the goal is to bring use a story behind the news. we're rolling about unbiased information for 3 months. the, this is dw, do live from berlin loading. there's a lensky leads the g 7 summit in japan after making a grim comparison between the invasion of ukraine and the bombing of hiroshima and world war 2. using no nuclear weapons, the ruins of what cities which has been sent to the ground by russian boys turned

off to you. read off similar to what i've just seen here. and germany's chancellor. all of schultz calls on north korea to hold the ballistic miss file test schultz has been to the d militarized zone, dividing the north from its southern neighbor the next by sir, welcome to the program ukraine's president. the loading there is a lensky has a pardon, me, has occupied center stage at the g 7 summit in japan, lobbying world leaders for more support in the war with russia. so that's the leg, flowers that at memorial in hiroshima, to the 10s of thousands killed and the atomic bombing at the end of world war 2 ukrainian liter earlier met with us president joe biden and other high profile heads of government is. so let's, he says, he hopes

a new piece plan will end the war and ukraine and all other global conflicts. we appear to have a problem with the sound. apologies for that. we'll be playing it later. a lot of, here's a lensky speaking there or not with sound he will be in the next shows. us presidential button says washington will support a joint international effort to training ukrainian pilots on modern fighter aircraft, including f sixteens to strengthen ukraine's air force as part of a long term commitment to ukraine's ability to defend itself. we provided to last year, all that they needed to deal with what they were dealing with at the moment. and that's where the now we're moving in the direction of putting them in a position to be able to be defend themselves in ways beyond what they've had to deal with. so far. the past few days have once more underscored how important

america's global leadership is. and our chief international editor richard walker is at the summit. in hiroshima, he told me more about the extra backing bite and has promised ukraine. uh yeah. well, uh, do we have this evening before lensky vantage here in rushman this weekend with the american saying that they were gonna go ahead with uh, approving and supporting a training program for you kindly and pilots to get them familiarized with the 16 slides which the scene is the fights, it's very common, common 510 minutes. one. does it seem as a suitable for, for the needs to be pregnant at 4? so getting those high and that's trained so that they can use it so that then a few months down the road, then they can receive those planes and start using them. so not weapons that you credit is going to get immediately, but, but the problem is that,

that they will be getting them in the future. so. so that is important also is a signal not just to ukraine, that it's getting really support, but also is the signal to the russians that uh, west and support for ukraine is more on an upward trajectory. and not as they rushed in spite of hopes on the downward trajectory in the months ahead. i'd like to get to that in a moment. but as we heard the ukrainian, the president spoke at the summit, thinking the west for its support. what other takeaways do you have for me? what's lensky said today? it? yeah, i mean, and it was striking, i mean, here in the media center in a rush about the chalice, we're really crowded around. the screens is so lensky spoke, and you had the same phenomenon when his plane touched down. so really the sense that the lens keys arrival here had more of an impact than any of the actual members of the g 7. take to talk to somebody this weekend and yeah, his message,

and this is something he's always done with his communication. he's. we've seen this over the last year and obviously a skilled communicator. he will draw a connection to the place where he is a very strong connection. and of course you're rushing up for the japanese is extremely important. you know, this is a good place that was the 1st place in the world that was devastated by nuclear bomb. so let's keep saying today on a day, whether it's been discussion about with the russians have taken over by smooth or not. saying that the devastation and bus mood remind timos the devastation that that he saw. the shown in the museum here with the peace memorial in hiroshima. so really drawing a direct connection between the experience and the japanese here into russian. the devastation experienced by his ukrainian people right now in the course of this war was the deputy chief international letter richard walker, reporting from hiroshima, among ukraine's neighbors. the war is waiting particularly hard on, although the 10s of thousands have rallied in the capital case. you know,

in favor of joining the european union while the route has faced rising, rising pressure from moscow. the government of president my assigned to and most citizens are looking west journalist and apologize in the mold of in a capital case. you know, i g told me more about the protesters to mass as the national assembly code you will see, and then we'll do a vice over now and uh here, gap coverage more than 80000. so people, according to the de toford, to buy national police who came to express the desire to join the european union, a seller presidents my assigned to sub before the main goal. these assembly used to show the world that we are europe years and that we have chosen the path to follow . also today uh uh, on the main see it was the president of a european fundamental roberta time. and so we said that she's sure that will do

box is almost already you or does the hall for now, where to go, where solution was a voted we to rear steer and the pro european, the vector of republicans modelled on. and also visa expiration was included is going to be included actually email where it constitution i'm. i could say that the c van to the kind of warming god before that. and so, i mean, all the european political community which will take place on the 1st of june when uh over 50, just a heads of government and europe, you know, p shows are going to come to low to about. and it is a great opportunity for our tiny country to show that we want to be a part of a big you were being a family. i'd also like to remind that on the 21st of june, last year and moved around was granted the you candidate status. and recently the european provider and advice to start the negotiation. as soon as small do about

who feels all the recommendations, all the routes and commission. well, i think one of those conditions is you can't be having a conflict inside your country and there's the question of a transistor with russian troops or station. can you help us understand more about russia's influence on mold over as yes, of course, 1st of all, we have a break and we regional trust and use true were russian troops are stationed for a move in 30 years now. and of course, this puts pressure on our government, but secondly, there are a lot of russian political forces. for example, in the last weekend, a pro russian party has one of the elections in the south of the country. and though told them you'll go with them. and this is the 5 d led by you are sure squeeze, know next all in israel and under us and you can use sentients has been um, sentenced in um will do a box after a ceiling form. oh, well, assuming more than i uh,

assuming view is so if you rose from um old oven banks and still in some regions. so what we do about this pro russian evidence is really evidence. but in uh, many offers uh, polls showed that we have more than 60 percent of people who support the europe in integration. and the these numbers are growing from one month to another. and as my assigned to our president says today, um small device, no longer blake blackmail to buy a rough shock. things to pop over here. we're seeing union, especially when we're talking about helping social vulnerable people, our economy and more resilience and their d. a sector. thank you for that journalist dyna pope of intensity. now let's look at some more stories making headlines around the world. police in germany are investigating the suspected poisoning of 2 exiled russian journalists.

both develop symptoms at a conference of russian dissidence in berlin. several kremlin critics have been poisoned in recent years. oscar denies any involvement in this is incident. the voting has begun increases general election opinion polls show center, right? prime minister here yet cause me to attack these. leading the left, his challenge alexis to press neither side is expected to go in and out. right. majority, 2nd round of voting or coalition talks seem most likely. german chancellor old schultz is calling on north korea to hold the ballistic missile tests schultz is in the neighboring. south korea is visited the border between north and south known as the demilitarized zone regional. tensions are growing as north korea wraps up developments of its nuclear arsenal. this your launch on getting has carried out over 20 miss file test shots as the fire and show the situation on the korean peninsula is still dangerous. these of on this,

this will test these ballistic tests have to stop the these individual attempts at nuclear rearmament have to stop. this is a, this is a threat to peace and security in this region. and i'm very happy to be able to talk to the government of south korea. zipcode. yes. question. come german chancellor. all i shall speaking there in south korea, dw is the asia pacific bureau chief york methodist is with us the chance, or rather on his trip to south korea. and you're giving us some idea of, of what the atmosphere was like when old actual, to visited a historic border between south and north korea. the size of course, a very special atmosphere in this d militarized zone. as it is, it's called is a very special moment if you stand on north korean soils literally because you have to understand those barracks uh, that are set up. there are a hoff on south korean hop on north screen sortland. that is exactly where the drum and trans level standing today. it's talking about how he was

removed in that situation. and there's practically 2 reasons. there's 1st of all you've already mentioned, it's of the geo political tensions, the nuclear armament on the north korean sides. that is a big concern for germany and of course, from south korea. and there is, of course, the factor of him being german. and i have to say is the drum and citizen, if you, if you stand and that's in that area, are surrounded by grim looking soldiers of feeling these military retentions, knowing that the 2 countries, technically by international law still at war. you do consider yourself lucky to have overcome that division and that is what's the message that a german chancellor assaults today had for the south korean people. he considers himself lucky to have overcome this. and the shots is seeking to reduce the german economies reliance on china as is as people have made it clear and to broaden relations with other asian countries. um, is it truly to say if

a trip has been successful from that point of you as well, the risk being was the big word that the g 7 name is your washing law and that's where both leaders came from and it did the risk the strategy a, as in tate not taking investments out of china, but rather looking for other places for a further investment from the g 7 countries is exactly looking for places like korea. that is why korea but also in the nissan in vietnam, were invited to the to 7 or one of the reasons they were invited. and so south korea and that is the good message, i think for shots in the press conference just now a president june confirmed that the crew agreed a closer cooperation when it comes, for instance, to the production of semi conductors hydrogen power, but also battery productions. uh so in that respect it is definitely a success. what was interesting is that he had also said he doesn't exactly know what the listing

a means. and i think there is still some discussion of the 27 to have to hold a how exactly they going to restructure that relationship was trying to. but that it means more investment is coming to a korea that was very clear today. all right, do you have these asian pacific bureau chief, your mattress, a tougher etsy flash bulbs, and hollywood stars lit up the red carpet of the cannes film festival with legendary director martin scorsese taking center stage. the screen great was surrounded by the casts of his latest film killers of the flower movies which premier that the festival on saturday. it's another cinematic reunion for square, stacy, and actor robert de niro, as well as low nor dicaprio. the 3 and a half hour historical epic tells the story of a wave of murderers in the american west in the 1920s. and here's a reminder of our top story for you. ukraine's president vladimir zaleski has taken

his lead for the g 7 summit in japan. so lensky said he hopes a new piece of plan could end the war and ukraine and all conflicts around the world. don't forget, you can always get the w news on the go. just download our app from google play or from the app store. it'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news. and that's the news for now. up next shift looks at how digital technology is helping scientists prepare for the challenges caused by climate change. i'm next by, sir. thanks for watching the questions. got any issues with all the .