ah ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. ukraine says its forces are still holding on in the eastern city a severe odor. next. there is intense street fighting there and the region is under heavy rushing. shelling, also coming up, american senators are working together on

a reformed deal to curb firearms. republican and democratic senators are backing moves which could break as fail made in congress lasting years to bring changes to fire. fresh voters have cast their ballots from the 1st round of parliamentary elections. president emanuel mack call is being challenged by a new coalition of left wing parties, led by john middle. ah, i'm nick spicer. welcome to the program. ukraine says it remains in control of a chemical factory in the eastern city. as of yet don't ask. hundreds of civilians are sheltering inside the plant. the city has become the epicenter of the battle for eastern ukraine, boasts of yellow desk, and the nearby town of lucy chance are under massive attack by russian artillery

ukrainian soldiers in list a chance under fire from russian artillery. though they managed to evacuate a wounded civilian, another barrage forces them to take cover again. this chance is the twin city to see ever done yet sk which remains the focus of russia's offensive in the dawn. bus . russian and separatist forces have so far struggled to fully claim the city sever dynette is not completely all 100 percent liberated while kiva reports that ukrainian forces us still holding out. lest the little the enemy conducts a sold operations in the city of civil denette, they will, but without success, then white with street fighting, still raging across the city. most of ukraine's forces are hold up in the adult chemical plant, along with an unknown number of civilians. the fist fighting has made evacuating

the city impossible. but in this war of attrition, the don bus is not russia's only target. the russian ministry of defense has released this footage of strikes against what it claims a ukrainian strongholds. a russian news agency is also reporting claims that a large stock pile of us and european supplied weapons in west and ukraine was destroyed. the loss of these supplies would be a major blow for ukrainian forces. with some troops warning they are running low on ammunition. the west has promised to send additional weapons and for ukrainian troops in the don bus. these can't come soon enough. earlier i spoke to yuri sack and keith, who is an advisor to the ukrainian defense minister and asked him about the deployment of western weapons in the country a lee we had received and we began receiving ramstein out of the me cci,

either on on air force base in germany, you grain began receiving a heavy, actually good legal, standard, 885 caliber and we have already received and deployed to the front. oh wow. didn't she? she of such items and they are efficiently used a long way of battlefield. and of course, as our president minister continues to say, we need more of these. i need more. of course, i mean, multi large rocker systems and high mars a shift already occurred. you asked has said already they will provide you credit for system. so i must be ready said they, why do you plan with systems? but just so that you understand according to the general start of the cranium armed forces, ukraine currently needs about a 100 of such systems to be able to conduct

a counter offensive and to be able to liberate our land. so timing is crucial and we need to receive the systems fast. that was your 2nd advisor to the ukrainian defense minister, talking to me from keith. american senators have announced a bipartisan framework for limited curbs on firearms. the move falls short of stronger step stop by president joe biden. and many democrats with new republican support. it would break a stalemate in congress that has lasted for years, despite mass killings and giant protest. the renewed push for gun control comes after a teenager shot dead 19 school children and 2 teachers in texas elementary school, last one. and for more on this, let's go straight to washington to d. w. send me some a scanned. so me a deal in a senate on gun law reform. what does that look like?

yeah, nick, this deal would do a few things. i'll take you through what was agreed upon now. it would provide money and to states to implement red flag laws. these are laws that allow officials to room remove guns from someone who's considered a risk. and these laws already exist in 19 states and in the district of columbia as well. it would close a so called boyfriend loophole, so that would stop people who have been convicted of domestic violence from an obtaining a firearm. it would also include an expanded background check for people who are under the age of $21.00 and want to purchase a gun. and it will give grants to states to address mental health concerns that something a lot of republicans have called for because they blame these mass shootings on mental health and not guns themselves. and it would give funding to schools to improve safety. now, the bipartisan group that worked on the steel said that this plan will save lives and protect the constitutional rights of law abiding americans. again, language there that is important to republicans. this is a deal in principle. the tax still needs to be drafted,

but if it holds and makes it through the house, it would be a big deal because no, no legislation essentially has been passed on the federal level in 30 years. and nick, i was just on dw yesterday saying look as saying that any legislation looks doomed in the senate. so this appears to be a significant breakthrough. i remember that conversation with you. well, and this feels like a big surprise. but as you were saying, this kind of legislation has been called for 4 years. can you tell us just how did this come about this, this surprise deal? well, it took a massive outcry after the mass shootings and buffalo new val day a texas. you mentioned 19 children, 2 teachers were killed in that shooting. and one of the loudest voices was senator chris murphy is a democrat from the state of connecticut. that state witnessed a horrific mass shooting in 2012 at sandy hook. and he said at the time that doing nothing was not an option option and that he would be willing to accept incremental change. so he spearheaded this effort and he end democrats and president made clear

this deal certainly is not enough. they want to see more stringent laws, they want to see assault weapons. for example, band. they want to see say storage laws for guns stored at home were background checks on gun shows as well. but the devil is in the details. here at nick, we have to see how much money they're actually going to allocate towards this if it passes. and also have to think about the fact that juvenile background checks might not stop at many masters who don't have a previous record. but again, and senator chris murphy saying that this incremental change is better than nothing . well, i'm sure. yeah. fingers crossed so is i think the sentiment for many americans, particularly those who have suffered from all of those mass shootings over the years, see me. so i scanned that reporting force from washington dc. now for some news from other parts of the world now. on a visit to helsinki, nato secretary general young stilton berg said that turkeys security concerns over swedish and finish new membership were legitimate to address the 2 nordic countries

applied to join the alliance last month. but turkey's president wretched type air to one is opposed accuses the 2 nordic countries of backing kurdish opposition groups anchor recalls. terrorist pope frances has apologized to the faithful, gathered in saint peter's square for postponing his trip to africa. ni problems which have put them in a wheelchair. i've led doctors to advise the pope to stay at home. the pontiff said the postponement was a source of great regret. orthodox christians are celebrating an important day in their religions calendar. pentecost is one of the oldest christian holidays falling on the 8 sunday after easter for believers. it marks the holy spirit coming into the world and the foundation of the church of christ in jerusalem. voting in the 1st round of french parliamentary elections has ended. early projections show that president emanuel michael centrist alliance and its main contender,

new coalition of left wing parties, led by joan mann middle school, are neck and neck. each of the rival secure between 25 and 26 percent of the vote. the 2nd round of voting on june 19th, we'll decide whether mac calls government will be able to secure a clear majority and to shed some light on the situation. let's cross now to the w correspondence lisa lewis and paris. lisa, what do you make of these, these estimates? well, it looks like you know, the projection space on tonight's estimate show that this really marks the revival of the french left the left wing alliance could get ever between 150, and 200 seats in parliament compared to about 85 years ago. and at that alliance doesn't even bundle all the less in parties. however, they were aiming for more. they wanted to get the biggest chair of the seeds. and even though the majority in parliament that is unlikely to happen,

come ada are based on the predictions that are based on tonights at resides at when you look on the other side of the spectrum, my cause party, the current president's party and is allies. they are likely to get the biggest number of seats in parliament, but again, for them it is, it seems to be a bittersweet, reside. they are obviously aiming for a majority in parliament, but estimates show that this is not sure actually is not sure that this will happen . they could get between 255 and 310 seeds in parliament in and next week's 2nd round of voting. however, they need at least 289 seats and parliament in order to push through. there are forms and given that the left it made a good score or is likely to make a good score. and next in next week's 2nd round and tonight and the 1st round, it looked like am i my car? the current president needs to take into account that many voters are actually and

they want more left wing policies. he can't just put in place more market orientated reforms without listening to these people. but i just wanted ask you about those reforms. if he doesn't get my call, the dad does not get that majority in particularly an absolute majority. the 2nd round, what happens to his big reform agenda that does a die well, you're right to ask. it will be very difficult for him to push through any reforms . i mean it's not the left wing reforms maybe, but the center right. and the market orientated reforms such as you know, his plan to push up the current pension age from 62 to 64 or 6 to 5 there. if he doesn't get the 289 seats needed to have an absolute majority in parliament, he will need to convince people from other parties to go along with his plans to vote for him. and, you know, opposed as opposed to other countries,

such as germany, germany, where, you know, there is a real policy, you know, really tradition of having coalitions and finding agreements. that's not the case in france. it's been historically speaking, always very difficult for parties to agree on common agendas, and it's likely to be a lot more complicated for him on my call to govern this country in the coming 5 years. if he doesn't get these 289 seats in a next week's 2nd round of fighting here in the legislative elections in france. ok, well, we'll be looking forward to talking to in a weeks time, to find out what happens. lisa lewis reporting for us from paris for sports now and in formula one max for stop and has one the as or by jan grand prix. to extend his lead at the top of the standings. the red bull driver took advantage after ferrari's charlotte player again failed to finish after starting and pole position ferrari. sharla. clerk has secured all but to pull positions this season, but

a pull to pull finish wasn't in the car on the streets in baku, in the very 1st turn. red bull, sergio perez overcame locklear perez won the last race in looks set to possibly repeat. ferrari showed size of car trouble early and red bull took advantage. being a good teammate perez made way for reigning champion, max fish stopping one lat 15 and then more bad news for ferrari on lat. 21. laclare managed to get the lead back, but with his engine clearly gone. for it was game over. laclare 2nd did not finish after starting and poll. red bulls max fish, stop in made good one ferrari's engine failure to claim his 5th victory this season . red bull have dominated in 2020 to winning all but 2

races. before we go, here's a quick look at our top story. this, our ukraine says his forces are still holding out in part of the eastern city of soviet or the nets, or hundreds of civilians have found shelter. the city and surrounding area witnessing consistent intense street fighting and heavy rushing. shelly, this is deed of you news live from berlin, coming up next the documentary child slave, your slavery, pardon me, and me, and mar the brutal business with adoptions. spicer with it is a secret war in the scene. endless one, absence of the conflict between iran on the one hand and israel in the united states on the.