copies drawing. was there another symbolic meaning to this beautiful painting that perhaps we just don't understand to search for answers distorts july 7th on d w. ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is dw, alive from berlin. british prime minister boris johnson is refusing to resign over a series of scandals. dozens of ministers have quit,

the government. johnson has hit back. why sacking a once loyal aid, but how much longer can he hold on to power? also on the show, ukrainian defense forces prepare for a new russian ground offensive. the regional governor of damascus, urging hundreds of thousands of civilians to fleet was a prison break in the nigerian capital authorities say suspected jihadists blasted their way in to free their jailed comrades and hundreds of other inmates. many prisoners are still on the run. ah, hello, i'm claire richardson, thanks so much for joining us. a defy to british prime minister boris johnson says he will not resign. johnson faced off with a hostile session of parliament on wednesday evening with his own conservatives and

the opposition labor party demanded he go. johnson is under intense pressure over a series of scandals that have repeatedly cast doubt on his integrity. dozens of his most senior ministers and 8th have quit in the last 2 days. and recently, johnson has fired michael gov. one of his most loyal allies. won't lisa for an embattled forest johnson. it was a breathing question. time passed on the 1st opposition leader kiss dharma, called them to quit india and slammed the ministers. still supporting him were no, come to later. the opposition can donna anywhere with anything about them would be long gone from his from press in the middle of a crisis dotted the country to the better than a set list. 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 which alone on the part franklin to speak of the job of a prime minister in difficult circumstances when he's been handed a can also by that is to keep going on. that's a lot of 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 with his character i think has shown through results in all the doing and this right forces not to go price is still there. so i really

think he's, he's ours now the counting the hours that say that with a bloody johnson vowing to battle on it'll be up to his party to decide just how long he has left it earlier did he spoke to you. k correspondent berrigan massey and asked her whether she had ever seen anything like this in british politics. i've never seen anything like this. i've never seen a crime minister who's so distant from all these people around him who are urging him to go. people who previously were super supportive of him from his inner circle, like his clothes, cabinet colleagues who are now turning against him or saying who are urging him to go, which is what we know from reports. and he's just not going to know he has not spoken to the public in the last hours i would say, but he has been outs and speaking to parliamentary colleagues. and what he has said is that he, he sees it as his job to fight,

to almost casting heroic figure probably in, from his point of view. somebody who doesn't want to just resign. he wants to go down fighting till the last minute. and that's out what he is evidently doing at the moment. so he's just not going as did you corresponded bergen massa, reporting from the u. k. there. let's move on now to the latest on the war in ukraine. defense forces are preparing for a ground assault by russian troops in the don't ask industrial region in eastern ukraine. the local governor says there is now no safe place left and is urging the remaining 350000 residents to leave. it's a desperate rush to leave, but saying good bye is hard. there is a much love for them here in the city of love. yes, russian shilling has demolished home small businesses and hopes for aging with

dignity and security. oh the other, this was my shock here only i have no words. you lots of money, lots of resources and i said, 20 years of work. well in the everything is laudable thing. i have no income. nothing connects us to this city, any mold of stock of worshipped water, didn't sure? did you use the coil? amelia? i'm scared for my wife and my daughter who is 6 months pregnant. you'll know. do you believe they need to leave here? especially after what happened yesterday morning. they hit the city center. this was the worst of job. what is the 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 dun yeske 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. were brought to life. no

more joyce livable to morrow yield. i would join the army. this isn't the 1st time war has come to us. love yonce. it was seized by russian backed separatist and 2014 and recaptured 2 and a half months later. there is 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 russia's forces advance dw corresponded nick connelly is in key for us with the latest on the offensive in the don bass region. what is real, see here in care of that? russia is on something of a role after weeks spent taking several than yes. can huge losses they took so in that case sir, sissy of las chancellor, 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 note the kind of tiredness and exhaustion after months. pretty intense fighting is also, you know, 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 are ukraine's government estimates that more than 10000 of its soldiers have been killed in the conflict, though international observers feared, the real figure is much higher. some of those wounded are being treated in hospitals, in other european countries. even on

shank or 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. but because our unit left the battle with only 2 wounded, his lawful me and another lad had wobbled on it. so yeah, boy is sheldon floats from jenco received 2 bullet wounds and the shrapnel wound to his legs. he's one of the 1st ukranian soldiers to be treated in germany, says the russian attack began a low 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 in the appropriate infrastructure, which is practically nonexistent in ukraine. at the moment. i know who i'm speaking, given. 6 soldiers are being treated at the louise and hospital in our maxim cut of ink or was shot at by

a russian tank into don bus at piece of shrapnel. hit him in the arm. oh yeah, me. oh, my median nerve is damaged virginia. should 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, feel a fall, which did align, or we had a lot of experience treating patients from the rock many years ago. them and i know so in principle, this is nothing new for us. garza duffer, spoons of quincy periods, nist noises. but it's not just doctors helping the wound day. oh ukrainians who live in our hands stopped by to day to wish even a happy birthday. she just turned 37. that brief and welcome moment of destruction from the war know in the wash,

which thought they are. it's hard to read the news about ukraine hospitals and you know, here you are safe and everything is good. i mean at the plains and helicopters fly, and you weren't afraid, number use and ukraine. it's completely different. everything that flies belongs to your countries army or that of the enemy. that's scary. it's so natural. so far, about 300 people from ukraine has been flown to germany for treatment, including civilians and soldiers. even when shank knows one thing for sure, he wants to return and continue fighting. i'll bring you up to speed now with some more stories making moves around the world. the heads of us and u. k. security services have made a rare joint appearance to warn about the threat from china. as the director of christopher re said, china is the biggest long term threatening economic and national security. the 2 chief said they are expanding operations to combat growing chinese espionage. hormones,

you will makers have voted to classify nuclear and gas fired power plants as sustainable investments. but it was a close vote. critics say the classification is greenwashing. the view has pledged to cut carbon emissions by 55 percent. by the end of the decade. on free lunches, prime minister has told parliament the country is bankrupt and needed for economic reforms. he says, acute shortages of food, fuel and medicine are likely to continue. the economic crisis has parked a theory of nationwide protest and a 1000000 muslims are in islam holiest for the mecca for the annual harsh pilgrimage is the largest harsh since the cocoa pandemic began. although this years number of worshippers is still far below the pre panoramic level of some 2500000 people. the islamic estate group has claimed

responsibility for a raid on a prison in the nigerian capital, a boucher, the government earlier had suspected jihadists from boca harangue and used guns and explosives to blast of their way in free and dozens of their jails. comrades and hundreds of prisoners, many have now been re captured. one security official was killed in the attack. and he does use wise interests is at the scene of the raid with more. well, the attack happened yesterday, light around 10 print to pipe p. m. when de gone men attack this facility behind me use in grenade us for a bit. shootings. a reports by the prisoner he shows confirmed about 600 emit is kept, but they have already recaptured 300 under in the process of recapturing the emit that have been freed. most of them are terrorists that i've been held here is lemme is to book

a harem on hud in criminals and wants to put cut prisoners as til in tucked inside the facility. let's get some sports news now. and in the 1st game of footballs, euro 2022 hosts, england have beaten austria. one nel let tournament as that to be the most wash women's european championship. a record $70000.00 fans turned off for the opening game. in manchester. the tournament lasts 4 weeks and ticket sailed already top half a 1000000 more than doubled the number for euro 2017, beth mead scored the 1st half of gold for england who are among the favorites. and one of europe's most famous summer festivals is back after being canceled the past 2 years. because of the pandemic, thousands of revelers gathered in pomp lona in northern spain. to celebrate the return of the festival of santa feather mean, best known for the daily running of the bulls through the city center. mid day fireworks kicked off the 9 day event,

which is accompanied by non stop partying. the 1st bull run, it takes place on thursday. and just before we go, a quick look at our top story at this hour. but his prime minister boris johnson, is defying 8 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. there's an update at this hour of next is her portraying the lives of women across asia. of course it's always more news and analysis on our website that's at t w dot com. i'm claire richardson. thank you so much for taking the time to watch. ah ah,