because no one should have to flee, ah, make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines with, ah, ah, this is dw news. why, from berlin? russia threatens retaliation. vladimir putin says moscow will strike new targets if ukraine receives long range missiles from the west. russian attacks also had the capital keith, for the 1st time in weeks, also coming up. paying tribute to britain's queen elizabeth celebrations over 70

years on the throne draw to a close with a spectacular pageant. outside buckingham palace, crowds lined the streets of central london. ah, a warm welcome to uh, viewers around the world. i'm michael. okay. russia is president, vladimir putin is threatening to hit new targets. if the west sends ukraine sophisticated missiles, it's not clear whether prudent is referring to targets within or beyond ukraine's borders. a series of powerful explosions has hit keep the mer vitale clutch go. has confirmed the 1st attacks on the capital in weeks missiles hit infrastructure targets, but no one was killed. keith was beginning to regain a measure of normality. as russia concentrates is forces in the east. i

spoke with d. w correspondent mateus ballinger in keep a short while ago and asked if the capital is worried that this could mark the start of more strikes to come over missile supplies from the west. well, there have been no strikes on key if for a few weeks now it's quite let has been quite remarkable actually, because there have been airstrikes on cities all over ukraine during that whole time. and so it was in a way, expected that at some point there might be strikes again. but of course it's always a shock when that happens and this was daisy strike seemed to have been quite massive. one could see the smoke from far away a lot of smoke. we have heard that the mayor has said was infrastructure that was hit. the railway a corporation has said that it was railway, so it could very well be that these were those tanks that were delivered. these are

a soviet tanks that were delivered from eastern europe. it is back to you in a moment to 1st let's update our viewers on the battle for the eastern city of severe older nets. ukraine says it has recaptured parts of the city from russian forces. ukrainian troops have been battling to hang on to the city their last trying hold. in the region of lou house. for days, russian fire power has been concentrated in dumbass. 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 haskell region 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 hunts 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 sierra rhodes or nets 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 desa. the ministry says russian missiles also struck an artillery training center in the semi region where foreign instructors worked 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 within our a daily reality. which is bellinger is still with us in kiva mathias. ukraine is

claiming it has. we captured large parts of the severe all the debts. what is the significance of that development and, and can it be verified at this point? well, we have heard that they are controlling more than half of the territory. that's what the ukrainian side claims, of course, is very hard to verify a how big the area is. but what are other services, for example, the british intelligence half confirmed that is that the ukraine is have been able to move forward in the past 24 hours. and that russia seems to have lost momentum there in seattle on it. it would of course, be an important battle ukraine has hold, has held against russian attacks in many places, but it's also lost territory in the past. a few days and weeks in the don boss and russia has had it's slow advances, of course,

from the ukrainian perspective. the russians should have never entered, save it, and it was is an important administrative center. so pushing them back is, of course, a boost of morale, of for the ukrainian public for the ukrainian troops. and it would be a strategically important to hold the city because if they lost the city, they would be pushed back behind the river that borders the city. and they would be much more difficult to launch other counter attacks if they had been pushed behind that river again, dw correspondent and the tears billing at their in keith well wildfires near greece's capital athens have forced people to evacuate their homes. they were apparently sparked by a blaze at a power station with strong winds, then fanning the flames. concerns are rising. there could be a repeat of last summer when fires devastated more than 825000 hector's

desperate attempt to save their homes from the approaching flames. local residents are rushing to help fire fighters in this athens suburb. but the wildfires are spreading fast. you to a strong winds and hot summer weather. the fire brigade is getting air support as the blaze makes its way towards empty houses. people here were told to leave after the 1st signs of the fires appeared. unless we received a message from the ministry that we need to evacuate ever homes. so we did, and we are now watching from a distance. we were scared a bit, but no, i think the situation is better. but the damage is done. and another neighborhood residence returned to discover their homes were hit by the flames, and their cars destroyed. the battle continues on the slopes of a nearby mountain recall in scenes from last summer back than a heat wave which authorities attribute to climate change triggered the country's

worst. wildfires in more than a decade after they exposed its full resources. greece is this year trying to prepare itself better, and the you has promised help with more than 200 firefighters and equipment soon to be deployed to the country. that leaves people here wondering if that would be enough if the fires come back on a similar scale this summer. some other stories now making headlines around the world at this hour in the u. s. at least 3 people have been killed in a mash shooting in the city of philadelphia. 11 others are injured. police say several shooters open fire on crowds in a busy night life district. the gunmen are still at large. fire has killed at least 49 people and injured more than a 100 others at a container depot in south eastern bangladesh, among the casualties or firefighters and police officers who rushed to to the scene . the blaze triggered multiple explosions. tunisian opposition supporters have

demonstrated against hawks on a new constitution. the protesters accused president ty, size of trying to strengthen his grip on power site, had excluded all the main political parties from the negotiations. he's also dismissed. the electoral commission in britain celebrations for queen elizabeth's platinum. jubilee or winding up with a huge st. patrick's royal fans or hoping the queen herself will make an appearance . she has been largely absent because of ill health. crowds are already mashing outside buckingham palace. it's a british celebration, like no other fans of the royal family ushered in the 3rd day of the grant celebrations. just thing. she does a great job. i've been a fan,

old me life. i share a bad day with it on the 21st of april, and i am used to friends of a, it's a call to the kitten just counties on fall. one i think is probably it went to the lifetime like thing. anyway, he's not unlikely that we'll see another to believe rocks and all i trying to say while the guards outside windsor castle changed. many of the queens fans stayed on for the next part of the festivities. they looked forward to saturday evenings, musical highlight of the jew, believe the platinum party at the palace. some of the world's most popular musicians went on stage to celebrate the monarch, including adam lambert and the rock band. queen, members of the royal family who appeared on stage your

majesty mommy, at the school of this evening celebration the pouring of warm affection over this whole jubilee. we go is our way of saying, thank you. thank you for your family. the country, the commonwealth. in fact, to whoa, whoa! celebrations, focus on events from queen elizabeth 70 years on the throne. some fans are already shopping for jubilee memorabilia. to remember the party of a lifetime and a monarch, his long reign won't be outdone by another royal. any time soon. well, london is clearly gripped by royal fervor as it builds up to the platinum jubilees

. big finale dw corresponded charlotte chelsea pill ease there. charlotte, there's already been a store started concert, but i imagine they could never assemble too many luminous personalities for her majesty. what more can we expect? what a spectacle it has been so far, an massive pageant outside buckingham palace just behind me, is already well underway and is needed to that other number of stars for a tv, sports entertainment, who are out in force for that pageant today. and they're not alone, we've seen a number of pretty amazing things so far as you'd expect from the final day of the 4 days of celebrations. we've seen the golden carriage that gets wheeled out occasionally for these royal events, including the queen's coronation, is not been seen on the streets of london for 20 years. it's now making its way

through this area behind me. we've got open top buses, pop hits, or nods. all the way through to the commonwealth as well, and really just reflecting on the last 70 years of queen elizabeth the 2nd on the throne as you'd expect so many people on the street now tens of thousands, many of them you can see behind me, there are also, st. parties happening up and down the country. this really is a moment to reflect on what is an unprecedented celebration. bridger society is divided on a long list of issues corrected and the prime minister's lockdown parties come to mind. i'm curious, might this jubilee have some kind of unifying effect? i think a lot of people here really are taking the opportunity to revel in this 4 day holiday. that's why you're seeing so many people on the streets behind me. it is

a chance to i have some fun, essentially off to what has been very difficult a few years for a lot of people with cove it as well. i would add to that list adding to this, this, these changing times. people here, regardless of whether or not at a fans of the monarchy many or just reflecting on that unprecedented 70 years of british history. where the queen has remained a constant throughout and to be cleared the world family. the monarchy doesn't divide the public care in the same way. some of these other topics that you mentioned, the vast majority are in favor of the the monarchy going forward. the queen herself, particularly popular, said that is what you're seeing on the street today. this is honoring essentially of a woman who has remained a constant for so many decades. sheer joy on those streets. d, w sure, corresponded shirley johnson pill in london. many thanks. charlotte

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