how did this confrontation begin? how greatest the danger that it will spread the long war. he's really, iran usa starts june 15th on d. w. and ah ah, this is the w news live for bird holding the line instead of it done as the battle rages for control of ukraine's eastern industrial hot land. we hear from the foreign volunteers fighting against russia as it looks to take complete control. the don't best region. 33 years on the tenement square protest are still having

repercussions in china. we look back at the army, lead cracked down on students, demonstrating against the communist regime and to try and crash and southern germany kills at least 4 people. dozens were injured as carriages turned over. rescue as fear i'll find more bodies in the wreckage. ah, i'm anthony. how'd woken to the program? more than 3 months into the russian invasion? ye, crime says a 5th of the country is under enemy control, but that a crowning troops are holding the lawn in the key eastern city of severe at the next, a local governor says ukrainian forces have pushed back the inviting troops with help from volunteers. soldiers from abroad, the road to sir, buried on yet in eastern ukraine for weeks or so cheaply important city has been

a key objective of russian attacks. this junior, the craning army with foreign volunteers is to help in the defense of the city where russian troops had been advancing street by st. we're going to put russians vac infinity and they want for a year does matters. ah, we are on the right side of the history. if severity on yet the last ukrainian stronghold and lou henson province were to full russia will re one step closer to one of its declared goals. the complete capture of the don bus. moscow said on friday, $100.00 days after the start of the war and had already achieved some of its aims, claiming it liberated areas from what it dubbed pro nazi ukrainian forces. according to ukrainian data, russia currently controls one 5th of ukrainian territory, analyst sworn that this situation could well be long lasting. i think it was, i think we ought to be prepared for this war to not last, just another 100 days,

but 20300, maybe even 1000 days. moscow is determined to achieve its goals. it is change the nature of the war, and that means we're not seeing a fast operation any more, but something much slower pushed forward with a lot of firepower and forcing fire power and false signs of this russian strategy can be seen across ukraine, not just in the east butcher, mary paul, a pin place is now infamous for alleged russian war crimes against civilians. according to the united nations, at least 4183 civilians had been killed since the start of the war. the ukrainian military says that russian troops are planning a new assault on savanski. earlier i spoke with date of lee correspondent yon phillips schultz in kia and asked him if there were plans to evacuate civilians from there and other cities under siege. yes, indeed, sir. the russians seem to concentrate thousands of soldiers up to 20 battalions to

be precise. around sla vianza, it's a city of high strategic importance. it's very close to several donnette square. intense fighting is still ongoing and where local authorities say that russians have just destroyed some important bridges in the city. and it's also right next to a crumb at taurus, the last big city still under ukrainian control in the region. there are still some evacuation efforts are going on. some buses have left the area in the past days, but it's becoming increasingly difficult. so in the, in recent weeks, the local governor has several times appealed to the residence to leave the region . and i think most of the residents have followed the advice the whitefield weapon said germany and other western countries have promised you find more advanced

weapons. but do we know yet when they will reach ukrainian troops in the dumbass? of course the ukrainians. pushing to speed up the delivery process as much as possible, but observe us agree that it will still take several weeks until those weapons to will be ready to use this also to do with the fact that some additional technical training is needed for some systems. so obviously it will arrive too late for the current fighting and the don best region, but everybody here is getting ready for a long war of attrition. and for those new weapons might play a very important role in possible future control fences. young phillip, after more than a 100 days now, do ukrainians still feel the ones he talked to like the world is still watching?

what's going on here and still by their side in this fight? yes sir, they do. of course, it's not the same intensity that was visible in the 1st weeks of the war, but they are still hundreds of journalists from media outlets from all over the worlds here. if you're in the capital and also all across the country and also the ukrainians are very closely following all the war related. so discussions and other european countries and elsewhere in the past days for president zalinski has the youth several occasions to to appreciate the, the new sanctions and also the new weapon deliveries. so they are ready for a few supports. it's still the doubly corresponded. young philip shelton keeps thinking okay, time to take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world to sell

humanitarian organizations see what it says. it's vessel has rescued more than 200 people from boats in the mediterranean. in recent days that were found floating in overcrowded rubber and wooden boats. united nation says almost 700 people and died or gone missing, trying to reach europe so far this year. a tropical storm, the remnants of hurricane agatha swamped cuba and its capital havana with at least 3 people were reportedly killed in the flooding. where the warnings have also been issued for the bahamas and florida. meteorologists have predicted an above average hurricane season for the 7th consecutive year. rescuers in columbia are attempting to dig a shaft to reach a live in miners trapped under ground. since monday, after an explosion at coal mine they at least 3 people died in the accident. last year, nearly $150.00 people were killed in mining accidents in columbia while

the notting adding on protests on the expansive chinaman square in badging bought china to a tipping point. protest is laid mostly by students wanted reform and democracy, the communist party didn't. what followed was an army laid crackdown where tanks and soldiers we used against defenceless students. it was the night between the 3rd and 4th of june. this is how it unfolded. ah, after weeks of protests, the people's liberation army came at nice thousands of soldiers. they use live rounds and tear gas to disperse the huge gathering and central beijing. protesters seeking a different china. there were running battles overnight and in the early hours of june, 4th tanks and armored personnel carriers began their attack on tenement square. the soldiers beat people, shot people, ran people over with tanks. by dawn,

the vast concourse was clear. the official death toll was 241. but other estimates believe at least 10000 people were killed by their own military. the communist party has resisted any calls for an investigation into how many perished. the day after the massacre, a man stood his ground before a column of advancing tanks on chang on boulevard, which runs directly into tenement square tank man solitary act became the defining image of the protests. and one that has blighted the communist parties. reputation to this day, every year at this time, the party detains human rights activists and sensors. discussions of the crackdown algorithm, scrub bonnie online references to the massacre on china's parallel internet overseas. the focus turns to china's repression and tibet shinji young and hong kong. more than 3 decades later, the events on tiana mon square in 1989 still resonates. earlier i

spoke to de doubly correspondent, favey kong in hong kong, the one place in china where large gal remembrance of the massacre had been tolerated. i asked to what changed while now standing at the entrance all sec tore up, hug, which was once the iconic and traditional venue. i thought that hong kong us to whole massive candlelight vishal on these and and on june 4th, every year, the anniversary of the 10 men cracked out to commemorate the victims in that already bowed and to crack now. but not any more light until 2 years ago. the national security law imposed by beijing in hong kong. and that last the stifled out many political defense, including this one that is one of the most sensitive political taboos are in mainland china in the past. but now it's also becoming the same in hong kong. like actually this year, effectively on the very 1st anniversary that no one actually applying for such

assemblies at victoria park of because the lee this off, the organizing group has been prosecuted for version charge under the national security law. and that to put a kind of like, huge effect on the society. so it has changed to political landscape and also how the ways of people to a morn. and i'll remember the abstract now in 10 minutes where 30 years ago. so given all those limitations i, you seeing today any form of commemoration, i was walking around this church and the areas around they saw the victoria have seen have the presence of police officers. police have already warned people that they risk breaking the law and maybe just by showing up alone around pictorial park . and with seen, some individuals are like holding flowers walking by around the area. i'll pick toy

a pop, but they were like a questions and searched by police even the people handing out blank papers to, to, to, to pass it through to pass buys on. they also question to fi, fi, police offices. so it is really difficult for all local people to, to continue this kind of, le, remember, so we're seeing many activism and also movement on moving to overseas that some hong kong, as are in the u. k. and other western countries they are holding assemblies to continue this kind of movement. and also people are trying to rebuild. they are at the online museum off day or memorial tenement are correct now. so this is the changes that we're seeing that people are finding other ways a more safer and alternatives to continue their movement and also the remembrance of the crackdown d. w. correspondence. phoebe come in hong kong, thank you. a try and fresh in southern germany has killed at least 4 people and

injured dozens of others, carriages. d, riled and overturned near a popular holiday resort. in bavaria 15 people are being treated in hospital. the various transport minister said a suspected technical fault caused the crash shop to passengers wander through the debris. these packed regional train derailed as it was travelling from gar, ms. parting kia hin, in the bavarian lp's to munich. several carriages over turned some slid down and embankment. it was, and it seems young an investigation is now under way at the scene of the accident to clarify the cause as quickly as possible. you will lose oriental cronyn. the 1st rescue workers arrived just 5 minutes after the call for help soon, firefighters, paramedics and police were all on the scene. some german army soldiers had been on board the train and provided immediate assistance. the home on seattle into ships.

he almost, they gave us lots of support, they broke window, so the firefighters could climb inside, pick out some protections while you had a shag emergency workers rescue dozens of injured passengers. there are also children. yes. unfortunately, all ages have been affected. the injured have been taken to near by hospitals, but police believe there may be more people still trapped in the train. unfortunately, there could be other fatalities in the wreckage to things and the regional line will remain closed as rescue as work into the night. brittany, queen elizabeth the 2nd has missed a day to of celebrations for her platinum jubilee after experiencing what buckingham palace, cold, discomfort. ah, as you can see, other members of the royal family, including prince harry and his wife megan did attend the service of thanksgiving at

saint paul's cathedral in london. prime minister parse johnson was also among the well wishes, the platinum jubilee mocks, the queen, 70 years on the throne. when will now enjoy events on tv at home, at windsor castle? ah, that is all for now. coming up chicken, i travel so hitched to the beautiful german island of seal. please stay with us for that. and don't forget all the nice round the clock on d, w dot com and it can fonts on social media channels as well. the hand of the natives at the dublin hughes. i'm at the me how'd michael oakwood? we'll have headlines for you in 45 every day for us and for our planet. global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation.