1000000 jews like microbes to be annihilated, even 77 years after the holocaust hatred towards jews is still pervasive. a history of anti semitism starts july 2nd on d, w. ah ah, this dw news lie from berlin, ukraine's president says his country faces a historic wick loaded mirror, zalinski warns that russia will likely intensify its attacks. this comes as the european union prepares to announce its decision on ukraine's application for

candidate status. also coming up french voters deliver a stinging blow to president emanuel and my call. just weeks after he was re elected, he loses his absolute majority in parliament and leftists and far right party surge . placing his reform agenda in doubt. the only known remains of a congolese independence hero finally returned home. former colonial powers belgium hands over a single tooth belonging to patrice lin, more than 6 decades after he was assassinated. ah, unaccountably, it's good to have you with us. ukrainian president will autumn year, zalinski says other european countries should brace for potentially hostile activity from moscow. he says ukraine faced as a historic, weak as it awaits a lead mark decision from e. leaders on it's been for candidate status,

but that this could prompt russia to intensify its aggression against ukraine and its western support. us a russian missile plunged into ukrainian soil in the city of lazy chance. no one is safe across the river. the city of several on yet has been reduced to rubble by fierce fighting as russia's offensive in the dawn, beth's reading grinds on the fears, at least it chanced, is next to that most residents have fled to them, but some are stuck near me. 6, if you can, but we have nothing left, everything was burned down. the most important thing is to get my sick father out. that's all that matters to me. i don't know how long he can survive, but i don't think this war is going to end soon. you know, they live in sellers to increase their chances of survival. now the bracing for

a predicted escalation in russia's campaign of destruction which lindman sean of this week. we should expect greater hostile activity from russia and the earth against you, crane, but also against other european countries. li, rhodesia, crying we are preparing, modeling. we are ready. ah, zalinski believes that russia will react to the european union's decision this week on whether ukraine will become a candidate for membership even considering ukrainian membership is a dramatic shift in the used position and runs counter to do cremins efforts to pull ukraine into its hold. it by force german foreign minister and alina babel, on monday, voice her support had of a meeting of e. u. foreign ministers. for the oh diane to was on got a, is a special meeting. the appointment was we are gathered ahead of

a historic moment since it was smoking. we all have to realize that the membership countries have a special responsibility on your own in none of us want to look back at this moment in a few years and think, how could we not make use looks on this opportunity to use advice and stay long near the promise of europe, hope for ukraine, and it's fight for survival. for more on that, i'm joined now by our corresponded manual shows, who joins me from key if emma good to see you vote and we are the landscape calling this week historic with the you considering this bed for candidate status. how significant is this for ukraine and the people who are there? hi, nicole. well indeed is very significant for people here in ukraine. i'm just in front of you a p and square where you have to european flag floating along the ukrainian flag.

and i think it shows you here the center of the cabbage o'keefe just how dear to europe and ideas are for many ukrainians who are trying well before the war to have access to the se, european candidacy. they know that the road to belonging to the european union to be part of the european union. the will be a long process. but most people here and 1st and foremost, the government here is making all that they can to ensure that it divides by european values by european rules. today it's worth also noting that the ukraine and poly amanda ratified the sample convention against violence against women. it's traded, trying to up its game in terms of abiding by international law abiding by europe and 5 years, so very significant for ukraine state. now, in relation to this process, president volota, we are zalinski is warning of greater hostilities from russia not only towards his

country towards ukraine, but also against allies of what exactly does he mean by that? do we have any indication as to what we might have to expect? well you know, hostilities dont necessarily how to translate into an invasion over country. i don't this could oh, this could mean a cyber hostility and we've seen over the past 2 years. cyber attacks, for example, against the government institutions in germany, and then mark about where a late to late to russian hackers. this could be one form of hostility, of course, as well. so the never ending question of the energy dependency of european countries to woods or russia, even if things are shifting since the beginning of the war due to the strong dependency. so maybe russia will take more measures to oh, to paralyze the european energy in retaliation for considering this candidacy of

ukraine to the european union. and there are concerns that western allies maybe losing their result when it comes to supporting ukraine. we're 5 months in to the conflict. now. what is the, what is the feeling among people in the ukraine? do they still have the same determination to fight this invasion? i think they definitely do. i've been meeting people for quite a while now. and if any, see the longer the so war last are stronger, their resolve to continue fighting the invasion of their country. you know, they fighting for their freedom for independence of their country and nothing. that's something that they're not. they're not ready to give up any time soon. there might be a fatigue in the west about those news that's here in your can move around. people are more determined than ever. the w as in money, shes reporting from keith. thank you so much for your assessment. and

here's a quick round up of some other stories making news. at this hour, he used top diplomat has called russia's blockade of ukrainian ports, a war crime that brings the risk of famine. does every made the comments as european union foreign ministers meant to discuss the war and food security. millions of tons of wheat are stuck in ukraine. repeating. moscow has called a move by lithuania, to block rail transit between russia and its enclave of kalynne and grad illegal. the area is wedged between nato members, lithuania and poland. colleen and grad goods are subject to e u sanctions against russia. delaney says its decision is in compliance with the embargo and in france, voters have delivered president ammonia m. i caught a major setback. his coalition had lost its absolute majority and parliamentary elections was all chau. my cause block will still emerge with the biggest number of

seats in the new national assembly, but without the 289 seeds needed for an overall majority. the french leader may have trouble and acting his reform agenda when french president a minute my chrome cast his vote on sunday. this clearly wasn't the result. he was hoping for. newspapers were clear on the scale of the setback, calling it a cold shower. and even a slap in paris, some voters seemed uncertain that mackerel would be able to put together a governing coalition. this is why honestly don't see how he could put together a majority, even if he does rope in a few left wing and right wing m p. 's were frankly, it cannot work. it's impossible and unlikely to provide macro with any support is the new pan left alliance loops. lead by veteran left. this john lute miller show,

his coalition is set to become the biggest opposition grouping in parliament corporation with marine le pens far right. national rally, which search into 3rd placed women 11 fold increase in seats is also not on the cards for macro. on monday le pen said the presence agenda was dead. my school even will emmanuel makram be able to do what he wants? no. the answer is no. i think that retirement at 65 is a buried reform, as well as a whole series of other measures that he wanted to put in place. and which in reality would toxic for the french people get poorly forsake. that leaves the conservative leg republican party as the likely partners little, but they're also adamant that they'll stay in opposition to sit on issue with no clear path forward. and parliament france could well be set for political gridlock, macro a man who once compared his own top down governing style to the roman god. jupiter

. sunday's result represents a crushing return to earth. ruin. and lisa lewis is in paris following best crushing returned to earth from a crown lisa, the president will now have to compromise to pass legislation. how difficult will it be for him to govern? it will be incredibly difficult, really. you know, he doesn't have the absolute majority in his reading quite far from it more than 40 seats. so he will need to find to try to find support from the left, from the right in the center from other parties that got into parliament. we have heard this morning already during the day that and some people have come out to say, you know, we will not form part of this governing coalition. we will be in the opposition, such as the head of the republican party, the send to right party. that was it that some, you know, some people from him on my course majority a party were hoping to form an alliance with. and they've already said, no,

this is not going to happen. it looks like you will have to find support on a case by case basis for every decision, every reform he like to push through parliament. and that will be incredibly difficult. i think rocky road ahead, young men alshaun, led the leftist alliance to become the biggest opposition for us. but they're not a united front. are they? absolutely. this was in the electoral alliance. and even when you looked at the fine print, actually, you know, the pages and pages defining what the aligns was about. there were lots of parts where the different members before different parties did not actually agree on the measures. and that's really coming to light now because on the middle choice today said we should form a political group in a parliamentary group group in parliament together. and the other 3 parties, greens, the communists and the socialists have said, no,

we don't want to do that. and also we don't agree with only marshalls way of doing things. he just announced it without consulting us. seems like he wants to impose us his program. and clearly these other parties want to show that they still exist . so even within that new left wing group, they can't actually reach an agreement. it seems like it's going to be a rocky road for a mile, cause you just said, but also for the other parties and parliament. the w lisa lewis from parents. thank you so much for that update. the belgian government has returned a single tooth belonging to assassinated congo, least independence hero, patrice lamar. the tooth was handed over to lamar family at a ceremony and brussels. it was all that was recovered of food was body after he was murdered in 1961. the number was congos forest, democratically elected prime minister after it gained independence from belgium.

earlier this month, belgium's king express deep regret for his country's abuses in its former colony activists say belgium still needs to do much more as a conference it's colonial past, but that the return of lamar tooth is a welcome. first step. in this odd 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, a veteran, 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 lou members 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 vigor of the mothers and 2 of the body completely destroyed. and so they got them into pieces and took dissolved them into a barrel of farm. and oh, so for us it's a belgian officer who was involved later confirmed the books account, including the part about him removing, lumbers 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 this square named after and in honor of patrice, lamar already said that the symbolic gesture was intended to reflect belgium's colonial past activists now use the space to tell people about countries remembers life and legacy. the main thing that he was assassinated for was to erase in politics and to erase his memory. so having to square either away or for reviving his arm, his memory,

patrice limone was truth 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. death colon alias was something wrong, was a crime against humanity and that we can start to install a kind of politic of reparation. it's taken decades for the truth about the circumstances of patrice, remembers murder, to emerge congolese people at home and abroad. hope it will take less time for their nation and their hero to get justice. christine, why isn't brussels where the ceremony took place, christine, don't tell us more about the ceremony today. nicole, the ceremony resembles what a state funeral would look like and, and some would say that that is fitting for somebody or of patrice lumen best

a stature. this was the 1st a prime minister of an independent democratic republic of congo who was never given a fair burial. so for the family, this was a really important moment behind closed doors. at belgium's federal prosecutor at this is the office that had been in possession of patrice remembers to his remains . i handed that over to the family behind closed doors, away from the cameras. and then came the speeches and you had the belgian prime minister and he's congolese, a counterpart speaking these words, states statesman. these sort of a speeches said that the belgian are formed. album, prime minister talked about the fact that it was abnormal, for, for the, for, for these remains to have been kept in belgium for as long as they had. and his congolese counterpart said that the return of these remains was important for the nation. and then it really got personal, really had home when luminous daughter juliana took to the podium to give her

speech. she was visibly emotional and shedding tears as she spoke. and saying that this meant so much add to the family that finally they were able to give their father some kind of a send off that they were able to now finish their morning. i. so it was really, it really took a more personal tone that for this family, this isn't about, you know, anything more than just really giving us back a piece or whatever remains of our father so that we can lay him to rest. so hugely significant for a lot of people as we already saw in your report, to if belgium's moment of reckoning with its colonial past. nicole in a way this began at the height of the 2020 black lives matter a processor. and this is when juliana or miss remembers daughter wrote to the belgian king asking for her father's remains to be returned to the family at the belgian king then agree to that and, and, and following that there have been as steps taken out, for example,

we saw the belgian royal's visit the recently visiting the congo, and so it is hoped that this is the start of something wider. but of course, when the royals, wherein ad, in the democratic republic of congo, the king stopped short of apologizing for what had happened during the colonial era rule, where millions of people had died. a, when he went on to say was he expressed, he's his deepest regret. so some people are skeptical about how far this will actually go, and whether or not and belgium will look to paying reparations for some of the things that have been done in terms of justice. well, for patrice, remember, perhaps that chapter will close in the sense that those who were responsible for his death at nevister trial, many of them are no longer alive. those who still are and likely to have a face tile or for for that. so it is hope that something will come out of this, but some people are not very optimistic about that. christine were always a pleasure. the double use annual global media forum as kicked

off in the city of boston. the 2 day event aims to foster resilient journalism in times of crisis. ukrainian journalists, you have guinea malo. let's go and he says, laugh chernoff will be presented with d w's. freedom of speech awards. nobel peace prize laureate maria risa is also in attendance. theo of philippine news site wrapper delivered a key note address with a special focus on combating faking. it seems to the algorithms of and marie aretha jones. we now welcome maria. good to see you. and you said in your keynote speech today that we live in a time when lies and hate spread much faster than fats. what consequences do you see for societies? we're living through it right now, right? without facts, you can't have truth without truth. you can't have trust without trust. you have

nothing. we can't have a shared reality. and the algorithms of social media, which by now are, is the largest distribution platform for news globally. as i literally pulled us apart polarized us and radicalized us. so the consequences you have news being distributed that is emotionally manipulative and the thinking slow part, which is journalism. fact based evidence based reasoning. well, that's not only gotten weaker, it's allowed the rise of in liberal democracies around the world. well, let's look at your own country. let's look at the philippines were, you know, the son of former dictator ferdinand marco's just won the presidential elections by a landslide. and you and your team actually exposed marco social media strategies, myth making as glorifying of the path. and yet he still won. what does that tell you about the prospect of that fact based journalism?

your talking about how we're losing, we're losing the war globally and you know, thereabouts 30 plus elections this year. and then you have key elections next year . some of the world's largest populations, india, indonesia, and closer to you here, poland will have it. and, you know, here's the biggest problem. if you don't have integrity of facts, then how do you have integrity of election? so the consequence, our democracies are weaker because if you have impunity or no rule of law on line, then that kills the checks and balances in the physical world. you get impunity in the real world. that's what we're seeing, and we're electing leaders who play to the worst of humanity. digital authoritarians, promising simplistic answers to very difficult questions. and the global geopolitical power shifts are happening right now. let's talk about the prospect

for a solution or a way to, to handle this new reality. facebook, twitter, and telegram those digital dictators are talking about. they're all here to stay. how do you suggest we as citizens and, and us, you and i as journalists, deal with the lives that are being spread. i think the 1st step is to be aware that you are being insidiously manipulated by that. it's very st. platforms that you think is just connecting you. i think the 2nd is to look at the philippines as a cautionary tale on the impact of disinformation and information operations, literally from 2014, which was when we saw the 1st lies gaining traction on line. you know, we watched our history change. 36 years ago, ferdinand marcus and his family were kicked out in a people. power revolved. and now 36 years later. his name's sake ferdinand marcus

junior. his only son is our president elect taking office on june 30th. so what are we going to do? i understand the root cause of the problem. and the 2nd thing is, you know, i said there are 3 pillars, it's tech, journalism, and community. so the 1st is, let's put guard rails on tech. let's build better tech demand, an end to impunity of tech. the 2nd is make sure independent journalism survives, right. and, and, and the 3rd part is, work hand in hand with our communities, journalists are not going to be able to do this alone. when you come under attack, the person being attacked, the organization being attacked is the only one that sees every single attack against you. and here's the last part, that kind of astroturf thing. when you say a lie, a 1000000 times, it becomes a fact. so it's literally reprogramming our communities. we have to hold our communities close media organizations face a particular dilemma, right? they have to survive in the same environment. that is making their work more

difficult outlets have to succeed on social media to stay irrelevant. how do you reconcile these 2 worlds? i think they must separate because part of what we, the mistakes we made as media as news organizations is actually putting a share button on each of our websites. but as the minute we did that, we shared this crucial information. there are ties to our community with social media. and then we walked into a surveillance capitalism model. that is essentially it's, it's, it's, it's manipulating people on line for profit, the surveillance capitalism model. and here's the last part, right? if we're on social media, those principles, they're principles that are profit motivated, which means that lies laced with anger in hate, spread faster and further than facts. will that profit motive is what gets distribution. so our biggest problem right now is how do we reclaim communities,

the 1st, how do we build better tech? so that distribution somehow comes back to us and all of that begins with holding technology accountable for the harms. it has cons, maria, or esa at that the w global media forum in bon thank you so much for your time and your great work. and state you now for a dwi, there's a deal with melissa cha ah ah, with

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