ah, ah, 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, some of the nato summit old bringing promises to stand with the government in keith . but with the invasion in its 5th month and russia making slow but steady gains, how quickly can western solidarity translate to ukrainian strength? and will it ever be enough to drive back the russians? i been for solon in berlin. this is the day. ah, ladies and gentlemen were gathered here at a hinge in history. you crane now has a very clear european perspective. if you think that you can escape the consequences of this war by not focusing on it,

or turning your back on it or trying to forget if you are wrong, ukraine is candid at country to join the european union in us. how a path to membership that my must not to take years or decades present, delete jeff or rocky europe will be at your side every step of the way. my mind, we have to cover this path quickly. we also on the day from today, it's a legal in florida to cover sexual identity or gender orientation when teaching young children. how will this impact on kids from unconventional families? a kid in 2nd grade is got to moms or to dads or they welcome to share their family during the family tree project anymore. and what will the effect be? will the effect will be isolating? l g b t q. kid we begin the day with a city under russian rocket. tatt,

ukrainian officials say at least 20 people have been killed after missiles at a residential area near the black sea port of odessa. rescuers have been searching for people buried in the rabble. another missile hit, a nearby recreation center. russia has intensified strikes on ukraine in the last 2 weeks. is late as the tax come just one day off, the russian forces withdrew from the strategically important snake island, which had seemed to ease the threat to odessa. residents were asleep when a russian missile struck this apartment building at around 1 am on friday neighbors . in the town of sir heave county odessa rushed to help emergency workers search for survivors. did you see people being carried away? ever? no. they are only bodybags and smoking with 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 i said we want ukrainian mornings to be peaceful in just like the ones in other european capitals you now in the 21st century madison stelito 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

a membership. my 1st guess today is angela santa, former u. s. national intelligence officer for russia and eurasia. she taught at georgetown university school of foreign service and is a fellow at the brookings institution in her latest book, hooton's world. russia against the west and with the rest of her sustained, analyzes what motivates flattery. putin and his foreign policy professes dent. welcome to the day. president biden says the u. s. will support ukraine for as long as it takes, but how long will it be before washington pivots to pushing for a cease fire given the costs of the war and mid term elections? is it so, so far that's been remarkable bipartisan unity in the congress and oversee in the, by the administration on doing everything. it can to support ukraine more than $5000000000.00 in weapons and assistance has gone there. but it's possible that if the republicans were to take both houses of congress in november and do you have

a large number of sort of pro trump, republicans who are more skeptical about the us as involvement in this conflict that you could things see things change. but for the moment, i would think, at least until the end of this year, this commitment to ukraine will remain quite steadfast. it's right to see that union. but even if the west massively boosted weapon supplies, for example, what, what are ukraine's chances of taking back territory now long held by the russians? well, it's very incremental. i mean, in this current war since february, the ukrainians have been able to take territory. then the russians have taken the ukrainians, are taking it back from them. i think it would be much more problematic for the ukrainians to take back territory that the russians had taken in 20142015 when they annex crimea. and they launched the war in the don bus that i think will be much more of a challenge for the ukrainians. because as talk about the ukraine is not only

wanting to take back on the eastern part of the country, but also as far as the crim. right. and, and you know, public opinion, day to renew crime shows an overwhelming majority of ukrainians over 80 percent believe that ukraine should try and take back all the territory including crimea. but i don't think that too many people who believe that that would be feasible for a long time. i think it's more likely. and this is something's lensky said earlier on in april that that would be if that were to be a negotiated sci fi rush. it would have to withdraw to where it was on february, the 23rd of this year. and the rest of the parents would be up for negotiation, but would take much longer to discuss. tell me a bit about perkins strategy, which is that the change is over this war of the course of the war. fighting to just march in and take the entire country as seem to be the case of the beginning of the war. it's dragged on into its 5th months. what is his end game now?

do you think is immediate and game is to take all of the dom bus. i think the russians more or less and taken all of the new hands region. and now they want to take the done yet region. there are military experts who believe that that's actually can be quite difficult for the russians to accomplish. but for the moment they said they sent their sites on that. and putin has talked about that in the last few days, but i think no one should be under any illusion that that's where it ends. i mean, pollutants go from the beginning to subjugate ukraine and put a pro russian government empower in if he has not given up that a he's obviously had to modify that the moment. but that that will still be his longer term goal. but he is still trying to basically set up a geographical bridge, so to speak, by taking parts of the country, parts of the country, the land bridge to crimea. the russians would love to take odessa as we had today. there's been more showing if they did that,

than ukraine would be entirely landlocked, and it would be a catastrophe for its economy. but again, i don't think the russians can accomplish that any time soon. you talk about it being a catastrophe for the ukrainian economy. what about the russian economy or what, what happens with it now? because it's, it's put itself into a self imposed isolation of types. when it's going back to be in being an, or, or talk a country, it's d, globalizing. the sanctions have had some impact, but they haven't done that much in practice. maybe people hoped because energy prices are very high. and even if the europeans are winning themselves off russian energy, russia is still getting a $1000000000.00 a day from the sales of hydrocarbons. the ruble is quite strong, eventually it's economy is going to be so much more as western export controls have their impact later on this year and next year. and it will, it will be going back into a less modern mode because it won't have the technology for it to manufacturing

basis. but right now, it's economy is in fact, doing somewhat better. i think that people would have thought it would, given the enormity of the sanctions, but longer term. do you see ross are becoming a very insignificant country at some stage further down the track? well, i will certainly become sort of, di, globalized, or talking sort of cut off from much of the world. although we mustn't forget that china isn't big ally in all of this and some of the other global south countries like india, south africa. you know, i'm not going to be willing to, i say isolated. but yes, it is. as it's neighbors, modernize more become technologically more advanced, it will become relatively less so and see, so you will have a russia really leaning in on itself by turning towards china rejecting europe after centuries of trying to integrate with europe. it'll be a very different russia, and of course, many of its most talented people have already left since the war began their living

in europe in north america, in other parts of the world. and then not going to go back as long as this kind of system isn't now and them. and talking about isolation, trump style isolationism could hit the us come 2025. is europe spending enough to strengthen its own defense capabilities because it may not be able to rely on the u . s. in the future? so i think the nato summit showed us. that's great unity here. everyone in europe vows to spend more on defense, but still that's a huge asymmetry. and the europeans are very dependent on the united states really to guarantee this security against russia. and they realize that themselves, hence, colds now for more strategic autonomy and for building out a capacity within europe. because i think all european countries understand that we don't know what's going to happen in 2024. and if either donald trump or a trump like person comes to power in the united states, you could that have

a reversal, as you did during the trompe as a rejection. really of the transatlantic relationship and a dis, interest in the kind of coalition that we have now. as angela. stan, thank you very much for joining us on the day. thank you. ah. china as president, she jin ping has concluded a visit to hong kong to mock 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 habits on laws. he set the policy was a success and would remain in place, but that hong kong must respect chinese leadership. she saw the swearing in of hong kong new chief executive gently as she loyalist and for security chief who helped crack down on pro democracy project. beijing has been tightening its grip on the city is a look at how hong kong has changed since the british hand of 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 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 glacier quang is pro democracy activists from hong kong who now lives in exile. so i grew up in hong kong when it was still 3. the way that we were allowed to think we're allowed to talk. it's very different from what we're seeing right now and hong kong and the 25th anniversary march. very disheartening dave. all of us because it symbolized how much we have lost in the last 25 years.

we have lost our freedom of speech and for him to conscience in a fetal expression and begun will not stop cracking down on us from watch on the has made very clear since he was elected in the sham election, basically selected by beijing saying that's going to impose a lot of more and more like harsh laws to try to tighten its control over hong kong and ah, the u. s. supreme court sim validation of abortion right? says lead to fears that other gains could also be brought back, including for l g p t. q people, if it's already under way in various states in florida, you restrictions the critics cole that don't say gay law takes effect in schools today. d, w, corresponded ness poll, traveled to florida to speak with parents and teachers there. it's a move that has drawn criticism across the country that don't say gabriel means public school teachers in florida can't talk about sexual orientation or gender identity until the 3rd. great. hi,

rebecca ricks is in favor of the law. the mother of to is a teacher herself, into moms for america activists. we're talking, you know, is 789 year olds. if a parent at home wants to discuss that, that is fine. i think that's the, the point you as a parent are responsible for your child bible and i asked of clear teachers should be open about their sexuality, jewish. i don't think it would be necessarily something that they need to share. be perfect, be professional here, home life home for brendan wolf from the organization. the quality florida disagrees. we could talk about, you know, the implications of that bill directly like a kid in 2nd grade is got to moms or to dads or they welcome to share their family during the family tree project anymore. and what will the effect be? will the effect will be isolating l g b t q kids. the plight of the g b t q. community in florida, resonates with many in washington d. c. the capital's famous bobby pond has taken

a clear stand. many of fear that the supreme court will soon restrict gay rights across the whole country were on a slippery slope. it's taking us backwards in time on the, the rights that we fought so hard to get. it would be a difficult to live our lives as you know, they'll typically q people. that's my concern. and my fear, the future of l g b t q writes in the united states facing uncertain road ahead. so restricting freedom of speech, i guess you could say restricting what we can say and how we can react to certain situations. let's talk to witness about her report. she's our washington bureau chief in as florida is already banned sex education until the 5th grade. do they need another law focusing this time on l. g, b t q issues? so good question then there and it is already

a line place which basically says that classroom education about sexual orientation and gender identity shouldn't thought at an early age. and that parents should have the final say, so that's exactly what critics say regarding this law that it tries to fix a problem with which basically doesn't even exist. i found a really fine is very interesting because my sister is a teacher and one of her students wanted she was a girl, wanted to become a boy. she received so much support at a school level. ah, which her parents were so indebted to day. they said to my sister that they were so grateful that they helped their kid get through school and, and now they want to pull teachers out of the equation. and that's the problem been, it's grade that these parents for supported by the think about a kid who is kind of not clear about his or her. are there

a gender identity and comes from a very conservative or religious family background than a school could be a place or where this kid gets support. but with this a lot it's, it's really very, very difficult for teachers like your sister to, to support these kids. yeah. yeah. so tell me it is this law don't to help kids in some way? no, i mean, as we just discussed, i mean this lies not made of really tough to help a kids and definitely not kids who again come from a family backgrounds who are not in support of l g b t q writes. so this is so this only helps politicians who think that they going well, it's in a conservative kind of constituency, and this is not helping children, whatsoever is florida. and exceptional case here is

actually not many states already have ban sex education until 5th grade, just as florida itself. and there are like 20 other states who have similar laws in place or considering legislations that mimics the florida. like, for example, texas is, could you give us an idea of where all of this is going? ashland, discussing our bodies, our sexuality and pre elemental things, but very important things for our lives, for our health, for our well being. the supreme court ruling ending the right to abortion. now we just experience a really a major shift here in this country. i mean, the gay community is really, really on high alert, as we just heard in this piece. been, you know, after ending the national protection of abortion rights, we know it as the roe vs wade case. supreme court justice clarence thomas said

immediately at the landmark high court rulings that established gay rights and contraception actually as well and that they should be reconsidered. now that the federal right to abortion has been revoked. so we do have to expect many more of changes here in the course of the the next years. just when you thought life was getting a little easier things change ever so quickly in as poll in washington that very much for your analysis and your reporting. 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 bronze. it's on display at several java 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 on friday. the deal formerly recognizes the pieces as the

property of nigeria. at the center of the colonialism debate in germany, the pending bounces, in 1897 british forces looted thousands of the our treasures from the royal palace in been mutton de nigeria. many ended up in german museums, more than 400. i and the lynch humbled forum. a long battle over the looted art is now ending. both germany and nigeria have to carry nigeria, the rightful owner of the place 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 bowdoin 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 will decide which artworks will return. the government wants to build a new museum to house the bronzes, partly financed by germany. so as is up 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 baker. public debate in france and germany negotiations are ongoing to keep at least some of the works in the country on permanent loan. why is it so important for many nigerians that germany recognize these artifacts as haven't been stolen?

the 1st place d, w corresponding to the nigerian capital lego slash 2 core owners. it says the narrative street, it's a, it's basically a 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 online, you read people. i'm saying that i'm from a family of browsers and it's so satisfying to see that. finally, the truth is been told about how these 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, 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. ours to cora reporting their from lagos, the countries commercial center, not the capital of future. of course, that was the day as ever, the compensation continues online. you'll find us on twitter at dw news. i've been filling. thanks for joining us. with

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