the, the, this is dw news coming to line from berlin, the loops toward sanctioning russia against the death death of a dissident. alexei, nevada, in prison, prompts to block leaders to consider new steps to punish the kremlin. we look at whether previous sanctions have made a difference. also coming up, the bullet, riddled in the body of a russian pilot, is found in spain. one year 3 defected to ukraine in his helicopter, and reporters in the line of fire. a new report shows palestinian journalists are bearing the brunt of media casualties in guns, plus honoring

a giant of the silver screen berlin film festival pay special tribute to director martin scorsese. screen legend isn't done making hollywood history the hello and terry martin. good to have you with us, the death of a russian dissident alexi. nobody has prompted you to move toward new sanctions against russia. but what might they accomplish? the block has already taken multiple steps to weaken most goes ability to wage war . here's a look at how russia's economy is doing under existing sanctions. the defense industry is commonly the most important pillar of the russian economy. thanks to significantly increased government spending, the defense industry accounts with 10 percent of gd pay. all the sectors such as the steel industry, also benefiting off to the slump in 2022. the russian economy is

now growing according to data, for most got growth is also a full cost for 2024 prescott pets. he has a stomach ache this. what's that, what's happening the russia is actually what i'm running late, becoming more like the soviet union in that it has high spending on the military and in some cases heavy industry. and at the same time, the level of consumption is holding for the population. people say that a cycle lots industrial production is also doing surprising the well, for example, in the automotive sector, components are increasingly coming from china, off to the europeans, withdrew from russia, thanks to chinese impulse, the russian economy is being kept afloat. she never takes that tradition is china is of course not officially participating in the sanctions. so it is not a partner, so to speak of the western states when it comes to sanctions and sometimes feeling

good to finance impulse, russia needs exports, income from gas sales. these are full and dramatically times the use extensive input by and seems to have had an effect chopping into a new customers with new pipelines is only a partial substitute volume simple the with the 5 lines on. busy but the fact that when you compare them for want to defy players come from sport to, to the you or conference both to, to china and even the new infrastructure of projects. like all else, i give it to us dealing the funds they however, oil sales rushes 2nd most important source of export revenue almost as good as before the war and ukraine. this is despite e u sanctions. i am just enforcing a price cap of $60.00 us dollars a barrel transportation of oil. um probably are violating that because so

they use a week. i'm for as many to on the side of it is there is also a shadow trading uh where you know, uh all the is uh, uh, discharged. uh and the charge of the on another bus or the overseas. uh, more and more oil is ending up in india. its most important oil supply is no russia . nevertheless, rushes growth is partly finance don't credits, including military spending. how long can put seen actually afford to do this? this come with the guns it's. i can write that for quite a while. well, so i'd have to brush i had a very low deb leveled at the beginning of the war. it still has a low debt level even now actually extend. russia does not look set to run out of money to finance the war and ukraine. any time soon. our correspondent lucio shilton is in brussels and joins us now. let's see, as we just saw on that report,

the russian economy seems to be doing well despite all these sanctions. what's that you hope to achieve with these new row with this new relevant sections? the service and you rondo sanctions. what we know is that there are $200.00 persons, but also entities which should be listed and it is expected. and this was the plan from the european union when they set it up that they would also touch upon the so called sanction. so convention, that means to also sanction entities that go against the effect of the european union sanctions that they're trying to achieve. so that is one. so to close loopholes, so to say, so that was one of the aims invested us a meeting today in brussels. i'm to maybe sign off the new sanctions package, the it is already the 13th. and then we will know a bit more after today how it really looks like the understand that hungry was saying it was going to block the new sanctions. now we're hearing hungry won't use

it's vito. so is it clear that the sanctions will be approved? well, nothing is ever clear until it was actually approved. so that that is the big heavy a. here it is true that henry has been saying it needs to analyze the sanctions package. we have heard then from the hungarian for a minister that he still thinks that sanctions are not the way to go, that he's but that they're not going to block the sanctions. that is what she, joshua said, and so we will have to keep on rating what gary and so do today, but it looks as if they would not block it. how does hungry explain its position to its pillow? you member states when it comes to russia? lucy and as well. and the same just in case they have now said that um the pods that has been against the hungarian interest has been removed.

and here this case seems to be a little bit different than then in the other times when it is about sanctioning russia. because here it is reportedly the case that hungary was buried about its ties to china because of the sanction package in the other terms or like usually it is known that hungary is still the closest ally to russia and has been having a track record of blocking sanctions against russia, but also blocking edge to ukraine before was here. thank you very much. correspondent, lucy shilton in brussels. now it's been almost 2 years since rush's full scale invasion of ukraine began. and just how many civilians have been killed since then is unknown, but it's thought to be in the 10s of thousands in the early months of the war, the russian airport bomb, the theater in the court city of maria ukraine says $300.00 people,

including many children died there, russia claims that the theater was blown up by the ukrainian also a regiment without providing any evidence. following months more than 60 people were killed in the eastern city of crime and tourists, or missile struck a railway station on that chaise. russian authorities, again put the blame on ukraine as dw is maxed under now, reports from hockey. these 2 incidents were just the beginning. of the bloody and link the conflict with no end in sight. do you remember this is been viral after a russian attack on a residential area and hard case survivors, the steering and what remained of their home. the russians said they had hit a chemical weapons factory. they said the couple repeat actors. honest us here off try to include in her thoughts, embody an essay. that's ridiculous. the tell us they left their apartment minutes before the impact. it's on the stuff in the video with her husband followed the man she didn't want to join us for the interview. so the some of that when i said is

video. now, of course it's not a plan video. it's about supporting each other. when we realized everything we had was lying there on file, it's actually a very sad moment. but let's hope we can achieve victory before the russians could make more missiles and destroy our homes and lives. their apartment was on the side of the building that was directly hit. all that's left is the corner door 10 of their neighbors died, including an 8 year old girl. isabel apartment is scattered here, here and here. it was the top one and the 1st to be hit. many things were thrown out. it's causing the saddle love. every time a siren goes off my legs shake because it's scary because you don't know what's going to happen. but the number of the question of safety in the country that has

being bombed is a very uncomfortable question. in my opinion, there is no place where you can hide me. i'll go with me, said that the worst, columbus across town. another site of recent russian destruction the hockey's palace hotel managed to keep running through most of the war. it was at hub for foreign journalists. we've often stayed here ourselves. a director all hostile ankle takes us inside. a missile hit on the day before new year's eve looking at the damage. it's difficult to believe no one died here, not even the person working out the gym to the one that's a total cubic human. 12 years we've been in hockey's, and it's been a place for all significant celebrations, children's birthdays, weddings, business meetings. and we go used to the fact that there was always a lot of peaceful people here who considered this place to be a landmark for social events. and for goods peaceful intentions, luckily,

that would be the wellness needed 15 guests were staying at the hotel at the time people wanting to celebrate the new year and still many of the new kind of guests. so what was the list that would journalists from all over the well, i sure. i think we had become a hub for those people who needed to show you the whole well, what was happening someone city for sure. sure. the, the variety, the russians claim the hotel was used as a hall by military personnel, but never provided proof. we never saw soldiers here during our stays, the most of the way as i can explain their actions. i think it's absurd, absurd, destroying, civilian buildings, civilian facilities, hospitals. i believe that this is unacceptable. i can damage the filter. she shows us a video from the beginning of the more international journalist here in the lobby

and a local pianist. waiting to invite this musician to visit us again. he's become a close friend of ours. that will definitely be music here again. and people and life good will try out for the evil the plan is to repair the hotel and reopened as soon as possible. the many wars begin and are justified with lies the russian to attack a new crane is no difference. marina anastasio overnight, jane goes home, never existed. according to the russian narrative, it says none of this is real. i wore it only twice. the women know better than that, but all that is left now. our memories, spanish police say they believe the body of

a man shot dead in the garage and an apartment building in a country is that of a russian pilot who defected to ukraine and his helicopter. last year he was found dead last week in the spanish resort. where he is believed to have been living. maxime cost me not said that opposition to the war is what made him leave russia. he reportedly also received around half a $1000000.00 to do so. the garage of an apartment building and not a county where the body of a man was discovered riddled with bullet holes and run over by a vehicle look who police 1st thought it was a ukrainian citizen. but now, believe it could be the body of russian helicopter pilot, maxine cause middle class, i will knock with student let's get up later cuz i want to clarify that it's a case under investigation so we can provide more information and yet we have to wait until the police and i want to do that. what so the investigation can progress

and just be left in a long no suspects of being identified. a cruise, middle of dyslexia to ukraine last year and a complex operation with their intelligence. it was seen as a crew for ukraine, but it also made him a target for the kremlin, my old or the mission of stevens a, was a history of the russian intelligence agency is going off to the fact us, it's, unfortunately, it's reflects abroad a big jump that was russian, that there is and such as is always trying to make it born to that they can get to you whenever you are last august, cause my know if we're supposed to be flying a russian minute tree helicopter to transfer parts for flight to jets. instead he flew across and to be lines and non to the new crane. his 2 fellow pilots were killed. ukrainian intelligence released this footage of what they say is the helicopter. coming off, he used to fly to crane and an interview with him,

explaining why he chose to leave murder tiers, blood people, just killing each other. that's the thing. i don't understand what i didn't want. cause meant off move to spain from ukraine. the kremlin says it has no information about the case, but according to russian state, news agency task for an intelligence had already branded cause men of a moral corpse. so just texting, let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world today. russia has banned the us funded broadcast or radio free europe radio liberty, designating it a, quote, undesirable organization. it is the latest outlet to be targeted by the gremlins crackdown on free media which stepped up after its invasion of ukraine. the mother of russian opposition leader election, nevada, and he has made a direct appeal to vladimir putin for her son's body to be released. the body was

declared dead last friday at a siberian prison. but according to a best folks, woman for his family, russian investigators say his remains will be returned for another 14 days. did you say you are a secretary of state anthony blinking has arrived on his 1st trip to brazil, which comes at the time of fraid diplomatic ties after president louisa now to illuminate silver condemned israel's actions and gaza. lincoln is set to meet t 20 leaders in rio de janeiro. this with us is vetoed another un security council resolution calling for an immediate cease fire and gaza saying it would jeopardize efforts to broker a hostage deal. china has condemned the us veto along with other countries. comes as you is forced to pause food deliveries to parts of gaza due to the fine are now to the middle east for the devastating war between israel and how much in

gaza means persistent danger for journalists trying to cover the conflict. recent figures from the committee to protect journalist palestinian journalist made up the majority of all journalist fields worldwide in the past year. since from us is october 7th, tara tax, $83.00 palestinian journalist and 2 is really journalists have been killed in the conflict within gaza. it's now almost exclusively palestinians reporting on the war on the ground. israel has refused to look for a journalist in to report independently. they're all those reporting from within garza, or doing so under extremely difficult conditions. or for more now, we can speak to hudson belushi. he's a journalist from gaza, who has been displaced several times and managed to leave gals at some point. he joins us today from amman, jordan awesome as a journalist and gaza, you went through the same hardships that you were reporting on. how difficult was

it to do your job under these circumstances, to it's super difficult to be honest, a for many reasons. and because we are human being, we are part of that conflict. we have families to take care off and that was the, the, the time the i spent in gauze, uh my, my main concern was about my family. the fee are being displaced in different places, uh, taking or seeking a safe place for a safe or at least then the place that i used to be um i got displays different places. so i have to manage and i have to feed the family as well. uh there was, there was a shortage of food, so i had to go and search for it. it's not like normal days that everything is settled and everything gets sorted out. so i have to do this job by myself along

of the we had no electricity, so i had to go and to be charged. my devices, my laptop, my and my mobile phone. um, there is a, there was a problem, a huge problem of the internet connection. i had to go and see the signal where it has been bitter and into that. so i can know about other places in gallons, a strip to communicate with my outlets and feed them with them with the news. so, and these are the 2 main things that having a family and being bought and under in danger. and the same time you have to keep an eye on the news and, and send it along. hasn't the number of journalists killed in this conflict is extremely high. what makes it so much more dangerous to be a journalist in gaza compared to other conflicts? a well guess what is

a very small place and the number off um this is among jo numbers is really uh, horrible. uh, this number is really high. its on, uh, uncombed bed with other conflicts. doza is very small place. um people are overcrowded. um it's it's, it's very hard because everywhere is, is targeted. there is no safe place and or designed as like a really 100 percent safe place that old people or to billions and journalists can seek. and uh, so wherever jo, notice are the they seek been used to the words and the conflict spaces. so that's why that's the number is very high, and there is no, i mean this more is really different. there was in the there were many conflicts along the use. it's not the fest for of course it's the uncomfortable

with the with the previous conflicts. but this one was really hard because it's very destructive and very the, the staging. right. what's your impression, how some of how this conflict is being reported? our news? audiences getting an accurate picture in your opinion of what's going on in gossip swell. this is one of the main concern that the stadiums are about. a seen in june of this was only allowed in to be in garza and and for a media and for in a cruise are not allowed to enter gauze. i mean, as well didn't. and now for the media to cover the words except when you're the fast times of 2014 and but the, the other conflicts they, they shot the gate and data now for don't allow us to come in, in 2008. they didn't allow them. but some of them, they sneak through rough acquiescing with egypt, but this time nobody allowed in

a and a nobody was there. i mean, like before, the war take place and being up on a scene in covering the news and all the time is accused that you are biased is not easy. i mean, to keep the ad, to keep, to keep the, the being objects. this is law is not easy. mission, husband, thank you very much for speaking with this again and thank you for all your reporting over these months during the war journalist house in boucher there and a manager here now the pakistan which could be about to get a new government nearly 2 weeks after elections and saul widespread accusations of boat rigging and fraud. the largest party was banned from taking part as candidates ran against instead of this independence they came in 1st but fell short of majority. and that left the door open for pakistan's other parties. shared with you

and agreement aimed at resolving, boxed on political done with 2 of the countries. 3 major parties see they have put aside the differences and they're willing to phone local issue, the nominating up on it. because breton former prime ministers ship boss should have to run the government, get shared with you a k. i can share with you that the practice time people's party. and the muslim league now was, have been necessary numbers now. and god willing, we will be able to work on forming a government, try that, that i felt a little bit on getting certain launches of the lines comes often in the election that fee to produce a clear window candidates backed by the p d. i. 40 of do the former prime minister and gone hon. one more sports. but did we correlation adults with other major parties? the b d i is bleeding waterfront for the poor are showing and claims the vote on for several

of the seats was many polluted. jo, say sluggish. p t i is calling what was done to our party, the mother of all rigging model on that a given declared government we reject this result in the strongest terms. school subject got the b, d. i has accused the military dumpling, with the vote account, an indication boxes on the authorities have denied dpi candidates are now flooding courts, charges $0.30, and it's not on the p d. i that it uses a ford many pollution in the southern st. brogans housings, that protesting against what they believe was evict election. the envelope just on in the southwest this sit in is old. so again, alleged phone thinking. what? because what they say, unfortunately, what happened on february 8th was not an election, but a selection, but it was

a massively rigged election. actually some of them with what were demanding is that we'd be given the correct to election result least game with a big to a am. it is the from many these accusations damage the legitimacy of should each condition before it. even dicks office that's likely to make the task of pinning political stability and pay back to the belief film festivals underway here in the german capital. and among the stars on the red carpet last night was one of the biggest names in cinema. martin scorsese was presented with an auto, mary golden bear, the belly novice, lifetime achievement award. festival organizers say the award is partially meant to recognize for stacy's work. preserving old films for posterity is visit comes just weeks before his latest movie killers of the flower moon competes. of the oscars with tim nominations. the dw cultural reporter david levitz is reporting from the berlin film festival for us and assessed as the great film directors contribution

to civil legendary film director martin scorsese being celebrated here at the berlin international film festival for his life's work. and it's a body of work focusing mainly on bad guys doing bad things. there's hardly a good guy in any of his movies. and that goes back to marty square. says he's childhood growing up in little italy, in new york city, where he brushed soldiers with men working for the mob. as a young man, he wanted to understand their world, and bad behavior became the center points of his films. now this is also a reason that some people don't like his work. they see too much violence, too much bad language, too many killings too much creed. you can hear them shouting, marty behind me. and some of his detractors who are not here today would say that he should take a clear stand against the immoral behavior in his films. but as we can see, plenty of people are riveted and fascinated by it. and that's why people go to see

his movies, to be shocked and fascinated. you're watching dw news up next close up with a report on ukrainian children stolen by russia. i'm terry martin. thanks for the the

the they are abducted with promises vacation, ukrainian, children. but they find no safety in russia. the rest of the cation, the children, are forced to live with new families under moscow's watchful lines, stolen by rushing snow south. next, on d, w. just a few years ago, this site in cohen detroit was nothing more than an urban waste land. a woman was

transformed into something else, phone depression, and we can get them to just fill out a little log and start on the, on the parking lot of on the, on the part the going to pick 2 on the other line and pretty funded an ongoing challenging how to move from a dumpster to a green oasis, eco, india. in 60 minutes on d w, the nice to be at the end just to pass the gun any difficult to access an expedition ventures on to places that no one has the

why is the i smelled the design of the research in the i c d, w the one i'm trying to call a collab, i see all save ukraine. rescue font just say of to the occupation of territories to offer here. so on and hard to regions. we recognize that it's a lot of children.