a hearing their dreams i did to june this week on d. w. ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, a sustainable news line from berlin. the west condemns russian plans to hold referendums on anything occupied ukrainian territories. pro russian separatist said they'll bring forward for days, the voting ukraine calls them sham ballots,

and vows to carry on liberating its lance. also coming up the head of the united nations warns the world is in great peril. as leaders gather in new york for the 1st time since the pandemic plus freed over the murder of his high school goal, friend. odd man, say it was the focus of a popular true crime podcast. now, a u. s. judge orders his release as new evidence comes to light more than 20 years later. and hurricane fiona, last the caribbean, puerto rico bears the brunt of winds above a 100 kilometers an hour. most of the island is without power and running water. ah. m nichol frolicked our viewers on p b. s in the united states and around the world. welcome the west has condemned

plans by separatists and for occupy ukrainian territories to bring forward referendums on becoming part of russia. the self proclaimed lou hans and don, it's people's republics. in eastern ukraine, as well as her son and supper regia and the south are set to begin 4 days of voting . on friday, the u. s. and nato have condemned the annexation votes. the white house says the votes are an affront to the principles that underpin the international system. my friends, almost overseer, the don boss is returning home. with that leader of the self proclaimed in its people's republic, announced a vote on joining russia. authorities in the neighboring self declared peoples republic of lou hands as well as the occupied parts of the hassan and separation regions have announced similar poles to begin on friday. internet's some residence,

welcomed the move when speaking to journalists with separatist mind does not see. but we all support us all of us, so i think it will all be fine. this long journey won't be for nothing. we will make us the victory will be ours. what would you get on? we're so happy. this is happening when the operations started back in february. we're screaming hooray. and that's what we're saying today. if you wouldn't. but ukraine's foreign minister dmitri qu labor was quick to condemn the hastily organized votes as sham referendums sang ukraine would keep liberating its territory in separation. ukrainians who had fled russian occupied areas, pulled scorn on the plans with by no means can i call it a referendum because what happened was a real seizure of territories which is due and what the russian federation wants to do with those territories. i believe it is illegal and pointless home. it is a fake exercise to show that the occupied territories want to join the trash and federation, which is

a total lie of the votes come as ukraine continues to press its counter offensive in the east, where it's retaken, thousands of square kilometers within just weeks with ukrainian officials saying on monday, it's forces had even recaptured a village in the lou penske region. i spoke to aliana left go a political analyst and former ukrainian member of parliament and asked her what her reaction was when she heard about this announcement. well, 1st of all, it's of no surprise that rush, i keep staging these fake referendums that is there playbook, isn't it? and asked similar referendum that they tried to stage in crimea in 2014, and they just keep going down that route. and using that same old template, but obviously, just like the crimean referendum, these will be as illegitimate. ukrainian officials interpret this as

a find that russia is then thing defeat. why do you think russia is doing this now? where we could see an extremely successful counter offensive in the northeast of ukraine and russia has realized that it can no longer sustain the occupied territories. and i'm sure that they're rushing to have these ref brendan conducted on the occupied territories as soon as possible because they have made these attempts previously ever since may and in particular in song region as well as been yes, come home, you know, they had several timelines and several deadlines to conduct these referendums and force people into voting affected by the propaganda to get reunited, as they say, with russia. but they failed because they simply couldn't get enough people to the following stations. and they were getting that intelligence the last day that they've allocated was september 11th, which was the general election day for russia. and they failed to deliver to

backdate as well. so now they're just having seen this successful counter offensive in the east, they're rushing to secure any positions they have to think they're going to go through with the referendums. this time around though is difficult to say. i'm sure that if they're progressing, although i know to be put in have, keeps postponing his address to the nation. so i'm sure that that decision is still being made and they're waiting on the options, how successful that could be. whether the people will go out to the polling stations and who will actually vote who will be forced into voting, who will be tortured into voting. and if i may note there, then there are constant occasions when russian people have absolutely no idea what's happening in the occupied territories or propaganda that they've been exposed to. and similarly that people on the occupied territories don't really know

the real situation. for example, i hear reports from my friends who are in ukrainian military, that the liberator territories in hot region. people had no idea that which happens people did. people didn't know whether key, if it's still under ukrainian control. they're surrounded by this narrative of russia bread and it's very difficult for them to know the reality. what would a referendum and the outcome of a referendum, which is quite predictable mean for the situation on the ground for the people who could go from living and russian control territory to territory annexed by russia? well, i think it's not going to change much, realistically, if anything that's aimed at the internal internal russian audience for that consumer. it's not going to change anything internationally. and it's very important that both nature officials, the u. s. many foreign leaders have said that it's going to be

a sham referendum and no one's going to really believe any outcomes of it. so legally, and legitimately, it's not going to change anything. and ukraine is intended to get all of its territories back. and i'll leave you a political analyst and former ukranian member of parliament. thank you so much for for your assessment tonight. thank you. target president reggie type air due on, has called on russia and ukraine to compromise on a dignified way out of the war as he called it. speaking at the united nations general assembly in new york or on ernest countries, to support turkey efforts for a last piece. he also said on cra, will work towards protecting ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity. in his breakfast and i got together with president putin and we had very extensive discussions with him and he is actually showing me that he's willing to end this as soon as possible. that was my impression because the way things are going right now are quite problematic. i asked corresponding dorian jones and assemble what the turkish president meant by russia taking a quote,

dignified way out of ukraine and what that might look like. well, the president had really given very little details on what dignified diplomatic solution to this conflict will be. other than saying that, a long talk to president putin last week and wanted an end to the conflict as soon as possible. and president one says the positioning yourself as a facilitator to bring that conflict to an end. but it has to be said, all the signs and signals coming from moscow point to quite the opposite direction . president tim, today to calling on the turkish, on the russian military supplies to step up their production, the supply russian forces fighting ukraine and. and now we have this talk of a referendum in russian occupied ukraine that would succeed to russia. now this is totally contradicting what for the nerd. one says where a solution has to involve russian withdrawing from all of ukraine, or do i, has an acting as

a mediator between russia and ukraine. he was very important in reaching that, that grain deal a couple of months ago. but is he just someone who is willing to talk to or does and also listen to him during well, present one's relationship with putin is undoubtedly close. some of the leaders of met 3 times in many months. they've had long total somehow lost it for several hours and it's clear that i think in god's value his relationship with god want to take leave for the cause of the fact that he's not enforcing west and sanctioned again. and that really isn't very important. guten is why we believe the russia has benefited a low monthly from don and going full with giving the facts but the west are expected to make. the thanks so much or even to who will be very keen to

keep this relationship with the one in tack. so therefore he is in a position where he doesn't want to humiliate code one. he knows he has to make concessions sometimes without one the grain deal with the united nations of turkey from cook is a see is an indication of the to, to know the has to give something to her in this ongoing relationship. does that mean that the all and the complex because one is calling for? no, but i think what we do expect going forward possibly in the coming weeks is some school to a prisoner exchange, which one said that they are working to facilitate i just kind of a gesture for one because one talking with will not enforcing sanctions. is that he has to be a mediator with russia, dorian jones, and assemble, thank you. the head of the united nations has warned that the world is gridlocked by a string of crises. secretary general and when you good harris told the un general assembly in new york, that countries are not willing to tackle problems including the war in ukraine and climate change. he warned of a global winter of discontent saying,

developing nations are facing a dire financial situation. and as the leaders gather in person for the 1st time in 3 years, whatever it 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 do action across the board. let's have no illusions we are in rough seas. we, instead of global this content is on the horizon. a cost of living crisis is raging . grasp is crumbling, inequality is not exploding, and our planet is burning. people are hurting, with the most vulnerable suffering the most. our washington verity is full, listened to the un general general secretaries address and has this analysis. i think of the sentence we just heard the most vulnerable are suffering the most.

this is kind of in the key of his speech. he obviously talked about ukraine, which brought the world to her at the brink of a nuclear war, but he didn't leave it there. he talked a lot of odd climate change and the climate catastrophe which kind of had so many countries, especially many african countries. he talked about people dying of starvation, he talked about women and girls suffering the most. so he basically really painted or even darker picture than he normally does as the beginning of the united nations general assembly. but he still doesn't give of uphold when this is probably the 2nd take away. he said, if we all keep staying together and fighting the bad and the evil, we still have a chance to change this world to, to a better place. yeah, a bit of help there as well. a year ago, no one would have expected a full scale war on the european continent. how think of her role is the war in

ukraine playing at the general assembly? now it does play a big role is everywhere, because as we just talked about, the, the food crisis in the world is also caused. sure by the climate catastrophe by climate change, but also by the war in ukraine. and this hold of food crisis is also one of the main topics here. so the wind, ukraine is everywhere, but it's, it's, it's, it's not left there. it's like really in the discussion as well that that with what comes with this warn and what can be done to help. again, those who are suffering the most. this is the biggest diplomatic week of the year. a lot of talking, of course, on the big stage, but also behind closed doors. can we expect any substantial outcome regarding the many crises the world is facing at? hey, that's a good question. you know, many people say the u. n is

a toothless tiger and it's only about goodwill speeches. and i think this is fair to certain extent, but what really matters are all these bilateral talks around the official a meeting. so for example, the german chancellor left shows just met refer turkish president ado on that was very important. i think a regarding the questions that how to move on own within the european union. a with turkey for example. then the new prime minister of great britain met for the 1st time over the monroe. my call for a longer sit down and she will meet a president biden, to morrow for the 1st time to talk, talk about a possible a trade agreement. so there's a lot more going on than just right in the building behind me. in this whole, our eyes and ears at the un general assembly. thank you so much. and now to some other stories making headlines around the world today,

uganda has announced its 1st death from ebola in 3 years. health officials say a 24 year old man died of the disease if declared an outbreak in the central district of more ben day. the world health organization says several suspect the patients are receiving care. a top un official has called for an independent probe into the death of an iranian woman who was arrested by the morality police 22 year old massa. meanings. death has spark nationwide protests. she fell into a coma shortly after being arrested for not covering her hair. a u. s. judge has thrown out a controversial murder conviction. adnan sired was found guilty in the year 2000 of strangling his high school girlfriend, but a popular crime podcast raised doubts over whether he really was the killer prosecutors now say new evidence has come to light that bolster science defense

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 that more than anybody, they were shut, know of a legal process, went to court in the state attorney's office. and 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. 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. the podcast came out in 2014, but authorities didn't release i. and until now we asked d w culture correspondence, scott roxborough,

why it took so long to revive the evidence serial brought to light. this type of a reassessment of a murder case virtually never happens in the united states or justice system. so the fact that it has happened at all is, is, is quite astounding on the fact that took so long, i think has to do with the, this very slow wheels of justice and 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 a the conviction of said um 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 lead them to make the decision or to, to release him temporarily at least. but as i say, this is incredibly rare, a case, i don't think it should be surprising that it's taken so long to get say that without cereal with 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 serial. 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 the genre and also populate the true crime genre within, within podcasts. so i, i think it, you can say definitely lead to the re examined the nation 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 hurricane fiona is wreaking havoc across the caribbean. wins about a 100 kilometers an hour, have left much of puerto rico without electricity and clean water. national guard troops have rescued hundreds of people stranded by the flooding. this bridge was installed in recent years at

a cost of some $3000000.00. beyond widespread damaged with infrastructure overflowing rivers have also forced housings of people from the homes. authorities have opened more than a 100 shelters across the island. those will haven't fled the homes, have had to travel long distances to get essential supplies. well, double got we're looking for gasoline, water, ice, all the supplies necessary for getting through this storm. we were hoping it wouldn't be so big like that, but well, it was bigger than we expected on the rental. but you have to make, due with what you have, or where i go with such scenes of devastation, a familiar input are equal which never fully recovered from hurricane maria. the

2017 storm was the worst recorded on the island. it left about 3000 people dead and forgot the longest bar blackout ever experience in the u. s. now, many areas in puerto rico are once again in darkness. if it's a part of the governor has one that it could take days to get the bar back on it more just audio in many areas that had never seen flooding. are you local? there has been an unprecedented accumulation of water in which in fact, in many areas it was greater than what we saw during hurricane maria, and wood gung, maria tor dc. it is still too early to know the full scope of the damage. more than 1500 people have been killed by flooding in pakistan and there could be worse to come. officials say water born diseases are spiraling and it could take months for stagnant waters to recede the fields flooded and crops destroyed. food supplies are also threatened,

while farmers struggle to feed livestock. dami cons buffalos survived the floods, but now the farmer struggling to keep them alive. zamiah's farm is in the province of sind, one of the areas worst affected by the floods. he managed to save his animals, but the water spoiled their feed. but he loved you. what you say? yes, ross, i'll become rotten because of the flood. hello. yeah, it's turn black. john, well, we can't give it to the cattle, the j. u. so the animals will go hungry, you will just, and eventually die. got caught, i got all my guy younger with their own cattle feed, ruined farmers have to buy it in, but the short supply has driven up prices on mariano rivera now. miller were struggling to buy feed for animals. i'm a british who used to get fought for $30.00 to $40.00 rupees per kilo. okay. run these delicate. now we have to pay

a $100.00 even up to $200.00 rupees petula. halsey miller. the government has promised help, but air dropping supplies by helicopter has proved difficult further north in this one valley where a torrent of water washed away buildings and bridges. this is one of the last remaining medical centers in the area. ah, it's completely over crowded. staff struggle to attend to all the patients and medical care is needed more urgently than ever. as damage by the floods has increased the risk of disease. the cholera has increased to you gotta hepatitis a and typhoid have also increased gabriella bigler to whom i deposit it along with that. so the more cases of being reported of insect born diseases like malaria and dingey media being the waters may have receded here. but the impact of the

floods will be felt for a long time to come to once before the football world cup, a fan representative is challenging. katara ambassador to germany over gay rights. there are concerns about how l g. we take, you fans will be welcomed at the tournament and guitar. homosexuality is illegal there and can be punished with the death penalty. the supporters representative. daria mindon confronted the katara ambassador at a conference organized by the german football federation. you know, i'm a man and i love man. i do. please don't be shocked. have a sex with other men. this is norma. so please get used to it or stay out of football. because the most important role in football, if football is for every one, it doesn't matter if you're less, boom,

if you're gay, it's for everyone for the boys, for the girls and for everyone in between. and he's absolutely right. earlier we spoke with the man we just saw in that video, darya, mindon of the german fan group called our curve or owns the co of a and german and he told us what prompted him to take the stand he did well. a lot of the reason it's football fan who happens also to be gay about the situation and it's not limited to the day, right? it's about on human rights. but also when you talk about the situation for the, for the migrant workers and also at the football fan, we got a big problem if the corruption in the football system. so there are many reasons to be very angry and i get, i had the opportunity to speak. and i spoke about a lot of things that a big problem in our view. and then i had the opportunity to speak directly to the

investor. and i wanted to make this statement as again them hollis football superstar robert lavon dorski has received a ukraine captain's arm band and promised to take it with him to the world cup and katara. the barcelona striker was given the yellow and blue armed band and warsaw by former ukraine international. andre shift jenko. the min dorski has been a strong supporter of ukraine since russia invaded back in february. this is represent, wow, well, that's all from the news for now, but stay tuned. i'll be back after the break to take you through the day with

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