because education makes the world more just, ah, make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines. ah, ah ah, this is the w live from berlin. sabotage is suspected as gas leaks from pipelines, connecting russia to germany. denmark's navy releases this footage of gas bubbles forming in the baltic sea. the leaks again turned the spotlight on europe's vulnerable energy secured. also the program moscow claims the so called referendums

in occupied ukraine. show people overwhelmingly in favor of joining russia. keith and its allies denounced the votes as a sham. iranians defy a growing government crackdown to hold an 11th night of protests by the death of a woman arrested by they so called morality police. ah, i'm glad else as welcome to the program. sabotage is thought to be behind. 3 leaks in the north stream. natural gas pipelines connecting russia to europe, gas bubbles, half formed in the baltic sea off denmark and sweden, the danish military release. these images of the gas bubbles, the leaks were 1st spotted on the radar of a passing ship, dead marcusson's band shipping from area and imposed

a no fly zone. the north stream $1.00 and $2.00 pipelines run from russia to germany. neither is in operation, although both contained pressurized gas. the kremlin says it is extremely concerned about the leaks. poland prime minister has called it an act of sabotage without providing any evidence, denmark's prime it is them metaphysics and says sabotage is indeed a possibility. if you have legally, we cannot rule it out, it is too early to draw conclusions yet. but this is an extraordinary situation, an unusual situation. and there are 3 lead paint, even with some distance between them. and that is why it's hard to imagine that what's happening is a coincidence, isn't it a phone call? my different city to come today who are political correspondent, thomas bar joins me, not thomas, what are you hearing from the german government officially and maybe unofficially about these lease the same line of caution that we heard from other european officials that is essentially too early to conclude what exactly is behind those

leaks. but what we are hearing as well, not only here in germany, but also from other european countries, is that the extent of the damage seems too large for it to be accidental or coincidental. and that's why you're hearing from official saying that there's a possibility that this could have been an act of sabotage. but again, it is still too early to really conclude what was behind those leaks. there are crisis teams meeting in different parts of europe to try and understand what exactly happened and also what could be the impact, the political, but also the economic impact of these leaks on the north stream pipelines and altering one under nordstrom to pipelines. now, how difficult would it be to attack these pipeline? i understand a encased in concrete. well, you would essentially need to know 1st gearhart, if it was indeed an attack. again,

we're only speculating here, but they have been already analysis pointing to the fact that the extent of the damage would point if it is an attack to a state actor. but again, this is only speculation and those crisis teams are trying to identify not only the extent of the damage, some of the latest reports also point to possible explosions along the north stream one and not stream to cliff lines. but also again, what could be the impact of these damages in particular for europe's infrastructure when it comes to gas, that is also a particularly important topic in europe nowadays. now, does this leak diesel, do these leagues have any measurable effect of the current energy supplies to europe? we've heard already from german officials from the german economy minister, that energy supply is guaranteed. and that has to do with the fact that both pipelines were not in operation nor stream to pipeline was never in operation

actually. and gas was flowing less and less from north stream one. so from that perspective, in the german case, germany has in fact increase its gas reserves around 991 percent. so from that perspective, energy supply seems to be guaranteed. but there are obviously questions as to what all this means for europe's vulnerability when it comes to these gas supplies in general. what it also means economically, what it means for the markets. so there are certainly get had a lot of questions here as to what the potential impact of this might be. even though as we're hearing from german officials, that energy supply is for now guaranteed. and that the impact on this is certainly not as big as many would have feared, maybe a few weeks or a few months ago. are political correspondent, thomas sparrow there. thank you. tom's well, moscow claims early results from the so called referendums and occupy the ukraine.

show that most voters favor joining russia, a kremlin is expected to use the outcome to annex for regions. key founders l, i say they are sham ballots and they're refusing to recognize the results. and really dropping a vote into the ballot box should mean having a say in one's future, but not many ukrainians believed. that's what happened in so called referendums, staged in for russian held regions of ukraine. first, results showed overwhelming support for joining russia. cave in the west have already said they would not recognize the outcome of a valid that ukraine says was in some cases conducted at gunpoint level which got you're fema today. there's a small number of people who have to pick something like that agreement mark on the ballot, the horse and why? because a man comes to every house with a rifle and asked them to vote. sure. what should people do when an arm person

comes to their home? often what they're forced to sign the ballot, re more trimmer. you do not see a video from mary. you po, shared by the ukranian city, government in exile shows armed soldiers following election workers into residential buildings. a warning by ukrainian or thirties that people will face criminal punishment if they vote prompted some to leave. and others to hide behind closed doors with ukrainian leadership and its western allies see the referendums as a pretext for the kremlin to annexed the 4 regions. blue hans donnette sk sir parisha and her son many ordinary ukrainians. think the same near that musical, illegal rich. unfortunately, they're worse and fascists. it's simply unbearable than even a human theme. in

a chilling warning last week, vladimir putin said he would be ready to use nuclear weapons to protect territory. he considered part of the russian federation with the war escalating continuously over the last few months. many ukrainians left their homes long before moscow staged. it's so cold referendums on their future. those who stayed face the likelihood they'll now have to live as citizens of russia and perhaps even become fighters for its army. this is an early up now i asked the w, corresponding mathias billing up in keith. what we can expect from the supposed results. so these referendums are probably the starting gun for the annexation process. that would mean that the chambers of parliament, the aperture man, the lower chamber will half, will have a vote on the annexation. and president putin will probably address then. and then

this process will be started. there's no doubt that that will be started as there is no doubt that the turn out or the results are for the referendum will be what they have. what they're meant to be, what the russians want them to be. and job by, within the next few days, we probably see the formal annexation of these territories, the form of incorporation into the russian territory. that's the russian point of view. of course, these res, referendums are neither recognized by ukraine, nor by any most of the countries in the world. there might be one or 2 in the end who will recognize this incorporation as has to be the case with crimea. but most countries in the world will not recognize these territories as territories of russia and just for the war, for right now, for, for the international situation, for the international, a legal situation, nothing will change, but russia will use this and,

and there were claim that the fighting is now taking place on russian territory. now, what will happen to the residence of those regions held by russia at the moment? do they have a chance to leave? we have seen people fleeing these territories throughout the past few months. there have been very few options that have, has lately just been one check point where people could cross over. men would mostly not be allowed to leave, but women children really, people could and her this checkpoint seems to have been closed in the past few days . people have been leaving increasingly since the end of summer in the beginning of the war, of course, but then at the end of august when a new curricular russian curricular were to be introduced, we saw many people are fleeing with children from these territories. now,

they seem to be close there, which is probably a way out from russia. but again, if russia closer to school, the 4 men that would be very difficult for them to leave. and of course, the fear is that russia will draft the men in these territories to serve in the russian army, although by international law, they are not even russian citizens. now is this likely to lead to an escalation of tension between russia? it certainly meant as such, and certainly an escalation in words and in symbolic meaning by russia. and it's probably also a reaction to the counter offensive that ukraine has been successfully leading in the heart of region in the north of the country northeast. but also they are putting a lot of pressure on their san region, which is one of the regions where we just had this for sham referendum and, and russia is creating the pretext for escalation with our whether and in what way

they will escalate. what will happen next is of course, something that we don't know yet. there has been the nuclear threat. the nuclear threat has been there before as well. for example, there have been stud russia might use it, might escalate, might nuclear use nuclear weapons if crimea was attacked, premier was attacked and they did not happen. so it doesn't mean that automatically this will happen. but russia is, of course, raising the stakes by this. and is putting itself into the position to use all possible means as they say it. and we will have to see where it goes from. now, d, w 1st one of my ideas billing or their reporting from key. thank you. mathias time now to have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world to pan has how the state funeral for the former prime minister sions obey. he was assassinated in july. world leaders were among the 4000 people at the ceremony. there was also

a position to the cost of the event and division over abe's legacy. rescuers in guatemala, a searching for survivors of for massive sinkhole appeared in the middle of a highway. mother and daughter remained missing after their car was swallowed at least 3 others were injured. 30 say heavy rain caused the underground drainage system to collapse. iran is stepping up its response to nationwide anti government. protests. officials say they've arrested more than 1200 demonstrators. human rights wanted to say at least 76 people have died in rallies, sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody. we don't want the islamic republic, that's the protest cry of people in iran's capital tyrann. only a few videos from the protests are getting through to the outside world, due to repeated internet shut downs. but people are taking to the streets around

the country like here in the southern city of bush, a hair pro government rallies have also been held like here and here on, on sunday, supporters of the regime have blamed the wave of protests on the west. hard line clerics have threatened what they call the trouble makers, taking part in the protests. if you do not stop these shameless crimes, you should expect a severe response from us. o t. ron's judiciary is set up special courts to try. protestors who official said will be treated as dangerous criminals. state media say the number of arrests has now surpassed 1200. video footage that has emerged in recent days, shows the brutality of the security services. observers say the authorities, heavy handed tactics are a sign that the protests are making. a mark exclusive, does this acknowledge, this is the find that social resistance is not really

a deed on yet people are not just resigned to the situation. and so the protests will continue, even if they are violently depressed. and it seems there is no sign of the protests going away any time soon. and that's it from me and the news team for now don't go away and use asia is next with various advantages. just after a short break on gout office in berlin for me and the new strength likes to watch ah ah, every journey is full of surprises. we've gone all out to give you some tips one day and in the footsteps of who wriggled.