u. e commission chief or serve on the line makes the price trip to give back to president. brought him is the lens he wants. he also needs progress of getting more weapons to his troops class marching to stop the killing. thousands during protest across the united states, demanding tighter gun control and an end to mass shooting. president joe biden urges the protesters to keep logic. and it's back to mass testing and locked out for millions and tyna restrictions are re imposed. as coven 19 cases emerge in shanghai and beijing. ah, i rena muhammad, welcome to the program. the european union is promising a rapid assessment of ukraine's membership application. commission chief as lavonne delight, made a surprise visit to give your cranes that both the has says the methodist request to join back in march. brussels will announce is decision next week. as we do with the welcome, with momentum seemingly shifting and moscow's faber, ukrainian present was clearly pleased to see ursula on the lion again top of their agenda, ukraine's e u membership bid. the european commission chief is promising p

u. e commission chief us live on the line, makes the price trip to queue, but president of not a mere lensky wants. he also needs progress on getting more weapons to his troops. plus, marching to stop the killing thousands joint protests across the united states, demanding tight gun control and an end to mass shooting. president joe biden urges the protest is to keep marching. and it's back to mass testing and locked outs for millions and tyna restrictions are re imposed. as new coven 19 cases emerge in shanghai ads, beijing. ah, i bring him a hobbit welcome to the program. the european union is promising a rapid assessment of ukraine's membership application commission chief as lavonne de la made a surprise visit to give it crane submitted its request to join back in march. brussels will allows is decision next week. as to me, doing a welcome plea with momentum, seemingly shifting and moscow's favour. ukrainian present was clearly pleased to see us sheila, on the lion again top of their agenda, ukraine's e u membership bid. the european commission chief is promising progress soon. zalinski

u. e commission chief as live on the line makes a surprise trip to kill the president of thought amy lensky wants. he also needs to progress on getting more weapons to his troops. also coming up, marching to stop the killing. thousands during protest across the united states demanding tighten gun control and an end to mass shooting. president joe biden urges the protesters to keep watching. and it's back to mass testing and locked dells for millions in china. restrictions are re imposed as new coven 19 cases emerge. in shanghai and beijing ah, i'm really mohammed walking to the program. the european union is promising a rapid assessment of ukraine's membership application. commission chief as their bond line has made a surprise visit to give a crane submitted its request to join back in march. brussels will say whether it will be given the candidate status next week. as me, jewel. so it's, it's a welcome plea with momentum, seemingly shifting and moscow's favour. ukrainian president was clearly pleased to see ursula on the lion again top of their agenda, ukraine's e. u. membership bid the e

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e. u. commission chief 1st lafond or lie makes a surprise trip to keith, but president a lot of new zalinski warrants. he also needs progress and getting more ammunition to his troops coming up later. marching to stop the slaughter, thousands joined, protect the protest across the united states, demanding stricter gun controls and an end to mass shootings. enough is enough. they say president joe biden urges the demonstrators to keep arching and it's back to mass testing and locked downs for millions in china. restructured restrictions are re imposed as new coping 19 cases emerge in shanghai and beijing. ah, i'm nick spicer. welcome to the program. the european union is promising a rapid assessment of ukraine's membership application commission. she 1st lavonne lion made a surprise visit to keith crane, submitted its requested joined back in march. for days after russia faded, brussels will say next week whether it will be given candidate status. as to me, you are so welcome to play with momentum, seemingly shifting in moscow's favour. ukrainian president was clearly pleased to see ursula on

the european union promised his progress on ukraine's bid to join the e u. commission chief pers lavender lie and makes a surprise trip to keep the president blood amir zalinski warrants. he also needs progress on getting more ammunition to his troops coming up later. marching to stop the slaughter, thousands joined, protest across the united states, demanding stricter gun controls and an end to mass shooting. and the british government winds illegal vital to deport migrants to east africa. human rights campaigner said they'll carry on opposing the controversial scheme. ah, unexpired. welcome to the program. the european union is promising a rapid assessment of ukraine's membership application. efficient chief ursula founder line made a surprise visit to keep on saturday. ukraine submitted it's requested join back in march, brussels. it will say next week whether it will be given candidate status as to meet you are so welcome to chloe with momentum, seemingly shifting in moscow's favour. ukrainian president was clearly pleased to see us he left on the lion again top of their agenda, ukrai

e. u is also committed to moving away from fossil fuels. at the signing ceremony in cairo, the e u commission president suggested there was long term interest in partnering with countries to its south and east. it is for us, very important also to look forward into the new forms of energy. and these are, of course, the renewable energies. and here i must say, you are in a very lucky position as you have the resources that are necessary for renewable energy in abundance. the sun, the wind. so these will be the energies of the future, and the demand will be enormous. israel gas is sent to cairo through the arab gas pipeline. it was designed to pump gas the other way from egypt to jordan, syria, and lebanon. but egypt uses its own gas now for domestic needs. it wants to become a regional hub for the gas trade, and israel can help that happen. but it'll be a couple of years before european start using significant amounts of israeli gas, as there are challenges and increasing production capacity to cope with the new demand. bernard smith, al jazeera west jerusalem, the u. s. house committee invest

e u legislation and the euro. that's expected that ukraine will need to implement judicial, an anti corruption reforms if the commissions opinion is positive. the council then begins to negotiate membership often on a subject by subject basis, and that can take years. 5 nations currently have e u candidacy. albania, north macedonia, montenegro, and serbia, and turkey, which has been on the list for more than 2 decades, while ukrainians in the capital keyboard express optimism about the e. u. membership bid. oh, the business name, crash business will be better and education will be based on the european standards of medicine will be based on the european standards and services. i believe that every area of our life will be better. that's what i think. no, no, sir. it is very ambitious for the economy and for the development of ukrainian military systems under the current circumstances taking into account ukraine may be losing a lot because of the war. when we spoke to you as president joe biden says, he's not going to meet saudi arabia's crime, prince one on one during his visit. next month. biden's been facing criticism

e u. the u commission. she pers lavonne line makes a surprise trip to keith, but president vladimir zalinski warrants. he also needs progress on getting more ammunition to his troops. marching to stop the slaughter, thousands joined, protest across the united states, demanding stricter gun control and an end to mass shoot. and cooking up a storm on you to meet a group of bangladesh, you women attracting viewers while raising money there. ah, i'm nick spicer, welcome to the program. the european union is promising a rapid assessment of ukraine's membership application commission. chief ursula founder line made a surprise visit to keep on saturday. ukraine submitted its request to join back in march. brussels will say next week whether it will be given candidate status. as to me, you are so welcome to play with momentum, seemingly shifting in moscow's favour. ukrainian present was clearly pleased to see ursula from the lion. again help of their agenda, ukraine's e u membership bid. the european commission chi

commission saying that both it animal nova should be granted candidate status. it's an early step forward in the lengthy process to achieve full status within the e u. commission president as the on the line the says that ukrainians have shown they are ready to die for their european dream. in the view as the commission, ukraine has clearly demonstrated the country's aspiration and the country's determination to live up to european values and standards. ukraine before the war had already embarked on its way towards the european union for 8 years now. it had already been gradually moving closer to our union. a guardian president laudermill ask is called to move. our historic achievement was she, unless she is at his nikki, either recently, now we are only one step away from fully fledged integration into the e. u. we have a positive assessment from the european commission concerning candidate status for ukraine. and it is a historic achievement for all who work for our country. we just have to wait for the decision of the european council next week. i think ukraine made everything possible for this decision to be positive. russian president vladimir putin says it's ukrai

well rebecca, the e u commission chief or sla funder line, is in kia to discuss a possible route road ma'am for e membership for ukraine. but there are quite a few hurdles for ukraine are there? there are a, you know, you, ukraine applied for that a membership status of 4 days into this war that was met with the, with war, from the european community as lavonda line at the time saying ukraine is one of us and we want to bring them into the fault, but that it will take time and i think that's the message that she re iterate on this visit at her 2nd visit to ukraine, since the war broke out. and she is going to likely temper expectations from president to lead. he has been pushing for a fast ascension into the a you. but of course, we know from previous applications of other other countries trying to get into the you that this can take years if not decades. and the e, you are really worried about looking like they're getting favoritism to ukraine by speeding up any process that might upset other countries, particularly in the west balkans have been trying for many years to join the a yo

commission saying that both 8 and moldova should be granted candidate status. it's an early step forward in the lengthy process to achieve full status within the e. u. commission present or 7 delay and says that ukrainians have shown they are ready to die for their european tree. it grains reson voting is lensky has called them over. historic achievement. was she much? is that his mickey easily? now we are only one step away from fully fledged integration into the e. u. we have a positive assessment from the european commission concerning candidate status for ukraine. and it is a historic achievement for all who work for our country. and we just have to wait for the decision of the european council next week. i think ukraine made everything possible for this decision to be positive. one of the most famous ot museums in the wilderness, presenting a collection of little known artists, its own employees. kristin salome has the story from new york. the metropolitan museum of art in new york is known for its extensive collection of art from around the world. but it's the museums latest show, an employee exhibition that's entering new territory. the man

u. s. trying to move away from its dependence on russian energy at ease. soaring gas prices, e u commission president, us lavonda lion said the long term plan, but focus on much more than natural gas. it is for us, very important also to look forward into the new forms of energy. and these are, of course, the renewable energies. and here i must say you are in a very lucky position as you have the resources that are necessary for renewable energy is in abundance. the sun, the wind. so these will be the energies of the future and the demand will be enormous. and therefore, it is in our common interest to explore together how to put the infrastructure and the technologies in place. if said that, im sure castillo's year been delegated main. we have reinforced our cooperation in this vital sector and we'll continue without technical cooperation and investment in order to prepare the infrastructure needed for green hydrogen as a source of clean energy. leave. jerry ross, as a professor at science is po, paris, under contributor to natural gas world. he says, the deal is a 1st step to finding alte

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e. u commission. behind this estimate. last a terrible reality. the french get a colleges heather had 10 encounters every day. she worked for a hospital in paris that specializes intriguing the victims of female genital mutilation. in france like an all of the e u. f g m is illegal, and yet the practice shows little science of abating. ah, going over to the side there for instance. place this is is like this. little further. this is the 4th operation this morning for her to hutton. she specializes in female victims of genital mutilation. they come to the santa ne women's shelter in a poor neighbourhood of north paris. most of them have had the glittering is circumcised as little girls in some experienced pain during intercourse and others complained that they feel no pleasure. they seek help from gynecologist rather hutton. they suffer both physically and psychologically, from the effects of the traditional ritual mutilation. she says, no, i mean the more this morning, the woman came to me and told me how important this operation was for her sense

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as you know, the commission is currently preparing the recommendations of so called opinion for the e. u. member states. we have been working day and night on this assessment and i promised to you in april the of a lot of you that we will be tirelessly working on it. so the discussions today will enable us to finalize our assessment by the end of next week. the more lensky is king distress that is not just ukraine's fate on the line. andrew, that was a more now this is certainly a decisive moment. ini to not only for ukraine always on the european union, for the entire european continent, such as now will decide the future of the united europe, and whether there will be a future at all any with ukraine to reach that hoped for european future. it's defenders will have to hang on in the face of russia's overwhelming advantage in heavy weaponry that moscow has employed to devastating effect in savannah than yet . the strategic city in the don bass is now almost completely under russian control . what ukrainian command as a warning that keith's forces won't be able to stop further russian ad

however, the e u commission president says that turkish membership is now even less likely than before. turkey today is further away than it was in 1999. the accession process is merit based and therefore it is very much in the hands of the applicant country. well, a political sciences we supposed to believe that attempts to join the you currently contradict the current geopolitical interests of turkey. i just said that it was a political, economic and the geopolitical mistake that turkish governments wanted to join the european union. and then today, this fax is re what rebuilt once again. it is wanting to have an equal relation stop it with the european countries. but it's another think to, to be a country that europe try to use against against asia against russia, against iraq, against iran. and there today, turkish national interest and also church nation. and this has never requires being a part of the european union because turkey is not just on the european country, but turkey is a euro, asian country. so i mean, if you look to the map, you will see that one part of churches in

e. u commission isn't happy either. the commissioner received several complaint from you citizens on the hungarian measures, as said they have experienced firsthand ter discount or a fuel prices. so when they're purchasing fuel at her from garren service, sir facials prime minister victor oberon says he had to act since she was an approval made use nuke at all. would you have an extraordinary situation? requires extraordinary measures. and in such a situation, it's also permissible, and i think it is even imperative to deviate from generals to telling them good news. the local news for us, but the e, you said this is an excuse to justify discrimination based on nationality law. about him only al jazeera. are you an expert says children have been deliberately targeted by me and mars military since last year's take over the u. n . special rupture on human rights and me. and mom says they've received reports of a 142 children who were tortured by soldiers, police and pro army malicious. un says many 400 children had been k

e. u commission is recommending ukraine. mold dover as candidates for your opinion, union membership. the 1st step in a long process. it's on the condition that ukraine carries out a number of reforms. so mccain is in berlin and explains the process for e u membership. the devil is in detail as candidates, now the ukrainians must comply with several different criteria. but the most important one saw they have to prove that they have a stable democracy. they have to prove that they have a functioning market economy. they have to prove that the rule of law pertains throughout the country, and they have to sign up to accepting all parts of e you legislation. and that includes joining the e u at some point, joining the euro. rather, when they joined the you, if they joined the you and one huge caveat here is that this is a particularly lengthy period. a 3rd that protests across several states in india against change to military recruitment policies. new recruits will be limited to 4 years on the job without pension. this is angered. those who are hoping to join al jazeera has exclusively

u. k. now, those customs checks were part of the deal. london negotiated with brussels when britain left the e. u. 2 years ago. the european commissions vice president says the british move is illegal. so let's called a spade a spade. this is illegal. the okay bill is extremely damaging to mutual trust and respect between the e u and the u. k. it has created deep uncertainty and casts a shadow over our overall corporation. that is why the commission has today decided to take legal action against the united kingdom or not complying with significant parts of the protocol on islands, northern islands. we have been withholding these illegal action over the last year because we wanted to create the construct if atmosphere to find solutions. the u. k . government's decision has left us with no choice but to act. the u. k says it's disappointed the you has chosen to take legal action. a prime minister of the republic of ireland says the move by brussels marks a step up in the conflict, but he says the road to a negotiated settlement is still open. while a trade war would be very damaging and all wrong, and in relation to the economies of uni

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ah ah ah ah, business dw live from berlin, another hurdle cleared on ukraine's path to e u membership. the commission recommends to the cow. so 1st batch of crane is given european perspective. and 2nd that ukraine is given candy, that status further steps toward membership. now need the backend of all 27 government lead. also on the program, the u. k. government says julian, a sorry can be sent to the us to face buying charges that we can expound a has been fighting expedition for more than a decade. but his supporters say his battle is not over yet. plus an indonesian army collective takes the reins that one of europe's biggest cultural events. but the opening of the documentary content to contemporary art exhibition is overshadowed by allegations of anti semitism and basketball, redemption for the golden state warriors the californian. speak, boston celtics to win a 4th and b a championship in 8 years and put 2 seasons of disappointment diagram. ah, ah, i'm good. how else? as welcome to the program? you appear, commission is recommending that ukraine be granted formal you membership candidate stat

clear on ukraine's pasta e u membership. the commission recommends to the council 1st that ukraine is given european perspective. and 2nd that ukraine is given candy that.

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ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, another hurdle cleared on ukraine's path to e u membership. the commission recommends to the council 1st that ukraine is given european perspective. and 2nd, that ukraine is given candy, that status further steps towards membership. now need the backing of all $27.00 government leaves also on the program. you k government says julian massage can now be sent to the us to face spying. charged. b, wikileaks founder has been fighting extradition for over a decade, but his supporters say his battle is not over yet. ah, i'm good. how both as welcome to the program. the european commission is recommending that ukraine be granted formal you membership candidate status. this will allow you to start negotiations with brussels commission presidents, also on the line added that ukraine must carry out an a number of political and economic reforms. the use recommendation will then be discussed by all of the blocks $27.00 nations. add a summit in brussels next week, and it follows an endorsement for fast tracking you trans candidacy by 4 european leaders visiting here. now

so today the european commission will issue it's recommendation on ukraine's application for you membership. but the final decision on that status rests with the leaders of the e. u. member states themselves who meet for a council summit next week. the commission is expected to recommend candidacy status for ukraine and neighboring moldova. but there's a host of other states who've been waiting for years to join the e. u. here in the dark blue, notably turkey and countries in the western balkans or more. let's cross over to our brussels bureau chief, alexandra front nom and janet tell us more about the recommendation that the commission is expected to issue today. well indeed terry, we expect our european commission to recommend her that ukraine and by the way, moldova as well be granted candidate status. however, it will be, it wouldn't harris think to see how they are going to express this opinion. because we know that the decision about that was, was po and a couple of time because of course, it's not an easy decision. and some officials are saying that ed sir and ukraine has a lot to do. still they have to fight to the corruption. they have to do more to impr

e. u is also committed to moving away from fossil fuels. at the signing ceremony in cairo, the e u commission president suggested that was long term interest in partnering with countries to its south and east. it is for us, very important also to look forward into the new forms of energy. and these are, of course, the renewable energies. and here i must say you are in a very lucky position. as you have the resources that are necessary for renewable energy in abundance, the sun, the wind. so these will be the energies of the future and the demand will be enormous. israel gas is sent to cairo through the arab gas pipeline. it was designed to pump gas the other way from egypt to jordan, syria, and lebanon. but egypt uses its own gas. now for domestic needs, egypt wants to become a regional hub for the gas trade. and israel can help that happen. but it'll be a couple of years before your a p and start using significant amounts of israeli gas as there are challenges and increasing production capacity to cope with the new demand. bernard smith, al jazeera western european union, is launched a strin

e u membership bid. the european commission chief is promising progress soon. zalinski and the president of the ripping commission. ursula funder lang. as you know, the commission is currently preparing the recommendations of so called opinion for the member states. we have been working day and night on this assessment and i promised to you an april the of a lot of you that we will be tirelessly working on it. so the discussions today will enable us to finalize our assessment by the end of next week. zalinski is keen to stress that it's not just ukraine's fake the on the line. li, are we through that? as was woman are suddenly a decisive moment, not only for ukraine and the european union, but for the entire european continent, summers that was now decide the future of united europe, certainly. and whether there will be a future told him severely with the ukraine to reach that hoped for european future . it's defenders will have to hang on in the face of russia's overwhelming advantage in heavy weaponry that moscow has employed to devastating effect in savannah done yet. so the strategic city in the dumbass is no

e. u. we have a positive assessment from the european commission concerning candidate status for ukraine, and it is a historic achievement for all who work for our country. we just have to wait for the decision of the european council next week. i think ukraine made everything possible for this decision to be positive. russian president vladimir putin says it's ukraine's choice if it wants to join the block, but it risks becoming a semi quality, if it does it, will it use kimball? completely? sure. not to pay them when we've seen the v. you is not a military alliance, unlike nato. but that's why we've always said our position here is consistent and clear. we have nothing against it. it's a sovereign decision of any country to join an economic alliance or not. and it's up to this economic union to accept new member states or not. but he knew it. i could, i was president, declared a state of emergency in 3 provinces because of ongoing protest. miguel law so says he's committed to defending the capital and the country. the protesters are mostly indigenous people. they've set up roadblocks and se

the european commission is recommending that ukraine be granted formal e u membership candidate status along with moldova. this would allow both countries to start negotiations with brussels commission president ursula funder line, said that ukraine must carry out a number of political and economic reforms. the commissions recommendation will be discussed by all of the blocks 27 nations at a summit in brussels next week. it follows an endorsement for fast tracking ukraine's candidacy by the leaders of germany, france and italy who visited keith on thursday, praising the progress already made by ukraine in adopting european standards funded line said the commission had considered it's decision carefully. and we all know that ukrainians are ready to die for the european perspective. we want them to live with us the european dream. early today. d. w spoke to august definition of ukraine's deputy prime minister for european and euro atlantic integration. she told us how ukrainians feel about the european commissions recommendation ahead of the summit on june 20. first of all, we were nearl

e. u commission isn't happy, eva. the commissioner received several complaint from you citizens on the hungarian measures, as said they have experienced firsthand ter discriminatory fuel prices. so when they're purchasing fuel at an gerin service for facials prime minister victor oberon says he had to act since she worked for a while major was nuke at all. would you have an extraordinary situation? requires extraordinary measures. and in such a situation, it's also permissible, and i think it is even imperative to deviate from generals through telling them good news for local motorists. but the e u. a 30. this is an excuse to justify discrimination based on nationality nor about money out theorem. plenty more still ahead on the news hour, including treacherous conditions, close america's yellowstone national park, climate change, and melting glasses may be to blame. china's economy show signs of recovery, but it's imposing more curve. it 19 restrictions and some of its major cities and sprawl. find out how much it wou

e. u. sign of solidarity comes ahead of a european commission recommendation on past tracking, candidacy for kia ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. the toll on the civilian population in ukraine's eastern industrial heartland, the don bass is increasing. the regional governor says attempts to evacuate civilians hold up in the as a chemical plant and severe the nets would be impossible. without a complete cease fire in neighboring loses chunks. he says at least 4 civilians were killed in an air strike, as they sheltered in a cultural center. with the russian term pain intensifying and lucy, chance to people face a difficult choice or whether to leave or stay. it's a gruesome task rescue workers look for survivors under the rebel at this cultural center in lisa chance they come across some of the victims. the building sheltering dozens of people was destroyed in what de la hans criminal governor says, was the russian air strength and weaknesses describe what happened after the attack . to click it, i heard some one cry. clicking terrible cries yet, but i ran here and saw onl