ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. ukraine says it has regained territory in a key city in eastern ukraine. a russia is also claiming successes in the battle for don bos, also coming up 33 years on btr newman square. protests are still making waves in china. we look back at the brutal practice and we report from hong kong weren't tough security lost by any commemoration of the events of 1989

and travel chaos as germany launches a nationwide 9 year old train ticket. the monthly flat rate fair proves a huge attraction and carriages and platforms are quickly over crackers. ah, i'm pablo foliage. welcome to the program. ukraine says it has recaptured parts of the eastern city of soviet oh, don't ask from russian forces. ukrainian troops have been battling to hang on to the city, their last stronghold in the region of new hampshire. russia wants to gain full control of new hands and neighboring don't ask. the 2 regions are known together as don bass and are currently the main focus of russia's war. for days, russian fire power has been concentrated in dumbass. so

i local officials say ukrainian forces are putting up a fierce fight. though claims from both sides are difficult to verify the thoughts in an interview, the governor of the lou hunt screech and says russia is suffering significant losses. the reason russians are blowing up bridges is to stop our reinforcements and severe donuts. our guys are defending the whole new hunt region and the russians are afraid. our defenders will stay successful. according to information from ukraine, russia has been pushed back from moving into territory west of severe or genetic striking a blow to russian efforts to claim the entire dumbass region. for its part, russia says its military has managed several successful attacks. we're proposing this footages from the russian defense ministry, and the location cannot be verified. but russia says its forces shot down

a ukrainian plain carrying weapons ammunitions, near the black sea port of a desa. the ministry says russian missiles also struck an artillery training center in the semi region where foreign instructors worked with in the capital keith, the u. s. ambassador to ukraine promised america will assist with investigations into thousands of war crimes allegations against the russian army. i think the efforts of the prosecutor general are really important and i do not think they should stop or be paused just because the war continues. i think people deserve justice and they deserve justice. now, after more than 3 months of war, people who have held out for this long a still looking to leave the evacuations and the deep sense of separation and loss that come with them or a daily reality. well, while ukraine says it now controls half of severe donnette could either of these

young philip charles and keith says that can't be confirmed. yes, we're 1st talked to several people on the ground in the past hours. and it's simply impossible to verify if ukraine has really regained half of the territory in several dannetta. but sir, oh, what a certain is there to ukrainian troops have been able to push back a russian forces in many parts of the city. and this is quite remarkable because until some days ago, it seemed as if russia had taken control of almost all of the city. there were even reports that are russians had so taken full control of the cities. so this is, this is an important partial success for the ukranian snow. oh, but it seems as if there are several thousands of russian soldiers, very close to us, love a young at the moment. so it seems as if there could be an

attack any time soon. it's a very important a transportation hub. it's very close to chroma chores, the administrative center of the region. and it's one of the last areas of the don bus region that is still beyond russian control. so a lot of people say that it could be the next target for the russians. that was yan philip shouts, reporting from keith. well, moving on and a heavy police presence in hong kong has prevented any public commemoration of china's tenement square massacre. police have made several arrests. authorities sealed off victoria park were thousands gathered annually until beijing used the pandemic and a new security dull to band the vigil in 2020 there. back in 1989 students in beijing brought china to a tipping point. when thousands protested into hanniman square,

demanding democracy, the communist party sent in the army to confront the defenseless demonstrators. and here's how events unfolded. after weeks of protests, the people's liberation army came at nice thousands of soldiers. the use live rounds and tear gas to disperse the huge gathering and central bay. jing 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 focus turns to china's repression, and to bet she's young and hong kong. more than 3 decades later, the events on tiana mon square in 1989 still resonates. well teach you correspondence. phoebe kong is in hong kong, where unlike the rest of china, a large scale remembrance of the moscow was alive until very recently. and she tells us what's changed. well, i'm now standing at the entrance of the victoria park, which was ones the traditional venue off the very massive

a massive commemoration, a candlelight vigil over the past few decades in hong kong, but not any more scenes. beijing is national security that wasn't post in hong kong about 2 years ago, so that law has lost these typo such a commemoration to put expo dissents in hong kong. and that's like, like in the past, it was poto in hong kong. but now it's like a kind of like a sense of fia, looming in the city. as we seen, like the park was closed the night before the end of february. and it's now got it 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 actually because of the, the, all the nice thing group was forced to disband last year. and it's lisa, well, we're now detained, are now detained for 4th bush and charge under the national security at all. so

this is actually the very 1st anniversary our sins on that sustains effort. 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. tito abuse. phoebe cong. well let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. the death toll has risen to 5 after a train derailed in southern germany. recovery workers found the body of a man and made the wreckage several carriages overturned near a resort in the bavarian alps on friday. the cause of the derailment is under investigation. in india, at least 8 people have been killed in a chemical factory, fire outside the capitol deli, over a dozen, others are injured, the blaze erupt. it after a boiler exploded. authorities are investigating the course shanese, an opposition supporters have demonstrated against talks on

a new constitution. the protesters accused president chi said of trying to strengthen his grip on power site has excluded all the main political parties from the negotiations. he's also dismissed the electoral commission and legal overseers, greek authorities, or warning people living near athens to evacuate. as a wildfire draws closer to coastal suburbs, dozens of firefighters and several aircraft are working to extinguish the flames. wildfires burned more than a 125, hasn't hector's increase last summer. at least 3 people have been killed by flooding as a tropical storm battered cuba. whether warnings are also enforced for the nearby bahamas and florida. cubans are fleeing the effects of climate change and 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 in sight. cubans are no strangers to hurricanes. he 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. nothing o o, o thorough tase are handing out fear 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. germany has been facing travel chaos as a new 9 euro train ticket proofs, a huge attraction. the bargain monthly flat rate fare is valid nationwide until the end of august, passengers are packing onto over crider trains. the government brought in the inflation busting, take it to offset rising fuel and energy costs. what better way to stave off the boredom of waiting for your train than a bit of volleyball, crowded platforms, and trains, and lots of hanging around. this is the reality of rail travel this long holiday weekend in germany. all thanks to the 9 euro ticket. vinzini the right to suddenly wanted to go to his him in the night for a long time and felt with the 9 year ticket. we guy the city?

yes ma'am not a fuel costs are rising then taking the train as a more attractive option. oh, i talk to you about a glance that berlin's central station reveals that is certainly the case. some trains even had to be cleared because of over crowding. the ticket only covers travel on regional trains, not high speed trains. so journeys across germany will take several hours. some travelers are thinking twice about the whole idea is thanking me. i will be doing much train travel over the next 3 months because it will be very crowded everywhere . but passengers remain calm, enjoying the chance to travel on a budget. the island of zillow is a particularly popular destination. it's often considered rather elitist, but the 9 year old ticket has opened it up to a more diverse crowd. this weekend can be seen as a test for the summer to come for many travelers. it's

a welcome chance to explore new areas and get a change of scenery and all for 9 euros were to sport. and in tennis, e gach fav, antec has won the french open women singles title after defeating coke, off in straight sets. chevy, antique never let american teenager. gov find her flow over the entire match. it's the 35th straight match. one by the number one ranked poll and her 2nd french open title in 3 years to football news and in their 1st game of the new nations leak season, italy and germany have battle to 81 old rule after a goals. first half luca pelligrini broke the deadlock for italy in the 70th minute . but then just 3 minutes later, your show our commission netted the equalizer for germany. well, that's all for now. up. next is sports life and don't forget you can get use around

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