aft as finland and sweden look to join the military alliance. and the united states a national day of action for reproductive freedom, 1000 join rallies to protest, a supreme court draft opinion that puts the right to abortion. ah i m nichol fresh, it s good to have you with us. after weeks of heavy bombardment, harkey breathed a sigh of relief. the ukrainian military claims to have driven russian troops out of the area around the country. second largest city. the shelling, according to regional authorities, has stopped. but ukraine s president says his forces still lack the means to tip the scales in their favor. meeting with a us senate delegation and key val loading mirrors. lensky once again emphasized ukraine s urgent need for more powerful weapons. republican leader, mitch mcconnell, leads the u. s. senate delegation on a stroll through kiff to show their support for ukraine s war effort. to me it was all smiles and hand shakes as they met with president zelinski aaliya
thanks to win against cologne. we ll have all the highlights. ah. hello monica jones. welcome to the program. nato. foreign ministers are in berlin for an informal meeting on russia s invasion of ukraine. representatives from sweden and finland are also there to discuss the 2 countries seeking nato membership. before the start of the summit, finished foreign minister, pika hobbies still spoke to journalists addressing turkeys, reluctance regarding fiddler and succession, to nato, as listen to what he said. will r yesterday called to my good colleague, her middle social glory, to foreign minister and lead to be to take the insurance down. and we will also meet, meet today. and i m, i m, i m sure that we will find a solution to, to decide from a well, but of course, all the nato countries, all the 30 countries have the capacity to block the process on and so forth. so it s important that at least we keep now good conducts to each and every one. dw correspondent, alexander pheno