ah ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, ukraine's president says a 5th of the country is now under russian control. volunteer made it to landscape comments, comments the west promises more weapons to cave and to russian forces edge closer to capturing the key eastern city of seattle. don't ask also on the program

president joe biden echoes the plea made by the families of mass shooting victims. one measure for all of us do something just do something for god's sake do. after visiting a texas school were 19 children died. he urges a ban on assault weapons and other gun control measures. ah, i'm pablo foley, as welcome to the program. ukrainian president followed the media to lansky says russia has now seized one 5th of his country's territory. russia has been making slow, but steady gains as 8 intensifies its assault on the country's eastern don bass

region to landscape says ukrainian forces are in our battling russian troops along a front line, extending more than a 1000 kilometers from ca, to keep in the northeast. to make alive in southern ukraine. oh, in the fight for ukraine's east, another life is lost. locals was sheltering in this school in the hockey region. when it was hit. here the russian ground troops have been pushed back. but the air strikes continue to kill civilians. duck with you as a pupil, boy, i wish they would see those so cold liberators. what did they liberate us from here? but your home is getting free. the free lunch pain. over 3 months into the wall. the head of nato. want the west must brace for a drawn out conflict wars or boy, nature unpredictable. honda therefore,

we just have to be prepared for the long haul. there goes legacy, is that so this war has now become a war trish her where the premiums are paying a hard for us for the funding that all. okay. all the above through sweden and the u. k. have now joined germany and the u. s. in offering more advanced weaponry to help defend ukraine guy and i met the kremlin claims, new military aid wouldn't stop russian advances, saying it will only further prolong the wall is undeterred, ukraine's president vladimir lensky. hold for more weapons in a speech to luxembourg, parliament outlining the enormity of what ukraine has already lost. standing there wouldn't be controllable by herself to day. the occupiers control almost 20 percent of our territory. my,

that's almost 125000 square kilometers. now this is much larger than the area of all the ban alex countries combine. util. rosalyn was an almost 300000 square meters. are contaminated with unexploded mines and ammunitions scenario them the yet you nearest animals, russian forces are pushing forward towards ukrainian, held cities in the dumbass region. the shelling here is relentless. russia now controls most of the city of soviet odon, ask, closing in on full control of the loo, hunt's grades in of the dumbass. our correspondent nick conley is in keith, and he told us more about the area. the cover is a 5th of ukraine, that president zalinski asserts is now under russian control. bo includes crimea and the areas in east and on best that russia controlled before february 24th before the beginning of this war. but they have made quite significant turturro gains in the south, had sworn in that land bridge,

linking russian annex crimea with russia. and then also in the north near, had give in dawn, best actually strange enough that there has been less in the way, comparatively, or movement on for lunch. so this is the region where ukraine has been defending itself against russ proxy for 8 years. and where the defenses are the best developed and the strongest. and we've seen extraordinarily heavy fighting around several dozen ask in recent days we heard from zelinski today that ukrainian losses are at about a 100 soldiers a day with about $4500.00 additional casualty. in terms of wounded heavily, severely wounded. so these are very, very significant losses. and right now ukraine doesn't have the heavy weapons systems and doesn't have the ammunitions to, to really use them even if they did have them to really go back into a kind of full count attack in those areas. and as basic now playing for time, the hope that those western spies will turn up faster than has been feared him. that was date of these ne connelly reporting from keith. the european union has

agreed not to sanction the head of the russian orthodox church after protests from member state hungary. it's one of several concessions made to budapest, as the block seeks to impose a 6th round of sanctions on russia. over the war patriarch, carol is believed to be one of the wealthiest men in russia. and is an avid supporter of president vladimir putin on gary and prime minister victor or band, said his opposition to sanctioning, kato has been long known, and should not have come. as a surprise with united states president joe biden has made an impassioned speech about the need for gun control. he's under pressure to address gun ownership laws after a spate of mass shootings last week, 19 children and 2 teachers were killed at a primary school in in val day, texas and more mass shootings have happened since the u. s. supreme court holds that gun. ownership is protected by the constitution.

while during the speech, he referred to his visit at 2 val day and responded to victims, families pleading for action to curb gun violence. standing there in that small town. like so many other communities across america. i couldn't help or think there are too many other schools too many other everyday places that have become killing fuels, battles feels less cross to dw correspondence to me so much kind of who is standing by 1st in washington. hi, sunni. good to see you. so joe biden is calling for a ban on assault style weapons, as well as raising the age a person can purchase a gun. what else did he call for? a pebble, as she said, this really was a forceful address from president biden. a lot of people expected, she would come out and deliver an echo of some of the words we heard in past weeks . enough is enough, but this was really

a laundry list of items to get done in congress. you mentioned raising the age for people to, to legally purchase a gun. he proposed rating that age from 18 to 21. and i just want to take you through some of the other measures that he proposed there. he talked about having federal a red flag laws. these are laws that essentially allow law enforcement to remove weapons from a person's home if they're deemed a danger to themselves or to society. he also urged safe storage laws. that's about how a gun is stored at home. if it's locked up at home. he also talked about more resources for mental health, and he discussed closing loopholes at gun shows. essentially at gun shows you can purchase a gun without the level of background checks that you would have otherwise. i mean, these actually happened to be measures that in large part are being discussed in congress right now with a bipartisan group of lawmakers that have been discussing this in response to the mass shootings. you mentioned in you vall, day in buffalo and just yesterday, in tulsa, oklahoma were a gunman killed 4 people in the hospital. and i just want to add pablo that he did

address some of the criticism that we heard from gun rights advocates. he said, this is not about taking away any one's guns, but about common sense gun regulations. sue me, what solutions have been put forward by those in congress and the senate against tightening the going those well, lot of measures that president biden mentioned in his address. they are being discussed right now in congress. so senator chris murphy, a democrat, has been leading these negotiations. they've been discussing things like red flag laws, background checks, the mental health initiatives as well and, and raising the age at which someone can legally purchase a weapon. but this is a very limited package of measures, all of which have been disgusting congress in previous years. and i thought it was important to note that the senator murphy said he will take anything, even a small package of measures, because they cannot afford to do nothing. and even then it has not cleared that this package of measures will actually make it through congress. because in the senate, as you know, pablo the senate right now was split 5050 between republicans and democrats. so it

really is not clear whether democrats will be able to move this legislation forward to me. and briefly, if you could, we've seen heated debate at, with regards to going laws among americans, and there are clearly deep divisions there. but of the recent mass shootings that to any shift and public opinion, why i think it's important to note that a strong majority of americans do support basic restrictions on gun rights. these common sense gone regulations, but as you know, the debate here is so bitterly politicized that it appears that even this common ground appears very thin at this moment. to me so misconduct in washington. thank you. now to some of the other stories making use around the world, protestors rallied in ramallah in the occupied west bank over the death of a teenager. the palestinian health ministry says he was killed by israeli forces.

the 17 year old was reportedly shot dead after he approached and is ready, security barrier. he is ready. army said it's investigating the incident. thousands of people have attended the annual pride parade in jerusalem. a made heavy police presence. the city is home to israel's largest ultra orthodox, jewish community, and various conservative groups opposing the event. police said they arrested 3 people on suspicions of threatening the parade. countries have agreed to increase protection of the world's most remote continent antarctica thursday. so the conclusion of the antarctic treaty meeting hair and berlin, resulting in a new pledge to preserve the fragile ecosystem and consider limiting tourism. the summit brought together the more than 40 nations that cooperate and policy for the southern continent. and during the event activists called for more action to limit

the impact of climate change on and on the antarctic, which is experiencing record heat waves and low sea ice levels. well, the only reporter joel til roy has been following the summit and joins me here in studio. joe, joe, good to see. and so tell us, what is this event exactly, and what will change in antarctica? as a result, it's called the antarctic treaty consultative meeting, which sounds though, but it's actually quite fascinating because it is the closest thing there is to any kind of government over antarctica, which is the only continent that is not owned by any particular country. instead, for the past 70 years, multiple countries have held to this treaty to agree to cooperate peacefully and scientific research in antarctica. and the summit, which was hold here in berlin over the past few days, is kind of like the unofficial parliament. although i talked to co and he concluded with this new resolution to create new special protection areas, one in particular,

the other already 80 areas on antarctica, where human activity is severely limited. and now there is a new one. it is called the wrong mouth land, and in addition, there are 3 further areas where i've been placed on to limited protection. and each of these are home to breeding colonies of birds or a considered to have particular scientific interest. well, joe, one of the icons of antarctica is the emperor penguin. right. and how did penguins feature assume that? well, unfortunately, countries at the summit failed to place the emperor penguin, under new special protections. the emperor penguin is one of the largest type of penguin and its habitat is extremely threatened by climate change. and a majority of countries wanted to give it new protections to make sure that it's breeding grounds were secure for the future. unfortunately, there was some hold out at the summit. some countries vetoed that proposal. one small when was the decision to take steps to control tourism. and here's why. in

201975000 people headed to antarctica, that was before the code 19 pen to me. well, this year, an estimated $100000.00 are expected to go there. and now there are some scientists who say the fragile ecosystem that it just can't handle the number of planes and ships and pollution, and just general human interference that will come with that number of tourists. so at this summit here in berlin, the countries agreed to create a new sustainable management strategy for tourism. now it's not quite a band or a cap on the number of tourists, but it is the 1st time that anything's been done to address tourism and it could be strengthened in the future. jo, briefly, if you could the retention as well between russian western countries that are also played out in this antarctic. so right. yes, russia is actually a singer to this treaty. it was at the event and the event started with the host country burling, reading out a denunciation of rushes at war in ukraine. and several western diplomats walked out of meetings held by the crate, held by russia, sorry,

attended by russian diplomats. but thankfully, it didn't derail the summit. the summit did conclude with agreement to continue peaceful cooperation and at least one part of the country, the planet dw reporter joe gilroy. very interesting stuff there. and very important, of course, here watching deed of the news live from berlin. next up is doc film with green at revolution, examining the use of biofuels as an alternative to coal and oil on powder affiliates for me. and the team here in berlin take care and we'll see you very soon with the greens and then you feel worried about with the host of the on the green fence post. and so we, it's clear we need to join me for the.