like meaning to this beautiful painting that perhaps we just don't understand. a search for answers starts july 7th on d, w. ah ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is date of the news live from berlin. the european union puts ukraine on the path to membership. european leaders approved both ukraine and moldova as official candidates to join the youth in the future. also coming up response teams race to reach survivors of afghanistan's deadliest earthquake in decades. it is now

trickling into the remote mountain region. both people say more help is urgently needed. ah i'm anthony. how'd welcome. we begin with an historic shift in europe. a you leaders have approved ukraine and mold overs bids for candidate status. the 1st official step towards joining the european union. it's a political boost for ukraine as it faces big challenges on the battlefield. latest from germany, france and italy had all back ukraine's application. but all 27 member states were needed to give the moved the go ahead. oh yeah. yeah. yeah. we are protesters outside the you council building here in brussels, found their views reflected by the 27 european leaders meeting inside. all of them

agreed to grant ukraine e u candidate status, along with moldova french president emanuel my call spoke glowingly. after the vote . the pupil, unusual to complete from day one of this conflict, europe has been reacting in a quick historic and united way body's function. firstly was the sanctions as then economic, military and financial support. li gonna mean committee to annoy with this political gesture. im not suggested, but i think the decision did not come as a surprise. mccall, along with 2 other powerful e u leaders. germany's olaf schultz and italy's mario to hockey, had traveled to keith earlier in june, where they endorsed ukraine's e. u membership bid. many of the leaders acknowledged that russia's invasion played a large role in their decision making. these put the whole european union in such a motion. they will, we see as a result of totally new,

i would say utmost through within europe and cancel it. i would say this is a new european culture. at this moment. it's clear ukraine will have to fulfill a long list of criteria before being able to enter the union. a process that could take years even decades. but the possibility of a lengthy wait didn't dampen the spirits of ukraine's president who thank the council via video link. each of these you to show property you and i believe that the flag of the european union will fly in every ukrainian city that we have to liberate from russian occupation for that great. the ukrainian and european flags will be together when we rebuild our country together after this war from the states ye lini, s e u leaders will also have to discuss whether the union is even able to welcome new family members anytime soon. many here and brussels agree the block needs internal reform 1st. so europe can compete on the world stage. and believe the war

raging on its doorstep makes this even more urgent. they dudley's brussels bureau chief alexandra phenomena following the you summit forest. she says the step to offer you grand candidacy status was not necessarily an easy one for you ladies. i think it was not an easy decision for your leaders. and initially, some of them were quite skeptical, saying that they cannot let ukraine jump the q, that there are other potential candidate countries awaiting for years. and of course, we have to stress that we are talking here about a country actively at war occupied in many areas by the russian forces. and it was a remarkable risk for the european union to make this decision. because the you is defining itself as a project of peace about i think that the whole discussion change of to friends, italy and germany through their wage behind this idea convincing others that it is

important to send the signal of solidarity to kia. and it is crucial to rebut the kremlin claims that ukraine is, there's fear of influence, and that ukraine is not allowed to make their own decisions about the future. brussels be rich alexandra phenomena will ukraine has ordered the withdrawal of its troops from the eastern, some city of seville, at the netscape after weeks of fist fighting against russian forces that according to the original governor, the capturing severed of the net can don bass area is central to russia's push to sees a large swathe of land in eastern ukraine. regional authority say fighting is intensifying and no town in the eastern region is safe for residence. civilian evacuations are increasing. meanwhile, ukrainian troops had repelled a russian attack on the southern outskirts of near by this chance. the last for the ukrainian controlled city in a region huts germany is hosting talked to they,

i'm just tackling the looming global food crisis. the war new crane has led to rising food prices and shortages around the world, especially in countries that were already struggling to feed their populations ahead of the conference. german minister of foreign affairs and a lena bear bock held a press conference. let's take a listen. a since nish will not is anthony 1000 a since we are not talking about hundreds of thousands. we are talking about millions of people. there are 345000000 women children and man worldwide, who are facing an acute shortage a photo. we are facing a famine crisis that confronts us, like a threatening wave, termed. i f was learn russia and ukraine has turned this way into a soon ami. since the beginning of the walk prices for grain world wide have one smart shut up who the shuttle. but you are now by d. w. political correspondent, benjamin alvarez gruber, german minister of foreign affairs, and

a lena bear book has articulated both the size and the urgency of the problem at hand. benjamin who else is involved in this conference and how are they aiming to find solutions? there will be more than 50 representatives from governments, from international organizations, and also from the civil society taking part in this conference here in berlin. and to show you how many ministries are involved in the planning of the meeting of the german government under which g 7, a presidency. this meeting is happening. and alina babel was not alone in the press conference, we just heard her there. she was also there with their germany's development minister sweeney, a shorter and with the agricultural minister, jim at simeon that shows how the german government wants to tackle this looming food crisis on several fronts. so once i trying to a get, for example, grain out of ukraine, that's one of the big top is one of the big priority is also off this meeting. but what's very important for them is not just talking about the global felt, but with the global south,

there will be several representatives from african country from the african union, as well. who are here in berlin to see how this looming food crisis can somehow still be averted? such a critical moment, benjamin, what are the concrete measures being discussed? so on the food export and on the grange from may ukraine. that's something that all 3 ministers say that it needs a reliable, long term transfer visibility to get this grain out of ukraine. this green that is stuck in the ports of odessa, for example, the ukrainian ports a due to the russian blockade and something that they also said not just regarding this measures, it's how important it is also tackle a fake news, fake narrative. as for example, moscow is repeatedly saying that at this food add sports cannot be exported to other countries due to western sanctions with germany in his i'll,

i say that isn't a chew. that is, this is happening due to the russian, a war that it is waging in ukraine. so several france there. they want to see how they can get this food, how they can get this green out of ukraine. also see how the countries that were suffering already due to the food supply in it. problems during the covered pent pandemic, and now some also continue feeding the population that is suffering right now. the w political correspondent benjamin output is gruber, thanks so much. moving on to afghanistan and international aid is arriving after the country's deadliest earthquake in decades. the trend killed at least 1000 people and injured many more. when it hit on wednesday, taliban authority say the search for survivors is now over scenes of destruction like these all across spectacle province. in eastern afghanistan, people were still sifting through what's left of their destroy homes. the hope of still finding some one alive slowly waning. most people have lost some one in the

deadly quake. some families have been decimated, douglasville mother, i lost 12 members of my family in my house with that good. it is completely destroyed with amazon and everything we had. our son goes to san shade on the last, however, it is a dog hook. oh, those who survive has started a burying there dead. but even finding tools to dig the graves is difficult, with the rescue operations as a whole, have been challenging. heavy rain in the region has made the dirt roads harder to navigate. with rescue team struggling to reach the remote area. with little heavy equipment on the ground, people have often been left to their own devices and their bare hands to dig through the rubble floor last oqueeno, well no rescue was arrived and everybody was digging on their own. little children were trapped under the debris and i went back in to help them out and i will make

it a supplies have started to arrive, but 8 organizations say they're not enough. since the taliban take over last year, some agencies have left afghanistan over much of the development financing that the country so heavily relied on was also withdrawn amid conflict. food insecurity and lack of health care. this earthquake is yet another humanitarian disaster to hit afghanistan. a couple based journalist, france, marty told us more about the authorities decision to end the search for survivors of the quick. the authorities claim that the murray, everybody has been found as that survivors and the death honorable have really dug up. this could not be in the penalty, very fight. it is possible though it matches from what local people say. and one

thing in this regard to keep in mind is we're talk to god to remote very poor region. so there have been had barely any and 2 story houses. the houses were pretty simple. so even if the house is completely collapse and digging through the rubble is easier down if she would have our cities where more elaborate building in concrete buildings collapse. so it is possible that they managed to get out to everybody in such a rather short time. i was jealous, france mighty in kabul force. all right, let's take a quick look now. some of the other stories making headlines that they sell in a significant day for the gun violence debate in the united states. the senate passed the country's 1st federal gun control bill in 25 years. but that breakthrough came just hours after a setback for gun safety when the supreme court ruled that americans do have the constitutional right to carry firearms in public. finally, take the british prime minister burst. johnson's conservative sap suffered to

crushing defeats in parliamentary vile actions. one of the losses was in a pot of southwest england, held by his party for well over a century. defeats are the lightest blow for the embattled leader and could renewed speculation about his future. will the rough war of 2003 and the sectarian violence that followed, climbed countless casualties. and among them were a number of young soccer players whose careers were cut short after they lost limbs in bombings. now the rocky amputee team is giving them the chance to wreak not their love of the guy, giving it another shot. ali cassim lost his left leg in a baghdad carbon in 26. then aged just 22. he thought his football career was over, but the iraqi amputee team has given him back his pride. knowing that about what i'm married with 4 children, my family are the ones who pack my sports bag. they tell me, daddy,

go and train. my morale is totally lifted. white is on. the team was founded last year by mohammed elijah, who was made aware of the portsmouth amputee team while studying in england. and decided to take the idea to a rack. he wasn't short of applications for men whose lives have been scarred by war. and on one that's our that's in our mission has become to restore morale and activity to amputees. yes. yes. why, as we made sacrifices in the past you, this in law will continue to do so for the success of the sport, jehovah and to raise iraq's profile. islam to doing. doing so has not been easy. a lack of official recognition from iraqi sporting bodies means no funding. so for transport and equipment, the team must depend on donations. who had the non milligan had in oakland? so far they've not given us official recognition, even though our team represents iraq and has achieved many things up on that, that unfortunately they did not give us any local recognition so that we can ask

for support. we've also not received any budget from the government or them at le jacqueline yet, but improvising in the face of adversity is what these men do. and the team has given them the camaraderie that al nasha says has helped. many of them recover from longstanding mental health issues. and that is all the news for this hour after short break, prescribe a will take you through the business news of the day, asking a burning question if nuclear power could and should continue to pop of the german energy mixed. i chin for that, that's coming up after a short break stories that you feel the world over d, w on facebook and twitter up to date and in touch and follow us several dead and wide wing extremist insights. mcgrath and again weld my we in