good morning, modern lifestyles and mediterranean ah, meeting people are hearing their dreams. ah, listen to me during this week w ah ah, this is dw news wire from berlin. ukrainian troops expand their territorial gains as russian forces make a hasty retreat in the heart to reject. president lensky says, ukrainian forces will continue their advanced in the south and the east. also coming up on the show,

10 defendants go on trial in brussels. they're accused of carrying out the 2016 terror attacks that killed 32 people and wounded hundreds more in the belgian capital. and the people of scotland faded there, queen farewell. in the city of edinburgh, king charles the 3rd leafy procession with his mother's cough and st. john's cathedral ah hello em claire richardson, thanks so much for joining us. president will admit lensky says ukrainian forces have retaken 6000 square kilometers of territory. since the beginning of the month, the ukrainian military says it's recaptured an additional 20 north eastern towns and villages in just the past day. and as thousands of russian troops pull back there, leaving equipment behind this abandoned tank is one of many left behind.

in that panic russian retreat from the hockey region in a nearby village vehicles and piles of ammunition, testified to the russians. hasty withdrawal in the face of the ukrainian advance ukraine's military command as pledge to push on. although with the the, the liberation of settlements from the russian invaders in the hockey and donnette, scroggins continues. as previously reported during the retreat, russian troops quickly abandoned their positions and fled deep into the temporarily occupied territories or the russian federations territory for this trained persist . cynthia was buddy heights. the russian command has played down the set back. and president vladimir putin has yet to acknowledge it. instead striking a defined note on western sanctions or could the good i see it will lead in us, but russia is confidently handling the external pressure. so essentially

a financial and technological aggression where you're coming from certain countries for them. that ticket in the economic blitzkrieg tactics they were counting on haven't works. which is obvious to everyone, including them who said she lives here hidden. it wasn't putting silence has not stop growing criticism of the military's dismal performance. that could turn out to be a problem for the president, despite a harsh crack down on descend. since the outbreak of the war hooting can still count on the russian orthodox church to be a pillow of support, he played them will national much to day as we live in a very difficult time. al prayer is a special one for the head of our state and supreme commander in chief vladimir vladimir of his putin, who bears the special responsibility if he does so, bear so bad yesterday. but shit, the war continued to go badly for russia. pressure will mount on the leader who not

long ago seemed unassailable. so let's hear more from a bradley bowman at the foundation for defensive democracies in washington d. c. welcome back to d. w. news. i'm after months of more or less stalemate in terms of big changes on the battlefields. does it appear to you that momentum has now shifted in favor of ukraine? i think the short answer to your good question is yes. clearly, i think your lead out there was correct in saying what we're seeing is not some organized regrouping or, or as we call the military or retrograde. this is a hasty retreat and, and the evidence that i would point to, as your intro point to do is that they're leaving a lot of equipment and vehicles and ammunition behind, and that's going directly into the arsenals of the ukrainian forces. so clearly the momentum is with ukrainian forces. it's too early to declare victory, right? some retreats result in routes and lead to routes and some lead to the retreating

forces, consolidating defensive winds, and ultimately stopping of the counter offensive. it remains to be seen, which we'll see here, but almost every metric you want to look at and see right now is in the favor of key, not moscow. and these are traits to also show that ukraine can do more than just resisting russian invasion. i do think this is a turning point in the war. you know, i hope so. i think the ukrainians have demonstrated all along that they have the bravery and the ability and our willingness to fight to defend our homes. what's been an open question is whether the west has the stain power to provide ukrainians, the weapons they need. this current counter offensive has been enabled by, among other things, the long range weapons that we provide and particularly the high mobility artillery rocket systems which have hit their logistical nodes and weaken their frontline forces and left them less supported. there's more that the united states in germany

and united kingdom and others can do. i mean now is the time to increase that support not reduce it so that they can defeat this unprovoked invasion of their country. and they've also even been seen criticism of the kremlin coming from russian military bloggers who are in favor of this war in ukraine. what are they saying and what do you make of that? i mean, i think it's very significant, right? because latimer putin is attempted to conceal the truth from the russian people. because if they understood that this, that this was a war of choice and they understood the extraordinary cost of that russian forces are pain there because of his horrible decision in domestic support would a road. and so he's tried to conduct the war on the cheap while avoiding a mass of mobilization. but the fact you're seeing outright criticisms on russian state media is significant. and the quickest path to this war ending latimer put an ending as unprovoked invasion. and so we have to raise the cost there and we have to send the message far and wide that you can't use military force to change

international wars just because you don't like them. and barring letting me put and retreating, which there's no indication we have that that is anywhere near on the horizon on many military experts i've spoken to have been warning of a long war of attrition. i do think that is still going to be the case. i think the burden of proof is on anyone who says that this is going to end any time soon. i don't see, as you say, any indication of latter opinion is going to give up. i don't think he really gives a darn about the suffering vis soldiers. we've, you know, they've lost more russian forces and in 7 months in ukraine than they lost a decade enough. janice, dan, none the less put, impresses on. so that means i think the west needs to press on and provide the, creating the means, defend their homes, so that we don't see worse in europe. and we don't have countries like beijing or china like, or iran, seeing that they can compress their political objectives with military force as well. or at the moment at the foundation for defensive democracies in washington d. c. thank you so much for taking the time. thank you. well,

tenant man accused of carrying on the 2016 brussels terror attacks have gone on trial in belgium. 32 people were killed and hundreds of others injured when suicide bombers detonated explosives at the airport and on the metro during the cities rush hour. the islamic state group later claimed responsibility pre trial proceedings are now underway. the trial will begin in october and our correspond terry shalt is covering that trial for us from brussels. here's her assessment of what has happened so far. this preliminary hearing was due to deal with the procedures of the trial, determining how many people will be allowed to give testimony, in which order they'll speak. what evidence will be admissible at the trial and things like that. but there was a lot of emotion in the courtroom today, and that's because this is the 1st time the victims are coming face to face with the men accused of perpetrating these attacks. one woman said she felt afraid to be

in the same room with them. another woman told me, she'd really tried to prepare herself emotionally for this moment, and it was nonetheless very, very difficult. there was a lot of emotion on the side of the defendants as well. they're very angry that they're being expected to both watch the proceedings and give their testimony from inside individual glass boxes. now it's long foresman wanted this for security reasons, but the defendant say this is treating them like animals. and the attorney said, this makes them look guilty before the trial even starts. none the less victims are telling us they would very much like to see the men have to stay in those glass boxes. now of these 10 men, one is being tried. an obsession is actually presumed to be dead. 9 of them were here today and of them for have already been convicted in the paris attacks. they're all alleged to have been taking part in this terror. selda was uncovered in downtown brussels in that neighborhood of mole and beck. and one of them mohammed abrinay has actually admitted to, to being supposed to be the 3rd bomber at the airport and leaving

a trolley of explosives there and walking out the door to be later apprehended by law enforcement. so certainly, some of this men have an uphill battle to prove their innocence. here at the brussels terror trial was terry shoulds for us there in the united kingdom, a final farewell thousands of mourners have been paying their respects to the late queen elizabeth in edinburgh. the monarch's coffin was taken through the heart of the scottish capital, followed by a procession let by king charles, tens of thousands are expected to view the coffin at saint giles cathedral before its phone to london on tuesday afternoon. ah, the long good bye to queen elizabeth continues the centerpiece of a long day of ceremony, and scotland was the procession of the queen's coffin down the capital city's royal mile thousands lined the streets to pay their respects as the new king charles the 3rd and his 3 siblings led the procession to saint giles cathedral where

a short ceremony followed. for those who came out to view the events, the sense of history was huge. i just said it had to be here. this is leslie just on the do stay with her home. and one part of history and then i can tell my children, they'll tell you children, wendy. just continue, just with history. yeah. just a fancy history to life thing and obviously as a really, i'm here mostly because i was such a momentous occasion that we couldn't mensa, we were all saying that it's not like same bill to watch on the on. i want to bill to come your be with everybody because it is a mass morning the world going through and it's really saturday for everyone. this is scotlands chance to say its own good bye to the queen. tens of thousands are expected to visit the cathedral to view the coffin before it is flown to london on

tuesday afternoon for making his way to edinburgh for the ceremonies. the new king was in london, where he addressed representatives of the houses of parliament for the 1st time since coming to the throne. in his address, he paid tribute to her, the queen, honor to pledge she made as a young woman to devote herself to her country. this vow she kept with unsurpassed diversion. she sets an example of sofas due to which with god's help and your counsels. i am resolved faithfully to follow his words reflected a theme which has been in evidence during many of the events since the queen died. a focus on the future of the crown as well as its past. let's go to pakistan now,

where authorities have been scrambling to prevent new floods. after record monsoon rains left one 3rd of the country underwater workers have been trying to breach a major highway embankment in one of the worst effective regions singe province. they hoped to divert water away from the town of da 2 people there have been trying to rebuild after disastrous flooding. brick by brick. the family if trying to rebuild their home. but their house still found it by flat water was badly hit of the year. but the kids tell me, father, build a house. uh huh. but how should i build? no one from the government has come to see us. look at my house is collapsed. your daughter? yeah. my children are sick and crying and they're telling me to build a house from these salvage bricks is hagar. but while the family deepens the fear of more flats, if not over flat what that is fast approaching that to the authorities in certain

pakistan, marketing the in the us highway, the mean transport ling to prevent flat water from entering this down there in fall across the country also ends up passing through it in this right through the district of the still out on our doors until and unless these floods, these waters, these hill daughters are finally bossed prisoner from this facility, situated in a depression where it moved to another 50 to offices here make an effort to paint a dike, tampa, to prevent water coming in at all costs. as authority, scramble to prevent more flooding. this family is hopeful that the house they are rebuilding will provide them the shelter they have been missing for days. before we go, let's get reminder of our top story at this hour president lydia moore's lens. he

says ukrainian forces have retaken 6000 square kilometers of territory. since the beginning of the month, ukrainian military set it recaptured an additional 20 north eastern towns and villages in just the past day. as russian troops make a hasty retreat update at the sour stay tuned for the business headlines. coming up next with my colleague of christy. thanks my for watching. ah. every day for us and for our planet, global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation.