this is a success is a weekly coping 19 special every thursday on d w. ah, this is d, w. news ally from berlin, ukraine's president has a deal for new russian troops as moscow calls up reserve this on mass surrender, and they won't be forced to return home to face punishment. meanwhile, russians aren't giving in to the mobilization with hundreds being arrested for

protesting. again, this weekend, also on the program italians go to the polls where they're expected to take a hard right turn and elect the most right when government, since world war 2, plus a new world record on the streets of berlin. but the previous top marathoner needn't worry, elliot could show gay of kenya said the new winning time himself. we'll discuss just how remarkable his achievements ah and a warm welcome to our viewers around the world. i'm michael ocho. russian installed officials are holding so called referendums, across occupied regions of ukraine. the vote has been condemned by western countries as a sham, but russia is using it to lay the groundwork to a next the 4 regions. there are reports of residents being co worst into taking

part, often at gunpoint at the un general assembly russian foreign minister survey lavern and said that if an x y z, the regions will be under russia's full protection, including its nuclear umbrella recruit. meanwhile, russia is taking steps to bolster its flagging war effort. boscoe says thousands of reservists have answered the call to fight, but a wave of russians have fled the country and many others have stayed to protest against the mobilization. tag of this video, released by russia's defense ministry, purportedly shows newly activated, russian reservists being issued weapons, thousands have been called up to serve in russia's war. ukrainian president flood m is the lensky released a message in russian for the draft days voluntarily surrender. and you will not be mistreated. and if you don't want to return to russia, you don't have to. you said 5 years old, not accepting

a draft notice is better than dying of a war criminal on a foreign land. like running from this criminal mobilization is better than being crippled as an answering in court for participating in this aggression on top of it, that surrendering to ukrainian captivity is better than falling under the strikes of our weapons. entirely just strikes because ukraine is defending itself in this war. delaney of sheesh. vladimir putin meanwhile, has signed a decree, toughening sentences for those who voluntarily surrender by up to 10 years in prison, desertion, and refusal to fight carry similar penalties as moscow. swiftly drafts new recruits. it's also making changes to its top military leadership. the general in charge of rushes, logistics operation in ukraine has been replaced. but the mobilization order has

faced strong opposition within russia. from st. petersburg to siberia russians again took to the streets in moscow, one protested, turned up in a wheelchair, holding a sign saying, do you want to be like me? police reportedly detained almost a 1000 protesters on saturday, many as they chanted no to war and potion to the trenches. i estie w, russia. analysts, roman gun to ranko. what difference if any, this resistance could make? well, it's too early to tell such things mean me time to develop and defend a large balance of russian society loyal to miss petty for being the picture for money. and now things are starting to change some parts of the russian society. the fact is, it's the biggest pro,

just the obscene washer games and it's a gamble. it's an experiment if you one, and no one knows how russian society will react. and i would say, it depends on 2 factors. first, how things will develop on the front in ukraine, how the fighting will change or focusing for him and how the situation in the russian economy will develop the course risk. this member's ation rate, we are seeing a double blow economy. people are needed. companies and enterprises being mobilized and economies and it is also under pressure by western sanctions, which are now developing full effect. so i would say it is still an open question, but things are changing and open question and the experiment that the rest of the world is watching will the annexation of the ukrainian regions via these fake referendums, likely turn the tide in newton's favor, slow, he believes it will,

i have my doubts because well, of course it will give him an explanation to escalate in the coming months. he will say this is russian territory. now we are a weapons, dead bombs. and i do not saying that this will change a lot in this war because the resistance will continue are despite of russia using more military personnel or heavier. and he's also trying to intimidate the west with he will say look, we are ready to eat your brain even honda, so stop supplying weapons. do great not think. well, that is a roman gun to ranko many, many thanks. roman italians are casting their ballots in a vote that's expected to bring seismic change for right candidate ga, maloney is forecasted top the pole and become italy's most right wing leader since

world war 2. and it's 1st female prime minister polling stations open this morning and voting will continue until 11 pm local time. italian politics have a reputation for instability with 73 governments in the last 76 years. if maloney wins the european union's 3rd largest economy, you know, it would be in the hands of a euro. skeptic, nationalist government, no. napa valley dahlia. and for more we can speak to andrea carlo. he research is italian politics at the german historical institute in rome, and joins us now from berlin. welcome, andrea. what are the issues driving this election? and why are voters looking to the far right for answers? thank you, michael. so there are many issues driving selection, but i think the main one on it's an issue that in europe wide about as the rising energy bills. so there are a variety solutions being offered by the different policies. for instance,

the right wing block that is currently headed for georgia. i'm talking about decoupling gas and electricity prices and also about self sufficient for instance, and move towards nuclear energy. but there are also other issues at stake. for instance, the post coded recovery and resilient plan, which is central right, oppose and criticized while the center left following the outgoing prime minister model. that argued line support. you wants to liberalize at market and open it to competition and go to consider that these businesses have been finally run. and so the center right has to support these businesses. and that's why to some extent, it's perceived as being a policy that supports the italian middle cloth, the source of sorts of the us italians. and it has really appealed with resurrection a dre. italy's of politics are notoriously unstable. we've made that point before 3 governments in the past 5 years alone. why so much change at the top there?

so there are a variety of reasons. first of all, italian politics have a lot of policies, and policies often have internal squabbles and tend to break up. so we see that the majority of them collisions are in general, very mercurial and bullet's file. but also the fact that electron doors and if we have changed so frequently. so it's a variety of factors that also tight into its own, whether to be rob giles, cultural and geopolitical situation. it is a highly recommended country with an industrialized north and a poor, a 1000. all of these factors combined to create an electoral doc, generally speaking, open to self destruction, stability, georgia, maloney, and her brothers of italy party have never been in power before. why do you think voters, you're willing to give them a chance despite the parties having roots in italy's post fascist movement?

so there are 2 things to say possible. judge maloney is not a political de be taunt, even though how posse, brother, italy used to be very small. they haven't got 4 percent in the last elections. she has been in politics many years and she was even a minister in the sense of ripe government. so the policy emerges within an established political framework box. i think part of the reason is because it's holly and have an overall sense of fatigue and they feel that they want to change on the look into a policy for that. to answer your question about the new fashions. ruth, i believe that georgia maloney has a very good job moving out and giving her policy relatively palatable, mainstream conservative veneer. that is andrea carlo of the german historical institute in rome. many, many thanks. thank you very much. his round up of some other news headlines at this hour images have emerge of protesters in the iranian city of

marsha, burning a statue of a cleric whose 1979 assassination help trigger the islamic revolution. anti government protests have now entered a 9th day, triggered by the death of a woman, arrested by ron's religious lease for not wearing her head scarf properly. german chancellor, all of shawls has reached an energy partnership agreement with the united arab emirates. the golf state will supply germany with liquefied natural gas and diesel fuel. it comes on the 2nd day of sholtes is tour of the region. he's seeking new energy suppliers to replace russia. super typhoon nor root has made landfall in the philippines. battering the heavily populated main island, lose own forecasters say it's packing wind speeds of almost 200 kilometers per hour, making it the strongest to hit the islands this year. rescuers have been evacuating people from coastal areas sports now and

a world record here in berlin to start this year's marathon season. elliott control game of kenya broke the record at the berlin marathon, kept joe gay entered the race as the favorite, in part because he set the previous world record on the streets of berlin. in 2018, he followed a trio of pace setters through the 1st 25 kilometers before running by himself for the last 3rd and beating the mark by 30 seconds. not too far back in the women's race. if your prayers teague is a safer beat, her own personal best by 18 minutes to when i only kenon of d w sports is with me now to talk about the world record in kyle, i have to tell you i'm a huge athletics fan. and so i know that i often hear about world records, but very rarely in the marathon. indeed, it's not the glamor sport that the 100 meters is, for example. but if you've run a 5 k, a 10 k, a half marathon a marathon, you know that this is

a pretty significant moment and you know what kind of peaks is required to make this happen to, to run as fast as he does as l. you'd could, colgate does, and kilometer after kilometer, after kilometer miles mile, it is completely crazy. he has pace setters, actually, guys who are basically given a job going out there and, and pushing him pushing and pushing him. but those guys fall off at 2025 k. and then the guys that were trying to finish the race and beat him. they can't, they give way. they gave way, shortly after that $25.00 k, because he picked up the pace there and went faster and started and went faster and faster and, and was looking frankly, he's looking to break a 2 hour world record to our mark, which he's done before on a certain kind of track with pace setters and the like which wasn't regarded as an official time, but he wants to do that in a real race. and that may happen sometime, maybe in berlin because it's a fast track. it's a fast pace, it's flat here,

and that's why 45000 people for one thing. love to come here and, and run it. 157 countries represented. this is a place to set records. extraordinary little perspective. you're how good is cook, joe gay? he is clearly the best ever. no question about it. he's 115 of 17 marathons. now that he's entered, he's 12 gold medals. he's the guy people are looking for to represent their sportswear company for one thing. and he's also got his own line of shoes that have propelled him are tough to run and actually the 1st time. but they helped propel him a little bit and give him a little bit of an edge. but other other runners have taken on to the shoes as well . anyway, he's certainly the best and will long live. he's 37 years old, but continuing to break records and will certainly undoubtedly break it again. shoes are not, this men certainly liked running in berlin. he told us, i suppose to do it. that's all for now. we'll have more sports next in sports life

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