after all, the employment isn't to recyclable. make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines. ah ah, this is dw news coming to you live from berlin. it's the final day of russia, so called referendums in ukraine. voting continues and for regions likely to be annexed by moscow. kip, this allies have denounced the boats as a sham and say they won't recognize results. also coming up, iranians define

a growing government crackdown to hold an 11th night of protests sparked on the death of a woman arrested by the morality police. ah, here in its allies say the results are a foregone conclusion. moscow was expected to formally annexed the poor regions, following the boat raising fears among residents about their future. dropping of it into the ballad box, sit mean having a stay and once he chat, but outside of russia and ukraine, separate history, agents, not many believe the cram lens listening over the last few days. russian stay tv has been showing upbeat election workers being welcomed in the homes of people, eager to join the motherland. many of them seemed confident of success, already darkened when they got rid of also, it really took a great mood. the turn out is very high and we're very happy with the result.

everything's fall. so crucial footage circulating on social media paints a very different picture of the so called referendum, empty streets, and election workers struggling to find people to vote for another video from a real coal shed by the ukranian city government in exile shows armed soldiers following election workers into residential buildings, a warning by ukrainian authorities that people will face criminal punishment if they vote prompted some to leave and others to hide behind closed doors. ah, no matter how many pallets i cost in the end that ukrainian leadership and its western allies say the referendum is a sham. a pretext for the kremlin to annex the full regions in which it has held lu

husk. don yeske separate via and hassan. many ordinary ukrainians think the same yet the thing is a core. it's illegal. actually. they are worse and fascists or simply unbearable than even a human with a war escalating continuously over the last few months. many ukrainians left their homes long before moscow, staged at so called referendum on their future. for those who stayed remains the fear they'll soon have to live as citizens of russia and perhaps even become fighters for its army. for more that spring in dw correspond mathias bellinger. hey john, just from the ukrainian capital kia mattie has talked to us about how the so called referendums are being staged. is bullying voluntary or are people being coursed well, we don't get the full picture. but from what we are seeing miss co referendum,

it doesn't a correspond to any norms offer fan free voting process or the beginning with the timing of the referendum happening amid amidst heavy fighting in these areas. we us have seen pictures of intimidation. we have seen these pictures of people carrying these ballot boxes to the doorsteps, followed by heavily armed soldiers. we have seen pictures and the russian propaganda channels are freely, are pointing to the to this day there are transparent earns and the people sitting behind. these others are watching those who tick there who take their box on the ballot on the ballad sheet arm and her some rushing propaganda. so even a hailing this as a very transparent process. this of course,

does not correspond at all to any fair election process. these loads have been called a sham by ukraine, but also by western governments because they do not do not constitute a free and fair voting process. in a few hours, time mathias hauling stations will close and the widely discredited process will end. what's going to happen them? well, if you look at how these are referendums came into being in the 1st place, there has been a lot of talk about these referendums. but due to the security situation, they have been delayed and delayed and now they have been em. they have been staged just after ukraine started. it's quite successful counter offensive into hockey region. and so they have been happening under some pressure. and i would expect that the kremlin will follow up pretty quickly with the annexation, because obviously they are meant to change somehow the course of the war. they're

part of an escalation tactics by the russians. they are, are accompanied by a nuclear threats and other threats. so what we're going to see most likely is that the annexation will happen pretty quickly within the next few days. okay. if that annexation takes place as expected, how, what impact is likely to have on the war mathias? well, it is, i think, part of an escalation strategy to draw a new line to draw a new water your show has said that it will respond with all possible weapons to any violation of their state territory. so by changing their state territory, they're kind of just defying any further escalation, whatever will happen then. i mean, we've heard this rhetoric about a crimea being a tech, crimea was attacked and no a nuclear bomb fell. but in a way,

this is opposed by russia and these annexations, they're also needed to justify a war that is increasingly unpopular in russia itself. so i'm, i think, expecting a, an escalation is reasonable in the circumstances what this escalation will look like. whether we should assume the most are frightening scenarios isn't as a question. mathias, thank you very much. as always, our correspond mathias spelling of their income now to iran, which is stepping up its response to nationwide anti government protests saying it will not be lenient with what it calls troublemakers. raining officials say they've arrested more than 1200 people. human rights monitors say at least 76 people have died in the demonstration, sparked by the death of

a young woman in police custody despite crackdown protests raged for an 11th straight night. oh, we don't want the islamic republic. that's the protest. cry of people, any rounds capital to rom, only a few videos from the protests and getting out to the outside world. due to the repeated internet shut downs. but people are taking to the streets around the country. program of rallies have also been held like he into ran on 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 . if you do not stop these shameless crimes, you should expect a severe response from us to ron's judiciary has set up special calls to try protest as 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 is a signal is, this is a fine that social resistance is not dreaming at the donnie and people are not just designed to the situation and thought the protest will continue, even if they're violently depressed i'm if no indication yet of protest debating any time soon. la hood a marion madame is director of the also based angio, iran human rights. he gave us his perspective on the situation in iraq. basically, there have been protests all over the country and not only in large towns, but also in small towns. we have both as in the ethical regions of iran,

but which is done in court in northern iran and basically be nationwide court this last and we had to put this like this. it was november 2019. but to me, it seems that this time to put this are even wide there. and, and despite the fact that the authorities have been shooting at the protesters, at least, as you said, in the report, 76 people have been at least killed. and but the point is continue, we don't see a sign that people are going to stay home. state lucas, mother stories making headlines around the world today. japan has held a rare state funeral for former prime minister sions, or abbey. he was assassinated in july. more than $4000.00 people attended the ceremony, including foreign leaders, even to spark protests due to its cost and divisions over our base legacy.

hurricane e n has made land pole in cuba as a category 3 storm is expected to strengthen as at heads towards florida. residents of tampa bay are stockpiling goods. nasa rocket launch has been cancelled due to the hurricane since the war in ukraine began, millions of ukrainian refugees have come up to the e. u. while the block is also the goal of thousands of people from other regions leading to a surge of migration along the so called balkan route to europe. but many of these travelers get stuck in towns along the serbian border. d. w correspondent brownie pie chart reports from so bit cit. see where tensions are flaring as local say, their border town is being turned into a migrant camp. another a cold night spent in that 10. it's day number 7 for this family from iraq at the super. it's a migration campaign, serbia mohammed,

the father of 5 children says i know they've been on the road since july, with the aid of people smugglers. they made it here a week ago that i can't believe in as little as we left our country for the sake of our children and their future. linda, there is no future for kids in iraq. i almost belladonna. i, germany, just like most of the people that are in sandy's, but now they are stuck in serbia, and the camp is completely crowned. during the 1st half of this year, tens of thousands of migrants passed through the balcony room 3 times as many as last year, about $10000.00 a currently in serbia. it's clear that most of the people have made it to the serbian border are not looking to seek asylum here. hungary seems so close. just cross that fence and you are in the european union. but hungary wants to keep

migrants out. prime minister, victor war bon has vowed to fortify the fences along its border of his serbia spearing in. border guards with an old message. me ma'am, we do not believe that anything good can come from migration. you'll shoot at making. hundreds of migrants are violently pushed back from hungary to so, but it's out on a daily basis according to local angels. and so, but it's our residents are increasingly frustrated. not get a bish, we're based on payments, benefits hungry meg. but for us, there is no chance that the migrants can move on leaked as she or would you throw up men your neck. they live here. this won't end well, listen with your big shock. fear that i heard that they attacked a lot of young girls. my daughter's 10, i don't feel safe here. serbian officials and supported so i don't want to speak on camera, but why their town is again becoming

a hot spot for migrants and smuggling network. it's a delicate issue says past or t boardwalk, or he goes to places that others avoid in supporting so some lucky where are you from chrome? i'm gonna son he wants to give migrant some comfort. but he too is worried unit of amber young. oh, situation now is it kind of, the more people who come could make the more tensions will arise here in this area that are tempe sick and this has an effect on the smugglers to them but for look, because they have more to do. and there will be more competition old as bottles of machine that though on this in parallel will cause the situation to become more tense for the local. so for the people here to go east to hot pursuit publicize at mohammad than his family, don't know about the growing tension in supported. so they just want to cross the serbian border into the e. u before winter arrives. you're watching

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