[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah, this is the wi, from berlin. presidents askew says, ukraine's forces are out numbered, but holding out in severe done yet. it is a key target in russia's fight for control of the dumbass region. he says its

troops still have a chance to push back. also on the program. germany's chance for a pledge is more support to the ball takes on a visit to vill near. so i've shown says germany is ready to increase its military mission in lithuania. as fears of further russian aggression grew up on the trial of the alleged killers of a famous dutch journalist begins to our degrees was murdered on amsterdam street last year, shopping the netherlands in the world. this killers of thought to be connected to an organized crime group. he was investigating ah, i'm feel gale. welcome to the program. despite being heavily outnumbered ukrainian, president vladimir zalinski says he's troops are holding out in the battle for severe done. yes. russian forces are fighting for the city street by street, taking it could be key for russia,

seizing control of the eastern dumbass region. a village near the front line and on bus, after a russian missile strike. your good looking. an elderly woman was killed the latest victim in a voice that has lasted over a 100 deaths, and continued to inflict misery on the people of ukraine. cookie. yes. how am i supposed to feel her mind the little peacefully normally wouldn't. the street was peaceful if nothing here, well you're nothing to. and yet they bombed us. darker your burden. dirt to focus now is on the city of 7 o nets, which is seeing heavy shelling and street fighting. ukraine says they're true. outnumbered but holding strong. now she's annoyed, and as the youth was, our heroes are not giving up their positions in severe ordones. woolley fierce street fights continue in the city. no, ma, guy,

the russian army is trying to deploy additional forces in the danverse direction. but it's the 103rd day you can and the ukrainians understand, see it stance firmly. missile the u. s. the u. k, and germany have moved to founder russian fireball by pledging to send ukraine docket launches. but the range of up to 80 kilometer rush, us foreign minister, double down on the trembling, defiant response. mobile to the booth. jim, i can only add that the longer the range of weapons. yes. apply the further we will move the front line away from our territory. lini armed, which neo, nazis couldn't threaten the russian federation of intimacies, confused in a ball marked by russian setbacks and stiff ukrainian resistance. it won't be easy to back such woods with action. i. let's join their dw correspondent, rebecca,

riches, and the city of sue me. in ne, you cried welcome, rebecca. and we'll start with a fear sister fighting in the east of the country. what's going on around severe done yet? well, as was just mentioned in that report, fill, that is where there's the fighting is centered in that several done yet in law hans gray gen ed has been for about a week since russian troops broke through the city defense lines. and there is now straight to street fighting combat ukrainians are manage, managing to kind of hold russia back from taking the city there is. yeah. as you mentioned in that report, street to street, hard to say exactly where the defense lines are at the moment, cuz it constantly changing as ukraine pushes russian soldiers back and then russian soldiers gain, make progress. what russia wants to do is, of course take the entirety of the city, then cross into the sister city. they have to cross a river interlaced a chance and take that last remaining ukrainian stronghold in the la hans region before moving on to try and take the rest of the don yet. but as you've just heard

their ukraine, you know, doing an, a pretty good job of being able to hold them. we know that they are still waiting for these medium range missiles that should be coming from the u. s. and the u. k. in a few weeks, just how long they can hold out without getting those weapons remains to be seen. i'm. there's increasing international focus on the stalks of grade stuck in ukrainian port. yeah, that's right. i mean, as we know, we've been talking about for weeks. ukraine really hasn't as so much of the world grain comes from ukraine around about. so 110th of weight supplies come from this country. it's currently as sitting in silos or not being able to go anywhere. president zalinski saying that by the end of the summer, around $75000000.00 tons of grain will be trapped in ukrainian silos. that harvest, the end of winter harvest will start in around about a month time. and they that grain has to go somewhere. so it has to goes to those are silos, those elevators, as they're known,

near the ports near the railways. but at the moment, not, not being able to leave the country. and we have heard from the russia, right from russia they, they're saying that they've actually cleared areas around the ports that they control. and that export could take place from there. but it's hard to see that you claim would agree to something along those lines. so for the moment, really difficult to get that grain out without some kind of international support, as we know the water around the, the ports where the most of the grain is a does depart from has been mind. so obviously that would need to be d mind for any ships to be able to leave ukrainian waters present. zalinski is also reminded us about the more than $2500.00 prisoners from the us of south still planted. murray, up all a saying that they may have been detained and they do not scan the hamster regions . and what is known of their fight for their whereabouts has been confirmed, as you say, in this russian held territory of hans can done yet. some of the families have said

that, that around about a $160.00 bodies, that's not living soldiers, no more, but their bodies courts have been returned to care while they'll be identified. and then given a proper burial, but for the remaining 2 and a half 1000, they're being held in captivity in russian held territory. we've been hearing from the family that the conditions are very good. they have me managed, managed to make some contact with some of the soldiers. the conditions aren't very good. they're in dire need of more food and water, things like that. so apparently they're only being able to be let out of those prisons just once a day to use the facilities use the bathroom and things like that. so pretty pretty dye conditions. not exactly sure of the fate of them at this stage. but as we know, many and many prisoners of war may be exchanged in a prisoner exchange, mike rebecca, rebecca reese's. excuse me, joe. the chancellor. all i've showed sir said that his country is ready to boost

its military mission in lithuania, on a visit to vilnius. he met with the leaders of all 3 baltic countries, lithuania, latvia, and estonia. they been calling for more support from nato's fears grow that they are particularly vulnerable to further russian aggression. and here is the german chancellor. by being taking it at this part of nato, we have made a commitment to defend every centimeter, the territory of the alliance. we are going to increase our contribution by strength, strengthening the eastern flank of nato, in which don't. so let's join our d. w correspondence to europe, russia in vilnius. welcome or your re so we've, we heard our olaf shouts, they're talking about boosting the nato military mission in lithuania. or what else did he have to say? well shore said his goal, his main goal was to send a signal to russia, a signal,

a clear signal of unity over united europe and the united nato in light of russia's aggression, a war of aggression against ukraine or the german central asset. exactly what his colleagues, but also other people here and with any a wanted to hear from him. namely he in the line, the germans, germany's more resolute stance on military and not just political support from grand. and to that we are, it's, we've just heard from him are actually crucial. frankly, it means germany will increase its troop on, in the country, is substantially here. in lithuania, german bundeswehr soldiers are stationed here in lithuania, within the framework of nato's enhanced forward presence missions, leading, and they to battle group here. and if that happens, or the number of the german soldiers, which is now a $1600.00, which is the strength of the beget of battle battalion could be increased to up to $5000.00 witches in strength of a brigade. right. and both leaders have previously criticized germany for not

providing enough military aid to ukraine. is this visit that likely to change that? well, he in vilnius dal swain lithuania. solidarity with the crown is everywhere in these trees. you can see blue and yellow flags hanging from public buildings. lasana is one of the most outspoken support us of ukraine the just a few days ago as a country of just 2800000 people made headlines when citizens collected almost 6000000 euros within a few days. that's about 2 euros per person to buy a turkish combat drawn for ukraine. little any us have trouble understanding geminus hesitation toward supporting the ukranian war effort. this is why they have now great expectations from this visit of chancellor shawls. expectations that germany will get even more involved in ukraine's fight against russia. there's why is this particular meeting today? this visit is very important for the region of her. thank you for that,

sir. your it didn't of the comes on it. you're in rush that her in vilnius let's pick up on those criticisms and promise is criticisms of germany and promises that from germany with chief political correspondent, melinda crane. welcome belinda. so 2 separate issue. say on the one hand, we have germany promising increased military support to the baltics while at the same time having been criticized for being slow to provide military support to ukraine. that's correct. and as we saw a chance, the shorts faced quite a bit of criticism during the question period from the media about his apparent equivocation and hesitancy on providing heavy weapons. and he pushed back pretty hard against that by his standards. he tends to be a man of great restraint in terms of communication, but in fact,

he said quite clearly that he feels that criticism is absolutely misplaced, that germany is doing more than any other nato member except for the u. s. in terms of the direct military support that it's providing any listed different equipment and weapons that germany is providing also through the so called swaps where germany will give equipment to another nato member. and then that frees up equipment that they pass on to ukraine. so he essentially roundly defended germany on that point. and on the other issue that you mentioned on germany is presence in the baltics. and especially it's leadership of the battle group in lithuania and plans to expand that presence. there was a lot of gratitude expressed by all 3 baltic leaders, who, by the way, also didn't let themselves be drawn into the criticism on the issue of weapons supplies from germany. a lot of praise from all 3 of them also for german

leadership, which isn't a term that germans are very familiar with. they often see a need exercise restraint because of their world war to history. but we heard of the prime minister of estonia, saying very clearly when germany is strong, the politics are strong. right. and just to pick out a thread that you, you, you stop slightly close over the fact that this is germany in the, in the baltics. that's important because germany leads this battle group as you are mentioning the and has committed to further strengthen h presence. exactly. as we heard from you re at the moment the battle groups that are stationed there, they were stationed in the baltics and in poland. after the 2014 annexation of crimea by russia, these bout groups all have about 12021600 soldiers. now there are

intensive discussions going on about increasing their size to the size of brigades . that's essentially 3 times that up to $5000.00 troops. the reason for this is that the baltics in general and lithuania in particular, are essentially the achilles heel of the nato, a northeastern flank. they share a land border with russia, and there is a corridor known as the swell key gap that connects colleen and grow the russian enclave in the west and bella roost in the east. and this is viewed as the place where russian troops would flow. and if the baltics would were to be attacked and the well to leaders, i recently interviewed the prime minister of estonia, and she said, we absolutely are convinced that russia's aims go beyond ukraine and that we are endangered, which is why they are calling for this expansion of the nato presence to no longer be simply a deterrent presence. a trip wire. the battle groups could never defend these republics. if they were attacked, they would simply essentially be

a trip wire to catch up the russians. but they want a real defense presence there, and that's why they want to per gates was very clear. thank you so much for political correspondent, linda craig. thank you. is the ground up of some other development sir. and the war fiji supreme court has ordered the removal of a russian own super yacht from the pacific island, a nation. it's worth $300000000.00. authorities seized the vessel last month on behalf of washington as what of sanctions on russian oligarchs commented by the european council president at the meeting of the un security council prompted russia's envoy to storm out. he left the session after shout, michelle accused russia of using global food supplies as a weapon in the war with my own eyes. a british prime minister boris johnson has seen off a threat to his leadership and survived

a confidence vote. and his own conservative triggered the vote because of scandals of a lock down parties. he attended during the pandemic, even though he did when the support of a majority of his m. p. 's about 40 percent of them voted against him, leaving doubts about his ability to lead a dramatic opening to the week in westminster. conservative lawmakers castor ballads to decide whether prime minister boys johnson would remain party leader. the vote in favor of having confidence embarrass johnson. this leader was 211 votes and a vote against was a 148 votes. and therefore, i can announce to parliamentary policy, does have the result was

met with relieve among johnson supporters and unmasked anger. among the opposition this evening, the conservative party had a decision to make, to show some backbone or to back boris johnson. the british public cough set up, set up with a prime minister, who promises big, but never delivers fed up with a prime minister who's presided over a culture of lies. a law breaking at the heart of government. johnson has so far been able to shrug off several scandals. but he has struggled to turn the page on revelations that he and his staff repeatedly held alcohol field parties that flouted the cove at 19 restrictions they had imposed on others. with no clear frontrunner to succeed, johnson, most political observers had predicted he would defeat the challenge. so well the, i think this is a, a very good result for, for politics and for a, for the country just in it. so i do just in this sense, i think it's

a convincing result, a decisive result. and what it, what it means is that as a, as a government, we can move on and focus on the stuff i think really matters to people. but the rebellion represents of watershed moment and as a sign of deep conservative divisions the trial against they have 2 men suspected of murdering the prominent dutch journalist peter art of reese. he was shot at close range in amsterdam last year and died. 9 days later. authorities believe the killing was connected to an organized crime group that had been investigating a beloved journalist in the netherlands, peter, out of re spent his life and career fighting to uncover the truth behind murders and crime stories. many of which law enforcement had given up on i stands for my principles. i think i'm just doing my work that work. they set him against many of his countries, most criminal, and most corrupt. and on july, the 6th 2021 while leaving

a t. v studio in central amsterdam. he was shot in the head from close range to memory, rested shortly after a nice dance, miles with his mother. it was 9 days after he was shot, that at the age of $64.00, peter r. devries died in hospital. his murder rocked the nation, and people are looking to this trial to deliver justice. i truly hope from the bottom of my heart, that is the suppression. what it is. it was justified. and i have, it actually helps out that this is really unfortunate that this things keep happening . the assassination is widely considered to be ordered by the mockery, matthew, a criminal gang who had already killed the brother and the attorney of the key witness. in the case against them, peter out of reach, had been supporting that witness. i recall to my dad because on the jack pirate in amsterdam who's been following the child. welcome jack. tell us what happened in

court today. we've seen the 2 man accused in this trial attend the court delano g. a 22 year old dutch national arrived wearing a black turtle neck. he has a sort of long beard, short hair, a sullen disposition in the court today, and he is refused to answer any questions, invoking his right to remain silent throughout this trial. as we had done in the charges harry hearing just a few weeks ago now the other man, camille e. he is accused of being the getaway driver where delano is accused of being a man that pulled the trailer trigger. he's a polish national 35 years old. his arrived in a white shirt. he has tattoos coming upon to his neck, a very stocky gentleman with a bold head and glasses and he has been answering questions. his defense is that he was simply employed as a driver to drive somebody from rotterdam to amsterdam and that he had no idea that

a murder was going to take place. the prosecution in this case they say that he was fully aware and they have you cctv evidence to show they suggest that he was on the street where peter r devries was killed just a matter of days before the attack actually happened and that he was part of the planning of the attack a camel, he has been saying in court that that the person in the ccv isn't him. but there are a number of dna evidence is linking him to the murder weapon. the 2 men were arrested just outside amsterdam just after the shooting happened and the prosecution seemed to feel that they should be able to get this case wrapped up. and perhaps you could explain to us why this case is being watched. so very closely that will firstly fil is because of the fame of peter r. devries. he is one of the most beloved, one of the most famous journalists. he was on tv here in the netherlands, very, very frequently. but secondly, because of what has happened and who he was supporting that the case against radio

and target, who's the leader of the macro? matthew, are a major, major criminal gang here in the netherlands. and one of the key witnesses in that case is a man named now bill b, this case has been going on for a few years now. but now bills b brother was already murdered. his lawyer was murdered, and peter r. the breeze was known to be supporting him through that case against the macro mafia. so the assumption is, is that the hit was conducted, or at least ordered by the mafia boss, is in the telegraph, which is the dutch newspaper, says that delano gee, the man who is accused of pulling the trigger is actually the nephew of rid ontology, that mafia got in here in the netherlands, are watching intensively because they want to see justice served. thank you so much for that, jack jack para in amsterdam a put francis, a said he's deeply saddened by sundays mass shooting in

a catholic church in nigeria. the country president mohammed whom bo hurry has also condemned the attack. people were killed when a group of guns opened fire, and worse was martin christian holiday of pentecost group was claimed. responsibility took place in the village of oak, in the south nigeria region, which is usually sped the violence common in the north. while date of this research acc warmer is on the ground a now. oh and that nigeria is under state. welcome. i looks like they the technology has failed us, so we'll see if we can come back to that at a later in that regard. extreme weather events are becoming more common predicts in them can help save lives. the european space agency has set up a special program using satellite data strand forecast, severe storms or drugs. the technology is already helping to shape responses to

climate change. climate change is already heading our planet much faster than most experts predicted. even just a few short years ago. sea level rise ocean heat, greenhouse gas concentrations, an ocean acidic vacation, said alarming new records in 2021. the global energy system is broken and bringing us ever closer to climate catastrophe. it's growing more and more clear that the consequences of climate change will be felt by all of us sooner rather than later. different parts of the world are already seen, record breaking heat waves, overwhelming floods, massive droughts that lead to devastating wild fires and the mass death of aquatic life in fast warming, acidify,

and oceans. to even begin to grapple with the consequences of climate change, scientists need solid data high above the earth's atmosphere. european space agency missions are providing key information that could help us predict extreme weather events. to be very, very frank without satellites, we couldn't have information about the state of our climate. we wouldn't simply know how temperature water increase, how sea level of ice sir would change. because we have to set the information. the mission satellites have global coverage and fly over the same regions every few days, time after time. that allows researchers to build up a picture of how much the land, sea, and air are changing, and in what ways and make predictions in both the short and the long term. the technology is growing more and more sophisticated. we have better and better improved or what is related to weather prediction. we're launching the next satellite end of the year. it's called empty g i. we'd have a lightning imager on board, which is

a very sophisticated advance instrument to look at the extreme events link to hurricanes and all methodological activities. in many areas, satellite data is playing a role in our efforts to slow down the damage. humanity has already done to the environment, but that's just one goal. many experts expect the number of climate related emergencies, like hurricanes and droughts, to climb inexorably in the coming years. they can no longer be prevented, but at least the satellites will help us predict them, which will help save lives. so the less can help now, because if you have a hurricane arriving and you're on a plane, you know that this is happening. so satellites are helping now, but they're also helping in the long term. why? because if you have a situation of drought, and typically it's linked to a forecast of food cropped up abilities of food production. this is a longer run thing where you need to know the humidity of the terrain for the agriculture,

and you need to support the activities which are sick dory are once but with the satellite. so satellites already play a key role in our efforts to adjust to climate change, powerful tools that can help us predict when the next major weather related event will strike. all i've that set you up to date more world news at the top of the hour, around the clock on the d. w i with

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