fuller, life, one of the most insightful discoveries in the history of mankind. more life, starts may 28th on d, w. with this is dw live from berlin. ukraine says its troops may have to retreat from 2 key eastern cities, moscow's forces pound b, ham, screeches last remaining pocket in ukrainian hands. russia is aiming to complete its advance through what was once you cranes industrial hard lot. also coming off

pressure grows on police to explain their apparent inaction. while children were being shot in a texas elementary school, the state officials, including the governor, blast the police for failing to act fast enough to work and the validate school master. ah, i'm pablo follies. 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 hand screech, and to avoid being surrounded by russian forces. these 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 lehman. russian forces are also advancing from 3 directions on the nearby twin cities of the don't ask, and lucy chanced ukrainian control cities in the region have come under relentless

bombardment. u. s. president joe biden accused russian president vladimir putin of working to eradicate ukrainian identity crews. brutal, brutal war and your printer not only is you trying to take over, your crane is really trying to wipe out the culture and identity of your gradient. people tracking school nursery hospital, you zain, with no other purpose. and eliminate a culture, a direct or so on. a fundamental tenet, a rule based international order, dw correspondent for a back a renter's is in keys on. she tells us that the ukranian forces in the east are under pressure to pull back. the situation in the dumbass is really not going in the way of the ukrainian side. they've already admitted

a couple of days ago that they've lost the upper hand in that region that russia is overpowering them. and now as you've been reporting the mayor of low hans saying that ukrainian troops will likely have to pull out all that area met lots, ukrainian stronghold, city of severity. and yet, as the russians are just pushing forward and advancing and will soon encircled that city. so in order to have the troops not may encircled as well, they're going to potentially pull back and shore up to fence 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 bass as is looking likely it's not going to be forever and the ukrainians will fight back when i have my weaponry, he's what he had to say in his address last night the vision is and we are protecting our land, the way that our current defense resources allow us. so we're doing everything to reinforce it and we will reinforce it. if the occupiers think that lemon and sierra

done at school be theirs, 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 needs because there is no and there will be no real alternative to our ukrainian flag. so rebecca, the ukranian president saying he'll reinforce his troops, but does he have enough military equipment to do that? well, the short answer is no. pavlo, i mean, you know, president zalinski really defiant, they're 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, or the russia just has it so much more when it comes to, you know, tanks and 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 out numbered. 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'm in 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 of this region has been bombarded for months. the civilians, there have been living without electricity and other utilities for weeks even

months now. and they are having to live largely under grounded 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, you know, nothing short of dia, they are living day and night. the people that have stayed behind, or of course, some people have 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, to the situation to them. you know, it, it just doesn't bear thinking about do you do correspondence for back original keys? thank you. police in validate, taxes have admitted they made mistakes in their response to choose day school

shooting. waiting instead of moving in against the gunman, 19 children and 2 teachers died and just 3 days later, the biggest gun lobby in the us. the national rifle association has begun its annual convention in the city of houston and texas. there's been an outcry over the location and timing of the event as mourners 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 protesters gathered outside the convention hall. make you demanding better gun control laws many, but avoid that. the meeting is even taking place. i think that they should feel safe for being here. days after shooting while some cancelled their appearances.

former u. s. 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 shooter. officials have now accepted that this was a mistake. that of course, it was not the right decision, the wrong decision very. there was no, no excuse for that. but again, i wasn't there, but i'm just telling you what. no, we believe the suitability and if we have that as soon as we can, while many american stand by their constitutional right to bear arms,

others wonder how many more tragedies it would take to enforce stick to gun control in the u. s. t w correspondence stefan simons is in houston, texas word the n r a convention is taking place. and here's his assessment of former president donald trump's speech. at the event. there are no surprises there from the former president, president trump boating the same horny always did. as did governor about here, the governor of texas sane and blaming mental health issues and mental health problems are a mental health pandemic group of demick 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 won't 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 harder. the group of 7 leading industrial nations that 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, drives, 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, food scarcity, and fueling conflicts on displacement of climate change. it's populations who are already vulnerable from poverty in countries where governments often fail to provide basic resources. africa, 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 mauritania 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 decades africa's population is expected to double and so to will its 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 continent push to develop more. that's why influential africans are now calling for taylor made solutions for the continent. dw spoke to the british sudanese billionaire, mo, ever him who has been funding efforts to strengthen africans, voice in the global discussion around climate change. and he made the case to

d. w. 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, russian guys f i've actually half of african gas is exported to europe and didn't have 6 handling b. many people without power and he was no longer all, you cannot, you cannot, you cannot use jazz here. if this is morally bankrupt. renewable is a main source of live twisty for 22 african african countries. no european or any other continent can compare with that. so we're doing our best, but renewable are not enough. we need to have a 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 round madrid, supporters soak up the atmosphere. the last time the teams met in a final was in 2018 when ran madrid came out on top. english and spanish fans alike were bullish about their teams chances this year, but seemed to be enjoying each other's company. so my going on and going to talk this morning. i met 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. i thought i was, it's good to go. that was weird. we're going to like this play, so i'm pretty confident that we're going to be re out mid 5th monday. if enough mismatch is a final and it's a difficult much liverpool have a great team. we are confident because madrid always when finals,

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