ah ah ah, this is dw news coming to you live from berlin. fighting in eastern ukraine takes a growing toll on civilians who want to leave, but camped. emergency crews recover the bodies of poor civilians killed in an air strike in busy chunks. the regional governor says they were sheltering at a cultural center in there's also coming up leaders of germany, france, italy,

and romania give their support to ukraine's bid to join the e. u. sign of solidarity comes ahead of a european commission recommendation on past tracking candidacy for an indonesian park collective takes. the reign said one of europe's biggest cultural events. the documentary is billed as an exhibition of modern art. but this year, organizers are promising to put a completely different spin on thing ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. there appears to be no let up in the battle for control of ukraine's eastern industrial heart land, the don bus. but the civilian toll is rising, the regional governor says at least 4 civilians were killed in an air strike in the

eastern ukrainian city. eliza chunks, as they sheltered at a cultural center at the latest city under ukrainian control in the region after russia seized almost full control of neighboring superior de not next. with the russian campaign, intensifying in boucher junction. now people face a difficult question of whether to leave or stay. it's a gruesome task rescue workers look for survivors under the rebel at this cultural center enlisted chance they come across some of the victims. the building sheltering dozens of people was destroyed in what dylan hans criminal governor says was the russian airstrike. a witnesses describe what happened after the attack through cricket. i heard some one cry, creaky, terrible cries yet, but i ran here and saw only ruins and bodies either were carried away on stretches . let her know in the food. some were alive,

some were dead. the will relief lisa chance is just the cross the river from several de nancy, the keep battle ground in rushes, latest offensive in the dumbass region. and like his northern neighbor, the city is still under ukrainian control. but constant russians shelling and rocket attacks. mean, the civilians here are in grave danger. authorities are trying to convince them to leave. but some refuse we study kin. i'm you could, we are old people. we do not have a place to go. where will i go? i'm 72. they will dump me in some village somewhere with her. you guys are fight for peace is let the police come. many though decided to leave is believe less than a fif of the pre war population of nearly 100000 people still remains in lisa chance. for many of them. destroyed houses mean they can only seek shelter in basements like this one. i don't know how to

put it into words. people are afraid. this is wall. it's scary. there's no communication. he can't go out any where there's no place to go with. know where to go and no and to the fighting inside. these people are praying their lives. shuddered by the brutal conflict will be spared. oh, it's got an update now from our correspond it roman, gone to ranko. he joined us from ukraine's capital kip roman. what's the latest on the fighting in ukraine? well, there is not much you much knew the fighting continues all along the front line, which is more than 1000 kilometers long. for the most severe fighting is around the city of sera nat scan to. we have reports that the russians are taking from 9 directions and there are still civilians have that chemical plant assault. ah, we have new figures or the ukranian say that there are some 568 civilians there and

38 children. most of them are workers of the plant and their families, and they've been staying there for a while on the attempt to save them to get them out, failed a yesterday, and we expect more attempt to day or in the coming days from russian rock. it's also he, the ukrainian city of nikolai, of which is in the south of lexi and are, there are new reports from the ukraine, an armed forces that they are the claim to have hit a russian attack boat. many of the island, the snake island, which is as strategically important island in the black sea, just south of odessa and ukraine enforcer say, they hit that tag boat, which was carrying russian troops. now, yesterday we saw some high profile diplomacy and kia the leaders of germany, france, italy, and romania travelled. therefore, face to face talks with ukrainian president blog mills, the landscape. the business leaders said they back ukraine's bid to become any u membership candidate,

and they expressed our outrage at the devastation wrought by russian forces in ukraine. let's take a look. the city in the ruins of keith suburb, our pin, europe's leaders. so for themselves, the devastation of the war of impossible. the heads of france, germany and italy, met with romania as president to 2 of the suburb where heavy fighting and alleged war crimes. so many civilians killed their 1st visit to ukraine since russia invaded was a chance to show europe support and counter criticism over the speed and scale of their responses. lobby difficulty in europe is by your side of football. it will remain so for as long as necessary either until victory is achieved when label in the form of a return to peace in a free and independent ukraine. the opposite of the consequences of the barbarism that we have seen together this morning in air pin high in

a joint press conference in keith, ukrainian president vladimir zalinski called for more heavy weaponry of positioning his country as europe's eastern flank. said the wadded shot a here near russia does not choose whom and when to threaten equally. who in europe to ground safety you russian aggression against ukraine through is aggression against all of iraq, a very simple against the united. you're a crockett. she against every one of us, of them, against our values, always love brought in that speech seamlessly. our respond view of you must be united inertia via our president. the european leaders pledged more military aid and backed immediate candidate status for ukraine joining the european union. okay, no good for ukraine belongs within the european family. i my, and a milestone on his journey toward the you would be to receive candidate status

samples i, despite what's coming up, the e. u is set to discuss ukraine's candidacy on friday. but even if all member states gray, it could still take years 15 to gain actual membership. so roman a show of solidarity. therefore, ukraine, by the leaders of the for you countries, was that as much as beloved him, he was a lensky, could hope for, or was he expecting more? well, the landscape himself shall said he was satisfied. i think he was pretty happy with that support for the ukrainian you bid. ah, maybe he was a bit disappointed that there were no or very few new commitments to, to supply ukraine with arms with hey, we arms with artillery in the 1st place. and i think he might have been disappointed that there was a, there were no specific commitments as to the sanctions, new sanctions against russia, especially known jo sanctions,

m no embargo on russian gas, which is, which would heat russia really hard. and this is something that your brain is hoping for, but in general, i think ukraine is rather satisfied with the results of that visit. yes. if ukraine does formerly become an e. u. candidate country roman. would that change any thing in the effort to end the russian invasion? well, this will not change anything immediately on the battlefield, but we shouldn't underestimate. it's an extremely important sign, put a sign of political support for ukraine. it's a moral booster for the ukranian society, which i'm has been hoping for that a chance to be to become a new member for, for many decades, for 2 decades actually. and it's, it's a historic event and we've heard those words historic yesterday during the press conference several times. but practically speaking, this will give you crane more money from the european union,

a to conductor forms to tools, chunk thing, democracy. and it will give also new expertise to ukraine will give her your opinion and a possibility to send more experts to ukraine to help it become a member of the european union one day roman. thank you very much. that was d. w, as roman gone to ranko in chief so today the european commission will issue it's recommendation on ukraine's application for you membership. but the final decision on that status rests with the leaders of the e. u. member states themselves who meet for a council summit next week. the commission is expected to recommend candidacy status for ukraine and neighboring moldova. but there's a host of other states who've been waiting for years to join the e. u. here in the dark blue, notably turkey and countries in the western balkans or

more. let's cross over to our brussels bureau chief, alexandra front nom and janet tell us more about the recommendation that the commission is expected to issue today. well indeed terry, we expect our european commission to recommend her that ukraine and by the way, moldova as well be granted candidate status. however, it will be, it wouldn't harris think to see how they are going to express this opinion. because we know that the decision about that was, was po and a couple of time because of course, it's not an easy decision. and some officials are saying that ed sir and ukraine has a lot to do. still they have to fight to the corruption. they have to do more to improve the rule of law situation in the country. and nevertheless, we expect the european commission to make this recommendation to day,

especially of course now after france, italy and germany through their way to behind this idea. however, what it happens today, it could be that does it should a decision will be connected with the conditions and of course it will be only the beginning of a very long process. let's have a look at our explainer. ukraine may be on its way into the european union, and some leaders have promised it will take longer. it will be not as usual, a matter of years to form this opinion. but i think a matter of weeks it would work closely together. so for you to 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 candidacy is 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 talks, 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. turkey started the negotiating phase back in 2005, but talks have long been deadlocked due to anchor as 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. 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 states. in the mid 2012, mostly eastern european countries were allowed to join the block. despite the parent 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. 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 sir. the path to you membership can be long and differ. coulter and some members do oppose membership for ukraine. some of the you member states now xander. tell us more about that. yeah. are we talking about states such as portugal, for instance, or denmark or the never lance are saying that it's not just the right thing to do it to grand ukraine. own candidate status because the country is at war and accession talks could only begin after the war is over. they are also saying that it would be not fair to for ukraine to jump the q. or when we consider that are that they are, there are other states such as montenegro knows macedonia, for instance, who have been in the waiting room for years, even though they are official candidates states. and there are also

a voices are saying that at the european union itself is not ready to welcome new members, because at before dad, they need to reform the block. so as you see, there are some members, deeds who are very skeptical, and of course, to grand ukraine. a in you candidate status, we would need to all the member states the you would need all the member states to be on board. alexander, thank you very much. as always, our brussels bureau chief, alexandra from norman now, some other stories making headlines around the world today un has said that 15000000 people in sudan are facing acute food insecurity. the world food program blames political instability. after an october, coo climate change and rising global food prices, the prices, the agency urges immediate action to prevent

a growing risk of starvation in the east african nation. thousands margin tenants have marched through the streets of business hours to protest governments handling of economic crisis. annual inflation has surged to 60 percent. currently, one of the highest levels world one, demonstrators demanding a meeting with government officials, which has so far been denied protesters in the east indian state of b har, set fire to several trainers during rally is against a new military recruitment policy means new recruits. we start on short term contracts and could miss out on some entitlements. b, r has some of the so of india's highest unemployment and poverty rates. south asia has been suffering unseasonably hot weather within earlier than usual heat wave in india. and pakistan being blamed for at least 90 deaths so far this year. d w's montera child re,

has been speaking to farmers in western india. they told her they've never experienced weather patterns as extreme as they have right now. more stretches of land and with ever a region in the western state of my russia looked like this during the summer months. several districts here are categorized as climate change, hotspots, soaring temperatures, and the shortage of water makes life difficult for the millions of farmers who live you bound to rank away says this, the heat wave is terrible and it's almost impossible to work in these conditions. he says it's not just farmers productivity, but also how much they produce that is impacted or delivery actually affect jaime organisms which live in the soil make it fertile. hoover, if it gets to hall's b, b organisms are affected, run over if they are wiped out entirely because of such heat. loved will eventually become barren. what is wonder them in will the hanging fruit farmer?

good, john and perry also says he has never experienced such blistering, heat, which hath destroyed the orange plantations, for which this area is best known. he adds that the region has been recently prone to sudden weather changes which affect people's work and income. and i get them to him that the weather patterns he had become erotic to work last year. it's suddenly rain, very heavily destroying our crawl. so let us pharmacy and we're completely dependent on nature for farming. and when there is a natural calamity, it's affects our yield a little. the wants of rains are weitel crops in india. this year, the rains have been delayed here. the reason of the dunbar economically dependent on agriculture is highly sensitive to climate change. intense heat, long dry spells unseasonal, hair storms and changing green patterns impact the process of farming and the crop yield all year long. but these fell graduate bigger and agriculture x, but bible says what did it deal? soil has rapidly degraded because the lease changes are based on what the rising

temperature over the years. we have seen that the rising temperatures on the later monsoons are 2 of the biggest problems, effects in indian agriculture, agriculture. pharmacy are very dependent on the reins from amends such delays effect production. i make the rivers of indians and among farmers, one with ben agriculture practices is may and helps them implement measures to corporate climate change. what is clearly needed is for policy makers to strongly intervene to mitigate the impact of climate change. for the farmers toiling in the squashing sun, there is no time to waste. though they are at the mercy of global weather changes, they cannot give up as they struggle to make a living. take a look at some other global headline, say a shooting at a church in the us state of alabama was left to people dead and one other in the suspect is in police custody. the incident comes as us lawmakers negotiate new guns

safety laws in the wake of reason, mass shoot. a panel investigating the u. s. capital insurrection has found that former president, donald trump tried to force former vice president my parents to reverse trumps 2020 election to fi. the congressional probe said rioters on capitol hill came within just a few meters of fleeing pants, who later returned to certify election results to day marks 50 years since a scandal broke. that did lead to the resignation of a u. s. president. the watergate scandal made headlines. the world over when it was revealed that richard nixon had ordered wiretapping and other illegal actions against his political opponents. the building complex that gave the watergate scandal its name still stands to day. 50 years ago, during the night of june 17th, 5 men broke into the headquarters of the democratic national committee. apparently

to install bugs and take photos of files. the men were caught, but others were involved in the scandal. all the way up to the u. s. president, journalists revealed that richard nixon, eustace power against political opponents, wife, buddy for a year earlier. nixon had told his chief of staff that he wanted the use to use wire tapping and a tailing and other shady to illegal forms of a intelligence gathering against the democrats. so while nixon didn't know about the watergate break in advance, he had he was morally responsible for it. we are beginning the hearing. did nixon commit a crime of an investigative committee? tried to clarify that, but he refused to testify or resign. then they stumbled upon oval office recordings of conversations. after resisting the probe, the nixon administration agreed to turn in the tapes. my attorney later it became

clear that a crucial passage of the recordings was missing to watch the one in which he ordered a cover up of watergate. but at this point, impeachment proceedings against nixon were already under way when he was under the pressure became too much money to leave office before my term as completed as abhorrent to every instinct in my body. but as president, i must book the interests of america 1st. therefore, i shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. nixon was later pardon, by his successor, gerald ford and watergate became the epitome of political scandal. it's important to remember watergate, because it reveals the vulnerabilities of our constitutional government. it also the strengths ah, you there, it's very hard for a country to protect itself from a bad leader. a lesson that still stands true to day.

it's one of the biggest art events in the world and one of the most innovative, documented takes place for $100.00 days every 5 years in the german city of castle . this time, everything is different. the shows being directed by a collective from indonesia, and they've made it less of an exhibition and more of a happening ah, your usual art show. this documentary is about community and fun, tie, artists combine traditional shadow puppets. with skateboarding for the 1st time, the curators behind documented are a collective ron group are from indonesia, they invited other collectives who invited even more collectives for mostly developing countries. they call their communal philosophy loom boom. originally it means a shared rice barn. oh no more of these? no, ma'am, it's a fun. i collect them in in a nikiya. it's not our invention and we use it though. 3032 ah. mechanics him

how to cold goth learn resources. the way in which we worked was everyone would contribute ideas and resources and a skill so that i don't not from 54 artists and collectives. the invitations kept snowballing, hundreds of artists if not more, are now exhibiting here in catholic germany, including the indonesian collective who brought these cardboard figures usually used at social justice rallies. a percentage of document is budget is also being set aside to support grassroots artists initiatives around the world. like this canyon collective, which pays tribute to life in a nairobi slung. it's about dignity amid the hardships. this is this 30 want of great. yeah. our fans, i hope, and our beauty is weren't. we want to tell not dollars that i got it, that you hear the news document is one of the world's leading art events. but this

time the art market is barely playing a role. although there are a few big names like aboriginal australian painter, richard bell, my message is probably that we should all be involved in more collective behavior. and i'm, i'm well, be kind of to each other as well, because to ourselves we've all got a long way to go to make the world a kinder place. the problems are clear, documentary big experiment is to see how much more we can achieve. if we work together, ah, for yeah, just a quick look at our top story. this our, the governor of ukraine's luke hans free jin says 4 civilians were killed in a russian airstrike, as they sheltered in a cultural center in the city of lucy,

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