And reaching residential address of the safety of rafa. As financing in the know intensive thoughts, your secretary state and to me blinking tells you crane bold ministry. 8 is on the way. I didnt say that russia i must pay for the destruction caused by its advice. And the style of france rolls out the red carpet for the 77th ton film festival. Among the contends as for the top of the prize, the radians are come a homage. Russell has been sentenced to a few years in prison. After being found guilty of a secure c offense, the, i feel good and welcome to the program opposition leaders in western countries of the 9 to so called foreign agents bill passed by joe and Just National parliament. The legislations, prompting winks of mass street protests. And this latest column entry vote fronted thousands more to locate a major traffic junction in the capital tbilisi critic sphere they propose low will be used to stop defense and dent georges hopes of joining the European Union. The legislation requires media and other groups who receive more than 20 percent of the funding from abroad to register as pursuing the interest of a foreign power. European union on the us of criticize the bill saying it could jeopardize relations if it comes into a fact. Hi testers, class with Riot Police Outside the parliament into please see thousands of people took to the streets to denounce the latest development and to come to the new, the thing say, pushes georgia of course to membership into this fear of the kremlin influence. I dont know why still seen all those lots in the funded the government officials sitting in the parliament think that they are going to be the ones to take out freedom away from us because we georgia, we are, will see you and it will always buy for freedom, the if the for an agent, no pulses, any media comes to and you know, that gets 20 percent more of its funding from abroad. Will be obliged to register assuming the interest of a foreign power. Opponents cooler to search harry and that georges Prime Minister at rock creek about hed say, defended the bill, put forward by his Georgian Dream party. Going to this today is the most important day in terms of strengthening the independence and sovereignty of our country. The adoption of the law on transparency of foreign influence, great, strong guarantees of long term peace and tranquility in georgia and to overcome so called polarization. It is a necessary condition for georgia integration into the European Union. At these to see it has exactly the opposite. Large demonstration slipping, taking place 2 weeks on the streets of the blue sea and purchase to say they went stilton to below. It says a ton georgias for my president to getting mock village revealed. He is a former ally of the ruling george and drain poverty, but hes not joining the protest. A correspondent, very, a kind of mad sound caught up with him during history processed into police. So yesterday, to ask him about the policies building at baccha and hes links to the criminal. I dont know where he is least and what is his message, but i have been his friend and he is l. I. When we will fight to good as the previous government, but now he has definitely it. I dont know the reasons actually why he changed. They said i dont, i dont care about the reasons. But the change that he started developing to my country, thats it. Blank. I dont care about anymore. I mean, she has changed. We are and what we, what we are, you see a process politician in georgia. He has done abroad, definitely the pro russian move. This is a progressive move. So yeah, he has, he has committed himself to soviet guys in georgia to most of the case in georgia. So yeah, thats, thats why he is unfortunately, on the account of mazda who you so that joins us now from to place a, along with a correspondent rosie, but john, in brussels. Welcome both. Lets start with you, maria. Those protests not been going on for weeks. All they liked it to stop now, parliament has finally passed this bill. While the process mode handicap associated abilities is still runs high, the protesters are telling me that theyre going to take to the streets again. And again, they say that they are fight, as the court is not over. Now solve the protesters in the private conversations. They were telling me that theyre receiving some of them, even Death Threats over the phone, some on know numbers are calling them and their family. Now numbers their protest this uh uh they, they, they say they claim a police that this is the orchestrated by the government. We dont have any proof of this moment who can be behind this, you know, intimidation of tax on the pro, test as active as in john, that is some of the houses of the journalist. They were vandalized their flyers all over the city with the activists and opposes of this bill, which reads you are traitors of the country on the basis offices onto the intimidation that we are witnessing now. But the default has to say that despite that, they will continue to fight for the European Future because they say so hes tories moments for the country. And they can not allow the government, which they see as increasingly anti watson. See when this bottle against them, rosy bird shot the brussels, the parliament of assault britain, nation tells foreign funded n g o is and media organizations to declare themselves as such. Why is this the in use business and what do they propose to do about it . A lisa statement, it took them a while to get there, but we do not have something written on the record from the european commission. The blocks executives which they criticize this little, they say the content and the spirit of the little goes against core. You values and will under looks like it will undermine Civil Society, independent media. Weve actually ers, the george and government to withdraw it. Know, this might seem like a little diplomatic detail, but bear with me because its important not statement is from the repeat commission. The centralized executive in brussels is not from the 27 e u. Member states. And my understanding is because theres been disagreement among those Member States on exactly how to proceed and reports and lead time to disagree with specifically from hunger. And of course, its not the 1st time weve seen budapest at olds with brussels on all sorts of different topics. So we have had some e ford ministers from the baltic countries, for example, heading into to police it to say they are expressing their support to george and meet with the president for example. But it looks like some disagreement may move forward and listen. Why is it any of the use business . Well, because georgia has its site set and the table, so uh, site site setting to see the table rather, you were in brussels. It wants to be a candidate. It wants to be a member of this, your opinion. And just just take us to the heart of the, the, the commissions argument. How does being registered as having received mold and 20 percent of your income from abroad. How does that slaton democracy . Well, the European Union sees this as, i think, a law that seems to align with the kind of more russian style laws in the past. So demanding that the, the n g os that parts of Civil Society was that you would see some really core pet, its parts of democracy and are, are subject to more stringent laws. And so, you know, kind of identified as far as no part of georgia democracy, it should say, georgia as a candidate for you membership submitted his page back in 2022 was granted the candidate spaces in 2023, but it was not without Strings Attached to you has specifically said that if georgia should advanced on this path, it must continue with reforms. For example, curbside corruption measures to try and double data on Democratic Institutions and brussels have been quite clear in this boy that says that this law is a negatively impacts progress on that past were joining to you. Its not a quick one in general that may take years or decades, but they seems to be a deviation still further from the past where it costs and thats uh and thats a place that the bill now goes to present that. So me, so as a sort of disability for final approval, she said shell be target. So what would happen that us yes, indeed. As the provost and presence of the she, she would retail, theyve failed because she says that in an unacceptable legislation for 4 georgians who aspired to be part of the she is seeing a someone whos actually uh, siding with a pro task that shes been very harshly criticizing the current government now georgia is a problem and to the public. So it has, its time minister and the government whos making the the, the main decisions of this country. But the president , she has a symbolic role in it, unceremoniously role, the cheerful sales in georgia. So she can veto yes, but its a formal its, its a formal uh thing that she, she can not override these. Um, sorry, the parliament actually can override her veto. But she says that shes going to use her voice the support of. 3 protests is for democracy movements here, a support from the west sun. Georgia is less than allies to form a unity among the opposition. Now position is very fragmented and very divided here in georgia. But it also shows you the importance of this bill and how damaging it could be for the georgia thats b o position that is actually very divided that ready to you not to set aside the differences. Theyre ready to unite the pro us and present so long as the rubbish really on the with this unity to the looks all will actions, dw, corresponds me to kind of mad for into play. See, to rosie bird shot in brussels. Thank you. But well take a look at some old stories making headlines around the world. Press q as in indonesia, searching for thousands of people missing after flash flooding in the west. Some montrose thatd be floods triggered the flooding, which swept volcanic debris, known as cold lava, through residential areas. 67 people have been confirmed dad and dozens of houses destroyed. Its. Amanda sons is underway. Northern front soft. The gunman ambushed the prisoners on the for your high profile inmate to present guys were killed and 3 wounded when they were attacked. As they passed with told booth hans of stage to protest outside to present the import. Though the magic urgent improvements to staff safety in the Ministry Says it has killed the senior, has block amanda in a strike in southern lebanon. The iran back militant group is confirmed. The death of one of his fights is without specifying that roll israel and has blah have exchanged almost daily fire since the outbreak of the war in gaza. Caesar whole continues with some of the fastest fights and months in northern gauze. That is right. The tags have reached the residential address of rafa in the south. Hundreds of thousands of civilians are flat to safety ahead of us threatened ground in offensive. Im driving military forces with increasing activity, despite repeated warnings from allies against a major assault on rafa. Is ready, Defense Forces says it is targeting how mass battalions hold up in the southern gauze. And safety is really apache helicopters on route to gaza. Smoke rises overhead as some of the most intense fighting in weeks rages between have us militants. And these really Defense Forces the idea of says it currently has 3 divisions deployed across the gaza strip in the, in the south guys or for this one. The 100 and 62nd division continue operations against henry target all and i myself spots and the rest of the area. Since the beginning of the operation, no forces have eliminated about 100. 00 terrorist. Now im incomplete. As the intensity of fighting increases, the death toll has skyrocketed as well, according to how much lead Health Officials and gaza tuesday was one of the deadliest days and weeks. They say more than 35000 colors to indians have been killed since the beginning of the war. Israel defensive in and around rough uh, has forced hundreds of thousands of palestinians to flee, and continues to draw start criticism from the international community. The secretary general is appalled by the escalation military activity in and around rough uh by this really Defense Forces. Of these developments are further impeding humanitarian access and worsening and already dire situation. At the same time, how must militants continue to fire rockets into israel . The group which has been declared to a terrorist organization by the us, and you has published propaganda, videos of insurgents attacking israel. The forces from hitting positions as a totals as the funding continues, the key Border Crossing and rough uh remains shut, preventing vital a deliveries entering gaza as it relates to aid that has been following this week. Weve seen 50 trucks entre uh, gaza on may 12th. This is not nearly enough more needs to be done, and its another example of why the rough a Border Crossing needs to be open. So we can see further sustained, documented hearing aids flow into gaza. According to the United Nations over 1000000 palestinians face catastrophic levels. Of hunger and on the brink of starvation, ive thought of it as it ends. K has canceled all of his trips abroad because of russias advances and ukraines cockpit region. Announcement comes on the 2nd day of us secretary of state anthony blink tends to visit todays country. Is the bank and it has reaffirmed washingtons commitment to ukraine as russia pushes forward along the 1000 kilometer front line. And he had noticed that the ladies in passing administered a package through the us Congress Left ukraine bowl vulnerable to russian attacks. And ukraine says it has been forced to withdrawal from parts of eastern hockey region as it lacks the necessary truth numbers to hold back. Russias offensive, as well as any banking is to say, is in ukraine at the moments and hes currently holding a press conference with the countries that foreign minister dimitry collab collaborating together in the 1st of its kind of defense enterprise fund. And it has 3 components. One is to provide weapons today. So this will assist you frame in acquiring those weapons to is to focus as well on something thats mutual. Just talked about investing in new kinds defense, industrial dates are investing in new kinds defense, Industrial Base, helping to strengthen even more its capacity to produce what it needs for itself, but also to produce for others. And finally, using this fund to help you create purchase military equipment from other countries, its not just the united states. A few friends use all of this. And particularly as were thinking about the defense, Industrial Base builds on an incredible spirit of innovation, of ingenuity, of entrepreneurship. That we here see, we see here in ukraine and that i again had a chance to, to witness for myself. I saw that the result facility, which is doing extraordinary work, innovative work with entrepreneurial vision. I saw in the extraordinary work as well as a company producing the worlds leading sex. And we saw it in the way that you print is adapted to deal with the russian onslaught against its agricultural enterprise. But the work that its done to find ways around that and to continue to be leading export or food and the bread basket for the world. So of course, everyones eyes are focused on the situation in eastern ne, our keys in particular. And so the newest support that i just announced, but particularly the 60000000000. 00 supplemental we know is coming at a critical time because thats the secretary of state to alongside the ukraine in def, uh, foreign minister, dimitri convey. But lets get to work on that from the front sides, which is a full, but you came military intelligence officer. Now that just a military strategy posts with university in the u. K. Welcome back, friends, frank. Lets to start with your thoughts on back to accept from the us x ray of states, this speech, what jumped out is not you or 2 things. First of all, the was or didnt see, i didnt see any specificity on numbers in, in terms of this uh, Enterprise Funds that was announced have been several such initiatives of course over the years nor any indication of how long this would last. And the 2nd thing was, i think this was positive, highlighting the end of a tree capabilities. Thats one organizational brave one that was highlighted on ukraine is relying very great deal. Not to some extent. Thats understandable. Well, it wasnt mentioned doesnt quite understandably, as a really serious and eminent issues of Mountain Power munition and particularly onto across the equipment. But those may have brought the cupboard in another positive press conference, but they all sit down and do a ring on flight for an immediate needs. Okay, stay with us, frank, were going to pick up on one of those points about manpower. And then well come back to because the ukraine urgently needs new soldiers and theres increasing pressure on men to sign up. The government recently passed a new mobilization, lo uh, from this switch. From this we can means that ukrainian band will have a 2 buttons to register for potential. Conscription if i dont sign up, thatll be punished. The ws, catalina, 2 more reports, sign up or face the consequences. The cues at this Conscription Center are orderly, but the men here say the process itself is not. For some, its their 2nd or 3rd of 10. Theyve come prepared for a long wait. Might just be i can only if i have to register, ill do it. And if i get caught up into the army service, ill go and thats probably so look at the problem that weve been trying to register here. If there is no, all the here will have to program what must it be like in the army . You might put it on the computer to put it under ukraines new mobility. Zation rules mean that all 18 to 60 year olds mess register carry paper work with them. Those who dont will be punished. Many here are wary of the new policy, so they want to remain anonymous. Extra number, the man who dont register will lose all their life houses and so we wont be able to do anything officially get a job around the house. And is it the man with the right papers will have no rights and ukraine . This is where you claim young man have to register to be on the