the, the, this is the, the news live from the african leaders begin that piece mission to ukraine and russia and russian of loan. just let me so i will strike home here training and capital ball delegates of after talks with a lot of minutes and also on the program. ukrainian soldier tells b w why he's determined to return to the battlefield despite losing positive his

way. nighttime begins drawing up the west 1st defend strategies since the cold war is also agreed to move ukraine closer to the online who will speak to the chairman of the special olympics about the change months of the challenges of the movement for athletes with intellectual disabilities. the 2023 world games are about to begin in the i'm feel good and welcome to the program. a group of african leaders has been holding talks in the training and capital with president. it's a lot to me as a landscape about a possible peace plan. the delegation will travel and to meet russian president vladimir putin and moscow. that a good side, they want to hear from both sides in the war and to ensure that ukrainian gray and exports keep flowing to hard pressed african countries. russia launched. it's late

to strike on keith. as the group arrived in the city, its paying their respects african leaders visit food to the side of a legend atrocities against ukrainian civilians. but the hands of russian soldiers live, he's really messed up. and we must protect, lives, printing and run drives russian lives global lives. that's important. so protect device and focus on the develop. the visiting leaders also inspected destroyed russian military equipment on display and central keys. a show of support from the south african presidents, serial rama, post us dressed. it was not unqualified support. the 1st one is that we are here to listen to listen both to prison, lensky and tomato would have been listening to prison,

poor to do so with deep respect for the people of ukraine, which we have expressed to prison zalinski. we're going to also listen to prison and put in with regards to how he sees that rhodes to peace from a poster. also stressed the urgency of keeping green and fertilizer flowing out of ukraine. as african countries struggle with price spikes and food and security in the wake of the russian invasion, the delegations visit was interrupted by repeated rushing airstrikes on the capitol region, causing the landscape to question why the african leaders were headed to st. petersburg on saturday and have more uh, getting this sort of russian strikes attached to the fact that putting is not in control of his own army. because they are striking us with missiles. now, assuming other nations have decided to visit the country that initiated the missile

strikes today. to me, i'm not quite clear as to how logical this look, us lead the leaders of free countries. it's their choice. actually they send us so lansky has ruled out any peace talks while russian forces are still in ukraine. let's go straight to the crating and the capital where i correspond to nick connelly has been following those talks. welcome nick. as we had from several around the pro is that the delegation is getting to get both sides to the table at some point. well, exactly, and i think that was on frustration for hostility, mr. lensky. it wasn't unexpected, but they refused to take sides. they were scrupulous in basically trying to keep at least you were taught k, equidistant from both ukraine and russia. there was even some noise from the on the part of volume zalesky when the engine compartment is to refer to it as a conflict rather than a war hearing ukraine. i lots of moments like that way. you could hear him kind of

straining to understand the translation. i'm not necessary hearing what he wanted to hear in terms of the actual cannot some bolts of what was discussed. they spoke about this having being a frank and honest conversation, which is normally a to preventing you from using for pretty teaching disagreement. but there was precious little in the way of detail about where to go from here in the run up to this is it that has been some coverage, some reports of a more concrete suggestions and integration in terms of confidence, building measures, maybe getting the russians to retreat and pulse can be craniums to maybe aust west, sometimes it's take sections of russia in certain points, maybe get the arrest warrants against the preaching, withdrawing that kind of stuff, but they wouldn't be drawn on that. i kept pretty tightly upon the, on the detail on how did those fresh russian ask strikes on the 6th a. why on tools? well, this was extraordinary thing. previously, when we've had visits to cuba, especially by people representing countries with good ties to the crime in those kinds of miss our tech, especially ballistic missile, it was difficult,

kind of missed altering step, have not taken place. but since you yourself understood of this, does it seem as seemingly that they would not put off their mission we had from ceramic, those and other things they would continue on to russia without any kind of a difference? any kind of changes to their plans. they wouldn't be drawing, they wouldn't be drawn to kind of criticize russia to condemn these attacks. and then you had the volumes that let's go to the report that pretty frustrated ask himself why his guess would want to go to russia off to the attack. the key of and his guest had faced today. so are we likely to see concrete action as a result of these tools? i think is really difficult. see where we go from here. the great vision remains that they are only going to talk to russia once russian troops out of ukraine, and that includes crimea and the police and ukraine that russia has defective control. since 2014, the russian lead to violent pollutants also not moving an inch, just any of the still went into his original plans for taking over ukraine was

preventing ukraine getting anywhere near the west. i think what might happen is some progress on the got an economic impact of this war for ordinary people in some of those african nations. more efforts to make sure that more grain gets out more federal as it gets out, that the kind of fluctuations on the food markets are prevented. and certainly these things going to hope that these african lead is going to 7 we put in to make sure that the grain deal that is allowed those ships going on with lexie and get that ukranian grain out. that, that is continued to have been, was the most go that the russians are unhappy things they don't getting enough out of it and might stop that deal. so that is, i think that kind of more realistic and more more just kind of out comfortable this . dramatic, sorry, thanks for nick, nick connelly in key with thousands of ukrainian soldiers have been killed and wounded fighting the russian invasion, many of the injured king to return to the battlefield on dw is max santa has been talking to one of the training to flight in the trenches,

it's difficult enough. some things don't help. it's a blast took off part of your hold on linux leg. and yet he's back with his old units getting ready to fight again. it was emotional when he returns for the course at the so once the soul gets bored, i use my anger so that i didn't turn it on my brother's, but i went out and shot back at the enemy routes and it was calm. i relaxed according to the lobby, so hard as a career soldier. he joined up when he was 18 initially with the artillery and then later as part of an assault parking lots of throughout the us and some of the present to it was the 29th of september. so, so that he would recapture the position somehow. and there was always the very much making these a truck, these, these were all charged easy to take over the course. of course, not vision devices, scopes the pistols. it was just

a caption position to provide them with the squares. the broken equipments and the emotions were overwhelming just well off the automated machine guns, all these trophies. a lot of one of them can dollars they left behind. every thing is um, at the most interesting thing, collision is lying in the trench. this is the russian liberator. it was a mission like that which changed his life. he hold on his team were in charge of clearing a russian position after they've killed the soldiers. there he went into check and stepped on him. i love the cousin for a moment. his fear of being taken prisoner was overwhelming. yeah, that was also going to send me back some additional movie. it was like i myself 1st aid as soon as i could. and just lay down to knock a stuck then i go skid and i wanted to shoot myself well, but then i thought about my parents and know it's just the legs. they used to live on. i could walk clean them one year old. it's more of

a sometimes who don't purchase and swells any fines that frustrating. what you hold has largely gotten used to this new situation. most someone that those couple of you see habitat serious uh but they cut off my leg just before the test said oh well the book means that supports the truth and was wanting to do this leg as well because of the one piece of shrapnel here for what you put on, you have to hear the barn here. he was simple enough to have 3 in total, all that he needs his legs to work, to rejoin his unit and fight again as an infantry soldier. but your heart tells us doctors were not happy about his wish to go back to fight. and his family and girlfriend were fiercely, i'll post a single scene. you turn up all the same points so absolutely. everyone was against it. yeah, i, my girl was 30 but i said, you know, as far as all we have

a judy to the state to protect it. okay. and yeah, because in ukraine to be honest, uh no one wants to find someone, but i was on vacation. and my full, my friends was sitting at home, drinking and hanging out the door. i'm behind the window. he's already been back to the front line. of course, fighting is more difficult than before. he has to move quickly through mud and climb over obstacles. his comrades support yourself and his commanders are glad to have him back to satisfy. they should as well go. everything is decided by the medical commission. yep. it's a fight that wants to return. we don't have gang citizen. does it with you? or believe me, everyone is proud that he didn't lose hodge to see what he's doing well. when i asked for the position for the closeness of us before, nope, was easy process. if there are no official numbers on amputees returning to combat, what you hold is not the only one last few months change time. he says, yes,

the lowest of where you realize that little more angus surfaced last and a desire for revenge will fit the loan. it's necessary for me to take revenge from royal blue, should based upon my personal opinion, is that after you're injured in, you need to come back ship. it's a show that you can do more for the type of that you will have. we live after we left the hoard accepted an invitation to norway. i prefer the treatment. he's planning to return soon to take on the russians with a brand new prosthesis and nature. latest defended 2 days of talks in brussels and made a stock on drafting the west 1st integrates the defense strategy. since the cold war. initial steps prompted by the war and ukraine include the agreement on protecting vital undersea cables and pipelines. several later members of also have pledge more military assistance for ukraine. the difference is that remain of

increasing overall defense spending and expanding the lights. the more troops on the high alerts bet logistics new capabilities for the 1st time since the cold war nato is drawing up new defense plans to address the threat posed by russia. that's to carry them out. allies have to increase their defense spending that is installed backs message in brussels. he urge need to countries to go beyond the target of 2 percent of ttp agreed to 10 years ago. i think a warrant. morales also agreed to the fact that the 2 percent uh it should not be of some kind of ceiling but, but the minimum because they, they, they realized that there is an urgent need to increase defense spending. the new spending goal is still being discussed as well. as the details of the defense plans, and as yet there is no breakthrough on sweden. the swedish defense minister joined the meeting in brussels, but his country's bits to join nato is still being blocked by hungry and especially

turkey. despite efforts by the u. s. and others to pressure on colorado truck. it's objections. as we welcome all efforts to investigate, can assure death. we can become a full fledged member of the lions by defeating the summit. and i think it's really the sense of all you'll see of sweden getting a full fledged membership is much higher also due to the work that's being undertaken inside made that would strengthening nato's regional plans. during the meeting, nato defense ministers approved a new body to upgrade to ties with key if the queen nato council, several elyse also pledged further increase during military assistance among them. germany, which had already announced a 2700000000, the euro 8 beckett was actually stops. and in addition to that, we have now decided that we will immediately deliver and number 64 guided missiles for the patriot systems. a very important sign to support the successful efforts.

i'll see you created on forces to ensure our defense, especially now in this special phase. not happy. so the next big issue on the alliance is call under the much anticipated summit of nato leaders, italy. so in your, in mid july, to take a look at the most doors making headlines around the world now and russian president vladimir poetry and says he's ministry cook destroyed pots of central cuba. but it's chosen knots too, for reasons which he did not specify. your crime says it's ad defensive, so shut down most themselves talking so you can get him. germany has returned to centuries old, the ritual masks to columbia. they wouldn't send mass were made in the mid 15th century by the indigenous coke. the people that we ton is somebody just doing a string of cultural restitution by germany and other european nations. but brunswick says back hospital in bro act, a hernia operation, 86 year old had surgery more than a week ago. the vatican has canceled the paper audiences until sunday to give the

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a life. this isn't how these brothers from syria would have hoped to be reunited in europe. still separated by the gates and the greek of cut armada. mohammed on the left is one of the survivors of wednesday's boat disaster by, you know, as a theme of 18, the 18 the on i use, the in libya, almost the powerless voyage ages 18 after 2 years stuck in libya. mama, the story is not out of the ordinary. it is one of many migrants going to extraordinary lengths in search of a better life than migrant facility in your athens is the next step for the survivors. you registered and will apply for asylum. i say, attempt to start a new life in europe. as greece comes to terms with one of the was tragedies, needs the recent history estimate of

a who's to blame the authorities over arrest that 9 survivors all from egypt for the boat 1st departed. they accused of people smuggling as greece as coast. god says the migrants rejected at times to help them assisting. they wanted to say it onto a today. the argument is dismissed by critics arguing that they were justified in not providing assistance because the passengers on the boat didn't want it is unjustified. it's not a legal argument. the boat was clearly in distress, is clearly and see where the an overcrowded and the have that it coast guard. and indeed any, any best or in the area had the paramount obligation to provide assistance. right. groups also say migrants avoid greece because of course the treatments by the authorities there will be

2023 special olympics gets underway here and the german capital on saturday with athletes competing in $26.00 spots of 8 days. dw caught up with one of the events stands out performance to find out more about the games for people with intellectual disabilities. there's nothing abraham, a jello looks forward to like the start of a race. them up i see of my passion. and i love spilt this was some of us. yeah. the 22 year old guinea in sprint is one of hundreds of athletes from around the world here in germany for the 2023 special olympics in berlin. just simple. some good. it's wonderful how many lo and just magnificent to b, y c. same money feet. these on his 1st games in 2019 yellow, 2 gold in the mountains,

100 meters being app. you deb this time around. he's out to defend. he's tied to one of them, say my dream is to become a star the world over the morning and everyone to talk about me and guinea. the more elected it i'm proud is if you before the final leg of the journey to the gym and capital, a brief sport of sight seeing at the cologne cathedral gather and he's getting and teammates have high items for the upcoming. getting more pro. is it the less bit settled in pay? my goal is to make the special and then city. that's a no, it's not a big. they know i'm going to help them grow of the shoots. he's which be drawn said jello. sporting dreams will become reality. the 2023 special olympics will timothy strive is chapman of the special olympics?

is mother eunice founded the event back in 1968, the welcome to dw, and what was your mother trying to achieve? recommend? oh, i think she had a vision that we could end discrimination against people with intellectual disabilities in those days, as i'm sorry to say still today, most people assume a person with an intellectual disability can't learn, doesn't have value, can't be successful in the workplace. she thought that if we could show the ability of people with intellectual disabilities, we could show them as athletes as champions as heroes. that the discrimination would start to yield. and we would start to recognize that everybody has a gift and that was her hope. and how is the event evolved in the 55 years since? well luck we started and one event in chicago and 1968. today, we're a 188 countries. in a normal year, we'd have a $100000.00 special olympics games and communities all around the world where mothers and fathers and volunteers joined together and today with challenging

governments to join us in ending the discrimination for far too many, some would estimate as many as 80 percent of children with intellectual disabilities never go to school ever. the at all was because the schools are closed and so we're trying to challenge governments. they've committed to the c r p d. they've the convention on the rights of people disabilities. they've committed to these goals, but there hasn't been action in most places to make schools inclusive. we believe sport and play can be a vehicle for opening schools. so we're challenge and we want to get to 1000000 new special olympics athletes end of the movement playing what we call unified support children with and without intellectual challenges playing in school and, and sports clubs together. and how does the categorize ation work? you can, you can sort of see how it works and if you're talking about a physical sports or physical disabilities when it comes to intellectual, dis, that disabilities. how does that work? intellectual disability is a little bit of a moving definition, but from a sports point of view, our vision is that you compete against people of equal ability in your own division,

a cool physical, mental, well sports ability. so if you run the 120 seconds and i run the 120 seconds we raced against because if you run it in 30 and i run it and 50, i don't race against you. you race again? someone else. okay. i, the goal is to find ways to have everybody have a fair game so that everybody has a chance to win, no matter what their, all, you know, their personal ability might be, doesn't have the profile. uh, yeah, it just gets quite interesting. i guess the width, of course you do you have the olympics and then the power lympics had a big boost in pop ups and the last 2 or 3 events where they very much bust through . how are you doing at at a busting, sir? well, we're always trying to burst through more we, we've very confident that these games in germany will be a great success. we are very confident that this country will embrace the idea that special olympics presents the challenge to be more inclusive in sports clubs and schools. we hope that message will radiate across europe, where our,

our brothers and sisters in the olympic and paralympic movement are fantastic allies of ours. we have a distinctive message that for people with intellectual disabilities, they have something unique to offer school of communities, health care, employment that has still been largely unrecognized. so our challenge is for this population to be seen as valuable and to allow their gifts to enable the rest of us . you know, when we find in schools is if you include a child with an intellectual disability, the other children benefit other children do better academically. the school climate improves children, see that everybody's got gifts and they respond to that message with better performance themselves. which events that you're particularly looking forward to? well, tomorrow's opening ceremony as well, of course, be extraordinary. we'll have the entire world present a $180.00 plus countries represented not by politicians and not by diplomats or not by scholars, but by the world's most humble people. the world's most open, welcoming and inclusive people. i can't wait to see what that's going to feel like

in the a big stadium that we last saw, an olympic torch and 1936. and in those games, which were dominated by this specter of a violent, oppressive, and its extraordinarily meanspirited regime. today, we now will be welcoming into that same stadium, maybe the legacy of jesse owens, these new pioneers, these new rebels for dignity and inclusion. we wish you well with that. thank you for spending us the time and coming in a special load has chan, tennessee strive. thank you for having me. on the finally, they might be out of season, but a group of brazilian sciences are proving it's never the wrong time to call for world peace run 50 sound. the closest gather that the rio is christ. every day, mis dr. to sing and play for peace. the rule attendees of a national santa claus convention, one set but in the world with so much more and fighting was good for people to get to get

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