hey, ah ah, this is dw news alive from berlin holding the line in eastern ukraine as forces battle for control of the industrial heartland. we hear from the foreign volunteers fighting against russia, also on the program. 33 years on the tournament square protest are still making waves in china. we look back at the brutal crack down and we report from hong kong where tough security laws ban any commemoration of the events of 1989 and a trained crash in southern germany and kills at least 5 people. rescuers fear

they'll find more bodies in the wreckage ah and warm welcome to our viewers around the world on michael oak. more than 3 months into the russian invasion. ukraine says a 5th of its land is under any me control, but its own troops are holding the line in the key eastern city of severe wood desk . a local governor says ukrainian forces have pushed back the invading troops with help from volunteer fighters from abroad. the road to severity done yet in eastern ukraine for weeks or so cheaply important city has been a key objective of russian attacks this union. the craning army with foreign volunteers is to help in the defense of the city where russian troops had been advancing street by street. we're going to portray rack is going to take your name

on for a year. does matters. ah, we are on the right side of the history. if surveyor done yet, the last ukrainian stronghold in 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 a given was. i think we ought to be prepared for this was not last, just another 100 days, but 20300. maybe even $1000.00 days, moscow is determined to achieve its goals. it is change the nature of the war. that means we're not seeing a fost operation any more, but something much slower pushed forward with a lot of firepower and fortune firepower and false signs of this russian strategy

can be seen across ukraine. not just in the east who cha mary pole, a peen places. now infamous for alleged russian walk crimes against civilians. according to the united nations, at least 4183 civilians had been killed since the start of the war. earlier i spoke to kiera roodick, a member of the ukrainian parliament. i asked her how people are coping. hello, thank you so nice for having me. well, we do understand that there needs to be a switch from the best friend to the merits. and we are ready to this now on need to understand that it will be top bill. so i do understand that really will have to get our old resilience an old years old and to make sure that we push them back. this is i am traveling right now, and this is why i'm calling for every single leader of every single country can

give us were necessary to give us the best to give us the money to give us this applies to. we can make this final push the bush ration back, because while we have the support of our life, while we have the results, are people that i'm been insured, we can win this war. you talk about the international community coming together for these weapons. germany and other western countries have promised ukraine more advanced weapons with intense fighting going on in the dumb bus. are you concerned about whether they will reach ukrainian troops on time? yes, i am concerned about that because it's only now in fact, receiving the 11th and applied to be her promise. make sure, does your mind all the logistics is complicated if it's not the amazon prime, we do understand that, but we also understand that our lives are working on they can only do 6 faster and we do understand that they are trying to get you to us in time,

so what we can go from our side is to make sure that logistics in your brain is working properly and that's a close to the border. we delivered to the front as soon as possible. as you well know, they've now been sick sanctions packages directed against russia this week the you agreed on the latest a band on most oil imports. is this enough in your view? no, this is not an out. well 1st of all, these sanctions i have measure. so there you allowed hungary to pull them back and allow of par chevy their wild to b a. b still use. secondly, they will only started work lea 6 months from now. so my people will have to spend filled and fight for 6 months before they actually start working. because before european countries were still paying a $1000000000.00 a day,

were ration oil understood that is a kiera roodick, a member of ukrainian parliament and a leader of the political party gallows. many, many thanks. thank you and glory, green crane, a heavy police presence in hong kong is preventing any public commemoration of the anniversary of china's gentlemen square massacre. police have made several arrests . authorities have sealed off victoria park were thousands gathered annually until beijing security law band rallies last year. back in 1989 students in beijing brought china to a tipping point. when thousands protested in chinaman square, demanding democracy, the communist party sent in the army to confront the defenseless demonstrators. he's a look back at how events 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 party's 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 focused 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. d. w correspondent phoebe kong is in hong kong in the one place in china, where large scale remembrance of the massacre used to be allowed. i asked her what's changed? well, i'm now standing at the entrance else defect jolla park, which was ones the traditional venue off the ferry, massive r, a mass dave commemoration, a candlelight vigil over the past few decades in hong kong, but not any more. sean's beijing is national security level in post in hong kong

about 2 years ago. so that law has lashed these typo such a commemoration that products quote you sent in hong kong. and that's like, like in the past, it was intolerable in hong kong. but now it's like i kind of like a sense of fear learning in the city, as we seen, like the park was closed the night before the end of february, and is now guarded by hundreds of police offices with barrett case surrounding the whole park. so it shows a sense of like, like, suppression, like on such a commemoration. and it's also all that lashley because of the, the organizing group was forced to disband nastier. and his leader, while we're now detained, are now detained, a 4th bush, and charged under the national security. and all so this year is actually the very 1st anniversary our sins on that sustains epa. that's no one. the applies both such commemoration assembly. so it is like becoming a kind of one of the most sensitive political taboos in hong kong show. there are

clear constraints, but are you seeing any form of commemoration there today at all? well, no other ways of commemoration hath become more steptoe, and i'll like an individual, as like, scattered in hong kong that on massive pro tasks or light launch crowns are no longer seen on the straits of hong kong because of the heavy presence of the security forces. here as well as you can see, and also like people are resorting to more creative ways by some art, like distributing blank paper on the streets as some lie just about as victoria hawk with white flowers to show their respect attributes to the victims of the tenement track down, but with bob bill it was kind of like a risky actions that what saw some little chaos and some activists were taken away by police because of the actions. and the police were reading,

trying hard to stifle any form of like an action to, to mourn the 10 am on track down that so dw correspondent, phoebe con in hong kong. many thanks. phoebe at least 3 people have been killed by flooding as a tropical storm battered tuba. whether warnings are also enforced for the nearby bahamas and florida. cubans are feeling the effects of climate change in forecasters are predicting another rough hurricane season. havana, drenched by torrential rain. first, some in the cuban capital, it's business as usual. with some slight delays. though for most it's safer to stay inside. cubans are no strangers to hurricane. well, you can't get along the street because of the rain,

the water is up to your waist. what are we going to do? we just need to get on with it. we come over here though, but climate change has increased the intensity and frequency of powerful storms. i, the rains have been very heavy. no drain can withstand that or nothing. oh, oh, thorough taser, handing out food rations and evacuation centers stand ready shelter. people from the rain. rising sea levels are a threat for cuba. hurricanes are regularly recorded as above average. cubans may be used to this, but their homes are being damaged and food supplies will become scarcer. a train crash in southern germany has killed at least 5 people, an injured dozens of others carriages to railed and overturned near the popular holiday resort of gar. ms. pot and kitchen in bavaria 15 people are being treated

in hospital. the regional transport minister says a technical fault probably caused the accident. the crash seen on saturday morning. rescuers are in a race against time to lift the derailed carriages. they fear people may be trapped underneath and these cranes offer the best hope of reaching them. rescue teams work through the night. on friday, the accident happened just to school holidays got underway in the german state of bavaria. 140 passengers were on the regional train, which was travelling from garnished, pardon, hear him to munich. on saturday, the state premier said the crash seen with heart wrenching what is it about no mention for a little a still missing and that is our biggest worry. we hope that we don't find any one under the and that those who are missing will soon be able to get in touch with

their loved ones. but i'm googling modem. germany's interior minister also visited the site, kind of which provided a terrible catastrophe. i am deeply shocked when i came here to express the deepest sympathies of the government. and especially those of chancellor olaf schultz. for the cause of the crash is still unclear. the various transport minister said no other train or vehicle was involved, leading him to assume it was due to a technical fault. it's one of germany's worst train accidents in recent years. in tennessee, get schwann tech has won the french open women single sidle after defeating cocoa guff. in straight sets. tronic never let the american teenager gall find her flow over the entire match. it's the 35th straight match,

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