whoa, whoa. experience outstanding shopping and dining offers. enjoy your services. be our guest at frankfurt airport city, managed by frank bought. ah ah ah, this is d w. news alive from berlin. ukraine calls for an investigation into a missile strike, which killed dozens of its prisoners of war. president, val autumn, is a lensky describes it as deliberate mass murder. russia denies carrying out the attack. also on the program. turmoil in iraq, supporters of a powerful cleric,

storm parliament for the 2nd time in a week. as a political prices escalates. and pope france it says his days is head of the catholic church. our number, the 85 year old says he can't keep up with the constant travel and needs to slow down. ah, a michael ok. welcome to the program. ukraine's government is calling it a deliberate act of mass murder carried out by the russian military. an attack on a prisoner of war camp and russian held territory that has left 50 ukrainian prisoners dead. ukraine's armed forces deny responsibility sang rush and artillery targeted the prison to hide the mistreatment of the soldiers held inside. a warning,

this report contains disturbing image tangled metal bloodstains and jarred bodies. scenes from this preserve walk camp in olive nika, a sparking outcry across ukraine. it is still unclear what exactly happened, jo, ukrainian at home. he said russia tagged the prison to wipe out evidence of torture and killing. the men hillier were members of the as of regiment and other ukrainian units were captured while defending the port city of marie opal. the attack also left dozens wounded. many remain in critical condition. the ambulances delivered 7 p, o w's service, men of the ukrainian army. all of them had wounds in different places. all the patients received combined medical treatment. now they're an intensive care woman.

russia for it's bought, says ukraine guide out the strike using us applied precision rockets, jordan orchard, last night to keep regime purposefully committed another bloody provocation. a pre trial detention facility near the settlement of the nico where ukrainian prisoners of war, including fighters from the us of regiment are being held was struck by missiles launched from an american hymer systems. oh, no hammer. you green's president wants, would lead us to take a tougher line on russia. maya would, is she, there should be a clear legal recognition of russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. i am especially appealing to the united states of america with a solution is needed and needed. now russia has proved, with numerous terrorist attacks, that it is the biggest source of terrorism in the world today. so it was, it's a fact he also called on the u. n. and the red cross to investigate the debts.

although it seems unlikely that independent experts will get access to the scene. d, w. 's mathias bill and guy is in odessa a short while ago. he told me how ukrainians are reacting. the public is reacting with outreach. people here are convinced that this was the deliberate killing of these prisoners of war. these prisoners of war. we've just heard it. they were a, partly, at least members of the us off battalion, and there were people who were captured in a, in the siege of my you, paul, and the people here are convinced that this is a revenge that russia is taking on them the as off battalion has been a very important part of russia's propaganda and has been depicted as, as a cruel enemy by russian media. i'm so people here are now demanding many people. we've just heard, officials have demanded that, but also many people from civil society are demanding an independent investigation

by an international in organization into this into this drama. they are demanding access for the red cross, for example, and un organizations to the site. and if anything it has, of course, i left a very bitter note here and left people very determined to, to get to the bottom of these events. and of course, also that people calling for revenge finger pointing from both sides. here again, ukrainian officials accuse russian forces of carrying out these killings in order to cover up the mistreatment or torture of those prisoners. what evidence if any, do they point to? so the ukranian army maintains that no rockets have been fired at all in if guy and nor rockets have been fired even close to that region at that particular time. and her, they are a, they have pointed to pictures of this,

of the site, saying that this is not the typical damage. a high mass would do. for example, some windows were still unbroken at very close to the explosion, which they say points to a local explosion. but not a major rocket rocket strike by these very destructive high mars. and the ukrainian secret service has published a intercepted phone cause for by fight is of the of these are pro russian regimes in the, in the don't ask area or who have seemingly confirmed that this was a local explosion. that at that moment, there was outgoing fire from grant rockets at that particular place, but no incoming fire. i, i am not sure whether there is any additional additional information presented to the western partners. but the you, for example, has been very quick to adopt this,

a ukrainian, i read out of the situation and i've condemned russia for this. and there's also been tweet by the russian embassy in london saying that the is off fighters deserve a. you mili ating death, that's also something that points to that version. t w's only ts bellinger. there are many, many thanks. a political crisis in iraq is escalating as weeks of protests intensify. thousands of followers of the powerful clerk montague al sauder, have stormed the fortified government shown occupied parliament for the 2nd time in a week. saunters party came 1st in an election back in october, but he withdrew his law makers after failing to form a coalition. his supporters are refusing to end their occupation of poland. c for more, let's bring in journalists, i yasmine most eman in baghdad. yes. mean what happened after protest today and

what's the situation like now? yes, so protesters gathered overnight, but in anticipation of to date is protests. and then out about 9 o'clock in the morning, thousands of supporters of cleric looked others souther began making their way across the bridges across t wall, which has been set up the day before by and security forces to make their way to the heavily fortified green zone which is the center of you know, the power, which is where the parliament is. now, they quite easily need their way to parliament. and they're these while they moved swiftly, there seems to be have there's, there was about $150.00 injuries reported by the ministry of health. i'm from rubber bullets.

okay. and it bears repeating that al sought his party, won the largest number of seats in the federal elections back in october. but not enough, of course, to form a government. what are these pro al sauder protesters demanding at the moment? yeah, so as you mentioned before i look to the said there is i, m p is resigned from parliament despite winning the largest amount of seats. and they said it was impossible to form a government with the current configuration. ah, however, when i since the, the replacement mts have been sworn in the government formation has been moving forward without the sundress inputs ma'am, which our supporters have looked at the stutter. i do not support ah, ah, they, when the lead us bout of tensions are

a result of the nomination of committed. so danny, who is a member of the coordination framework and our travels with the many okay, that is a young men most amana many, many thanks. thank you. let's have a look now add to some the other stories making headlines around the world at the shower, rushes state owned gas company, gas problem has cut off gas replies of latvia, siding contract, violations. lafayette has said it will buy gas from other russian suppliers. russia recently suspended gas applies to several e u nations because they refuse to pay in roubles. spain and brazil have reported their 1st monkey pox gets their believe to be the 1st make fatalities linked to the current outbreak outside of africa. hundreds of people have been receiving monkey

pox vaccines in spain. it's one of the country's most affected by the illness world wide. pope francis says said he will be slowing down in the future and is not willing out. stepping down on health grounds, francis became leader of the roman catholic church. after his predecessor, pope benedict retired in 2013 because of declining health. the 85 year old pontiff was speaking to journalists on the flight back from a trip to canada, where he often used a wheelchair. francis told reporters he has been feeling the strain. no, so no. okay. i don't think i can continue taking trips with the, with the same rhythm as before, is good. ok. i mean, i think at my age and with these limitations they will, i have to pace myself a bit. but in order to be able to serve the church well on friday or i will

consider the possibility of stepping aside. and o d, w religious affairs corresponded martin gag, told me earlier that for quite some time now the church leadership has been moving away from the idea of a lifetime. pope. i think the resignation of benedict pretty much said the standard to some degree because it's no longer the case that we look at the office. you're we're at least only data to look at a lifetime appointment. this was the case, but it was not always the case, although it was rare, but nonetheless, it's clear that these vatican has been floating this idea no for quite a while. the pope himself has spoken about it. so we think that yes, we should consider that in fact, the shape of up as he has shifted is something that has much more of the form of mother mother form of leadership within a very large institution, a very old one, but a much more modern one whether or not he resigns,

he's making it very clear that he intends to slow down. so how do you think the rest of his papacy could play out? i think what was very interesting about the statement and you know, it was at live, so there is a chance that you know, there was, there were small corrections or there are small corrections to be made about the tone. it is quite clear that he's sense is that he can no longer discharge his functions in the way that he used to him. and this means that, you know, in order to do it, you would need to actually have essentially somebody step in is this not mean that this would be an immediate thing, but it certainly means that he, himself is now presenting his office in a rather different light than the boat that was extremely engage and constantly on the move. pardon what to effect? do you think this announcement will have on the wider catholic church beyond the vatican?

i think that the concern will be what kind of go. what kind of thought again we would see, should he actually step down and you know, there's been a sort of a civil war theological and political raging scenes. the very beginning of friends this arrival. and i think that this is bound to become essentially more complicated . let merkel fantasia, on the one hand, we have ultra conservatives which were actually attacked during by both friends as during the interview or during the conversation. the blaine, i mean he refers to traditionalist. and on the other hand, you have people that he has been appointing that are ideologically and theologically much closer to him. so one of the possibilities is that in fact, he will not step down until he has actually fully set up the network of people that could replace this pope with somebody who is close ideologically. and theologically to him. that's a d. w. religious affairs analyst martin, gac many, many thanks,

mike. you're welcome. and remind me of the top story we're following for you this. our ukraine is calling for the red cross and you went to investigate a missile strike on a prisoner of war camp that killed dozens of captured ukrainian soldiers present in full autumn lensky described it as deliberate mass murder, russia denies, carrying out the attack. instead, blaming you, crave you're watching dw news up next report. looks at how denmark is policing parenthood. forcing the adoption of children, whose parents are not considered capable. a michael oak more news at the top of the next hour and a vibrant habitat ended glistening place of longing, the mediterranean sea scene of almost far and so far abdul karim.