[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah ah, this is dw, live from berlin, me on my executes for pro democracy activists. the men had challenged last year's military coup rights group say they were murdered and call for international action

against the regime. also coming up to cranium forces aim to retake the occupy carson region. despite being outgunned by russian troops. the contra offensive could mark a turning point for control of the black sea and thousands of people are evacuated from their homes as a wildfire in california. threatens to grow ah i'm gather as welcome to the program. me on mars military government has executed 4 political prisoners, including a provident prominent lawmaker and well known democracy activists. the 4 men had a challenge last year's military coup among those killed were pos i. r thor, a member of the elected ruling party, and the veteran activist, charming,

you better known as code jimmy military, acute, all for men of being involved in terrorist killings. executions have been condemned by observers including the united nations and the u. s. many more political prisoners are facing similar challenges a little earlier and i spoke to a mentor, i'm exiled, journalist from me, a mob who told us more about the executed men. so to the men and go, jimmy were deeply involved in activists and activism in happened involved in the pro democracy movement since the 990 s my peers yet bought was seen as one of the grandfathers of our hip hop and really pioneered and innovative and subversive music to resist at the previous and that he lived under and called jimmy was part of the student movement. in 1988, i rode up against the then hunter and the other 2 addresses are not as much as

known about them. but we do know that they were quite active in the days after the 2. interesting. and there's also not that much know actually about the actual execution on the assumption is that these men were how this is the form of execution that was favored in the past. but we don't have confirmation on, on those things and yet, and the families have confirmed to local media that they were allowed to meet with the last friday. and so the other day is not a 100 percent confirmation that these when have been executed. the given everything that the media has seen in the last couple days. and the assumption is that the executions have carried out. now those are executions. half course, international outrage, japan, the us even china, seems to be concerned. do the international reactions to this have any effect laquanta? i think what we seen from the hunter is that they are,

am largely immune to what the statements of condemnation and even some of the less direct forms of pressure that has been applied to them. you know, there's been sanctioned. there's been a repeated condemnation from a round of world i ever since they conducted the crew last february. but we are, what we are seeing is continual escalation of the violence 1st that was attacking protesters than it was nitrate and the rest than it was attacking civilian villages. and now we're also seeing that they are carrying out, and that penalty sentence is something that hasn't been done in our since at the late 19 eighties. now, what do you think is the likely effect of these executions on the democracy movement in miramar? so the parallel civilian government, the national unity government, which is which has risen up in a response to the qu,

has called it an attempt to threaten people with fear so that the hunter is able to grip its power or firmly. however, the country is already in open revolt in an open what has been called the defense of war against the military. and so it's quite unlikely that at these or dance which, you know, add a number to the over what 2100 people who've already been killed. the crew is likely to accomplish the military's goal of instantly more fear in the public. and indeed, it's more likely that in one site more anger. and indeed, today we've already seen a tax on various military institutions including state television. now where do you very briefly, if you can, where do you see the country go in the next 6 months, 12 months an entry has likely been in a sort of a stalemate in the sort of conflict that has risen up in the last year or so

i think what we're likely to see is continued battles, especially in the central parts of the country as well as in the border areas. we're going to continue to see displacement. i will go to continue to see this sort of slow rolling economic crisis that has seen a 13 percent contraction of the economy. since the crew has happened, as well as the increasing rate of poverty, which there was a recent report out by the u. n. which said that the poverty level is not 40 percent the country i'm into the journalist from me and i thank you very much. the ukrainian military says it is preparing a counter offensive. and the southern hassan region now occupied by russian forces president floating zalinski has vowed to take back the region, which would increase ukraine's access to the black sea. but ukrainian troops are still outgunned by russian forces. and say they urgently need more advanced weapons

from the west. our correspondence funded for char is in ukraine's capital q. she told us more about ukraine's counter offensive against russia and coastal. it's very inconclusive. this very moment. what exactly is happening at that line of contact that the front line between russian and ukrainian forces as rush and forces? i tried to bolster their positions and ukrainian forces are trying to do everything that you retake house or city that they lost early on in the war. and the fact that a lot of people in ukraine, he and he, if a question why that was to play it, why that was the case. what we do know that preparations were really underway, that is leading up to what seems to be imminent. right now. a major counter offensive by ukrainian forces preparations to really caught the supplies for russian forces by hitting a bridge and major bridge. they're near has some city last week that ukraine and forces were able to damage. we do not really know what is going to happen as really

ukraine and russian forces. i go to battle each other over household city, but people are certainly worried and very much concerned that it is like he's going to be the biggest bloodshed and like a bethel within the law itself, since the war has begun more than 5 months ago. now from russia's foreign minister, sergey lo love ross is currently touring africa. and during this tour, he stated that russia's goal is actually regime change in ukraine. others going back to us earlier statement that the leadership question was up to the ukranian people. how have these words been received in huge the 1st and foremost ukrainian people are really as to saying, this is never going to happen. it's never going to happen that. what lover of said that russians and ukrainians are going to live together, there's no way not even a form of reconciliation, let alone that ukraine is going to be occupied a by russia, that they're going to lose their independence. which of course, echoes with what presidents zalinski, sad and laid out there last night,

saying that if a russia had known the history of ukraine than russia would have not even attacked, nobody would have even attacked ukraine in 1st place. so clearly ukraine really wants to show there's no way that ukrainian forces are going to back down that they're going to give up on territory or even start some sort of a, some sort of a negotiation of a certain pause that are on the russian control. really, what is interesting in this entire debate, now, what it actually means, my lover of sas, that zalinski is not going to be the one to deal with in the future. who is going to govern this country. who is it going to be then? and 2nd, the what does it mean also here for the cap of the sitting kiefer. i am that's been relatively spirit from attacks of recently. does it mean that indiscriminate shelling is going to start to hit keith to scape people off? really, this is what makes people very anxious as they listen to what law for all had to say there for them. it's funny for each other in care for. thank you. funny

ukraine also says it hopes to start exporting grain from the black sea region this week. despite the russian missile attack on the portal for death on saturday, russia claims it was targeting military equipment. ukrainian officials that the port of horner mosque would be used to send the 1st shipment of grain under a deal between russia and ukraine. the ws ne connelly has been to southern ukraine where he met the farmers trying to get ukraine's wheat out to the world and ease a global supply prices. ukraine is bringing in the harvest, spite months of war, despite shortages of everything. fuel to work is here in this part of southern ukraine. we deal to down 40 percent or last year that still millions of tons. this is we that half a 1000000000 people around the world. more tenure to china are waiting for lee this because this is all grown for people abroad. ukraine can't and doesn't consume all these food, but no one's buying right now. the trade is,

might be willing to take it off our hands for storage. and the we only get paid once it goes to the customers. this is harvest is now piling up unsold, and ukraine's granaries on top of last year's crop. should have been shipped in the early months of this year. just when war broke out. ukraine's cashed off. farmers are often themselves will, they'll even be able to afford to plant next year's crop if the ports to reopen, giving them a chance to sell what they have and pay for new seats and fertilizer with seaports . like a desk shut. ukraine is trying to redirect a flood through a narrow stream and the crops out by truck and river, but rather than the huge freight is normally used, the land journey is gone for a matter of hours to weeks, the trucks back up for miles around, waiting to unload at the hopelessly overstretched river ports. the drivers can only guess how long they will be camping out for us like that then. yeah, well last time we were here for 3 weeks earlier in the year. when about does turn

out if that's only 20 trucks worth of grain that with him like that. so thought and there are thousands of us. he had of that vice machine. it barely makes a difference wife that much in that. so the traffic jam continues out on the black sea, where over a 100 ships wait their turn to end the river danube. the river ports can only handle smaller boats, meaning lots are needed. all the remaining coast god can do is watch and try to manage the sudden influx. i have never seen. such men ships here who are doing about or 100 bluff ships waiting to increase. the capacity of this route is, is not in the power romanian country. because i go to that the main problem is the capacity of the, of the ukrainian ports. this is the problem. i want to see that some of these vessels will take their cargo direct to customers in egypt with turkey. other smaller ships stay close to home,

taking their loads to remain his main c ported constantia for the grain is collected before being loaded on to bigger ships. but the bottlenecks don't and here romania is busy shipping its own harvest on the little spare capacity does have was barely making a difference. ukraine's farmers a finding to they cost the alternative routes out, only add up to trickle company keep estimates. exports are still only a quarter of pre war levels. that's why present lensky has been so keen to strike a deal to reopen odessa. but many here a deeply skeptical piece of sea is possible. all war continues on land. filled with them with no point opening the poets as that means letting the russians in by the back door feel level. we'd rather go on as we are tightening our bells and helping each other out with anything to avoid being occupied. where martha, me holler has good reason to be worried up recent days, top russian officials, once again medically and they plan to grab yet more ukrainian territory. and here's a quick update of some of the other news,

a really it to the war in ukraine. germany's interior minister is in the ukrainian capital, keith, the talks on reconstruction and war crimes investigations. as he faces visited, the key of suburb of ur pin, which was mostly destroyed by russian forces. she was accompanied by her battles. higher germany's social affairs minister, ukraine's defense ministry says it as we see 3 german antiaircraft armored vehicles along with tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition. the weapon systems are part of a deal broken by berlin to sent 15 vehicles in total to ukraine. you're watching t w still to come. a long awaited apology. pope france its visits canada to seek forgiveness for years of abusive schools, wrung by the catholic church. and shall uncle. t industry seized production half by the economic crisis. t pictures are desperate to see

a re stopped of the country's iconic industry. first to the west when the state of california, thousands of people have been evacuated due to a wildfire that has destroyed thousands of acres of land. the oak fire blaze began last friday and is burning close to yosemite national park. heat and low humidity levels are being blamed for the speed of the fires advance another california in summer, up in flames. the states fire fighters have gotten all to used to battling these kinds of places. the latest known as the oak fire has exploded in size in the space of just 48 hours. air tankers have been deployed to contain the fire, which is already scorched an area of land. more than half the size of paris. around 6000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes with thousands more advised to do so. those forced to leave in a hurry,

grabbed what they could pay just enough time to get birth certificates for my dd. 214, the picture of my parents went to hell a fire if he has to leave quickly and he don't know if you're going to come have a home to come home till we have people. here we have volunteers who are responding who had also evacuated. so you have a lot of uncertainty, you have a lot of fear you have, you know, it's just a lot to take in soaring temperatures, combined with forests left tender, dried you to historic levels of drought have created the conditions for fires to spread rapidly. california fire protection officials said the blaze is still spreading. it has already gotten to within half a mile of the town of mariposa pines. it is also now just 10 miles away from the famous yosemite national park. in 201720182020 california's wild. far seasons set consecutive new records for damage and

devastation. those fighting desperately against the latest blaze. no, exactly what's at stake and how quickly they must act. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines. tennesseans are voting in a referendum on a new constitution that food expand the president's pause. major political parties vowed to boycott the vote. critics say that the changes would give the president case i had almost total ha residence i had ousted the elected government last year . ground staff for german national carrier lufthansa. i was on strike across the country from wednesday morning until 6 am on thursday, talks between the union, representing around 20000 workers and the ellen overpay and working conditions of failed. at these 17 people are dead after a boat carrying dozens of haitian migrants capsized off the coast of the bahamas,

rescue workers were able to save 25 people, but believe up to 60 people could have been on board. the prime minister of the bahama said the boat was believed to be on route to miami. in the us to the fun, the philippines president said about president marco's junior, has promised tax on agricultural reforms. in his 1st major policy address. with ordinary filipinos facing sore soaring food and energy prices, marcus outlined his policy agenda in the state of the nation's new plans, include debt, relief of farmers, and much needed infrastructure investment. marcus junior, one, a landslide victory in may, taking over from the controversial liter rodrigo to tat it will continue to be a friend. now the country is still reeling from one legacy of the town is ruled. an anti drugs can pain so brutal that it has been linked to thousands of deaths are correspondent, give motus, visited, local campaigners who are gathering evidence of the killings committed during the

so called war on drugs. each of these skeletons has a story to tell the story of a war on drugs. the philippine government fought over the past 6 years. officially, some 6200 people were killed by police for dealing with drugs. the true toll is nearly certainly much bigger and the expiration, oh don't let's. with that i mean, okay. examining the remains of some of the people who died forensic pathologist, raquel for tune made a shocking discovery. in 7 cases out of $47.00, the death certificates were false year. they listed a natural cause of death when people had actually been shot rational. the philippines procedures for investigating death says the 60 year old have always been flawed. but here comes the bent me wrestling,

yet he simply don't like that happening like and then the 1620 is colleen. nancy black. around so many, many families in the philippines have experienced this kind of scenario. hitman approaching at night to shoot aloft one. then evidence of drug abuse is planted says grace. she lost her father and brother. 6 years ago, the mother of 3 now holds the dr. fortuna will shed more light on what actually happened by civilian blanton. my father ah. dying ah. don't be his uh, damn cache, and my me that till i, if you have a gun is bite buck, that's the reason that my father killed because it's button fight buck. the poor,

where the primary victims of the war on drugs. the international criminal court estimates that up to 30000 people more than 4 times the official number were killed on former president to testers. watch many relatives now want to set the record straight. this catholic priest is doing his court to support the referent flood yano villanueva pays for the exhumations. and for legal advice. he fears that the killings even with 2 tear to gone, are far from over. in the past the weeks we have counted at least 8 or 9 killings to this very present day. my point, there's no difference between that then. and to day. to make matters worse, i believe that the culture of killing has not only been ingrained,

but it has also become sadly an organized enterprise. dr. fortuna is convinced that the 2 toll of the war on drugs will never come to light. too many of those who lost their lives, remain unidentified and unclaimed. but she hopes that her discoveries will bring a semblance of justice to the families who remained behind. but frances is in canada where he is expected to apologize to members of indigenous community for abuses committed by catholic priests. a canadian government commission found that generations of indigenous children suffered physical and sexual abuse in the state funded schools that were run by the catholic church. for decades, the church had pushed back on calls for paypal apology until now. the tiny,

mostly indigenous village of mask watches is buzzing to make way for the pope and the expected apology right here from the head of the catholic church. francis has already acknowledged the churches shocking indifference to indigenous life and culture at schools where the church was once contracted to teach and nurture 1st nations children. many like bruce cut, knife were taken from their parents, taken from their traditions and language. cut knife now lives outside edmonton, a 100 kilometers up the road from where his school once stood. and the majority of us do speak english. and we didn't understand teacher. and sometimes we didn't respond properly for which you would be slapped in the face. much worse, residential schools contracted to the catholic churches were sometimes home to sexual predators in the guise of clergy or staff. earlier this year at the vatican, pope francis invited members of canada as cree nation for an audience. below

bereavement leave and open for the deplorable behavior of those members of the catholic church. i ask forgiveness from god. and i would like to tell you from the bottom of my heart, that i am very pained when i joined my brother bishops from canada, in apologizing to you. now indigenous people wait to hear the pope say something similar on canadian soil. bruce cut knife says he has mixed feelings about the visit and doesn't plan to be there. but i can understand the anger and betrayal, many people have expressed especially on social media because of what they feel. the church in residential school has harmed their family. not only themselves, but their parents, grandparents and even great grandparents, but to cut knife believes a sincere apology, delivered right in the heart of where the terrible harm occurred can still,

he says, be quite meaningful to us for longer now, where the new president is seeking a bailout from international lenders after the country defaulted on its debts. severe shortage is the fuel, food and other essentials have ravaged the country. but the crisis has also crippled the once lucrative t industry which has seen production almost. harvard and t grows are desperate for resolution. the livelihood of these women is under threat. hello, flooding. we don't know what will happen in the future. we have food to eat today, but we don't know about tomorrow. i'm one of the big on the viagra, then bad, yamato wireless. it's hard to live right now. through on lemaire this month, only manage. mm hm. but we don't know about the next. yeah. aluminum of the bed. sure. lancoste, he industry has exported sale on

t around the world since before the 1st world war. now it's struggling to stay afloat. meaning these t pick her as could soon be with i work. fuel shortages and power cuts have affected daily operations in the factories. prolonged power cots result in plucked, leaves, withering, and getting spoiled. these are only the latest problems for the industry. 3 years ago, the former president introduced a ban on chemical fertilizer in the hopes of turning the industry organic. but it led to a collapse and production lead or lower level, and ga, social. not only the from the top to but i'm going to suffer because of the suddenly shes pretty afraid of worse thing that could happen. worse things happened . world is going to last the salon, the for the thousands of people working on the t estates. wages are already desperately low. if they lose the little income they earn,

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