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i'm now joined by t w's, chief political correspondent, melinda crane. hi, melinda. good to see. are we seeing another shift in german policy with regards to the war in ukraine? that is unclear. germany is absolutely under pressure to act a pressure from outside the country, but also pressure from citizens here at home. who say the government is not doing enough at the beginning of the war. but chancellor schultz was in fact, widely praised for a speech in which he declared the invasion, a watershed that called for complete reorienting of german defense and foreign policy. and the government did, in fact, after that, make some arms deliveries to ukraine and looked like it would be willing to step up to the plate. but a 6 weeks later, schultz and his government are now being criticized for not taking more proactive steps when it comes to heavy weapons, which in fact is what ukraine has repeatedly been calling for in the past couple of weeks. and this is where the creativity comes in that was mentioned by germany's foreign minister because there are, in fact, dozens of tanks, appar

and there's a lot of questions being raised both here at home, as well as abroad to melinda crane, our chief political editor, a joy speaking to me here in the studio and a short time ago. there she is, a show chelsea pill standing right outside downing street. thank you very much both for your team coverage. and with that we conclude our special life coverage of the press conference between chancellor schultz and prime minister johnson. i forgot his name. i thank you so much, will be back at the top of the hour with ah, with who go india? a toxic tied in dallas, yamuna river made from detergent. indian cities have massive sewage problems which are still managed by hand in some places. but help is on the way who bought this is when the going gets tough, but they might not even be necessary thanks to our genic detergent, eco, india. next d w with hello guys. this is the 77 percent. the platform will offer to you to repeat the issues and share ideas. ah, you know, or just shut. we are not afraid to catherine delicate topic because population is growing fast. and young people clearly have

he's chief political correspondent, melinda crane. and here are some other headlines on the war in ukraine. ukrainian president voted to me to lansky, spoke by phone with german transfer will show on sunday to discuss further sanctions against russia to lance. he said he was glad that germany had strengthened its support of ukraine, but continued to lobby sholtes to put a ban on russian energy in port spruce, austria and chancellor colony i'ma is heading to moscow to discuss the conflict in ukraine with russian president vladimir putin. the meeting follows a weekend visit by a hammer to the ukrainian capital keith as a military neutral country. austria is hoping to act as a mediator in the ongoing crisis. hundreds of children have been killed and wounded since the start of the war in ukraine, and many thousands more have been traumatized by the violence they've witnessed. but there's only limited capacity for professional treatment with many facilities destroyed or evacuated because of russian attacks. he w correspondence. young phili

w chief, political correspondent, melinda crane. she's with me here in studio, melinda. i don't wanna bear boxing, creative solutions are required, that heavy weapons need to be delivered to grant urgently. that is exactly what ukraine wants, but berlin has been criticized for dragging its feet. that's right. you know, in fact the government here got off to a good start right after the war with a landmark speech by the chancellor in which he promised that germany would supply weapons until then that had been viewed as a taboo. here in germany, sending weapons to a conflict zone. and in fact, initially the government did follow through with defensive weapons, that included stinger missiles that surface to air missiles, anti tank weapons, and so on. but for the past 2 weeks, we've heard ukraine calling for heavy weapons, and on this the government is now perceived to be stalling and equivocating. and basically, what we're, we're hearing from the chancellor is either a reference to the need for all e u countries to coordinate on further heavy weapons deliveries. which of co

these chief political correspondent, melinda crane. hi melinda. good to see you at chancellor shoals has been criticized by some for not traveling to keep what they believe is and why is it that i believe is necessary he go there. in fact, nearly half of german surveyed in a recent poll say that the government isn't doing enough for ukraine and those calling for chance, the shelter to go to kev would like to see a very clear demonstration of solidarity from a chancellor who is once again seen by many people sitting on the sidelines as he did during the brit build up, russian troops on the ukrainian border prior to the russian invasion. but a trip could actually do the chancellor more harm than good if it only resulted in more words rather than action. so for it to make a difference for both the chancellor and for germany, i think he definitely would need to take something meaningful with him. like, for example, a concrete offer to provide heavy weaponry as ukraine has now repeatedly asked for . now at the beginning of the conflict though, the chan

and he w chief, political correspondent, melinda crane. i thank you both for your time and your insights. here. some of the other stories that were falling for you this hour. germany's family minister, unappealing spiegel rather, has stepped down from her post sighting, growing political pressure. she faced criticism for going on vacation days after deadly floods hit her state of ryan lan palatinate last summer. at the time she was the regions environment minister. in a surprise reversal, twitter has announced that 1000000000 are eli mosque will not be joining the company's board mosque was recently revealed to be the social media platforms largest shareholder, but twitter ceo says mosque had decided not to take a seat on the board as expected. no explanation was offered. indonesian police have fired tear gas and students in jakarta after protests or rob did against the rumor postponement of the general election. the move would allow president, yoko withal, to stay in power beyond the to term limit. critics call that a threat to democracy.

crane. i thank you both for your time and your insights. asterisk chancellor karl nay. hammer has met with lot of me putting in moscow. he's the 1st leader to hold face to face talks with the russian leader since the start of the war. the hammers office issued a statement saying, there was a quote, very direct, open and tough exchange of views, the austrian chance or earlier travel to key for talked with ukraine's president waterbury zalinski over the weekend. for more d w reporter and russia analysts konstantin eggers, joins us now. konstantin, let's talk a little bit about this visit. what is the austrian chancellor doing in moscow? he's the 1st lear to go there. was this in coordination with the european union? well, there was coordination, but the question is very relevant. i think we have spoken to some central european jump before the visit and they're very skeptical about, you know, the chocolate and the also just being able to achieve anything. last the, even the setting the scene fo

did only chief political correspondent, melinda crane, and he w corresponding christine, while reporting from luxembourg. thank you both very much. earlier did all these boundary guards report spoke to you? justice commissioner d d, as a nurse who has announced the 1st e team to investigate alleged war crimes and ukraine. d. w asked him what he's hoping will come out of the investigation. and if russian president vladimir putin himself could be put on trial. mr. commissioner, the prosecutor general of ukraine has announced her that she will investigate up to $500.00 russian officials, including vladimir putin, the president, for alleged war crimes and ukraine. how can you help her with that and of let her try to help her with some expert. it is already a 1st team from france on the ground, fine sick experts and we were asked to all the members said to do the same. was expert with security misers were sick, safe communication. so we have a lot of things to do to support concretely, of course, also financially. but we are not only working reserve, we are working or so as the i c, c and the

for all this, when our joint by dw is a chief, political correspondent, melinda crane. a melinda was germany still so reluctant to support an immediate oil and, or gas embargo in a word jobs, germany's industrial economy is hungry for energy, and much of it comes from russian fossil fuels, a ban on oil and gas could take several percentage points off of germany's g d p enforce closure firms that have never shut down before. and of course, that could have implications for social stability here in germany, but also in other european countries because this country's economy is a, is a driver of european growth. but that said berlin is showing more flexibility on a possible oil embargo than on gas. germany's the con, economy minister has been working a round the clock to we in germany, off of russian fossil fuels. and he thinks that will be largely accomplished in the case of coal and oil by the end of this year. it's also easier to find other suppliers for oil. so i think there, when the u foreign policy chief says that everything is on the table, and that includes oil and

but in the crane the thank you very much, melinda. let's have look at some of the other headlines on the born ukraine. now, nearly 2 thirds of ukrainian children have been forced to leave their home since russia invaded 6 weeks ago that according to the united nations, they also express concerns over human trafficking at the sexual abuse of minus 142 children are confirmed to have been killed since the start of the war. and for the $230.00 injured kremlin spokesman, dmitri pess, coff has wont sweden and finland against joining nato. he said expanding the military alliance would quote, not bring additional security to the european continent. the nordic countries are widely expected to apply for nato membership in the coming months. spurred on by the growing threat from russia, miscellaneous prime minister in greta chamonix tape is the latest in a line of world leaders to visit ukraine. she spoke to rescue workers in the town of board of the anchor near keith, where the bodies of 7 people were being recovered from the rubble. she later

that was d w as chief political correspondent, melinda crane. of, let's take a look now, it's more stories making headlines from around the world. taiwan defense ministry has released a handbook advising the public what to do the event of war. the publication which is available online contains information such as where to find shelters and how army reserve members should report for mobilization. authorities began drafting the guidelines last year, amid arise and provocations by mainland china homes. so at least 42 people have been killed after a tropical storm caused severe flooding and landslides. in the central and southern philippines, a number of people are still missing. as rescue efforts continue, the floods have dispatched or displaced around 30000 families. military rescue forces in india of brought to safety, the last of almost 50 people who were trapped on a cable car after a fatal collision, killed one person. the accident in remote hill territory of western india happened when one of the cars became disconnected from its cable. 2 yea

a still the yellow and blue of cranes, national flag. but white and blue are becoming more prominent every day and joy. now here in the studio by the w. natalia. it's melinda, about who produced that report. natalia tell us more about the role that russian ex pats are playing in the anti war movement because we don't hear too much about them . we hear about ukrainians and a lot of europeans, but the russians themselves were abroad. they are playing a role. well, i guess that's exactly why they've decided to create the symbol so, and to stand out and to actually say there are russians in russia, but of outside russia who are against the war because this is important for them. this is important for many people. i know because i'm also russian myself and i've been to this protest as a reporter and also just privately and these people, the one to actually set up a separate protest to say exactly this we're here, we are visible, we're against and they had organized themselves in woman's summer was exists already. for instance, in berlin. ther