ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin to night, new russian strikes in ukraine. within 40 towns and cities have come under attack in a 4th straight day of bombardment. also to nights nato issuing a sharp warning to russia not to use nuclear weapons in ukraine. secretary general saying that there would be severe consequences if vladimir putin resorts to nuclear arms on the battlefield. and israel in lebanon, ending

a decades long dispute over their sieve border. the deal could unlock a lucrative, offshore natural gas field to the benefit of both countries. plus donald trump's security staff are giving evidence about the january 6 storming of the u. s. capital. the big question is whether prosecutors will go after the former president himself. ah, i'm burned golf is good to have you with us on this thursday. russia, again, pounding ukraine in an air offensive that is now in its 4th day within 40 towns and cities. have come under attack. moscow claims that it is striking only infrastructure, but civilians are also in the firing line. it's drones and missiles seek out non military targets o pre dawn,

air raid sirens, and my don square and keys bring in another day in russia's war on ukraine. ah, daylight reveals fresh horrors. rushing shells struck an apartment building in the southern city of nikolai of an 11 year old boy spent 6 hours trapped beneath the rebels. before emergency workers pulled him to safety. in harkey, with the death toll rose in a recent rushing, shooting on a civilian car convoy ukrainian, prosecutors said 25 people have now died including 12 children. investigators say one passenger, a 75 year old woman, crawled nearly 200 meters towards help. before succumbing to her injuries. authorities fear the death toll could increase further. body fragments are being sent for d. n a analysis to identify those killed. and harrison region. re taken by

ukrainian forces survivors share what they endured. well, you just give me. this is a disaster. i have been crying for months. i'm still shocked. i've lost everything now that i am 72 years old and i was left with nothing. all my clothes, i hear everything, use the show elderly and disabled ukrainians have been forced to start over in the western city of kolinski aid workers. welcome new refugees driven out of their homes by recent attacks on the upper asia. ukrainian president for a lot of mirrors. lensky vowed again to hunt down those responsible for ukrainian suffering the sorrows. if gus botanicals are intelligence, special services, law enforcement agencies are finding out all the details regarding these and other russian strikes and they did them. no russian terrorists will be able to remain

unknown to justice, that we will know all the names and all the details for ukraine will bring to justice. every russian murderer, an executioner, line from commanders to privates, who carried out criminal orders, looking into the will of ukrainian people to fight on continues. and so does this war the head of the winds, nuclear agency, raphael grossi is in key for talks about these upper region nuclear power plant. i asked our corresponded mathias burlingame if any progress is being made to assure the plants safety. so rossi came here after visiting moscow, he was conveying what he had talked about with put in to the ukrainians. and he says he's hopeful that talks will be possible because putin said that he would be ready to talk. and so this was a good time, but he didn't bring any specific any specific news,

any specific commitments or anything. he told us that the situation was very precarious and that the can said that before. but the i e, a does not recognize the plant as russian put in has a next it together with a territory. he is also signed a decrease that would, according to the russians, bring it into the russian state assets. this is not recognized by the international community. grossey is calling for the russians to stop all military activity their to demilitarised that he didn't use the word demilitarize. but she says that no rockets or shells or whatever must be fired from the territory. and the terms you must not be fired at and yeah, there is no specific progress yet. but i guess he has to be hopeful that the these talks need to something because the situation is very serious. mathias building,

their reporting from key native has wrapped up in 2 days have talks in brussels with a sharp warning to russian not to use nuclear weapons. and you great. the secretary general you in stoughton bag saying any use of nuclear arms would have severe consequences in countries agreed to step up, their military support for ukraine. european allies are gearing up their air defense at the nato defense ministers meeting brussels 15 countries signed off on a plan to buy new air defense systems. together. the german lead initiative has the goal to dignify lean hands our ability to defend the alliance from all air and missile threats. threats that elsewhere have become reality. just days ago, russia launched rockets at cities across ukraine, destroying critical infrastructure and killing civilians and attacks. nato members have called ruthless and indiscriminate blended. take also the last 2 days at fax. then the number of shelling shells and bombs rec. lucas has been over to 100 and

crane her managed to bring them down over 50 percent over 50 percent of them. so which shows that the air defense is better bit of crucial to save civilian lives. because russians are bombing at the moment, civilians, ukraine so far has been lacking modern missile defense equipment like this, u. s. made patriot system. nato allies are now scrambling to provide support. germany has begun delivering iris t defense systems and pledges to send more of these powerful assets with the capacity to protect the midsized city from air attacks. the us nuclear, providing surface to air missile systems as well. but at the same time natal members are confronted with having no broad air defense capabilities themselves. in the event of an attack on european cities, allies would have insufficient means to respond. the european sky shield initiative is supposed to change. this is where it has to go fast and it is important that

these gaps are close to these times we are experiencing. these are threatening times and challenge and times that we have to step up and take responsibility in india. hub secretary generally and short mc has announced the alliance would help ukraine transition from soviet era to nato level equipment. with a warren ukraine, escalating to another level, nato members only to make sure they themselves are covered as well. i wrote a good brussels now are corresponded terry schultz. she's been following this native reading force this week. terry. we know that native this week said that it considers air defense for ukraine to be priority number one. but it's not talking about a no fly zone is talking about these anti missile defense systems. how realistic is it that nato, that these allies can give you crane everything it needs to protect it? skies well, certainly not overnight brand. that's not realistic at all. but they have indeed

seen that ukraine needs more and more air defenses, especially in recent days, as russia has continued attacks from the air on civilian areas. so what this ukraine defense contact group, which meant yesterday said, is that it is going to continue collecting equipment from all the different allies and partners who want to help you crane. and then they're going to try to knit up as experts say, all of these pieces of equipment into more of an air defense for ukraine. now this is not going to be easy, technically they admit, and it's going to take some time. but this is indeed the aim and is something that ukraine has been saying would save lives every day. lives are lost because they don't have this kind of coverage over there skies. but indeed, the allies have seen this as a priority. now equipping ukraine with the weapons that need as also lead to worries about an inability, somebody to members to defend themselves. i mean, how much of a balancing act we have going on right now for nato?

this is something that allies are increasingly worried about because as they send both weapons off their own shelves, to ukraine, along with some of the soviet era weapons that we've talked about. many times they're finding that it takes so long to make new weapons, that there's going to be a gap in their own arsenals. and this is something that nato wants them to maintain . it's something that every country has its own comfort zone with, with what levels of weapons it keeps in its own stockpiles. so now just to day, if we go back to air defense for an example, 15 country signed an agreement on the side lines here to finally create an air defense system together and european air defense system. it was a german lead initiative and said to close some of the gaps when, when countries are simply doing this by themselves. so certainly the war in russia, the pressure on, on budgets and on security. the feeling of security has forced countries to work together to become a more cost efficient and efficient in terms of manufacturing orders. and we've

heard, it seems to be non stop now, these warnings to bottom, your boot not to consider using nuclear weapons at all in this conflict. amid the same time, though, you've got nato conducting exercises and you will nuclear exercises in a few days, time could rush of view this as a provocation. russia seems to view everything. nato does as a provocation, or it used to at least to use that as an excuse for some of its behavior. but when nato looked at whether it should carry out this long scheduled nuclear deterrence exercise, it decided that it would send exactly the wrong signal to the kremlin if it were to back down based on russia's nuclear threats. they said that this would create insecurity for its own allies. it would create a feeling in the kremlin, that bullying works. and so i was told today that they wasn't even ever considered to, to cancel these exercises and they're quite interesting. they involve flying nuclear

capable plains as if they were carrying live bombs, which of course they aren't. but that should certainly also send a signal back to moscow that, that nato would be ready in case moscow were to take this rhetoric further yet. and we certainly hope that never happens to results in brussels theory as always, thank you. i didn't think it was known some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. thousands of african girls and women have taken university entrance exams. 2 weeks after an attacker killed 46 female students preparing for those very test. the ruling taliban have banned many women and girls from secondary education, but assigned armed guards to the testing facilities at cobbled universe for testers, in iran, western eyes or by john province, have burned the national flag and fresh anti government demonstrations activists and defy the government crackdown to rally in the capital t rod on his unrest

follows the death of a young woman who was held by the so called morality. police activists say more than 200 people had been killed in the unrest. italy's parliament has met for the 1st time since elections of the election winner. george maloney's brothers of italy, party is looking to form a right wing coalition, with mateo sal vini, head of the far right league, and sim only, or silvio. berlusconi, of course, is with the right is ford, so a tele park, a u. s. jury has refused to sentence a florida school shooter to death. nicholas cruz was imprisoned for life from order murdering 17 students and staff at a high school in parkland. the massacre inspired a weight of gun control activist. i don't in the united states, the committee investigating the january 6th attack on the u. s. capital the is to decide whether to call donald trump. to give evidence, the former president,

security staff are due to testify in washington today. it's likely to be the way off hearing before next month's mid term elections. ah, the storming of the u. s. capital on january 6th, 2021. an unprecedented attempt to stop the peaceful transfer of power from donald trump to joe biden. these images shocked the nation b and the world kathleen wanted on. initially, republicans condemned the writers, but most have reversed course and thrown their support behind former president, trump, again, only a small minority continued to demand. the trump and the riders be held to account kasey, including liz cheney. and adam kinsey are the only 2 republicans on the january 6th committee to investigate what role trump played in the riot room and efforts to overturn the election. shuttling out to the public. so far, the committee has held a to public hearings featuring previously unseen footage and compelling witness

testimony, pointing directly to donald trump and his inner circle, the same elections over just mercy. congress has certified the results without saying the elections over. okay. the committee accuses the former president of trying to overturn the 2020 election result of riling up the crowd of riders on january 6th, and egging on the attackers as it happened. when the committee finishes its work, it will submit a final report with its findings and recommendations, including one tea recommendation, whether donald trump and his allies had faced criminal charges. but in the end, it will be up to the justice department to decide what to do, and that will be a tough decision. does the justice department taken unprecedented leap and press criminal charges against a former president, or will it use its resources to go after other members of trump's inner circle?

most of publicans have rejected these hearings as political theater. but with a report hanging over donald trump's head, along with many other investigations, it is possible that the former president's popularity will take a head and that florida governor run de santis. the rising star of the republican party could become the next republican presidential candidate in 2024, by from one ellis, go to dc, our washington bureau chief in his poll. she's following these hearings for is innis to day, may very well be the final public hearings that we'll see on. why are they so important? and what do we know so far? reverend, i think it's important to remind ourselves this is the 1st time in the history of the united states that a president try to stop a peaceful transfer of power. i'm sure we also use kind of of these images of

people storming the capital building, but this is actually just one aspect of this unprecedented event. so, but the committee has been presenting over the last several months and today again, our fax to prove that form a president planned nothing less than a coded tine, a tag on the democratic principle of this country by overturning the election. so today it was all about only this one man donald trump, himself and therefore members of the committee planned to vote to issue a subpoena to former president trump to make the case that he was that central attack, honest and bent storming. and this whole a qu data, and he is the central protagonist in this in so that the question that everyone around the world's asking is, how soon will we know whether or not donald trump is going to face possible criminal charges? right after the final a hearing today, the committee will publish

a final report or sometime after the midterm elections, possibly somewhat in december. they then will recommend whether the former president or any of his allies suits a face criminal charges, and then it will be only up to the justice department and attorney general mary garrett garland. whether they will follow through with charging anyone with any crime or not in is not just these hearings who trump supporters have rejected many still question the result of the last presidential election that they want to monitor the upcoming mid terms for signs of vote rigging. how dangerous in this is this trend for democracy in america? it is a dangerous friend. we hear when we travel the country. for many, many americans still on the line, the election was raked, so republicans in 1000. the senate have shown that they still have no intention to

cross trumbull and his supporters with fear of a backless so yes, it is expected that they will disagree with the outcome of this committee. he w. washington bureau chief venus poll is as always, thank you. lebanon's president says his country has agreed to a deal to resolve a long running border dispute with israel over a maritime gas field. the 2 countries have long claimed overlapping maritime borders. the mediterranean sea bed is rich in natural gas, and israel has already begun exploring the area that is in question. both countries want to extract the fuel which could help relieve lebanon's financial woes. now here is the lebanese president, speaking about that agreement earlier today. i learned whom on this alea, after the israel a government announced its approval. well, i announce the approval by lebanon. the men of the final version,

prepared by the american mediator, will see for them to delineate the southern maritime border. general b, u, i want to go now straight to a router, our bureau chief there mohammed. charade, fav. it's good to see you. mom at this deal is ending a dispute that's been going on for decades for control of the border between lebanon and is real. what made this break through possible now? well, following the news, president's announcement tonight can be said that, that lebanon is closing curtain on them at a time, or did the more cation agreement with ghosts expect, except in case of any on expected surprises. the president was very precise in his speech at night and thanking the american president joe biden, and is that special envoy, the actual mediator, almost hochstein, who played an essential role in this great through deal. nevertheless,

the lebanon's that trusting economic crisis was also an important factor that pushed lebanon to activate the negotiations. the country has been in the climate free for 3 years now. and the exploration of hydrocarbons is a huge deal for live in a, maybe a significant discovery that could help ease the countries to fling financial crisis. and it's also remarkable that we're seeing this agreement between 2 countries that still do not have diplomatic relations. i mean, what does this agreement, what does it mean in regards to a possible peace deal? well, the president said that the ban on has agreed to the final version of the agreement presented by the american negotiator. but he also insisted that this did not pay the way to normalizing the relations with israel. both countries are technically still at war, even though that doesn't. how suggested that the, the guarantees a common economic interest and this bring stability to the region. actually the

final version of the, the will only, it is all a territorial dispute on the tip of the mediterranean sea and does not touch on the a lens borders of lebanon and israel, which are yet to be set. this means that the deal will be market each country is exclusive economic zone that and then the total total war that was for each country d, w. 's mom is, is rated. joining us tonight from the root mom, thank you. aid agencies or warning world hunger is reaching catastrophic levels. germany's built hunger hill and its partner concern world wide say that the fight against famine has largely stagnated. recent years of this years, global hunger index gives a grim outlook. so any crises, including wars, climate change, and the fall, well, from the pandemic. one of the countries worst effect is madagascar or correspondence increase reports tonight from m bomb which have suffered from

years address access to what is the major challenge she in the ambo vollmer region after years of insufficient rainfall. the south of madagascar is experiencing one of the war st. droughts in its history, and for many people here, that means they have to go very far distances in order to have access to water. the man with a family behind me for example, will busy the whole day trying to transport water from the town to his own village . of course, it's difficult. it's heavy. i have no choice. i need water, i can't live without it. i have to find small jobs here and there to afford it much more than 1000000 people already in need of humanitarian assistance at the moment. but this number could possibly go significantly up in the next months, 8 organizations are not only delivering emergency aid, but also trying to address the key challenge access to water drilling boards and

installing drip water systems. for example, like here in this village, we are just waiting for rain fall to farm shore away there the weather due to climate change, the rainfall is not right on time or is small. so the solution is, this boils, the pharmacy are preparing their fields at the moment, starting to plant new seats. it is the time of the year where the rain is supposed to start, and while some are hoping for it, others fear that we could see yet another season of insufficient rainfall. this could then possibly lead to a bad harvest and 10th of thousands could skip back into extreme hunger. it was on to increase their reporting, but he has moga heads up the german agency which is known as felt hunger. hoover,

i asked him how drought hit country such as madagascar can become more resilient on the short term, we need definitely more funds to help those who are in dire need, who are really at the brink of starvation and even death. in the mid town, we need programs which are really are focused geared towards poverty and hunger, an elevation. these programs are, are there. we don't have a problem of not knowing what to do. the problem is we need to do it and therefore we need a strong political will by all governments in both by the governments in the global south, but also by governments here in the north. the governments in the north here in the interest in the industrialized would have cost the un have cost the climate change and therefore we have a very special responsibility ought to contribute to funding to alleviate the

hunger situation. in the word, there was plenty of mug of their speaking with his from felt hunger, health. a reminder now the top stories that were followed me for you this, our nato has issued a sharp warning to russia not to use nuclear weapons in ukraine. secretary general un stalking bag says there would be severe consequences if latimer, pope resorts to nuclear arms on the battlefield. and russia has launched a 4th day of drone and missile attacks against ukraine. officials say more than a dozen people have been killed and strikes in the last day alone. and don't forget, you can always get the w news on the go. just download our app from google play or from the apple app store. that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as the push notifications for any breaking news. you're watching the w news up next is and to the point to i will be back at the top of the hour with marble news followed by the day i hope to see you there.

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