to see the staging of the biblical story. and this time it's more up to date than ever. obama go village and it's passion. matters starts july 3rd on d, w ah ah, this is the w news coming to you live from berlin. missile strike there, ukraine's port city of odessa, the crane says at least 18 people are dead after russian aircraft fired missiles that hit a multi story apartment building and other targets. the attack comes, the day after russia abandoned a black sea island that had seized early in the war. also coming up,

china celebrates 25 years since the united kingdom handed back hong kong president . she's in pain, insists hong kong can maintain its own laws. busy as of beijing hard leider takes over the territories, new leader and the mystery of portugal vanishing. sea horses, these waters were once home, the world's largest population of sea horses will look at why the creatures have now all but disappeared. ah. hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. russian missiles have hit the ukrainian region of odessa officials. they're said at least 18 people died in the series of overnight strikes, fired from russian aircraft missiles hit an apartment building, killing residue and sparking of fire. rescuers were searching for people buried in

the rubble. another missile had a nearby recreation center. if the russia has intensified attacks on ukrainian last 2 weeks, it has just withdrawn from the strategically important snake island south of odessa . that may make it possible to restore c access through odessa. d w's and manuel shaws is covering developments for us from odessa. earlier. i asked her about this latest missile strike. well, this sir, miss a heater and a residential area. i would say once again, or in ukraine, this is near odessa and at the time we are speaking this already, 17 people which have been found dead as over 30 people injured among, to dare to have one child among the people injured. you have 4 children and a pregnant women, the emergency services, the 1st responders, they're still on the scene as to the searching to rebel or to find more survivors.

this is just another day, was just another attack on civilians. it, in what seems to be indiscriminate shedding in spite of russia are continuing to say that it does targets that does a much military targets. how vulnerable emma is. the odessa region is ukraine in a good position to defend it. well 1st off, terry, you know, a desa city is a port city as though so it's by to see by to block see where a lot of me size are being fired. you know, the reason why you don't see to see behind me right now is that we don't have the authorization to fill may. it's because ukraine and also it is, are so worried that it, you know, it, these might lead to russians are finding targets. it just shows you how worried there are about any attack that will come this way. and because we are directly by the black sea. well, but this is more vulnerable because it's a shorter, right?

you know, a branch between the me size and the target. so it leaves all the sauce part of your current southern part of ukraine, pretty vulnerable, and the past few weeks and last night as well have to have shown just thought that civilians are a very much vulnerable and last night it was in odessa a few days ago it was in michael i if that's really nowhere that feels safe in ukraine, especially in that area. this attack came soon after russian troops withdrew from snake island just to south of odessa in the black sea there. tell us more about that. well, it's interesting because of course, ukraine, an armed forces are, you know, this was very important for them. this was an island that was taken on the very onset of the war, and it was a huge blow to the moral of ukrainian tubes. then there was, you know, dose border guards, ukrainian border. gus was told the russian war ship where to go and it had become

quite lenders are legendary here and quite a symbol of ukraine and resistance sort of thought that ukraine has a hold of snake island is very important. symbolically so, so very important strategically because it gives them back control of parts of the black sea, which they hot before the start of the war. but of course, this is a really a defeat and resounding defeat for russia. so maybe those charts came as retaliation, but we cannot really tell because every day there's more shedding, you know, upon civilians here in ukraine. manuel, thank you very much. that was our correspondent amolla shaw's there in odessa, ukraine. in the face of russia's war, ukrainian lawmakers held a session to welcomed their progress towards joining the european union. the $27.00 member block cleared the way for ukraine succession last month. in a symbolic moment. the you flag was placed in the chamber of the for hog, no rodder, ukraine's parliament european commission president or slip under lion joined by

video urging the legislature to make more reforms, to tackle corruption and the influence of oligarchy. and to protect independent media to be cranes. membership you bid could take several years to complete and you have the now let's catch up on some other stories making headlines around the world . a landslide has engulfed part of a town in northern peru. video capture the moment it swept over at least a 150 homes, sending a huge cloud of dust into the air. no deaths were reported, but officials had been searching for missing people a moment. shang highs, disney theme park has reopened for the 1st time in more than 3 months. welcoming thousands of visitors. the park was closed during the city's recent lockdown to control an outbreak of covered 19 shanghai has since eased restrictions. authority said locally transmitted cases have fallen to 0. china's

president, she ging ping, has concluded a visit to hong kong to mark 25 years since the united kingdom handed over control of the territory during the visit. she praised the one country to systems policy, which is allowed hong kong to have its own laws. he said the policy was a success and would remain in place, but that hong kong must respect chinese leadership. she oversaw the swearing in of hong kong, new chief executive, john lea, a she, loyalist and former security chief who helped crackdown on pro democracy protest. beijing has been tightening its grip on the city. here's a look of how hong kong has changed since the british hand over. ah, hong kong enters a new era. more than a 150 years of british colonial rule came to an end at the stroke of midnight on july 1st 1997. the sun set on an empire and rose to

a new age under chinese rule. it was a moment long in the making. in 1984 after years of talks, london and beijing signed to hanover agreement for hong kong. china agreed to rule the region for 50 years, according to the principle of one country to systems. although part of china, it was to be granted greater autonomy and allowed to preserve the freedoms and rights awarded under british rule. while beijing honored this arrangement at 1st, it soon began chipping away at hong kong special status. first in 2003, when china tried to pass a security law to limit descent and protests. more than half a 1000000 people turned out to oppose it. forcing authorities to back down jar then

in 2014, beijing proposed allowing hong kong or to vote for their chief executive countries, but only from a short list of approved candidates. while young cookie can come, come in response, thousands marched to demand real democracy. when police tried to clear the streets, people started carrying umbrellas to use as shields against the pepper spray. the pro democracy protests became known as the umbrella movement. in 2020 beijing imposed a sweeping security law curbing voting rights and limiting freedom of the press and free speech. hong kong has continued to hit the streets and protest, but in rapidly dwindling numbers. as hundreds of pro democracy activists, lawmakers and journalists were arrested.

the british consulate, a rallying point for hon. congress to want china to keep its promises 25 years after the hand over the new formula is one country, one system and their city. now, just like any other city, mainland china, earlier i spoke to a former hong kong lawmaker in pro democracy activist head we who's now living in exile in australia, after being prosecuted for his role in those protests. i asked him how he felt about today's anniversary. oh, of course, absolutely. there's no reason to celebrate, celebrate. i'll be happy about it because the, the celebration reminds see that there is a home. i cannot go back to. if i go back, i'll be arrested. that reminds me all the freedom that we had in the past. now it's totally last we're totally lost. now people cannot take it to the streets. there's

no public protest or demonstration ever allowed. and then the old free trial has gone, civil society disbanded, and more than 1000. let's go prisoners in jail. so how can i be happy about all these? i think it's possible any more to reverse the erosion of democratic freedoms in hong kong. no, i do not think so. even though paging can be softened, may be an appointment future, but holler will not forgive what he has done. this is the, the regime has gotten so hall hall so an after 25 years of struggle that we've been fighting for freedom and democracy, a true democracy. but after all approaches, all methods we've tried and to no avail. so we do not believe the ccp regime

anymore. now the whole whole goal is for the cpp, the bay chain regime to step down. not going back to how it was not going back to its promises. we don't trust this regime anymore. british prime minister, boars johnson said the u. k was not giving up on hong kong and would do all it could to hold china to its commitments. do you believe that china cares what the u . k. and it's international partners who would like to see happen in hong kong. china has grown very oregon and because of its economy power for sure. but then i think the international pressure is still something of some pressure to beijing. that's why when, when you as is imposing sanctions and other countries flag may follow suit, it can have a huge impact on the chinese economy. so i would still say when hall homeless panel

speak from hong kong for the international community. i hope that it will continue to speak to hong kong, freedom and democracy, and that will be very helpful for home future. ted we exiled activist in adelaide. thank you very much. thank you. now to portugal, we're scientists are selling the alarm about the dwindling population of sea horses off the country's coast in just 20 years. their numbers and one estuary have fallen by some 96 percent a re population effort called project sea horses underway in hopes of halting the decline. the re a formosa lagoon, and southeastern portugal used to have one of the largest populations of sea horses in the world. but these tiny creatures are disappearing. isla meal haven't seen any see horses here for months or rather years. think of nothing. and they used to be everywhere. so put good. the sea level is rising. salt is coming into the fresh

water lagoon. a sea horses are leaving, but that's not the only threat of weakness themselves if they go to the main reason for the decline of the c horse population is man who has destroyed their habitats. would all we'd walk through with the university of algarve research is the reasons for their dwindling numbers. it also breed, see horses in the lagoons at special protection zones until they are 2 years old. more than you might, the number of see horses in the new protection zones is much greater. them outside of boats are not allowed in the protected areas, and fishing is prohibited yet. park rangers still find squid cages like this one. if you stopped brother, could illegal fishing harms the see horses and i discovered because they get stuck in the cage's grandmother and they just die their business. because we found this

one in just such a cage. franklin peddler by 2030 portugal plans to expand its protections to include not only the rea formosa lagoon, but one 3rd of its marine territory. forego. just a quick reminder of our top story, this, our ukraine says at least 18 people have been killed in russian missile strikes near the port city of jessup, is the latest in a series of intensified russian attacks across you, craig, it's all for now up next. we got a documentary for you looking at the virtual battlefields of the future. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching. leonardo da vinci's, mysterious masterpiece is perhaps the greatest leonardo masterpiece in the collection of the louvre. it is the virgin of the rocks.