starts me 3rd on d, w. ah ah, ah, this is dw news live from berlin, no less up in the fighting in ukraine. the national rail service says russian missiles have hit several stations in a coordinated attack. just hours earlier, top us officials traveled by train to keith to announce extra funding from washington to buy more weapons. also coming up the head of the un starts a whistle stop tor aimed at securing peace. that ukraine's leader is unhappy that

antonia garish is heading to moscow before keith prompted the manual mccall. when's a 2nd 5 year term that he admits he was swept to victory in the presidential run off by voters blocking his fall right. rival loving le pen and a man accused of being in a death squad in the west african state of gambia goes on trial. here in germany is accused of crimes against humanity. ah, i am on your hips, mckinnon. thanks so much for joining us. we begin with the latest escalation in the facing in ukraine. ukrainian railways, say russian missiles struck 5 train stations within an hour in a coordinated attack. the governor of the leave region claims this video shows the railway station in the village of krazny in flames. officials say more than

a dozen passenger trains have been delayed now the united states has announced an extra $700000000.00 to help crane by weapons secretary of state antony blinking and defense secretary lloyd austin made a secretive journey by train to the ukrainian capsule. keith on sunday. now this is the highest level us visit since the russian invasion on february, the 24th, a warm welcome back to keep after a secretive train journey across the polish ukraine border to the capitol. yes, the high level delegation sent by u. s. president joe biden, to offer face to face messages of support and admiration. the reason we're back is because of you because of the extraordinary courage, leadership and success that you've had in pushing back his horrific russian

aggression both blinking and defense secretary lloyd austin, offered zalinski condolences for the loss of life in ukraine and further economic and military support. as ever, zalinski was grateful then to the point about his needs for unit that their sam, possibly of the priorities are weapons and support is built from the united states and our partners needed from european leaders or a little in terms of our army strength and support in certain areas, zalinski was quick to point out, the u. s. has already given billions and assistance since rushes invasion and repeated his military must have top level armaments. if it is to beat back the invader. in places like the don best region where russia has tried to reinvigorate its efforts to achieve changing goals and ukraine. it's focus no longer keep the capital. but the east and southern coast of ukraine

safely back across the polish border. after the meeting. austin said ukraine can be victorious over russia in terms of their ability to win. and the 1st step in winning is believing that you can win. and so they believe that we can win . we believe that we can work, they can win if they have the right equipment the rights afford. we're deliver and we can tell you to do everything we can to ensure that that gets austin and blink and together announced a further $700000000.00, military support for the ukraine cause before austin moved on to ramstein, germany for a meeting with nato defense ministers he w as young phillips shaw it's is in la vive, that's in western ukraine, and i asked him to tell us more about the situation there on the ground. indeed, there have been unusual, long air rate alerts yet weston ukraine throughout the day. here in the v for the

air defense systems were successful, but there have been a tax on at least 5 for train stations in western and central ukraine in the past. hours are ukrainian officials say several people were killed. one attack was just to raunch 100 kilometers from the polish border. they have been attacks on a train stations on a train infrastructure before. but today's attacks show a new dimension of attacks on, on the railway infrastructure. it can also improve, be interpreted as a warning to the west since the high ranking usda legation that was c a, use the trained system in the region just a few hours ago. and we know that russians defense ministry announce to cease fire around mario, pull steel plant to enable the evacuation of civilians. is there in fact, essays,

fire, and are people being rescued now? so far, we only know that the russian defense ministry has announced service sir ceasefire . and that it was supposed to come into effect some hours ago, the russian defense ministry said that they which withdraw withdraw all troops to a safe distance and allow the evacuation of up to $1000.00 to civilians trapped in the steel plant. as far as we know, the heavens, been any successful evacuation, sir, in the past hours from the city of clamps, but the situation can change or any minute. what was the ukrainians in ukraine government reaction when there ceasefire was announced by russia? in the 1st reaction, the ukrainian vice prime minister said that there have been too many announcements

for by the russian side in the past days. and the fighting has still continued is she also said that there hasn't been any bilateral agreement with the russian sites regarding humanitarian corridors that could follow a possible ceasefire. there is some hope that a ceasefire is successful and humanitarian corridors are possible, especially to rescue the many children that are still trapped in the steel cleanser . but according to a local media, the ukrainian officials also demands more help from international organizations or from the red cross to make sure that so a possible humanitarian corridors are really safe to use it any correspondence in the v young. philip, shy, thank you very much. how's ukraine has continued to ask that heaven heavy weaponry to defend itself? germany has remained hesitant. balance stance has been criticized particularly in

baltic states, such as estonia, t w's, t political edison. michaela cook now discussed germany's position with the estonian prime minister kaya calis, prime minister callous. you say you are expecting strong leadership from germany right now. what exactly do you mean? but we definitely expect is that germany is, is, or so i mean supporting the decisions that we make together and or so showing the leadership in democracy. of course, you know, gas or oil, it could be expensive but, but freedom is really priceless. so if you, if you take the leadership role and also explain what is at stake here, you know, our neighbors problems today are hard problems tomorrow. if we help to end this war, you know, there will be less war refugees for germany. there will be

less problems regarding the economy as well. and therefore, you know, the strong sanctions hitting, hitting hard wood would be something that would maybe and this and this for not immediately, but still. so this is one side and the other side where we expect germany's leadership, asian nato. you know, i've very carefully followed the discussions that you have in germany and i understand what is the starting point here. but if, if you say that we don't want to go to any other war that is going on somewhere else, i totally understand that. but if nato is a defensive alliance and we are in this together, also germany has said,

article 5 is iron clad and germany. we come to help if necessary. but then it's also for everybody important including germany to make those decisions. so that we make nature stronger and there will be no need to come to any help at all. so what do you feel isn't understood in berlin yet? that is understood in the baltic countries, for instance, that our neighbors problems today her, our problems tomorrow. if we don't help our neighbors, when their house is on fire, that pyre will also catch, you know, your house, 5 minutes to cut us. thank you very much. take a look now. some of the other stories related to the war in ukraine. russia has expelled 40 german diplomats from moscow, and a tit for tat move. germany kicked out a number of russian staff earlier this month. the german foreign minister says the recal it retaliation is expected,

but it's not justified. russian authorities say fire has engulfed an oil facility. the blaze broke out in the city of brands north east of the ukrainian border. there's no immediate indication, the fire is related to the war. the un secretary general antonio terrace is in the turkish capital ankara on a mission to advance peace negotiations before visits to russia and ukraine. later this week, i could cherish has been meeting the turkish president fresh hep type, add one before going on to moscow and then keith. the ukranian leader is unhappy about quoterush visiting russia 1st and he w. u johan is in istanbul on the story for us. and she told us what the secretary general was hoping to achieve in his talks with president ad one. well, we haven't heard anything official from the meeting yet. it was closed to the press spurred nato member turkey is a key mediator seeking to end this war. and turkish president ad on his close ties

with both russia and ukraine and he has been trying to leverage these ties, trying to bring the 2 sides together for talks. and that's why i think it was important for un secretary general, cherish to speak with mr. ad one before traveling to moscow tomorrow, as you mentioned and to keep later this week. and then of course, there is the very urgent and dramatic situation in mother you poor. the ukrainian president had a phone call with an edge of tie about on yesterday on sunday, where he again stressed the need to evacuate civilians including from the as of style steel plant. in marty you, paul, hoping that the turkish president would use whatever influence he has on flooding the reporting to convince him to finally allow these evacuations to happen. and i think this is also what antonio quoterush is trying to achieve when he travels to moscow tomorrow. now turkey has been positioning itself as

a mediator between russia and ukraine, as you say, it has close ties to both countries. but how well is it managing this really very tricky balancing act? well, it looks to me that this balancing act is getting more and more difficult. the longer this war drags on the turkish government is supporting ukraine while opposing sanctions on russia. now if you look at the diplomatic level, they managed to bring together ukranian and russian negotiators here in istanbul, in late march for talks. but since then, this diplomatic process has sold nothing much has happened. and then on the ground, we have a situation where on cra, has supplied the ukrainian armed forces with an undisclosed number of combat. drones that has angered the russians. turkey has also restricted access for flooring worships from the mediterranean sea to the black sea, but then again, as i mentioned, it is opposing weston sanctions and has not joined western sanctions against russia,

mainly because of the ailing turkish economy. the economy is dependent on russian energy, agricultural products, but also russian tourists. so there are questions about for how long turkey can really maintain this balancing act until it will be forced to pick aside, did values eula han in istanbul, thanks so much. in menu and mac law has one a 2nd term as president of france, mac hall secured a convincing victory with 58.5 percent of the vote. now his far right opponent, mother in la penn managed 41.5 percent. that's the biggest share yet. for the extreme right. the run off saw the lowest turn out in 5 decades, however, millions of voters stayed away or spoilt their balance. i manual mccomb

victory and sundays vote was a big personal achievement. he's the 1st incumbent to be reelected and 20 years. yet, as paris woke up to 5 more years of mccomb presidency on monday, the focus at the new stands was very much on the challenge. he now faces to united nation, at odds with itself many voted from a kron solely to keep the fire rights marine la, penn. out and then now expect the president to make significant changes to how he governs nika. what is the started something new? he's not going to do another 5 years at the same mandate. that's clear. we won't let him do it. if he does, i think people here ready to take to the streets. if that isn't the right kind of covenant. he a bug lunmark lady. so collect a co, a lot from old old hello le pen fared much better than in 2017 there. amend a big gap between her and micron. a source of disappointment to her supporters imaging just through this. i'm really surprised by that. often. i'm disappointed

because i think she's the person who could embody a certain french revival in the long term, particularly when it comes to more re localisation and white social less globalization. if it's joy or group more than one that is macklin himself acknowledged. that antipathy to le pen as much a support for him drove him to victory. just to see, i know that many of our compatriots have voted for me to day, not to support the ideas that i stand for. this is but to block those of the extreme right. i said that if someone's mac, hong says he will respond to the anger and disappointment of those who voted for the pain. but that particular vote has never been. hire le pen is now emphasizing the importance of forthcoming legislative elections and says, she's not going anywhere with her this evening. i will say again, i will never abandon the french people. lun left

a republic long left from asthma coins. victory was confirmed. far left. demonstrators clacked with police and several cities across france. accuse him a cron of been a president for the rich. he insists he would be a president for all the french, but the republic he rules is more divided into satisfied than when he began 5 years ago. okay, let's get straight to lisa louis. his in parish has been covering the elections for us and he said, this wasn't a straightforward victory for macklin. was that what does he need to do now to unite the country? well he really needs to show that he has understood that this vote for him was not really a vote of the heart that many people were waiting. we're waiting for him on my call to block marilla, penn from getting to power minute in his speech last night. he clearly showed that he knew that he was aware of this fact and that it was willing to make that step

actually towards the left wing vater, to take more left wing measures, include more ecological measures, and also to change his government style. many people have been criticizing him for coming across as too arrogant for having this top down government style. and he said he needed to change that he needed to talk to people more, bring them in, and walk this way together in order to bring to bring the country back together. now my calls opponent marine le pen says that she's not going anywhere despite her defeat. what's next for her? absolutely. you know, a few months ago she was hinting to was that she might actually leave politics after the selection. it looks different today. yesterday she said that she would continue the fight that she would send together with those that were opposed to my call. she depicted herself as the anti system candidate. and as the candidate

weirdly enough, that is defending democracy because mark also to say, is taking down democracy and destroying frances institutions. when you look at her program though, you understand very quickly that if someone can be accused of being anti to more democratic, it rather be marina pen. she was planning to hold a referendum if she had been elected and take away certain human rights from furnace here in the country under mine. very basic value of the french republic that is equality and you know, take away human rights. so in any case, she goes to continue or fight. she said that she wanted to know, continue to be a politician and gather behind her. all these people that are not happy with him on my call is lisa louis in paris. thank you so much. now man, accused of being part of the death squad in the west, african state of gambia has gone on trial here in germany. it's the 1st case in the

world involving crimes committed in gambia under the dictator. ya, the 46 year old suspect was arrested in the german city of hanover last year. is accused of crimes against humanity and of being involved in the murder of a correspondence for the french news agency, a s p. and from where we can bring an o malia journalist in gumby as capital banjo, and we're also joined by d. w. political correspondent, leona fund hammerstein. thanks for joining us, both of you. loony. why is this man facing trial in a german court? well, 1st of all, he lives in germany. he came to germany as a refugee and was arrested in march of last year and has been in pre trial detention ever since. and german authorities can prosecute him on the basis of universal jurisdiction. that means that a foreign country, in this case, germany and can prosecute war crimes against humanity,

war crimes and genocides. and regardless of where these crimes were committed and also regardless of the nationality of the suspects or the victims and germany has been pursuing these cases. and off, you know, these cases under universal jurisdiction quite actively in the past, and most notably in connection with the syrian regime. and but yeah, this is, as you said, a very significant day because it mocks. the 1st trial, anywhere in this world, in the world to prosecute and these human rights violations that happened in gambia during the army era. or if i can turn to you, could you tell us how gambia ins are reacting to this case being tried in germany? well, the guess is in germany, but governance are clearly following the proceedings. as you know, it came at a time when the most gum dense loss hope in the system. they accuse

a government of not to put an end of political will to prosecute john dos who appeared to credit us greatest responsibility. but the german government that can this responsibility. it means that gun been self can the following. it is 10. you know, the social media major new strip escorted the story. so it's a big story in the gumby and the victims are saying that there is a little bit hope that when they, they will get justice. i'm, i've, i can ask you again, how significant is the era of opposition on the i made to gambon to day what is significant because most of the bylaws case, most of the jungle has fled the country. so my head in the jungle in the skin synagogue dose right in the western come decided ones who are be nourished and put before the court. and those were arrested in the gambia did testify before the commission, but to their release or that being so much confusion with her at the moment. they still have to be told that they will get justice leona turning back to you and tell

us what is going to happen next. and do we know when a verdict is likely? well, i mean, it is important to, you know, to, to reiterate that this is, this marks the very beginning of a trial that is going to last well into next year. trial dates of already been schedules a scheduled all throughout this year until the beginning of next year. and but we are expecting a verdict anytime soon. also because and if convicted and the suspect could face up to a life in prison and but human rights organizations are hoping that this will signal to other countries to as a mars mentioned. and he's not the only suspect that has been arrested and detained abroad. i'm an accomplice off edge army. and so, yeah, human rights organizations are hoping this will signal send a signal to other countries to, to, to open these trials. all right, d, w political correspondent, leoni fun. hammerstein and d w's

o. my wally reporting for us from banjo. thanks both say much. ah, now some ukrainian celebrities have been using their fame to raise awareness of their country's plights. rafa leona leona spent weeks helping out in her home town near keith. she is now touring europe performing at charity concerts and leasing some of the millions of ukrainians who fled to the homeland. but none good. this is ukraine's most famous female rapper. i'll yo now yonah, the former kindergarten teacher who isn't afraid to speak her mind. but since russia attacked ukraine, i'll, you know, young has been using her fan to counter fake news and to take a stand for her country. because he a boy, you, they, asian look you by a natural history shall spot you in with numbers in the last month. she's found it hard to wrap when her latest track is approved with

. i want the all old people who feeling that they done do not think understand that they can pray. and this is big jump. this is big energy, big polar, because i believe about, you know, and, and for me is really important to connect people to give hope to people, even, even if people think that they can do a shift her ukraine outside q, l, u on his hometown, where she shot her 1st big music video about leaving home. now her family is ready to flee at a moment's notice. that we have books the need to reflect and we have 15 minutes ready? like if, if it, when you're it will be more dangerous. we have 15 minutes reports all go to

get on them. some yamaha bizarre shops of russian soldiers invaded near by bridges and struck her town with a missile. l. you in a state for weeks to help people. now she's decided she can help her country more from abroad. good. last week she left ukraine, embarking on a tour of charity concerts to raise funds and spirits for ukraine. she says she'll play wherever there are ukrainian refugees. first stop poland. if we talk about ukrainian people here, you know, i bring them hope. i tell them that we will win this war and everything will be okay. and don't be scaring everything is okay. and we them have to stay here for super long time after poland shall to germany. leona doesn't know how long she'll be gone from ukraine, but she wants to return as soon as possible for her. there is no question of where her home is. with a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you to day,

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