ah ah ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin, russian forces continue to pummel targets across eastern ukraine, president to follow the mirror. zalinski says ukrainian forces are fighting to secured the entire don boss region as he praises weapons sent by western allies.

the u. k. is embattled prime minister clings to power and refuses to step down. numerous members of bars, johnson's top team have resigned signaling that his time and number 10 downing street may soon be up. the trial is set to open in one of the worst disasters on italy's highways. in 2018 d. mirandi bridge in general, collapsed, cling, dozens of people. almost 60 defendants are facing charges of manslaughter. and undermining transports and comp. loaners bull running festival returns thousands, flocked to the spanish city after a 2 year co with 19 course, but not everyone's eager to party animal rights. campaigners say the tradition is cruel, and i've dated ah

i'm pablo foliage, welcome to the program. civilian evacuations are underway in ukraine stone, yet screeching with russia stepping up its attack since claiming full control of neighboring new hampshire. the city of sl, of yonce has become a main target for shedding, but times across ukraine's east are being bombarded missiles, stroke of hockey on wednesday, destroying a university ukrainian forces have de, again, with new defensive lines and president of all at the mere zelinski said at western supplied weapons, we're finally making a difference on the battlefield. well, a short time ago i spoke to d. w correspondent, next, spicer in keith, and he had this update on the russian offensive in the don bus. well, we've had a tactical retreat that you were just explaining earlier where the training and troops who had been defending, ah, it or their nets can list each hanks for weeks. whereas we thought it would be a matter of days of kept hearing. it's going to fall to morrow and they held out

for a long time, evacuated, preventing another sort of mario hall situation where the soldiers are taken prisoner and, you know, brought to rush and so on. and they're now taking up those defensive positions you're referring to in the den that's region, which is the region that vladimir putin needs to take in order to control the entire don bass, which he says it's the next objective. said that earlier this week, however, their dug in really deeply and they've also managed to evade be caught in the cauldron that the germans were, pardon me. the russians were talking about catching them within. so taking up digit positions. and for the ask, if you were saying preparing the velocity would also cram a tourist, which is a critical transport and rail hub. so awaiting the sort of onslaught which will come as per usual via massive artillery barrage is. and then at some point, if the russians are so inclined, street by street fighting, when they feel comfortable and safe enough to do that. next president zalinski address overnight said that at heavy weapons from at western allies have finally

begun working at full capacity. did he given any indication of how this would actually help in the war? yeah, i would say there are those that are there are working in full capacity, but it's very, we're very far from being at the full, you know, wish listed what ukrainians want. one example, there are 4 american high mars systems which are these precise percent precision guided missile systems. ukrainian $300.00 of them. what they can do, however, is fire rockets into russian occupied territory within one meter accuracy, the ukrainian rockets and russian rockets up till now have 500 meters accuracy. so you can pinpoint something very precisely what zalesky said in his speech was that they were going after no surprise here, depots of ammunition because the ukrainians are massively out guns 1510 to one when it comes to artillery shells going one way or the other. so the logical thing is to take out those stocks of ammunition and that's what the ukrainians say they're

doing, as well as command and control centers. sort of cut the head off the sake and make it harder for the russians to control the troops. and that's been a consistent problem for them throughout this campaign. next, spicer in cave, thank you. well, with ukraine's eastern province of hands now under russian control. moscow has been stepping up it's offensive enabling act. together they make up the dumbass, which russia wants to seize completely. so let's take a look at this map. so this is the territory at that russia has now taken in ukraine. it includes the city of, let's see, chance, which we can see there, which was the last bastion of ukrainian resistance in the new hands region. and analysts say the battle for sla janski's is the, there it is slow. the answer is the next key contest in at the struggle for the don boss. and experts believe that russian forces are also attempting to advance west from lacy chance to the town of sieve. ask. and also,

there are also suggesting that russia is likely to push towards back moot from the st. so, president landscape says heavy weapons from ukraine's western allies are working at full capacity. so how much of a concern is this for the russian forces? now, earlier i put that question to military analyst and former british army officer mike martin. i think it does make a difference, particularly the longer range a correspondence in the early reports. what that allows the radians to do is to do what's called counter battery for targeting russian artillery. and that means that the rational city has to move, and the more it has to move between firing less effect as well, your correspondence. so i did that with the long range and some of the high mileage can go up to 450 kilometers a long way. they can use that to target a supply that is nation. and we've seen

a number of russian debt being a last week, 2 weeks. mike, russian president, vladimir putin is declared victory for russian forces in the focus has shifted to solve the answer. and that's according to british intelligence. is it a matter of time before the entire don boss falls to russia, or is that looking a little bit less likely? now considering this, the information that we've just been talking about i think it's an open question as to whether the russians will be able to control the whole on bus. your view is seen recently that yesterday, president putin announce and operational corps. and this is basically a cessation of military activities that they can recruit and was the, is normal. you wouldn't do it unless you had to, was held this, that the russians had experience either lots of casualties, lots of equipment or they are running low on supplies. so i think it is possible

that the russians will take the whole the don't buy, but in the sense, if you zoom out and you see the picture, the question is, how much does that really matter? because the ukranian though, pushing forward in the north and in the south. now, mike, is it possible that the crime is preparing for a protracted war with the intention of taking much larger portions of ukraine? that is possible, but they are going to need to do a couple of things in order to do that. the 1st is to put their economy on a, on a war footing. much like you know, that the countries of europe did in the 2nd world war. and we have seen some slow moves towards always the with the sanctions. they've been having problems getting specific components. so they, they have been looking at how i can get around that more than that they would need to do a us. now, if we could,

russian losses. ok estimates very hard to verify precisely, but a 1000 or more likely to be about 20000 ration losses. replacing is going to be very, very difficult without announcing general mobilization. which of course, president putin doesn't want to do because this is not at all. it's only a special military operation, so it will be difficult for them to do that. military analyst, mike martin. thank you. thank you. let's take a quick look at some more stories making news around the world. islamic state group has claimed responsibility for a raid on a prison in the nigerian capital. a boucher police are searching for hundreds of inmates who are on the run. after some 900 escaped in a prison break, officials a militant used explosives to try and blast their way in to free fellow members. one guard was killed in the last you lawmakers are voted to classify nuclear

and gas fired power plants, a sustainable investments. but it was a close vote critics, a declassification is green washing. the e u has pledged to cut a carbon emissions by 55 percent by the end of the tacket. a defined british prime minister bars johnson says he will not resign. johnson faced off with a hostile session of parliament on wednesday, with his own conservatives and the opposition labor party demanding he go. and johnson is under intense pressure over a series of scandals that have repeatedly cast dived on his integrity. dozens of his most senior ministers and aides have quit in the last 2 days. in response, johnson has fired michael gove, one of his most royal allies. all eyes will number 10, downing street official home of the u kays, embattled prime minister after a slew of resignations within his government. boris johnson is fighting for his

political survival. one master who resigned said johnson's time was up in a stormy parliamentary session. and now this week, again, we have reason to question the truth and integrity of what we all being told. and at some point, we have to conclude that enough is enough. i believe that point is now jetted and finance. mr. richie's soon act resigned on tuesday, after the merge that johnson knew about sexual misconduct by chris pincher. before appointing him to a senior parliamentary position opposition lead a kiss. dharma asked the question on everyone's mind. one quick thing that he knew he accused minister had previously committed predatory behavior, but he promoted him to a position of power anyway. why? johnson narrowly survived a confidence vote held by his party in june after he and his staff repeatedly broke

his own look down laws during the pandemic. the latest scandal has weakened him further. he should leave it to the left a long time ago. and i think he can edmund. okay. yeah, i'm just price is still there. so i really think he's, he's always now the counting the hours that said it still, johnson remains defiant. does the prime minister think there are any circumstances in which he should resign? ah, but franklin interesting to the job of a prime minister in difficult circumstances when he handed a can also by the is the key knowing that a lot of it. but the pressure keeps mounting. more than 50 members of government have already handed in debt resignations. a group of remaining cabinet, mrs pleaded with johnson to step down again. the prime minister refused her with

a policy committee will decide on monday whether a 2nd confidence vote will be scheduled if it goes ahead. johnston will likely soon be out of number 10, whether he wants to be or not. okay, well i'm now joined by journalist josh bloom, who's standing by 1st in london. josh, good to see you. and now we're just having some a breaking news coming in. we're not sure quite just yet and but can you give us the latest? sure. we have multiple calls coming in now that the us johnson today will resign is prime and stuff that hasn't been confirmed officially. and we're getting a set of multiple independent records or is johnson decided he can no longer continue. and the lights today, he will resign the state and county bank. all right, well i think if you will be keeping you all up to date on that as it comes in, we've already seen more than 50 lawmakers stepping down in the recent hours and days. where do we go from here? if he does step down and the tories could they end up,

is there anyone sort of who could possibly is in the running more so than others to take over? well, i think the most interesting thing will be what will happen in the interim historically, the outgoing prime minister has stayed on as a can take a basis. what is, which is what teresa may did while the leadership boats, there's been a strong suggestions. the post johnson should stay on the skies like a prime minister because the damage is done to the conservative party. many people advocating that dominic ra, deputy prime minister take on the can take a little while and the leader is found in terms of who could be next, where she soon, i guess after job it are likely names. they resigned. they start, they were the main cabinet resignations that started this avalanche resignations. i think a lot of people be looking at them as the likely candidates and leadership election . but i think there's several people, as we've seen in the past several small or less than 9 people when it comes to freight as well. i think things escalated incredibly quickly this morning just an hour ago. we thought johnston could survive to the end of the week. and now it

looks like it could be making a stay within the hour. josh, the british public have been sort of witnessing this as scandal failed at government from bars johnson. and will this sort of have an impact going forward in, at the type of government that, that britain's want. one thing to be interesting, one of the things the case study has rightly says is that he is in all this public service and is very much his persona behind the fact that he's at the complete opposite of doris johnson. so that might be something they try to relate to party try to play on. interestingly, it might be that the conservative party having been badly biased towards johnson, go with somebody who is perhaps more known for that rigorous public. what that work ethic. but it's really hard to know the really challenging aspect to this is that the conservative party membership vocal is perhaps know who the public would like for member. the conservative party leadership is loaded on by the conservative

party as a whole, not general public. so that be interesting to see if that's in a challenge can be a, become conservative party, can pick somebody who the british public ultimately could pick in a general election. and it's worth pointing out as well. but if i'm on a new leader is elected, they may well choose to go to the queen and asked was all calm and for a general action. josh bloom in london, thank you. thank you. so there you have to add, there are multiple media reports that the british prime minister bars johnson is to resign. but we'll be bring you all the latest here on d w. so to stay chant, moving on, it was the worst accident in the history of italian motor ways. almost 4 years ago on august 14th 2018. the mirandi bridge class, in general, in northern $8959.00 people are facing charges over their role in the bridge collapse, the claim dozens of lives. they're accused of negligence after report found that

inspections in the bridge before the tragedy were inadequate. trial opens today in jan was largest court and is likely to last more than a year. we have this look at the tragedy that led to the case. this is the moment the mirandi bridge collapsed during a rainstorm in august 2018. most of the 43 people who were killed that day, plunged to their debts in trucks and cars, as the ground dropped beneath him. it was later found that poor maintenance was the reason the most away collapse. the tragedy sparked nationwide anger here in italy, and laid bare the die estate of the countries crumbling infrastructure. it cloudy and that idea a global city sister claudia, her 2 children and new husband lost their lives in the accident. edler refused the compensation offered to victims. instead, she once accountability for you already kick with, i would like to see these people pay for what they did. if this is the decision of

the court, i would like to see them go to jail. when i la kinda, i would like this to be a sign that changes the course of what we're seeing, which is everybody acts like they want and it's fine. and the victims are the only ones who pay for the beta kazi, it keep faggots. also, levy to with a judge in genoa has ordered 59 people to stand trial over the collapse of the mirandi bridge. among them are senior executives of the company that overseas italy's roads, the trial is expected to last at least a year. and special arrangements have been made at the court to accommodate the large number of people in the public gallery. his up, your unit that you guys will be crystal depot. as far as i know, a case like this has never been seen initially, especially as far as the consequences. and the number of victims are concerned that a lot of the unity they called the prosecution is pursuing charges of manslaughter

due to the collapse of the bridge. and also a series of violations regarding the maintenance of the bridge that led to the fall of the structural, blah, blah, blah, carianne's elemental, dense you and i would have the order that the boil corolla, the lester, dora, it's not just the fan is off the dead seeking justice in this trial, there are people who say they lost income because of the bridge is collapse and they want to be compensated. this neighborhood board is the sides of way the bridge collapsed and the locals. europe told me it was a real nightmare getting in and around the area in the aftermath of that accident. as a result, some businesses were forced to close. many of them have never come back. the more andy bridge was taken down and replaced by this new one, which was opened 2 years ago, while others have moved on egg percetti says she hopes she'll get some closure when the trial is over. the collapse of the bridge is considered one of the greatest

tragedies in italy's recent history. earlier, i talked to d, w correspondent christine were who's in john, went to follow the trial and i asked her what we can expect. that's right pavilion, any here? the prosecution allege that the directors of the company that was in charge of overseeing the maintenance of this bridge simply didn't invest adequately in the financing off at repair work. instead, they opted to preserve the dividends for shareholders. you will also hear that technicians who were in charge of carrying out the routine maintenance work would for example, do site checks by standing at the bottom of the bridge and looking at the top of it with a pair of binoculars instead of doing real sorta fara, checks, so the prosecution has been relieved that it's been known for decades that this is a bridge that requires significant maintenance. it was built in 1967. it was hailed as an engineering feat at the time. but because of increased traffic volumes and weather conditions and the pollution, it was, it was clear from the very beginning that it would be a brace that requires

a lot of maintenance maintenance. that, of course, the prosecution in this case is alleging that those were in charge of overseen this bridge simply did not invest in doing their christine, have the defendants admitted any of the charges. pablo, it's not very clear at this stage what caused this bridge are to collapse. of course, there are different versions of, of, of that. and the reason is that on the day that this bridge collapse at the weather conditions were extremely foggy. and so all the cctv put did you have all the it from different angles do not showed the entirety of the stretch at any given point in this, on the basis of this that the defendants, those in charge of the company, for example, say there is no clear reason, it's not nobody can say what caused the bridge to collapse. you've heard, for example, that some eye witnesses say that there was lightning that struck the bridge before it went down on the basis of this ad. they are saying that they cannot really, this can't be put down to them because the key,

the cause of this bridge collapsing is not very clear. but we know that in the aftermath of that, for example, that the chief executive, one of the defendants in this industry off, that company was removed from his position. millions were paid out in company nation as that in terms of people actually having to face. they don't quote, this is the 1st time this will happen in the prosecution, is hoping that they can get some, some convictions for the victims. they're hoping that it's going to be jail time exit, for example, say that this has to be a turning point on this country that there's gotta be accountability and not just the victims pain for these disasters. ok. thank you, christine. christine woodward, dw correspondence in general, south africa, president, cyril, roma poser, has described the deaths of $21.00 teenagers last month and a township tavern as a crime. the exec circuit circumstances of the deaths are still being investigated . some have speculated that a gas or chemical leak in the venue was to blame. while others suggested the teens

were poisoned by something there. 8 or drank warden, a 1000 people turned out to a memorial service to remember the victims. mamma, a heartbreaking service. as family see, they good families to the children aged between 13 in 17. off to see the coffin with her picture. why not handle as a family has now exceed the completing the 17 year old girl. i will never come back. ah ah, but to me it was really painful. now i feel numb because i know i still need to prepare myself for the burial. with i asked god for strength to see me through until the burial, although it has been over a week since the bodies of the 21 children were found. officials are still investigating why they died. he ruled out

a stampede as the court. no one means a thing, but even when he's really waiting for the outcome of a post mortem, bizarre and they will be at a port big that we've got from the doctor that we received a still under we while the investigation continues the night of the incident still plays fresh in the young survivors mines now. um, dang it up on united, illinois. my i went inside on my friends. i struggled to breathe. so something was choking me. i forgot there's about people coming down the stairs while others were pushing to enter. oh, there was only one entrance. me why? wow, good about. there were a lot of people. i couldn't even move and we were told they were full dead people inside. i was so scared in that game as families prepare for the private funeral, that who so there for his president sil rama pool. so who is in attendance of the

service? lifted greeting families and south africa with a message asking society to take action to prevent the prices on each drinking in south africa. one of europe, the biggest festivals, is back after a 2 year cove. with 19 i 8 us mid day. far works kicked off spain sanford mean festival. a week long celebration, best known for its daily bowl runs through pump loaners cobblestone streets. but not everyone is eager to party animal rights. campaigners say the tradition is cruel under, i've dated oh, after a 2 year pandemic break, pamplona is ready to celebrate the sun, foaming blue running festival kicked off with thousands in wine soaked, white shuts brandishing red scarves. in pamplona, as town square, he were prepared to come before coded and we've been waiting and waiting and

waiting, and finally is here. so we're really excited to be here tonight. thrill seekers. conjoin dailey, bull runs through the city straits. over the next week. h. bull will then come to its end in the fighting ring. o animal rights activists say the practice is outdated and prune, they want to permanent holt to the bull fighting. bullfighting is long, ritualized executions of clothes that stopped over and over again for 20 minutes until that dad's on it, and credible cool and painful for the bulls that go through this process. but for this year, at least, festival go is a bringing the pre pandemic party back to pamplona. well, before we go, here's a quick look at selma, breaking news. media sources in the u. k. are now reporting that in bottled prime

minister bars johnson is going to resign as head of his conservative party. but he'll stay on as prime minister until a successor is appointed. this follows the departure of more than 50 ministers, including senior members of his team. they've all cited a lack of confidence in johnson's leadership. i'm will be keeping you up to date on that breaking news up next to my colleague, bearish vanity interviews, former us special representative for you, frank. curt wilker in conflict. for me, the team here. berlin, thanks for watching. see again at the top, the next. ah ah, with

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