the real media, lots just green washing. what's now on the and i say no. vonny was a beacon of hope for millions of russians wishing for their country to be freed from the authoritarian grip of long time leader of whatever puts in his death 2 weeks ago. sent shock waves around the world after dying a penal colony and the arctic is now found his final resting place in moscow. thousands to find the tents of intimidation to say their final good byes to man will risk that all for the greater good to night. we ask the dream of a democratic russia is buried with its staunchest defender. i'm gonna call for ocean berlin, and this is the day the

i couldn't not come because i believe on the most bit of final farewell to this man . this is a huge loss of deepest condolences to the mother because no, every person can enjoy this to his wife and his children. we have lost a lot to tell the truth, which is very pleasant for me to be here in the company of like minded people. there are more than 10000 people and nobody is scared. everyone knows what they want. it's not so many of those here. it's just important to see people who agree that what happened is terrible and that there are a lot of people precinct this also on the day, a rainy is handed to the ballot box and the parliamentary elections turn out is expected to be low as more and more people ask, what's the point?

there is actually no choice and there is no change, no matter who you wrote for. so be it the parliamentary election or even the presidential election because these elections are neither free and no fair. welcome to the show. it's good to have here with us the russian opposition leader alex. i know bonnie has been laid to rest in moscow. casket was lowered into the ground to the sound of my way. i frank sinatra, last message to his followers. and his critics, his way, was courageous and defiant. his fearless way is what turned him into foot and his number one enemy and into a hero for millions. on friday, thousands of them gathered outside the church where its funeral was being held. the crowd was kept behind fences that security forces setup in the morning after the service along his parents and others paid their last respects at his grace. here's

some things from today. the

or the . 6 i think just solved thousands of people turn down to pay their respects to involve me. they were tramping. thank you. they are just now, all of that, the spines, a warning from the kremlin that anyone participating in unauthorized gatherings would be quote, held responsible rights groups say, authorities made over 60 arrest across the country. here's what some of the warners and moscow were saying today of the most wonderful when i came here to moscow for alexis funeral to pay my last respect. it's important to me that it's important to a lot of people. that's why i didn't see any option, but to come here for the funeral stuff. i was very sick that we came early in

advance and we were standing for a long time and we're hiding l as low as in cameras. but now i realize that we need to do it and to speak up. i think it's a judy for everyone who knew elect, say to come and say good bye. we are the only for me, this is the final farewell to the man. and as for a candle to weigh a candle, the latest we say it is a memory. we will remember for a long time before and we will not give up. this is the most important to us. here in berlin. warners have also been bidding farewell to alexander longing, people lives flowers and live candles at a memorial outside. the russian embassy and the german capital sprung up last month following news of the kremlin critics stuff today and has become a focal point for those who wish to pay their respects along his team have urged with supporters around the world to lay flowers and as on our political, corresponding funds, blonde, visited the memorial and send us this election of island. he was being buried in

most cult. oh, those were close. oh, windows closed oh, curtains drawn. that's a russian embassy here in the middle of the then are now moving. could be seen as the embassy looks down in school, typically on this impromptu memorial to nevada. any that has sprung up in the last 2 weeks since his death was announced in the russian piano colors. nice. there is a significant community of russians here in berlin with russian shops and restaurants. and thousands of people gathered here when his death was a nonce 2 weeks ago. today that has to be in a state, a trickle of people stopping here at this memorial, looking at the post as criticizing, not even put in a piece of expressions of support for nevada name without choice the german transfer this week once again said that according to him, nobody was killed by the russian regime. certainly, what can be said that these kinds of expression of support and good morning that we can see here are being suppressed with brutal force in russia. how does bonds

reporting and i'm pleased to welcome my 1st guess tonight, matthew moran. he's a professor of international and public affairs at columbia university in new york . he knew alexander volume personally and worked with him on his anti corruption efforts. matthew, good to have you on the show, i can see you're on the road. thank you so much for joining us now. how big a loss is alexander long, his death for russia and the world? well, you know, putting is them is a disease and epilepsy and the volume, they provided the head to toe at to know to that, to z. so this little bit like we've lost a crucial by all of the antidote to the disease and putting this up. um, so he is his loss is in unquantifiable and very difficult to even express at this point. um i just, i will say though that um is his belief that democracy

could be a to try and we're trying to reconnect with matthew murray. they're of columbia university. let's see if we can get them back on the line. all right, um, moving on to around now were for the 1st time. so as a social uprisings of 2022 voters have been called on to cast their ballots for members of parliament, and a religious body called the assembly of experts. the following the here some restrictions. the elections are a test of public sentiment to order runs establishment. the country if leaders are in dire need to legitimize their group on power. but with frustration with b, as long as your team running high survey suggests, turn out could hit the lowest point. since then, 1979 revolution,

iran is in the middle of a deepening economic crisis and discontent over political and social freedoms has been growing for years. the signs are everywhere and the messaging is clear. iran has been scrambling to boost voter turnout ahead of friday's election. it's introducing electronic voting and several cities. and the number of female candidates vying for a seat is more than double what it was in the last parliament re election in 2020. but the government's efforts appear to be falling on deaf ears. my shock bye, she presently i will not take part in this election without this because the results of the last 2 elections would not good to you on this group novel on the terms. the biggest problem with the election is the people's lack of trust in parliament. of 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 who runs the supreme leader. the country 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. yet no, 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 road, and the good bottom of the election is rejected by the people and these lumnick republicans 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

that 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 in your spring. but i've been telling blow, he's a senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracy. his work focuses on arranging security and political issues, and he joins me tonight from washington. good to see you now. first off, shortly, even be calling this exercise and election. it's it's a pleasure, be with you. and it's an excellent question for over a decade now, many independent iran watchers around experts are running list, have been calling these selections. you know, these are tightly managed politically choreographed, moves off and kind of overseeing by approx every rod supreme leader of the guardian council. through a series of disqualifications through a series of reading procedures. and in essence, fabricated numbers to continue to

a contract. the already very limited space any runs is linda smith or terence as system and shifted further to the right. so in short, these are really more selections and perform. it is then elections has refreshing of descent, which we seen bubble up again. and again, over the past, especially 2 years at has it stepped up in the run up to this vote. indeed, although in the very short campaign period about 2 weeks before election day march, 1st. traditionally, you see these nomic republic tried to dial down some of the pressure try to incentivize more people to turn out and develop. who has, you know, these numbers, public trying to reach a broader audience than the already very narrow audience. they know that they can only reach, but in general, the apparatus of repression remains operating the background. for example, in the one up to this very limited elect total cycle. you have these, how many republic even crack down notches on, has to take effect jared,

minorities. but also on the use of the ends are virtual private networks. so the machines repression continues both on the streets and in cyberspace. and it's only 18 months since the death of gina and loss on me and the extraordinary protest movements that followed and the crackdown that's managed to to silence much the defense. how much is left of that movement in iran today? ok. well, what is clear is that movements uh was not born in a vacuum. and that movement certainly is not over. what i mean by that. as you've seen a whole series of boom and bust cycles of street protests. and they saw microscopic starting in 2017 actually, that are triggered by distinctly non political events, often economic grievances, social grievances, environmental, grievances, given foreign policy groups. but they're not triggered by political events anymore . like the 1999 closure reforms, those paper or the 2009 ceiling up of electric,

remember form is candid. the population had moved away from reform and largely towards revolution. and what that means is there's a boom and bust cycle of on predictable social explosions in the battle between the streets and the state. so while perhaps the next generation of protesters may not change women life freedom, the forces that brought you know, this generation as well as a cross section of iranians from over a 150 different cities, towns and villages. and the 2020 to 2023 protests is likely to endure. the other hand is, of course, taking legitimacy and wants to tighten its growth on power, especially after those revolutionary a 1st that followed the death of geno mazda. i mean, what is the likelihood of change in iran after this about it's a little after this built, i think there's change in the wrong direction. meaning what we've seen now by these series of 2020 parliamentary elections,

2021 presidential election. and now the parliament and assembly of experts election in 2024. the system continued to move to the hard rights. there was stage management by iran supreme leader was going to be 85 quite soon as looking to samantha, the institutionalize is ultra hard line legacy. and what he's doing is ensuring that there was a constellation of ultra hard line forces that are more writes has been capable, you know, there was a phrase that was said during the cultural revolution period that the radi diversity since the 1980, if i'm not mistaken, the phrase in version was taxable and that's have on now, which means right? just this not capability. so you're seeing essentially hard core believers where already classical, you know, you could say conservative forces are quit teaching. these hard core believers were simply not even being capable of managers. these are the kinds of people that are being promoted. and these are the kinds of contractions and political changes in the wrong direction being seen because these are what is being orchestrated by

e. ron's ultra hard line. revolutionary leads, particularly harmony, how far are radians from having free and fair elections? and unfortunately they are quite far, i think so long as there is an islamic republic, particularly is nomic republic that has elements like these nomic revolutionary guard core. it's a layer of security apparatus. and that includes kind of semi formalized vigilante groups like cancer has the law that continues to have a best age, which is quite literally a check on all the forces of civil society. and most importantly, a supreme leader position like this, the constitution that was, you know, foisted upon the running population amended in the wrong direction. in 1989, i do likely see the regime the also hardline regime. i continue to represent something fundamentally different than the national interest and public good, which when you look at a running history, particularly modern iranian history or contemporary writing history, you've seen a century long quest for representative governments of which most unfortunately,

the population is still far from today that was and i've been to level from the foundation for the defense of demography. thank you so much for those insight. thank you. the your theme commission is releasing a 50000000 euro payments to the u. an agency for palestinian refugees, our own room. the funds were frozen in the following is really claims that some agency staff took part in the october 7th come off terrorist attacks. the commission says the funds will be released early next week as when raw has agreed to conditions including an audit. a further, $32000000.00 euros will be paid out later if the review is satisfactory. and the united nations is calling for an international investigation into the depths of more than a 100 palestinians killed during an a delivery and gaza families of the victims say, is really troops open fire. now the is rarely army has admitted fiery shots at

people near the aid con why, but it says, most of the best occurred during a stampede. the u. n. has warned that a quarter of guys population is currently at risk. a found the friends and family morning, their dead injured survivors on the floor receiving treatment. these people say they were shot by is really troops as they went to meet in each shipment with the brand after they stopped shooting. we went back to get to how 8, by the time i got flour and some kind of goods and took it down from the truck they show to to is they show it to me on the truck drive, but left to run away from my leg. i lost my notes. if you want to give us a this way, then you might as well not bring us anything. israel has a different account. this is a video released by the military. it's spokesperson says it shows mobs, loading humanitarian aid from trucks. the trucks are overwhelmed and the people

driving the trucks which uh, gauze, and uh, city, gauze, and civilian drive is ploughed into the crowds of people ultimately killing it. my understanding is tends to people, i don't have anything most specific to that it is on folding. that's helped ministry, which is controlled by how mosse says dozens were killed at the drop site. this brings the ministry's death toll, which does not separate dod civilians from fighters to 30000. that unprecedented human cost hesper cause for resolution. the war in guns must and clear violations of in the nation when rights and humanitarian roles, including war crimes and possibly other crimes on the international law has been committed to by all parties. mediators say that mos in israel on the cost of a truce, but a group say that before that happens,

some northern guidance may not survive the famines that result from a not getting through and our data way of corresponding. tonya kramer has been following the story for us from jerusalem. a short while ago, we asked her if for any closer to knowing what really happened during that 8 distribution incident. you know, we don't know because uh, these are still the conflicting reports. uh that though we are getting uh there, i mean there has been reactions from across the world to this, you know, a worksheet is expressing the whole wrong concern over what happened there. now with this is, yesterday, we're saying that his shots were fired from the is really military when people approached us a trucks that were coming in the conway from the south pausing a check wind to the north. and that caused this to impede that people were running away and panic and also uh you know, the trucks trying then to, to move away while the is really military has denied this time 9. theres been

saying that was for a system pete, and then they were also these warning shots being fired over here. and of course caused for a solar investigation into this incident. but it's under lines um the really dire, extremely dire situation of people that they have to basically afford to, to get to, to those 8 chromeboys. and this comes, of course, of to days of warning by many of the humanitarian, active united nations who are, you know, trying to distribute fluid. they're saying that they are having difficulties to reach the noise. and that is an extremely difficult situation for people that the noise to get to any supplies bid for food or water or whatever else. europe has a drug problem everywhere. everyone,

and we're using that is how they use european drug report describes the prevalence of substance abuse in 2023. now after cannabis, cocaine is the 2nd most commonly consumed drop in europe. and in recent years, that demand for the wind powder has grown to record levels. it's a little sort of business for the criminal games involved. but the whirl communities in south america where the drug is mainly sourced off and pay a heavy price. germany is now one of the countries trying to rally international authorities to coordinate efforts to interrupt international supply lines. general louisa has got his hands full. thousands of contain is a loaded in the peruvian pulse of calais of every day. and cocaine could be heated, in any of them. demand in europe is increasing and such as drug smuggling. the ways is anti drug team is on daily patrol intel, about any potential suspicious containers would be gain changing fluid forces. but

most of those is we absolutely need an international exchange of information with only investigating authorities so that one can seize the drugs and the criminals behind the screen that is due to a rising demand. coca cola of ation improve is doubled since 2015. the drug is almost exclusively exposed to europe in germany records $35.00 tons received last year of a loan. that's why germany's federal minister of the interior, nancy phaser, is traveling to south america, offering great to collaboration between nations, egypt, because i've already seen the spiraling violence in belgium and the netherlands public. prosecutors and journalists have been shot dead. and i would like to prevent that from happening in germany. i, he, non whitehall, 2000 drug related deaths and not just a few. and it's not just about people dying. it's been a huge impoverishment associated with violence and huge profits because they've been in peru rainforest to being cleared for drug cultivation. coco farm is on just

enough to survive. well, international smugglers make millions. the rule of law is being undermined by corruption. it's. it's another one, so they're going to have a shared responsibility. countries that can see must cooperate with countries that produce because this is where the damage is done. the environmental destruction of the mud is supporting the customer. negotiations for security agreements also begins soon more education and training a planned and a great to exchange of information. the impulses of information sharing was demonstrated to the anti drug police at the end of january. a tip off enables the team to seize over 7 tons of cocaine and the ports of calais of the cocaine is embedded in wooden panels. the smugglers getting more and more creative, and it's becoming harder to find and also limited. but i mean, it's a great satisfaction, not just for me, but for everyone who has worked with us. we're always off to the drugs with the aim of finding the people behind them. and that's why corporation is so important. and

any help is welcome, because the drug business is poisoning society and the people who use them. and finally, a pre wedding party, thrown by age as rich as man is proving to be quite a celebrity, magnet tech type mark zuckerberg and his wife priscilla chan are rubbing shoulders with sports stars in bollywood royalty. and billionaire industrialists move cash. i'm bonnie's 3 day free, not pardon me for his son and his wife to be that 1200 strong guest list, including bill gates as long a. trump and the king and queen of futon will be entertained by none other than pop star riana. the wedding itself will take place later in the year. plenty of time to try and get an invitation. would that we've reached the end of the day, but make sure to stay informed. stay engaged and stay in touch here and follow us

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