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report on how the country is right wing government is looking to restrict the rights of children of lesbian and gay parents. and the world's biggest film festival is officially on the way, but the stop of cotton has been overshadowed by questions over the prominence of one particular style, the adult as welcome to the program. the leaders of the 46 member countries of the council of europe. i'm eating in iceland for the 1st summit and 18 years. the organization will set up off to the 2nd world war to uphold human rights across the continents as it meets for just the 4th time it's offering support for ukraine while holding russia accountable for the damage done by its invasion. following the meeting, the u. k. and the netherlands pledge to build an international coalition to provide

fights, a jet support for you, right? be on some of europe run out seeing reg cubic as leaders from the council of europe mixed 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 inspection of the post will bold a 70 fall years ago. as lead as gave the opening remarks. it was clear what was top of the meetings agenda. ukraine is fighting for the values we 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, he's no air and the past system will be perfect. and i'm sure when we get there, why are those down to the power base tomorrow? we must leave 0 to the rest. as the german chancellor said, must go, must pay for the devastation. the whole part comes to view. it is important in punishing the wilka. i am is that the russian occupies on the money accountability for the enormous damage you see russia is infecting a new cry in the day to day. this hastily arranged stomachs a united front, against threats to you, repeat and secure with a f. a more. i'm now joined by correspondence as usual to an inmate cubic and see the international coalition to provide fights,

a jet support for ukraine, that the prime minister of u. k. and benevolence want to build. what more do we know about this? yeah, it is still early days yesterday, after meeting a bilateral meeting between the 2 prime ministers, a spokesperson of downing street said that they would work on an international call listen to provide ukraine with a chromebook capabilities, and this would include training, but also procurement of f 16 fighter jets be that i have to is keep on watching how this international coalition and the creation of this is going to look like. i would expect them to talk to other leaders and this to start momentum in this discussion. what have you had been? is the support from other european leaders for this international coalition, and what's the net and what's nato's view on this sofa? there has always been reluctance in providing fight to judge to ukraine and other

nato members has been very cautious a and, and being saying that they would not go for this at this point. but there has been a little bit of movement last week when a presidente lensky was on his 0 to or the french president. amount of maxwell has said that he would, that friends would train ukrainian soldiers a on rest on fighter jets. but so far there has been no promises to actually deliver these fighter jets. now today, the heads of states that will also sign off a register of damages for the aggression in russia. what does that mean? that there's today, they both sign off for so called direct yourself damages, which is supposed to be a data storage or like a, a, a tool where people can put in the damages they have suffered from the russian aggression in ukraine. and this is supposed to be not only material damages,

but also the loss of lice. and this is suppose, this is what they mean when they talk about this damage registered. this is something that should be decided here today. and on of the 46 member states, as are expected to sign it, but also other states, such as in the united states, are supposed to be joining and signing this document. do you think this will impress russia? what's the view that as well as it does, it does not seem very likely that this will the heavily impress russia. but what they're saying here, it is also of course assigned to rush or that there is no impunity for what they're doing. and they want to send out a very strong sign of solidarity. and if you think about it, this is 46 european states. and this is an organization of a rush. i used to be a member of until very recently, until last year, when the, when they started the aggression in ukraine. so from that point of view, they're 46 member states,

turning to their old friend saying what you are doing is really wrong. and the members, the heads of states, you're saying that this is a strong cigna. you very much the w correspondence, the cs chosen and reg cubic. and i also talked about this with our corresponding my to you as building a and key if about the reactions to this announcement in your a 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 uh, ukraine strategy here. ukraine has started into this more with a very well yeah. week air force, an air force that had uh, not being very well maintained. many planes that it had inherited from the soviet union had being 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 um, for, for, for, for a defense it's the most critical. that's why your plan has been pushing so hard and of course, accordingly, people here are very content, not only politicians, 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 the 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, now a lot of 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 bribes to corruption authorities say is one of the biggest

advocates is it stands as an example of its determination to remove a major, huddled on route to the european union, 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 have the head of the ukrainian supreme court, you accepted? well then you have to look into the team, so it may be 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. and it's the highest profile discovery, the highest ranking person in the judicial branch of government ever is. this is precisely why this case waste so heavily. someone who's supposed to punish corruption is suspected in a bribery scheme for several od. can you guys 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? so do we have to state that corruption at all levels. and especially in the supreme court, i can be sure to inflict irreparable damage to that reputation for the pen credibility of the court and destroys the authority of justice of the problem. 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. the president has repeatedly promised to step up to fight against corruption, a pre requisite 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 that the whole sure system like the case shows that the system seems to be cleaning itself up. and that the hand to corruption bodies are actually achieving good results that they have started to

prosecute those who were previously considered untouchable. oh, don't you shout drops in the door. and the work continues. according to the anti corruption authorities, the probing to other people with potential involvement and the bribery case is ongoing. as of now, some of the other story is making headlines today. a me, a 1000 people has been evacuated off the heavy rains triggered flooding in northern italy. italian stayed radio reports as an old man died in his flooded home firefighters have carried out dozens of rescues. the deluge comes 2 weeks off the symbol of floods in the region left to people that more rain is full cost equitable as president the i'm a lot. so is facing and impeachment is hearing of the national assembly position. lawmakers say he disregarded warnings of embezzlement. as a state owned oil, transportation company charges that if you nice little makers are expected to vote on the impeachment this week. she's in the right to have someone rush the has

want countries in the west facing the most severe threats of freedom of expression . in his lifetime, he made a rad public address to the british book of wants. it's 9 months since wished he was stopped and seriously injured on stage during electra in the u. s. u s. presidential biden has canceled his trip to australia and pop when the beginning to try to manage debt. tolts between republicans and democrats, if no agreements to raise the debt level is reached. the us could default as early as of june, 1st with potentially di, economical events that taking place around the world to mock the international day against homophobia, by phobia and transfer. you organize and say the rise of eligibility people are increasingly at risk in some places. while many countries have passed legislation recognizing transgender or the same sex parents rights,

others are rolling back protection protests. so this will take place across the us where campaign is say, hundreds of new laws are in a tax on the l g, b, t, people we need to leave the right wing. government is also taking steps to restrict the rights of children being raised by same sex parents. do that means rosie birds that has moved from pablo of the baby caterina's life here near pato is full of love and joy, but she hangs in legal limbo room, has told local authorities to review bruce documents wisdom, same sex parents like valentina and on yellow as the birth mother valentino state is a secure thought because caterina was, don't, are conceived then yellows is in don't acid. any toyota being a parent is not a matter of biology. it is a choice to become a parent and to be a parent every single day. this is an injustice that comes from a petri uncle,

chauvinistic flashes idea of the world. a world where the right kinds of families and wrong kinds of families. if somebody is, well y'all to the risk that at she lose his hair writes a in, in a blink of an eye is, is violent. and it's scary. sorry to see is designed here initially and to magically assisted conception is only available to heterosexual couples. that's why valentino and yellow travel to denmark to conceive then registered katarina impossible. one of the few places to legally recognize 10 mothers. most municipalities don't. there's not a low that allows us to section but it's always far right. lead government has told progressive cities like

possible to get in line demanding reports on registration practices. after a recent court ruling stated to men can't be coo, parents from birth. local officials say it's all the result of a legal vacuum. we need to know because we, we don't know what to do and we decided to because there was these lack of that. the best thing to do was to gave a ride said to these children that have so many hundreds have been taken to the streets to demand clarity. campaigner say it to me is an outlier. lagging behind most other western european countries when it comes to ensure training l g b t q writes in low as well as the issue of parental recognition. they're also tight restrictions on adoption for same sex couples. couples who also have to settle for civil unions because there's no full knowledge of quality here either. most think that's unlikely to change with the far right now in power. prime

minister, georgia maloney has praised what she calls the natural family and had this to say on same sex adoption last september. everything i believe the children who were already unlucky should be given the very best you my point of view. and i said, is because my family history makes me saved from a human perspective. the best means having a father, a mother liability, and a couple, what are laws, layouts. and i know that i need to daniella. i'm silent, you know, say they won't develop for sure. we have to fight for it, but we already see, you know this rainbow family says it's really needs to end. it's legal gray zone. so the baby caterina's future is secure. so we're more about this with the w correspondence team, a group to enroll and see about how many children just live catalina, and i'll report that are affected by this lack of legislation as well. it is

a significant amount of children and the parents and the families and the rights groups supporting these families say they are families like others. and in fact, they're being very clearly discriminated against because the children are then offered in a state of limbo. as we saw in the report, i mean, it really is very much behind in terms of this kind of legislation that as compared to other european countries, gay marriage, not me, gold. yeah. it was only in 2016 that civil unions were allowed, and it's showing that report, you know, sure. in terms of adoption, right. it's a, it's a great area. there's no clear legislation and all this has become even more problematic if you have this right wing government in power right now. prime minister, georgia maloney, the lead of the far right brothers. if it's the potty, she is very much competing on the idea that she's a christian mother and supporting conservative traditional family values. now as we

saw on that report, you heard government has told me is to stop registering those children of same sex parents and rights group. say these children are then in a state of limbo, what happens to them, or they've even submit to the bill to depaula, but to prosecute couples who will go abroad. but sorry, good. see, and that's very clearly targeting j couples in particular that you were being talked about has reacted to this, the condemned easily as a, as well as other conservative governments like such as those in poland and hungary for having these n g a l, g b, t, q rhetoric and may is, who are full of these? i get the meal milan for instance, what was registering those couples up with been forced to stop. he has traveled to the european union to try and get support from the me you to have these issues turned again and. and while this might be a particular issue, even in the past when you had

a different sort of government and please be actively subtract deposit laws to criminalize homo phobia. and that was eventually even show because of the boy court of right wing groups. many laws regarding same sex marriage or adoption that have long been common in other countries do not exist initially. why is that? well, that's partly because one could say because it's a christian country. the idea of traditional values had been put in place. a recent survey said full out of 10 of the people feel that discrimination the face could damage them at work. so base that perception that this is something that could be detrimental to them. 6 out of 10 in that. so they said that they don't speak about their private lives because they want to avoid revealing the sexual orientation concerned about negative impacts that this would have to them on the ground. now,

it actually has dropped in this position in terms of the still be across europe. of countries that promote l g b, t, right. but it's interesting to note that public opinion is changing in a survey conducted one year ago. and the public opinion showed that some 63 percent of the talents backed marriage rights for almost sexual couples. now there's an increase of some 15 percent compact to back in 2013 and 59 percent said that they were actually in favor of the adaption out. so essentially, that's what the feeling is on the ground, but the legislation doesn't follow that seem of up to the room that for us. thank you, ma'am. the nation says more than $3000000000.00 in a it is needed to help. so don's refugees around a 1000000 people have been displaced off to intense fighting, broke out a month ago, nearly $200000.00. they've left the country with many rushing to chat. but the

neighboring country has its own struggles with a 3rd of the population living in poverty. their affairs that the fighting and saddam foot create further problems in chat, the risk of chaos and violence, dw shola reports from the capital domina, a market and domina. another customer decides the price is too high and walks the way i used to buy my crates of cucumbers for 2 and a half 1000 francs. today they cost $15000.00. so i have to put up the price and lose customers. it's difficult for me, this is how i feed my children. everyone is feeling the pressure is good and then i used to sell several dresses a day, but now i go 2 or 3 days without any one buying anything, even the fabrics, it become too expensive. everything has become expensive. most of the green charges

come from ukraine. the war there created a food emergency here last summer that came on top of a fuel shortage. and now predicts us with the economy, a being driven down by the keels next door is the don. this was actually supposed to be a booty year for charge. the international monetary fund predicted that because the country produced more oil and sold at higher prices last year, that is, economy would expand. but with the war incident happening so close by, that growth would now be affected. it's not just economy k of the chart years could spill across the border as some trees had list. uh so the nice uh solid. yes. uh that will see the fighting in doubtful that's across the board. the ive been dissolved and backed by the charging. um, even if they're charging uh government as a state is trying to keep

a very neutral position in the fighting. so in the conflict cutting might be in a way abroad in that country are in that conflict, mainly from the way the different ethnic groups or communities might engage in that conflict in the coming days. people here are in a similar situation as to don, used to be their rule by a military government, which is broken, promises to hold elections, it puts down demonstrations for democracy with deputy violence position. lead looks too much on the move. he's clear paolo's which to don rep wasn't set up for his customer because of the problem is that there's a click holding onto a pallet. it's the same problem we have here in chad. something how many hundreds of sued needs were killed because they want to the transition to civilian government this headboard. and here they tell us that the military must stay empowered to guarantee the security of the region, but they can not 17 executed. most of the product going on to the child is see the keels and byways carrying a proxy. don,

next door concern is rising. that even if they avoid that states, that war, we only make their lives even harder. it is the showcase of some of the world's best send them of the $76.00 come film festival is officially underway . the question on everyone's minds who will walk away with the top prize, the prestigious palm door on tuesday or lines were on the stalls arriving for the opening ceremony. specifically one who's come back has raised a few eyebrows. a ton. some things are entirely predictable. it's always a red carpet spectacular. but the jury president hope's deliberations for the top prize will be interesting, 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 a 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. it's the labor to come back because be much to be to the doctor. last year's book cluster, his explosive defamation. try officer to his ex wife and it states in one awkward moments, a report service keen to hear it for prompted me to support her on the jury. would even go to see that spelling. you're asking me that. yeah. um, 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 are getting older this me so much to me. speeches. 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 prestigious palm door. and that's all from me and the news team for now don't go away. coming up next on dw, close of toppling soviet statues, demolishing the boss stuff. don't also, don't forget a website you w dot com for your latest news. i've got office. thanks for the

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