technologies work, how they can become a lucifer, and that's how they can also go terribly. watch it now. you too with ah ah, this is dw news live in from berlin to night. the author who has lived for decades under an iranian death threat has been stabbed in the united states. salman rushdie was attacked on stage to day in new york state. is there a link to rusty's book, satanic verses which offended iran supreme leaders so much?

he ordered rusty, being killed. also coming up tonight, germany suspending his peacekeeping mission in the west african country. molly, it comes after molly repeatedly denied german military planes, access to its air space. and almost a year after the taliban took over afghanistan, we meet at the women who paid the price for publicly standing up to ah, i'm burnt. gov to our viewers watching on p b. s in the united states and to all of you around the world. welcome, we begin this friday with so breaking news. the author solomon rushed, who has lived for decades under the threat of an iranian assassination, has been stabbed on stage in the united states. local police in new york state say that he appears to have been stabbed in the neck. is attacker,

we understand has been taken into custody. a rush these 1980 book, the satanic verses has been banned in iran, and it was banned back in 1988. and it's considered blasphemous by many muslims. a year after the book was published, it runs late supreme leader. i had told her how many issued a fatwas calling for rusty's death. hundreds of people were in the audience when rushed. he was attacked. one of them was charles 7 or here's what he saw. they. i sat down and then with within 15 seconds someone jumped on to the stage and began to beat him. and then i think the assailant adam on the floor ah, with ins, 2nd security had run up to the stage to help him. and then people began to exit and within 3 minutes there was an announcement that every one should evacuate the outside amphitheatre. i can tell you that the,

the pounding that he took on that stage is reverberated. i am amongst the people who were there in attendance amongst this really quaint to up, ah, you know, community ah, and is now reverberating unfortunately throughout the country and, you know, throughout the world that was when i witnessed there. there was also comments from the governor of new york after the attack. it is heartbreaking to learn that within the last hour, a prominent in vidual salman rushdie was attacked on a stage in western york just before he was about to give a speech he is alive, he is a then transport air lifted to safety. but here's an individual who has spent decades ah, speaking truth to power. someone who's been out there unafraid. despite the threats that have followed him his entire adult life, it seems. and it happened at

a site that is a place of very familiar to me, a very tranquil, rural community known as chautauqua to talk with institution, where the most preeminent speaker is in thought, leaders and politicians justices. and everyone come together to have the free expression of thought. so this is a place ideal, ideally suited for him to be able to speak. and that's what he was attempting to do . just in the last hour before he was attacked. that was the new york governor speaking beer, our washington bureau chief in his poll. she spoke with me earlier and she told me that it is not clear why rusty was attacked of i know her, we don't know anything about possible motives, brenda. i witnesses say that there was only one attacker was dressed in black i. we also know that the man got arrested by the police and that medical staff and the police were called to the and fi theater right away and that mister rushed the gun

. allister to a nearby hospital and is apparently undergoing surgery right now. we don't have any further information about his health condition or what we do know is that he was able to walk off stage with him. and we know that because we, when we heard the report ourselves in the name salman rushdie around the world, people were shocked on the news that he had been stabbed to talk to me about the reaction or in the united states to the news. right. so some raised the question why and he has been living without police protection since 2002. no, despite the fact that there still was a bounty on his life. so i think there is a, well, a question or there is solidarity online with him and his family here in the united states. and as you just said, brand around the world, the governor of new york, we just heard him also. of the british rhyming is devoris johnson put out

a statement a so there is a lot of solidarity going on all across the globe and i think it was important to mention that as for now, at least i hadn't seen any statement. 1 applauding this is paul with the latest in washington illnesses. always thank you. someone rusty's book, satanic verses has a controversial history. and earlier our culture editor scottsboro, he told me more about that. the book, satanic verses is a, are essentially a satire, a sort of fictionalized account of the life of the father of the prophet mohammed. and because the prophet mohammed is, is so revered in the muslim world. and a muslim r arnold aren't supposed to take him in any way, shape or form the depiction in the savannah versus particular, because it's a satire that pokes fun and a lot of aspects of religion. and in of the prophet himself, that caused

a huge degree of anger which led to the book being banned in some countries, including iran, but also in india, the, the land of his birth for many years. and lead to this, the thought, wow, this so religious eating from the i believe or many the religious leader of iran at the time. i'm called on all believing muslims to, to do their duty and kill a rushing. now that lead to rusty, being kept basically under police protection and living in secret for almost a decade or more living under the name joseph antoine the later after leaving police action coming out your memoir about that time, which describes sort of the, the, the credible difficulties of living a, what should be a public figure, a public artist living completely in secret, but as you say, he threw his suffering and through what happened to him with the result of these

attack verses and the and the fact that was issued against him became a symbol or freedom of speech and, and for really the bravery of the artist standing up against against violence in this case, extreme religious. and you make a good point that in the late eighty's and in the ninety's, he basically had to live in hiding for quite a while just for his own safety and questions have already been posed, are they about a lack of security around him? and he was giving that speech. what does it tell us then about our notion of safety, public safety when it comes to controversial free speech? yeah, it raises a lot of questions. of course, i mean when it comes to rushing himself up in like $98.00, the raining government said it no longer supported of the killing a, his killing. i'm. but as he heard the faqua itself, the religious edict was never lifted. and actually there was a bounty of low sun report, $1000000.00 put on his head so obviously was still in danger. but if he failed in

his memoir about his time in hiding, he became very frustrated. i will not be able to speak out, not being able to speak publicly, not even gable, to really meet his readers, which is such a key or of his life as, as a writer. i'm so that was one of the reasons that i think he emerged from, from heidi he much more of a, of a public. he still took the concerns were to say in still had some forms protection though not really the sort of very strict protection that he lived under. and i'm not really sure what this says about a public est eaten general. he is such a figure in alex here and what i find out what is really was really behind accent. we still know so little about of the man who assaulted. that's true. i think the, the motivation of the person who attacks and i think that, of course, is going to tell the story that the rotors waiting to hear it's got rockport is always got. thank you. well, the head of the you ins nuclear watchdog has warned of a grave crisis unfolding at the separate t a nuclear power plant in ukraine. he addressed today an emergency section of the

un security council at the same time, moscow and keep continue to trade. accusations of new showing near that nuclear facility as fighting continues to that area. the usaa is now backing calls for a demilitarized safe zone around the plant. ukraine shows that russia has turned the site into a military base for launching rocket attacks. as the more reaches on in your grain, russian forces continue to fight and die in battle every day. but while the fight for supremacy on the battlefield continues, it seems the fight for the hearts and minds of the russian people. well, that fight may already have been one support for the war remains very high. so to do levels of indifference on the face of it, it's a summer, much like any other in moscow. the fact that russian troops are fighting, killing, and dying in ukraine, seems far removed from life in the russian capital. i still was with my,

isn't i was thinking about it, change anything which or to what extent does the situation have to do with me? i'm going to come up. nothing's up to me, are you? we can only look on them and wait for the outcome. look at him. yes, i'm waiting for victory. russian composure, while the kremlin continues to attack its neighbor, despite the international sanctions that put the nation's future risk. independent posters at the about a center are trying to find out why the russian people appears so indifferent to what is going on. gentle. it is a rush, we ask that vision who is to blame for the fatalities on the destruction of 30 people, put nato 1st and ukraine, a distant 2nd. russia was not seen to be at fault in any way that absolves people from thinking about the fact that there is currently a fratricidal war going on. i misunderstood, but there will be still no. anna crushes deep. propaganda is working. people only

voice criticism or doubt to those closest to them. the war has divided families and friends ethnic ukrainians and ethnic russians live on both sides of the border regia, it needs to be, i'm an ethnic ukrainian and then the other for me it was of course a shock sticker. so i've had roused with a lot of old friends because they do not believe that something ugly is going on there. to put it mildly, if you look at the, the lack of descent is also due to intimidation. anyone who criticizes the army or protests against the kremlin faces, imprisonment or fines. marina of sienna cova described putin as a murder on this poster. she now faces charges of spreading false information, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. saying it again because i have a good many friends to find me and said, why did you get involved though crush you eat you up a toast, suicide and then kill you. yep, i guess we don't support this will either, but we think it's better to keep quiet white things out. keep our heads down,

it goes up like many musk events prefer to shrink things off and put up, but the status quo are. let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world for you as president donald trump is under investigation for potentially violating the espionage act. that's according to the search warrant that has now been unsealed by a us judge. the warrant shows of the f, b, i removed classified documents from trumps, forward of the state in a raid on monday, some of those documents marked as top secret. a gunman has killed at least 10 people and wounded 6 others in montenegro central city of setting. yet st. television reports that the attacker fired at people on the street at random after a family dispute. the gunman was shot dead by police after a tense standoff that wounded one office. the kenyan electoral commission has admitted that vote counting in the countries presidential election is moving much

too slow. kenyans have had to wait for a 4th day to find out who their next president will be. early projections point to a tight race between long time opposition leader ry load anger and deputy president william rudolph. when germany has announced it is suspending its participation in the u. s. military mission to molly. the move comes after maryan authorities repeatedly denied german forces, overflight rights preventing troop rotations, the german government. now saying that it is willing to participate in international peacekeeping missions in the country, but only if it gets the support it needs from molly's military hunter. ah, the movement gary willow has been jumping up opposition to the un peacekeepers and molly, calling them to withdrawal from the country pressures. those have been coming from the military junta in july is ordered the spokes person of the un peacekeeping

mission to leave molly and his has repeatedly denied overflight rights. this time to an aircraft carrying german troops, england is to give some background. the flight was part of a true protection or approximately a 140 women, a man who are supposed to take the flies could not be transferred to molly and approximately a 110 others that could not be transferred. as of molly, molly all silicon. the un peacekeeping mission was established in 2013, to support molly in its fight against islam as militants. germany sat without flight clearance. it would have to stop its participation until further notice. but it's leaving the door open to continuing the mission. looking like in the like, germany is still prepared to participate in the un peacekeeping mission. and molly, but it only makes sense if it's, how's the backing of the molly and government molly has experienced to military to

since 2020 putting strain on its relationship with germany. when foreign minister on alena burbock visited an april, the tensions were clear, she criticized molly's military hunter for cooperating with the russian wagner mercenary group, which has been accused of missing atrocities against civilians. stuffer my, i'm that i made an urgent appeal explaining why it's so important not to cooperate with russian contractors. both the, for the protection of the civilian population in the middle of this not to been here for what it germany has. one of the biggest peacekeeping forces in molly numbering around $1000.00 soldiers. but what the government and bama code deepening its ties to russia in its fight against she had ism, the future of germany's involvement now hangs in the balance. and earlier we spoke with german lawmaker alexander mueller, he also sits on the parliament's defense committee that he says that he is

concerned that molly's military hunter is turning away from france. germany turning towards russia, they have to talk russia and i wonder why they did it, because i cannot imagine that ross has better interests for the molly government. you know, the meanest mom mission is from the united nations initiated and we are looking for peace for humanity and so on. and russia has other interest and peace and humanity . so i wonder what the interest of the marty government to switch partners because they throughout the french and we are seeing now that also although with some partners are becoming thrown out slightly. and this worries us indeed that was german low maker alexander really there speaking earlier. the tele buns take over the afghanistan nearly a year ago, has reshape society. most of all for women, new laws restrict their movements education and they dictate what women can wear.

many women protested against them early on, but a harsh crack dale has driven local organizers underground. our next report looked at the price paid by women who dared to demonstrate in public against the tale bought. i dangerous display of solidarity cattle, food leads emerge. calling for freedom for justice, for women to be able to work that was before. now, cattle must work behind closed doors. i am here. she is covertly organizing a protest action to mark the anniversary of the taliban takeover val, as adam, she says, this is the only way to get anything done. site actually, la scala. after our faces were recognized, they now know us, our photos were released and we gave interviews to the tv channels it on about on the tv channels, ada interviews and programs, lot on that. and now we are being chased. and this is

a serious problem. so what that, that kind of thing. she's paid a physical price for her activism here. she displays bruises and cuts from scuffles and protests. one time she says she fled her own home when the taliban were about to arrest her and broke her leg, jumping over the wall to escape. she also says she suffered a miscarriage during a demonstration many he showed their faces at protests last year were later detained. summer suspected to still be in prison. others who were released fled to neighboring pakistan. the next woman requested not to have her name mentioned. anyway, they treated us very badly, they insulted us and told us to give away our organization. and they asked us, which party we worked for and accused us of working for the resistance front. and

they took away our phones for those who stayed behind afghan as then has become an increasingly dangerous place. and that has taken its toll. we have spent a very difficult and painful time. we have suffered more pain psychologically and physically. i'm currently not doing well mentally, and my family members are also not doing well mentally. meanwhile, the protests continue. just not outdoors. these women have gathered to send a message to the world, calling for education, freedom, and access to work. the only safe place to do it is behind these walls. let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines this out. at least 30 people who died across southwestern yemen after to rent a reins coast of severe flooding in the capital. santa over 40 buildings were

damaged along with bridges and rogues. yemen has been locked in a 7 year civil conflict, which has led to a lack of maintenance. infrastructure worsening. the situation for justice across brazil have marched in support of democracy amid fears that president shambles, and arrow could reject the result of october's elections. thousands, gavin, his help hallowed to read manifesto in defense of brazil's democratic institutions . also narrow, has repeatedly discredited the countries electoral system in the run up to this election. a suspected bank robber in rome has been forced to call police for help. after the tunnel that he was digging collapsed, the injured man was taken to the hospital after emergency services spent 8 hours digging him out. police have taken 3 other suspected gang members into custody. you're watching the w still to come with $100.00 days to go until the football

world cup. the l g b t q community. still waiting to find out if it will be safe to travel and watch the games. europe is in the group of its most extreme drought in decades. record breaking heat waves, linked to climate change have dried up rivers across the continent and sent water reserves plummeting to historic loves. here in germany, water levels in the rhine river dropped so low that some cargoes ships using the river are sailing with a quarter of their normal, looked desolate, dry and desperate for rainfall. this is the current state of the river, right in western germany. normally, the water level of the rhine here in cologne is about 3 meters. at the moment. it's just 85 centimeters. at other points along the river, the waters already below 40 centimeters. this boat restaurant is supposed to float,

but the low water level means it's currently on a lean your from the tourist us. of course we're hoping that it rains in switzerland and in southern parts of germany. then we'll get the water that we need to be a boat restaurants again and flourish as usual. women. still, guests are happy to come and see the unusual view as if as i stand the water level of the run a certain you wearing at the moment compared to its usual level, i saw the stair floor saw what was my voices. all i'm very worried about the drought in the low water. i can see the shipping is suffering fish a suffering, and the environment is suffering were cited. dozens of fairies transport tourists and communities across the rhine. but nicholas teal service could grind to a halt in a matter of days. he's already thinking about long term solutions. re remnants of iron will have to adapt, adapt the ships accordingly, and if necessary, we'll have to use new ships that have a lower draft. but there will be solutions, the rhine could be deepened, for example,

that's already under debate because everybody's for big freight ships. however, the economic consequences could be more extreme. the ryan is used to transport masses of industrial raw materials including coal. but many bodies have been loaded at just one cause a capacity to keep them higher in the water, which means dividing up cargo among more boats. just full years after a historic drought in the region, the low water levels are also running home, the impacts of climate change knocking up hopefully often after the drought in 2018, we asked ourselves whether this was a great outlier. whether this would only occur once every 200 years. now we have this situation again, 4 years later in a similar form. it seems that these conditions will occur more frequently in future to have been the in thinking totally go through, argued that many people, he a fear that water levels will sink even further in the coming week, which could lead to even more disruption of traffic here on the rhine weather

forecast point to some potential rain, but that won't ease the situation overnight. yes. speaking of the heat in sports, there are just a 100 days to go until the men's football world cup begins in could tar organizers have faced relentless criticism throughout the build up to the tournament. owing to guitars, human rights record and the environmental impact staging the competition is likely to have. but with question marks also surrounding guitar stance on l. g. b t q. communities. fever is under increasing pressure to answer the question, will it be safe for gay and lesbians to go and watch the games ever since the world cup was awarded to talk back in 2010 nations human rights record has threatened to spoil the party among the chief concerns guitars, policy on homosexuality, while confusion continues over whether traveling fans will be allowed to express

their beliefs during the world cup every day, tories face arrest and abuse. the conversation has been sequestered almost entirely about that of today's the will flag or visitors to be able to rent the hotel room together that he conversation should be what is actually happening. g, b, q companies following backlash from players as well as campaign as feature has already made promises to intervene in some areas of good, sorry, human rights policy. the l g b t q community wants to see action to, while the fire has promised to encourage reform, when it comes to migrant workers, right? it has not been able to commit to any reforms. when an uncertain about sci fi fi has been accused of missing an opportunity to pressure guitar in a positive reforms with human rights issues still rife. meanwhile, l g b t q football fans just wants to know whether it will be safe for them to visit

during the competition gets into the excess of the event. not only celebrate the sport except the human beings that make this 4th when possible, with just 100 days to go until the tournament kicks off. fi fi is running out of time to provide the answers. or his reminder of the top story, we're following for you right now. the author solomon rushed. he has been airlifted to the hospital after he was attacked in new york. police say the writer appeared to have been stamped in the neck. they have arrested one suspect. you're watching the w news after a short break. i'll be back to you through the day. stick around. we will be right back with a with

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of our cars find that was on the ground reporting from across the continent. all the trend stuff mapped out to you. in 60 minutes on d. w. with 2021 afghan, the stuff the taliban take power and humanitarian catastrophe begins. women violently oppressed, abject poverty becomes everyday reality. how do people unless gonna send live today's insights report? background story, and all classrooms, wilson by d. w. departure into the unknown. to day, this means flying to a foreign planet. in the 16th century, it meant being

a captain and setting sail to discover a route. a race linked to military interests, a race linked to political and military facilities, but also linked to men, financial and adventure full of hardships, dangers and death, magellan journey around the world. starting september 7th on d. w. exactly one year ago with the afghan capital kabul, it seemed almost every one was trying to head in the same direction out of the country. many did escape, but when the last u. s. a nato troops took off, they left behind countless afghans who would soon feel trapped by the tale bought. millions are now homeless, many are refugees, even more.