world who's behind the benefits and why are they a threat to whistle o peak wolves this week on d, w? ah, ah, this is due to be news life from berlin outnumbered but holding out prison. zalinski says ukrainian forces are doing everything possible to resist the russian onslaught and the key eastern city observe era done at school. also coming up a promise of support. chance allah schultz says he'll step up. germany's military

mission in the baltic state of lithuania and made growing fears of potential further rush and aggression. and waves of grief, nigeria warns, as survivors speak out after a massacre at a catholic church, 22 people were killed by a group of gunmen armed with explosives, but it's still not know who is behind the attack. ah. hello everyone, i'm late. all right, thank you very much for joining us. we starts with the fierce street fighting reportedly underway and a key battle ground in eastern ukraine. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski says his troops are holding out in the battle for is of airdesk. despite being heavily outnumbered, russian forces are fighting for the city street by street. taking it could be key

for russia sees in control of the eastern damn pass. reacher is inflicting maximum damage. that is the goal for moscow, which relieves this footage of the call. it says at walk across the ukraine's east. the destruction is evident. many of those who remain have lost everything for the new. so i do not even know where to start for you and i am standing here and looking, but i have no idea what to do with blood. i started crying, do i come down? then i cry again. and again, before is the focus now is on the city of 7, o. 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 and as the youth was, our heroes are not giving up their positions in severe ordones from wolf fear. street fights continue in the city. no, my guys, the russian army is trying to deploy additional forces in the danverse direction. but it's the 103rd day you and the ukranian done. but stand, see it stands firmly meets the cost of that resistance has been high even as russia tendons dire consequences to more help from the west. ukraine says that for its embattled to more rapid could be the difference between life and death . did of course one mattie has billing or is in the ukrainian capital t for you mateus what's going on around severity and ask very hard to

say what's going on there. they la it some herb heavily fought about what we know is that the ukrainians seem to hold firmly to the industrial zone of their city, which is a little bit on the western side. and the russians seem to have dug in pretty well on the eastern side of the city. and everything that's in between is being fought about. the latest news that the russians were, again, controlling 80 percent of these residential quarters, or even the whole of these residential quarters yesterday and the day before it looked like the ukraine's had pushed them back pretty much to the east of the city . so um, well, what we can do the conclusions we can draw from that is that it spect back and forth in the center of the city, much of the city seems to be destroyed, which also makes it more difficult for her for that, for both armies to seek shelter and her holds positions and russia has sent new troops in there. we are hearing that sher recruits from mother to

a russian controlled separatist republics from mild, once and donetta have arrived. and ukraine has also reinforced its troops there already a few days ago. for bo size, i think this is a highly symbolic battle and, and would i could have be a big impact on, on, on how this was going on. now as you know, there is a growing international concern about the tons of grain that are stuck in russian control. ukrainian ports. is there any solution in sight? it's a big amount of grain. 20000000 tons that ukraine has been stock piling it because it was an able to export them. and her, what has been so far been what, what ukraine has been able to explore by other ways where roads and railroads is of course, much less than the ports are ships, just have the bigger capacity. but the ports are mine by the ukrainians because they're few russian attack and blocked by the russians while out there with their

black sea fleet. and that's the problem, the way out would be for both sides to agree to create a safe passage for them, which would meet ne demining by the ukrainians, or at least the mining some, a parts of it in front of the ports. and it would need the the russians to let the ships pass and no sight has enough confidence in the other side . the ukrainians fear that if they would d mind parts of these areas the russians would use might use this as a means of attack. and russia, of course, has also used these grain exports as leverage, economic leverage on ukraine. they asked talk, schedules about these, but it's very difficult task to resolve. and final thought from you are mathias of worrying reports coming out of the russian occupied mario ball. yeah, we have been hearing that sir. the senator is situation there is decreasing. it is a city where maybe up to 50000 people have been killed. that's the latest number

given by the ukrainian or authorities up. although i doubt that anybody has a very exact number, and many of them had been either buried in the streets in the back yards of the or of the residential areas or just not buried or they're under the rubble. and that causes, of course, a severe concerns for drinking water, for example we, i have also been hearing that the have been problems with a water being brought into the city. there seemed to be, have been out by some efforts by the russians to bring water there. but that all that means that to the worries i increasing about diseases and we'll hearing about a cholera outbreak that might be on its way in the city did have you corresponded mathias bellinger reporting from the ukrainian capital. keep. thank you. german chancellor, earl of shawl, says berlin is ready to boost its military mission in lithuania, on

a visit to villan. yes, he also met with leaders of the other 2 body countries, latvia and estonia, given their proximity to russia. they've been calling for increased nato support to deter and defend against any aggression from moscow. here's the german chancellor, speaking through an interpreter moments ago by being taking it part of nato. we 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 in later. and that was the chance of speaking moments ago. let's go to d. w course on your overshadow, who is standing by in vilnius urea, the chancellor pledging to boost the nato military mission in lithuania, what else did he say? well, it's all a shows set. his aim was to sent a signal of unity of united to europe into united to nature, to russia,

in the light of its warf, aggression against the crane. or the german chancellor was of course, repeatedly asked by the journalists here about the german is hesitating to supply ukraine with heavy weapons. he had to justify himself several times and say that to germany is already playing a very important role in supporting ukraine. economically. gemini, gemini, germany east, ukraine's biggest donor, but also militarily and not only ukraine, but especially here in the region. ah, this eastern flag here is very important because lithuania is one of the 5 nature countries that share our land. at border with russia along with lot. there is tonia, poland, and norway. ah, german goodness! the soldiers are stationed in lithuania, leading a ne to battle group and in the future. and this is the most important aspect of the german true presence here in lithuania will obviously be strengthened. possibly from the strength of a battalion to the strength of a brigade which includes up to $5000.00 soldiers. at this promise of support by the german chancellor. has that sir?

i made a nor amiable whitley baltic leaders. they criticized me for not providing enough military 8 to ukraine. well, here in the new st. lca, lithuania, solidarity with ukraine is out everywhere. lithuanian is area is one of the most outspoken supporters of ukraine just a few days ago. the country collected almost $6000000.00 euros within a few days to buy a combat to drone for ukraine. another example is that to been use residents and businesses donate glass sheets to re glaze. the windows of bought a junk of the set of keys which have reportedly had been shattered by the russian bombs. ah, so the willingness to how is huge here among the people and that's why lithuanians have trouble understanding germany's hesitation towards supporting the ukranian war effort at times frustration that the german hesitation was so great in lithuania, that people protested in front of the german embassy in vilnius, but not everything is negative,

gemini has an excellent reputation because of its buddhist, their presence here, which has been here now for around 5 years. and the thing is very grateful for this . did have a correspondence. you're a shadow reporting it from the lithuanian capital vilnius. you are a thank you all as nato 6 to reinforce it's eastern flank. russia is also looking to shore up it's diplomatic ties. foreign minister survey laughter off is due to meet with his turkish counterpart in ankara on wednesday. the trip come soon after mister la ralph was forced to cancel a visit to serbia after neighboring states refused to allow him to fly through their airspace. with me here on the set, as my colleague did a re correspondent, emily assure when emily, we are going to talk in a minute about that upcoming visit to turkey by mr. law. but 1st let's talk about the nato's eastern flank reinforcement. how's that going to go? downward present, bruten, i doubt that that will elicit

a positive reaction from the russian side. you have to remember that, of course, the initial true build up around ukraine started because as russia said, they didn't like nato's eastern expansion, the continued eastern expansion. they said that is a security threat, and there's this picture within russia that almost russia is this besieged fortress surrounded by enemies. that's a picture that russia continues to paint, put, and continues to paint. also of the west destabilizing the situation, including with continued weapons and exports. to ukraine, sort of aid when it comes to the military. and over the weekend, we already heard a threat in response to that from vladimir putin. he said that if the west, if western countries like the u. s. were to deliver a long range missiles to ukraine, then that would mean that russia could strike new targets as he said. so kind of this vague threat from his side. we could expect that kind of a threat when it comes to this of these words about eastern expansion as well. i

think the circle back to mars visit plant, visit by the russian foreign minister, 2 turkey, turkey of course, playing a very interesting role. let's say in this conflict, can talk more about what we expect from this visit. i think the topic to watch tomorrow is certainly the grain exports that we already mentioned. 20000000 tons of grain are blocked in ukraine's ports at the moment. ukraine is one of them is often referred to as the world's bread basket. and so that a grain that's blocked in the ports is really worsening the global food crisis. turkey, as you mentioned, has been taking this interesting role of kind of a mediator. i'm coordinating, as they say, with russia and ukraine over. i'm trying to get that grain out of those ports and there's reports as well that turkey could be, cannot take kind of take part in the d, mining of the waters around those ports. or that it could also even provide an ext, an escort for ukrainian ships. worldwide. of course, you know,

leaders have been accusing russia of blocking grain within ukraine's ports. love of yesterday said that it's actually ukraine's of fault and ahead of the meeting tomorrow. the russian ministry of defense has said that 2 of the ports that are under russian control within ukraine are now ready for exports are operational. so it's almost seems as though russia is kind of setting up for a blame game, suave to see what comes out of the meeting tomorrow. right, right. now since the beginning of the were you and i, we've talked many times about the abysmal situation of the media in russia and there's some encouraging news. i gather there is a since the were there's been this harsh crackdown which we talked about many times, as you mentioned, almost all remaining critical media outlets within russia were closed down had to leave the country, journalists had to flee. several media outlets reporting from outside the country and to including deutsch, vela, the bbc, medusa, and so on. we're also blocked within the country. now one of those russian critical media outlets, tv, rain, known as dorsey, within the country,

is actually now going to start broadcasting again. they've announced that they've received a broadcasting license with in latvia. they can broadcast from thursday. the editor in chief on twitter said that they won't broadcast starting this week, but they will start soon and that they'll be broadcasting from outside of russia. so from latvia and also from studios in countries like france, holland, and georgia. so that's positive news, but of course we have a kind of almost soviet situation now where the only critical media coverage of russia is coming from outside of the country. am i, sherwin? thank you so much. want to tell you about the other developments in the, in the headlines right now. fiji, the supreme court has ordered the removal of a $300000000.00. russian owned super yacht from the pacific island nation authority seize the vessel. last month on behalf of washington. as part of sanctions on russian oligarchy. and commons by the european council president at monday's

meeting of the un security council prompted russia's envoy to storm out. he left the session after, shall michelle accused russia of using global food supplies as a weapon in the war with my own eyes future. do we turn our focus now to nigeria? we're waves of grief or rippling through community after sundays, mash shooting and a catholic church. 22 people were killed and 50 injured when a group of gunman opened fire on worshippers marking the christian holiday of pentecost. no group has claim responsibility for the killings. the attack took place in the village of o in the south of nigeria, a region which was usually spare. the violence suffered by some communities in the north. and it is the alice search up why is on the ground in or will in nigeria is andrea state. he sent us this update from the church where the attack took place. this is the church, the very judge, st. francis xavier,

or walk on those stayed southwest nigeria were on sunday. gunmen came into the church hall through a dynamite and shut up so many innocent people are about 6 people have been confirmed dead from the report that we are getting on. this is the debris. the aftermath of what happened about 48 hours ago in south west nigeria, this quiet town, this church has become the center of well the attention of what happened here on sunday morning doing a church service. this is a waste place where life we are lost. they came here to worship, but not all of them made it back home. a life, women, and children. this scene here is one of shock and horror walking into the building of this church. the very smell of human blood is what

greets you. the smell of human flesh and also the debris of dynamite, bluff, gunshot, and people. it is hard to imagine what happened on sunday, but only those who were here. the eye witnesses can describe what they saw before. many people come in here to witness this. the unthinkable may just have happened in the south west and church in nigeria. as you know, he is over such a coma. for quoting. the trial has begun today of 2 men suspected of murdering the prominent dutch investigative crime journalist faith, an air the feast. he was shot at close range in amsterdam last year and died 9 year,

9 days rather later. at the time the face was working as an advisor to a witness in a major trial involving an organized crime gang. a beloved journalist in the netherlands, pete rod 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. am i central 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 dan child with his mother. it was 9 days after he was shot, that at the age of $64.00, peter r. the res died in hospital. his mother 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 was justified. and i wish to actually help. so, but it's just really unfortunate that this things keep happening. the assassination is widely considered to be ordered by the mockery, mafia, criminal gang who had already killed the brother and the attorney of a key witness in the case against them. peter r. devries had been supporting that witness and he to be correspondence jack parrot was in the courtroom. he described the scene. it's been an emotional 1st day here at the trial of the 2 men suspected and charged with the murder of peter alda vries, his family, his son and his daughter. both the dress, the cords and in fights addressed. the 2 accused directly the son royster vries told the men that had they have looked at his father in the eye and asked him for help instead of pulling the trigger that he would have done. so. now the loaner g

as a 22 year old dutch national, he is accused of actually pulling the trigger of the shots that eventually killed peter r. devries. he has said nothing in the court room. he is neither pled guilty nor not guilty is invoked his right to remain silent as, as is the case in the netherlands, camille e as a polish national, a 35 year old who resides it in the netherlands. his defense has been that he simply was a driver that he didn't believe he was going to be involved in a murder. but the prosecution service in the netherlands has thrown a ton of evidence. cctv under my evidence that it ledges to link him to the murdered dna on the murder weapon. also, videos that show him on the same street, the police rodriguez was murdered in the days perceiving the assassination checkmark. they're reporting from amsterdam now to the other stories in the headlines right now. british prime minister boys johnson has survived

a confidence vote by his own conservative party, but about 40 percent of conservative lawmakers voted against him, leaving doubts about his ability to lead. mister johnson has faced a series of calls to go over parties. he attended during the cove at 19 lockdown to speak. german vice chancellor robert hobbit has visited the holocaust memorial. yad vashem as part of his trip to israel in jerusalem. mister hobbin laid a wreath and signed the guest book with a home by the jewish german language poet paul salon. the vice chancellor is also due to visit the palestinian territories and jordan a british journalist and brazilian indigenous affairs expert have gone missing in a remote part of the amazon rain forest. dom philips and bruno a ra hope herrera were last seen early on sunday morning. officials say the 2 had

received frequent threats from illegal fishermen and poachers. the dominican republic environment minister has been shot dead in his office. the government says jorge. mira was shot multiple times by a close friend, whose motives are being investigated. the businessman was arrested at a nearby church after reportedly confessing to a priest. now, as we all know, extreme weather events are becoming more common, but predicting them can help save lives. the european space agency has set up a special program using satellite data to try to forecast severe storms or drought . the technology is already helping shape responses to climate change. climate change is already hitting 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 capacity. 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 seeing record breaking heat waves, overwhelming floods, massive droughts that lead to devastating wild fires and the mass death of aquatic life, and fast warming acidify an oceans to even begin to grapple with the consequences of climate change. scientists need solid data hi, above the earth's atmosphere,

european space agency emissions 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 seem to know how temperature water increase. how is he level of eyes, 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 and both the short and the long term. the technology is going more and more sophisticated. we have better and better improved or what is related to weather prediction, where launch in the next satellite end of the year is called them to g i. we have a lightning imager on board, which is a very sophisticated advancing 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. suffer less can help now, because if you have a hairy kin arriving and you're on a plane, you know that this is happening. so satellites are healthy 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 activities which are sick toria, ones, but with the satellite. so satellites ready play a key role in our efforts to adjust to climate change,

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