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energy ministers meeting here in berlin, making ambitious goals aiming to stop using coal to generate electricity by the year 2035 plus that of course we're on the 6th period. there is no, no excuse for that. texas officials blast the police for failing to act swiftly enough to in the u vaal, the elementary school massacre and wondered in the grip of abba fever. the swedish font super stars of the seventy's, launching their new stage show with some digital anti aging, allowing them to appear as their eternal younger cell. ah, i'm bring gov to our viewers. why single p

b s in the united states into all of you around the world? it's good to have you with us on this friday, ukraine tonight, warning that russia is closer to surrounding its troops in the eastern don best region. the advance could be a turning point in russia's drive to gain complete control of eastern new great pro . russia separately say that they have taken the strategic railway hub. town of leman russian forces are also advancing from 3 directions on the nearby twin cities of several don't ask, and lucy shots, ukrainian controlled cities in the loo, hans region. they have come under relentless bombardment, seeking safety and a ground for those still in sever denise basements like this are the best hope of escaping that relentless, fresh, and shelling. they tried their best to go on as normal, but they moved here is desperate. whatever i loss of

serv, i don't some of those terms foreman's explosions. and so marshall will i just, warmer i just have to order when most crucial or mozilla, ukraine says 90 percent of the housing in the city has already been damaged by shelling. russia says it's a tillery has been pounding ukrainian military targets as part of its effort to wrest control of the last part of the loo hands. g region in ukrainian hands with moscow is also trying to cut off supplies to the ukranian. defend us, striking this warehouse in the east and town of buck mode were a critical supply route to the besieged cities begins. but while russian forces may be making advances, ukraine's determined drifts distance goes on with their ukrainian military release

. this footage, it's sad shows us try go ne russian position in a village just outside several. don yeske. another sign that for moscow it's offensive is likely coming at a heavy cost. were earlier i spoke to samuel ben did. he's an advisor at the center for naval analysis, is russia studies program, and i asked him why the ukrainian military is struggling to stop russia's advance all of a sudden thanks for having me back. i think it's a little too early to make any definitive conclusions about how this particular russian advance is going to go there. so opportunity for counter attacks by the brain and forces by the russian forces. what is happening right now? it's probably reflection that the ukrainian forces have in fact, suffered a lot of losses. they've suffered attrition. they're running out of manpower and supplies. russian military has more of the same. they have more soldiers, they've more supplies to have shorter logistics and supply lines. and so we're

looking at a situation where russian military is bringing all of its numbers, all of its forces, they're against and exhausted, ukrainian defense. but again, we shouldn't probably jump to conclusions whether or not this is going to be a turning point because ukrainian forces can still launch counter attacks. but are we seeing now 3 months into this work? what we expected to see, you know, 10 weeks ago, and that is the military might of russia on display and also working in proteins favor. this was probably expected early on, all of the concentration of forces at the ukrainian borders. all the numbers, all the russians, all of the technology systems, all of the russian tactics. this was probably expected early on, that russian military would advance in an educated manner and overwhelm ukrainian. defenses is so in the way, yes, this is something we probably anticipated early on,

but what is happening now. 10 weeks later is a testament to the ukrainian defense to it. it's a testament to the tenacious ukrainian, a defensive counter attacks and tactics and their ability to exhaust and grind down the russian military 3 months into this war course. it's not all good for rush. i mean, we're hearing that russia is now deploying 50 year old t $62.00 tanks. i mean, does that mean that the russian military is running out of modern equipment? well, in a way, yes, russian military did lose a lot of its modern frontline forces, but it appears that the t 62 that you mentioned aren't going to be put to the front . they're going to be in the rear action and they're going to be in gar, duties. they're going to be monitoring the situation so that more modern things can be rotated to the front lines and he's $72.00. the t e s. and the t ninety's

we talked a couple of weeks ago, and i remember asking you to give us a prediction about how this war would end. and i asked you, do you think that this is going to be a war of attrition? what do you say now it, it always has been a war of attrition, a few weeks into this war, it became clear that the russian military would be unable to make any significant breakthrough. and because of a very well organized and well educated, ukrainian military there were able to successfully counter the russian force. they basically limit that russian advance to incremental advances here or incremental events is there again, 3 months into this. russian military is pulling up additional resources. it has more material, it has more man power, it has more military systems to put in the field. but the ukrainian defense is still capable of holding russians and bay. and so the advance around several announcement was a chance is an attempt to inflict probably the 1st major loss on the ukranian

forces, but that's not a foregone conclusion as well. it appears that this style of war can continue for quite a while with russian military slicing off a little bit of ukrainian territory, creating salience around ukrainian forces and then closing those salience off with the sheer numbers and the sheer overwhelming manpower samuel ben did. it's always, we appreciate your time and valuable insight, helping us to understand how this conflict is moving. thank you. thank you. to captured, russian soldiers have pleaded guilty in ukraine. second, war crimes trial charged with schilling civilian infrastructure and eastern ukraine . they now thinks up to 12 years in prison, there's is just one of thousands of cases that are being examined by ukrainian and international authorities. the international criminal court is also gathering evidence of alleged russian war crimes over the last months. the blood here,

ah richard, where is in the ukrainian town of butcher on behalf of human rights watch. he's one of hundreds of investigators documenting potential war crimes committed by russian troops. they collecting evidence for the international criminal court. germany is one of the countries funding the admission. there was a body that was here, and i'm trying to look for any physical evidence as to how she was killed or where she was killed from more than 60 nations of already cold on the international criminal court to investigate allegations of war crimes and ukraine. the i, c, c is the only permanent international court with the authority to prosecute such crimes. more than 120 countries recognize its jurisdiction. russia is not one of them, but ukraine is here in the hague. 18 judges and 2 chief prosecutors head the court

when we have the element of the gravity of this crimes and the fact that there is no genuine and serious investigation on the national level than or it might be in the interest of the victims. and in the interest of justice, russia's assault on ukraine is just such a case. multiple mass graves have been discovered using satellite imagery. like in murder, you, paul, or, and other places that the russian army has withdrawn or retreated from ukrainian president philadelphia zalinski accuses rusher of trying to eliminate his country. what does it mean, maricia brown? as we see that russia is trying to destroy the ukrainian state, and the ukrainian people are assuming this is a real genocide. it's a distance probably even us it the images from ukraine, a shocking. but to date, investigators say they haven't found evidence of systematic and coordinated killings. the charges of war crimes could also bring russian president

vladimir putin and his generals to account the i. c. c could potentially already issue international arrest warrants for that it would need documentation of specific crimes and evidence as to who gave the orders. he go with his beating either. i believe an arrest warrant is important because it would have tremendous symbolic significance. i choose, it's an additional toast that could be used to exert pressure on person who didn't in of will. and such arrest warrants would further isolate president putin but international law makes no provisions for trials and up. cynthia potent would have to be physically present in the hague. experts say that outcome is questionable, but not impossible. well, in the meantime, hundreds of investigators like richard will remain on the ground diligently collecting all the evidence i can from the war torn streets of ukraine.

russia's invasion of ukraine has changed the way that many germans view their military and the country security during the cold war. germany was on the front line between east and west and a boasted a much larger army national service was compulsory for all men. but that was abolished were the 10 years ago now. some people here believe that the country could be under threat again and their training as reserve us gentlemen. oh. marching in step to the shooting range. they may look like prose, but for another lean to the yeah, it's all. and you, bob. the clerk for logistics management is training to become a reservoir here at the close of its barracks, in northern germany. or you go to the r o. but as hertz is that it's quite a sighting to actually hold

a weapon. it had to i had never shot a rifle before and so i was quite nervous on vitamins patient after day. however, we were very well prepared. we did quite a few dry runs, so that would be ready for about a 3rd and then not just trained to shoot but also given medical training and taught military law. among the $61.00, recruits public service employees, engineers and electricians average age 37. their deemed highly motivated and will later be used in homeland security for the head of lower saxony state command. these recruits are welcome reinforcements after decades of specializing emissions abroad, the germans armed forces are now turning their focus on national and collective defense. again, mr. murphy got them, obviously we need to master the use of combined arms again. that the problem, we also need to handle germany's responsibility as a hub. i know, of course, the if reinforcements on behalf of the nato alliance are sent to germany in order

to be deployed to another country or something through federal. and the bonus fair has to carry out those services as part of the so called post nation to support las mom. the soon on those are jude is that we have not been attending to quite so closely. as an oscar, however, they are now gaining an importance again it vogue in on one on because of the forces half we train them isn't just like these reservices here to day. yours. for a long time, germans weren't too interested in the military. in fact, many of you did rather skeptically rush us invasion of ukraine has changed that and increased the importance of the buddhist there, as well as the motivation of these future residents of the artist. so as at 1st i really was a bit scared. i was like, do i still really want to do this? but i am increasingly convinced that our freedom and democracy are extremely deserving of protection and i can do my part. yeah. so biotin, diarrhea and the others will do 18 days, training and total, squeezing it in iran, then normal jobs. but once it's over they will be ready to defend their country if

the worst comes to the worst. where they are words that she can only see today police in you've all the texas admitted, they made the mistake in their response to tuesdays school shoot waiting instead of moving in against the government. the tragedy once again is ignited, that age old, debated america over gun control, the n r. a weapons lobbies annual meeting. a forum for expressions of regret and complaints that democrats are using the shooting to push strict or gun control. last, that's what these people want to avoid. every time there's a bad guy with a gun, it takes a good guy with a gun to stop it. i'll the guns don't kill people, people kill people, grieving families of the murdered children are angry. parents had gathered outside the school when the shooter was still enlarge within. about 40 police officer stood there and did nothing. parents bent them to see their children,

but they were pushed back. instead. people kept saying, go in their game and go in there, get him every minute, eat kill somebody every moment loan every mom and they're like, nobody want to get hurt. they don't want to get hurt. so they don't want to go in because they don't want to get hurt. the children didn't have to die. after 12 minutes, the 1st officers reached the scene, but flint from the perpetrators shots, even police reinforcements were initially prevented from entering the school. only after 90 minutes did the police finally take action live site, one city now or some other right to see the longest or no, no excuse for that. the on see commander considered a barricaded subject and that there was time, but there were no chip more children at risk. the police still have many questions to answer. earlier i spoke with the correspondence stuff on simon's and i asked him what the people of you've all the texas thought when they heard that police

officers made a mistake by not entering the school building immediately. i can tell you that there is a lot of people out there who, who don't have the kindest words for what they listen to and what they learned today from the police and, and of course we can't repeat them, but i can tell you that there is an outrage on the side of the public in you've all day and just imagine the families, they hurt. they heard this for the 1st time too. so you lost your child and 3 days in, after all this happened, you're still grief stricken and you want the world to and all the world has ended for you. you get a press conference from the police, which we had asked for 4 days and that's, you know, that's a whole other story. i'm trying to get information information. now we know why there were not forthcoming with information, not because they didn't have it up because they had

a problem on their hands and the people in you all day and the families are absolutely devastated with this. and why would they not? that was a major blunder, and again, for 45 minutes, 19 officers in the hallway were told by the commanding officer. no, don't do anything because it's a barricades situation. people don't even understand why he was that. how this thinking or this assessment could have been done. so major mistake and outrage all along. that was just on sign their reporting from texas. she says in climate change, dogs here in berlin ended with a commitment by the group of 7 leading industrial nations to hardly end the use of fossil fuels to generate electricity. by the year 2035, the group also pledging to increase their climate change ambitions into double financial aid for poor countries. by the year 2025. no ma,

call energy by 2035 in their power effective. that's what the g 7 nations agreed on on friday in a be to slash the greenhouse gas emission. the agreement comes as to pressing issues, tackling climate change, and regaining energy independence for europe. well, high on their meetings agenda. he got some fun for you and you know, land. the replacement of fossil energies from russia has very much shaped the political debate and the government's actions in recent days, weeks, and months and months clothesline. but we have to be clear that the challenge of our political generation, namely to curb global warming, will not go away if we focus only on the present and talk. equipped with this conference has made that very, very clear, at least for the 1st time to g 7, recognize the need to provide developing countries. these additional financial aid to cope with losses. and i made calls by global warming in light of the war in

ukraine. you bilateral partnerships have also been discuss the dependence on russian oil and gas that europe is feeling right now clearly as an energy security issue. it is also a climate issue as we have to move away from the combustion of hydrocarbon resources. and so the way in which to, for europe to enhance its domestic energy security is to produce much more of its energy resources domestically through the deployment of renewables. and to look to source clean, clean sources of energy like hydrogen, from stable democratic countries like canada. the agreement which will be put to leaders at the g 7, some if you m o germany next month, were largely welcomed by climate campaigners like we're responding julia so deli, she was covering that meeting for us and she told me about the impact of the war in ukraine, on the meeting it was definitely one of the top topics discussed here at the summons. and a lot of the minister who spoke at press conferences and at events made clear that

of the russian invasion of ukraine and its consequences have put the focus on the connection between security, energy sourcing and climate change. and it has made it even more relevant for countries within the g 7, for example, germany or italy to become quickly independent from russian fossil fuels. now the challenger, there is to make sure that this move away from russian energy sources doesn't bring g 7 countries to rely more heavily on fossil fuels from other countries and other sources in the long term term. this move away from these russian fossil fuels actually leads to a transformation towards a bigger use of renewable energy. that was our cook political correspond julia. so dilly, that reporting from that g sub in media here in berlin as the war in ukraine growing into its 4th month. now, one of russia's biggest allies remained steadfastly at its side. china has given

tacit approval to moscow's war, and that shows no sign of changing. and that is the message that chinese people are getting at home. be of state media in ukraine. it's another matter. and it's where we called up with a chinese video blogger, who has a different view you might think he's a travel blogger, or a foodie one ccn is out filming daily life in odessa. but odessa is a city at war, and one was from china is telling his compatriots about life in war time. and kind of, you know, this fish is still alive. what does this tell us? my whole food logistics are working. and also retailers, fully operational, shows us that the city of a desa is functioning about chinese central television, tells its audience that things are terrible. bombs and eating fresh fish

was started posting videos shortly after the war began. the 15th of march, 5 o'clock in the morning. the sirens are on again. and this is what every night is like for the people again. social julia, now it's 9 am local time. i haven't slept well. the sirens don't let you sleep at night. but hey, relax i am alive. have one in his videos, one challenge is chinese state media who often echo rushes, propaganda. 100 of it is they're calling this a nazi symbol. i don't know what they're talking about. why haven't i never encountered any nazis here? i'm seeing lovely kids outside had i am seeing friendly people long as an i t entropy nor he says he was never into politics. but since the war began, he has dug deep into questions of freedom, diplomacy, war,

and peace. his videos are centered in china. why don't i am what they call digital you disappeared, my voice, my picture, my videos, whatever i post, even if i just say hello, my name is tisa and it's 12 o'clock and the weather is nice. it will be deleted over that channel where they go all that i will have to you and then we go on and his pro ukrainian stance has earned him death threats from chinese nationalists . but he finds comfort in his new home federalists, and this is the death of my heart. this is what the city looks like from day to day . hello, what it is. yeah. hello, i am cease in today is saturday and the people behind me ac. suing up the zuba, one move to a does only a few months before war started. he says he

fell in love with its charms, not knowing that war was looming. now he is out and about almost daily documenting life in the city. the war has knocked anthem his love for it turned on war. his cruel war must not happen. but the people here are still living a life indignity. they have not been scared off. they have not run away. that is what i am seeing. that is what i want to show. the opposition he faces from china does not discourage him. he is prepared to go it all alone. london is in the grip of alba fever to night. the swedish pomp supergroup re united the star studded premier of their long awaited new shirt. now they were there in person, but they were looking a little older than back in their heyday. but on the stage, thanks to some technical anti aging,

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