ah ah ah ah, this is deed of you news live from berlin. the european union promises progress on ukraine's bid to join the e u. the u commission. she pers lavonne line makes a surprise trip to keith, but president vladimir zalinski warrants. he also needs progress on getting more

ammunition to his troops. marching to stop the slaughter, thousands joined, protest across the united states, demanding stricter gun control and an end to mass shoot. and cooking up a storm on you to meet a group of bangladesh, you women attracting viewers while raising money there. ah, i'm nick spicer, welcome to the program. the european union is promising a rapid assessment of ukraine's membership application commission. chief ursula founder line made a surprise visit to keep on saturday. ukraine submitted its request to join back in march. brussels will say next week whether it will be given candidate status. as to me, you are so welcome to play with momentum, seemingly shifting in moscow's favour. ukrainian present was clearly pleased to see

ursula from the lion. again help of their agenda, ukraine's e u membership bid. the european commission chief is promising progress soon. zalinski and the president of the european commission. ursula funder lang. as you know, the commission is currently preparing the recommendations of so called opinion for the u. member states. we have been working day and night on this assessment and i promised to you an april the of 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. that is, zalinski is keen to stress that it's not just ukraine's fake the on the line. li, are we through that? as was one woman, suddenly a decisive moment, not only for ukraine and the european union, but for the entire european continent,

summers that is now decide the future of united europe, certainly. and whether there will be a future tome selling with ukraine to reach that hoped for european future. it's defenders will have to hang on in the face of russia's overwhelming advantage in heavy weaponry that moscow has employed to devastating effect in savannah than yet . the strategic city and the don bass is now almost completely under russian control. what ukrainian command, as a warning that keeps forces won't be able to stop further russian advances unless it's western allies provide more heavy weapons and ammunition without delay. so does all this mean ukraine will get into the e you quicker than it would normally? that's the question i put to w's rebecca writers reporting from chief i will the short answer to that nick is, is no. there is no legal framework for a fast tracking of essential as a session to the a you,

but on the line saying that the, the process will be completed by next week of the cow, of the commission's recommendations. now that commission recommendation is likely to be positive and was perhaps slightly fast track if you will, given the light of the situation here with the war. but definitely the, as a session process, as it were, cannot be fast tracked on the line and it has to give her a recommendation. all the commissions recommendation. and then that has to go to the 27 members. states who will need to unanimously agree and therefore triggering the long the long process to possession of. so let's say the do get a good assessment. all the member states, agree, can you walk us through the succession process? what does it mean to join the you? how long does it take, for example? well, it's lengthy and complicated as most things with the a, you tend to be very bureaucratic, but this isn't just about bureaucracy. this is about making sure that any state the

joins the a you is signed up to the liberal democratic values. you know, there that needs to be a rule of law or there needs to be a functioning economy. there needs to be anti corruption measures and a functioning judiciary. these things are the process. if they are to be successful and my are allowed candidate status, the process can still take on average up to 10 years. sometimes longer, you look at the case of turkey, turkey became a candidate in 1999. so it's like an incredibly long process and then negotiations have stalled. so there is actually no guarantee even if they make candidate status, that they will then therefore be brought into the a you. but this is the 1st step for sure. and you know, rebecca, we're not in ursula vander, lines had but presumably she could have a sent an email or called zalinski and told him this news. why do you think she came to keep in person to make this announcement? well, i had symbolic, of course, this is her 2nd trip to ukraine since the war began. now,

she wants to come and show that the you does support ukraine. that's a lensky, you know, has a friend in the u. bots. you know, as well, it's going to help with her assessment process, you know, having these long discussions with the lensky. she's going to be able to write up these assessments better as well. but he also even nice visit, of course, was discussions about how the a you, what the a you can do to help you crime rate develop after the war or even before the was over. but you know, help with the process of developments is this will began, so a symbolic gesture from the a you but, but certainly an important one. and i think one that she really wanted to make did not want to send that email. okay, rebecca notice thanks. so much for that insight reporting from g force thousands of people are marching across the united states, demanding stricter gun laws. rallies are part of a renewed push for tighter gun controls. following a string of mass chimneys, american lawmakers have passed some restrictions, but the measures are likely to be overturned in the senate because democrats to not

have enough votes. and for more on this were joined by d w. soon you some a scanner who is at the demonstrations in washington, assuming it's been 4 years since the 1st to march for our lives. what is different now? nick? it has been for years and i think the answer a lot of people here would give you is that not much has changed at all. this is a movement that was founded after a mass shooting at a school in parkland florida in 2018, and that spurred families of the victims. also students who were survivors to demand gun control to, to march on washington and demand that lawmakers do something. and really on the federal level and also on the state level in florida, not much has changed at all. that was a note of frustration that we heard among many of the people gathered here behind me to day issued. and what you'll see behind me is actually these rows of white flowers. these were a planted here for the the mart martyr for allies,

rather movement to show the victims of gun violence sub there gathered here. they're going to then march to the capitol because at the moment, lawmakers are negotiating some measures to tighten gun control. and protesters hear the march for allies movement. want to make sure that they are heard loud and clear . as stunning to look at the field of flock, they seem to be countless to bouquets. first, let me ask you about what the protestors actually want concretely and do you think they can achieve it? yeah, i think so. so this movement in particular much for our lives, they have a number of policy proposals that they want to see implemented. for example, things like a national registry for fire arms and firearm owners. they want to see red flag law strength, and these are laws that will lough officials to take guns out of homes where people are deemed to be a risk to themselves, the people around them. they also want to see assault weapons band and high mag is a high capacity, a capacity magazines. that is why, how many bullets a gun can shoot whether that can be achieved. well, there are very specific policy proposals on the table from this group that simply

are non starters, when it comes to lawmakers and also among many americans who support some sort of gun control. but don't know exactly how that, how that should look. and indeed, i talked to some gun control advocates this week he told me, we don't want to ban assault weapons. we simply want to make sure that they don't land on the wrong hands. so when it comes to whether they can achieve these aims, that becomes more difficult. there is, however, a push in congress underway in the wake of the recent shootings to enforce stricter gun control. but it looks set to fail. is that right? that's right. make or indeed the house of representatives where the democrats have a majority. this week we're able to pass a package of measures that came in response to the mass shootings that we've seen in the u. s. in recent rates in buffalo, new york and new baldy, texas. in tulsa, oklahoma, they put together this package of measures. it includes things like raising the age to buy a semi automatic weapon from $18.00 to $21.00. that did pass in the house,

it is headed to the senate, and it is all but doomed there. that is because democratic senators don't have the numbers they need, they would need 10 republican senators to vote alongside them. and that is very unlikely at the state. so again, it looks like after more mass shootings in the u. s, there is little to no action that will be taken on the federal level. next. okay, have you send me some us canada reporting for us from washington dc. thanks better . let's take a look now as some of the other stories making news around the world. china's defense minister says beijing will not hesitate to start a war if taiwan declares independent, gave the warning at an international security summit in singapore. american president joe biden has said, washington will defend taiwan. should china attack? iran and venezuela have signed a 20 year cooperation agreement. what the deal covers areas, including energy and defense, around is one of venezuela's main allies. both countries are under tough us

sanctions. the 2 people have been shot dead in india as protest turned violent. their crowds demanded the arrest of former members of the ruling hindu nationalist b. j. p. party accused of making derogatory remarks about the prophet mohammed, germany as their olaf schultz is calling for the european union to begin talks on north macedonia, and albania. joining the union regional corporation is a key focus as shorts towards all commissions. german leader says he texted a new momentum for you to expand since the war and ukraine began. cooking is a necessity and often a chore for most people. but in a small village in bangladesh, it has become an internet sensation. the villagers run a youtube channel called around me b d. every week they upload videos showing how they cook for. so $1000.00 residents and their channel has become so popular that it benefits the whole village. loves

all of it in the republic, a tune as a cook in her small village and bangladesh. and now she's also an internet star. together with other women. she makes meals for the villages, approximately 1000 residents. they prepare huge portions and people around the world, watch them on youtube. i'm i, they tell it's great that so many people love our videos that we're proud that even though we're poor, we're reaching so many people in cooking for our village gives us a sense of great accomplishment. i'm a medical ballet la the youtube channel became famous when this clip went viral, a 3 year old preparing fish, curry. the video now has over 93000000 views and cooking in front of the camera is a part of everyday life. like i'm on the land that it doesn't make much difference to me whether i cook here or at home. we're all one big family lower than the biggest difference is that with these huge portions. and i can't just ask them one if there's enough salt in the food, i'm always it right from this is, oh not

a home that had the high up until 6 years ago, things were very quiet here. then mohammed hussein's nephew started making videos of the fish market. then mohammed himself took the idea one step further happened or whatever. it was lou who said at the time i wanted to film the villagers eating together at a picnic, new york where every one get some food. we started with small amounts of rice of was all then more and more villagers came to share meal time with us. look, hon. now the channel has more than 4000000 subscribers. the many views have led to advertising revenue of more than $1000.00 us dollars a week. much of the money flows back into the village. the children now have their own playground and simple tin shacks have been replaced with more sturdy huts, glendora helen, i have 2 sons, and 2 daughters live. what are the founders of the youtube channel? give me a house and i live there now with my grandson. we're doing very well in data and

then it, alas and mohammed has saying already has even bigger plans to help others benefit from the channels success? i'm one of the, the larger cost to buy in the future. we want to support and feed even more people out of them. our ultimate goal is to make that happen for all of bangladesh and allow this wimbledon eddie, his plan already. i work here in shimaya and many here think this small village could now serve as a model for the entire country. the streets of bangkok are a wash with color as tyler celebrates his 1st official pride, brave thousands of people march through the capital. waiving rainbow flags, they want same sex marriage legalize and more rights for sex workers. bangkok governor join in the festivities, which he says will become a regular celebration. before

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