ah, and can it be implemented in lower income countries in india and 90 minutes on d. w? ah ah, this is d w. news line from berlin. ukraine, the weights on a key decision on its plans to join the european union as president, lindsey calls this week a storage week and warns of more russian attacks on this country. also coming up in israel a 5th election in less than 4 years. prime minister nestali bennett, 8 party coalition crumbles, lay year after the government forge and

a top german art festival covers. one of its works after receiving complaints that a portray jewish people using anti semitic stereotypes. while making a statement of the israel palestinian conflict. ah, i married children, welcome to the program. we begin with a warning for europe from ukrainian president voting or zalinski. he says other european country should be bracing for potentially hostile activity for moscow. zelinski says ukraine face is a historic, weak as 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 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 federal 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 that most residents have fled to them, but some are stuck. when we fix up you some, 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, sheila, they live in sellers to increase their chances of survival. you know, you the pricing for a predicted escalation in russia's campaign of destruction or to live mom sean. this week we should expect greater hostile activity from russia and the earned

against ukraine. but also against other european countries. li rhodesian, crying we are preparing modeling. we are ready. ah, zelinski 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 babel on monday, voice her support, head of a meeting of e. u. foreign ministers for new. that's what i got to was on. got a, is a special meeting. i mean, we are gathered ahead of a historic moment. 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 looks on this opportunity to use

a vice and still don't miss the promise of europe. hope for you, crane, and it's fight for survival. earlier we spoke to you to java ukrainian, president zalinski, his foreign policy adviser, 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 the you. to start a session talks, the 1st those that if you've got the previous speak was the opinion of the european commission, and many would not believe this opinion would be positive. now have this positive opinion command in the european union member states to support these up in you. plus also we have a support of several leaders of the european countries. johnson shows present macro prime minister drug produce to root a record to support his phone conversation with president that entity. so definitely this is a consensus decision. you cannot be 100 percent. sure,

you can be sure all you have to visit decisions me. but if we have more positive then even several of the before expectations on the final decision or the european council. here's a rug up now, other stories related to the war that we're following for you at this hour. the eas tough diplomat has called washes blockade of ukrainian ports of war, tribe that brings the risk of family with it. joseph or l made the comments as european union foreign ministers met to discuss the war and food security. millions of tons of wheat are currently stuck in ukrainian ports. moscow is called a move by lithuania to block rail transit between russia and is enclave of clinic grad illegal. the area, it's wedged between nato members, lithuania and poland. clinton grad goods are subject to sanctions against russia, with the waning says, it's decision is in compliance with the embargo over the editor of russia's last independent newspapers,

or one of them. rather dmitri motor thought has auctioned off his 2021 nobel peace prize metal. the middle fetched record 103500000 dollars, which we donated to help children displaced by the war new frame. israel's a party government coalition is falling apart. it's members say they plan to this all the parliament which would mean fresh elections as early as october. the coalition has been in office for just one year and suffer to set back in april, losing its one seat majority in the can s it. it's arrived to know confidence votes earlier on monday, prime minister nestali bennett is expected to step aside with foreign minister. your daughter, lockheed replacing him in a caretaker roll into a new government to sworn it earlier we asked you, w, drew some correspondent, tonya claim a if the dissolution of nestali, bennett's government came as a surprise to most israelis. well i have to tell you,

i think it didn't really come as a surprise to many israelis there were assigns in recent months and weeks that this coalition was not lost, it's full term. so both prime minister of tal dependent and a foreign minister, yellow pete, or 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 for the 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 pause and actually legislation in thickness it most recently, the government failed to pass to extend actually an emergency law that pertains to is ray law in settlements in the occupied westbank, the both mister bennett a mr. la pete had, as said earlier in his statement that they had agreed to dissolve the connection

and that mister lupita will take over as can take a prime minister until the next elections, which will most likely take place in october. a court, japan is upheld, a ban on same sex marriage is constitutional. 3 same sex couples had sued for compensation seemed the right to equality and free union was being violated in a blow to l. g. b t writes for court, rejected the 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 do he hung get to the level only. i think it is a dead, a bit of drooling deed was that it just wants to just know that people are being discriminated against for their sexuality, something they cannot change a hotel. i am extremely furious 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 to 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 down town door to that of another district court in 2021 which had found the ban on same sex marriage unconstitutional. japan is the only g 7 nation that does not recognize same sex marriage. does some municipalities support 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. opinion false sure, that the majority favor theme, sex,

manage on long island. the court should acknowledge that the bands and wants to do tional, japanese society is becoming more open, but things are still different. yos, it makes me pink. what's wrong with japan? we hope that 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 get along. these petitioners won't be giving up any time soon. their next stop they see is the osaka high court. let's take a quick look now at some other stories making headlines of the sour, tens of thousands of people have rallied in georgia's capital tbilisi as a board of joining the european union. the european commission has held off on recommending george's candidacy in such conditions, including traditional reforms and progress on media. freedom gunman

have killed several people and kidnapped more than 30 others in attacks until rural churches in northern nigeria. attacks by arm groups are common in the area. it comes just 2 weeks after an attack on a church in southern nigeria killed 40 people. t w's annual global media format kicked off, and bon, the 2 day event aimed to foster resilient journalism in times of crisis. ukrainian journalist give guinea multi africa, and we'd love chevy love are being honored with ease of use. freedom of speech awards, nobel peace prize. laurie maria ressa is also in attendance. ceo of philippine news site wrapper delivered a keynote address with a special focus on combating fake news. the algorithms in her speech dresses said that we live in a time when lies and hate spreads much faster than facts. we asked her what the consequences of that is for major 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 the largest distribution platform for news globally. as i literally pulled us apart polarized us, and radicalized us so that the consequences you have news being distributed that is emotionally manipulative, and the thinking slow part, which is journalism. fac, base evidence based reasoning. well, that's not only gotten weaker, it's allowed the rise of in liberal democracies around the world. every 5 years, the documentary art festival and castle displayed art work from around the world. but this year, one of those works of art will be hidden from the public. the giant wall illustrating examples of alleged genocide use anti semitic stereotypes to portray jewish israelis,

something german officials condemned. this is the image that is causing white spread controversy. a hooked nose, fangs, and bloodshot eyes pared with the side carls traditionally worn by ultra orthodox juries. the image is parts of a work of art by the indonesian collective tart, p a t i. it took center stage at the document to holland castle jesus field him does as he had ski it. this illustration clearly has anti semitic imagery. there's protection against anti semitism as well as protection against racism and any form of misanthropy of fundamental human values ones was and if those values aren't respected, then the freedom of expression in art has its limitations. why had eli gunther in the same work of art, a man would have pigs noses depicted as a member of masada, the israeli foreign intelligence service? this too is an anti semitic stereotype. the israeli embassy reacted by tweeting

documents promotes global style propaganda. marin mandel is the director of the anne frank educational center. he's equally appalled and demands that the artwork be removed. it's martha schuman. we also need to question exactly how such a picture was created in the 1st place. and then how it was allowed such a prominent place in the exhibition order in san pulmonary dots in there. and there are still in the lower part of the artwork are depictions of massacres and genocides. the holocaust is notably missing. the central kinds of jews has been highly critical of this. they said document as organizer is guaranteed, there would be nothing anti semitic in this year's exhibition. clearly, the organizers have failed when it comes to the topic of anti semitism. the exhibition has denied any connection with anti semitism and apologize for any hurt caused the controversial artwork will remain at documentary. however, it will remain hidden from visitors from to day onwards, behind huge panels of heavy cloth. before we go, here's

a quick look at our top story at this hour. ukrainian president of old image zalinski says ukraine has begun historic week. this is a way to key decision from e leaders on it's big for candidate status. he also warned that russia would likely intensify hostilities against his country and its allies. that's all for now. thank you for joining us. and don't forget there's always our website for all the latest news. nice. that's d w dot com. i'm here until thanks for joining us. a.