♪ brent: this is dw news. live from berlin. tonight, a warning from russia of more rocket attacks on kyiv. [air raid siren] air raid sirens are sounding more fquently in the ukrainian capital, and it comes a day after ukraine's military said it helped sink a russian worship. -- russian war ship. and reflections on the similarities between his

experiences then and those of ukrainian children today. and -- reporter: they asked, what are you digging here? a grave for my dog. they said, this is your grave no. and they just shot him. brent: more atrocities committed by russian troops in ukraine. we will talk to survivors near kyiv. and south africa starts to clean up after devastating floods. thousands are homeless, and entire neighborhoods have been wiped out. and the search for the missing continues, as the death toll is nearing 400. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. to our viewers watching on pbs in the u.s. and to all of you around the world, welcome. tonight, russia says it has struck a missile factory on the outskirts of kyiv.

and it appears to be in retaliation for the sinking of russia's largest war ship in the black sea yesterday. with the u.s. saying tonight the vessel was struck by at least one ukrainian missile. moscow is now vowing more attacks on ukraine's capital. meanwhile, ukraine says russian forces have used long-range bombers for the first time to attack the port city of mariupol. and there are reports of fatalities after strikes in cities in the east and south of the country. as the war passes its 50th day, air raid sirens have been sounding across all of ukraine. [air raid siren] reporter: 50 days into the war, and this is still the wakeup call in kyiv. heavy explosions were heard here overnight. they are said to be the most powerful, since russian foes pulled out of the region around the capital. russia says it will st up its attacks.

>> tonight, sea-based high precision long-range missiles hit a military facility on the outskirts of kyiv. the number and scale of missile strikes against objects in kyiv will increase, in response to any attacks of a terrorist nature or sabotage on russian territory by the kyiv nationalist regime. reporter: some are asking if it is also in retaliation for the sinking of this war ship. russia has acknowledged the ship has been lost, but not due to ukrainian missiles. either way, a big blow, according to the pentagon. >> this is a cruiser. they only have three in this class. and it is basically designed for air defense. that is what this trip is designed to do. -- ship is designed to do. not unlike our own cruisers. so it's going to have an impact on their capabilities, certainly in the near term. reporter: but this footage from the southern port city of

mariupol serves as a reminder of moscow's military might and brutality. with focus and a focusing its attention on ukraine's east, mariupol would be key to connecting the southern and eastern france. despite a strong russian presence, ukraine says the city has not fallen yet. the country's president used his nightly address to praise ukrainian resilience. >> to put it mildly, no one was sure that we would survive. everyone sympathized. many advised us to leave the country. adviseds to actually surrende to tyranny. but they didn't kn us, either, and they did not know how brave ukrainians are. how much we value freedom, our opportunity to live the way we want. reporter: this work continues. -- war continues. and ukrainians will need to show even more of that bravery in the

east if they are to prepare against the imminent russian onslaught. brent: i asked our russia analyst whether the kremlin has stepped up strikes on kyiv in retaliation for the sinking of t war ship. >> officially, it isn't. because officially, the ship sank because of mysterious fire, which damaged it essentially. so weapons supply, and because of that, it sa. because, of course, the loss of the ship must've really hit the russian military leadership very hard. but, as we have heard,rom the russian spokesman, it is in retaliation for the mysterious explosions near the southern russian city. which, as the russians say, were caused by ukrainian atcks. so there is a way of putting it, of course.

and creating this kind of smokescreen. and i think it is as you said, reliation for the ship. it is a bit of a sign of desperation and irritation. which should be, by the way. -- which it should be, by the way. brent: how does the kremlin report this to the russian people? i mean, you've got the main war ship in your black sea fleet that is now at the bottom of the ocean. are ordinary russians going to believe the claim that the ship was lost in a fire? >> i think, if you are talking about e russian public opinion, you have to understand, the support for putin, which is really vast, most of it is not -- which is on t surface really vast, most of it is not people believing the gernment. it is people choosing to believe the government. which is a slight but significant difference. people who prefer to stay in the comfort zone and not face reality. and yes, these people will say, oh, yes, there was a fire, and

things didn't go well. the official russian news agency published photos of a farewell ceremony to the cruiser, in the crimea, in the main base of the lack see -- the black sea. what struck me actually is that flower wreaths were put there. and they had ribbons which said, "to the ship into the sailors." so the ship goes first. that tells you a bit about the atmosphere in the russian navy and what goes first in the pecking order of priority. brent: but there are some estimates that may be as many as 300 seamen could've lost their lives in this sinking. and if that is so, that is 300 people who will not be going home to their families. at some point, the public has to see, you know, body bags coming home, and then hear what the news networks in russia are telling them. and there has to be some

cognitive dissonance there. or not? >> well, there should be. and as someone who lived through the war in afghanistan, i know that eventually, it sinks in. but i think this moment is a bit far away from now. u have to understands, quite a t of those soldiers are a volunteer force. you can say, they chose to fight, that is the price you pay. secondly, you have to remember, official russian propaganda, which most people choose to believe, it puts it in a different context and it puts it completely differently. for example, the numbers of seamen thawere los during the sinking of the cruiser. no one knows officially how many died. essentially, the russian government said, a l of them were saved. so, there's going to be a dissance. but i think that for now, it is not going to happen tomorrow. brent: we've got russia's internet authority threatening to fine google and wikipedia for

spreading what it says is false information regarding the war. you are not even allowed to describe it as a war. is this the kremlin trying to have total control of the narrative? >> they are trying to have total control of the narrative. but with all the threats, they have failed to shut down youtube, which they threatened to shut down several times already. i think there's a struggle going on at the top, with basically the regime -- different factions of the regime trying to decide what to do nex i have to tell you, the proble for russia is, as opposed to china or north korea, and has a -- it has a fairly free internet. it is very difficult to roll these things back as opposed to ina and north korea, where their internet ecosystem was already from the beginning very repressive. brent: true. >> and frankly speaking, a very

small example, they tried to ban whatsapp, but they didn't do that. for one simple reason -- you have pents' groups in schools, all on whatsapp. it is a very delicate thing for them to try not to disturb public opinion. brent: evacuations are now underway in eastern ukraine, as an attack there seems all but imminent. our correspondent is covering developments on the ground. reporter: most ukrainians fear that this major offensive can't be avoided anymore. the russians have massively increased their troops in the past days. and also, they have concentrated them in the donbas region. heavy shelling has been reported in many places. a lot of the smaller villages in

the region are almost completely empty already, but there are still people trying to flee from large towns in the area. the weather has been quite bad in the past days. this might delay the russian offensive a little bit, since it is much more difficult to move by road now. -- move off road now. but most say it is a measure of maybe two or three days. brent: we know in the areas around the capitol, kyiv, where russian troops have withdrawn, we are seeing more evidence of the killings of civilians, more than 900 are reported dead. you have been to this area. what did you see? reporter: yes, we want to the little town of macari, close to kyiv. saw incredible human suffering. incredible destruction. the mayor said hundreds of civilians were killed. and we saw that probably at least half of the town was completely destroyed. we talked to a lot of residents.

and we heard the most horrifying stories. some people told us they had to witness how their neighbors were shot on the streets. let's take a look at the report. reporter: it is hard to believe that there is still human life among all the destruction. vasil and his wife, natia, were at home, when russian troops took over their city late february. they just came to their house and accused the man of taking pictures. they tied him up and left him outside in his toolshed. >> it was very cold. especially at night. the worst is i had no idea what happened to my wife. one day, a soldier came and brought me my special medicine. this was a moment when i understood that my wife was alive. reporter: everywhere, it is a similar picture. neighbors of theirs tell us that in this neighborhood alone,

russian soldiers killed 53 people. a 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped. for weeks, the family had to hide in this small basement room, always fearing that they could be the next target. igor worked as a teacher, before the war started. now, he walks through the town, distributing donated medicine. often, he only finds empty rooms. 90% of the city's residents have left or have been killed. his friends used to live in this house. he doesn't know what has become of them. [dog barking] >> we used to have a common, peaceful life here. this family was just renovating the house. they were constructing a little summer cottage in their backyard. over there, you see the kindergarten. what happened to all of it? reporter: nearby, igor has more success. he finds an elderly man, who still lives among the destruction. he has hardly left the house, since the attacks began. russian soldiers shot one of his neighbors on the street.

>> they asked, "what are you diggg here?" he said, "a ave for my dog." they told him, "this is your grave now." and they just shot him. reporter: three weeks ago, the city was liberated by the ukrainian army. since then, many volunteers have come to help with the cleanup work. but the gruesome memories of the survivors will probably stay with them forever. brent: so much tragedy there. laviv, the city where you are, it's been a transit point for many refugees, heading west, trying to get away from the fighting in the east. can the city cope with what's bound to be an even larger influx of people fleeing the fighting? reporter: laviv has learned to cope with it. the city went through very difficult days at the very beginning of the war, when many people had to flee the capital, kyiv. since then, the government and

also aid organizations have established the necessary infrastructure. a lot of refugees have continued to western countries. others returned to places liberated by the ukrainian army. so, yes, there will be probably new refugee movements, there will be new challenges coming up for laviv. but i don't think it is anything that the city can't cope with, that the very engaged people here can't cope with. brent: children have been among the hardest hit by this war in ukraine. the united nations says nearly two thirds of them have left their home since the invasion began. consider that -- 4.8 million children displaced in just over seven weeks, less than two months. unicef described the speed and the magnitude of the displacement is incredible. many of those who stayed in their homes now face food shortages, school closures, on top of the trauma of being trapped in besieged cities.

such as mariupol. how do children cope with this kind of stress? our reporter has been talking to a mother who fled ukraine with her young son. [laughter] reporter: now, they are here in germany. playing. as if nothing was amiss. but just a few weeks ago, life changed dramatically for him and his mother, svetlana. >> we woke up, because we were listening to shooting and bombing, in odessa, in the black sea. it is so scary. it is crazy. now, i don't believe what happened. reporter: the bombing and shelling of odessa and the surrounding area drovevetlana and her son to flee.

they traveled 400 kilometers, past devastated towns and villages, into romania now, they are safe in germany. but the images they saw are seared into their memories. the boy is traumatized. >> when he hears loud noises, he asks if the russians have come here, if they are taking us, if they are coming to shoot us, and what we should do. he asks, "do we have to hide? do we maybe have to warn others?" reporter: shelling and destruction. this was also the experience of many german children during the second world war. this man does not want to give his last name. he was one of them. he was only 10 years old, when he saw the bombs fall. >> i went t and watched them fly. and all of a sudden, it went "crash," and the bomb hit the field.

that was quite blow. right then, for the first time, and thank god never again, i fe such trembling in theegs, that i could not control myself. reporter: today, he is 94-years-old. but the impact of the war remains. >> when you experience war as a child, you are scarred for life. and that cannot be changed. it can be suppressed, forgotten, but it comes back in dreams. it comes back in pictures. it is in the world. reporter: svetlana and her son meanwhile are doing their best to cope with the uncertainty. svetlana is a doctor and wants to get her license. her son is due to start kindergarten soon. >> right now, i want to give him the opportunity to settle in. i want to show him that everything has changed. that he is here with me.

that everything that happens here is normal. that he is safe. no one will hurt him, as long as he is with me. now, he has time to get used to everything. reporter: while they are slowly settling in in germany, they wish the war would come to an end, and that someday, they can go back home to ukraine. brent: here are more headlines, connected to the war in ukraine. german chancellor olaf scholz reportedly wants to increase defense spending by an additional 2 billion euros, 4 million eur would go to fund eu shipments of wpons for ukraine. finland is reportedly close to saying yes to applying to join nato, and that despi threats from russia. the count's europe minister says the fins have made up their mind and that polling shows strong support for joining nato. russia says that the move would

risk a nucar escalation in the baltic region. moscow has told 18 eurean union diplomats to leave the country. russia's foreign ministry, blaming the eu for destroying long-standing bilatel dialogue and coeration. follows the expulsion of 19 russian diplomats from the eu. here's a roundup of some other world news that we are following this our. the only surviving perpetrator of the 2015 terror attacks in paris has apologized to the victims. in a tearful statement to the court, he asked for forgiveness. 130 people were killed in shootings and explosions at nightlife venues across the french capital. residence of a housing compound in shanghai have clashed with police in hazmat suits, after authorities tried to use their apartments to house covid-19 patients. people who test positive must

isolate. that a government run facility. as part of china's zero covid-19 strategy. china's largest city is currently reporting more than 20,000 new cases a day. violence between israel and the palestinians is once again escalating, as the holy holidays are marked, on their respective calendars at the same time. good friday events are being held against the backdrop of clashes between israeli security forces and palestinian protesters, at the mosque site in jerusalem, more than 100 palestinians were injured today. reporter: violence, at a time when religious leaders usually call for peace. thousands of muslims gathered at the mosque site for friday prayers in jerusalem. witnesses say a small group of them started throwing rocks at israeli police.

police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets, entering the grounds, making hundreds of arrests. the palestinian emergency service said it more than 150 people for injuries. israeli forces sent three of their officers were wounded in the exchange. neighboring jordan and the palestinian authority blamed israel for escalating the situation. >> this oppression and this barbarism by the occupation repressed our people and emptied the compound wall the world was watching. -- while all the world was watching. we condemn this. reporter: israel said it had no interest in interrupting muslim prayer, but was responding to violence. the mosque is islam's third holiest site, sitting on an area that is judaism's holiest -- the temple mount. clashes are not unusual they.

intentions are often high when the religions' major holidays converge. muslims are marking the month-long ramadan fast. jews are preparing for passover. which marks the exodus from egypt. many christians have come to jerusalem for holy week. despite violence not far away, they participated in the way of the cross. which according to christian belief, marks the path jesus took to crucifixion. >> this holy friday is very important to us. and just sometime ago, it struck me to see and mix with the muslim worshipers. who were doing ramadan at the moment. and i told myself, this is great, to see all the people of different faiths come together. and pray. can that we all come here together. >> i pray for the complications around us. i pray that we will find a solution together.

and that jerusalem gets to be as its name says, a land of peace. reporter: with at least 14 people in israel and 25 palestinians killed in the last few weeks of escalating violence, woripers caonly hope next year in jerusalem, that their prayers for peace are answered. brent: south africa is cleaning up after one of the biggest natural disasters in its history. overstating floods triggered by two days of intense rain this week have killed nearly 400 people in the region around the port city of durban. our correspondent reports tonight. reporter: from up, they look like toys, but they are heavy shipping containers, moved away by floods. his company stored 1500 containers at this depot. they are now trying to recover them. >> what added to this atrocity

is the looting. they raided the offices. they stole the computers. they basically cut all the cabl. fridges, microwaves, whatever was there, whatever they could salvage, they basically took. it's hard, all the hard work, you know, but it is what it is. we just have to rebuild from it. reporter: but the first question for the team is, where do you even start? yocan see this massive destruction and the force of nature right here. the economic consequences of these natural disasters are very visible now. but they are likely going to be traveling this region for a long -- troubling this region for a long time. the destruction is visible in many parts of durban. thousands lost their houses, and help has not reached everyone. >> our houses are destroyed. some of us don't have jobs and

no money, so we don't know where we will sleep tonight. we have lost food, everything. even our clothing and property. we don't know what we are going to do. so many people have died here. we are pleading for assistance. we don't want empty promises. >> i feel so bad. very, very bad, because i have no place to sleep. i am standing like this, but i can't sleep. so i can't do nothing. my two children, my children are with my other neighbors, because we have no place to sleep. report: rescue operations by helicopters are underway, as some places are still no accessible by road. the death toll is likely to continue rising. >> the first few days, we were all going for the rescues, and rescues, trying to make a difference, getting people out. the last two days, couple of days to come, it is just body recoveries. we have all t that hope that

we still find a few people alive. but it is just mostly body recoveries. reporter: back at the container depot, sachin and his team are still busy removing containers from the nearby highway. so at least the traffic can flow again. things will not get back to normal anytime soon, the south african says. but at least fortunately, his company was insured. brent: after a short break, i will be back to take you through "the day." stick around. we will be right back.

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>> live from par is, here are the headlines. russia bombs a factory that made the missile that sunk their flagship. france marks three years since the terrible fire. president macron visits the building ahead of the 2024 target for completion of renovation works. le opinion -- le pin tries to win over voters ahead of the runoff on april 24.

>> ukrainian authorities are fearing more strikes 24 hours after they claimed their missiles sank the russian flagship in the black sea and the pentagon agreeing with that version of the events and said the sinking was a big blow for moscow. russian strikes hit a military strike near kyiv. we have the latest. >> day was just breaking when the air raid sirens and the strikes hit this in the southern suburbs of the capital and destroying this weapons' factory and moscow has claimed responsibility. >> last night, long-range

sea-bested caliber missiles hit a facility on the outskirts of kyiv. the number and scale of targets will be ramped up in response to terrorist targets on russian territory. >> a reference to the allege #-d shelling and attack kyiv hasn't carried out. president zellen sky said russia's naval rush flagship was hit in the black sea. [speaking foreign language] >> moscow blames the ship sanking on damage ammunition detonating as a result of the fire. it is a setback to russia and

blow do military moralee. the ukrainian destroyed another navy vessel at a port 80 miles away from march ethiopiaal. mariupol. >> they are using long-range bombers to attack the city. russia said it has taken control of the steel and iron works and pledged more strikes on targets in kyiv. for more on the situation, i bring in a senior researcher and joins us live from zurich and let's talk about the ship. the ship was hit by two ukrainian-made neptune missiles. what would this mean for russia? >> well, russi has forewarned

substantial loss of a defense cruiser and on the other hand it is another of which russia has suffered quite a bit in this war. so this is starting to become a problem for russia in the context of its relationship or antagonism with nato. >> i'm sure they probably weren't expecting to be hit by ukrainian missiles from a certain distance from the ukrainian coast. what does it say about their military capabilities? >> they were quite surprised about those strikes or weren't anticipating them. in the analysis-side of things, we don't know too much about ukrainian movements and how much western intelligence supports ukraine and we can guess it is quite substtialnd may have aided in the sinking of the ship. of course, it will take us to

have the data on really determine how the strike happened. >> ukrainian authorities are saying that they know that russia will not forgive them for sinking the ship. do you expect to see that as well. >> russia has shown this in the course of this war. it has to react in a certain way to and the only thing that russia seems to help itself now is target civilian populations or symbolic targets such as the factory you mentioned. >> in the early days of the war, president putin was putting nuclear forces on alert. the c.i.a. director said the threat of nuclear weapons should not be -- that threat should not

be discounted or taken lightly. what is your opinion on that matter? >> i think director burns has echoed what many analysts have said since the start of this war is that as russia's military forces don't reach the targets that russia has set for them, russia will increase its nuclear threats, if you will and move towards this element in its tool box that hasn't been discredited yet, which make the situation more volatile. >> is this where the c.i.a. is trying to cover the basis or seeing something that we don't know? what is prompting them to make these claims? >> william burns mentioned that the u.s. has not brought any evidence or any physical preparations on russia's side for nuclear launches or nuclear use. and nuclear warheads to their

ballistic missiles, that would be observable, for civilians or groups if you will, but for the u.s. now, on the other hand, because russia has already started to or has on multiple occasions threatened nuclear use, this may be part part of the u.s. government more or less telling the world it is aware of russia's threats and that it has a good idea of how credible they are, which may, in turn, seek to deter russia. >> thank you, nicholas. thank you very much for that. here in france this friday marks three years since the fire at the notre dame cathedral. president macron visited the ka theet dral inspecting the

renovation work. and the french capital hosts the olympics. julia kim has more from central paris. >> president macron is visiting notre dame and taking a quick break from the campaign trail to follow up on the progress. he is here with his wife and the man he personally appointed to take charge of this project. now the past three years have seen notre dame, the reconstruction effort have stalled and encountered many challenges, weather, the coronavirus and had to really tried to hasten efforts to meet that 2024 deadline. the palace have said the famous expire that came down during that came down, that will be

start to be built this summer. notre dame can re-open to the public 2024 just in time for the olympic games in paris. >> the countdown to april 24 continues. this friday met voters on a marketplace and mixed a mixed welcome and telling her to leave and calling her a racist. we have the story. >> they have placed president macron in a narrow lead and le pin continued talking to voters and defended france's pension system and attacked the proposed raising of the age.

>> i preserve our pension system. >> one of her hard line proposals is to ban wearing a head scarf. and she was challenged by a woman on her stance. >> it's a uniform that goes with a radical vision of islam. >> that's not true. >> and in the background, a faceoff between militant le pin supporters and activists. >> this just confirms to me i can win this presidential election. the brutality of what is said about me is proportional to my chances of winning. >> macron and le pin isn't obvious yet?

>> it's changed. >> there are pros and cons for both. i don't know. >> it is predicted macron would win the second round with 56% of the votes according to a poll. >> many who voted for candidates who are wondering what to do come april 24 including the leader 22% of the vote and what his voters could do in nine days could sway the election one way or the other. >> in a city north of paris, left-wing are wondering how to cast that ballots. and many residents are still digesting the third place finish. >> you wanted him to be president. the french should have wanted it. are you going to vote for it in the second round?

>> no. >> local police officers are undecided. >> we are going to have another five years of struggle. >> between macron and le pin, some are leaning toward le pin. >> i would like her to win. >> the debate over the retirement age. macron wants to raise it to 64, 65. do you think people should work longer? >> no. there are certain trades that are really difficult. people would like to enjoy life before they die. some people retire and barely have time to do that before they pass away. >> others feel differently. >> i'm ready to work until 70 if it stops the far right from taking power. >> some are wondering how retirement reforms would take into account working conditions? >> i would prefer my retirement not be pushed to 64, 65.

but i don't know if i'm going to vote. >> young voters also feel stuck. >> who voted? >> these first-time voters won't vote in the second round even if it means the far right meaning the presidency. >> i would have felt responsible >> it remains unclear how many supporters will turn out to vote in the second round. >> the sole surviesk member of the team of terrorists that carried the november 2015 attacks apologized to victims. he broke down and offered condolences to the victims and said i know that hatred remains and i ask you that you hate me with moderation and i ask you to forgive. charges range from providing

logistical support and supplying weapons. the trial is expected to last into early summer. 19 other defendants face sentences of up to life in prison. police and army voluntaries are combing through debris. the flooding left a trail of destruction in 395 people dead. james has the latest. >> it's the result of the deadliest storm to sit south african american city durbin. among the city's grieve, emergency workers and volunteers are trying to bring a sense of norm atlanta back. >> you always like coming to the beach. it's just terrible to see. >> my kids surf here every weekend and heartbreaking. >> and on top of their priorities is preventing the

plastic from ending up in the sea. >> we have such devastation with plastics in our oceans and if we don't look after that, we won't have a beach. >> a trail of destruction in residential neighborhoods and in villages as floods continue to reach havoc five days on. these satellite images give us the extent of the damage. entire areas wiped out by mudslides. and n.g.o. workers are handing out food to workers and they are falling for more donations. >> the whole community is very, very bad, a state of disaster. >> floods on this level haven't been seen for 60 years and for more bad weather planned, there are fears that further trouble could be on the way.

>> the city of shanghai has been on lockdown for more than two weeks. it is reporting tens of thousands of cases of coronavirus every day. the highest figure since the early days of the pandemic. 26 million people are confined and many are at the end of their intelligenter and those in isolation centers. one patient has been stuck in one of these centers for 18 days. >> in shanghai a positive covid test means you are sent to an isolation center like this. for 17, this gentleman has been stuck. >> this is my bed. >> conditions are sparse and even harmful. >> the conditions in this building are on 24/7. and influencing everyone. our mental health and it's been like 17 days since i have not

seen darkness. >> there are no showers or a basin for washing. >> warm water in this and wet towel. >> to get out of here, you need two negative tests and the patients have had to wait a lot longer without explanation. >> it's absurd. and this is what people are angry about because the of the conditions. there is no transparency on those waiting lists to get out of this place and be released. >> 24 hours after we spoke, she was able to return home and others are still waiting and the lockdown is pushing people to the edge. this woman is exhausted and broke down. numerous scenes of distress posted on social media. the mental health of

inhabitants. the psychologists have seen patients get ever more anxious. >> there is stress and and exhaustion and bei kept in the dark first it was one week and then it is two weeks but locked down f three or fou weeks and the uncertainty is a killer. >> the current wave in shanghai is the biggest in china since the country cannot let up. e end of the lockdown is still a long way off. >> time now for some of the day's business news. >> you are starting with elon musk's offer to buy twitter which is running into complications. >> it tries to defend itself from that potential takeover and

limited duration shareholder a poison pill incorporate lingo designed to make it harder for musk to take control. under the plan if he acquires 15% of twitter and other shareholders could buy new shares at a discount, the board is threatening to dilute his stake in the company to fend off possible takeovers. the c.e.o. has yet to respond. but here is the offer that's on the table. presumably still musk has offered to buy twitter at $54.20 a share and $43 billion overall. and some say that is a low-ball offer. it was trading at 70 a share as late as august. where is elon musk going to do this. he is the world's richest man but complains he is cash poor

because his fortune is tied up in stocks. he will come up with $30 billion given the move we have seen from twitter's board. one is to share out his shares in test ta and he is not a fan of the taskes and another option is taking a massive loan using shares as collateral. musk has a reputation for controversy and major lenders don't like that. another option could be turning to private equity and might get him closer to the target. >> twitter doesn't want this but what a musk takeover mean? >> what everyone is asking themselves. musk said he could improve the platform and rewarding twitter users, offering subscriptions and it would be to enact if it

twitter went private. but the big cause is free speech and he has criticized restrictions on the platform. he was critical on that move to remove donald trump from the platform and there would be changes there. and there are some that are wondering how ser yous is an -- rious is this this offer and we will have to wait and see. >> the news of the takeover bid has lid to the twitter stuck dropping. how is the rest of the market? >> markets were closed good friday but a mixed bag earlier. the major asian indexes. gains in hong kong, right across the board. investors reacting to an unexpected move from ien's interest rate.

and staying on that topic, china went ahead with a stimulus measure and reducing the amount of reserves. and encouraging more loans to be injected into the economy before growth figures.irst quaer finally here in france, president macron is running for re-election and waved into a debate over executive pay given to auto makers and said pay ceilings could be imposed at the european level. take a lesson. >> of course, i think we are all in the same situation why not me or think it is unacceptable and shocking and excessive and put the pay cap on it-f we do it on the european level, it could work. it would not work if we did it

at the french level. the minimum corporate tax rates, we need to convince our european partners to carry out reform that would restrict the salaries of our business leaders. >> this is inseparable. and le pin criticizing that pay package. >> both of them expressing shock at that. thank you very much. turn our "truth or fake." 24 hours ago we broke the news of russia confirming the ship sinking but looking at claims that it sunk before it sank. >> we are seeing russia's ship sunk late last night. they acknowledged that the ship sunk and said it was caused by a fire. ukrainian officials say the damage was caused by its

missiles. u.s. and see seem to the ukrainian version and this is a big hit to russia's military moralee. there was this photo circulating showing the aftermath. photo of the fire flagship black russian fleet has been damaged after ukrainian attack and allegedly sunk 20 miles from this island. soon after that, the russian minister said due to ammunition area but this has nothing to do with this war ship and some users even posted this photo after the news broke out and not certain if this was fake news or not but it was fake posted hours before before it was sunk. this photo belongs to this if

footage back in 2019 also in the black sea near crima. social media users took a screen shot of this video from 2019 and flipped it and added a green filter to make it look like a military source video. but as this use year points out it can be done on a digital alteration app. >> the sinking is a major development in the war and has triggered online reaction and looking at another claim. >> we have a second example of footage of an exploding ship thatsers claim it was the ship and this was from the naggist regiment in ukraine and reminder to our viewers that this is a far-right militia who posted

this video on the telegram. many users posted this on social media claiming they belonged to the cruiser in the bla sea. th user said that they published a video of the explosion of the black sea fleet. they were receiving from the ukrainian my. but in reaty, these photos have nothing to do with this incident. these images belong to this region and exercised from 2013 that we also saw in the newsut just a reminder that this is also misinformation from both ukraine an russia and in this particular situation, a source of misformation comingrom members of the ukrainian armed forces.

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