ah ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin, ukrainian missiles stripe territory occupied by russia in the hassan region. ukraine's military says it hit a russian ammunitions depot, killing dozens of sold, also coming up. drones are playing an increasingly important role in the war. we meet some of the ukrainian refugees building drones in latvia for the war effort at

home. and questions about the whereabouts of the sri lanka president. what's a bio roger puncture the president hasn't been seen since friday. protestors camped out at the presidential palace. fear he might try to flee the country before he's due to resign. plus nasa releases the 1st full color images from the largest and most powerful space telescope evolution. the revolutionary james wet telescope is designed to peer through time itself. back to the dawn of the universe . ah, i'm gabelle, as welcome to the program. ukrainian forces half launched a counter attack in the southern hare san region. after announcing plans to retake

the territory from russia keefe says they've destroyed an ammunition depot and killed over 50 russian soldiers. in an attack on the russian held town of nova kafka, russian state media gave a different account claiming at least 7 people were killed. elsewhere in ukraine, south, the city of michael life was the target of russian strikes, medical facilities and a residential buildings were hit, at least a dozen people were injured well from all its crossover to w, as in manuel shores in a kia or what can you, what more can you tell us about this most recent detox? well, this much does, most recent, as strikes actually fell on to hospital on the one school and on residential buildings. this time there was nobody who died after those tries, but it still made 12 people injured in something that has become very sadly come on

here. overall, a ukraine does try and falling on a residential areas on places that should, that ought to be protected. so such as schools such as hospitals and it just shows just how or how every day and violence is falling upon this country. well, you mentioned this, these attacks on civilians were here about that again. and again, does it seem like a deliberate strategy by russian forces? well, i did at this stage, you know, russia claims he never targets or civilians and that it always has their strategic targets or with its me substantial area today on hospitals and schools. as i was mentioning both, you know, also on sunday on chassis jada with the destiny rising up for 35 people.

few weeks ago a was in clement shakana shopping center. this happens again and again on civilian targets as well. even though russia claims it's not the main target. now the ukranian government is now asking people in the south of the country to evacuate the area to flee. the area that is currently held by russia. because ukraine is preparing a counter attack. there are, what does it say about the current state of ukraine's forces? well, it does say are for one that the ukraine an armed forces are, are hoping that they're not gonna strike on their own people. but it also shows you just how difficult this whole situation is in their thoughts with people who chose awful couldn't leave. chose to stay on simply couldn't leave because they are too weak. for example, i'm thinking about elderly people. some people are so dont have the means to leave their homes and others where they're just decided that they simply wouldn't leave

their homes because they're spent the entire life. dad there. that being said, they're really a counter offensive. are happening right now in the south is ukraine. an armed forces are which have gain momentum with heavy weapons also are furnished by a western allies. they are destroying ammunition, they pose, they are firing on to a russian twos. but those russian troops are also in residential areas. so the west could still be to come for civilians who stayed in their cities there. the of the seminal saws reporting from the ukranian capital there. thank you m b united states says it has intelligence that iran is preparing to deliver arm drones to the russian military. the u. s. s. it's unclear whether any drones have already been delivered, but that iran is ready to train a russian troops on their use. this month. the kremlin has announced that president

vladimir putin will visit iran it next week with initial training sessions slated to begin as soon as early july, while smaller surveillance, drones are already used in the war, and ukraine for next reports did obvious killian by up traveled to the left ben capitol riga and visited a drawn factory that it's struggling to keep up with demands. ukrainian forces have come to rely on reconnaissance drones in that fight against the russian invasion. a few weeks ago these ukrainian refugees did not know which way to turn a screwdriver. now they're building drones for the ukrainian army. atlas aerospace, the latvian company they now work for saw an explosion in demand for military grade reconnaissance drones. with the onset of the war in ukraine previously was like, i was happy to sell 10 johns per month. and now you, if you're talking about the extra 100 fare pay per month and if stuff to feed him,

if it's not enough and we need to sell to think how we're going to sell more. atlas builds drones that are small enough to be carried by one soldier. ah, they are highly sought after by ukrainian special forces. units equipped with these drones can cover large areas for reconnaissance and stream their video feeds back to base in real time. in for red thermal imaging cameras turned light into day atlas says tools like this help save soldiers lives, and the ukrainians are buying so far more than 100 drones have already been delivered. the battleship has become a bit more transparent, maybe. and you have soldiers that are just more independent can act independently because they already have all the data and what's happening over the next hill behind bad wall. this justice on ukraine's battlefields consumer drones from china have had

a starring role in propaganda video circulating on social media that the soldiers have been modifying these drones to drop bombs. i heard often to devastating effect. yeah. a bunch of yellow you won't be stuck in there. but experts say using chinese may drones, is potentially dangerous. this video allegedly shows an artillery strike honing in on a ukrainian drone operator. it's been claim that d j i. the chinese firm producing these drones is passing on gio tracking information to the russian military. something the company denies. back in latvia, atlas aerospace is hiring more ukrainians to increase production. they are keen to help lame when making drains for the ukranian army. with the help of the strains we shall win, the war. war is

a money maker for some. all of these green bags will be going to ukraine, and they won't be the last, on average, these drones only last for 48 hours in combat. and so the flow of equipment will continue to shall anchor an hour. the president has had inter naval base to flee the country after being block from leaving by airport staff in colombo. but a by a roger pucker has promised to step down on wednesday and had ongoing unrest. the country's political crisis is also hitting citizens at the fuel pump with record high prices in an effort to conserve fuel. the government is asking people to work from home and has closed schools, restaurants as have even switched to cooking meals with wood for 7 days. as our mo, her dean has been waiting here in a kilometer long line for gas and shrill, anchor's capital colombo,

he turned a new fuel delivery was coming, he spent day and night here since then the gas in there is simply no more fueling. we have no more gas at home to cook. we used to have an income, but for weeks now the money has stopped coming to one and we love, we can't go on like this. life is hard as them away. to make matters worse, his wife is ill. he tries to spend a little time with her every day at lunchtime, risking losing his place in line via earlier than i keep calling him when he's there waiting. it's the tormenting thought that have made me sick. i was even admitted to hospital, we didn't even have fuel for him to drive me there and recorded it. many people in sri lanka face similar problems, inflation is soaring, and prices are skyrocketing, even for essentials like food. hardly any one can afford to buy what they need.

oh really isn't blank. other people used to have 3 meals a day. most of the time. now it's either 2 or one a little bit. i know sometimes people are drinking water instead of eating. i know, you know, that we don't know what to do, what to give our children. they say they're hungry, but we don't have anything for them. we don't want them women that vieira molina, but we can't drink tea with milk anymore. we have no milk powder. we just about managed to buy rice, but even that is very expensive. another day has gone by in the line for gas and for as armoire dean it's again been fruitless. his one hope that after the resignation of president go to buy a raja pucca better times will finally come. mammogram you good at any of it only when we get problems like the fuel crisis solved, can we live a life worth living? i haven't lost faith yet that a new government will give us fresh hope and change will finally happen rather than

but wouldn't be align dental. until then, as i'm will heading will spend another night in line, hoping that he will finally get a few leaches. if you are joining me now from the shoreline capital columba is milan aria sinshay at siena. assistant editor at the he mile south asian sri lanka, president roger parks or has not been seen in public since friday. what more can you tell us they're getting records that the president and his brother have attempted to see the country. and they reported that they offered by the invitation of the shows and passengers were refused to process the documents. it is also recorded that the president was denied a visa of the us and several other countries, but it was confirmed it. so we really don't know about bad about right now, the storming off the presidential palace. is that a clear sign?

that is the influence of the president and his family. indeed on relying on politics is coming to an end in my opinion, i visited and i would like to things that rejection of the band of international is mainly put into the id badge of boxes. have student problems, but at this point i would not rule out the possibility of them because, you know, given that tree like you know, has a tendency for dynastic quality. now the process is currently on the way to a point, new political leaders. will they be able to bring political stability to the country? i guess this is about the country's holdings, and they've had the opposition party coming together and expecting the building this to take over the government. the opposition, due to such

a payment that had stated that night to get into the government, but it is still not clear if it's going to be done. i think he does not come on the majority of the parliament. now today there was a meeting between some of that stuff so desperately and opposition parties. so she don't think that that would be political, had to be after the definitions of the president. but it is still not clear at this point. political stability is one thing for lack of a can on the crisis is another one. it's only getting worse. what needs to be done there? right in crisis and according to experts, i think they're saying that we need to expedite discussions with dia, math, and the nation. and the title of power will be bringing, i guess, much needed optimism on the, in the political son. and we are hoping that that it will show you some form of

economy ability, etc. in my opinion, i think we have to revise the industry and also appeal to sheila, in my furnace, to send him to official channels which will have the foreign exchange prices. definitely expedient. the sheila, how confident are you that she will find a way out of this crisis soon? oh, it's a very difficult question to answer. i would hope that you would be able to find a way out of this as soon as possible because a. busy because of the suffering that the people on the lead right now and need to be need or that we're able to come out of today's mile on are essentially senior assistant editor at the mall,

south asian. thank you very much for your time. thank you for turn off java quick look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. un security council has voted to allow una deliveries from turkey to northwest and syria to continue for another 6 months. the previous mandate expired on sunday. the operations proven controversial with russia on hearing that it's violent, violates serious a sovereignty some full 1000000 people rely on the food medicine and shelter. germany is no better to israel is stephens i but he served as german government spokesperson on the chancellor on gala marco for more than a decade prior to that he worked as a journalist for public for cost as it. yes, i but reiterated his nation's historic commitment to israel firefighters in spain. baffling forest fire spock by an extreme heat wave and drought residents

evacuated their homes in the southwestern region of extra madura neighboring portugal is also finding a number of places to japan. now where the funeral form of prime minister sions obey has taken place in the capital, tokyo, thousands of mourners gathered outside the temple where a private service was being held. following the so many of his body travel to city passing important landmarks including the parliament building. the 67 year old was assassinated on friday while making a speech in the city of nero, just days before a national election or journalist zone jablonka told us more about obvious legacy from tokyo. i mean, for many people, especially the younger ones, he was all they knew he was the only prime minister they had seen in a long time. so he had a surprisingly, been following along the younger people. i say surprising because his policies are

very conservative. so he's been also a rather to visit figure, and i think a lot of the more controversial things didn't actually get reported much outside of japan. so the image that people have outside of japan and inside of japan can be quite different. there were a lot of demonstrations and yeah, he's achieved some things, but others. yeah. he didn't really get that far. and as i said, a lot of things that now aren't being mentioned because of obviously that the grief but shouldn't be forgotten and should be looked into. so nebraska there for reporting from tokyo, you're watching the w noon still to come. nasa unveiled the deepest image of the universe yet we'll look at how the james web telescope is allowing scientists to gaze back billions of years in touch.

but 1st back to the present, u. s. president joe biden and his mexican counterpart andras manuel lopez abra door holding talks at the white house today. mid tensions over migration relations have become strains since overdose skipped a recent us hosted summit. but after more than 50 people were found dead last month and a sweltering truck at texas, the migration issue is being treated with renewed urgency tail feel, valencia and his wife are trying to come to terms with the inconceivable to of their sons age, just $16.18 died in the truck found in texas along with another relative that im with it than arizona. we wanted to stop them but they had dreams that they wanted to get ahead to build something the other. but that was an allusion. lie live with any info, secular in it. they wanted to get away from their small village in fair cruise mexico, and hoped for a better life in the us. seeing no legal path to get there. they paid

a smuggler and got into a truck here. anything, do you 53 migrants died in that vehicle in sweltering heat. but i me for the i have lost as being part of my life. the tragedy casts a shadow over the meeting between you as president biden. and mexico's president lopez, overlander aid organization, se thousands have died in recent years, trying to cross the border. and despite you as promises, nothing has changed for the better. the only become, you know, as migration policy is cruel and inhumane level, there's almost no legal way for refugees from central america to enter a kidney. and so they turned traffickers and organized crime because that seems the only option because of that. but it is risky. and expensive, gave a re, as gorda e, gotta thousands of migrants wait in camps on the mexican side of the border due to

lengthy us asylum procedures. many of biden's attempts to relax. some rules have failed in the face of conservative opposition. gay, there was great joy when the democratic president said he wanted to change something. but conservative groups are blocking him because we're legally, we don't normally am better media in border cities like she wanna migrants hold vigils, praying that tragedies like the one in texas don't happen again. mexico's president says he will call on the u. s. to issue more work faces, the parents of the victims are hoping for this to lot of it would be nice if the u . s. would give more temporary phases to young people who want to work. so that this doesn't happen again. maybe that is still causal. for now, they hope to be able to bury their sons in mexico soon to the okay, now, where horace johnson's impending departure as prime minister is creating

a more uncertainty over northern islands political future with johnson due to step down. it's not clear whether his potential success as conservative party leader will continue his policies towards northern ireland. one of those policies includes tearing up parts of a briggs. it's tre deal that he himself negotiated with european union. it could inflame tensions between the u. k. and the u, and also different sectarian divisions in northern ireland. t w's, bigot, mass, fall, this report. oh mart. the dunes have been practice to perfect, and the hamiltons full and silver, and it's ready for the annual parade. ah, but behind the festive atmosphere there's a sense of insecurity in this tight knit community. lucy, being em grew up here. hers is

a protestant family surrounded mainly by catholics. so quote, nationalists, inno there's and very much division in the community. you know, we're surrounded here by there is national areas honest like you wouldn't go to them places because of the past because of the troubles people around here are very, i'm gray. we're just heading back to that place. that dark place on obviously we, we don't want to go back. lucy's family's house was ones bombed by the irish. she says now she fears that once again, identity politics is rising and that house is under threat. she wants to remain part of the united kingdom. what we have got out of brack that it's yes, it's very much hand for a united ireland which is against what every union. a swanson. we don't want that just a few kilometers away. right next to the open border with the republic of ireland. this cross mcglenn, a catholic village. it was once a hot bed of ira gunman,

teenagers at the youth club here have a completely different identity. they have family ties to the republic of ireland and crossed the border all the time. myra, am i to so i wouldn't any comments i was privileged because we are still connected to orland and we live in northern and we're still ireland. so i russia, i feel like, even though northern ireland is part of the united kingdom, i just faded because it's just our own island. you just feel a rush, pete burns family has been making gravestones for generations. a business that's grown with sales down the road and the republic of ireland. he's also local counselor and says threats by the british government to change the brakes. the agreement on borders have created uncertainty and even fear. we used to have borders and all roads comment cross midland, known as the ring

a steel. this is one of the most watched places along the border that has all been lifted from the good friday agreement. so anything that moves back to that, not for we're in danger of going with the british government trying to get these changes are unit of re, for changes to the ordinary protocol. will really devastate does area. oh, everyone here, protestant and catholic needs the com to continue economic up eva would be as unwelcome as political turmoil as the protestants prepared to march. the uncertainty at the sour note nasa has released the photo showing the earliest galaxies formed in the universe after the big bang. the image was taken by the james web telescope, which is positioned in space, 1500000 kilometers from earth. this is the clearest picture yet that scientists have or the early cause. moss side to say, the image shows how the universe looked some 13000000000 years ago. will bring you

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