the opaque world who's behind the benefits? why are they a threat to whistle? open worlds start to june, 2nd on d w bmw. ah ah. this is dw news lived from berlin. pressures rose on police to explain their apparent inaction, while children were being shot in a texas elementary school with north texas officials, including the governor of last, the police were failing to act swiftly enough to end you vault each school massacre

coming up on the show. ukraine says its forces may have to retreat from the eastern dawn bass regent. moscow is pounding the regions last remaining cities in ukrainian hands. pertaining to complete, it's advanced through what was once ukraine's industrial heart left. ah. hello, i'm clare richardson. thank so much for joining us. who lives in u valgy texas have admitted they made mistakes in their response to choose a school shooting, waiting instead of moving in against the gun man. 19 children and 2 teachers died. the massacre has once again ignited debates over gun control in the us. the n r a weapons lobby's annual meeting. a forum for expressions of regret and complaints

that democrats are using the shooting to push strict or gun control laws. 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 gustavo, 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 at large. within about 40 police officer, stood there and did nothing. parents bent them to save their children, but they were pushed back. instead of him saying, go in there, get him, go in there, get him every minute, eat kill somebody every moment. boom, 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. so they don't want to get her. the children didn't have to die. after 12 minutes, the 1st officers reach the scene, but flynn from the perpetrators shops, even police reinforcements were initially prevented from entering the school. only

after 90 minutes did the police finally take action. applying site where i'm sitting now or so it was another right, so long as there is no, no excuse for that. the commander consider that a barricaded subject and the worst time and there are no 2 more children at risk. the police still have many questions to answer. really, we spoke with a d. w correspondence jeff and simons and asked him what the people of you vault. he 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 don't have the kindest words for what they listen to and what they learned today from the police. and of course, we can't repeat them, but i can tell you that there is outrage on the side of the public in you've all day. and just imagine the families they heard. 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 trying to get information information. now we know why they were not forthcoming with information, not because they didn't have it because they had a problem on their hands and the people in 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 their 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, thought,

major mistake and outrage all along chef, in simon's reporting there from houston where the n r a's annual convention is taking place. and there has been an outcry over the location and the timing of the events is also in texas. 3 days after an 18 year olds used a legally purchased a r 15 style rifle to murder children and teachers. former president, donald trump, a long standing supporter of the country's most powerful gun lobby has been headlining the event he made clear that he didn't see guns as the problem, or rather mental health. every time a disturbed or demented person commits such a hideous crime. there is always a grotesque effort by seminar society to use the suffering of others to advance their own extreme political agenda. the various gun control policies being pushed by the left would have done nothing to prevent the horror that took place

absolutely nothing. former us president donald trump at the annual convention of the national rifle association, projecting calls for tighter gun control regulations. let's go to ukraine now. ukraine is warning that its troops may have to pull out of the eastern don bass region to avoid being surrounded by russian forces pro russia separatists say they have taken the strategic railway hub town of the man. russian forces are also advancing from 3 directions on the near by twin cities of severity, gnats, and missy chunks ukrainian controlled cities in the lou hans region have come under relentless embark bombardment, seeking safety under ground. for those still in sever danielle basements like this are the best hope of escaping the relentless brush and shelling. oh, they tried their best to go on as normal,

but they moved here is desperate. whatever i lost of serv. i don't some overs turner's foreman's explosions and so marshal are just warmer i just have to order and most crucial for masula. 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. hahn's greed in in ukrainian hands were 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 the ukrainian military release.

this footage, it sat, shows us try, can a russian position in a village just outside several don yeske, another sign that for moscow, it's offensive his likely coming at a heavy cost. earlier we spoke with samuel bend at a military expert with the washington based center for naval analyses. here's his assessment of the latest developments in eastern ukraine. 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 printing forces by the russian forces. what is happening right now is probably reflection that the ukrainian forces have, in fact, suffered a lot of losses. they've suffered attrition. they're running out of manpower in 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 to bear against an 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. meanwhile, 2 captured russian soldiers have pleaded guilty in ukraine. second, war crimes trial charged with the shelling civilian infrastructure in eastern ukraine. they face up to 12 years in prison. there is just one of thousands of cases being examined by ukrainian and international authorities. the international criminal court has been gathering evidence of alleged russian war crimes over the last few months. this is the blood here. richard, where is in the ukranian 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're 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 have already called 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, then, or it might be in the interest of the victims and in the interest of justice, rushes assault on ukraine is just such a case, multiple mass graves have been discovered using satellite imagery like in matter you, paul, or,

and other places that the russian army has withdrawn or retreated from ukrainian president for laudermill zalinski accuses rusher of trying to eliminate his country . what does it mean, morisha 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 decent person, 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 accounts 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 this is beaty b. ringback i believe an arrest warrant is important. it would have tremendous

symbolic significance. i choose, it's an additional toe that could be used to exert pressure on person who do 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 and g 7 climate change talks here in berlin have ended with a commitment by the group of 7 leading industrial nations to largely end the use of fossil fuels to generate electricity. i 2035. the group also pledged to increase their climate change ambitions and double financial aid for poor nations. i 2025.

no more. coal 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, hi, under meetings agenda, he got some fun for you and you know, source land. the replacement of fossil energy from russia has very much shaped the political debate and the government's actions in recent days, weeks, and months clothesline. but we have to be clear that the challenge of our political generation and 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 with additional financial aid to cope with losses and damage caused by global warming in light of the war. in

ukraine. you bilateral partnership has 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 semi m o germany next month, were largely welcomed by climate campaigners. before we go, let's get a reminder of the top story we are following for you to sour. ukraine says it forces may need to retreat from the eastern dawn bass region to avoid encirclement . moscow is pressing ahead with an offensive aimed at securing control as to the

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