to be annihilated even 77 years after the holocaust hatred towards jews to pervasive history. but to submit tucson starts july, 2nd on d, w. ah ah, this is deal, but you news alive from berlin, missile strike in ukraine's odessa region. ukraine says at least 20 people are dead after russian aircraft fire missiles that hit an apartment building and other targets. also coming up on the show, china celebrates 25 years since the united kingdom. candid back, hong kong president change in penguin system. hong kong can maintain its own laws.

as a beijing heart minor takes over as the territories, the new leader owning up to germany's colonial past. berlin a formally recognizes certain african artifacts looted in the 19th century as property of nigeria. ah. hello, i'm claire richardson. thank so much for joining us. ukrainian officials or say at least 20 people have been killed after russian missiles hit a residential area near the black sea port of odessa. another missile hit a nearby recreation center. and the strikes come just one day after russian forces withdrew from near by snake island, which had seemed to ease the threat to odessa. presidents were asleep when

a russian missile struck this apartment building at around one a. m, on friday. neighbors in the town of sir heave, kearney odessa rushed to help emergency workers search for survivors. did you see people being carried away? every nerve there only body bags and smoke mirrors. the kremlin has denied involvement in the strike saying they do not target civilian sites. but keith says russian forces have escalated their long range attacks, increasing the threat to civilians far from the front lines. janelle alyssa will not want ukrainian mornings to start as tragically as to day versus going with russian missile strikes like the one on the odessa region. this with many casualties, so as we want ukrainian mornings to be peaceful in just like the ones in other european capitals you now in the 21st century madison slowly g. graham and

president zalinski is urging law makers not to delay in implementing the measures. ukraine needs to take in order to join the european union, which includes anti corruption reform, brussels approved ukraine's candidacy last month in a symbolic gesture of their progress towards joining the block. lawmakers raised the e u flag in ukraine's parliament chamber, but it will likely take years to clear all the hurdles for e u membership. and d. w correspondent, and manuel charles's covering developments for us from odessa. i earlier asked her about this latest attack. well, claire does misses fell on a residential area or in doraville or just any fca and or at least 20 people died during the shelling and 20 people are including 2 children over 30 people are injured also pregnant women. it was injured. we know at this stage a doctor,

for example, one of the victims, one of the deceased is a 6 year old man. he was a or, you know, a, he was a man, was his wife and child. none of them survived is just those show you the tall di swore is taking on and tire of families. first responders have no indeed the search or in the rubble for survivors. they might still to say one person missing as we are talking. and of course, here in odessa are people are in shock, in fact, in the whole region to morrow. the 2nd of july has been declared a day of morning, most terrible to hear of those casualties. i wanna ask you, at this stage in the war, how well ukraine is able to defend the odessa region. well, you know, claire, dear bess, our region is just by the black sea. in fact, the reason why you don't see to see where we're standing is that we, as journalists are not allowed to fail, made for the simple reason that the ukrainian i'll tore teeth are afraid that we

might show something that would give away a strategic position. and that might a, you know, make it an easy target for a russian for the russian army that just shows you just hold dire. the situation is also the fact that a desa either by destiny, by the black sea, where it makes it more vulnerable to me. solid tax because most miss eyes are fired by the black sea. does that, that there's also less time for b. bill wants the air read to lads, you know, resume does less time for people to take shelter simply because of me size are closer. and speaking of the black sea, are russian troops have withdrawn from snake island, a strategic island located south of odessa. how do you think that is going to change the situation in the black sea? i'd new thing is a game changer, clara because the, the snake snake island was actually seized there, captured by 2 russian war ships on the very onset of the war. and it became

both a symbolic or ireland and a very strategic one strategic why? well, because it's just off the coast, or here of odessa any gives control to the entire maritime region. so the fact that ukrainian troops re captured this island is very important. we know that on this island, they were also me size launchers from russia. so this is also very important and of course symbolic, because remember at the very beginning of the war there were, does border guards have told russian or russian sailors where to go. they did a want to surrender and these made them a symbol of ukrainian resilience. so both as strategic and a symbolic victory here for ukraine and men watched as in odessa. thank you so much for your reporting. let's bring up to see now with some other world news headlines . wheat prices have dropped 27 percent close to rates available before the war in

ukraine sent prices to record high levels and o. s. believe this is due to recent comments by russia and turkey, who say they are willing to discuss the safe passage of ukrainian grain from block to ports. heads of state scientists and n g o z at a u. n. conference in portugal or calling for an international treaty to protect the oceans. of protesters say, world leaders aren't acting fast enough. un secretary general, antonio gutierrez declared, an ocean emergency in italy, a heat warning has been issued for some 20 cities, with people being urged were void. the afternoon sun, the heat wave is likely to worse and the countries severe drought. and in rome, the tiber river has fallen to low levels, exposing the remains of a bridge built nearly 2000 years ago. and china's president, she campaign 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 be systems policy, which has allowed hong kong to have its laws. he said the policy was a success and would remain in place, but that hong kong must respect chinese leadership. young bar. she oversaw the swearing in of hong kong, new chief executive, john lea, a she, loyalist, and former security chief who helped crack down on pro democracy protests. the jato waging has been tightening its grip on the city. let's take a look at how hong kong has changed since the british handover. ah, hong kong enters a new ero. 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 hadn't changed, but only from a short list of approved candidates. while you young ga. gov, you can come young 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 ah, the british consulate, a rallying point for hong kong, ers who 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. oh, well, for years germany has struggled to reconcile. it's colonial history in africa. one aspect of that is stolen cultural artifacts, such as the been in bronzes that are on display at several german museums. now though the path has been cleared for their return to nigeria, the foreign and culture ministers from both countries, signing an agreement at a ceremony that deal formally recognizes the pieces as the property of nigeria. at the center of the colonialism debate in germany that benning bruncess in 1897 british forces looted thousands of the art treasures from the royal palace in been modern day nigeria, many ended up in german museums. more than 400 or in the lens humbled forum.

a long battle over the looted art is now ending. both germany and nigeria have to care nigeria, the rightful owner of the plates and sculptures. the breakthrough means the optics can return to their homeland. it's also a radical change in perspective for germany's museums thus benoit, it is i what does change of ownership mean as vidaurri it, it means that we western museums in the northern hemisphere and cannot simply determine the narrative of these beneath bronzes any longer rhodesian being owns it belongs to mere attain, couldn't nigeria? we'll decide which artworks will return. the government wants to build a new museum to house the bronzes, partly financed by germany. so us is up professionals. it is important for us to discuss one issues and areas of collaboration. so that would be able to benefit from this. you know, october,

patricia museums across europe are starting to opt for collaboration after years of confrontation. but the british museum has refused to give back. it's $900.00 bruncess. the issue has also become a bigger public debate in france and germany. negotiations are ongoing to keep at least some of the works in the country on permanent loan. darla or i asked r d, w, corresponded florida to korea in lagos. why it is so important that germany has recognized the artifacts as stolen well, these artifacts are not just, we call them artifacts. but many people would argue that they are not just artifacts. they are the instrument of spirituality for a lot of people in be mean. now those things are, you know, they are like markers of be mean history of, of the life of,

of the been in mind like it tells the story. one artifact tells so many stories that, you know, it goes beyond just admiring the beauty of the artwork. there's a lot that goes behind it, and so a lot of people, especially from the been in kingdom, have seen this as not just feeling artwork, but also still in part of the spiritual heritage. and so it goes beyond just just ordinary arts is actually something that has a very deep meaning to a lot of people from be mean. and so germany actually admitting that these ad works with stolen after so many years holds a very, very euro it's, it's very important for nigeria as because it then means that we can again take another step towards restitution. like i said before, this is just a very, very big step,

a very huge step in the right direction. it's very much welcome among people, especially in the been kingdom just before we go it. let's take a quick look at our top story at this hour. ukraine says at least 20 people have been killed in russian missile strikes outside the fort city of odessa. at the latest in a series of intensified russian attacks across ukraine. fall from you for now. doc phone is coming up next. look at the implications of more nuclear weapons in europe. stay tuned for that. and thanks so much for watching. leonardo da vinci's, mysterious masterpiece, is perhaps the greatest leonardo masterpiece of the collection of the louvre. it is the virgin of the rocks. was there another symbolic meaning to this beautiful dating that.