to they have so much to lose shattering the glass ceiling women in architecture to so this has to be really, really good. start september 30th on dw ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin for regents of ukraine under control of moscow to hold referendums on joining brush up the plan by pro russian say, protest has been widely condemned with keep calling the proposed boat sham balance . also coming up our world is in peril. the un secretary general deliverance. i

stopped warning at the general assembly in new york or god lived while curse on there for the 1st gathering of world leaders. since the pandemic and hurricane fiano rates having in the caribbean, the stormers bath of the turks and take off islands, while puerto rico is picking up the pieces after it left a trail of destruction. ah, i'm anthony howard broke into the program. a planned by separatist authorities in russia held parts of ukraine to hold referendums on joining russia has triggered a hail of criticism from several governments. the white house says it will never break, ignore the annexation of any ukrainian territory. if the votes go ahead and the e u was threatening to impose more sanctions on moscow for what it says of

violations of international law. russians backed authorities in the regions of hansing done yet because operation and his on say 4 days of voting will begin on friday. the announcements come as ukrainian soldiers have been making sweeping gains from russian forces in a counter offensive. oh, my friends. oh 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 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 as nasty, 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 as the victory will be eyes watching it. look,

we're so happy. this is happening when the operation started back in february, you're screaming her a and that's what we are saying today. 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 my no means can i call it a referendum because what happened was a real seizure of territories, which is and what the russian federation wants to do with those territories. i believe it is illegal and pointless. um, it is a fake exercise to show that the occupied territories want to join the trash and federation, which is a total lie to drop the rules. 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 loop, hence region. they doubly correspondent in the conley, in hockey, ne, in ye, crime has more now on why these referendums have been announced. i think this is a symptom of russian weakness this ukrainian counter offensive really took everyone by surprise, especially in moscow in terms of its scope and its speed. and its now some kind of desperate attempt to, 1st of all, fixing the contextual gains that russia has made since the 24th febreeze since the beginning of this war to show the domestic audience that there is some point to of this. it's also an attempt to maybe get to have some things to negotiate about to have some kind of joke is up their sleeve to then offer up it when it when or if a contempt matic kind of resolution does come about. but it's also about the internal workings of russia state bureaucracy by calling these bits of ukraine

russia by saying this is a war between ukraine and russia that would allow russia to call up men between age of 18 and 60, to fight. it would allow russia to force soldiers who so far, refused to come and serve here in ukraine to do so. and we've seen huge problems on the russian side in terms of manpower, just being unable to really replenish their units that have been taking such a beating here in this part of ukraine. so that could be also one of the main kind of push factors for this announcement. that was the w correspondent, nicolai in hockey. if you cry a turkish president wretched type murder, one has called on russia and ukraine to compromise on a dignified way out of the war. speaking at the united nations general assembly in new york to one urged countries to support turkey's efforts for lasting piece of origin. he also said anchor a will work towards protecting ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity. in

his becca, stan, 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, correspondent, dorian johnson is stan bull. what the turkish president meant barbarossa taking a dignified by out of ukraine. and indeed what that might look like. well, for that one had really give him very little details on what dignified diplomatic solution to this conflict will be. other than saying that long talk to president putin last week, who didn't wanted an end to the conflict as soon as possible and greater than one says, he's positioning yourself as the facility 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 the production,

the supply russian forces fighting ukraine and, 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 no one says where a solution has to involve washing withdrawing from all of ukraine. that was correspond. dorian jones is stan bull. meanwhile, the head of the united nations has warned that of world is gridlocked by a string of crises. secretary general antonia who has 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 wanted the global winter of discontent, st. developing nations, facing a dia, financial situation. and as the latest gathering person for the 1st time in 3 years, who tell us 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've actually crossed the boards. let's

have no illusions we are in rough seas. a winter of global discontent is on the horizon. a cost of living crisis is raging thrust, his crumbling inequalities are exploding, and our planet is burning. people are hurting with the most vulnerable suffering the most. they w. washington bureau chief in his pole is in new york city and following the general assembly force in us who terrorist talked about a multitude of crises the world is facing. ukraine is the single crisis that dominates european mines. it. is that the case there? well, it was important obviously, and he started his speech talking about ukraine. i mean, the war in ukraine brought the world at the brink of a nuclear war. so this matters here as well. but that's not all. what matters in comparison to other speakers who followed him,

talked about all the other problems caused by the climate catastrophe. they talked about to say mine, i mean that people starving and, and at this very moment to death or that is also connected. sure to the one ukraine, but again, also to the, to climate change. so this is also a very, very huge topic here and as kind of always the inequality of this world. and as good terrorist produced that those who are the most vulnerable suffering the most as well. it's an incredible moment to be there when you're in the room, so to speak, in a moment like this. do you feel he and since, how much of the world order has been changed by russia's invasion, if you crime yeah, absolutely. you know it's, it's really everywhere. i mean, you can't talk to anybody without her mentioning the war in ukraine at some

point. if it's, if it's climate ac to this of its human rights activists of its politicians, it's always coming back to ukraine specially now as we just heard in your report about the announcement of the 4 regions are which are ruled by russian. separatists said they might be forced to ward or to become like members of the russian empire, so to speak. and this will kind of give a whole new dynamic in the whole discourse. so ukraine and put in and the war and put in swore is definitely a backdrop in his german chancellor. hola! schultz is expected to speak soon. what are you expecting from the german shuffle? he is, and he's not going to do what other speakers might have done. he won't address every single problem of the world. he really will focus on structural problems of principal problems. he definitely will addressed the announced a referendum in the for region,

a region in ukraine. but he also will talk about this global south and the importance to work with african countries in latin american countries. this is really a mission of him and her. he also co hosted a meeting with the african a union earlier today, so it shall be very interesting to hear what he has to say about this specific topic. d. w. washington bureau chief in his poll at the un in york city. thanks so much. now the, some of the other stories making headlines around the world to sell 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 mazur. m. a niece dear has spark nationwide protests. she fell into a coma shortly after being arrested for not covering her hair. uganda has announced its 1st 1st death from a ball the in 3 geese. health officials say

a 24 year old man died of the disease. they've declared an outbreak in the central district district of ma bender. the world health organization says several suspect the patients are receiving here. flooding after heavy rains in nigeria has killed at least 20 people this week or 30 say more than 300 have died this year. as the country experiences its worst flood in a decade, the national emergency management agency is warning of serious consequences in the coming weeks after 2 dams began to overflow. or hurricane fiona is 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 rewards have also forced housings of people from their homes. authorities have opened more than a 100 shelters across the island. those will have in fled, their homes have had to travel long distances to get essential supplies. and 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 room. but you have to make do with what you have. oh, the way i go over there. such scenes of devastation of familiar input are equal, which never fully recovered from hurricane maria. the 2017 storm was the worst it

got it. on the island it left about 3000 people dead and forgot the longest bar blackout ever experience in the us. 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 and had with our gang maria, a tor dc. it is still too early to know the full scope of the damage. and before we go, his armanda of the top stories we are following for you, this our plan by pro russian separatists in ukraine to hold referendums of joining russia. it's been condemned by a range of countries. the boats that you to go ahead on friday and the head of the united nations has warned that the world is gridlocked by

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