ah ah ah ah, this is d, w lie from berlin, ukraine's president says his country, faith 8, historic week. all of them years alliance, he warned that russia will likely intensify its attacks. that comes as the european union prepared to announce its decision on ukraine's application for candidate

status. also coming up french voters deliver a stinging blow to president manning on my call. just weeks after he was re elected, it loses his absolute majority in parliament as left as and far ryan party surge, placing his reform agenda in doubt. but the only known remains of a congolese and dependency euro finally returned home. former colonial power belgium hands over a single tooth belonging to patrice, one by 4 than 6 decades after he was assassinated. ah, i'm nicole fairly, it's good to have you with us. ukrainian president will let him ears. the lensky says, other european countries should brace for potentially hostile activity from moscow . he's, as ukraine faces story week, as it always a landmark decision from

e. u. leaders on it's been for candidate status, but that this could prompt russia to intensify aggression against ukraine and its western supporters. 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 rushes offensive in the dawn, beth's reading grinds on the fears, at least chance is next to that. most residents have fled to them, but some are stuck when we fix up even. 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? i sure they live in sellers to increase their chances of survival. now the bracing

for a predicted escalation in russia's campaign of destruction which a little short of this week, we should expect a greater hostile activity from russia and the earth against you. crane. but also against other european countries. li, pontine sure. 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 de cremeans efforts to pull ukraine into its hold. it by force german foreign minister, an alina babel on monday, voice her support, head of a meeting of e. u. foreign ministers. should you say what i got was on conway is especially

meeting idea for him is we are gathered ahead of a historic moment. this book was mocking. 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 this opportunity to use advice and stay long? near the promise of europe, hope for ukraine, and it's fight for survival. president viola demure zalinski has described this week as his story with you leaders meeting to decide on ukraine's bed for candidate status. and earlier i asked t w's a manual shot in key of how significant this moment is. hi, nicole. well indeed is very significant for people here in ukraine. i'm just in front of your 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 capitol. keep just how dear to europe and ideas are so many ukrainians who are trying well before the

war to have access to 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 abides by european values by european rules. today it's worth also noting that the ukraine and poly man 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're 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, hostility is dont necessarily how to translate into an invasion over country. do this, could all 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, in denmark, that's where a later link to russia and the hackers do 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 there see those 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 resolve 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 this so war last a stronger their resolve to continue fighting the invasion of their country. you know, they fighting for their freedom for the independence of their country. and i think that's something that they're not route. 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. these around of, of some other stories related to the war were following for you at the sour he used

top diplomat has called russia's blockade of ukrainian ports, a war crime that brings the risk of famine to separate, made the comments as european union foreign ministers meant to discuss the war and food security, millions of tons of wheat are currently 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 ease sanctions against russia. lithuania says it's decision is in compliance with the embargo and france voters have delivered president emanuel mccall, a major set back. his coalition has lost his absolute majority in parliamentary elections. results show macross block will still emerge with the biggest number of seats and the new national assembly. but without the 289 seeds needed for an overall majority, the french leader may have trouble enacting his reform agenda. when french

president, a medium a 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 i 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. led by veteran left. this john lute mellow show his coalition is set to become the biggest opposition grouping in parliament. opperation with marine la pens far right. national rally, which search into 3rd placed women 11 fold increase in seats,

is also not on the cards from a crawl. on monday le pen said the presence agenda was dead. i scurry 1000000 will emanuel 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 were toxic for the french people, 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. sit on issue with no clear path forward and parliament france could well be set for political gridlock, small crawl and a man who once compared his own top down governing style to the roman gold. jupiter . sunday's result represents a crushing return to us. all earlier i spoke to delete responded lisa lewis and

paris and asked her how difficult it will now be for my crown to govern. it will be incredibly difficult, really. you know, he doesn't have the opposite 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 as 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 cause majority a party were hoping to form an aligns with. and they've already said no, this is not going to happen and 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, john ligman alshaun led the leftist alliance to become the biggest opposition force . but they're not a united front. are they? absolutely. this was in electoral alliance. and even when you looked at the fine print, actually, you know, the pages and pages defining what the lines 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 showing 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 marshals way of doing things he just announced 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 lease independence hero, patrice limone. but the tooth was handed over to the members family at a ceremony and brussels. it was all that was recovered of the members body after he was murdered in $900.00. 61 luma. was congress 1st, 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. se belgium still needs to do much more as it confronts it's colonial past, but that the return of lumen was choose as

a welcome. first step 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, a veteran, the moon bath, thoughtful the 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 what 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 lumen best murder. the book reveals the belgian government's

complicity and details held remember, and 2 of his associates were executed in a forest and how their bodies were disposed during the night. so there was a lot of villagers we're, we're very suspicious. and so very quickly yom or belgium recoveries decided to dig up the brothers 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. 0 oh. so for us, it's a belgian officer who was involved later confirmed the books account, including the pot 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. fuller, 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, 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 a revising his own. his memory, patrice lehman was truth is all that was left of him off to 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 to w a corresponding christine moon. well, who filed that report? told me earlier. what happened at the ceremony and brussels 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 lou members 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 and 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 al, for example, we saw at the belgian royal's visit the recently visiting the congo. and so it is hope 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 that 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, we're always a pleasure. let's take a quick look now at some other stories making headlines at this hour. monsoon storms in bangladesh and northeastern india have killed at least 25 people. millions have been left stranded and homeless as severe reigns pound the countries

northeast. the indian army has been called in to carry out evacuations and bring food and water to the needy. serious defense ministry says 13 people have died and an attack on a bus and the north eastern rock of province. the civilian vehicle was carrying government soldiers, human rights activists blame the so called islamic state. the extremist group was officially defeated in 2019, but sleeper cells still operate in parts of the country. former gorilla fighter, gustavo petro has won columbia's presidential election in a landmark victory. he's set to become the country's 1st left. his leader. after narrowly defeating real estate millionaire rodolfo, hernandez, petro has vow to launch wide reaching social and economic performance. crews in spain are battling wild fires as an early season. heat wave maintains its grip on parts of western europe. residents and the countries north were evacuated as dry

conditions and gusting winds. fan, the flames temperatures in spain soared above 40 degrees celsius last week. thirty's any feo biase gunman have killed more than 200 people in the or me region over the weekend. the massacre which targeted mostly ethnic i'm hora, happened west of the capital, addis ababa officials blame the rebel aroma liberation army. but the group has denied any involvement and is blaming government forces for the deaths. let's get more on this and bring in d. w. correspond and felix, marina and my roby. felix, very little information is trickling through about this. at what more can you tell us at this point? hey, nicholas saw these adapt aloud. that is on there are romeo, geez, on any 4 p as

a over 200 people have already been confirmed dead and others continue being collected on the ground. the government has pointed fingers on their auto, mia liberation army, and they auto, mia, liberal or normal registered army has actually also pointed fingers or the government. now the prime minister condemned the attack, but these are comments that he made over over the weekend. that is also believed to have sparked the fight among the 2 groups. now those among us, those people who are found dead is a woman in have 15 day old kid from the observers and the numbers just continue, be energizing every day with more discovery is being done on the specific areas that this people were being killed. horrific or era describing their if you had seen a dramatic rise in victorian violence and recent ears,

the un actually fear is a cut ultimately fracture of the country. what's the reason for that? now since 1994, it thought beer has had a live has had ethnic lead. does who lead there 10 specific rejoins that they have? and in the tendrils they are but to killer if the new groupings which are always have a move to either defend their land space or battle for the sauces in battle for power. no, for the longest time possible. their killers have been caused by the battle for power because initially they degree and they to grant ruled for over that t as and when they knew prime minister abbey amid took office, there to grands felt like they were put on the side. and that has happened to all the other ethnic groupings. so what has a continue to happen is that any time these ethnic groupings or their ethnically

does feel like the other community is getting into their land or is, are a getting more power than them. then they're always clashes and people. i usually evicted from the easy as they are, which they are considered quote, unquote, as outside does, all right, felix, we're gonna have to leave it there. thank you so much for that information. world swimming is governing body has effectively band transgender women from competing in women's events. after being given free reign by the international olympic committee fina members have adopted a new policy which from it's only swimmers who transitioned before the age of 12 in women's events. the i o c has given individual federations the right to make their own decisions on transgender athletes. swimming reached its decision based on research that says once a person has been through mail, puberty

a physiological advantage has been gained that can not be equalized by hormone replacement therapy. it is a policy that is based on science. it is a policy that we need to introduce in order to protect the competitive furnace of our, of our event. however, i completely understand that this is a policy which will not be supported by some of our transgendered athletes. the debate intensified in march this year when university of pennsylvania swim. leah thomas became the 1st transgender in c, double a swimming champion in the women's 500 shout freestyle, and i don't want to make li thomas the center of this conversation on the world stage. but li thomas has reportedly entered now she's been on homeless

birby for 3 years. her olympic dreams are gone. it is my hope that young girls all around the world can continue to dream of becoming olympic and well champions in a female category. prioritizing the competitive cornerstone of fairness. however, it is also my hope that a young gender diverse child can walk into assuming club and feel the same level of acceptance. the new policy received 73 percent of the votes at the feeney congress and we'll see an open category established for athletes who has transitioned male to female after the onset of puberty. ah ah ah ah

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