in their country and inspiring the world with their ideas. counted valley africa watch now on w documentary. ah ah, this is deed of you news live from berlin. the u. s. and germany promised to maintain support for ukraine. washington announce is an extra $400000000.00 and military aid for keith as german chancellor. ola sholtes meets joe by at the white house. meanwhile, on the front lines and ukraine, the battle for back mood enters

a critical phase. the russian wagner mercenary group says it has almost completely surrounded this city. and according bella, ru sentences, the country's leading human rights campaigner to 10 years in prison, the jailing is condemned as another moved by strong men, alexander lucas jenko, to stifle dissent. ah, nick spicer, welcome to the program. the u. s. and germany leaders have met in washington in the display of unity over the war in ukraine. it was all i've sholtes his 1st visit to the white house since rushes invasion. he and joe biden focused their talks on support for keith and concerns that china is planning to provide russia with military assistance. the u. s. has also announced a new $400000000.00 package of military aid for key fact sold,

says shaw says rather germany is committed to backing ukraine for as long as it takes really important that we together organize the step that we've made feasible that we can give the left to ukraine doing all the time. and at this time i think it is very important that we get the message that we would continue to do so as long as it takes, as long as it's necessary. dw, correspond, mikella accused. there has been following the german chancellor visit to washington and file this report. so on the very day that the united states announced 400000000 an extra funding to support ukraine. the german chancellor, olaf souls, and the united states of president joe biden met behind closed doors for one on one meeting. ukraine, of course, was at the top of the agenda that much was for sure,

but they didn't hold a press conference. they didn't want to convey what was discussed in details. but we have learned that that certainly means more support for ukraine, which is urgently needed on the battlefield, particularly around back mood, where ukrainian forces are under pressure at this very moment in time. at the same time, there's the overarching issue of what china will actually do after it said, it doesn't want to see any war that it wants all countries to accept the existing borders as they stand, which would of course, also apply to its own borders, which could potentially involve taiwan. well, there are expectations almost on the western side that china may deliver weapons to russia, and that is certainly a line in the sand that as we've learned, would draw consequences from the west, from the united states, and from the europeans. so those were the key issues we know were discussed behind

closed doors, the most intense consultations since both leaders are in office between the 2 sides . and we've also learned that there will be more in the near future. that was, did correspond, amico tutor, reporting for us from washington, the founder of russia's wagner mercenary groups. as his fighters have nearly surrounded the eastern ukrainian city of back loot, he appeared in a video urging president vladimir zaleski to pull his troops out of the area. residents have also started to leave their homes ahead of a possible russian advance. this city and its defenders have endured some of the most brutal fighting of the war. but after 6 months under constant attack, ukraine's hold on buck mote appears to be slipping. for both sides,

the cost in both lives and ammunition has been enormous. but now the commander of russia's mercenary wagner, group claims the city is almost completely surrounded. a wagner group units have effectively encircled buck, mute, barry's. only one road left out all the pins is a closing room, while most roads in and out of but most have been cut off, making it difficult for ukraine to resupply its forces. those that remain open are under constant fire from russian artillery. as russia closes in their affairs, that ukraine's forces may become unable to retreat. throughout it all, medics continued to ferry the wounded away from the besieged city. close injured on the front line in buck moot, a transferred to hospitals, in safer regions. in the western city of la viv president followed him as the

lensky thanked both soldiers and doctors for their tireless efforts. yeah, john was young. i want to thank you for helping so many of our soldiers and he rose to get back on their feet. a country seize your work and values, a highly, very highly reward who is a, which a more few expected buck not to hold on this long. it's capture would mark a symbolic victory for russia, one that costs thousands of lives to achieve with my. so is it just a matter of time then before russian forces take back? note we are c w correspondent at he has bellinger in keith that's what it looks like. pretty much sure. there have been conflicting messages these past few days. ukraine has said a few days ago that they would reinforce troops there. we've also heard some information about the troops leaving. it's very difficult to assess the situation

on the ground. we have the fog of war. what is clear also is that ukraine, if it was leaving the city would not announce this beforehand in order not to in order to guarantee a more or less safe retreat, they would pretend to move forward or drew troops to try to keep her the town and would only announced that they have left after the retreat or shortly before it is done. but it's very hard to say that what, what we can say is that it does not look good for the ukrainians there. the city seems to be surrounded from 3 sides. that seems to be pretty much established by geo, located footage, etc. and only one. it's only, it's been weeks that only one road has been leading out of the city. and that roast is very close to the lines pretty much under fire. so of course, at some point this will become very, it's very difficult to defend this, this town i and a retreat would seem logical,

but the problem is what will happen then? and i guess that's the reason why they kept her defending this city for so long because then it would be the next city which basically will have the same fate as that was of course the to be correspond. it is burning a reporting for us from keith. according beller. ruth has sentenced the country's leading human rights campaigner to 10 years in prison. nobel peace prize winner alice billiard, sky and 3 fellow actors had been convicted of smuggling cash into the country to support opposition groups. but his prosecution has been widely condemned as part of authoritarian leader, alexander lucas, and goes ongoing crackdown on descent. it's a guilty verdict for oliver bailey up ski, one of the leading human rights activists in bella. ruth b, u and human rights office said it was disturbed by the trial. like really concerned

about the lack of fair trial proceedings and access to an independent judiciary in belarus. placing human rights defenders and bellow is at risk of criminal prosecution for their legitimate human rights work. really ask is organization provided legal aid for those arrested by the bell. russian police following the disputed reelection of alexander lucas shank o. in 2020. that within the every day, with the more and more political prisoners, it's a serious challenge for bella. russian society girls of our washer bailey ascii, was arrested in july 2021. when he was jointly awarded the nobel peace prize, unable to travel to the ceremony, his wife accepted the award in his name. that the printer list price belongs to all those who protect human rights. she said, but of all civil rights activists in with m. m a tens of thousands of bella

russians who have been tortured, beaten, arrested, and imprisoned. so that the rank, irish, they don't know really ascii called the situation in bella luce, a civil war, and is calling on the authorities to end it. turn out to take a look at some of the other news headlines from around the world. the head of the u . n's, nuclear watchdog has arrived and t ran for high level meetings with the iranian government. the visit comes just days after the agency found uranium in rich to 83 percent close to weapons grades, grades, grades, strength ran, said that unintended fluctuations could be responsible for the measurement. u. s. president joe biden has had a cancerous lesion removed from his chest in february, during a routine health screening. biden's doctor said that all cancers tissue was removed and that no further treatment is required. the president has had several similar skin growths removed in the past. authorities in the us state of california say it

could take another week to reach some people stranded by heavy snowfall in mountain areas. many homes and businesses were buried by a rare blizzard which local with local communities, lacking enough snow clearing equipment. the mountain snow is clearly visible from downtown los angeles. tough guy, actor tom sizemore, best known for his role in steven spielberg's, 1998 world war 2 epic saving private ryan has died. the 61 year old suffered a brain aneurism in february sophomores. personal life was frequently troubled with addiction and had spells of jail, including after assaulting his book. the fridays for future climate change movement has staged a global day of protest. mostly young activist gathered in cities to demand an end to new fossil fuel projects and more action to cut greenhouse gases.

from the piano is of rain to the streets of indonesia, climate change protest as a demonstrating across the globe there. calling for more political action to tackle environmental devastation caused by rising c o 2 levels. and for most a pool for people already suffering the effects of the climate crisis. berlin was just one of some, 200 german cities and towns to stage fridays for future rallies. i, the mood may be jovial. the protesters have serious messages for the german government . oh, i love america zuniga think the main reason i am here today is to demand that factory

farming is mostly abolished and no longer subsidized. i think it's a really big contributing factor to climate change in our bonus breeches. i would like to see the german government come up with a plan for the country to be climate neutral by 2030 or 2035. there is still so much coal and gas being burnt as we're not off your caller and garza up run as it would be really easy to put speed limits in place in cities and motor ways. and this would have immediate effects that would save loads of energy. there are many other measures needed, but i just don't understand why this hasn't been done because it doesn't cost any money that's brought over as regular basis of us. i can get cost that protesters here in germany and around the world, united by the conviction that more needs to be done. and now it will sports news. now boys should dort move hosted leipzig to kick off buddhist

league match 23. and the black and yellows claim to hartford went to make it 8 league winds out of $8.20. marco royce put doors went ahead on 21 minutes from the penalty spot. and am region bubbled one through the crowd to make it to nail at half time. like 6 emile force for pulled one back on 74 minutes to cause them jitters for the home fans. there it is. but darkman held on to win 2 to one and go to the top of the boat to sleep with title rivals fired, playing on saturday. and finally, music lovers in hong kong are once again thrilling to the sounds of clock and flap . ah, the popular music festival has returned after a 4 year break caused by pro democracy protest in 10 demik restrictions. the chinese territory has even lifted its mask requirement,

allowing the audience to sing along unimpeded a. this is dw news from berlin. here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you. german chancellor. ola schultz has visited the white house for the 1st time since russia's basin of ukraine. president joe bod. thank sholtes for what he called. profound support for keith. that's all for me coming up next is a i by and speak biased against women. that's on shift that in the digital age. i'm nick spicer. thanks for watching. jamie has had 1111. not a single one in the mission is the 1st female jannen. israel has a the gender janet in space exploration. germany's 1st.