ah, ah ah, this is d w a news line frumber land, the international community closes ranks against russia. the head of the united nations warns against dangerous developments in the war in ukraine, but russia foreign minister and gives a defined address to the security council. rejecting western accusations of human rights abuses in ukraine, also coming up with 3 women, it looks russians, people, $12.00 to $5.00 to $1.00 to be a mobilized wants to go to them. i'm leaving russia in a hurry to avoid a lot of your booth is call up to fight and you know,

growing backlash in iran over the death of a woman arrested by the morality police because of the way she wore her head scarf . ah, i'm nickel for like, it's good to have you with us. western allies have stepped up their condemnation of the war in ukraine at a 10 session of the united nations security council. then un secretary general, describe the latest developments in the conflict as dangerous and disturbing. the u . s. issued a blunt warning to moscow to stop making nuclear threats, but rush us foreign minister, remain defiant, rejecting accusations of human rights abuses and ukraine. the international community close ranks on russia's attempts to escalate the war in ukraine. thank you for your determination. the u. s. put the blame squarely on russian president

vladimir putin. one man chose this war. one man can end it. because if russia stops fighting the war ends. if you crane stops fighting ukraine ends. the un secretary general joined the condemnation, judging boulden for his field threats, use nuclear weapons. surely the israel bass, i have said from the start and the census war has unlimited potential to do terrible harm in ukraine and around the world. 2 year old, the 4 and bone saw the idea of nuclear conflict. once unthinkable has become a subject and debate. this in itself is totally unacceptable. will all nuclear arms states should we commit to the non use and total elimination of nuclear weapons even a poke, receive more. the low asset love, other western allies such as franz said russia cannot go unpunished. but every one

knows doth statements have little impact on the battlefield. no war itself condemnation can stop the russian army. what can stove them is the ukrainian army equipped with northern weapons coming from our partners. moscow has blamed western military support for prolonging the war. nathan fornia, so the most unusual, once particularly cynical, here is the position of the states that are popping up. ukraine with weapons from the goal is obvious. they don't even hide issued to drag out the fighting for as long as possible. despite the destruction and the victims, you spoke in order to wear down and weaken russia, you will throw minting of this conflict by the collective west remains unpunished. fumes ruffled on those as well. really, you won't be punishing yourself, sir. see progress, i miss you. but my cousin, cuz no russia veto in the security cancelled means any you in action on this issue is unlikely. it only does and in the way of corresponding with ala course. now,

as at the united nations for us earlier, i asked her what the main points were from the security council session. well, the biggest takeaways really that and after we've seen a sense of soc, the 1st time finding a putin and threatened implicity implicit eve with using and nuclear weapons this time there seems to be a sense of outrage that also has reached the highest level of the united nations, antonio, good terrorist who's well, of course it is to bring everybody to the table to try and find peaceful solutions to try and resolve things is essentially the world's chief diplomat. and even he feels quite clearly that a red line is being crossed there. and he spoke of a war that is being waged against human rights themselves. so although there won't be any resolution, there won't be any physical action coming out of the un. because ev rasa can veto anything in the security council at there is more than just symbolism here. that is

resounding condemnation, not just from the traditional west at, with china, even voicing something that in the chinese way of reading things could be seen as criticism, china vowing at to maintain a balance, but also coming out in favor of maintaining international borders. so that is something that can be read implicit criticism of russia with the overarching concern over the global economy, but also at looming crises like climate change, hunger being exacerbated by this conflict. so everybody made their case some arguably more convincingly than, than others. in this debate, going to change anything well, it won't achieve anything in the sense of the un ascending peacekeeping truth, that simply is not possible because the security council itself would be that the body that has to decide this, rasa, of course, would not go nowhere near that,

but what it has demonstrated to russia on the global stage is that it is increasingly isolated that it is taking risks even with partners like china. and that could become a motivation to for vladimir putin and not to push this even further. although he does appear to be a leader who is under pressure and when you talk to people behind the scenes here, there is also concern what could happened when somebody is pushed into a corner. so that's the big guessing game. now we have this, but what is the central mock referendum m over don bus region coming up? now, if russia declares that as its own territory, then the next big question will be, how will ukraine, how will the west react to that? will more weapons be sent? so it's the world stage this week, and then it's back into that real conflict on the ground it at the heart of europe

. ready? italy is mckayla, could they new york? thank you so much. well vladimir potent escalation of the war as running into increasing opposition within russia as well. police have arrested more than 1300 people demonstrating against the column of reservists at nationwide protests. flights to foreign destinations are also selling out as many fear it could be their last chance to leave making a touchdown in a stumble. just a day after russia announced a military draft, many russian men are jumping on whatever flight stick and find out of moscow. turkey where arriving russian passengers don't require a visa for entry is a popular choice. the modernization as to who one of the reasons were in here. i feel that not really many lots of russians, people want to, to fights and want to be mobilized and want to go to them. so this suit in serbia,

where short term russian visitors can also enter visa free. fully packed flights arrived from moscow, as panic, has surged, her demand for one, we flights flights to turkey, serbia, as well as armenian azerbaijan, have entirely sold out reports of a mass exodus. if young men have been downplayed by the kremlin which claims the situation is exaggerated, but those arriving in serbia say, the fear of conscription, israel seeds are as horrible. so i psyche to be afraid to help laura and oh, oh such things. so it's hard for everyone is so difficult situation at the land border with finland, a long queues rushing cars has lined up to cross finland is now russia's last remaining, you neighbor, that still allows the entry of russian shing and visa holders. but while fin,

when prepares to limit or band and tree fresh and taurus and as flights out of moscow become unavailable, it may be now or never for those wanting to avoid the draft. like martin is a war studies fellow at king's college london, and i asked him earlier, how big a problem resistance to conscription could become for vladimir putin. i don't think the protest in and of themselves, and i'm sure when i'm teaching over his between t as in power, had many instances of much larger post instances, whether them quite well what it will do is the soldiers do get conscripted clearly not going to be that happy about going to ukraine and of course, are unwilling recruits, don't make it great soldiers. 13 has called up 300000 reserve us. what sort of difference will that make?

especially if they are poorly trained, poorly motivated. what do you think? can they be a deal breaker in this stalled conflict on his side? you know, the short answer is no, they won't, they won't change the price of fish. you got 2 options when you're taking civilians or service with very little military training and trying to turn them into soldiers . you can either put them through a 3 or 4 month training course to turn them into actual soldiers, in which case these soldiers are going to be turning up in ukraine in the spring. or you can put into a kind of 2 week crash course, but then a little better than civilians and modern war is complex and untrained soldiers die quickly. so either way, i don't see this having a big impact on the course of the war. there have been reports that up to a 1000000 reserve, this could be drafted. the kremlin has denied that. what's your assessment?

is this just the beginning of a much broader mobilization? it could be, i mean, i think that rather than this mobilization being about improving the military capability of russia, i actually think it's directed at the domestic market in russia. so president putin took a lot of flack recently from the right wing ultra nationalists in russia when this offensive and car keys failed. and a russian army collapsed over the last 2 weeks. and so what is done is he's done this mobilization as a way of demonstrating to the right when he's in russia that he's actually doing something about getting control of the war. another big story today was the prisoner swap ukraine and russia. 5 traded prisoners and what is the biggest swap since the start of the war? russia released more than 200 counters and ukraine, some 55 russians. what does that numeric imbalance tell us?

yes, it's a great question and not just 200 prisoners, but to brits. an american and some other foreigners and many of the other style people he defended marion poll, who the russians label is not c terrorists. so the imbalance tells us about the relative strengths of ukraine and russia. previous prison swaps have been a, there was, there was one in 2019 for instance, we're on a one for one basis, one rushing for one ukrainian. and this almost 4 to one and balance shows that ukraine has had the upper hand in those negotiations. quite martin worse, that is fellow at king's college in london. fascinating stuff. thank you so much. thank you. and a brief look now at some other stories making headlines today. germany's parliament has been debating, stepping up military support, including tanks for ukraine. the discussion has exposed cracks in the governing coalition. the greens and liberals favor more military assistance,

but center left chancellor, one of channels insists germany should keep in step with its nato allies. iran has signaled that it's ready to increase. it's cracked down on protest, sparked buying the death of a young woman in police custody. at least 17 people have died as public outrage over mazda miata shows no sign of abating. 22 year old died after being arrested for wearing her head scarf improperly. former pakistani prime minister in run con, has appeared in court in islam abroad. he apologized for his outburst against a female judge during rally last month, which was interpreted as a threat to the judiciary. the apology may allow him to stay out of prison and avoid contempt charges. and his no and no joke of it has hailed the retiring roger federer as one of the greatest athletes of all time is as who leave a lasting legacy for the entire world of tennis. a 41 year old swiss great will

play competitively for the last time at this week's labor comp, turning out for team europe, alongside raphael, nadal, andy murray and joker, which the 3 biggest rivals of his glittering, 24 year career. federer has struggled with injuries of late. this is going to be, he's lost in blossom and she's very well this weekend so that, that makes these occasion even greater because he's one of the greatest hospital ever to play sports, any sports in the school to larry t live on and off the court just speaks for itself, so sure, we're going to have a blast. this region. when a compliment after delivering dazzling images of distant galaxies, the james web space telescope has turned its gaze on our solar system. these images of neptune are the 1st it has captured. they offer an unprecedented view of the planet in for red light, including some of the sharpest views of the planets, rings. in decades. the last time scientists had such

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