ah, ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. russia's bridge to crimea in flames. on verified images are circulating of expensive damage to the structure after a massive explosion will get the latest from our correspondence in ukraine. meanwhile, ukraine continues to push back russian forces. bond departing troops leave behind another grim reminder of their occupation. ukrainians discover hundreds of bodies in the eastern town of lemon plus canada bars. leaders of iran,

revolutionary guard prime minister just and trudeau says the measurable res pressure on tay ron over the death and custody of a woman arrested over her head scar and a new chapter in the musical history of liverpool. why the eurovision song contest is coming to the birthplace of the beatles? ah, a married evanston. it's good to have you with us. we begin with some breaking news . the bridge connecting crimea to russia has been hit by a large explosion on the spam that carries railway traffic. ukrainian media reported a blast early in the morning. local time russians state news media claim a fuel tank hot fire. russian president vladimir putin opened the bridge in 2018 after russia illegally annexed the ukrainian peninsula. it has to spans a rail,

span and a road span. on verified social media video appears to show that a section of the road span has collapse due to the explosion. well, let's get the latest on this developing story for that rejoined find the w correspondent, mathias brinninger, who is now in the cranium city of nikolai of mathias a. what more can you tell us about the explosion on the crimean bridge? yeah, you said it parts of the road bridge have collapsed and there is a road bridge and railway bridge next to each other. and the railway bridge is in flames because it seems that a fuel a fuel train has been hit. and now these, this fuel is burning, the damage is extensive, the bridge is out of use. now the russian occupational authorities have said that they are going to introduce

a ferry service at this point. crimea is, is basically cut off from the russian mainland via this route. there is, of course, still the so called land bridge, the territories that russia has conquered in the past few months that connected to russia. but this is a, quite a severe damage. and the consequences will probably be felt throughout this war or mathias explain it to our viewer is the significance of this bridge. just how important is it for russia, both strategically and also politically when russia and next crimea, they had no connection to this island, the territory that what crimea is a peninsula and the territory that's on the other side, or that it's linked to, is ukrainian and was controlled by ukraine at the time of this,

this bridge was the main supply route to crimea. it's also been the main supply route for military equipment in this more that military equipment that was going to the southern front. russia has conquered the patch of land along the is off. see that is also connecting right now, crimea to the russian for russia. but this is much more, it's much more difficult to bring in equipment via there. so this strike and ukraine has said for a long time that the bridge, which it considers an illegal cons in eagle construction, is a target for ukraine. and this will have significant this will have significant impact on the supply lines on the russian supply lines. of course, the russians should have expected that and might have taken some precautions like

stock piling, munitions, for example, in crimea, but it will make it much more difficult for them to supply their troops in the south. we have an offensive in the south going on a counter offensive by ukraine, which is taking back territories. and this will make it much more difficult for russia to bring in new supplies. and it might weaken the russian troops, the occupational troops considerably. no more use the initial explanation from russia is that this explosion was caused by a fuel tank catching fire. is that a likely cause of this explosion? we know that a fuel tank has caught fire, but it's not likely that this is the course. if you look at the pictures, you see part of the road that part of the road bridge that is next to these fuel tanks. these fuel tanks were a train this part has collapsed and the fuel

tank, the part of the bridge where the fuel tank is burning, has not collapsed. so something must have caused this to collapse. now what it was, we don't know, and we might not know any time soon because ukraine is usually very secretive about this kind of strikes. but we know that ukraine has the means to attack territory deep behind the lines. we've seen the talks on an air field on crimea that's about as far from the lines as these bridge. and it is very likely that this strike was done actually by the ukrainian military d. w is mathias billing and reporting for us from the ukrainian city of nikolai of mathias. thank you so much. well, ukrainian authorities say they found $200.00 graves in the eastern ukrainian city of lemon. the military governor of the internet region has published photos of the

graves on his telegram channel. the pictures which have yet to be verified show emergency personnel wearing wine protective suits in. according to our ferry on the governor says exclamations have already begun. the officials have not yet confirmed if the bodies are of civilians or ukrainian soldiers. russia retreated from the area last weekend. the crane says is recaptured thousands of square kilometers in his counter offensive against russia. bond moscow's forces are still launching assaults of their own. the city of battlement in the eastern and ask region has come under intense russian artillery fire residence. there are trying to fleet a safety, but getting out is far from easy blown up to hinder, the advancing russians now back moot residence of forced to make a difficult journey across. what's left of this bridge? some like this pensioner on her way home need help from their neighbors. it's

a little easier for the able bodied, but no less dangerous. as explosions ring out not far away. flores nor fill, the main problem is the sound you can hear. now the lower the cost of them and everything else is secondary. traditional good will is good if it's quiet wilcher. but to get supplies to the cut off eastern bank, there's simply no alternative good for them. sometimes they fire really close to the next to the store, just above our head, tom is jamilla and the shrapnel sprays everywhere mixed with dirt. but we keep on carrying water. how can we leave wear to whom? with much of the city already in ruins and russian forces saying they've now captured villages to the south volunteers. a helping to get back mutes most vulnerable residents out while they can not tell us. ah,

the vast majority of the towns roughly 72000 pre war inhabitants have already fled off to weeks of shelling. as russia steadily advances back mutes, ukrainian defenders still face a difficult battle. her hed international pressure is growing on iran over the death of a young woman in police. custody canada now says it will sanction senior officers of a bronze revolutionary guard and ban them from entry to the country. the coroner in iran has denied that the detained woman, masa. minnie was killed by blows that she suffered while detained by police, which is what her family claims. she was arrested for, allegedly breaking yvonne's strict islamic dress co laws. a wave of protest has followed her death pouring blood instead of water. at least that's

what it looks like after an unknown artist turned these fountains into iran ret, highlighting the bloody correct on on protests all over iran. amnesty international says it has verified that at least 52 people have been killed by security forces in recent weeks. but beliefs, the real death told is much higher. one of the victims nika, shaka, me, the 16 year old disappeared after taking part in the protests against the islamic republic. 9 days later, authorities admitted she was debt, saying she fellow for high building a claim, her mother rejects that is not. she has her face, cheek bones and teeth were ruptured. she said the back of her head was hit hard and her skull was deformed. this is how she was killed. we received

a lot of threats and we were asked to bury the body somewhere else. i didn't accept that bid on the day in the morning. they stole the body without our permission and without telling any of us and burried it in a remote village under tight security conditions. you should be a meanwhile, iran state via at a new video, allegedly showing gina masa armine, the woman who's death sparked all the protests breaking down in police custody without being attacked a story. her family rejects saying her crops too short, clear signs of being bruised and beaten. and so the protests all over the country continued for my son, niko, for women, life and freedom. all right, let's turn our attention now to some of the other stories making news around the world. families of victims of thailand's worst mass killing have begun

a buddhist ceremony. mourners will stay with the bodies until funerals are held. a former policeman stabbed and shot 36 people, mostly young children at a nursery. in a rare public appearance, the tie king told relatives he shares their grief. flood waters have strand of thousands of travellers in nigeria. the worst flooding in a decade has submerged a major highway. some people have been stuck for 5 days. floods have killed more than $300.00 people in nigeria so far this year. result presidential year bulls, narrow and his left wing opponent, louise ignacio lula. da silva have launched their run off campaigns. the rivals will go head to head at the end of the month. neither of them emerge as the clear winner of last week's election. 3 people have been killed in an explosion at a fuel station in ireland. rescuers are still searching for victims who are fear

trapped under the rubble in county. donegal. it's not yet clear what caused the blast. and now we end on an musical note. the english city of liverpool will house the eurovision song contest after narrowly edging out its main rival glasgow in scotland. liverpool will stage the event on behalf of ukraine, which one the previous edition of the contest, but cannot host because of russia's invasion. ah, she is in central liverpool eurovision song contest is coming to town. the world's biggest music event in the birthplace of the world's biggest band. the bleat holds . former beetle paul mccartney celebrate the news in one of the groups favorite menus. i

the organizers referenced this cities place in music history. liverpool is the ideal place to host the eurovision song contest in 2023 because it is the city of pope. and also it has the great, the has a perfect venue for us with a main arena connected to an exhibition center and a convention, whole ukraine's color spoke mr. one year, a vision in 2022 by the rules of the competition. the when and country gets to post the next event, boy. but with the war and ukraine showing no sign of ending the organizes decided to relocate the contest to the runner up united kingdom, which is so far produced. 5, when as to why you're watching the double you news. a quick reminder of our top story. the road and rail bridge connecting crimea to russia has been hedge by an explosion and fire rush and state news media claim of fuel tank. caught fire on

verify. social media video appears to show that a section of the road span has collapsed due to the explosion as the railroad span burns left. the latest on dw news this hour. i'll be back at the top of the hour with an update for you and marian, everything from me and the news team in berlin. thanks for watching. and you tag a this visual hotspots in germany, europe and the world d. w. travel extremely, we're in a ah .