ah, i'm aaron tilton, welcome to the program. we begin with the battle for ukraine's eastern industrial heartland. russia is making advances in the don't bus. ukraine says russian forces have captured several more settlements. now control almost all of the husk region, some heavy weapons that will ride from germany. but ukraine says that there just a drop in the bucket of what is needed to push back rushes advance. everything that can be done is on fire. that's how the governor of ukraine's hands region described the situation here. russia is intensifying attacks in ukraine's east ukrainian defenders, inch of yellow denounced, still holding out in the besieged as a chemical plant. their last stronghold in the city, hundreds of civilians are sheltering their and their russian troops withdrew from her cave last month. the shelling has started once again. this footage shows what was once an educational building now in ruins. oh was blue and there were no armed forces, all representatives of territorial defense from all the national

ah, i'm aaron tilton. welcome to the program. in friends, president manuel mc haul's alliance has lost its absolute majority in parliamentary elections. that's according to early estimates. as counting continues across the country, recalls allies will likely emerge as the biggest party in the new national assembly . but without an absolute majority of 289 seats, the french president is expected to face challenges in pushing his reform agenda forward is main rivals. a new left wing alliance, led by john luke bell and sean fell short of 200 seats. according to early estimates, no earlier date of you spoke to lisa lewis and paris, she explained what the loss of an absolute majority in the parliament now means from a call. while i'm on our call, we'll have to change his policies. really, it is quite certain that certain of a sudden reforms that he's planning, such as, for example, pushing up the retirement age from 62 to 6465 will be very difficult to get through parliament. he will have to compose with other forces on the left and o

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ah, i'm aaron tilton. welcome to the program. in france, voters have handed president manuel mccall. a stunning setback is coalition has lost its governing majority in parliamentary elections results. so mc, crohn's block will still emerge with the biggest number of seats and the new national assembly. but without the 289 seats needed for a majority, the french leader may have trouble in acting his reform agenda. o, emmanuel mac, ron faces an uncertain 2nd presidential term. his centrist alliance on psalms, has lost its parliamentary majority, as voters turned away from mainstream parties. list you as your unit, the situation is unprecedented from luna's through the national assembly has never seen a configuration of listen height in the 5th republic. citrus jo, this situation constitutes a risk for our country and view of the challenges that we have to face and several of both on the national and international levels that he should until next year now . but we have to respect this vote and consider its consequences. his big v, t

after only after a year after the government formed ah, i'm aaron tilton. welcome to the program. will begin with a warning for europe from ukrainian president followed in their zelinski. he says, other european countries should be bracing for potentially hostile activity from moscow. zelinski says ukraine face is a historic, weak is it awaits a landmark decision from e. leaders on its bid for candidate status, but that this could prompt russia to intensify its aggression against ukraine and its westerns borders. a russian missile plunged into ukrainian soil with city of lazy chance. no one is safe across the river, the city of several on yet has been reduced to rubble by fierce fighting as russia's offensive in the dawn, beth's reading grinds on the fears, at least chance is next to that. most residents have fled to them, but some are stuck. new me 6 if you can, but we have nothing left. everything was burned down. the most important thing is to get my sick father out. that's all that matters to me. i don't know how long he can survive, but i don't think this war's going to end s

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