ah ah ah ah, this is it'll be news live from berlin. the battle for you, brainstorm bass region rages on march and forces now control up to 80 percent of the key city a surveyor donetta. president soleski says the human cost of the battle is terrifying and is pleading for more weapons to push back the russian offensive.

also coming up, scrambling to secure europe's gas supply. germany bails out a formal russian gas company, operating critical energy infrastructure and admired in controversy. the u. k. presses ahead with controversial plans to deport asylum seekers to want up. the government is this the 1st flight we'll take off today is by condemnation, from rights groups and church leaders. call it in for ah. hi everyone, i'm layla iraq. it's good to meet with you. the battle for ukraine's eastern dawn bass reach and rage is on and russia is tightening its grip on the key city of vera . don't ask. russian troops now control up to 80 percent of the city and are urging

ukrainian forces to surrender. ukraine's present voluntary zaleski says, ukraine is outgunned in one of the bloodiest battles of the war and has pleaded with western allies to send more long range weapons. you describe the human cost of the fighting as simply terrifying 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 as that 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 troops still holding out in the city.

there were as good but the ukrainian military units that the station there remained therefore either what they have 2 options either follow the example of their colleagues and surrender or di love. they have no other option would impact them. but the ukranian president remains defiant. my mom was role, we are dealing with absolute even in my more and we have no other choice, but to move forward i shall not free our entire territory. why do kick the occupies out of all outreach al serra and albert. now the width of our front is all breeding 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 their home. now they have no choice, but to go to every course. one is emma, who has shes,

is in the ukrainian capital kiva. emma, we understand that russia is sir, wants to plan, or rather to establish a so called humanitarian court or on wednesday to evacuate those civilians who are trapped in that chemical plant in this very don't ask what more have you learned about that? well indeed, it was an announcement i made earlier today by the russian minister of defense that they were ready to evacuate. the civilians who are trapped in dark chemical plants . so did it the acids, chemical, blad instead ordones are bad as we've just heard into report. there were, there were also dos separated as to where saying that ukraine and sold ears only had the choice to surrender or to die. now, dease might remind you of a situation we know very well, sadly. now is that of murder, you pull where there, where you create and forces trapped along with civilians in our power in as teal plan this time in mario ball,

and now we are in doubt situation where civilians need direly need to be evacuated from senator don. yes, but under which conditions we're that depend on those soldiers to renders. this is not quite clear yet what we know tonight, it is completely cut off from the rest of ukrainian forces. at the 3 bridges of the city has been destroyed and up to 80 percent of the city is now under russian control. and the ukrainian president describe the situation is very dire. and again, he's urging allies to send more heavy weapons and ammunition. what exactly do we know about the state of the ukrainian forces? well, what we know is wider what the ukranian forces do not have to fight and that heavy weapons and president followed them is the landscape really criticized the western

allies for being too wis trained in their decision making a what is a matter of diplomacy for western power is a matter of life, and there's for your convenience here on the ground who are paying with the price of blood. we've had some figures for the ministry of defense here in ukraine, of up to a 100 soldiers dying ukraine and sold is dying every day. since the beginning of the war, and we even had the presidential advisor who gave a list of things that were needed by the ukraine. an army, a quite concrete, like a quite straightforward least that was published on twitter with 500 tanks to home, 2000 or more vehicles at 1000 jones. just to give you an idea as to how desperate you quinn ease. now to receive the weapons promised by the west dw correspondence in russia reporting from key ukraine. and i thank you.

now the german government says it's placing the former germans subsidiary of russian energy, giant gas brom, into long term administration. the move is aimed at securing europe's energy supply and made ongoing sanctions. berlin already took a gas from germania into temporary administration earlier this year on now it will provide a $10000000000.00 euro loan to the company to prevent it from going bankrupt. it's also changed its name. a company runs critical energy infrastructure in germany, shows gas from severed all ties to the firm after germany slap sanctions on russia following its invasion of ukraine. as get you more on these developments like to turn out to political correspondence, thomas sparrow, who is tracking development for you. thomas in germany, putting gas from germania in a long term administration and providing a 10000000000 year alone. is this basically you take over and the key word you

mentioned it is long term germany had already at the beginning of april, basically announced short term control of gas from germany. i had previously belong to the russian gas from group back that in april, germany decided to put it in into its own hands, at least in a short term. what is happening now, not only with that decision, but also with that load that you mention, is that that control will be maintained on a long term. the reason behind this layla is essentially because germany considers gas from germania to play a very important role in gas supply in the country gas transport. for example, german government officials stressing that gasp, romania essentially operates critical infrastructure here in the country. so this decision is on the one hand to maintain that long term control of a gas from germania, but also to ensure supply here in germany. a key goal of the german government has

had, right since the beginning of the war in ukraine. now, thomas coincidentally, but in a separate development, the former russian owner, a gas from, has announced it's reducing natural gas deliveries to germany or germany. and the unit facing the possibility of shortages. germany in particular is obviously following closely, these developments they are, the german officials did stress that supply here in the country is guaranteed. there was a rather short statement by germany's economy ministry, but they're obviously. busy following developments very closely to try and understand whether this reduction in supply is a temporary measure is something more long terms of what the exact reasoning is behind and then how germany can essentially prepare for the consequences. so for now, what we've heard from german officials is that supply is guaranteed and that they're

monitoring the situation very carefully. political correspondent, thomas farrah reporting, thank you. thomas. thousands of trucks filled with ukrainian grain are struggling to find new routes for exports. many of them remain stranded like these on the side of the road in the odessa region. shipping out from odessa sport has now become virtually impossible. russia has blocked regular shipping routes from the black sea and ukraine as laid mines near port cities to prevent russia from advancing by sea. but much of the world relies on grain from ukraine to feed their own population. and in countries, slight beleaguered lebanon supplies of wheat are becoming worryingly low cues for bread start early, like at this bakery in the southern part of lebanon's capital bay root. it's baker . mohammed has hardly anything left to sell. bread is becoming scarce in lebanon.

the bakers are running out of flower, not that even the pain model that we used almost all the flour we had today for baking and i la. so after 2 hours, there is no more bread, not here, nor in the other branches of them. there is no bread in the supermarket either to one ton each day and supplies will soon run out. a large part of lebanon's wheat came from ukraine and russia as did sunflower oil. now, new suppliers are urgently needed. almost for the government has to secure loans and find alternatives to ukrainian wheels iranian, and we need storage and other problems that we lost our wheat silos in the explosion that happened at the port of a root. there was no longer a place to store wheat up a few mikaela that was in the devastating explosion in bay roads port almost 2 years ago. not only destroyed the wheat silos, but people's confidence in politics. here the country is experiencing an economic

crisis. the currency is in free fall. food prices have risen by more than 600 per cent bread prices have also multiplied. the world bank has promised lebanon a $1000000.00 loan for wheat. but the money hasn't arrived yet. having a very serious concern that if a russia claim prices continues to grow, and we import about 80 percent of our wheat from russia and you claim we don't have an initial no deserves in lebanon. the last bread of the day is coming out of the ovens overseen by the baker mohammed. he doesn't know if he'll have flour again to morrow, even though russia has supposedly promised to release week deliveries. there was still no sign of them in lebanon. hollowell above philip, we demand a solution for this country were fed up the recall and the people are emigrating because it's no longer possible to live here. there's not even bread. i big

something with, with a those, and the little bit of flower. i would, it would, it would now we are to create as you go, the people of lebanon fear that very soon, there will simply be no more bread in washington. every news more on the fall out to the war in ukraine. later in the show, the lat, vian pop star, who found fame and fortune in russia by now faces the wrath of some fans with his criticism, the firm, i'm a 1st when i tell you about the other stories making news around the world allies of jailed russian oppositional liter alexson of on he says he's been transferred to an undisclosed location and they don't know where he is. mister navarro me seen here an archive footage is serving an 11 year sentence for chargers . widely seen as politically motivated. as supporters have voiced concern for his safety, record flooding has forced to yellowstone national park in the u. s. to close. one

house on the yellow stone river was swept away by the torrents. tourists have been stranded and communities in montana and wyoming, cut off after the flat waters knocked out roads and bridges. the democratic republic of congo was military, has accused neighboring rwanda of launching an invasion. after a rebel group captured a key border town. congo, says romano supports the m 23 fighters. thousands of fled fighting in the area in recent months. congo is found to defend its territory. working a dramatic escalation intentions between the 2 countries. the u. k. government is defending a plan to the port asylum seekers to rwanda hours before the 1st flight is due to leave. the controversial policy aims to discourage migrants from crossing the english channel into britain. human rights groups and church leaders have condemned

it as immoral. a convoy thought to be carrying people do to be deported has arrived at the airport. legal challenges mean just a handful of people. i said to be on the flight, but the british government is assisting it will take off. it will take the passengers some 6600 kilometers to their will want and capital. golly, asylum seekers who are already living there. 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 said 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,

it'll walk in and i would just go back to not 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 many the my missy to them you that human being are you really? you cannot tell them. going to stay here or go on buddhism, nor because if they feel better in you, ok you case, but to for low. 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 walk and we're able to reduce the costs over time, over legal immigration and see, 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 catastrophic for the concept that needs to be shared like asylum, 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 or more on this last spring. and are you k correspondence bargain, mass, a bigot? just contextualize, as far as how popular is this move these plane deportations? it's interesting layla, a recent opinion. paul has found that a lot of the conservative versus actually a majority are supporting this policy. however, there has been

a lot of outrage and a lot of debate publicly r protesters have been trying to stop the convoys that are you porting the asylum seekers to the airport. they had church leaders there that was mentioned in the report they have come together. they have said that this is an immoral practice that shames britain. there were, celebrities were trying to urge the, the, the airlines not to not to participate in this and a petition. and you know, if you watch it online every minute, there it's, it's, it, somebody else is, is signing it also urging the government to stop it over 800160000 m signature so far. so there is a lot of debate and what unites most people that are, are publicly very loud about it, is that they say that this is just a policy that is morally wrong. how was the government defending its policy

the government has really been put on the spot a lot of publicly in the last days we've had foreign secretary list trust saying that it's not the, it's not the policy that is immoral, but it's actually the people smugglers. it's there is people who help other people across the channel in boats and that costs lives. and she says, this is necessary as a deterrent because britain wants to be seen as a country. that is, is not well coming out of tea to, to, to the, to many people that they want to create in an old town that was used years ago, kind of hostile environment at least towards what they call illegal migrants. now the people that are crossing the channel are, are, are people that usually have ties, family ties, britain and that they want to come to the u. k. but they are hoping basically to make it very, very unattractive. the u. k. as a country, because people who,

who are coming in in this way, who are crossing, why the channel, they are now facing the, or the, the possibility of being deported to under. and why rwanda, the british government has an agreement with rhonda and rhonda has, has agreed to you to do this. obviously they are, they are receiving money for it and a spokeswoman for the run. the government has said that rhonda wants to show that african countries can also be part of, of the solution of problems as the british government is facing and that they are presenting a safe and and welcoming environment for asylum seekers. or however, human rights watch, the human rights and g o has, has criticized. the randa has publicly said that, for example, a critique of the government and journalists are being thrown in jail on

a being silent. and that the run, the government needs to look into the treatment and abuse of these political prisoners. so it's a, you know, con controversial choice to bring people to rhonda. many thanks. are bigger mass reporting from one been greatly appreciate it. i just caught me, they're communicating with our master control and that's how we communicate. thank you. he was once a popular singer playing to millions, impact venues and on russian state television in tarsh was so lease 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. well now he's an outspoken critic of the current one and that has turned many of his fans against him. oh, in touch with solis was

a star in russia. ah, the latvian singer performed on russian state media and even held concerts in the kremlin. oh, he toured the world's largest country. oh, thinking in russian, celebrating the language and enjoyed the company of his russian fan. oh no, he's got a missile now you still can't fully believe it's all over petition, but 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 brosuti 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. i. 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. lou, although has trans in russia, have seen his posts, many are still not convinced learners problems. it's a paradox. the biggest fans who wrote the most loving comments i have turned into my biggest enemies, sir mana, they have gone crazy, and they are attacking me. god more out as my kids gob, it's a actually dangerous situation. so the solis hooton's propaganda has also played

a role in his home country every 4th person living in luck for years of russian descent recently he was verbally assaulted by a passer by in his hometown rural a mob. lamar, i'm a 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 as being corrupted by the propaganda. tonight bit i write a script that dormer, though smart and safe. macleods propaganda interoperable soliz wants to change the perspective of his fans one some day he hopes to return to russia and perform again. maybe you can bring his kids as well, but only if it's a new russia one without putting it again. next,

spain is dealing with the earliest heat wave to hit since the 1980s. a cloud of hot air from north africa has sent temperature soaring above 40 degrees celsius. across large parts of the country, authorities are warning of an extreme risk of wild fires. scientists say climate change is making heat waves more frequent and more intense the last time it got this hot, this early in the year in spain was in 1981 here in madrid. in the mid day heat temps are soaring. and those who are out, i'm looking for ways to stay cool. some are soaking up the full force of the heat wave, but spain's national weather agency warns conditions could feel even more extreme with sand and dust from the sahara desert being carried north into europe. a spokesperson for the weather agency says heat waves have become 5 times more

frequent in the 21st century. a lower, lackluster? yeah. on the dude is a moon. fine. i've come here with my friends calona, but he's good for you. it provides with them indeed. so i'm happy while some are pleased with the high temperatures, not everyone can escape the sweltering heat. was as though it's difficult dealing with the heat in madrid for lavoy muddy. there's not much shade and a lot of asphalt here. it's hard and we don't have air conditioning at home grammar, not animals. i've only been all further south and severe. the situation is even worse with temps, easily breeching 40 degrees celsius. the heat hitting higher and earlier than it has here in more than 6 decades. meteorologists attribute the high temps to a massive cloud of hot air. moving through europe from northern africa,

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