[000:00:00;00] ah ah this is dw news lie from berlin, a return to find justice in the ukrainian city of butcher. our special correspondent is there to see how one man is coping with the devastation left by russian occupation last year. his families attempt to escape left him alone, his wife and children dead. can justice be served. also coming up. an exchange of

attacks follows and is ready rayed in the occupied west back. israel says it's targeting palestinian militants at least 11 people died. dozens more wounded. rocket fire from the gaza strip has also his inside israel. close to berlin international film festival mirrors its competition is strong as to our enters. it's closing weekend. we look at some of the final entries buying for the golden pencil for bears. ah, i'm pablo foliage. welcome to the program. we begin in the ukranian city of bucetti suburb of keith, known for the trail of death and destruction left behind after russian military occupation. human rights experts say it's a possible war crime scene with evidence of summary executions,

enforced disappearances and torture. dw special correspondent, abraham met one gucho resident on a quest to find justice for his family. all that alexander cheque mary of ever wanted was to keep his family safe. he brought them to boucher after russian backed forces attack their home town in eastern ukraine in 2014 the check mary off spot a house and made it out. was them we? lydia? so it was said that we could escape the war ahead of me, but we did not put in found us, even in butcher the stone aussie. you couldn't full scale warren ukraine. february 2022 brought russian troops to alexander's doorstep. his children could no longer take the sound of shelling. their father brought them here, a shelter under their home and planned their 2nd escape. while the chick marianne left one early morning in their car with their neighbor holly up behind them,

they barely made it out of their street. when they saw a russian armored vehicle were you on last good while i'm you know at the end of the rita, my wife shout me. let's turn around. we didn't had managed to get away. you see that other parts of the shooting begun and my car caught fire with o'denza. alexander was wounded, but when he looked back, his wife and children were dead. like inches stood only. this is the end of his story. the story of my life and my children. the sidewalk is still charged from when alexander's car caught fire, marking the exact spot where he last saw his family alive. alexander story, sadly that if so many here in boucher there are reports of torture, rape, an extra judicial killings where i'm standing right now. this actually used to be the sight of a mass grave of civilians. they all had to be exempt,

identified and re buried when ukrainian forces retook the town. almost a year on. the question on everyone's mind is, where is justice and can it ever be delivered? ukraine's prosecutor general has set up a web page where anyone can report a legit war crimes committed by russian forces. authorities have received almost 70000 cases, a number that goes up every day in the key of region alone, which includes boucher, that numbers 10000. a prosecutor for the jurisdiction tells me very well. some older kid with whom we are identifying the names of persons soldiers investigating preparing charges and bring them to quote, was upon the problem. well, no one hug through the pseudo of william, such as limitations, does not apply to will crimes or for working non stop principle. so far, nation wide, 25 russian troops have been convicted for war crimes. the international criminal

court and the un have also opened up their own investigations. but justice can be slow, often taking years to examine crimes committed in minutes, minutes. that will stay with alexander forever. he spoken to both ukrainian and international investigators, hoping it might help with the pain for them to watch it. i want to look this people in the i, i that's when i will know god, they have been punished. thus, i am sure i will feel much better in law when there are results and not just legal procedures. but the thought that this people who have been given a shock he to knew the booklet him. for now, he's kept his family home exactly as it was. the children's toys are still in their drawers. the bed sheets are fresh and their pictures are everywhere. it's not

always easy being surrounded by reminders of the life he's lost. but until alexander finds justice for his family, that is all he's got. all right, well in boucher let's talk to d. w. special correspondent abraham, who file that report a great to see you. great. reporting. very, very tough story there. what are the chances that alexander ever finds justice for his family? well, we did try to speak to the chief prosecutor to get some details about alexander's case. he couldn't really give us any details, but we know i know by speaking to him that he has quite a bit of evidence. there are the images that we showed in the report, their eye witness accounts because he was joined by his neighbor holly, who was in the car right behind them. and his children, their initial resting place was actually that mass great site where i was and their bodies have been zoomed. and so there is the potential for forensic evidence to be collected there as well. with that being said, we are talking about just such

a massive volume of cases that it's unclear what the timeline for his particular case is. but the general prosecutor of ukraine has vowed that every single case will be prosecuted no matter how long it takes. there are no statute of limitations on war crimes and that's why public, for example, there are still nazis being prosecuted for war crimes that be committed during the 3rd right till this day. but then of course, there is that question of what about the leaders? russian leaders, laker vladimir putin in, for example, that is a little bit more complicated. the international criminal court has opened a case. russia does not recognize the i c c. so that might be challenged to ever bring him to justice there. there's also suggestion, for example, by the european permit for an international war tribunal were russian war leaders could eventually a, you know, face justice, but that the timelines on that are very, very long. and it's something that people here in boucher know, well they can't wait for justice, but they're aware of the situation. my impression here walking around the town is that it's a town on the men. there's

a lot of reconstruction. people are picking up their lives again and i'm joined here by the deputy mayor of butcher someone who knows a lot about this a miss melina scorecard. and i just want to ask you in this you know, almost one year mark of the strategy here in boucher of russian troops walking the streets. how are you feeling today? how are you in all that 2 days ago, a general prosecutor, prosecutor of youth ran, was inside the church, together with the families who suffer to lost their relatives. and we believe in justice and every citizen here in labourer how wants to punish those people who did those crimes. and also those who gave the orders the officers and also what the mer put in an child who and the chief in kremlin. and that's, that's why we are helping families and the investigator themes here as of which i say to counsel. and also i am happy to day because we have sunny

day. we have a lot of people around because, you know, in april last year one which i was liberated, it was empty. cd result families result keith. now we see live on the street, and that's the most important scene for us, for our mail for our which is city council and i was, i was out today we were driving around. there's a lot of construction. there's a feeling that the town is really coming back. what does the town need now for full recovery in your opinion? a look on the boucher became a symbol of flag which a tragedy bought. nobody wants to leave on the place of tragedy sold. the most important scene for us is to show ukrainian success to become the successful city after the tragedy was memory of those what killed bots all. so we saw like new seating, new life and young families and the kids are playing their own. so we

like 3 more than 3. saw them for private houses was just right. we managed to rebuild like near 800 so we still need for yes. so we still need 0 for doris of losses for windows and the materials for construction. and we also need money for the future projects which will attract people back to come back from berlin to boucher, for example, from munich, or from humble because we know that our people are still outside of your thank you very much for your time today. and we will be catching up with you again. thank you . pablo, back to you. thanks. so before you go, i just wanna ask you from filing that report, it's very, incredibly difficult as subject to be covering and obviously being on the ground there, it makes it all the more real and tell us about your, experiencing your experience doing that report. i mean, i'm not a parent. i don't think i'll ever be. i don't think i can ever really understand

what alexander has really been through. i mean, your family is really your life's work and to have them be taken away from you in such a in, in a split 2nd for no reason. i mean, we're talking about civilians here, unarmed civilians that we're just trying to leave the town and we're shut down. we're talking about children in white cars. there's really no explanation for a crime like that. but i was also really impressed by the resilience of alexander and the people that are here, that they still are able to tell their story. there's a real need that they, you know, they, they want the world to know what happened here. and they're doing their very, very best to cope and bounce back. and i think that's that's something that the world should be thinking about today. thanks. i dw special correspondent, abraham in boucher all right. well that speak now to hyman adul roach from the united nations population fund to add he is the representative in ukraine and he is currently in

keith. and welcome to d w. and so we just spoke to a correspondent who's in butcher, which witness possible war crimes among them. crimes against women. now you're on the ground in ukraine. as of mentioned, how do you see the situation for women and girls in the country now? good morning, miss copeland would be in the line she snatched is pretty much come from the 1st one division. i want to start seeing that that acute saves that. let me very much, but she is more we are experiencing, read the label and she more cases last year which and also the patient can assist in the case of child. where did you provide us

with the one that was sort of given so i've been there what was she will i have to say that the situation remains dire just a few weeks ago when we were working, working with them. so we can keep on ships, are going to treatment will show that means that axis is on the way money gives out of steel fire. so i need to kind of challenges for the process, but call life insurance. so tell us today the un general assembly reconvenes with an emergency special session to debate the war in ukraine ahead of the anniversary of rushes invasion. what would you like to see coming out of this special session, jaime?

a book on $2600.00 a month or the need for it was that we should board the money a shot. i mean, what if you want to watch? so that's a movie, but it won't see us. what we know that there are huge mass. meet those standards, but we thought that system so we can get that. we need to be able to thank you. hi man, i dial raj from the united nations population fund joining us from keith. it. all right, well let's move on and take

a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. un secretary general, antonio good has told an emergency session of the un general assembly that rushes recent threats to use nuclear weapons are unacceptable. tasha was referencing moscow's implicit threats to use so called tactical nukes in ukraine. the when was meeting to mark the upcoming one year anniversary of russia's invasion, a, b, c, c t. v footage captured the moment that claimed 4 lives and left 49 missing after sections of a huge open paid coal mine in northern china collapsed rescue operations were suspended after a further landslide. inside the mind in the inner mongolia region, china relies heavily on coal for energy generation and mines have been urged to increase. production. france in italy are badly affected by the driest winter in years. following an already dry summer, the winter months have failed to replenish water reserves. lakes and rivers are drawing out with farmers fearing for their crops. falling water levels are also

affecting business in venice or boats are struggling to stay afloat. israeli aircraft of attack targets in the gaza strip after rockets launched by palestinian militants from gaza stroke targets. in israel. the exchange of attacks follows in his riley rated the occupied west bank, which left 11 dead and dozens more reportedly wounded. missiles streaked across the morning sky near garza, israel's military seas sic sprockets were fired by palestinian militants. 2 hours later it responded with air strikes on an alleged ama site. the blast come a day after a deed. the military operation by israeli forces in the occupied waste bank. the morning right reduced this building to rabble israel's millet tracy. the operation was aimed at arresting militants accused of planning and carrying out attacks.

it claims israeli soldiers shot back half to coming under fire. but did not suffer any casualties. while the right unfolded, palestinians came out onto the straight and confronted the troops. dozens of people are reported to have been injured, as well as those killed treasure and are surprised at 9 30 in the morning were not heard explosion as walker people said, there are special forces at the head of so a large number of israeli soldiers storm the whole area is little more like we stayed in the house and i didn't know what was going on on that budget. just last month. another right in the city of janine also ended with teen. people killed these who rides of the dps we spank operations, and he is. the wind has wounded its effects and not may to deescalate the violence could spiral out of control. the earthquakes in turkey and syria have left a staggering trail of destruction with houses and buildings reduced to rubble for

some the earthquakes are yet another cruel twist of fate were about to meet mazar from syria. he fled to turkey to escape the civil war. ms. are settled in the city of and tack in near the border to his home country. he felt safe from the violence that has played syria for more than a decade. but now miss ars place of refuge has also become a place of personal tragedy. missouri sister simpson has been found. he rushes over to the ruined it until recently was her apartment, syrian friends of miss ours and turkey discovered simpson and her husband crushed under the rubble of the 2nd floor. both are dead. missouri had already feared the worst. he'd been searching for a sign of life in this building, in antalya se turkey for days without success. and now he has only the certainty. mamma, please don't tell anyone else. we haven't told anyone so far,

we'll recover them 1st. but the recovery operation proves difficult. missouri and his friends make slow progress with a borrowed jack hammer. they don't even expect any help from the authorities. a friend brings a wool blanket over to wrap the body, him. simpson will later have a proper burial. delta old norma, we had worked through to the better daniella 1st we were able to see part of my brother in law. and then my sister suddenly shawna colson, they lane, each other's arms and death. missouri had fled the civil war in syria to turkey with his parents and siblings. now he lives in istanbul. i'm not. his sister simpson taught syrian refugee children in and talk you love, jani. my sister was such a good person so full of love,

shockey. it's so sad that she had to die. but it's all as well isn't loosen oma alanis flint. but bizarre and his friends tell us, the situation looks much worse on the other side of the border in syria. many of his relatives are thought to have lost everything. if yod, well is often old, the fella as if the war weren't bad enough to de people there get virtually no help at all. in here, at least someone comes by now and then, and bring something to eat or offers the help of them. it was a fun and it took them about 7 hours to recover the bodies of samson and her husband. yeah. so my little hold of them is when she indic, we came here to live in safety behalf the assume things turned out differently. and now we have to live with that sampson and mac moods. bodies are transported away

from the house and, and talk where they had dreamed of a peaceful life. germany is expelling to iranian diplomats after to round sentence, to an iranian german national to death jam. she'd sharma was convicted over the bombing of a mosque in 2008 supporters alleged she was abducted want abroad and forcibly taken to her room. this is jumps sheet shar mod, during his 1st court hearing at the terran revolutionary court, which on tuesday sentenced him to death. iran claims the dual iranian german citizen is the leader of an outlawed pro monarch. his group accused of carrying out the deadly bombing of a mosque in 2008, his family and human rights groups reject the accusations. germany's government has strongly criticized the verdict. in a tweet, chancellor, olive shalt said the iran regime is battling its own people in every imaginable way . and is this regarding human rights, the death sentence against jumps sheet?

sharman is unacceptable. we can then it in the strongest terms and call on the iran regime to overturn the ruling. a foreign minister analynn, a bear book, also expressed her dismay. now picture also the news from iran is shocking to sentence somebody to death in a trial that doesn't comply with the rule of law goes against international law. it violates human rights dimensionally the german foreign ministry says it's working to provide counselors support. dish are mod, iran has so far denied access to him as it doesn't recognize dual nationality for iranians. german opposition leader from lake meds who is sponsoring him as part of a german parliament program called 1st stronger measures. it follow the bonus, we give a call on the german government to tele ron clearly and unambiguously that this

ruling must have consequences or consequence. and if it's carried out diplomatic relations with iran must be broken off on, downgraded to a mission with a charge aid affair. and the iranian ambassador must be expelled from germany, or social and oscar biesen did most. the verdict can be appealed. shimaya family and the german government still hope that his death sentence can be overturned. let's take a look now at some of the stories making headlines around the world. that james web space telescope has discovered wash appears to be 6 massive galaxies, dating back to the early days of the universe astronomer, say, the discovery could open theories of cosmologies because the galaxies are far larger than what had been presumed possible. so soon after the big bang, i jerry, as presidential candidates have signed a peace pledge, promising to seek redress through the courts for any grievances to move aims to quell fears that

a close pole may lead to violence. saturday's vote is tip to be the country's most credible election since military rule ended in 1909 mexican president. and as well with the order has offered asylum to opponents of his nicaraguan counterpart. and he said, mexico's doors were open to all those who wanted to be there or to pay guy has crack down on dissent. in recent years of this year's berlin international film festival de bellini. allah is nearing its end, but there are still a handful of competition films to be screened. the latest offerings making a bid for the golden and silver bears are from germany, mexico and spain. in a fire from german filmmaker, christian pixels up tight, also lay on, finds himself sharing a holiday house with more people than he bargained for it. as local forest fires draw closer and lay on struggles to finish his book. they give him

a choice of tensions between the unlikely foursome. stop together in the woods reach, boiling point. the psychological tragic comedy is the 2nd in a trilogy. focusing on the elements, water and earth. it comes 3 years after pet sold, brought undine to the berlin. allah, also starring paola bear. it's a direct to 6th time in competition, but how much does the story of the struggling writer echo his own life has come? it wasn't a totally conscious choice, but the main character leon builds a stage on which he plays the role of a writer who has to work all the time. who can never join in. he doesn't go in the water. he doesn't cook because he has to work so much, but actually he's always falling asleep. that's something that i've experienced myself and was able to pass on to the actors. i took it. i think another film in which nature plays

a supporting role is 20000 species of these the w feature from bask director, se balance order solar solar good centers. on an 8 year old going through a gender identity crisis during a summer holiday with her be keeping grandmother under solar. good and solid direction, newcomer sophia, or ted, or turns in an impressive, subtle performance. as the youngster with a boy's name, who wants to be called lucille mexican competition entry totem also puts the child center stage. the family drama is set over the course of a single day and almost entirely inside the chaotic home of an extended family artist toenail seriously ill. and his family is preparing a surprise birthday party that might be his last. as siblings bicker and board kids misbehave, torn as young daughter sole, tries to make sense of it. all. saul is impressively played by now. he may st. is

the ensemble piece with a documentary feel is an impressive 2nd feature from lela aviles? ah, well, that's all for now. next phase focus on europe and i look at turkey's earthquake quino and there's plenty more few on t, w dot com and on d, w social media channels. you can find a way to handle dw news. i pop up on the list for me and the team here. brandt, thanks for watching. tiger

with you. oh, there's is the story of many ukrainians before rushes invasion. martin and siri had trained as volunteers for emergencies. since the beginning of the war, they have been in combat. even fighting directly at the front

focus on europe. next, on d, w. conflict. the war in ukraine got a powerful international squash life this past week. i level politicians, method, community purity conference, to discuss more and foster brain. my guess this week is the ukrainian empty electric on to ranko who's fort tirelessly to secure pharmacy. so international support, country and more powerful weapons with 60 minute w, blue with gen. these had a single woman. mission is to send the 1st female chairman shaw,

his face the gender gap in space exploration. germany's 1st female astronaut has been waiting for years to get her turn. a private initiative is pushing to make it happen. mm. me personally, it's just a dream i've always had. i've always wanted to see the us for destiny, for space starts more change on d w. ah. ah, hello and welcome to focus on europe. it's good to have you with us. it's been a years since russia launched a full scale invasion into ukraine one year ago. many believed that russia's huge army would have an easy time taking control of the country. russia itself seemed