enjoy our services. ah, be our guest at frankfurt airport city. managed by from board lou. ah, ah ah, this is d w. news line from berlin a prime time warning about the fragility of the u. s. political system. democracy remains endangered. the conspiracy to prompt the rule of the people does not over the committee investigating the january sex attack on the u. s. capital begins presenting its findings in

a televised hearing also on the show ukrainian troops fighting for every haps and every street. there's no let up in the intense rush and shelling of the verizon. yes. with president zalinski saying the outcome of the battle could determine the fate of eastern ukraine. ah, i'm nichol furnish, welcome to the show. we started the united states were the bipartisan committee, investigating the january 6th attack on the capital is holding its 1st public hearing. and his opening remarks committee chairman benny thompson called the events on january 6, quote, the combination of an attempted crew, the hearing will feature to in person witnesses and accounts from senior white house officials during the trump era who were interviewed behind stores. the

committee will also present never before seen video and other evidence of the deadly violence. from that day we would have on the road committee. chair thompson also warned that even though the attack did not succeed us, democracy remains at risk. and this scheme was an attempt to undermine the will of the people. so to night and over the next few weeks were gone to remind you of the reality of what happened that day. but our work must do much more than just look backwards. the cause of our democracy remains in danger. the conspiracy to prompt the will of the people does not over. there are those in this audience who thirst for power, but have no love or respect for what makes america great. this is only the 1st of 6 public hearings on the matter and throughout the coming weeks,

the committee made up of 7 democrats, and 2 republicans will release wide reaching findings about the attack on the capital. democrats reject the narrative, pushed by tram supporters that the ride grew out of a legitimate political protest that snowball to out of control. here is a look at how the events unfolded on that day and the efforts to clear up what led to them. please welcome the 40 for it started with speeches to an angry crowd, including one from former president donald trump and we fight. we fight like hell. and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore. shortly after a mob made its way down pennsylvania avenue to the capital building. they scale the building broke through police line se then roamed through the corridors. this was a fraud. you trump eventually told the crowd to go home via video message and hours

after the rampage started. we have that piece. but the questions were just beginning specifically about the white house, his involvement in the day's events. the idea that all of this was just a routing demonstration that spontaneously got a little bit out of control, is absurd. you don't almost knock over the u. s. government by accident. the house select committee on january 6th has interviewed more than 1000 people as well. as reviewing video footage of the day and phone and computer records, press reports and court documents related to the committee have made some stunning revelation or resolution. many center around former white house chief of staff, mark meadows. he was with the president for much of the day and was contacted by multiple republicans within the capital, begging him to get trump to order his supporters to go home. it's unclear how much he may have coordinated with people involved in the riot. meadows has refused to

testify as have many of trumps closest allies trumps ongoing hold on the republican party has made the committee's work more difficult. most republicans have openly attacked the committee's work and say it's a partisan hit job. but democrats hope to hearings will show how far the white house was willing to go to keep trump in power. let's not take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. he was president joe biden has told fellow leaders of western hemisphere, countries that democracies should work together. biden was speaking at the summit of the americas taking place in los angeles. the gathering has been overshadowed by diplomatic spats. after mexico's president pulled out and protest over the u. s. decision to exclude leftist run countries, germany, the united kingdom and france have urged iran to stop what they call

a nuclear escalation and quickly move toward reviving the 2015 nuclear records. the joint statement came after the un atomic energy watchdog accused iran of removing 27 security cameras that monitored its nuclear program. the u. n. warrens the move could be a fatal blow to the deal. ukrainian president volota mir zalinski says his country's forces are holding off russian troops near the southeastern city of double regia and also making gains near ukraine. second city hart keith in the east . but in the contested city of severe don janski's ukrainian troops have retreated to the outskirts amid fierce urban warfare. so lensky says the outcome will determine the fate of the entire don bass region. severe done yet, is being pounded into rubble. the ukrainian governor of the surrounding

new hence, gretchen says its defenders will be forced back if the russian bombardment continues up to you showed this law. ah, if your tillery shelley stays as intense as it is now, the time will come when their positions will simply be entirely destroyed, thought of. so please reach us. there'll be no place for the soldiers to hide. who should be foreigners from him. um then they will most likely have to move to new positions when you move to gp. none of those new positions cuz well end up being here in this a chance. but savannah done yet. his twin city has also come under relentless shelling. ukrainian authorities say they've been trying to evacuate residents, but thousands of them are either unwilling or unable to flee. persona just 30 kilometers to the south, provide some signs of what may await them. footage from russian state media shows the town which fell to russian troops last month of to fist fighting,

lying in ruins. in a sign pro russian false is a tightening that grip on the region. cleanup has begun in parts of the don bass under that control. with a clear message sent ukrainian fighters on thursday, a separatist caught in the region sentence 3 captured foreign fighters to death. the 2 britons and one moroccan were convicted to being mesmerized after a trial that lost it just 3 days. the u. k has slammed the ruling as a sham saying the geneva convention prohibits the prosecution of prisoners of war. but with russia opening over a 1000 investigations into other captured soldiers, they're unlikely to be the last to face trial or even death. and he has bernie, i is our correspondent and keith and has more on the controversial ruling. yeah. it's these 3 citizens, they're the 1st ones to be sentenced in one of these courts. of course, it's not recognized by the western governments and bell or the governors that do

not recognize the republics that have put this a case on trial of it. they are a fight. is that when listed, that's what ukraine says in the ukrainian army as regular soldiers. there are lots of for, for national serving in the ukranian army. and ukraine insist that they are treated as the prisoners of war now. and there is a bit of a let's see, there are many a news and, and many, many propaganda items about foreign fighters. it seems that the russian propaganda has focused on them recently. and that might be part of the story here. for russia has several narratives about this war going one about is about ukraine, ukrainian naziism as they call it, ukraine being a country controlled by nurses that needs to be liberated and the other one is

about a fight against the west. and as a results with taking control of ukraine, overthrowing the ukrainian government very far now from a reach for russia. they have focused a little bit on these western fighters. there's been more reports about them on russian t. v and not be it might be one of the reasons why this trial has been held now being basically portraying them as mercenaries and sent by western countries. as many as billing reporting from keith as the war has largely shifted to the east many who fled russia's invasion around the capital t. r. now, going back to try and rebuild. ukraine says around 2000000 people have come home in recent weeks, some returning to places that have become synonymous with russian atrocities. and philip shots reports from boucher morris or 1st people in his town of boucher in

espresso and with it a little bit of normality. this is what his cafe looked like when he came back a few weeks ago. he said the russian stole every thing. even his st. nearly every thing is working again now. he's just missing a few windows. i crossed leg, broken bridge to go to the keel to forget coffee, forget me. yoke forget. i like smoke. some cookies after 1st guest come over here and they said like, oh my gosh, you're the best you all been renewed. i music coffee next door. the block of flats is still standing, but as badly damaged hit by several rockets or more chars. some people are returning here to keen to try to real night their families and rebuild their lives . avura is one of them. she fled just after the war started taking her 2 small children to safety and poland. she got back home just a few days ago,

but the day cuz on many people warned me saying we should stay abroad for longer. but it was my decision. yeah. yeah, i just realised that this conflict, this war could drag on fini jessica. sooner or later i had to come home on that ship is not say, chest, molest, that she and her husband michael, are. we're lucky. they only lost a window upstairs. the people lost pretty much everything destroyed by her rocket. avura knows the rockets could also come back and sometimes questions her decision to bring her children home. to this is josh. it's frightening. when you hear about new bombings, you immediately think where could i run to? how do i save the children? my bags are still packed. i haven't even unpacked them yet. and i with noticed that boris knows his wife and child are safe. they are still in switzerland. one element of certainty when everything still feels up in the air,

i don't know what i'm going to expect tomorrow because like, yesterday we got a insecure, got bombed in p. o. i don't know. i'm not planning muffin. i'm just leaving by one day right now. and yet, as he mixes cocktails again, he is making plans. he wants to offer up a return is drinks and sitting outside on the terrace. this summer. incredible resilience. german court has ordered the driver of a car that plowed into pedestrians and berlin on wednesday to be placed in psychiatric care. he reportedly has a history of mental health problems. 29 year old man killed a teacher and seriously injured $31.00 others, including some of her students. a fellow teacher is said to be fighting for his life. authorities believe the man intentionally drove on to the sidewalk. italy is on your shaft, not send us this update. the shoppers and tourists sub back on what is one of berlin's busiest shopping streets. one day on from the terrible incident that took

place. it's almost like life has gone back to normal, but they're still signs of the incident that occurred here yesterday. everywhere. you can see the markings here on the pavement where police have circled evidence and further down the street, people have laid flowers and candles and memory of those that were injured or killed. now this attack has raised memories of another, a terror attack here in berlin, just across the road on the square around the church. where in 2016, a man plowed into a busy christmas market, killing 12 people and injuring 7. now back then, and the attack was ideologically motivated at this time it seems to be quite different. it's been confirmed now that the man who drove his car into the crowds here suffered from mental health issues. and he's been questioned by police and seems to be included and i'm confused. police still trying to make sense of his statements with the help of an interpreter on yes,

off non reporting from berlin. and before we go, we want to take a quick look at our top story at this hour. the committee investigating the january 6 attack on the u. s. capital has begun presenting its findings and a 1st televised hearing. the committee chair said former president donald trump was at the center of a conspiracy which he described as an attempted coup. he warned that the u. s. democracy remains at risk. ah, and that's all for me for now. thank you so much for watching. i happened to 175 years ago started entrepreneur at a specific goal. 1 build the best article instruments in the world excise indeed his wish.