ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, ukraine, re groups, it's forces to defend on yet. the region is next in russia side, software capture the bulk of neighboring, the once residents race to escape cities. now on the new front line in the united states, another mass shooting march, 4th of july, celebrations. police in chicago, say 6 people, a dead man fired from a roof top during an independent stay parade. a suspect is now in custody. and in

italy, hopes fade, the hike is still missing after a dramatic, lacy a collapse, climate change is being blamed with record high temperatures, accelerating a deadly avalanche. ah, i've been physical unwelcome. the 5 months long war is entering a new phase, ukraine's forces gathering to defend against it, taking up new defensive lines in the region where they still control. major cities, many residents are evacuating. the city of soviet ask came on to shelling again overnight. russian missiles of destroyed homes and killed several people in recent days. a resident of lisa johnson says the city doesn't even exist anymore. the streets of lisa chance have fallen quiet. but the wreckage is everywhere.

the capture of the city means that all of the lou haskell region is now in russian hands and objective that moscow has coveted. since that war began in february, ukrainian military commanders ordered their forces to pull back, rather than attempting to hold the city. for the exhausted soldiers who retreated, rushes, artillery advantage proved overwhelming at school for 3 any missing, there is at least 5 times more russian artillery here than what we have a floor even up to 10 times more moved daily with lin point up to 169 enemy positions that are active, all of the same time ukrainian forces have retreated to the dawn, yet screeching. which along with lu hans makes up the white don bus one here they have been re enforcing defensive positions for months. but russian forces

have already turned the eye towards the don't yet. gretchen, particularly the major cities of slow vianza and crime at oscar. slow vianza has been bombarded for over a week now, leaving many residents with little options, but to evacuate. yes, hi. we went to the city literally for 2 days to pick up my things and now dis, now we're trying to take everything we have and to leave because life here has become scary. we only had time to evacuate the children or his mom. you come to her, i don't know. i think it's only going to get worse. i don't even know. i'm already thinking about leaving. it would be wise not to expect things to get better. those who stay behind a bracing for the worst team as the front line creeps ever closer. manuel shas is following developments for us from the capital cheve him, i will tell us so with the battle being taken to the done yet region. how's that

going to look? well, burn is gonna be another fierce fighting earth that has been ongoing since the very beginning of the war. russia's eyes were set on the entirety of don barza, and even if it has now a claim, victory of a low hand squad. victory is it. as every city is transformed into rubble. so we can accept expect more shelling, happening in don't ask. well, ukraine. armand armed forces are still have formed a vast areas still hold a vast area where they are resisting the russian invasion. we can just expect more shelling as a b r has been decays in, nor has more shelling over us. labianca has already been a week there, more shedding about grandma to ask of her back, moved all there to big cities that still haven't fallen her into the russian armies. her hands are, can expect very dark hours. indeed,

we've seen her for people dare. the situation is very dire with passions of people who still had evacuated, who are, are now trapped in those cities and are constant shelling. now, it may not be the case in the south of the country, but in the east. momentum is on the russians side. how is that affecting morale on the ukrainian side? well, of course, this is a blow to the morale of all ukrainians to see the develop manser in the eastern region. you have to keep in mind that the cities are, we are mentioning, those are cities where most people who could, who could afford it all were mobile enough to do so already left in front of the advance of russian troops. the only people will remain, there are the people who didn't have any choice, and you can see that they leave in very dire condition conditions. there's no running water. sometimes there's no electricity, no way to communicate with the outside world. with the rest of the ukraine's,

of course, the morale of ukrainians is dampened by dad. but also it has received a boost of late you were mentioning the saw the south of the country when in southern ukraine, the ukrainian armed forces have made significant gains, or they have lost counter offensive or on harrison around michael. i have and i think that's where all eyes are sad. my know her, how are these counter offensive? i will look like in the next few days. the next year we watch us reporting for us from keith. thank you. nato members a do to sign off to day on the protocols for sweden and finland to join the military alliance. 30 nato allies made the historic decision to invite the nordic countries at last week summit. nato secretary general says expansion will further increase moscow's isolation in the wake of the invasion of ukraine. the membership bids still need to be fully approved,

which means turkey could still stop the agreement to his president has again threatened to block the process of sweden and finland don't meet its demands to extradite terror suspects, linked to outlawed coded incorrectly for would assign a mass routing in the u. s. has cast a shadow over the countries most patriotic holiday. 6 people are dead and at least 30 injured a gum, an open fire from a rooftop in the chicago suburb of highland park. striking crowds gathered for a 4th of july parade. it was supposed to be a day of celebration of fun with friends and family. instead, people had to run for their lives. minutes earlier families with young children had been gathering for the parade when gunshot suddenly bang out panic perrins trying to protect their children. i remember hearing shootings and go,

i like i'll, i thought about it is, you know, getting my daughter to safety and i ran with her. we went to the nearest mcdonalds . and now she lost her shoe along the way, my daughter. and so, you know, she was scared, started shooting again, and we ran behind the building and i put my, my son in a dumpster. and he said there was his dogs. and i went back to look for the rest of my family. it was horrible. police say the shoes are fired into the crowd from a near by rooftop. with a high powered rifle, 5 people were killed at the scene. another victim died and hospital. dozens of people were injured among them children. the attack comes just the month after 2 mast shootings and texas and new york. it is devastating that a celebration of america was ripped apart by our uniquely american plague.

a day dedicated to freedom has put into stark relief. the one freedom we as a nation, refused to uphold the freedom of our fellow citizens to live without the daily fear of gun violence. the shoes are managed to flee before police storms, the rooftop authorities issued to stay at home order for residence in the area. while a huge man hunt got underway. meanwhile, police announced they had identified a 22 year old man as a person of interest. he was arrested without incident and taken into custody more than 8 hours after the shooting. the shooting. that means that for some families, july 4th will no longer be associated with celebration. but with tara and grief is a quick look at some other stories making use around the world. and international conference on funding, ukraine's recovery has ended in switzerland and said reconstruction must come with

a commitment for reform transparency and democracy. ukraine has called for seized russian assets to help pay for war damage. us investigators have concluded that palestinian american journalists, sabrin avalanche play, was likely killed by unintentional this way the fire, but the ballistics test on the bullet that killed her has proved inconclusive. the prominent al jazeera journalist was shot dead in may while covering in his way the military operation in the occupied west bank protest. this have taken place of protests have taken place rather in the us state of ohio. following the release of body can forage showing police shooting and black men. 25 year old jaylen walker was found with over 60 gunshot words after he tried to run following a minor traffic violation. and italy has declared a state of emergency in 5 of its northern regions. the worst route in 70 years is not laid up. major rivers are drawing up and the lack of water is threatening some

a harvests of fruit and vegetables. in australia, evacuation warnings have been expanded to cover some 50000 homes. as flooding continues around, sidney emergency response teams made about 100 rescues overnight. hundreds of homes have been effected. cleanup work has begun in some parts. authorities on the east coast of warning that the threat is not over yet with many more people still in danger. earlier we spoke to environmental journalist, laura chung and sidney, who told us about the impact of the flooding. already been used to dealing with floods. it's not something that is completely unheard of. in particular. these communities do live in these areas. what we don't usually see is floods on this type of scale. so that we have admitted that they are stretched because they are looking after us an enormous amount went. what we are saying, your people getting rescued, we are seeing that frustration or getting out and emergency services just doing

their best to keep ahead of this really dynamic way the front a drought and heat wave in italy of apparently contributed to the partial collapse of a mountain glazier on sunday, killing at least 7 people. thunderstorms have hampered the search for more than a dozen missing hikers. italy's by ministers, that climate change had contributed to the deterioration of the glazier, which had already lost a 3rd of its volume in recent years. most likely, one of the hardest moments of their lives, relatives of the victims in cannot sigh northern italy having to identify the loved ones, killed and the alpine avalanche. one of them sent his parents a picture from iglesia, just moments before it collapsed. generally, if i also called us, he sent us a smiling picture look how beautiful it is here. my walker belo, then a so called, so rac broke loose. the 200 meter wide ice block triggered an avalanche of ice rocks and water on the glacier. he came down on at least 2 groups of mountain

climbers. climate change researches say the disaster is linked to global warming. the past week in sol, record high temperatures, only glazier. and last winter there was less snowfall than usual. meaning there was only a thin layer of snow between the glacier and the heat. the result, massive amounts of meltwater had collected beneath iglesia, giving the avalanche such destructive force. this feel if he lay massa to massive amounts of water acted like a lubricant, accelerating it. it happened just so quickly that any one below wouldn't have had a chance to get out of the way. if it had been a dry ice avalanche, perhaps they might have stood a chance to rescue operations of facing extremely difficult conditions. so far the search has been limited to overflights by helicopters and drones, due to lingering danger of falling ice and boulders, volunteers,

and their dogs have been retrieved from the glacier and they go to somebody about the lease. we were met with an almost impossible task blockage because there are massive blocks of ice and rocking everywhere else was physical. we had to leave because the temperatures are rising again. and we don't want to risk it out. it italian prime minister mateo drug. he traveled to canada to express his condolences to the families of the victims. he also looked to the future. when we have to take all the necessary precautions to make sure that what has happened here can with a high probability, be avoided in the future. it's a tragedy became so quickly, but the relatives nothing will ever be again as it was for the mamma were to perform fever of a mother has lost her son to do it. and then there are the 2 close friends. it's really tough and do it up a little and with bad weather hampering the rescue efforts. the chances of finding

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