he has so much to li, shattering the glass ceiling, women in architecture. this has been really, really good. start september 30th on d, w. ah . ah, this is dw news live from berlin, separatists staff calls for referendums in occupied ukraine. they won't, early votes on absorbing territories into russia, ukraine's president says the drive for ballads shows moscow is feeling the pressure

of the world as gridlocked by a string of crises. so says the ice nation, secretary general, as global leaders gather in new york, the war and ukraine tops the list of problems facing humanity. plus freed over the murder of his high school girlfriend. non science became the focus of good through prime forecast. now, you as judge ordered his release because new evidence has come to light after more than 20 years. on resident, growing anger in iran, the death of a young woman in police custody reorganized coals to abolish the strict islamic dress code. ah, i'm glad i was welcome to the program russian backed separatists and that several

ukrainian regions have announced table holds referendums on joining russia, the self proclaimed lou hands and the netscape people's republics in eastern ukraine as well as calf song in the country south. we'll begin voting friday on officially joining the russian federation. the decision comes as he if he continues . it's kind of expensive in easton and southern crane navy. and joining us now from hockey fan northeast and ukraine is our correspondent, nick connelly. nick, tell us more about was just been announced so far, the details are pretty scarce, but it's something that has been on the cards for months and that was delayed, shelved after ukraine stunning counter offensive. there had been talk of these votes happening earlier in september than that didn't happen. i think a few things are clear already. i think there's little doubt as the result that this is going to be a very high result in favor of during rush, a little question of this really being

a free vote and people really being able to say no to this question posed. i think the next is pretty much certainty, is that if this goes through, if it happens, then the russian authority threatened parliament is going to say yes to this request to join russia. we've heard figures in moscow talking about things like this in the last couple of hours. and thirdly, i think it's pretty much certain that no one outside russia is going to recognize this. in the case of crimea, that russia antics in 2014, not even russia's closest allies like bella roofs have recognized that since 2014, all those 8 years. i think it's going to be very similar case in the situation. we launched the nets and of course on to ours ukrainian government likely to respond to this and he's going to be ignored. we've seen similarly with the case of crimea, ukraine attacking russian milch targets in crimea. and we've had response from the ukraine formants or just in the last hour saying that this is all basically, ah, a kind of act of kind of theatrics political theatrics with no real consequence on

the ground. i don't think the ukrainian army is going to somehow reduce its attacks on russian positions in these parts of the country. and especially given there's no foreign recognition of russian control of these areas. that is not really gonna change much on the ground, at least in the kind of external situation we've heard in the last few days from the us ambassador to keep saying that crimea is ukraine. and similarly, the same goes for these eastern regions of ukraine in that u. s. weapons are allowed to be used anywhere on ukrainian territory. they're not allowed to be used against russia proper, but they are allowed to be used anywhere in ukraine. so basically, you as support for ukraine's military upright and likely to be escalated if this happens, if these are, this can take over and official. causation of these relations happens and a sense that maybe we'll see the ukranian army trying to up the pace of its counter offensive to try and prevent some of these pseudo referendums happening. they commonly there in the harkey. thank you, nick. well on the same subject, let sir go to our correspondent jury or

a shadow who joins us from riga and elijah hearing why the sudden rush from russia was such a sudden rush can be explained with the lobbying efforts of the so called to war party, a group of higher rank in russian officials and security authorities who advocate further escalation of the conflict with ukraine, including a potential mobilization in russia, as i most likely to reasons for this, the forest are obvious concerns in moscow about the move in the occupied territories after the ukrainian counter offensive. apparently the fee is great then that ukraine will soon come back there as well and punish them for cooperating with the russians. and the 2nd reason for such sudden rush could be the aim to stop the advance of ukrainian troops, which from the russian point of view, will not risk occupying, not only rushing back to territory, but after there a friend of the territory. the thrash would see as its own land,

with all consequences. now if fees, reverend, i were to actually take place. what would that mean? what would change or if the surrender were held in favor of the kremlin as an russia will consider these territory as its own, just like crimea. and then the question is justified to whether this ultimately will lead to further escalation. president landscape office has already reacted saying that on the international law, both don boss and crimea are considered ukrainian territory. and any attempts to repaint the flex, as you said, our eviction that wouldn't change anything. he said, i think that's not as zalinski opinion, but also the reality on the front lines. and that reality is that the russians are being pushed back by the ukrainians. in other words, now the weapons seem to speak more than the politicians with their announcements. fit of your correspondent,

you re reset her reporting from reagan. thank you. now, the head of the united nations has warned that the world is gridlocked by a string of crises. secretary general, antonia good parish told the un general assembly in new york that countries are not willing to tackle problems including the war and ukraine and climate change. he warned of a global winter of discontent, saying, developing nations are facing a dire financial situation to. there is also said the world is falling short on goals of tackling poverty and improving education. and he says, solutions must be found without delay. we do action across the board. let's have no illusions. we are in rough seas. a winter of global discontent is on the horizon. a cost of living cries is his raging thrust. this crumbling inequalities are exploding, and our planet is burning. people. i heard things with the most vulnerable,

suffering the most un chief, antonio, perish or speaking there. and we came out all to our washington bureau chief in his bull who is in your city, and i'm joined here the studio by richard walker. our chief international editor bought let's start in new york where the action is happening with the eaters. we had good terrorist, they're appealing for less division in the world to tackle the world major crises. so what is his main message here? my god. so he talked about as expected about ukraine, which has the worn ukraine, which has, as we know, lead thousands death and brought the world at the brink of a nuclear war. but you didn't leave it there. he really draw a broader picture. he talked a lot about climate change, the climate catastrophe talked a lot about inequality. really always stressing the fact that those who are already the most disadvantaged are the most one rule as well. and it wouldn't be secretary

general terrace if you wouldn't kind of leave us with a hopeful note saying that all if all democracy sees of everybody comes together, there is still a possibility for good change, but it definitely didn't leave any doubt that time is running out i wish it was your main take away from that speech. yeah. well, there were some optimistic messages in there, but i would also kind of counterpoint with a little bit of what you see is almost the trend of the speech is that the good cherish has been making in the last several years. you know, it's been in his role for several years now. and year after year, every september he comes to this un general assembly, you know, the kind of the podium where you can address the entire world and his message every year. he's been getting kind of darker. i mean, 2 years ago he said people are hurting. last year he said, i'm here to sound the alarm. the world must wake up. and this is says the world

hasn't woken up. and he started with his very 1st words in his speech, were our world is in big trouble. i do get the impression of a man who has this very prominent role in global diplomacy. who has, you know, the, he sees the anti gamut of crises facing the world is coming to, can greater every single year. he's trying to sound that alarm ever louder every single year. and yet, as he puts it, we are gridlocked in global dysfunction innis. the general assembly is always a chance for bilateral talks, as well on the sides who's talking to what are you expecting there? it's a very important time for really the world leaders to meet in a lateral toxins, especially after last years, a kind of coven u. n. j. where many people, many world leaders couldn't attend in person. it is interesting a to,

to know that germany's chancellor will have shoals is a meeting pretty much right now with the turkish president avalon. and that is interesting. it's always interesting. but especially today because i do, i'm just gave an interview to an american radio station saying that he expects russia to give bag the occupied territories like crimea. and that is interesting because the other one on the one side also just said i last week that he wants to intensify or the trade connections to china and russia. so we definitely will. a listening to that and here what are all of shows the german chancellor a will have to say about this bilateral talk. and i will cherish also address the issue of climate change. let's have a quick listen. the climate crisis is the defining issue of all time. and it must be the 1st priority of every government and multilateral organization. and yet,

climate check climate is action is being put on the back burner. despite overwhelming public support around the world. now as the issue of climate change really brought forward with urgency there the term also stress the imbalances between different parts of the world there. but i have to say about those. did you address is to me as a richard, i didn't know here was a question. very loiter and that was, that was a question to you. of course, let me just repeat this. it is about what could terrace actually said about climate change? yeah, well he really draw a very dramatic picture is richard just also said it a little earlier. he said, we are in a rendezvous with the devil and that there is hardly any time left. so he rear ones

address. i went to the audi told actually the word leaders that they should listen to that people because secretaries is convinced that the majority of the average people already understand dramatic or a situation we are in here. he wants more money, he wants structural changes. and i think he's main message really here was today. people in the world is in big trouble. we have to face the ukranian war by this climate catastrophe. this of war against time must not be forgotten. richard, can we expect any substantial outcome from this general assembly in regard to any of the crisis points that we've mentioned? we've heard about some of the proposals, a good terrorist is putting forward that we're supposed to have the kind of frustration that he feels. but i think one notable thing is that although the un general assembly is back as an in person event here, some of the really majorly just not taking part. vladimir putin has not surprising

. he's waging a war, but she's in pain. the chinese president, he is not here, the rental modi, the indian prime minister, also not taking part on location in new york. and i think that's a bit of a sign also of the fact that the u. n. system is really struggling to, to deal with what a good terrorist describes here of this huge division in the world. that if not only vladimir putin, but she's in pain, is not showing up to meetings like this of what kind of progress can you really expect on these because she's gonna be cheaper than us as a richard walker. and our washington bureau chief famous paul there in new york. thank you to both. now as you can watch the entire un general assembly on youtube channel, that's dw news on youtube. does the un general assembly meets in new york? there's a fresh warning that rising sea levels are one of the biggest threats to humanity.

the changes depend on an article which holds 90 percent of the plants ice. now scientists say the ice is melting much faster than previously thought. this is to wait. one of the world's largest glaciers. it's located in western antarctica and covers 192 square kilometers. that's an area roughly the size of cynical like most glaciers around the world, waits as melting in international team of research as has now mapped the retreat of the ice giant over the centuries. the results are worrying to say the least. the glaciers falling apart much faster than originally thought. so freight leisure itself could contribute around 60 centimeters globally to sea level rise. the problem is in fact that waits her

such a central position in the west antarctic ice sheet that it's retreat and the venture or collapse could cause a hole west. and i think i she to collapse. and that would mean more than 3 meters of sea level rise. the weights glaciers, part of a marine ice sheet and like some other glaciers that rest on dry land sways is grounded in the sea bed. one part called the ice shelf, floats on the water. and that's the problem. as a result of our greenhouse gas emissions, the water is getting warmer. as it heats up, it melts the glacier from below. scientist say that we have likely reached a critical point where large parts of the ice shelf might simply collapse. so the ice shells half a so called buttress inc. force, that means they're floating on the sea,

but on the sides and sometimes also in front. they are in contact with small islands or little hills on the site. and this gives some restriction, some property to break the flow of the ice. so if the ice self disappears, then this butter thing effect will become smaller and threats. glazer will most likely increase it. flow velocity and weight isn't the only glacial helping. scientists estimate that by 2100 sea levels may arise, bio rhonda meter or even more for the millions of people around the world who live in coastal areas. that's really bad news. the rising sea level mean that they will be hit by more frequent and more extreme floods. so it's vital to take immediate action scientists say. and the only way to do that is by reducing our greenhouse

gas emissions as drastically and quickly as possible. somehow to look at some of the other stories making headlines today. uganda has announced its 1st death from the bola in 3 years. this will say a 24 year old man died of the disease and declared that outbreak in the central district of mandate. the world health organization says several suspected patient receiving care processes in beirut have broken down a gate into the just as ministry that demanded the release of 2 people arrested for storming a bank. delegation from international money to refund has held meetings with officials over the economic meltdown. now closed for 3 days. european court of justice is rule that germany cannot indiscriminately collect personal data, says that practice violates you law. some german politicians and security experts say data collection is important in fighting crime. civil rights activists see it

as an invasion of privacy. in the u. s. a judge has thrown out the murder conviction of abner and the sayed, he was convicted in the 2000, and his case was made famous by a popular crime podcast. it cast doubt over whether he was responsible for the murder of his former high school girlfriend. she was found strangled, in a pocket, baltimore, in 1999 prosecutor say they've uncovered new evidence that could have bolstered his defense ah, released after more than 2 decades in prison. but whether i had none said, is guilty or innocent, isn't clear, prosecutors say they no longer have confidence in his conviction for the 1999 murder of his ex girlfriend hayman lane. but the states attorney says they haven't yet asserted sites. innocence and

a judge has ordered he be placed in home detention a year, nearly a year long exhausted investigation reviewing the substantive facts of this case were several problematic issues were presented and thereafter, leading my office to file a motion to vacate the conviction of ad nice i eat the lawyer for him in lays. family says they're shocked by the decision. they want the truth to come out. if the truth is that somebody else killed her sister daughter, they want to know them more than anybody. they were shut out of a legal process, went to court in the state attorney's office. and there was who was inexcusable. the podcast, serial made sides case famous in its debut season. in 2014 serial was a breakout hit. it helped to popularize audio storytelling and was followed by a wave of true crime. podcasts said has always maintained his innocence. the podcast raised doubts over his conviction. prosecutors say that there are 2 other

possible suspects who were never disclosed to sides defense team. they also listed an unreliable witness and detective among their concerns. over the original trial. investigators say they also have new evidence. they're waiting the results of a dna analysis to decide whether they will seek a new trial for said or if they will throw out the case against him altogether. now that's where the w coach correspondents got a roster who's following the story for us. the scot, this podcast would force was broadcast in 2014. why did to take so long to review the evidence? well, i mean, i guess you should also look the fact that and this type of a reassessment of a murder case virtually never happens in the united states or just the system. so the fact that it has happened at all is, is, is quite astounding. the fact that took so long i think has to do with the,

the very slow wheels of justice in the united states and, and, and, and elsewhere. it took, i think, a long time for sort of the court of public opinion to build up a pressure against the conviction of said to sort of force the prosecution in this case, to re examine its evidence and come to this conclusion that there might actually be some problems with it, a leading them to make the decision to, to release and temporarily at least. but as i say, this is incredibly rare, a case, i don't think it should be surprising that's taken so long to get here. so the site has many, many supporters that even found. so what role will bid this podcast play and making his case famous? i think you can definitely say that without serial that this podcast site would not, i would still be in jail today. his case was made public and the problems with his conviction were made public and given and are shown to an incredibly large audience

a through syria. i mean, people forget that this was really the 1st super hit podcast. it had a tens of millions of downloads on a back at a time when a, virtually no one was really listening to podcast. that sort of popularized genre and also populate the true prime genre within, within podcasts. so i, i think it, you can say definitely lead to the re examined nation of this case. and also lead to, i think, a whole new movement in the true crime genre um, and in the pod, cassandra really worldwide. so our, with our seeing a new era of different criminal court cases being 2nd guessed by popular culture. oh yeah, i definitely think we are. i mean, this is one a very famous case, but you've also saw the case of a robert durst, who was a convicted of murder after a truce crime documentary series. the jinx aired on h b o, which questioned if he had actually a murdered a couple of women. we saw stephen avery, who's conviction, was questioned in

a netflix, a documentary crime series, making a murder from his conviction wasn't overturned, but it was a readdressed and brought up again and from the courts. and so i think we're seeing a lot more of these a cases where the, the, these 2 crime shows either podcast or t, v series, a question, the workings of the justice system. and they are having real world real effects in the courts. and it often seems like it's correcting miscarriages of justice, and that obviously is a good thing of but i worry a little bit that if this trend continues, i will start having more sort of trial by ratings where popular shows or figures that are popular on certain true crime series will be assessed differently than the judicial system would normally do. so i'm and anyone who knows anything about television production knows you have a good editor and you have a good, a director. you can make anyone look innocent or look guilty based on what leave in

and, and what you don't show in one of these programs. so i'm a little bit worried about this trend and hopefully we won't start outsourcing our normal judicial system to, you know, netflix producers that as a very valid concern. the d w scott roxborough that. thank you. in iran, demonstrators of clash with security forces. anger is growing over the death of a 22 year old woman in police custody protests were reported in major cities and across the country's kurdish region, martha armine fell into a coma. shortly after being arrested by iran's morality police for allegedly not covering her hair. death has reignite calls to abolish the strict islamic dress code in the country. ah, protests at the funeral of missouri armine in her home town in northern iran.

more focused in the capital terran this one organized by university students. harmony's death has once again exposed tensions tween the hardened islamist regime and a young population yearning for more social freedoms. many young iranians are fed up with the morale to police, which often uses violence to enforce a strict dress code in public life. lambda. yes, i heard i trembled when i heard the news because this has happened to me once or twice. and i was thinking that if i suffered the same fate about howard my parents, still a man, but i am strongly against for morality police because it's not possible to enforce a cultural issue with violence. nameesha as much as social as i am, i hate to, in my opinion, they should remove the obligation to where the he job altogether decide that a bad, that the government denies the authorities used force against armine and release

t. c. c. v footage that appears to show a collapsing at a police station chair, a full truck. we have to wait for the results of this woman's medical tests to understand the reason for her death. because apparently she had a series of previous medical problems, which did you know about the module that claim mr. rejected by. i mean his father who told the press his daughter had no history of illness and that's all for me and the newest him don't go away. coming up next, this dw news hayes up with, [000:00:00;00]

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