so you are not a visitor, not a guess. you want to become a citizen in full migrants, your platform, reliable information ah ah, this is you to be news life from berlin, war of attrition. the battle for ukraine's don bass region drags on russia pound cities and kill civilians as ukrainian forces struggle to hold off the onslaught. also coming up ukrainians. i ready to die for the european perspective. we want

them to live with the european dream, a show of support from the u. brussels backs ukraine's bed for you, candidate status. bring it one step closer to joining the union of the process because still take decades. plus us lawmakers build their case against donald trump, but they say he knew he was breaking the law by trying to overturn his election defeat. and that he pressured his vice president to help him ah hello everyone, i'm layla iraq. it's good to be with you. there has been no let up in the fierce fighting raging in ukraine's eastern industrial heart land. the dumbass region, ukrainian forces are battling to prevent russia taking for control of the city of

the virgin. ask the regional governor there says constance. shelling is making it impossible to evacuate hundreds of civilians trapped in a chemical plant. there are some troops or also targeting neighboring researcher lucy chances where the civilian death toll is mounting. but the russian military offensive is not limited to the dumbass reach, and 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. moreover, one administrative building owned by pisec jean village council was damaged when it

was a pleasure workers at the factory that was damaged. don't know why they were targeted, but you merge rebuttable, we tested equipment for construction company, somebody. there was no military object in here. new york, i just called your total number of more than 500 kilometers to the south residential buildings and michel, i have hit by mistletoe, local authority, 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 soviet donetta, ukraine says hundreds of civilians including dozens of children, are currently trapped. and as a 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 lives he chance.

but shelling has also increased here in recent days. ah, yesterday at least 4 people were killed and he said, 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. earlier i asked you to abuse many rushes and g for the latest on the situation in the c chance. well a 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 several. danielle can in lizard chance there has been indiscriminate selling us cool, has been completely destroyed. a residential area has also been destroyed.

countless people civilians are dead in civil ordonia in 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. and 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, they have also been some advances from the ukranian forces in the areas of as apple, reesha and harrison. but it's really, you know, the war, the fighting intensifies in the west at the time where russia is, you know, we are resembling its troops or so as standing more equipment and really focus is it's offensive on the don bus at region. so fighting intensifies, sally continues and civilians continue to die as fighting intensifiers in eastern

ukraine after yesterday's high profile visit you leaders to keep i understand ukraine's presence lansky had another important visitor today. exactly. are you case? forest johnson, 5 minister forrest johnson, was here for a 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 will intensify. its 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 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. is zalinski

in just a few words. emma, of course, has been a groundbreaking do for you. cranky, received you candidate status. what was the reaction? the general reaction to general reaction is of course, 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 also feeling of relief that the oldest efforts have paid off with this recommendation by d. u. a commission for the candidacy of ukraine. so lots of relief, lots of joy tonight, or this announcement did abuse many russians reporting firm achieve ukraine. thank

you so much. or as we heard there the european commissions a recommendation that ukraine be granted in candidate status is a major boost for chief. although voc got the same recommendation candidate status would allow countries to start negotiations with brussels is the 1st step in a process that could take many years. commission present or is love under lions, said ukraine must carry out a number of political and economic reforms. the blocks 27 member states will discuss the recommendation next week. it follows an endorsement for fast tracking ukraine's candidacy by the leaders of germany, france and italy, who visited keith on thursday. raising the progress already made by ukraine in adopting european standards. vander lion said, the commission had considered its decision carefully, and we all know that ukrainians are ready to die for the european perspective.

we want them to live with us. the european dream did abused baba visa talked as through the process that now lies ahead or 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 when ukraine is under pressure, the way you create 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. yeah, they will have to force the 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. who said you said this, but of course it's a big sign of hope. you never use memories of a protein from brussels. thank you so much. well, in order to keep the hope of e u, membership alive, ukraine must 1st fend off ongoing russian invasion for this task. they desperately need weapons. ukraine has repeatedly asked jeremy to supply heavy weaponry with mixed results. now

a day after visiting key german chancellor olive shots told germany's d p, a press agency weapons will arrive in time to make a difference in the damp ass region. we understand what is needed now is a tillery, and this is exactly what we will deliver. at this moment, ukraine in soldiers are trained in germany, will be able to use the very modern howard, so we will deliver it together with our touch colleagues. and we also decided to go over the you k of united states that we will deliver multiple rocket launchers which will be very hopeful for fighting from of more on the distance. a side of this, we are really helping with the necessary things, for instance, fighting against her drones. helicopters, her crafts with 1st special tank we deliver for this, the training of the soldiers is going on in germany at this time. also,

we will deliver armed an anti ballistic system which is able to save or desk her or key if i tell us to take you now to our political correspondent, thomas sparrow. a for more details on that sounds like a very long list of and deliveries that at the german notch answer is promising. chief, when can you expect to get all these arms? well, you mentioned it in your introduction. the german chancellor said that they would arrive in time to make a difference in the don bus and overseas. now the question is, what that exactly means? what does in time mean? it's important also to understand a bit of context here because germany and in particular, german chancellor have been under a lot of pressure recently about those promised weapons that nevertheless have not been delivered. there seems to be a discrepancy between those promises and the delivery of heavy weapons and that one

of the criticisms that has been particularly leveled against the german chancellor and the german government in recent weeks when it comes to weapons in ukraine under such the german chancellor then stressed that they would arrive in time. i imagine that statement by mister shots in that interview will raise even more questions as to when those weapons can be delivered. some of them, he clearly stated, depend on whether and when those ukrainian soldiers are trained here in germany. the delivery will happen only afterwards, but that is not the case with every weapon here involved. so as of now, we know very little concrete measures about when those weapons will actually arrive in ukraine. so short on a time frame in a related or related topic. the chance i was asked about why he continues to talk to president putin. the sick listen to what he answer to that question. it is absolutely necessary to speak to put in and i will continue to do so as the french

president will also. and there are some countries needed and from leaders needed that speak to him and it is necessary that they are clear because when i speak to put him, i say, please understand that there will be no dictate peace. and if you really believe that you will rop some land and then hope that the times will change and all the things be will become normal. again, this mistake the chelsea there thomas says says he doesn't mean his words when he speaks to a president who does this policy of direct engagement with president to an enjoy white spread backing here in germany there is one element to all of this, which is the military component will re discuss that, but the other element is a possible political negotiation. and as such, this is also a policy that here in germany has been pursued with varying degrees of support

since the war in ukraine began. we heard or la shawna, the chancellor there stressed that he continues and will continue to talk to vladimir putin as other european leaders have done as well. and he stressed the importance of what he described as a fair piece. in other words, a piece that cannot be dictated by russia, but must be accepted by ukraine by the government, but also by the people in ukraine. so it's important when we look at the war and ukraine and the reaction coming from germany and from the you, by the way, to understand those different components that politicians are following the military component on the one hand, but obviously also the political component and the possibility of a political solution, which is something that, by the way, i expect was also part of that discussions. when charles and his european colleagues went to keith in the last few days, i imagine that he was not only about restating that european path for ukraine. it was also about discussing the possibility of a political negotiation with russia. seat of your political correspondent,

thomas fair reporting for you. thanks so much time. when i tell you about some other developments related to the war and ukraine, russia has reduced its natural gas exports to europe for a 3rd consecutive day flows to italy and savannah have been cut by half and deliveries to france. have seized completely. european leaders have called the move political while russia is blaming the cuts on a technical problem. either they, russian president vladimir putin says this country is not to blame for rising global food prices. speaking at the international economic form in st. petersburg president instead accused the united states of driving up prices. a president also slammed the sanctions imposed by the u. s. and europe as reckless and insane britain has approve. the extradition of wiki leagues found our julian assange to the united states. he's wanted there on 18 criminal charges including spying.

washington says mr. sanchez, endangered lives by releasing rows of classified military records and diplomatic correspondence. mister sanchez, wife stella morris, called fridays decision a dark day for press, freedom and british democracy. and his vow to repeal the decision at britain's high court, she says, washington is trying to punish her husband for revealing crimes of corruption. the country that has offered to us in the us, lawmakers say 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. while in his 3rd public hearing, the panel presented evidence that mister trump tried to force his vice president mike pence to help him overturn the election result for sure to the cost he was not present in person at the hearing. but for more us vice 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 6 attack on the u. s. capital presented never before seen evidence woman showing how former president donald trump let a campaign to pressure pens to overturn his 2020 election defeat. don trump wanted mike pins to do something. no other vice president has ever gone. the form of president wanted hans to reject the vote, and eva declared crop the winner of fin. the boats bare 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 4 and a half, no vice president in 230 years of history had ever claimed to have that kind of authority to vote for expenses refusal to go along with trumps plan could have cost him dearly majorities 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 roper, not a u. s. presidential historian, lawyer and watergate expert 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. watergate was a true problem and 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 egregious. 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 water. and these are the other stories we're keeping an eye on right now. the democratic republic of congo has restricted border crossings with wanda after cali. soldier was shot dead. want us as the soldier cross the border illegally and injured to border guards. pensions have been high since last month when congo accused its neighbour of supporting rebels finding con, lease territory. georgia has unveiled a spectacular new suspended foot bridge. the 240 meter long diamond bridge spans the dash by she canyon about 100 kilometers west of the capital. to please see the bridge offers dizzying views of the canyon and the river some 200 meters below. now 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 are already battling a series of forest fires. 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 hate 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 fire fighters of 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. almost about upon yeah, it's not the 1st drought, nor the 1st heat wave in southwestern france. but we've never seen such an early and 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 says it's a sign of global warming. this is obviously triggered by human activity. and we now see that this new clairmont we're experiencing is becoming more intense and bringing us to the stifling heat as the rest of europe, braces for soaring temperatures, fire crews and catalonia work through the night, hoping for a break from the brutal hate. it is one of the biggest art events in the world. and

one of the most groundbreaking, the documentary art festival, is only held once every 5 years in the germans city of castle on this year is being curated by a collective from indonesia. ah, this is not your usual art show. this documentary is about community and calls as like the hardship facing small day with farmers in thailand. skate, bolting artists, tell a story. for the 1st time, the key rate is behind documentary collective re one group or from indonesia, invited of the collectives who invited even more collectives from mostly developing countries. they call their communal philosophy number. originally, it means a shared rise bomb. these law matter, it's a formica letter term in indonesia law. it's not our intention 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 us kill, don't i don't like, i don't know 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 with 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 this. so don't agree here. our strength, our hope, and our beauty, is want, we want to tell, not all of the negative 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 m, but that we should all be involved in more collective behavior. oh, well, 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 to place the problems. the documentary big experiment is to see how much more we can achieve if we work together. mm hm. i'd stick with this. i'll be right back to take you through the day you can bring in with

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