ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, another russian missile strike on civilian homes in ukraine. a 5 story apartment building has almost completely destroyed. several victims were killed in their sleep, in the southern city of support as yet. g 20 foreign ministers meeting an india fail to agree on a joint approach to the war and ukraine. russia sergey la,

blames the west for blocking a joint statement also on the program, a series of mystery poisoning cases at girls schools in iran. there are client claims that hard line religious groups could be trying to stop girls getting an education ah i'm gather as well come to the program. when we begin in the ukraine, where at least 4 people have been killed in a russian missile attack on an apartment building in the southern city of support is yep. a search and rescue operation is under way to find people still trapped under the rubble president vladimir lensky has condemned to strike and vow to drive out all occupies of ukraine. the russian missile hits

overnight. turning this 5 story building into a mangold ruin of rubble and deborah authority say many residents here were asleep in their homes. when the attack happened with no time to escape lewis, you could he, charlie, the people were screaming oh, it was hot to hear when you wish. we were shocked. the rescuers came and the people were under the w. yeah. ha, ha ha. from the wall on the road you were valid for rescuing the desperate search for signs of life is a dangerous one, but the reward is worth it. you are gone for me. as more people are pulled from the rubble injured, but a life chill a week, a man, it's 30 years old. oh, slept on a couch, got trapped by a concrete slab when the rocket hit it for almost 3 hours, rescue was worked to recovering from under the slab. he is alive and well,

it will do in the old way. everything is fine. julie's little wave said nobody, but there is little comfort for those able to walk away from the ruins on a waiting burst they watch on his rescue as picked through what's left of their homes. more lives now shattered by rushes, ongoing aerial assault on ukraine, and its people. a for more, this a latest attack. i'm now john by w, corresponded nick connelly in a keith. nick, what are you hearing from us up? what is you? well, there are still many people accounted for, and there is an expectation that the casualty figures might still rise. we know that the people who were recovered alive from those ruins, there was a pregnant woman and also children believe to be among the survivors. and in terms of how this happened for now, we have permission from the ukrainian forties. they say that this was a russian s, 300 missile. that is originally an anti craft,

a defense rocket. but given that russia is now running out of ammunition, they are now repulsing those 2 attack ukrainian targets. and that is a weapon that is very difficult to defend against a ballistic rocket. it travels much faster than the normal kind of cruise missiles and travels in a way that basically makes it pretty much impossible to intercept. so especially for cities like the patricia that are very big, a big area, it is just ready for see how they are gonna avoid this kind of danger the future. now this is not the 1st on that is up. what is? yeah. and the surrounding region have been targeted by russian strides. what is it about the city itself and its location? maybe that makes it important for russia? this is the regional capital in a part of ukraine that russia has annexed, at least the bits it controls and lays claim to didn't talk to the region, including the cities. patricia, this is only a couple of dozen clumped away from the front line. so any rockets can travel to the push a very fast from rushes positions. this is not a place where you have a lot of time when you hear the

a rated warning to get to safety. and this is also very crucial logistical and industrial hub. this is basically ukraine's base for those southern front lines. a kind of it was own of hundreds of kilometers where russians ukrainians are facing off. there's definitely a reason for the russians to go off to the city. and we've seen time time again that they are not doing anything or very, very little visible in terms efforts to avoid civilian casualties and lots they weapons are just very old. they are not necessary be used for purpose for their original purpose. and such civilian victims are just par for the course. so we're seeing people still leaving the patricia year into this war. but they basically, you're not seeing any real hope for great safety and they're leaving insignificant numbers. i think there are also reports about an alleged attack by soldiers, apparently aligned to ukraine on russian soil. what do you know about that incident with along this goes on since those 1st initial reports in russian government media,

the more confusing it is. but certainly the view from here is that this is a false flag operation, an attempt to rally people in russia to the cause of this war, try to regain, re engage their interest and to basically show russians that this is a ukrainian attack on russia. so and then hopefully encourage them to sign up to fight in putin's military so far, lots of the things are very contradictory of the fresh we've heard from there, but as an expectation that there could be revenge attacks. retribution tax on ukraine next couple of days. and people have been calling all the requirements to really listen to those eric warnings and to go to shelters and to not think that they are in safety. there's expectation that they could be seen for an escalation, a couple days, nicolai and key of that. thank you, nick. and now let's explore these claims by russia about an attack in the russian town of brands with further and brandy w, moscow bureau chief, europe. we're chateau,

he is now based in the latvian capital rica because he was banned from reporting from russia. you're a put in speaks of a terrorist attacks. what are the russian saying that happened in brianna? ask well, that seems to be indeed a very strange story. gerhardt 1st, there were immediate reports that a group of armed man, 2 dozens of russian hostage in a grocery store in a village near brianna. that is a city close to the rational crane and borders. the canada said i then it was denied, then came new reports from another village that a school bus was allegedly attacked and during a child, according to the official, the origin, 2 civilians died during the day that was sometimes conflicting reports, some of which were denied by the authorities and in the end of the day, it was reported that a group of saboteurs had been pushed back into ukrainian territory where they had been allegedly shalt with artillery. as the problem is that the entire russian

sauce has been restricted area since the beginning of the war, and there are hardly any journalist, independent experts who can confirm or deny anything. so what does this classification of this incident as a terrorist attack mean for the area was the important question is, of course, was it a terrorist attack at all? and was it an attack from outside from ukraine, or an attack organized by the russian partisans, or even stage to by the if it's b r in ukraine. we've heard it or they deny involvement in the incident at cold. what is happening? a classic revocation. in fact, there are more questions than answers of was there a single village or 2 war they alleged of a tourist war? how many victims were there and why war? the reports constantly denied, and so on. however, the russian volunteer call, which calls itself part of the armed forces of ukraine, took responsibility for crossing the border. as the russian volunteer corps was

formed in almost 2022 from russian citizens who immigrated to ukraine. its members are right being and they claim to a fight on the side of ukraine against russia, because for them, let me put in is the biggest enemy of russia. now more stable is the situation than on the russian side of the border. well look at the entire russian border or the entire border region has been a single restricted area since february last year. i. by the way, almost the entire south of russia is restricted area 11. the russian airports had been closed for over a year and not without reason. are there have been warrant war shootings, explosions and allegedly rocket attacks, especially in the last few months. and of course, this cannot be compared with the suffering of the ukrainians, but life on the russian side is no longer easy and safe either that can be can say

for sure the w you root russia to them. thank you. now many ukrainians have lost family members in russian. this all strikes a relative so also left i left to grieve while also trying to offer some stability to young children orphaned by the wall to the abuse. funny for chaw, reports from keith. this family portraits shows alive that no longer exists. the father died of a heart attack just before the war. now the mother is gone to you. grandfather gregory is now in charge of the boy who was left behind. missouri, we official. i heard the explosions. huh. i was downtown at the time. did it. i'm who was here and then videos started circulating on telegraph. need your properties, you'll smell. yeah. mitchell's was started calling her to nibble, but there was no connection. and i knew it was her route. she would take it of all

the time. it was october 10th when a rush and rocket hit ok. santos corin keith grigory got to be seen quickly. security officers kept him away from the wreckage, wis. griffin, they told me there's a burned car and human remains on the front seat and i asked, is there any one on the back seat? the answer was yes, everything is burnt in. it does nothing left except mattel gazillion. it's happened right here at this intersection. gregory was right. asana had been on the way to hospital where she worked as a cancer doctor. and the reason why there was nothing on the back seat just before the attack, she had dropped off her child at kindergarten. today, there is nothing left to remind people of the attack. the road is one of keeps busiest and was quickly patched off of santas. family is only just starting to put the pieces together with a moment. i dont know. mm. and it is

a life i knew was over, and another one had started to deal with nation building. but i do, i carianne's was the what do i do next? my at 1st it was very hard because i know that we can't give what a mother can with a chance, and then there was a moment of despair. what will we do? will we be able to do this? and then our realised that no matter what we had to do it in an effort to offer gracious some continuity his grandparents, have kept oksana apartment and moved there to be with him. boom. he added to me once. will the war be out for an i told him, yes, it will. will we? when i'm sure of it? i said, we'll all the soldiers come back. yes, they will. i said. and will mom be coming home? i had to tell him your mom won't be coming back yet why gregory is consumed by the challenges of raising his grandson. his message is abroad. one without the phone.

the thing is not every one is going to remember my daughter, but it's important that they see the horrors that are happening around us with what he's telling asana. story has become his attempt to call on the world to not become numb to russia's brutality. and to understand what he does to families like his a meeting in delhi of the g 20 group of leading nations has ended in disagreement over the war and ukraine. india's foreign minister says, differences on the invasion could not be reconciled despite their posing stances. the u. s secretary of state antony blinker and his russian opposite number sergey lover of met for the 1st time since the war began. a gathering of leaders beset by division, ring as host of the g 20 foreign ministers meeting. india was determined to focus attention beyond the war in ukraine. but despite their best efforts,

the conflict quickly dominated the agenda. for the 1st time since the war began, the u. s. and russian top diplomats spoke face to face on the side lines of the summit. i told the foreign minister what i and so many others said last week at the united nations and what somebody g 20 foreign minister said to day. and this war of aggression engage in meaningful diplomacy. that can produce a just and durable piece. but the brief exchange did little to narrow, the divide between them. instead, russian foreign minister, sir gay, lover of accused western nations of turning the g 20 into a foss. oh, after hours of negotiation, ministers from 20 of the world's wealthiest nations were unable to agree on a joint declaration that lead differences well on the ukraine issue, which um, we could not to reconcile between various parties who held

a different positions. the final declaration had cold for rushes, complete withdrawal from ukraine, a passage that moscow rejected, but they were not alone. china also objected to the statement raising concerns in the west that the 2 nations are moving closer together. ukraine and its western allies, fear that china may be considering providing weapons to russia and beijing's decision to side with moscow. at the g. 20 has only reinforced that concern and we can either speak to michael beckley, who is an associate professor of political science at tufts, university, and author of a number of publications on china's position in global politics. now can you tell us more about what looks like a developing rush of china alliance? well, that alliance was announced more than a year ago as

a know limits partnership. and now it looks like paging is starting to back up. that's rhetoric with actual material support. there's been reports showing that china has been sending critical components to russia. this is things like navigation systems, parts for fighter aircraft and computer chips. and now there is of course, credible intelligence suggesting china is considering sending lethal aid. so this is very much an alliance. china seems to be back in russia and increasing ways, and obviously the west, the united states and its allies are increasingly united and supporting ukraine, who has more to gain from this partnership, rochelle, china. what russia certainly does, just given it's precarious position. russia really has a few allies left and so it needs china as a source of revenue to sell oil and natural gas to and now increasingly or resupply of all different types of things. most critically computer chips just given that russia has been cut off from those and needs it not only to power its economy,

but also to keep its war machine alive and kicking. so china has been a critical conduit, and china also has been running useful interference for russia. vice are touting russian propaganda spreading it not just within china, but across the developing world where china has great influence. so clearly russia is benefiting more right now, but that doesn't mean that russia is not important to china. russia is also very important for chinese interest. what are the chinese interest? why think, 1st and foremost, you don't want. china cannot allow russia to go down in a humiliating and catastrophic defeat because that might be stabilized russia itself. and then china would have to deal with a d, stabilised, russia, ryan, on its borders. china also needs to make a good show of supporting its ally, given that its put its credibility on the line by announcing that no limits partnership and also russia, you know, helps china accomplish it's broader goal of pushing back against the liberal world order and trying to push forward a more autocratic,

hierarchical vision of world order based on state sovereignty. so there's a number of interest here. and also, you know, of course, russia can supply china with vital commodities of food as well as oil and gas. so how much do you think it would, china, i want to risk losing in order to keep up with support for russia? yeah, i think right now china is trying to have it both ways. they, this is why they put forward that piece proposal. the 12 point piece proposal that basically would have ratified russian gains. they want to show that they're a good global citizen so they can maybe maintain trade ties, especially with the european union. while at the same time behind the scenes, i'm creating facts on the ground. i think china, though, if russia looks like it's going to go down to defeat china, would be willing to up its support for russia, even at the cost of diplomatic and economic links with the west. i don't know if russia, if china would be willing to sacrifice real blood and treasure though to actually get militarily involved. i'm very skeptical of that,

but in terms of upping support to the level of lethal aid, i think it's certainly not out of the question. given that china has this overriding interest in keeping russia standing. do you think this is a re, a long term partnership? was china just being pragmatic? here? i think it is a long term partnership because china doesn't have a lot of allies in the world either in it, russia really it's only major, great power ally. and so, you know, you have north korea, you are pakistan, you have venezuela. but you know, this really is the core of a broader autocratic coalition that includes countries like bella, bruce and, and iran as well. and so i think that this is, i mean, china's hoping that this will be a sustainable partnership. china white be fine with a weekend, russia that's more dependent on china, but not a russia that is flailing and possibly suffering, not just military defeat, but internal instability. as a result of that defeat, michael beckley, they're from tufts university. thank you very much for that analysis.

now the invasion of ukraine a year ago prompted a dramatic, you'll turn in germany's defense policy. chance all of shorts announced a sharp rise in spending on the armed forces. now shoulds has told parliament what he believes has been achieved and what still needs to be done. it's been one year since chancellor. i love charles announced what he called that satan vendor at turning point for germany. sholtes is government committed to significantly increasing funding for german defense and started sending heavy weapons to ukraine, including state of the art tanks. taking start a year after that pivotal speech shots made clear germany will continue supporting ukraine's defense sweden sleeve. one thing, these does not mean submitting to a bigger neighbor. if you crank stopped defending itself, it would not be peace, but the end of ukraine. craig yet. but he said germany needs to increase the

capabilities of its own army. also by helping the production and purchase of weapons and ammunition. but the lid, defense minister historian and i are talking to the defense industry about a real change of track towards rapid planning oriented and efficient procurement of defense equipment for the bonus. vale and other european armies feel a little pressure on the state of the opposition says progress is too slow. you see, i'm furnished, you quite rightly mentioned co operation with the arms industry and with european partners. though, why were weapons orders? why were decisions not already made in the last year? i look for links in blitz, yoga, california z ha. marie agnes scott zimmerman is chair of the defense committee and a member of the governing coalition. she says much has been achieved in the last year, but there is still room for improvement, is impulsively, we're still not fast enough. we have to become faster on the one hand because of

the war and ukraine. but also because we have an obligation towards nato, and that means more equipment or more personal mia pals. ronald does only cause such a shift in germany's defense and security policy was almost unthinkable before russia invaded ukraine. but more work remains for the german government is to truly make good on its promises. a german, his chance also had a message from china in his address to the boon to stalk earlier to death. d w as chief political correspondent need a hasa was listening. im a little i showed sees china as the main player. one of the main players are together with india perhaps in this conflict because as all of charges keeps pointing out, this is not just about russia versus ukraine. this is about an aggressive, challenging of the international orders, the international treaties, violating everything that the world order stands on. and which is why he says he

needs the support from other countries around the world. and he reiterated again, how important it was that last week in new york, the united nations in the general assembly passed a vote of with overwhelming support of the message. essentially, russia has to stop this war. this is to condemn these actions are not an acceptable . so in his message today will have swords as spoke about urban, china's message from last year, where they warned against nuclear escalation. all i showed celebrated that at the time as one of his big diplomatic successors because he'd travel to beijing and i was, he's in ping spoke next to him when he, when he uttered those words, saying a nuclear escalation is something that we're strongly warning against. and the china still has not officially condemned of russia's war and has not to used its influence enough. says the german chancellor, the he also referred to that piece plan that china put forward last week where

china warned against the use of nuclear, but also biological and chemical weapons. so there is a very clear signal coming out of germany here today that china should do more to stop this war from expanding and from letting and aggress or get away with these actions in ours reporting that struggle ignored some of the other stories making headlines around the world today, the former german chancellor, gerhard schroeder, has escaped being thrown out of his political party over his close ties to russia. members of this centre left social democrat sought his expulsion over his links to russian state energy companies. but a party committee says he did not break any rules. the death toll in greece's worst rail crash has risen to 57. recovery work is still on the way at the scene. officials have admitted to serious problems with a rail system. as anger grows over the head on collision,

more than 200 people have been killed in weeks of fighting between security forces and clans in somalia as break away somali land region clash with half centered around that town of laws are not web. local malicious, have pledged their support to the central government nigeria, se presidential candidates. peter obee says he is the real winner of saturday's saturday elections and will contest the outcome in court. official results put him in 3rd place while ruling party candidate ball at noble was declared, the victor service, se there's no evidence of fraud. iran's health minister says an investigation is underway and to allegations that religious groups may be targeting school girls in a series of poison gas attacks. hundreds of girls are thought to have been targeted with toxic gas at dozens of schools. the incidence began in november, several politicians have suggested the attacks abby carried out by groups opposed

to girls education. all of the iranian health minister says he's investigating these alleged talks about prison. iranian researcher, s o s, university of london. if toronto investigation is at all credible and not a ryan regime cannot be trust that is find as the as the world i've seen that track record of their human rights violations ever since mid september, 2022 until today. and as those of us monitor the situation organized in your own closely for decades, know that this regime is that very much explicitly discriminatory against women and girl children, as well as other groups of iranian citizens. and it's quite requesting that currently speculations that perhaps while there is

a good public claims that quote unquote radical she groups behind it. as we understand that maybe 3 individuals are asked that. but the speculations is that perhaps this is part of the continuation of abuse against protest and potentially a form of revenge against school children and girls in particular who participate in my life. freedom of things every summer and that said from me and the new scene for now state your to the w ah, with

to the point. strong opinions, clear positions, international perspectives with the war in ukraine is becoming a clash of systems. western democracies are feeling challenged by autocracies, like russia and china, and they are all, cording, non aligned countries like india. so on to the point we ask war and you crate our

new alliances, dividing the world to the point one next on d w. russia ah, with mm. how do treated animals and why hasn't anything changed and does this is actually a clear violation of animal protection. why do we love so most companions? well eating others? yeah, i never thought about how strange it was that i could pat my dog with one hand. well, i ate a pork chop with the other. what is the alternative and how does it taste like the real thing? yes, al, will we all be begin in 50 years?

i literally think that legs are the next generations. well, i'll look back and say, that's crazy that we ever use animals to get a documentary series about the future of food. and there were complex relationship with animals. the great media debate this week on d. w, did with the war and ukraine has global implications and is increasingly becoming a clash of systems. western democracies are feeling challenged by autocracies, like russia and china. both models want to prevail. so far china's piece plan for ukraine has found little favor in the west. instead, there are warnings from the us about possible arms deliveries from china to russia and russia's ally.