[000:00:00;00] ah ah dw news lie from berlin, the european union promises to fast track you praise bid to join the block, brussels chief, or so a funder lie and makes a surprise visit to kia for talks with president vladimir zalinski. also coming up the return of mass testing and the lock downs for millions and china restrictions are tightened up again, just days after they were relaxed following dozens of new cases in shanghai in beijing plus the british government wins

a legal battle to fort migrants to eastern africa, human rights campaign, or se build carry on opposing the controversial scheme. ah. a marion evans dean. it's good to have you with us. the european commission chief or cylinder lion is on a surprise visit to key if she's just wrapped up. talked with ukraine's president vladimir zalinski. they focused on ukraine's bid to join the european union. key of submitted its membership application back in march. brussels is sent to publish it's final assessment next week. under line says the commission is working all out to facilitate the process. as you know, the commission is currently preparing the recommendations of so called opinion full

of you member states. we have been working day and night and this assessment and the i to you and they will do you have a lot of you that we will be tirelessly working on it. so the discussions today will enable us to finalize our assessment by the end of next week. we'll for more, let's go straight to kia where the w rebecca readers is standing by for us. hello to you, rebecca. so we just heard there from the commission, chief owner of, or is the funder lions saying that that you will respond to ukraine's request for membership of the block by next week. so what exactly does that mean? i mean, aren't, there is still quite a few hurdles for ukraine joining the european union. there are marianna, as you just said in your late in their ukraine, applied for membership to the a you, just for days after russia invaded their country back in february. and now that of

course, there are many hurdles back at that time as a fond line said that the, they'd considered the ukraine to be one of them. and i wanted to invite them into the fall, but that it would take time. and that is something that they will likely continued in the discussions today. president, unless he has been pushing for that to be fast tracked, bought, you know, there are many members states of the a you that worry that showing favorable treatment to ukraine will get a lot of other countries we've been trying to get in. the youth stared noises out of joint but most notably in the west and balkans. i've been trying many countries there have been trying to join for some years now. we know that joining the e u does take many years from other states that have joined at years even sometimes decades. so at whilst, you know, there's a potential that they, this is so called fast tracking may take place. it does look likely that all member states will accept and allow them to become an applicant to they have, sorry, their candidate status. they will vote in favor of that. but it's not necessarily meaning a real fast track, because as i just said,

there are other countries i have to get all 27 members to agree. and there are countries that are worried about showing favoritism to the u. k. a ukraine. rather, rebecca, do stand by for just a minute. we will speak to you again shortly. but 1st, i would like to look at another aspect to our coverage. now. zalinski warned that russia poses a growing threat to international peace. he was speaking at a summit and singapore, and he was calling on delegates there to resist russian imperialism now with the assault and don boss, showing no signs of letting up zalinski also renewed his appeals for heavy artillery. let's have a listen. ah, a relentless barraged from russian guns. as the battle for the dawn bus grinds on, ukraine has warned that russia is preparing to widen. it's offensive. now that's ever a done yet, sc is almost completely under russian control. moscow appears to be closing in on

the next key town in the region. natalie, article optimed, the enemy is concentrating its main efforts on preparing troops for an offensive against lobbyist. but don, boss is not the only frontline for ukrainian defenders keeps troops in the south have warned. they are running low on ammo, as russian forces pushed towards the city of mich alive. it was against this backdrop that ukrainian president the load him, his lensky, addressed the world at the shangri la security summit in singapore. there, he warned the future rules of the entire world, a being decided on the battlefield of ukraine. he called russia's invasion, a threat to international law and the cause of worldwide food shortages. li, the shortage of foodstuffs will inexorably lead to political chaos, which could result in the falling of many governments and the ousting of many politicians. this is the direct consequences of russia's actions g or is

she? at the same summit, the us defense secretary lashed out at russia's disregard for international law. rushes invasion of ukraine is what happens when oppressors, tramp all the rules that protect us all is what happens when big powers decide that their imperial appetites matter more than the rights of their peaceful neighbors. strong words. but for the soldiers on the ground, more concrete support will be necessary to fend off the russian advance. i've been turned once again to our correspondence and kn from readers. so rebecca, as we know, ukrainian forces are fighting back russian troops mainly in the east and the south of the country. can you bring us up to speed on the latest developments from the front lines? well, they certainly are trying. mariana, as you heard, though, they're in that report,

they desperately need help mean way of weapons and ammunition. if they are going to continue to be able to hold back roches advance, the latest news, even all that new, i have to say it is becoming a very slow war of attrition. we have many losses, many casualties on both sides. very slow movement, but russia is making gains in that eastern city and don bass. several of the nets. we've spoken about it a lot over the last couple of weeks and they have pushed forward. it is believed that they now have about 90 percent of that cd and they are trying to then advance to the to city lacy chance on the other side of a river that spits the 2 cities. they are having less luck with that, but they are trying to block some supply routes into there. but as you heard in that report as well within counter offensive in the south, the ukrainians trying and with some success, slowly pushing back russians, advanced towards the city of mc alive, pushing them back into the her son region. but it is, you know, as that report ready highlights and as president alecky has been saying for some

time now we hear from the court get louder and louder. they need support by way of weapons. they're running out of ammunition and they are being outgunned by the russians. will. speaking of weapons, there are some reports that russia is using more deadly weapons. what more can you tell us about that? yeah, we've been getting reports that russia has started using these 19 sixty's weapons that are traditionally used to destroy anti aircraft carriers, but they can also be used on land with conventional warheads. they aren't as accurate as the more modern weapons and therefore cause a lot of casualty and catastrophe on land. now they're a diff, differing opinions as to why that's the case. some saying that russia doing that tactically, others saying that, including the british defense department, actually a saying that they're doing that because they are running out of the more modern weaponry we've seen them using in this war so far. so that means that they too may be running out of weapons, but they do have

a lot of these soviet era weapons that they will continue to use, obviously, but they aren't as accurate. so we could be seeing more casualties in this conflict . going forward to double use rebecca readers in key. rebecca, thanks so much for your reporting. let's take a look down some other developments in the war. i understand he was president joe biden says ukraine, one of the ones he did not listen to the warnings that of russia was planning to evade. biden says the landscape was among the leaders who sought us intelligence was exaggerated. is a rare change of tone from one of the ukrainian leaders, strongest supporters. the mayor of mary full has warned of a major cholera outbreak in the southern ukrainian city. he says that with much of its infrastructure damaged or destroyed people are drinking contaminated water. russian troops took control of mary full last month after a week's bombardment. well,

china's 2 biggest cities are facing new locked downs. dozens of coven 19 cases are reported in the capital. beijing. people and parts of shanghai will also have to remain indoors. both cities east restrictions earlier this month, but the rest that has proved to be a short one. fresh lockdown and more testing in shanghai. not the weekend many residence. we're hoping for. just 10 days after the city started eating grueling restrictions mocked by food shortages and scattered protests, millions of shanghai, its residents have to stay indoors once again. and in the yeah, of course i'm voted logged on was just lifted on june. first, we were only just slowly recovering and dawning to some semblance of a normal working life. oh, i am a little wadded, if that upwards of cases and the compound we will be in a lockdown. i will get some supplies to stop a similar situation happening again on such energy projects. in beijing,

some districts are shutting down bars and clubs again. after fresh cases were traced to some night life sports. the city has reported dozens of new cases. china is one of the last major economies, still pursuing a 0 corbett policy. but york downs have battered the economy and flashed growth forecasts more disruptions, good further florida cavity. some residents still have accepted strict testing and restrictions as a way of life. well, you know, this is something we should do because only when everyone will be in the requirements can reduce the risk of virus transmission. i see it as a normal thing. i've never thought that it adds to the trouble or your, your isn't that the government has made it easy and you can get destiny close to your home. it full convenient for. is that any reason not to do it?

but we're driving blocked on fatigue and highly transmissible variance are those are questioning if a 0 corbett policy is even 50. annabelle was gonna check now. so the other stories making news around the world. we're how digital iran and venezuela had signed at 20 here cooperation agreement. do you do like a deal covers areas including energy and defense? iran is one of venezuela's main allies. the 2 countries are both under tough us sanctions. news in german chance are all of shoals as calling for the e. u to begin talks on north, macedonia, and albania. joining the block of regional cooperation is a key focus as shoals tours belkin nations. the british government has one legal backing for a controversial plan to deport asylum seekers to rolanda in east africa or wanda will get economic aid in return. the u. k. wants to discourage my grants from entering

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a regular celebration. before we go, a quick look at our top story. the european union is promising to fast track ukraine's did to join the block brussels boss ursula underlie and made a surprise visit to kiya for talks with presidents. what am your soleski? you're up to date on dw news. marina evans deemed from me and the entire team in berlin. thanks for watching. ah ah, a new tag along to this special hotspots in germany, europe. the world d. w. travel extremely with