ah ah ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. russian forces are on the verge of taking the key city of severity done yet, as they step up their offensive across the east of ukraine. also coming up, we meet the ukrainian volunteers, defending a village close to the front line and here from residence,

how it feels to be in the line of russian fire and the legal victory for the actor, johnny debt a u. s. jerry sides with the hollywood superstar concluding that his ex wife amber heard defamed him in an opinion article in which she said that she was a victim of abuse. plus she has been on the throat and for longer than any other monic in british history, we will look at how the u. k. is celebrating queen elizabeth's platinum jubilee. ah. i'm on your campus mckinnon. thanks so much for joining us. russian forces are edging closer to capturing a key ukrainian sissy after days of fighting st. battles are underway in the industrial hub of sarah dunn yeske in the east and don bass region. the governor that says that to center the city is now under russian control. but in

a boost the ukraine, germany and the united states have announced additional weapons for fatigue, including advanced rocket systems with a range of up to ac kilometers. the more i stated, he w correspondent mathias bellinger is in the ukrainian capital keeps. you have a fighting has been going on in the city inside the cities borders for a few days. now, the russian troops was wearable for as much as we have been hurrying, have been advancing towards the city center. there was information that they were already in control of 80 percent of the city. but we are also hearing that with the ukranian side says that a the ukrainian soldiers were left in the city are putting up fierce resistance and that fighting is going on. the governor of the region has said it's too early to a judge to close the case about civil or the next a however, it's not looking very good for the ukrainians there. the city,

the russians are advancing from 3 sides into the city and have control over major industrial areas. they have even hit some chemical err stocks there, which has, which we've seen pictures of some urban toxic smoke are raising from these areas. so yet people are expecting the city to for but it's not what has happened yet. now the russian on the floors in the east has been relentless observer, say indiscriminate. can you tell us how civilians bel, coping with the situation? yeah, in the city of civil engineers, we're hearing that about 15012000, something like that. civilians are still left. the same is true for most of the places they are. the ukrainian side has told people to evacuate and has evacuated people since the beginning of april, telling them that basically there will be a heavy fi meetings and that people should leave the region,

but 10 to 20 percent remain all over the place. that's in these areas. where fighting is concentrated but all along the front line and all along the line. there is shelling, hitting, not only ukrainian army positions but also the places where those civilians live. whether they are cities or villages. and i have just a few days ago been to one of these villages that has been under constant shelling . and let's take a look what we have found there when the war broke out, what it's immediately registered as a volunteer for ukraine's territorial defense forces. now he's guarding this village on the front line in don bass. thank you. 3. no, they shoot from tags. they shoot anti tech missiles. cannon is i not a career officer. so it is difficult for me to distinguish all of them by sound okesha labradoodle shortly. i've got to do what it's on. his nickname is just one

of around 100000 volunteers who joined units like his since the beginning of the war. many are fighting for the 1st time. this is from a rocket. the village is just 3 kilometers from the front line. it's an important defense position. yes, the examples of the locals were suspicious of us in the beginning. they were watching us. we were patrolling the streets looking after the place and they were hiding. but as things got worse here with electricity and food, we started to help out here and there we are. and slowly trust has been building as them walk a quote that the video play, violet got up with her. now soldiers and the remaining villages have got used to each other. russian shells hit the village daily and they had randomly said he mc alive, which is a veteran area. and a beekeeper look, it didn't get through better than body armor. the village used to be his get away

spot. now he plans to leave. you can also psyche is wrecked. we hide all the time from the shooting. look, that's a new one. it landed recently. poor major. they will go crazy, but we'll have honey was shrapnel this year. most of his neighbors have already left. still, there are times when it's come out, the 62 year old pop high. another battle field name uses the opportunity to study ukrainian sources. i used to speak and mix ukrainian or russian, but being a soldier in the ukranian army, i can't be russian speaking. that would be against my principles. now i am transitioning to ukrainian little more the whole not everybody wants to know. it is because of his dog that 82 year old macola each and chris says he is still here. he was injured by shrapnel the day before, but he wants to stay where you live as long as the devil doesn't come after us.

macola has been working in russia for many years. he says he has very few illusions about the fate of his village. for visitors, there is no way to be russia, but they continued to do everything to make things worse even for themselves. i am talking about the leadership, not the ordinary people, ordinary russians with the same thing as everybody else got a decent life. she just had a shooting at least pretty day. no shells have get landed near by. it is in the neighboring village that artillery has taken its toll today. so this is pretty much what we are seeing in many of these places. we're seeing these volunteer troops that we've seen in this report alongside with more professional units of the army. and we're seeing that most of those people who are left in these villages or in the towns, mostly they are elderly people and they are mostly to reasons for staying either

they say they don't know where to go. they are afraid of going somewhere where they don't know whether they're get any help. they are usually not a don't have a lot of money or they're quite poor actually under the other reason is that many of them say, i'm already old. i've lived my live, whatever will happen, will happen. daily corresponded mathias spelling. a thanks so much for that reporting. and here's a quick round up of some of the other developments in this war. ukraine's president philadelphia zalinski says 200 children are among the ukrainians who have been forcibly taken to 200000 excuse me. have been taken to russia in his video address, zelinski claimed that children had been abducted from orphanages or taken with their parents. he added that ukraine would punish that. he's responsible. former german chancellor, anela mackerel, has condemned to russia's war in ukraine as barbaric and

a blatant breach of international law. in her 1st public speech in 6 months, she said that she stood in solidarity with ukraine. in her time miss chancellor, michael's government was often criticized for its russia friendly approach. hungry as prime minister, victor all bon is again holding up the approval of a new round of e u sanctions on russia. you agreed on a ban on most oil imports on monday. however, urban is refusing to give the green light. diplomat say that he 1st wants the head of the russian orthodox church patriot carol to be removed from the use sanctions list. voters in denmark have overwhelmingly back to referendum to join the european union's common defense policy. more than 2 thirds though said yes, in wednesday's paul, on whether to abandon denmark's long held position of opting out of shared you defense decisions. russian aggression in ukraine prompted the landmark ballot.

a pile of yes ballots. just a handful of nose. danish vote is cast away decades of resistance to marching lock step with the european union on matters of defense. a decision once unlikely this year became essential, says denmark's prime minister met frederickson. there was a europe before february 24th before the russian invasion. and there is another europe off when threats to liberty are on europe stool. and there is once again war and continent, then you can't be neutral. in 3 previous referendum, danes had voted against closer you alignment. but russia attack on ukraine convinced the voters that cooperation is more important than isolation in times of war. it's obviously important to,

to state if you feel like you want to join this community and we should join because otherwise he's just that one friend who never buys around the outcome means danish troops can take pos when you states put boots on the ground in operations such as those held in molly and elsewhere, and benefit from joint weapons purchases. denmark is the latest nordic state to reverse course on military strategy. it's previously neutral, neighbors, sweden and finland have applied to join the nato military alliance. for so small european states being holy integrated in the european security architecture, whether it be the you or nato, is increasingly important. at the moment, denmark's decision shows russia's attempts to divide the european union or bringing its countries closer together to the us. now where the act said

johnny depp has won a defamation case against his ex wife, amber heard a u. s. court ordered her to pay him more than $10000000.00 in damages. that herd was also awarded to $1000000.00 after juris found the debt had defamed her through his lawyer. the 6 week trial made headlines around the world with the couple, making often lurid clayton's and counterclaims of domestic abuse. mister deps clean for amber heard it was a bitter end to an intense trial of hearing. do you find that mister dev has proven all the elements of defamation? answer yes. heard listened with her eyes downcast as it became clear that jurors had emphatically side to do with her ex husband. finding that she had defamed him by implying he was abusive during their marriage in a 2018 newspaper article. dep was in england as the verdict was delivered, but posted a triumphant statement online in it. he thanked the jury saying they had given him

his life back heard to release her own statement on line. after leaving the court, saying that she was disappointed beyond words by the ruling and dubbing it a set back for the idea that violence against women is to be taken seriously. the result was a remarkable turnaround for dep from just 2 years ago when a british court ruled that he had repeatedly assaulted herd based on much of the same evidence presented in court in virginia. but while the latest chapter of that highly public legal saga may have ended in a victory for dep, it's unlikely to be the last time the pair face each other in court. hud has already announced she's planning to appeal the verdict. to more on this, i'm going by david levitz from database count to desk david's. and would you say that johnny death is really the winner in this case? well, i know, you know, this case was the trial was so ugly and so icky that it's hard to think of any one

of the winner. certainly, i think that we as society are the losers here. but yet johnny depp did accomplish what he came to accomplish. which is that the jury believed him. they believed that he did not abuse amber, hurt in any way, and that she made it up in order to damage his reputation and public opinion. really, things have been with him all along. it does really a lot of that comes down to appearances. i think johnny depp came coming off very much as the cool guy with the sunglasses, who was able to make jokes. he was very, very calm. she at times was very emotional. many people read her body language as a signal that she was not telling the truth. and, you know, i think this comes down to a strategy on the part of deps team. they very much pushed for this publicly broadcast, public and broadcast trial. i should say. they wanted it in a state, the state of virginia where there is a jury trial jurors are known for being

a bit more emotional certainly than judges. um, and they certainly knew that he was going to come across as the cool guy there's this is the role he's been playing for his entire career very successfully. if we look at the internet, there's tons of evidence that support was overwhelmingly in his court. if you look at tick tock, the number of views for videos with the hash tag support johnny, i'm sorry, a justice for johnny depp were 19000000000. they were not even a fraction of a percent of that for amber heard. but this, this rule of public opinion is definitely going to come up again if she appeals the case because the jury was not sequestered, meaning they had access to this public discourse. and it seems plausible that it may have influenced them. now, obviously a huge media spectacle. what does that mean essentially, for their careers in hollywood? well, i think with johnny depp it's, it's imaginable that there are still some filmmakers who won't want to touch him.

also based on that ruling in london that he was a quote unquote wife beater. um, but he's call it clearly shown that he has a big fan base. he is relevant again, his stock is way up and amber heard on the other hand, her stock is way down. there's a petition out there to get her thrown out of the next aqua man film. i don't think that we're going to see her again in a blockbuster film, at least for a long time. fascinating stuff. david levitz from d. w culture. thank so much. now the united kingdom is beginning a 4 day celebration for the platinum jubilee mocking 70 years of the reign of queen elizabeth the 2nd that she's the country's longest serving monica. the ceremonial parade. a trooping the color is taking place in london and the queen is expected to appear on the balcony of buckingham palace for a military fly past later today. and

our london correspondent, child at chelsea hill, is at the scene for us in london. obviously, huge celebrations being seen across the u. k. today. charlotte put the significance of what was saying here into context for us annual like these events really don't come around every day here. i can only remember 2 others in my life time. certainly not on a scale like this mocking 70 years queen elizabeth the 2nd is the longest reigning monarch in british history. and i think one of the reasons that this event is so momentous is just because of the significance of that date. if you consider it throughout those 70 years, the queen is overseeing such enormous transformation which the country is reflecting on. now the end of the british empire, for example, the birth of the computer age, the transformation of british society. she has remained a constant throughout that and i think a lot of people are on the street today,

just marking the fact that she has been that constant sort of presence throughout this huge period of change. a lot of people of here will tell me that they feel a huge amount of warmth towards the queen. that's why so many thousands are on the streets. hey, behind me. and indeed up and down the country, holding st. parties with well and people from across the world we've been speaking to people from the us. for example, you've made a special trip just for this for day holidays. so i think that gives you a sense of how people here a feeling about this 4 days of celebration. absolutely. we can see the crowds. we've seen the footage of the trooping the color parade. what else is going to be happening over the next few days? where you mentioned there in a short time that is expected to be this balcony appearance with members of the royal family. we are hoping to see the queen make an appearance that it will be noticeable as well. though for its absences, we have been told

a working members of the royal family will be taking part in that. so what that means is that the queen's grandson harry and his wife megan though in the u. k, for these celebrations, will not be taking part. and of course, had disgraced 2nd son, prince andrew, also not there as well. some of these dynamics, we do play a big part in these huge royal events. many people watching closely now the days go on, there will be more parties, public celebrations, the street parties that i mentioned. this whole area on saturday night will be turned into a huge concert venue. and then on sunday were expecting an enormous pageant, which really is going to look back essentially at 70 years of british history and significant moments in the queen's life. celebrating those way. being told that is really expected to have a huge well factor for people here. charlotte, the queen, of course, is 96 years old. to what extent will she be able to participate the in the festivities? that's still

a bit of an open question at the moment the palace was saying in the run up to these events, they would have to take things day by day. and we know that she had to pull out of a number of occasions, most notably the opening state opening of parliament last month where her son had to step in on her behalf. she also had cove it earlier this year and we've had from the palace that she has episode, episodic mobility problems. so we'll have to see how much we're role she plays. but of course people will want to catch a glimpse of her at any moment possible. but many were wet by remind as well as you say, she's 96 years old. i think she can be forgiven for perhaps taking a little bit more easy than she has in the past. absolutely. an age to be proud of . the w correspondent, charlotte chelsea pill. thank you so much. now the queen is known to love dogs, especially corgis and in honor of her platinum jubilee. one group of women in london have taken some missing toy corgis to mark this special occasion

d. w berg at mass reports. mm. for most brits, she's always been part of their lives. queen elizabeth the 2nd and now she celebrating her platinum jubilee. 70 years of rule. a record there's a determination about had to put on the smile on the work clothes, go out and do what she's got to do. she's maintained relations around the world, which i don't see as any of the person in the whole world that has done so well at that. i most grits admire her if not adore her. the ladies at the women's institute, i'm south london, certainly do. it's an organization that traditionally stands up for women's rights re. these ladies meet regularly to work with their hands. this time it's knitting.

corgis, the favorite dogs of the monarch. if i'm to sledge associate the queen more with horses than caucus, but nonetheless, i'm quite happy to nick. very bad cork is mine, but don't look really like cork is, but i've done my best. the queen will no doubt to prove at least the effort. in fact, she loves animals, he can see how enthusiastic she is when she said the horse races or how relaxed years with her own corgis. and that's since she was a child at royal functions, they are omni present. even at state visit. i knew you were april, each has been collecting pictures of the queen. once she even saw in person. her mother had taken her long to a building. the queen was inaugurating,

which is also where april mother worked. even though my mom was just a cleaner, she stopped and spoke to them. she didn't just walk by and smile or anything. it was just she actually stopped and spoke to them as well. so here my mom was one impressed with that day i'm here for most brits, the queen is a symbolic figure, mainly unreachable. and yet at the same time, always around for the past 7 to years. ah, the queen's just been the and it is a safety when all our lives change all the time. you've got to be over 72, have not known her as the monica. and in honor of the queen, the ladies of the women's institute have been distributing their knitted colby's across the entire country. these are supposed to be a very personal lucky charm, as well as an expression of adoration for her majesty. ah, and for more i am joined by my colleague alex forrest,

waiting in the studio. alex obviously great affection for the queen. and yet in recent years, the royal family has really weathered some difficult. we could even say scandalous events, couldn't we? do you think any of this is gonna overshadow the, the celebrations that we're letting now? well, let's just look at some of those events because it has been difficult for the queen over the past few years. first of all, her 2nd son, prince andrew, the duke of york. he has been stripped by the queen of both his military and royal patronage is and that is on following the virginia jew for a case. now you may remember that she accused the prince of being that she had been trafficked by jeffrey epstein to have sex with a prince at the age of 17. now he has always always denied that. however, earlier this year he did agree and out of court settlement, we don't know how much money that was worth, but we assume it was in the millions and that has really tainted the monarchy. and the 2nd big issue for the queen has been

a split between her grandsons of prince william and prince harry. when prince harry decided to move with his wife megan to the us and leave the u. k. completely. and that has provided a feel day for the media, both in the u. k. and actually across the world. however, despite those really major issues for the queen, i don't think that it has in any way overshadowed the jubilee because it's all about her. whether we see her or not, it is all about the queen and the palace as may. so it will always be about a queen even a few weeks ago, deciding that only working royals would appear on the balcony with the queen during the fly, past. meaning no hurry, no, megan, no, andrew, no distraction. now you say it's all about the queen. we know the queen is still incredibly popular in the u. k. but what about across the common? well, so those countries that were former british colonies, are the royal still considered relevant there? well, it's amazing, isn't it? when you think back that when the queen became queen the empire,

the british empire still existed. now it doesn't. however, she is still the head of state of 15 countries, including the u. k. they include australia, canada, newsheel, and, and countries in the caribbean. and that has proved controversial. so for example, at the end of last year, barbados voted to become a republic. so she said the queen is no longer their head of state, and we know that jamaica is also considering the same thing. so big issues for the royals. they tried to woo them by sending a prince william and kate there earlier this year. that didn't go down brilliantly because there were lots of people complaining about the fact that the royals are and britain in particular with 2 involved with slavery in the rest of it. so let's see what happens in the future. change, we're definitely becoming and talking about change. the queen is $96.00, she can't go on for forever. what will happen to the world family when she's gone? well, the 1st thing it will happen is that britain and many other countries will be in

morning. and that is because the queen has been there for so many decades. and just in the past few years, she's been the glue that stock britain together. whether it's bricks it, whether it's cove it or whether it's just this cost of living crisis. so i think that that will be a major major problem for the u. k. prince charles will become king, but he knows they all know has to be change ahead. when the queen passes on alex 4th whiting, thanks so much. and that is all we have time for focus on europe is up next week. thanks so much for what you need at least with

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