the city of melli tofal is one such area. russia took charge of it shortly after its military operation began with troops providing humanitarian aid to locals who lack basic necessities. a german journalist recently visited speaking to r. t afterwards. thomas rooper said lush and fear of reprisals from radicals. when we went on to a square, was with hundreds of people, there were like maybe 5 or 6 who were against the russian operation, and they were really not afraid of anything they. they screamed at the rush of soldiers. they searched for any camera and microphone to tell everybody how angry they but the rest. so hundreds of people were quite a come and ears of the soldiers of a journalist. thank you that you are here. please don't leaf. they were really afraid to show that they support the rational permission and my dad knows that are we now the, the burning of nearly 50 people in odessa and may 2014 and many people. well, in west, in the west, it's not known. i wrote an article in 2900, about 13 people who were in the opposition critic criticizing the government of pro shanker than

in st. peter's basilica, the mayor of you occupied ukrainian city of melli topple, who was detained by russian forces last month and 3 ukrainian lawmakers also attended the ceremony. are germany ascending ukraine, a 1000000000 euros to buy weapons. the funds a part of a substantial increase in german defense spending. meanwhile, thousands have been taking part in traditional east apiece much as nationwide. many a calling for an end to the war. but some activists are rethinking long, held pacifists and anti war beliefs. those marching for peace at this year's easter marches have to trade a thin line. traditionally, the demonstrations are a chance for people who believe passionately and pacifism to make their voices heard. calls for all arm sales to stop and all war and aggression to end all the normal fare. but what to do in the case of putin's war of aggression against ukraine. that question has forced some here to rethink their principles. one she unhappy, sustained with a heavy heart. i think now we probably have to supply weapons. as i said, i'm actually absolutely against it. and a

tell me about melly, she's super cute. >> she is female, about 8 years old. >> reporter: kaitlin caresstralia's moonlit sanctuary. kaitlin what will we lose if we lost the koala >> when you think australia, you think koalas they're an example of amazing adaptation they have found a niche in an environment where it's harsh and hard to survive. they eat a food source that many other animals can't eat. they get water from those leaves they're up in a place that's safe for them at the top of the trees. they have managed to adapt to harsh country, harsh environment. >> do you think we can save the koala? >> absolutely. but it requires acting now we can't wait too late we can't plant trees and have them grow up to be adult trees overnight, we have to plant trees now thinking of where they're going to be in ten years' time. >> reporter: the australian government has pledged $50 million to save this national treasure, with measures including habitat restoration, health protection, and a national koala monitoring program. >> our thanks to sarah james for that report. >>> time to celebrate birth

the silly of melli topo is one such area in russia, took charge of it shortly after the conflict began with trips providing humanitarian aid to locals who lack basic necessities. a german journalist recently visited in an interview. thomas refer, told us locals were still afraid to openly support russia and fear of reprisals from neo nazi forces. when we went to to a square with hundreds of people, there were like maybe 5 or 6 were against the rational operation and they were really not afraid of anything. they, they screamed at the rush soldiers, they searched for any camera and microphone to tell everybody how angry they are. but the rest, so hundreds of people were quite calm and they just whispered in the ears of the soldiers of a journalist. thank you that you are here, please don't leaf. they were really afraid to show that they support the rational permission because everybody will not ukraine after my dad knows that we know the, the burning of nearly 50 people in odessa and may 2014, many people. well in west, in the west. it's not known, i wrote an article in 2900, about 13 pe

, the russians or at least wave not against the russians, or thomas rooper also spoke to local tin melly, topple about how they've been faring in the city. amidst the turmoil, the people really told me and, and i was also a surprise because i spent, she asked them about their opinion and experience with russia and ukraine and soldiers. and many told, told me about robbery and things like that done by the cranes, especially before leaving his house. um and i didn't hear any complaints about the russian escrow scratch and soldiers. of course they were people who were not happy when their house was damaged, but i'm no complaints about concrete russian soldiers they, there are all the people talk me. the russians are behaving correctly, trying to help even giving a medicine if they have a. so really i didn't hear it any complaint about concrete trucks. so russian soldiers, but he had many complaints about the ukrainian soldiers, whether it was ukraine's shooting at civilians, whether it was robbery and so on. and this is also something i didn't expect. i thought i would, he had a something a

top general says the world is a more dangerous place because of the russian invasion, general mot. melly told members of congress that the military action has raised the prospects of a big a war between what he described as 2 great nations. alan fisher, a post now from capitol hill. we will have that debate about what that top line number should be and it was a meeting to discuss the u. s. military is proposed $773000000000.00 budget for the coming year. the largest in the world by far, it was a meeting where developments in ukraine overshadowed those discussions from the leading republican on the committee. an attack on the russian president look for ordering. the invasion, but potent, catastrophic invasion of ukraine has proven to the rest of the world. he's nothing more than an unhinge crackpot. the problem is this crack pot has his finger on the world's largest nuclear arsenal and illegal stock pile of chemical and biological weapons, which he hasn't hesitated to use against his perceived enemies. the u. s. is top general mart 1000000 sis, the actions by russia and the growth in the

cnn's chloe mellis has more. >> reporter: it's become one of the most famous and controversial moments ] out of me. >> reporter: it wasn't just oscars viewers who initially thought the moment will smith slapped chris rock might have been staged. the man running the entire show, first-time oscars producer, will p packer says in a new interview that he thought so too. >> i thought it was a bit like everybody else. once i saw will yelling at the stage with such vitriol, my heart dropped. >> reporter: packer says he rushed over to rock as he exited the stage. >> i said, did he really hit you? and he looked at me, and he goes, yeah. he goes, yeah, i just took a punch from muhammud ali, as only chris can. he was immediately in joke mode, but you could tell he was very much still in shock. >> reporter: smith played the boxer in the 2001 film "ali." cnn has obtained new video from a seat filler inside the oscars, showing a new angle of the incident, this time filmed from behind smith's wife, jada pinkett smith. packer says that los angeles police were prepared to arrest smith that night. >> an

. >> let's bring in lauren fox and melly zanona. and trump spoke last night about that second recording. >> it appears kevin mccarthy's efforts at damage control have actually worked. my sources told me they spoke last night after this bombshell reporting from "the new york times" and that trump actually was not upset with mccarthy, at least in part because mccarthy never actually followed through with his plans to advise trump to resign in the immediate days after january 6th. and we should also point out mccarthy has worked very hard to stay in the former president's good graces over the last year. now he's not out of the woods yet. we should also point out that trump's hill allies want to hear directly from the president before they decide how to proceed. and they're also bracing for other potential shoes to drop. "the new york times" also reported that mccarthy in the immediate aftermath of the attacks said some other republican lawmakers' twitter accounts should be taken away. that could be problematic from him. we've not heard

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