real dialogue. how did this confrontation begin? how greatest the danger that it was spread? the long war. israel iran usa, starts june 15th on d. w. ah ah . this is dw used live from berlin. the european union promised his progress on ukraine's bid to join the e u. commission chief pers lavender lie and makes a surprise trip to keep the president blood amir zalinski warrants. he also needs progress on getting more ammunition to his troops coming up later. marching to stop

the slaughter, thousands joined, protest across the united states, demanding stricter gun controls and an end to mass shooting. and the british government winds illegal vital to deport migrants to east africa. human rights campaigner said they'll carry on opposing the controversial scheme. ah, unexpired. welcome to the program. the european union is promising a rapid assessment of ukraine's membership application. efficient chief ursula founder line made a surprise visit to keep on saturday. ukraine submitted it's requested join back in march, brussels. it will say next week whether it will be given candidate status as to meet you are so welcome to chloe with momentum,

seemingly shifting in moscow's favour. ukrainian president was clearly pleased to see us he left on the lion again top 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, russell a founder 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 and april the of will not him. yeah. 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 of zalinski is keen to stress that it's not just ukraine's fake the on the line. lee, we through that as was will more than on suddenly a decisive moment. not only for ukraine and the european union,

but for the entire european continent, summers that was now decide the future of united europe, certainly, and whether there will be a future, a toe. it was a really good the 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 in 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 that ukraine will be able to join the european union faster than as usual? i put their question to d w. rebecca bitters in chief i. well, the short answer to that nick is, is no. there is no legal framework for

a fast tracking of essential as the 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 tracked if you will, given the light of the situation here with the war. but definitely the essay a session process as it were, can not be fast tracked on the line, and it has to give her recommendation, all the commissions recommendation. and then that has to go to the 27 members day to only to unanimously agree, and therefore triggering the long the long process to a session or 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 e, a u is signed up to the liberal democratic values in there that needs to be rule of law. 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 ought to be successful and they 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. but then therefore be brought into the a you. but this is the 1st step for sure. and you know, rebecca were not in ursula van lines had, but presume she could never sent an email or called zalinski and told him this news . what do you think she came to keep in person to make this announcement? well i, it's symbolic. of course, this is her 2nd trip to ukraine since the war began. no,

she wants to come and show that the you does support you crime. that's lensky, you know, has a friend in the you bots, you know, as well. it's going to help with her assessment process, you know, having made long discussions with the lensky, she's going to be able to write up these assessments better as well. but he also even this visit, of course, was discussions about how the a you a, what the a you can do to help your crime rate develop after the war 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. or back. right. thanks so much for that insight reporting from keep for us. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. the mayor of mario paul has warned of a major color outbreak in the southern ukrainian city. he says that with much of

the cities infrastructure damaged or destroyed, people are drinking contaminated water. russian troops took control of mario pol, last month after weeks of bombard. inflation was american. president joe biden says, ukraine's president vladimir zalinski didn't listen to warnings that russia was planning to invade. i'm says zalinski was among the leaders who thought american intelligence was exaggerated. it's a rare change in tone from one of the ukrainian leaders, stronger supporters. thousands are marching across the united states, demanding stricter gun loss rallies are part of a renewed push for tighter gun controls. following a string of mass shootings, american lawmakers have passed some restrictions with the measures are likely to be overturned in the senate because democrats don't have enough boats there. it's 4 years now since the 1st, pardon me, the last march of for our lives in the united states. i asked you to use to me so

as canada in washington, what has changed since then? 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 here the much for allies movement, want to make sure that they are heard loud and clear. as stunning to look at that

field of plot, 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 the, 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 would allow 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 the high capital capacity magazines. that is what, 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

a band assault weapons. we simply want to make sure that they don't land in the wrong hands. so when it comes so 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 up 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 you've all the 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 forth from washington d. c. thanks for that time now to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. china's defense minister says beijing will quote, not hesitate to start a war. if taiwan declares independence gave the warning at an international security summit in singapore, american president joe biden has said, washington will defend taiwan. should china attack a ran in venezuela have signed a 20 year co operation agreement. deal covers areas including energy and defense. iran is one of venezuela, its main allies. 2 countries are both under tough us sanction and use in the 2 people have been shot dead in india as protest there turned violent crowds demanded the rest of former members of the ruling hindu nationalist. b j. p. party accused of making derogatory remarks about the prophet mohammed. the british government

has one legal backing for a controversial plan to deport asylum seekers to wander in east africa. rwanda will get economic aid in return. united kingdom wants to discourage migrants from entering illegally, but human rights campaigners are still opposing the scheme. the british high court ruling gives the green light for the removal of asylum seekers from the u. k. the threat had been looming for some time, but the decision still had many migrants hard. this number 7 for the reckon trina hawes is a beautiful policy, right. we got refugees or spoken to more than a 100 human, given these notices that say they go to forcibly remove from the country. the court's decision means the 1st flights to rwanda could get underway. in the coming days. the u. k. signed an agreement with the east african nation in april this year

. the controversial deal cause for asylum seekers who arrive in the u. k. a, the restore ways or on boats being center a wander and not allowed to return. their kigali will take full responsibility for the migrants and their asylum applications. in exchange for economic aid. the british government argues the program is intended to undermine people smuggling networks and dissuade people from trying to cross the english channel. it says more than $10000.00 people have made the dangerous crossing so far this year. but campaign is say, the plan also puts migrants in danger and suggests the government is trying to dodge its international obligations. we don't believe that any one should be being punished for claiming asylum. he got his 2nd chic left he convention and we have of the right to claim aside in the human right. but the court's decision is not necessarily final. the rolling left the door open for a last minute appeal. something campaign is say,

that will launch on monday. the streets of bangkok are a wash with colors tile. lan celebrates his 1st official pride parade. thousands of marks through the capital waiting rainbow flags. the want, same sex marriage legalize and more rights for sex worms bangkok, governor joined in the festivities, which he says will become a regular celebration. time for sports now and in formula one. ferrari's charlotte. there has secured pole position for the as or by jan grand prix. it's the 4th consecutive pole for the care and his 6th of the season. 24 year old is 2nd in the overall standings behind red bulls max for staff and he finished 3rd and qualifying behind his team mates. sergio paris before we girl have a quick look now at our top story at this hour. the european union is promising to

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