to discover new adventures in 360 degrees. ah, and explore fascinating world heritage sites. d. w world heritage 360. get the app now. with this is the w news coming to you live from berlin. russian cruise missiles and drones hit targets across ukraine. at least 12 people reported dead an overnight strikes on a number of cities. the attacks come as keep prepares a counter offensive, hoping that new western weapons will help push the russians back. also coming up,

extending of fragile cease fire ensued death, the truce has been sporadically broken over the last 3 days, but is supposed to continue through the weekend. thousands are trying to evacuate and much needed. supplies are trickling in and it's being built as the most exciting bonus league, a race in over a decade will dormant. finally lift the trophy, they can go for points ahead. apply a munich to night with the wind. ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. we begin in ukraine where russian missiles and drones strikes have hit several ukrainian cities overnight killing at least 12 civilians. a residential building was hit in mon, 200 kilometers south of the capital. keith authorities also reported deaths in the eastern city of deep rope, where they say a woman and

a young child were killed. it's the biggest strike. russia has launched in ukraine in weeks. it's cross straight over to our correspondent nick conley in. keep nick, tell us more about these latest attacks. so terry, the late report camine of 14 fatalities in woman there. extraordinary scenes of the operation going on there to try to find more people under those ruins. we understand. well, the 100 people lived in the section of the apartment block that 9 story block that was hit. that was the epicenter of that strike. as you mentioned, there was an approach to fatalities. this is really shocking off to basically the best part of 2 months where there were no attacks fall from the front lines where cities like key of and woman could more or less sleep quite sleep. com people now, once again confronted with this very dangerous reality that these air raid sirens have to be taken seriously. what do we know, nick,

about how well equipped ukraine's air defense systems. all right, now we'll have different come a long way since the beginning of this war. we've heard from the cranium of stay. they say that 21 of 23 russian cruise missiles were shot down. they haven't spoken yet quite how many russian drones were sent this way last night. but this is a vast country. it's more than one half 1000 kilometers from east to west and almost 1000 north to south. there's never going to be 100 percent security especially gets ballistic missiles, which slide and fast on one predictably than cruise missiles. in the case of tonight's lost lots attack, we've heard that the russians sent those missiles in very low, and that they changed their course several times. make it more difficult to try and shoot them down and often they fly so low that when you do try shoot them down the debris, then that causes extensive damage to civilians around them. and i think there is a real sense here that you crank, given its position, it's very long, bored with russia is just uniquely vulnerable. what about the timing of these

attacks? nick, why is russia launching these missiles and drones now? well, some of this is basically because they can, it seems like really they are running out of their stocks. they're basically sending missiles straight from the factories to the front lines. and that now basically having used a lot of missiles up last autumn, the beginning of this year, they had to wait a bit to really restock. and also this is being seen as a temp patient to create panic and chaos among ukraine civilians. to put pressure on ukraine's government to come to the negotiating table and come some kind of temporary deal on russia's terms. that's not something that ukrainian public opinion is open to yet. but i guess the expectation is in moscow that increasingly kind of random attacks, really until it might cause that kind of change of mood. but it's also interesting if you kind of look how this is actually playing your cancer productively for russia. basically, it seems like you know, as soon as interests in the west outside and this will start to dip and the willingness to help you crane dips,

then it russia. it's not really in its own interest, thought bombing civilian targets again. and once again, this is on the 4 pages of old world media. and once again, the willingness to help you cranes there. so that seems like quite a counterproductive stretchy if you look at the bigger picture and support for you . great. nick, thank you very much. as always, our correspondent nick connelly there in the ukrainian capital key. now ukraine and the western world have been waiting for months for ukraine to begin a counter offensive against entrenched russian forces in the eastern part of the country. but the challenges for ukrainian troops are immense. they are up against a much bigger military force. our next report looks at what it will take to win back territory and why it's taking so long to prepare draining near the front. these ukrainian soldiers are getting ready for the big battle to come. millennium with the new streaming boat is gone more or less ok with some difficulty as well.

so we will work on this and get rid of the problems. was a lot of that. we found the minds lot of we will rehearse again, and then it will be fine at the bottom of the local, getting ukraine's forces ready has been no small undertaking. many of the countries most experienced soldiers have died or been wounded in over a year of grinding combat with russian forces. that means the counter offensive will also rely on fresh recruits who have anything battle. and there's another big problem more than the women, neither. so that's a moment there is a significant ammunition shortage either. we lack high explosive, incendiary shells. so tanks and artillery are unable to work effectively. estimate if she knew high explosive shells have much more destructive power and the damage radius is much bigger than armor piercing shells. and i just lucia, here's a commodity with me, but anybody filling the ammunition gap will be key and will take time. but

ammunition is just one part of a much bigger and more complex machine, the ukrainians with coordinate tanks, infantry artillery air power, and engineers relying on communications and quick decision making. but they're up against considerable obstacles. if as expected, ukraine pushes to the south to cut russian held territory and half they have to cross. the denise pro river fell face mine fields and concrete obstacles known as devils teeth. and that's before they reach russian trenches shown here in satellite pictures. while the russians will likely be shooting at the ukrainians the whole time that kind of push requires equipment and may explain the longer than expected build up to the counter offense. they've really been arming that military from the ground up so rigid it was anti tank guided missiles, then it was artillery. then it was infantry fighting big will. then it was tanks. your listeners will remember your view. the story will remember all the tanks,

the gold place, the beginning, the year. and so each stage ukraine receives what it wants and look, i would do exactly the same thing. it's always in that position. and then it asks for the next level of support. the problem for ukraine is that western support is not likely to last forever. the spring counter offensive, which may end up happening in the summer, has to show concrete gains to keep ukraine's backers happy and to keep the weapons coming. earlier we spoke with marina myron, with the defense studies department at king's college, london. she explained the challenges facing ukrainian military personnel in launching a counter offensive. there are quite a few challenges and one of the challenges is obviously the weather. so it's very difficult to time the contra pensive, aside from that, we have also heard that the ukranian brigades that are supposed to be used for this

counter offensive are not ready. so 3 of the brigades will be ready some time in may, which gives the russians enough time to prepare and also gives out important information on the potential contra offensive. and, you know, apart from the fact that old equipment has allegedly arrived in ukraine, the ukrainian armed forces still have to sol, logistical problems. because depending on where they want to conduct the contra offensive and it better be a surprise for the russians, who are prepared, they've been preparing defences since november. so since a time general survey can took charge of the so called special military operation, the russians have prepared the actual defenses as we have heard in the report. and this will be very difficult for the putting into breakthroughs. so the idea is to stop them and their tracks. then we have that issue off conducting combined arms

operations, which are very difficult in terms of maneuver in terms of logistics. you have to have a good leadership. and the question as despite all the western equipment that has arrived and even if the ukrainians consoles logistical problems without the russians actually the targeting western equipment. so the equipment actually arrives on the front lines where the contra offensive is supposed to take place. can the ukrainians master of this very, very complex operation, given all the pressure that is currently coming from the political leadership of ukraine as well as kind of international audience we're waiting for the ukrainians forces to deliver so they have new equipment, they have fresh recruit, be used and they have to very complex operation and they know that the russians are ready for that. hope francis has landed in budapest hits the partis, 1st official trip to hungary, which shares

a border with ukraine. the pope's 3 day visit will be focused in great part on the war in ukraine. they'll be meeting with some of the 1000000 plus ukrainian refugees believe to have crossed into hungry since the beginning of the war. you also meet with prime minister of victoria urban to have been an odds over hungry anti migration policy. sketchup on some other stories making headlines around the world today. china is bracing for a record travel rush during its labor day holiday. authorities expect 19000000 trips by rail on saturday alone. the crowds could be a much needed boost for china's tourism industry, which is still recovering from the strict measures imposed by beijing. during the pandemic. authorities in indonesia say 11 people died when a boat capsized and the children are among the victims. search operation for several missing passengers is ongoing. it happened in the rio islands chain.

boating accidents are common in archipelago do in part to lack safety standards. australia has shut down its oldest coal fired power station. the little plant was built in 1971 and provided about 10 percent of electricity used in new south wales . it comes as the government seeks to rapidly shift towards renewable energy. more than 70 percent of australia's power now comes from fossil fuels. sedans, army and the rival paramilitary rapid support forces have agreed to extend a fragile truce for another 72 hours. but there's been more fighting in the capital cartoon, and other areas. hundreds of people have been killed in the 2 week conflict. thousands of sudanese civilians are still trying to escape many who are unable to leave or short of vital supplies. a growing number of countries are evacuating their diplomats and nationals as foreigners,

head out millions of sudanese without the advantage of foreign citizenship are left to fend for themselves. grabbing whatever they can to stock up and vital supplies that are running out across the country. murphy, more did more. there are no supplies, we're not receiving any new goods. no we, there's nothing coming in in any supply that is exhausted. we cannot replace it. we hope that god will help the people who follow a brother in and not shops and houses are being rated by armed groups. for those who want to flee. one way out is through this land border crossing into egypt. but the path to that northern border from major cities like cartoon and owner of mon, is long and dangerous. and fuel is scarce load though we need fuel. we've been here for 3 days, tuesday, wednesday, and today thursday. we don't know if the gas station will open on are we on us as

he can see they opened the station until 2 or 3 cars and then they closer to laquata. we spent a lot of filler. and without that fuel to escape the violins. those who live here must remain hoping the warring factions can be convinced to stop shooting. and let's get the point of view now from someone who was active in the sudanese revolution of 2018. 2019. well homan phil name is a sociologist at the university of cambridge. welcome to dw news, what goes through your mind, muhammad, when you see what's happening in sudan now? yeah, i mean, i really appreciate like the, the suggestion that i was in bo, i was involved in the revolution and i was, i was one of the millions of people who was moved. the people who are actually were at the forefront of the revolution of the resistance committees right now. who, in the absence of the humanitarian organizations and international organizations

have been and against all odds have been engaging in humanitarian activities. helping with the evacuation of both so nice people and foreigners. i have been at the forefront of the political process, but we're side line by some of the diplomats. we're mediating the transition to civil democracy and who instead of chosing to engage with them as the political experience activists that they were chosen that to confer legitimacy on to generals like handover committee who are now fighting and the sudanese people are paying, paying the price. so the revolution didn't turn out the way that you and, and your colleagues were hoping are we're seeing thousands of foreign nationals fleeing to safety in sudan now. but what's a like for the sudanese themselves who want to do the same? who want to leave the country? i guess they feel abandoned, they feel abandoned by the international community, and they felt abandoned for a long time. i mean, this is a nice people when they were out protesting the pro democracy that protested

resistance committees, the people i think who really deserved to be called the leaders of the revolution. they were demanding the legitimacy, no partnership, and no negotiations with the military. but it was western diplomats and their, and their friends in the gulf who were instead forcing the political elite and the military leaders into negotiation and sidelining, the pro democracy voices they now they feel they just feel they feel like they could have warned about this a long time ago and they have nowhere to go. i mean, i'll give you an example of a story. i have a relative of mine, she's sudanese, but her son is a young boy, 7 years old. he's a british, he's got severe autism. she went yesterday to the air base to try and get on the plane as the carer of her son. not only she was refused, but also her son was refused him to have access to the paperwork that really hurt

him. yeah, and this is, this is, you know, the british government refusing a 7 year old boy with autism, mainly because he doesn't have access to the papers which of withheld by their strange father. and the mother is, was not allowed to go in the plains with these are the kinds of stories of, of houses and these people feel almost the human is not human enough to be evacuated from a war which they, which the circumstances. they didn't even begin. you know, they didn't, they were i reason ok. yeah. we hear that the humanitarian situation in cartoon and elsewhere in the country is deteriorating rapidly. mohammad, thank you very much for talking with us. that was mohammed from the university of cambridge. thank you. there's growing anger of the death sentence against iranian german, national in tehran, journalist, an activist jam, she'd shamar, was found guilty of involvement in an mosque forming and 20 in 2008. his family says he's innocent here in berlin. supporters of sherman have called on the german

government to do more to halt his execution. safe, dumb seat. that's the message protesters and human rights activists have come to spread here and berlin, near the german parliament. the missile elephant mentioned, we must do everything humanly possible. everything we can to prevent this execution than the that is the reason why we are standing, had to day to appeal to the german government that it has a duty to protect and to take care of its german citizen who it is being held as a porn of the hosting cheesy guide, good for almost 3 years. dom sheets are mad, has been imprisoned somewhere in iran after being kidnapped while on a business trip on a stop over to dubai. in february, the german iranian national was convicted of corruption on earth in what experts say was a sham trial. now that his death sentence has been confirmed by iran supreme court, his family fears, he could be killed any time. in a tweet foreign minister,

an alina babbar, called the death sentence for cham sheets or mud, unacceptable, and urged, he ran to reverse the judgment. immediately she stressed that everything was being done for mister shamela to prevent the sentence from being carried out. but what exactly does she mean by every thing? several politicians joined the protest to discuss which options are on the table. wanted to talk to miss nba league, we need to consider which sanctions we can expand will slide. in my view of that includes listing the revolutionary guards as a terrorist organization to walk on. these are soon won't be missed. and we have to consider how we can also put more of a stop to the expanded structures of this regime here in europe, who and is as his im, smitten in hope on me. i know how to people can, if, if we know uranian security services are also active here. we know that iranian excel community is also in danger. here in germany far for the protest as he and

berlin, the governments, everything is not enough. and an, an interview with d. w. sham. at starter, told us she feels the same. we need our governments to show where they are. red line is when their citizens objected and taken their and tortured, put through sham trials and are about to be executed. what are they willing to do when are they gonna stop dealing with this regime and treating them like business partners? when are they gonna do the right thing and work together with their elyse to put pressure on this regime to stop them from doing what they're doing? until that happens, gazelle and all the others fighting for her father's life will have sleepless nights hoping for freedom for jam sheets or mud and all the others currently held hostage by the islamic republic spring in nor seem proper jani. here she is with amnesty international in london and her work focuses on iran,

not jam, she'd sham mud has been held in solitary confinement to her for a 1000 days. now i understand. do you know what condition is it? that's correct. the iranian authorities half forcibly disappeared him, which is a crime under international law, which means they refused to reveal his location to his family, his independent lawyer, or really anyone. and during very infrequent brief phone calls, which we believe have been in the presence of intelligence agents which have limited his ability speak freely. he has been able to reveal a bit about the conditions of his detention, which are very horrific and shocking. he has been subjected to torture and other ill treatment, including for example, and being held in prolong, solitary confinement. so he hasn't been with any other prisoner or other individual in his cell since he was abducted in the u. h. e. this entire time. he has also, except for interrogators or intelligence agents. he is also was able to reveal that

he also doesn't. he can't distinguish between day or night. he doesn't know when it's day or night, which raises serious concerns. he's also being deprived of natural light and he's become disoriented because of the room he's being held in. he sleeps on a floor in a small room, and he also has not received access to adequate health care. and he has parkinson's disease and has when he doesn't get his medication on time, he has body aches and other difficulty. okay, so his condition does not sound great. so now there have been many controversial legal decisions handed down by iran's judiciary. the same. what stands out for you about shamaya case in this instance, or what there's a number of very distressing things. there are organization has documented one 1st thing that the running authorities abducted him while he was on

a stock over in the u. e. since that abduction, which they announce shortly afterwards, that they did shortly. and since then, as just noted, he's unfortunately disappeared. he has been in solitary confinement this entire time. the authorities also carried out a series of sham trials, whereby he was denied access to independent workers on choosing. he was denied the ability to have an out of defense, and he was also denied the presumption of innocence and it was also denied being tried before a competent type. you know, he was tried before. revolutionary court, which we have totally at. allison said are unfair. no seem thank you very much for talking with us. that was no, seem papa jani ran research report embassy international. thank you phil. i got some sports for you and the men's bonus league where we have the most

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agreed to extend a fragile truce in their 2 week conflict. despite sporadic fighting across the country, hundreds of people have been killed in thousands of civilians have fled. those unable to leave the scene of trickle of vital supplies and some power restored there, watching dw news from berlin. coming up next to the conflict zone where the youth council chief shaw michelle takes the future, says the future of the ball breasts on ukrainian victory over russia. i'm terry marketing, thanks for with with

ah, who into the conflict zone with sebastian have been almost 5 months of virtue stalemate on the battlefield of ukraine. get europe and america clear that if one gets the fighter aircraft a long range weapons systems for the ground global seen from roughly is that one,

i guess the shout michelle, president of the european congress. you conflict with w to the point in strong opinions. clear positions, international perspectives, give me a pull, things, approval rating continues to rise and russia. meanwhile, the last remaining voices of the opposition are being silenced. on to the point we ask russia, and why is the opposition disappearing? to the point in 60 minutes on d. w. a

. ready? no, with hackers, paralyzing the tire societies. computers that out some are you and governments that go crazy for your data. we explain how these technologies work, how they can go in for, and that's how they can also go terribly. what you know, on youtube, have been almost 5 months of virtual stalemate on the battlefields of ukraine. and yet, europe and america are clear that key f one gets the fighter aircraft and long range weapons systems once. so what's the ground plan is seen from brussels? is the one my guest is, shall michelle, president of the european council.