for the world to see the staging of the biblical story. and this time it's more up to date than ever. oklahoma go village and it's passion. centers sports july 3rd, 4th that he w ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, germany gears up to hose the annual summit of g 7 leaders. thousands of protesters are expected in the bavarian capital to demand action on global poverty and climate change. will the demonstration pass off peacefully or hear from our correspondent

in munich? also in the show, the u. s. supreme court strength down the constitutional right to an abortion triggering immediate abortion vans in several states. we look at what the ruling means for millions of women in america and ukrainian troops leave the city of savannah than ask after a weeks of fighting and relentless attack by russian forces is the withdrawal and admission of defeat. we'll get the latest from our correspondent. ah, a marion evans dean welcome. germany is preparing to host leaders from the group of 7 countries at a summit that opens in bavaria on sunday. security is tight as hundreds of protesters gather in the state, capital, munich, and a town near the summit venue. to make their voices heard,

activists are set to join marches planned by green, peas, oxfam, and numerous other non governmental organizations. they're calling on g 7 leaders to take greater action against climate change and global poverty or corresponding julia. so deli is at the demonstration unique and has this update for us, for the situation, as you can see here, behind me the, the demo is right here behind me, it's quite useful until now. we've seen people gathering in an important square here in munich and then starting to march. there are fewer protesters then anticipated they had thought up to 20000 people would show up. i would say it is only a few 1000 until now, but the situation is really peaceful and serene. there is quite a strong police presence. the whole route of the demonstration is cool with police officers and they are ready to intervene. were things to escalate. but for now,

it is really call here. so the summit itself is going to get started on sunday, but we know that a number of world leaders are arriving today. what are the preparations like? well, the summit is going to take place about a 100 kilometers from here, from unit where i am right now, and it is going to take place in this location in the, in the bavarian else and already there is a strong police presence there. there are checkpoints on the road from munich to the town where it's going to take place, and the security situation is quite intense. and also demonstrators have started preparing a protest camp. they're on the ground and they expect to carry on with protests in the next 3 days during the summer. that was the w correspondent, julia so deli immunity for us. julia, thank you so much. well, a short while ago i spoke to gabriella brew shane. she's the executive director of

ox, them a global organization focused on alleviating poverty. i asked her, what activists are demanding from the leaders of the world's richest countries. so it's really concerned about the notion inequality. so huge accumulation in the richest corporations wealthiest 1000000000 ass and a huge crisis that is hitting so many people across the world at so many levels. so is the pandemic, the conflict, and underlying will that the climate crisis. and for that we see unfortunately an explosion in hunger is a hunger crisis and millions of people. unfortunately, severe hunger conditions and family lie conditions. so we're looking for the g 7 to lead in this very difficult circumstances. and we propose that, given that there has been really quite significant excess profits of funding profits in certain factors. and we have identified many very large companies in the

g 7 that have these record high profits that there winful taxes would be one way in which resources company mobilized and utilized to address these tremendous situations of survival em crisis that is being experienced at the moment by millions of people across the world. well, the problems that you mentioned, poverty and hunger, these have been an issue for many, many years. and now, russia's warring ukraine has effectively made things worse by push, pushing of the cost of things like energy and fertilizers and grain. can you tell us more about how this is impacting the most vulnerable people? i was in somalia in, in march. so maria is one of the countries that it's hardest hits, but it is one of many that is hit at the moment by hunger. and they already have these shows the climates and making it m,

the droughts that they're experiencing are extremely and severe and white spread. then the pandemic also meant countries became more indebted. and so they have that probably mostly limited resources to invest. and then the issue of the conflict in ukraine has meant that there's less availability of, of food. and for many of them countries, for example, in east africa, almost all import it from russian and ukraine. so if making a bad situation much worse, there multiple crisis at the same time and you said the cost of fuel is also compounding the situation. so distribution is more expensive. so we're looking to address this immediate situation of crisis by moonlight conditions for so many people, and then also address the root causes and did you 7 has made commitments to ending world hunger in the past, what we're saying now is that these commitments can beat really now,

a underscored with fundy that is available because of these record profits that are being made by some of the largest corporations. gabriella bourget, executive director of the anti poverty organization oxfam. thank you so much for seen to us. thank you. let's turn our attention to the war and ukraine now. and after weeks of fierce fighting against invading russian forces, ukrainian troops are retreating from the eastern city of severe. the next, a regional officials said ukraine's units would move to stronger positions. recent days have seen russia make significant gains around the strategic eastern city, rushes, trying to encircle ukrainian forces, and sees the entire don birth region locally and craning. officials say the fighting is intensifying and nowhere in the east is safe any more for residence or earlier. i spoke to our correspondent nick connelly,

who's on the ground for us in ukraine, and i asked him if the fact the ukrainian forces are pulling out of city or the nest signals, a major victory for russia. it's a victory. sure, but it's been a very long time coming and it comes with a huge price in terms of manpower. last and in terms of weapons and basically a prestige busy. all of russia's military might have been thrown at a very small section of these very long front lines, and it's taking them weeks to take of the city. it's busy turn into a 2nd marable. yes, they're taking it, but at the price of making no gains along the other front lines and allow ukraine even to counteract the places ukraine of seas under the pressure of the democratic country to minimize losses. and all these families of people who out there fighting, paying very close tension to decisions being taken by ukraine's ministry leadership and critical of anything that would endanger them. so yes, this is a controlled, controlled withdrawl is something that vs will celebrate given they haven't had

much celebrate in recent months, but it doesn't coroner in a huge kind of strategic way. change the situation in don't bass. ukraine still controls a chunk of don bass and most of what it's last was lost in the 1st few weeks of this war. when the russians are now expected to turn their attention to the nearby city of las ish ask, can we expect a similar scenario to play out there as incidental announced? for now, it seems like this is going to be a st street fighting. this is going to be long, nasty, protracted, thankfully, most civilians have been evacuated and some who are still there, have been getting out in small groups without much in the way of publicity. basically doing under the radar. m, ukraine authorities were very vocal in the weeks, months adding up to this to people should get out while they still have a chance to do to so, and safety to avoid seemed like we saw in marable, there had been expectation that defending us a chance would be easier for ukraine, does the river there between 7 or the net schools to chance, and some geography,

which makes it easier to defend. the russians have now been coming towards the switches from the south avoiding that river some potentially a place into their hands. but if the bigger picture is still a fact that russia, in spite of its huge security in terms of weapons in terms of boots on the ground, is making very slow progress and nothing, it would really suggest to collapse in ukraine's position for now. and this war has now entered its 5th month. nick, how are the people holding up in ukraine, sir? mix picture who i am in care of. you know, sometimes you walk around and you kind of can forget that we are in a country at war. you hit the air raid sirens and people stay in the cafes, stay doing what they're doing, trying to live. some kind of normality will have the streets austell, loosely empty. sometimes it feels like there's only about half the number of people on the streets that you saw before, the war, people savings running out. now, lots of jobs have fallen away, and people, maybe he would want to return to kia from poland for the places in western europe

and central europe where they fled to. and i often themselves, even if they can afford to come back, even if it's safe. because they're not sure about their jobs, the government for now is holding up, but it is increasingly dependent on western finance to pay salaries and to keep fighting up front lines. and the desired fight was the question is whether ukraine will have results going forward. you know, by using a colonic connelly in kia. thank you, nick. now let's take a quick look at some other stories making news around the world. norway has raised its terror alert level after 2 people were killed in a shooting at a gay bar and nightclub in the capital r sloan. saturdays, pride festival in the city has been cancelled. police arrested one suspect in our treating the incident as an act of islamist terrorism. thousands are without food and water in india and after monson flooding, devastated parts of eastern a som state. unusually heavy rains emerged. dozens of towns and villages. authorities say 5000000 people have been displaced. a flood water is hampering

efforts to get aid to people in need. us lawmakers have approved bipartisan legislation and gun safety there. the 1st significant federal laws to be passed and decades. the reforms will make it harder for young people to buy weapons. the measures come in the wake of a spate of math shootings including one at a school and taxes that the left $21.00 dead. all the u. s. supreme court has ended 50 years of federal abortion rights. in a 6 to 3 ruling, the court overturned the landmark 1973 roe vs wade division that enshrined a woman's right to an abortion. the ruling is being described as a constitutional earthquake. you a states now have the power to set their own abortion laws. about half of them are expected to restrict or completely ban access to abortions. i choice no longer this misery became the

1st stay to ban abortions as roe vs wade was overturned. this clinic in st. louis had been the last place in the state to perform abortions. for me, it's tragic cause we tried so hard to get this one in 1973. when finally, when the victory now 50 years later, new hampshire is away from the abortion campaign is celebrated outside the supreme court. oh, there's a reason for life today. i'm so grateful for them and there are barren. i mean, 13 states had so called trigger bands. that meant that abortion was immediately banned as the ruling came through or it will be banned in the near future. a dozen

or so other states could also be binding abortion soon. the end to roby wade was made possible after form a president, donald trump appointed a record 3 justices to the supreme court. in his ruling, the court argued that abortion was not what it hold deeply rooted in u. s. history and traditions for vice president common harris. those words set a dangerous precedent. that theory then calls into question other rights that we thought were settled such as the right to use birth control, the right to same sex marriage the right to interracial marriage, ah, on the streets of new york city and elsewhere, supporters of the rights to bush and showed their anger in a country without universal health care and little or no parental leave for them.

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