discover new adventurers in 360 degrees. ah, and explore fascinating world heritage sites. d w world heritage 360. get here. now with this is dw news live from berlin. russia toughened a penalty for any one refusing to fight in ukraine. security forces, the rest, hundreds of demons trained as opposed to russia's military mobilization activists say the coal up is far more greeting been the kremlin is lading on germany's

chancellor, on the hand for new energy partners in the middle east, olaf sholtes arrived in saudi arabia in search of alternatives to russian oil and gas, and easily prepared for a hard right turn. look at the leader who's tipped to become the next prime minister after today's elections. ah, i'm jared read. welcome to the sharp. russian president vladimir putin has assigned a new laws that increase the penalties for any body he refuses to fight in you. crime. on saturday, security forces arrested hundreds of protest as opposed to russia's military mobilization. moscow says it's aiming to recruit up to $300000.00 troops to shore. rapid flagging military campaign in the police took

a hard line against demonstrators protesting against russia's 1st military mobilization since world war 2. for the conflict in ukraine, as people took to the streets against the call up, hundreds were detained in dozens of cities from st. petersburg to siberia. one anti mobilization protest her showed up in a wheelchair, holding a sign saying, do you want to be like me? well, she wasn't detained, her sign was immediately taken away. meanwhile, for this young man, there was just time for a few quick selfies and kisses. good bye, and a moscow st. before heading to a military training site, he's among thousands being called up to serve in russia's war with ukraine. his wife runs over for one final hug, which 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 train. yes. russian authorities say 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 russia. soaring prices for plane tickets, mean land crossings like this one on the border with georgia. jammed with traffic. they travel by car or on bicycles, or even on foot to get out. george is one of a handful of countries which allow russians to enter without visa's billing if you'll matters, not that we are afraid. you. the matter is that we don't like the situation. i do not like what they were doing in 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. in berea, a mountainous republic in eastern siberia, some 6000 kilometers from moscow activist say the kremlin is placing the burden of the mobilization and the war itself on poor ethnic minority regions. some men in the region have reportedly gone into hiding them. others have responded to the mobilization order by crossing into neighboring mongolia and t w's, russia, analyst constantine a get told us earlier about the scale of what moscow has cold, a partial, my believe zation. this partial probably with regard to the state bureaucracy which to logic sent from a certain level being exempted from from this mobilization ah, banking sector. i'm please because we do wants the financial system to work ah, over they claim the, the, the authorities claim that i t sex people will also be exempted box. there are many

reports of people with i t sort of specialization being drafted or rather being pulled up. it is a, i would say very traditional russian kills because to do the system is a very much builds on a, basically bureaucrats ah, over ensuring themselves. and that's why the image of people pretty much everyone probably apart from these people i mentioned being on hold up in shops on the streets. no, 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 constantine egg it there will. jim and chancellor olaf schoultz is in saudi arabia for a 2 day 2 of the gulf. germany is seeking you energy partnerships to make up for the loss of russian oil and gas. a whistle stop tour of 3 gulf states in 48 hours.

that doesn't give german chancellor shawls much time for lengthy talks. he met saudi arabia's crown prince. mom had been salman for the 1st time. they focused on energy security. as kit of dawned, us is also about the fact that german companies can play a major role in further developing the economy here, as well as the use of oil and gas and other resources. and in developing hydrogen technology. the fact that this is possible was something we discussed here give is, investment is a key topic, because saudi arabia is a major exporter of oil, as well as natural gas in the future. the country also wants to become a world leader for hydrogen projects. germany is eager to profit from this. financial goal for this of in the future is all going to be about creating opportunities on a large scale of use of hydrogen in germany, which is produced here. and in other places, that casting a shadow over the visit is the issue of human rights and the murder of saudi

journalist jamal castle g 4 years ago for which u. s. intelligence, as the saudi crown prince is responsible for that. we also discussed all political questions him questions about human rights? are questions about civil rights in and for freedom to express, different opinions, argue from move on to holes. these are important issues. and part of the conversation here react poor women's rights record is another highly sensitive topic. saudi arabia's trying to appear more modern and organized a meeting with a group of young women for shawls. his next stops the united arab emirates and guitar, where he hopes to secure deliveries of liquefied natural gas is a round up. now of some other news headlines, iran's president has said that the country must deal decisively with protest is after more than a week of unrest. the anti government protests were triggered by the death of 22 year old iranian curd. mazda a mi ni,

in police custody last week. since then at least 40 people have been killed. nasa officials have cancelled choose days planned launch of the artemus moon rocket . the space agency is a tropical storm headed for the us state of florida is creating unfavorable conditions. officials also say its possible the rocket may need to be hold away for safe storage until the storm is completely passed. storm fiona has left a path of devastation after slamming into southeast and canada is one of the country's strongest storms on record. hundreds of thousands are without power in the provinces of nova scotia, and newfoundland. prime minister just introduce is he's deploying the military to assist with cleanup efforts. flag what does in gulf homes in the province of newfoundland? some were swept away completely. f down. now each had it been 4th wins,

brought down trees and father 9th, knocking out electricity to hundreds of thousands. the prime minister fed canadians would come together to deal with the disaster. canada. people have seen their homes washed away in the winds, rip school roofs off. as canadians, as we always do in times of difficulty, we will be there for each other, for we are a better one in issue in many areas. and people have been asked to move to higher ground tone is that all turns purposes we are already in a state of emergency here has just gone to the formalities mill. so anybody that's being told to leave their homes, you need to leave. it is not the 1st time that each have been hit with storms. but if you are not, it's been quite one of canada's martha. we are under quite the parameters to see if canada has to adapt resilient with us. dr. f. climate change fuels ever more

powerful stance. un secretary general antonio good terrors has agreed to pakistan's request for a donor conference to help the country recover from devastating floods. since june, some, 1600 pakistani have been killed in historic monsoon rains, flood waters of partly receded, but some districts remain submerged, leaving displaced people, inmate ship makeshift camps and threatened with disease. cotton needs large amounts of water to grow, but the amount here is overwhelming. ramesh kumar and his brother safe what they can for methylated farm. they still will need to pay rent to the landowner with an elbow like a mouthful. i asked him to cancel our debts, but he refused it. he insists i pay him one more day. hopefully, when the water is gone, we can so a new crop and then pay what we owe yet. i was may, i'm gamma that was within to visit with their livelihoods and homes destroyed by the floods they. and many other pakistan is now live in relief. comes as if

a country's economic troubles weren't already brutal enough. disease here is spreading. oh, hold on, i must, la severe malnutrition is becoming a major problem and diarrhea and malaria. diety there stagnant water, and many mosquitoes, and no clean drinking water. after the un general assembly, pakistan's prime minister presented his country's plight to the world. why od? my pakistan has never seen a most dog and devastating example. of the impact of global warming. life in pakistan has changed forever. he appealed for global assistance to help pakistan recover and revive the dreams of many of his countrymen currently facing their worst nightmare. well, millions of italians will cast their votes to day in an election forecast to bring

in seismic change. polls are predicting that voters will likely elect italy's most far right government since world war to georgia. maloney would also be its 1st female prime minister. italy's fractured political spectrum means no party will be able to govern a line and it could take weeks before a coalition is in place. she describes herself as the mother, italian christian, ga milan, is reaching for power in italy from a thing to revive the country and put the interests of italians 1st on the campaign trail, de charismatic leader of the brothers of italy, a party with neo fascist roots to great pains to appear in moderate, but to parties logo contains a tri colour flame, a symbol of the extreme riot in italy, and their hartline views on abortion. same sex marriage and immigration from africa

and the middle east are clear indications of the parties true platform. i mean, there is still imagining april if you could. i any, have you seen the pictures of ukraine in for a pigeon like women and children who are fleeing to war? don, those images seems strange compared to the images of boats full of grown man. the level that we have seen arriving here in recent years, because when people run away from a war, you see women and children coming because the men are fighting. but if just men are arriving, then they can only be running away from war after leaving their women and children to fight only by minute on barbarian. maloney for quarter as can seem to get enough of such talk. but her popularity is also the result of a credibility crisis facing the parties in the previous government of a funeral. the passion, she has, the clarity that simplicity, even when she tackles important issues, is on any guy in a tilly. we should welcome finance in need, but we needs to think of ourselves 1st develop in saturday. melanie has vowed to

support ukraine and nato, and she says that she's pro european but she often views you rules as an infringement of italy's sovereignty. her critics fear the right wing populist will change the country and its values for us. she's never us grown away. silly or with us, it's just changing only that mean the phrase from new makeup, but it filled with ours. our fear here is that we would go back in time and instead of going forward in terms of writing, in terms of other type of progressive kind of mindset. so we will go back to honor that we, we fear we invent the most. no, he goes to the young despite such concerns, georgia maloney has a good shot at becoming the countries next prime minister, envoy. but i think finally now after a 2 year coven. hi,

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