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speak. ah, i'm rebecca writt as welcome to the program world laid as meeting here in germany. have promised to support your crime for as long as it takes. president ballade him is lensky has addressed a summit of the g 7 group of advanced economies in bavaria. speaking by video link, he called for tougher sanctions against russia and renewed his play for more advanced weapons to fight the war. the j. 7 nations stressing their message of unity in the face of russian aggression as wait, wait for transmission, that's bring indeed up brussard brussels bureau chief, alexander farm norman, who is at that. j. 7 for us. alexander german chancellor, olive shoulds expected to speak any moment now. what are we expecting to hear from him? i think that we can expect all of sholtes to give us as short

a summary. what was happening today. as you just mentioned, the d 7 leaders. i'm at virtually today with the ukranian president, and of course we are quite interested in what all of shows would have to say about that. there was a statement issued by the g 7 on the help and their commitment to help ukraine. and so he will probably speak about that. and then of course, he will update us on, at the meeting with the partner countries from asia, latin america and africa that we're also invited to participate in this a summit. and we'll see whether the statements can take a place as planned because of course, as you can see, i'm not standing outside but at the media center because we have been warned that it could be have you rain coming up and sunday storms. so that is the reason why

we're here at the media media center and not at our normal stand up position. right . so that could delay a statement from the chancellor. perhaps, alexander, i did want to get to that special session that was held at lunch time. but 1st let tell me a little bit more about the, the, the, the talks we've ukrainian president, a lot of miss zalinski. while upon apparently the ukrainian president urged the g 7 leaders to act quickly to provide more help for ukraine, saying that or indicated to other that this is a crucial moment that the ukranian army seems to have advantage on the battlefield. and he also said that it's important to answer the war before the end of this year. because of course, you can imagine that the winter time could be a good time for the russian forces to intensify their attacks. and then of course,

he, or as a very often asked for more military support for air defense systems that are so difficult if we could see because of their recent attacks by the russian forces on residential areas and a kindergarten in keith. and how is he received by the leaders? well, i think that from what we've been told, the leaders were very eager to listen to what you creed needs. and of course, they wanted to reaffirm that there are commitments to helping ukraine in this statement that i mentioned the statement on ukraine. the g 7 leader said that they would support ukraine as long as it takes, and they also condemned russia. war white russia, illegal aggression invasion of ukraine, but they also spoke about holding putin and those responsible for war

crimes in ukraine responsible. and they promised to keep up the pressure on the russian regime. alexander, the other focus today was the lunch time session with the leaders of g 7 partners, the so called outreach countries. as you mentioned, india, argentina, indonesia, south africa and cynical. how did that go? well, i think it was a what we are hearing from, from officials, from diplomats. it was a good decision to advise those key countries from asia, africa, and latin america to participate. and, and this as summits to, to send a clear signal that they are welcome and their, their voices matter. of course, when we talk about russia, how to deal with vladimir putin or how to tackle important problems such as climate change, how to deal and how to solve the problem of food insecurity. all this,

all this was on the table. all these topics were on the table and of course it was also important to send this a signal that the g 7 leaders are not only focusing on themselves, but they are open to listening to argentina, south america synagogue, and the other guests invited. at 2 of those countries or argentina and indonesia, they voted at the u. n. to condemn the russian invasion of crime. but the other 3 abstained. did g 7 letters use this opportunity to try and get more backing for sanctions against russia? we can expect them to raise this topic, of course, behind closed doors, because that was one of the most important topic of the agenda. india has very traditionally, very close ties to russia. india, as you said,

did not condemned russia's war on the queen. they didn't join the western sanctions and of course for those sanctions to really heard russian, it's industry, it's important to have more countries on boards and to when we talk about indonesia, for instance. the question here is, of course, whether indonesia, that it's now holding the rotating presidency of the g 20 could be convinced to disinvite latin disinvite, letting me put in for the next g 20 summit at that his plan for later this year. and do you think that was discussed there with her indonesian president, yoko a daughter? well, i don't have an official readout of this meeting yet. but i know, and that is what we were told by our sources. that, of course, that could be one of the topics and even though that presumably

a was on the agenda to be told, it's not quite clear whether indonesia could be convinced or the indonesian presidents has announced he is going to trouble to moscow and to key of at the same time, time we are hearing that let me put in is said to join the g 20 summit. we just mentioned no maybe to believe that the indonesia could be convinced to this, invites, are put in. it's not very realistic. we will see now all 5 of these countries are really, are likely to be affected by the looming hunger crisis, bought by the destruction of grain exports from ukraine. could that bring them around? do you think to a more pro, ukraine's down 1st of all, i think that it's important for the g 7 leaders to push strongly against this narrative that is quite widely spread. and many countries in senegal, for instance,

and probably also in south africa where people, some people or even politicians believe that this is the european union or the west . and there are sanctions to be blamed for the current disruptions and food supplies. this of course, is a narrative at that russia is promoting and that is false. but of course, but because of course, food is exempt from western sanctions. so that is the 1st thing that i would say. the leaders would try to, to convince the outreach countries to understand. and of course, we expect them also to pledge held. and of course, to discuss with the leaders from argentina, argentina, africa, and, and, and asia. how to solve this problem? what measures are already under way to make sure that those millions of tons of rain stuck in ukraine can get out and, and be distributed were there are needed. of course,

as you mentioned that the other key issue at the day 7 is of course climate change and energy transition. how much has that topic been affected by the energy supply challenges posed by russia's invasion of ukraine? i would say a lot and that is also what a and g o z a that are fighting to tackle climate change or and pressing the leaders to do more are saying they are criticizing they that the g 7 are not committed enough to to do more to pursuing their goals. and of course we have to say that the economic fall out of the war in ukraine soaring energy prices are going to have an impact on, on climate commitments. because now of course everyone i'm speaking about that the governments are looking for for ways to be less dependent on russian gas deliveries

all deliveries. and this they believe that improving their ability to use and produce green energy might not be developed enough to really close the gap. so it could be that this energy crisis is a big test for the g. seven's commitment or 40 climb to their climate goals. alexander, you mentioned that this statement by the german chancellor may be slightly delayed due to the income and whether there as a while, we're waiting for that we'll, we'll late will leave you for now. we'll come back to you shortly. alexandra from nomine in l. thank you. but while we're waiting for them in the chancellor shelton statement at the g 7, he's a wrath of what happened at the summit earlier. g. 7 leaders has vowed, enduring support for ukraine in the face of russian aggression. they spoke to

ukraine's president, florida, mr. lensky in a closed door session via video link, they pledged to give you crane financial humanitarian, military and diplomatic support. speaking on the summit side lines, you k prime minister, boris johnson said, ukrainians had made it clear they wanted rush her out. what they want is the land. they want the country to be able to live in peace and freedom and i totally support that. and so i think with the difficulty is that no one here at the the g 7 can really see any alternative to simply supporting them in regaining of their sovereignty. for his part, zelinski urged the g 7 leaders to do their utmost to end the war by the end of the year. several developing nations were also invited to take part in sessions on the summit. second day. heads of state from south africa, argentina, india, indonesia,

in senegal, joint work in groups, tackling topics such as energy and food security. but the g 7 leaders are stressing their message of unity in the face of russia's aggression. ukrainian president vladimir polanski is wanting russian pilots, that he'll find those responsible for multiple explosions that rocked the capital cave. more than a dozen missiles were fired for strikes damage, residential buildings, and a school. at least one person was killed and several others were wounded. authorities are also wanting civilians to leave the east and city of lucy chanced, as russian forces pushed forward there. earlier we spoke to our correspondent emanuel shes in cave and asked her if you crane is losing the battle for that on bass. well, the situation, rebecca is very volatile in don't boss. it has been 4 weeks for month or now. of course, now we see russian troops advancing with dera,

capturing the city of savannah on the experts. we have to keep in mind doubt that the ukraine and the armed forces were and fighting there any more, they retreated, that was a strategic retreat so that they could regroup and they could dare, could defend de lines are better. now the situation is very, very dire. in lizzie chan, square civilians are urged indeed to evacuate. but those of our creations are randa difficult because these are, these are all this whole province of earth law hands this whole province of the now they are constantly and a higher level, airstrikes. so people find it very difficult to evacuate, to find a safe road. also out with the fighting between the 2 armies. this simply caught between 2 or between the 2 fires. so it's very, very difficult for civilians there. very dire situation indeed in decisions. now am i, how are people in cave where you are coping off of the latest attack on the capital over the weekend?

while it definitely shows the city and intern abby turns. so yesterday people were woken up by those blast. 12 massage measurements are worth thrown after capital. i must have heard 4 blast a day for a long residential area. are so obvious. see, are people living in the area itself? you know, felt really shaken or by it. yesterday the city, the city was easily choir to day life. her life has taken over. i would say people just get on with say, everyday life. but each time such attack happens, there's a bit more resentment against russia against russian troops are and each time also people are a bit more resolved to continue fighting against a russian troops which came to ukraine since february 24th. a people more likely to heed the air raids. i'm warnings, i mean, you know, i was there last week. we know that, that often people just ignore them. do you think these attacks will prompt people to maybe head to the shelters when i hear the sirens?

well honestly you would think so i also thought that today we've had a to a let's to dang key. if i was in the car, i dot time and i observed people around me, they simply, you know, ignored the alarms. of course, they acknowledge it, they see it on their phone because it's an alarm phone system, but they simply get on with their lives. it's been going on for over 4 months, not the beginning that were being very careful. they were heading to shelters all the time. now it's so, so almost amount of defiance to just simply ignore those signals. say no to happen . and of course they are worried especially after yesterday, but i sent they also wants to lead their lives as i am a thank you very much for that update. manual shots for us in cave were russian shelling earlier in the war had devastating consequences for many one man in a pin near keith lost his wife and 2 children in a mortar attack. now he seeking justice for what he believes was a deliberate targeting of civilians and

a warning some he was may find images in the next report upsetting said he, pity business always springs flowers for free for his wife, for his son. and for his daughter, they were all killed while trying to escape the russian occupation of their town. herb you said he was elsewhere with his sick mother at the time. that's where he heard what had happened. the bull, the lawyer just shouted. though i stood on the balcony and just shouted at the new book, it wasn't an accident. they were in the only humanitarian car door for people to leave the city despair. but all the russians knew about it. what could better hold? it all skew filled up, filled with mud. the world was watching a new york times photographer took this picture just after said his family was hit . many of the other killings in the area well only discovered after the russians

left hundreds of people died during rush and bombardment. and the occupation keith's regional prosecutor has opened more than 4000 war crimes investigations. he's grateful for any help he can git. where's the secretaries look for that? i have to thank the media, no it at all marinez and also the whole of civil society might see that some of their work has already helped to identify many russian soldiers who ought to let have been committing crimes more equal both. but it is part of the operational, sometimes even a crucial part of the evidence that we collect. and oh, it's a snowball each. as they not, they look as if it is what i selina said he. pity venus is deep in his own war crime investigation. he is an i t expert and these pre war skills help. he has spent weeks collecting photos, videos of the scene, and comparing them with maps on school. it's all to try to find out who killed his family of his notebook, the lesson. yeah, newton's than well,

i'm not sure if you'll find him yet, the renewal of it, and i'm not even sure the man is still alive, nor was more law, but perhaps with the help of some nas, ations. we will least find out what kind of brigade it was for me, who was the leader capable of who gave the order for blue star shriek. the army is not just a collection of random people. there is always a commander who gives the order. yes. come indeed, catherine, the yield is elaine said he is working with a lawyer. they are hoping to take the case to the european court of human rights. we have sufficient evidence of what happened. it's all required and kimbrough, my task as a lawyer would be to demonstrate that it was done by the russian military to hold the russian federation accountable for violating the european convention on human rights. and in particular, the right to life was the work itself. he focus for days and nights at a time,

but sometimes his loss is even stronger than his purpose. is yet emma, who with a cushion, i can't describe it exactly in more, it's not like it's nightmares process. it's maybe just a situation. do you hear a song or you have some other association or thinking and that feeling of emptiness can come very quickly to some i chose one. he says he's not going to stop though. lujan and they are not the issue. i will put it simply. if people are remembered and someone is working for them, they're still alive him. is that the deal in linear? yes, through totally late as of the nato alliance meet in the trade. later this week, secretary general yen shelton back says the block will drastically increase its rapid reaction forces following the invasion of ukraine. we will harness our battle

groups in the eastern part of the alliance, up to be gade levels. we will transform the nato response force and increase the number of our high read. this forces to well over 300000 will also boost our ability to reinforce in crisis and conflict. including with more pre positioned equipment and stock points, all military supplies more forward deployed capabilities like air defense, strengthen command and control, and upgrade to defense plans with forces preassigned to defense specific allies, nato secretary general and shelton back there. well, nate has rapid reaction force currently numbers around 40000 troops. so how is the alliance planning to boost that to 300000? i put that question to our brussels correspondent, christine manuel. laura baker,

this is all part of nato's new strategic concept that's going to be and veiled at this historic nato. a summit coming up later i in the week, this is a nato, a responding to what the secretary general said was a more dangerous world. what we'll see happening is innate or will be strengthening its defenses. that is, of course, as you're saying, as we've heard from the secretary general, increasing the number of troops that nato can easily and readily deploy on it from 40002300000. now germany is recent announcement is, is, is just one illustration of how that will actually work are from, from a technical perspective. so germany, for example, has announced that it's going to be, or creating a new brigade this. these are german troops that will be stationed and be training in germany. but that can be very quickly and easily deployed to little of the, when you're for examples of these troops. however, a very good understanding of the lay of the land are in lithuania,

but they will be stationed in germany and can be readily and quickly deployed to lithuania. so similar measures across the alliance. and that is how that number will be both set up. in addition to, of course, making sure that equipment is also in place are, for example, that this is coming as the nato alliance. members are also increasing at their commitments, reaching that 2 percent defense spending targets, in some cases exceeding it as we were from the secretary general. but also across the alliance of paul in the run up to the summit. coming up this week, there was a little i instead a pull across nater, citizens and they stood support strong support for the increase in, in, in, in defense spending as well as in being nato members. chris, in what the dns shomberg say about the alliances commitment to ukraine. what we know for sure that at this summit i, there is going to be a renewed sort of a commitment to ukraine in the form of a new special assistance package. i. it has 2 components,

assistance in the short term assistance in the long term. in the short term, it's equipment, for example, anti drone equipment in the longer term, it is the, the, the commitment by nature to help ukraine ad transition from the sort of soviet era style equipment to more modern nato standard. i equipment so that much and more that we can expect along those lines at the summit. or i christine, thank you very much for that. chris manuel for us in brussels. many ukrainian teenagers have fled to germany. now they're attending special classes to help them get used to life in excel. but as our next report shows that life is still far from normal. ah, music class is also an opportunity to relax a little these children from ukraine fled the country when war broke out, some of them with their families,

some alone. they've been attending this bill in school for 4 months now. and they're beginning to get the hang of the german language of the lincoln, sorry to if i'm a student, i might luckily, most of them can already speak some english. often they have to translate family members and government offices, or even look for accommodation, all at the age of 14, where the family have a big problem to find a flat. it was so hard for me, for from one letter to the other. and we can't find one where we can stay a long time and there is a problem with a sledge and also the money that like no one is working because my mother doesn't know the language here. and of course she has learning,

but how she can like pay for our living and others stuff like that. and the for a huge plus is the teacher a barely wester. life has a social worker on hand to help. she's fully aware that the pressure on these teens is immense. the stresses they face in their private lives means how many find it hard to concentrate and close it. it really is definitely tough going. it's not easy for them. it wouldn't be a lie to say that their transition into the mainstream school system will be easy. it won't, but it's manageable, and we're here to support them. we're going to start with us and you get in touch with him. will they stay in germany long term? the students are caught between 2 worlds. mornings german school in the afternoons . most of them have online classes with the ukrainian teachers. it's a busy schedule, and they don't have much spare time to get to know germany better. after far, near funding through the many of the students are taking online classes as well. um

so unfortunately neither system works very well. i'm pushing on a little in german, a little in ukrainian. they just can't learn that quickly. we're titian alone, and those are supposed to join the teachers here want to help the students come away with the high school qualification. even if they leave germany in the future, at least they can have something to take with them. and it's returned to our top story now. and world lady's meeting here in germany have promised to support ukraine for as long as it takes president vladimir lensky has addressed a summit of g. the g 7, group of advanced economies in bavaria speaking by video link. he called fed tougher sanctions against russia and renewed his play, the more advanced weapons to fight the war. the g 7 nations are stressing their message of unity in the face of russian aggression. and i now by date of the

political correspondence, simon young, simon, we are expecting jam a chance that all the shots to speak any minute. now what are we expecting him to say whether it be focusing in on the key things have been happening today. the are a conversation that the g 7 lead is had with the president zalinski ukraine. he was being deemed by video link. and as we've heard the outlines of what he said, a demand for more weapons, but also showing her our grateful ukraine is for the support that g 7 nations and others have given. the other thing i think is the involvement at this summit of other nations from the so called global south india, indonesia, senegal, argentina, other important nations that it from, from the emerging world. if you like, emerging economies that are also affected, of course,

by what's going in going on in ukraine also by other global issues like the coven pandemic. and so, and so those leaders have been there as well today. and i hope and expect that we'll hear something about that from the chancellor. yeah. wanted to get to that in a minute because this is a really interesting part of it. but 1st, tell us a little bit more about the session that they had with a lot of his landscape. yeah, well, i mean, as i say we, we, we've only got outlines of what that conversation contained. but it seems that the g 7 leaders told him the, the west g 7 at least we sort of stands if you like. as for western leadership, it would continue to support key if the key of government as long as it takes they said. and also importantly, they restated this message that it's up to ukraine to decide, or when there might be the possibility of moving toward some sort of negotiated

settlement with russia. so in other words, cutting off any, any idea that the west should sort of dictate terms or seek to set the framework of any future piece? no, that's for ukraine. they said, that's nothing that italy, germany and france had also said when they visited it kind of the 3 later. so that's why it's not new, but it's of course, important to reiterate it because as things come to a head, particularly at the moment is we're seeing russian advances slow, but steady in the east of ukraine. the voices grow here and there, including among politicians in this country are for, you know, some thoughts to turn anyway to what might, what might be a future settlement. and of course, the desire to see this war end is on everyone's lips. it's just that, you know, by saying we're backing ukraine. we're at the moment, we're backing it a clear policy of driving a rush.