ah ah ah ah, this is news live from bruin war of attrition. the battle for ukraine's dumbass region drags on russia pal cities and kill civilians as ukrainian forces struggle to hold off the onslaught. also coming out ukrainian are ready to die for the european perspective. we want them to live with the european dream,

a show of support from the brussels backs ukraine, sped for a new candidate status, bringing one step closer to joining the union. but the process could still take decades. also on the program, the u. k. government says julian assange can be sent to the us to face buying charges. the wiki leagues founder has been resisting extradition for over a decade. but is supporter say his fight is not over just yet. plus u. s. all makers build their case against donald trump. they say he knew he was breaking the law, trying to overturn his election defeat. and then he pressured, his vice president. ah.

hello everyone, i'm layla rock is good to be with you. we begin this broadcast with the fierce fighting raging in ukraine's eastern industrial heartland. there has been no let up in the fighting in the dom bass region. ukrainian forces are battling to prevent russia taking for control of the city of severity and at the regional governor says constant shelling is making it impossible to evacuate. hundreds of civilians trapped in a chemical plant. their russian troops are also targeting neighboring lisi chances where the civilian death toll is mounting. but the russian military offensive is not just limited to the dumbass region. ukraine has reported strikes on several cities elsewhere in the country. a crater in the ground where a russian missile strike hit. it's been 114 days since the invasion began, and civilians and pisa, she near the north eastern city of ha, keith,

still have to live with shelling was lose good. significant damage was caused a multi story buildings private vehicles, and also factory workshops. course. moreover, one administrative building owned by pisec jean village council was damaged pleasures versus workers at the factory that was damaged. don't know why they were targeted mo, riverboat, we tested equipment for construction company, somebody. there was no military object in here. new york, i was called the number one more than 500 kilometers to the south residential buildings and michel, i have hit by missiles, local authorities say 2 people were killed and 20 wounded. but besides attacks in the north, east and south, the heaviest fighting is currently happening in the east and don bus region. in the embattled city of sierra donetta,

ukraine says hundreds of civilians including dozens of children, are currently trapped in the zone chemical plant which has been almost completely destroyed. the regional governor of low hands says only a complete ceasefire would allow them to be evacuated. the last city in this battle ground region that still under ukrainian control is neighboring. lizzie chance, but shelling has also increased here in recent days. ah, yesterday at least 4 people were killed and it had chance in a rush, an air strike on a building that was sheltering civilians. the governor said there was even more shelling to day leaving many debt or i was sick. an hour to correspond to immigrants shows that she joins us from the ukrainian capital cave. emma, what more have you learned about the situation in alyssa chance? well our layla, you've been talking about

a war of attrition and it's really what it has come down to for the past 2 months and a week's death. heavy shelling thus continuing our from the russian side on lizzie sharon's gone. settled on me as can in lizzie shands, there has been indiscriminate. shelling us call has been completely destroyed. a residential area has also been destroyed. countless people civilians are dead in 7 . not only ask are in a chemical blondie as odd chemical plans over 550 people have taken a shelter there waiting for evacuation. this is no longer possible. the 3 bridges leading to the city have been destroyed in now. also the motto away the highway leading in, in and out of the city has been rendered out of used due to constant selling today . the, the have also been some advances from the ukranian forces in the areas of as upper

easier in harrison. but it's really, you know, the war de, fighting intensifies in the west at the time where russia is, you know, we are resembling its troops or so ascending more equipment and really focus is it's offensive on the don bus region. so fighting intensifies selling continues and civilians continue to die, or as fighting intensifiers or in eastern ukraine after yesterday's high profile visit you leaders to keep, i understand, ukraine's presence zaleski had another important visitor today. exactly. are you case? maurice johnson, 5 minister maurice johnson, was here for the 2nd time, says the thoughts of the rush of the war against you queen, 2nd time in key. if indeed, he didn't come empty handed, he said that the united kingdom would intensify. it's support to ukraine. would also offer more training to up to 10000 ukrainian soldiers. so not ashore. support

after after for a european leaders came here in a key of to show that western europe was really, that's a western allies were really there before ukraine. a gesture of goodwill, a gesture of support, much appreciated here and keep end by ukrainian president followed him in just a few words. emma, of course, has been a groundbreaking do for ukraine. you've received you candidate status. what was the reaction? the general reaction to general reaction is of course, are also a lot of joy at it at this news. you know, here in key of a lot of people are pro european and now, so let's not forget that this war is also a war against european values against democracy. all, all the things that ukraine has been trying to, to tend to over the past few years, ukraine has, you know, undertaken so many reforms. and of course there are more to come if it intends to

join the european union. but a so feeling of relief that the oldest efforts have paid off with this recommendation or by d. u. a commission for the candidacy of a ukraine. so lots of relief, lots of joy tonight, or this announcement did abuse emerald charles reporting for mckee, ukraine. thank you. so much and well, well, as we heard of the european commissions recommendation that ukraine be granted, each candidate status is a major boost for keith. while the over got the same recommendation, candidate status would allow both countries to start negotiations with brussels. it's the 1st step in a long process that could take many years, commission presenters of underlying and said ukraine must carry out a number of political and economic reforms. the box 27 member says we'll discuss the recommendation next week. it allows an endorsement for fast tracking ukraine's candidacy by the leaders of germany, france and italy who visited key on thursday,

while appraising the progress already made by ukraine in adopting european standards. vander alliance that the commission had considered its decision carefully take allison and we all know that ukrainians are ready to die for the european perspective. we want them to live with us the european dream or earlier today did of you news spoke to all got stephanie, she now ukraine's deputy prime minister for european and euro atlantic integration . and she told us how ukrainians feel about the european commissions recommendation ahead of the summit on june 20. first of all, we were merely have a feeling of celebration here. of course, it's far not the end of the story and the decision to be taken on $24.00. but for us it's really important that the conclusion and the position now is by

european commission, was approved unanimously by the members of the european commission. and they're there, they're very clear methods bring an understanding and it's also a tribute to the reforms and the positive transformations we've been going through for the last years. let's go to brussels. barbara visa is on the story for you barbara. the european commission has not recommended you create for you candidate status. even if it does end up getting the thumbs up from all member states and it's expected to get that recommendation. this could still take years. the accession process, what happens after ukraine has become a candidate country and after negotiation have started, because there is another period of time between those 2 points will take years. of course, because the ukraine is a country that will be ravaged by war afterwards. there will have to be

a huge and very costly reconstruction process and all this needs to be done at the same time while the country needs to reform itself to sort of reach european standards. particularly with regard to the economy. part in that is one of the important aspect. and so all this will take time bought today. this was a political message. it was a geo political message message, if you will, because the european commission decided that under the circumstances, the way ukraine is under pressure, the when you create an is fighting for europe. and that is something that everybody understands here. they have to have this, let's say, reward. they have to have this boost. they have to have all the help they can get from europe. and this is something that, that you commission can put, pushed for and can put the can set on the way that ukraine can start. this exception process can have this, this idea that yes,

we will belong to europe. it will take some time. but we're on the way, and that's a very important psychological factor. everyone believes a very important message that the e were sending there. are there any strings attached to ukraine getting this in candidate status? no, there are no strings, and that is the also important pitch because many had thought of beforehand year they will have to full stuff 1st and then they can become a candidate which would have slowed everything down again and to, to lessen the pressure on ukraine. the commission recommends that they become a candidate country immediately and then they have to fulfill certain benchmarks. this, of course is particularly important with regard to corruption with regard to the reign of oligarchy. and with the rule of law there, there are some things that they still need to do until they can as sort of men in, at a later point, begin accession negotiations. talk about all the different parts of their country

and reform. then in such a way that they are then on the way to become members, it's going to take years. you said you said this, but of course it's a big sign of folk. you'd have used brother ways of reporting from brussels. thank you so much. want to say now about the other stories that we're keeping an eye on related to the war in ukraine. russia has reduced its natural gas exports to europe for a 3rd consecutive day close to italy. as the bach, i have been cut by half, and deliveries to france have seized completely european leaders of called the move political while russia is blaming the cuts on a technical problem. russian president vladimir putin says his country is not to blame for rising global foot prices. speaking of the international economic form in saint petersburg, mister pro instead accused the united states of driving up prices. the president also slammed the sanctions imposed by the us in europe as reckless and insane with

the leukemia people with britain has approved the expedition of wiki leaks, founder julian assange to the united states. his wanted their on 18 criminal charges including spying. washington says mr. sanchez endangered lives by releasing troves of classified military records and diplomatic correspondence. mr. sanchez wife stella morris, called fridays decision a dark day for press, freedom and british democracy and his vow to appeal decision at britain's high court. she says, washington is trying to punish her husband for revealing crimes of corruption in julian to the country that has all right, let's get reaction for you. rebecca vincent is standing by, she's the director of operations and campaigns for reporters without wars, and she joins us now from london. so good to have you with us am is present. you have campaigned against mr. sanchez extradition? can i have your thoughts on today's decision?

well, we're deeply disappointed by the decision, but unfortunately not surprised. this is not the 1st time that the u. k. government has taken a political decision on which instead of protecting press freedom and journalism, puts julianna's launch one step closer to extradition to the u. s. where of course he will be tried as a 1st publisher tried under the espionage act for publishing information in the public interest, which should not be a crime. now as you know, the u. k. authorities have justified their decision by saying they have received assurances from us authorities that mr. assange will be given his full a human rights. are you convinced by an argument i have to say no, and you know, even if we do take the assurances at face value, even if we do assume that they will be honored, which we have no guarantee that they will. julian assigns will still be at great risk whether it's special administrative measures, whether it's the specific detention facility that had been in question. he is very likely to still be held in conditions of extreme isolation conditions that will

remove him from the support system that he has in place in the u. k. such as access to his family and all of the medical evidence that we heard in the extradition. proceedings in london, courts pointed to a severe risk of suicide, which would be exacerbated in conditions of extradition. so, you know, while, while our main point is on the principles of press, freedom and journalism and the dangerous precedent that this will set for journalism internationally. there are serious concerns about his well being. in fact, we are concerned for his life if he is extra to us and conclusion, and this has been such a protracted long legal, a fight. he has 14 days iron stand to appeal this decision. are you hopeful that his appeal will be successful? and we understand from wiki leaks, and from his wife stella assange, that he will indeed be filing an appeal in the next 14 days on that can be a broader cross appeal. so we'll have to see what the court does next. but we could end up in

a very interesting situation where the court considers the broader case because of course the appeals process that was followed last year ended up narrowing to just the point of the mental health questions. and then in the, in the diplomatic assurances, not the broader principals at stake in this case, we could end up in a situation where those, those principles are considered. we could end up where he might have a ruling strongly in his favor. so it's hard to anticipate what will happen next. we do hope the courts act in the interest of press freedom, where the u. k. government so far has failed. rebecca vincent, director of operations and campaign for reporters without borders. thank you very much for taking our questions. we turn our attention out to the u. s. where lawmakers see donald trump knew his efforts to overturn his election defeat were illegal, but he pushed ahead. anyway, a committee is investigating whether mister trump's false claims about the result led to the storming of the capital on january 6th,

2021 in it's 3rd public hearing. the panel presented evidence that mr. trump tried to force his vice president. mike meant to help him overturn the election result brochure to the cost. he was not present in person at the hearing, but for more us lice president mike pence was at the center of it. none the less because the house select committee, which has spent a year investigating the january 6th attack on the u. s. capital presented never before seen evidence woman showing how former president donald trump let a campaign, the pressure pens to overturn his 2020 election. the feet down from one, it might pins to do something, no other vice president has ever gone. the form of president wanted hands to reject the vote and either declared crop the wanna us in the votes back to the states to be counted again. according to testimony, trump pressured his vice president in private,

but also publicly like in this tweet post of the day before the riot which reads the vice president has the power to reject fraudulently. a chosen electors, pence then follow trumps demands. aware that he did not have the power to overthrow the election result, as explained by his legal counsel, greg jacob, after foreigner, no vice president in 230 years of history had ever claimed to have that kind of authority to vote for offences refusal to go along with trumps plan could have cost him dearly, jordy is to hold. this footage played at the hearing, shows rioters at the capital calling for his death. ah, it was revealed for the 1st time that the attackers came within 40 feet around 12 meters of pence and his family while they were being escorted to safety by his secret service detail. the hearing also presented further evidence that donald

trump and his legal advisor, john eastman, knew that their plan to invalidate the election result was historically unprecedented. and most importantly illegal. but they went ahead with it anyway. according to this email shown by the panel, eastman even asked to receive a presidential pardon after the riot. 3 more public hearings are planned by the committee to lay out their findings. the focus is expected to remain on the evidence alleging that trump knowingly broke the law while in office and on retracing the series of events that led to the unprecedented attack on us democracy . jim are open all to us. presidential historian, the lawyer and watergate experts spoke to us earlier. we asked him how donald trump's actions compare with a scandal that forced the resignation of richard nixon. this scandal is by many factors worse than watergate, water gay was

a true problem. i don't mean to minimize it. it was abuse of power. nixon did a number of things including in foreign affairs that were really agree just, but this is a president not only was going after democracy itself to stay in power. he literally was scheming in happy to see his own vice president assassinated in that process. you cannot imagine a worse scenario in my view in this is much, much worse than watergate when, as i now by the other stores in the headlines at this hour, the democratic republic of congo has restricted border crossings with rwanda. after congolese soldier was shot dead on us as a soldier across the border, illegally and injured to border guards. tensions have been high since last month. when congo accused its neighbors supporting rebels fighting on congolese territory? in nigeria, a mass funeral has been held for the victims of a church massacre. 40 people were killed when gunman targeted

a catholic church in south west on those states. nearly 2 weeks ago. children were among the dead. such a tax in the state of georgia has unveiled a spectacular new suspended foot bridge. the 240 meter long diamond bridge spans the dash by she canyon about 100 kilometer west of the capitol, tbilisi and bridge. office dizzying views of the canyon and the river some 200 meters below. that would get me vertical. parts of western europe are bracing for crippling heat this weekend with temperatures in some areas expected to rise above 40 degrees celsius firefighters in spain already battling a series of forest riders. forest fires rather, smoke rises over the spanish countryside as multiple forest fires erupt across

catalonia. spain has been sweltering under severe temperatures for almost a week. the earliest, some heat wave in over 40 years. the country is already battling severe droughts brought on by an unusually dry winter and spring. now, surging temperatures have sparked a series of blazes that firefighters are struggling to contain. and experts warn that the heat wave is spreading. neighboring france is bracing for weekend temperatures as high as 38 degrees 10 to 15 degrees higher than the seasonal average on the spot upon. yeah, it's not the 1st drought, nor the 1st heat wave in southwestern france. but with never seen such an early, an intense heat wave in june before going can you saw outdoor public events have been banned in frances southwest. while

a jump in the use of air conditioners has forced the government to import electricity from neighboring countries. all across europe, the summer heat waves are happening more frequently and lasting longer. shannon is a sign of global warming. this is obviously triggered by human activity and we now see that this new climate we're experiencing is becoming more intense and bringing us the stifling heat. as the rest of europe, braces for soaring temperatures, fire crews and catalonia worked through the night, hoping for a break from the brutal heat. it is one of the biggest art events in the world and one of the most ground breaking the document. an art festival is only held once every 5 years in the germans city of castle this year. it's being curated by a collector from indonesia, and they're turning the spotlight on artists from the global south. oh,

this is not your usual art show. this documentary is about community and causes like the hardship facing small diary farmers in thailand, skate, bolting artists tell a story. for the 1st time, the key rates 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 shared rice bomb. these long matter, it's a follicular term in, in, in here law. it's not our invention and we use it bill to refer to ah, mechanism, how to co govern resources. the way in which we worked was everyone would contribute ideas and resources and us kill. 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 canyon collective, which pays tribute to life in an i robot. slum it's about dignity amid the hardships this is that so don't agree. yeah. our fans, our hope, and our beauty. these weren't, 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 am that we should all be involved in more collective behavior. oh,

be kinder to each other as well. no, because to herself, so we've all got a long way to go to make the world a kind of place the problems, the document. his big experiment is to see how much more we can achieve if we work together. mm . st. message too. and don, your washington news will be back at the top with with

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