for the show. the avatars are an exact replica of the musicians as they looked in the 1970s. after almost 6 years of development, at least one of the members has now gotten used to the sight of his younger self. he is almost like someone else is me? yes, but he's also on someone else. and when i see my avatar on, on, on stage, it really becomes a mixture. it's as if i have kind of infused life

into this guy that we see on the screen. the concert was recorded with 160 cameras over 5 weeks. 23 songs were selected, including some from the new album. and although the musicians are not on stage in person, that doesn't mean they don't have stage fright. we don't know how the audience will react. i mean, they come there and they see us, but they know that the it's actually it's not us. the bond is real. we real here but not on stage. was it be like sort of applauding of painting? i somehow don't know if the avatars are convincing and the rush for tickets continues. there could be concerts in the arena in london for years to come. i bought as no plans. and it is what it is. and i mean,

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