who is behind, who benefits and why are they a threat to us all worlds start to june, 2nd on d w b ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. ukraine says its troops may have to retreat from 2 key eastern cities. moscow's forces pound the new hands regions last remaining pocket in ukrainian hands. russia is aiming to complete its fans through what was once you cranes, industrial hard labs. also coming up for 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 the validate scott school massacre ah, on pablo phone and he has 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 screeching to avoid being surrounded by russian forces. the satellite images show the aftermath of the recent bombardments in eastern ukraine. where pro russia separatists say they have taken the strategic railway hub of leman russian forces are also advancing from 3 directions on the nearby twin cities of ghetto. don't ask

and lissy chance ukrainian control cities in the region have come under relentless bombardment. while you as president joe biden accused, russian president vladimir putin of working to eradicate ukrainian identity crews, brutal, brutal war and your printer. not only are you trying to take over ukraine is really trying to wipe out the culture and identity of the great people. tracking schools nurseries, hospital use james with no other purpose and eliminate a culture director. so on the fundamental or tennis rule based international order well did or view correspondence. rebecca richards is in keith and she told us that the ukrainian forces in the east are under pressure to pull back on 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 severity. and yet, as the russians are just pushing forward and advancing and will soon encircle that safety. so in order to have the troops not being circled as well, they're gonna 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 bass as is looking likely it's not going to be for ever, and the ukrainians will fight back when i have my weaponry, he's what he had to say in his address last night that he shows 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. 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, in 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 in 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 based. 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, in a knowing that everyone was living in bunkers and the similar thing is happening there in the dawn. bass 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 on the ground and 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, to the situation to them. you know, it, it just doesn't bear thinking about, you know, view correspondence. rebecca richards and keys. thank you. the ukrainian branch of the russian orthodox churches cutting ties with moscow because of the pro war

stance of the church as leader patriarch. carol is a staunch supporter of russian president vladimir putin. and his invasion of ukraine, ukrainian church poses the war that has now declared full independence, has been under moscow's spiritual leadership. for centuries, police in all day texas 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 u. s. national rifle association has begun its annual convention in the texas city of houston. there's also 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 holes, its national convention in the same state of

her protesters gathered outside the convention hall, make you demanding better gun control laws. many would avoid that the meeting is even taking place. i think that they should feel safe for being here. days after moving and while some cancelled 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 scene,

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 to say the longest very. there is 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 you can, while many american stand by the constitutional right to bad arms. others wonder how many more tragedies it would take to enforce stricter gun control in the u. s. d w, correspond and stuff on simon's is in houston, texas, where the n r a convention is taking place. and here's his assessment of the former president. all trump speech at the event. yeah, no surprises there from the former president president trump her to do 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 of damage 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 hotter. 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, 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, fuel, and conflict, and displacement. a climate change his 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 marie tamia 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 and 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 and the world in the next decades 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 push to develop more. that's why influential africans are now calling for taylor

made solutions for the continent. did of 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 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 jews. a lot of, of guess, a russian guys f, i've actually half of african guess is exported to europe. i didn't have 6 handling big many people without power and there was no loaner or you cannot, you cannot, you cannot use gas here. if this is morally bankrupt, renewable is the main source of life 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 ramirez supporters soak up the atmosphere, the last time the teams met in a final was in 2018 when raw madrid came out on top. english and spanish fans alike were bullish about their teams chances this year. it seemed to be enjoying each other's company. my going on and going to talk this morning. i met to liverpool fund, 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 mean

it is a good atmosphere. we go to like this place, so i'm pretty confident that we're going to be re out with my be as enough mismatch as a final. and it's difficult much. liverpool have a great team. we are confident because madrid always when finals they win them all . laura, this is deed of the news and you are up to date coming up after the break. sports life follows a blind german climber on his attempt to reach the summit of mount canyon. and don't forget, you can keep up that. i'd know the latest news on our website, tito, you dot com and of course he can follow us on our social media accounts for me. the team here in berlin, take our seat again to talk the next hour with she needed out it. unfortunately, she talked.