who's behind the benefits and why are they a threat to whistle o peak worlds this week on d w ah ah, this is dw news wife from berlin. the west promises ukraine more heavy weapons. german chancellor, olaf shoulds says berlin will send advanced anti aircraft missiles. and united states pledges of how were full rocket system's prompting. a warning from moscow also coming up in denmark, looks at your close ranks with other

e. u military's inter referendum. danish voters signal they're ready to join the european union's common defense policy. after years of opting out and a big legal victory for johnny depp, a u. s. and jury size with the hollywood superstar concluding his ex wife, amber heard defamed him in a 2018 opinion article. ah hello, i'm claire richardson. welcome to the show. western governments are increasing their pledges of military aid to help you crane. fend off a russian assault in the countries east. president joe biden says the u. s. will provide precision rocket systems like this one you see here, while germany has promised modern anti aircraft missiles. russian foreign minister survey law firm, meanwhile, has responded by saying that the delivery of advanced weapons risks bringing what

he called a 3rd country into the conflict. these at the advanced rocket systems, the u. s. will be sending to ukraine long requested by president philadelphia zalinski. keith hurts these type of weaponry. we'll give it the upper hand. these medium range missiles could strike into russian territory, but ukraine has a great not to use them to do so. writing in the new york times, president biden announced the latest military aid to help ukraine in its fight against the invading forces. but russia's foreign minister warned the deliveries could draw a 3rd country into the wall. the good is good useless wishes to such risks, of course exist to what the key of regime is demanding from its western suppliers in such a categorical manner as we went 1st, it crosses all boundaries of decency and diplomatic communication. i'm q brochure,

a diploma dish group. junior, our 3rd and 2nd, it's a direct provocation of aim to getting the west involved in combat liam, they used to will actually in a speech to the german parliament on wednesday, chancellor left sholtes followed in biden's footsteps. he announced that germany would be sending modern air defense systems to ukraine, as well as rocket launches in coordination with the united states. near congo the in the coming weeks we will also deliver further weapons to embark, for example, you beat german government has just decided that we will supply the irish t system. the most modern air defense system that germany has. this will enable ukraine to protect an entire city from russian air strikes. that, too, is a decision by the federal government. ukraine's army chief has said that these rockets systems provided by the u. s. will be crucial encountering russian attacks

in the long battle over ukraine's eastern territory. earlier i spoke with our correspondent nick a connolly in a keith and he told us how german and american promise is to send heavy weapons are going down in ukraine. why didn't see a kind of general response here in key of is one of what took you so long, especially when it comes to germany or of see lots of kristen coming from ukraine and not only from grain in recent weeks, months about delays in germany, sending weapons, german reluctance to send heavier weapons systems. so that announcement in berlin today of those rocket systems coming very welcome. but the question elsie is about the numbers being sent was for little detail so far about whether the for there been an outs will really be the end of it to will that potential for more to be supplied in the future. and of sits question of timing's, i mean, i would say the fighting is new credit inquiry intense now. and basically the grains been saying that they need all that equipment yesterday rather than to morrow and months fun. and so do we have

a sense of how long it would take to deploy those systems into combat? there are 2 parts of hits, the training part, these weapons systems that are new to the ukranian army, not a ones that they have used before in terms of those american supplied rocket systems. we've been told that they expect the training of the ukrainian military personnel to take about a week or 10 days. that's where to be quick and some of those systems already, as we are alleged, believe in europe. so the transport won't take too long. but the question is of see about supply resupply and how fast at the ammunition will be used and when more will be coming. as for the german supplies, again, while we've heard that they are expecting to send those rocket launchers to ukraine by the end of june, but it wouldn't be the 1st time or if that ended up taking longer than expected. the same goes for those air defense systems. these coming direct from the manufacturer rather from germany's military, m, an already voice from berlin saying that it could be as late as the late summer, early autumn. so these are all not particularly reassuring bits of news coming here

to care of where really the feeling is that the, the outcome of this war has been decided now in the next few weeks. and that really, there isn't a date spam. this is a time, as of the essence. i can you give us a sense of the latest from the front line. so we expected city of civil engineers, ker, 2 full to russian troops if entirely within a matter of days if not maybe a week or 2, that's what the military experts here and key of are saying of see the authorities, they're keeping up bray face and saying that they are still in control of 2030 percent of the city. but russia seemingly focusing all its efforts on that part of the front line bringing what's best troops and it's best weapon systems there to really learning their lesson from the failure of spring and late winter, where russia basically spread itself too thinly and wasn't able to really apply pressure in any way that was comparable to what's going on now where ukraine really has enough manpower even has more volunteers than it needs are. hundreds of thousands of ukrainians are offering to train and offering to join the military various capacities, but they just don't have the heavy weapon systems to

a basically put those people on front lines even if they could train them and an hourly having to take very, very hard decisions about where to use the firepower where to use their ammunition . and they have been supplied. nieto caliber artillery which would allow resupply from western european countries from the u. s. because the soviets are caliber weapon systems that ukraine bessie was using since its independence from the so in they are basically now used up and really very difficult weeks ahead. now as the ukrainians work out, how to stall that russian offense may be in other places, go into local counter attacks in the south and couldn't if his own in the north, near ukraine. 60 had give them while trying to prevent a total collapse with front lines in the east and numbers of people trying to remain optimistic. looking at the conflict more broadly to people there. really think that these weapon systems are going to help to turn the tide on the battle ground in ukraine's favor opposite. that remains dis, balance between ukraine and russian terms of the population times the economic

capacity. hm. so that was the ukraine is getting extensive support from the us, from european countries. so that really helps to balance that out. and people here all convinced that given their different motivation, that motivation to protect their countries independence and it's borders that they can make good. some of that in balance, but obviously without munition, without guns, they're not can able to achieve that. so really, these deliveries of the essence and people here in ukraine often sells every day where others deliveries and when we can be on the front lines. did you horse bonnet, nick connelly for us to see you there? again? nick, thanks for joining us. and for a closer look at this issue, i spoke with liam collins. he's the executive director of the madison policy forum . a think tank on security policy in new york, and to start i asked him, what specifically about the us rocket systems will be helpful in slowing brushing progress? i guess probably one of the easier things to her san wright is the simply the range of these right now. rushes being able to range with his rockets and his cities,

likes it or to desk and other cities. right. which would, you can range them what their artillery so this will allow them to take out of a rush. you, you, to artillery that's kind of attacking him without really much risks. as recently as monday, president biden said the u. s. was not going to send ukraine rocket systems that could strike deep into russia. what is behind the apparent change of heart? yeah, i mean, i think there's this constant, this fear of, you know, somehow you crane is going to use these to go on the offensive against into rush in conduct an attack which is not going to do right. these weapons are purely for a democratic society to defend their sovereign territory with international law. there's no rest of them were right in b, russia, even if they were a, you know, conducting attacks against russian military forces that are there foreign from russia, the russian side of the border. but i think it has more to do with the risk of escalation, which rushes to just simply, not people escalating this conflict. it can barely achieve success in the east when

they concentrate everything. they're right, losing ground up in harkey and losing ground and curves on to the south of the really i think it really has to do with a fear of escalation, which is realistic. well, it, policy makers believe there's no risk of escalation. are these weapons deliveries then coming too late? i mean, ukraine has been asking for this kind of weaponry. for months now. i wouldn't say too late. i knew it would have been obviously better if they came to me than the onset of the conflict. but i think if you look at the opening days of the war, right, western nations pull these out, they didn't expect you to have the success. and they kind of provided them just the arms to kinda be, you know, to inflict some pain and to russian. and what it wasn't until it became obvious that ukraine could actually defend its territory, that they started to increase that support to ukraine into a kind of fits that timeline. and it's going to take time to get there. i would definitely not say too late, right? rushes, having some success, they're just like they had some success throughout the war, but their ability to maintain the gains that they make. they've not necessarily shown a great capability of doing that today. so in your view,

do you think these deliveries could turn the tide or are we looking at putting more weapons on to a long grinding war of attrition? no, i mean this is going to be a long war, right? wars are typically longer than most belligerents think, otherwise it wouldn't go into the war in the 1st place. and so it's going to be a long war. that doesn't mean that's not a bad investment. i mean, i guess it's a bad investment if you think those dollars spent to, you know, see the, you know, the population ukraine for authoritarian regime in bio, any international orders that you might not think it's a wise investment, but it's going to be a long war into these weapons are absolutely critical the ukrainians to maintain their defense. and i will ask you just one more thing, the interpol chief to day warned of the possibility that many of the weapons being sent to ukraine could end up in a criminal hands. he said that there needs to be a program in place to effectively track them. do you have a sense of what that could look like?

no, i mean there's always some risk with weapons any up in the, in the hands of criminals, but the reality is criminals and get their hands. and i'm, i'm pretty much weapons around the world in the current state. so we're not doing a good job of preventing those in. it's not like they're criminals are going to take rocket systems or tanks, right. we're talking small arms, automatic weapons, those kind of things. and there's already adequate methods for criminals to get her hands on those. those weapon system, so i don't think you want to slow down the distribution of those weapons for a fear that's probably not significant. ok, liam collins from the madison policy form. i want to thank you again so much for taking the time to speak with us this evening. and here's a quick round up of some other developments in this war. russia's foreign minister survey law firm has met with various foreign ministers at the gulf cooperation council in riyadh, saudi arabia. the focus of the talk was not clear bought, it comes a day after your opinion. leaders agreed to ban most russian oil imports by the end of the year. hope

a francis has said we to exports from ukraine should be allowed to leave the country freely and that food should not be used as a weapon of war. the russian blockade of ukrainian ports is causing global shortages and pushing up prices as demand increases. and it appears voters in denmark have said yes to the country. joining the european union's common defense policy according to a public broadcaster exit. more than 69 percent have supported the plan in a referendum. that market is anita you. member bought in the past, negotiated an exemption on the blocks defense policy. now, against a backdrop of russian aggression games were asked whether they want to offer it earlier. i spoke with a dw correspondent, bob available in copenhagen. and i asked her what this will mean for denmark? if the exit polls are correct, that the country wants to join the even common defense policy. it means for denmark

that they have really let go off, dead so deeply ingrained skepticism against the european union. it means that they will now come to the table with other european countries to co ordinate, for instance, their weapons coordinate missions, participate in e u emissions, for instance the one and molly and another places in the world that they want to come inside the tent and that maybe is the most important point. it danes have been looking at the war in ukraine, and they found it increasingly disquieting. they found that at the, the time for being isolated and being apart from others, sort of loftily saying are, we can do our own things. this time is over and they really have changed their mind and coming back into the fold. the fact that this was put to a referendum is quite interesting. and why is this significant for denmark? is really significant for them because they will now sort of be part of the wider

defense family of europe. but it also means that the political in atmosphere in denmark has changed, that people are looking at politics in a different way. they felt sort of aloof, they felt sort of, apart from other countries. they thought they could sort of do things according to their own ideas. but now they find that every one is threatened, it's the baltic. countries that are not that far from here it is, it's finland was the very long coast of very non coastline and borderline towards russia as so danes feel that this war changes everything for them. it changes there, they're feeling that they need togetherness with others, and that is a totally new step and a real see change in endangered politics. so is it fair to say then that this plays into the overall nordic shift in defense policy, with its neighbors, sweden and finland, deciding that they want to join nato?

oh, absolutely. because danes now think, okay, finland and sweden come in to nato. add. that means that we can form one big defense family here in the north take in the baltic countries, norway, of course sweden, finland, denmark, at the country's on not that big taking by themselves, but together they can form some political, they can have some political weight. and they can sort of really sort of reinforce each other. they can have common project checks, they can sort of stand up for each other. and that really means something to the, to the self confidence off of danes. and they are really ready now to sort of give up all a lot of the resilience their head in the past, against this togetherness. and it means that they have become the slightest slightest touch more pro european dw correspondent barbara fazel in copenhagen, thanks as always for your reporting and to the west now where johnny depp has won

his defamation case against his ex wife, the actor amber heard the jury awarded the pirates of the caribbean star, $15000000.00 in damages. dep had suit her for $50000000.00. over a newspaper article she wrote in 2018 depths. had the piece implied he was abusive during their marriage to joke? heard counter soon. dep for $100000000.00. and the 6 week trial made headlines around the world with the pair swapping often at lurid claims and counterclaims of domestic abuse. for any injury. if more let's go to washington d. c and bring in entertainment journalist ron say as long as on beta. thanks so much for taking the time, ron. say i'm a lot to unpack here to start. what does this verdict mean for johnny depp and amber heard or for johnny depp. it means a bit of redemption. i. she gets to say that in a court of law he was found to have been defamed and makes it possible for him to

go back to his career i guess. and for amber heard, i think this is some though, hang over her for a while, even though she was successful on one of her 3 statements in her counter suit. but i think this'll hang over her for a while, but it's r o grin. i think there's also been some cb growing for him heard because people do feel like a lot of this was slanted against her, so i don't think it's all. it's all bad for her either. right now, even before the verdict in the court of public opinion, i, it was clear that there's been a winner for weeks now. what do you think a gave johnny depp the upper hand in this case? i think he was by far the bigger star. so he came in with that advantage. but i think there was also a very coordinated a twitter campaign against ever hurting which are the parties were not necessarily fans we're, we're seizing on this moment to kind of season the massage any and use that against her and to demonize her. and so all that worked in his favor early in the court of

public opinion. absolutely, there was a huge amount of attention on social media, as you say. and instead of being a sobering case study on how domestic abuse can affect both men and women. instead, we end up seeing this media circus. how do you think that came to pass? that either made theories actually vice just reported that some right wing websites had actually bought, spent thousands of dollars, tens of thousands of dollars on ads on anti amber hurt ads. so to kind of jin up a resentment against her. so that's one evidence. but i think there are other people who are, who just have seen this as a moment to take out all their frustrations against the me to move it. and. and so just take a little deeper into that. i mean, some abuse survivors have argued that the coverage of this trial has been particularly painful for survivors of abuse. i can explain that more in some ways. it's been quite atrocious. i think people have just god, like i said,

sees on the moment and base, have you tried to discard every the neighborhood has said, ah, even though there is evidence there, there are corroborating witnesses. who said there, there's truth to sombre accusations. so i hope in the future of we're a bit more careful with how we report a such a serious news event. and what effect do you think this trial is going to have on both of their careers going forward with the job? it, like i said, i think it's definitely a big win for johnny depp. i'm the producer of the pirates franchise. jerry brook hammer has always been up ambiguous about what the future of the franchise would be . and now they have this verdict. i think it's a green light for them to bring him back on board. all right, thank you very much, journalist ron say as gung beta, i preach appreciate your time. joining us on, de leon is our big i can bring you up to speed now with some of the other stories that are making news around the world. us secretary of state antony blinking has

warned to turkey against any military offensive in northern syria. so statement came after turkish president wretch of tie up to one told parliament in ankara. he wants to launch in operation against kurdish groups. they're one of the groups, the y p y, p g has been a u. s. ally in the fight against the so called islamic state. and chinese officials or a 6 point one, magnitude earthquake has killed 4 people and injured 14 others. in the south. western fisher was proven authorities in the city of ya on which was the center have deployed nearly 4500 rescue workers. reports suggest the quake triggered a landslide that damaged several homes. croatia is that to become the 20 s e u country to adopt the euro therapy and commission as the balkan nation has fulfilled the necessary criteria dogrib plans to replace its national currency. the corner from the start of 2023 and hundreds of demonstrators including

supporters of islamist groups have rallied outside the un mission in us to dance capital hard to calling for its chief. to step down, protesters accuse the organisation of interfering in the countries affairs emission have been trying to resolve finance political crisis following a military coup last year. and in mexico at least 11 people are dead and many more are missing. after hurricane has slammed into the countries pacific coast, the storm was one of the strongest may hurricanes to ever hit the country. and forecasters say the weather system could gather strength again in the gulf of mexico and threatened the u. s. this weekend. the start of hot again season in the pacific has hit mexico hard hurricane agatha made land fall monday, triggering heavy genes and deadly flooding. it was the strongest storm to hit this easier in the month of me. since recordkeeping began in 1949 in what haka,

dozens of people are still missing. locals are trying to assess the damage as the clear debris and fallen tree and spoke with the body. they were going to be difficult to recover from these losses. and we lost every thing with it. we're going to have to start all over again. look what both of his will. everything has been ruined by the water yet we don't have enough to drink right now. let's see if he get help. if to provide us with water hold and whatever else they can well, because they've lost everything here in the state. government has set up over $200.00 shelters for the displaced it has also at each hotels for tourists. agatha has now moved out over the could have been that authorities one it could pick up strength again as a precaution bought spoof and non essential businesses have also been closed for as

long as the storm lasts. and residents of shanghai are getting their 1st taste of freedom. after chinese authorities lifted a coven 19 lockdown said he's $25000000.00 residents injured a strict to month shut down. that fuels public anger and rare protests midnight in shanghai, champagne corks pop and shouts of band lifted, ring out relieved residents take to the historic bond waterfront to mark the end of a bit or 2 month covered lockdown. joel gathering cargo. i came to the one pu river with my family, to mark the lock down, lifting at midnight. maybe there won't be a day like this or this kind of situation again. i hope we cherish our lives in the future and don't let the pandemic affect our lives again. just over half a 1000000 people remain locked down, but most of shanghai is 25000000 residents can i freely? if cautiously leave home return to work, use restaurants and public transport. it's

a moment many in china's biggest or most cosmopolitan city can hardly believe has come. it is sure i feel somewhat anxious. i've not seen people on the street for a long time outside my compound which are july, the 8th grade. i'm excited but also a bit confused because i'm worried i can't get used to this. how to do it. it was. shanghai is a city scarred by lockdown. everyone remembers how bad things were during the endless week of compulsory measures that opened a daily life and devastated businesses. the almost empty streets around the bond on the former french concession, deserted shopping precincts, sealed off streets. a handful of cars in the normally chock a block network of fly over roads for migrant workers. it meant tense and difficult living conditions at a quarantine center. osha from dea. so it's a closed management system once you're in, you can't get out. even as the reopening continues in an odd sense of normality

creeps back, residents are anxious. the virus could return and the harsh locked downs with us. so good through good. i felt at peace when i left home this morning, but i also feel a sense of shame. since it seems as if many things have never happened for the past 2 months. things like losing jobs and family because of the pandemic have been forgotten in an instant. so anyways, actually i feel sad. the happiness i had yesterday has gone on going to saga shang eyes. ordeals has come to symbolize. or critic says the on sustainability of china's adherence to liter huge im ping 0 cove at policy authority planning network of testing boots in major cities. the campaign of rapid lock downs, mass testing and long quarantines could remain in place for years. the shadow of the pandemic will linger and shanghai and fans of the british royal family have started gathering in london ahead of the queen's platinum jubilee . this weekend's summer already camp outside buckingham palace to ensure

a front row view organizers. they at nearly $2500.00 public events and $3500.00 st . parties are planned for the 4 days of the jubilee beginning on thursday. queen elizabeth is marking a record breaking 70 years on the frown. the 1st british monarch in history to do so. well fargo, let's get a quick reminder of the top story. we're following for you. the u. s. and germany have each announced plans to send more modern weaponry to ukraine. washington says it will deliver precision rocket systems, while berlin has promised anti aircraft missiles. moscow has condemned the plans accusing the us of deliberately fueling attentions touching his update at this hour. stay tuned for a short break. i'll be back to guide you through the day. still go with ah,

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and a south bay mother is going to spend the rest of her life behind bars for murdering her 3 daughters. if you could call me back, i did with i see the sign was part of psychosis is an awful illness. post fordham is a nasty mothers nightmare. starts june 4th on d, w. for months ukraine has been pleading with western allies for more and better weapons to push back rushes invasion to day. it's getting much of what it's asked for with the united states and germany promising some of the most advanced weapons available. keith is hoping that will help shift momentum in its favor as russia makes grinding progress in east ukraine.