we say they were about giving up sports life every weekend on d w. ah, ah, this is dw news live from berlin vladimir putin visits occupied. mario paul image is released by the criminal report to show the russian leader in the ukrainian city, which russian force is captured in may. this comes after an arrest warrant is issued against him for alleged war crimes committed unoccupied ukraine. also coming

up classes or up to supporters of former pakistani prime minister in brad can disrupt his scheduled court. appearance to face corruption charges plus women in sumo wrestling are banned in japan. but in brazil, female athletes are answering the call that and more in sports. ah, i'm nick spicer, welcome to program. russian president vladimir putin has made an unannounced visit to occupied mariel. paul, the kremlin, released these images of putin inspecting newly built apartment blocks in the ukrainian city, which fell to russia last may after a month's long siege and russian shelling that left much of it in ruins. it's putin's 1st trip to the russian occupied territories of ukraine's eastern dumbass region. since the start of the war,

the visit came to us hours after an unannounced trip to crimea, which russia ill invaded and illegally annexed in 2014. it was one day after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for the russian leader, accusing him of war crimes. vladimir putin marches through an art school and a children's center in the port city of sebastopol, the largest city and crimea. a surprise visit to mark 9 years since russia annex crimea from ukraine. the move most of the world denounced as a legal the visit comes one day after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant accusing putin personally of the war, crime of a legally deporting hundreds of children from ukraine. though putin made no mention of the warrant during his visit, the locations seem to be in specifically chosen in response to the courts action on the streets of the occupied territory of dun ask, some residents were dismissive of the arrest warrant. they believe putin has enough

international support to make the court's move relevant. china's leader, she, jim ping, visits moscow next week, and a show of support for putin. which notion to the citizens such as well, you can choose who to now has enough political waste. not only in his own country, but also in the far east. if we take into account the support of china and india. so i don't think he's under any kind of threat and we'll union boomers the look them. but i'm still a good as, as david hutton is standing firm on holding crimea leslie sternly and she was in the studio, greenway, obviously security issues take top priority for crimea and sebastopol. especially today, we will do everything needed to fend off any threats. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski has vowed to retake crimea the fight against the russian invasion . keith has demanded that russia withdraw its forces from the peninsula as well as the areas is occupied since last year. and for more on this,

we're joined now by our correspondent nick connelly in chief, nick, what's the ukrainian reaction to this visit? well, there has been a big reaction in social media. people questioning some people in question, if this actually was marable, the 40 years old, pretty grainy and wobbly, and wasn't professionally filmed. others contrasting it with present lensky visits to the front lines to the troops there. i think there's been a lot of prism even inside russia about putins reluctance to get anywhere closer to the action closer to danger. so i think this was an attempt on the part of letting me put in to show that he is not scared that he is willing to go to the front lines will be fairly far away from the front lines as mobile now is. but there's certainly a sign that this is a very emotional topic. this is something that people weren't expecting. and that has kind of court ukrainian public opinion of god. and i'd like to just sort of why

mariel, paul, because there are, as you know, symbolic battles in history, places like stalingrad waterloo, maybe back move. now, what is mariel, paul symbolized for ukrainians? i think it was the 1st major battle of this war. i think people around the world will have seen images, such as the attack on the maternity ward, there marable, the woman carrying her baby down the stairs in the middle in attack. the attack on the theater, where people was sheltering. that ruin basically came to stand for the total destruction of the city. this was city that had almost half a 1000000 an absence for the war. and the estimates are all pretty different. but it seems like not much more than a kind of quarter to a 3rd of the people relation is still there. and you know, this is a place where as of style that metal plant, so ukrainian soldiers hold out for weeks and months against the russian attack. they eventually had to give themselves up to the russian side,

but it certainly was kind of a symbol of ukraine resistance. and it had been a simple, if you ever since you before that in 2014, this was city that hadn't formed the russians. that 1st time around and that was kind of held out. and when it ended eventually was taken by the russians. that was a real blow and something that kind of stayed with people here in ukraine. and we see the russian president and that footage apparently visiting rebuild parts of the city. is it worth underlining that this was mostly destroyed by massive shelling from his troops? the people know that in russia, i get the sense that people are russia are trying to pay attention to these kind of details as possible. i think most oh public opinion, but it seems like people are trying to kind of focus on their private lives and not follow these things too close to it. but it is important to say that those rebuilding efforts in those apartments that limit which is to just a in marble. they are a small part of this much, much bigger. so it's not like this is it? that is, in any way getting back to normal is in any way habitable and kind of in any kind

of position to go back to what life was like before the 24th february of 2022. and that's, that's repeated in place like this, a chance. so it didn't yet. and now the cities that russia takes, basically end up in ruins before the russian army finally get some ok, w correspondence. net, connelly and key. thank you for that. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world in bangladesh, at least 1000 people have been killed and dozens injured in a bus crash. the vehicle veered off a major freeway and plunged into a ditch near the capital dock. bangladesh has a poor road safety record safety association. there's this nearly 10000 people died in an accident last year. switzerland's biggest bank u. b. s. is in talk to take over its embattled rival. could these negotiations come mid fears? an ongoing banking crisis could be stabilized. the global financial system, switzerland is preparing emergency measures to fast track take over after turmoil

and leased by the collapse of 2 banks in the united states. after reaching a tentative agreement, serbian cost will have failed to sign and you sponsor deal aimed at normalizing relations. becomes after nearly 25 years nearly 25 years after an incursion by serbian forces sparked a nato bombing campaign that ended the conflict survey has long refused to recognize without a cost of those 2008 ration of independence from 27 supporters of former pakistani prime minister him ran can have clashed with police outside the court in islamabad, where he was due to appear to face corruption charges. the unrest is the latest in an ongoing showdown between authorities and can supporters several arrest warrants against can have been cancelled on condition he appear in court. at the end of this month. chaotic scenes outside a court in the pakistani capital islamabad. clashes between the police and emerald

hans supporters meant the former prime minister, could not enter the court. and a crucial judicial hearing has been a gen till the end of march from ne, multiple times. again, board who told the court multiple times. righty. that your sword is not controlled at the lawn order situation would be in their sphere of casualties or was kept after multiple injured people from those sites into the court. well, the court directed police and lawyers appear to take the course order. she, jock, to run cons vehicle abort nap. now we brought the order sheet for that and consigned to port your to, to, to be on the lake. i did this because of the stuff coming out early on saturday, pakistani police was stumped in ron hans residence in the eastern city of la hart when he was on his me too slow, but to appear in the quote the police operation was met by

a stones and petrol bombs from pon supporters and his family condemned it as a willis and of the sanctity of their home. and on their wasn't. will deborah will dozers came with force in riot gear and carried out an attack. they didn't care about anything wanted and they didn't have any search warrant. and then i kept asking them to show me to search warrants, but i and said they couldn't get in sign. it seems like there is one law for him and can and another for everyone else harnessed, facing several corruption charges, including one port, selling expensive, the state gifts from foreign dignitaries, while in offers. hon. denies these allegations, calling them political victimization that are deepening to political crisis in pakistan. ah, but is the your football endorsement got back to winning ways against cologne,

scoring a whopping 6 schools on the way to an easy victory. dorman katsu captain, marco roy scored twice to become the clubs all time record goal scorer is 2nd goal, rounded out the 61 final score door move into 1st place at least until byron munich plate later to name. and here's a look at bonus to get results so far, unmatched a 25 darkman and half in home were winners. 3rd place leipzig was stunned by bolcom, while spurred beach stood guard. 3 matches, sunday include union, berlin against frankfort and labor, choose and facing byron unit. in the women's bundis league, byron unit dominated their host, cologne in a 5 nil when germany international. clara underscored 2 of these goals with her 1st goal and the 22nd minute bill. embarrassed the entire cologne defense to find the target. iron kept pace in the title, race 2 points behind leaders,

osburg let's take a quick look at some other stories for the world of sports. now. in the n b a, the dallas mavericks down the los angeles lakers in extra ordinary fashion. germany's own maxie clamber with the game winning shot in the last 2nd. to lift the mavericks to a one point victory tennis superstar novak joke of it has been ruled out of next week's miami open after he was denied entry to the united states for not being vaccinated against coven 19 the world. number one had applied for a special exemption to enter the country. in the n h l. zach asked in research scored a pair of goals as the toronto maple leafs beat, the carolina hurricanes 5 to 2 to snap a 2 game losing street. this is toronto's 4th when in 8 games, the victory helps the least stay on course for a stanley cup playoffs part time for formula one now and red bull.

sergio paris has taken pull position for the saudi arabian grand prix. present time around the flood lit street circuit in the city of jetta was more than a 10th of a 2nd faster than ferrari's charlotte. claire, who will start in 12th because of a grid penalty for as his t made and reigning world champion max 1st stop in suffered technical problems and qualified only 15th now, so low miss a rather sumo wrestling may not be a sport you associate with brazil or with women, since even in japan, women are banned from the sumo ring. but those are exactly the stereotypes. a group of female wrestlers have set out to fight o tackling one stereotype at a time. these brazilian women are trying to change people's minds on su, more missouri their preconceived ideas. sometimes when i say i practice to more, every one looks at me thinking i should be fat. the sport has different categories

and i fight in the medium med, it's not just the body stereotypes they have to deal with. it was japanese immigrants that 1st brought to more to brazil in the early 20th century. and my professional sumo is off limits for women in japan. he in brazil, they trying to change that little button. there are many women practicing sumani to pencil in more than 80 countries. they are all ready for week categories. good. and we are helping to expand that where it was my idea is to stop the prejudice cabin article, say to me, and that will be an uphill battle. but these women are ready to take on that tight . and before we go, here's a reminder of our top story for you. russian president vladimir putin has made an unannounced trip to occupied variable. the kremlin released images of putin inspecting newly built apartment blocks in the ukrainian city,

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