ah ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, the u. s. supreme court rules, americans have the right to carry guns in public. the court decision comes as lawmakers are trying to tighten restrictions on gun ownership. following several, my shootings in the us. also on the show, the

e u is set to put ukraine on the path to membership, but there is frustration among western balkan countries who say they've been left in the waiting room for way too long. and the ukranian president, the loudermilk lensky urges allies to send more heavy weapons foster. he says moscow is trying to destroy the don baths. ah, i'm and you keeps mckinnon. welcome to the program. the u. s. supreme court has ruled that americans have a constitutional right to carry firearms in public. in its decision, the court struck down a new york law requiring people demonstrate a specific need to carry a concealed weapon outside their homes. the landmark ruling will prevent other states from enforcing similar restrictions amongst the court's 1st major decision

on gun control for over a decade. and our washington d. c. bureau chief in his pool is on this story for us in as thanks for joining us . i'm can you tell us about the significance of this ruling but basically the decision will loosen gun control measures and allow for more access to guns as you just said. so the law, originally the new york law was actually intended to protect people in more densely populated areas as new york city or also as a bigger cities in california. but now with this ruling, it's doing quite the opposite as it's allowing people to have a concealed weapon and public space as they wish. now, congress is of course, currently in the process of passing, trying to pass gun control measures after a series of horrific shootings. how big of a blow is best to gun control advocates. right,

i mean, we just have to bear in mind it's only one month since the shooting in the wilder were 19 school kids got shot. so this re ruling comes really in and in a very intense time end as you just said, comes alternate time. and congress is looking to pass. actually it's 1st major gun restriction lawson's early name 90. so this ruling is so significant because this is such a clear signal that the 2nd amendment advocates have a strong support, strong supporters sitting on the highest chord in the land or in the supreme court . so even as lawmakers attempt to make changes, the courts can now loosen our, or strike even down other gun control laws that have been in the books. what's the reaction been to the ruling well, differently, as always, depending on whom grass summer really in applauding of this ruling saying,

as it underlines importance of the 2nd amendment, it allows a kind of a kind of executing americans are the right to, to, to, to carry guns, but others are morning this law and we here as a voice is from new york, they're going to fight this decision. but you know, this is going to be really hard. but because again, the supreme court is the highest court in the country and it won't change or their opinion over the course of the next years, probably. so it is very unlikely that this law will be changed again. he w in his pull in washington dc. thanks so much. my rescue efforts are underway in eastern afghanistan after a powerful earthquake on wednesday. at least 1000 people were killed and many more were injured. international aid has now started arriving off to tough weather conditions, initially hampered access to the remote mountain region. since the taliban took

power last august, it has become harder for 8 agencies to operate there. and the country is already facing drought and food shortages. oh survivors. digging for survivors to say though, with in collapsed mountain villages in a country where millions already faced the misery of hunger and poverty and a health care system faltering since the taliban takeover. it's hard to imagine what could be worse than this one. the other is about hollywood with some of my children are dead, some hurt. they got a good in this house. 35 members of the family where martyrdom among that at bodies are my sons and grandchildren. while the vast carnes, her house is collapsed, everything has been destroyed. we can't enter the house and i'll try to figure things out with the taliban. can't help us. not one for the one rotten. 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 kenneth stand after the taliban takeover are doing what's possible, the evacuating people with the medical facilities. so i've got to start at the moment, 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.

louis medina, son is head of the afghanistan team as a german, a to group you need to international assistance in cobble. he told us how the group has been helping we have been working in frost province, mainly for the pakistani refugees for over 5 years. and actually i was in cross city when the earthquake stroke on wednesday morning and immediately early morning already the devastating news came in about the destruction of villages to high number of casualties in the way it is now. more than 1500 people have light and more than 3000 people are seriously engines. but to do damage to the infrastructure, to the houses is huge than the villages that's we are covering now where we are bringing our medical services there alone. more than 600 houses have been

partially or fully destroyed the lot. so some of the roads are beginning to become accessible for our mobile health tips for bringing and delivery and delivery um but are still areas villages that have not been reached yet. and since, since early wednesday morning, seriously injured, people have been taken out too near by hospitals by helicopters. if i can ask you, i mean, in the immediate aftermath we saw that age of people digging the survivors with their bare hands a day later. and our rescue efforts still as cale sake. i mean, you mentioned that things are happening now that, that how is it on the ground that done less chaotic or more more

material or heavy material is coming in the model. hell, steves are coming in to treat the in jokes, and the ambulances are brought in by the governments, by the defect, to what sort of these to move to angels, to, to nearby hospitals are still there. the range make a lot of roads, very hard to, to drive home because it has been raining for 5 days non stop heavy rain. and that also cost the large destruction of the houses. some defacto authorities are actually on the ground, coordinating all the relief efforts. and they have taken away all the bureaucratic impediments to deliver the h as soon as possible in the areas the coordination, the local coordination at district and provincial level is, is quite well organized, wider authorities. so the relief efforts are really picking up speed and

increasing at the time. and there are no several assessments going on in multi sector all the assessments for what is needed on the clean, the safe water hygiene food, not food, shelter, read beyond materials or healthcare. and what else might be needed in the areas? all right, we're gonna have to leave it there, but louis madison from the you and i need to international assistant. thank you so much for speaking with me. you're welcome. good, i ok, let's take a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines. as our austria has scrapped its compulsory coven, 19 vaccination for adults. health minister said the measure which was suspended in march was unlikely to raise the austrian vaccination rate, which is one of the lowest in western europe. the rule was the only such sweeping

mandate in the european union. berlin authorities have banned tesla cars from certain parts of police stations in the german capital because the cars built in cameras, a capturing too much footage. the police are worried about security and data protection. as the tesla cow cameras film constantly as la, opened the mega factory nibble in, in march. the ousted me and my leader on from think she has been moved to solitary confinement and a prison in the capital napier door. the 77 year old, noble laureate, has been under house arrest since he was toppled and qu last year, facing the raft of challenges that has the poor to say of politically motivated a european lead of the meeting to day, and they are expected to grant ukraine status as an official candidate for membership in the you are proving ukraine's bed would be the 1st official step towards membership european parliament has already passed

a resolution calling on member states to grant ukraine candidate status without delay. yes, i wrote chances outside the you council building here in brussels, made it very clear what they expect from the 27 year leaders. that all of them should agree to grant ukraine your candidate status at their 2 day meeting along with moldova. and just before the start of this crucial summit, many leaders had already given reason for hope that we will again show solidarity with ukraine. and we will also take an important session. so ukraine's european perspective. his perspective though crenan, germany is chancellor shawls along with 2 other powerful leaders, francis in manuel macro and italy. smarty draggy had travelled to kiff earlier in june weather indoors que crane's u membership bit. others, however,

have been more skeptical to to issue sling to corruption and the rural fuel. but the war has loomed large and discussions. they are now at a stage where a gram change kind of their status as possible. and of course, given the geopolitical situation since the end of february, 1 horrible and completely despicable aggression of russia against ukraine. of course, it is also part of the say, this information in which we discussed it. it's clear ukraine would have to fulfill a long list of criteria before being able to enter the union. a person that could take years even decades. but many ukrainians would see the step as a sign. the country belongs to the european family. even during such a brutal war, ukraine democratic institutions have been resolved. even now we are extending the reach of the europeans. that is ear leaders will also have to discuss whether the

union is even able to welcome new family members. anytime soon. since many here in brussels agree, the block needs into the reform to compete on the world stage. and believe the war raging on its doorstep. next is even more urgent. with can speak now to detail you brussels bureau chief, alexandra phenomenon. alexander all eyes on ukraine, right? now there's really no chance as bad that keep won't get candidate status. no, there is no chance. i think that sir, the you leaders or that any member estate could cause problems and out of the blue announced, or i know that they would announce their objections because we know there is a lot of at stake here. and so the leaders that we spoke with, all of them were very confident that this is going to happen today,

that the european union is going to start to send a very powerful message of unity and solidarity with ukraine. we spoke with lee sweeney, an president. no 0, he told us that he is expecting this day to be a very happy day. i ask a kaya carlos the as tanya and prime minister. and she also told me that this is a geopolitically important for the you to make this decision in the faith of rushes war on ukraine. ok, now before the summer, the leaders actually met their counterparts from the western bolton state. so feeling frustrated about their regions, slow e u, accession process. can you tell us a little bit more about what, what happened there? well, we have to say that it seems dead. does some meeting didn't go well with too many western bolcom leaders expressing their frustration and even anger? they were criticising bad some our leaders didn't even show up for the meeting that

the press conference that was plan that it was canceled. but of course, there was nothing to announce, there was no concrete action, no decisions. even though we heard from many e officials that it is now important to speed up or the accession or to just begin big session. talks with nurse macedonia, and albania, and to speed up the whole process, but nothing here to be announced. and that is why ad there was a lot of frustration here in brussels. he w, alexander, phenomena, brussel, thank you very much. meanwhile, russian troops intensifying their assault in ukraine's east and on vast region. the regional governor that says ukrainian troops may need to retreat from the frontline city of this chump, to avoid encirclement or some troops of captured to settlements to the south of the

city. and then now less than 3 kilometers from the city limits. they've already seized almost all the neighboring city of severity on yet the russian forces of also resumed pounding ukraine. second biggest city heath, which is located near the russian border and his nightly address. ukrainian president blood misled, he described the situation in don bath and he renewed his call for faster arm shipments. madame michael, my soul, and i think massively air in our gallery drag that down, but find, give that to me. the occupiers goal isn't. he hasn't changed that group. they want to destroy the entire don versus wake them by step. by step way, was a chance all of it was a jan sk slugging on both crematory game. if you want to make every city look at mario, call him yet my completely destroy nice to roseburg. that's why we're repeating. what was celebration of arms delivered or ukraine was genuine brewing, no grain,

and with more heavy weapons, arriving from western allies. this week, i asked the w, isn't it commonly who's and keith? if that could help turn the tide in ukraine's favor? i think it's a question of the scale. if you look at the kind of micro picture those battles around 700, it's the chance that have been read essentially fighting for the last few weeks. i think it is too late and for it too little to make much of a difference there. but the fact that these systems are now arriving with quite some regularity. and that there is seeming willingness in the west to send more of these high tech weapons like the high mars american rocket al series systems. ukraine is proven itself capable of learning how to use these weapons to use them effectively in very short space time. that in the longer term should be able to give you cranium, decisive event advantage to basically work against russia's outright supports in terms of the number of their traditional weapons a was put on the battlefield. so i think the thing is now with

e cranes preparing its people and world opinion for the cities to fall to russian control. but is hoping that as weeks and months boss, russia will basically exhaust itself on the battlefield, giving you great time to pick up all these weapons before launching counter tech. can you tell us a bit more about the humanitarian situation in the east of ukraine right now? depends where you are, but in places like curse, advanced, let's just go see very few people left. most people had taken warnings seriously from ukraine authority to get out while they still could a lot to tragic situations where people then finally deciding to leave when it was really basic, too late and lost people either being injured, some losing their lives during those evacuation drives out some basically left where they are unable to get up. the road is blocked and we've spoken in the last few days to people who tell us about their relatives who are still there, who basically living out without electricity and supplies for months. now people often enough dying just because they can't get their regular prescription drugs

because they're basically cut out cut off from normal medical supplies and civilization. so desperate situation for people who are still there, but the majority of civilians have got out in time. now we heard earlier that the big decision expected within the next dallas in brussels on ukraine bed to join me is even if it is granted candidate status threads. membership will obviously still be long, quite likely, quite bumpy. and what would you say is the short term significance of this decision? i think it's this is it would be a massive morale boost fee. grain right now, this is basically europe showing ukrainians what they're fighting for what they're european future away from the kind of post soviet russian sphere influence would look like. and after all, we have to think this is the 1st time that ukrainians have been knocking on your app store. back in 2014, that revolution against apparition present was all about drawing close to europe and back then the europeans were giving the ukrainians no real hope will guarantee of any real chance of joining the club. so that now is changing and that is

something that will motivate a lot of people. and i think you would also give the political class here a motivation to really get serious about reforms that have been neglected. while ukraine was in discuss limbo stuck between russia and the you, there's a clear aim and that would also then motivate decision makers to take on potentially unpopular bit difficult and necessary decisions to was making this country ready for you membership. so a huge step for ukraine, and i think the fact that membership could still be a decade off isn't so crucial right now. it's just about that symbolic openness and that path and the beginning of a movement towards the west, in political terms, rather than just ukraine. on the outside knocking, and in reprieve, privacy is basically being fed promises and warm words, but little else. like so much nic. let's d w 's, nick connelly reporting from keith. the effects of russia's aggression in ukraine had prompted, jam need to activate the 2nd phase of its 3 stage emergency plan for natural gas supplies. economy minutes about how back says gas is now

a scarce commodity. in germany, we move to raise the level to the alarm stage, followed cuts to rush and gas flows and energy prices that have thought since the war and ukraine started. how that said gas rationing would hopefully be avoided. but that he cannot rule it out. you know, when we are in an economic stand of refresh on gas and energy is being used as a weapon against german, with the aim of destroying the unity that has stood out to you in germany. and you wrote with the great unity and solitaire with g, with ukraine and our willingness to pay a price for defending freedom of 2 different hard to go from. i had a higher price the time. earlier i asked him a favor who won a member of the german parliament for the conservative ccu policy. but he agreed that cussing gas supplies is an economic attack on germany by the russian president vladimir putin. equally agree, it's an economic attack, not only on germany,

but on the entire european union, internal energy market forces aimed at keeping prices high and in black mailing germany and the european union. and that's why we're to become completely independent from russian. i guess as soon as possible, but of course we're not yet. so how real is the risk of a complete destruction of gas supplies? so far, the energy supply is secured to the bat difficult mouse, bo county in winter. that's why we have to be cautious and very consistent in our strategy. and there's an ongoing domestic debate on how to react. we have to completely replace russia. s and she's supplier for oil and gas. and that's why the government decided even to reactivate co fire fans. and if this is done all the

more natural gas from germany, it should be explored. and the last nuclear power plant should be pro, located as well. now the german government is urging citizens and industry to reduce the gas consumption. what else do you think can be done to ease the situation? what else can people do? and it's saving can out. yes, of course, and it's good to announce is in summer, so before that difficult mouse in winter will not be sufficient. we have to do more to replace russia as an energy supplier. and there are many negotiations going on with hardness substituting russian oil and gas. we have, we can do more on our own in germany. i already mentioned the cold fans, but we should also more exploring natural gas from germany and in prolong,

gauging the nuclear power. but even the operators of germany's remaining power plant say it's actually too late for an extension of nuclear energy. now, because of security issues, as well as, for example, the limited availability of fuel roads. what do you say about that benefit, of course, from the shop style of the nuclear power plant. they've been paid for it in all our neighboring countries, nuclear power plants, operational and this could also be done in june. all right, channel make had to mess then bohannon will have to leave at that. thank you so much for speaking with d. w. now lodge walrus has been causing a stir in a norwegian coastal town. hundreds of kilometers from her home in the arctic circle . the walrus, who is known as freya, has taken a fancy to some bathing on boats, but as a rather awkward problem, most of the vessels are let say slightly on the smaller side of freya,

at 700 kilograms, is a lot bigger. meet freya, a walrus with the thing. chris sunbathing on the small boats. really, what are we supposed to do if you her? i law the damage from a 700 killer walrus on your boat can be extensive. especially when she chooses a vessel. it's not walrus worthy, and surprisingly, boat owners aren't excited share with freya. i mean you, i don't want it on the dock on my boat. what if we just get it away from here? france travelled far and wide from the arctic circle, stopping in the u. k. the netherlands, denmark, germany, and now norway, where she's out staying or welcome. the plan for now is to get fresh, her own sunbathing spot, the floating docks,

where she could rest without wrecking boat. although the girl that we have a grace period to see if she gets used to the dock, it went after that they will come forward with larger boats to lift up the doctor, a transport trail to the coast of north more. no, his hope is that freya will figure it out so she can carry on her tour and that's all we have time for. i'm and it keeps mckinnon, and i will be battling wild news out of the top of the hour on behalf of the whole team here. thanks for watching j. w. ah, with

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