he released this footage of police, turning up at his home eyeball by the authorities can be heard demanding, he stopped filming. i thought, i know why. speaking early this year, his prophetic words have now been realised in what many c as a further erosion of the free press in hong kong. i think that the situation and a message is clear to from the government that making reports and doing uncovering new story will have some criminal results. you may be charged, you may be mean that your freedom, whatever. so it's not easy to say that i'm not afraid of the situation. the rate on stand news is the latest move in a space of crackdowns and to beijing opaque national security law. this address for me is said to detect a national security crime under the national security law in june,

hong kong largest pro democracy paper. the apple daily was also rated and forced to close. it's founded july, was recently sentenced to 13 months in jail, but withstand news gone. and more journalist detained. the grip on hong kong free press grows ever tighter of what alice bring in our correspondent phoebe cong. she's in hong kong. the authorities have been cracking down on free press there for some time now. how significant is this closure of stand news? indeed, this is another major blow to hong kong shown it. and i was take industry following the closure of apple daily. earlier this year that this is actually the 2nd collapse of our, our leading our pro democracy media, our organizations in hong kong. that stan news is very popular in hong kong and has

a large reader base of all over a 1000000 readers of followers as subscribers and our lay. most of them are our current vesee supporters and he's also an award winning news organization. so on, this is a, is going to create a huge impact as, according to the hong kong jugglers association. the express deep concerns to us the case. and it expected that he will create a photo or chilly, in fact, and also to intensify the self censorship among journalists. because our report is fully real, more fearful about either we pause or in put it's code the sense as our every one is not sure about whether or it could be accused of seditious or not. so it was very briefly if you could, maybe on what grounds the police justified they're ready than these arrest? oh, well the police has held a press sir to are elaborate. they cut the evidence they gathered, involving in this case that on

a thursday of frozen are $61000000.00 hong kong dollars assets of, of san years. and that lay basically we can say it directly lead to the closure of san is because they can no longer operate without a funks. and then secondly, they are blade out a series of like our evidence of our reports written by a journalist of san hughes. and also our commentaries contributed by blockers and commentators. many of them are relating to on the 2019 and did government protest and um, some other like critical views are against the government. so the police have these kind of materials both inside hatred against the government. so it could be deemed as criminal, right, with free press being strangled phoebe. what options do hong kong are, is heard for informing themselves properly now.

well, after the closure, i'll stand, the ost areas of suv have a few remaining at independence on news organization. but on the scale is smaller than skinner, than, than, than stand news. and also the influence is, are smaller than standnew. so people have to resort to other ways to get informed. especially for example, maybe reading the news from fine media as or ah, to basically many read us that they don't like leaf in our reports are from mainstream media. so people are definitely finding other ways to getting forms, but it's getting more difficult as more restrictions. we're expecting that government is proposing as some kind of our antique effect new laws and some regulations to restrict the, the free flow of information. so i'm, it's getting harder for people to get that freed information here. phoebe, thank you very much. that was our correspondent. phoebe cong, they're in hong kong. now

today, it's no longer just armies on the battlefield. that wage wars unmanned to drones, often controlled by people on a different continent, have become a weapon of choice. they're talented is precision precision. strikes against individual fighters. but often civilians get caught in the balance center injured or killed. in one recent case and syria, there was accidental footage of what actually happened to these people. a warning this report contains imagery. as you may find disturbing, they somehow managed to survive. first, the attacks on their village, then the escape from serious assad regime. and now a drone attack targeting a suspected al qaeda find her. the family was in their car right behind the suspect on their way to visit grandparents. the children were in the back seat. this simple farming family is what the army caused collateral damage. has been different.

mccarthy can learn. salvi, my entire family was wounded. my son and i were hurt very badly. we'll fight on fulfillment and we don't have a car anymore. now that we have nothing left thea, what all that and the she the mother fancy mom needs to go back to the hospital, but she is terrified of the journey. her infection can not be treated at home was ah, so it is, i don't know how to describe my feelings and she will alone. i can see the pain suffered by my wife and my son, my daughters. let martin with the legs and head. i haven't eaten for 4 days. hope this is the village of al rami, the grandparents live here. the area is also a hide out for al kind of fighters. on december 3rd, the family was heading home. the children were filming happily the motorcyclist and

the blue jacket was the drone attacks target. a us soldier on the other side of the world, pressed a button at that moment the father oc mud decided to overtake the motorbike. ah, oh, oh oh, oh. somehow a 10 year old mock mood survived. he was taken to id live 35 kilometers away for emergency surgery. he was then in a coma for 3 days. part of his skull is missing. a few days later, father archman returns to the site of the attack. he finds parts of his car

on his little bosley, la jolla. val, boom, we were drinking fruit juice. we were happy. we'd be on the way home. lot mood i was the children were having fun marbles. all of a sudden this happiness turned into a blood bath. obama's, the screams. we all screamed, but i did what i could. euro then help came the sho in omar, the liberal. i remember that robert robert this is how a family outing ended the global coalition against islamic state flu. more than 300 drone missions in northern syria. this year alone. this one happened to be filmed. the only cron variant of the coretta virus is fast becoming dominant here in europe. countries like france, britain, italy in portugal, have all announced a record number of new infections in poland. authorities say nearly 800 deaths have

been recorded in one day, the highest number. so far in that country, 75 percent of the people that died had not been vaccinated. germany, on the other hand, has seen a dip in its infection rates, but health minister car love. her boss says he doesn't trust the numbers because of test failures and reporting delays due to the holidays. or more on the coven 19 situation in germany, let's speak to dr. a. yan sons. he's the general secretary at the german society intensive and emergency medicine. thanks for being with us. are fiances. germany is surrounded on all sides by countries with soaring infection rates. is this country due for a rude awakening to? yes. hello. good morning. i thing at this point in time we cannot provide any reliable data on the proportion of the amo from the very end in germany. this is also, if you like, a lot of our health minister said due to the previous public holidays. here. the

reports are always clearly delayed. how am it can be assumed? i think that the on the can very and will certainly dominate in january like in the other countries like great britain like an all way like denmark like portugal. and this means that like in other countries named con greece, we can expect significant number of infections and currently 10000 infections with the on the chron, verin's have been reported. here we are recording daily growth rate of almost 50 percent, and therefore one cannot speak of the rude awakening at the moment. okay, so the picture doesn't look that rosy already. how are german intensive care units holding up to the surgeon, infections? and this is a very good question at the moment, 4170 patients. we've covered nonsense currently being treated in intensive care

units. thus, the situation is currently, i think, definitely manageable at the moment level of this, we are, of course, very concerned with that with increasing infection from the on the can varian and high number of infections following the occupancy of hospitals and intensive care units will also increase again, unfortunately, the hospitalization rates reported from other countries with the american very and dominant is lower compared to previous wave. nevertheless, infections among employers can lead to bottlenecks in the staff and thus increased the bird even more of a young sense. thank you very much. i thank you. you're watching the w news. just reminder the top story we're following for you today. hong kong, independent news outlet stand, news says it's closing after it's offices were rated and assets frozen. police

arrested 7 people and confiscated evidence is the latest blow to free press. in hong kong. you're watching the w news from berlin coming up next. we've got a documentary film for you, a feature on iran, from above the mountains. i'm terry martin from me and all of us here at dw, thanks for watching. ah ah, take your time for an experiment about time. it can be measured precisely. and yet each person experiences it differently as if there are different

forms of time with a dimension. and illusion. about time starting december 31st on d. w. ah, ah iran loot. a vast country often called the cradle of civilization from the persian gulf to the caspian sea, from snow kept mountain ranges to era desert. it's the country both fertile and astir. a study in contrast, as is the culture and way of life, of its 80000000 inhabitants a country and its people. a run at the intersection of tradition and change a country with few outside visitors. for many foreigners. iran is the place of

paradox and myth. but it is home to a 1000 year old culture in which a variety of lifestyles, traditions, and religions co exist. mountain ranges, desert plateaus, the plains and valleys of the east, filmed from above. this spectacular landscape surf as a lens on to the country's history and its people. ah, the mountains, wild and untouched, tamed unto masticated cover. one 3rd of iran's territory.

their distant peaks have played an important role in the country's history. heading west towards the airport massif. the mountains have long served as a safe haven for many communities and a bulwark of resistance to invaders. and near to run the majestic mount, dumb of, and stands as the natural defense in front of the iranian capital. heading south parallel to the border with iraq. the zak ross mountain range coincides with a stretch of the fabled silk road near the tuchman and afghan border and its mountain range is mush hut, the capital of the region. a famous pilgrimage destination for the she

i it's the mom, it is thus shrine, and it's pilgrim donations. have ensured much hearts development for centuries. thanks to the inflow of craftsmen, pilgrims and afghani, she i'd much, what has become the 2nd largest eroni city and one of the wealthier, once the complex of the shrine is of real tone within the town. sheltering one of the largest most in the world.

molson turkey works there as a volunteer dedicated to the visitors and pilgrims, he embodies the tradition of his lands, hospitality and solidarity. mambo chanda says m. o. i tried to adapt my lifestyle to e. martinez. i was teaching, just refresh my memory as i said, don't get mad at people be kind to every was just don't ask for anything, but don't get tired of others requests. what you wish for yourself, what we should also for others the tim of the mom is a must visit for old she i it's as to most and turkey. a mom raises is older, more popular because he's the only islam religious leader to be buried in iran. ah, pull that up to that cuz i wanna get rid of all the water in about as

a child. i came here with my parents. that's when i decided to volunteer at the memories, a shrine for them by the passion, because out of that a job role normally that a shot, the most important task of a volunteer is to guide the pilgrim just asking is having mother from all your house. there's good movie to honorable, also you shall as it is a religious size. a main mission is to ensure a security on it, because i didn't want to amber ought ombudsman. i'm that all has evolved valuable as a shown that you have more to man. i view a lot. he with the number for the help of this from rosen josefina ah, about 20 to 30000000 people, visit the site every year. on holy days, up to 2000 volunteers are called for back up to inform and guide the visitors

most and knows how to manage the crowds that flood in for the maitre islamic celebrations. ah ah, ah ah angel this shrine is open to all him. all minorities and face, i'll tell you must catholic muslin. christian soon i she,

i saw all religions are welcome here on the water. the hot on mission. when the evening cool, so prayer resounds the most important of the day. the venue fills up not only was pilgrims, but with mush hut, citizens who come off to work, move in a place of worship. it's also a place of hospitality sharing and above all solidarity. it's a gathering point, a place of contemplation and mindfulness for the city's inhabitants more than 12 centuries old. the charitable foundation that runs the shrine is the

oldest in iran thanks to the foundations, health care campaigns more than 1000000 people are said to have received medical care. ah, not far from tehran is the highest peak of both the elbows range and the entire country mount, dumb of aunt mm. it's the iranian mount fuji, an ancient volcano dormant for 7000 years, believe to have magical powers. at a height of 5671 meters, it dominates the landscape. over the centuries, poets and writers have made mild, dumb of, and a symbol of resistance to foreign rule, often called the sacred mountain. its peak is high enough that it remains snow

topped even in the summer. the lar national park lies at the foot of the mountain. it boasts one of the richest natural habitats of all of iran's nature reserve. the soil near the ancient volcano is unusually rich. over the millennia volcanic eruptions have deposited minerals in the earth. this natural fertilizer and the warm and humid climate allow plant life to flourish here. the slopes of mount dom haven't a home to countless flowering plants. the most famous iranian honey is produced here. blue man dodged armine. as a beekeeper, he followed in his father's footsteps, who passed on his love for bees and honey to him as a young boy. he's now been keeping bes for 30 years.

mobile, it is an around the 1st of june. you said we're given a permit that lets us stay in lar park until september, 1st of that year. but my job is we can set up a camp top but with tense only. i'm sorely jody. when we do the most in hudson cabins, are forbidden. here on the road. we set up one or 2 tents jo live here and 12 are behind your mamma. ah, us in the body. the bees make honey from time. milk fetch. giant fennel and other flowers as you wish. yeah, it's an excellent honey but do. busy we have such a diversity of flowers here with the honey we make also has medicinal properties. i said the old regime, a silly govern thanks to its diverse climate and its abundance of flowering plants species. iran is the world's 3rd largest honey producer. be

keeping flourished here in the region, even at the dawn of islam. honey is already described as the source of healing in the koran. in the 11th century, the persian philosopher and physician avi center praised honey for its therapeutic properties. ah, the unable yet being a beekeeper takes love double duty. it's a passion mutual and it captures you just like a drug. it was, they haven't got it. got it. but some is, i take the frames out of the hives to kiss them. that's how much i love my b. not oh amanda simpson. ah,

charge me this is pam all with us. yes ma'am. when i go back to my tent, because all my tiredness and fatigue disappear planner you were laid out and i listened to the dumb avant river of on before the woodland, enjoying mount, dumb yvonne's beauty. all your rank and the magnificent flowers and the nature of that surrounds me here in the outdoors. ah, that's my life and the captain with all its joyce and hardships. saki, it's a good life raw g m daughter was evo, whethers hm got it. ah zam will get moody bees are gods blessing their gods creatures god enough without the bees to pollinate plants and crops, the natural world would disappear within 4 years or so. our very existence depends on them. indeed in san was company

although enjoyed good. have 1 am over as long as i have the strength to work with bees. i'll remain a beekeeper even got a quote number that he ah mt dm of and, and the national park just a short distance away from tehran. the cities climate is influenced by his geographic location at the crossroads between mountains and desert. in the north of this city, the air is cooler and humid in the south. a hot dry wind blows in from the desert. for to ron's geographical location and its distance from old borders, helped protect it from foreign invasion and allowed it to flourish. after a new dentist he arose, the city became the new capital in 1786. since then,

the city has grown and industrialized at a breathtaking pace. today, the metropolitan area is home to 15000000 people. the city is the economic and political heart of the country. it also boasts at iran landmark, the as a d o freedom tower and not far from its historic district religious monuments and the bazaar. a vibrant urban district has emerged. the tubby at bridge is another emblem of the fresh wind blowing in iran. the pedestrian bridge links the abraham and the tale, honey forest parks. the tubby yacht, or nature bridge acts as an extension of the 2 parks merging into the landscape. the bold, multi level design does more than connect to parks, a bosses.