eye witnesses experienced the terrible events, and this the world should not forget the long shuttle to 1972 big massacre. stuart september, 3rd on d. w. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. dozens dead after a fire ribs through a church in egypt. the building was packed with worshippers celebrating the catholic christian mass. authorities are blaming and electrical fault. also in the show of janice and marks the years since the taliban returned to power. women's

lives are again severely restricted. as the anniversary pass, the security forces broke up a protest demanding more freedom and a ship carrying desperately need of grain is ready to sail from the black sea. the brave commander will transport ukraine's 1st famine relief, cargo to africa. since the start of russia's war ah, a marina evans dean, thanks for joining me. more than 40 people have been killed in a fire at a compton church in egypt. the building was packed with worshippers and quickly filled with smoke. many of those trapped inside jumped out of windows to escape. authorities say in electrical faults started the blaze and gazer. near the capital, cairo. dozens of coffee christians were attending sunday mass. here,

when the tragedy unfolded, the abilene say, same church is located in a densely populated neighbourhood, egypt, 2nd largest city, gazda. eye witnesses say the blaze blocked, exit, and trigger dist unpaid. many worshippers were trapped inside the style, a thought to some people who threw themselves out of windows. so with this constant, it where a man hid it, jumping from a window of an now recent hospital with a broken back. i'll look a little more of that. all bottled before you. the full story building also housed a nursery with the doctor. there was a day care center on 2 floors. a lot of the church worker managed to rescue the kids downstairs. he didn't know their way more upstairs than the noise and yelling started to bubble up when we finally got upstairs. we found people, dan, but it, well look, i shout alcohol over. not very terrible. i saw them bringing that people from the

upper floor. dad, from suffocation, including children's deed, we didn't know how to get to them. i know we can't even tell who sons or daughters they are. how can something like this happened? egypt interior ministry says the blaze was caused by an electrical fault in an air conditioning unit. the prime minister and other officials visited the scene. they promised funds to help restore the building. and they visited survivors in hospital literally in the coming i was, those was condition has stabilized will be the charged safety regulations are poorly enforced in egypt. and this is one of the worst fire tragedies in years earlier i as journalist by here, i mean, in cairo, whether the local community accepts the official explanation for the cause of the fire. at this point, yes, there, there is no information just to say that this was arson. um, it's not,

it's not an unfair question just because all the time, one churches that when a similar similar accidents happen, the local community does cast out upon suspicions. all my questions that there was, this was an accident. this doesn't seem to be the case here. what we know happened according to those official sources and local reports is that the electricity was out in the area and they were working with a generator. and then one day of tricity came back because they hadn't shut down that main power line on the generator overloaded. and then the 1st thing to blow was basically the air conditioner, which is why the interior ministry saying that they're blaming it on an air conditioner. and that's been confirmed by with oprah rates as well. and unfortunately, accents like this one are common in cairo, and in egypt, especially in dusty populated neighborhoods, where the buildings are a little older. and infrastructure is inadequate. emergency services are slow right now. we're hearing that a lot of frustration from the local community from the neighborhood that this could

have been avoided. the scale of tragedy could have been avoided. at the same time, when something like this happens, the fear that grips the called the community especially is that usually takes a very long time for churches to get renovated to get reconstructed. there are bureaucratic hurdles and very long delays, even though there is the legal infrastructure in place to to see things though, but this amp, we just got an announcement from the presidency that the armed forces engineering authority have been tasked with renovating and reconstructing the churches. so hopefully that won't be the case. this time. a year on a from the tel vans return to power in afghanistan, women and girls are largely borrowed from public life. security forces broke up a rare women's rally in the capital cobbled. they fired warning shots and assaulted protesters marching past the education ministry. the women were demanding food and freedom to work and travel under the taliban attending even peaceful protest

as risky and organizing one is even more dangerous. that's why many women have gone underground to rally support. i don't think it was a dangerous display of solidarity cattle fo, who'd leads a march calling for freedom for justice, for women to be able to work that was before. now cattle must work behind closed doors. here she is covertly organizing a protest action to mark the anniversary of the taliban take over val as adam. she says, this is the only way to get anything done. i 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, but on the tv channels, ada interviews and programs, lot on that. and now we are being chased. and this is a serious problem. so more about that. if i don't get a thing, she's paid

a physical price for her activism. here she displays bruises and cuts from scuffles of 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. ah 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. the day they treated as merry, 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

afghans 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. so is there any chance that the taliban might listen to women demanding basic rights? i put that question to journalist ali, let's he, in kabul it's quite unlikely because if you look at it, it's been again, zach lee a year and not very much has changed in terms of, you know,

the rights they were asking for, for teenage girls to go back to school for all female government employees to be allowed back to work, you know, so far, only women working in 3 ministries have been allowed back to work that leaves tens of thousands of hundreds of thousands of other women out of work. they may be paid, you know, assembling for their previous wage, stay at home, but their actual skill and their capability is missing at the time when the government needs it so badly. and you know, just a couple weeks ago we were talking to a fairly mid level color barn official. and he was saying that in all of their, for in a meeting, these issues of women keep coming up which lead you to wonder. first of all, didn't you expect this to come up, given your track record? and secondly, if it keeps coming up, why aren't you meeting the basic demand? you know, they may actually help ease some of the sanctions and restrictions the rest of the

world has both on you and, you know, when you think about it, as you said, all these women are asking for the most basic fundamental things. you know, the right for their teenage girls to return to school and for them to be able to work properly and be active members of society in that way. so we've been saying it's been a year since a taliban to power and we know that you've been in cobble since then. what's daily life like it's better now because not to say that the taller bonner necessarily better or that the situation is necessarily better. but, you know, i was speaking to a young entrepreneur who still wants to continue investing, and i've gone on a young 100 north. and i remember, he said, you know, he said like if you locks, if you lock yourself in your home for 2030 days, you're no different than a prisoner. and at some point you have to go out and you have to try and resume your normal life. and the one thing they have to remember is society gets more

constricted as they want you to fit a specific mold, whether you're a man or woman, down to even what you, where the more you sort of go out and make yourself visible and try and sort of maintain your own sense of identity, the more that is a statement and i think that's what's happening right now. that's why people are still trying to go out. people are still trying to, you know, go back to having some sort of whatever norm or life may be in this situation. journalist allie latifah reporting from campbell ali, thank you. thank you. let's going to check now some of the other stories making headlines around the world prize winning author salman rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and is able to speak after suffering severe injuries in this having attack friday. a 24 year old suspects has appeared in court, charged with attempted murder. rusty was attacked as he prepared to give

a lecture in western new york state, an explosion of the market and armine as capital yet, yvonne has killed at least one person, dozens more, were injured in the blast at a fireworks depot in a shopping district. in canyon deputy president, william rito has at the head in presidential elections. with almost half those counted router has more than 51 percent. while opposition leader, right yellow dinger is trailing at just over 48 percent. earlier, ryan police were called to the national vote counting center as tension rise over the results. a tropical storm and thailand has flooded more than 2000 homes, stranding many residents, a burst damn and neighboring men mar, also caused floods in northern areas of thailand. more heavy rainfall is expected in the coming days. a ship carrying grain for ethiopia is ready to sail from ukraine is the 1st ukrainian famine relief cargo bound for africa. since

the start of russia's war, 16 grain ships have had a safe passage so far under a deal drawn up by the united nations. dw is monte his brinninger reports from ukraine loading 23000 tons of grain. this ship, the brave commander, arrived at the port of p den 2 days ago. the cog was destination is it fuel pia? the u ends. world food program ordered the shipment. the 1st humanitarian who date shipment leaving ukraine since the beginning of the war. we trust that this is just the beginning of many ships that will be leaving to provide hope and food to people across the globe. that has been 3 weeks since the grain deal was closed, allowing ships that were stuck in the port since february to leave 16 ships that have is sitting in the ports have already left. now it's empty. ships coming in

being stocked here and leaving the ports like this one the route goes through a see that not only sees fighting but is also heavily mine ships have to follow a fixed road that both sides have agreed to the mine. however at the moment it is unclear how many owners are ready to send their ships on this route. much depends on the success of missions like the brave commanders we bring to mind that the natural arab water, we understand the scheme is working and freight prices have started falling a little. but of course, insurance remains expensive. after all,

the ships that are sent into ukrainian pause are still sailing into a war zone. what did you study away law? the goal is to our 5 ships a day coming in and out a few cranium courts. but that remains some way off a mess the latest on the w news. i'll have more news for you at the top of the our stay tuned for our documentary highlighting the fight to save the brazilian rain forest that's coming up next. a marion evans team from me and the entire news team. thanks for watching. stay in lou and demand podcast and language courses video and audio.