ah ah ah, business dw news live from berlin occupied regions of eastern ukraine begin voting on whether to become part of russia. western powers call the so called referendums, a sham. they say russia will fix the outcome to justify annex in ukrainian

territory. and not far from the front lines, a city liberated but in ruins. ukraine's army recently pushed russian forces out of coupons. but as our correspondent reports life there is still far from normal. also on the program, iran's president vows to investigate the death of a woman held by the morality police. but that's done little to quell public outrage as protests turn into an open challenge against the government. ah, i'm glad elf is welcome to the program. authorities installed by russia in occupied parts of ukraine have been holding so called referendums on joining russia. calling has begun despite world wide condemnation, and a warning from the un chief that results will not be recognised. ballads are being

collected in the regions of course, on salisia, lou, hans and donates an area making up about 15 percent of the ukranian territory. as voting. continuous cave says it has recaptured more ground in its continuing counter. offensive voting is expected to last several days and results in the regions annexation by moscow. ukraine and western governments say they will not recognize the outcome. vote organizers in done yet is making house calls, bringing the ballot boxes straight to the people. amid the backdrop of war, residents are being asked to vote on joining the russian federation. e. and yeah, of course it's important. we were wondering when we would join russia. life will be commer. this so called referendums are being held over 5 days. russian news outlets say most of the voting will take place door

to door kremlin installed leaders in the regions have been preparing for months signing up residence as russian citizens in lieu hans some see the vote as a way out of war and deprivation. long regular lives. i think the referendum will be for the best worthy of that. that yes, that there will be water and electricity get the when people will feel like they are on day native land to the border submittals, to what mattered noisy maria. but for those who fled to ukrainian held parts of separation, the votes are a sham. well, but though it's a violation of international law, it's a fake task to show that occupied territories want to join the russian federation, which is a total lie once the so called referendums are completed,

moscow could then claim that its own territory is under attack with weapons provided by the west. and we can now go to her cave in ukraine and speak to security analyst maria aft eva mer russia is holding these so called referendums. you've labeled them clowning on twitter. what do you mean by that? i mean that this is a fake staged referenda, which has no legitimacy and all the people who are participating in organizing these are make it so this is a fake in today we have seen the russians are going to be one of the, those who were actively participating in all the war activities in the beginning of the invasion, samantha, he was in the referendum, but is the citizen of russia. and he put this to be doing himself on his social

media channel. and the woman who was going door from door for, for this falls, or was she said that the people with the best part of russia and also the, the members of the russian military can ward of course, this is all fake and stage and the results are already known as it has been declared before they even started the referendum. now what are you hearing from the regions where voting is happening? well, the do. what is the russian propaganda trying people to believe? and what is actually happening is 2 different scenes. what is happening in reality is that russia occupied the territories of for part 3rd or 4th ukrainian region. this alonso done yet, your son ends up with and they are forcefully making people to go and vote. but

they actually don't need that as much. they just need some pictures for the russian propaganda to show that war to has started and then they did this company and then they will announce the result they need. they have already said that more than 80 percent of people who vote in favor of join the name of join in russia. after that, they will announce this territories independent, so called independent from ukraine and want to join russia. and that will allow rush start later to say that these territories are legitimate parts of russia and every kind of aggression, again, this them is aggression against russia. that was all, it was about these and plus the forceful mobilization of people who are leaving on these territories of man who didn't live or who are not able to leave the territories. and now russia will force them to go to the,

to conscript them. and to go and serve in russian army. and now what do you think this referenda will amino the so called referenda will mean for the future of the war. it doesn't have any legitimacy. and then no country in the vote will accept that this. what was happening, what was states by russia, and then the kind of legitimate action. this is a law from action which is, should be put as such by all countries and by the un. but it won't, it won't mean any scene for ukraine and generally for the war. but of course, it will mean a lot for russian propaganda which is already use in these a lot. and the purpose of this was because russia is failing on the battle fields after their withdraw in hockey region. and the defeat of russian

troops in harkey region put in need that shows thompson. and they came up with this referenda, which were organized for $34.00 days. now ukraine and western governments have already said they're not going to recognize the results. but can we expect recognition from russia's allies, at least a russia has not so much allies as they would like it just several countries as a areas that are not recognized by the european countries. and generally by the un, that with just in favor of every russian decision and there are lot themselves. and then we have to understand, clearly that russia is a country that has no international legitimacy by itself. now, because of the constant violation of the international law and every action russia makes in the sovereign territory or few friends is unlawful not to take along the

unlawful and unprovoked invasion. started on the 24th of february, speaking to us from ha kiff and ukraine. security analyst a maria of de la. thank you very much. thank you. meanwhile, in russia long choose persist at borders, and flights to foreign destinations are sold out for letting me put his conscription drive to bolster his forces in ukraine is being met with resistance. more than 1300 people have been arrested at nationwide protests sent many men of draft age are leaving the country while they still can touching down in istanbul, just a day after russia announced a military draft, flight prices have skyrocketed as more and more people flee to avoid being cold to serve in ukraine. in turkey, arriving russian passengers don't require

a visa for entry, making it a top destination. your king is ricky emer. this is a furious. any one could be drafted. what i'm you for that reason people us get and you got it out for now. the draft papers are being sent to specific people haven't done it, but i don't believe that. no, it's pretty soon. they will expand to more people. and that's scary because we don't know who are the next. i thought is that with them. so things i assure of a little bit with the demand for one way flights out of russia is surging flights to turkey, serbia, as well as armenia and azerbaijan have entirely sold out reports of a mass. exodus of young men have been downplayed by the kremlin, which claims the situation is exaggerated. but some of those arriving in turkey say the fear of conscription, israel. this passenger requested to stay anonymous, fearing reprisals back home. and yesterday, yeah,

of course i'm horrified. i could be drafted and you know, yet, i feel like everything inside me has been replaced by panic. i agree. i came down at 1st, but when i thought about what i was going to do, yeah, i started panicking again. it yourself. i'm scared and fearful. because i don't know what will happen next. if it is at the land border with finland, choose to leave the country are also increasing. finland is russia's last remaining, e, you neighbor, that still allows the entry of russian shank and visa holders. but with finland, considering whether to limit or band, the entry of russian tourists and flights out of moscow becoming unavailable. those who wish to leave a running out of options. the so called referendums, now on the way you crying were announced off the ukranian forces liberated a large part of territory formerly held by russian forces. one of the places

retaken in that counter offensive was coop yachts in the hark? if region dw correspondence, nick connelly visited the town and sent us this report, russia is here to stay. that was the slogan just a matter of weeks ago, hearing kapinsky, as russian officials handed out passports in the end, the russian flag came down faster than any one could have imagined. but the russian army hasn't gone far. in fact, you can hear it's artillery every few minutes. just a few kilometers away. even before the shelling stops, graham prosecutors a fine coming. what remains of this police station, where russian troops had their base looking for evidence of potential war crimes, love a little closer look this up when you brought a right now we're collecting evidence, brought the more law. some of the things we're looking for can be lost over time, that i'm with them go, or that i'm worried that case, but we're looking for dna traces mothers fingerprints similar to that and also documents model. i'll let me, she'll,

she'll be home the thought that the russian departure was so hasty investigator tells us, many of the soldiers left everything behind, even their passports. that's on the streets. ukraine troops up number, the locals. many residents took the 1st opportunity to evacuate, once ukrainian forces returned. those that remain, keep a low profile. tell us the fighting seems to be getting worse. on come up with the helicopter. we hope ahead was not ukrainian, as everyone around us assumed it was russian. ah, who had to come in now in a hurry, we will wait windows, but i think that could be destroyed, could explode, and allow way to see what's happening. this is the route to here for lines. this is tara t is controlled by ukraine, but they still constant threat of russian creation. and there's no cincy about life was returning to normal in any sense to word many locals. life is actually getting

harder in practical terms. recent shelling the scene lose 1st power than running water. and now guess you know, we've nowhere to go. our parents are gone and the situation isn't much better where my sister is and hard key for as long as our apartment block is still standing. we'll stay. but it's not heating or water. the people here miss most, it's mobile phone coverage. hottest thing ludmilla tells us is not being able to check up on family. come on, that is correct. sometimes service comes back long enough to say a couple of words to each other. pick it up, but you end up crying together. more than actually speaking. yeah. what is up fox? my husband has 2 kids in high have. we have no idea how they're doing it. oh, good. ukrainian officials promised phone service we back in a matter of days, although they called promised though is anything resembling a life, as it was before february 24th. and the russian invasion,

a few hours of to relieve kapinsky news comes through of 4 adults and a teenager wounded in yet more shilling. the united nations is wrapping up its 1st in person gathering of world leaders. since the start of the pandemic rushes escalation of the war and ukraine has dominated proceedings in the west list, but let by the united states has condemned the kremlin for making vale threats to use nuclear weapons. russia says western allies have become party to conflict by supplying weapons to keys. now the w meshida crucial has been covering the un session in new york. she explained whether anything had been resolved in terms of ukraine. well, the un simply con to it, because rasa is part of the security council. now it's task is to maintain a peace and security in the world. and it is completely dysfunctional that is shown by the conflict in ukraine. so the short answer is no, nothing was resolved here. certainly when it comes to the conflict in ukraine that

russian aggression there. but the biggest tangible outcome is that clearly the trend is shifting against rasa and saggy la broth. the russian foreign minister was at pains to maintain the rhetoric that russia had been pushing from day one, that there was a liberation operation that, that was a suppression of russians while nobody is buying this here. and more and more countries simply want this conflict to go away. russia is well on its way to becoming a pariah state. and that certainly helps those aiela ally standing together, trying to push back russia. now, notably china and india, 2 important un pause, have not openly condemned brushes, actions do we know where they stand? yeah, this is a very interesting one. i mean, it clearly of would be in china's interest to see a europe continuing. and the united states continue to struggle with this conflict but, but even pretty made a huge mistake this week. for sure when he made that 2nd nuclear threat, as

a wealthy does, we're gathering here. china wants to see itself in a role of a moderating force, but it wants this conflict to and it's been quite clear in signaling that and india to which is highly dependent on russia. it because it's really so close, is also a tangibly running out of patients recognizing that that was actually started by the rawson side. so it's a lot in the diplomatic detail, but also very key allies are increasing. that presser may be an implicit or direct, whether it's direct, we do not know, we're not in those conversations on vladimir putin to back. and so whatever he threatens now, he will be pretty much alone on the wild stage. if he exacerbate that situation any further, and also there's many tiny countries, small countries here who has to be running out of patience because they want to talk about the effects of climate change that,

that people are feeling every day. and once again, ukraine dominated the it under here are corresponding sheila cushion of her reporting from new york city. thank you tom. now to block out some of the other stories making headlines. bizarre, in an official inquiry by the un has confirmed russian war crimes in ukraine, experts documented executions, torture and sexual violence. victims range in age from just 4 to 82 years old. investigation focused on the initial phase of russia's invasion and on the regions off cave charlie heave ha, cliff and sumi put us in in president mahmoud abbas. his accused israel of deliberately impeding progress toward a 2 state solution. speaking at the un general assembly abbas said the united nations must round for membership for palestine. men a bomb explosion has killed at least 10 people. miramar, scully, afghan. capital,

cobble worship as were leaving afternoon prayers when the device went off. it's the latest to the series of bloss targeting mosques. thousands of protesters have marched through central berlin and what they call a coordinated global climate strike. the rally was organized by the fridays for future youth movement launched by an activist spread her tune book. demonstrators have called on the german government to establish a 100000000000 euro fund to fight climate change. iran's president has promised to investigate the death of a young woman in police custody. masa ami was arrested by that morality police for allegedly not wearing her head scarf properly. okay, says ignite of the wave of violent anti government protests across the wrong a wave of resistance not seen in years. iranian cities are engulfed in protests despite the use of force by police. people continue to come out on to the straits.

the death of masa armine sparked these protests. women are angry at the state dictating a strict dress code. but now the cause has become bigger. many men have join to and protest supporting the cause, have sprung up around the world. from here in canada to new york and spain. iranian protestors want the current leadership to go. the state is fighting back hard. their reports of security forces firing metal pallets, and t gas. the army has warned it will confront enemies to ensure peace. oh, many have already been killed in the clashes. but for some mourners, this is only compounding their anger. at this funeral, they chant, we will fight,

we will die. we will take iran back. the rainy and leadership's attempt to quell the anger has so far been unsuccessful. that avenue for set, i contacted her family, the family of the deceased at the very 1st opportunity and i showed them personally that we will continue to investigate the incident. there are reports of instagram and whatsapp outages and attempt to discourage further protests. the fury that is being caused by masa means death is shaking the hard line. iranian state tarza perry far as an iran researcher, as soon rights wash in washington earlier. she told us how credible a government investigation into the case could be. i think the cause for du grounds for skepticism into the credibility of this investigation are very well grounded over the past few months or longer have been numerous instances of police

using violence against women. it's videos have gone viral and drawn widespread criticism. but in none of those cases, we've seen any, any act of accountability. unfortunately, iranian authorities haven't very traveling record of credibly investigating allegations of abuse, particularly under detention. we do continue to call for a transparent element independent investigation. but i think the general public public's skepticism is it is right now, the st. toggled regimes tone towards the protesters has hardened. what do you expect? how's this going to go on? so unfortunately, it seems like the iranian authorities are reverting to derek to go tactic. when they see that they're faced with widespread calls for changing course,

which is cracking down on protesters, we're getting reports of sophisticated internet shut downs and restrictions on says to social media applications. we're getting reports of arrested political activists and human rights defenders. doors will remain out of where outside prison because we had seen an escalation of crackdown over the past year. and we are seeing a very worrying accountant videos of excessive use of force and, and reports of death even to protests are increasing. so it seems like a authorities to go to active is to come down with an iron fist, but i had never seen criticism against compulsory the job loss, so widespread and so diverse, within the iranian society and inside the country. so um, i think regardless of how these protest proceed, and unfortunately we're seeing warring signs of escalation of craft on that that

should be called out. and iran should be put on notice for not not cracking down on protest and the conversation and compulsory the job has moved forward and, and the growing demand is not something that iranian authorities can easily blash away. and now you said, but there's some kind of new quality to these. a protest i said, good. give us hope that something might actually change this time around. again, pass or piece of contest has been blocked in long for but the protests are only growing. these posters are much more diverse, demographically done. they're the ones you've seen over the past 3 years. and i think it's pretty, i iconic that they happened in demand for accountability and women's rights. i think this is pretty unique in the sense that ordinary women and men have come to

the street. we've seen very iconic acts of defiance in demands for equality. and that's not something that can easily be disregarded. and so even if the tests are repressed and again, we should, we should do everything in our power to make sure we're calling the iranian government out on those abuses. did the conversation has, has changed forever and very far iran research a human rights sports. thank you. thank you. rescue crews in australia are racing to save the last surviving whales from a mass stranding around $230.00 pilot whales were found on the west coast off you australian island. 2 days ago, most in the port have died and must now be removed from the shoreline. an alarming sight on a beach in tasmania. some $200.00 pilot wales died after stranding themselves on

wednesday. cruise managed to re float over 30 surviving mammals, but some return to the shore line. yeah, no, i mean it's a significant event. like, as he can say behind it's very, you know, it's extremely sad to say these beautiful intelligent animals, you know, i, on land where they're not maint survey. i'm in a, unfortunately, they storm and the proportion of them haven't made it. but i think in terms of the community, cicero sense of pride and you know, i also sense of achievement and just that everyone's collaborating and working well together. it happened 2 years to the day of australia's largest mass stranding. nearly 500 pilot whales were found beached at the same harbor in 2020. the entrance is a shallow and dangerous channel known as hales gates. preparations are under way to

move the carcasses into deep waters on sunday to avoid attracting sharks and spreading disease. scientists remain puzzled over what causes mass stranding researchers are now looking for clues as to what led these animals ashore. it will change utopia news coming up next. and d, w. a news asia growing opposition to the state funeral of japan's assassinated former prime minister. sions will albert that's coming up with the bureau strategy offer. thanks. i ah

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