ah this is the wi from by laying the president, as he says, ukraine's force is in severity done. yeah, it's got out numbered, but holding out the city's 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,

chancellor pledge is more support the baltics visiting building. so show says he's country is ready to increase its military mission in lithuania, growing fears of russian aggression. and nigeria, mones and survivors speak hours have to sundays massacre as a catholic church. 22 people were killed by guns of explosives, but it's still not know who was behind the attack. ah, i'm sure gail, welcome to the program. despite being heavily out numbered ukrainian, president vladimir zalinski says his troops are holding out in the battle for severe done. next. russian forces are fighting for the city street by street, taking it could be key for russia sees in control of the east, and don bass region inflicting maximum damage. that

is the goal for moscow, which release this footage of the pallets us at walk across ukraine's east. the destruction is evident. many of those who the mean have lost everything for the new. so i do not even know where to start for you that i am standing here and looking, but i have no idea what to do for blood. i started crying, do i come down? then i cry again. and again, before the book is now is on the city of saver, dodo net, which could be key to gain control of the don bass. ukraine says it's troops out numbered,

but holding strong. now she's annoyed as that you was, our heroes are not giving up their positions in severe done as plug. woolley fierce street fights continue in the city. and i'm a guy. the russian army is trying to deploy additional forces in the danverse direction. but it's the 103rd day you and the ukranian dunbar stand. see it stands firmly meets the cost of that resistance has been high even as russia threatens dire consequences to more help from the west. ukraine says that for its embattled troops more rapid would be the difference between life and death . hey, d. w, correspond rebecca riches is in the city of sumi in ne ukraine. she gave me an update on the situation in severe done yet. while as was just mentioned in that report fill, that is where this the fighting is sent it in that several done yet. getting the

hans grades. and it 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 are there is it, 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 the chance and take that last remaining ukrainian stronghold in the la hans region before moving on to try and take the risk of the don yet. but as you've just heard there 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 saying . i'm is 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's grain comes from ukraine, around about a 110th of weight supplies come from this country and it's currently sitting in silos. not being able to go anywhere. president zalinski saying that by the end of the summer, around $75000000.00 tons of grind will be trapped in ukrainian silos. that harvest, the end of winter harvest, will start in a round about a month time. and they that grain has to go some way. so it has to goes to those are silos, those elevators is no any 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 ukraine 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 residency lines. he's also reminded us about the more than 2500 prisoners from the us of south still planted murray up or saying that they may have been detained in the dynette. can the hamster and regions what is known of their fight for their whereabouts has been confirmed, as you say, in this russian held territory of the hans camden. yet some of the families have said that, that around about a 160 bodies, that's not living soldiers, no more than their bodies corpses have been returned to cave. well, they'll be identified and then given a proper burial, but for the remaining 2 and a half 1000, they 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 di, conditions, we're 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 nike, rebecca, rebecca reese's. excuse me. a german chancellor, olaf shaw says, whose country is ready to boost its military miss unless you ins visiting vilnius, you match with the leaders of all 3 bullshit countries. lithuania, latvia and estonia, feeling particularly vulnerable to further russian aggression. they've been calling for more nato support. here is the chancellor speaking through an interpreter by being taking it and as a part of nato, i have made

a commitment to defend every centimeter of the territory of the alliance. we are going to increase our contribution by strength, strengthening the eastern flank of nato, of english, or what they w correspondence to europe. russia her in vilnius, a watch proceedings, and gave me his assessment while shore said that he is the 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 and warf aggression against ukraine or the german central us that exactly what his colleagues, but also other people here and with any wanted to hear from him, namely he in the line to german, germany is more reasonable stance on military and not just political support from crane. and to that we are, it's, we've just heard from him are actually crucial. frankly, it means germany will increase it's troop. i'm in the country is substantially here

in lithuania, jim and wound us. we are 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 you up to $5000.00, which is in strength of a brigade. right. and both leaders have previously criticized germany for not providing enough military aid to ukraine. is this visit likely to change that? well, he in vilnius and elsewhere in lithuania, solidarity with the crannies. everywhere in the streets. you can see blue and yellow flags hanging from public buildings. lithuania is one of the most outspoken supporters of ukraine just a few days ago as the country of just 2 point. 8000000 people made headlines when citizens collected almost 6000000 euros within

a few days. that's about 2 euros per person to buy a turkish come, but drawn for ukraine. lithuania is have trouble understanding germany's 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. that's why is this particular meeting today? this visit is very important for the region. ok, thank you for your date of the correspond you're in russia to in vilnius. all chancellor shows also rejected criticism that germany was not doing enough to support ukraine. germany is one of the main supporters of ukraine in terms of military and abortion. have probably only the united states or only provide greater support than us from southfield on. germany really provides a lot of aid to ukraine. we provide ukraine with

a large amount of ammunition for don dr. beach also with the armed military vehicles and systems. thank you for that. and the more downstairs and the most more than that. how would sir sir, will also be provided to you? let's go through this with the w such a little correspondence. melinda crane. welcome, belinda. an unusually robust rebuttal there from the german chancellor. absolutely . especially given the fact that he is not given to tooting his own or germany's horn, but in fact often and is very restrained in is pronouncements and here he pushed back hard against that criticism that germany isn't doing enough and also said it needs to be looked at essentially as a, as an overall package. what's your, what germany is doing? so not only the supply of weapons and equipment that he detailed there, but also financial and humanitarian support. and then he went on to talk about the bonus tugs the parliament's passage last friday. of this $100000000000.00 euros

special fund to essentially equip the german military up to a far more competent and modern level. and he said when we do that, we will have the strongest army in europe and one of the strongest militaries in nato as a whole. and unusual pronouncement from this chancellor, and particularly in view of the fact that germans are often restrained about exercising their own strength or, or showing their own strengths due to their world war to history of having brought down death and destruction all over europe. and interestingly enough, on the point of that special $100000000000.00 euro fund, the estonian leader also commanded it as a historic step and said when germany is strong, the baltics are strong. ok. and so with that, the chancellor there because of course,

a germany leads to nato contingent in the baltics and he had a big announcement about he did. and date, he made it clear that negotiations to significantly increase that presence from a battle group, which is always around 12021600 soldiers up to a brigade, which is nearly 3 times or more that size, that those negotiations are now well under way. that they hope they will then be signed and sealed at the nato summit at the end of june. and this is a very important move, because it essentially takes that nato presence in the politics from deterrence from being a trip to wire that would be intended to deter, but certainly could not alone repel russian invasion to an actual defense capability. and that is viewed as very significant, and it seems that it is likely to happen. and this is because as a very real fear in the baltics, they could be next. absolutely. they're viewed as the achilles heel of nato's

northeastern flank and particularly lithuania, with its land border with russia and the corridor. that essentially is it southern perimeter that links up colleen and grab the russian enclave in the west and bella bruce in the east. so the idea is that if russian troops were to invade, and there is a strong sense in the baltic, republics that they might well do so that the war in ukraine is just a 1st step. and that russia might continue to prosecute its attack by trying to move into the politics, a strong sense that they're vulnerable, and they need this additional native protection. ok, thank you for that. but in that melinda crane, i did of this chief political correspondent quote process has said that he is deeply saddened by sunday's mast shooting and a catholic church in nigeria. i do, in present, mama to hurry, has also condemned the attack. or the 20 people were killed when

a group of gun with fire worship was a mocking the christian holiday of pentecost. their group was claimed. responsibility attack took place in the village of oak and south of nigeria. a region which is usually spent the violence a common in the north. we can now join our database elisa shakuma, who's at the church where the attack took place. so welcome, alyssa and um, what are you seeing there? well, just like you said, i am currently at jose gonzalez at san fransisco might be ideal. what town on those dates of the south west today? angela. what, what you can witness here is really saw today. it's all about the kind of god with on sunday some of the scenes. maybe

it's not so good. we'll see. because if it gets you only missed one that would be on sunday as we speak with some of those people who are already to witness a human body. right. somebody on sunday won't be a happy we mean oh,

where are you trying really not really on what we built just about to leave a powerful maybe to oh whoa whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. i guess it's not we spoke on sunday right here. lisa. good. thank you for talk here for

a is on the state a quick look at her some other source making a news around the world. german foreign minister, adeline verbal. he's got a short visit to pakistan after testing a positive for cobra. 19, she met with her pakistan counterpart in islam about the joint news conference you called on the international community to send a message to afghanistan, taliban leadership, that it's happening in the wrong direction. that's your money. go. don't. vice chancellor robert robert hardback has been to the holocaust memorial yad vashem as part of his trip to israel in jerusalem. he later read and sign the guest book with a poem by the jewish german language or wait for select. the vice chancellor is also due to visit the palestinian territories and join the british journalist of

the brazilian indigenous affairs experts have gone missing a remote part of the amazon forest, dumb phillips, and bruno iraq, hope herrera, were seen early on sunday morning. the official said that they had received frequent threats from illegal fishermen and approaches. a british prime minister barak johnson has seen of a threat to his leadership officer party and survived a confidence vote and peace from his conservative party triggered the vote, anchored by scandals over lockdown part as he attended during the pandemic. despite winning the vote with a simple majority about 40 percent of conservative lawmakers voted against him at leading to doubts about mister johnson's ability to lead the party effectively. at dramatic opening to the week in westminster, conservative lawmakers castor ballads to decide whether prime minister boris johnson would remain party leader. the vote in favor

of having confidence embarrass. johnson's leader was 211 votes and a vote against was a 148 votes. and therefore, i cam announced parliamentary party does have come. ah. the result was met with relief 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 off fed up set up with a prime minister who promised his big but never delivers. fed up with a prime minister who's presided over a culture of lies a law breaking at the hearts 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 al caufield parties that flouted the coven 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 i think this is a, a very good result for, for politics and for a, for the country just in the future. so i do just in this sense, i think it's a convincing result, a decisive result of 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 began since i have 2 men suspected of murdering the prominent dutch journalist peter r devries. 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. he'd 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 upon. i stand 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 actually help from the bottom of my heart. that is, this person who did this,

we just fight. and i have it to actually help sell. but this is really unfortunate that this things keep happening. the assassination is widely considered to be ordered by the mockery, matthew, a criminal gang, little ready killed the brother and the attorney of the key witness in the case against them. peter r. devries had been supporting that witness. law report from de w correspondent, jack parrot, who updated me on proceedings from the court in amsterdam. 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 dr. dr. aware delano is accused of being

a man that pulled the trailer trigger. he's a polish national, 35 years old. he's arrived in a white shirt. he has tattoos coming up on 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. camille, 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 what has happened and who he was supporting as a case against redo an 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 bill's big brother was already murdered. his lawyer was murdered and peter r. the breeze was known to be supporting him through that case against the micro 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 riddle on target. that murphy, of course it's all connected and it's linked to this suggestion of not only an attack on freedom of the press as a pita are the vries, but also an attack on the justice system because of that lawyer that was killed. and that's why it's raised, that's why this, this trial is so high profile. and people in here in the netherlands are watching intensively because they want see justice served. thank you so much for that. jack jack para, in amsterdam, in football, one does like a champions by munich, are locked in a battle of wills with robert levin dusky over his desire to leave the club after 8 years in munich, during which, by and won the title 8 times the star striker is believed to have an offer in place to join barcelona in an interview published on monday, the 33 year old said i want to leave by problem is the bavarian club have the polish international under contract for another season. and i wanted to let him go

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