ah ah ah ah, this is dw news, live it from berlin to night, britain's prime minister, boris johnson. how much longer can he hold on to power? johnson told a hostile parliament today that he is not resigning despite a series of scandals and dozens of ministers who have quit the government in the last 24 hours. also coming up, ukrainian defense force is preparing for a new russian ground offensive. and the regional governor of don yes is urging

hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee. plus a prison break out in nigeria, suspected boca, her rom, islamists have stormed a prison to free fellow, militant around $300.00 are still on the rock. ah, i'm bri. gov is good to have you with us on this wednesday, and we begin in the u. k. british prime minister boris johnson to night defying a growing course of all makers who are demanding him step down. johnson faced down a hostile session of parliament earlier to day, insisting that he will not reside. he's under intense pressure to night over a series of scandals that have repeatedly cast out on his honesty and his integrity . dozens of johnson's most senior ministers in aids have quit since yesterday. one

visit for an embattled forest johnson. it was a breathing question. time sob 1st, opposition leader kids tama called them to quit india and slammed ministers. still supporting him with no come to leader of the opposition. can donna, anyone with anything about them would be long gone from his from press in the middle of a crisis dotted the country to the better. the ne zed, less cost of notting dogs, lawmakers from johnson's own party, also lined up to say it was time for him to go for better. yes, including the man who until tuesday was his health minister. and at some point, we have to conclude that enough is enough. i have concluded that the progress starts at the top and i believe that is not going to change. and that's means that it is for those of us in a position who have responsibility to make that change. but the prime minister

vowed to carry on the moon on the per price. interesting to the job of a prime minister in difficult circumstances when he's been handed o'clock on monday, is that keep going? well that's a lot of it. support for the prime minister is also draining away outside of parliament with british newspapers making clear they think his days are numbered. according to opinion polls, the public has also turned on him with even a majority of conservative voters. now thinking he should quit done a good job on certain things for it. he's his character, i think, as shown through. please don't seem to know what they're doing and this arise sources. hi still there. i really think he's, he's how is now the counting the hours that said that with a bloody johnson vowing to that ron, it'll be up to his party to decide just how long he has left. if we're now i'm joined by josh bloom, he is a freelance journalist based in london. so just what's the status right now?

is morris johnson saying that he's not going to resign? that kennedy still seems to need a line right now that this is a situation. it's changing literally minutes and minutes. my understanding that our senior is in the cabinet still inside. now that sample talking to johnson, several people think his permission couldn't tonight. others think he could find on to go to the summer. others think a snap general action could be around the corner boas johnson has proven in the past that he will fight on to power. what retakes and for quite frankly, equals how to say look, just like everybody else. what happens tonight? we know it hasn't been that long since boris johnson survived in their confidence voter among his own conservatives. they would have to change their own by laws if they want to hold another confidence vote within the next 12 months. if i understand that correctly are, are they, it does look like they're going to change those rules so that that boat can take place. exactly right. my understanding is the rules of the 1922 committee. the

committee are referencing that. all those notes that no confidence that committee that committee has in fact change its rules already at lawrence johnson doesn't resigns. and i'm understanding is that on monday morning, a 922 committee will announce they haven't changed their rules. i will begin to look at some housing and others. i said i'd call ross johnson and so we would, we could possibly then be looking at as early as the beginning of next week. the 2nd confidence vote correct? yes, that's correct. so my understanding is if the 922 committee has changed its rules, they'll do a lot fairly quickly on any of those. and i conference however, the confusing thing about which is politics as well. this is a decision about the leadership of the conservative party. there is a gap between the leader, the conservative party and being the prime minister. in order for us to step down as promised, he would still have to resign and still decision it would leave with him even if he was in need of his own conservative party. any more of these things in the

membership, complicated and are often done sent my president. the boss johnson has proven time again, he's on what he found by president elements of the confusion walking at next year. and just to help our viewers understand this, we've got the prime minister, who has, you know, he's seen one scandal after another each time he has demanded that his conservative stand with him. and they have done that. but it seems each time he's chipped away at that level of support, now you've got the conservative party considering changing its own rules so that a, a confidence vote can take place. i mean, this is a be, this seems, this is as bad as it can get for a prime minister. but what's your read? it is unprecedented as to show. so but in some concepts to resume the previous prime minister was told by mister brady, that of the 922 committee, the committee were willing to change the rules to allow another vote and next night . and this may be considered a position. was that untenable?

resign shortly afterwards. it's believed those all the same, to polish johnson that he's expecting he went resign you quite right to have been looking, chipping away mister johnson's permission quite some time. but over the last 24 hours, the true avalon to rise and nations is come, obviously, which is, you know, can savage job it in a nice high profile, the chances secretary, but also there have been about 50 $83758.00 resignation that junior managed is over the last 24 hours, quite simply running out people to love the government. and they still haven't been to the capital to johnson. it looks like he's out abroad. yeah, and i guess the next few hours could tell us if he's going to go, or at least when he may go, just in journalist reporting tonight from london. josh, we appreciate your reporting tonight. thank you. thank you. i now to the latest on the more in ukraine defense forces are preparing for a ground assault by russian troops in the don't ask industrial region of eastern

new. great. but what governor there says that there is no safe place left and is urging the remaining 350000 residence to leave. it's a desperate rush to leave. but saying good bye. it's hard. there isn't much left for them here in the city of slum janski's, russian shelling as demolished home small businesses and hopes for aging with dignity and security. 03 other. this was my shock here. oh, i have no words. yeah. lots of money. lots of resources invested. 20 years of work . well in the everything it's lost. walter. i've no more income. nothing connects us to this city anymore. the stock of worship with water didn't sure. did ye? yes. the coil know young once gets on, my wife and my daughter who's 6 months pregnant, you'll natalie. they need to leave here, especially after what happened yesterday. little they hit the city center. this was

it, the worst of church over is us law. russia has already claim victory and nearby lu hans, now the kremlin is moving the frontline of the war to the front doorstep of done yest in the don boss region. 2 civilians died after shelling struck a market and slum yonce earlier this week. the local government as begging civilians all 350000 of them to evacuate liberals to live. no more choice livable to morrow. yes, i would join the army. this isn't the 1st time war has come to us. love janski's. it was seized by russian back separatist, and 2014 and recapture 2 and a half months later. there's no telling how long these refugees will have to stay away, or what they'll find when they return. ukraine's military is continuing the fight. as rushes forces advance laguna or correspondent nick connelly. he is in

key following events for is nick, we know that russian forces have control of half of that critical don't bass region that they say that they want to take. what's the latest now on the offensive to take the remaining half? what is real say here in care of that russia is on something of a role after weeks spent taking 70000. yes. can huge losses they took so in that case sir citizenship let's just a matter of days of the sense that they could really pushing home that advantage that then your strategy of focusing their efforts on a pretty small section, the front lines moving away from trying to do too much what they did in the early months of this war that failed so spectacular. that's now really bringing fruits that russia is out gunning and out. manning, basically ukraine in this conflict, and that for now ukraine doesn't have the resources isn't getting the western support that it's been asking for. and that ukraine's western partner simply don't

really understand the scale and the intensity of this war. and that all these deliveries are just going to be too little, too late. the only kind of little shimmer of hope. our reports are the last few days from moscow that some of these units might now be taken back into the russian kind of hinterland to take a break to re group and that now the kind of tiredness and exhaustion after months . pretty intense fighting is also being felt by the russian troops. and that might give care of a bit of a chance to bring those west to weapons the front lines and can even things out. but nick, we know that residents have been told to leave the city of slower yonce good becomes is to day after at least 2 people were killed in a rush, an attack on a market there, or are residents, are they heating the warning to leave at are they able to leave well, as far as we understand that the figures all a bit disparate, but the majority of the pre war population of ukraine controlled, don bass, we understand have already left in the previous weeks a month. most people have stayed not too far away, gone

a 120 kilometers from the front lines. but as you mentioned, they're about 300000 people still believe to be there. and on the whole we've seen time and time again, people leaving it too late. people saying i have no where to go and have resources . no one wants to host me and basically people wait until they can hear the shelling in their own homes to leave by which time often too dangerous. and they end up either losing their own lives or endangered people trying to help them. so this time the government is trying to get in there earlier, be more drastic in its warnings or to put more pressure on people to get out, to avoid them losing their lives and also endangered people who then will be at worst a worst case sent in to help them, so that's their hope now. and definitely an expectation here in care of that more cities are gonna fall to russians before ukraine is able to turn the tables in to start going back into counterfeit. dec are very only candidly believes tonight from keep in ukraine. nick is always thinking ukraine's government estimates that more than 10000 of its soldiers have been killed. in the conflict though international observers fear that the actual figure is much higher. some of

those wounded are being treated in hospitals, in other european countries. even on shank got out alive. he was by you warned it defending key if against russian troops. muslim resistance. melissa melissa. we discovered them in a forest. now we immediately began fighting a lot though we were lucky that day, boy, because our unit left the battle with only 2 wounded. his muffled me and another lad had wobbled on that. so yeah, boy is sheldon floats from jenko received 2 bullet wounds and the shrapnel one to his legs. so he's one of the 1st ukranian soldiers to be treated in germany says the russian attack began alone no final to medical care. the patient received and ukraine was excellent, but he needed further operations. so of course to do that,

we needed a large team and the appropriate infrastructure, which is practically nonexistent in ukraine at the moment, minute i know who i'm speaking him is 6. soldiers are being treated at the louise and hospital in austin. maxim cut of ankle was shot at by a russian tongue. kinda don bus at piece of shrapnel, hit him in the arm. oh, immediately. oh mia? oh my median nerve is damaged. virginia said i am still. i can move my hand in this direction, but not in the other. and i can't feel anything in these 2 fingers. even if there is peace in germany. the doctors in a hand are familiar with war injuries heated a fall, which did align, or we had a lot of experience treating patients from the rock many years ago, them and gonna so in principle, this is nothing new for us. garza duffer, spoons of quincy periods, nist noises. but it's not just doctor's helping the wound as soon as day. oh ukrainians who leaving and stopped by to day to wish even

a happy birthday. she just turned 37. that brief and welcome moment of destruction from the war. now when the wa scratch thought those look at it, it's hard to read the news about you crazy. those amused what that does is not here . you are safe and everything is good. i mean the key plains and helicopters fly, and you aren't afraid number use them ukraine. it's completely different. ok. everything that flies belongs to your countries army or that of the enemy will you will. that's scary. it's, it's, i'm not so far about 300 people from ukraine have been flown to germany for treatment, including civilians and soldiers, even when jenko knows. one thing for sure he wants to return and continue fighting or this week on conflicts only former u. s. special representative for ukraine negotiations. kurt volker, is warning that europe will likely face an energy crunch this winter. i think it

will get harder for europe as russia squeezes energy this winter, both in terms of price and availability. it's going to cause some real hardship in europe, and that in turn may put pressure on governance say, hey, it's time for ukraine to negotiate a ceasefire. i think that that is the greater risk that we faced right now. essentially what you're saying is russian guess good deal in the european unity i has done so in the mast and it could be could do so again, it is certainly latimer burton's intention to use energy that way. and you can watch conflicts own right after this program or you can watch it online as will europe if sweltering in one of the earliest in hotness, heat waves on record as climate change drives extreme temperatures want to go through some of the numbers in france, thermometers have hit new highs in more than 200 places. 200 as

amazing. authorities of northern italy have declared a state of emergency in the worst drought there they've seen in 70 years. and further north cut was in north eastern germany set a new national record hitting more than 39 degrees celsius and in but not in norway where june temperatures typically hover around 13 degrees celsius thermometers shut up 32 and a half celsius. that's the highest temperature ever recorded in the arctic circle. as europe experience is, record temperatures, lawmakers have decided to classify nuclear and gas fired power plants as sustainable investments. this is important for the environment. it's also important for money. when $300.00 members of the european parliament have backed this plan, but nearly as many have voted against it,

criticized wholly at green washing. brussels has pledged to cut carbon emissions by 55 percent by the year 2030 and from strasburg. now i'm joined by a member of the european parliament michelle blows. he is with the greens european free alliance. mr. blows. it's good to have you on the program. you've been vocal in your criticism of this change. tell us why is it being called green washing? we know that gas is a giant killer, it's very bad for the cabinet. emitted c o 2 m, still not labeling it green is really green washing. what we need is a comp has an orientation. this green is a sustainable and the rest is not. and what we did today is that the fossil interest, they prevailed and gas and nuclear was labeled as sustainable,

which they're not where there are people who agree with you, but they would say we have to think short term and long term. here you've got the german chancellor office to day, calling it natural gas of a bridging technology to a better future been, we have all sustainable energy. what do you say to their law? we need all the money that we have to be invested into the renewables. they are the real green technologies. they also, by the way, make us less dependent from russian gas. so what happened today is that instead of channeling the sustainable finance towards renewables, it cannot be channeled towards gas and nuclear and diverting it away from the renewables. and that's really bad for the climate, and that also endangers us reaching and the european climate goals. so in your eyes then europe,

the european union should take all of its money and put it in green energy and sustainable energy, right? you're saying if they did that, it would make the transition easier and faster. correct. we need to put as much money as possible into them the renewables. and we see that gas is massively expensive. we have a fossil inflation right now. so the sooner we have renewables, the better for us, but this boat today was not about all of the money. it was about a label like in organic label. and that is put for sustainable technologies. now if you take an, an egg, you know, from, from chickens that are not race organic and you put organic on it, it's just simply not true. but this is what the commission suggested and what law make to make us voted today. so where do you go from here? how do you plan to challenge this decision?

well, there are several members that have already announced that they will few european commission for this proposal. and i think this will happen also we in the parliament, we will try to put up a lawsuit because the commission has clearly overstepped, is competence. and they are not allowed to use this mechanism of a delegated act to suggest such things that well, there was no law for this. it was just a yes or no vote. and therefore we would do quad ok. member of the european parliament jail blows mr. bliss, we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. thank you very much. a has a quick look now in some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. the prime minister of sri lanka has told parliament that the country is now bankrupt and needs painful economic reforms. he says, acute shortages of food, fuel and medicine are likely to continue. the economic crisis in the country has

sparked a series of nationwide protests. police have arrested 39 suspects across europe in a crackdown on human traffickers. the gang allegedly targeted migrants trying to cross the english channel in small boats. arrests were made in countries including britain, france, and here in germany. the democratic republic of congo and rwanda have said that they will engage in a process of de escalation, following a flare up of violence near their borders. negotiators agreed on a roadmap for normalizing ties. after weeks of clashes between the congolese army and the m 23 rebel group, which d r c accuses rwanda of supporting was suspected boca her arm. islam as in nigeria, have freed hundreds of inmates from a prison on the outskirts of the capital, a boucher. it's believed the attack was launched to release fellow fighters authorities and say,

$600.00 prisoners escaped $300.00 or recaptured. one security official was killed. nigerian forces have been fighting and islamist uprising for more than a decade. tens of thousands have died. we spoke to d. w. 's, you eyes interest at the scene of the raid and asked him for more details. well, the attack happened yesterday night around 1020 pi p. m. when the gun man attack this facility behind me use in gwinnett asked for a duct shootings. a reports by the prison officials confirmed about 600 emit as kept, but they have already recaptured 300 and get in the process of recapturing that emit that have been freed. most of them are terrorists that i've been held here is lemme is to book a harem and hadn't criminals. and most of the political prisoners are still intact,

is had the facility that was did abuse wise. it was their reporting from nigeria or south africans have gathered in the coastal city of east london to more than 21 teenagers who died in a township bar. presidents here, ramification attended the memorial. the deaths have caused an outpouring of grief in the country organizer, se coffins of the event were empty because the police investigation is still ongoing. it's not yet clear what caused the deaths of these young people. ah, another memorial service, families reeling after the sudden death of their children. i. the 21 young people who died ranged in age from 13 to 17. it's a grim reminder of the underage drinking problem in

a country where 18 is the legal age to consume. alcohol, the survivors of a close to what happened. some say the resorted to, leaping from a 2nd story balcony to save their lives. oh, now mom died then hanging up i. i went inside with my friends. i struggled to breeze. something was choking me. there were people coming down the stairs while others were pushing to enter. there was only one entrance, or there were a lot of people. i couldn't even move. we were told there were 4 people dead inside . i was so scared when like i can there again, lethia there is now left with the feeling of guilt over the death of one of her friends. i don't think i'm hurt. people are blaming me for my friend's death. they say she shouldn't have died if she didn't come with me to the tavern robin. i suppose. why beth, when she lame, i know all a call when it sounds like we knew what was going to happen is of wednesday. we're

done with may as, as the days parsons, the tragic incident. families are now grappling with the sad reality. elegant divan in bell. i again gale, i put it, it is getting clean. i la la t come 1st. it felt like all this wasn't true. but is, but as the days pass, i realize it was worse on sunday sunday. that's the day we were searching for her business. the late to we confirmed with some money, she is no more difficult by miss she is. no, ma'am, please have ruled out a stampede as the cause of death because the victim for these did not show serious injuries. an investigation is continuing. ah, it is a quick look now in our top stories one more time. the british prime minister, boars, johnson, defying a growing clamor for him to stand down over

a series of scandals. dozens of his ministers and senior aides have quit over the last 2 days and russia is stepping up. it's a tax on ukraine's eastern don. yes, region. the governor purging the regions, remaining 350000 residence to evacuate conflict zone is coming up. next, i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day i hope to see you then. ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

ah, ah ah ah ah ah, ah. conflict zone with arrest banner g. russia claims it has captured the loo health region in ukraine's east is ukraine losing this wall? doug walker is a former us ambassador tomato,

and he believes the west should be doing more to support ukraine, but could cross in the western alliance deal in long term support for ukraine. conflict zone. next, on d w. you said, oh, in come mike speaking, how can miss national hatred of a people be explained? a gold top gold? a history of anti semitism is a history of stigmatization and exclusion of religious and political power. struggles in the christian christianity wants to come from it. that is why christianity use the figure of the jew as little tesla. it's a history of slender of hatred and violence is the puppies,

memorial arm then on the jews were considered servants of evil. they simply told you the most atrocious chapter. a 3rd of our people were exterminated 6000000 jews, like microbes to be annihilated. even 77 years after the holocaust hatred towards jews is still pervasive. a history of antisemitism. this week on d. w. russia claims it has captured the new hunts region in ukraine's east. it is also stepping up attacks against civilian centers like residential buildings and shopping malls, ukraine's civilian casualties and troop losses are mounting as well as ukraine. losing this wall. not at all. that's from my guest. this week, joining me from luciano in switzerland. god wilka is a former us ambassador to nato.