the courageous effort against corruption, the ends political crimes. in our series, guardians of truth. watch now on youtube dw documentary, the this is dw news life from ballot holding russia to account for its lauren ukraine. europe's leading rights body needs for the 1st time and any 20 years and says i will support keys until a just piece is. it's also coming off. tens talks in the united

states as president biden, and congressional leaders tried to break the deadlock over the dead ceiling with dire consequences if they failed to us. the world's biggest film festival is officially underway, but the stats of calm has been overshadowed by questions over the prominence of one particular stock. the i'm gonna hold off is welcome to the program. leaders of the 46 member countries of the council of europe meeting an iceland for the 1st summit in 18 years. the organization was set up off to the 2nd world war to uphold, to human rights across the continent, as it meets for just the 4th time it's offering support for ukraine while holding russia accountable. well, the damage done by its invasion,

a v and some of europe run out seeing reg cubic. as leaders from the council of europe met for the 1st time in almost 2 decades, sped on by the russian invasion of ukraine. the summit is only the fault of its kind since the inception of the post will bought a 70 fall years ago. as leaders gave the opening remarks. it was clear what was top of the meetings agenda. ukraine is fighting for the values we'd be leaving. and we hold, so dear me and i am so grateful that we are united in protecting peace and promoting democracy. because this is the very reason why the accounts of us was created. the ukrainian president delivered eventual address making. he's now

familia, please, the plains. we also need more than $500.00. yes. without each no error in the past system will be right and i'm sure we will get there. understand to be power base tomorrow we must leave 0 to the rest. the german chancellor said must go. must pay for the devastation. the whole part comes to the view. it is important in punishing the welcome is that the russian occupies on the money accountability. the no most damage you see russia is infecting when you cry. in the day to day this hastily arranged so much a united front against threats to you opinions the que would say are now several leaders that the council of europe needs and wants to build an international coalition to provide 5 digit support for ukraine. for just 5 minutes

to obviously so knock on stops front of the stomach and what's the leading of the initiative to support to claim the training of pilots and procurements of f. 16. that crowds to combat russia's invasion. the crank president for the argument zalinski has been visiting you if you need us to us directly for more support. he called the european initiative, a good stuff. more on this now from our correspondence and money as building who's standing by and t of them and see us. what are the reactions to this announcement in ukraine? there's no secret that ukraine has been pushing for this part for the last few months. it's something that seem really critical as a, as a critical component of the ukraine strategy here. ukraine has started into this more with a very well yeah. week of air force, an air force that has, uh, not being very well maintained. many planes that it had inherited from the soviet

union had been uh, already um commissioned and um, uh, russia was seen as, uh, uh, having really the, the, the, the, the out behind in the ukraine's air force has done very well. but it has lost also a number of planes and pilots and for, for the offensive operations, and also a full full for, for a defense. it seemed as critical. that's why your plan has been pushing so hard. and of course, accordingly people here a very content, not always the petitions, military people, but also society has paid a lot of attention to this issue. now, what's the current situation now? we uh, we had lots of last last time we spoke, we talked about a bach moved of the we are hearing that ukrainian forces are advancing on the flanks of baltimore. that means north and south of the town itself

inside the town. fighting is still going on, it's still pretty fee is, and russia seems to have advanced there probably by a few blocks as well. so it's 2 movements at the same time. uh this. uh, these news, of course, about ukraine advancing on the flanks. again, this is what's closely here in ukraine and russian. um, uh, telegrams hmos pro war challenges in russia. i seem to be very worried about this. so there is, of course, i know a lot huge debate and in, in ukraine of where they would eventually be possible to and circle the city. however, with this is not the scale that we're talking about. we're talking about a few kilometers which are remarkable, but which are not yet a change of the situation in the field, but the spelling of that reporting from kids. thank you very much, much as we started ukraine,

where the head of the supreme court has been detained. for allegedly accepting a 2 and a half 1000000 euro bribe anti corruption authorities say it's one of the biggest cases a couch full of money. but this is only a fraction of what ukrainian investigators have found. a total of about 2 and a half 1000000 euro alleged bribery payments that the civil load. can you as you, as the head of the ukranian supreme court activity on, accepted. well then you have to look into the team this and they've huge. this is the highest profile case since the anti corruption prosecutor's office, and the national anti corruption bureau started working. i can say this without exaggeration to consume and it's the highest profile discovery, the highest ranking person in the judicial branch of government ever. this is precisely why this case weighs so heavily. someone who's supposed to punish corruption is suspected in a bribery scheme. the civilized can you, as you have allegedly received the money as a reward for

a ruling in favor of an oligarch, the damage to the image of ukraine's traditional system is considerable. would you mind holding on to do? we have to state that corruption at all levels. and especially in the supreme court, i can be sure what conflicts irreparable damage to that reputation for the pen credibility of the courts are eating and destroys the authority of justice, competitive problems with them. ukraine continues to rank poorly into corruption perceptions index from global group transparency international. it's considered one of the most corrupt countries in europe. and the president has repeatedly promised to step up to fight against corruption. a prerequisite for ukraine's possible accession to the european union. as a result in increasing number of corruption cases had been uncovered. for example, in the countries ministry of defense. so it's not the whole issue system like the case shows that the system seems to be cleaning itself up and that the anti corruption bodies are actually achieving good results. that they have started to

prosecute those who were previously considered untouchable. oh, don't you shut drops in the door and the, and the work continues according to the anti corruption authorities, the probing to other people with potential involvement and the bribery case is ongoing. let's have a look at some of the other stores making headlines. the right to solomon rusty has a role in the countries in the west of facing the most of this reputation of freedom of expression in his lifetime presents of what he made the wrath public address to the british book awards. it's 9 months since rusty was stop and seriously injured on stage 2 during a lecture in the us every ryan's have led to flooding and parts of northern italy around $900.00 people have been evacuated to the top of a hospital. the size of say them have been landslide trees down to cause splendid sofa. no reports of cash. equity was president d. i'm

a law so as far as going to peach with hearing of the national assembly position, lawmakers say he disregarded warnings of embezzlement. of the state. own oil, transportation company, charges that he denies. still makers are expected to vote on the impeachment this week. the chief of open a i, that's the on to official intelligence company that created a task g p t. as told of us centers, hearing that his industry needs to be regulate to nearly every, some old man said artificial intelligence office, many opportunities in boston, and mentioned that he says the public is concerned about how it month could change the alliance to tell you what you suggest to the government agency to regulate a i take your time. we're proud of the progress that we made. us president joe biden has canceled his trip to australia and pop down to guinea to try to manage debt. tullocks between republicans and democrats, have no agreements to raise the debt level is rich, the united states could default as early as june, 1st with potentially di,

economic consequences for the west and the global economy. that we're having a wonderful time. everything is going well. but despite the smile, the situation is serious. us president joe biden is in the midst of negotiations with congress to keep his government's budget afloat. precious in person to following on the data is simply not an option. our economy would fall into recession, it would devastate retirement account to increase buying cost. and according to moody's, nearly $8000000.00 americans who lose their jobs and international reputation would be damaged in the extreme. it further let that happen. every few years, the united states reaches a credit limit before the government can borrow more money to finance everything from paying government employees to state expenditures. it needs the help of congress to raise the debt ceiling. but the us congress is split along partisan

lines and then negotiation on raising the debt limit has grown into a game of high stakes. political poker between democrats and republicans, will not sacrifice our values. they are not, they'll probably not sacrifice their values, but we'll have to come together on something that can avoid default default is a disaster. full stop. i think we set the stage to carry on further conversations. you know, we only have 15 days, really to go. and we've got to find a way that we can curve our spending, raise our debt limit, and also grow our economy. the u. s. has never defaulted on its debt. failure to find an agreement could cause long term damage to the global economy. not just that of the us. republicans and democrats are battling the clock,

seeing who will flinch 1st as both sides seek to further their agendas over where the government should spend its money. it is the showcase of some of the world's best cinema. now this $76.00 come film festival is now officially underway. the question on everyone's mind who will walk away with the top prize, the prestigious palm dog on tuesday? all eyes were on the styles, arriving for the opening ceremony, specifically one, those come back as well as if you why? because i can. some things are entirely predictable. it's always a red carpet spectacular. but the jury president hopes deliberations for the top prize will be in a 2nd, but don't trying to find a way of, of formulating yourself and to avoid concerns just definitely. it's so boring to be in the, in a, in a, you're a when it's consensus. this year's kind is not being with tight control oversee

many critics of asked why actor jodie debt has featured so prominently starring in the festivals opening film. one that isn't even in the competition, hits the labor to come back has been much to be to the doctor. last year's blockbuster, his explosive defamation. try opposite his ex wife. it's in one awkward moment, a report service king to hear if a prominent me to support her on the jury would even go to see that spelling. you're asking me that. yeah. so um, well you'll see, i guess if i'll see it and i don't know how i feel about it if i do. thank you. yeah. us doctor michael douglas received an owner yeah. award in recognition of his 55, you're acting to the you're getting older this me so much to me because there are hundreds of festivals, film festivals,

all around the world. but there's only one time. and there's only one top prize 21 films from all over the world are in competition for priscilla just palm door. and that's it from the avenues team for now. and i have an update for you at the top of the out uncle way coming up next to europe and india getting together to talk trade and technology. first, cova has all the details on dw business science wise, offer a short break from county office in berlin from me and the news team. thanks for watching the .