for a longer, healthier and fuller life. one of the most insightful discoveries in the history of mankind. more life starts may 28th on d, w. ah ah . this is dw news live from berlin. more signs that ukraine's fight against russian forces in the east of the country is going badly. ukraine's president warren's rush was offensive in don boss could make the region uninhabitable. towns and cities lie in ruin. as russian forces advanced and ukrainian troops faced encirclement. also

on the show, ukraine faces the mammoth task of prosecuting a ledge war crimes by russian soldiers. more than $30000.00 cases are under investigation. bus, texas, police faced questions over their response to the new vault the school massacre. parents, the officers were slow to move in while the gunman shot his young victims. 19 students and teachers died in the massacre. ah. hello, i'm clare richardson, thanks for joining us. ukraine is warning that russia is edging closer to us. rounding its troops in the eastern don bass region are shown. forces are launching attacks on doesn't of towns in lieu hon scanned to gnats in what could be

a turning point in moscow's efforts to consolidate control in the east ukrainian president of all the demure zalinski is demanding war action from western allies. my great, this is what life in ukraine's east looks like now. residence of the city of lucy chance desperate to escape the constant shelling shelter here in this basement. one of the many here urgently need medical supplies, but traveling to get them is to risky. will not only get so my father suffered a stroke, and there are many others in these houses who need medication go to the doctor when decremental ukraine says the fighting in the east is fiercer than ever. with nearly all of the lu hans district underbrush and control some of those little shades of scrub, the situation remains difficult and is getting worse. stringham,

but 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 with several hammocks, among the infant 7 wisdom. moscow has set of fights on gaining control of the don bus. ukraine's industrial hot land russian tubes attempting to encircle ukrainian forces by seizing t highways in the region. mentioning the current offensive by russia in the don bus could make the region uninhabitable. putting pressure on russia is literally a matter of saving lives. and every day of delay weakness, debates or proposals to pacify the aggressor at the expense of the victim means more ukrainians killed. white g grange. ukraine says 50 downs and the region came under shelling, poster, which killed at least 9 people. for the reduction troops gaining ground,

just didn't feel see no escape inside. and here's the double correspondent rebecca readers with an update on the situation in eastern ukraine. 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 dorm best region. the mayor all the story, the governor rather of lou hands because said that russians now control almost 95 percent of that region that's up from 90 percent of from last week. so they are making progress and 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, all one artillery that's fine from the ukrainian side. you've got 10 coming in. the other direction, so it gives you an indication of sort of the heaviness on the russian side. they think this is going to be a very decisive moment in the battle. you've got presidents lensky and the foreign minister, just singing out screaming,

shouting from the weapons. they are really calling on the international community. this is almost 2, like we've also say renewed shilling in hockey. so things are really hating up in the 8th of the country. and that has to captured russian soldiers have pleaded guilty at the 2nd war crimes trial to be held in ukraine. they're facing sentences of up to 12 years for allegedly showing civilian infrastructure. the case is just one of thousands that ukrainian authorities are investigating, and fresh evidence of war crimes is found every day. d w maxim, send our reports from ukraine, his iep inside the forest lies in anonymous grace. whoever chose this place didn't want anyone to find it. 2 months after the end of the russian occupation here, the body of a ukrainian man was on earth. his passport found here by the police say, the death of the 56 year old civilian is linked to the russian aggression. nothing unusual. these days. the whole demo we found many and we will find more because

a lot of people are still missing. a lot of people died. a lot of people were buried for much a, bought the rules, a quote them if the victims daughter is on the scene. she tells us her father went missing on the 18th of march during the russian occupation. neither solutions, i only know you won't doubt of his house and didn't return more you. i think he went to feed the dog of the neighbor who had left. i didn't know where else he would have gone with a lot of sticky leaves. miss gibbons, so far clues are limited as to what happened to her father. his passport shows red stains on it, possibly blood, boucher, hostile mill hairpin. these towns have become synonymous with russian war crimes were than the 1000 people were killed in boucher alone. a neighbouring herpes, the cemetery has changed in appearance with hundreds of freshly dug graves to

day streets and the area are lined with destroyed houses and shops all over town, reminders of horrific acts of violence like these cars attacked with weapons of war . so all the vehicles are see here are civilian vehicles that were used by people from boucher to try to flee from the russians and flee from the fighting. just like this vehicle over here. as we learned, it was struck in the back while trying to exit the town. it was hit by heavy machine gun fire and the bullets traveled through the entire car hitting in the back. next thing at the front and killing at least one person inside. one of more than 3000 war crimes that are now being investigated in the key of region alone, an arduous task. but authorities are making some games. we know we have already fixed law that so a 100 percent from russian on in key region that were mentioned here in our church or, and when also was it so they were from special forces from russian federation. they came here. we have their name surnames, also even their families the default,

but with them being out of reach of ukrainian authorities. what are the prospects of bringing these men to justice? but it's where they couldn't to visit any, come through is a, have a possibility to be arrested. so anyway, you know that if somewhere they will come international court and international police officers and may be full with fidel them and arrested. so we hope that they will find the punishment because they are guilty. so for fewer than 50 alleged russian war criminals remain ukrainian custody. and german chancellor, olaf schultz has said that russia's president vladimir putin cannot be allowed to win this war. in an address to the world economic forum in davos, switzerland, chancellor schroeder repeated his country support for ukraine, but did not address caves, demands for more heavy weapons. he said, rushes, war is contributing to

e 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 or lunch to the pandemic. and russia is a war against ukraine and you 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 door, germany has set aside nearly half a 1000000000 euros. yada oval broadcasted globe. it rings out the global to the crisis is

a major risk for poor countries in asia and africa. so really difficult time for african countries because it's like it's gotten them offside countries a more did because of it. countries are struggling with the plymouth tuned. and 105000000 people got hungry. the cause of good group globally, a little those 30 percent of those enough rica, another additional $100000000.00 people is afflicted 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 . let's bring up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. the un security council has again failed to impose tough new sanctions on north korea. the resolution vetoed by china and russia was put forward by the united states in response to pyongyang, latest round of inter continental missile test. the palestinian authority says

investigation into the shooting death of al jazeera reporter sharina block there shows she was killed deliberately by on israeli soldier, reporters death 2 weeks ago during an israeli military operation in the west bank cause international outrage. israel's request for a joint investigation was rejected by the palestinian leadership and then a goal has begun. 3 days of morning after 11 newborn babies died in a hospital fire in the town, one after officials. a short circuit triggered the fire. the disaster has sparked anger and calls for accountability in the west african country and police in the town of you've all the texas are facing criticism over the length of time that it took them to storm and elementary school where a gun man killed 19 children. and 2 teachers,

the shooter was shot dead nearly an hour after he began his rampage. the massacre has once again raised the divisive issue of gun control in the united states. the town of valley is mourning the loss of their loved ones. 900 children and 2 teachers, 21 lies. it were needlessly cut short. the title in the community is the latest in the us to be devastated by gun violence. the texas governor greg beliefs mental health and not access to guns is the real issue. we as a state, we are the society. neither do a better job with mental health. anybody who shoes 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 democrats. vito role was vying to be the next governor of texas in an upcoming

election publicly confronted, correct, albert, 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 k. and every morning you have to open their doors for them to get oh, can you see all these faces to like new them? it's just really sad. so we have to go to do this. i'm. i'm saddened by that. i'm angry at our government for not doing 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. oh. and the legendary american actor, a ray liotta, has died at the age of 67 in new jersey born actor got his big break playing ex, convict re sinclair. in the 1986 and black comedy, something wiles on his most iconic role was as real life monster henry hill. and martin are says good fellas where he played next to other big stars like robert de niro and chelsea. leo to died in his sleep in the dominican republic for his for and the world of electronic music has lost one of its pioneers. andy fletcher, keyboardist for the british bandit depeche mode, has died at the age of 60. fletcher was a founding member of the band performing in the late 19 seventies,

held to popularize electronic music around the world. with tracks like, enjoy the silence and personal g depeche mode, said they were shocked and feel sad at fletcher's passing. ah, you're watching the news coming up next. an interview with atlanta taken off, sky exiled leader of the democratic opposition of believers do. stay tuned for that or you can find online d, w dot com for asia and org lovers guide by brady, asian cities. 5 local artists.