to new realm, ah, the rise of a global company. $175.00 ice stores, june 19th on d, w. ah, this is d w. news live from berlin, war of attrition. the battle for ukraine's don bass, region drag song, russian forces pound cities and kill civilians as ukraine struggles to hold off the on school. also coming up, the u. k. government says julian assange can be sent to the us to face spying

charges. the we can leaks, founder has been resisting extradition for over a decade. but his supporters say his fight, it's not a viet ah, i'm all on like a, it's good to have you with us. there's no let up in the fierce fighting raging in ukraine's easton industrial har plan. the don bass region, ukrainian forces are battling to prevent russia taking full control of the city of cbr done. yes. the regional governor says constant shelling is making it, making it impossible to evacuate hundreds of civilians trapped in a chemical plant. their russian troops are also targeting neighboring lissie chance where the civilian death toll is mounting. but the russian military offensive is not limited to the don best region. ukraine has reported strikes on several cities

elsewhere in the country. a crater in the ground were 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. hope mo, riverboat. we tested equipment for construction company, somebody. there was no military object in here. yeah, i just called your code number one more than 500 kilometers to the south residential buildings and michel, i have hit by mistletoe. 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 cl, done yet, ukraine says hundreds of civilians including dozens of children, are currently trapped in the assault 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. lucy chanced, but shelling has also increased here in recent days. smoke still rising from this culture center after 30 days. bombing sparked a fire. here for people who are sheltering in the building died for the people of lucy chanced. it's becoming harder and harder to find a safe haven from russian shelling. d w's

a manual. charles is in cave and has the latest on the situation in lizard chanced 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 her from the russian side on lizzie shannon's gone, several danielle can eliza chance there has been indiscriminate shelling a school has been completely destroyed. a residential area has also been destroyed . countless people civilians are dead in several donia in chemical blondie as all 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 to day

. they have also been some advances from the ukrainian forces in the areas of as upper asia in harrison. but it's really, you know, the war, the fighting intensifies in the west at the time where russia is a, you know, we are reassembling its troops or so ascending more equipment and really focus is it's offensive on the don bus at region. so fighting intensify, selling continues and civilians continue to die. ammonia as the in keith, the european commissions recommendation that ukraine be granted you. candidate status is a major boost for keith. while dover got the same recommendation, candidate status would allow both countries to start negotiations with brussel. it's the 1st step in a process that could take many years. commission president was left on the lion, 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. we visited keith this week facing the process of progress already made by ukraine in adopting european standards for the lions 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 the european dream earlier did abused bible a vessel talked us through the process that now lies ahead. 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 aspects. 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 ukraine 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 you commission can put, pushed for, and can put the can set on the way that ukraine can start. this exception forces can have this, this idea that yes, we will belong to europe. it will take some time,

but we are on the way. and that's a very important psychological factor. everyone believes barbara rosler in brussels now to some other developments related to the war in ukraine. russia has reduced its natural gas exposed to europe for 3rd consecutive day. flows to italy and slovakia have been cut by half and deliveries to france have seized completely. european leaders have called the move political. russia is blaming the caps on a technical problem. russian president vladimir putin says his country is not to blame for rising global food prices. speaking at the international economic form and st. petersburg bruton instead accused the united states of driving up prices. the president also slammed the sanctions imposed by the u. s. and europe as reckless and insane with area people who britain has approved the extradition of wikileaks found a julian assange to the united states. he's wanted the on 80 and criminal charges

including spying. washington says a sounds put lives at risk by publishing troves of classified military records and diplomatic correspondence. as sanchez, supporters are vowing to fight the decision. 175, he is in prison. that's the maximum sentence wiki lakes founder julian assange could face in the us. the you case home secretary has now moved him a step closer ordering his extradition. but the assange team say they'll appeal using every legal avenue to keep him out of us hands. the fact is that if he's expedited to the united states, the conditions he will be under will be so oppressive the case he is facing is so oppressive that it will drive him to take his own life. the u. s. accuses assange of working with whistleblower chelsea manning to steal and publish

classified material from military operations in iraq and afghanistan, regal. they say this put the lives of us agents in danger. his lawyers argue that no one was harmed, support his c assange as a courageous journalist who brought to light us war crimes. they say his case sets a dangerous precedent. this decision is a grave threat to freedom of speech. not just the julian, but for every jonathan editor and media worker in this country, he faces a 175 years in prison for publishing information, which he's one. jim was in the world over and had been nominated for the nobel peace prize. but the u. k courts, road extra dining assigned to the us would not impinge on his rights, including his right to a fair trial and free speech. assange has been fighting extradition for

more than a decade. in 2019, he was sentenced to less than a year for breaching bail conditions, but he's now been held without conviction for more than 2 years. now to some of the stories making headlines around the world. 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 southwest on those states. nearly 2 weeks ago. children were among the dead. such attacks are rare in the state. police in brazil have officially identified the remains of british journalist dom phillips. he was found buried in the amazon along with indigenous expert bruno herrera. phillips and para had been on a research trip when they went missing. they were last seen on june 5th.

parts of western europe are bracing for crippling heat this weekend with temperatures in some areas expected to rise above 40 degrees celsius. firefox is in spain are already battling a series of forest fires. ah, smoke rises over the spanish countryside as multiple forest fi as erupt across catalonia, spain has been sweltering under severe temperatures for almost a week. the earliest some a 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 fire fight as a 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. alyssa, but 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. when you saw outdoor public events have been banned in france's south west, while a jump in the use of air conditioners has forced the government to import electricity from neighboring countries. all across europe, these, some i hate 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 climate were experiencing is becoming more intense and bringing us to the stifling heat. as the rest of europe, braces for soaring temperatures, fire crews in catalonia, worked through the night, hoping for a break from the brutal heat football now and by and munich

have agreed to sign aside your money from liverpool and a deal worth 41000000 euros. the bonus league champions made their move after money recently announced his desire to leave the reds. money is considered one of the world's best forwards. having helped liverpool to 2 major trophies last season, as well as leading cynical to glory out this year's africa cup of nations. you craig says it will ask the eurovision song contest to reconsider its decision not to hold next year's event in ukraine. the culture minister says keith believes it will be able to host the competition despite the ongoing board. traditionally, the event is hosted by the previous year's winner. due to the fighting and the complexity of staging this live televised event. the organizers say it is regretfully not feasible. ukraine's collusion orchestra one the 2022 contests with this song to fun. yeah.

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