[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah, this is d w. news live from the russian back to rebels client. they've taken over a key town in easton ukraine. moscow steps up. it's bombardment in dumbass, i mean to encircle, defense forces and take control of you kind industrial hotline. also coming up,

investigators in the crown get down to the task of prosecuting alleged russian war crimes. more than 13000 cases could eventually come before the cold. coming up takes place under pressure over the elementary school massacre is grading families, join calls for strict gun controls. there are questions over how long it took the emergency team to respond. and london in the grip of ab fever. ah, this way, the super stars of the seventy's and eighty's launched the new show digital wizard re allows the group to appear on stage as the youngest. so ah i'm anthony, how does good to happy with us?

you crane is that russia is edging closer to the surrounding its forces in its industrial heartland. dumbass. the advance could be a turning point in russia's drive to taught in its grip on key eastern regions pro russian separate essay. they have taken control of the strategic town of lima, rush and force of the also besieging the city of lizzie chanced. it crowns. president vladimir lensky has accused moscow of carrying out genocide in dumbass. my right, this is what life in you cleans east looks like. now, residents 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 too risky. well, not only a kid, so my father suffered a stroke, and there are many others in these houses who need medication. lots of incremental

ukraine says the fighting in the east is fiercer than ever. with nearly all of the lu hans district under russian control. some of the shades of scrub the situation remains difficult and is getting worse. with 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 day to mr. woodham for several months. among my infant son wished him, moscow has set of fights on gaining control of the dunbar. ukraine's industrial heartland russian troops attempting to encircle ukrainian forces by seizing t highways in the details. manage neither 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. weighty gains. ukraine says 50 towns and at each end came under shelling, purty, which killed at least 9 people. for the reduction troops gaining ground, justin's hill, see no escape in sight with a correspondent, rebecca richard's joints. me now from keep. rebecca, russia says it's making more gains in the east of the country. it has claimed control of the city of the month as ye crying. did their authorities also acknowledge those version of events that for now russian forces seemed to be winning the ground war in the east of the country? they are anthony. in fact, sir, it's not something we've seen very often in this conflict that ukraine has said that they're, they're losing the battle, but they have authorities now saying that they have lost the upper hand, that russia has the upper hand in the don bass region. the governor villa. hans

says that only 5 percent of that region which makes up half the don bass is under ukrainian control. and as you just heard in that report, rogers really gaining fast or that you they had 10 were ukraine had 10 percent last week. now they have 5 percent and is looking very likely that russia has gone to savannah surround those cities, their sister cities of las a chance. and so sarah, several done net yet, can the last ukrainian held cities in that area? are you crying? very worried about this and certainly calling for more weapons, a president lensky and the foreign minister really is sounding the alarm, saying that if we don't get more foreign weapons down there, we will lose this battle in the dawn bar. so they, they are actually agreeing with those claims that russia has the upper hand from the outside looking. it looks like a significant moment prison. it's lindsey's nightly address struck a more ominous time on wednesday. did that message that things aren't going well in the east. also land heavily with the ukrainians that you talk to

definitely, antony, there's a really a feeling of worry and fear and i've spoken to some people that say we can't even think about the worst case scenario. this they're trying to remain positive. they still feel they still have hope that they will come out victorious at the end of this, but people are watching on what's happening in the east, with great trepidation, is, is really, could be a decisive moment. what happens in the don bass, if they are successful, it would be a fantastic morale boost for russia. and of course, are really, really tough moments. the ukraine to come to terms with in the russians will likely regroup and push on. we're already seeing that fighting has picked up, or at least missiles have hit harder cave again. now obviously, russian troops were pushed out of that city. and out of that region just recently, just last week and, and now we're seeing sort of more attempts to try and, and strike other cities also separation region and nitro. so, you know, it is a very tense moment and people are feeling that they're definitely looking on

closely and, and hoping, hoping with all hope it might that, that things are going to pick up. but it certainly isn't looking very good for ukraine. right at the moment if you don't look good and i don't want to consider it pretty naturally, but what are conditions like right now for ukrainians in the dumbass already just die anthony. it's really hard to imagine what it must be like to be in that region right now. i'm people basically living pretty much under ground. they've been living without utilities and electricity 1st for weeks already. so supplies are running out the food and humanitarian aid. it's getting much harder to get that humanitarian aid in. in fact, a few days ago, some humanitarian i'd was making it into the hands region, but, you know, now it's getting more and more difficult as those roads are completely bombarded. and you know, the conditions in those areas just from what we're hearing are really uninhabitable

. presidents got zalinski saying what's happening down there is a genocide. we're talking about places that are at 60 percent completely destroyed and up to 95 percent of places are completely damaged. so just really a horrific same for, for the humanity for that he, for the people living there. the w correspond rebecca written in keeps thanks. so much we'll to captured, russian soldiers have pleaded guilty at a 2nd war crimes trial to be held in ukraine. they facing up to 12 years in prison for allegedly shilling civilian infrastructure. the case is just one of thousands that ukrainian authorities are investigating and fresh evidence of war crimes is found every day. this report from d w max under contains images that some viewers could find distressing. deep inside the forest lies and anonymous, grief. 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, your to billing is linked to the russian aggression. nothing unusual these days were hor, them, or we found many of them and we will find more because a lot of people are missing. a lot of people died. so a lot of people who are buried are much of lot those rules occult 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. it's neither sir solutions. i only know you won't down of his house and didn't return more. yeah, 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 picky leave miss beneath it so far. clues are limited as to what happened to her father. his passport shows red stains on it, possibly blood, butcher hostile mill hairpin. these towns have become synonymous with russian war

crimes. worth in the 1000 people were killed in boucher alone. a neighbouring her pin, the cemetery has changed in appearance with hundreds of freshly dug graves. today, streets in 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 gains. we know we have already

fixed that 300 percent from russia on, in key region that were mentioned here in our church or, and also is it the where 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 visit any country where they have a possibility to be arrested. so anyway, you know that if somewhere they will come into chanel court and international police officers and maybe always find all 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. and ukrainian custody satellite images have become one of the main sources of information about what is happening is the war unfolds photos and videos taken from space,

document key events on the ground and can provide vital evidence of atrocities. images like this one, showing the destruction of mario pole a providing crucial insights into russia's war in ukraine. satellite technology has become a game changing tool and documenting atrocities. this is mary, you pulled before the russian invasion there. this is how the city looked afterwards. merry, you pose theater, where hundreds of civilians were sheltering before a devastating ass strike. the word children is written on the ground on either side of it as this next image shows that did nothing to deter the attackers. these are just some examples of how satellite imagery often captured by commercial companies as helping investigators pinpoint what's happening on the ground. when russian troops withdrew from the city of boot, shania kiff,

ukrainian forces discovered streets lined with the bodies of civilians. russia claimed these scenes were staged by ukraine after its troops had gone. but a satellite image showed what appeared to be bodies lying in the street nearly 2 weeks before the russians left the town. it showed how these pictures can also provide evidence of potential war crimes. year support. we have inclusive evidence, satellite images, and we can conduct a full and transparent investigation. that is what we're interested in the maximum access, the journalists, maximum cooperation with international institutions. involvement of the international criminal court, complete truth and full accountability. commercial satellites mean pictures like these, showing what appears to be mass graves and now widely available. it's changing the way war crimes are investigated and could prove vital in ukraine's efforts to hold

perpetrators to justice. frank leverage is our regular military analyst and he joins me now from oxford in the u. k. frank, going to say you want to start by asking how important a satellite images are in proving in documenting potential war crimes in your well, anthony, as far back as 1995 space asset satellites. note those military satellites gave us the confirmation that certain forces murdered 7000 people. and we'll look at the same scale today. and now it's not only military satellites, but civilian satellite, so satellites, company companies that are doing it. and the evidence that they provide, as your report indicated, is, tends to be corroborative of what other reports have information other possible brought forward. what they cost effective is an eye in the sky. they can identify units that can identify vehicles that can identify movement. and of course,

they nailed down the time and space very closely for forensic purposes so they become rather of vital element. now, in war crimes investigation, so they've investigated what has already happened, but in terms of revealing positions. how useful are these images for the boring parties when it comes to deciding military strategy of what's to come? the most important element now for, for ticket contemporary mechanize will feel like this or any will phase what's called i star, which is essentially because it's not knowing what's going on the battlefield and what the space the main allows you to do now space to main. anthony is not is a whole arena of itself. it's growing importance. so what it can do for you is it can see, can tell you what's going on. visually an individual spectrum, you're looking at 10 or 5, sometimes even 5 centimeters resolution. you can just about recognize people from the way that they support themselves and you can certainly recognize vehicles and other things like that. and you can even do it through cloud cover with what's called synthetic aperture. radar. not only that,

of course you can watch all the vehicles and you can see we saw at the start of this war, how russian moves absolutely track even by civilian assets, but military assets, far more capable. you've got military satellites who, who bring up all the signals intelligence, you're also hearing what's going on. and finally, you can tell when rockets are being fired, where artillery lines where it's being fired and the, what's called measurement and signature intelligence. it's vital, not much more than it, it makes the whole battlefield transparent, essentially, which is why that space domain is now so vital using that transparency. what do you see now? russia's attention is now focused on the don best region. what chance does the great army have defending their positions there? when they appear to be outnumbered? dave knows what's coming for 7 years. i have absolutely no doubt that the cities of samaritan ask where the battle key butler's taking place now, unless chance which is right next door are very heavily defended. we saw what the

credit is dated my up all that was not prepared for defense. what was fall through in $21450.00 it's going to be a long, hard summer for the ukrainians down there. provided they get the heavy weapons they need through. so it's not only a question of the west providing them. it's also a question of ukrainian logistics, getting them to the front, provided they can train their reinforcement and especially challenge russian dominance in artillery. they're already doing so the year i think they can hold on, but it's going to be a long hot summer. let's not forget ukrainian casualties like russians are extremely high. 5 and it's been reported. president salenti painted a fairly bleak pitcher. it must be said yesterday. frank. one of those weapons which weapons in particular are going to help turn the tide when it sounds like everything for the moment is going and russians in the russian favor. what they need above all is the creed of the battlefield, which is artillery, artillery,

artillery, artillery, and not just the kind of straight up 2nd, mobile style artillery cold war started the russians have, but it's guided weapon, extremely accurate, precision, artillery. i suspect that's not coming through very fast. the crews need to be trained. it's new equipment, it's mostly western equipment. that's the key thing. also anti tank and i jack myself, the perennial since the start of the war. those need to be fed around. i suspect they are and finally replacement tanks and vehicles going pretty heavy losses the ukrainians are taking and they're going to take a while to get through. but if the west keeps on and prioritize is you credit is can hold on. i think through the summer military analyst frank leverage, thanks so much. thank you very much on to me. ministers from the group of 7 leading industrial nations, a holding climate talks here in berlin. russia's invasion of ukraine has pushed, facing out coal and renewable energy sources up the agenda with many countries, including germany,

still dependent on russian cold oil and gas. i'm still needing has also led to some bilateral partnerships and cooperation to tackle climate change. political correspondent, julia saw deli, is at the j 7 meeting here in berlin, where germany and the us have agreed on deepening their cooperation is what that's about. well, i've just come out of a press conference with the u. s. climate emvoy, john kerry and germany's climate an economy minister whole but how big. and they just announced a new climate partnership between the u. s. and germany is a partnership that is focused on many different points, but the focus is on the fact that these 2 countries are being defined as so called 1st movers in terms of energy transition and move towards a more sustainable energy production. and they intend to work specifically on these topics. they want to work towards building up offshore, wind building up hydrogen production,

especially for industry purposes. and they also pledge to want to reduce methane use by 30 percent by 2030. so this is an ongoing partnership, but already some interesting points being made today. that was the doubly political correspondent, julia sale debbie at the g 7 meeting here in building or is a quick round up now of some of the other stories making use around the world to sell a palestinian authority says the al jazeera report, a shooting up. luckily was killed deliberately by an israeli soldier, generalist 5th, 2 weeks ago, drink and his life is riley operation and the west bank caused international outrage. palestinian leadership rejected israel's request for joint investigation. finland has concerned its 1st case of monkey pox. global health officials have sounded warnings over the number of rising number of infections in europe and north america,

where the barnes is usually found. monkey pox is endemic in west in central africa . the un security council has again failed to impose tough new sanctions on north korea. china and russia vetoed a resolution put forward by the united states in response to young young's latest round of inter continental missile test. the state of oklahoma now has american strictest abortion been signed into law by republican governor. given state. new legislation prohibits almost all terminations, campaign a sphere. the conservative lead us supreme court will soon either turn the nation wide right to abortion or police in texas are facing criticism over how long it took them to respond to an elementary school shooting that killed 19 children. and 2 teachers officers shot dead. the attacker, after nearly an hour after the rampage began, the massacre in vall day has re ignite a debate of

a gun control in the united states. they w stephens, siemens reports you well, the texas surrounded by corn farms and cattle ranchers just about 85 kilometers from the u. s. border with mexico. the small town in the south of the lone star state has become a household name for most americans. recently, for all the wrong reasons, a few days ago the world was turned on its head for this type of community. when an 18 year old gunman stormed into rob elementary school, telling 19 students and 2 teachers i heard say really hurts or where are her. we never thought this would happen here is just a little small town. everybody is pain stricken fields, paralyzed and is in the state of emotional shock. even her children can feel the pain. yeah. lisa says they say me crying, they asked me, why do i cry? and i go because i don't know what i would do without them. and i know it hurts to see other parents what they're going through. it literally does it hurt and i, man, i can't sleep, i can sleep at night knowing that those children went to school thinking that they

were safe after almost no communication to the public in to the media, the police. finally, days after the massacre and rob elementary school came out with more information about the timeline about what had happened here. the teenage shooter enters the elementary school through an unlocked door guns blazing. 4 minutes later, local police departments are inside. make an entry. they hear gunfire, they take rouse, they move back yet cover the officers pinned down call for help and help arrives. but only late, too late. many se, approximately an hour later. you with border patrol. tactical teams arrive. they make entry. susan, kill the suspect. despite the many unanswered questions, the parents and loved ones of those who died still have despite the grief and pain

they and the whole town feeds right now. many here speak up demanding tighter gun control measures the laws at the be more stricter is too easy. here to get a gun, i was a poor background checks, and alyssa longer process take for them to get the rifles or any any pistols. it's too easy here to get a gun. just across the street from another makeshift memorial for the victims of america's latest mass shooting. this school years, top 10 performing high school students are probably displayed in front of city hall, almost as if nothing had happened at all in you've all the texas london is in the grip of ab a favor. the swedish super group reunited that star studded premier of the long awaited new show. the band were all there in person, if looking a little older than in their heyday. but up on stage, the magic of digital technology is bringing the younger cells back to life. it was

a triumphant return to the red carpet. for the sweetest superstars, some 40 is owned from their last performance. the band was excited to be back. it's so nice to see all the k c center, all the expectations and everything. it goes right into your hobby when i'm so happy to be here, fans were clearly ready to take a chance on the group's new virtual performance. mm hm. inside they would take him back in time as holograms of the band from the seventy's heyday, structed that stuff ah, brought to life by digital motion capture technology at the specially built arena. their real voice is accompanied by live musicians. ah, fans of the foursome seemed blown away without you? fantastic. solemnly,

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with that before we go, reminder at the top story we're following for you this el rushing back rebels claim to take another key town in eastern new crime. moscow is pushing ahead with an offensive. i'm to secure and control to be prime. industrial hot keeps it forces up under attack from 3 so that these open use the now i'm next on the channel. a d. w documentary lithium. the new gold rush in the attic that's coming up after a short break. i'm anthony. how it with

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