[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. the leaders of the group of 7 leading democracies meet here in germany. and on that 1st day of talks at the annual summit, the d 7 leaders of returns best hundreds of billions of dollars in global infrastructure to promote sustainable development. i also agree to increase energy security also coming up as well. leaders gather in germany explosions, rocky shattering weeks of relative. com, in the ukrainian capital,

russian long rage besides the strike presidential buildings. and ah, my manuscripts, mckinnon. thanks so much for joining us. she certainly does have a great to and best hundreds of billions of dollars in global infrastructure to help developing countries and to bolster the world economy. the pledge was made on the 1st day of that annual summit which is being hosted by germany this year. the 3 day meeting is also focusing on russia's aggression in ukraine, on energy security, and climate change. they are meeting in the tranquil surroundings of the bavarian alps. the top of the agenda is of course, the war in ukraine and the world wide fallout. we've just tried to overcome a global pandemic and it shook the global economy. and then as the global economy

was just recovering wash as vicious attack on ukraine happened. driving prices up everywhere from food to energy, and casting deep uncertainty, especially in the most fragile countries. as host german chancellor, olaf sholtes says the world is facing economic difficulties just as big as the problems of the 1970s. when the g 7 was starting out, thinking of ox from falling growth rates, rising inflation draw material shortages and supply chain disruptions for these are no more challenges and we must share responsibility. u. s. president joe biden announced a $600000000000.00 g 7 initiative to boost infrastructure and developing countries with the aim of countering china's growing global influence. but developing

countries often like the central infrastructure tell, navigate global sharks like a pandemic. so they feel they impact more acutely and they have a harder time recovering and are deeply connected whirl. that's not just humanity, terry concern. it's an economic and a security concern for all of us. oh, tight security has so far prevented any unrest at the summit, but protested, have gathered on the fringes, mainly climate change campaigners and activists opposing germany's plans for a big rise of defense spending. the leaders are considering more measures to punish russia for the war and ukraine. the u. s. canada, japan and britain of all announced a ban on imports of russian gold. the overall message is one of unity in the face of aggression. a political correspondent, julius, how deli has a round up of the 1st day of the g. 7 summit was a day of setting the tone for the entire summit,

and leaders gradually warming up to each other and starting to talk. but that didn't mean that they didn't get too serious topics right away. but the war in ukraine dominated talks today. it was the most a disgust an important topic today. and the leaders really wanted to show unity among themselves. it both in criticizing and really condemning a russia's aggression against ukraine, which joe biden, the u. s. president called brutal, but also in a reiterating their support to ukraine both politically and financially. and they didn't just do it theoretically. they were also discussing some practical plans to, of further increased sanctions against russia. one of the ideas is to implement a ban on imports of rushing gold to g 7 countries. that is

a russia 2nd biggest export after energy and most of russian gold gets exported to g 7 countries. but also the idea of implementing a price cap a to russian oil. these are all issues that still have to be discussed to. there is some hesitation, for example, on the part of the european union, but there are still 2 days ahead to continue discussions on this issue. i case that sounds like a strong start. what can we expect looking ahead tomorrow? well, you crean will still be on the agenda in the morning of the g. 7 leaders will have a virtual conference with a ukrainian president followed the med zalinski. and that also shows how important the issue of the war in ukraine is on the agenda here. and how much the g 7 countries want to show their support to ukraine and also here how they can continue to support the country. but we will also see the g 7 leaders a meet up with a some,

a guest countries that german chancellor olive shows has invited to the g 7, including india, indonesia, senegal, south africa, argentina. so a countries that aren't necessarily a part of the g 7 because it is such a small group of countries, but that you 7 leaders really want to include them in the discussion and not just put forward proposals that they have already developed, but really talk to these countries and try to come up with a plan for the future. and the topic of discussion is going to be investment for the future, looking at energy climate, but also a health looking at the coven, 19 pandemic. you mentioned climate there. i mean, obviously climate action would have been the big topic at this year's summit, had it not been for the war and ukraine. will that be addressed in the next couple of days? yeah, the issue of climate change was a bit sidelines because the issue of the war in ukraine is just so important here. but

a climate change and the fight against it is actually quite connected to the consequences of russian aggression against ukraine. a lot of g 7 countries have to quickly make themselves independent of russian fossil fuels. and that presents an opportunity to really invest and try to promote the fast development of renewable energy. and this is something that german chancellor olive shows still wants to bring to the table. for example, with his idea of a climate club, a group of a willing countries who want to act as leaders. and example in promoting the development of renewable energy and trying to promote that also in other countries across the world today. thank you. that was the w's political correspondent, juliet. so dally in bavaria, southern germany. ok. let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. now. turkish police have forcibly detain. dozens of people in central is stumble off to city

authority has prevented an l. g b t q. pride march from going ahead. turkeys, largest city. his band, the march since 2015, but large crowds, none the less a gather every year to mark the end of pride week. local residents banged. pots and pans in support of the marches. rescue is plucked more than 160 passengers and crew from the sea. after a fire in gulf to philippine fairy authorities say, at least one person died and another is missing. the fire broke out as the fairy traveled in waters off the central island, whole near by boats helped in the rescue operation. the family and friends of british journalist, dumb phillips, who was killed in the brazilian amazon that paid that last respects at a cemetery in rio de janeiro. philips was doing research for a book on how to save the world's largest rain forest. when he, an indigenous expert, bruno perrera were murdered on their boat, turning to the one ukraine now,

and multiple explosions were heard on the southern outskirts of the capitol. keith authority say more than a dozen cruise missiles hit the city damaging residential buildings and a nearby school. at least one person was killed and many more are injured, including children. ah, survivors are rushed to hospital as emergency services work to rescue people still trapped in the ruins of the residential buildings and remove the body. casualties of rushes, 1st air strikes on the capitol in 3 weeks, keeps mer visited. one of the bloss sites to tell the clips go believes the russian attack is intended to intimidate ukrainians ahead of this week's nato summit in madrid. or if know, there are some if motto they at that it may be symbolic years and will it get written in some 400 meters away? a russian strike left a huge crater in a playground next to

a kindergarten hours earlier. ukrainian fighters pulled out of severe arrow done yet in the countries east, leaving the industrial city in russian hands. after weeks of st. battles. ukraine calls it a strategic withdrawal to fight from higher ground and listen chance on the opposite bank of the river. as russia took another piece of ukraine, moscow released video footage, appearing to show defense minister sergey chicago, inspecting russian troops involved in it so called special military operation in ukraine, and awarding medals. who lie on confidence in you? you still have many glorious deeds ahead of a benefit of our fatherland and the armed forces. congratulations and take care of yourselves. it was not immediately clear when this visit took place or if it even

happened on ukrainian soil. earlier i spoke to d. w correspondent, emmanuel shes his in keith with residents, been woken up by that missile attack. this morning i asked her to tell us what she witnessed, or orland, in the very early hours on sunday or we heard, does explosions. i heard them myself earlier for explosions. are in total on a residential area in cuba of went on seeing, i could see dozens of rescuers as til responding to her to these, these blast. there were a lot of people in that's a residential building or 25 people, how to be evacuated. there's at least one person who died this morning as a result of this child. there's a 7 year old girl who has been rescued has been operated at this afternoon. she doesn't suffer a new life threatening injuries. and as a father seeks persons having been injured, this is a, this is the 1st direct attack on key if in 3 weeks it was here 3 weeks ago as well

. and this exact part, it was, oh, so had those have been a hit mid april, causing the death of for i do so boda a radio for bird, our journalists here in the very heart of the ukraine and capital m, as he said, these traits come after weeks of revenue or relative peace, almost the feeling of normalcy in keys. why is this happening now? do we know? well, it's true that the past few days have felt relatively safe here in the capital. we did have a strike alarm sir, but the air defense system had worked us so far. why does it come now? well, perhaps because of the g 7, a meeting. remember 2 months ago was antonio good taylor's steer? you in? secretary came to a key of as he was here, this very same area was here. so i would say this is, are partly russia are considered continuing. it's a, it's a tax on the ukrainian capital. but also russia wanted wanting to show to the where

started still very much intends on a demoralizing ukrainian people and on attacking everything in the country. just so you know, you have a feeling here that no worries really savvy than cities are previously for related . the safe compared to the eastern front. as we know, the focus of the fighting continues to be the easton don bath region. you just mentioned it. russia is now in control of severe done yet. or what's it's next objective? well, it'll probably charge when it reinforces position around several danielle, you have to keep in mind that you'd, the ukraine and armed forces actually retreated before a rush and took full control. and this decision was motivated by the fact that it did a want to repeat mario ball and having hundreds of soldiers, stark, was no way to escape. so ours ukraine on forces we groove and as ukrainian forces. oh, so i have brought to the front line, the united states delivered our hi,

maurice did a german delivered or howard serves? well, a russia will try to consolidate its positions as well. we can expect more heavy fighting on the eastern front in the coming days and probing the coming weeks. emmanuel affairs reporting from keith. thank you so much at before we go, here's a quick look at our top story. at this hour g, 7 leaders have agreed to invest $600000000000.00 in global infrastructure during the 1st day of that annual summit and which is being hosted by germany this year. they said the investment was crucial to sustainable economic development. the g 7 leaders stress their efforts to increase energy security. a 3 day meeting is also expected to focus on russians aggression in ukraine and on tackling climate change . you're watching d. w news, and that's all we have time for coming up next for puerto mates. journalist in hong

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