is truly unique and we know that our uniqueness is what allows us to live and survive global ideas. the environmental in global 3000 on d, w, and online ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. russia steps up its efforts to seize full control of ukraine's don bass region. people living near the front lines fair, what could come next? if the russians advance, our correspondent visits the ukrainian town on the fire. also coming up route madrid reigned supreme again in the champions league. the spanish sy triumph with

the one know when of liverpool, making them the champions for a record 14th time. the match kicked off late after chaos outside the stadium in paris. ah, i'm all angelica, welcome to the program. russian forces have kept up their vast offensive aimed at seizing all of ukraine's industrial dumbass region. the onslaught is causing heavy losses among ukrainian forces. it is also racing fears that cities in the don basque could face the same horrors that took place in murray or poll. we are. russian artillery blasted the city with no apparent attempt to avoid civilian casualties. russia 1st invaded on both 80 years ago, capturing part of the region. now it says it aims to cease the rest. dw corresponded mathias bollinger has visited one town living under under,

under the shadow of 4. 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, june boris boucher of a local poet was hoping the name of new york would bring a new spirit to the former industrial town where it's worth, look at that. i will win this no production any more. yes. that we thought the name would attract investors who would help us deal with this building has been restored with foreign a yes. can i read yet? we've been holding forums and cultural events. he argued circle sabrina. now bombed greatest line, the road in front of the cultural club. several shells of hit the neighbourhood,

wharton. oh, my windows burst and the roof was left dead. i was sitting in the basement when it happened. i opened widely he gala instead of reading his poetry. oh, trav 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. under 3 quarters of the 8000 inhabitants have left those who remain live in constant fear. elaine of ash joke is picking up the pieces. a rocket came down in her yard 2 days ago. he doesn't really but that 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 shall heads. boris as evacuated his wife to western ukraine, where his daughter lives. you see what's happening here. nevertheless, he's determined to stay as long as help is needed. now, yes, as her own, as the saying goes, i hope is the last want to die. i'm on ukraine side. holton, i trust the news, and i was born in this town. urine milton, he quit. so i hope there will be no incoming shell or to stop this whistling humiliate. 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. dw correspondent rebecca riches is in cave. and earlier she told us that the situation

is dire for the civilian still in the don bass region. as we know, civilians 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 dire for civilians. i mean, similarly to what we saw in places like mad a loophole that would be completely bombarded for weeks, months, and people have to live completely almost under ground. they don't have access to fresh water, they run out of food, 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 riches, they're reporting from keith has a quick look at some of the stories making news around the world. a small plane with 22 people on board has gone missing in the pall. it was scheduled on

a popular tourist route from the resort town of boca hara, to jump on in the himalaya mountains plain last contact with the airport tower. shortly after takeoff, police said a search was on the way after 7 consecutive days of no community. corona virus cases, china has reopened many public spaces, including libraries, museums, thesis, and jim's beijing work from home rules has ended to obey restaurants are to remain closed. shanghai is also in the many restrictions on june 1st. nigeria main opposition party has named former vice president article of a car as it's candidate for the 20102023 election. you'll be competing to replace current president henry hurry, who's serving a 2nd 4 year tenure and cannot seek another term in office. her is party will select it's election candidates in june, landslides, and flooding. after heavy rains have left at least 30 people dead in northwest in

brazil. more than a 1000 people have been forced to flee their homes. experts, a climate change is turning rainy season downpours into extreme weather, incidents that have killed hundreds of people in brazil over the past year. now soccer giants, rail madrid, have written another page in their glorious history by winning the champions league final. yet again, they be livable, one knell for a record extending fourteen's title. the most watch annual sporting events on the planet began late and made chaotic scenes. liverpool fans when a party moved in paris before the champions league final. but the holds of supporters from england struggle 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 rail madrid supporters had no trouble accessing the staff to france when the game

finally got on the way. liverpool dominated the 1st half, but couldn't force an opener. the spanish champions then stood 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 col one to lottie became the 1st tote to wheat 4 times. but it was misery for liverpool with the abiding images of the event being the thousands of their fans stuck outside. i'm joined now by chris harrington from d w. sports. now, before we talk about the game, tell us about paris as a venue and a chaos we saw before the game that will initially, it was not the designated venue. russia was but due to the invasion of ukraine, the organizers had to make a change, and paris was the new location. you know, the blame game is what's been happening on what side you wafer blamed the fake tickets. there were 60000 expected liverpool fans tons of fake tickets. they were

held up at the turnstiles. we see some images here, sex similar to what you see it assuming very disturbed, unruly fair. some took their opportunity and i jumped the fence and i tried to see the match with pepper spray was sprayed in terms of the blame game. fred as interior minister blamed their liver pulls fans behavior in terms of how police responded. they responded with pepper spray. fans responded with bottles being thrown back and forth. shambolic sees actually a u. k. police officer was actually deployed a unit, was deployed. he called it the worst match he's ever experienced in his career. then organizers in others are still looking into the matter, but not the best way to kick off europe's most a electric in our prolific competition. all right, so that the blame game, let's talk about the actual game. yeah, the actual game, you know, real madrid come into the situation. the grand daddy's of the champions league. you

know, they were as cool as the other side of the pillow. you know, they overcame deficit after deficit. to get to the final, the pinnacle, you know, and in vinicius junior, comes through a reale, madrid really took advantage of their opportunities. liverpool looked a better side during the match, but the last line of defense, big teeth are cor trois. you know, looked incredible. arguably, the best performance in the tip is a final. he was named the man of the match deservedly. so you're going club liver pulls, a coach said, you know, we look good at some point. but when the goalkeeper gets the matter the match, something goes wrong on our side. the winner, the victor answer law t returns and says, hey, you know, we believed we could do it. no one thought we could achieve it at this point. but we did the unthinkable our commitment in our resolve got us to this point and he walks away, you know, write his name into the history books as does react madrid. so it was a really good match when it was all said and done. i caught up for liverpool fans of course. okay, so a great game, but do you think the off pitch of

n overshadowed it? well, you know, i think does go back to the blame game aspect. a liverpool spokesman comes out and says, you know, we want a formal investigation, you know, because obviously when you have those draws of fans attending and so forth, you don't like to see these things. and i believe this will continue and trickle on a little bit because, you know, france as air perspective the people on the ground. busy theirs as well, you know, but all in all, they were there to enjoy football in the real madrid got what they were searching for and that's a record for tank chip is lead time. chris harrington dw sports, thanks so much for talk to us. thank you. just now to columbia, where elections are due to take place on sunday to choose a new president. among the candidates is a popular form, a mer federico gutierrez, or fico, as he is known as promising to kickstart the economy, fight corruption and build ties with washington. he calls himself an independent,

but some of his critics say, he say stealth candidate for the rights from guitar d w's. you had ramirez reports. i see co gutierrez says he's running on his record. polls ranked him as columbia's most popular man when he was in charge of the northwestern city of medina. in 2015, gutierrez won a surprise victory to that office. thanks to a citizens initiative that gathered thousands of signatures. he became medlin's thirst ever mer, without the backing of a political party. his vice presidential running, mate, is another former mer, rodrigo lotta, who ran the southern city of neva. he says that municipal experience is a big advantage to a hotel. we both served on local government, which is a microcosm of the country's problems. people were different approaches needed. that gives us a regional perspective, that columbia has to be built from the provinces. we don't have all the answers and

we're not messiah saviors. we're not going to solve all the problems of colombian for years, but we are going to bill from the local level on a basis of getting people to participate. if elected gutierrez promises to grant 1000000 scholarships for students to build or improve 18000 kilometers of roads to boost rural areas and to plant 200000000 trees around the country to help the environment a key. i even us a very, very important proposals such as reactivating, the rural areas we activating social development by granting subsidies to mothers in charge of families and to the elderly, but also to mothers who have children with disabilities and who therefore cannot work. there are very important commitments in the social sphere, but also in the economics fair and didn't want that he has not yet been able to put them in in math area. economic gutierrez is an engineer by trade. he says he is an independent candidate who does not serve part as an interests,

but he is supported by a coalition of parties on the political right. 4 years ago, many of them back the candidacy of outgoing president of am do k. that's why gutierrez, his opponents accuse him of representing more of the same something his campaign rejects. yes, you're we, that's, you know, do it alone last year. if i did not have the confidence of fico as a dedicated heart working man, that he has his cultural columbia, that he's transparent body, and he has nothing to do with any criminal group going. i would not stand with him that he or your companion. but there is one goal, gutierrez and laura say they aim to achieve above all. it's perhaps colombians greatest hope. but something that has eluded the current administration to bring peace to the country after 50 years of civil war. oh, to the cannes film festival now where the pound door, the coveted top prize has gone to swedish director reuben aslan, for

a triangle of sadness, a satire on modern day capitalism. south korean cinema talent also made waves this year with park chan woke winning best director for his erotic thriller decision to leave sank. hang ho, became the 1st south korean to pick up the best actor prize for his role in broker . oh, good. that's it. you're up to date, i'll be back in 45 minutes with more news. take it i it's not a question of whether the next crisis will come. but only when and how the media will deal with it. how can we stay focused on what is important.