a change doesn't happen on its own. make up your room, mind w. 4 minds ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. moscow says its forces have taken control of a strategic town in eastern ukraine. the defense ministry says its troops control the key cross road town of the month of battles rage as russia steps up, efforts to capture the entire dumbass region. brown madrid reigned supreme again

in the champions league. the spanish side triumph with a one. they'll win over liverpool, making some champions for a record 14th time. the game kicked off late chaos outside the stadium impacts. and the can film festival takes its final bias. our correspondence on the french riviera tells us about the movies that one the coveted pounder. ah. on pablo foliage, welcome to the program. russia says it has captured the strategic ukrainian city of lima in the don bass region. the russian onslaught is causing heavy ukrainian losses and a large number of troops risk being surrounded in the city of seattle donetta. it's also raising stairs,

the cities in the don bast could face the same horrors that took place in mighty you, paul, where russian artillery blasted the city with no apparent attempt to avoid civilian casualties. and russia 1st invaded don bass 80 years ago, capturing part of the industrial region. now it says it aimed to seize the rest. dw correspondence, mathias billina has visited one town living under the shadow of war. for years occasional shelling has occurred here. but now the shells had daily welcome to new york. that is what this town on the front line in eastern ukraine is officially called. german settlers picked the name in the 19th century style and renamed it novgorod scale. the name was officially changed back last year. when boris boucher of a local poet was hoping the name of new york would bring a new spirit to the former industrial town. please look at that gobble when there's

no production any more. yes, that we thought the name would attract investors who would help us with this building has been restored with foreign a yet got married yet we've been holding forums and cultural events here. circle so, but i'm now bump, greatest lined the road in front of the cultural club. several shells of hit the neighbourhood wharton. my windows burst and the roof was lifted. i was sitting in the basement when it happened. i opened widely he gala instead of reading his poetry. oh, tear off now looks after the remaining inhabitants and organizes aid. i am in the basement every day and we've been sitting in basements for 8 years. yes. many houses in town are damaged or destroyed. 3 quarters of the 8000 inhabitants have left those who remain live in constant fear.

elaine, a vast joke is picking up the pieces. a rocket came down in her yard 2 days ago. she doesn't really but then we're trying to replace the doors. we find some old ones because there are no more doors, not here and not there. i don't even know what the use of restoring everything is that we fix it now and tomorrow, another shell hit boris as evacuated his wife to western ukraine where his daughter lives. he read you see what's happening here. nevertheless, he's determined to stay as long as help is needed. now. yes, the 3rd helena as the saying goes, i hope is the last one to die. i'm on ukraine side. holton. i trust the news and i was born in this town. yeah. yeah. right. milton, he quit school i

hope there will be no incoming shell her to be stuck this whistling who married? which sounds almost like we need to dive. just months ago, they were dreaming of creating a cultural hub in new york. now it's all about surviving. well dw correspondent rebecca richards is in keys and earlier she told us ukraine is struggling to hold back the russian assault and on bus. well, the situation in the dawn bass is going very, very badly for the ukrainians. at this stage piper, excuse me, the they've been admitting for a couple of days now that they have lost the upper hand there, that russia really has the upper hand. it is dominating the battle in low hands and, and yet, and as you heard from that report, that certainly seems to be the case. 95 percent of la hans is now under russian control and they are going forward as well as the city of severity. and yet where most most of the fighting is now centered in that region. they are the russian

troops and now in circling that city, there is some mixed reports as to whether or not the russians have gained control of that city. russia saying that they have ukraine saying that they haven't yet, but they have said for a couple of days now that they may have to pull ukrainian troops out of that area, enabled her to shore up defenses further back. they just don't have the, the heavy weaponry, they need to be able to hold back the russians and push them back there. they are calling on the international community pleading with the international community to send these big weapons, particularly multiple rocket launchers, particularly rather multiple rocket launchers that can fire up to 300 kilometers in the distance. they need this kind of weaponry. if they're going to be able to stop rushes advance, but whether it comes in time really remains to be st. pablo. well, in his daily address, ukrainian, president vladimir, to lansky, talked about the human cost of war. how bad is the situation for the civilians stuck in the areas under bombardment as we know civilians.

6 always pay the highest cost in these situations in these was the people living in that area as you heard from some of them, you know, the situation is really di of for civilians. i mean, similarly to what we saw in places like maddie loophole that would being completely bombarded for weeks, months. i mean, people have to live completely almost under ground. they, they don't have access to fresh water, they run out of food a, you know, they're living in darkness most of the time. they're being completely pounded by russian and, and also ukrainian, a bombs in defense of the regions as well. so you know, these situations i just diet for the civilians on the ground and it doesn't look like it's getting better anytime soon. rebecca ritter's in cave. thank you. meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin has again spoken to german chancellor, olaf schultz and french president of manion. my call by telephone,

he reportedly told him he's ready to talk about lifting a blockade in the black sea that has hit ukrainian farmers hard, and this threatening a global food crisis. a bump across. usually that is good news for the farmer, the future, but with exports out of ukraine's black seaports blocked these green silos in denise pro, a still full from the last harvest. you can see that the field is in excellent condition where the harvest will be good, but where shall we keep it? we don't know who they are. jordon, lord transport if the last resort. but it is too slow to empty the communities. the next harvest is due mid july. if thoughts remain closed, this farmer says he faces bankruptcy. closer to the shifting frontline farming may be too dangerous. these fields near hi, keith have been reclaimed, but they are still littered with mines and sheds. some farmers continued to

seek the soil with the limited equipment left well, there are a lot of holes. the whole farmland is full of holes left by shelling. we don't have strikes right now, but there are shelves and rockets on the ground. so we drive past them and still seed what else can we do? russia has said it would be willing to allow green exports if the west and sanction, as food prices continue to rise sharply. the ongoing crisis is expected to push millions more around the wood into hunger. well, here's a quick round up of some other events making use around the world. at least 31 people have been killed in a stampede of a church. and so there nigeria police, a large crowd, turned up to receive food donations in the city of port. harcourt,

nigeria has seen several similar tragedies over food distribution in recent years. protests have broken out in brazil after a black man was killed during a police stop. a shocking witness video shows police forcibly keeping jenny val dishes whose santos inside the trunk of a police car as a filled with what appears to be tear gassed the brazilian highway police is condemned. its officers actions soccer giants ran madrid, have written another page in their glorious history by winning the champions league final, yet again they b. liverpool, one nail for a record extending 14th title. the most watched annual sporting event on the planet began late and made chaotic scenes. thousands of liverpool fans were stuck outside the stadium trying to enter, and police used pepper spray and tear gas fans blamed organizers for the confusion at the turnstiles, but authorities at the supporters had turned up to light liverpool fans when

a party moved in paris before the champions league final, but the holds of supporters from england struggled to get in the ground amid security checks and kick off had to be delayed by over half an hour. police even used pepper spray. i replaced it with rail madrid, supporters at no trouble accessing the stack to france when the game finally got on the way little dominated the 1st half, but couldn't force an opener. the spanish champions then scored out of nowhere just before the hour mark through brazilian winger vinicius dounia joy for the spaniards . as they sealed a record extending 14th continental title and color one to lottie became the 1st coach to wait for tines not it was misery for liverpool,

that the abiding images of the event being the thousands of their fans stuck outside. well, after the match, we spoke to our correspondent tom gangway, at the stadium in parish rail madrid, the most successful team in the history of the continents premier football in competition, all crown champions of europe. once again, yoga clubs, liverpool were unable to avenge the defeat that they suffered right out, hands in the 2018 final. instead, the spanish champions have added another trophy to their already brimming cabinet. thanks to a single 2nd half go from vinicius junior coach color went to lottie rounds off an incredible season in which he already became the 1st coach in history to win domestic titles in all taught 5 european leagues by becoming the 1st coach in history to win for european cups. but while the spanish celebrate it was a bitter night in paris for liverpool supporters mod ahead of kick off by

difficulties and delays at the turnstiles and ending ultimately in disappointment and defeat a champion the season that was supposed to fly max in saint petersburg has ended instead, here in the french capital, with a record extending 14th title for ryan madrid. at the cannes film festival, the pan dorothy covered a top rise has gone to swedish director rubin, a st. lens triangle of sadness as satire on modern day capitalism says korean cinema talent also made waves this year, which park chan luke winning best director for his erotic crime. thriller decision to me, some kind o became the 1st have korean to pick up the best actor prize for his role in broker or can build this festival as a returned to cinema. after 2 years of closures, due to the pandemic, and we asked our correspondent in can scott rock's pro,

whether it succeeded in some of its big goals. now that restrictions have been east . yeah, going into this vessel. the idea was, this should be a restart to after 2 years of pandemic locked down 2 years of cinema closures that this years can, would be an opportunity to celebrate cinema. again, to get all the people who've been sitting on their couches for a 2 years excited about going into fears to day again and i think in that case it really did succeed yet. it's amazing premier's here last year, last week we had top done a maverick with a tom cruise, a phenomenal premier, where, where we had a fly over from a french fighter jets is really astounding. just a couple of days ago. basil ermine razzle dazzled us with his rock and roll biopic elvis again a huge hollywood, a premier and some as i said, some of the best art house cinema in the world being shown here. so got people really, really excited about cinema. but of course, the war in ukraine can not be ignored even here in can. we had a number of ukrainian filmmakers here talking about their experiences in the war.

and a number of protests on the right carpet tried to call attention to the suffering of the people in ukraine. so that was definitely at the back of everyone's mind here in can. but this isn't a political summit, it's a film festival. and in terms of, of the film festival and the approach to cinema in the celebration of cinema can this year definitely deliver. this is detail new news coming up after the break on world stories detail. you talked to residents in the ukranian city of hockey. some took refuge in metro stations during russia's assault on the city. i'm on to state living under grant for me and the team here in berlin. take care and we'll see again itself the next hour. it's not a question of whether the next crisis will come in, but only when and how the media will deal with it. how can we stay focused on what is important.