worse, who's behind the benefits, and why are they a threat to was all over the world this week on d, w ah, ah, ah, this is d, w. news live from berlin, war of attrition. the battle for ukraine's don bass region drags on russian forces pound cities and kill civilians as you pray and 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 wiki leaks founder has been resisting expedition for over a decade, for his supporters say his fight is not over yet. fire fighters battle of wildfires across several regions of spain and extreme heat wave and very strong winds are fanning the flames, forcing hundreds to evacuate. ah, i'm long slacker. it's good to have you with us. there's no let up in the fierce fighting, raging in ukraine's eastern industrial har plan. the dumbass region. ukrainian forces are battling to prevent russia taking full control of the city of the better don't yet. the regional governor says constance shelling is making it impossible to evacuate. hundreds of civilians trapped in a chemical that russian troops are also targeting neighboring lizzie chance where

the civilian death toll 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 east in city of ha, keith still have to live with shelling was lose good. significant damage was caused multi story buildings, private vehicles, and also factory workshops workers. moreover, one administrative building owned by pisec jean village council was damaged when it was a pleasure for social workers at the factory that was damaged. don't know why they were targeted, hope mo, reparable we tested equipment for construction companies,

somebody, there was no military object in here. new york, i was called your cousin, 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 eastern don bus region. in the embattled city of sierra 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 cease fire 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 now to some other developments related to the war in ukraine, ukrainian president followed the mirror. zalinski has called the european commission's recommendation to grant ukraine candidate status and historic achievement. he said he expected european leaders would back ukraine after meeting next week. european commission president also performed a lion, said ukraine must carry out political and economic reform sandy that russia has reduced its natural gas exports to europe for a 3rd consecutive day. flows to italy in slovakia have been cut by half and deliveries to france. have seized completely. european leaders have coal. the move political while russia is blaming the cuts on a technical problem. a russian own super york seized in fiji last month has

arrived in hawaii. the $300000000.00 a medea belongs to sanction russian oligarch, silliman caramel. it was seized at the request of us authorities. britain has approve the extradition of wiki leaks found a julian assange to the united states. his wanted there on 18 criminal charges including spying. washington says assange put lives at risk by publishing troves of classified military records and diplomatic correspondence. sanchez supporters are vowing to fight the decision 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. the fact is that if he's

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. they say this put the lives of us agents in danger. his lawyers argue that no one was harmed supporters. 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 journalism along the world over and had been nominated for the nobel peace prize. but the u. k. courts road extra dining assigned to the u. s. 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 breaking bail conditions. but he's now been held without conviction for more than 2 years. firefighters are battling wildfires and several regions of spain. 4 major blazes in castillo near are threatening villages and have destroyed thousands of hector of forest and farmland, and forced hundreds to have accurate,

unusually high temperatures. have complicated efforts to with extinguish the wildfires. 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 heat 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. ugly mother goose, armand, changes affecting us a lot here. each year is 2 or 3 degrees hotter than the previous swan disease and we are over 20 degrees above normal. and it hasn't rained and a long time of him were job isn't getting worse and worse. and i knew 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. now to some of the stories making headlines around the world, at least one person has been killed in classes between demonstrators and police and

cynical. violence came as police blocked of access to the home of an opposition leader was mun 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 rwanda. after a d r c, soldier was shot dead. rwanda 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 its neighbor of supporting rebels fighting on their 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 southwest on those states nearly 2 weeks ago. children were among the dead. such attacks in the states are rare. in

football, used by munich have science, have a greater sign. saudi manet, from liverpool, in a deal worth 40. 1000000 euros on a is considered one of the world's best forwards, having help livable to 2 major trophies last season, as well as leading synagogue to glory at this year's africa cup of nations. now is one of the biggest art events in the world. and one of the most groundbreaking, the documents are art festival, is only held once every 5 years in the german city of castle this year, as being curated by a collective from indonesia. and they're turning the spotlights on artists from the global south. 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 a story. for the 1st time, the key rates behind documentary collective re,

one group or from indonesia, they invited of the collectives who invited even more collectives from mostly developing countries. they call their communal philosophy, lumbering. originally it means a shared rice bomb. these low 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 guthridge 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 about 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 is, is that so don't agree here. our strength, our hope and our beauty is weren't. we want to tell not dollars 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 am 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 experiments is to see how much

more we can achieve if we work together. ah, ukraine 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 keep believes it will be able to host the competition despite the ongoing war. traditionally, the event is hosted by the previous years window, but due to the fighting and the complexity of staging this live televised event, the organizes say it is regretfully no feasible. friends collusion, orchestra one, the 2022, some contest with this on the phone here. 2 before we go, here's a quick look at our top story at this hour. the civilian death toll is bry sing in

the battle full control of ukraine's easton don bass region. the governor of the han success. heavy shelling by russian forces in the city of lucy chanced cast killed. many people. russia is fighting for full control of neighboring severe dungeons. you're watching d. w. news live from berlin. well, stories is up next with a report on ukraine on ukrainians returning home, just fine. we'll stay tuned for about. i'm allowed psycho thanks very much for watching with with closely with.