ah ah ah this is dw news lie from berlin. the final day of russia's circle referendums in ukraine. voting continues in full regions, likely to be annexed by moscow. keep in its allies, have denounced the votes as a sham and say they won't recognize the result. iranians defy a growing government crackdown to hold an 11th night of protests. fast by the death

of a woman arrested by the morality pallets. and scientists celebrate out the buzzing their 1st planetary defense test. a nasa spacecraft hurdles into an asteroid. millions of kilometers away in an experiment to volta its course. ah, i've been for solon, welcome voting wraps up today. and so cold referendums on joining russia are in parts of ukraine under bosco's control. kremlin back leaders in the region say provisional results can be expected as soon as this evening. but key van its allies said results are a foregone conclusion. moscow is expected to formally annexed the full regions following the vote, raising fears among residents about their future. bombs have been exchanged for ballots in parts of east in ukraine,

but there was little doubts over the outcome of the vote. pro russian electro walkers already confident of success, darkens they make a great mood. the turn out is very high, so we are happy with the result. everything's fine. so crucial footage circulating on social media paints an unenthusiastic picture of the referendum, empty streets and election workers struggling to find people to vote. under the video from mario poll shed by the ukranian government showed armed soldiers following election workers into residential buildings. residents were warned by ukrainian authorities, that they'll face criminal punishments if they cast ballots. it prompted some to flee. and are this to hide behind closed doors? no matter how many ballots, accosted the end, b,

ukrainian leadership and his western allies say the referendum is a sham, a pretext to the kremlin, to annex the fall regions in which it is held. law hans don yeske sa parisha and her song. many alden, ever ukrainians. think the same yet thing is at one. it's illegal actually fail worse and fascists. oh, simply unbearable. and even a human with the war escalating continuously over the last few months. many ukrainians left their homes long before moscow staged, it's so called referendum on their future. for those who stayed, remains of fear they'll soon have to live as citizens of russia and perhaps even become fighters of its army. w. i asked, i corresponded mathias spelling about the conditions under which people and occupied areas a purportedly voting well this annexation, paul,

is my many call it. it violates probably old norms of a democratic referendum or election there. first of all, the conditions under war, where many people have left the area and those who say they do not represent a, necessarily the majority of the population that has been no preparation in terms of informing the population. that's also requirement that the voters must be well informed and that they must know all their options. this has not been under way. and then the process itself, we've seen these transparent ballot boxes. we've seen people taking their box in front of the people sitting behind these ballot boxes. so there are no voting. there's no, there's no sales, there's no, there's no conditions that would guarantee some kind of privacy to the voters. so all these norms, we've also seen these people entering buildings with so which is in that how and

knocking on doors, asking people to cost they're boxed with is they did a vote. so all of these conditions they're violated late or norms or for democratic a friend m. and we can not possibly take these the results of this risk referendum any seriously. so it doesn't sound free or fair and it's happened at lightning speed and it sounds like the results go to come out quite quickly to that's what we're hearing. um. there's also a probably no need to take a long time to count these votes, as most of them seem to be pre determined. what we might be seeing is that the kremlin might move pretty quickly and the next thing, these regions, that's the purpose of this exercise that the kremlin will have some kind of a reason to proceed with annexation and to change the narrative about

this war. because after this, of course, in the kremlin view, russia will be great, will be fighting a russian territory that he is putting in the ukrainian capital. keith, iran is stepping up its response to nationwide anti government protest, saying it will not be lenient with what it calls troublemakers. iranian officials say they've arrested more than 1200 people. human rights monitors say at least 76 people have died in the demonstrations spots by the death of a young woman in police custody. despite the crackdown protests raged for an 11th straight night. oh, we don't want the islamic republic. that's the protest. cry of people in the rounds capital to rom, only a few videos from the protests getting out to the outside world. due to the repeated internet shut downs. but people are taking to the streets around the country. programmer rallies have also been held like he into ron m,

sunday. supporters of the regime have blamed the wave of protests on the west hotline, clerics of threatened what they call the troublemakers taking part in the protests . yeah, if you do not stop these shameless crimes, you should expect a severe response from us to ron's judiciary. his setup special course to try protest is who officials say will be treated as dangerous criminals. state media say the number of arrests has now surpassed 1200. international groups say dozens have been killed in the protests. video footage that has emerged in recent days shows the brutality of security services observer say the authorities. heavy handed tactics are assigned that the protests and making a mark. it is a signal is, this is a fine that social resistance is not really a deed on yet people are not just designed to the situation and thought the protest

will continue, even if they are violently depressed. i'm if no indication yet of protest debating any time soon. let's have a look at some of the other news making headlines today. japan is hilda ray, a state funeral for former prime minister shinta, avi. he was assassinated in july old and full 1000 people attended the ceremony, including foreign leaders, the event his aunt protests due to its cost and divisions. over abe's legacy. peru has declared an environmental emergency in the amazon after a pipeline broke. all in 2500 barrels of oil have flowed into the merry young river in an area fished by indigenous people. the state own petroleum company says vandals attached the pipeline. authorities say the note stream one and 2 pipelines are leaking, rushing gas into the baltic, sea ships being told to avoid borders near the danish island of own home. officials say the incidents on the 2 pipelines will have no impact on supplies to europe.

hearken, ian has made landfill in cuba as a category 3 storm, it's expected to strengthen as it hits towards florida. residents of tampa bay stop pining goods. and nasa rocket launch has been cancelled due to the hurricane. on another front, it's mission accomplished at nasa. the 1st planetary defense operation has struck a space rock opening an asteroid, millions of kilometers from earth. the goal was to nudge the little moon into a new orbit. it was a dress rehearsal shoot. the day of a come at an asteroid finds itself on a collision course with our planet. 3, what? oh my gosh. wow. i didn't get your confirmation and direct hits millions of kilometers from the wools 1st ever planetary defense mission. as

success, that is far from my coincidence. oh fantastic. we are so excited to be done. i, you know, we've worked on this mission for at least 7 years now and i, it's been a work of over 1000 people. yeah, definitely. as we were getting close to the asteroid, there was a lot of ed said joy, i say both tear and joy at the same time because we saw that we were going to impact the idea behind dot. the double asteroid redirection test was to launch a small spacecraft to war to space rock, smash into it at high speed. and now to its course, this inaugural planetary defense test mission marks a major moment in human history. for the 1st time ever, we will measurably change the orbit of a celestial body in the universe. doing so has clear benefits in ensuring humanities ability to deflect

a potential threatening asteroid in the future. nasa approved it could hit a small object in space. a follow up mission will check up on the target drug in 4 years to see how much it's all be test changed. but 1st, it is time for celebration. so successful mission. but what would happen if a big asteroid came our way? i put that question to his over car money from d w. science. go, ben, you want to hit me with the equivalent right away. okay. i, if a big asteroid here, earth, you may lose a city or 2, you may wipe out the dinosaurs. and of course we are today's dinosaurs. so that may be what will happen. but nasa is very, very determined to say that there are no immediate threats. i mean, i use this term in the foreseeable future in terms of space science. the foreseeable future is a shed load of time. so there are in the asteroid belt,

which is reasonably close to us between mars and jupiter, a bunch of just over a 1000000 known asteroids. but none of those asteroids, the one that we know about are an immediate threat to worth as it is. so it's a big threat. it could happen, you know, but that doesn't have to happen tomorrow with a whole. so would you say the huge price tag attached and all that work and science and research is justified? i think it to speak. percy, it probably is justified. i mean, you know, the administrators at nasa, bill nelson or pell mell roy, both you know, said this is a success. the, what they succeeded in doing is showing that this automated system has been able to a determine between 2 different asteroids or, but, you know, one always in the other done on its own. it's taking pictures this camera, draco i, draco. i've got to say that you love the names, the youth rack over this camera, but they can target an asteroid. they can hit the on target. they've done that,

whether it's the success or not. and that will come to answer your question about whether this price tag of, of things, about $330000000.00 over a 7 year period is worth it. well, we'll see that it's a bit like a when you drop an analog watch, it has been likened to that. you know, the cogs get knocked out, but you won't see that immediately. so it might take days, it may take weeks, and they've been very clear, masser and earn the applied physics laboratory at johns hopkins. they're both looking at this course into, into international space. mid he's looking at this with ground telescopes, they're all the all take time to see whether it's worth it. one other thing i like to say is this is that you know, these things on costing years in advance. so a cape is the money worth it in the middle of an economic crisis. who knows, but they had to go ahead now it was on target. it was on plan. and we will see we are really interested in asteroids. actually because of the crises that we see on earth, you know we'd, we'd need to see whether to protect ourselves,

but also they do hold valuable resources. we think, you know, like nickel and iron things that we may use for space habitations, but also to bring that to worth and space missions have done that and i brought that minerals so you know, i'm not an economist, but it's fascinating stuff. it's good for knowledge and it could also bring back economic benefit to earth. so in that sense, you know, depending on what side of the fence you're on, it was worth it. yeah. so the really briefly just how difficult is it to do something like that. if you can sum it up in a sentence, which is a shot in the dark. yeah. i mean, it is like, you know, just just launching a rocket. 80 your, your comedy. what is it gone? no common go. rocky. just launching a satellite. it's difficult. they can go wrong, look at all to miss 3. they just knocked off the furred launch attempt is really difficult. things can go wrong every so on. so it is difficult. they've done it

this bit. it's plausible. now we'll see if it applause all round and also to overcome bonnie from d. w sides or mind or the top you story this out. it's the final day of voting and circle referendums on joining russia in parts of ukraine under moscow's control. it's expected to formerly annex the full regions on the boat. keith and its allies have said they won't recognize the results of the bank close up looks at the new patriotism in for the soviet states in the face of brush and aggression. i painful and tearing, not we'll have your news next down. interest in the global economy. our portfolio g w, business beyond. here's a closer look at the project. i would.