ah, ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin disaster in afghanistan, rescue teams race to get a 2 survivors a day after a powerful earthquake left a 1000 people did and many more engine. also coming out. ukrainian president brought mr. lensky urges allies to send more heavy weapons fast up. he says moscow

was trying to destroy the don bass. was russian troops closing on key cities in the region. plus that, that i summit the e. u. a said to put ukraine on the path to membership, but this frustration among western balkan countries beside had been left for too long in the waiting room. ah. i'm anthony howell, working at the program rescue efforts are underway in eastern afghanistan after a powerful earthquake on wednesday. at least 1000 people were killed and many more injured. international aid has now started arriving after tough weather conditions . initially hampered access to the remote mountain region since the taliban took pow last august, it has become harder for 8 agencies to operate and the country is already facing several other. she monetary crises,

the survivors digging for survivors in collapsed mountain villages. in a country where millions already faced the misery of hunger and poverty and health care system faltering since the taliban takeover. it's hard to imagine what could be worse than this. but some of my children are dead. some are hurt. they've got a good in this house and 35 members of the family were martyred among the bodies of my sunderland grandchildren. carnes, hair houses, collapse. everything has been destroyed. the can't enter the house. i'll try to figure things out. taliban can help us will not one for the one rotted. the taliban government has managed to mobilize and move some supplies in and some of the injured out. but this is one of the most remote regions of the country.

those 8 organizations that kept staff and f canister and after the taliban takeover are doing what's possible, the evacuating people with the medical facilities. so i've got to start at 9. is that how systems come on the strain over the last year? again, connected to the development assistance in state assets have been frozen as those affected, wait for aid to arrive or the chance to be evacuated. local medical facilities, what do what they can but graves must be dug. the dead must be buried. elliott tentatively spoke to lucy and kristin, whose works for the international committee of the red cross in afghanistan. we

asked him if the organization has yet been able to get a full grasp of the scale of what has happened. you know, us as you report showed her very well. just areas that where strike by deals, quake are extremely remote, the roads to access them. i have been damaged by deals quicken by the reins, so it takes time probably the scale of disaster will amplify with the hours in the days to come. suddenly, when people will access to most remote areas. now on our side from the red cross and red crescent movements, the eighty's on is on its way the afghan, which crescent is already present in different areas that were hit there, distributing food, water, cooking kids, clothes, shelter, et cetera. and the international federation of the red cross and the red crescent and look to a special emergency fund of 750000 swiss franc. and on the side of the ice here,

see we've been sending medical supply to the hospital that we're shown in the report in their practicum of the many challenges. what's the most challenging element for the i c r say now on the ground when it comes to helping victims to that the most challenge actually there for the communities. they've lost everything. it was in the middle of the night, as it was mentioned in new reports, some house collapsed on whole family that were sleeping. the roads are very bad. you know, that that's going to stand is also heavily contaminated country in terms of unexploded ordinances. lend mines. an unexploded weapons with this earthquake and the lens light that followed. some of those weapons might have reemerged the surface, which makes it even more difficult for the community to move around and for the aid to access. so it's a series of things that needs to be taken into consideration. and of course, we are doing our best to respond to, to the needs listen,

how would you describe the experience of working and coordinating with the governing taliban at a critical moment like this for days or she working with the authorities is something we do everywhere in the world where we work, so it doesn't change in afghanistan since what change and i'm going to stand it since the change of government in august 2021. and the development agencies massively left afghanistan dies your see was there amongst other organization. but it meant the complete stop of critical infrastructure such as a health facilities for supply facilities or water supply network. and so of course, our humanitarian support enables those infrastructure to keep running and to help african population. but the international aids it needs to, i mean, sorry, the international community needs to invest back in. i'm going to send to prevent the situation to further deteriorate from the international committee of the red

cross. lithium christian, thanks so much. thank you. to the war and ukraine now, where president followed amiss. lensky has renewed his call for faster arms shipments to his country. that's his russian troops are intensifying the result in the don best region. they are closing in on the city of lizzie chance in easton. don bass, russian troops are now less than 3 kilometers from the city limits. they've already captured almost all the neighboring city of seville to nets. russian forces have also resumed pounding ukraine, 2nd biggest city hockey located near the russian border. missile strikes there on tuesday and wednesday, with the worst in weeks. and in his nightly dress. president salenti described the situation in dumbass. madame bye, she must fall when you have your sing, massively, air and artillery strikes, it dawned on both lined. you let your me occupiers, goal is me. hasn't changed that group. they want to destroy the entire don bas

waste. them step by step, which was it gent, all of it less. it chanced, sloppy on thought crematory. his game means they want to make every city look at mar, you recall him yet, my completely destroy honest. you are oswick. that's why we're repeating what was for new york celebration of arms deliver lost or ukraine was to genius brewing? no grain for more form ukraine, date of li correspondent, rebecca, reticent chief. tell me more about the sham material situation in lucy charts. i'm afraid that her has been the situation for many weeks now and it seems to only be getting worse. therefore, the civilians on the ground. and this is the city of around about a 100000 people, we believe is about 821-0000 still there. many of the people who are still there were unable to leave for whatever reason, whether they be old or infirm, and some simply had nowhere else to go there. now living almost entirely under

ground as that city is being completely as you heard there from president zalinski destroyed, it's being sheldon bombard and almost constantly people only able to come up to sort of search for food or water in those few moments between the shelling. so as you can imagine for those civilians, there it is just getting worse. we know that as you just mentioned, the russian forces are now almost surrounding that city that they are pushing forward, albeit slowly. but it is happening. they've almost completely taken that at twin city on the other side of the river, several minutes apart for it, for a small hole down at the as a chemical plant there. but as a president, zalinski describes pretty aptly a that the, it seems to be another, mary, you poll in that region, almost cities completely raised the ground. and while that's happening, the ukrainian president has been talking to you leaders about granting his country . it you candidate status, remind us why is joining the block so important for you crime?

well, a huge faction of ukraine have wanted to become any member for a long time. now, this invasion, this war has only strengthened those desires and 4 days after the invasion. that's when they put in their formal application. this is very serious for many years. they've been sort of stuck between whether they stick with the east or move close to the west or, and the war really has firmed up their does their decision. nearly everyone in this country i would say, wants to be a part of the you wants to have the safety and security and be aligned with the european union. it would be a huge deal for ukraine. i mean, very symbolic, very important at this time, a very big morale booster to continue fighting this war with the show of support. we've seen from b, a. u has been huge, and it's greatly appreciated by ukrainians, by president lensky, who as you say, has been speaking to milly, every leader of the a you trying to gonna support. he has the support of the european commission and as

an on the line who was here throwing their weight behind the beads. we also saw france, germany and italy. leaders come and throw their white weight behind as well. so it looks like today's vote will be in favor of you crank it in candidate status, and that would be a huge step. although as we do know, this is a long process. so many years to go. d, w 's, rebecca grid of reporting from g. thank you. now ahead of that, a you announcement on whether you crying will be granted official candidate status . let's hear from some of the people on the streets of keith on what they think about joining the european union. good of us live with it. of course, it's very important, a office protection and hope of a better life. no super murmur from lou lou edison. this does not solve our problems free for either cache. the e u is defending its interest or it is to go through. so it'll be almost the same situation as herbal, but you go in there, but you gwinnett,

you were so crucial. we have hope for a better future in general. i can't say more about the vocabulary between now as we mentioned, european leaders are meeting today over whether to grant you credit status as an official candidate for membership in the you. they're expected to do just that. and the approval would rank as a victory for keep in the midst of the war. candidate status is the 1st official step towards membership. and french authorities have said, there was quote, total consensus on ukraine. that announcement is expected very soon. barbara vessel has more on the mood in brussels early in the afternoon, then the big bag, the historical moment and what some he'll call the winds of change for the european union. that will happen because there seems to be after you train it to be at the cannon, canada country for european union accession. now that does of course not mean

they're going to be a member within the next year or 2, but it means that the european union can deeply engage with ukraine. the process of helping them during the war and in the process of rebuilding them after the war. and so this is what it is about. it's a big geopolitical move, and it's also of course, of highly symbolic relevance for every want for the european union. and of course for ukraine themselves. so it cannot be underrated and everyone says this afternoon, we'll see it historic the moment was bopper fazel in brussels force. now the effects of russia's aggression in ukraine had prompted germany to activate the 2nd phase of its 3 stage emergency plan for natural gas supplies. economy minister, robert havoc says gas is now a scarce commodity in germany. the move to raise the level 2 alarm stage follows cuts to rush and gas flows and energy prices,

which it saw since the war started in ukraine. ob, exit, gas rationing would hopefully be avoided, but can not be ruled out your mission solano. when we are in an economic stand of refresh on, you've heard of cason energy is being used as a weapon against germany. let him, with the aim of destroying the unity that had stood out here in germany and europe, with the great unity and solidarity with ukraine and our willingness to pay a prisoner for defending freedom of tradition. hard to come from, try to find prices to time. now, in russia, it's almost impossible to speak out freely against the war without repercussions. that's why berlin based artist and illustrator has come up with a way of giving a voice literally to those who don't agree with letterman, letting me put in a war without fear of retribution. i surreal. oh, painful. there can be any reason to send your troops into

a foreign country. these are the voices of russians who are against the war in ukraine. the animations are by an artist in berlin, bella blanca cova. she grew up in siberia but has been living in germany for several years now. at the end of april, she asked her fans back home to send voice messages with their thoughts about the war. was sheila but i hear your clinical thought of therapy people in russia who are against the war of a wall assoni the but i live was more to search what go to show that they have no say what they have been stripped of the right to express their opinions in me, i was, i am here in europe and i can help make their voices heard gustavo fusion. bella says she did not expect her idea to have so much resonance. she was getting a 100 messages a day from very different people, all over russia. i asked her, my country is killing innocent people. i don't want that. sure. these voices became

part of a short film. she 1st made drawings by hand and later animated them boys. before the war, bella used to illustrate people and animals. she made a new one each day in her journal. but after russia invaded ukraine, she has only been able to think and draw about one topic. i wasn't much shorter from the lawn february 24th. so i drew this picture with a thong since then and has been all about that. so she hopes to support russians who are against the war with her art to help them feel less alone yet. but and if a group and yeah i there that i am, there is a concept called a sparrow of silence. it's thought that the vehicle one if a person feels that very few people like them exist on what they are less likely to express their points of view because it's a royal next us because iceland sung and with this film i wanted to show that there

are a lot of us back here, it was more said that people might be less fearful, and be able to speak out more. when she was closer to near to campbell. it took bella less than a month to make her film, but she couldn't get in all the voices, so she will keep drawing, to break through the oppressive silence in russia about the war in ukraine. ok, let's take a quick look now. some of the other stories making headlines this, our major flooding has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in southern china. whitmore right, is expected water levels in the po riverdale to have reached the highest levels in almost a century in parts of one don't province. schools and officers have closed amid rising waters. and now the threads where the landslide asked of me and my lead at one song said she has been moved to solitary confinement in a prison in the capitol. now peter, wendy, 77 year old nobel laureate, has been under house arrest since she was toppled in a qu last year. she faces

a raft of charges that her supporters say are politically motivated. that we are in the place, chief of eva they, texas has been put on administrative leave of his handling of a school shooting. last month, he's been blamed for law enforcement delays in confronting a gunman who killed 19 school children. and 2 teachers clase whited over an hour before storming school. protesters classed with security forces in ecuador capital, quito, on the 10th consecutive day of protests. thousands of indigenous ecuadorian have taken to the streets in response to a high can fuel prices and a rise in living costs. least 2 people died in previous classes between soldiers and demonstrators or to african now were not agirri. and motorist faced long lines at gas stations because of a brow between oil companies and the government over prices. the oil firms want to

hike prices, but the government refuses. they doubly correspondent flourish took water reports from like us ah, long queues and frustrated motorists. this is the 3rd through us kathy legal experience in 6 months and other parts of the country and not left out. this is on call for in a country where we are blended a well. so really, this is not funny because when i'm supposed to be at the office, but yeah, i am spending l m a good number of us on it on the queue. so he's off on it is not funny, is an indication of a failed? government says 3 that in the morning the dis is more is what it is close to 6 hours of he said, well, no us are not denied are of all to why i'm see on the q a disputes between nature and few markets as at the government has affected the

supply of petrol in most parts of the country. the government is ceased that markets as must maintain a fixed price of $0.39 per liter. since it has subsidized petra prices for decades to protect nigeria as from flank treating international oil prices. but the markets as argue that the most increase their own prices, because global prices have skyrocketed, and in spite of the government subsidy, they continue to run at a loss. this disagreement has led to many fuel stations. holstein seals and people panic. buying. many of these cars have been here for hours. people are rushing to buy as much petrol as they can, their fear that the government and well market has, may not reach an agreement. oil and gas experts see that this is an

artificial scarcity. few is available, but market as a refusing to sell using the ukraine war as an excuse to increase their own prices and pressure the government to stop regulating the local markets. one could go was 0. now there was a time when color was 0 dollar and borrow now was an in cove it where was $165.00. when are some crude is on read dollar? why borrow? it is still $16.00. if i got something wrong somewhere, then we need to transfer it away from this source to the region is a dark all or on accountability. we reached out to the national oil cooperation, but he did not grant us an interview on seal the disagreement between the government and few markets as a settled citizens of africa's largest oil producer, who continued to so far from his scarcity of pitcher

to a football. now and some a break in the bonus league remains, it's a transfer time. and after much speculation, synagogue stir sadie of money has completed his move from liverpool to buy munich. manna is one of africa's most successful players and his signing is a major get for a club that has won 10 consecutive german titles. the moment by in munich, fans have been waiting for sat your money introduced as a buyer player. it's a big deal for the bond as the guy and african football. he's quit the mega rich english premier league in his prime and chosen germany. i speaker with the club. we do the coach and as well as he are sole source, already see the t. how, how good there. because of course i'm always watching, not the only buddhist league about the specially temper 6 percent went by in spain . and no,

no doubt it is one of the best sir glove in the world. the 30 year old who help center gal to african nations got glory last year said he had over big authors, but quickly settled on by and he won the premier league and champions league in his time at liverpool. his contract situation in england means he is moved to reported faith rising up to 41000000 euros a comparatively good price in modern football. his 3 year deal is also crucial for bion given their star strike, a robert levin dusky has asked to leave the club after 8 goal and trophy laden seasons. the germans still want to keep the poll, but monday will soften the blow. if he departs. as chief executive oliver con, hinted, good morning, shonda for song 1st delicious. we want to bring in fresh blood for her congregations kind of want to make sure that there is a competition for places within this quote. you know, um, this class has now happened with an absolutely world class player in sadie

o. money village classes, feler mits at your money. he's been criticized by some pundits in england, the moving to an easier league whereby and when the title every season. but if he ends up having to replace levin dusky, he faces one of the biggest challenges of his career. well, a medical personnel will stand trial charged with criminal negligence over the death of argentina. football sta, diego, mara, done a 60 year old died of cardiac arrest 2 years ago, while recovering from brain surgery for a blood clot. he had also battled cocaine and alcohol addictions for decades. prosecutors accuses his caregivers of causing his death by abandoning him during hon. kick. no trial date has been sit now i lodge walrus has been causing a stir in a norwegian coastal town. hundreds of kilometers from her harm in the arctic circle

. the walrus, who is known as freya, has taken a fancy to sunbathing on boats, but there is a rather awkward problem here. most of the vessels are, let's say, on the smaller side, while fryer at some 700 killers, is a whole lot of mental meat freya, or walrus with a thing. chris sunbathing on small boats or what are we supposed to do? review her. i know the damage from a 700 cuba walrus on your boat can be extensive, especially when she chooses a vessel that's not walrus worthy. and surprisingly, boat owners aren't excited share with freya. i mean, i don't want it on the dock on my boat. what of just get it away from here? france traveled, foreign wides in the arctic circle, stopping in the u. k. the netherlands, denmark, germany, and now norway,

where she's out staying her welcome. plan for now is get frere her own sunbathing spot. a floating duck where she can rest without wrecking boat, with all that, we have a grace period to see if you get used to the dark. and after that they will come forward with larger boats for the trunk, but to the coast of north. more hope is that fair, we'll figure it out so she can carry on her tour. good luck for a while before we go. here's a quick look at our top story. this our response teams our pricing to reach survivors of a powerful earthquake in the remote, out of eastern afghanistan, least a 1000 people were killed and many more injured taliban. the government, as appealed for international support. what u. d. w use coming up next on the w news. asia. the test for taliban rule is off to

a powerful quite strikes in the country. for lack of political and economic crisis deepens with many workers looking overseas opportunities. i have more news at the top of the out. don't forget the website is there for the latest news to be found. a d, w dot com can find us on twitter. instagram, as well, for socials to handle the need is at the w needs met anyhow. it in the event that we won't use at the top of the hour, if you're watching at with, [000:00:00;00]

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