for the w call in the world, and also your info is and all the input your b w story. now on to the this is dw news live from berlin, world leaders step up, the pressure on russia, ukraine surprises and, and below them. there's a lensky joins the g 7 summit in japan, and biggest industrialized democracies urge china to help. and moscow score. also coming up, greece heads to the poles 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 reloaded as a lensky, as lobbying world leaders at a g 7 summit in the japanese city of hiroshima. so lensky is a bit for more support in the war with russia is paying dividends in a change of policy. the us will allow, is allies to supply you credit with a 16 fighter jets, tighter sanctions against russia. have also been agreed of. the, the lot of mirrors of lensky is trip to japan is the furthest he's been from ukraine since the russian invasion. but the opportunity to meet leaders from the world wealthy as democracies, was too important to miss. shortly after, touching down in hiroshima,

lensky said he was looking forward to important meetings with partners and friends, and that piece and ukraine was getting closer. before the lensky arrived, the g 7 announced new sanctions against moscow. the us also did an about face and agreed its allies could supply ukraine with f. 16 fighter jets, as well as pilot training, with a commitment not to hit targets inside russia. zelinski hailed the move as a historic decision. during a meeting, he thanked french president emanuel mack home for supporting ukraine's war effort with the new air capability. and we spoke a lot of off about future jessica solutions. and i want to say to you and all of our class simone, these decisions about training nation. these are really very, very important zelinski health face to face meetings with other world leaders,

including italy's georgia, maloney, and britain's wishes to neck. ukraine's president also met with the indian prime minister, the renter mowdy, who was a guest at the g 7. it was their 1st face to face and counter since the russian invasion. the lensky hopes to gain modi's support for his peace plan. india has so far, refused to condemn the kremlin frustrating ukraine and its western supporters. the w is geared mattress is following the summit. in hiroshima, i asked why it was so important present lensky to be at the g. 7 in person was of course, the star. it gets to your at this g 7, somebody, me rushing mind in japan, all the reporters jumped up the moment. the pick a came in with his friend j, a plane 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. to of course about sanctions, extra sanctions of 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 in 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? well if you want to pick out an example that was quite a well coming gift, a 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. but they, it's now possible for countries like the netherlands, denmark,

but also belgium to potentially deliver those strips. it's 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? still when it comes to try not actually everybody's on one page when it comes to the assessment of the of the risk center. the pin demick 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 risk and 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, if you have number, i visited the companies and they said actually we, it's not just the pressing of will. it's, we comes because china is such an important and efficient pop up. and so the idea

is to not take investments 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 there in order, find more trade partners to reduce the dependency on china direct methods dw agent, pacific bureau chief, thanks for that. with the, let's get thousands of kilometers away. the g 7 back in ukraine. the head of russia's vague or mercenary group has claimed a breakthrough on the battlefield. if dentistry goes and claims in this video that his forces have fully capture the eastern city of bath mode, ukraine's military has been quick to deny the ruined city his father keeps as its troops are still defending their positions. i asked our correspond mathias bidding in cave. what we should make of pre collisions claims. it's all just say, you know,

at the moment what the situation is. but this we're really talking about a few streets that were left on the 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 um, 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 come, 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. so it's hard to say, but it's clear that a wagner has really advanced until a very,

very small batch of visits. and what's the significance if it does take all of back them, does it change the strategic situation? it changes may be the situation on the ground with for the russian troops, because it wouldn't be there for success in many months. and that's of course, something that's also significant in award but, but what is not the baltic teaching place that it has been sometimes made of in the discussion, it is a place that uh, 6 south across the roads, a 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 month ends being the most heavy, the hot spots. i'll stick well for many,

many months. so it would certainly be a symbolic victory. okay, mateus spinning or any keith, thanks for that insight. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making use around the world. the head of pakistan's isn't as dramatic, easiest when the party has survived and attempted suicide bombing 0 jewel. hex parties says he's safe, but 5 others were injured so far. no one has claimed responsibility. wildfires in western spain have forced emergency crews to evacuate 600 residents. hundreds of firefighters and soldiers have been brought in to battle. the blazes, hampered by strong winds. at least one fire has been blamed on our search living abroad had begun voting and turkey's presidential election run off on time leader, wretched type air. the one is facing off the challengers. come out, could stir a lou in the 2nd round. voters back in turkey, go to the pools. in

a week's time, voters in greece are heading to the poles to elect a new government. are most worried about breton, better economic issues, resulting in europe's highest national debt. but as the w correspondent jack tack reports, people also have a string of other serious concerns. of the surprising, the 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 price is when up the cost of transportation when uh, the shipping, when uh, 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 customers, but also the praises the current government for supporting face trade is like 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 3 is a party of his previous assa, alexis cit, process. the government has been embroiled and this scandal involving the use of the sale of predators, software used to spy on political opponents, and journalists and government ministers resigned in february for failing to prevent a passenger train crash, which killed 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 the grease, i believe. something else, something new that will help greece scans a lot. if it's in 5 scandals always existed. we need to talk this, give us a seat for us and the pop andrea to buy the condos or with people who also remember the economic turbulence of 2015. when the left wing series of government nearly took the country, i took the single currency, your is a while these votes and those, the issues that, that person,

the very thing for in this election was new is the way in which to see here, the greek parliament going to be divided off to the vote happens, a new system was agreed in 2016, which means it's unlikely to result in one i write 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. they use 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 and 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 or for you to kind of agreement 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 football now and in the buddhist like a fiber to stay in the fight for a champions league spot after meeting westberg to neil neil's peterson, who is headed for retirement at the end of the season score, the decisive 2nd goal and his last home game for fiber, result least fryeburg and fit spot tide on points with when you're on berlin, who sit in champions league spot for or roseburg. the result is a set back in the battle for places in your a and this is title, race is going right down to the wire with defending champions buyer. just a single point ahead of rivals, both as a document with 2 match days, remaining ahead of their fixture against our b live sig,

on saturday buyer and coach thomas too stressed that there's plenty of work left to be done. if his side are to end the season as champions show, novelty, nose, women of the unsafe might look routine. if you look at how many titles we've won, but the situation in the table is not what we use through latino on this. the best thing that we can do is to focus on what's in our control, which is our own performance. so attitude, our passion, and our mood, how we approach this task. along with the best mix we need the best possible mix because we facing at the top components. cutest, 2 times the situation in the lead table. and then there's a unique one. 0, and the best on that as a to a to is is a reminder of our top story as your credit and president vladimir zaleski is loving the g 7 group of leading nations at a summit in serious fema in japan. there's agreement on tightening sanctions against russia over its invasion. don't forget,

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