the, the, you're watching due to the news coming to live from berlin, georgia's parliament approves a controversial law that has sparked a weeks of protests for waste clash with protesters as lawmakers agree, restrictions on media and other groups which got funding from a broad critics say the legislation is a threat to democracy and the damage is george's hopes of joining see your opinion . also on our show, america as a top triple. that takes a message of support to ukraine. absolutely blinking cells president zelinski the u . s. military april. make a real difference on the battlefields. possibly look at the plight of refugees, web flat, the civil war and sudan. as more people are displaced worldwide than ever.

the clare richardson, welcome. george's parliament has approved a controversial wall that has sparked weeks of protests. police have confronted demonstrators outside parliament. were lawmakers had also clash before the vote to place. critics of the ruling and george and dream party affairs, the so called for an influence bill will be used to stand about defense and will dent george's hopes of joining the european union. the legislation requires media and other words to register as for suing be in for somebody foreign power. if they get more than 20 percent of their funding abroad or correspondents, maria cuts them, i'd say, is outside the national parliament in tbilisi, where protesters are gathered denouncing the legislation. maria,

can you give us the latest? gives an update on how these protests have been developing this evening. the process us doing guns here the now we can see that the police and they arrived for these, the last the, the parliament square. the protest says however they continue to stay on. they say that they're gonna stay here until the 9th. they say that even though they've been for testing for almost a month now, they still going to take to the streets even the, even though the government decided to who should have the, the bill and adults to the today. uh now it's, it's important to understand that people here, they say that their, their country is actually of across roles. that's why when there is such as historic historic events and folding, they cannot stay at home since that's why they're still gathering the column in

square. but now it's very peace and we have not seen any, any classes with the police on the passes. i just showed it was out there it goes before an agent bell. now as we've heard, the critics, as you say, have compared this legislation to a law and russians that has been used to crack in town on defense. stay with us, maria. i'd like to give our viewers some context here. first to banks and george's parliament descended into an old mountain bruise is the so called russian more past it's food and find reading. another milestone for a contra visual bill, which has sparked weeks of mass produce outside crowds again, voice bill opposition ewing. the little will be used to suppress political, the st. moving georgia, a, when you from it's

a u. s. variations and towards russia. thing is, we're protesting against russian low, but in reality are protesting. and again, instruction as in, because we've been through this, georgia has been through this in organizational pressure, physically and mentally, always for the centuries. and we're not going to let our government finally decide this. when you want to go to your role and your friend, you will tell us, you know, to take just a little issue to say, just most of the ruling georgia dream policy and says it's committed to european integration and projects. comparisons between this bill requiring organizations receiving more than 20 percent of funding from abroad to read just as agents of foreign influence and roles and russia is opposite by branding or labeling of this law as a russian law doesn't lead to a constructive engagement because this law has nothing to do with the, with the russian law having passed, it's 3rd reading. the bill now goes to the president who has said she will be

television, but that will likely only cause a delay. the government says it plans to use its majority to override any veto before the more is officially adopted. or tell us more about the governing georgia dream party and why it once has this bill passed to spice? is pro tacitly seen? well, yes indeed. it's very important to look closer at the georgia and being taught to you this funded by the billing and we made his fortune, rush it with the name. and it's really a many here in georgia believe that he's the honda bill, even though she doesn't really have a formal position within the government, he's believe to be the inform the country so that he doesn't really believe that she'd be with the west even before this is that

this policy is suggesting, in particular, this for an agent fails, the government's re, to re sign. it is and the government also says that once the pharmacy over and deals on the, the civil society. and that's what people to, the government is full credit. the sign is critical voice says to suppress the pro, democratic and pro you movements in this country. as you say, the government does say this is aimed at european integration, and yet these protestors clearly concerned about what this could mean. could it, could it up ends? george's plans to join the you again, the government declares officially is that it is to meet it to do. you can pop that up with us as the year they cannot on the saw you so and they say all upfront is starting on the bill. why the government is not doing so this is

a silly question. again, if we go back to the battery for the new machine decides that she will not allow you pregnant station of georgia and he's afraid of the possible one with the restaurants. 10, also give us a rush and now on why they decided to do uh, they say that russia is a neighbor. they say that, you know, it would be nice to see if i'm just trying to track the balance at a p is russia unacceptable. georgia. the georgia is gathered here the problem and they say that eliminate them from the was

the west, shouldn't give up on georgia that they're expecting more support from the was because they say that the cost is less than korea. thank you so much for reporting from noisy to please see there. that is our correspondence. maria cuts on monday. steel crane now, where us secretary of state antony blinking has been meeting with president will let him years lensky, blinking his dressing. us support for ukraine as it fights off increasingly intense pressure attacks. united states top diplomat also visited memorial to fall in troops in the capital q r corresponding economy as following developments in kia if he told us more about lincoln's visit. this is 1st and foremost about showing the great inside that they are not forgotten that america is committed and that the attention administration often months where basically cause a has a seem to occupy everyone's head space in dc that ukraine is still a top priority. as we said, this is

a soon as the investment of time getting to key of you called fly. he up ticket trains component. so it's basically a day each way a so this is a significant sign. this isn't just to kind of freaking working visit. it's his 1st since that's cause it will start using last year and his full system will begin and compare that to many more visits to israel in the past few months. and i think it's also about trying to discuss, especially what to do with the $60000000000.00 worth of us 8 that are now being signed off on. and that will be coming here increasingly we've already heard from fully minutes. let's keep friends present saying that the 1st priority is a defense and asking for patriot missile defense systems from the us as ukraine store. and it has a handful of these most of the come from europe. so a real kind of clear requests me great inside that to help protect kind of give and the region of to base a couple of days of extreme fighting a sore corresponding economy and kiff. now russia supreme court has projected on appealed by a kremlin critic against a 25 year prison term. vladimir cut them where's i was convicted on treason and

other charges or critics. they were politically motivated. after the death of alexander vonny, car, morsa has become russia's most significant office ocean figure, a voice in opposition from his prison cell in russia. as he appeared with his legs, the prison sentence, vladimir called remotes, has been an outspoken critic of 2 tints, russia, and the bowl in ukraine. it is a stones, this is costing daily. he has suffered to suspected poisonings as well as time in jail. a. these covers the savings a 25 year prison sentence on treason charges, including disseminating false information about the russian army of to he made a speech in the us saying that russia had committed war crimes in ukraine. it is the longest known sentence of all of 2 tens jailed critics. longer even than the punishment, the rate or measure amnesty international has designated him

a prisoner of conscience. he has compared his case to a style and a show trial, col remote to appeal. this sentence, but it's taken until now it's got to hearing the russian supreme court had postponed, the appeal insisting that to be physically present to the hearing. despite to state of health, which his lawyer has called worrying concerns about his health. a very real. since the lexi nevada, all these sudden death in an optic prison earlier this year, which is the votes, is pinned on the kremlin from our on this. i'm now drawings in our studio by adobe is russia analyst, konstantin, aggregate concerts in chrome, or is that sentenced to 25 years in prison? why do you think this was such a severe sentence and is there now any chance that we could see him get out? will redeem it. whom have the all of no, of course there's quite a use uh is a very, very distinctive among the rest of the position. she was probably the only one that i would cite who really manage to must all the language of conversations with

weston, political edits. and that's why he was so successful in convincing that to say many people in congress to support sanctions against put it gives the beginning of the food. he was one of the most effective critics of cotton in the west. and i think that in a certain why this severe, completely really stall in his sentence is perverse recognition of what he managed to in what kind of trouble she inflicted on the criminal. you think it's a signal that put in a sending to other political dissidents. well, i mean, let's not speak about putting the signals. i mean, she can do whatever he pleases. uh, for example, when we speak about the supreme court upholding descent. so let's, let's clarify the terminology. there is no supreme court, which is russia like the original parliament, which definitely base anything on no prosecution which only prosecute split

incentives was predestined to be with was was easily to predict what they're going to say. i think that this is very much also is statement that you should not be and you should take the signals from the crumbling very seriously because a lot of people who are the middle was a presence twice. uh, not at least once it was clear that it was a relatively my boss. and so they were telling, can you have to sit this ship's? he was also bridge or subject go, i believe, as of though the said the stage in russia really seeming the irritated the crime. because someone who actually very publicly works in the west against the criminal is living in law school. and i think that that is why in the punishment the subsidy that his lawyer and his wife are concerned, that he could face

a similar fate to that of alex, a nevada, the who died under um, you'll be circumstances in a prison. what do we know about the conditions that he's being held in currently? look, i do not want to go into these details of conditions the russian prison because there's one thing for sure. in any prison in russia, beach and most will be beyond the arctic circle. they can make your life hell if they are ordered to do so. nobody spends, i think, 4050 days in so called punishment. so which was like an inverted coffee model less in terms of size for the bigger. and this punishment ranges from psychological torture. for example, when they were taking away the bible from the wiley by the weight of the team, it is also of course and believe it is, seems a minor thing, but to denigrate to it's your rights to have books and so so they can go as far alas, they can go as far as they wish, and this is very dangerous. thank you so much for that. that is dw constantine. i've heard here in the studio with may. i appreciate that analysis. i think i'm

bring you up to speed now with some other world new stories. a senior figure in russia's defense ministry has been arrested on suspicion of bribery. investigators searching the properties of the ministry's head of personnel. your equipment solve, say they found more than a $1000000.00 in cash and valuables. the risk comes as days after a long time after a long time defense minister saga shaw who was replaced the company behind chat gt has released a new artificial intelligence model capable of realistic conversations with no delay. it's open a eyes latest effort to stay ahead of its rivals. researchers presented the model called g p, t for o, asking it for among other things on a mass equation. this is what it ended up with. a massive surface underway in northern france. after armed a gunman ambushed a prison van to free an inmates to prison. guards were killed and 3 wounded at a toll booth. a high profile in may, 2 french media, nick named the fly was being returned to prison after

a court hearing. and his rarely troops have advanced deeper into the southern city of rough button gauze. according to witnesses, there it is, the last remaining how much strong holes is really tanks were said to have moved from the east of the city into neighborhoods, further west view and saying almost 450000 people have left prophet since israel started the slightest advance conflicts and disasters are pushing a record number of people out of their homes to seek shelter from war and destruction. the internal displacement monitoring centers has more than 75000000 were forced to fleet within their own countries. in 2023. the worst effected nation sedan for civil war has displaced more than 9000000 people in warning that our next report contains disturbing and which is a full year old yes mean has struggled to walk since she was shot in the lake, she is from l janina into don's west style full,

but he's growing up in the camps. the displaced people across the border in chad. last year is fighting me at the home. yes. mean, fled with her family. but the rebel power miller treat groups the rapids support forces caught off with them. a bullet toll through yes means leg and he's her mother. why did i do her mother who was 8 months pregnant? was killed and yes mean was left all alone. some people found her on the road and brought her here on the road to the buddha. we old suffered the rapids support forces killed and wounded. so many people who i got a race and human rights watch reports accused. as the rapids support forces and allied militias of carrying out attacks in west of full killing thousands. the

report says this indicates ethnic cleansing will crimes and genocide. the power military group has been at will with su don's army since april 20, 23 and 4 is a front in the civil war. thousands of people were killed in clashes and asked strikes, you know, fashion over the weekend. it's the last major cc and all for still under the sudanese armies control. the city is reportedly under siege and there is a communications blackouts to the united nations ones, but fighting is endangering 800000 civilians in alpha and preventing aid from reaching the region. when millions of people are on the brink of salmon, that time is running out to prevent starvation and therefore, as intensifying clashes north, the forest capital l flasher are hindering our efforts to deliver vital food

assistance into the region. the un has called the situation ensued on one of the west humanitarian disasters in recent memory. age groups via that the violent seemed all full could lead to another massacre in force, millions more people to flee for their lives. i mean her father, as a sudan policy analyst at the time, we are institute for middle east policy. he told me more about why so many people in sudan have to force to flee their homes, seeking safety elsewhere saluki. so people have left their homes and the places where they belong, and so, and in city of safe havens intended to me. and they said many instead, many people will be pushed to go into a new a. is the deluxe. have the capacity to provide services in terms of how you cation, electricity, food, and so on. and those who have close the board is facing also very difficult

circumstances where there is no support being provided. they have lost the income and so on. but the vast majority is tim inside the country and facing you know, disasters the situation. i know makes time in. 6 coming uh very soon and, you know, people are just going to be there, you can need to put in the, you know, gas. now have there been a international efforts to, to both ends the fighting and sudan and to provide enough aid. i mean, it seems like if they clearly have not been successful, can you, can you tell us why you think this has fallen apart to this blessing community is definitely lagging in terms of it as positive for them on the political side. they haven't been enough interest and enough determination to push what infections to put that into the hi thing. meanwhile,

this is very much possible in both forwarding action. i, agent as i live i being, you know, they had sustain, been fighting up to day more than a year for what it up to because of the speech and, and then said investment things. so by putting these private interests community could very much in the world and by getting most tedious about approaching this intent or the human opinion side that many issues a the, that so that humidity in, in the response plan is a lot of different. did they mills a funds being tell them to sit down, but even what is being tied up to sedan is not being used. that if you simply by using look at this one, this will have been on the ground for more than he is responding with whatever look and means that they have. and these funds get lost in the good. ok. see open to and nice and agencies. is it possible to say a little bit more about what is happening in alpha share? we heard in this report just now that there is a communications blackout and it's been difficult to communicate. but if you heard

anything in terms of how things are developing or what's happening in those times, it is how do you think? and it's obviously new to me, you know, a frightening that it's coming. it's happening just a few days. i've said human rights for cvd, the report on what's happened in was that for the janina last year, i'm the jim's type investment can bring that took place there. and this would only be, you know, a snapshot of what would happen and then pass it uh, the capital to dashboard. so its absolutely frightening. and this is, i see the 800000. uh, you know, uh it, is it in full uh, most me, uh, i the peas themselves or the cds. uh because i attach it is comprised of, uh, many big courtesy, jeez caps. and we have been seeing over the past few days before it's coming out of these i, these camps where people have been attacked, people have been injured and the know services. uh they is uh, you know,

busy and sofa and must have doctors without borders. and some of the hosts and some of the cops, but one of the accounts that host, the vast majority of people, it has only one doctor. uh, so it is a very 5 me situation. well, thank you so much for joining us on dw news or tell us about it. that is sedan policy analyst. i mean how to follow. we very much appreciate your time today are turning now. it to some other news entities 77th. they can film festival has opened in the south of france. there will be worlds annual danbury will highlight work by hollywood or veterans such as francis board couple up as also hoped. the iranian director mohammed ross who last will be able to attend the premier of his new film . he's been sentenced to 8 years in prison for an alleged security offence, but has fled his homeland. 40 years of preparation, a budget of a $120000000.00 among you, meant to film the side drama. make a loveless, was a labor of love for its director,

and one which drives him to the brink of ruin. megalopolis by legendary hollywood directive princes food popular tools. the story of an architect played by adam drive though he wants to rebuild new york as a vision of the future. following a devastating disaster in the screenplay. re written countless times, couple of drawers on no less than his childhood in new york, a series of novels and roman history. megalopolis, a stroke of genius or a massive failure. the world of cinema will know more about that in just a few days. there are high expectations to direct a yoko salon, to most of the lights is feeling kinds of kindness sees the award winning greek to make a team up once again with us. gwinnett. m a stone lance most as licensed with toast, 3 loosely connected stories surrounding to man and a woman in contemporary america. this is

the moment of truth in little is known about the film. so the fox, only this emma stone dances and how in addition to sophisticated or to a cinema and legendary direct, his politics is also playing a major role. lynn, can this yes. the right name director mohammed russell of phil is in competition. but a few days ago, back home, the director was sentenced to ag is in prison and lashes by the islamic revolution records for collusion against national security. the director has since fled, ron. it's like a rustle of we'll make it to the premier. if he's film the seat of the st could fee, this is can also has of me to overall the want. we'll see. moment actress him activist, you do to go to rush will be presenting

a short film more or see that highlights the stories of victims of sexual violence . go to rush, has accused to will know, infringe direct cause of abuse triggering and you, me to way in france. will revelations can be expected at 102024. just before i let you go, let me remind you of our top stories at this hour. charges parliament has approved a controversial new law just by weeks of protests. organizations back up funding for a broad will actually declare a so called, or an influence. critics say the legislation of anti democratic and damages, george's hopes of joining the european union. and anthony, blinking his in key of to reaffirm american support for ukraine. the west secretary of state, as military a being sent to you pray, will make a real difference in a fight against the russian invitation. and that is your news. i said at this hour eco, africa is coming up next. or as always,

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