series about our complex relationship with animals. well, i think i will live long enough to witness the factory farming. the great debate this week on dw, or ah ah, this is g w, news ally from berlin is the about of about mood nearing an end. you came military intelligence sources, say ukrainian forces are under increasing pressure from russia in the fight for the front line, city and labor unionists in tunisia. stage mass protests in the capital fueled by

anger over the rising cost of living and the government crackdown on opposition. ah, welcome to our viewers around the world. i'm michael oke, who we begin with signs that a key battle in easton, ukraine could soon and in a rush and victory. fighting continues to rage around the frontline city of buckboard. russia is determined to seize the now destroyed city as part of its wider aim of capturing the entire done. yet squadron, british military intelligence reports a ukrainian forces are coming under increasingly strong pressure. 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 bar 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. it got wagner, group units have effectively encircled buck. mute. there is 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 file 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. those injured on the front line in buck mote, 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. john was young . i want to thank you for helping so many of our soldiers him. he rose to get back on their feet or the country, seize your work and value the highlight on that is all very highlight. rebuttal was a glitch in lieu few expected buck moto to hold on this long. it's capture would mock a symbolic victory for russia? one that causes thousands of lives to achieve within a year that when am i, the u. k. has said ukrainian forces are under severe pressure defending backward. i asked him until her summer grocer, senior lecturer, insecurity and development dead kings college in london. what more is known about ukraine's efforts to reinforce the area with elite units one, but what we know is that to the ukraine, as i'm send reinforcements to our mac,

morton, apparently we don't know, and we don't have a lot of detail or exactly what kind of reinforcements happening, say, but they have been images of, you know, of our vehicles a day, you know, carry an infantry man. so it is possible that additional troops have been sent to they to the area on or so. apparently, i'm mechanized division. i'm rain close meant excuse me, till they sort of knows northwestern part of blackmore to maybe try to, to put pressure on, on sort of their russian forces. but also these could be, or part of an effort to ensure the east. there are 3rd sort of the withdrawn off on few crane and forces from back won't actually make sure that to want not too many lines i lost are still there with strong oil. would be that there is an effort to continue sort of cleaning down our russian forces there. ma'am, i am more of the of me right now, probably that the effort is to make sure that the forces that are stable are inside,

back more they ukrainian forces. i able to withdraw without a major know, says, and major casualties are often great, quite as st. remembering as you well know, the u. s. announced a new military aid package for ukraine worth about $400000000.00 primarily comprise of ammunition, part of that package. apparently includes tactical bridges, tell us how that meaningful when this award ammunitions are really very important and a right if i'm to party that's going to be more towards all of her. he mars. so this is going to be very helpful for the ukrainians to shoot. you know, behind any lines to russians, my lines, i mean, the sort of the, the, that bridge are to lose are, are important because say, hey, you know, they will hang ukrainian forces to cross re bus. i in a potential counter offensive which seems to be planned for the spring. so this is

going to be, you know, i central and need indicates that ukrainians are repairing way to american support and western support flora for a more effective counter. thanks. if on this is part of age to make sure that you know that the troops coming across, you know, honestly, reversed on, on advanced more effectively. and so this indicates that they're really thinking and planning for more effective counter offensive. and in a way, you know, the sort of they, they are whole ledford around by moored was also intended to weaken our russian forces and similar, similar sort of tactics where you was to our last summer when russians really, it was sort of pain down now roundly see chung, i'm serious. he done yet. gun. then they say loud for ukrainian. struck vance in baltimore. oh excuse me, in a heartbeat for hockey? yes. so we can really think that you're not lot of the excellent douglas food around, but more this was intended to weaken our russian forces so that then ukrainians

could carry out more effective counter offensive. so i think this is all a sort of part of a strategy to help ukraine with the necessary equipment on support so that they can carry out an effective counter offensive later on. i, you know, when i sort of the month sees, are nice, is over in a way which is sort of coming now soon. they're going to period. well, we will have when we will add to ended there. that it said that so security expert domain, till a saga, mo, so from king's college london. many, many, many thanks. the u. s. and german leaders have met in washington in a display of unity over the war in ukraine. it was all of schultz 1st visit to the white have since roches invasion. he and joe biden focus 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 keith. sholtes says germany is

committed to backing ukraine for as long as it takes the same look. now at some of the other news headlines from around the world, european parliament president reba to met sola has met with ukraine's president villarreal zalinski during a visit to live eve. it is her 2nd time in ukraine since the russian invasion. she said the european parliament cooperation with you greenwood only grow stronger. china's annual parliament has kicked off in beijing with the largely ceremonial political advisory session. the meeting comes on the eve of the national people's congress, which starts on sunday, the parliament rubber stance. decisions already made behind closed doors by leadership, aging, ping, and the communist party leadership. at least 4 people have been killed and over 40000 residents displaced after flooding in the southern malaysian state of ju horn,

the rains have continued unabated, hampering relief efforts. authorities have set up more than 200 relief centers for people displaced by the floods. demonstrations are taking place in tunisia this weekend to protest against an ongoing economic crisis and government crackdown on opposition. president chi said has ruled by decrease in suspending parliament in 2021 in a paragraph. in recent weeks, anger over the rising cost of living has boiled over into unrest with police responding by rushing, union leaders, journalists, and political opponents. it was a sure force by chin nicea as powerful workers union thousands on the street in each city's last month. fed up with the rising cost of milk, bread and other staples, and a wave of arrests which threatened the country's fragile democracy. from

mr. dick and trade unionists are being targeted if putting trade union in jail falsified cases arrest in similar actions suggest the authorities as seeking to silence the juniors in general labor union. i know thought that they hadn't procedure solo from her during a recent walk about at a market. president key saheed saw close some of the frustration underpinning the protest. thought he insisted those arrested were behind the deepening crisis. not him. that were a mug. lun, doctor of the state won't stand idle in the face of those who have fueled men, and those who seek to fuel the social situation by raising prices up and stockpiling goods issue. my, you bit, dorothea, if it a saw what we've done see the other than the minister journalists to have been

protesting after police arrested the head of a radio station which had been critical of the president you as the the authorities are resorting to security forces and the judiciary, to harass and intimidate journalists. this is the message they want to send to the media sector. the alan, until recently, janasia was seen as the arab springs last success story. but many fear hard one, freedoms are now being a rooted. now we welcome to lead see of holcman, a freelance journalist space in tunis to tell us more about what is happening in tunisia. a. can you tell us why the tunisian labor union called for this protest today? well, a free he's also arrested some of the members in the coach. but i think one of the real punches is when a european tracking progress a and

she home dialogue say she said yeah, she did that again. we issued in union and he ordered for her to live in 24 hours a day. it comes to publication r i c. now pretty much i can read my a lot of people in the street. so he's pretty much cut down a major cause like he's in prison. the major positioning part of my job with the next big obstacle, i hate to tell you, you know, given that online criticism of the government has been effectively criminalized.

and parliament, one could argue, is almost meaningless. after only 11 percent of teenagers took part in general elections. are there any checks and balances left in the country? the fact that he's also trying to muscle the judiciary a democratic regime in store before you had to say what he did last july because a control and actually getting quite a good job of consolidated. but he's not really doing anything. the problem tunisia is in deep economic turmoil and needs and i am f bailout given international criticism of side to repression, especially coming out of the u. s. will these arrests weaken the government's

position in forging a deal? well the ins and outs basically keeping things in the state is quite not about one point. 9000000000. it's not it's not a lot to really kind of read on. the other thing about it is a change it. i supply the budgets for 23 times a deadline to the i max actually. so it's been slowed down to where the army surgeon is on administrative level, but also the i'm actually want to see just to see. because you know, when things are completely show that it's like corey motion down the track,

but they were hiking with me. i would be some nasty. so there are many, many, many thanks to the to folk min freelance journalist based internet that's all from me coming up next world stories the week and reports. there's born our website, the w dot com. and you can also check out our social media channels. the handle you need there is the w a mike located in berlin for me in the news team here. thanks for watching. jamie has had a single with the gender gap in space.