ah virgin of the rocks. was there another symbolic meaning to this beautiful painting that perhaps we just don't understand? the search for answers stuart's july 7th on d w. ah ah. this is dw news live from berlin, ukraine's president says his country face is a historic weak volume damira zalinski warned that russia will likely intensify its attacks against his country. this comes of the european union prepares to announce

its decision upon ukraine's application for membership french voters deliver a stinging blow to president manuel my call. just weeks after he was re elected as president, he loses his majority in the national assembly, leftist and far right parties surge, placing his reform agenda in dived, also coming up an african icon begins the journey home. belgium holds a ceremony to hand over the remains of patrice lagoon, but to his family more than 6 decades after the company's leader was assassinated. ah, i'm pablo foley, as welcome to the program. volunteers zalinski says ukraine has begun what he calls a historic week with fighting raging and don boss. the ukranian president has predicted that russia will likely intensify as attacks in the coming days. his

warning comes as key the weights, a landmark decision from european union leaders on its bait for candidate status. so that's listening to what zalinski had to say. what shall, in short of this week, we should expect a greater hostile activity from russia and the earth against ukraine, but also against other european countries. li, age. we are preparing. we are ready. right, well let's go to d. w correspondent rebecca ritters, who's in key force. i, rebecca, good to see you. so do we have any indication of what we can expect from russia? well, as you heard it there from president lensky, he believes that we could see arise in hostilities. both here in ukraine, but also in europe. now, i suppose what he's really talking about there here is of course, an intensification of attacks on the battlefield and also in other cities. you know,

we know that when a u. n. chief and having a terrors. good harris, excuse me. visited keith, there was a bomb attack here, many people, suspecting that that was a little signal from president putin or from russia. and that they were kind of expecting something similar when the 3 e. u leaders came and visited last week, but so far, nothing like that has happened. so presidents zaleski warning that this week is obviously important week ahead of that vote for candidate status in the you council . and that president putin or russian soldiers, russian forces, could trying intensify attacks here on the ground. but also that they might try and put pressure on europe or, you know, try and use what they can and what they have at their, at the disposal is of course the gas supplies. and we have seen them turning off, or at least slowing down the flow of gas to some european countries. you're heavily raising the prices for those countries. so that's really one of the, the main tool that their disposal and prisoners, leslie wanting that,

that potentially this could be the week when things start to happen. that rebecca, moscow is claiming that the ukranian army herds suffered heavy losses. what keep saying? well, they don't often confirm or deny what the russian military puts out in their statements. yesterday. they came out and said that they had a successful attack on a, on a meeting of army generals ukrainian army general, that they were 50 superior generals killed in that attack. they also said that they had a successfully bombed a warehouse with around about 10, how it says in them. now, i mean, that hasn't been independently verified. ukraine certainly hasn't come out to confirm that. but it does seem unlikely, it seems unlikely that 50 a superior general would be in one place at one time. and of course, all those weapons stored in the same place. i mean, they generally split up for this very reason that they can't be attacked in one single shot. so, you know, the russian army saying that they have killed hundreds about 450 ukrainian soldiers

today. but we're seeing huge losses on both sides. and let's not forget that this is an information war and both sides trying to boost morale for their side, their domestic audiences in this fight. rebecca ritter's in t. thank you. now in france, voters of delivered president emanuel. my call a major setback has coalition has lost its governing majority in parliamentary elections. results show my cause block will still emerge with the biggest number of seats in the new national assembly. but with out the 289 seats needed for a majority, that the french reader may have trouble in acting his reform agenda. the emanuel mac, ron faces an uncertain and 2nd presidential term. his centrist alliance on psalms, has lost its parliamentary majority. his vote has turned away from mainstream parties. let's teach you as your, you know, the situation is unprecedented from doing this to the national assembly has never

seen a configuration of listen height. in the 5th public said situ, assume this situation constitutes a risk for our country and view of the challenges that we have to face and several are both on the national and international levels. that is, should until next year now. but we have to respect this vote and consider its consequences to speak the they don't use any consequence, ensemble will retain the most seats in the national assembly. a new alliance of the far left. the socialists and the grains is set to become the main opposition. the new coalition is expected to make it harder for macaroni to implement his domestic agenda, which includes tax cuts and raising the retirement age. ah, that do you, but you get all the total difficulties of the president's party. there is no majority. we have achieved the political objective that we had set for ourselves in

less than a month to bring down the man who with such arrogance, had twisted the arm of the whole country who had been elected without knowing what 4 of your dogs, your bod, b, blood, samples are what they are. ah, the fall rides national rally party also surged in the polls and is projected to increase it. sates 10 fold. it's biggest ever results. lead a marine le pen said her party had achieved its goal of making micron a minority. president. le pen los out to mac, ron in last month, presidential election. but sundays results shows strong support across france who parties at the political extremes. right, well d w 's lisa lewis joins me from paris. lisa, good to see you. so president a manion, my calls coalition has lost its governing majority. how difficult will it be for

him to go over now? well, it will be incredibly difficult. this is a major setback for emma call. polls were predicting that he might lose that hit his majority in parliament. but for these poles also showing that he should get more see that than what he got. now he's more than 40 feet short of a majority. he will have to compose with political forces on the right on the left, and try to find a compromise on a case by case basis. really. and certain reforms that he has been planning might not be able to get pushed through such as the pension reform, where you want to push out the pension h from 62 to 64 or 65. and that is now all up in the air. now, lisa, does a micron have to govern in this situation? for the next 5 years? he has a choice between trying to govern,

or he can also actually solve the national assembly. now, there is a discussion on going between constitutional experts. if he has to wait a year or a k, he can actually solve the national assembly right away. but to solving it also bears the risk that at the result might actually even be worse for him. so he might in the 1st place, and that's what i'm hearing here. try to find a solution with the current result. possibly form a governing block with the center right party the center, right? partially because it's going to split a regarding this question, but i think the government is trying to find a solution to set up a stable majority. nonetheless, in parliament, in the coming days. lisa, are we going to see any change, of course, with regards to foreign affairs, foreign policies actually normally at the president's domain,

he can decide by himself unless a law is needed. and that is the case if he, for example, wants to change treaties, treaties on international trade, for example. then he will have to go to parliament and get the go ahead with a law that is h it through. but in general, it's still the president that will be negotiating on an international level with the leaders all with ne, to for example. however, he will certainly be slightly distracted by chaos that hey, mobile, at least a difficult situation in, in france here in parliament in the coming 5 years, dw correspondence lisa lewis in paris. thank you. well, here's a round up of other stories making. use this. our authorities in ethiopia say gun men have killed more than 100 people in the romeo region. the massacre which targeted mostly ethnic ira happened west of the capital, addis ababa officials blame the rebel aroma liberation army. but the group has

denied any involvement. monsoon storms and bangladesh have killed at least 25 people. millions have been left stranded and homeless. a severe rains piling the countries north east. the army has been called in to carry out evacuations and ferry water and food to the need. now, excuse me, belgium is returning the remains of patrice lamar. the icon of con, goes anti colonial movement to his family. an official ceremony is underway in brussels. it's believed a single tooth was all that was recovered of his body following his assassination in 1961. the member was congos 1st prime minister after it gained independence the year before. this report from our correspondent on the life and legacy of patrice number in this art studio in brussels, stands one of the greatest figures of the african independence movement this larger than life sized statue of patrice lamar, is

a tribute to him from the congolese community in belgium lamar played a significant role in the transformation of the congo from a belgian colony, into an independent republic, at with the moon, baffled foul to freedom of his country. and he was killed for that. and the country never really recovered from that love until to day, patrice, remember, became the congress 1st. prime minister afterward gained independence in 1960. but he was only in office for a few months before he fell out with the country's former colonial ruler, which led to him being ousted in a qu, imprisoned, tortured, and later executed. ludo de victor is a belgian author who wrote a book about remembers murder. the book reveals the belgian government's complicity and details how lumber and 2 of his associates were executed in a forest and how their bodies were disposed. it was done during the night,

so there was a lot of villagers worm were very suspicious. and so very quickly yom or belgium's recoveries decided to dig up the mothers and 2 of the body completely destroyed. and so they got them into pieces and took the sold them into um a barrel of 4. um. oh, so for us, its a belgian officer who was involved later confirmed the books account, including the part about him removing, remembers tooth and keeping it as a trophy. after the release of the book in 91, a parliamentary commission of inquiry concluded that belgium had, quote, moral responsibility for the members. killing. activism has continued here to force the countries of fully recognized and atone for its brutal colonial past. that led to the death of millions. in the d r. c. there's been some progress. after years of

activism and debates, the brussels municipality opened the square named after and in honor of patrice, lamar already said that the symbolic gesture was intended to reflect belgium's colonial past. acts of his now used the space to tell people about countries remembers light and legacy. the main thing that he was assassinated for was to erase in politics and to erase his memory. so having the square is a, a way of reviving his arm. his memory, patrice remembers, tooth is all that was left of him after he was killed, belgium, returning it to his family, is being welcomed as a 1st step. we hope it to be the beginning of the recognition that colon alias was something wrong was a crime against humanity, and that we can start to install a k mouthful politic of reparation. it's taken decades for the truth about the

circumstances of patrice rumors, murder, to emerge, congolese, people at home and abroad. hope it will take less time for their nation and their hero to get justice. this is dw news lie from berlin, coming up, investors start to sour on the chinese market over corona virus curves. chris cobra has the latest business news after the break. and don't forget, you can keep up to date on all the latest news on our website. d, w dot com, or of course you can follow us on our social media accounts on public lillius. i'll be back again at the top of the next hour. thanks for watching someone else to the tv highlights. it's selected for you. you every week in your a box subscribe now in my.