young people clearly have the solution, the future with the 77 percent every weekend, and d w with ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. european union agrees to ban most russian oil imports. by the end of this year of to weeks of in fighting you, members, states reach a compromise that will allow some oil to keep flowing. still, new leaders are hailing it as a flow to financing russians. war machines also coming off the brush of

forces push deeper into the eastern ukrainian city of severity. the net authorities fear the city could meet the same fate as maria poll, which rushes bombardment all but flat. ah, i'm good. how else as welcome to the program? european union leaders have agreed on a partial ban on russian oil imports, the toughest sanctions imposed on russia since the invasion of you crime. the deal is the result of difficult negotiations and all member states that ended in concessions to some of you countries which are heavily dependent on russian oil oil pumped from russian fields is no longer welcome. in most parts of the you d, u leaders in brussels reached an unexpected breakthrough on the 6th sanctions

package just around midnight. cowan. so should now be able to finalize a ban on almost 90 percent of all russian oil inputs by the end of the year. who's the embargo? a move that had been proposed by the commission weeks ago. and the ukranian president had urged leaders to finally make, keep, or don't do you rope on my europe must chose strength. but because only russia perceives power as an arguments, it is time, but it is time for you to be not separate, not fragments, but one whole mil lumpkin. i get the name seal. however, member states are still not entirely united on the issue. the you plans to cut russian oil transported by see only a concession made in order to get hungary on board. hungarian prime minister victor, oregon has formed close ties with russia in the past, making the country heavily dependent on russian energy. hungary will be able to continue to receive oil by pipeline for now. the sanctions package also

excludes russia's largest bank from the swift system benz 3 more russian state own broadcasters and sanctions individuals responsible for war crimes. some leaders like the latvian prime minister, have called to go even further now. but opinions differ from outs. men perspective from my perspective will temporarily have reached our limits. definitely regarding sanctions that have to do with energies. the to mock never met in a here. despite hungary not playing along, the latest round of sanctions are believed to be some of the most damaging measures taken by the you so far it because monetary schultz is in brussels for us and he told us earlier what kind of impact this boycott will have on russia well, it's not just the boycott. there are other measures in the 6 package of sanctions that we should also mention. and one of them is cutting off the largest russian

bank, spare bank from the swift messaging services. and that, of course, cuts off a lot of the activities that this bank can do with the rest of the world. and there have been other bands also on russia's ability to do business because it is now largely constrained to using roubles. so it is not just the ban on russian oil, they have already phased out. coal and gas is definitely on the table. so the point in all of these measures taken together is to cut off moscow's ability to finance the war on ukraine, which of course is, is hugely expensive. and they hope that the in this way, if they can't change vladimir putin's mind about his, his attack on ukraine, the chief can change his ability to continue with the force that he's using. now, russia's forces have entered the city of severity and ask in easton ukraine. t of says its troops are battling to hopa positions, street west street,

off the days of intense shelling, rushes pushing to seize the entire eastern region of dawn boss, which was already been partially in separatist hands since 2014 granite president vladimir zalinski says, subordinates cause been seen widespread destruction, similar to what happened in the port city of mario po, previously a city under siege severe donetta has been battered by intense shelling for weeks. now russian forces have entered the city and fears a growing that it may share. mary, polls fate. thousands of civilians, a thought to still be in the city, the largest in the loo, hence, grecian still held by ukraine. according to the mer, the relentless bombardment has left it impossible to keep track of casualties. with russia, bringing its overwhelming advantage in artillery to bear in its assault on the don

bass, ukraine is pleading with its allies to provide it with more advanced long range weapon systems. the u. s. was reportedly considering the move, but president biden has now thrown that into doubt with rock, with the rock. but while ukraine's allies debate, russia continues to concentrate its fire power in the dawn bass. will you please show him? the fighting has reached its maximum intensity with russian troops firing along the entire line of contact and trying to fire artillery deep into our defenses. at the same time, the assault is continuing in several directions. they can call them up to him good . for now, at least ukrainian forces continue to fight on in the face of the russian onslaught . thus bringing the w correspondent rebecca writ us who joins us from the ukrainian

capital key. rebecca, the city of c, the other than that is being taken by russian forces as we're hearing. what's the latest from the frontline? ah, that's right. get ha, that yesterday despite ukraine's best efforts to hold back russians out of that city of severity. and yet they did manage to break through that defense line and they are now fighting street to street in the city. and it looks like they are taking going to be able to take control of that city. it is the last remaining ukrainian stronghold in lieu hans russia controls 95 percent of that region. if they do manage to take this city, which is looking pretty likely now it will may control pretty much the entirety of the hands can then they can re focus their efforts and trying to take the rest of the don't bass that dominates region as so they are definitely they have the upper hand in that in that in that dumbass area. the government here has been saying that

to some days now and it certainly looking like they are going to take control of hans in the next few days. now ukrainian forces have beaten russian force back in the past with saying rush seems to be having the upper hand. that is, the ties now turning in rushes favor you are well, ukraine has been saying that to some days already that they have that, that losing the battle there in the don't basset. they have lost the upper hand. in fact, that the tide is already turned in favor of russia. they're simply just outnumbered when it comes to heavy weaponry. russia has a huge pile of heavy weapons. they've been bombarding these cities and areas for weeks now. simply just flattening these areas in your introduction and you spoke about sarah didn't yet being like, and tim out of you paul, that other city in the south of ukraine that was completely bombarded for months. and that certainly what's happening in these regions as well. get hot people there civilians, they're just living on the ground in severity. the next can talking about 12 to 13000 people living almost completely on the ground. the governor,

they're saying that around 1500 people have been killed in that city alone. but that have, they've had to stop counting the dead because these heavy weapons it is coming and so strong that it is too i'm, it's too it's not safe enough to go out and count the casualties. so these things happening at a new kind at pains to try and stop them, but they're not able to to, to fight the russians with the weaponry that they have. rebecca used to cover the war on the ground there for many weeks now. the average ukrainians are they still in the mood to fight? it's always that resilience which we saw at the beginning, slowly eroding i would say absolutely not. you know, ukrainians remain really united behind this fight. they're there. they won't they country to do. absolutely. everything they can to try and push russia back outside the pre war lines. and there was some talk in the beginning president zalinski saying that they would try and retake areas taken earlier on in the previous

20142015 at times. but actually that, that, that tune is changing from ukraine. president zalinski sent now saying it's probably not going to mean they're not going to be able to retake areas such as crimea, but that they are determined to push back behind those pre february 24 lines. and people here in the capital and elsewhere in the country in the west. certainly united behind that i met with some people on the weekend from some key residents who were, you know, training at just civilian civilians who are training to take up arms in case it's up to time. they fear that russia might come back to the capital to other parts away from the don bertha into more central parts of the country. people saying that they are absolutely determined that they will not have their culture stamped out. so i think that definitely remaining united behind the fight responded back or just reporting from fee of that. thank you. human italian groups are

warning that the war in ukraine is threatening 8 projects across africa, support agencies in somalia. i'm say price hikes mean millions of people on our risk of famine. while the nations from rich countries are getting diverted to help ukraine quite at just 5 and a half kilos. one year old, her son weighs half of what a boy his age should. he is being treated for severe acute malnutrition, at this somali camp for displaced families. but global price shocks caused by the war in ukraine mean that access to life saving food supplies is becoming increasingly difficult. i fled from alabama and the severe drought that hit our village and we lost our livestock. i didn't receive any aid there and my child is very sick. and underaged her here in somalia, severe drought,

and the rise of the alphabet militant group have already left millions desperate for aid. now the fallout from the war in ukraine is only adding to the pressure. food and fuel prices have risen sharply since february on top of record highs caused by the coven. 19 pandemic. or comedy to price have almost doubled in somalia. i'll do some parts like sleeper some type of the humanitarian, a. p for some ideas, only 15 percent funded. so what we need now is right now is money. we need the cash to avert the risk of famine. since the war in ukraine began, international aid to africa has dropped significantly. many donor countries have diverted funds to support more than 6000000 refugees fleeing the fighting in ukraine. and the u. n. has warned that prices will continue to rise, putting many of africa most vulnerable in danger of starvation.

to brazil, nowhere land slides and flooding her after torrential rains have killed at least 91 people in the countries north east. present. herbal scenario has visited the devastated areas by air as armed forces continued to search for the dozens of the still missing boston. r. o, who's up for re election later this year has been criticized for his environmental policies. which activists say are contributing to climate change, whole chunks of land, carved out by major mud slides. we can class as the torrential floods from the last few days, slowly recede. the devastating extent of the damage caused is becoming clear. rescue efforts continue in the hopes of finding more survivors. dozens of people are still missing. many residents are waiting for news on their loved ones while dealing with the loss of their homes. you know, thought of me,

i'm not sleeping. i'm not eating because it was such a painful experience for them. so very painful. and i it never before has so much rain fallen in such a short time as it did. no more. i live very near hill. i know all those who died and i saw everything when it happened with a seal and a gesture of support. president jerry bell snarl, visited the affected areas from the air. he said they were unable to land safely, july the damage, but attended a press conference near by. no supposed them of we are all obviously saddened. or when we express our sorrow to the relatives. money for several of our deposit also . i mean i, with most of our main objective is to comfort the relatives and to attend to the population with material means are to be a proposal. the government has announced an 8 package to help rebuild people's

homes. poor neighborhoods like this one are often hit the hardest and the risk of further flooding remains very high for the people here. and that's it from me and the news team you're up to date. i have an update for you at the top of the hour. don't go way up. next we have the w business with daniel winter and a closer look at the rising inflation in germany. and there's a lot one use of force on our website, t, w dot com and to join us on social media. gout alpha's in berlin from the teen as to what she needed out yet. unfortunately she.