the, the, this is the w news live from the in the you condemns rough as presidential election that i may have to send extends his courses century rule following a version which he faced no meaningful position. you, as among those describing it, is neither free, no fast health and the climate of intimidation pollutions claim. victory comes on the 10th anniversary of russia's annexation as crimea. the occupation followed an invasion and illegal referendum the paved the way for the full scale invasion of ukraine. also coming up, israel says it has killed

a some us come on. the in the right one is gauze is largest hospitals. the military says an operation against the militant group of the el cheapo hospital is ongoing. a must run health authorities say that has been multiple casualties. and possibly the complex is on fire, the menu hoops mccain and thank you for joining us. the russian election commission says why that person has one re election with 87 percent of the vote. the poll was held off for a crackdown on political opposition across the country, who's in face no meaningful of position. one factor which led officials in the u. i'm the us to cool the contest and i the free know fast in his victory speech pollutants said he would now focus on ukraine 2 years off to the full scale invasion of russia's neva. it was initially expected to last just

a few days to marching out to meet supporters. platinum at 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 disabled. i'm looking at the 1st of all, i want to thank the citizens of russia. looks like we are all one team has done that. i see you called us citizens. that came to me polling stations and voted you put a good list of what the short of schedule once again. but i want to say, and this is very important. and then you look at the bottom one, the, the source of authority and a nation, which is the russian people that i knew you dates, i sees, cannot voters have little choice. all those you could have meaningfully challenged

. putin are either jailed, exiled or dead. rushes leading opposition. steger alexa in a valley, died suddenly last month and 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 victor is simulating another election with everyone in the world understands that this figure, yet as often happens in history or simply become a ticket to power and just doing everything you can to rule forever. there is no evil, he won't commit to prolong his personal power with somebody's blog of the election when appears to have in bold inclusions plans for his war and ukraine. in his victory speech, he vowed to strength and rushes military suits and has now been in power since 1999

. if he completes his next 6 year to he'll be russia's longest subbing leader in more than 200 years. and some more, i'm joined now by d. w. use eastern europe editor, roman gunshot, hang tight road room, and welcome to the studio. now let him it boots and has extended his rules as expected. what should we expect from him now that he has secured another time? well, basically, we can expect more of the same. so more um, outside of russia, more against ukraine. but maybe he will try to intimidate the west countries. um, former sauvage republics like moved over a neighboring country of ukraine could be and in his focus because we saw some attempts, or at least that looked like that, a them still just deadlines to the situation. the representative from montalvo regions traveled to moscow representative from a 10 semester which is

a kind of a, a separate district public on northern territory, oscar the russian problem and for support, especially for support. so that could be coming inside the russia. he'll be tightening of the group for the group on the opposition as well, although it's in it's, it's hardly possible to do that. we could also expect him to come and 6. yes. if we look at a little further away and that made the rush, i will try to, i'm closing even more than before. so cutting ties was the west. probably cutting things like youtube, which is and um, maybe one of the last channels media channels, a very important shows connecting bratia to the outside world to the west of the world. and can i ask you what person's new time will mean for you training in particular? well, as i've just said, it would mean certainly more more so no signs of a rush or i getting tired of letting that 14. i'm showing signs of fatigue. oh, maybe i'm going for a compromise. so he's saying basically, um,

i'm waiting and i intends to continue with my goals and his goals, x ray to destroy ukraine as a sovereign state, as it was established in 199 to my on after the collapse of the soviet union. so she will pursue that goal and i think in the, in the see it might be if we look at this year and the next year may be at 2025. a lot will depend of all of this will continuous and what will happen the united states who will be the next president of the united states. ukraine is very much dependent on us help if there is little help. and then of course voting might be and going to and highest speed. and which is also important as we should watch, the major ukrainian cities like hockey is closer to the russian border. and the desktop are a major and very important lexi ports of ukraine, actually is the last one. big one that has left we've seen in the past day is just prior to the election. a lot of talk in russia itself and from pushing also from

the russian president about odessa. so this is the key region for the coming months . and yes to watch. you can, you mentioned roman that he was going to try and squeeze the opposition even sub, but whatever is left of the opposition. i mean, does he face any real threats at this point? well, at the moment it looks like he's very stable. so in, in short term, no, i would say, but in the medium term and in the long term, uh, the st. the thinks would be unstable for him because this war is not to populate in russia. so there's a core of about 20, maybe 30 percent of the most, who love it, like it, and to go fight or support the fighting until that actual wins. but on the other hand, there is a majority that i know it's very much happy because the russians die in this war. it am and the population is, is getting to feel it a more and more. so the more the one of the war continues, the more difficult it could be for pointing, but at the moment he's stable and he has enough money. utilities,

eastern europe at his room and going try and good thanks so much room in as a vote that extend and the rest and lead as rule as looming, large in the minds of european union officials in brussels. the european council has ratified an agreement by european countries to increase the support for ukraine cable now receive a new 5000000000 year old military aid package. the use foreign policy chief, joseph burrell, gave this assessments of the russian election. this has not been to the fair elections. no sea of service is highly restricted to invite them in position to do for them. i think of a what i can say, but more than that, these are the extra as being bays and regression and intimidation and being held on de ukrainian by category. violating ukrainian survey of israel has named the how must come on the it says it killed during the rate at

garza cities lc for the hospital as psych on who he was. the head of the groups. internal security department is rails intelligent service, says nev who was responsible for coordinating terror attacks and the gaza strip and had been hiding in the building in the hospital, complex israel rid of release these images of the rate, the only claims come us miller since flat out them from the hospital, the homeless run, garza health ministry is reporting multiple casualties. people have been seeking shelter at all. she said since the war began in response to the hum of terror attacks on october. the 7th dw jerusalem correspondent, tonya excitement is monitoring events in gaza. and i also whether there's a way for civilians course in the el chief of hospital to get out while they're a bit of conflicting reports, would be a hearing. i mean, on the one hand, there's a statement that came out early in the morning by the armies saying that i had

cautioned the troops operating there and not to harm or to avoid any harm to the medical stuff to patients that are inside the hospital. and be also hearing some eye witnesses there. that leaves us have been dropped in the area in the neighborhood of fremont. and also to those sheltering on the hospital grounds that they should leave and evacuate to soften gaza a to the area of mobile. i see that is on the coast in a near of alpha. so of course, it's a bit difficult now to understand how this of a creation of people will work is the safe corridor. also, we have to understand these people have been that it's a very difficult area. northern goals we've been talking about it as supplies have not reached the area very frequently. so people would have to see how they would get transports. so all of this is so to see how this will unfold, but suddenly devastating for those people who have stayed in the neighborhood now

to be told to evacuate. once again, the ws tanya t mountain jerusalem the let's take a look now some of the other stories making headlines around the world and in spain . hundreds of people have taken pos and a protest against the killing of civilians in gaza. the event of the city of son sebastian culminated in protest is line on the ground to symbolize the dead around a bonnet inspired by picasso, as famous gun club painting. telephone officials, enough on a stone claim pack us dani strikes, have killed 8 civilians in the border regions of host and practica. the taliban loan for tyler, 3 attacks on military posts. pack us down claims terrorist. the taking shelter enough. got us done and carry out carrying out a tax on that territory in australia, has agreed to pay more than a $163000000.00 euros to settle a class action lawsuit brought by taxi of races. and dr is low is for the group say

the tax industry has been decimated since the costs the highest service. again, a pricing that the un human rights council in geneva is today wrapping up discussions on a fact finding mission on iran violent repression of protests. the mission says that uncovered mode is torture and false disappearances, that amount to crimes against humanity. now, investigate is focused on in rooms responds to mass of protest over the death of gina. and also, i mean in 2022 who they say died from physical violence while in custody. since then, women have continued to speak up the food in this woman seen in a hospital clinic. she demanded the cleric delete photos. he had taken of her that without a head covering another woman who spoke counts against the authorities, has leather ron and is now in berlin seeking treatment for an injury. she suffered at the hands of

a radiance security forces john list bundled as mainly met her here in belen started god see she screamed and said go away or i'll shoot you in me. i warn you. he targeted my eye with his evil smile on his face. and then he shot me intentionally in the i get the how much rain, how papers i love. and i have been thinking about the whole thing across with this and wondering why he shot me. what have you as phone? most the co, sorry, sorry, was part of the rainy, an uprising labeled women life freedom. she was blinded in the right guy during one protest. she eventually made her way to berlin. after hardy is 24, she had been a student in tehran and a theater performer cushion and my son me, me to the killing of gina mazda. i mean the spark the protest movement against the

islamic republic a little after i heard cause to protest by joining them on october 12th oh, good good. should i tried last week? i had horrible anxiety. when i reached the sidewalk, i found out they had blocked it. my heart was racing. doesn't that mean i was scared of the i to you. insurgency forces. see how some of the are going have is just the last time as a model. i wanted to pass by these forces and i had my huge job down on my shoulder . once i got closer, one of them pushed me from behind the screen. just shut me completely intentionally in the i was an evil smile. i heard people and at the same time i was hearing whistling, and my years,

protesters were chanting. one security force member had just shot me in the i said in the this with the mom. we took a taxi and looked at my face in the mirror. i was bleeding from my face and my eye was swollen. carmela i didn't want to believe that i'm the person that i received was me and all that going on to on my own chair, make it well. i know that i'm leaving. i'm on co star after how are you had lost the site in her right eye and with a warrant out for her arrest, she fled to you. rocky curtis, dan identity germany. thanks to a humanitarian visa. a small. how? yeah. as i how me, i know how you i covered the mirrors in my house with newspapers for months after it happened to me. i didn't want to see my face with the injured i. i

son. but actually, during those days that i was suffering spiritually and psychologically vocal, that i was thinking that my eye is a mark of the crime and the cruelty committed by the islamic republic. but it had to show you bush, wherever i go, call this. i will be living proof of the violent depression and around a more before day care because it's about that i'm. so i was suffering a lot of pain but was thankful to god. i was chosen to show the criminality and terrorism in these lumnick republic in that total is that a new chapter has begun in co star. if the car is live, a chapter she already believes is a bright one. us and we're going to get more now from my colleague neither fargo law me who is from iran. well, company lafond get to see you. and we know that that has been multiple instances of extreme violence against women in iran,

the you and has been holding the session that i just mentioned to discuss these human rights violations. could you give us a few more examples of the types of crimes that the regime is being accused of? yeah, on the what they have seen is just one example. so for we know that human rights organization could fact check 138 cases of people who lost an i during this process, among them age for children. and like only in law had done most of the care that is known and as bloody friday. 15 people lost one or both eyes and other human rights violations mentioned in the report, including extra judicial and low food killings and more there on the system we use of force and this for force and that use a force or we 3 the probation of liberty torture raped in force disappearance and gender persecution. and also the comments. he says that they found vin men and gear

subjects of to rape and other form of sexual and gender based wireless. so including um, gang gray for a bit object of force new to t and groping. and we know 551 protest. those have been killed by security forces. among them at least 49 very women and 68 for children. and these are only the officials numbers that we have and human rights activists speculated to be of a more. and in addition to that room also executed at least 9 young men of from december, 2022 to january, 2024. and a, the uranium regime to a really, andrew seems reaction to this report was like always and they said it is least equally motivated and biased. okay. some really quite disturbing statistics the, the, this report from the premier preliminary report from the you and the fact finding mission is do not demanding the application of universal jurisdiction. can you

explain to all of you as well? that would mean, yeah, this universal jurisdiction, a principle allows and national court to proceed. queued any one for our trustees regardless of their day, they're committed. okay. and, and explain to us how that would work. i mean, how come the application is as of universal jurisdiction actually help victims of violence hold the arrange, a radian regime accountable. this is actually that is something that could cause some troubles for the union. rashid like a, it means that anyone involving in a repressing process, theirs could be persecuted like for example, they can not freely travel to western countries anymore without the fear of being arrested and holding accountable. so this low as this principle was the same law that allowed a human rights activist to prosecute an arrest jaime new re. he was a, put

a key figure in the 1988 mass executions of political prisoners in iran. and that was a really historic victory for survivors and family members of people who were executed. and he was sentenced to life in prison. and he's in a suite then, and present at the moment. okay, in the fall we've just got a little a few moments left, but just give us a sense of how women and iran feel now about their lives in the islamic republic and how things have changed since the protests in 2022. even though the regime has increased, they have spent a whole month because of not observing the mandatory he job through of more women come to the streets of taking off their head scarves. i'm talking to many of them or following the discussions on social media and many say that they are, they are willing to fight for their basic twice,

but they would need actual international support. otherwise it would have, it would be a so costly and hard for them to fight this regime because it is the regime does, doesn't mind. so 1st thing their own citizens using every shape and form of bite and use me look, funk, allow me. thank you so much for that. as it's now being 10 years since russia illegally annexed crimea, following an invasion, using troops without russian uniforms. it was the beginning of a decade long war with ukraine, coleman, a sing, and the full scale invasion. 2 years ago. its position on the black sea makes crime it strategically. important. assets dependency losses is a key, bass enable fleets and safe called security interests in the region. crimea is home to both ethnic russians and ukrainians, as well as indigenous crime in tacos, and others, russia's annexation tactics that are being used to claim all the territories. and

ukraine report now 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 might on revolution in february 2014. and we did a call 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 keys 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 were dumped 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 you crate the opinion. schuler was positive, sorry, via russia prior to 1954, and the majority of crime 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. of the most story 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. are new to their home shores hadley bitty to their home port, to rush on the beast, give it to you the,

the time persians. popularity was flagging. he used to bionics ation to boost his approval rating, riding a wave 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 safelite 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 crime media to mainland russia. any ukrainian push to retake the financial a hinges on the bridge that would need to cut russian supply lines. the. the bridge has been targeted before and you ukraine's presidents will let them use the lensky

has made clear his wish to re night to crimea 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 him after 10 years of occupation and war re taking crimea would symbolize to craniums the threat from russia could one day be over. finally, to new zealand, where a group of elderly people are taking a more light hosted approach to what is so many the most serious subjects. they joined a coffin club, a social club. the thoughts were members couldn't meet, build their own costs, custom coffins and barry to boost here at hastings coffin club. the cost gets onto exactly what you'd expect. this one's being fitted out by vintage car and t z s complete with lights and even steering wheel says weiss caught

a good handle. i'm caught up at mann and most at the most expense on the side. i better stop y training because i will be carried up on the tapes that like halting approach to what is for many the most serious subject to bowl that is a whole month of the club and is often elderly members. they've been coming together since 2014 to drink tea. the biscuits and of course, build their own custom coffins, is one of several clubs that have sprung up across new zealand in recent years, offering people the chance to go out in style, as well as to save money on funeral costs. it's also a place to socialize and discuss death and dying out in the open. so very therapy, lots and drugs, um and i think it most well not. i think everybody that's here is except that thanks, i'm going to die with that my team a coffin. so with that they volunteer and it doesn't matter if the club says it's

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