lifestyle and the mediterranean meeting, people are hearing their dreams, a journey this week. do you w ah ah, this is d, they'll be news live from berlin. russia and china bowed deep in their partnership president vladimir putin and cheating thing. meat for the 1st time since the war in ukraine. they talk security and strengthening economic ties, but put in also makes a statement that's raising eyebrows also. coming up. you chief,

was left on the line, pays a visit to president vladimir lensky and key of to discuss and integrating ukraine into europe. meanwhile, russia attacks lensky is hometown damaging political infrastructure and tennis. great. roger federer announces his retirement. the 20 time grand slam singles. when it describes the decision to leave the court as bittersweet to so many injuries swiss star says his body is trying to tell him something. ah, i've told you a lot. well, welcome to the program. russian president vladimir vladimir putin and his chinese counterpart. she ging, paying, have held their 1st face to face talks since moscow's invasion of ukraine. i was speaking on the sidelines of summit and it was pakistan put in thanks china for

what he called it's balanced position towards ukraine and urged deeper ties with bay jail. but put in also seem to acknowledge china's misgivings about russia's war in ukraine. vladimir putin is in some account to strengthen ties with the few allies. he can count on the shanghai co operation organisation of your asian nations. has grown in significance for russia. since it's invasion of ukraine, lead western states to impose sanctions on moscow. by far, the most important meeting for putin is with his chinese counterpart sheeting pink . it's the chinese presidents, 1st foreign trip since the start of the corona virus pandemic. china has remained tight lipped over russia's invasion of ukraine. putin was clearly thankful for the tacit support. this is because we highly value the balance to position of our chinese friends when it comes to the ukraine crisis. russia and china are presenting a united front when relations with western states are going from bad to worse. the

shanghai cooperation organisation includes many of the former soviet republics in central asia, as well as india and pakistan. iran has expressed interest in joining turkey whose president is attending the summer. can summit is a full dialogue partner put in an ad on our set to meet on friday due to western sanctions. chinese products have replaced western ones in russia while china is russia's biggest oil, customer shooting, ping, cease the global roll of the 2 countries as much more than just trade cooperation. when they shoes yet you be a china, together with russia is ready to accept the part of great power even going on. he ran to play a leading role in being a force for stability and positive energy in a world shaken by social unrest. georgia, the she did true rule when being she her tongue,

as their leaders talk in was becky: stan, china and russia are carrying out joint military exercises near the pacific coast. theresa fallon, founder and director of the center for russia, europe, asia studies in brussels, explained a cryptic message from foods in that he's aware of asians concerns over the war in ukraine. well, this is a really uncomfortable position for russia because they are starting to appeal, appear like a vessel status telling energy and metals to, to china. china is clearly the bigger economy right now, far stronger. and, but china doesn't have that much influence over russia, and we had to zoom out of it and look at the big picture. russia, china prefers have russia in the tent, but outside the tent because we saw what happened in 2014, with the war in crimea. that, that was kind of a strategy for the belgian road initiative. and so they realize that if they didn't include russia, that they would hamper their efforts for their big west for central asian strategy

. so i think clearly she jumping, understand, he has to work to put in, well, i would love to be a fun while at that beginning and know what they ask because he has a very big ego. it's in this is probably the worst optics for him. the timing of this as you know, meeting. so he really comes to a very week after the ukranian advanced 10 days ago. so i think that she didn't ping, it might try to encourage him. she could, you know, play the big piece maker if you want. but i, it's also dangerous relationship. you know, they are shared huge border. russia has nuclear weapons. she jumping and put in are both kind of unpredictable leaders of mine. so i think he has very, very cautious and almost massage buttons, ego perhaps, and reassure him. european commission president who was left on the line has promised president viola, demur zalinski that ukraine will have the use on faltering supports for as long as it takes from the land. made the pledge on

a visit to cuba to discuss ukraine's bid to join you. a trip comes a week after you crane begun to counter offensive, but forced russian troops to retreat from large parts of the country's. ne, like a meeting between old friends on her 3rd visit to ukraine since the war began. also to fund a line received a warm welcome from president villa de mer zalinski and an award for her commitment to e. you ukraine relations. among the talking points, the $8000000.00 plus people who fled to e. u. countries since the war began in february. we want of course, to have our to give our ukranian friends when they need help, as much support as possible. but we also know that they are longing to go home again. even as funder lines, night train made its way to cave, rush and rock had struck a reservoir dumb in creevy, re an industrial center. and president lensky hometown, the resulting flood,

inundate had several roads, and houses, and the local drinking water supply was cut. only rucker, those in the drains aren't working and we can't flush the toilet and was everything's flooded and there's been no one from the disaster protection agency here since yesterday evening. law, jasmine us, russian hill, watch a little map. woo, president zalinski said the russian stripes on the city so close to his roots had no military value. and zalinski said that fact shows russia is intent on attacking ukrainian civilians. hi, keith is the 2nd largest city in ukraine, a despite being only 40 kilometers from the russian border. ukraine's military has kept the russians from occupying it, but the city is face relentless artillery fire since the war began. this is hockey's regional council building. he was struck by m russian missile in early

march, leaving only sad standing 6 months later reconstruction work is underway. the rest of the city center also bears the scars of indiscriminate daily shelling that and the intense artillery battles that continued into the summer front in thousands of civilians to flee the once thriving city. earlier we heard from dw corresponded ne connolly, who's following the latest ukraine developments for us from hark eve and he gave us an update on the situation there. well, as you can probably see behind me, there is very little of her gift to be seen at pretty early evening hour because lots of people i've often feels in central majority have left and the ones who are remaining arc sticking tool. the recommendations keeping their curtains firmly shut and basically keeping off the streets critic, storage density of more than a 1000000 a half and occasionally only to see some cars passing a distance. a few very rare pedestrians, but it's

a real contrast to the times before this war. started, i was here in mid february, when the u. s. government said that the war was imminent and people he just couldn't get there, had to run it. they couldn't believe that this was on the cards. and this was a thriving city with also tens of thousands of foreign students coming here from around the world who also took their cue from the locals. and we commenced that being for to come. so a from russia didn't necessarily mean that they were in danger. now since this ukrainian assaults, comprehensive in the east northeast of the country has done so well, we've seen some russian retaliation attacks. we've seen attacks on the energy infrastructure on the power system or the heating system rather and extraordinarily, it's proved pretty flexible and resilient and able to restore their system. so most pot power is back, the metro is operating. and even though, you know, as i mentioned so many people have left those remaining are keeping the show on the road. but the question looking now to what's next you months is even if russian forces are no longer in this part of the country, they are still only as much their 40 comes away on their own territory. so the risk

of attacks of missile attacks of logs the to that is still very much there. yes, the evening we heard a big explosion in the downtown, not far from our hotel, and the rates are ins, only came on us, but 34 minutes after. it's often it's so difficult to really tell when these things are coming in. they're coming from such short distance that distance. he just can't really give anyone a feeling of safety or the, or the real chance to get to a position where they can, you know, be protected from damage. so it is a very edgy situation. a city that doesn't really quite know yet whether to believe that the situation is genuinely safer and whether it's kind of time to go back. some kind of multi those. dina, these nick connelly, reposing from the ukrainian city of hockey authorities in pakistan. now estimate that some 1500 people have lost their lives at the devastating flood their hundreds of thousands more are said to be homeless as huge swathes of the country remain under water. many areas badly hit by the flooding are

heavily dependent on agriculture, and that means many farmers have also lost their livelihoods sailing through what was once a banana grove. mohammed eunice is counting his losses. flood water has swallowed up his entire plantation, vast area farm land stretching nearly 15th and ball fields. it is now nearly fully submerged. hoping to salvage some of the crops, he instructs a worker to jump in. but the water has seep through the fruit. again, no trader is going to buy these bananas even animals. what nathan, because they're rotten inside like that, you know, says that his yield was normally worth the equivalent of almost $3000.00 us dollars

for every harvest. but it's not just his livelihood that's at stake. like it to the mean is anybody i own these lions and now they're all flooded. so my farm hands are all out of work. now i'm available until either the time. most of the workers here have been jobless since to flooding their homes. have also been destroyed, leaving many living in makeshift camps now to some of the other stories making news around the world. one of russia's last remaining independent news outlets via gazette has been stripped of its media licensed by the supreme court. the via gazette is founder nobel peace prize winner. dimitri were out of said he would appeal the bad at least 9 people have been killed and 20 injured in a stampede in west and guatemala. the victims were reportedly caught in a crush of people trying to leave a music concert,

celebrating independence day. long queues are formed along the banks of the river thames in central london as people waiting as long as 9 hours to pay their last respects to queen elizabeth, who died last week. late monarch is lying in state in westminster hall, where she will remain until the funeral. on monday and in sports tennis legend, roger federer has announced his retirement from top level tournaments. the 41 year old underwent 3 knee surgeries in recent years and has decided to finally decide, give his body arrest fans from around the world. will miss the all time? great. roger federer can look back on a long professional career. but after next week's labor cup will finally come to an end, as cetera announced on social media. i say more than 1005 on

a matches over 24 years. janice has treated me more generously than i ever would have dreamt. the now must recognize when it is time to end my competitive career, the swiss ledgent mate as professional abuse in 1998 and was ranked number one in the world for 3 and and 10 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks. but fans will remember him not just for an impressive stats, but for this style. he was so fluid and made it look easy, never sweat, even when it was tough matter to point to me. the jordan of tennis style class, amazing tennis player. so i been watching him since i was like 15. the 20 grand slam singles when i was dogged by injuries in recent years and has been overtaken on the grand slam, raised by rivals, ruffled, not dull and novick joke of its federer is one of the highest paid athletes in sports. and it's well known for his charity work around children's access to sports and disaster relief. though he'll hang up his racket by the months end. federal

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