ah, ah ah ah ah, business dw live from berlin, another hurdle cleared on ukraine's path to e u membership. the commission recommends to the cow. so 1st batch of crane is given european perspective. and 2nd that ukraine is given candy,

that status further steps toward membership. now need the backend of all 27 government lead. also on the program, the u. k. government says julian, a sorry can be sent to the us to face buying charges that we can expound a has been fighting expedition for more than a decade. but his supporters say his battle is not over yet. plus an indonesian army collective takes the reins that one of europe's biggest cultural events. but the opening of the documentary content to contemporary art exhibition is overshadowed by allegations of anti semitism and basketball, redemption for the golden state warriors the californian. speak, boston celtics to win a 4th and b a championship in 8 years and put 2 seasons of disappointment diagram. ah, ah,

i'm good. how else? as welcome to the program? you appear, commission is recommending that ukraine be granted formal you membership candidate status. this will allow keith to start negotiations with brussels commission president, all the funder line added that ukraine must carry out a number of political and economic reforms. the commissions recommendation will be discussed by all of the blocks 27 nations at a summit in brussels next week. it falls and endorsement fast tracking ukraine's candidacy by 4 european leaders visiting here. if you are brussels bureau chief and some of phenomena tells us why this decision is so significant and where the application goes from here. well, i think we can say that her, the commission sent a strong message of solidarity with ukraine to day by back in the country with bid

for you candidate status. and although a funder lion seemed to be aware of the significance of the moment, she said in the press conference that we know that the ukrainians are ready to die for the european prospective and we want them to live. there you appear in dream with us. she stressed that or the whole process was done by the book that it was some merit base. and that, that ukraine, that ukraine has already introduced important reforms. she mentioned the election system that it's fair and her a free, as she meant, mentioned day the civil society in ukraine. that is very active. but she also said that more has to be done that the ukranian government has to strengthen the rule of law. and to fight against corruption. and we also have a to mention that of course, this is just the beginning of the process is quite long. and the next step is up to

the you leaders to decide a word they're going to come together. he in brussels next week, that whether they would like to follow the commission's recommendation and we need all the member states there on board to w, corresponded i'm some of phenomena there. thank you so much. and for a reaction from the ukranian government, i spoke to august, the fun stuff venetian up. she's ukraine's deputy prime minister for european and euro atlantic integration. i asked her if she and her government were satisfied with the commission's recommendations. hello, greeting start your way and all the, all those who are watching a we were nearly have a, have a feeling of celebration here because it's far not the end of the story and the decision to be taken on 24. but for us, it's really important that the come closer and the position now by european

commission was approved unanimously by the members of the european commission. and they're, they're, they're very clear now doing an understanding. and it's also a tribute to the reforms and a positive transformations we've been going through for the last years. and of course, clear math touch on graph thing, candidate statues, and the european perspective for ukraine, favorite the way towards mobilizing the unity for the 24th. so of course we are. so having the commission on your side is one thing, but it's no secret that beyond the commission, some new member states opposed. grant ukraine candidate status as portugal is then mark the netherlands for example. so the use from it's coming next week, do you think you can persuade them to change their start? well, 1st and foremost, we have to understand the general landscape fault for books of the decision which

is to be taken, whereas like 90 percent. and so the old member states are not only like positive about making decision on granting your candidates to proactively insisting on that. and i'm talking here not only about the eastern european countries yesterday, 3 leaders of the old europe, so called like italy, france and germany, or in kia and made a clear message that they support immediate decision on granting ukraine. the candidate set you, as well as the irish irish prime minister and the group of the most powerful democracy over european union. while european commission in the decision has precisely address, sir, and all such countries as the netherlands and den denmark on the rule of law and nancy corrupt steps to be done. so there like any other arguments which will be revealed by the skeptical countries, they would be

a bit of weak and unclear to say we hope for unity and we have been comp complete. underlining that giving the candidates such as to grade is only the beginning of the way the beginning of those conditions we should meet to become a member say. now you mentioned yesterday's, a meeting in key if with my call shaw it's and drug. do you consider these states now real ukrainian allies because in the past they all been criticized for allegedly trying to accommodate. let me put in well, in that sense it was very important that the physical meeting and such for much of taking place in gear. i'm sure that this 3 leaders, not me, think together in such form of regularly by themselves with or without president lansky. so it gave us a lot of ponder, standing on many issues related to military functions, but also paving the way. so if you're a b, and that's a gratian of ukraine,

these leaders have been in place when major or crime has been taking place. and i think if this a theme with your own eyes, if the proofs are provided to the leaders by their own services who has been working in this field, there is a decision to be taken. whether you undertake this commitment, insured by you, by your position or not, i'm sure that it's this, and it will be already clear by the messaging following the formal press take them . now let me basically ask about sholtes relations between ukraine and germany with strained and frosty. recently. are you not completely happy with the support you receive from the german government and all of shawls? well, it's too early to make any estimation because the very long and i'm friend discussion has been taken place yesterday and it's not a secret that we've been we've been captured in

a major like devastation related to the scope and the timing of the delivery of military assistance from germany, given the fact that germany has all the ericson, all of the most needed types of military needed to ukraine. so the arrangements and the delivery and the timing corps not in line with the needs to defend ukraine. and the discussion has been taken place yesterday. some announcements were done, but it is still premature to assess that we will see by actions not by promises. oh, the 70 sion of the deputy prime minister for european and your atlantic integration of your crime. thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us. thank you. the regional governor of lou, hans says many people have been killed in russian shelling of the eastern city of lucy chance. there has been no independent verification of the claim. it comes as

russia continues to find for control of neighboring severity. next, this is chance is the only city and the key battleground region. they're still under ukrainian control. at least 4 civilians were killed in an ass strike that on thursday. as they sheltered in a cultural center, britain has approve the extradition of wikileaks found a julian, a sons to the united states. that's where he's wanted on 18 criminal charges, including spying. washington says a 1000 dangerous lives by releasing troves of classified military records and diplomatic correspondence. we see leaks cold fridays decision a dark day for press, freedom and british democracy. it's about to appeal the decision at britain's high court for your courage and leadership. an earlier my asked rebecca vincent from reporters without borders with complaint against the extradition for her reaction. indeed, i agree with mike he likes it's a dark day for press freedom here in the u. k. and this will have implications more

broadly than just this country. julian assigns has been targeted by the u. s. government for his contributions to journalism, and if he is indeed extradited, if an appeal does not work on this, that's a precedent that can be applied to any publisher, any journalist, any source around the world. so it's a dark day for the u. k, but the u. k. also failed to take a stand internationally to protect press freedom in journalism in signing this shameful expedition order. do you see any legal problems with this decision? i will, there's a number of issues with the case. we monitor the entire extradition of proceedings here in the u. k. court. so it's very frustrating that after 2 years of proceedings, a came full circle is once again a political decision of the home office, which again failed to act in the interest of journalism and press freedom. the we could see a situation where this will be in the u. k. court for possibly some months. at

least a heads are big concerns or about the legal case in the us of course, because if juliana sanchez extradited there, he faces 18 counts related to his publication of information that was in the public interest. 17 of these are under the espionage act. the espionage act itself lacks of public interest defense. so he will be unable to defend himself because, of course, the reason that, that he published these documents. these are hundreds of thousands of leaked diplomatic and a military classified documents that expose war crimes, human rights violations. these were in the public interest, but he cannot and any other publisher, journalist, or source in this position cannot adequately defend themselves without a public interest defense. so our legal concerns only grow if the extradition indeed moves forward. well, if it does forward what, what do you worry might happen to him? if that happens, what, what do you just outlined? well, of course, as the political precedent that this kid sat, but also his own well being. he is not, well,

he has extensive mental health issues. he has some physical health issues, are already concerned about his state of well being and his conditions and bell marsh prison here in the u. k. but if he's extradited, we have heard ample medical evidence throughout these proceedings that he is very likely to act on suicidal impulse that he has. this is a possible matter of life or death. and i want to emphasize that that is despite the assurances that the u. s. government has given about his possible treatment if he is extradited, even if they respect these assurances which we have no guarantee that they will. he is very likely to be held in conditions of isolation. he will be cut off from his family, from the support that he has here in the u. k. where he also shouldn't be in prison . were very worried indeed about about his life. in fact, if he is actually added to the u. s. rebecca with director for reporters with our borders. thank you very much. time not to have

a look at some of the other stories making headlines today. in nigeria, mass funeral has been held for the victims of the church massacre. 40 people were killed and gunman targeted a catholic church in southwest on those states. that was nearly 2 weeks ago children with did such a tax in that state around 3 palestinians were killed in the occupied west bank after arrayed by israeli forces. 8 people were wounded in the operation. israel's army, he says it was conducting a search for weapons rates in the west bank were ramped up recently after a series of deadly attacks in israel. china now launched its largest and most modern aircraft carrier market, a military milestone for the country. it comes during heightened tensions over territorial disputes with us. and with taiwan. beijing aims to modernize military to rival washington by 2027. it is one of the

biggest thought events in the world and one of the most groundbreaking, but this year, it's opening it is marked by controversy document. it is an exhibition that takes place only every 5 years and the german city of casa, and this one has been hit by allegations of racism and anti semitism. we'll hear more on the controversy in a few minutes, but 1st, a look at how this year's curators that's a collective from indonesia are nevertheless hoping to offer a very different artistic perspective than usual. ah, this is not your usual art show. this documentary is about community and causes like the hardship facing small dairy farmers in thailand. skate, bolting artists tell that story. for the 1st time, the key rate is behind documentary collective ruin group or from indonesia. they invited of the collectives who invited even more collectives from mostly developing

countries. they called their communal philosophy, lumbering. originally it means a shed, rice bomb these low matter. it's a follicular term in indonesia law. it's not our invention and we use it though, to refer to ah, mechanism, how to co govern resources. the way in which we worked was everyone would contribute ideas and resources and a skill don't. i don't like, i don't that bad from 54 artists and collectives. the invitations kept snowballing, hundreds of artists if not more. and now exhibiting here in castle germany, including the indonesian collective who brought these cobbled figures, usually used at social justice rallies. a percentage of documents as budget is also being set aside to support grassroots artists initiatives around the world like this kenyon collective which pays tribute to life in an i robot. slum it's about

dignity, amid the hardships, this is the thought on to bring here. our strength, our hope, and our beauty, is what we want to tell, not dollars that i got if that you hear the news. documentary 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. oh, well, be kinder to each other, them as well. no, because to yourselves we've all got a long way to go to make the world a kind of place. the problems o documents is big experiments, is to see how much more we can achieve if we work together. ah,

i'm on the controversy around a documentary this year. i'm joining the studio by melinda colonel. she's political correspondent, fostering corporation, maybe the aim, but in fact, this document a state of controversy before you even open. absolutely it. it has quite divisive controversy at to that amongst the many, collectives that the indonesian curators invited is a palestinian group called the question of funding which explores how palestinian artists finance their work. in january, a blog post by a by critics calling themselves the allied alliance against anti semitism castle. accuse this palestinian group of sympathizing with the bike, boycott divestment and sanctions movement against israel known as b b s. no. b. s is very controversial here in germany where essentially anything

that appears to cross the fine line between criticizing israel and anti semitism is, is questioned. so there was a great deal of controversy following this blog post. and in fact, b d. s is even been officially labeled antisemitic by the german parliament and attendant upon that controversy. the palestinian group actually saw their premises and castle broken into by intruders who spray painted the walls. now, you mentioned it's a sensitive topic here in germany, a half authorities action. well, we've heard a number of authorities speaking out, for example, the state minister for culture, claudia haute said that germany has a very special responsibility when it comes to anti semitism. and she or so worn that the document needs to be very, very sensitive about the topics. germany is special ombudsman for anti semitism said that he is concerned about the fact that there are no israeli artists

represented at this year's documentary. and the country's federal president has also weighed in recently saying that he does believe that art has an, has essentially a purpose to provoke debate. but that he feels that he does need to hold to speech at the opening of the document to let's hear what he had to say. member id is 3. if you look at the discussion, the dates in the run up to the ceremony and it's not a completely normal you on also not completely normal opening and see, which is why i decided to give a speech at the opening on the debate which has happened. so far about it is absolutely clear that art is not available without dispute and cannot come. it must be offensive. it must give impetus to society the reserve to none. out of a president for the storm us big m. m a little the document or is widely considered the was leading of the national contemporary art exhibition. will this controversy

damages already? has it already damaged? i don't think it will. you know, i think the president is right when he says that this is an extraordinary year, there's a lot of hunger to talk about important social topics with the war raging in ukraine and with a hunger crisis looming around the world. so i think in fact, people will be very curious to see the socially active groups that are contributing to doc a mentor. and you know, as the old saying has it, the main point is that they are talking about documentary and i think if anything that is likely to generate more interest, rather than less certainly that's what i'm hearing from my artist, reads it obvious to 1st because one melinda, crime. thank you, melinda. today mocks, 50 years since a scandal broke that forced a u. s. president to resign. the watergate scandal made headlines. the world over when it was revealed, had richard nixon had ordered, wiretapping,

and all that 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 joined after the deb squibs the fireworks golden state warriors followed their worst ever season in 2020 by failing to reach last year's playoffs. some fans had called for a clear out, but they were nowhere to be found at san francisco's chase center, where all the action from boston had been beamed back on the stadiums. big screen smashed a today either a good grade and a written. they been down that we out here in the 031,

it breedlove away. very big, very good clay thompson epitomize the warriors rebirth. the shooting guard had miss 2 full seasons through injury. many wondered if he would be the same player when he returned. but he delivered in the finals, knitting some crucial 3 pointers and standing tall if you get guzman just thinking about new, all those snapshot and episode that we went through to get back here individually collectively. and that's why i say i think distribution has different. that's why i asked me so many emotions and still will just because of where to try to get back here. no wonder he was the toast of bars all across california. very plain, out of his mind with coach steve curse at the 4th championship of his reign had been the most unexpected . and that reaction was mirrored in the fans. unbridled joy,

thousands of them stayed on to celebrate long after darkness had fallen on a famous night in san francisco. ill cdw news before we go. here's a quick look at all top stores. european commission officials are recommending that ukraine be put on a fast track for you candidacy. presidents also off on the line set. the recommendation was on the understanding that the country would carry out a number of reforms. the recommendation will need the approval of leaders of the 27 you members. buquet government has approve the next traditional order to send julian massage to the us to face spying charges. the wikileaks founda has been fighting expedition for more than a decade. a socialist, 2 weeks to lodge, and the coming up next in d. w at news asia, china 0, call that strategy tests its citizens resolve and raises questions about it sustainable

. and in taiwan, same sex marriage is possible, but not for everyone. leaving some couples behind. all that i'm all with melissa john in a just a short a moment. mike local will have an update for you at the top of yeah, this is from me for now. mm. with

ah, with several dead and wide wing extremists. women's rights regressed. and again, wild might be incumbent and raped and burned in south africa. people with disabilities more likely to lose their jobs. in the pandemic black lives matter. shine a spotlight on racially motivated police violence, same sex marriage is being legalized in more and more countries, discrimination and inequality, or part of everyday life. for many, we ask why? because life is diversity. to make up your own mind

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all we can be the generation ends it for good. malaria must die. i millions can live ah, if you're watching t w news, asia coming up today, china's endless 0 coverage policy tests. it's 1000000000 citizens. just how sustainable is it, and how far will the government go to maintain it? and what are the repercussions for the rest of the world? plus on top of a covert outbreak that has put pyongyang on an emergency footing, north korea deals with a mystery. intestinal disease that has hedge rural parts of the country also coming up the tie ones at the same sex marriage law.