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a by john grant pre ah, i'm really mohammed walked to the program ukrainian defense advisor has told d w that rushes blitzkrieg in the east. the city of several don yet has failed. hundreds of civilians are sheltering there in the besieged chemical plant. present volume is the lensky says, every meter is being fought over. he's appealing to western allies to send advanced anti missile systems to save ukrainian lives. smoke rising from an industrial area in the city of sierra, the netscape, the last part still under ukrainian control. this unverified footage reportedly shows the as ought to chemical factory where hundreds of fighters and residents are said to be taking shelter. russia is trying to pound the city along with

neighboring lucy chanced into submission with heavy artillery ukraine's president florida means the lensky says, rusher is throwing everything into the battle, which a lot of the occupiers key, tactical gold has not changed. they are pressing into sierra jeanette sk. severe fighting is going on there. literally every meter, local officials say russian forces have blown up a bridge linking several done as quickly as he chanced, cutting off a crucial evacuation route for civilians. in lucy chanced ukraine is scrambling to evacuate residence. many there think it's now time to get out before it's too late . the thought a little after we had we have no choice but to leave. i'm sick of discipline here. i love you with my shelling, killed a girl in our yard. yes, i was to decided to go with that. we do hope to come back. well again, said his phone in your system. meanwhile,

the west of ukraine is still seeing russian rockets to these images will reportedly taken after a missile attack in the city of charts. keith, moscow says it destroyed a large weapon. step are there, but for now, russia's focus remains on the dawn best region. and while ukrainian forces have stopped the russian advance so far, keith says it needs more help from the west and it's renewed it please. for more heavy weapons. hearing sack, an advisor to ukraine's defense minister. tell that keith, as you may need more weapons from the west lead we had received and we began receiving ramstein after the meeting and the ramstein at post germany. you grant began receiving heavy artillery legal standards. $855.00 caliber and we have already received and deployed to the front of $150.00 of such

items. and they are efficiently used along battlefield. and of course, as our president and as a minister of defense continues to say, we need more of these and we need more, of course, i'll be mount the large rocker systems and high mars the ship already occurred. the u. s. has said already they will provide you credit for system, so i'm are you guys ready said they were providing you with rest systems, but just so that you understand according to the general start of the credit on forces, you train currently needs about a 100 of such systems to be able to conduct a counter offensive to be able to liberate our land. so timing is crucial and we need to receive these systems 1st. well, let's take a look at sir. some of the other developments in the wall most

a day ceremonies have taken place in some parts of occupied ukraine. military bands paraded in savannah to pole in the crimea, which moscow annexed in 2014 and russia's national colors were on show it mario pole. the fort was overrun after nearly 3 months on the bombardment. some form a mcdonald's restaurants in russia have reopened under a new name, which translates as tasty. and that's it of old custom. as a happy though, protested demanding the return of the big mack disrupted the opening ceremony in moscow. mcdonald's closed it's $850.00 russian outlet over the wall. and ukraine is hoping to join the european union as soon as possible, brussels as promising a quick decision on whether to award ukraine candidate status. the 1st step and a long and complicated process. d, w. 's max xanda has more new cream may be on its way into the european union,

and some leaders have promised it will take longer. it will be not as usual and much of years to form this opinion. but i think a matter of weeks if we work closely together, so for you do have one other religious online. but despite the public show of solidarity that you commission president displayed here on her 1st visit to ukraine, there are a few 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. oh, the 2nd stage, our 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 anchorage, increasingly authoritarian tendencies and the leaderships 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. they sound good result. this in ah,

once all $35.00 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. what tights at gun controls,

the move for sort of strongest steps called for by president joe biden, and many democrats. but with republican support, it would break estelle made in congress that's lasted for years, despite bass killings and protests. a teenager killed 19 children and 2 teachers at a school in texas last month of the deputies. so me some, a scanner is following the story in washington d. c. and she told me the deal between the democrats and republicans comes as the price. 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. sen, chris murphy, who was a democrat from the state of connecticut, spearheaded his negotiations. he made the announcement to day and he thanked his fellow republicans and democrats, who 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 a while also protecting the constitutional rights of law. abiding american, so it appears they were able to reaches compromise despite big differences. so all you say it is a compromise. what would it change exactly? this plan will take you through what some of the agreement states and it would do a few things. so it would provide money to states to implement red flag laws. these are 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 something that was important to republicans because they continue to underline that it is mental health behind his 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 to me, what do you think coals to this shift, politically, why now really, it seems that there was, you know, this massive outcry after the mass shootings and buffalo and you've all the texas, you mentioned it. 19 children, 2 teachers killed there that appear to have moved the needle. the country has 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 politicize 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 campaigners who are out on the streets yesterday?

well, 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 touch 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 those senators were promised or support from republican side. they have to vote that way. so still a ways to go. he does, he's assuming some escandone in washington dc. thank you so me and his look at some other stories taking place around the world. french president emanuel corn is

expected to keep his parliamentary majority off to elections for the national assembly projection show. a new opposition left wing coalition has made big gains. but my con, centrist elias maintains a narrow lead, the final result will be announced off to the 2nd round of voting next week. you jason, india cracking down on unrest, triggered by anti islam. comments to members of the ruling b. j. p. party made derogatory remarks about the prophet mohammed. dozens of protesters have been arrested. officials have also to banished houses belonging to demonstrate his which they say were built illegally as the borders of 2 men missing in the amazon urging brazilian authorities to step up the search. but as journalist done phillips and indigenous experts, printer para, were researching deforestation, and commercial intrusion in the region. rescue teams found a backpack and the laptop near where they disappeared. well,

that's the stop. it has won the as the by john grand prix, extending his lead on top of the for me, the one table, the red bull driver swooped. as for our is charles, the clerk again fell to finish. despite starting in pull position. ferrari sharla, clerk has secured all but to pull positions this season, but a pole to pole finish wasn't in the car on the streets in baku, in the very 1st turn. red ball. sergio perez overcame what color perez won the last race and looked 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, stop in 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. it was game over locklear 2nd did

not finish after starting in poll, red bulls max fish, stop in made good one. ferrari's engine failure to claim his 5th victory. this sees it. that's it. that fall is up next. ah, a global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities greener? how can we protect habitats? we can make a difference. global ideas, environmental series in global 3000 on d, w, and online or asia and artic lovers guide.