ah, where has history left its traces ah, leading people hearing their dreams ready to meet this week? d w ah ah, this is dw news ally from berlin. russia toughened the penalty for those refusing to fight in ukraine. it comes as hundreds of thousands of reservists are mobilized activist shay the call up is far more sweeping than the kremlin is letting on, and that ethnic minorities are being drafted in disproportionate numbers. they'd

rather leave than vote. we hear from ukrainians escaping, rushing, occupied regions of their nation. those flying stake playing say they want no part of what they call sham referendums on submitting to kremlin rule. and iranian authorities crackdown after 8 nights of unrest, sparked by the death of a young woman in police. custody debts and hundreds of rest are reported as ron's president vows to deal decisively with demonstrate ah a michael. ok. it's nice to have you with us, as hundreds of thousands of russians are called up to fight in ukraine. president vladimir putin signs new law setting priests,

the penalties for any one who refuses to fight. the amendments now threaten up to 10 years in prison for any one who disobeys orders, refuses duty or surrenders. protests against the draft have erupted in several russian cities in a rare show of resistance to the kremlin war, t w's, russia analysts, constantine aga, told us about the scale of what moscow has called partial mobilization. pro michael, it is partial probably with regard to the state bureaucracy which to logic and from certain level being exempted from from this mobilization ah, banking sector employees. because put, who wants the financial system to work ah, over they claim the, the, the authority disclaim that i t, sex people will also be exempted a box. there are many reports of people with i t sorts over specialization being

drafted or rather being pulled up. it is of, i would say very traditional russian kills because to do system is a very much builds on a, basically bureaucrats ah, over ensuring themselves. and that's why the image of people pretty much every want to probably apart from these people. i mentioned being a cold up in shops on the streets. ah, that is something that is really happening. this system is trying to ensure that the 300000 people that put in order to be called up will be called up no matter what t w's konstantin edgar. as moscow looks for more troops to bolster its invasion of ukraine, it's also making changes in top military leadership. russia's defense ministry says it has removed the deputy defense minister from his post. meanwhile, in for russian controlled regions of ukraine, separatist leaders are holding

a 2nd day of so called referendums on whether or not to join russia. those regions lou hans done yet is apparition and her son. the vote is illegal under international and laws and ukrainian laws and no independent observers or present reports say teams are traveling door to door to force residents to vote. many are fleeing the occupied areas to avoid taking part in the vote or being forced to fight in the war for moscow. driving away from the russian occupied area of the separate your region. these people want no part in the so called referendums was large and i have a head on my shoulders. i have my own common sense what he was born in ukraine. why would i want to change that? me so not believing because of the referendum, no one wants to stay there under such circumstances that i'm not wanted this. many fear being false into the russian army. if the hastily organized poles and as

expected in a yes vote. with voting, taking place door to door without secrecy in many areas like here and annette. observe is worn that a result in favor of annexation is a foregone conclusion. and ukraine's present zalinski has slammed the votes. absolute most of the world will react absolutely justly to the sham referendum and it will be unequivocally condemned. like the criminal mobilization that the occupiers my currently trying to carry out in crimea and other parts of ukraine, which they still control book continued in the ukrainian controlled city of separation. people were also angry. ms. aconia chris folk over hold a referendum is a violation of international law and it's illegal. we hear that people in the occupied areas are forced to vote for you at gunpoint vulnerable quite a bit, blew them off to my their from was ridiculous a lot more. yeah, more just ridiculous. it makes no sense or food absolutely dismissal

with voting set to continue until tuesday. it seems likely that these people won't be the last to vote with their feet. whoa. another good german chancellor. all of shots has arrived in saudi arabia for the start of a 2 day tour of the golf, hoping to secure a new energy partnerships in the oil and gas rich region. shoals needs are shore up german energy security after russia stop supplies. in the wake of its invasion of ukraine, the chancellor met crown prince mohammed been salmon. the saudi ruler has been a pariah in the west, over the murder of washington, 1st journalists, jamal shogi in 2018 human rights activists have credit that criticize the visit for more am joined by d. w political correspondent, benyamin alvarez gruber. ben, how difficult a political balancing act is the chancellor facing in saudi arabia. it is indeed

a very difficult thing that they have to somehow manage. of course, government officials have been telling us that human rights issues will be addressed during this trip in the 3 countries. but it's still striking to see the german chancellor shaking hands with a saudi crown prince. m. mom had been some man who has been accused by as official of ordering the murder of m jamarcus shogi of a journalist a few years ago. but the relationship between the west and saudi arabia has been normalizing of our past month with see many leaders visiting the country. we had french president manuel macro. we had yes. president a joe biden. and that was interesting because only a few years ago, he sat that he would make sure to treat saudi arabia as a pariah state. and then he had a fist bump with the crown prince. so that is something that many have been criticizing. also criticizing with this trip, and if we look at germany, there's also another big topic that is arms a embargo and arms embargo that they imposed after the war in gemini. also what happened to your market shogi and the question that we just heard there,

what would berlin do? if we are also says this is a requirement for us to lift them by with as something they asked german officials yesterday, they dodged the question. so it definitely shows how difficult this trip is, but also how important it is for germany to find additional partners. now they want to it turn their backs on russia, energy supplies. what else is on the agenda on this golf tour? so the focus will be energy, but the business delegation that is joining the chancellor is not only in the area of energy. it's also aaron space has also engineering. so we have a very big delegation. he will then travel to the united arab emirates. he will continue his trip to katara country that the vice chancellor economy minister will, but haven't visited earlier this year. and that's where he want to sign. this deal of liquefied natural gas is alan g terminals that off the shelf has spoken about several times. they'll have several meetings with officials there. there will be no press briefing at all. also, no opportunity for the press to ask them what they can do. the focus will be on energy to see how they can work well, the topic, the restaurant,

the sounded pretty confident that they will be new deals now. but of course it is a difficult topic for them and they have been human rights organizations. also politicians belonging it to the position saying that he should raise a this issue also, when we look at katara, whether waltz soccer world cup will happen in november. so definitely a difficult trip for them to day trip. let's see what this partnerships will look like. a busy german chancellor over the course of the next few days and a consequential trip at that that dw is benjamin alvarez. goober many facts. his look at a few other stories making headlines. his, our china has accused the u. s. of sending, quote dangerous signals on taiwan. beijing issued the statement after a meeting between foreign minister when v and u. s. secretary of state antony, blinking in new york. it comes after us president joe biden said american troops would defend taiwan if it were attacked by china. nearly $1000000.00 people

have been left without power after hurricane fiona made landfall in eastern canada, bringing winds of nearly a 150 kilometers per hour. fiona earlier battered bermuda and several caribbean islands killing at least 8 people. the storm is expected to be one of canada's most severe on record. ukraine says it will withdraw. the iranian ambassadors accreditation overtake ron's decision to supply russian forces with drones. the military in southern ukraine says it has shot down at least 7 iranian drones. president enchilada mir zalinski called to ron's backing of russian forces. collaboration with evil. to ron deny supplying russia with drums. iran's president has said the country must deal decisively with protesters after 8 nights of unrest. iran security forces are cracking down on the demonstrations

which erupt it last week after the death of a young woman in police custody. stay controlled. media says at least 35 people have been killed with activists putting the number even higher. over 700 people have reportedly been arrested as the protests have spread across the country. hunger among iranian women is still reaching the burning the head scarves and defines that is unprecedented in this law, mac republic. it began with the custodial death of masa, meaning a 22 year old goodish woman arrested by her on so called morality police dozens, i believe, to have been killed in the unrest. i brought us have spread to cities around the world. i see you're in brussels. iranian

women are calling for change in their home country. now the ve mine of your on they are not victim under industry to say me, never been victim. 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 . me, john 20 of thorazine. me want to overthrow discouraging masses become a symbol of the oppression that women have been facing. and around for 43 years. it's different this time because the country is united and they're all saying together, no more islamic republic of iran. it's this law make 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 overall to protesters and rioters that took to the streets are not ordinary people. the more 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 doesn't matter what it is about we'll but there are few that the states response can go beyond gone to protest her on she, justice, god, for security forces to respond to any further anti government protests with force. well, the bodies of migrants who died when their boat sank off the coast of syria on thursday have been returned to lebanon. syrian authorities say at least $86.00 people drowned, but the actual tow could be much higher. the boat was carrying syrians, lebanese, and palestinians. you were trying to reach europe, o, thought o and anger as the bodies of migrants, and i even let new people here see the lebanese government has failed to provide

hope, but opportunity many are not using to make the danger thick. trusting to europe, murphy, my, if there is no livelihood so there's no work, there's no future with them. you're trapped, the and i'm a lot of minute, 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 massive 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 did his grief and disappointment, whatever. again, his dream was not to obtain another nationality, little but simply to enroll his children in school and feed the head. nothing more urgency. that dream of a better future been likely continue to drive people to attend the journey to europe. despite the danger and

a reminder of the top story we're following for you. russian president vladimir putin has signed new laws that increase the penalties for anybody who refuses to fight in ukraine. it comes as hundreds of thousands of russians are being called up for military service. active is shay, the mobilization is much wider than the kremlin admits up next dock film with a look at advancements in forensic science. that's after the great a michael o could from me and the rest of the team here in berlin. thanks for watching. this is d w mm how did she become adult hitler's favorite director and how did he become a forgotten film pioneer leniently finished and annoyed.