the, the, this is dw news lie from berlin, a barrage of russian missiles, rains down on ukraine and the deadliest attack in months. this is of off site. this is ukraine central. so there's also for all the most difficult cases. i'm sick, his children, one missile hitting a children's hospital in the capitol. keith landscapes called for an emergency meeting of the un security council. also coming up here as president joe biden writes to congressional democrats, saying he's firmly committed to running for the president is still fighting for his political life and french president. and my new i, my call refuses his prime ministers resignation

w l. a title offered to step down after i left his alliance beat president my call centrist alliance and parliamentary elections. the i'm david levitz. welcome to the program. we begin in ukraine where people are coming to terms with the horrors of russia's largest air striking months. mosque out, fire dozens and missiles at multiple cities across the country, killing more than 30 people. ukraine's military says it's air defense has managed to shoot down most of the muscles, but not all of them bringing tragic consequences. what you're seeing is a russian miss. so the explosion came from ukraine's largest children's hospital and faces the aftermath. the doctors, nurses, volunteers,

and emergency services searched for victims a terrifying ordeal for survivors. the share with the white children for some reason, we always thought that the hospital was protected. we were a 100 percent sure that they would not hit here and it turned out it turned out the way it turned out. just put a note to we managed to get most patients out safely. except for those who were most el desk, we stayed with them during the strikes and in the aftermath of the patients were forced to evacuate the hospital after at last water, oxygen and electricity keeps mayor said the sold was one of the worst since russia

launched its full scale invasion of ukraine over 2 years ago, genocide or cooperation. the brain is right now the whole world see how russian visuals and give me guys the drums cubes, ukrainian citizens, presidents, a lot of mirrors, the landscape said more than 40 minutes. i was targeted 5 ukrainian cities, the by raj, struck apartment buildings and public infrastructure. ukraine says it's intercepted, 30 minutes of russia has denied targeting the hospital saying it was hated by fragments of ukrainian air defense me. so speaking in poland, where he was signing a security deal, savanski dismissed at moscow. denial was, is that a see? it showed that you've certain knowledge. we're already seeing reports in scope with the ukrainian air defenses to blame that it wasn't distracted by russia when they'll die. see i've got you can see my screen, send me a key. i'm grateful to all the ukrainians who started posting videos where you can

see the not part of a missile changed, right? but instead that it was a direct missile strike that injured and killed many people in ukraine today. not on the day of a greenish of what this landscape also viable retaliation. the un security council said it will meet to discuss the attacks. they're also likely to feature highly on the agenda at the nato summit in washington on tuesday. steve craney and president is expected to attend and to make another plea for more support. our ukraine correspond to nick connelly was at the damaged childrens hospital earlier. you sent us this update basically being half a day since these attacks and behind me, they are still trying to drill through the concrete, through the rules of this unit that has collapsed behind his roles. that attacked, trying to catch people who are believed to still be that have been sheltering in

a cell or potentially underneath this building so far, no voices, no contact with the people who is missing. but this what is going on. could still go deep into the night and into tomorrow. this is of a site. this is ukraine central. so there's also for all the most difficult cases, the tickets children find me on the right day. you might see some of the emergency services. cruise was exhausted. it is incredibly summer's day and people are working out in the sun for hours generate the fumes of weapons, has no power. and to give you a sense of what, how big so full was this on the other side. here i have a much bigger building that was less impacted, but where will the windows flew out and you have a few people from left for me to have turned off to basically try and solve is what can be solve is full of medical equipment, throw out that every somehow do something constructive on today. that seems just frankly, unbelievable in a place here. and typically what people thought that by the time that would be great, it was on there was science,

us president joe biden has insisted once again he intends to stay in the presidential race. despite concerns about his mental capacity and a letter to a fellow democrats in congress, he said he would not be running if he didn't think he was quote, the best person to be donald trump bite and ask them to stop speculating over his future. arguing that was only benefiting his competitors, some democrats have called on the president to step aside after his disastrous the a performance last month. sherry burman is a political science professor at barnard college, columbia university in new york. professor berman, thanks for joining us, president bite and came out really strong calling on his critics in the democratic party to get back behind him as their candidate. do you think it's going to work well, um that does remain to be seen, but uh the president and his supporters really came out today for the 1st time

since by presidential debate, very forcefully on the find his cannon as the saying that he had every intention to see this campaign through said he was able and eager to um go head to head with donald trump and that has he had absolutely no intention of withdrawing. and that if the democrats had wanted to be trunk, that they needed to rally behind him and do that now. a bite and of course was trying to stem dissent within his own party. he also told critics today in an interview court, if you don't like me, challenge me at the democratic convention, what are the chances that could really happen that there could actually be a challenge to him at the convention? i would say the chances of that a very slim and every day that goes by probably works in biden's paper. that is to say that if they were going to switch horses, so to speak, the time to do that would be sooner rather than later. because that would give

a party obviously we talk to you around a new candidate to riley donors to um, rally supporters and all that kind of important stuff. so every day that goes by words and bindings favor and on the chances of having some kind of contested convention or very, very slim because of it would be very bad for the party. and i mean really wouldn't get a new candidate time to kind of shape the narrative in a way that he or she would really need to confront trunk. so do you see these dissenters who are calling for him to step aside? do you see them going silence? oh, i only suspect that they will go silent, but their voices will diminish over time. that is to say, that gives, there is no ground swell of support with in the democratic party. and so we've seen some representatives that is to say people in the house of representatives called providing to step aside. we've seen a lot of media attention,

but until we start seeing more democratic leads and more perhaps donors, big donors, influential donors, chances are that, you know, you will not get that kind of ground swell of support that has to happen soon. and it has to happen is not really over whelming way. and today, as i said, um, you know, that letter being part of this kind of renewed, forceful push 55. and his support is to say, no, we're not going to step down. and we're going to fight this until we really feel like we have no choice whatsoever. was speaking of donors by it. and as basically saying that, you know, the doubters here are just a few. it leads some of them donors. but that the regular voters in his party picked him as their candidate. how true is that as well? i mean, it's true in the literal sense and that he was the over whelming victor in the

democratic primary. so that is, i mean, that is literally true. i mean, he had no real opponents enough, you know, the one or 2 people put up some opposition to him. you know, were marginalized almost completely. so it's true that he is the candidate of the democratic party. the question is, did the debate performance and renewed questions about his health, about his age, about his competencies, and create enough doubt in the minds of both voters and the democratic party decision makers to change what was a you know, an over whelming primary victory for 5 and again, they clearly defined and can find himself or is not going to go on easily. he's going to fight this and every day that goes by words. as i said in his paper, cherry berman, professor of political science at barnard college in new york. thanks for speaking to us. my pleasure. here are some more stories making there's around the world. russian president vladimir putin has welcome to india's prime minister and

arrange remotely at his suburban residence near moscow for an informal dinner. india has become a key trading partner and buyer of russian oil since the west increased sanctions on the kremlin. the 2 leaders are due to hold official tax on tuesday. almost 3000000 homes and businesses in texas have been left without power after storm barrow made a land full in the united states. officials say it could take days to restore electricity. at least 3 people in the u. s. were killed by the storm that swept through the caribbean and mexico. last week. the judge has ruled that alec baldwin's role as a producer on the movie rust is irrelevant to his manslaughter trial. in october 2021 baldwin fatally shots and of a tiger for how lena hutchins onset. prosecutors have tried to argue that the actor

had increased responsibilities because he was also a producer to france now, where president, a monument of my call has refused the resignation of the countries prime minister w. i taught, asking him to stay to quote, ensure the stability of the country that's all had offered to step down after no clear winner emerged from sunday's parliamentary election. the far right and national rally party of nothing in the pen made big games and the vote despite only coming in 3rd drastically increased its number of seats in parliament, but abroad left us coalition, one the most seats with my call centrist alliance coming in. second, none of the 3 blocks emerged with majority. that leaves france in limbo, forming a new government will most likely require weeks of negotiations. something quite unsettling for many people in france. isn't it said my political views are not

represented by any of the parties that make up the national assembly. so i'm neither happy nor on happy lose the boat. i'm waiting to see what happens is she's to pc goes, i'm not very happy because it's an absolute failure and i'm stunned by what's happened. let me go to see the financial a bose was the vote for me. long shot. i simply don't understand it because it is very clear to me that our president knows nothing about politics and is doing the country. a lot of home see is simple, couldn't model vision. did you need in the present as position to hold on election right now was 80 arctic? it was the arctic, stupid, and an act of pride. nothing will get done now. we've been through a lot and we hope this will teach him a lesson. so he can end his term of office a little less arrogant on the tv i attempt to print more dw lisa louie in paris said the countries a drift following sunday surprised results. as many people, i think

a wondering what's going to happen next to in funds. as you said, there's no block of you know, implement that has the absolute or even a simple majority and a different policies play fissions from different sides. well, no need to work together to find some kind of common ground. that is something that funds is not really good at. you know, there is no tradition of coalition making here in front as opposed to in other countries such as germany. and we have heard from different positions today during the day you were saying, you know, i should be, or someone from are tom should be the prime minister. you know, someone from the, the centrist comes some from the left wing comes and everybody speculating what's gonna happen next. but it will certainly be very complicated to find a way of working through the situation. and with that, you're up to date, but stay with us up next, e w. 's documentary follows a young ukrainian dancer who is determined to succeed despite the war from our news,

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