your data, we explain how these technologies work, how they can only go in for, and that's how they can also go terribly. watch it now. you tube ah ah, this is g w, news ally from berlin. new russia had tough in the penalty for those refusing to fight in ukraine. it comes as hundreds of thousands of reservists are mobilized activists. j, the call up is far more sweeping than the kremlin is letting on, and that ethnic minorities are being drafted in disproportionate numbers. the

german chancellor, hunting for new energy partners in the middle east, full of sholtes, arrives in saudi arabia, looking for alternatives to russian oil and gaps. and iranian authorities cracked down after 8 nights of unrest, sparked by the death of a young woman in police. custody debts and hundreds of arrests are reported as ron's president vows to deal decisively with protesters. ah and a warm welcome to our viewers round the world on michael ok. as hundreds of thousands of russians are called up to fight in ukraine, president vladimir putin signs new laws said increase 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 surrender. protests against the draft have erupted in several russian cities in a rare show of resistance to the kremlin war t w's russia analyst. konstantin aga told us about the scale of what moscow has called partial mobilization pro michael, it is partial probably with regard to this, they bureaucracy which to logic sent from sudden level being exempted from from this mobilization ah, banking sector employees. because put, who wants the financial system to walk ah, over they claim the, the, the authority disclaim that i t, sex people will also be exempted. a box of 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 produce 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 are called 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 so called referendum sun, whether or not to join russia. those regions are lou hans ganette z parisha and her

son. the vote is illegal under international and ukrainian laws. no independent observers are present reports, say teams are traveling door to door to force residence, to vote many or 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 i don't 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 made so not believing because of the referendum. no one wants to stay there under such circumstances that i'm not going to 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 the secrecy in many areas like here.

and annette. observe as worn that a result in favor of annexation is a foregone conclusion is up and ukraine's present zalinski has slammed the votes. absolute most of the world will react absolutely justly to the sham referendum when it will be unequivocally condemned. like the criminal mobilization that the occupiers currently trying to carry out in crimea and other parts of ukraine, which they still control book continued in the ukrainian controlled city of zap arissa. people were also angry. when was the one there chris folk over hold a referendum is a violation of international law and it's illegal. we hear that people in the occupied areas a forced to vote. are you at gunpoint verbal normal corner glom after might have premature divorce a lot more. your bill more sure. 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 below another good. meanwhile, german chancellor all off shore has arrived in saudi arabia for the start of a 2 day tour of the gulf. sholtes is seeking new energy partnerships in the region to make up for lost supplies. from russia, the chancellor met crown prince. muhammad been summon, the saudi ruler has been a pariah in the west, over the murder of journalists, jamal ca, shogi in 2018. human rights activists have criticized the visit shawl to now has a delicate balancing act of shore up germany's energy security. germany needs gas to heat homes and to fuel industrial production, rushes decision to current gas supplies means the search is on for alternative sources. that's why it's looking to the mineral rich countries of pata saudi arabia and the united arab emirates, the gulf states do have ample reserves in natural gas. it's quite cheap compared to

other sources. and, and they are very, very trained at experience in exporting the gas liquefied natural gas will ellen g will be vital in meeting german, his energy needs cattle has plenty, but there's a problem. cutter in particular, is a country that is known to be mostly interested in reliable and profitable business relations at or is less interested in being the guy to fill the gap. but eventually, cutter is interested to become a long term supply of germany. committing to long term contracts is unattractive because germany is transitioning away from fossil fuels. for that reason, saudi arabia might be a more promising partner. at the moment, it requires gas mainly for its own domestic use, but the saudi government has set a target, have doubling gas production by 2030 yet political sensitivities could prevent a deal. saudi arabia might demand germany 2 or 2 to loosen or perhaps even to

remove or it's, it's arms export. and that germany introduced a particular with regard to the yemen. or that could lead the united arab emirates, as the most likely partner for a gas deal. the u e might be willing to offer germany short term gas contracts. here, the difficulty is that the infrastructure to export l. n g does not yet exist. this energy expos plans. they need that bel at 325 years to be paid. so we know how was a market is going to look like up to 2025. and the problem is that yet he's not that much additional energy export capacity, which is going to come to the market. so the market is going to make time. germany currently has no l n g terminals, 5 are planned, but until they're ready it will be dependent on european neighbors with that prices are likely to stay high. and germany might find itself making political concessions to others in order to satisfy its energy needs. for more am joined by

d. w. political correspondent, benyamin alvarez gruber, been how difficult a political balancing act is the chancellor facing and saudi arabia. it is indeed a very difficult in thing that they have to somehow managed. 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 saw man who has been accused by as official of ordering the murder of m jamarcus shogi of a journalist a few years ago. and that 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 mcroy, we had yes, president a joe biden. and that was interesting because only a few years ago, he said that he would make sure to treat saudi arabia as a pariah state. and then he even had a fist with the crown prince. so that is something that many have been criticizing . also criticizing with this trip, and if you look at germany,

there's also another big topic that is arms a embargo in 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 without 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 have visited earlier this year. and that's where he want to sign. this deal. 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 vice chancellor 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 to cut our whether waltz sucker wolf cap 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 in a consequential trip at that that dw is benjamin alvarez. goober many, thanks. a look now at a few other stories making headlines. this our nearly $1000000.00 people have been left with our 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. china has accused of the us of sending quote dangerous signals on taiwan. beijing issued the statement after a meeting between foreign minister wang ye and us secretary of state antony blinking in new york. that comes after us president joe biden said american troops would defend taiwan if it were attacked by china. ron'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 at 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 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 they view men 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 by the,

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 thrashing me, want to overthrow decision masses 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, 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. 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 is not letting us about we'll but

there are fields that the states response could go beyond counter protests. parents, chief justice called for security forces to respond to any further anti government protests with force. well, that's your news. round up next on switch life. we take a look at ukraine's best handball team and their mission for peace. that's after the break. remember, you can get your news around the clock in our website. that's d, w dot com and follow us on social media. our handle is you guessed it at the w news a michael. ok. thanks for watching. ah, every journey is full of surprises. we've gone all out to give you some test. one day indian.