that became a major milestone in their lives with school stores or tories on d w. ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, see that we news line from berlin. the west condemns russian plans to hold referendums on annexing occupied ukrainian territories. pro russian separatists de ville, bring forward 4 days of boating, grain called them sham ballots, and vows to carry on, liberating its lands. 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 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, i'm nicole foolish! welcome to the program. the west has condemned plans by separatists, then for occupying ukrainian territories to bring forward referendums on becoming part of russia. the self proclaimed blue hans and don. it's people's repub legs and eastern ukraine as well as her son and supper regia in 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. the principles that underpin the international system those. yes, my friends are sir. 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 lu, hands, as well as the occupied parts of the house on anne's apparition. regions have announced similar poles to begin on friday. internet's some residence, welcomed the move. when speaking to journalists with separatist mine does not fit, 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 like we are so happy, this is happening when the operation started back in february, we were screaming her a, and that's what we are saying today. he 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 poured 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 russian federation, which is a total lie. i will have 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 ukranian officials saying on monday it's forces had even recaptured a village in the lucas region. i spoke to aliana left go

a political analyst and former member of the ukrainian parliament and asked her what her reaction had been 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? i'm that's similar referendum that they tried to stage in the crimea in 2014, and they just keep going down that route and using that same old template. but obviously, just like the crimea referendum, these will be as legitimate 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 it 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 referendums conducted on the occupied

territories as soon as possible. because they have made these attempts previously ever since may and in particular in southern region, as well as then yes, can the homes, 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 phoning stations and they were getting that intelligence. the last date that they've allocated was september 11th, which was the general election day for russia. and they failed to deliver it to that date 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 weighing 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 rooting. 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 under the propaganda that they've been exposed to. and similarly, the 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 happened people did. people didn't know whether key, if it is still under ukrainian control. they're surrounded by this narrative, the russia spread, 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 in turn, internal russian audience for that consumer. it's not going to change anything internationally. and it's very important that both nature officials, the us and manufacturing 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 the 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. turkish president and richard type are due on, has called on russia and ukraine to compromise on aco,

dignified way out of the war. speaking at the united nations general assembly in new york or on urged countries to support turkeys efforts for a lasting peace. he also said on cra, will work towards protecting ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity. in his becca stand, 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 for, responded dorian jones and stumble, what the turkish president meant by russia taking a dignified way out of ukraine and what that might look like? well, the president had really give him very little details on what the dignified diplomatic solution to this contract will be. other than saying that long talk to president to 10 last week that wants to the end of the complex as soon as possible. i'm

president. one says the positioning itself is the 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 putin today to calling on the turkish, on the russian military supplies to step up. they production the supply, russian forces fighting ukraine and. and now we have this talk of a referendum. busy in russian occupied ukraine that would succeed to russia. now this is totally contradictory for the no one says where a solution has to involve russian withdrawing from all of ukraine or the one has been 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 food and also listen to him during well, present one's relationship with putin is on out at lee close some of the leaders of

met 3 times in many months. they've had long total some out the last for several hours and it's clear that i think in god's value his relationship we both want to take leave for the cause of the fact that he's not enforcing weston sanctioned again. and that really isn't very important. guten is why we believe that russia has benefited a low monthly from don and going full with giving the facts but the width, our expect department to make the thanks so much or even who will be very keen to keep this relationship with the one in tack 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. one could is a see is an indication of the who to knows. he has to give something to her in this ongoing relationship. does that mean that people are in the conflict because one is calling for? no, but i think that would be to expect going forward possibly in the coming weeks in

some school to preserve exchange which one said that they are working to facilitate i just signed up for just one because one talking with will not enforcing sanctions is that he has to mediate with russia door in 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 new terrorist told the un general assembly in new york. the countries are not willing to tackle problems including the war and ukraine and climate change. he warned to 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, terrorist 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 crises, raging grasp is crumbling, inequalities are exploding, and our planet is burning. people, i've heard of things with the most vulnerable suffering the most. and now a quick look at some other stories making headlines around the world today. the top un official has called for an independent, proven to the death of an iranian woman who was arrested by the morality police 22 year old. my son, i mean these are nationwide protests. she fell into a coma shortly after being arrested for not covering her hair. 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 bending world health organization, the several suspected patients are receiving care flooding after heavy rains and

nigeria has killed at least 20 people this week. already say the more than $300.00 have died this year as a country experienced it's worth floods in a decade. the national emergency management agency is warning of serious consequences in the coming weeks after 2 down and began to overflow. hurricane fiona, as wreaking havoc across the caribbean, winds above 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 flooding. this bridge was installed in recent years at a cost of some $3000000.00 beyond widespread damaged. we infrastructure, overflowing rivers have also forced housings of people from their homes. authorities have opened more than

a 100 shall does. across the island those will have in fled. their homes have had to travel long distances to get essential supplies. one of them, okay, we're looking for gasoline, water, ice, all the supplies necessary for getting through the storm. we were hoping it wouldn't be so big. oh, but well, it was bigger than we expected about the rental. but you have to make do with what you have. oh, the way 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 experienced in the u. s. now, many areas in puerto rico are once again in darkness. if it looks like 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? 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, edward, gung, maria, a tor dc. it is still too early to know the full scope of the damage. and that's all from us for now, but stay tuned. route watts is up next with the latest in the business news. remember, you can always get more on our website. that is of course d, w dot com. i'm nicole freely from me and the entire team. thanks for your company today. with interest the global economy our portfolio