focused on what is important, i think tomorrow now exploring opportunities for media professionals in times of crisis. the global media for june 2020 to your ticket now. ah ah. this is the w news live from berlin. thousands dead, millions displaced coal cities reduced to rubble of the $100.00 days of war. ukraine is still holding out against russia's invasion. that is an already catastrophic situation. about to get was also coming up the u. s. president echoes

the plea made by families of mass shooting victims dead. one message for all of us do something. just do something. for god's sake do show. as the nation, no one's recent death, spite and urge is a ban on assault weapons and other gun control measures and a major milestone for some rock royalty the rolling stones market 6 decades at the very top. ah, we'll show you how the stones kicked off the 60th anniversary tour in the spanish capital. ah,

ah, i manuscripts mckennan, welcome to the program. it has been 100 days since russia invaded ukraine. so let's pause for a moment and take a look at the cost in death and destruction that this war has caused to. it is almost unimaginable. the united nation says that more than 4100 ukranian civilians have been killed. and that is including more than $240.00 children, thousands more have been wounded, and the un says both numbers are likely to be much higher with areas, like mario, paul, still inaccessible, is also hard to know how many soldiers have died. russia hasn't released any figures recently, but the u. k. defense minister says at least 15000 russian soldiers have been killed. there's also little information on how many ukrainian soldiers have died that ukraine's president says between 50 and 100 fighters are dying every day. the

war has, of course, pushed millions from their homes. the un says more than 6800000 people have left ukraine since the war started. some have since returned, and millions more are displaced within the country. and then there's the destruction, over a 1000 schools and hundreds of hospitals are in ruins. in addition to houses, roads, bridges, and factories is widely agreed that the cost to rebuild will run into the hundreds of billions of euros. and for more on all of this, we can speak now to our correspondent in the ukrainian capital, keep rebecca orators rebecca, and welcome. it has been absolutely devastating 100 days for ukraine, but is it going to get even worse? well, no one here on a really believed that this war was going to happen yet. here we are 100 days into

the conflict, as you saw rightly mention and a really grueling part of the phase of the war. if you lie against oldenburg, the nato chafe a warning, the ukraine and its allies to prepare for the long haul for the grueling war of attrition, as he called it. and that is certainly what we're seeing, playing out in the east of the country. as we know, at the beginning of this war, russia hoped to storm in to cave, every one thought that the capital would indeed fall, and that russia would be able to install another government. now, as we know, that didn't happen, the ukraine were able to push russia back in, and in fact, give them quite an embarrassing defeat around here in the capital. they then re grouped and re centered themselves. and then they moved to the ace to the don bass, which is where the fighting is centered around. now, russia has made some gains in this conflict, and they have managed to create that land corridor from crimea to the east as,

as one of their aims. and they are having some gains in the don bass as we know the current state on the battlefield is that nearly 95 percent or a little over 95 percent. now, all the hans great in that makes up half of the don bass is under russian control and the fighting now centers around that. several done yet. that city in the loo, hans region, we know that russia is making gains. they have a control around about 80 percent of that city. now what's left of it, of course it has been completely bombarded, is almost been completely raised to the ground. but they are making gains there. and of course they're trying also to capture that says to city list chance on the other side, but they're not making as many advances there. but once they do capture that area, or as, as is thought will happen, they will then control all of the new hans region and move on to capture the rest of it on yet. now, as he said, it was widely expected at the beginning of this war that brought the russian army would conquer ukraine in a matter of days. and yet 100 days in a, you know, we're seeing this incredible resilience from the ukrainians. where does that come

from or resilience is, is certainly a word to yours, although i always wanted a strange word to use. it may circumstances because as i've spoken to so many people, they keep telling me what options do we have to, but to be resilient, i mean the other option is to capitulate. so we are seeing an amazing resilience. but you know, that's because people are really left with no choice. ah, where does it come from? i, i think it's perhaps surprising to people outside of the country. and certainly even surprising to some people here, anya, that how resilient they've been. something that president putin may not have been counting on is just how united this war has made this country. they've really found something that they feel is worth fighting for. they've, they've sort of crystalized that if you will. and now there's an incredible sense of unity in the country, very, very rarely, or holly, not at all. i would say he a criticism of the way that ukraine is handling the war. everyone very much behind

president lensky would same. even people who weren't perhaps supporting him prior to the war now will think that he's been a fantastic wartime president and is doing a very good job of getting the international community on board. rebecca written that reporting from keith, thank you so much for that. and from all we can now talk to our dw, russia, correspondent, emily sherwin who's in berlin because of course the w has been banned from russia. we're happy to have you here, emily, and when the war started, pu sin was overseas going for, for a quick victory. as we were just saying, over the last 100 days, russia has had to withdraw regroup, focus its attacks on, on the east. how is person selling this as a success to the russian people? well, the thing is that russia and vladimir putin as well went into this war, you know, with these kind of vague rhetorical terms. so they said, 1st of all,

that this war is not a war, but a special operation. they also said that the goal is the so called denotes of vacation and demilitarization of ukraine. so essentially that means, you know, if you phrase it so vaguely, you can essentially sell anything you want as a victory. and especially if you're in control of the media, the state media is pirating, you know, the kremlin line and run the russian authorities have also blocked access to many critical media outlets. many critical media outlets. the last few as it were, were kind of shut down in the 1st few days of the war. the 1st few weeks, many media outlets were blocked, including d, w. and, and, you know, there has been talk on st media of saving russian speakers in the east. so essentially this would fit into the line that the kremlin has been taking. the question is whether this, this land bridge that rebecca was just talking about in the east of the country is enough. and whether, you know, putin will accept that because essentially he's the one who's deciding what's

a victory at this point. at the beginning, when the wool and when the invasion started, we did see some anti war protests in russia, but these voices were very quickly silenced when they yes, absolutely. i mean, in those 1st few days, thousands of people were arrested who took to the streets. and honestly, i have to say that it was actually surprising to me that even so many people took to the streets. you know, having reported from russia for several years, the protest laws are extremely strict there. and especially in the hot past few years, there's been a real climate of fear when it comes to taking the street to the street. so you have to imagine going out to that, to take to the streets. you really risking, you know, your job, the safety and health of your relatives, your elderly parents, potentially because the russian state has been known to, you know, take all sorts of measure is when it comes to critics. and now of course, the laws are even stricter following the beginning of the war, there was this law that was introduced. that meant that a spreading fakes about the war could get you up to 15 years in prison. there's

a new law being discussed in the parliament at the moment, which could kind of broaden the concept of what treason means with which you know, you can get up to 20 years in prison for. and that means that protests are more of a trickle. you know, there are the, there's the occasional thing that happens. it's reported in the media, the critical media, for example, one artist who was arrested for exchanging the price tags in a supermarket for information about the people who were dying, the suffering and mario full. so there's a, there's more kind of, you know, sparse protests and, and in a way, you know, you can understand it because it's such a huge, huge risk to take to the streets in russia. if we can take her a moment to talk about of the president, let me put in now there are unconfirmed reports suggesting am, you know, he may be suffering from cancer. he may have parkinson's disease and how, how reliable is this information? well, i think we can't really confirmed that at the moment, and we may never be able to. there have been persistent reports in the russian media about this kind of thing. for example, there was an investigation,

a few weeks, few months back from the investigative media outlet project, who took, who i think are pretty reliable, you know, very critical as well. and they talked about the fact that 1st of all, he has back problems and that also he is apparently for the last, you know, period of time been traveling with 3 doctors, one of whom is a cancer specialist and also to ear, nose and throat specialist who could also specialize in thyroid cancer. that's the idea, at least this week. it was interesting to hear that us intelligence sources came out in the media in a leaked report saying that put in may have been treated for cancer as recently as april. so it's hard to know what to make of that. the russian side of course, will say that it's a smear campaign in a war with the west. and i think that it's the taboo within the kremlin to talk about put his health. so he may never find out emily show and thanks so much now the u. s. president joe biden has passionately urged congress to take action on

gun control and a national address. but biden also acknowledged that without support from republican lawmakers, nothing will change. biden's plead, the american people was blunt and forceful. how much more corners are we willing to accept? harmony more innocent american lives must be taken before we say enough enough. and he had clear proposals for what needed to be done through an ard visit of arlington that we need to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines. and if we can't ban assault weapons, and we should raise the age to purchase them from 18 to 21. strengthened background checks and act safe stories law in red flag laws. repeal the immunity that protects gun manufacturers and liability, but biden, who just days earlier, visited the texas school when 19 children and 2 teachers was shot dead last week.

warned that republicans in the senate with like the block his proposals and implored americans to vote on the issue in the upcoming midterm election. he still wrote, i quote, congress fails. i believe this time a majority of american people won't give up either. i believe the majority of you will act to turn your outrage into making this issue central to your vote. enough enough enough. he ended his address with a passionate coal faction cross from a grocery store in buffalo, new york. let's meet the moment. let us finally do something the rolling stones are celebrating 6 decades of rock royalty with a new european toys the bands. first, since the death of founding drama, charlie watts, last year, the group kicked off a run of 14 shows, with a gig and the spanish capitol. wow. 45000 fans from around the world.

flocked to the wanda metropolitan o stadium in madrid to see the rolling stones live and in person weather. and as expected mc keith and ron did not disappoint ah, front man, mick jagger at 78, was in top form. the youngest band member ronnie wood, celebrated his 75th birthday on stage, and of course, the equally unbeatable guitarist keith richard. ah, 2 and a half hours of pure energy, the night club, the place they are unique, there is no one like them. you know, i mean, i can have them up. we've seen the many times. this is my 2nd time and it's your val 11th time. it was spectacular. under 50,

if in 2012 we said this might be the last time we say, you know, we see them around europe. but he thompson said wanted english to shows or planned in germany before the rolling stones. 62 are wrapped up in stockholm at the end of july. ah, think they're going to keep going forever as well. we have time for coming up next business way has been for sale and looking at turkey. white inflation has hit a 24 year high. i'm on the kids to the can and thanks for watching. welcome to the dark side where intelligence agencies are pulling the strings. there was a before 911 and an after 911. he says after 9.