1000000 jews like microbes to be annihilated even 77 years after the holocaust hatred towards jews is still pervasive. a history of anti semitism starts july 2nd on d w ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. the annual summons of the group of 7 leading democracies gets under way here in germany, in talks with host chance or all of scholes. u. s. presidential biden stress is the need for the west to stay united in its response to russia unprovoked invasion of

ukraine. also, and to show explosions, rock the cranium capital in the 1st apparent russian attack on key of in nearly 3 weeks, the city's mayor says the blast shook a historic district, and a residential complex was on fire. we'll get the latest from our correspondent. ah, a marion evans theme is good to have you with us. russia's war against ukraine is sent to dominate the agenda as leaders of 7 leading industrialized democracies meet in southern germany. german chancellor, all of schultz is hosting the g 7 summit and he met with you as president joe biden before it got under way the war in ukraine is putting the spotlight on the gathering as leaders decide on a unified approach to russia as well as on issues that have become recently

pressing, such as energy security and climate change. russia was one's part of the group which was then known as the g aides, but it was expelled after it invaded an annexed ukraine in 2014 in the crimea region. today's meeting is set to be a display of unity and resolve against the former member as the us and german leaders underlined with we have a common jones with emotional messages with no small port because we're joined now by the w. brussels bureau chief alexander phenomena who

is at the summit venue. hello to you, alex sandra. so germany, the host of this year's g 7 summit has in fact been criticized for not doing enough to support ukraine. but today we just heard from the u. s. president, calling germany one of the fastest and closest allies in the world. what do you make of this? well, i think that this a brief exchange that we so was very telling or so well orchestrated. so we heard you asked president joe biden saying that he wanted to our company men to all of shoals for stepping up as he did to a when taking over the chances that position as the german chancellor. and then he also added that to the way how germany was moving had a great impact on the whole europe. so he was making a point to praising germany's leadership. despite all that criticism that germany

has been facing, of course, it is important. germany is a heavy weight in europe. germany is the host of this g 7 meeting. and that is why germany is so crucial in making this meeting a success. and to making sure that the signal that is going to be sent here from elmo is a message of unity. and then are we keep hearing our western leaders talk about unity in the faith of rushes, aggression. but are there any concrete joint plans to actually increase pressure on the kremlin? well, i think what we're already seeing right now is that we are going to, to probably see some, some concrete announcements here in terms of keeping up the pressure on vladimir putin and making sure that it's going to become harder for him to waged war. and to continue with his war on ukraine at the u. s. was pushing for new sanctions on

russian gold imports. gold is a critical asset for the russian central bank. and apparently there are other nations joining in and we heard today from the european council presidential michelle saying that at the european union and its members are also starting to work on morse anxious and at gold is a potential target. so i would expect that we will see something on that matter as an announcement from the g 7, even when it's going to be a promise. in principle, the w. brussels bureau chief, alexander phenomena reporting from the g 7 summit in southern germany. thank you so much a while the g 7 leaders meet for talks at elmo castle. anti g 7 protest are taking place on the

streets of a town near by and in the bavarian state, capital munich. demonstrators are demanding swift action on climate change and an end to the use of fossil fuels. they're also groups calling on the wealthy nations to tackle global poverty and an equality with russia's war and ukraine. dominating the talks, demonstrators are marching for peace, but also cuts to military spending. well, d, w correspondent, benjamin alara's river is aunt one of those demonstrations near the summit venue. hello to you, benjamin. so we were hearing from local police that they anticipate tens of thousands of protesters and that those demonstrations could turn violent. what are you seeing at the protests where you are the purchasing damaged pattern, checking pretty close to elmo castlewood. the g 7 is some, it is taking place. the situation is very calm, but the police,

they don't want to take any risk. when it comes to security, they want to prevent any type of destruction of violent protests. so there's a very, very heavy police presence around that venue, even for people who arrived here from munich. many of the protests took the train, a train trip here to damaged pot chair, and protesting. but as it was the case yesterday in munich, where organize is expected 20000 people, there were around 4000 by police. the situation is quite similar here with many small groups arriving by train and protesting against the summit. was interesting to see that he knew the live pictures behind you there. all sorts of banners and flags being waved. so benjamin who are the protesters and what do they want? they've many, several demands as yesterday. they also protest against a,

the measures that these g 7 leaders are taking saying that they are not taking many problems seriously enough like climate change light, poverty like hung up on friday. there was, there's a bigger conference is global aligns for food security with some pro to standing in front of germany's foreign office saying that the lead us are not doing enough many here protesting against weapons export. they saying that there were imperialistic forces, even falsely claiming the d. 7 leaders are preparing for a 3rd world war. many of them are saying that specially this industry analyst, countries should rather talk a with the global south and not just about it. so some of them are calling against weapons export for ukraine. others are calling until what they call against imperialistic forces. and they are saying that this g 7 summit should take a climate change and should take poverty and hunger more seriously than they are doing. now. d w correspondent,

benjamin alvarez cooper. thanks so much. benjamin as the g 7 summit was getting underway here in germany in ukraine. meanwhile, multiple explosions were heard on the southern outskirts of the capital. key of those came hours after russian missiles struck, the city center, severely damaging residential buildings. mm. and missiles strikes the key, the apartment block, 140 in incoming rockets this morning. authorities say it's been 3 weeks since the last attack. but if kia via were lulled into a sense of security, they are again alert to the russian threat. rescue is help a person stuck under the rebel. as 7 year old girl is pulled to safety alive, keith mer vitaly. kitch goes said the strike was

a warning to ukrainians ahead of a crucial nato summit being held next week. a day earlier, vladimir putin warned nato not to pursue what he called confrontational policies in a meeting with belushi and leader, alexander lucas shanker or hurt, and announced that he would deliver nuclear capable missiles to his ally in the coming months, hours before ukrainian fighters lost control of severe donetta leaving the industrial city in russian hands after weeks of st. battles. ukraine called this retreat, a tactical withdrawal to fight from higher ground unless it chanced on the opposite bank of the river presidency. lensky vowed the battle was not lost. she must, i see that they all are cities, cbs donates, don yet, lou, hans, we'll get them all back. every week. we go to have san juan not a single day. we forget about melita paul, about their dns, about in

a radar. maria paul, all of these cities and ukraine, which are temporary occupied, we'll get them back. we'll do great. as the battle for lucy chanced now ramps up the people of the twin, cities are fleeing west, and russia has taken another piece of ukraine. she'd have a correspondent manon. shes is in here and i asked her a short time ago if she heard the explosions early this morning. well indeed sir, this morning, just like millions of her caverns is here. i was awoken on the very early hours by several explosions. i myself had 4 of them and they did hate residential area. the one we saw in the report may be just some news. the 7 year old girl is at the hospital. she is doing well. she's just been operated, i think so. so it's important to mention those things. 25 people have been evacuated from the building as sticks. people have been injured and adjust. it

shows you indeed like people here and key of fell till it a bit of a sense of being a safer done in the eastern part of the country. but today's explosions does shows you that nowhere in ukraine is with is safe. there were reports of that then following explosions later. well maybe 3 hours are roughly after the 1st one, i didn't hear those ones, boats or other press correspond those present. hyundai, ukrainian capital, did confirm that there were other explosions as well here. and there apparently were nearly 3 weeks of relative quiet in t of so why these attacks now? well, these attacks are actually happened that there are a very similar location as those which happened mid april in the air which killed earth journalist of radio as of a boat out here. the very same neighborhood is a residential area, but apparently an area of interest for russian troops at this time,

though the messiah were fired by a russian jet or so, it was a different kind of type of messiah that was being used. and of course, and there's an air defense system that is, that has proven to be quite efficient, but this morning, it couldn't, it couldn't stop all the missiles that were fired or the ukraine capitol. the epicenter of the finding however, continues to be in the eastern don, math region and ukrainians. miller, harry has confirmed that it's in fact last the weeks long battle over the key city of severe than yes. how big of a setback is this for ukraine? well, of course it is a blow for ukraine to lose yet another significant city indeed is. however, as sag id or lou hands governor, it was a talking about this retreat of ukrainian troops from senator don. yes, asked us to teach eke retreat. he also said the situation is such in the city that it simply doesn't make sense for the troops to just stay there and just get them.

sorry, girls are, you know, in something doubled up in a similar situation as to what happened to you. quinn and armed forces in mario full, so it is a strategic retreat from the ukranian armed forces side so so that they can regroup and o face of the russian troops. knowing dr. days past 2 days they've received significant promised heavy wells to high miles from the united states, but also to houses from germany. so we will continue to see heavy fighting in this easter fraud, but that it also said better than yes, of course, these are said bark birds. it's also a strategic retrieved by the nuclear num armed forces d w, as in manuel shares. and here for us the manuel, we appreciate your reporting. ukrainians were among the thousands of l g. b. t activists who took to the streets of warsaw on saturday, due to russia's war and ukraine, key of pride was held this year and the polish capital in conjunction with warsaw

as the annual equality parade. organizers say this year's aim was to keep the spotlight on russia's war of aggression. and before we go, a quick look at our top story. german schanzer all of scholes sent us president joe biden have hell talks ahead of the official start of the annual g 7 summit. germany is hosting this year's meeting of 7 wealthy countries. it said to focus on russia's invasion of ukraine as well as other pressing issues, such as climate change. you're up to date on d, w. i'm mary evans, dean from me and the entire team. thanks for watching a uses with also a.