oh, thank world starts june, 2nd on d w. hey ah ah, this is the w news alive from berlin. the european union agrees a ban on most russian oil imports by the end of the year. it's the harshest measure yet imposed to punish moscow for its aggression in ukraine. also on the ship, on the ground, russian forces pushed deeper into the eastern city of several. don't ask. authorities fear it will become another. mario pulp, flattened by relentless bombardment and war crimes. in the spotlight ukrainian

prosecutors meet with international investigators, but holding be guilty to account could get harder as more areas come under russian control. ah. hello, i'm claire richardson, thanks so much for joining us. the european union has handed down its harshest measures yet to punish russia for its aggression in ukraine. after weeks of wrangling, the 27 member states meeting in brussels have agreed to ban most imports of russia . oil by the end of the year, hungary opposed a total embargo because it relies heavily on russian supplies. some e u leaders say it was the best deal they could achieve. victor, our barn is celebrating his 59th birthday at the e is summit here in brussels. the hungarian prime minister, however, already got his presence in the wee hours when you leaders agreed on an embargo on

russian oil. but with exemptions for hungary and others. each commission presidential de la funder line, still presented the water down deal as a success. these sanctions are biting heart and are really, are destroying and that's the goal on the basis their financial basis of putting, leading this war and hitting heart, the russian economy. the ear plans to cut only russian oil that's transported by c hungary, slovakia, and the czech republic can continue to receive oil by pipeline for now. according to your officials in total 90 percent of freshen oil imports, the block will stop by year's end. even those countries that would have liked to see a stretch your embargo say it was most important to show unity. i was positively surprised

because our, when we went into the room and the signs were not that great, but everybody was very constructive. those expect that huge, a cat are fresh and gas as a next step. i likely to be disappointed though. my come boom. it is lot easier to compensate for russian oil. we managed to solve technical problems with victor alba, but gas, but gas is a different story. that's why gas embargo won't be part of the next sanctions package tend to amazon. sorry, energy prices all over the glove. we're also addressed, as well as global food shortages. jew as to the war in ukraine, the for on ford, on friday, the responsibility for all the dangers that we are facing. like clearly with russia and its president, it will be fixed as well. that's why it's so important that we reinforce our efforts to make sure grain can be exported from ukraine. brooklyn you lead us will gather again in june. on this occasion, ukraine's wish to join the european union is likely to top the agenda.

earlier i spoke to benjamin l. schmidt, a research associate at harvard university and former european energy security advisor at the us state department. i asked him about the significance of this embargo. i think it's very significant, i think is the major step that had to be taken right now. couldn't be taken amy later and it really should have been taken sooner. this is a partial oil band. it's something that we were hoping to see really right out of the gates after the re invasion of ukraine by russia start at the end of february. but i'm glad that we've seen this now and seen at least partial unity on this. but this is only one step, you know, this is, this is 2 thirds of the oil traffic that's going into the u, as i understand it, roughly all of the, the maritime trade of oil and oil products will be cut off. but there's still 2 major pipelines, one going to germany in one going to hungry in central and eastern europe to respond north and south that need to be cut off. and really we need to get to

a point where the natural gas is, is ended as well, because every minute that, that you is using russian energy resources in paying into the rushing economy is a minute that basically the regime is able to use these revenues to fund, russia's war machine against democracy and prayer. but at this point, do you see a scenario in which those oil pipeline could also be cut off? while berlin has said that they have vowed that by the end of this year, the derision north pipeline will be, will be ended in terms of its import, the germany. and i think that that will happen in part because poland has stepped up and his works. you know, basically between worse on berlin to have additional global resources from the global oil market coming in the get don, poland terminal and through, you know, pollings domestic oil pipeline network to get to germany. so i think that's possible, i think unfortunately what we've seen from basically the pro pollutant and in pro authoritarian government in, in budapest with victor or bond that we don't see that's happening very soon. in

fact, hungry has taken steps over the past several years that have gone, you know, retrograde to the rest of the energy diversification away from russian energy dependence to actually increase its energy dependents. in that case on natural gas . now, immediately after the u agreement, oil prices rose, that means russia may not be able to export as much, but on the other hand, will be earning a lot more for what it does exports. so how likely is that you didn't efforts to actually punish russia? well look, there's a 2 things that we have to look at. your number one is, where are the absolute year olds, prices. this is the heavy crude, great of russia that's basically been depressed since the start of the war we've seen. even today i just checked the numbers a few minutes ago before coming on air negative $34.00 with respect to the global brent price in the brink price, that is the price of oil that is baked into global economic metrics. so the longer that that price is depressed, even though it's trading lower, it can basically make

a full oil cut off or embargo in the future more terrible. but in the shortest term, it's not going to do as much as we need to end the amount of, of revenues that are actually going to the regime i've worked with. international thanks and research group led by michael mcfall at stanford university and we were talking about the end goal being this oil embargo. but in the short term, any interim steps to get to 0 need to be through, you know, increased tariff rates, a in escrow account. so basically all of these sort of special payment plans to make sure that who can actually cash in right now by these increased prices. benjamin l. schmidt, research associate at harvard university. i wanna thank you again so much for taking the time to come on the show. meanwhile, the governor of lou hans can eastern ukraine, says russian force is now control most of the city of severity and ask one relief organization estimates. as many as 12000 civilians are trapped without food and power unable to flee because of the heavy fighting. russia is trying to see the

entire don bass region already partially in separatist hands since 2014 the sound of artillery echoes across the don bass. russian forces in sunny fields shelling already shattered towns and cities before moving troops in for combat. meeting with slovakia as president ukrainian president followed him as a lansky said, getting artillery from allies would make a crucial difference. must williams lunches in the east. it's difficult for us because of the lack of appropriate weapons with if our mission to reclaim the region when it leads to tens of thousands of our people dying. we will wait for the appropriate weapons to save as many of our people as we can. not the weapons are what will reclaim the territory, the way changes or you will do with the sucking pieces. russia is pushing to seize the entire eastern region of don bass,

which has already been partially in the hands of pro russian separatists since 2014 severe done yet. has seen widespread destruction. similar to what happened in the port city of mario pole. but ukrainian forces have had some small successes elsewhere in the east. more than a 1000 civilians were evacuated from russian controlled towns around hockey id than the most is in the my there's no power but then of no phone service, no water. the echo, it's hard with gun. i can't contact my children, like my oldest daughter. there's no work and no money, little pussy leadership, an occupation regime is being established. and they've introduced the rubel prices have changed the forest people to sign agreement saying they'll cooperate yet me an idea. i hope i believe that i will return home to where i'm from and that it will be a part of ukraine up with how much does it because i don't want to live under

occupation. i just don't want to rosa. as the russian onslaught grinds on, the exit is continues. people fleeing the east with whatever they can carry. leaving behind homes, reduced to rubble and bodies buried hastily before leaving and ukraine's top prosecutor is preparing to try dozens of suspected russian war criminals. hundreds more are under investigation, including military chiefs, politicians, and propaganda agents. some soldiers have already been found guilty and jails at the more ukrainian territory. russia takes over the harder it will be to gather evidence and bring charges in warning to some to our viewers that some of the images in the following report are disturbing. images that shocked the world. in future, the evidence of alleged atrocities was plain to see. what happened there is just

one example of retreating russian forces, leaving horrors in their wake. ukraine's as it is now investigating nearly 15000 suspected war crimes ranging from pillaging and looting, rape and summary execution to indiscriminate bombing of civilian infrastructure. and keeps investigators aren't on their own that aided by a growing group of european prosecutors, the eas, judicial agency, euro just is coordinating the joint investigation team, which includes staff from ukraine, poland, lithuania, and the international criminal court. with latvia, estonia and slovakia joining on tuesday, ukraine's prosecutor general welcomed the teams expansion at a news conference and said it was clear who was to blame for alleged war crimes. of course, at this president of russian federation and his team actually who started this wall who started to kill civilians, rape or a city allowed starter civilians every,

all these atrocities. what to and now hell and the wrong to the ukraine. she's dressed as well. how vital the investigation is to ukraine for us very important to win, to win on military front, to win on traditional front to win on diplomatic front. it's very, very important. all ukrainians won't justice, justice, accountability and justice. but that will likely be a hard task. while these captured russian soldiers may have been found guilty of war crimes, putin and his associates remain far out of the reach of any ukrainian court was bring up to speed now and some of the other stories making news around the world. u . s. president joe biden has met with new zealand prime minister, jacinta, are darn in washington. gun violence and extremism dominated their talks following recent masses, shootings in texas and new york. i don't successfully push for better gun control

in her country after a white supremacist attack in 2019 norway and hungary, meanwhile, have confirmed their 1st monkey pox cases over 20 countries where the virus is not endemic. have now reported outbreaks. 300 cases have been identified most in europe . monkey pox is usually confined to parts of africa. or for 6 weeks, the world has a laptop lurid claims and counterclaims between pirates of the caribbean star, johnny depp. and his ex wife actress amber, her dep assuming her for $50000000.00 for defamation. she is counter suing him for 100000000. now the trial is wrapping up where the jurors, deliberating johnny depp and amber herds, lawsuit and counter lawsuit have kept millions glued to their screens for weeks. with 30 details humans fecal matter, the accusations ranging from absurd to harrowing,

god teach him. he has the trial unfolded. crowds of spectators and supporters gathered every day in the early morning hours to get a peak at the 2 movie stars. entering the court in fairfax, virginia expert say the decision to broadcast the trial was part of the depth strategy. the most celebrities do not want cameras in the court room. johnny depp's team really pushed toward amber. her team did not want it. so with a celebrity case, normally we never even see this part of it. jap denies allegations of abuse. instead accusing heard of trying to destroy his reputation. in 2018, she published an article, calling herself a public figure representing domestic abuse. she didn't mentioned death by name, but he says it damaged his career. this is about him winning his fans back. this is about him getting his reputation back in hollywood. in the studios. judging by the

internet, deb strategy has worked. social media users have overwhelmingly shown him their support, while many have engaged in campaigns to discredit heard. thanks for watching. lose . ah. people and trucks injured when trying to flee the city center. more and more refugees are being turned away at the border. families playing phone tag with demonstrate people fleeing extreme drilled. a rough getting 200 people.