ah, ah ah, this is d w. news law from berlin, ukraine's president makes his 1st visit to the embattled east. 100 days after russia invaded ukraine below to mere zalinski meets with troops and car keep defending the city. meanwhile, moscow's don vass offensive is closing in on the key city of here. a finance also on the program voters in columbia are casting ballads for a new president. among the candidates is a political maverick. if you go to terrorist, this united colombians after years of civil war is running made, tells the w. what his secret is.

ah, next by cert, welcome to the program. ukranian president bodamer zalinski is visiting the war, torn east on his 1st trip, official trip outside of the capitol. keith, since russia invaded soleski survey damage in the car, key region where ukrainian forces have pushed back the russian offensive. he met with troops fighting on the front line as well as go live now? did it dw corresponded, mathias billing or includes territory? what does it need precisely and what could happen if it doesn't get those weapons? well, the russians have put a lot of equipment and a lot of soldiers into exactly this region where i am now. so they're making

advances just by sheer firepower. they are not very good at tactics. they have problems of logistics, but they have a lot of ammunition and a lot of firepower, and they keep shelling the ukrainian positions in infinitely they just shell and show and shell until they're ready to advance a little bit. the advances they're making are not big, but they are there. and the only way to beat them back is to shout back and to fire their positions. that's what a ukrainian soldiers have told us. and that's exactly why they are saying they need the weapons. the artillery, heavy artillery, especially the western heavy artery, which is a libby, little bit superior to the russian heavy artillery because it's newer, it is more explosive and it can reach further. so that would give them an advantage and that would give them the possibility to push back at these advances that are

again, really, really heavy. um and, and, and, and conducted in a, in a, in a, in, in a very, very um, powerful way i'd 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 in renamed it novgorod scare. 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. they thought look at the couple when there's no production anymore. yes. that we thought the name would attract. investors would help us. right. you, with this building has been restored with foreign, a escalated yet. we've been holding forums and cultural events. he argued

executable sabrina. now bomb craters lying the road in front of the cultural club. several shells of hit the neighbourhood, wharton, ohio. 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 aide. i guess i'm 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. alane, a vast joke is picking up the pieces. a rocket came down in her yard 2 days ago. she doesn't really protect. 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 hits 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 sir, certainly. as the saying goes, i hope is the last one to die. i'm on ukraine side. hold. and i trust the news and i was born in this town yet. i'd. milton quit. so i hope there will be no incoming shall or to be stopped this whistling committee, which sounds almost like we need to dive as it was really, nationalists have marched through the streets of jerusalem. they were staging an annual flag march mark israel's occupation of east jerusalem at the end of the 6

day war. in 1967. any palestinian families were dispossessed at the time before the parade is really nationalists, mostly orthodox. jewish men scuffled with muslim and christian palestinians. last year's march set off an 11 day conflict with militants in gossip. and for more on this, i'm joined now by a course on a tenure kramer in jerusalem. atanya. what's the situation on the streets of jerusalem right now? why he said it was another attends a 2 slim day that's an annual event. but he was even more tense because the government had allowed the marches to go from west to some down to the east jerusalem to the heart of is true some going, letting the route go through damascus gate. one of the main gates in east jerusalem . and then go through the old city. so we saw in the afternoon and thousands of mainly a lot of young i sometimes even

a boys know marching their with their flags to is really flax and hand. some of them were even chanting a racist, a slogan. some of them were changing desk to our ups. we've seen that also in recent years. this is why this march is so seen as so provocative as well by palestinians as the said, what they are celebrating and they are celebrating is the capture from jordan in 9067 of east jerusalem and the re unification. now palestinian, of course the there part of city as occupied, the status of the city should be part of pain and status and negotiations. and i talked to some of the palestinian residents. they said, you know, they either stay at home on as such a day or they don't go out because they feel harassed. and we saw a lot of checkpoints around damascus, gate of palestinians cannot go in and our businesses have to close on that day. people cannot go on their normal daily life on their day and the other side is

basically telling them this is ours and not to yours. and the incidence could also potentially be seen as a provocation by the palestinian ism, his group hammers, which is said it is watching events very closely. and of course, runs the gather strip. and it is recognized as a terrorist organization by the german government. you the united states, an air of state, in any case, is there a threat of a new conflict as there was last year, the last 11 days between israel and her hammers and gather what is she said to amazon other militant groups in a garza half said there will be watching a very closely they have threatened with retaliation. and last year, this smart, although it was re routed through another gate into the old city or they launched a rocket barrage onto a jerusalem and that trigger this 11 day war over at garza. now of course we've

seen this morning a jury some days. the whole days, not just the flag parade we've seen. oh, what posting and see as provocations on the temp amount or the her arm as sharif as it's known to muslims when some of the jewish and nationalist or where on the a temp amount and were waving flags them some appeared a to pray and that has also led to condemnation, of course, also by jordan, who is the caretaker of the holy sites. and that goes back of course to the status quo between israel and jordan from $9.00 to $67.00, to mutual respect are the holy sites. okay, tenure, kramer there in jerusalem. thanks so much. is a quick look at some other stories making news around the world. american president obama has traveled to validate together with the 1st lady. he will visit the elementary school in texas where 19 children and 2 teachers were gunned down in a shooting 5 days ago. it was the worst rampage in us history. in 2 years.

several civilians have been killed in eastern democratic republic of congo by members of the adf rebel group. the attack took place in the bay region of north kiva province. early on saturday, the local red cross at 24 people were killed to columbian our poles have open for the presidential elections. the front runner is gustavo petro, a former rebel and mayor of bobo, top could become columbia's 1st left is president, also on the valid is the former mayor of maybe even if it equal be tennis. who is promising to kick start the economy, fight corruption, and bill ties with washington. d. w. one. ramirez has more from both top sequel 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 med aim. in 2015, gutierrez won a surprised victory to that office. thanks to

a citizens initiative that gathered thousands of signatures. he became madden's thirst ever mer without the backing of a political party. his vice presidential running mate, is another full mer, rodrigo lotta, who ran the southern city of neva. he says that municipal experience is a big advantage. and i to, i had said we both served and local government, which is a microcosm of the country's problems. people where different approaches need it. 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 to saviors yet. 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 up there are very important proposals such as reactivating, the rural areas, reactivating, social developments 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 this is my dad. he has also been able to push the ws in mafia economy. gutierrez is an engineer by trade. he says he is an independent candidate who does not serve partisan 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 precedent, even do k. that's why gutierrez, his opponents accuse him of representing more of the same something his campaign rejects. this is deed of you news live from berlin, coming up next after the break world stories. the week reports this edition

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