>> this is "the journal congo coming to you live from dw in berlin. -- "the journal," coming to you live from dw in berlin. in it in ukraine ahead of sunday's referendum on breaking away from key as that from kiev. we will go live. >> ukraine's presidential

election must go ahead without disruption at the end of the month or russia will face a tougher new round of sanctions. that was the message from the leaders of germany and france today. speaking after two days of talks on the german coast, angela merkel and françois harland -- françois hollande said it is crucial to stabilizing ukraine, and they called on all sides to avoid violence. they also condemned the disputed referendum in eastern regions this sunday, which is being held by pro-russian separatists seeking to break away from kiev 's control. >> we have agreed to cooperate very closely and stay in regular contact because the next two weeks leading up to the election on may 25 will be a very dairy -- a very delicate period. we want to make clear that the

russian president needs to make a greater effort to send signals of de-escalation so the election can take place. there have been some initial signs of that, but it needs to be reinforced so that the message given through to the eastern and southern parts of ukraine that everyone wants to see a free and fair presidential election. clinicalief correspondent melinda crane has been following those talks. melinda, the wording of the statement that they will be -- there will be appropriate consequences if the election does not go to plan on may 25. i.e., a third round of sanctions from the europeans. what would they be? >> they would be tougher sanctions, and the condition is that if elections do not precede in civil form it -- proceed insmed table form if they fail. means economicn sanctions across broader sectors. so far we have seen sanctions targeting individuals.

this would move on to target entire sectors. they did not say what those sectors might be. theoretically it could be the energy sector. it could also be the banking sector, but they did not spell that out. they have left themselves room to remove her -- to maneuver. they have made it clear that they are looking at tougher sections. >> what has been made clear? >> the hungry benchmark they have had is it has proven difficult to trace how and to what degree russia might be influencing the pro-russian separatists. the idea is basically by tying these possible sanctions to elections, they force russia to be proactive. they are basically saying you need to become the guarantor, that these elections do go forward in a stable way. they are trying to compel russia to get out in front of the process. >> linda crane, thank you very much for coming into the studio.

let's turn to the situation in eastern ukraine. ahead of the disputed referendum, there was fresh violence friday in the coastal city of mariupol. first, this report. was calm day after the deadly fighting. ukrainian army units have withdrawn from the center of the port city. outriday a gun battle broke when pro-russian separatists stormed a police station in the city will stop local officials say seven people were killed and almost 50 wounded. claims 20ment in kiev separatists and one ukrainian soldier died. next -- inin doing donetsk, preparations for independence vote. separatists call on more than 3 million people to vote on whether the region should break away from ukraine. they are following the example set by crimea, and it by russia

in march. on friday russian president vladimir putin attended victory celebrations. it was his first visit to the crimean peninsula since annexation. >> i am certain that 2014 will go into history, and the history of our whole country, as the year when all of the citizens here, the people resolutely decided to be together with russia. met with criticism. >> the trip is provocative and unnecessary. crimea belongs to ukraine, and course,t recognize, of the illegal and illegitimate steps by russia in that regard. >> western leaders want putin to to ease influence tensions in eastern ukraine. .> we are joined by kiki logan

let's look ahead to the referendum, which is planned on sunday. what can we expect? theell, the head of election committed here, the etskt ask -- the donut people's republic -- we have been to other towns in the region where the ukrainian government or the authorities loyal to the ukrainian government are actually still in charge. it will be interesting to see how they manage the logistics of this. we have heard reports that the separatists are not able to access polling stations, but we expect people here in donetsk would vote, and they would vote with the people's republic. but that is the picture here in the entire region. >> is there going to be any kind of independent monitoring of the election whatsoever?

>> highly unlikely. i think this very much has its own momentum. election,ging the also managing all the polling stations. we are not quite sure who will turn out, how they will -- they do said they are printing millions of ballots. we have seen posters up, billboards by the side of the road, information being distributed to people. it will be interesting to see who turns out and where and if they can get to the outlying areas where they do not necessarily have a lot of support. >> it does sound like the separatists broadly have the upper hand in the situation. walk us through the scenarios. what could that mean if we find out monday there was a big monday -- a big vote in favor of breaking away? >> let's see what they could do in practical terms. they do control here in donetsk

every single government building. there is nothing left for them to take. they are already wielding power, and yesterday, victory day, a military parade led through the people'she donetsk republic. they feel very confident, very powerful. occupied byr towns ukrainian troops, we see the city mayor carrying on with his referendum. he says he will hold the vote. but the ukrainian military is trying to crack down. we saw that yesterday in mariupol, they are trying to prevent this. it probably comes too late to stop the momentum. the momentum is very much with the pro-russian movement at the moment. , thank logan in donetsk you very much. moving onto other stories -- the u.n. u.n.'s top aid official in south sudan is welcome the peace deal between the country's warring factions full study said the troops -- the truce was a better result than many would

have expected. the agreement came after intense pressure from the u.s. and the u.n. to end the conflict, which cost thousands of lives and forced more than one million people from their homes. >> the peace deal came as a surprise to many. the president and the rebel either signed an agreement a short time after their face to face first meeting. details are to be worked out in the coming days. the ethiopian president was instrumental in the success of the talks. this agreement, that therenderscored is no military solution to the , and ain south sudan sustainable solution can be achieved only through inclusive political process. agreement,g to the all fighting will cease within 24 hour.

the transitional government will be formed, followed by french elections. have been mass atrocities in the country since the conflict broke out. tens of thousands of civilians -- women,n victim children, the elderly. observers say peace will be difficult to sustain, but there is hope. again open fire on another person. i am sending the signal that this conflict -- >> i am sending the signal that this conflict must be ended peacefully. >> international relief organizations hope that the deal will open the way for humanitarian assistance for civilians. the test is whether both sides will hold up their end of the a the accord.f >> express concern about what is

being called chinese aggression in the south china sea. this after vietnam's foreign ministry released new footage -- chinesenese vessels ramming coast guard ships. the incident took place in waters claimed by hanoi, where china relocated the deepwater drilling rig later this week -- earlier this week. bangkok has been on the edge after a day of demonstrations by supporters of the government and opposition groups. thousands of opposition protesters seized television stations calling for the resignation of the entire government. supporters of the government have also been streaming into the capital. an earthquake with a magnitude 6.0 has struck the state of guerrero in southwestern mexico. he comes two days after a stronger quake hit the country. tremors were felt hundreds of

kilometers further north in mexico city. seven kilometers west of galliano on the pacific coast. no reports of damage yet. theng on to sports, it is final weekend in the season. at the bottom of the table there is everything to play for in the battle against relegation between nuremberg and hamburg. tears andill be bitter disappointment. boundlesswill also be joy. only one team will make the relegation playoffs, but all three of them are optimistic. >> we have to win, that is all we can do. >> everyone has to believe and do their bit. the rest is out of our hands. >> we have the chance. it is in our hands. so we need to do what is necessary. in the worst position at the

bottom of the table, they also have the worst away record. they have only scolded that scored 10 goals and won one match away. >> it is not in our hands but we are confident of pulling off the miracle. >> nuremberg, all about relegation, it will be the eighth time they have gone down. a new record. they have not won in six matches, and their goalkeeper is injured. there -- >> there is no port -- no point say we cannot win in schalke. the code then there is hamburg. they have conceded 72 goals this season. ae only reason they have chance is that the teams from logan have performed so poorly. but this weekend hamburg plays nice, a team they have not lost two in their last six encounters. >> we will do what we can. we will give it everything on

saturday and see what happens. >> in the worst-case, that could days.egation after 18,508 >> the diamond league competition has been that has begun. 14 meetings to take place on 14 different confident -- confident that on four if incontinence. -- 14 meetings to take place on four different continents. but very searching in the last 15 minutes. meters, a jamaican runner took first. finally, motor racing in the qualifying for the spanish grand prix is getting underway in barcelona, and defending champion sebastian cycle ltruggled -- sebastian feke

struggled. it from me on this edition of "the journal." bye-bye. >> in the coastal city of talk labonne in the philippines, the streets are once again full of life. it has been six months since typhoon hayan devastated large parts of the country. few places were harder hit than this area. this is what it looked like in the wake of the disaster. this is the same street last

november, days after the typhoon the strongest storm to make landfall since records began. it had wind speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour and destructive waste that destroyed everything in their path. -- destructive waves that destroyed everything in their path. thousands of people lost their lives. six months on, i have come back to see how the survivors of the typhoon are coping with what they experienced and what they lost. i also wanted to know how much of the help that was promised actually arrived.

i am surprised by how many residents have returned to the place where many of them lost friends and family members. these houses have been built illegally. the government has declared the coastline a danger area. but those who live here have no other choice. we came back because we did not know where else to go. if someone offered us another place to live that was not too far away, we would take it immediately and i would burn this hut to the ground. >> he and his son have rebuilt

their family home from scratch. like their neighbors, they have not received official government approval. the residents do not own the land, they just started occupying it. needher places they would to pay rent, which they cannot afford. that is why they are here. his dollar law tells me the new huts are much smaller -- his daughter-in-law tells me that the huts are much smaller than what they had before. they do not have a roof. instead they are using part of the tent. the new housing projects are either unfinished or already full.

how manytion shows people were affected by it. a few kilometers up the coast, the situation is even more uncertain. disaster, after the hundreds of families still live in tents. an improvement from last year, when thousands were in temporary shelters. but for those who remain here, survival is a constant trouble. ronia is one of those who has not found a new place to live. she shows me the tent that has been her home for the last five months. she lives here with her aunt and several other relatives. of the tent are moldy, and in the daytime the heat inside his unbearable.

camp haves in the been given approval to move to the new houses in the settlement that are being built. she is still waiting. "when it rains, everything floods. before we put planks in the floor, we could not even sleep when it rains. the tent is so small, you cannot stand up inside. there are also tons of mosquitoes." meet a woman who works for the international organization of migration, the iom. she is working to improve the living conditions as quickly as possible. she also wants the improvements to be sustainable.

the best outcome for people would be to leave the camp altogether. >> our community, we are looking at families that are much more -- -- nowe now before before yolanda. the big typhoon, another storm, and it is that slippery slope. >> she says progress has been made, but the extent of the catastrophe was enormous and there are more dangers on the horizon. the next typhoon season begins in july. that thismething engineer is all too aware of. she wants people to be better prepared when the next storm hits. today he is complaining to his supplier. he is not happy with the

materials he has received. the heads of the nails are too small, and the corrugated iron is too thin. the next space -- it is so thin. now we need a thicker one so that even on strong wind it will stay. >> care international distributes building materials to communities affected by the typhoon. nails, tools, corrugated iron. mariano rivera gives instruction manuals out to help people build more secure structures than the ones that were destroyed by the storm. the technical commendations we are dealing with with this material, it would be much , so thatan before

there would be less damage to life and property. wille cannot guarantee it be totally typhoon proof. >> mariano is under no illusions. even a well constructed hut could not withstand a storm of a strength. rebuilde people help their homes and their life. for many survivors, rebuilding without assistance would be impossible, as well as technical support they need financial help, too. their most important sources of lieme -- coconut palms -- rotting in the fields. for many, the typhoon has been an economic attach a fee as well as a humanitarian one. -- is been an economic catastrophe as well as a

humanitarian one. "what should we do? we plan sweet potatoes so the children have something to eat. and we are trying as much as we can to get odd jobs on building sites or in the fields, even though they do not pay very much ." after the emergency response and the rebuilding, the next challenge is to help people regain some economic independence. for most people, that will take months or even years. i go back. not far from the center, the government has set up emergency accommodations for hundreds of families. anthony lives in one of the houses, together with his wife and their seven children. the family used to live right by

the water. for anthony, there is no question of returning. he is still struggling to come to terms with the disaster. he says he still has nightmares about what happened. >> we saw rocks roll and the flood and people asking for help. are getting stronger and getting well. -- everybody is gone. >> anthony is not the only one still dealing with what happened here. he and some of his neighbors take comfort from their faith.

preacher daniel from the fellowship of born-again christians comes by once a week. he talks to the residence and gives them encouragement. he asks if they see themselves as a victim or a survivor. victim," says this man. when asked why, he says he has seen too many terrible things. after the typhoon, we were all victims, he says. i was, too. but we survived. and if we think possibly that if we think positively and believe in god, we can get our old lives back. a normal life. >> i ask, father god, in the mighty name of jesus christ -- >> later, the group prays

together. they play for strict -- they pray for strength. i feel that they will need it. despite the help they are getting, the normal lives that they desperately want seem a long way away. >> in jesu

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