drawing ah, was there another symbolic meaning to this beautiful lady that perhaps we just don't understand? a search for answers distorts july 7th on d. w ah, ah, ah dw line from berlin. german chancellor, olaf shows, says democratic nations have joined forces as never before to come back russian imperialism in a speech to parliament. the german chancellor said germany would not shirk at security responsibilities. also coming up ukrainian troops hold on as russia

stepped up, it's attacked in the don bass region. heavy artillery from germany finally arrives, but keith says it needs more weapons and fast. plus a powerful earthquake strikes, eastern afghanistan, state media, say a 1000 are dead, and many more injured, making it the country's deadliest quake and deckers. ah, i'm nicole fairly hits, could have you with us. germany will do justice to with responsibilities. that's the message from german chancellor, olaf shots who used an address to the countries parliament to re stay germany's commitment to supporting ukraine and other international allies in a wide ranging speech, charles said the e u and nato had joined forces like never before,

to fight against russian imperialism, and that germany and its allies would fight for every centimeter of alliance territory is the biggest security challenge. in europe for decades, germany looked old as the most densely populated country and the largest country. the european union is doing justice to its responsibility. taking responsibility, not for its own security alone, but also that of its allies. 2 weeks ago when i was in the baltic states and i made it clear that an attack on the baltic states would be an attack on all of us. and words and miserable are not enough objects. to italy as chief political editor, mikaela crv, now was following that short speech and the bunder stock mckayla at the security at the forefront in the chancellor's speech, but not just germany security. he heavily emphasized germany's responsibly towards the allies as well. yes, absolutely, and germany has the stepped up its support to picky for those bolted countries. in

lithuania, there's a whole brigade that's rotating in and out to support the eastern flank. so goldie some flank of nato. so that means hardware. that means heavy weapons now that we've learned that indeed 7 how it says have arrived in ukraine. we're germany had trained ukrainian soldiers in total. it was 12, in addition, 5 from the netherlands. but the commitment he made and the responsibility he says spawns beyond ukraine and one's own security, but also towards the southern hemisphere. those countries who are feeling the brunt of what is fast amounting to a food crisis. and those countries in the global south, he said, if they don't see that commitment from ost, meaning the europeans are beating the white a west right now. that would mean that they would be under the sphere of influence of russia and china. and that,

that must be avoided. so this is the big kind of spawning speech we saw. of course, we all those key summits coming up for the new summit, the g 7 summit on the nato summit of the coming days. he certainly used the stage he had to day to try and quash the idea that he's moving too slowly on helping ukraine. do you think he achieve that goal? why said he didn't convince the opposition and there's more positive signals coming out of ukraine. what helped a great deal was, of course, that there's been a change in information policy now that is a freely available list published of weapons committed equipment committed and equipment that has already arrived. and that is tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition that is surface to air missiles and there's more heavy weapons including more houses, but also those tanks that will be sent to the czech republic. and the 2nd public sending soviet built ones on that is all still in the pipeline. the possession seps

and still lingers. the germany was a bit slow to move off the mock, but then dummy points at the bad situation, its own armed forces. and right now, we're looking at the bonus. thank you so much. we just heard of, they're nearly 5 months into the war. germany has delivered its 1st heavy weapons to ukraine grants. defense ministry says it's received 7 self propelled howitzers. the german armies most modern artillery system and has ukrainian cruise trained in their use. berlin has face criticism for its initial hesitation in supplying heavy weapons to ukraine and for its perceived sloane delivery of them. for ukraine, the weapons cannot come soon enough, and it says it needs many more. russia continues to make gains in the don bass region and a grinding war of attrition. everything that can be done is on file. that's

how the governor of ukraine's the hans region described. the situation here. russia is intensifying attacks in ukraine's east ukrainian defend is inch of yet. de netscape still holding out in the besieged as what chemical plant there last stronghold in the city. hundreds of civilians, a sheltering there and the russian troops withdrew from her cave. last month, the shelling has started once again. this footage shows what was once an educational building now in ruins. oh was blue and there were no armed forces. all representatives of territorial defense from all the national guard and in this building when it was hit off. so this strike was solely directed as a place of city infrastructure in order to intimidate the civilian population. william universal wolfe, legal that intimidation takes the form of words as well as weapons. without

directly mentioning ukraine, russian president vladimir putin announced that a new nuclear capable ballistic missile system, known as sam matt would be ready for deployment by the end of the year. new. when you were always, in addition to the new weapons, already tested on the battlefield, where the troops began to receive s 500 air missile defense systems. so unlike any other, the heavy intercontinental ballistic missile sa, matt, was successfully tested based on what it is planned, that the 1st complex will appear on combat duty at the end of the year. you would use also, oh ukraine hopes that a boost to its military arsenal. in the form of long awaited how it says from germany may help it push back against the ration of salt. but keith says it's received only a fraction of what it needs. not long after they were delivered for this was russia's response footage, released by russia's defense ministry,

which they say shows the destruction of how it says sent by the u. s. and e u, but ukraine's morale and will to defend itself is proving much harder to destroy. rebecca readers is in key is hi, good to see. heavy weapons from germany finally in ukraine. that's a welcome 1st step. but for ukraine, the next shipment can arrived soon enough can. it will finally is really the word, the key word in that sentence. i mean, that's the word that was used by the ukraine defense ministry when the defense minister, rather when he tweeted about their delivery, he said that we're happy to finally have them as part of our arsenal. that's not to, to mean or to sound like they're ungrateful. they really, really grateful for any help. they've been calling that heavy weaponry for such time for such a long time. they, they desperately needed as you would just sang in that report to try and hold the

gradual progress of russian forces to push them back. but they are increasingly frustrated at the pace at which they're coming. we know that, as you mentioned that these, this is just a small portion of what germany has actually offered to ukraine but, but the, the bigger the even heavier artillery that they've offered won't come until the end of this summer. a potentially even in the autumn, which of course is frustrating for the ukrainian army when they seeing as many or even more as $200.00 soldiers per day dying on the battlefield. and they all seeing, however slowly russian pushing russia pushing forward in the don bass region. and they are increasingly frustrated at their lack of ability. the fact that they just completely are gone by russia still. and they, they just want these things to come faster so that they can try and protect their land. but of course, very happy. very good news and anna, and a good 1st step at least. now let's keep talking about the don bass of it because president zalinski says the future of the region has been determined in and around severe and on yet. do you think these weapons arrive on time to help and make

a difference there? will they even get there on time? that's hard to determine, but i don't think so nicole. i think that they don't believe that either that there's still not enough heavy weaponry to really push back at this stage or really to make any hit me. they're not going to meet the, the fire power you and we're seeing missy chance being absolute pound us ever to. net is also being completely bombarded. and the progress is slow. they're slow moving. it does look as though that will get taken by the russians at some stage, it within, you know, short amount of time. it is really hard to give a time frame. of course, i mean it did look like the cities would fall sooner than they have, the, the cronies are doing a pretty good job of holding those defense lines of tying up the russian forces in this area a, creating another married poll if you will, sort of an area where the russians are having to focus on, but i don't think that these weapons, this 1st tranche of weapons that have come from the west,

going to have much chance at pushing back russia. of course ukraine hoping that when they do get even heavier artillery and more of it, they will eventually be able to push russia out of the dumbass and out of their territory all together. rebecca, readers reporting from keith. thank you. diplomatic dispute between russia and lithuania is escalating. the baltic state has blocked the rail transit of sanctioned goods through its territory to the russian exclaimed of kalynne and gran lithuania. says it's just following e guidelines. but moscow is threatening what it calls, serious consequences bound from russia to russia. this train is bringing goods from russia's heartland to x, x clave of colleen and grad collision grant is separated from the rest of russia by 2 countries, lithuania and belarus. but while beller roosters letting all russian trains transit

its territory, lithuania has started blocking all trains carrying sanctioned goods. hardly 3 new doing anything. it's our european sanctions that are started working from the 17th of june. coal metal cement, wood building, materials, and high tech goods are among the items on the sanctions list. they count for up to 50 percent of all goods bound for colleen and grad. moscow has called the parcel transit banner hostile blockade and is threatening nato member lithuania. usually reserved in a freight traffic between the kellen in grad region and the rest of russia's territory is not fully restored in the next few days. what russia retains its right to take measures to defend its national interests. why not some elephant is of russia insists that international freight transportation agreements must be respected and is accusing lithuania, violating the human rights of its citizens and colon,

and read that you has rejected moscow's criticism and isn't turn accusing the russian government of exploiting the partial trends. had been for its own ets stop . org alamo did. they could have expected this. the russian side knew full well that sanctions will limit the transport of goods. and are now using this as a weapon. and in information war under passenger trains from russia continued to pass through lithuania without any problems. however, travelers are not allowed to get off the train, but kiera to station in v in. yes. in order to get around the blockade, russia now wants to use c roots as an alternative. in the meantime, for use a growing that moscow could try to throw the escalate to stand off. unless now, take a quick look at some other stories making headlines at the sour israeli lawmakers have voted in favor of dissolving parliament, moving the country closer to its 5th parliamentary election just over 3 years. the motion is the 1st step in

a series of votes to disband. the government after prime minister enough tale bennett announced his a party coalition was no longer tenable. the school in your vall, deep texas were a gunman, killed 21 people last month is set to be demolished. the city's mayor says, the announcement came hours after an official called the police response to the shooting, an abject failure which put the officers lives ahead of those. the children. the u. s. senate has taken a step towards passing the country's 1st major gun control legislation in decades. senators voted to speed up the passage of a bipartisan bill to toughen federal gun laws. the senate is expected to vote on the measures this week. the proposals follow a number of recent mass shootings including the one and you valving that will the death toll from a powerful earthquake in eastern afghanistan continues to rise. at least 1000 people have died with hundreds more injured. rescue efforts are especially

difficult in the remote mountainous region. adding to the challenge is the fact that many international agencies left afghanistan after the taliban took over. rescuers and survivors rush, the injured to waiting helicopters, getting around, and the remote mountainous regions of eastern afghanistan is challenging under normal circumstances. but after wednesday's earthquake, it is even more difficult. the powerful tremor took residents by surprise. many were at home in their beds, when it hit the sea, the spanish boy did up. i think it was midnight when the quake struck the among the kids and i screamed, one of our rooms was destroyed while our neighbors screamed and we saw every one's rooms collapsed. my own both. eventually the houses in this rural region are mostly made of mud or stone, and dozens were destroyed. authorities fear, many people could be trapped beneath the rubble of demand. the disaster opposes

a manger test for the taliban lead government, which seized power last year. since then, many international agencies have left the country and billions of euros and development aid were cut as a result of dentist and was already facing a severe economic crisis. in light of these difficult circumstances, the taliban lead government is asking for international help. the afghan red crescent society has dispatched humanitarian aid from cobbled to the affected areas . and the united nations says it's also sending it's teams. france, marty is a freelance journalist and cobble and joins us now. france, what more do we know at this stage? taliban authorities have confirmed overs, 1000 thefts and 1500 wounded. only 2 districts. i have talked to people in kion, one of the district there was the most hit. all the were at least most injured that

were there were transported away beat by ambulances or by several helicopters that the taliban government sent. people have also began to per, very the death that, that these is still ongoing and will continue to moral. i'm song a doors organizations have arrived back to provide shelter and assess needs what is necessary. some items have already been distributed. orders are still on the way, and many people face dire situation. the heavy rain in the region also made it more difficult and a drop in temperature that a happened like $12.00 days ago. and we're hearing that this is the deadliest quake in years and decades. $1500.00 injured scores are still feared trapped under the rubble or the taliban. equipped to handle

a situation like this. tony bonehead, old or the before you monitoring crisis at their hand, that was to were large part made by their own actions. aid organizations have in the past, mom again resorted a lot of programming, but they sometimes also face administrative and older hurdles by the new government . that is to, to a large extent and still suspicious off of international aids are. so it is certainly not an easy task. vitale bowen have called on agencies to help. but they have also done this earlier for general problems. and then it turned out that 8 organizations have problems to implement this. because holly bon wants to control flooring aids, often in a manner that is not compatible with humanitarian principles, a soldier or tension stare, and it will be difficult. but aid is on the way to some extent and will probably be

expanded in the next days to decide on this earthquake. very difficult situation there. thank you for your update friends, marty saudi crown. friends. mom had been some on is visiting turkey for the 1st time since the killing of a saudi journalist went relations between the 2 countries into crisis. crown prince has been meeting turkish president, russia type ardon in ankara, falling a trip by ergo, on to riyadh in april. both sides say they are keen to mend ties that have been strained since journalist yamaha shall she was killed in the saudi consulate in assemble. in 2018 and from where we can now talk to her turkey, corresponded dorian jones dorian, when jamal shogi was killed, ardon vowed to seek justice. now his welcoming the man who is widely regarded as responsible for that death with military honors. why that change of heart

while its necessity, turkey spacing, regional isolation, having a particularly upset nearly every leader in the region. and this is part of a wider policy of resetting those relations. we've seen a similar approach. one that says with united arab emirates with egypt and israel, them anyway. saudi arabia. theme is he is not only a regional power, but turkey is looking for its financial support as another one is being charged with economy that is in crisis. inflation is officially 80 percent. i believe it's one over a 100 percent. and the, and the currency this actually is on the siege reforming could face off but crashed . and one is looking for major financial support from how the crime principle in so month to clear over the economy until next year's election. one faces reelection min, someone is very certainly happy about that and change of heart. you were on the story

shortly after jamal shogi died. starting from that moment. can you remind me how it affected turkey found your relation? what i brought took you started relations to rock bottom mad countries have traditionally starkey close ties. but never have they seen such a crisis in relation president of one lead the international outcry over the murder of crush okey, who was killed in the saudi arabia as conference and stan bullied body to the members. and it was never found again. and the one really did put the pressure on it so many believe he was told this an opportunity to bring down the crown prince resource, a regional rival. and it's cause absolute consternation. and there was a great deal of anger in the country. but such a thing could be allowed to be to happen. so this really was a crucial moment, but it has to be said, this was part of a wider rivalry between the 2 liters. i've been going on a controlled and leadership of the region, a bitter rivalry which sol,

this casualty crisis. the opposition as a concert on of quote, embracing the man who ordered the killing. how is this visit and the policy reversal and symbolizes being perceived in turkey. but it's not going down very well if opinion post the believe one poll pound 60 percent of people of post of this approach. mom, you have to understand that mainstream media much bit under the control of present, people are being fed a die of absolute victory or like a tax on crown prince in the last few years he was seen as someone that was a terrible man. that was unacceptable. he couldn't be in power, and now we see images of a, of a one in bracing the crown prince. this is seen many people as a sign of turkey weakness. they all aware of taking the saudis financial support. and this is seen a company that's not playing well in turkey, but if it major financial money to live with them, people's attitudes could change very quickly. during jones, thank are driven by the war in ukraine,

some prices and the cost of living arising throughout the world. africa is being particularly hard hit. south africa, poverty and inequality were already high. and after the pandemic, surgeon costs are now fueling homelessness crisis. our correspond and adrian crease reports from cape town were more and more makeshift shelters are popping up around the city. thank you very nice. and a blue, queuing up for food handed out by a charity for homeless people in the middle of kate, semi english hasn't had a warm meal for a long time. she's been living on the streets for more than 4. yes. i come to a point a by either the growth, they slow, you don't move it. there's no way that you can move forward in life. there's no way that you can build yourself up in life while you still industry goes. i thought i that maybe it absolutely didn't work english does not alone. and since the pandemic

it even more people have been forced to live on the street, came some makeshift. so it is like this have been much rooming in the city of cape town, there about 7000 homeless people in the city, much more than before. lockdown. the city runs a safe place program for homeless people, but currently they're only about 50 free spaces available. each nights the rest is occupied, cape town wants to create hundreds of additional spaces, but the mayor says the leg of support from the national government makes it impossible to solve the problem. the core of the problem here is that the health care system is not capacity enough to deal with the scale of this problem. we are picking up the pieces at the end of this. all of these other failures of there's been a poverty failure. there's been a o domestic violence failure often that the system has not come to us. there has been a mental breakdown failure and then a substance abuse failure. along with the rise in homelessness,

south africa is also dealing with an unemployment crisis. every 3rd person here, his job lists now rising cost of living, driven by the war and ukraine, are making things worse for everyone. cooking oil has gone up by almost 50 percent fuel by 20 says the for everyone because as you know, it offered. so the prices of the bicycle, more detail, every shots by now the salaries of people on are going, are people gone live like this anymore? it's, it's crazy. it's k use we on a car. yes. world law in the state. we living in it, but i see as this coming up been up and up. the government has acknowledged the problem but has failed to provide a solution aimed a shortage of funds. and recent times we're having to deal with another problem which is the rising cost of living has made it increasingly difficult for the majority of our people to get by and to pay their bills.

and also to feed their children. semi angulation has relieved that she doesn't need to worry about food, at least for to day, but to morrow, her daily struggle continues. and before we go, here's a quick look at our top stories. at the sour german chancellor, olaf shaw says, promise. germany will do justice to with security responsibilities, both at home and abroad. in an address to the german parliament, shoals says the un nato had joined forces like never before to fight against russian imperialism. and of san state. media says an earthquake in the east of the country has killed 1000 people and left 1500 injured. the quake hit a remote region close to the border with pakistan. rescuers are arriving with the death toll expected to rise significantly from watching the news coming up next sunday, w news, asia. the conflicting agenda is likely to get some air time at the brick summit

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