[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news. life from berlin. crane says its forces are still holding on to the eastern city of several don. yes. many civilians are sheltering in a besieged capital plant and the region is under heavy russian challenges. also coming up u. s. census strike, lads walk, deal on gun control. both republicans and democrats back moves which could break a decades long stalemate in congress. added to formula one another victory for red

bulls to max vistaprint. as ferrari's challenge goes up in smoke at the as if i sean pre ah, i'm really muhammad, welcome to the program. ukraine says it remains in control of a chemical factory in the sense that you have several done yet. hundreds of people are sheltering inside the plant that says he has become the focus of the baffle for easton ukraine. both several don't yet. and the nearby a ton of lucy, chances are under attack by russian forces 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. ste, 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. let's see what the enemy conducts, a sold operations in the city of several in it, but without success. then white with street fighting, still raging across the city. most of ukraine's forces a hold up in the as out 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't 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 u. s. and european supplied weapons in western 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. larry sack, an advisor to ukraine's defense. vanessa told us that keith urgently needs more weapons from the west. a lead 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 a good legal standard, 885 caliber. and we have already received and deployed to the front ah,

$150.00 of such items. and they are efficiently used along the battlefield. and of course, as our president and administer of defense, good, can you say we need more of these? i need more. of course i'll be multi want rocket systems such as the and high mars the shift already occurred on the u. s. as said already, they will provide you credit for system so i must be getting ready said they were providing you with rest systems or just so that you understand according to the general start of the ukrainian 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 these systems fast. linda now to some other developments in the wall roster day ceremonies had taken place in some parts of occupied ukraine.

military bands paraded in the vasa pole in the crimea, which moscow annexed in 2014 and russia's national colors were on show in mario pole. the fort was overrun after nearly 3 months on the bottom, and some former mcdonald's restaurants in russia have reopened under a new name, which translates as tasty. and that's it. all customers are happy though, protested demanding the return of the big mack disrupted the opening ceremony in moscow. mcdonald's close, it's $850.00 russian outlets over the war. and ukraine is hoping to join the european union as soon as possible. brussels is promising a quick decision on whether to award ukraine candidate status. the 1st step in a long and complicated process, the w max santa has more for craig, maybe on its way into the european union. and some leaders have promised it won't

take longer. it will be not as usual and much of years to form this opinion, but i think meta weeks if would work closely together. so for he will have another meeting his online. but despite the public show of solidarity that you commission president displayed here on her 1st visit to ukraine, there are if fuel legal challenges ahead o can the deceased. the 1st step, countries have to fulfill the so called copenhagen criteria, which includes having a stable democratic government that applies the rule of law. or the 2nd stage, or accession toss, which marks the beginning of practical preparations for e u membership. so a country would usually need to undergo reform process, which includes its judiciary, the administration, its economy, and political structures. the rules add up to $35.00 chapters in total with long

lists of conditions. countries are vetted accordingly by the commission on the state of their markets, agriculture, external relations and other factors. if you, negotiators find a problem like a government meddling in the appointment of judges, they can demand justice reforms which can take years. finland needed 3 years to comply with turkey started the negotiating phase back in 2005, but talks have long been deadlocked due to acura's increasingly authoritarian tendencies and the leadership's unwillingness to reform. and in the case of ukraine, the french president seems to have low expectations, new several to us. we all know perfectly well that the process allowing them to join it will take several years in truth, probably several decades of it. i think some good result this in ah, once all 35 chapters of requirements are satisfied and all member states have

signed off on them together with the european commission and the european parliament. and accession treaty is put forward. it is then signed and ratified, and villa u r. a u member state. in the mid 2012, mostly eastern european countries were allowed to join the block despite apparent issues with dysfunctional institutions and deep seated corruption. the understanding was that for former communist countries change was more difficult to bring about a political decision was made at ukraine today. has institutional issues as well. on top of that, it will lead massive reconstruction efforts after the war. and it seems that at the moment, not everyone in the you is motivated to take them in u. s. senators have a great on a framework for tight that gun controls the move full shorts, all but strong. the steps called for by president joe biden, and many democrats,

but with republicans supported would break a stalemate in congress that lasted for years. despite mass killings and protests, a teenager was shot dead had. did she dead? 19 children and 2 teenagers at the school in texas. osman o d w, washington correspondent told me the deal between the democrats and the republicans will come as a surprise. this is pretty significant. rahile on saturday. we were reporting on the big gun control rallies across the country, and i was telling you how there was very little hope that anything would happen on a federal level, because there wasn't enough support in the senate that appears have been wrong. senator chris murphy, who is a democrat from the state of connecticut, spearheaded his negotiations. he made the announcement to day and he thanked his fellow republicans and democrats. worked with him on this. and he said that he is optimistic, that this plan will be translated into legislation that will then end up on the

president's desk for signing. and the bipartisan group released a statement saying that their plan will save lives while also protecting the constitutional rights of law abiding american. so it appears they were able to reaches compromised despite big differences. so while you say it is a compromise, what would it change exactly this plan, you will take you through what some of the, the agreement states and it would do a few things. so it would provide money to states to implement red flag laws. these are that the laws that allow officials to remove guns from someone who is considered a risk. it would also include a background check expanded background check for people who are under the age of $21.00 and want to buy a gun. it would close something that is called the boyfriend loophole. that would stop. people have been convicted of domestic violence from getting of a firearm. it would give money to states to address mental health response. that's something that was important to republicans because they continue to underline that it is mental health behind these shootings and not guns. and it would give money to schools to improve safety as well. so this is

a limited package and the details will have to be worked out, but it is being held as an important step forward as the me, what do you think's cole's this shift politically? why now really, it seems that there was this massive outcry after the mast shootings and buffalo and you've all the texas. you mentioned it. 19 children, 2 teachers killed their that appear to have moved the needle. the countries been devastated also by so many shootings this year. and one of the loudest voices was senator murphy, and he said after you've all the, he would not accept nothing, there has to be some sort of incremental change. and that that would be the only way forward. you know, that gun control is one of the most divisive politicized issues in the us. but it appears that the demand and the outcry has managed to convince some republicans. and do you think this would satisfy many of these gun control campanas who are out on the streets yesterday? or we have seen some of the organizers of that rally and other gun control advocacy

groups already welcoming the news of this breakthrough. if this were to pass, it would be the 1st federal legislation on gun control in nearly 30 years. so that is seen as a victory and president biden. also put out a statement today saying that he would sign it as soon as it got to his desk, but he tucked up on the fact that this doesn't address some things. the democrats wanted to see, for example, it doesn't raise the age to purchase a semi automatic weapon, or it doesn't band high capacity magazines, so it falls short of what they want. but again, the messaging that we've seen today is that they are welcome to the fact that there is some agreement. and i just want to point out quickly where he like, there is some way to go. this has to be drafted as legislation. it has to go through congress and though senators were promised or support from the republican side, they have to vote that way. so still a ways to go. he doubly is that send me some misconduct in washington dc. thank you . send me all his look at them. other stories making use around the world. press president and manual leucon is expected to keep his parliamentary majority off to

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