take world who's behind the benefits and why are they a threat to us all open worlds start to june, 2nd on d, w b a ah, this is dw news live from berlin. ukraine says its troops may have to retreat from 2 p eastern cities. moscow's forces pound the 2 hands regions last remaining pocket in ukrainian hands. russia is aiming to complete it to france through what was once you cranes, industrial hard labs. also coming up,

pressure grows on police to explain their apparent inaction, while children were being shot in a texas elementary school state officials, including the governor, blast the police for failing to act fast enough to end. well, the schoolmaster ah, i'm public foliage. welcome to the program. ukraine is warning that its troops may have to pull out of their last pocket of resistance in the eastern new hans region to avoid being surrounded by russian forces. the satellite images show the aftermath of the recent bombardments in eastern ukraine or pro russia separatists say they've taken the strategic railway hub of leman. russian forces are also advancing from 3 directions on the nearby twin cities of the arrow donetta and

missy chance ukrainian controlled cities in the region have come under relentless bombardment. well, us president joe biden accused russian president vladimir putin of working to eradicate ukrainian identity. who are brutal, brutal war, and your printer? not only are you trying to take over, your crane is really trying to wipe out the culture and identity of the great people, tracking schools, nurseries, hospitals, you, zain, would know the purpose and eliminate a culture a director. so on a fundamental tenet, a rule based international order did you correspond? and rebecca, richard is in keith and she told us that the ukrainian forces in the east are under pressure to pull back. ah, the situation in the dumbass is really not going in the way of the ukrainian side

that i've already admitted a couple of days ago that i've lost the upper hand in that region that russia is overpowering them. and now as you've been reporting the mayor of le hans saying that ukrainian troops will likely have to pull out of that area met los ukrainian stronghold city of said there are done yet. as the russians are just pushing forward and advancing and will soon in circle that city. so in order to have the troops not being circled as well, they're gonna put potentially pull back and shore up defense lines further behind in ukrainian territory. but president salenti has been at pains to say that even if the russians do overtake this area and take over, don't bass as is looking likely, it's not going to be forever. and the ukrainian will fight back when i have my weaponry. he's what he had to say in his address last night that he showed this is and we are protecting our land, the way that our current defense resources allow us or we are doing everything to reinforce it. and we will reinforce it if the occupiers think that lemon and sierra

donetta will be there, they are wrong. the don bus will be ukrainian because it's us, it's our essence. even if russia brings destruction and suffering there, we will rebuild every city and every community in these vehicles. there is no and there will be no real alternative to our ukrainian flag. grayson, barbara. so rebecca, the ukranian president saying he'll reinforce his troops book, does he have enough military equipment to do that? well, the short answer is no. pavlo, i mean, you know, president zalinski really defiant there really, you know, showing words of strength, but say at the end of the day they just are completely outnumbered when it comes to heavy weapons. and that's what they've been saying for weeks. in fact, in since the beginning of this conflict, this war, they've been calling for more support from the international community when it comes to heavy weaponry. and they had, did see some,

a response from the international community, particularly from the u. s. and they were getting lots of weapons, but they need more they say, in order to be able to push back the russians. the russia just has so much more when it comes to in a tank, some artillery and these huge missiles and stuff that, that ukraine, this is a bit of a david and goliath battle, if you will. and in a president zalinski, the foreign minister here, and really the entire ukrainian, the side just calling for more weaponry because they are outnumbered. and without that weaponry, they won't be able to hold the russians back. rebecca, what can you tell us about the civilians that are still holding at these times of the east? i mean, we reported yesterday that many of them are hiding basements. oh, that's right. i mean the situation down there for civilians is incredibly dire. i mean, everyone has been following along with mattie, who, paul, you know, knowing that everyone was living in bunkers and the similar thing is happening there in the dawn bassam, this region has been bombarded for months, the civilians, they have been living without electricity. and now the utilities for weeks even

months now, and they are having to live largely on the ground in bomb shelters, as the russians continue to bombard, they are now running out of food medicines. and of course it's, it's incredibly difficult, almost impossible. now to get humanitarian aid into those areas, a couple of days ago was still possible through some roads in ukrainian territory, but those wrote last remaining roads are just being completely bombarded. so it's too dangerous now to get a even. so you know, the situation there for civilians on the ground is nothing short of dia, they are living day and night. the people that have stayed behind, or, of course, some people who've chosen to stay behind. but obviously a lot of people who just weren't able to get out to people who are disabled or elderly. so the situation to them, you know, it's, it just doesn't bear thinking about, you know, view correspondence. rebecca richard's keys. thank you. allison valdez texas have admitted they made mistakes in their response to choose day school

shooting, waiting instead of moving in against a gunman. 19 children and 2 teachers died and just 3 days later, the biggest gun lobby in the united states. the national rifle association has begun its annual convention in the city of houston and texas. there has been an outcry over the location and timing of the event as more north and you've already texas grieve, the loss of loved ones in yet another ma, shooting. the countries mean done right. group holds its national convention in the same state of her protestors gathered outside the convention hall. make you demanding better gun control laws many but avoid that. the meeting is even taken place. i think that they should feel safe for being here. days after shooting while some canceled their appearances. former us president donald trump took the stage to say

that the problem was not too many guns, but too few. from this day forward, every school in america should have a police officer or an armed resource officer on duty at all times. as the age old saying goes, the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. but even with armed policemen present 21 people were killed in your body. despite the police of families at the seen, police waited for 40 minutes before engaging the shorter officials have now accepted that this was a mistake. that of course it was not the right decision of the wrong very. there was no, no excuse for that. but again, i wasn't there, but i'm just telling you for what we know. we believe there should have been an x ray that as soon as we can,

while many americans stand by their constitutional right to bad arms, others wonder how many more tragedies it would take to enforce stricter gun control in the u. s. dw correspondence stefan simons is in houston, texas, where the enter a convention is taking place. and here is his assessment, a former president donald trump speech at the event. no, no surprises there from the former president, president trump her during the same horny always did. as did governor about here, the governor of texas saying and blaming mental health issues and mental health problems are a mental health pandemic group adamic in the united states. for, for example, what happened a few days ago and you've all there. but many americans now is especially now after this incident, want change change meaning not touching the constitutional 2nd amendment, but better restrictions more control. so this or what happened

a few days ago is not going to happen anymore or is made much hotter. the group of 7 leading industrial nations, the g 7 has promised to double its financial support to help developing countries cope with climate change that could benefit parts of africa being slammed by floods, droughts, and other extreme weather events. despite producing a minimal amount of greenhouse gas emissions, extreme weather makes it harder for people to feed themselves with food scarcity, feeling. conflict and displacement and climate change hits. populations who are already vulnerable from poverty in countries where governments often fail to provide basic resources. africans, the world's least industrialized continent. that means it contributes the least to climate change. in the past, 60 years africa's only produced a minute amount of global emissions. asia, europe, and north america have each emitted over 8 times more greenhouse gases than africa

. but globally, africa's people suffer the most from climate change. if we look at just one climate impact that of droughts, the number of droughts has grown dramatically in africa, affecting at least a 170000000 people, kenya, somalia, and marie tanya, among the worst hit. the 10 most climate vulnerable countries in the world are all in africa. and these 10 countries are home to one 5th of africa's people. to make matters worse, climate change is hitting a population already reeling under the effects of poverty. food insecurity. conflict and poor health care. what were these issues mean people in africa are often less able to adapt to the impact of climate change than in other regions of the world. then there's the issue of energy having reliable energy sources

seen as key to africa's development. but just over half of africa's population has access to electricity much lower than elsewhere in the world. in the next decade, africa's population is expected to double and so to will it's demand for energy. renewables might not be able to meet this demand. and the blanket ban on funding new fossil fuel plants, as demanded by the global north, could leave many africans without electricity in the future. dimming the continents pushed to develop more. that's why influential africans are now calling for taylor made solutions for the continent. did you spoke to the british sudanese billionaire, mo abraham who has been funding efforts to strengthen africa's voice in the global discussion around climate change. and he made the case to the adobe why he thinks

africa needs a mix of fossil fuels and renewables. i'm going to be frank, i hope i don't upset anybody. it is crazy. europe is wallowing in gas. jeremy use a lot of of gas, a russian gas f. i've actually half of african gas is exported to europe and didn't have 6 handling big many a bible was out power and we was no longer all you cannot, you cannot, you cannot use jazz yet. if this is morally bankrupt. renewable is a main source of live twisty for 20 true african african countries, nor european, or any other continental can compare with that. so we're doing our best. but renewable are not enough when it that it mix football now. and the champions league final kicks off later today in paris, and there's already

a buzz on the streets of the french capital as liverpool and ram, madrid supporters soak of the atmosphere. the last time the teams met in a final was in 2018 when round madrid came out on top. english and spanish fans alike were bullish about their teens chances this year. it seemed to be enjoying each other's company coming in on a contract this morning. her mer to liverpool fun. who told me he had driven from london and had just arrived. what we are experiencing is amazing. i think the funds of the 2 teams are friendly. there is no bad feeling or fights. so i hope everything will be fine and that we all enjoy the final. yeah. be any demo thought enough of houses. it's a good atmosphere. we go to like this place, so i'm very confident that we're gonna be re l, miss smith. i'm here for another mismatch is a final, and it's a difficult much liverpool have a great team. we are confident because madrid always when finals they win them all

. laura, here's a reminder off the top story. we're falling slee. ukraine is warning that its troops may have to pull out of their last pocket of resistance in the eastern new hans region to avoid being surrounded by russian forces. ukraine, ukrainian control cities in the region have come under relentless bombardment. this is tito vi. news and europe. today's coming up after the break sports light follows a blind german climber on his attempt to reach the summit of named kenya. i'll be back again at the top of the next hour from the team here. take care every day for us and for our planet. global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation.