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go crazy for your data. we explain how these technologies work with how they can also terribly watch, you know, new to a this is dw news live from berlin. russians destined for the front and ukraine, as reservists are publicly called on to fighting the war activists. they, the mobilization is far more sweeping than the kremlin is letting on, while ethnic minorities are being drafted and disproportionate numbers. also in the
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show, anti government protests enter a 2nd week in iran fury over the death of a young woman in police. custody spreads across the country, despite the regimes efforts to quell the protest. plus a tragedy at c, resty workers find more bodies off the coast of syria. for both carrying migrants coming from lebanon capsized more than 80 people have perished. ah, a marion, i haven't seen. welcome. as hundreds of thousands of russians are called up to fight in ukraine, some men of military age are fleeing the country to avoid conscription. others have taken to the streets and rare demonstrations of resistance to the kremlin war and ukraine. the mobilization announced by president of one of your gene earlier this
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week has also led to accusations of discrimination by russia's ethnic minorities. they say they are being conscripted at disproportionate rates. a few quick selfies and kisses good bye on a moscow street. as this young man heads off to a military trading sight, he's among thousands being called up to serve in russia's war with ukraine. his wife runs over for one final hug before he boards the bus. i'm going to defend my country, that's it. how's my mood? it's excellent. what can you do out? of course i'm very worried, but i support my husband's decision. pena. russian authorities claim more than $10000.00 volunteers turned up at military enlistment offices across the country after vladimir putin issued the order to mobilize reservists this week. while some head off to fight others are fleeing the country.
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soaring prices for plane tickets, mean land crossings like this when on the border with georgia, are jammed with traffic. they travel by car on bicycles, and even on foot to get out. georgia is one of a handful of countries which allows russians to enter without visas. don't doing it for. you'll matters not that we are afraid. near the matter is that we don't like the situation. i do not like what they are doing and ukraine. he said. i feel sorry for our brothers. yeah. but i have many relatives in ukraine and i don't like this at all. yeah. the order has led to several protests across russia. hundreds of arrests and accusations of discrimination in bery yatta, a mountainous republic and eastern siberia, some 6000 kilometers from moscow. activists say the kremlin is placing the burden of the mobilization and the war itself on poor ethnic minority regions. this
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is julia full scale mobilization is going on. it's in no way the partial mobilization that vladimir putin announced earlier looking at the shore. and we also think that it's a question of empire putin, many times is positioned himself as an imperialist feed. every one knows how empires treat their ethnic minorities like something that can be used. in a good one, was many sports some men in the region have reportedly gone into hiding . others have responded to the mobilization order by crossing into neighboring mongolia digitally. is russia analyst konstantin anchor? it has more and who is exempt from russia's mobilization. lucy, myrna the, this mobilization is not partial by the right. it's not postulates, it's very massive, but there are ics exemptions which were publicized by the crime in the yesterday,
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by the way to my, my bit late i'm and they are predictable. um, people from state media i, they put his propaganda machine. i excluded from this draft or other cool op ah, banker is to ensure a smooth functioning a functioning of the banking system. and i t specialists older that are made reports than many id specialists and many just banking clocks. we're cold up. so it seems to be a big bill and or belated reaction and trying to kind of fix areas in the ah, russian economy that are vital. ah, there is, i would say also a very fair assumption that lots of most of stayed bureaucrats or pie level. no more, most of the security services and police and the russian national guard will remain in place and will not be called up to maintain control over the situation in russia itself. so there are definitely exceptions, but judging by
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a massive sort of the number of reports that we get, it seems that in all other areas and it is people of different age, different occupation, those who serve those who didn't serve that, that being around it up and sent to the training camps 1st and i supposed to the front of that well, up to now, it seems that there was one could possibly say ambivalence in russia, taurus of this war, has the conscription changed the way that russians feel about the invasion? well, the russians and russians you've seen herself, some are going off to the front saying everything will be all right. others are streaming out to neighboring countries. so there is definitely a mixed reaction. but my suspicion is that the majority will submit and go to the front not with great enthusiasm, but because there is no other way because this sort of his older i'm oldest kind of
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traditional explanations for an authoritarian country. so i'm afraid than a short term missed put than will have much money. troops on the ukraine in front. it's another matter that this will probably turn itself into a logistical disaster. there is not enough materiel for these people to be fed dressed and armed and live and transported for that mental. so i suppose a well looking towards a lot of cares in the coming days. but a lot of russians will be there at the front and will face the grains. it will probably, alas, be killed or maimed. that was russia analyst, konstantin accurate. konstantin, thank you so much for all your insights. thank you. so let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. and official inquiry by the united nations has confirmed that war crimes were committed by russian forces in ukraine, experts documented executions, torture and sexual violence. victims range in age from 4 to 82 years old
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investigation focused on the initial phase of russia's invasion. china has accused the us of sending, quote dangerous signals on taiwan beijing issue. the statement after a meeting between foreign minister wang eve and u. s. secretary of state antony, blinking in new york. it comes after you as president joe biden said, american troops wouldn't defend taiwan if it were attacked by china. hurricane fiona has hid bermuda with heavy rains and winds, with minor damage reported in the capital hamilton. the storm had already battered several caribbean islands, killing at least 8 people now reached the coast of canada where it could be one of the most severe storms on record. protesters have been marching through the streets of nairobi as part of a global climate strike to highlight the effects of global warming in new york. marchers called for more action on climate while in berlin,
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demonstrators called on the german government to establish a fund to fight climate change. was turn our attention now to iran, which has seen an 8th straight night of protest, sparked by the death of a young woman detained by the country's religious police. crowds of protesters gathered hours after a counter demonstrations backed by the government. the unrest has spread to towns and cities across the run. state media say 35 people have been killed. but activists put the figure hire saying that security forces have killed at least 50 protesters ah, hunger among iranian women, still reaching the burning their heads. godson defines that is unprecedented in this law, mac republic. it began with the custodial death of marcella. mimi a 22 year old, goodish woman,
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arrested by her on so called morality police dozens are believed to have been killed in the unrest. brought us have spread to cities around the world. oh, you're in brussels. iranian women are calling for change in their home country. now the ve men of your on they are not victim under industry to say me, never been victims. they try to make us as a victim, they try to control our body as an object of sex. they try to control or sexuality or bodies for dare ideology for a jack to your critique regime. me are to say the are against kill critique regime . need john 20 of 3 gene me want to overthrow decision. ma says become a symbol of the oppression that women have been facing in iran for 43 years. it's different this time because the country is united and they're all saying together,
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no more islamic republic of iran. it's this lawmaker republic versus iran. and we're here to support them to do everything we can to be their megaphone to be their echo chamber. back in there on the regime is organizing its own demonstrations. all the protesters and rioters that took to the streets are not ordinary people in law. they are trained groups that have entered our country to destroy the ruling system. okay, we definitely won't allow this to happen. and it was the last one that came up, we'll step but there are fewer that the states response could go beyond. going to put her parents, she justice called for security forces to respond to any further anti government protests with force iran expert at none about to buy. i told us earlier that these demonstrations have tapped into many other resentments, felt by ordinary iranians. what is really important,
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i believe this time around is that this is really about socio political grievances as the starting point. but of course, other grievances, of economic hardship and lack of any sort of political representation of the wider population are at the core of these protests. and what about the response by the iranian government? i mean how brutal de expect them to be? what action do you think they're going to take to qualities protests? yeah, unfortunately, the longer these protests are, are taking, the more violence we see on the streets em. i mean we've it, they are, there's a lot of anger in the air so to speak, and then vandalism happens, other forms of clashes and for more violent it becomes the more brutal to crack down, but also do so we have to expect an avenue scenery, unfortunately, but do you think there's any chance that these protests will lead to any kind of
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change in iran? look at the one thing that makes me slightly hopeful is that at the very, very early beginning of this, a lot of current and former officials have actually spoken out very critically against the mandatory her job, or at least it's enforcement. so as those voices prevail, my whole, they do, then we may see some sort of gradual changes on that front. other than that, i'm afraid that these protests will be silenced and then eventually come up again in this, in the next cycle. and that was iran analyst at non tobacco have i thank you so very much. my pleasure. thank you. the bodies of my friends who died when their boat sank off the coast of syria on thursday, have been returned to lebanon. sir, and authorities say at least $86.00 people drowned bon to the actual toll could be much higher. the boat was carrying syrians, lebanese,
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and palestinians who are trying to reach europe, o thought, o, and, and go as the bodies of migrants and even lebanon. people here see the lebanese government, his feet to provide hope, but opportunity. many are now choosing to make the dangerous seek, trusting to europe, murphy, my, if there is no livelihood, but there is no work, there is no future. i will say we are trapped in all la donna. we're like me to someone let the fish just eat us. it's better than living here. those in charge are eating us alive. lebanon continues to be my. it in a must have economic crisis. unemployment has skyrocketed. the value of the local currency has plummeted, nearly 80 percent of the country, 6 and a half 1000000 people are living in poverty at the home of one of the victims. that is grief and disappointment. what eldric in his dream was not to obtain another nationality. little which simply to enroll his children in school and feed the hell
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nothing more. i didn't see that dream of a better future been likely continue to drive people to attend the journey to europe. despite the danger you're up to date on d. w. news up next is our tech show shift with a look at how safe the internet is amid global outages caused by cyber attacks or system failures. that's coming up after a short break. a marina evans dean from me and the entire news team here in berlin . things for the company ah, what secrets lie behind these walls, discover new adventures in 360 degrees and explore fascinating world.

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