the, the pieces dw news light from berlin, the kremlin secure fist critic, alexei nevada, only is laid to rest in moscow. thousands gather outside of the church in defiance of riot police. crowds bid farewell to the opposition leader who died in a remote arctic's penal colony, and evolving is buried in a cemetery near the river. also coming up, europeans commission frees up the 50000000 euro payment to the u. n. agency for palestinian refugees. the funds were on hold over, its rarely claims that it's some of its stuff to parts and the october 7th to mazda

attack. and iran holds elections and a test of public sentiment following nationwide anti government protests authority struggle to get voters to the ballot box. the sarah kelly, welcome to the program, the russian opposition leader alexei nev only has been laid to rest in moscow. the fiercest critic of president vladimir putin died 2 weeks ago in a remote arctic prison. his supporter shouted. alexei, thank you. as his coffin was brought into the cemetery near the my school, the river and of all these parents and others, paid their last respects earlier. thousands gathered outside of the church where his funeral was held in defiance of riot police and official warnings from the kremlin of all. and his wife's bank to him on social media for 26 years of

happiness. and i spoke earlier with academy initial men from the carnegie russia eurasia center and asked her what role usually involved you might play going forward. of course, she can serve as a kind of unifying figure because she has a weight of advisable name. ara, the striking, public presence, a certain gift of words because she was not in the public car. i went on the onyx who was alive, but to those few who knew the pair, it was evident that sometimes she was the more where they called one of the 2. so now that she began, for example, not speaking out on social media, you noticed that has become a evidence box at the same time. was course political leadership takes much more than that. and it is not easy to inherit political capital with the main

body, recognize the village c moral authority. and well, a bravery i'm willing this to go on. that counts for much, you know, russia well, and i ask you about the images that we're seeing coming out of moscow today. tell us more about what the kremlin is and is not allowing to take place today this day of alexi and yvonne, his funeral. what level level of obstruction from the kremlin have we been witnessing as it is? i think a characteristic to compare this funeral with the funeral and we're getting the goals. and that took place in all of us last year at the time kremlin was also afraid of for a few supporters because he was a well known and in some circles or the popular figure. and i'm like the liberal social strata. pretty good and people were all armed, so that was definitely a reason to expect some sort of imply it's you and supported mildly perhaps it's

appears that it was extremely easy to convince both the family and then near circle that quiet funeral will be more to day advantage what's more, there was this little game that prime lots to play when the amounts one place is as the 73, with somebody will, will be very them found the body is carried to another place, etc. so with only highly militarized image and well the, the, we will not will pre gorge him and he's supporters, he's was the ball quieted down with the extreme is so evidently there was an idea to do the same thing with nobody lives family to convince them that a quiet funeral with only a few relatives present would be best to the best of the interest boxes. these didn't play outside steps. they also just obstructed the funeral. as far as the code 1st, it was impossible to find a cemetery. a place cemetery advantage was impossible to find at public hills

anywhere in moscow where people say good bye to to, i'll explain of on the exam. they weren't difficult is with the praise. there were difficulties with the cars with absolutely everything right now, in the most cold, the now cemetery is going to be closed because it will be 5 pm multiple time when the gates are closing. and they're not letting the people to put flowers on the weight. so they're doing everything is a can to make this cold problem kind of disappeared because the storage is facing the situation when they've done the way with the are some but most with the problem is that there are some examples for, for them side of them. so if people came to their outskirts of multiple to pay, the respect to the departed politician, found this big chair, or rather, those features will know going away, they will stay in the people's memory. thank you. so logic got to read a show and then from the carnegie center, we appreciate it. the european commission, meanwhile, is releasing

a 50000000 euro payment to the u. n. agency for policy need refugees on russia. the funds were frozen following is really claims that some agency staff took part in the october 7th mosse terrorist attacks. the commission says that the funds will be released early next week, as one row has agreed to conditions, including an audit. a further $32000000.00 euros will be paid out later if the review is satisfactory. as the w, brussels bureau corresponded christine one y explains why the commission is not releasing all of the funding it wants say are the european union, had committed 82000000 for the owner agency and immediately off to the is ready to government made the allegations that some of when rose stuff were involved in the october 7 attacks that your opinion suspended that

funding. they have now agreed to release 50000000 off. that's 82000000 funding. this is we're told following discussions with the agencies that an e u official said went right up until this morning, essentially. now the agency has agreed to take a few steps. chief among them is that they are going to open an investigation into the agencies controls and this investigation will be conducted by external e u experts will essentially look into the own risk structures to try to see if controls that are meant to prevent the agencies stuff as well as assets are not being used for, for terrorist activities. as he was saying, there is a remaining 32000000 that the european union says will be dispersed into batches of 16000000 if and when the conditions on business voted to know that the european union has not done an investigation into israel's allegations that investigation is being conducted by the united nations, it has not yet been concluded. the you itself sees it as

a waiting the results of that investigation. but the e. u has been under pressure as since it made that announcement that it was suspending this funding. it is especially from those who are working on the ground in gaza, saying that when real funding is absolutely essential to the work that has done. and i'll point out to you as well that you have a number of other member states who also took the decision to assess been funding right now. so it is crucial at least an announcement that at least this money from the european union will be dispersed and that was the w, corresponded christine $1.00, dwight and brussels. here's a look at some other stories. french farmers have protested in central paris briefly, bringing traffic to a halt with tractors in hay bales. police made dozens of the progress of the demonstration, which farmer say is a bid to save french agriculture as it struggles with cheap imports and increasingly stringent environmental rules. thailand and the united states are

hosting ages biggest military exercises. nearly $10000.00 personnel from $27.00 countries are taking part in drills featuring warships, fighter jets and helicopters, the annual event. the cobra gold aims to strength and bonds between allies at least 46 people have been killed as fire rips through a downtown commercial building and the band with actually capital dr. dozens more were injured. the place broke out in a restaurant and spread through the 6th story. last gas leak and they have costs the fire. let's head to a wrong now we're voters are casting their ballots for members of parliament and a religious party called the assembly of experts. the elections are a test of public sentiment toward the wrong, stablish ment, following huge demonstrations. authorities are hoping for a big turnout on like the left parliamentary elections 4 years ago that paul's so

the last turn out since the 1979 is lumnick revolution. iran is in the middle of an economic crisis and has been racked by protest of the, the signs they're everywhere and the messaging is clear you're on has been scrambling to boost voter turnout ahead of friday's election. it's introducing electronic loading and several cities. and the number of female candidates vying for a seat is more than double what it was in the last part of the entry election in 2020 . but the government's efforts appear to be falling on deaf ears on my chest. i should personally, i will not take part in the selection. i love this because the results of the last 2 elections were not good at all. yeah. and this group novel on the terms. the biggest problem with the election is the people's lack of trust in parliament. a political distrust and an ailing economy have helped fuel voter apathy, although the elections are seen as a crucial barometer for legitimacy. the government's own surveys show participation

will be well below 50 percent. friday's vote includes polls for members of parliament, and the assembly of experts will have the power to appoint, runs supreme leader. the countries system of pre approve and candidates has led to mass disqualifications and the removal of true choice, according to critics of the current hard line government. you know, you don't even know. yeah. into all the time. the word election is completely meaningless. it should be called an anti election or non election, but in the bottom of the election is rejected by the people and these lumnick republic, and you don't sell it to them, but not doing that for sure. the memory of mazda many is also casting a long shadow over this years boat. the 22 year old curtis iranian died after she was taken into police custody for allegedly violating the islamic dress code

of death led to wave of mass protests against the hid job law and other social issues. in 2022. the movement was violently crushed by authorities, but the demands for change and an end to these logic republics rule ensure was the most of that is a former anchor for a ron international television. who told me whether a ronnie is, are likely to accept these elections as legitimate my, so, i mean, his mother had this story on the store is like, well, the story says if the root could change anything did within have let you to work. to do is that they'll come in plumber drawings this morning, but the voting start, it shows that more stuff they, the, the polling stations are empty. many people didn't float. there has been a massive buy codes on this election, mainly because everyone is totally disappointed with the government. there is no

with the government to, to change or reform. and there is, and that's a huge number of people who they've been, that they think that there's some of the public has to go. there is no way that these to government is going to change its behavior and put on or somehow people's way to freedom or change or political circumstances that they are living in. there was a pull yesterday taken by the government, which says that's almost about 15 percent of the people enter on are going to turn at the polling stations and they're going to watch. i assume that 15 percent is going to be people who do are supporters of the stuff that they're public. there was another pull by status which a lot found out that the people who they are going towards men do belong to the people with the higher education or rather than normally, i mean people who didn't,

they didn't go to there, but they belong to people with the less education, this signifies that the economic situation of the country and the massive poverty that people are living in broad that we few which gap between that society. and also the government based on the work bank and stopped as they've been, which came in december 23 about 2 months ago. almost 68 percent of a range in are going to leaving poverty or the, or the date in poverty. and that was darla seem is of it in london. a reminder of our top story. thousands of warners have gathered in defiance of ryan police as the jail russian opposition leader, alexei, nevada. ne, was laid to rest in moscow. the crowd outside of the church bid farewell to the kremlin fiercest critics who died at a remote arctic penal colony. up next,

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