i learned a lot of our culture history. d, w, travel extremely worth a visit. ah, ah, ah, this is d, w. news live from berlin in the war of attrition. the battle for ukraine's done by region drags all russian forces pound cities and kill civilians as ukraine struggles to hold off the onslaught. also coming up, the u. k. government says julian assange can be sent to the u. s. to face buying

charges. the wikileaks founder has been resisting expedition for over a decade. his supporters say this fight is not over yet. class fire fighters battle wildfires across several regions of spain. an extreme heat wave and very strong winds are fanning the flames, forcing hundreds to evacuate. ah, i'm all on sika, it's good to have you with us. there's no let up in the fist fighting, raging in ukraine's eastern industrial hot land, dumbass region. your credit enforcers are battling to prevent russia taking full control of the city of seattle. john? yes. the regional government governor says constance shelling is making, it's impossible to evacuate. hundreds of civilians trapped in the chemical plant. there. russian troops are also targeting neighboring less chance. square the

civilian dest. whoa is mounting. but the russian military offensive is not limited to the dumbass 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 rouge 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 christmas. workers at the factory that was damaged. don't know why they were targeted. but irma reportable 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, if hit by mistletoe, local authorities say 2 people were killed and 20 wounded. but besides the tax in the north east and south, the heaviest fighting is currently happening in the eastern don bus region. in the embattled city of sierra done yet, ukraine says hundreds of civilians including dozens of children, are currently trapped in the as a chemical plant which has been almost completely destroyed. the regional governor of the 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 chance, but shelling has also increased here in recent days. smoke still rising from this culture center after 30 days, bombing sparked to fire. here for people who are sheltering in the building died

for the people of lucy chance. it's becoming harder and harder to find a safe haven from russian shelling t w's. emanuel shouts is in cave and has the latest on the situation in this a chance. or you've been talking about a war of attrition and it's really what it asked 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. settled on me as can eliza shawn. there has been indiscriminate shelling as cool, has been completely destroyed. a residential area has also been destroyed. countless people civilians are dead in civil ordonia in a chemical plan. the assault chemical plans over 550 people have taken a shelter there waiting for evacuation. this is no longer possible. the 3 bridge is

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 . 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, you know, we are reassembling its troops or so ascending more equipment and really focus is it's offensive on the dumbass regions. so fighting intensifies, sally continues and civilians continue to die. a manual shots reporting now in a major boost for cave. the european commission is recommending that ukraine be granted formal membership candidate status along with mold over. candidate status would allow both countries to start negotiations with brussels is the 1st step in

walk in a process that could take many years. the commission president was left on the lions that 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 foss tracking ukraine's candidacy by the leaders of germany, france and italy who visited here this week. facing the progress already made by ukraine in adopting european standards from the 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 the european dream belyea, d w, as bob is. so talk to us 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 of 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 is 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 when 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,

that you commission can put, pushed for and can put the can set on the way that ukraine can start. this exertion process 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 vessel in brussels . now, some other stories making headlines around the world. at least one person has been killed in classes between demonstrators and police. in senegal, violence came as police blocked off access to the home of an opposition leader. was mon sancho called for protests after authorities, bard a number of candidates from standing in elections at the end of july. the democratic republic of congo has restricted border crossings with wonder. after a d r c soldier was shot dead. rhonda says the soldier across the border illegally and injured to border guards. tensions have been high since last month when the d.

r. c accused neighbor of supporting rebels fighting on their territory. in nigeria, 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 in the state of red police in brazil have officially identified the remains of british journalist dom phillips. he was found buried in the amazon along with indigenous experts. bruno para, philips, and para had been on a research trip when they were missing. they were last seen on june 5th. britain has approve the extradition of wikileaks found a julian assange to the united states. he's wanted there on 18 criminal charges, including spying. washington says a sorry to put lives at risk by publishing trucks,

troves of classified military records and diplomatic correspondence. sanchez supporters are vowing to fight the decision a 175 years in prison. that's the maximum sentence wiki lakes founder julian assange could face in the u. s. the u. k. 's 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 of the fact is that if he is extradited 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. so 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 u. s. 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 journalism over the world over and has been nominated for the nobel peace prize. but the u. k. courts rode extra dining assigned to the us would not impinge on his rights, including his right to a fair trial and free speech. a sanchez been fighting extradition for

more than a decade. in 2019, he was sentenced to less than a year for breaking bail conditions, but he is now being held without conviction. for more than 2 years. 5 faces are passing wildfires and several regions of spain. 4 major blazes in catalonia threatening villages and have destroyed thousands of hectares of forest and farmland and force hundreds to evacuate. unusually high temperatures have complicated efforts to extinguish the fires. flames blaze across the wooded hills of catalonia. for days now, emergency crews have been battling multiple wildfires across northern spain. hundreds of people have been forced to evacuate as strong winds and extreme temperatures. thwarted efforts to control the blazes. the fires have been sparked by an unseasonably early hate wave,

with temperatures rising above 40 degrees celsius in some areas. but with emergency crews now stretched their limits. experts, a warning that such extreme weather events are the new normal. yeah, i think that the concept of our fire season is losing its meaning. right now. it's almost a full year. it's fire season. we have fire says on all, all year round. with its dry arid land. spain is particularly vulnerable to rising temperatures, brought on by climate change. authorities have warned that 3 quarters of spanish land is vulnerable to desertification, worsened by high temperatures and a lack of rain. for farmers in the spanish countryside, the situation has been getting steadily worse. i'm usually my big will you climate change is affecting us a lot here. each year is 2 or 3 degrees hotter than the previous one this season. we are over 20 degrees above normal and it hasn't rained in

a long time. and would you been getting worse and worse, should i know it was the most. a break in the weather is expected to bring some reprieve for embattled fire crews in the coming days. but as global temperatures continue to rise, any relief from the heat is likely to be short lived. in football, news by munich have a great to sounds science audio manet, from liverpool, and a deal with 41000000 euros. on a is considered one of the world's best for woods, having health livable to, to major detroit trophies last season, as well as leading senegal to glory. at this year's africa combinations ukraine says it will ask the eurovision song contest to reconsider its decision not to hold next year's event in ukraine. a culture minister says keith believes it will be able to host the competition despite the ongoing war. traditionally, the event is hosted by the previous years when

a bar 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 on stephanie. ah, you watching t w's ly from berlin state you'd christy plants and we'll have the business use in just a moment. and we'll ask like a particular tips for your bucket list. magic corner hotspot, chair and some great cultural memorials to boot w.