ah, ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin. the death toll mounts after a russian attack on ukraine's independence day. ukraine says dozens of civilians were killed and injured by rocket attacks and eastern ukraine. but russia claims the strikes also hit a military transport train. also coming up a look at the lethal design of cluster bombs. they've been put to use in ukraine, resulting and hundreds of civilian deaths and people unwanted back home yet

unwelcome elsewhere. 5 years after fleeing a violent track down in me among the reenter refugees urged the world. do not forget all plot. ah, i'm glad elf as a welcome to the program. a russian rocket attack on ukraine's independence day may have been even a more deadly than 1st reported rushes defense ministry claims missiles killed, more than 200 ukrainian troops on a transport train. ukrainian officials say at least $25.00 people, including civilians were killed and dozens more injured by russian shells in joplin up the tac came 6 months to the day after russia invaded. it's neighbour good. this is what ukrainians had feared for days. i

rush an attack on civilian infrastructure on the 6 month anniversary of its invasion with the small town of chapel lena in easton, ukraine was shalt twice who this man found his son's body off at the blast. his visit when he was in the house, he was thrown out of there. we looked for him and he was lying here. nobody knew that he was here was we're in new york. there was no sound. but nothing at all was heard. one just an explosion. a blast. and then the fire started. this chest was authority says several people were born in a car. as the un security council met to mock 6 months of the ukraine war, president zalinski addressed the session to tell the world about the latest rushing attack linear forest sierra. despite moscow's attempt to block his appearance at

the winery, the rescuers are working. but it is, unfortunately, the death toll could increase that at our russia prepared for this session being out of basil, but with the debts rising every day there appears little hope for the war 2 and any time soon. dw correspondent, roman, gone to ranko, joins me now from keith. roman. we'll talk about this. miss al, strike on chaplin ain't just a moment. but 1st we are hearing that safety systems have been activated at the as a parisha nuclear plant in ukraine. what more can you tell us? well, at this stage it is still very unclear. what is really happening were had her reports from ukrainian authorities are saying that in the city of america dot about, that's a nuclear power plant is situated. there is no electricity and no water and the ukrainians had blamed the russians for it. the cities under russian control. and

they also should be a fi in a forest somewhere nearby. we also have a report from russia. reports from the russian side are claiming that in certain regions under russian control or in the regions of have salanza parisha. there is no electricity and no water and the russian side is blaming the ukrainians for it. russian side is also claiming there, there was a m as kind of alarm at the station itself, but it's, it was mended somehow. the opinion side is waiting for an official reaction by the ukrainian or nuclear energy agency, but there hasn't been any statement so far. so the situation remains very unclear. will also stay on top of that story for the rest of the day. but now getting back, that missiles strike are on the town of to planar. that was the worst of several strikes, wasn't it? yes, there were several strikes and the russian side is now claiming the russian defense minister that are by that strike the biggest of the deadliest strike on the day of

independence. are there one or just a 25 casualties or civilian casualties, but also some 200 ukrainian soldiers could have been. i hate. this is the what the russian defense minister says. i the ukranian side. erm has not spoken to that. and i would wonder if that would be the case because i ukrainian defense minister, you can, a government is withholding information about its casualties. theoretically, it is possible that there were some soldiers on the train, but we cannot verify that information in ukraine in general. there were 8 rockets strikes that day according to crying, and officials, and the dest all, as you've just mentioned, is about $25.00 persons. this is at least the count as of now did up his roman gone to rank of air reporting from keith many thanks. roman now the use of cluster bombs and the ukraine war has led to hundreds of civilian

casualties. that according to a global report out today, cluster munitions are considered illegal by most countries. across the munition monitor report says at least 689 people have been killed or wounded by cluster bombs in ukraine. almost all of them civilians report says that the russia has used trusted ones extensively, instigating hundreds of such attacks. it also says that ukrainian forces appear to have used cluster munitions at least 3 times. at least 2 since 2008 and international agreement banning reuse of cluster munitions has gained $110.00 signatories, including germany. but russia and ukraine as well as the united states and a number of other countries have refused to sign. i'll speak to one of the office on that report in a moment, but 1st a closer look at what cluster bombs ah, and what they do for munitions from the ground.

beyond the explosions. watch and listen carefully to what happens next. small dangerous objects continue to rain down. bigger ones too. ah, there brutally lethal weapons from the air this animation from an n g o working against clustering, munitions offers a look. the bombs released smaller explosive sub munitions in flight. the sub munitions are meant to blow up on impact with enemy soldiers or enemy vehicles. if not the enemy civilians. hundreds of bomblets spread out over the head zone and activists say over 90 percent of cluster bomb debts, our civilians. earlier this month, d w looked into an alleged russian cluster bomb strike at this children's hospital in ukraine, holding $237.00 kids is the ammunition parts were everywhere. fortunately,

there had been an air raid alarm for the cluster attack. so the children were in the basement. if not, we could have had 237 day maximum, n g o warren, that the tiny bomblets that don't explode immediately can look like a plaything to a child. or they might rest like land mines in urban spaces or farm fields for weeks, months, years after the main projectile has been hauled away. earlier i spoke with my own lotto a co editor of this, yes, cluster munitions report and asked her why any army would resort to the use of these outlawed weapons. at the cluster munitions coalition, we don't see any military advantage to such weapons. they are indiscriminate, which means that they cannot the friendship between civilians and military. they just kill children going in the field. they kill people using them going to we're

going to schools that prevent them to access basic services. so there is clearly no military needs. and that's why we have a convention banding those with and since 28, the senior reports that the russian army has been using cluster munitions extensively. ukraine under the ukranian army also appears to have used those bombs and 3 cases. why are you so certain about the russian you russians are using these bombs but not the ukrainians. i mean, it, it takes time to verify information. and there is also the fact that russia has been using that weapon extensively hundreds of attacks. so we have lots of evidence, then we need to take time to verify all those evidence to make sure that what we are reporting is as accurate as possible. but this is basic, meaning that it means that russia has been extensively using that weapon in the conflict in the past 6 months, was ukraine as having a limited use of that weapon?

you talked about the, investigating that you that you do? is it easy for you to get access when you investigate those attacks? no, it takes time for sure. and i should mention that the system mission money to we are working with different organizations and human rights watch. it has the lead on such questions on use. and basically we are relying on different types of information such as direct interviews with witnesses from chris, diminishing that tax videos, photos, social media has been extremely used as well in that conflict. we can also use satellite imagery and although you know, in fact, in the street of such weapons, we can identify and see if it is actually a custom issue attack or not. so it takes time. we need to make sure that the photos that you are, you know, analyzing is, is right and is not set up. but, you know, with time and commitment and energy, you can,

you can do the work. now can you explain why some countries like russia and ukraine, but also the us are not committed to branding? we use customization. i mean that they consider that those weapons i useful but as i mentioned earlier, we believe those weapons out simply indiscriminate our band. and we are working to make sure that you know, as many countries as possible, i joining i joined the convention and that's why as well that since there's been this use of close to mission in ukraine, lots of states have spoken ards. and to said that, you know, using those weapon is illegal and should never happen anywhere at any time. so we just have to continue to make sure that all the states that are remaining outside of the convention are joining as soon as possible. my grandmother, the court officers report on the use of cluster munitions. thank you very much martin. thank you tom. now to have

a look at some of the other stories making headlines today. taiwan as proposed to $19000000000.00 hike in defense spending of the china staged its largest ever military drills around the island. the funds would boost i face air and naval capabilities and for quite approval from parliament. tensions are flaring with china at the moment, which views taiwan as a breakaway province. a caught in pakistan has granted former leader imran can't extended bail for a week. the ex prime minister is facing 14 years in prison on terrorism charges, or a speech he gave this past weekend con is calling for snap collections. after he was asked it in april, he says that charges are politically motivated. election officials in angola say early results from the general election, put the ruling and p l. a party, and the lead with 86 percent of the ballads counted. the party has 52 percent of

the vote. bottom goal is main opposition. party claims. they are in the lead and says their preliminary results are unreliable and we're going to south asia now where they're mostly muslim ethnic ro hinge a population are still left an uncertainty and fear after a crackdown in myanmar that pushed many to sleep. 5 years ago to day the me and my military launched fierce offensives that left villages burning and thousands dead. more than 700000 bro hinge escaped over the border into bangladesh. many ended up in a sprawling refugee camp near the town of cox's bazaar. it now holds about a 1000000 people and bangladesh is hoping they will all eventually return to their home country. most of the can still see miramar as home, did i be reporter? so by your off met, paid a visit to

a family in cox was up to hear their story hurrying. the children learning the most national anthem, even though their home country does not want them in the school, in a bun with a she can, the refugees are trying to hold on to their culture and identity. the children also learn subjects such as english, math, and life skills. many fled here after the men mar, military, started a brutal campaign against the ringer in 2017 maturer, across the border with a family 5 years ago. when now do i had? no, i like life skills the most i. i wake up in the morning and go to school. after school . i go home and in the afternoon i go play out when i grow up, i want to teach alicia valley. misha leaves with their parents and 5 siblings in

a heart, in the heels inside alcala, camp. her mother, just me. the begum is concerned about her kids future. she recalls what she had to leave behind when she fled. ah, no one's an would. i'll now that they are growing up. i'm stressed when i think about their future. nobody. when i think about my homeland, i get emotional love it. we were well off. we did not have her own land, but we had a cow, 3 goats, and a house on what i hear enough. all i hear her has been moment ship. he used to work in the farmlands back in myanmar, but here he hardly has any work. the couple each laws to family members, when the military went on a rampage. glad that a glad thirst. we did not want to leave london. they opened fire and people were killed than bad and we left. they burned our houses to the ground, only thought there is no point staying here. we should flee to bangladesh. nadia lynette aggie all up a little while the mother and

a barged into the area and shot my brother to dam bomb up. then we laughed and they burned our houses while while we were fleeing toward the border. they killed my brother in law, and i'm all done and bless you up all the megawatt villette. there are countless stories like these among chem precedence people here are living in limbo, a limbo that seems to never end 5 years after what has been called the biggest mass, exodus abra, finger to bangladesh. they want to rebuild the lights, but they have limited education and they can't go out of this campus. many of them tried to flee to other neighboring countries, but it, since nobody really wants them. bunger, this does provide support to the refugees. but the also says that the ringer must never forget. they will have to leave one day to come to mother with her. the camera that we are giving them humanitarian aid of our girls that they will return

to their homeland. if, for example, in the learning centers, they sing the national anthem, but they're being told that this is not your country that you should go back. a more detailed sheffield, this, me the say, the know this very well, the long for their motherland. but getting back dear will require much more than teaching them a patriotic song. tom andrews is the un special rubber term for human rights in myanmar. jones is now from hartford in the u. s. a. welcome tom . you have criticized the you went for not doing enough to help her or hinder, in comparison to the international response to ukrainian refugees. for example, what more should other countries be doing? there's a tremendous amount it can be doing for 1st of all, the level of humanitarian aid that are being provided by the international community is, is well below what is the fundamental requirements of the people. so come up from

a jim and a cherry point of view. this is extremely important, but the key here i think is accountability. there have been, there is 5 years after these horrific attacks at no one has been held accountable for these acts. and as a result of that, i believe that the military hunter has been in boulder to commit even more crops were crimes, crimes against humanity. so in my view, it is critically important for the international community to engage in coordinated focused targeted factions cut off the revenue flow to the hunter, cut off the weapons to the hunter, and engage in accountability mechanisms in a much more robust way than what the international community has been to do starting with the security council, the international criminal court and international court of justice. if the case of the gambia has brought forward to make it clear to the world. this is a genocide on some nations have joined most nations have not. it is important that

there be an organized, focused, coordinated effort the likes of which we have yet just. now you've also said that atrocities are still being committed with impunity by the regime in miramar. they have any examples you've come across. yes, just today i've been speaking to people inside of record state. they're telling me that the attacks against range of people have been, have increased or 600000 more than 600000, were in the living in great danger in retired state right now. 130000 of them are living in what can actually be described as open air prisoners concentration conditions are just absolutely horrific. a man told me that the world cannot help them and they're in their plight inside of me and more than please just one, these camps do better for our family to die underneath the bomb. then to continue to live in these condition, systematic torture, murder, we're,

we're recording, sexual violence against people inside of me and more right now including members of the regal community and other children. so this is continuing with impunity and i'm afraid to say based upon what i'm learning even just within an hour ago, that the intensity of this, these attacks, this, impunity is increasing as we literally as tom groups, the u. n. c. special operator on human rights in mia ma, thank you very much for your time. thank you. tuff, gonna start now where women are facing an aggressive campaign by the taliban to restrict their public lives. since taking power the islamist rulers have placed limits on girls education. women can only go outside with a male guardian. some afghan women have taken

a step to counter their isolation. they've opened a library for women, only. an opening for mines. this brand new couple library tends to the education of a female only clientele. the founder said some noises inside a society that is increasingly hostile to universal education. the taliban rule of afghanistan has brought severe restrictions on women's participation in public life . these women are hoping that the library can act against that trend. as anything you johnny put on by opening this sly, broody, we want to show women civil resistance to those that are against women against women's presence and against women's activities. and michelle with him, can i get him on that of all the high him i've like a bit of an if the taliban clause the gates of school was and ignored the education

of a generation, they should not that have gone women of women who have become literate who gnawed themselves and have the ability to define themselves in society only as you know and he does. your miliano put it on a paddy spoken and thousands of women have been excluded from work life since the taliban took power a year ago. secondary schools for girls remain mostly closed, even though the islamist rulers promised earlier this year to reopen them. many african women say they are frustrated over their current restrictions to women and girls rights. are portable that i went into the, the taliban should understand that women are half off the society and that is an urgent need for of gone women to study and to work on that. about venable littered women will make us have a better and more peaceful society. all the higher the awareness,

the law at the levels of violence. that's why we cheated dislike judy. give up on it, only just in the new library includes more than a 1000 books, including novels, as well as nonfiction titles on politics, economics, and science. the founder is hope that works can be read here by many sharp minds and that the libraries walls offer a safe space for reading and literary explorations. and in another part of the world, someone else is pushing the limits for women. 57 year old alma salazar still plays as a goalkeeper for a football team in her hometown in western guatemala, known as the flying granny football has helped her get through tragedies. she has an ever growing collection of amazon professional trophies and she has no intention of retiring. alma salazar saving a shot at 57 years of age. the fly in grannie as she's known is still

guarding. the goal for her team in guatemala, salazar says age is no impediment to skilful goal. keeping. today she's the custodian for a team in a foot saw league in her hometown of l. t. a hard in the west of the country. i must spur as on her teammates and the fans applaud every save the unusual goalkeeper makes. in football, she found a refuge from multiple tragedies, such as the early death of her only 2 children, your method elephant ended, but they would lamb, i really devoted myself to sports. and because it helped me to move past a lot of things that were going through my mind for the lawyer, football really helps you to clear your mind a lot. her passion for the sport was born when she was 19. she started training with the men's team and found her calling as a goalkeeper. since then, she's played for several clubs in professional and amateur competitions,

including in the national women's league for her family, the fly and granny has become an example of strength and perseverance. all immediately and i'll get that and look at her age and she is still fighting. and the truth is that it has not been easy. the list on the self and none of this has been easy. it has been a process of pain because she has suffered a lot in life, and football has helped her to move forward and to be able to deal with every sorrow in her life. fema kilo levy with alma keeps all her trophies on a table at home. she still dreams of one day playing at the van avail stadium the home of rail madrid. but she also hopes to meet her goal, keeping idols, e care cassius and john luigi before. but there's one thing she never plans to do. hangup her gloves. they gave her lucas ale and it's something that you

carry in your heart and you don't easily give it up. and i told them, i'll stop playing football. when i'm in a casket away, i have the what is her feel? i'm with blue. that's the spirit. and here europe, a teenager has found his calling in life to though he set his sights a bit higher, mac rather ford has become the youngest person to fly solo around the world. the 17 year old completed his 5 month journey in bulgaria, with his proud family there to welcome him home back broke. he broke to guinness world records on his flight, including one set by his sister. you watching t w. news is a reminder of the top story we're following for you. this out. ukraine says at least $25.00 people have died and a russian attack on the east of ukrainian town of to planar. at another 50 have been injured. russia claims 200 ukrainian troops. what killed in the attack on ukraine's independence day?

that's it from the other news team for now. don't go away. coming up next. the conflict zone with tim sebastian, he asked his guest, the conservative u. s. comment commentator david from what's behind form of president donald trump's praise of russia's bloody mit office in berlin. thanks for joining with with

who entered the conflict zone, confronting the powerful 18 months after the violence on the capitol hill. it's clear that the us democracy was in great today. susan deviously, police, my guest this week from tom and david from a writer and columnist for the atlantic magazine. he says the stakes were and still are frighteningly conflicts on next. on d, w

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