for the safety of the bar, but you can protect yourself and your family from diseases and the home by applying the 5 keys to see for use them. you also have a role to play the . this is the, the, the news my from the ukraine now says it's conducting offensive actions along the front lines. that's all the rushes said. it'd be back and ukrainian assault in the don't get the region on sunday. is this the stalls of a new phase in the also coming up the use top cold hands, poland

a fresh legal 5th back. the european court of justice rule, the 2019 traditional reform by at least you don't just say the little could affect the independence opponents class as the battles. and kinds of 5 for control of sedans, capital fall to dw, speak to civilians. course in the middle for whom finding water and food has become pairing. this task the hello, i'm christine one to welcome to the part of gran officials and ukraine. now say their forces are conducting offensive operations along the front line. the announcements from the defense ministry came off to russia, said it had repelled a large scale ukrainian attack on sunday rushes, defense ministry released the screwed video, which could not be independently verified. it purports to show a russian forces,

forcing a large scale attack by 2 tens battalions and other big and nice units in southern areas off don gifts. let's, let's go over the key of now to speak to our correspondent mac send that to see your mac. can you bring us up to date? what did the ukrainian government say? right, history. interesting. so up until now there has been very little information on what has been going on over the weekend in eastern ukraine. there have been reports of intense intensive fighting in some areas. and so for region region and especially and done yet, sc region. and now this afternoon, the deputy minister of defense and i'm of the, are, came out with a statement on telegram where she said, where she officially said for the 1st time that ukraine was actually conducting offensive operations. and actually also doing this with some progress. fighting is

taking place and concentrating on the region of buckboard square according to her ukrainians have been able to gain access to some dominant heights. now on there, as i said, there has been very little other information up until now. but according to experts, this might, those, this, this might be the beginning of an intensive if a more intensive, a more hot phase of fighting in eastern south eastern regions of ukraine that ukrainians are now trying to test the russian defense is trying to get through the through their defense lines and perhaps then sending an additional troops for reinforcement. and this could be a process that could take a very long time. right? that is dw, use mac, send a reporting. life from key will be now hood that ukrainian forces are conducting offensive operations along the front line. appreciate your pushing max, thank you. now russian police have arrested more than

100 demonstrations as a tip to the streets to mark the birth day of jail. criminal critic alexi devonie demonstrates is held, had written science, quoting for his release, the human rights monitoring group o. v. b info said, and of only suppose us were detained in 23 cities across russia, including most of and st. petersburg. the prominent opposition veto was jail, fraud, and contempt of court. but in the volume maintains the charges were trumped up to silence in russia's government has paused increasing the tough bolts to stifle criticism, since it's invasion of ukraine. so is it even possible to oppose the government inviting me to put in russia? well, the w spoke with the local opposition politician in moscow. constantine sancho is focusing on community action like this recycling drive. coffee is a local opposition politician for the moscow district of much ice. every months he gets anywhere from 50 to a 100 people together here to sort and recycle their garbage. recycling is

largely uncontroversial in russia for now. so the authorities did recently shut down the environmental organization. green piece, openly criticizing the government. it's almost impossible. but konstantin thinks this kind of event can be a start to go to the docs that we're likely. ecological campaigns can really unites people in these hard times. it's important to stay united and support each of us. and it's important to know we're trying to do at least some thing to improve about around as an overwhelming majority of russian support president vladimir putin, at least according to government pollsters. increasingly draconian laws have made protesting against the russian government all but impossible. especially since the war and ukraine started even post on social media, criticizing the war can mean up to 15 years in prison before you leave me and live in a digital dictatorship like russia. it's a kind of a person's every move can be traced to control old either wednesday or far it is,

can find out everything about that person very interested in very quickly if necessary. i think that right now, but not too many paintings opponents. the main task might be to get through this time and stay out of prison. taken to the barricades now is a bad idea of what he thought it was a most russian opposition. politicians are in jail or an exile, but that didn't stop 23 year old konstantin con. call from going into local politics just last year. he knows that the more public attention he gets, the more he's in danger. lots of activists who have stayed in russia are afraid. we don't know if a police will come in social home in the morning. unfortunately, because of a repressive loss being passed is dangerous to express your opinion in public its own unpleasant. we have to work in the conditions. we have the law politically settled except for your kind of cost plans to continue his monthly recycling drive

. and he hopes to stay in politics. despite everything, he believes things in russia can change the w correspondent in the show and filed the report you just saw. i spoke to her in rica, she's report from moscow until rush order dw closed on i'll be, are they? i also how risky it is for active is to speak to media. and i call is i think it's very risky frequency and kind of close to be doing what he's doing. especially as i mentioned in the report, even it seems our environmental action like the action that he's taking could become more and more risky. just recently, the authorities close down the environmental organization green piece. so it could be that that is an indication that even environmental action like that could become more and more considered to be political and that by the authorities. so it's really rare um, at the moment to have a opposition politicians at all who can still speak publicly and concepts you can

qualify. also spoke to on the phone. the said to me, you know, he, he's aware that the, the more public is public, he becomes, the more follow where's and in a sense, he becomes, he gets, the more influence he gets, the more danger he's actually in. so that's the current situation, that opposition figures in russia face if they're not in jail already. is there a true picture of how many russians inside the country oppose present vladimir putin and how? how are they expressing their defense i think it's almost impossible to get a real picture at the moment of um, how many people actually oppose letting me or fruits in. there are surveys both by independent pollsters and state pollsters, which say that an overwhelming majority of people support letting they were put in . they put the figures around 80 percent. so that really is a huge number. but also,

so i'll just will point out that surveys in war time are essentially something that you can trust if you can imagine in a dictatorship being called up up by someone you don't know who asks you what you think of whatever puts in or of the war, for example, you probably aren't likely to really voice your real opinion or voice, any kind of defense. so it's really difficult to know what we do know is what you mentioned, christine, which is those protests over the weekend where over a 100 people were arrested. that's not a big number. of course. you know, if, if you consider how big russia is. but these were people all across the country. and this was a huge risk, but people were taking all of those people were arrested. so i think even the fact that people took to the streets at all shows that there are still some people in russia who do a post. yeah. and just around the audience, those people were protesting. alexa, and evolved the, the, the one of the most prominent opposition i think was in the country, his being imprisoned on the occasion of his birthday. what,

what does that tell us about about his movement. he's currently serving an 11 year sentence, but he's movement and, and those affiliates him still seem boyd where he's currently, as he said in prison, for a fraud charges that he says and contempt of court as well, which he says are political charges and he's actually facing more and more cases as well against him, there's actually going to be a 1st hearing for a new case against him now, tomorrow on extremism charges, and there are terrorism charges that he could be facing as well. so he could actually be getting another few decades in jail. somebody himself says that he fears that he could actually spend a life sentence in jail as well. um and the conditions he's facing there, him and his lawyers have been complaining about as well. all right, that's all correspondent, emily show, and thanks to him before your reporting and he has a look at some old stories making headlines around the world. germany is foreign

minister and they need a bad bulk, has a rising result for adults focused on climate to the environment and the war in ukraine. they bulk is also heading to columbia and panama. it's her 1st trip to left america as foreign minister and iran. ac goals have been poisoned in attacks on primary schools and bold enough to understand the goals has been taken to hospital and all reports of the in a stable condition neighboring iran has seen thousands of students poisoned in attacks on schools. in recent months. heavy rain has flooded towns in northern ecuador officials say, hours of constant rain have caused rivers to post their bags. equals president said 500 people have been rescued and thousands more effective or the european union's highest quotes has ruled that poland is controversial. justice reform violates in, you know, the 4th and that's the book upheld a finding that the po to supreme court lacked independence and impartiality,

which is against e. u. roles homeland has already been find hundreds of millions of yours over the reform which was passed in 2019 the conservative governments in warsaw saves the e. u is undermining it's suffering. seeing the deputies corresponding jack power is in brussels. a way he's following the story for us. he has this take on the quotes rolling today. this is a really complex case and there's a lot of legal detail about this. but really what this shows is the big back to between the power this government, which wants to claim its own judiciary, its own sovereignty, and the obligations of poland to be an e. u. member states, and to allow you to be the top. no, i said to say what happened is that and put them in 2019 brought in a special disciplinary come the chamber. it was cold to oversee the king of supreme court judges. visa, mine said to that the contents of that judgment is being reviewed. and if it was

not, seemed to be in line that they could face penalties, including reduction of the salary, the judges, a suspension of that do things and even criminal proceedings themselves. so what this was seen by the you have in brussels, was it, this was the government tinkering in the workings of tubman's top court. and what we've seen now is a final judgment by the european union's top coal, which is the, the top cool in, or the use countries saying that this was not enlightened, essentially what the judges are says that the measures of this discipline retain but would not compatible with the guarantees of an independent judiciary. that's what they said today, this the final rolling, this is it, and i posted right off this case. so as you say, poland is lost. this case what this is really now, mean for the punish government or what it means. what they'll try and do is you mentioned as being big signs, a mini and you'll raise a day since the initial rolling k moved up until this day. the funds will not end, but they owe the best part of ability and you'll raise which is taken. i was posted

as ability to access a 35000000 your a fund for getting out of the cobit 19 pandemic. they will try and get back on board with that, but more broadly, this plays into the wider discussions in poland, a by opponents placed within the european union. and this is only in the run up to a major parliamentary elections. and what you can expect is that the ruling peace party will probably try and use this, this ruling to try and fight and show that they are trying to fight the european union in the course. christy. all right, that's all jeff power proposing for us from brussels. as always, thank you jack. we appreciate that. the u. s. navy has released video of a chinese warship crossing closely in front of a us destroyer. in a flash point was a way, the incident in the taiwan straits, which the us has court unsafe, comes amid worsening ties between washington and beijing. this is the

moment a chinese warship blocked the part of an american destroyer. forcing the us vessel the trunk, honed to drop at speed and avoid a collision. the incident code of the united states and canada were holding joint drills in the taiwan strait. a body of water that's already assigned for the waterway. as it separates china from time on, the canadian official who witnessed the full time has called out china is actions as intentional and dangerous. the fact that this was that i was over the radio prior to doing it clearly indicate that was intentional, maneuvering close to each other, $150.00 yards is, is very scary. and you don't ever want to be that close to another vessel, because too many things can go wrong and you could actually have a question. the weight china also told a t c, it type on the waters around it belonged to them. they have blamed the us for

provoking risk in the region. change. obviously the truth is that the united states is provoking trouble fast and chinese dealing with it in a conference with the international law trying to respect freedom of navigation on overflights of is. but china certainly oppose a southern countries causing trouble in the taiwan straits and safe guards against offer insight on the security code that you're hoping but take the time on straight to spot of the south china sea. we're trying of naval posture has been growing increasingly aggressive over the last weeks blocking the passenger philippine ship in may then or us across and now or us destroyed you know, our voyage, my concern about the irresponsible behavior we've seen with the call center steps. and in the course is behavior that we see in the, in the waterways and, and so that,

that continues. i call up on the appear seas leadership to, to really do the right things to rein in that kind of a conduct because i think the accidents can happen and that could cause thing to spiral out of control. so phone china is defending. it stands at the country's leaders have also stated that a full blown conflict with the us would be a quote, unbearable disaster. and for more on this, we can now talk to robert. daddy, director of the wilson said to kissing the images on china and the united states. welcome to data being is africa. so we have accusations flying from both sides. what is your assessment of what actually happened in this latest incident in the taiwan straits as well? we know what happened because we have the video footage uh the united states is

releasing film now in this case. and also in the case of the intercept in air. when a chinese fighter plane flew dangerously close recently to a much slower american plane in international airspace, clearly china seas america's presence in this area as a provocation. but what the chinese announcements leave out is this is our international waters. this is international airspace. naval commons under international law, and this is clearly true. it was, it was, it's true under the un convention on the law of the sea. and the 2016 finding of the permanent court of arbitration made clear that changes territorial claims in the area have no grounds under law. so it is easy to understand why china doesn't like united states and other countries sailing and flying so close to china. of course we, we know why that is,

but the fact remains. these are global commons and that the united states and other countries are within their rights. they are in fact asserting that this is naval comic rights. the tensions here between china in the united states, they've been playing out in the taiwan straits and really the whole south china sea area. can you, can you explain to us why this is a hot spot of global significance as well? uh, china has the people's republic of china since 1949 has really claimed most of the western pacific, including taiwan, has its territory. those claims are a little bit vague as to precisely what china is claiming, but essentially they're claiming that this is all chinese waters. chinese aerospace china has been fairly consistent in that claim. but it's only recently as china became wealthy and more powerful, that it's been asserting those claims progressively. so china can claim rightly that it has been consistent in its views of the area. and the west can claim rightly the china has become more aggressive and they're more therefore more

dangerous with, in the area. and this is really an argument about whether international law is going to prevail, or rather large countries, ideas about their own sovereignty, whether or not they're supported by international law or going to prevail. and it's look about us china relations. they are already strained. what kind of an impacts will and incidents like this and the ones before this have on us china relations as well. they've been in the over the years have been occasional up searches in incidence of this kind where china engages in dangerous behavior. this could be a, it's, it's, it's possible that this is a prelude to discussions with china wanting to stick out its own position a little bit more clearly. the important thing is that us and chinese military leaders begin dialogue and to get there. i think one of the things united states

could usefully do is remove sanctions on china's minister of defense. the strong food china is claiming that it is because he is under sanction that he will not meet with the united states. it's not clear that he would meet with us under any circumstances, but i think that it is time to remove that impediment in a show of sincerity to china, into the world, to make clear that the united states wants dialogue. right? that is probably the daily director of the wilson sciences kissinger institute on china and the united states. we appreciate your insights, warranty. definitely, thank you. thank you. nope, germany's defense minister has how talks in indonesia as part of history of the in the pacific region. far as the stories was greeted by his counterpart, provost would be until in the capital jakarta, this is his 1st trip to asia as defense, minute step. as far as once, jim needs to expand its role in the,

in the pacific. he's called the region keep say promoting global peace. the next stop on his to will be india. and he has what the stories had to say ahead of his arrival as well. um, when i, when i, when i will arrive at and then yeah, i will be accompanied by representative of the german companies, defense industry companies. and i want to send a signal with that we are, we are willing to support our populace already live apartments like indonesia like india. and that include, for example, the way the way of the possibility of delivering a simpler region for example. so we'll talk about that without losing out of photos, the sensibility of delivering weapons all over the world. we have to find a balance between delivering weapons of the ones on the one hand to our populace, to our live and popular. and on the other hand, to control and to, to,

to limit delivering of weapons all over the world. because we don't need really so much weapons anymore in the what we should not have too much weapons. and you can catch the rest of that interview on all youtube channel. now, residents in so dense capital hall to say, facing, has intensified in the city of, to the latest east by expired over the weekend. the us and saudi arabia all urging the boring policies to agreed to in use these 5. but since fighting broke out in mid april, multiple agreements have failed. the conflict has treated a major humanitarian crisis in a country where many people were already struggling. so how people still in call to dealing with the situation right now. these are beautiful to one resident who lives in audrey reef, just a few kilometers from the fighting. the matter, my boy always loves the tranquility at his phone by the night. a peaceful escape from the noisy streets of central cartoon. but now the calm is deceptive. less than

5 kilometers away, the fighting continues unabated. done as opposed to a level psalms and straight bullets hit us. the sound of artillery has become normal for us. at 1st we were afraid and hid, but now we go out despite the warning noises, because we feel we're already dead anyway. so it's better to live our last day is moving until god decides otherwise. i'm going out the i want to kind of heard before the war, a math towards computer science at the university and have to him, he hasn't received a salary for 2 months. so he has gone back to farming to feed his family. it does is landey inherited has now become a lifeline for him and others to because the markets are closed. com, so his produce. so he gets away his vegetables to other people in need. but it's not just food that's in short supply who are at passed away because she couldn't

get her medicine. she was only in our fifties. she was taken to the hospital, but there was nothing they could do. so we brought her home where she died and we buried her on the ups. you can hear fighter jets are in the air. now the central mind america visits this home neighborhood where crime is on the rise to one of his neighbors, an elderly, disabled man was beaten up and dropped his gun point. random attacks like these have been daily, renders where the current situation is very bad. people live in constant insecurity and the state of constant panic and distress a month. only a few people are left in this neighborhood. walking the streets is dangerous. this is one of the few grocery stores that is still open. for a few months, my suppliers are closed. once these lentils are sold,

we won't get anymore. and if i do find something that will be expensive and i won't get much and that will, the food prices have doubled. america will have to rush in the small portion. even water is scarce, people q to use one of the fuel working pumps on that hopes, other countries will put more pressure on the war infections. if no, to end the war, then it leads to enforce real ceasefire motions. and so i'll go to the biggest challenge now is to push through with a appeal of the international community to stop the war. this is very important to us because breaching armistice is lucky and continuing this tool of war is very, very dangerous. and hopefully that gives you the non, regardless of the, the social skills mer to discuss is leaving. have to him with a neighbor, but he can't afford to. and even if he could, the way out has become too dangerous. i don't know if he is for 3 younger children and its life the money. so for now, he's waiting it out. and here's

a reminder of our top story here on dw news, ukraine's deputy defense, minnesota say's ukrainian forces are conducting, quote, offensive operations along the front lines. the announcement comes off to russia, said it had withheld a large scale ukrainian attack in the don't use region on sunday. and that is way of believe it news asia with player spanish it is up. next i'll be back at the top of the next hour, joined me if you can, by the

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