[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin. ukraine repels russian attacks in don, yet the region is coming under increasing russian attack after the fall of neighboring the was residents raced with scape cities now on the new front line.

while ukraine sets up defensive positions in the united states, another mass shooting mas, 4th of july celebration police in chicago, say 6 people, a dead man fired from a rooftop during an independent state. right. a suspect is now in portugal. cultural life continues to spy to some a wave of corona virus infections. we look at how the virus and the public response is changing. and in italy hope's faith for hike is still missing after a dramatic place here collapse. climate change is being blamed with record high temperatures, accelerating a deadly avalanche. ah, i've been fas all and welcome. ukraine's military says it's regrouping its forces to defend don,

yet. commanders say they have today repelled attacks by russian forces on several positions in the eastern region where they still control major cities. many residents are evacuating in anticipation of an increased russian offensive. the city of science came under shelling again overnight. russia missiles have destroyed homes and killed several people in recent days. ukraine recently retreated from liz, the chance one resident saying the city doesn't even exist anymore. the streets of lizza chanced have fallen quiet, but the wreckage is everywhere. the capture of the city means that all of the lou hans g 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 the schools. fourthly, let's see if there is at least 5 times more russian artillery here than what we have looked more even up to 10 times more daily within point up to $169.00 enemy positions that are active. all of the same time ukrainian forces have retreated to the don yet sc region, which along with lu hans, makes up the white a don bus one here they have been re enforcing defensive positions for months. but russian forces have already turned the eye towards the don. yet, gretchen, particularly the major cities of slum yonce and crime at aust. slogans has been bombarded for over a week now, leaving many residents with little options, but to evacuate. yes, i 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 to children. oh, long ago, 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 and as the front line creeps ever closer, the manuel shas is in keep for us. i asked her how the latest developments in the war are affecting the morale of the ukraine people. well, of course, this is a blow to the morale of all ukrainians to see the development, sir in the eastern region. you have to keep in mind that the cities, oh, 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 who remain there are the people who

didn't have any choice and you can see that they're leaving very dire condition conditions. there's no running water. sometimes there's no electricity, no way to communicate with the outside world, was the rest of a ukraine self caused a morale of ukrainians is dampened by dad. but oh, so it has received a boost of late you were mentioning those saws to south of their country when in southern ukraine, the ukraine, an armed forces have made a significant gains or they have lost counter offensive, or on harrison around or michel i have and i think that's where all eyes are set right now, or how are these counter offensive, or will look like in the next few days, the next few weeks and joe, now, by defense policy analysts, gustavo, progressive of the european council on foreign relations. we heard our correspondent, their russian forces making gains in the east while ukraine is launching counter

attacks in the southeast, who is gaining the other hand in the war right now. well, for the time being a, by and large, russia still enjoys the initiative. that is buying material superiority, particularly and artillery, but also in tanks and fire power. and they have the initiative in the numbers to have the initiative in the house on, i'm sorry, in car people bloss still ukrainians are trying actually since 3 weeks to regain the initiative or to retake territory 1000 kassandra, they are fighting against the clock of occupation. russia installing an occupation regime there, but the problem is also they made considerably gains. there are still insufficient in numbers and fire power to really decisively break the russian defensive lines. so is that the, the problem time? and again, ukraine just doesn't have what it takes to launch

a proper counter attack. the for you train the problem is they have the soldiers to fight to half wall interiors or they have on the gun full mobilization. the problem is they don't have arms to do so they lack tanks, a direct fire support de la lack the de ahmed mobility infantry fighting because i'm a personal cal carriers and they are short of artillery rush, on the other hand, has plenty of fire pop up they are lacking to soldiers. that's why for them, it was too hard to take cities alike. several of them yet averted, need to send infantry into the buildings to clear them, which is difficult for doubt. so the big questioning here is obviously will of us step in and provide weapons i to hire, pays to allow ukraine to equip some of these mobilized forces. some of these new forces away also heavy weapons, mechanized herb formations and to, to own a, still continue to,

to maintain its armada brigades. and i miss mechanized reserves that will be critical. and we'll see whether that goes unfortunately, so far the west has delivered, bought, delivered, or good quality, but not the sufficient quantity needed to fight this war. they said more weapons, better weapons, and quicker can either side really when this war though, in your opinion a we looking at another frozen conflict, developing all the ukraine still has the chance to actually it beat the russians and oh, push them back. are behind lines. well then it's of course a and matter how many casualties ukrainians would want to sacrifice if they really want to push. for example, behind lines that are held by the russians before february 24th bought a,

it is still possible if this is still an open end game. ah, what, what i would dearly advise western governments, particularly us, but also the europeans is to be there that a stalemate, a frozen conflict dad wear a frond cards through ukraine in half and it wouldn't, would makes the sustainability the economic sustainability very doubtful of for ukraine as such, you, i mean we had a ceasefire after mins, i knew was just to pause or the war for 8 years. if you have a similar arrangement now, people will wonder, is this just to pause? they will not come back. the refugees will not come back, investors will not come back and people will be, has it done to invest their money? people will be hesitant to engage in, in projects there, because they don't know when will russia re launched this? so, so for the sake of self sustainability and the west,

not having to subsidize ukraine for the decades to come, it would be good if the ukrainians would at least have a, a partial victory in terms of regaining sizeable portions and decisively defeating, at least in one operational direction, the russian forces, should that be the kind of offensive spirit in moscow is broken. you had it from military analyst go, staff crisis from the european council on foreign relations. thank you very much for your time. thanks a lot. a quick round up of some other developments in the war. nato members have signed the protocols for sweden and finland to join the military alliance. the nordic countries were invited to join at last week's madrid summit. the recession must now be ratified by all 30 nato members, a process which could take months or even longer. so to day. and an international conference on funding, ukraine's recovery has ended in switzerland. but this happens said reconstruction must come with a commitment for more reform,

transparency and democracy. ukraine has called for seized russian assets to help pay for war damage. and a mass shooting in the us has cast a shadow of the countries most patriotic holiday. 6 people are dead and at least 30 injured. a gunman opened fire from a rooftop in a 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 gunshots suddenly bang out panic, parents trying to protect their children. i remember hearing shootings and go, i like all i thought about it is, you know,

getting my daughter to safety and i ran with her. we went to the nearest mcdonalds and you know, she lost her shoe along the way. my daughter answered, 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 sit there with his dogs. and i went back to look the rest of my family. it was horrible. police say the shoes have fired into the crowd from a nearby rooftop. with a high powered rifle sized 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 in 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 storm, the rooftop authorities issued a 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 look at some other stories making news around the world. they've been protests in the u. s. state of ohio. they follow the release of body cam footage, showing police shooting an unarmed black man. 25 year old jalen walker was found with over 60 gunshot wounds after he tried to run following

a minor traffic violation. sedans military says it will withdraw from political talks and make way for civilian rule. a qu in october asked that civilian leaders from a transitional government and prompted international condemnation and 8 cuts pro dorsey. protestors have been calling on the army to step back from politics. days of torrential rain have caused major flooding on a straight is eastern coastline. 50000 people have been warned. they should evacuate with some residents of the country's biggest city, sydney facing their 4th flood in 16 months. meanwhile, in italy, a drought and heat wave have apparently contributed to the partial collapse of the mountain glacier on sunday, killing. at least 7 people. thunderstorms have hampered the search for more than a dozen missing hikers. italy's prime minister said 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 tie northern italy having to identify their 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 wagon below. then the so called so rack 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 on the glacier. 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 master to massive amounts of water, acted like a lubricant accelerating as 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 are 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. nicholas, somebody went to this, we were met with an almost impossible task block it because there are massive blocks of ice and rock everywhere else was presented. 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 that came so quickly, but the relatives nothing will ever be again as it was for mamma macbeth from fear of the mother has lost her son at the grid. 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 survivors are getting even slimmer. corona virus infections are again on the rise around the world. portugal was among the 1st european countries hit by a new some, a wave. and while case numbers there are now starting to full. they are increasing and countries including the u. k and germany. so what can they learn from portugal,

recent wife? the police reports from lisbon when catalog light, ballast, voice fills, the air of the glue that he father in lisbon. everybody listens. the melancholy sounds of a traditional portuguese music i once again attracting big crowds. the pandemic seems far away. there's so shall distancing no masks. just music. oh we tried to come back to our way of living on the horse. sometimes we're afraid when we see the news and something like that. news such as that about the new ami cronsa variant b a 5. it spreading so quickly that in fact, numbers in portugal recently reached an all time high, but with less severe illness. still the spike in infections brought higher covert deaf rates among the elderly. now that case numbers are declining. epidemiologists like manuel carma gomez are able to evaluate the severity of the last wave. if you

don't go the number off goes. busy there was in to work out there. you have lou bell would be which is the percentage of cases bestbuy and blue belly as really my very low after or be girl. actually it's so level that is. busy comparable to susan or flu, or even wes caramel. gomez says that the new amr chrome supp verin's very likely evade the antibodies that people have developed at least 15 percent of cobra cases in portugal. ari infections due to the many waves fueled by new variance or dividers. those lot seem to have a susan l. a. u similar, similar to others, beautifully flavors. it's throws me civilities so high that even if people stop living out doors, like in the summer, if they're real still be transmission. he's hoping for a new generation of vaccines that not only prevents severe disease but also suppressed transmission. in the meantime, it's mindful that people remain alert,

which is what these tourists are doing as they enjoy wine tasting and traveling again. we'd waited for 2 years have to come here with i think this trip was cancelled in one way or another at least 4 times. and when we had the opportunity to come this summer, we decided it's okay. we've been vaccinated, we've been boosted and so we were going to come regardless and cove. it is very bad in washington dc, so it's sort of how to maneuver through the, the bad parts of it as have many others he in lisbon to so is it safe to travel here again in europe? joining us now is close out in bio w h o spokesperson in geneva. what is the takeaway for portugal where over 90 percent of the population is vaccinated? well, it's a very good example for europe and for many countries, and that's of course exactly what we would like to to see everywhere. because as we've seen on the report and as a b,

c it with this new very and more with the new something that's why we don't yet exactly know the details about the severity of it. we see that while we have many new infections, the death rate is low, which is very good. yet we shouldn't be complacent because we do have a death rate and we have steps. but if we reach the, the high level of explanation, right, all over the world or all of you or europe, we would be a big, big, big step forward. that's a target to reach. we wanted to reach 70 percent of the world's population by, by half year this year. we're not quite there yet. we in general, in a global number, we are at 63 percent, but we still have a 3rd of the world's countries. we haven't received any dos yet, so there's a huge imbalance, and that imbalance, we need to settle and we need to settle that, make that strength. and once we have a good coverage everywhere from the weakest to the most vulnerable to everybody,

then we can be much safer looking into the next weeks and months ahead. well, the story, the, the portuguese of always been on the side of getting vaccinated should other european countries be on alert about this we need, we need a package. it's never only one thing. it's never only the vaccines and the vaccines are highly important and we strongly believe that the low death rates we see right now are attributable to the fact that a vast majority of the european population is vaccinated. or actually many in the, in the main traveling countries around the world. yet it is important to keep your masks with you. and if you're on a plane and it's high density, if you're in a group where you're mass, because i think right now at least in my personal environment and the colleagues and friends, i have everybody know someone who has just been recently infected or is sick, right? now, so it is spreading and it is going on. luckily,

we haven't seen many severe cases yet, but we have to be in the look out and be ready. we have to keep test, keep testing. that's important because if we give up testing, then we don't know the picture. it may look lower then, but we don't see the full picture. so everything testing masks, be prepared, the vaccinated the whole package together, and then we have bunch, sofa. ok, so i get a booster keep mosque at hand and keep on testing. you heard it from chris and admire from the world health organization. thank you. now over the past year and a half of elephants have killed over a 100 people in zimbabwe most were mostly trying to protect their crops in a park or sanctuaries. the countries elephant population is serge 2 over 100000 double. what is known as it carrying capacity or the number that can be supported by the land. dw correspondent privilege was found here. he visited an affected

community in the north. they might look like dental giants, but many people here in the rural, as in bob with nor them is the killers of their loved ones. unlike other countries, the elephant population in zimbabwe has been ballooning. that's thanks in part to successful conservation efforts. but that success is escalated, the conflict between humans and wild life and people are paying the price in a territorial dispute. during the dry months, elephants move in sake of water in food. while on the move they attacked people in communities that lay in their path. 68 year old, a beatrice. when did it? a victim of an elephant that that was buried here in the met her brother caesar. now she was knocked down by a bo elephant while harvesting is so gum crow i g g rejected. but as it went in, as you know from this incident,

he really shocked me with i'm still in pain. we are aware that wild animals like elephant sca i treasure to the contract guy was a guy. but when they kill people who they are now, it ah didn't get the shadow. niema is no afraid of waking in these fields. the place where his sister was cute and rural farmers like him are losing more of their precious crops by this is predominantly and i read region where small grain crops like these ones do well. but now the competition is now stiff between wild animals like elephants. what constantly coming to destroy these crops. these ranges from a private safari company have tried to help when elephants attack, but they overstretched half the time. they are late to arrive at the scene of

attack because of the distance is they have to travel. we are being overwhelmed by 5, these are just tracing calls because if i can say for the last couple couple of miles or we have it all over, maybe 3050 certain calls to us just a little above t, the human and wildlife conflict that is happening around the area, the zimmer with parks and wildlife was very displeased. he doesn't have the resources it needs to do with a problem. effort to move the elephants to less populated areas are costly. the best solution to us is to d populate, were more animals. we re populate wordless animals to long term view. but for communities like these that live close to pugs, these no short term solution, human wildlife, one international restrictions when elephant killing, when i were to tread amid the country cannot drastically reduce the head. so

zimbabwe, elephant population continues to grow. before we go, his a quick look at our top story. this out. ukraine's military says it has propelled several russian attacks on positions had done yet. the eastern region is coming under increasing attack compton. russia seized control of most of neighboring nuance residents of cities on the new front line, erasing to evacuate your up to date. a kickoff special is up next from dw sports called being a black german for bullock. i'll have more news for you next alice event of i ah ah,

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