the, the, this is the, the news coming to live from berlin, blood to be put in extends his quarter century rule after an election without meaningful opposition. claiming victory. he bows to step off his war against ukraine and calls the death in prison of election to body an unfortunate accident. meanwhile, no boundaries. widow eulley and above the joins of protest at the russian embassy here in berlin. as thousands around the world gathered to demonstrate against vladimir and with the new, with new fighting near does itself, chief a hospital, germany's transport goes to the middle east to push for a safe spot. below schultz tells is really counterpart that lasting security

requires a 2 state solution. he also argues more humanitarian aid needs to reach palestinian civilians. the hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. russians are set for another 6 years of vladimir putin, his rule following an election, widely described as a sham for he pays no meaningful opposition in the boat. the 3 hand picked opponents on the ballot did not campaign. in his victory speech routine said he would now focus on ukraine following 2 years of a war against russia's neighbour that was expected to last. only a few days are marching out to meet supporters. vladimir 210 celebrated an entirely predictable election went off to securing yet another time

as russia's president he claimed the victory was due to the trust and hope russians had placed in him and usually cbm. yeah, for sure. but he is just to look at the 1st of all, i want to thank the citizens of russia looks, you know, we are all one team has done that. i see called us citizens that came to polling stations and voted you showed us once again, but i want to say, and this is very important and then you most, it's for them when the, the source of authority and the nation, which is the russian people that i knew you dates, i see scheme, that all voters had little choice. all those who could have meaningfully challenged putin or the jailed exiled or dead rushes leading all positions. take a alexei novelle. ne died suddenly last month in optic prison,

breaking his silence of an invalid. these death boots in cold it, an unfortunate incident. the elections have been criticized as being neither a free nor fat by the us gemini, and ukraine. sue mcdermott, what is the russian book, pater? is stimulating another election. well, everyone in the world understands that this figure, yet as often happens in history, has simply become a ticket to power and just doing everything he can to rule forever. there is no evil, he won't commit to prolong his personal power with somebody's people on the election when appears to been bolton pollutants plans for his bow and ukraine. in his victory speech, he vowed to strength and rushes military. one to 10 has now been in power since 1999. if he completes his next 6 year to he'll be rushed as long as subbing lead to in more than 200 years. suspect

spoke a few moments ago with dw is re give bureau chief erie re chateau. he told us more about reactions to the russian leaders re election. well, a terry appalled from the congratulations on pollutants victory is at austin, state control media. many people in russia. i re exits as they have been reacting for almost 25 years now. natalie, natalie, how should one react of something? or do something that uh, what's to be expected from the beginning. putting himself how the press conference you mentioned it. and as expected he spoke about does he consolidation of the russian people? she said that all goals would be achieved. she didn't talk about the war, but it was clear to everybody that of what is the most important goal was putting street. i'm successful, competitors also congratulate of him as for the direction in the western countries, neither of us a nor if you use bulk or of

a fair and free election is there argument was event that there is no real a position in russia. jim and president stein maya will not congratulate to june the, according to his spokesperson. so, in his victory speech here, re, what kind of vision has preteen laid out for russia? i was like, put this vision all fresh or full. russia is it coming here? says best explained by one example i put in a p as in his election stuff, oil and things. i think he's election workers. so he said she think she's comrades in arms and explained with the meaning of the board comrade in arms or so that you can, russian is this work. she said there is an old fashion of work that right. and you can, this is in turn means a fight to a single man from a village who volunteers to go to what did you find? he's found the launch book and said that the history is repeating itself and the old rations i know so that i can take it or cobra in arms. i see didn't explicitly

talked about 4, but of course he meant what conclusion is putting thrush it over the next few years . of course is not the only but the bulk o a country at war. putting surprised many uri by actually mentioning in his uh, press conference there, the name of alexa and the bonnie, the opposition figure who recently died in prison. what do you make of that erie? well, i think it's bizarre that it puts you that never used the volume his name when he and i've only was a life and now is it? and i've only his died at he has mentioned his name several times. um, he said 2 important things. firstly, is that at the volume they have died, which was of course fed, but that's life. you said that was put into indirect response to the accusations that and i've only had been killed. i've secondly, put in said that he was prepared to exchange him for a prisoner from another country. and this statement by the criminal lead that

caused absolute outrage among and of all these colleagues as they called at the lights. regardless of how you assess which is worth it was a signal to the rest of the russia wasn't ready for a nozzle present exchange. you know, thank you so much. that was the w's your shadow in real life. it there was little doubt, of course, about who would wind rush his presidential election, but those opposed to vladimir putin. he did call by the russian opposition movement to flood pulling stations at noon on sunday and signal their discontent. thousands also turned out to protest the election that russian embassies around the world lines stretched into the distance outside. russia's embassies in england, turkey, catholics done. all has come to cost the vote for russia's next president.

for many, it's an active protest. yup. as well, i didn't come to vote for anyone. i came to vote against every one. thousands turned down in response to a coal from the russian opposition movement to line up at mid day on the last day of russia's tightly controlled presidential election. the noon against boots and rallies were championed by julio, no volunteer. the wife of kremlin critic, alexia, novelle knew who died under suspicious circumstances. last month that i found the volunteer joined over 2000 the russians, lining up outside the country's embassy in berlin. 6 hours later, she costs to vote for president of cost i right and involved the sun name because it just comedy. so that a month before the election and during the presidential campaign, persians,

main opponent, already imprisoned, was murdered. with all the flooding men, hooton's major rivals in prison, exiled or dead. the outcome of this election was never in doubt. but even in russia, thousands still turned out at noon on the final day of voting, showing each other end of the world. there are still many who oppose putin's rule of itself. in 10 years since russia illegally annexed crimea, following an invasion follow using troops without rushing uniforms. it was the beginning of a decade long war with ukraine, culminating in the full scale invasion. 2 years ago. it's possession on the black sea mix crimea a strategically important asset. dependence list serves as a key base for naval fleets and is used to safeguard security. interest in the region. crimea is home to both ethnic russians and ukrainians,

as well as indigenous crime in tartarus and others. russia's annexation tactics there are being used to claim other territories in ukraine. report takes a look back at the events that led to the war raging in ukraine today. the stats of a conflict in europe's east that is still raging a decade on the my done revolution in february 2014. and we this a cold from ukrainians to move closer to the european union and away from russia. as the kremlin aligned, president fled, and an interim government to power in caves must go moved to take ukraine's crime me a financial of a decision that has helped shape today's conflict between the 2 countries. russian forces in unmarked uniforms appeared at key check points and facilities across crimea. they would lease with green men and they quickly took control

a referendum on joining russia followed. it was widely seen as a sham. there was no option on the ballot paper to stay and ukraine, the financial. it was positive side of the russia prior to 1950, full, and the majority of cry mans and speak russians, while some had called for a chance to break from ukraine. in 2014, most crime mans had few political, low cultural ties to russia. but most grew claimed, a decisive victory on march 18, 2014 russian president vladimir persian signed a treaty of accession alongside his appointed leaders of crimea, cut us to premier. and so that's the power of attorney, or of new york to their home shores. currently bidding through their home port to rush on the be skids. when i see you

the, the time patients popularity was flag. he used to bionics ation to boost his approval rating. riding waves of nationalism and calling for what he described as the restoration of russia. after the humiliation of the soviet union's collapse, rhetoric that he repeated during russia's full scale invasion of ukraine in 2022. the crimean peninsula is strategically valuable. russia's black safelight is stationed there, and it gives the kremlin a dominant position in the region. since annexation, most car has poured in money for infrastructure projects hoping to create a russian success story. one example is the coach bridge that connects crimea to mainland russia. any ukrainian pushed retakes up until the hinges on the bridge. they would need to cut the russian supply lines. the,

the bridge has been targeted before, and you ukraine's presidents will let him is a lensky, has made clear his wish to re night to crime a with ukraine. resistance in the face of russia's 2022 invasion has boosted zelinski is confidence. that cave could push russian forces back from the east and from crimea. beautiful to have up to 10 years of occupation and war. re taking crimea would symbolize to craniums that the threat from russia could one day be over. from what i'm joined now by alexa uso fall from the squiggly a but foundation think tank here in berlin. electric. give us a sense of what life is like now in occupied crimea, and the people there today identify mainly is russian or ukrainian. or the answer depends very much on who you ask slotskum to be a difference in crimea. i mean, what is true is that there has been

a mass of infrastructural efforts by the russian government to transform premier into uh that even yet of towels and tourism industry, but also to refurbish the indices that have been there. and it has been a promise to the crime means that the standards of living will arise, the pensions will get higher and so on. some of these things happens, but at the same time there's a lot of repression going on the promise of a multi lingual peninsula with ukranian and atari. and both still being taught in schools is not upheld. and there is a lot of redistribution of well, so if you are a businessman on premier, chances are that your property is already or will be taken away because there was a major restructuring of power structures on the peninsula after the annexation. so it depends very much on who you ask. now, the blood of man putting has extended his rule yet again,

the election gives the impression, at least that the russian people overwhelmingly support his policy is. what should we expect from booting now that he has secured another term? and i think the most important learning about the selection is the very 5 turn out. and we know that the presidential administration laska was very focused on securing a high turn out because it signals momentum of national unity around the legend of 14. and it seems as if this was important to actually start a new chapter of his rule of his government. i mean now to can stay in power for at least 6 more years. and obviously she is set to do something with this time. the campaign itself was buried, domestic and economic policy oriented, but it's clear and to satisfy himself, the special military authoration. so the war on your brain will remain the priority, so we'll probably see a continuance and, and escalate his effort to subjugate ukraine on the front. just putting face any

real threats to his power at this point or does he has have every reason to feel emboldened after this election road? yes. and no. the regime is perfectly capable of keeping the things some control on the what on the one side, on the other side, all the things that have happened in russia domestically were surprises. if you think about them, you to new york, if you need to go to them, if you're thinking about the very unexpected success of the only anti war candidate bodies, my desk, and you're thinking about the lines of people who came to on a and explained a volume, and if you think about this action that you would just report to the on the mid yesterday at noon. so things are happening outside of the grasp of kremlin. it crammed them gifts and becomes more and more about the credit, but it lose us also the capacity to for cost. so on the one hand, in terms of brutal power, the kremlin is on the sides of its development as an improper scene. on the other

hand, i don't think they have a lot of capacity to know what's coming to them tomorrow or the day after tomorrow . so now the west is deeply concerned about. vladimir pertains, is expansionist policy. is how effective would you say western efforts are to contain putting some missions? i think so far, we've been in the western governments have acted quite reactively and tactically, made its time to understand that we need a strategy, or maybe is 7 to 10 years. this will be the timeframe in which most cove itself will be planning the next steps. so it is about containment, but it's also about ramping up its own credibility. the west's own credibility about being serious in terms of support for ukraine in terms of rearmament, but also in terms of follow through an economic sanctions and other instruments. it's time for us to address, you know, let's say thank you very much for your insights. that was alexa, use

a pop from the fleet like a but foundation sketch up on a few other stories making headlines around the world today. hundreds of farmers have driven their tractors into a central madrid to protest tiger cultural policy. they're demanding changes to europe in laws in order to protect farmers from the rising cost of production and help them receive fair prices for their goods. similar protests have been held elsewhere in spain, poland, and other european countries. you commission president course to live on the line has a nelson, a package for egypt worth over 7000000000 euros president of dell fowler. c. c. hailed her visit to cairo is a milestone and relations the funding is intended to curb and documented migration . critics of question to support over egypt. human rights record is israel's army has been carrying out another opposite operation in gauze as largest

hospitals, chief of palestinian health authorities, say several people have been killed in parts of the complex are on fire. is real claims from us militants are using the hospital as a command center. el cheapo is one of the last remaining health facilities in the gaza strip. dozens of salt, shelter from the halls from the war in the hospital complex after the misled october 7th terrorist attacks. and let's get more on this latest military operation now from the w's. tanya cramer in jerusalem. tanya, what can you tell us about these really armies operation in gaza? she for the hospital as well. this operation started in the early morning and it was kind of unusually said, we've got a lot of statements over the course of this ongoing operation. the is where the army said it's a precise operation and they said they had intelligence that senior, how most so called a terrorist where inside the hospitals,

complex also that they returned fire when troops were short. as we understand you from some reports that they have taken control of the parts of the complex and that many rest also where being made now a from published in you reports, we understand that there are casualties and injuries around in the context, but also some video footage coming out of people in the middle of the night, being out in the streets, trying to to get away. now what was on using these updates we were guessing was that there's an emphasis as well on saying that the to upset ordered ahead of this operation to cautiously and to avoid harm to patients and medical stuff. and, you know, to people showing there, there are several hundreds, uh estimated people are searching in the complex and of course it's always a highly sensitive operation in on hospital crowns as uh, hospitals. such facilities are protected under the international rule. and it's

very closely watched of what is happening there. this operation telling you comes on the heels of yesterday's visit by german transfer of shoals, see who shared his concerns about the high number of civilian casualties and gaza. he also stressed the need for a cease fire where there didn't go. she ations poor to see spar stand now telling you or yeah, determine chancellor a cold for a longer lasting a ceasefire as he puts it. i'm it stay in as part of a new agreement to release the hostages that are still uh, being held in gauze a by how the us know are the, has been a lot of back and forth in the past days. and some movement in this homicide submitted it's proposal last week, a prime minister benjamin netanyahu then said that the mullins, unrealistic, but never the less. he said that he will send and is ready delegation to katara.

know there has been some meetings by the smaller boat coming to it, but also by the security coming that. and they apparently, according to reports who okayed the departure of the, is really delegation to katara the expect it there in the course of the day. so we understand that uh those uh, tulsa on going uh, again, there's a lot of ups and downs and back and forth. but the bottom line is the tools and negotiations in direct negotiations between is what it comes with. the health of guitar and egypt are ongoing. so any thank you very much that update, that was our correspond to tony kramer in jerusalem. well, as mentioned in german, chancellor schultz shared his concerns about the high number of civilian casualties in gaza. and during his meeting with these really prime minister or more aid is now entering the gaza strip. but conditions there remain dire.

drops into gaza, continue, jordan, germany and the us dropped goods and, and attempts to relieve the humanitarian situation on the ground. as they are growing fee is that israel will soon extend its ground defensive to rough or hundreds of thousands of displaced. palestinians have sold refuge, 8 agencies war and the pots of gauze are all ready face famine. meanwhile, after a visit to jordan, german chancellor old f shows arrived in his room. there he once most dressed germany support for israel well urging to keep civilians in cause i say from the mean ground defense. if we cannot stand by and watch palestinians risk of starvation that smelled us, that is not what we stand for. much more human determine the age is needed,

continues the reliability. i set my concerns but the prime minister, the provision of aid from this world into gaza and the conditions for distribution must be thirdly and mess with the improve this saturday and sunday is rarely prime minister. benjamin netanyahu doubled down that the ground defensive will soon be extended to offer our gold in eliminating the remaining of toe his battalions and of goes hand in hand with enabling the part of the civilian population to leave off. it's not something that we will do while keeping the population locked in place. in fact, we'll do the very opposite point able them to leave because our consideration for reducing and minimizing civilian casualties has guided us and will continue to guide us in the future. thank you very much. thank you. it's estimated that $1500000.00 people are currently in rough or which is more than half of cause us population. but that's on yahoo and shows didn't specify that all these people

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from and interrupting plugin. oh, it appears to be flowing, solved towards dyke's village to protect the fishing village, good, endemic that you waiting. all right, law. this coming hundreds of people have been evicted to gain, including many to it is this thing near the effected area. this was definitely expected that had already been uh, several um, statements issued from the athletic iceland dick metz office about an imminent eruption in the area. but of course the exact time of it uh, starting is not. it's not possible to predict heartland as a home to 33 active volcano systems, the highest number in europe as geophysicist see, this latest adoption is one of the most powerful so far. you're watching dw news

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