ah ah ah, this is dw news line from berlin to night you cranes hopes of joining the european union? president zalinski calling this week historic key decision is expected on crane's candidacy, and it comes to lensky warns of more russian attacks on his country. also coming up in israel, a 5th election in less than 4 years. prime minister in

a poly bentley party coalition crumbles. after only after a year after the government formed ah, i'm aaron tilton. welcome to the program. will begin with a warning for europe from ukrainian president followed in their zelinski. he says, other european countries should be bracing for potentially hostile activity from moscow. zelinski says ukraine face is a historic, weak is it awaits a landmark decision from e. leaders on its bid for candidate status, but that this could prompt russia to intensify its aggression against ukraine and its westerns borders. a russian missile plunged into ukrainian soil with 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 chance is next to that. most residents have fled to them, but some are stuck. new 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's going to end soon. you know, they live in sellers to increase their chances of survival. neither the bracing for a predicted escalation in russia's campaign of destruction or to live mon sean. this week, we should expect greater hostile activity from russia and the early against ukraine, jo, 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 youth position and runs counter to do cremins efforts to pull ukraine into its hold. it by force german foreign minister, alina bab, book on monday, voice her support, head of a meeting of you, foreign ministers for you. that's what i got to was on the guy is a special meeting. i mean, we are gathered ahead of a historic moment, but we all have to realize that the membership countries have a special responsibility when you're in. none of us want to look back at this moment in a few years and think, how could we not make use of this opportunity to use a vice instead of the promise of europe?

hope for you, crane, and it fight for survival? earlier we spoke to you which of ukrainian presents zalinski is foreign policy adviser and deputy head of the president's office. we asked him about this historic week and how confident he was that ukraine would get the green light from you to start a session talks. well, the 1st was that if you've got the previous week, was the opinion of the european commission, and many would not believe this opinion would be positive. now have this positive opinion break. imagine the european union member states to support these up in you . plus also we have the support of several leaders of the european countries. johnson shows present macro prime minister drug produce the root, a way to support his phone conversation with presidents key. so definitely this is a consensus decision. you cannot be 100 percent. sure, you can be sure only have to visit decisions me, but if we have more positive then even several days before expectations on the

final decision or the european council is a rug up now of other stories related to the war that we're following for you at this hour the used top diplomat has called russia's blockade of ukrainian hort's, a war crime that brings the risk of famine. joseph cordell made the comments as european union foreign ministers met to discuss the war and food security. millions of tons of wheat are stuck in ukraine. moscow has called a move by lithuania, to block rail transit between russia and its enclave of colon and grad illegal. the area is wedged between nato members, lithuania and poland. glenn and grad goods are subject to you. sanctions against russia, with the when you says it's decision is in compliance with the embargo. hollywood actor ben stiller has spent the day in ukraine and met with president william. it is the one to mark the u. n. h c r world refugee day. still or is

a goodwill ambassador for the u. s. refugee agency. he visited the vive and give where he viewed war damage and met ukrainians, forced to flee their homes. israel's 8th party government coalition is falling apart. its members say they plan to dissolve the parliament, which would mean fresh elections as early as october. the coalition has been in office for just one year and suffered a setback in april, losing its one seat majority in the class. it, it survive to no competence votes earlier on monday, prime minister nestali bennett is expected to step aside with foreign minister. you either love it replacing him in a caretaker roll into a new government to sworn in p. o or earlier we asked he w, drew some correspondence, tonya kramer, if the dissolution of natalie bennett's government came as a surprise to israelis. well, i have to tell you, i think it didn't really come as a surprise to many israelis. there were signs in recent months and weeks at this coalition was not lost,

it's full term. so both prime minister in of target pendant and a foreign minister, yellow pete who's also the his also the alternate prime minister. and they realized that deborah had run out of options to hold this coalition. together . mister bennet denied highlighted the achievements of this government, but he also said it was a tough decision. but was the best for the country also in light that this government had increasingly no problems to cause and actually legislation and thickness it most recently, the government failed to, to pass to extend exit emergency law that pertains to israel law, in settlements in the occupied westbank the both mister bennett a mr. la pete had said earlier in his statement that they had agreed to dissolve the connected and that mr. lupita will take over as can take a prime minister until the next elections,

which will most likely take place in october. a court in japan is upheld a ban on same sex marriage was constitutional. 3 same sex couples had sued for compensation st. around to equality and for union was being violated in a blow to l. g. b g rights. the court rejected their demands, anger and disappointment. for the theme sex couples in japan who petitioned for their right to maddie the will. thank god, district court ruling has come as a shock he go, he hung get to the level only. i think it is a dead. a bit of drooling did was that it just wants to just know that people are being discriminated against for their sexuality or something. they cannot change. but what it will, i am extremely furious of and i am very disappointed. he go to your confidence, the court rejected. the petitioners claim that a ban on same sex marriage is unconstitutional. and against that,

i do equality. it admitted to the need for public and parliamentary debate on the rights of same sex couples, but stopped shy of taking a stand in favor of them. the ruling surprisingly, dan counter to that of another district court in 2021 which had found the ban on same sex marriage on constitutional japan is the only g 7 nation that does not recognize same sex marriage. does some municipalities support to limited rights? couple still cannot inherit each other's assets or have bad into rights over each other's children. white conservative attitudes persist in japan open in both shore, that the majority favor theme, sex matter, channel, momentum lives. the court should acknowledge that the benz unconstitutional,

japanese society is becoming more open, but things are still different. yos, it makes me pink. what's wrong with japan? we whom i think japanese people nowadays have more interest in edgy be de q issue was that, but they're still discomfort here. when compared to other countries. i personally hope that will change. must it along these petitioners won't be giving up any time soon. their next stop basically is the osaka high court the w was honoring to ukrainian journalists with his freedom of speech award for their work, documenting the siege of multiple you've denny malo yet. go and we just love gentlemen, filled the missiles hitting apartment buildings and recorded the work of doctors in undertakers as well as the suffering of companies, victims, their images of maturity, hospital destroyed by russian. bombs shocked the world. no

one was preparing for such. no one was prepared for things and folding away everyone was surprised by the complete destruction of the city. and only we come to the money per just one hour before the war started. it was try again. how normal city was there. buses was going, there were going around, people were going to work, but then everything, everything changed in, in several days. and that change was so striking the quick. and most of the journalists, i probably left not because they were afraid to try to get around it. but i think they thought nothing is going to happen. everybody went to key of right. i mean,

everybody went to but he was like a big news wasn't key. minute was not the news. i remember away. there's told us, hey, maybe you see they're going to another city and we said no, just wait. this is the place. and so if you get to rounded, suddenly connection collapse completely. there was no telephone connection, no internet, no one knew was going on. so no one knew how to 8, no one knew what's going on with ukraine with the key for heart keyboard. this was taken no one knew what happens to their relatives. and people just went crazy. and then the neighborhood by neighborhood it would get destroyed. so the front line would move from the outskirts towards the center of the city. and as it moves

inside the city, every neighborhood you get destroyed, neighborhood by neighborhood. it was scary that we were surrounded. do not have a way to get out. like for the something that that feeling was was really with us for the whole whole period of time. but i think we should like work in, oh, lake understood that you full, we will not cover this story and nobody will color this and nobody will. and don't like filled it to the people, you know, and that's why we decided to stay. you and we have a chance to leave before we were able to show spots spotlight, to put the spotlights on some stories. the scale of suffering

ish so an imagined emily bigger that we both feel guilty for leaving the city and for not doing more in the see you coming on during my planning to go back and to continue work the wasting finished stopped up. stop tomorrow and stop supervise, but anybody knows that we should continue before we go. here's a quick look at our top story. at this, our present of ultimate lensky says, ukraine has begun historic week as it awaits a key decision from your leaders on it's been for candidate status. he also warned that russia would likely intensify hostilities against his country and its allies

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