a complex relationship with animals. well i think i will live long enough to witness the factory farming. the great debate this week on d. w or ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. dozens of people die in a boat rake off italy, the overcrowded migrant vessel sinks in stormy seas all the southern course. well then i see people have been rescued by many others are still missing. also coming up, russian president vladimir person accused this night,

countries of taking part in the ukraine conflict because of their weapons donations to keith. he repeats his claim that the waste is planning to break off russia. ah, i'm jarrett read, welcome to the program. at least 59 migrants have died after their overcrowded wooden barge smashed into rocks of thought. uneasily the boat sank. knee, the southern city of crow tornet. more than 80 people were either rescued or swam ashore. some were taken to hospital and official said the vessel had set out from the west in turkish point is mere several days. the guard italian media say the migrants were mainly from afghanistan, iran and pakistan. treasured possessions will sure dozens of migrant streams ended here. children are among the victims

rescue workers faced strong winds, trying to bring survivors to safety. condolences came from europe, stop officials. i am deeply saddened by the terrible shipwreck off the coast of calabria. the resulting loss of life of innocent migrants is a tragedy. it's a shocking accident, but one that's all too familiar on italy, southern coastline and over my blanket wicker very. they also found 2 bodies on the beach where my parishes, your brother to but a life, bless them. but while i was blessing them, i asked myself, why do we always arrive after death? we should arrive before us. you're even on a new law introduced by italy's right when government restricts rescue operations, etc. and yes,

and so here it's an endless tragedy. it strengthens our conviction that the only useful way to stop these tragedies is to stop departures. opposition. politicians say that this only leads to more tragedies, codo methods, another c tragedy with dozens of tests, including many children. we must corporate to save as many life as possible without criminalizing those who to day are saving lives at sea. despite the obvious dangers, the number of migrants making the perilous journey by boat to italy from northern africa and turkey is steadily on the rise. well journalist sema gupta is in rhyme earlier, she had more about how this tragedy unfolded. well, from what we understand the coast guard and the officials, the authorities got the phone called earlier of the morning on someone calling for help that they went there. you had the helicopter motor boat,

the firefighters avoid the police as well. the co started ball the, the operation to find a survivors. unfortunately, they did find many bodies. as you mention at least $59.00 bodies in total. so far the were found in the sea. all washed up on the sea thigh on the beach, go to town of hopefully others were found in nearby inside resort as well. so out of the v t o thought that had been recovered alive from 20 of them are in local hospitals. and we don't know the exact number of people on board. it ranges anything from a $150.00 to $250.00 of on board, depending on the accounts of the survivors of women and children. though among those who were killed do know also from local reports that at least one person has been taken into custody, having been identified by the survivors as being of the smuggler. now the prime

minister, georgia maloney, expressing her deep sorrow at this tragedy. blaming wearily, the smugglers, the people smugglers the track because saying that they're the ones who are benefiting for the price of a ticket to bring these people on this incredibly dangerous journey. and this is what happens. the tragedy that we've seen all to off again the mediterranean fort francis, also saying that he would be praying for the victim during his angela's room at the vatican today. sema, what do we know about the people who were on board? well, what we do know is, as you mentioned, that this boat left the test turkish, coastal city of from 3 to 4 days ago. they both with 20 meters long, a wooden bolts that was destroyed. and we know that they came from countries such as a gun is done, park is done as well as iran. now the president said to martha rella, making a point of this fact that many of the people on this boat were leaving already

difficult condition. and their own country and he called of the european union to do more to a few concrete responsibility. he put it to manage this my great re phenomena. think to, you mentioned ga maloney, just a little while ago. this tragedy, of course, come just days after the italian government led by her push through a new law that affix margaret risky is what can you tell us about that? yes, the right wing government of georgia maloney saying very much since they came into pod that they wanted to clamp down on what they told me as illegal migration. so this law has just come into play. so what it does really, it comes and restrict the work that is carried out by n g o is running the migrant rescue ship. that help the people find themselves in the difficult situation when the ship that the travelling on the boat that they're traveling on cap size or function no longer. they've ordered to catch these

migrants or rescue the migrant but bring them to very distant in italy, restricting and preventing the kind of work that they do. the rescue workers say that they are prevent them from carrying out important. what they tell in government says, well, these rescue ships, i encouraging people to make this dangerous journey. and the un says, this act of this law is actually going against international law to carry out these rescue mission. in the meantime, though, we're seeing these or awful tragedies take place at sea with so many people dying, making this dangerous journey, contain journalists seem a good to reporting from rome. thank you. see my go to ukraine now, where fighting is intensifying in the east between russia's mercenary wagner group an ukranian forces. wagner claims it is taking over villages around the key city of buck. mood bought ukraine. it says that the villages remain unto, keeps control. the thought just have

a daft up. they are protecting bar moved. an idiot around dick from mosque was lethal offensive. they know, and they have to fight for every bit of the land. lot on the women at the moment were firing at enemy infantry in the open records. we're eliminating the wagner group which constantly attacks our positions, mostly on them up before march were holding off their attacks. them. that's all we're working against. infantry in booking horny, the relentless rush and shelling in back moment has destroyed most of the buildings . a city known for its salt and tip from mines was once home to 80000 residence. it said goeth down now in one of the buildings. these ukrainian soldiers, i taking shelter from the russian bombing, google, if you will look up beautiful. the city was look how well developed the

infrastructure of the city was, see what they've done to it in, in youth. and this is not the only city, but no background has become a strong hold to and i wish they would break their teeth trying to chew it. little girl. that back for back more is the longest running and bloodiest in rushes. what on you green it sculpture could give fresher a foot hoyt in that damascus region and its 1st thickness, 2nd victory and months with was with the head of freshest militia, buckner group. yes, guinea pig brushing claims. it forces have captured a religion in north of blackmore. in eastern ukraine and this footage released by russia. big russian. if seen the at the front line in batman. oh, good. he could, has been fully taken under our control. yeah. wagner,

group regiments fully control there. he's got a bit of oh. but div if adamant it's forces i standing there, drowned despite rushes constant attacks. well, russian president vladimir putin has claim that ukraine's allies planning to dismantle russia. in an interview on state tv that ed on sunday, western countries have dismissed this food and said russia had no choice but to take into account next, those nuclear capabilities. and he also accused night i, members of taking part in russia's conflict because they have been donating arms to cave. or earlier i asked the w, russia analyst konstantin exit in vilnius. what exactly putin meant when he said russia cannot ignore nato's nuclear capabilities. frank espia don't think he means anything in particular. putin has been flying by the way. this is, this is

a truism of banality to say that because of course, a new nuclear arms country has to take into account. what are the nuclear on countries alliances do? i mean it's ridiculous to acclaim otherwise. so essentially, it's a seemingly meaningful statement with this kind of subtle threats. but in fact, it doesn't mean that when is developing new nuclear weapons, it doesn't mean that booth and is going to try to try and restart nuclear tests. it doesn't mean even that fusion is really serious about quitting the or the arms reduction treaties from recently he froze or suspended rushes participation in start. but this is in fact changing nothing. so oh, so i think he's playing with this theme of nuclear weapons because he knows it scares a lot of people in the west, but it's no more than that. constantine a, get them. let's take

a look at some of the other stories making news to day. german chancellor hol offshore. he says his government wants to make it easier for i. t experts from india to obtain work visas in germany. he made the announcement in the high take hava bengal lou row on the final day of his 1st visit to india. as chancellor police in sri lanka have fired tear gas and water cannon to dispel, protest is angry at the postponing of local elections. the government says it can't pay for them because of the ongoing economic crisis. thousands of opposition supporters tried to march toward the capital, columbus main business and government district, in defiance of a bad tens of thousands of people have gathered in mexico city to protest electoral law reforms. opponents argue the changes approved by congress threatened democracy. it's a charge that president andreas manuel lopez abra dog, vigorous or vigorously denies presidential elections on june next year.

or 2 planes carrying aid from the e. u to victims of this month. devastating earthquakes along the turkish syrian border have arrived in damascus. the assistance will go to earthquake, survivors in both government controlled and opposition held areas. more 8 flights are planned signs of hope and humanity touch down in damascus. syrian earthquake victims who have lost everything are getting help from people who have made donations. and 15 european countries pallet stacked with tense heaters and more arrived on sunday. the european commission says this is part of a series of flights that will carry aid from europe to earthquake survivors and serious government controlled and none government controlled areas that i spoke with. the aftermath of the earthquake has been devastating. not all of the

missing had been found entombed by flattened buildings. those had been forced out of their homes with nowhere else to go. r internally displaced, living in tents, and off the generosity of others. learn. then there's the matter of trying to treat those who have survived when medical supplies are low. syrians are begging the international community, not to forget about their suffering and their hopeful more aid and volunteers will come. we'll finally now the light, great australian singer and, and dr. levy newton john has been honored at a state memorial service in melbourne. ah, australian sing, a delta, good durham, performed a string of newton john's most popular hits at the service on sunday, members of newton, john's family also paid tribute, including her daughter,

chloe le tansy, who described how loving her mother was as well as husband john easterling, who described every day spent with his late wife as a bit of magic. olivia newton john died last year at the age of $73.00. she was known around the world for her role in the 1978 musical mega hit greece, with john travolta. she was also a full time grammy award winner. you're up to date on d. w coming up next is reporter. i'm jared reading. berlin, thank you so much for watching. sometimes the bases jump right out at you. t. the highlights for she read a book every week, snuck them up. oh will you become a criminal m.