ah ah ah this is dw news live from berlin. ukraine says its forces are holding out in civil don't ask. despite russian troops destroying the main escape routes from the city authorities say they're trying to evacuate wounded civilians. hundreds of ukrainian fighters and civilians are taking refuge from the russian assault inside

a chemical plant, also coming up, canceled by his russian fans. we meet the laughin pop singer whose foregoing fame and fortune to tell the truth about the war in ukraine. a 1st plain carrying asylum seekers to wanda is due to the party you kate, today. the plan is controversial. critics call it immoral, but the government says it will discourage illegal migrants from making risky attempts to reach brit ah, i'm pablo folios. welcome to the program. ukraine says it's forces are still holding out in survey. don't, don't ask a key city in the eastern don, boss, region, ukrainian official, se russian forces now control around 8 per cent of the city,

which has become the site of one of the wars bloodiest battles. russian troops have destroyed all 3 bridges leading out of civil don't ask, making it very difficult to evacuate civilians to laboring lucy shanks. but a regional governor says it's still possible to evacuate some of the injured and the russian forces have not yet entirely blocked off the city. bridges destroyed. the city of severity nets is now almost cut off. authorities say they're still able to evacuate the wounded. but the situation for those still left is worsening and fast. st. battles, a raging in the eastern city, the governor of the region says it's mostly under russian control. much of severity nets has been destroyed. authorities believe more than $500.00 civilians, including children, a sheltering at the vast, a thought chemical plant. they say the plant is under heavy bombardment from

russian forces. moscow and pro russian separatists in the region have issued an ultimatum to the ukrainian trip. still holding out in the city, there was given the ukrainian military units that a station there remained therefore, either with what they have 2 options either follow the example of their colleagues and surrender or die love. they have no other option over them. but the ukranian president remains defiant. my mom was bravo, we are dealing with absolute even in my mom, and we have no other choice but to move forward if you must, free our entire territory. why do kick the occupies out of all outreach al serra and albert. now the width of our front is already more than 2500 kilometers. you can feel that the strategic initiative is still on our side or inter villa, a nearby town to the north, west of florida, nath ukrainian police race to bring civilians to safety, many of them elderly. they didn't want to leave the house. now they have no choice,

but to go well here is dw corresponded from and gone to ranko in cave with an update on the situation in the eastern city of savannah don't ask of the situation is getting more and more dangerous should our, by the hour. so you're right, all the 3 bridges have been destroyed. and by now, as far as i understand earned the ukrainian forces can still get some support from those m, from the neighboring city of lucy chance, which is a twin city of several been asked suited on the other bank of the she was could then yesco river and it is m, as far as i understand, there is a connection over very well with boats. so arm ukrainian forces have been research lied with ammunition and maybe some wounded soldiers are evacuated by boats. but you can imagine it is very difficult. and if there is heavy shelling, so the situation is very, very dangerous for the ukraine in forces. and as far as i understand in the coming

hours, there will be an attempt to evacuate civilians hiding in that chemical plant. and it will probably take several days. we do not know in more you pull in the city of a day as of see just a few weeks ago. there were several days needed to evacuate. all civilians who were hiding under m. m. plant there. so we have a slightly different but in some aspects, similar situation here are very difficult situation. now. we just heard in the report that a pro russian representative in don basses issued a surrender or die ultimatum to the ukrainian soldiers holding out. incidental don't ask, has there been any reaction from the ukranian military? no, i haven't seen any reaction so far and normally ukrainian forces would not react immediately to such. such claims on the situation is for the ukrainian forces. a different from mario pole because ukrainian forces are not completely cut off and

a help is not dozens of kilometers away is just on the other bank of the river. so ukrainian forces may retreat. they may receive some help. of course that help is limited, but still they do not have to surrender. brushes, energy. giant gas prom says it will be reducing daily gas deliveries via the north stream pipeline to germany due to the repair of compressor units by german company . siemens gas prom plans to limit supplies to 100000000 cubic meters per day, which is only 60 percent of capacity. north stream is the older of 2 parallel pipelines leading from russia to germany. the newest north street too, was finished recently, but isn't used to, to sanctions against russia over the war in ukraine. but us crossover to our chief political editor, mikaela, christner. hi, michaela,

good to see you. now, what's behind this decision by gas prompt to limit supplies? while gasp on says it's not, it's a decision that this is due to maintenance work that was needed on that pipeline that supplies most of them and a gas directly through the know stream one pipeline. compress. the units are being serviced by humans. we understand that they are actually ready for replacement. and the big question now is why they have been unable to be delivered back. and whether the timing of this maintenance is earlier than you know, that was expected this summer, although it's not possible at this point in time to really find out whether it is the russian side that is deliberate, the limiting or whether it really is the european side that it's dragging its heels in terms of delivering the equipment the hardware required to keep the pipeline

running at this moment in time. but it's a highly sensitive issue as europe is trying to store up it's gas storage ahead of what could be another long autumn winter. well, that brings me on to white. my next question, mckayla, does it mean that we'll soon see natural gas shortages here in germany and perhaps in the rest of europe as an issue that is looming. for now, we're hearing that nobody's seen any drops yet and that there is monitoring going on. and in parallel, we seen the german government announced that it is not just continuing its effective control of gas from anya, which is holds major gas infrastructure, picky storage infrastructure pipeline infrastructure here in germany. but that the german government is also going to grant a gas from manya, a 1000000000 euro loan to keep it afloat, and to keep it from going into insolvency. also,

it will be renamed into energy for europe, energy security for europe. so clearly this is also information war in the making here, a proper gander, p r. a point school there by the german side against what is effectively still a russian owned company. here in germany, dw is chief political editor, mckayla, cuz now thank you. the united nations says more than 7000000 people have left ukraine since the war began around 100000 to find refuge in bulgaria. many have been staying in hotels on the black sea coast. now they're having to make way for summer visitors. d w's funny for shar reports. well, good time to get moving again. everyone here fled from ukraine. months ago. now they are being relocated from bulgaria scotia to state facilities across the

country. how long they will stay is unclear. muslim antique medicine very hard was 2 children. there is no where i can just leave them there on the move with me up until june, about 60000 refugees where staying in these hotels along the bulgarian black sea. but just before the summer season will gary a reuse the compensation to tell operators from 20 years per refugee per day to 8. the director of these hotel complexes that's not nearly enough to cover their costs . they also chiclare national flooring business. it's clay, this is our business tourism, so there was no way they could stay on during the summer season. this was all due to lack of seasonal workers. he decided to keep some ukraine in refugee, san carina, and marina put a pencil are among those who can stay before the war. they managed to flour business in hockey. now they are getting trained how to set a lunch table,

closing up a coupling. it's difficult to plan at all. we don't know what will happen tomorrow, but we plan to stay here for the summer season and work yet of what they. they fled with their children. there has been seen ukraine could be drafted at any time they say. as a chest, i mean it's hard for us to process everything because we are full of sorrow for our country. national fennel will guerria is in dire need of taurus. russian tourists were one of the biggest groups of foreign visitors where they are staying away due to sanction. it's unclear how many welcome, but some here are happy that refugees are now being accommodated elsewhere for mental so i think we helped enough. it is not necessary to help them any more, could have been the issue of ukrainian refugees is increasingly polarizing bulgarian society. there's still a lot of solidarity in the capital. sophia,

this demonstration is of coal. her health. this people here say in war against ukraine is unjustified yet will show about one 3rd of all, harriann still maintain a positive attitude towards putin and sociology estimators gun have says that the longer rushes war against ukraine continues, the harder it will be to maintain solidarity with ukraine pope to bowl soon his dog will select the dog knob for loud of a pro bush and voices gets all the worse for you. crating refugees will feel him. gary, a whole body up. will marina carino know little about the ongoing debate about their status. they tried to provide moments of joy to their children on the other side of the c. u crane, where the war rages on you're watching dw, new still to come, the latvian pop star who found fame and fortune in russia,

but now faces the wrath of some fans. with his criticism of the cramp a flight carrying asylum seekers to rwanda is expected to leave the u. k. today, the 1st under a controversial new plan aiming to discourage migrants from crossing the channel into britain. human rights groups and church leaders have criticized the policy as immoral. our next report looks at some asylum seekers who've already spent time in rwanda and they paint a bleak picture of what awaits the new arrivals at transit center. in rwanda, these refugees tried to reach europe, but did not succeed. many of them ended up spending years in detention centers in libya before being relocated here. one of them is peter, naomi. 8 years ago he slept south sudan amid the country civil war. he was moved here last year by the united nations refugee agency, but does not want to stay. i just want to go ahead with his little boykin and i

will just go back to north school spirit. one does one of the least developed countries in the world. peter and i only hopes for a better future elsewhere. he feels bad for the migrant center wonder under the recent deal because they must apply for asylum here. the u. k. g of menu the my mistake to them you that human being, i unity, you cannot tell them. going to stay here or gone buddhism nor because if they feel better in you, ok you case, but to for the. but the u. k. government disagrees. it insists the policies needed to stop a flood of all too often deadly megan crossings of the channel from france. it's very important. we get that we're going, we show that people trafficking doesn't work and we're able to reduce the costs over time over legal immigration and the, and i,

to kingdom the un high commissioner for refugees has called the plans catastrophic . this is all wrong, this deal for so many different reasons. the precedent that these creates these cup of coffee for the concept that needs to be shared like a silo. this hostile and run those capital kigali is expected to house the 1st migrants sent under the u. k. agreement. it's general manager said it was not a prison despite tight security measures and opinion that may not be shared by some of the new arrivals. earlier i spoke with catherine stover field senior external relations officer with you and hcr in the u. k. and i asked her whether the human rights of these migrants are being respected. i said, you said there's an important distinction here. hello, in the sense that the people who are coming contrary to a number of public crimes,

certainly not economic migrants. when you look at the home office, johnson in terms of has been arriving in recent months, is across the channel. and maybe subjects for wonder. we would find it very likely that these people would be found to be refugees, a decision maker. so what we have expressed is, uni i repeatedly is that we do not consider this arrangement holds the right to the other international law. we consider it an outsourcing the united kingdom, international obligations. and we remain very about to deal with that. now, catherine london says it wants to deter the dangerous trade in a legal human trafficking across the english channel is not a good thing. after all, many migrants have drowned, attempting to cross the channel, cindy, you and hcr, and that,

and many other humanitarian act to share states concerns in terms of dangerous journey. the risks of many asylum seekers and refugees feel compelled to take in order to reach the one we're very concerned about here is that there is no evidence that this time policy is having that intended effect. and then of course, is also a question as to what happens to people after they get they will want to have the experience. for example, after me, israel sending richard an asylum seekers for wonder was that many answer really short period did not state that when people are trying to say against their will in a manner they do not want to say that despite the arrangements that have been made met exposes them, in fact, even more dangerous jenny sent for the recent future. what awaits the migrants to puerto terror, wanda is the un you're clearly concerned about what the situation there.

it's difficult for us to do any chance. know what will await this particular group in the sense that we are not involved with the arrangement between the camera. wonder what's the weather? as we've said, very clearly, consistently in the past weeks and months. we are opposed to this arrangement. we will not be part of it, but it's also was emphasizing that the situation different refugees in rwanda is very much distinguishable. the current arrangements your recording names mentioned . there is an emergency transit mechanism at which the government of who under is rightly agree with that is an emergency temporary voluntary arrangement. and it is very much like current. equally, some 150000 campaign refugees. he differently this group have been given a presumptive legal status. so when we talk about the situation on the ground or we need a clear at everyone that has a proud tradition of very positive tradition of writing centuries ready. because we

are concerned about specific shortcomings here. in terms of individual has had use davis, and of course the transfer people who have not traveled themselves for one day. i haven't said catherine sober field from the u. n. h c r in the u. k. thank you. thank you. now to some of the other stories making use around the world allies of jailed russian opposition leader alexis nev. only say he's been transferred to an undisclosed location and they don't know where he is. now, only seen here in archive footage is serving an 11 year sentence for chargers. widely seen as politically motivated, his supporters of voiced concern for his safety. dozens of members of a former opposition party income body have been convicted of treason. it's the latest and a number of mass trials that have targeted the cambodian national rescue party.

critics say the southeast asian country has been reduced to a one party state. the u is poised to bring legal action against the u. k. after the british government announced it is planning to scrap parts of the post brags, trade deal. the u. k. wants to ease the flow of trade with northern ireland, but brussels says the plans would breach international law. scotlands 1st minister nicholas sturgeon has laid out her intentions to hold a 2nd independence referendum. she said that work was under way on how to proceed without the consent of the british government, which opposes a 2nd vote. 55 percent of voters in scotland chose to remain in the u. k. in 2014 address for activists from ecuador, indigenous groups of blocked roads nationwide to protest. the economic policies are right when president in yet more less or at least 10 provinces were affected by

demonstrations focused on rising fuel prices. when he was once a popular singer, playing 2 millions impact venues and on russian state television in tarsh brosuti with his russian lyrics, the latvian artist won a legion of fans and a paycheck to match. but with the invasion of ukraine, he began to rethink his part in russia's propaganda machine. now he's an outspoken critic of the kremlin that has turned many of his fans against him. oh, in touch with soliz was a star in russia. ah, the latvian singer performed on russian state media and even held concerts in the criminal oh, toward the world's largest country. oh. thinking in russian,

celebrating the language and enjoy the company of his russian fan. oh, no, he's got to mr. miller, you still can't fully believe it's all over with god. i might not return may in the next 50 years and i won't have concerts there. ah! the 24th of february changed everything he told us as we visited him in his home studio. ah, the place where from school is creative process begins. for weeks he's been working on a song about the war. oh, finally brucely is speaking out. he's been sharing videos and photos of the war on social media. ah, his aim to confront his russian fans with the reality of violence in ukraine. ah,

death and destruction. images that aren't shown on russian state media. ah, although his friends in russia have seen his posts, many are still not convinced. ludlow was brought up. it's a paradox, the biggest fans who wrote the most loving comments. i have turned into my biggest enemies, sir. men eyed, they have gone crazy and they are attacking me as god, not out as my kids, gob. it's a potentially dangerous situation from the soonest. hooton's propaganda has also played a role in his home country every 4th person living in like for years of russian descent. recently, he was verbally assaulted by a pastor by in his hometown rural about lamar and people have cursed at me, but, but i tell them everything is fine. i understand you. so don't worry. you're not

guilty for thinking that your brain has been corrupted by the propaganda. tonight bit i write a script about norma. though smart and safe macleods propaganda inter soliz wants to change the perspective of his fans one some day. he hopes to return to russia and perform again. maybe even bring his kids as well. but only if it's a new russia one without come to it. and here's an image you are unlikely to be taking with your smartphone any time soon. scientists havanese data on nearly 2000000000 stars in our galaxy. it's a massive step towards creating the most accurate map, yet of the milky way the europeans face agencies gaia probe has given astronomers new insights into how stars are born, and how they die. the no key way. ah,

galactic home. a huge cloud of stars. one of them is our son. that our closest neighbors in space hold so much mystery. seen from earth. they appear so close together. that you can't tell them apart. but the launch of the guy, a probe in 2013 changed that wow, ah, legalize state of the art optical technology and observation from space from a much more favourable position. never before had the locations and movements of the stars in the milky way. they measured with such precision, they should temper towards their temperature, the chemical composition, how they moved towards us or away from us or all this data is available. now. one discovery is that fragments of other star systems are floating in our galaxy

remnants of galactic collisions. dia has measured almost 2000000000 stars, but around 99 percent of the milky way remains uncharted territory for us. fascinating stuff now before we go, here's a quick look at our top story. this are. ukraine says the city of seville done yet is not completely cut off despite russian forces destroying all major routes out of the city. ukrainian officials say their troops are still holding out and efforts are underway to evacuate civilians. some $500.00 are fear trapped in the as a chemical plant. and don't forget, you can always get d w news on the go. just download our app from google play or from the apple app store. that'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news.

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