our services be our guest at frankfurt airport city, managed by fraud lou. ah this is d. w. use life from berlin? british prime minister morris johnson agrees to resign after an open revolt within his own party. he announced he stepping down to more than 50 members of his government, sent him a clear message. this time in downing street is russian forces pummeled. tom gets across east in ukraine. president, florida to lansky,

says ukrainian forces of fighting to secure the dumbass as the price is weapons and biolife. the trial opens in one of the worst disasters on italy's highways. in 2018, the mirandi bridge in genoa collapse, killing dozens of people. 59 defendant space charges of man school. around a 1000000 muslims begin the hodge. the largest pilgrimage to mecca in 2 years. after some pandemic restrictions i lifted ah, i beg for sewland welcome. britons and battle prime minister bars johnson has resigned following an open revolt from his fellow conservatives. in a statement to the public, johnston said he has appointed a new cabinet for thousands of ministers, quit his government. he said the time table for choosing a new leader will be announced next week, adding he will continue to serve until

a new prime minister has been installed of the parliamentary can. it's listened to some of that statement delivered a short while ago. it is clearly now the will of the parliamentary, conservative party that there should be a new leader of that party and that for a new prime minister. and i agree with the grey brady, the chairman of our back bench and peas. that the process of choosing that new leader should begin now, and the time table will be announced next week. and i looked today appointed a cabinet to serve as i will until a new leader is in place. so i want to say to the millions of people who voted for us in 2019, many of them voting conservative for the 1st time. thank you for that. incredible mandate. the biggest, conservative majority since 1987. the biggest share of the vote. since 1979 d w, correspond barbara visa is in london. barbara johnson,

and once again recalled his successes in that speech, especially the big election victory of 2019. what balance can be drawn form from from his time and power. his tongue empowers started on this big high of course, as he reminded to his own party, particularly off and his voters and the country that he was really flying high. everybody thought yes, in you conservative iraq will begin was him. and even about 10 days ago when he had the devastating loss of to buy elections in relatively safe, tory seats, he was still fantasizing about staying in office till 2030 and after. so he didn't have any feeling for what was happening in his back for what was happening in his own party and for the amount of discontent that was brewing there. about this is sort of cumulation of scandals over particular the last year and

a half or when lies were told when during the lockdown ed during breakfast there. corona credit crisis at parties were being held in downing street and he denied that they happened and only afterwards admitted yeah, yeah. but those were work meetings. so all this sort of fibbing, all this sort of not speaking the truth and particularly also not really getting anything done politically. the country is headed for an economic crisis. this fall, all this sort of added up to the point when his own party pulled the rug from under his feet. that is what he will have to admit to himself in privately burden looking into the mirror. but of course outwards, he still shows devoris johnson as everybody knows him, defined and sort of full offer, vigor and full of the big speeches. barbara, viewers probably know how well mr. johnson has managed to wriggle out of political crises in the past. what happened this time?

can you, can you just clarify for us why he suddenly been forced to step down his own party used to call him the grease figler because he had such a talon to wiggle out of every political tight spot. but it really was the sort of adding up of one scandal after the other. and it was in the end says something relatively minor. one of is a party whips here in parliament. a senior tare was groping. some young people during a tory meeting in a well known london club bent and he denied to knowing anything about the reputation of this particular member of parliament. and this was not the 1st sex scandal. i mean there was quite a number over the last months and, and 3 years that we were rocking the party. and it was finally that he forced his own aides in his own ministers to do the, the press round in the morning and go round,

did the tv stations and radio stations and say i, we know nothing about it. the prime minister knew nothing about it. when he had been informed, it was the last lie he told, and it was just one light to many. but it was, of course, a long string of scandals and problems all created by boys johnson himself and from lies and scandals who what will the people of britain actually get next time what, what sort of success will it be? a squeaky clean successive this successor will take over really difficult job because the country is headed for an economic crisis . like large parts of europe, of course, prices are rising, the british public will be rocked, vice really steep rises in energy prices. they're going to triple for many of the poor households here in britain. and plus the country has run into huge national debt. debt money is simply being printed in instead of somehow earned or instead of

sort of kept together, that is something the last chancellor, the check of wanted to do and bars. johnson didn't degree. he wanted to lower taxes and just somehow, even as sort of port oil on to the fire of inflation, it's already raging here, around 10 percent in britain at moment. so no who would want that job bought however, astonishingly there are about 8 or even more contenders. who are now fighting for the number one spot within the conservative party. and we will see what happens and how quickly the party can find someone who is going to take over from burse johnson and try to as sort of rain in a very different in government, in a very different manner. much more sober, much more truthful and much more reliable than he has been doing, and possibly less chaotic. thank you very much. but a visa with the analysis from london on the resignation of british prime minister bars johnson. a love to winning a resounding majority at the last

u. k. election in december 2019 forest johnson last a just 3 years as prime minister back then he stood on a platform to get brakes done long before he became lead. a made no secret of the fact that he wanted the top jump in british politics. in hindsight, forest johnson's fate was predestined. as the maverick mayor of london, he relished chaos. getting stuck on a zip wire, and barging his way around the world. this time taking out a school boy in japan. it was all part of a carefully constructed image road that he hoped would lead to beggar things. and when britain debated its membership of the european union, he seized his chance. flying the flag for the leave campaign. at

take back control of this country and our democracy and our economy. after that success downing street seemed inevitable. but he would have to wait another 3 years before ousting theresa. may i have just been to see her majesty the queen. however breton were still fiercely debated over europe with what aiden johnson called an election and was back to his own stunts. the voters lapped it up, sending him back to downing street with an 80 seats majority. he promised to we make written one months later, hoover at 19 struck i've developed mild symptoms over the corona virus. that's to say he was hospitalized. and the pandemic forced him to get tough with the public. if you don't follow the rules,

the police will have the powers to him. at lita remarriage, he had to fight his own advice with allegations of numerous parties in his offices including this garden get together while the country was unlocked down. the pressure on him grew by the weak ac. now go to tilt a decent thing and resign the name of god god. throughout his career, morris johnson played by his own rules. in the end, it was that which led to his downfall to the war in ukraine. now, russia says one of its warplanes struck ukraine. snake island in the black sea. overnight. the attack come shortly after ukrainian troops claimed to have raised their flag over the strategically important island. mile, after declaring full control of the once, russia has begun stepping up its assault on the neighboring done yet screeching.

the city of soviets has become a main target for russian shelling and other towns across ukraine's east are also being bombarded miss astro heath on wednesday. destroying the university b. fanning forces at digging him with new defensive lines. officials say western supplies weapons are starting to make a difference on the battlefield. he w correspondent, expire, say, is inc. eve. he had this update on the back and forth over stake island and the russian offensive in the dumbass. sherburne. well, stake island 1st off is strategically irrelevant and symbolically hugely important for the russians. it would appear. this is the island from which the beginning of the war, ukrainian soldiers told a russian warship to go do something to itself. they were captured, their worship was later sunk. it was the moscow. it was the flagship of the russian black sea fleet. so this became very symbolic. that island, all of a sudden, russian soldiers were deployed to it. they came under heavy ukrainian fire,

and ultimately they left the island on the 30th of june and vladimir putin, the russian president said this was a symbolic gesture in order to facilitate the shipment of grain from the port of odessa. but it's one step of about 10 that need to be taken before that happens. it just looked like it was defensible island, it's close to bulgaria. so that messaging really from the kremlin is to suggest there are only about 2 or 3 people allegedly killed. that, you know, russia is winning important symbolic victories, that strategically relevant the rest of the war as you just described, taking place in the east of the country where the ukrainians have repositioned themselves in order to defend the next province. pretty got giving up on the hands . avoiding getting caught in the cauldron, the russians were trying to capture them within, in order to capture soldiers or kill as many as possible. so taking up positions to defend the strategically important towns of soviets, in particular. presidents lensky says, heavy weapons in the west are now working at full capacity. let's listen in to body

. had to say that is to be july. it should lucifer. finally, we can feel that the western artillery, the weapons we received from our partners, have started working very effectively yet the accuracy is exactly what is needed. losing our defenders inflict very noticeable strikes on depots and other locations that are important for the occupy as logistics. and this significantly reduces the offensive potential of the russian army sport. their losses will only increase every week as will the difficulty of supplying them with stitching. nick, how much of a difference will these western weapons make? i think the ukranian president can, can be believed in this instance because the new weapons that are coming in art, as many as ukraine's had been asking for. but they're far more accurate to the weapons they've been using so far. at the american made high mars missile system is accurate to within one meter, the russians and ukrainians are using systems that are accurate within 500 meters.

which is to say that if the ukrainians need to hit a big stash of you know, how it's or shells, which is what they're targeting, when they're talking about depos, they can take it out. and that's important because the russians had been pretty basically putting into practice stalins, old victim of quantity has a quality all of its own. so they've just been shelling and shelly and shelling indiscriminately. and that's how they've been able to advance if you take out those weapons supplies that it really puts the russians on the back foot. ben, it's my said they're in keith with an update on the war and ukraine. thank you. and he's a quick look at some other stories making use. a russian flagged cargo ship suspected of carrying stolen, ukrainian grain has been allowed to leave the turkish port of cutterson, ukraine's foreign minister expressed outrage of the decision and summoned turkey's ambassador. keith had asked ankara to detain the ship and investigate the alleged theft the kremlin denies any wrong doing. is that makes tank group has claimed responsibility for a raid on a prison in the nigerian capital of buddha. elisa searching for inmates on the run,

some 900 escaped official, same militants used explosives to blast their way in to free feller. members, one guard was killed, protest this incident have held another knight time sitting against military rule. and after the leader of sedans, main civilian block rejected promises by the army. he says he doesn't believe 2 leaders will make way for a civilian government. hotel kept up their demonstrations despite security forces cracking down. south africa's president civil ram, a poster has described the deaths of $21.00 teenagers last month and a township tavern as a crime. the exact circumstances of the deaths is still being investigated. some speculates that a gas or chemical leak in the venue was to blame while others suggest the teens were poisoned by something they ate or drank. more than a 1000 people turned out to you a moral service to remember the victims. martin, a heartbreaking service. as family see,

they good families to the children age between 13 in 17. off to seeing the coffin with her picture, why not turned on that as a family has now exceed the cohesiveness to 17 year old girl never come back. oh wow. but it was really painful. now i feel numb because i know i still need to prepare myself for the burial. i ask 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 cause. 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 bed that we've got from the doctor and the brit seasons are still under way . while the investigation continues, the night of the incident still plays fresh in the young survivors mines. now um, dang it up on going on the illinois my i went inside on my friends. i struggled to breathe, so something was choking me. i forgot it. will people coming down the stairs while others were pushing to enter? how awkward there was only one entrance to the y. wow. good about there were a lot of people. i couldn't even move like we were told they were full dead people in sight. i was so scared in that game as families prepare for the private funeral that who so the african president, sil roma poor. so who is in attendance of the service, left the greeting, families and south africa with a message asking society to take action to prevent the green license on the each

drinking in south africa. it was the worst accident in the history of italian mode weighs almost 4 years ago. the mirandi bridge collapsed in genoa in northern italy . now 59 people are facing charges over their role in the collapse that claimed dozens of lives. they're accused of negligence. after a report found inspections on the bridge had been inadequate. the trial was opened in gena was largest court and is likely to last more than a year. 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 spoke nationwide anger here in italy and laid bare the dyess state of the country's crumbling infrastructure. it cloudy,

andrea, a glare, po, city, sister claudia, her 2 children and new husband lost their lives in the accident. engler 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 kendra, 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 better jose it keep vargas, also levy to with a judge in genoa has ordered 59 people to stand trial over the collapse of the mirandi bridge among them a 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, a sub unit, dahlia garza. the 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, density, inevitable, or that the boil corolla. the last of course, it's not just the families of 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 sight of where the bridge collapsed and the locals here had 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. ah,

the mirandi 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. and our report of air kristina, woburn is in genoa for the in genoa, rather to follow the trial for us. i asked her what we can expect then you're going to hear the prosecution go after. specifically, some of those directors who were working for the company that was in charge of looking after this bridge. the allegation, the prosecution is leveling against some of these directors as that they were aware of the risk of this bridge collapsing. that it was clear that this bridge required at specific maintenance because of how old the bridge is because of the increased traffic volumes. and of course, where the che, about patterns changing. this was a bridge that needed a lot of work and maintenance, but that these directors didn't do the necessary investment in this maintenance

opting for, for cheapest solutions. rather than making the full commitment financially to actually do that. and the prosecution alleges the reason they did what that was, that they were thinking in the interest of preserving dividends for shareholders. so that's going to be one aspect of it. and then there are a private lawyers who are representing individuals and companies will say as result of that bridge, having come down the disruption because it was difficult to get in and around. they have lost income, they've lost business, and they are seeking compensation for the losses. they say they have incurred as a result of the 2 years at the bridge was not available. that will be our will business back story to all of this. tell me about the defendants and they admitted to any of these charges but some of the defense lawyers are positive about the fact that says these charges are going to go to fall away. for example, one of the defense lawyers was quoted in local media saying the charges against his client would fall away like an autumn leaf at no head it no one has really has

faced trial up until this point and, and it, we have to point out that the companies themselves because they've paid our compensation of and made agreements reached agreement with the prosecutor's office . some victims have been compensated. so the companies onto on trial necessary for the prosecution has gone for certain individuals. for example, the chief executive officer who was running the company who was in charge of the company that was looking after the bridges at the time. so he has system removed from office and replaced that the wealthy italian family that had a big stake in that company was forced to sell it. but what the victims really want, especially the people who lost loved ones is justice. and it's unclear if this particular cry try it was going to deliver that justice. but the fact that it has gone to trial that a judge ordered this trial, they say is a positive step forward. has anything changed since the bridge collapse as far as infrastructure goes in italy? then i can tell you that this tragedy really opened a national conversation and of course it, it, it highlighted that,

that the state of infrastructure notches here in italy. but i have to point out across europe as well, when you have bridges are all over the continent effectively in, in very bad shape. but here in the country, there was a conversation, not just about that, the state of infrastructure and, but just how the public servants are not doing the work that they ought to be doing . and there was a lot of anger in the sense that there is nobody that's been held to account. italy has had about 15 bridge collapses. of course, the genoa bridge collapse was the most tragic among those collapses. but it did open and force a national conversation. there has been some work done after that, but certainly a lot more needs to be done here on that front, been dw corresponding. christina, we're thank you very much for your reporting. for general, with a dream come true for many people around the world, around a 1000000 muslim pilgrims and visiting mecca for the 1st hodge in 2 years without strict pandemic restrictions. saudi authorities had limited access to only

a small number of saudi residence. according to the grand old muslims, capable of going on, the hud should do so. what they wanted, then lifetime is lambs, most sacred site. the crowds are finally back after 2 years. without pilgrims from abroad, the hedge is getting back to normal. but while masks and social distancing are out, some restrictions do remain touching or kissing. the kaba is still banned, and visitors had to be vaccinated and tested against the karone of ours. as well as under 65. for the pilgrims fortunate enough to be able to come being here is often a dream come true. eloquent often have young i have been dreaming of this day for over 12 years. i do mean i have been saving money for 3 years. i was supposed to come last year, but couldn't because of the corona virus settlement. none of the pilgrims coming

from europe, america and australia this year were forced to use a much criticized lottery system. where trip packages started at around $6000.00. according to the saudi authorities, the new system protects visitors from scans and varying prices. but the new hurdles didn't dissuade this man who spent the last 11 months walking to mecca from the u. k. ah, could i do it the more can't i cried when i 1st arrived? it's an unbelievable feeling what which leaves me at a loss for words to show i feel serene and very close to god with so much spirituality a has viani color below. last par note island, but wall around a 1000000 pilgrim, as may be back in mecca, there's still some ways to go before the hatch returns to its true pre pandemic scale. and

a reminder of the breaking news we brought you william forest johnson has addressed the public offer, announcing he is stepping down as british prime minister johnson said his sad to give up the best job in the world as follows. the departure of more than 50 members of his government, including several thing he, members of his team affects my colleague thresh, managing reviews from a u. s. special representative for you kind of focus in conflicts of i been says with with

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