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better. united nations was the world, is in great peril. most leaders gather for the 1st time since the pandemic, the war ukraine tops the list of challenges facing humanity and freed over the murder of his high school girlfriend. i've done science became the focus of a popular true crime for now us judge ordered his release because new evidence has come to light after more than 20 years, plus on rest and growing anger in iran. the death of a young woman in police custody reignite called to abolish the strict islamic dress . ah, i'm glad over that we're welcome to the program, separatist backed by moscow in the occupied ukrainian territories. say they bring

forwards referendums on joining russia, the self proclaimed lou hans and domestic people's republics in eastern ukraine as well as san an salisia in the south plan to begin 4 days of voting on friday. keith keith is pressing ahead with his counter vessel in easton and southern ukraine, president of a lot of his events. he says the drive by separatists for early ballads on annexation shows that moscow is under pressure. each of the w corresponded me calmly in hockey for ne and ukraine has more information on the for occupy. it occupies ukrainian regions, planning votes to join russia. 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 and then 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. the 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 annex in 2014, not even russia's closest allies like billers 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, allison garcia, chronic government, a likely to respond to this is going to be ignored. and 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 are 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. i'll say w correspondent,

jury rossetto is in riga for us. and he told us the likely reasons that russia is why russia is in a rush to hold these referendums was such a sudden rush can be explained to with the lobbying efforts of the so called to war party, a group of higher rank and 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 is the 1st, are obvious concerns in moscow about the moot in the occupied territories after the ukrainian counter offensive. apparently, if he is great then that ukraine will soon come back there as well and punish them for copywriting 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 russian back to territory, but after the referenda,

the territory that russia would see as its own land with all consequences. now, if fees referenda i were to actually take place. what would that mean? what would change or if that a friend the were held in favor of the kremlin, then 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 conceded ukrainian territory. and any attempts to repaint the flex, as you said, a fiction that wouldn't change anything. he said, i think that's not the judge zalinski opinion, but also there are ality 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 to

dubuque respond, and you re reset her reporting from reagan. thank you. or the head of the united nations has warned that the world is gridlocked by a string of crises. secretary general antonia would perish toward the un general assembly in new york. the countries are not willing to tackle problems including the war in ukraine and climate change. he won't have a global winter of discontent, saying, developing nations are facing a dire financial situations as well. as the leaders gather in person for the 1st time in 3 years, with parish also says the world is falling short on goals of tackling poverty and improving education. and he says, solutions must be found without delay. we need action across the board. let's have no illusions we are in rough seas. a winter of global this content is on the riser . a cost of living crisis is raging thrust is crumbling, inequality is that exploding, and our planet is burning. people are hurting,

with the most vulnerable suffering. the most. welcome to the studio, our chief international editor, richard walker. richard, you've listened to terms. he's appealing for less division in the world that is said than done, isn't it? yeah, absolutely. i mean it's just get had to be going through some of his beaches from, from recent years when every september you know that, well, we just come to new york virtually in the last couple of years. but because of cove it but this year it is of once again in new york, every time he takes to the podium to make a speech where he's really trying to shake the world awake, you get the impression. i mean, last year, the very 1st line of his, of his speech was i am here to sound the alarm. the world must make wake up with all of the crises that it was facing last september. now, his 1st line with our world is in big trouble. and you get the impression of

a man who really feels he comes here every year. and the problems that he's wanting about are only getting worse. and the crises that the world is facing are only getting more numerous. the most obvious now being the war in ukraine, but this coming on top of so many other crises beneath it. and for him, i think the biggest problem is the fact that there's this huge division opening up geopolitically between us in the west to russia and china and others on the, on the other side that make it very, very difficult for body like you enter to make any progress on crises a year ago, of course, as you mentioned, nobody would have expected a full scale war and european territory. is this going to be the main issue in this year's general assembly? you? it depends who you're listening to really good. harris did speak about the war and you kind of course, but it wasn't the absolute centipedes. maybe a bit less than some people might have expected. you know, he didn't, for instance, call out russia by name when talking about the recent mass burial sites found in

these, you're more than nuclear threat threats to the nuclear power stations that but certainly focused on the sort of 2nd order effects. you know, the food crises, the inflation, things like that. but what you can be sure of is the western leaders who are going to new york. and there are many of them that will be very much the center piece of their speech. and they will be trying to drum up support from other countries around the world for their position, trying further to isolate the russians. now in his address there, you church also with urgency, talk about another pressing global crisis. let's have a list we're having a song by ready ok, we're having technical difficulties. they're playing that song by then in that some part of course he addressed a climate change as one of the big issues facing the world. and he also

stressed the imbalances between different out of the world. yeah. what does he mean by that? yeah, well, i mean, he's been saying, and this also goes back over previous years. that would it the way he framed it this year is that climate change should be the top priority for every government around the world, every multi lateral organization around the world. and yet it's just slipping back down the agenda, almost whatever happens, whatever something new comes out that always kind of pushes climate change down the agenda. and particularly singling out the importance of helping developing countries in dealing with climate change. there's a lot of tension between develop the developing world and the rich world about who should pay for what they call the lawson damage created by climate change. so a strong message from him on that that the rich world really needs to step up on this. because if the un general assembly doesn't really have teeth of it. so what can what outcome can we expect? well, i'm afraid it's hard to be that optimistic, the good terrorist won't be coming back again next year with a similar,

similarly depressing message. i mean, if you look at the simple fact, for instance, that not just russia is vladimir putin is not attending this year. that's perhaps to be understood, given the war raging, but she's been paying the chinese president is not taking part in new york. and if you have such major leaders not showing up, then how do you expect any diplomatic progress to happen on these big issues with abuse treatment and which of walker? thank you, richard. and you can watch the entire un general assembly on our youtube channel. that's dw news on youtube. now, as the un general assembly meets in new york, there's a fresh warning that rising sea levels, one of the biggest threats of climate change. the oceans depend on an article which holds 90 percent of the planets ice now assigned to say,

the ice is melting faster than previously thought. this is to wait. one of the world's largest glaciers. it's located in western adopted in covers, 192 square kilometers. that's an area roughly the size of senegal, like most glaciers around the world. the way to the melting in international team of researches has mel map the retreat of the ice giant over the centuries. the result of worrying to say the least, the glaciers falling apart much faster than originally thought. so sweet leisure itself could contribute around 60 centimeters globally to sea level rise. the problem is in fact that swayed, has such a central position in the west. and i think i see that its retreats and eventually

collapse. could cause a whole west. and i think i see to collapse and that would mean more than 3 meters of sea level rise. this way it's glaciers, part of a marine ice sheet. unlike some other glaciers that rest on dry land weights is grounded in this. he 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 warm up. as it heats up, it melts the glacier from below. scientist said that we have likely reached a critical point where large parts of the ice shelf might simply collapse. so the ice shells half of so called buttresses 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, but the thing effect will become smaller and suites laser will most likely increase its flow velocity. and weight isn't the only place melting. scientists estimated by 2100. sea levels may arise by a round, a meter or even more for the millions of people around the world who live in coastal areas. that's really bad news. rising sea levels 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. as have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. today. the

german government is on the verge of nationalizing its gas. in puerto unit up, the company says it's in final discussions on a deal involving an investment of $8000000000.00 euros unit per, has been hit by soaring gas prices, and cuts and supplies from russia. funny, uganda has announced its 1st desk from the bola in 3 years. health officials say its 24 year old man died of the disease. they've declared an outbreak in the central district move. in date, the world health organization says several suspected patients are receiving care. 6 protesters in beirut have broken down a gates into the justice minister, demanding the release of 2 people, arrested for storming a bank. delegation from the international monetary fund has held meetings with officials, economic meltdown. banks are now closed for 3 days. european court of

justice has ruled that germany cannot indiscriminately collect personal data as the 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. a judge at the us is thrown out a controversial murder conviction ob, non side was found guilty in 2000 of strangling his high school girlfriend. but a popular crime podcast raised doubts over whether he was the killer prosecutors now say new evidence has come to light. that bolts, this science 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, exhaustive 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 or even 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. there was he 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. site 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 tame. they also listed an unreliable witness and detective among their concerns. over the original trial. investigators say they also have new evidence there awaiting the results of a dna analysis to decide whether they will seek a new trial to aid or if they will throw out the case against him altogether. the w coach postponed the scott roxborough has been following this case for us. that podcast came out in 2014, but site was only released now. i asked him why it took 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. 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 side 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, or 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 cereal about this podcast site would not, i would still be in jail today. his case was made or public and the problems with

his conviction were made a public and given and shown to an incredibly large audience a through syria. i mean, people forget that this was really the 1st super hit podcast that it had tens of millions of downloads and a back at a time when a, virtually no one was really listening to podcast. that sort of popularized the genre and also populate the true prime genre within, within podcasts. so i, i think it, you can say definitely lead to the re examination of this case. and also lead to, i think, a whole new movement in the true crime genre. and in the pod, cassandra really worldwide. so our, with our seeing a new arrow, 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 steven avery, whose conviction was questioned in a netflix, a documentary crime series, making a murderer. his conviction wasn't overturned, but it was a re addressed 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 true 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 a correcting miscarriages of justice. and that obviously is a good thing of, but i worry a little bit that if this trend continues, 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 on. 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, 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 has a very valid concern. the dw, scott roxborough that thank you. any iran demonstrators have clashed with security forces. as anger grows 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. missouri meaning fell into a coma just shortly after being arrested by rounds. morality police for allegedly not covering her hand. death has re ignited calls to abolish the strict islamic dress code in the country. ah, protest at the funeral of masa armine in her hometown and northern iran,

more focused in the capital terror on this one organized by university students. harmonies death has once again exposed tensions tween the harden islamist regime and the young population yearning for more social freedoms. many young iranians, a fed up with the morale to police, which often uses violence to enforce a strict dress code in public life. amanda? 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, howard my parents, still a man, i am strongly against for morality police because it's not possible to enforce a coach will issue with violence. name is sebastian. what about social? and as i'm not for my head, in my opinion, they should remove the obligation to wear the he job altogether. that

a bad that the government denies that authorities use force against armine and release c. c. c. v footage that appears to show a collapsing at a police station. oh sure, a full can. 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. so she can all about that module that claim is rejected by, i mean his father who told the press his daughter had no history of illness. the protest this reject not just the regimes version of events, but he ran system of clerical rule. and it's brutal enforcers, head of the world cup, a german football fan representative is challenging katasha beth of germany on gay rights. the tournament kicks off in 2 months, but there are concerns over how l g b t q fans will be welcomed. representative dario,

mindon spoke out at the conference organized by germany's football federation. homosexuality is illegal and cut tom and can be punished with the death penalty. you know, i'm a man and i laugh man, i do. please don't be shocked. have sex with other men. this is norma, so please get used to it, or stay out of football. because the most important rule in football, if football is for every one, it doesn't matter if you're lesbian, if you're gay, it's for every one for the boys, for the girls. and for every one in between, you're watching t w news. he has a reminder of the top story we're following for you. separatists wanted to bring forward referendums on absorbing, occupied ukrainian territories into russia. ukraine's president says that dr. early

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