a subscribe. now, t d w documentary ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. ukraine says that its future depends on winning the battle for bach moved. there has been intense fighting in the eastern city for months, with each side of bring heavy losses. yet opinion is divided over the strategic importance of the area. also coming up, australia announces plans to buy at least 3 nuclear submarines under a new security packed with the u. s. and the you k,

a u. s. says it is about securing piece. china disagree. and attempt to reassure the american people and markets after the collapse of to us banks. ah, i'm sara telly, welcome to the program. heave and moscow are both suffering heavy losses as fighting intensifies in the eastern city of buck mode. it is where the heaviest fighting has taken place in the year long war. president zalinski overnight vow to quote, destroy russia. they're saying that ukraine's future depends on the outcome of what happens in bach moot and other key areas. but there are doubts that defending the city is the best strategy for ukraine. up against

the longest and bloodiest battle of moscow's of invasion to battle for bach moot. do ukrainian unit fires back, sending our fresh and attempts to take control of this city center. ah, fierce fighting has inflicted heavy losses on both sides. that ukraine says the battle for buck mood is one of the decisive fights for its future. does result on us would you? the situation in the east is very tough, very painful. we need to destroy the enemy's military power and we will be low, horrified, gear and muddy anchor of div kid and bar, mood, world glinda, and come younger and all other places were a future is being decided and the future of all ukrainians is being fought for grains viejo. russia has been trying to capture the eastern ukrainian city for months. so far. russian mercenaries have only managed to encircle back moot.

moscow is now intensifying its campaign. delivering ammunition to wagner fighters who have been spearheading the attack on bar mood. all the, some $4000.00 residents are still in a town, according to an official tele, despite the fierce fighting in and around it were grammar, perversion, commanders, the capture of this city would mean an opportunity mother to deliver good news reward to the kremlin. and gradually course our portable and for more let's bring in correspondent mathias ballinger, who is joining us from keep me till us to just walk us through what is happening right now in back mood and who has the upper hand? well, it looks like yo, the wagner soldiers, the russian soldiers have intensified their attacks on the city center. they have

been controlling the eastern part of the city for some days. now, there is a river separating the territories and it seems that they are now attacking on the other side of the river, the territory that ukraine is controlling. however, it's very unclear whether they are making any progress. it's in their tactics so far for quite some time. to just continue attacking, no matter what, accepting huge losses of course, and or they have been successful, but in a very slow way. so far. so it's not possible to say exactly where who is standing, where at the moment, but the fierce battles inside the city in the city center. they seem to be continuing. oh i, russian bloggers are complaining that the russian side is not making real progress the ukrainians continue to defend the city. and there has been some discussion on, you know, military experts have been weighing in about, you know, how strategic,

in fact, this particular area is. so just walk us through with the debate as here. yes . so the losses of the ukrainian side are presumably also very high. we don't have exact figures as always from either either side, the ukrainians. keep maintaining that the russian losses are much higher. and that is why it's worth stopping them there and not retreating and then taking the fight to the next town are, which will then have the same fate as bad mood. that's those who defend ukraine's actions in back mod are saying the others camper saying that the losses are way too high and that these soldiers will also be missing for further offensive operations and jar that it's not worth throwing in. so many soldiers into a battle that seems to be really hard to win. and yet the kind in leadership has decided to continue holding back more precisely for the reason that they do not

want the battle to go further into ukrainian territory. and they will do not want her to come at was the main city in the region targeted or slowdowns. the 2nd, a main city, it's not as strategic or location in the sense that a, it would open or, or, you know, lots of roads into the country. there's, there are few, few roads that lead to these 2 cities that i've just mentioned, but it's not a major transport hub. it's not a hill that you conquer, and then you can move beyond the hill or something like that mathias falling. now, with a view from keith, thank you. the leaders of the united states, australia, and britain have unveiled details of a new nuclear submarine deal. they met in san diego on monday as part of what is known as the at arcus alliance. the plan will provide australia with nuclear

powered attack submarines, a major step to counter china's ambitions in the indo pacific. oh, a hearty welcome for the 3 global leaders. they've come together 2 unknowns, not just a major arms deal, but a historic strategic partnership. the oak is agreement, we confirm here in san diego represents the biggest single investment in australia's defense capability in all of our history. australia will buy as many as 5 of these nuclear powered submarines and later build a new on themselves based on a british design with u. s. technology. it's a long time upgrade that will make australia a full partner in fielding top secret us nuclear technology. previously only shared with the u. k. warden has no partnership. we're showing again how

democracies can deliver our own security and prosperity and not just for us, but for the entire world. all this is an attempt to counter growing chinese military power, which includes beijing's construction of a sophisticated naval fleet. britain is also beating up its military capabilities. it is more important than ever that we strengthen the resilience of our own countries. that's why the u. k. is today announcing a significant list and our defense budget. we're providing an extra 5000000000 pounds over the next 2 years. cluster alia isn't getting nuclear weapons, but the nuclear propulsion of the new submarine fleet will add substantial strength to the western alliance. and here's the look now at some other stories making news around the world in southeastern africa, over

a 100 people have been killed by cyclop freddy. most of the deaths are in malawi, where the storm triggered landslides and floods. it earlier, swept across mozambique friday as one of the strongest, and the longest lasting sight phones recorded in the southern hemisphere. former us president donald trump has held his 1st rally since launching his 2024 presidential campaign. speaking in iowa, trump attacked florida governor rhonda santas seen as his strongest probable challenger in the republican nomination. healing iowa is a crucial early voting state in the race. a lot of the bided administration has approved a controversial oil drilling project on alaska, north slope supporters of the willow project by energy giant conoco. phillips say that it will be an economic lifeline for indigenous communities. but environmentalists have urged biden not to approve such projects on public lands.

o u. s. president joe biden has promised to do whatever is needed to strengthen us financial institutions. after the collapse of both signature bank and silicon valley bank biden has told americans that their banking system is safe, even as fears of another u. s. bank in crisis rise. the 2 bank failures are the 2nd and the 3rd worst in u. s. history. and they've taken their toll on global markets. the news cent bank stocks tumbling in the us asia and europe with investors fearing the biggest us bank failures in 15 years might trigger a ripple effect around the world. e u r t say they are monitoring the situation, but do not expect the us failures to cause long term problems in europe. we take note of the swift under side of reaction by the us authorities. within the you, there is a very limited presence of silicon valley bank. of course, we are in touch with the relevant national competence authorities. that message was

echoed by e u. finance ministers, including germany's close john lindner, the status of africa. i have heard from germany, brother, in the us, the failures have brought back painful memories of the devastating meltdown of 2008 in a bid to lessen uncertainty and avert further, bank runs. u. s. president joe biden hurried to reassure the public. our customers who had deposited these bank can rest assured our m rest assured will be protected and know have access to their money. as of today. biden stress that unlike in the past, irresponsible behavior by banking executors would not be tolerated. the management of these banks will be fired if the bank is taken over by f d. i see the people running the bank should not work there anymore. what are the president's tough words enough to convince depositors them? money is safe. california's 1st republic bank is under particular pressure and has

seen increased withdrawals, but most customers seem to be keeping their nerve. i'm really not that worried about it, but i'm just being a little cautious. i don't think people need to panic at this point. i'm transferring some of my money out of this branch to another branch i have, but at the end of the day, it's about panicking everybody pam, external. it's like a domino effect. so i don't want to panic necessarily, but i just want to take some precautions. biden says he wants to make similar failures less likely in the future by asking congress to strengthen banking rules are rules that were introduced after us bank sparked a global financial crisis in 2008 by aggressive mortgage lending. they were partially repealed in 2018 under then president donald trump. in the coming days that decision is likely to be in the spotlight. and as we have seen, there you as president joe biden, he reacted swiftly and decisively,

as well as the federal reserve to stabilize the banking system. but as our correspondence says, it could well be that it can avoid a political crisis. let's listen to him. hail cove nurse assessment, joe biden made clear that he doesn't want american taxpayers to foot the bill for this banking crisis. at the same time, he's on the defensive. he needs to prove that banking rules that he brought into being as vice president or under president obama. did work to at least a certain degree, and that donald trump, for president, is to blame for, relaxing some of those rules. he now wants to take all of this back to congress. as the banking crisis shift into a political wrangling mode with the democrat president, being determined to make sure that republicans share some of the responsibility, the republicans are eager to stress. that this could be a maneuver by joe biden,

to cover up for weaknesses in his own economic policy. so as this or heads into a deeply political arena. this is rather unfortunate timing for joe biden with everybody still waiting with bated breath when and if he will declare that he runs, wants to run once again as presidential candidate for the democrats in 2024. and that was me, how the cushion are in washington. before we go, a quick reminder of the top story that we are following for you. ukrainian president followed him. here's the lens. he says that the future of his country hinges on the outcome of the battle for bach moot and the surrounding area. both ukraine and russia are suffering heavy losses there and have described the fighting as tough. the leaders of the u. s. australia and britain have unveiled new details of a new nuclear submarine deal. the plan will provide australia with nuclear power attack

submarines. a major step to counter china's ambitions in the indo pacific. australia will not get any nuclear weapons under the deal. business news after a short break to stay with us if you can for that. i'm sorry. kelly in berlin. thank you so much for watching. taking ah, with our flying rivers created by waterfalls, throwing water particles into the air to be tr.