ha, women in asia a, b, c is peaceable. nothing can stop me. that is out with this week. ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin and me and my executes for pro democracy activists . the men had challenged last year's military coup rights groups say they were murdered, and a calling for international action against the regime. also coming up,

ukrainian forces aim to retake the occupied hassan region despite being out gun by russian troops. counter offensive could mark a turning point for control of the black sea. and in formula one shall la class, spins out of the french chrome pre letting rival max for stuff and breeze towards another wind. ah, i'm an eclipse mckinnon. thanks so much for joining us. man, mars military government has executed for political prisoners, including a prominent law maker and a well known democracy activist, the 4 men had challenged last year's military coup. among those killed were peer. zaya tore a member of the elected ruling party, and the veteran activists menu, better known as co. jimmy, the military accused,

or 4 men of being involved in terrorist killings. he executions have been widely condemned by international observers. many more political prisoners are facing similar charges. earlier i spoke to i men tan, to journalist from me and mar, who now lives in exile. they told us more about the executions and what they mean for pro democracy, the pro democracy movement so far, very little known about the actual executions. um, even the manner of execution is currently unclear to military has not confirmed how this they were killed, but most are presuming that it was a hanging because that is how executions have been carried out in the past. but we do know that the families were allowed to speak with the 4 men before they were executed on friday. however, they weren't told at the time that adam and we're going to be executed. the military also played coin over the weekend about whether or not they were about to

carry out the sentences, although because the families were allowed to meet with them for the 1st time since their sentencing. many had speculated this will be carried out today. what signal is the military hunter sending? would you say by carrying out these executions? the military hasn't facing quite a lot of resistance from our people within the country, including many of its own officials as well as soldiers police, and those who worked for the military being the target of assassination campaigns, as well as active conflict in many areas of the country are given that there are over a 100 people who are now on death row, who have been sentenced. the military came out. many believe that this is a tactic to try to install and still more fear in the population. but it's quite unlikely that that is going to be successful, although that although there's quite a lot of anger in the country over 2100 people have already been killed by the

military. and so many are unlikely to be cowed by these recent actions or based on what you just said was, is the likely effect of these executions on the democracy movement and man, man of world, likely to see quite a lot of retaliation. and after the sentencing of these men to death, add to that an rti as well as the sentencing of other prominent activists as was partisans that has been retaliatory attacks on prisons on our military officials. and i think we're likely to see another wave of tax as retaliation, or are these actions. and i think we're likely to see the continue erosion of rule of law by people who, you know, may have been in the past, more willing to accept military rule. but are now more and more convinced every day that there will be no justice and there will be no rule of law under this regime.

you've been them and in your criticism of the crew of the one tell you now live in exile, do you hope to return to me and more one day hope to return to them one day. and i do think that given the strength of the resistance to the military so far, you know, this is a, an institution with over $1000000000.00 budget fighting against a population of largely farmers that has been largely unable to solidify its rule even over a year after their cou, i do have hope that i will be able to return the future. however, i think that is not going to be something that's going to happen in the next. in the short term, at least i'm in terms a journalist from me and my thank you so much for your time. thank you for having me to the war and ukraine now where the country's military says it is preparing

a counter offensive in the southern hassan region. now occupied by russian forces president vladimir zalinski has vowed to take back the region, but ukrainian troops are still outgunned by russian forces and say they urgently need more advanced weapons from the west. the ravages of war have left this village uninhabited, except for a few stray pets and these ukrainian fighters as they wait for the order to begin. ukraine's promised pushback towards the strategically and symbolically important city of capstone. currently, under russian control, this village is just kilometers from harrison, but on the ukrainian controlled side of the front line, the signs of devastation are everywhere in what's left of this settlement in his nightly address president followed him as a lensky vow to take back ab son, and said ukrainian troops were already making headway there, but the him was come to that. first of all, we can say now that in the hands on region, the occupiers tried to gain

a foothold like collaborators made various brazen statements. but how did it help them or the armed forces of ukraine are advancing, step by step in the region, look like to publish these fighters, see it as their duty to future generations of ukrainians. to resist rush an occupation hassan my whistle on so thoughtful, we will liberate harrison. that's for sure. moscow long's early. we won't give it away to the russians, lee. that's why we're here. we will say that our children won't have to fight any more. they will you all so that we can resolve this war issue now. and for evelyn was up at panera's. some of these men fear they will be hopelessly outgunned by the enemy. warrior dominique without much will or clarity. we really don't have enough artillery here. to see if we fire 8 times at them or should they fire back 48 times for now they have superiority in artillery was working with us was through.

you can, for course, in different one, come when you go through and both ukrainian officials and western analysts fear the imminent battle for harrison could be the start of the bloodiest phase of the war so far in greece. class isis battling wild fires that have forced hundreds to leave their homes. lodge fire has broken out in the south, near the archaeological fight of ancient olympia. it's destroyed houses and forced people to evacuate from several villages. schools the fires has been burning across the country. and meteorologists are expecting the heat wave increase to mouth until the beginning of august. he w correspondent to lan schmidt's isn't grace, and he gave us an update on several fires that are raging across the mainland on the islands. $141.00 forest wires in only 3 days. this is a high number even for country used to to forest wires. the forest

of growth is still burning. it's been burning by days now. they're the authorities space and especially difficult night actually trying to contain 3 different buyers than you all do. you mentioned that by your honest us, on the southern peninsula and breathe where various village need to be evacuated as well as the children's summer camp. we have an ongoing situation in the less was where things looked a little bit a little better yesterday, but things the buyers have been glaring up and i've been told that locals now is stepping in to extinguish these fires. and then we were informed that the fire broke out in the village. tell us the early morning hours about an hour ago. this of course is the 1st time that greece is dealing with fires. and the greek government was criticized last year for its handling of the devastating wild fi as

then have things improved in any way this year. there was a lot of talk about prevention, about preemptive strategies after the devastating buyers in greece last year. environmental organizations that i've been talking to are criticizing the government though for not having learned from the mistakes less did they say that yes, some important investment work done, but they say that the focus is still not on prevention the way it should be. for example, the force need to be clear out of that trees are falling off branches after the winter, so that fires can spread it easily. and they also say that a need to communicate a lot better of each other. every region is very individual needs to focus on, and they also say that the government investing much more and buyers fighters then policeman w correspondent, trillion schmidt's in greece. thank you so much for it. we're going to take

a look now, some of the other stories making headlines around the world. thousands of people have been evacuated to shelters, to escape foss moving wildfires in the us state of california. the so called oprah fire started on friday and has destroyed houses in remote communities. the place is moving towards the near by yosemite national park, crown styles, the german national carrier. lufthansa will go on strike across the country from 3 45 am on wednesday morning until 6 am on thursday. the news comes amid faltering talks over pay and conditions between the union, representing around $20000.00 workers and the airline. philippines president sudden, and marcus junior, has promised tax and investment reforms in his 1st major policy address. uncles, junior, was elected president with a large majority in may rule, thousands of protest is marched in the capital manila over soaring food and fuel

costs. they also called for justice for those killed during the dictatorship of marcus juniors. father and tennesseans are voting in a referendum on a new constitution that could expand the president's powers. major political parties vowed to boycott the vote. critic say that the changes would give the president, katie said almost total power president side asked of the elected government last year. and sports news now and, and formula one driver max for stuff and has extended his championship lee to 63 points. after winning the french grand prix, his rival shall declare, started the race and pole position, and was leading the race. but disaster struck and ended his hopes of victory. ah, another pull position for charlotte, claire. and very soon, another sob story, the motor gas had converted only 5 of his previous 15 career pulls into winds. and

the list of failures grew just 18 lapse in as he spun out of contention. oh, it was the 3rd time this year, laclare had retired while leading on the team radio. he made his frustration plain o. once again, max for stoppin was the beneficiary of la clair's woes. the grid at le castelli has been good to the dutchman and he took the checkered flag just as he had last year. elsewhere, there was a rare moment of joy in a poor season for mercedes. as george russell joined british compatriot and teammate louis hamilton on the podium, but the day belonged to for stoppin who, 7th, when of the season gives him a healthy lead over the chasing pack ahead of next weekend's race in hungary and in athletics. another world record has tumble that the world athletics championships in oregon, sweden's, a man to plant us,

one gold and the men's poles. the 22 year old olympic champion cleared a height of 6 meters 21 of his rivals managed higher than 5 meters. 94 is the 5th time that def lantus has broken the world record. also in oregon in the woman's 100 meters hurdles nigeria is toby amazon twice beat the previous best time . after recording a world record time of 12.12 seconds and the semi finals, she went even faster and final ceiling, her gold medal in a time of 12.0. 6 seconds. she became the 1st nigerian ever to set a world record and track and field and the 1st to win gold of the world athletics championships. and one more result from the championships where germany's malika ma'am bo successfully defended her title in the women's long jump. the 28 year old who is also the reigning olympic champion, sealed the way on her last attempt with

a distance of 7 meters. 12. she secured germany's only gold medal in oregon orange. a quick reminder of the top story that we're following for you. me and mas military hunter has executed for pro democracy activists. it accused the men of terrorist activities, the challenging last is the military coup. international observers have condemned the killings and that's what we have time for next sunday. de la, you don't film looks at a form of prisoner more in syria coming to terms with his gender identity. that's all after a short break. i mean, you could, mckinnon. thanks so much for watching. ah the green. do you feel worried about the planet with on the old hosting of the on the green fence post.