ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin tonight, donald trump subpoenaed by us law makers, summoned to give evidence about the storming of the us capitol. we are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion,

while makers voted unanimously to call the former us president to testify before a congressional inquiry. also coming up a fresh wave of russian airstrikes against ukraine. more than 40 towns and cities come under attack, any 4th consecutive day of bombardments and nato issuing his sharp warning to russia not to use nuclear weapons in you. great, the secretary general saying there would be severe consequences if windermere approach and resort to nuclear arms on the battlefield. ah, i'm burned golf. it's good to have you with us in one is being described as an aggressive move. us lawmakers have subpoenaed summoned donald trump to give evidence about the january 6 storming of the u. s. capital. the committee investigating the riot voted unanimously to compel the former

u. s. president to testify to answer questions answered surrender document. the panel is assembling new details and evidence of trumps state of mind. on that day when his supporters swarmed the capital. as he refused to concede losing the election to job by earlier i asked our washington bureau chief in his pole, if we can expect to see donald trump take the stand. this last committee ended indeed friend with a big bang. i mean, it was a bit of a theatrical moment. i thing toward in public was 9 a's, but it, it was definitely a historic moment. so what does this mean? the subpoenas calling for donald trump to testify if he declines, which, as we know is very, very likely food vote in congress could be held to hold him in content. and if that is to happen, the justice department, her could press criminal charges against donald trump. but that is still a very unlikely scenario in we know that supporters of the former president,

they allege that these hearings are politically motivated. can this development, i'm, can it have impact, you know, what, i'm going to ask you on the upcoming midterm elections next month. now which only is less than 3 weeks away? well the midterms could be the 1st signal a to whether the institutions will be able to withstand the barrage of misinformation and, and conspiracy about the election process. you know, around what we experience when report out here in this huge can a country the united states candidates across the spectrum have been using the 2020 election fraud conspiracy theory as part of their campaign platform and, and so called election denials. already announced that they won't accept the outcome if it would not be in their favor. so kind of repeating what donald trump is doing since 2 years. so he has indeed this might play

a huge role in the upcoming midterm elections in i'm wondering to the hearings. this is the last public hearing. i'm wondering how you measure the success of these hearings because, you know, we've seen now firmly that most republicans seem to be standing by trump. the findings also really have dot not done much to change people who expected to hear this about the u. s. president. so in terms of the national opinion about the president in the state of politics has anything really changed? how that is, sir, and i think the core question, isn't it? and i mean, from my opinion until now, republicans in the house and the senate kind of have shown that they still have no intention to really cross drum and his supporters clearly because they are afraid of, of the backlash. but a things are piling up and, and i just traveled like a states like taxes and,

and florida and kind of, you know, attended trump rallies and big events and maybe not the hardcore trump support us. but i, my feeling is that the majority of the republican party is really getting tired. so by the end of the day, it will depend on whether they dare to stand up against donald trump, or if the fear that he could end their careers. whence yes, very good point and all of this course also throws it up and whether or not he'll, he will be eligible to run in another political campaign that is now up for raps or washington bureau chief in his poll is as always, thank russia is again pounding ukraine in an air offensive that has completed its 4th consecutive day over 40 towns and cities have come under attack moscow, claiming that it is striking only infrastructure, but civilians are also in the firing lines as drones and missiles seek out none. military targets. the pre dawn air raid

sirens, and my don square and keys ringing another day in russia's war on ukraine. daylight reveals fresh horrors. rushing shells struck an apartment building in the southern city of nikolai. as an 11 year old boy spent 6 hours trapped beneath a rebel 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 retaken 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 is the show. elderly and disabled ukrainians have been forced to start over. in the western city of kent lensky aid workers, welcome new refugees driven out of their homes. by recent attacks on the upper region. ukrainian president to le mars lensky vowed again to hunt down those responsible for ukrainian suffering. the sorrows of gus, potentially our intelligence, special services, law enforcement agencies are finding out all the details regarding these and other

russian strikes and they did. boom, 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 u ends nuclear agency, raphael gross it is in key for talks about these efforts. you nuclear power plant. i asked our correspondent mathias earlier, 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 is 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 they had said that before. but the i. e, a does not recognize the plant as russian put in has a next day together with a territory. he's 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 there to demilitarize it. it is and use the word demilitarised, 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 these talks need to something because the situation is very serious so much. he is billing,

they are reporting from keith. nato has wrapped up 2 days of talks in brussels with a sharp warning to russia not to use nuclear weapons in ukraine. secretary general you in stoughton bag saying, any use of nuclear arms would have severe consequences. nato countries today agreed to step up their military support for ukraine and with their own national stocks of defense equipment. dwindling ministers also pushed forward a joint protection initiative. sure, it's still in the early stages, but it's a project that marks a new approach by much of europe towards its military defense. with the european sky shield initiative, 15 countries plan to jointly purchase air defense systems and create a europe wide anti missile shield. under consideration is the procurement of big u. s. made patriot. and the german iris

t missile defense systems. europe also has it sites on the arrow 3 and israeli anti ballistic missile, with a range of up to 2400 kilometers, which germany has reportedly been considering purchasing for months. as most it said through the thing you need to move very quickly. now it's important that we close these defeats gaps because we're living in threatening the challenging times . we must live up to the responsibility we have to close. such gad was looking socially. the urgency is made clear by russia's repeated missile attacks against ukraine and russian president vladimir poor teens, veiled threats to escalate against the west with nuclear weapons. putting up globe hilton thought he would overrun ukraine in a week. he believed that nato ass micron had said, was brain dead. he thought europeans don't work together. and now the opposite is happening within nato. a european alliance is being built off with 15 countries

building up their air defense together. and that is a very important and good sign via because we're deciding from being very reluctant to spend on its military to taking up a leadership role in pushing for a common air defense infrastructure. the european sky shield initiative is a sign that germany is playing a more active role in its own and europe's security and defense. our correspondence very shoulder, she followed that need a meeting in brussels force and i asked her about the need to create an air defense system for ukraine, which nato have committed itself to. 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 met yesterday said is that it is going to continue collecting equipment from all the different allies and partners. we 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 it's something that the 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 there was a result reporting from brussels security forces in iran have again fired old anti government protesters. a crackdown on demonstrations has failed to deter thousands from taking to the street. the death of a young woman who was held by the so called morality police has set off weeks of unrest ah, consults us out a shopping center in the hut of the head on police and militia, dispersed a group of demonstrators. some were isolated and arrested. also take it on post by trying vain to protect

a young demonstrator who was facing an arrest police pull him to the ground, threatening his help as with pointed weapons. regardless of the risks to protest against these law, mac leadership in iran are continuing according to reports, protests took place in at least 19 cities in iran on wednesday, the repeated tense death to the dictator protests are said to be particularly violent in the province of courtesy eye witness said, police and militia were targeting, demonstrate as with life, ammunition activists reported for dest, tuesday night alone. this would raise the number of victims to more than 200. among them 20 children and young people, irena and president abraham had a c at a conferencing cause austin with russian president putin and turkish president ed dawn repeated the official narrative. just go to school with the protest are being controlled by foreign countries. enact got to pay in our community since the americans have failed with her policy of sanctions and militarization nash.

washington and his allies are now resorting to a policy of destabilization chronometer m all the arraignment industry has announced even harsher punishment against demonstrators. thousands are set to have already been detained without legal assistance. lawyers who are protesting against this and take it on were dispersed with tear gas. at least 4 of them were arrested . york city w news been facilities of banks with the w business news reporting on fuel shortages in france. that's run we'll be right back. the or eternal dynamite and the pillar of sticks and society. a symbol of arbitrary rule and full tool in the struggle.