of the the, this is due to the news live from berlin, world leader step up, the pressure on russia, ukraine's president below de mer zalesky joins the g. 7 summit in japan. the biggest industrialized democracies urge china to help and moscow's war. also coming up, floods ravaged northern italy, tens of thousands are evacuated as authority, struggle with the worst devastation in

a century. more rain is forecast and greece heads to the holes with voters, skeptical the main parties can solve their economic was we find out what's influencing people's choices. the next by sir, welcome to the program. ukraine's president below him is a love seat, has joined world leaders at a g. 7 summit in the japanese city of hiroshima. soleski is seeking more support for his country's fight against the russian invasion. the group of 7 leading economies has already agreed to tighter sanctions against russia. us also says it will allow western allies to supply ukraine with a 16 fighter jets. lensky already met with some g 7 leaders, as well as other invited guests, including the indian prime minister surrender. moti dw scared geared mathus is

following a summit. in hiroshima, i asked him why it's so important for zalesky to be at the g 7 in person was of course the star. it gets to your at this g 7 summit and he rushing mind in japan, all the reporters jumped up the moment, the pick a came in with his friend jail playing landing here in hiroshima. and of course, it's about just a show of sympathy. here of the g 7 it is a. and that is what the pictures will convey a message of we are standing firmly behind ukraine and against the russian war of aggression and then towards the landscape quite closely. it's of course about sanctions, extra functions. the u. s. came here with a whole package of fresh functions and then leaders agreed on how they can make sure they can pluck holes in the car and functions that are already in place. and that is particularly crucial. so that, as the lensky knows, that there is pressure on russia to end this war. and what kind of concrete support

do you think is a lensky hopes to, to actually get there as well? if you want to pick out an example, it was quite a well coming gift waiting for for him here. and that is that the u. s. has dropped its resistance when it comes to delivering fighter jets us made fighter jets to ukraine. they, it's now possible for countries like the netherlands, denmark, but also belgium to potentially deliver those threats and still unclear how many and when, but it is clear that from now on ukrainian soldiers will be trained uh, flying those jets uh outside of ukraine and dirty member countries have is often the case or the issue to communicate with an apparently tougher stance on china. can you tell us about that? now when it comes to try, not actually everybody's a one page when it comes to the assessment of the of the risk center depend,

demik has made quite clear that the dependency on china, whether it's semi conduct as a window, frames is quite too high and that is why in the community k, there is no talk of the risking not doing the coupling at the difference here being that the g 7 countries do not want to take investment out of china. and i just came back from a trip off in view of number of visits companies and they said actually we, it's not just a question of will, it's, we comes because china is such an important and efficient pop up. and so it, the idea is to not take investment out of china, but find new partners like countries like indonesia, well, if you have, and i'm with also being present here with representatives from these countries and make more investment, they are in order find more trade partners to reduce the dependency on china dirt, mathis dw agent, pacific bureau chief, thanks for that. sir. edward zalinski, thousands of kilometers away at the g 7 back in ukraine,

the head of russia's wagner mercenary group has claimed a breakthrough on the battlefield. danny pro goshen claims in this video that his forces have fully captured. the eastern city of boston. ukraine's military has been quick to deny the ruined city has fallen. keith says its troops are still defending their positions for more and this are corresponded. mathias booting here joins us now from keith, which is what should we make of precautions claims of the it's hard to say no at the moment what the situation is. but this we're really talking about a few streets that were left under ukrainian control yesterday. um, onto uh recently um its speeds precisely these streets where the ukrainian military says that fights are still going on. um that uh they would put up resistance but that the situation was critical. so it's very hard to say, uh, what's the, uh,

what's the exact situation on the ground, but it's not unlikely that uh, by the end of the day or this weekend. what wagner will have full control over the city if they don't have it yet. it's also possible, of course, that the credit is, can hold on for the this could be a fights that to keep the russians in check in order to retreat, or it could be an attempt to keep them there. it's hard to say, but it's clear that a wagner has really advanced until the very, very small batch of decision. and what's the significance if it does take all of back them or does it change the strategic situation? it changes may be the situation on the ground with the russian troops because it wouldn't be the 1st success in many months. and that's of course, something that's also significant in the world but,

but what is not the baltic teaching place that it has been sometimes made in the discussion? it is a place that sits opposite cross roads. you rush, i would need to take it if it wants to advance further, but it's also not that the roads are open for them to advance as they please if uh if they uh, just uh, controlled this town. it's more of a symbolic victory because remember, this fights around the city has been going on for many, many months and it's been the most heavy, the hot spots, i'll stick roll for many, many months. so i would certainly be a symbolic victory. okay. meant to spinning or in a keith thanks for that insight. the northern italy is bracing itself or more rain on top of heavy flooding, which is cause billions of yours and damage and killed at least 14 people. dw. sonya found the car reports from one of the worst effected towns in the immediate

romania region. this may look like a peaceful town, but sensor is anything but right now. just around the corner, a new impossible by to is being waged against mass of flood waters that have left behind muddy destructive trees. nothing has been flores, and yet the button yada setup a store 3 decades ago. she says most things you would now have to be known for, and so i will give you, i didn't think i'd ever opened a game, but the, my friends did, i would be acting my age if i couldn't, must have the courage to do it. so i rolled up my sleeves and here i am. there's a use of my work has been wiped out in one night. suddenly the level when you honest friends have pitched in with the clean up. it's this support, the 60 year old says, let's get to going despite the loss. it's

a sentiment widely shared here in sensor as authorities focus on getting people to safety residents of taking matches into their own hands. you really think i'm lucky because my house has been speed. i'm here helping friends. solidarity is needed and finds that it's doing a good job of providing it's probably going to go through if i lost my ground floor . the seller encouraged floods, but luckily there are a lot of people helping us today. a lot of volunteers showed up to were quite lucky because if we were alone, we would have probably done nothing to get us right now. i'm gonna move up an individual. i mean, the more need or the most of the banks here 2 days ago, it was the 2nd time this month of the intense inundation. in ody me, the double disaster has left the small town really may or must be more useful since more than 1000 people have been evacuated and health insurance is beyond the material loss. he says the psychological bones which take time to heat the 5 to

separately the impact has been devastating for our city and for the personal histories of people who have lost the homes and whose lives were endangered death. even for those helping residents with the clean up, the postman price has been high color the gold key used to live in the ground floor apartment. the waters took everything he walked to the sound of despite was cracking default waters gushed and his 2 children and pregnant wife a now and then the vacuum ation showed it to the gold key works as a bomb and staying with a friend, she now has to begin the task of throwing out everything but the journey. it's been for days without sleep. i'm functioning on coffee, i'd be on the printer for photos and won't ask for the future. we're all aware it. we don't know what it would bring as a big question mark, or send it to them. that would be plenty of questions once the immediate danger of this over. for now, there's work to do. voters in greece are heading of the poles to elect

a new government are mostly worried about bread and butter, economic issues, resulting in europe's highest national debt. but it's dw correspondent, jack paragraph pores. people also have a string of other serious concerns of the surprising new trade is here at this very small kitchen, central athens, but the most weight for that voting grease is upcoming elections on the economy. the prices went up, the cost of transportation, when uh, the shipping went up. uh, the costs of the plastic box that weigh pack, our phase went up so the entire cost went up from like 15 to 30 percent. gary says he still tries to keep his prices low for the customers, but also the praises the current government for supporting face tre. dislike him to digitalized their industry. the to lead policies of the sense of rights, new democracy under prime minister carry echoes from its attack,

is on the left wing threes, a policy of his previous assa, alexis cit, press. the government has been embroiled and this scandal involving the use of the sale of predators, software used to spy on political opponents. and john to this and government ministers resigned in february, so savings, preventive passenger train crash, which kills 57 people. safety. now after the drink rest is very important for us and then the economic se situation me to attack you. so no minutes to talk is most the press. it's the was for grease, i believe, something else, something new that will help greece scans a lot of scandals always existed. we meant to talk just give us a seat, press the button pop. andrea had scanned those over people who also remember the economic turbulence of 2015 when the left wing. so reads a government nearly to the country. i took the single currency your is a while. these folks, you know, the issues that the person, the very thing for in this election was new is the way in which the scene here with

the greek parliament going to be divided off to the vote happens. a new system is agreed in 2016, which means it's unlikely to result in one right winning policy since 1990, whichever policy one the most space overall took a 50 c bonus in the 300 seat parliament, making it easier for one party to achieve a 150 c majority in a new system of proportional representation. that bonus is removed, meaning a policy would not need 46 percent of the votes. take clear when posters predict that some likely and say the changes creating more swing voters. there is parts of the public opinion, parts of the voters that they have in their mind. the dilemma i am going to vote for the government before related. so i can go to my 2nd option or i should vote for my 1st options. for my 1st option, uh, which has to do with

a deluxe cover or for you to kind of agreements with the spike to unlike the gods. i cite the greek parliament political sentiments in greece shifts quickly. it's a complex selection here in the birthplace of modern democracy. time for some football now. and in the bonus league, fryeburg stay in the fight for champions league spot after beating. we'll start to new deals peterson, who is headed for retirement at the end of the seasons for the decisive 2nd goal and his last home game for 5 years. the result leaves the team in 5th spot tied on points. union berlin, who sits in champions league spot for, for rose burke. the result of this set back in the battle for places in europe. and a reminder, a top stores ukrainian presidents, a lot of music lensky has joined the g 7 group of leading tests relations at a summit in here, i've seen that in japan, there's agreement on tightening sanctions against russia over its inpatient and

devastating flooding in a lease it meant that amelia romani region has claimed at least 14 lives and left thousands trapped in their homes. press to efforts or ongoing after 6 months worth of rain fell in 36 hours. that's all for now. if an extra porter looks at how the catholic church and germany is turning to india to recruit new priest, i'll make spicer for me, the entire new scene here in berlin. thanks for watching the very well today. we'll make the getting to the gym love to hear about anything except for away from us, but i'm not even allowed to go to my own car and everyone with later holes and every single day stuff. getting you ready to meet the gentleman enjoying me right. just do it on dw, the.