ah ah ah ah ah was ah, this is leih from berlin its election day in iran. citizens can go to the post to choose a new president for the newsletter or public, with near unable, reformist candidates far from running. what choice do they really have? also coming up approved is not once or twice we follow a group of impoverished defendants wayland who has their country for

a better life in columbia. but they've been forced to return. and pirate tries to lower back towards after a year of cobra devastation. prices are slashed and deals up and yet to return the ah, i'm fully as welcome to the program. voting is underway in iran, in a controversial presidential election. these voters into iran lined up to cost their balance, but overall turnover is expected to be exceptionally low. there is widespread apathy after hundreds of candidates, including prominent moderates, were barred from running. many voters are also angry over the impact of international sanctions, unemployment and hard line rule. 3 of the 4 candidates are viewed as hardliners. frontrunner abraham racy is one of them. the ultra conservative cleric is

a staunch ally and protege of supreme leader, ayatollah ali. from any abraham race, he has what it takes to make it to the top in iran, the 60 year old received most of his education that religious seminaries supported ayatollah whom many during the revolution in 1979 and has been part of the islamic republics in a circle ever since he's got the support of the ultra conservative establishment and most importantly, iran supreme leader. so when he entered the race to become president racy, immediately became a front runner even more so after any serious reformist and moderate competition was bought from running and other hard line us both out to boost his chances. the few relatively unknown rivals still in the running. no, they don't stand a chance against the truck just head of the judiciary. they only serve as

a backdrop to give rise even one thing only lacking so far democratic museum and studying again. as a result, many iranians feel they have no real choice at the ballot box. no, i'm not taking part in the election. we participated for many years and it had no impact on our lives. and the elections are not free with them or the newspapers. so i have voted 3 times before, but what i wanted never came to pass. so this time i'll definitely not vote that public does that affection and high inflation. no one's living in comfort and peace and the government never keeps it word gets. paradoxically, this increases raise his chances of winning even further because he rides most conservative voters are the ones that usually do turn up at the pulse. in the long term though, if he's elected, a lack of public support could end up undermining his standing or joining us now

for some analysis is the head of the dw persian service. yelder sar. bosh. hi ya. that good to see you. and is this election really a voting exercise in name only? yes, you know, but the thing is that when we talk about elections in iran, in general, we cannot, we cannot, we cannot presume what we understand and what's on the market is every election. so the election, we want to have always been engine, engine art engine here in a way. but there is a big difference in this year's election because in the, in the last years, at least, they were trying to, to keep up appearances of a republic by allowing reformers candidates also called before us candidates. but the thing is that in this year's election, not only the garden concert did not disqualify every every candidates who could

be a potential threat to the hotline are candidates burning, right? you see who as it seems, and every year her new fords will be elected. but he is kind of also the, the favorite candidate off a supreme either i have to love how many and what is what is important. and also to see is that even hard line or candidates who could be a challenge to them, right? you see, we're not allowed but who are at the same time are close to the supreme either. so it is very, it is the 1st time to just such a manufacturer, it's kind of election to pay the way for $1.00 particular candidate. right, well let's take a look at the fact that the country's been suffering from economic problems for many years now close out, it's about, you've got the punitive sanctions and because of the nuclear program, how is this affecting turn? i've been it is affecting turn off because people are disappointed. people are fit up. it is like even the people who may be the last 4

years ago or 8 years ago, even had a slight of hope in some changes. now, after 8 years of the government of prison, the hon. you came to the, you know, came to the conclusion that there is actually no, no chance for any kind of change in this direction. so when we, when the thing right now this year is really on, in social media, on the streets, every, every saw in the report, a huge kind of boy cut of election. but it's at the end, we don't know what the turn out will be because you can also not rely on the, on the numbers and the figures that will come. so what we, what we see now actually is that this time it's not even so important for them. if there was a low turn out to let my stay, the system of this logic,

we're public. all right, we'll leave it. there. are bash from the persian service. thanks for that analysis . thank. are right. moving on now to at the number of people fleeing wars, violence or civil unrest that rose again last year, even as the crone of ours pandemic brought much of the world to a standstill. now, by the end of 2020, they were just over 82000000 people forcibly displaced from their homes. that's according to the united nations refugee agency. it's double the number a decade ago. and more than 2 thirds of those officially recognized as refugees are from just 5 countries, syria, venezuela, of ghana, stan sites who don and myanmar and children make up a disproportionate amount of displaced people. chris meltzer is the spokes person for the us refugee agency and he describes what the situation is like for children . this is also a depressing and i was many rep if she kept in the dash. i'm just returning from

a heard from several refugees around the world. actually the parents telling the forget us, we love generation to do something volunteered with give them education chance while we don't want to get off the parents generation as well. that indeed, education is the key factor for the, for the children of these records. she will not become engineers, pilots, doctors, whatever, handyman. but at least that they have the future. that's why this was a priority for us. unfortunately, quite often we do not have enough money to give more than just basic education. right, well as we just heard, the venezuela is a hot spot in the global refugee crisis in 2019 us sanctions against the venezuelan regime, led by socialists nicholas my little contributed to an economic meltdown. now that worse and food shortage and send millions fling to neighboring countries and international effort to raise money for venezuela. refugees and migrants kicked off

on thursday. t w's oscar shanker reports. they are coming to walkers, millions of them have left venezuela fleeing the country's humanitarian crisis. now, some of them are going back depend demik and political turmoil in neighboring columbia has prompted a wave of his williams worn down by economic hardship to make the journey home. i left them with the goal of succeeding and helping my family. but now i saw the 2 high in columbia, i could not make any jewish ad. he has just made it back to venezuela after walking for 2 weeks with his family, from the columbia in capital bogus. they survived on goodwill along the way, but that dried up when they cross the border. the situation at home is dire, and g o say that the country need much more international aid to stave of crippling hunger financing way below what is necessary in regards to the dimensions that

rises in the country. the numbers are shameful. even the aides that does reach venezuela is hard to distribute activist efforts, often hampered by fuel shortages, violence, corruption, and political meddling. according to the world food program, venezuela is among the 4 worst countries in the world with food and security. and the un predicts that by the end of this year, 7000000 people could have left venezuela making it the 2nd largest migration after syria. yet humanitarian aid for venezuela is that it's minimum and they're in a better mood days thought about joining the exodus. but says the risk was and is too high with young children. through her eldest daughter school, her family received food and educational supplies from units of until december. now they're hoping more aid can restart the program. you'll not take

a c. i notice that when we received the aid, many parents were happy and thankful mostly for the food, because we can give the children in our school. a balanced meal plan to make ends meet the stay at home. mom relies on what she can find to be and maybe have extra extra sale. but the supply of cheap food is sporadic. we cannot buy imported products in regular supermarket. i don't know, prices this isn't it, but we have to settle for a small market, home, vegetable merchant and places that sell a better prices in my micro norm eco. that is the venezuela becoming empty is a walking home to a country still ravaged by economic decline. its people still struggling to feed themselves, still waiting for international help. all right, well let's take a look at some other stories from around the world. a court has ordered astrazeneca

to deliver 15000000 covert 900 shots of the european union. by late september, it's far fewer than the you originally sort, but both sides are hailing the decision as a victory. the british swedish pharmaceutical firm face for fines of 10 euros per missing shot. if it doesn't deliver it, the doses on time north korean leader kim young and has described the feature of its government relations with the united states as a mixture of dialogue and confrontation. his remarks at a meeting of the ruling party were his 1st on the biden ministration, which has urged north korea to abandon its nuclear program and return to the federal government in nigeria have kidnapped at least 800 students and 5 teachers from a school in the remote town of been in the re, in county state, a police officer was killed and the rate is the latest in a series of mass abductions in the countries northwest authorities, blame, armed groups seeking ransom payments that former ivory coast president law on get

back. bull has returned home after being cleared of war crimes charges because bose refusal to accept electoral defeat in 2011 plunged ivory coast into months of violence in which thousands of people died. he was finally forced from power and still trial at the international criminal court in the hague. only a small number of local back bows supporters were allowed to abi john airport to see his plain touch down. even after 10 years outside of the country, support for the former president remained strong. his return has right the hugs of many and ivory coast. it's all we wanted one day of glory. we erased out 10 years of suffering. we want everything and simply thanks to god because they gave us back our father do what am i today i will sleep well and i pray to god that he arrives at his destination. i want to see and salute him and i expect

reconciliation wise dog returned home after being cleared by the international criminal court and the 76 year old was charged with crimes against humanity. after his refusal to accept a feat and a 2010 election triggered a bloody civil war, that conflict left 3000 people good. but back bows. homecoming is being seen by many as a significant step towards reconciliation. after the quarter with the i, c. c, the current president of ivory coast le sound what the invited is for the rival to return home and back. both himself says he wants to lobby for peace, leaving john airport on thursday. he didn't say anything to the public, but his later greeted many of his supporters at his former presidential campaign headquarters. the day he told the crowd, he was happy to be home. glad to be back in ivory coast and africa.

the $53.00 coast is looking for peace through reconciliation, although many and not sure if the whole bag both returned will contribute to political stability or challenges. germany is marking 80 years since the nazi invasion of the soviet union. the surprise attack on june 22nd 941 would become the biggest and bloodiest front in world war 2 and, and in nazi germany is complete destruction. by the end of the war, an estimated 27000000 soviet citizens had died, including 14000000 civilians. from the beginning operation, barbarossa as the invasion was called, was conducted as a war of an elation. the germans also treated sylvia prisoners of war brutally. they were executed, starved, or died on forced marches from the front lines. and the nazis took some 5700000 soviet prisoners of war. over the course of 4 years. it's estimated that more than

3000000 soviet prisoners war died, making them one of the largest groups of nazi victims. and.