w ah ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin. ukraine says it is regain territory in a key city in eastern ukraine. a russia is also claiming successes in the battle for don bus. also coming up 33 years on the t ottoman square protests are still making waves in china. we look back at the brutal cracks and we report from hong kong work tough security laws. banning any commemoration of the events of 1989 and queen rocket for the queen,

whose a star studded concert at buckingham palace celebrates the british monarchs 70 years on the throne. ah, i am pablo fully as welcome to the program. ukraine says it has recaptured parts of the eastern city of sierra dun ask from russian forces ukrainian troops have been battling to hang onto the city their last strong hold in the region of hans. russia wants to gain full control of your hands and neighboring. don't ask the 2 regents are known together as don bass and are currently the main focus of russia's war. for day is russian fire power has been concentrated in dumbass

but ah, 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 screeching 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 low 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 c have wrote nets, striking a blow to russian efforts to claim the entire dumbass region. it's part russia says it's military has managed several successful attacks. he rubric was one of this footages from the russian defense ministry,

and the location cannot be verified. but russia says its forces shot down a ukrainian plane carrying weapons ammunitions, near the black sea port of the dresser. the ministry says russian missiles also struck an artillery training center in the sumi 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 are a daily reality. so while ukraine says it now controls half of

a severe donetta, dw xian, philip charleston, keith says that can't be confirmed. yes, we are 1st talked to several people on the ground in the past hour. and it's simply impossible to verify if ukraine has really regained so 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 city. so this, this is an important partial success for the ukranian snow, but it seems as if there are several thousands of russian soldiers

very close to 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 happen. 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. poverty and philip charles reporting from keith. a heavy police presence in hong kong has prevented any public commemoration on the 33rd anniversary of china's gentlemen square massacre. police have made several arrests, authority sealed, or victoria park were thousands gathered annually until beijing use the pandemic and a new security law to banned the vigil in 2020. that 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. here's 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 genamin 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 focused turns to china's repression and tibet shinji young and hong kong. but more than 3 decades later, the events on tenement square in 1989 still resonates dw correspondence, c, v. kong, as in hong kong, were unlike the rest of china, large scale remembrance of the mask or was allowed until very recently. and she tells us what's changed?

well, i'm now standing at the entrance of the victoria park, which was the ones the traditional venue off the ferry massive. i'll let mass dave commemoration a candlelight vigil over the past few decades in hong kong, but not any more scenes. based national security, what's in post in hong kong about 2 years ago. so that law has lost these typo such a commemoration to put expo defense in hong kong. and that's like, like in the past, it was a polar bo, in hong kong, been out. it's like a kind of like a sense of via looming in the city. as we seen, like the pop was closed the night before the end of february, and it's now got it by hundreds of police offices with barricade surrounding the whole park. so it shows a sense of like, like suppression light on such a commemoration. and it's also largely because of the, the organizing group was forced to disband osteo. and it's lisa, well,

we're now detained a now to tank forth a bush and charged under the national security at all. so this is actually the very 1st anniversary of sins on that. so since epa, that's no one applies both such a commemoration assembly. so it is like becoming a kind of one of the most sensitive political taboos in hong kong. tito, use phoebe kong in hong kong. well let's take a look at some of their stories making headlines around the world. the death toll has risen to 5 after retrain, derailed and 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 blazer octed after a boiler exploded. authorities are investigating the cause.

greek or socrates 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 125000 tact airs in greece last summer. or germany has been facing travel chaos. chaos as a new 9 euro train ticket proves a huge attraction. the bargain monthly flat rate fair is valid nationwide until the end of august and passengers are packing onto overcrowded trains. the government brought in the inflation busting ticket to offset rising fuel and energy costs. what better way to stable 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 because we hadn't really wanted to go to his him in the night for a long time and thought with the 9 year ticket. we guy, the city. yes ma'am. that a few costs are rising then taking the train as a more attractive option. oh, i talked to you about a glance at 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 remained calm, enjoying the chance to travel on a budget. the island of zillow is 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. after 2 days of pomp and circumstance in london to mark the queen's 70 year reign, booking and palace became the backdrop for a star studded outdoor concert on saturday. performers at the platinum jubilee show included alicia keys, rod stewart, and the rock band queen the queen herself was not present citing mobility problems, but her son, prince charles, acted as a standing it's a british celebration like no other fans of the royal family ushered in the 3rd day of the ground celebrations. just think she does

a great job. i've been a fan old me like a bad day with it on the 21st of april. and i used to send to base a call to the kid and just kind of don't fall one i think is probably it once in a lifetime type thing. anyway, he's not been lucky that we'll see another to believe brought an online from the say well, the guards outside windsor castle changed. many of the queens bomb stayed on for the next part of the festivities. they looked forward to saturday evenings, musical highlights of the jubilee, the platinum party at the palace. hm . some of the world's most popular musicians went on stage to celebrate. the monarch, including adam lumbers on the rough band queen,

members of the royal family to appeared on stage. your matters do mommy. at the school of receiving celebration, a tory, to warm an affection over this ho jubilee we go. is our way of saying thank you. thank you for your family. the country, the commonwealth. in fact, the whoa, whoa. the celebrations and on sunday, with a focus on events from queen elizabeth 70 years on the throne. so harshly of a lifetime under monarch, his long reign won't be i done by another royal any time soon. well that's all for now. up. next is sports life and don't forget you can get used to

round the clock on our website, tito, q dot com. or you can find us on our social media cats. i'm pablo foias for me on the team here in berlin. thanks for watching and we'll see you at the top of the next. are people in trucks injured one trying to flee to city center. more and more refugees are being turned away at the border. families play involvement tags in syria to these critic.