is there another symbolic meaning to this beautiful dating that perhaps we just don't understand? a search for answers starts july 7th on d, w ah, ah, this is the w news life from birth in miss alice strike in the ukranian region of odessa. cave says at least 20 people are dead off to russian aircraft. 5 missiles that hit an apartment building and are the targets. china celebrates 25 years since britain had it back on call. president teaching ping insists, hong kong can maintain its own laws. as a beijing hotline,

it takes over the territories new leda and germany owns up to its colonial past. berlin recognizes a collection of african artifacts looted in the 19th century as the property of nigeria ah and bid fizzling welcome. more civilian debts, ukrainian officials say at least 20 people were killed off the rush and miss alice had a residential area near the black sea port of odessa, another missile. he'd a nearby recreation center. the strikes come just one day after brushing forces withdrew from near by stake island, which had seemed to have 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 eve, carney,

odessa rushed to help emergency workers search for survivors. did you see people being carried away? every nerve, their only body bags and smoking was valuable? 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 to no, sir, we do 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 i said we want ukrainian mornings to be peaceful in just like the ones in other european capitals you now in the 21st century. better stability. graham 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. did oh, he's nick connelly spoke to us earlier about the targeting of civilian infrastructure. i asked him if moscow was trying to break the moral out morale of the people in ukraine. that's certainly the way it's being red here and key. if that is certainly what most people you meet here, especially in government circles, would tell you. i think the intention at a level is perhaps less important than the results we've seen now in the past week, civilians lose their lives on a huge scale and come and shook in odessa today. but also in the mac ally of close, it's a front lines. and it's abundantly clear that russia is not willing to stop hitting

targets or going for targets that it claims a military targets. even if there is a significant risk of civilian, lots of life at the rockets they're using now are increasingly old and less precise . some of the rockets use the past week are ones that came in service in the seventy's that are have a huge range up to 5000 kilometers, some of them, but are notorious for hitting the wrong targets, sometimes getting as far as a half kilometer away from the internet target and lots them even don't reach their target. so that's one of the reasons why russia often launches these missiles from plains above the caspian sea, so as not to hit targets in russia. if the missiles go wrong. so there's definitely no willingness there to leave off targets or to basically take disadvantages in what they see is their military campaign for the interests of avoiding or selling casualties. and now increasingly, as ukraine holds up, better than anyone had expected, least of all in moscow. there is really

a worry here that russia moscow will start trying to hit the civilian infrastructure to make it harder for ukraine to keep on fighting, to hit electricity plants, roads, railways, on a greater level so that even people, hundreds climates away from the front lines, will not be able to go about their daily lives, even if they're not hit directly and will increasingly find their daily life disrupted their ability to earn a living made more difficult. and the hope it seems in russia is that increasing there'll be pressure on ukraine's government to come some kind of agreement to make some kind of compromises as life becomes as in unbearable. here it is like here as it already isn't. dumbass nick in one strategic victory. ukraine may have recaptured snake island in the black sea. the russian forces continued to make gains in a dumbass. that's true. i think most people here in ukraine are seeing the sake of victory as a preview, a kind of taste the things come if you crane gets the numbers are of western

military systems that it's asking for. and the real game changer in the case they call and was rocket artillery from the u. s. those hi, my systems that allowed ukraine basically to consistently attack the russian garrison. darrell snake on from the other side of black c from the ukrainian controls shore to an extent that they see the russians had no option but to leave. now on a bigger scale, they don't have those capacities only have a handful of those rocket launchers. and we're seeing ukraine having to make controlled, withdraws time time again, there in the hans goblin in the east, and basically playing for time in the hope that finally these deliveries will arrive. and that ukraine will somehow draw close to parity and be able to make it to take advantage of those more high tech solutions of the west is offering to release in some way draw level with russia's extraordinary supply of artery. but ukraine right now is being out gun that has enough people who are willing to fight, but just simply doesn't have the guns and ammunition to give everyone a weapon who wants to fight and to, you know, basically draw level with the russians or did not use the cali reporting from cave

the tech republic takes over the european union's rotating presidency today. prague is bound to focus on the war in ukraine and it's repercussions including refugees, energy and security, and keeping that $27.00 member block, united against russia, dw is christine wood. wire reports from brock. ha, there's a changing of the guard at the european union's top leadership with paris handing over the rotating presidency of the e. you council to prague. because war has returned to europe. the check republics tenure at the home will be a hard one. we are preparing ourselves or to take presidency. think over presidents it in time for inflation is very high when a war is so close to our sir in ukraine, and her russian aggression against the cream is of course sir, main topic. her for all of us. the chick republic has welcome nearly 400000

ukranian refugees and provided significant financial and military aid to keep since the start of the war. within the e u. it is a vocal support opp sanctions against russia. but the central european country, like many others on the continent, is heavily dependent on russian energy. and there are serious concerns here about how secure that supplies energy took, reduce important topic right now. and our dependence on russia is huge for us. so it's a really enormous sir, the dependency on rational garrison oil and turn, we have to find a solution for all of us about $32.00 republic knows this would be, have been possible only solidarity of all your countries. but e u countries are increasingly drifting apart on how to respond to russia's invasion of ukraine. people i've spoken so here in prague favor continued support for ukraine and a hard line on russia. they say this country's history being occupied by the soviet

union has a lot to do with it. but the sentiment isn't the same across the union. and so a big part of this presidency for the check republic will be to keep the united going for it. some say that the timing of the chick republics presidency is an opportunity for the country to act as a mediator is crazy. we have tech republic as a presidency country. now the curse, you know, they are the perfect fit for this shop. if there's a country that can actually try to find a consensus on the situation and the position towards russia, it could be checked. republic, you know, when we look at france, france is a very dominant country and it sets its agenda in a way that this is what we want. and please get on board. check. republic will be more of a country that opens the dialogue with no signs that will in ukraine, is anywhere close to ending. prague will be tested on its ability to keep

e u. countries in lock step over the response to the worst crisis in europe. since the 2nd world war now, some other stories making headlines around the world. we prices have dropped 27 percent that's close to rates before the war in ukraine's and prices to rankled eyes. analysts put it down to comments by russia and turkey. they say they're willing to discuss the safe passage of ukrainian grain from blocked ports. in russia, an american basketball style has gone on trial for drug trafficking. brittany griner was led into a court at the sound of the hearing. prosecutors alleged she was caught with bathing cartridges containing cannabis. oil of wife says griner is a political point. the west has called for her immediate release in italy. a heat warning has been issued for some 20 cities with people being urged to avoid the afternoon sun. a wave is likely to walk in the country, severe drought in rome, the time a river has fallen to low levels,

exposing the remains of bridge built nearly 2000 years ago in watching dw news still to come. india's ban on some single used plastics takes effect. we'll look at the government's plan to cut pollution. at 1st, china's president, she jane ping has concluded a visit to hong kong to mount 25 years. since the united kingdom handed over control of the territory. during the visit, she praised the one country to systems policy, which has allowed hong kong to have its own laws. he set the policy with a success and would remain in place, but that hong kong must respect chinese leadership. she oversaw the swearing in of hong kong. you chief executive, john lee, a, she'd loyalist, and for security chief who helped crackdown on pro democracy protests. federal begging has been tightening its grip on the city. we'll talk about that with our reporter cliff, couldn't 1st his how hong kong has changed since the british hanover. 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 a hand over 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 like young cookie can come g 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 is continued to hit the streets and protest,

but in rapidly dwindling numbers. as hundreds of pro democracy activists, lawmakers and journalists were arrested a 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 in their city. now, just like any other city, mainland china, a code, it was based in hong kong. he covered the $9097.00 handover as the reporter and the 2019 protests. how much of the hong kong you you is left today? well, it's interesting just looking at those pictures there because the sense you had 25 years ago. and also during the recent protests, is that the hong kong people are sort of missing from the equation a bit, you know, when you look at these people outside the, the counselor or whatever it was always about the chinese government,

the british government. and then it was about the chinese authorities in the hong kong government, but the people always seem to be missing from it so that it has stayed the same, but definitely things of clarity with the national security law got a lot tougher there. and the prospects have really weakened, i think, for the people. what about this belief back in 9097, that hong kong would change china in some sort of democratic way and it was that totally naive. i think so. i mean, it looks like it now, i mean, because for the last few years we've had this belief that by engaging in business for example, with china and by opening up to diplomacy with china. much more diplomacy with china, that it would help bring about democratic change. and i think that was particularly strong in 1097 because the country was opening up very, very rapidly at that point. so maybe naive isn't quite the right word, but it was certainly, you know, it looked like it was probably too simple. and what do you make of this speech by president she promising to uphold the one country to systems model. and the only

other signals are just, you know, the opposite. that's right. i mean, i think it's one of these things is you have to look in, in these cases, you have to go by what people do and not what they a because really, the one country to systems model is no longer there. it's one country, one system and what you're seeing and you sense it in the, in the city very much. i mean, when i was there 2019, everyone i interviewed is now in jail. and this is, you know, that's how that's a massive change. it just feels more like mainland china and a lot of that is because of this national security law, which is given the sweeping powers. and again, just focusing on the economy and making up on stability. but all the things about freedom and democracy have just, they're not in the debate anymore. no friends of mine who work in businesses say all the westerners are out chinese businesses moving in. so you can see on so many levels as, as far as business goes, how things have changed. so we'll democracy,

survive in hong kong. i don't think so. i mean, unless, unless there's a radical change in mainland china, which is a very tough call, i can't really see. they're not going to stick. i don't see why they would stick with the time table in the one country to systems in the basic law. because this is the way that they want to run it. there's a rumor going around hong kong at the moment, the china that i'm going to be rename. so it's jen, jen. and so, you know, maybe that is going to be some sort of dramatic change. i thought, but definitely we're seeing it becoming much more a chinese city south shinji because it's just across the border from san jen. i'm. is it disappointing for you as a journalist, as a reporter to spend so much time there to see hong kong go in this direction? it is, i mean i remember on the night of the honda itself, you know, talking to people, i was covering it in the one shy area which is the entertainment district and talking to people. and they sort of felt that they've been let down. and it was the same sense during the demonstrations that the people didn't felt that their voices

weren't being her heard in any of these arguments. so yeah, i mean it, and on that level it's, it's a disappointment. and thank you very much for coming in as un conference on protecting the world's oceans has come to a close in the portuguese capital. lisbon. some $7000.00 delegates, including heads of state scientists and engineers, joined the 5 day summit alliance of leading environmental groups, including the wildlife fund have called the conference a missed opportunity to take more ambitious steps would like a joint statement. they criticize the lack of binding commitments made by states saying that the purely voluntary initiatives proposed weren't up to the scale of the challenge. i know the flaw a band on some single youth. plastics has come into force in india today. it's part of a government plan to reduce pollution. india is the world's 2nd biggest producer of plastic waste stuff to the united states. and plus the pollution has doubled in the

past 5 years, dw, correspond, i've been here a challenge, has this report. india plastic problem is massive. the environmental industry says indians, energy 3 and a half 1000000 tons of plastic with experts. see the actual figure is much more that plastic products hom, the environment is well known and yet their use is visible in everyday life. at this miserable market, for instance, it is something that both windows and buyers can't seem to do without subdue or logo. without plastic bags, it will get very tough for us vegetable sellers. we can't put all the vegetables together in the big bag. nobody will buy things like this other than 4 years. the government has tried to reduce the plastic footprint. now it's taking a big step. banning single use plastic products. items which are huge once and discarded in small

e to leave block to talk larry such as this is commonly apart from these, the central pollution control board has also announced a ban on other things. use plastic items such as yours, but can you think ballistic polystyrene decoration with you, among other things they took to that scene, a waste management expert says the band is a good starting point. yeah, he says plastic is not only about reefed, it causes serious health problems as well. you might have from a growth news where plastic has now been found in bloodstream beep and say the lungs even in baby poops bait. so i think that is good enough. evidence brought us to identify what kind of plastics are problematic and then we came to think about it. seeing as that recycling can be one solution, took up the issue last week that we saw that does not appear to be changing much though. in fact, india's classic waste generation has doubled in the last 5 years. and there is

increasing awareness about the problem. medina, laos, hardy are rivers and drains are clogged with plastic and it's non biodegradable, which is not good for our planet and environment in liberal will attorney. but i feel bad about the plastic ban is good call by the government. a local i see for a class that causes a lot of pollution and every person is affected by that. a god, me will. nathan. but for some making such a change comes at a course. they cannot afford. what you look up on the made. some people stop buying from us if we don't give them these plastic bags. if they say how they carry the vegetables, it becomes difficult for us them. you know that the need that says the government can only do so much. people need to change their lifestyle. only then will it truly make a difference. for years germany has struggled to reconcile its colonial history in africa. one aspect of that is stolen cultural artifacts, such as the bidding bronzes on display at several german museums. now though,

the path has been cleared for their return to nigeria with the foreign and culture ministers from both countries, signing an agreement at a ceremony a short time ago. the deal formerly recognizes the pieces as the property of nigeria. at the center of the colonialism debate in germany, the pending bruncess, in 1897 british forces looted thousands of the art treasures from the royal palace . in benin, mutton de nigeria, many ended up in german museums. more than $400.00 or in the lynch humbled for m. a long battle over the looted art is now ending. both germany and nigeria have to care nigeria, the rightful owner of the place and sculptures. we acknowledge the horrific outrages committed under colonial rule. we acknowledge the

murderers and plundering, we acknowledge the racism and slavery. we acknowledge the injustice and trauma that have left cars. the dust still was able to day. the breakthrough means the objects 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 means? bowdoin? it? it means that we western museums in the northern hemisphere and cannot simply determine the narrative of these beneath bronzes any longer regained being on it belongs to mere attain. couldn't nigeria will decide which artworks will return the government once to build a new museum to housed the bruncess, partly financed by germany. so us, missouri professionals. it is important for us to discuss on issues and areas of

collaboration. so that would be able to benefit from this, you know, of toddler, 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 faker. public debate in farms in germany, negotiations are ongoing to keep at least some of the works in the country on permanent loan. i asked i lagos, correspondent, florist cora, how this agreement is being received. and i, julia, well, a lot of people here in nigeria of course, celebrating this as a victory. finally, what is considered as the heritage of ledger and people of the people from be mean is coming back home. but of course, they are also questions about, you know,

how are these artifacts going to be used or, you know, set up in such a way that it benefits to nigeria and people. and so that they are not looted again, like by, by corruption, you know, taking back to places that are, people don't know. so there are lots of conversations around what the government is actually going to do with these looted items when they come back home and also with the resources in case the german government and the nigeria. gov and reach an agreement of like learning the artifacts to to, to those museums. explain to us a little bit about the importance for nigerians, of germany, recognizing these artifacts as having been stolen from nigeria. well, as a miss eralina burbock said in that report, it says the narrative st it's, it's basically re tells the story of what happened. it's not just about the

artifacts being stolen. it's also the way they were stolen. the number of people, though, a mastercard, that were killed and this is, it has been like a pain and a scar in history for a lot of people from that region from beneath kingdom. and if you're reading, if you check or like you read people, i'm saying that i'm from a family of bronze and it's so satisfying to see that. finally, the truth is been told about how the bronze is got to europe. and so for a lot of people, it's the 1st step of healing a painful part of the history. and also you have to recognize, are these been bronzes? are not just odds are not just the uniform of expression for the people here. many people use this sculptures as a symbol of spirituality. they feel like it's connects them to the after world to the ancestors, to the our history. so it's a very,

very vital part of the identity. and so cutting them away in such a manner, you know, really, really did a lot of damage to, to, to people here. and so recognizing that this was done, this, you know, atrocity was committed, is a 1st step and a big step to healing for many people. now that really brings on the, the importance of significance of this and the, the fact that lives had to be lost is so tragic. large, thank you very much for filling in for my gross there. stick around because i'll be right back to take you through the day some more news. go to our website, d w dot com or follow us on twitter or instagram at g w use? i've been for solon, thanks for watching. ah ah, [000:00:00;00]

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a history of slender of hatred and violence is the monkeys will then on the jews were considered servants of evil. they simply told him on the most atrocious chapter. undone within 6 years, a 3rd of our people were exterminating 6000000 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. it's been a week of top level talk, says the west to tries to get to grips with the war in ukraine. and she, 7 summit and nato summit. old bringing promises to stand with the government and keith. but with the invasion in its 5th month and russia making slow but steady