ah ah ah this is the w news life from berlin, condemnation and sanctions as russia claims victory. and it's so cold referendums. moscow installed officials playing up to 99 percent of voters across several you quite in regions one to joint russia. ukraine and it's wasted allies reject the results and play to a tough response. european leaders blame sabotaged both fried leak spewing gas into

the baltic sea scientist, the take that explosions along rush is not streamed pipelines. bosco says it also wants assets on international safe abortion day. activists raise the alarm about the thousands of women dying from pregnancy, terminations we meet the health workers trying to keep abortion safe and reduced stigma and life out in cuba, the island is left without power to hearken, e and noakes out the electricity grid. now florida is bracing for the strengthening storm. ah, i've been fizzle and welcome you, crane and it's waste and allies have rejected the results of so called referendums, held in full brush and occupied regions. moscow installed officials say between 8799 percent of residents voted yes to being annexed into russia. the united states

is planning a un resolution condemning the ballot as a sham ukraine's president is bound to defend all his country's territory. and both russia out of the occupied zones. once again, russia seems poised to take over neighboring territory illegally. moscow says the referendums, unoccupied. ukraine reflect the voice of the people, and that they say they want to become russian. ukraine in its allies say the votes are nothing more than a pretext for expansion. there are also fears that russia would try to press men in the regions into military service to fight against keith's forces. ukraine's president says he's not going to let that happen. it's always provo, this further attempt to annex ukrainian territory means there is nothing more to talk about with the president of russia. i shall audit fishy. leveled them with you . we will act to protect our people in the henderson region in the zappa asia

region in don bass, in the currently occupied areas of the heart of cape region. and in crimea, if cromwell, russia's, annexation of crimea, and 2014, was preceded by referendum, much like the one that just ended unconstitutional, announced mir days before voting began and carried out in a war zone in the presence of armed soldiers. most countries don't recognize russian control of crimea. western allies say the same will apply to the 4 regions where the latest sham referendums took place. here, at the u. n, the u. s. promised to make russia pay if it tries a repeat of crimea, the united states will never recognize any territory. russia attempts to seize or allegedly annex as anything other than part of ukraine. we reject russia's actions unequivocally. and we will continue to work with our allies,

partners and like minded to impose cost on russia and to provide historic amounts of support for ukraine. but international condemnation hasn't stopped moscow's ambitions and ukraine. vladimir putin has even threatened to use nuclear weapons to defend territory. he claims his part of russia. at this point, only he knows where that imaginary border lies. i spoke to alexander hook, the former principal deputy chief monitor of the o s e special monitoring mission to ukraine. i asked where the claims of a landslide victory for rush or in the circle referendums reflects the will of the people who live in i what happened in the last few days in these regions of ukraine is over of fiction and a very obscene fiction that these in which viewers are invited to suppose that victims of atrocities committed by the russian forces might slide with the perpetrators of them. i do believe that the script for what happened

and what will happen has been bricked them a long time ago last year said before what happened in 2014 was probably the precursor of what we know my seem to be unfold in these 4 areas. will make up 50 percent of the ukrainian total, so will ukrainians from these antics regions now be conscripted to fight against their own countrymen. russia certainly will make sure that those area study will consider us rush average, of course, does not correspond with ukrainian law, and international law will serve their own purposes and they will seek any manpower they can find to defend these areas. as they have already indicated, they would do. i would, however, also suggest that any ukrainian leaving in rush and occupy the areas that may have

put the cross on these paper has done so to survive. not to support these ambitious claims by russia. what happens now that these regions are part of russia, according to moscow? if you cranium forces do attack i cannot read the heads of the plans of what credit the criminal might do. you crime has all the right to defend its territory that remain its territory after these illegal actions that russia took. as i've mentioned before, international law and ukrainian law clearly states that will happen is illegal. russia may use, however, these as a pretext to up its defense and will claim that the areas are russian territory and therefore it can escalate the conflict further. legally, it doesn't change anything. these areas are and remain ukrainian territory.

alexander, who in the hey, thank you very much for your analysis. thank you. the european union chief says sabotage is responsible for leaks on the north string pipelines that are sending plumes of gas into the baltic. scientists recorded under c explosions around the lines connecting russia to germany, that there are no claims of responsibility. poland says the leaks marked an escalation in the war on ukraine. who chief or for the funder line has pledged the strongest possible response to any deliberate disruption of energy infrastructure. just bubbles, churning the baltic. see this video from denmark's military shows thousands of cubic meters of fuel flowing from a pipeline. at least 70 meters below sea level. the under c pipelines north stream $1.00 and $2.00 link russia and germany. the 3 red dots mark the places where leaks were detected, even though the pipelines are not currently delivering russian gas to europe. they

are still full of fuel after the pressure in the pipeline dropped earlier this week, the operator said that suggested actual damage to the on the sea pipes. some european leaders say that damage was no accident. the order says we have swedish intelligence, but we also have received information from denmark. and based on this, we concluded that this is probably a deliberate act. it is probably a case, a sabotage. they also told anthro gormet sabotaged. it's still not clear what caused the problems on the pipeline pulse of which were constructed just a few years ago. but sweden has launched a preliminary probe to find out if the system was intentionally attacked. but if it is confirmed, that's clearly in no one's interest. um,

now my understanding is the lease will not have a significant impact on europe's energy resilience. and what's critical is that we are working day in day out both on a short term basis in a long term basis to address energy security for, for europe. the u. s. as long warned that europe, his 2 dependents on russian gas and gas leaks and the baltic sea overshadowed the launch of a different project to secure supply. then malcolm, poland leaders who had a polish facility pulse of a project to transport norwegian gas via denmark to poland, to replace russian supplies. the ruptured gnawed stream pipelines partly owned by rushes. biggest gas producer. the kremlin has also suggested foul play. she just near j excruciating near them, no option can be ruled out right now. it's clear that there is damage to the pipeline. so we can't exclude any version of events regarding the reasons for this

young man to before the results of the official investigation. if we're doing nuclear church, which broke jordan, with the accusations of sabotaged the suspicions over who is to blame, a ratcheting up tensions between russia and it's european neighbors. i'm joined now by a brussels bureau chief alexandro phenomena. how is the european union going to respond to thick? well, they issued a very strong statement, as you just mentioned before, the report to the u commission president or the la funder lion of warned that any deliberate to disruption of the european energy infraction infrastructure is unacceptable. and that it will lead to a very strong, robust response. however, we have to say that there is not much they,

you opinion can do about that. even if they will find out who really close to the leaks they, there is little they can do other than impose economic sanctions. it's rather for the member states and to the national governments and their security agencies to take action. is there any more clarity as to what actually happened? no, as for now, we just saw the statements saying as to, for instance, the statement issued by the foreign policy chief, europe. we're out this morning. he said that all information available right now is indicating that it was a deliberate act and act of sabotage f, as other others are saying. but we don't have and we don't have any information right now who could really be behind those leaks, alexander phenomena in brussels. thank you. let's have

a look at some of the other news from around the world. germany's economy minister or bad harp. it says the government will keep to its 3 remaining nuclear power plants on stand by until april. germany had planned to completely shut down its reactors by the end of the year, the 2 will remain on stand by due to concerns about energy supplies over the winter . saudi arabia's crown prince bahamas bid. salman has been named prime minister post traditionally held by the king. the prince is already seen as the kingdoms de facto ruled up on his father does officially remain monarch. mohammed been summoned, previously served as defense, ministering cabinet. i've no room has made land full and be at them bringing heavy rains and winds of 100 kilometers in our schools and offices are closed in more than 200000 people evacuated. the typhoon has since been downgraded to a tropical storm, but residents are being want to stay alert to, to land ice and flooding. authorities in mexico with arrested

a leader of an extremist ultra orthodox jewish state. in the south of the country. leave town or group is accused of organized crime and human trafficking. officials say an unspecified number of women and children were removed from the groups jungle compound today is international, safe abortion day. a call to action for access to safe pregnancy, terminations for women and girls around the world. in nigeria, abortion is only legal when a woman's life is at risk, no exceptions for unwanted pregnancies. all right, victims still abortions, a common, and many a dangerous the physical and psychological damage can run deep. a warning, some viewers may find the next report up, say on the mail was 15 when her mother died. she went to leave with her uncle, a pastor, he'd return constantly. she's had eat abortions. oh,

from an trained providers. as all my powers scheduling, they lay as all my fellow scared that may be this practice is late damage. my will. well, something else scared that and my dad to process it on to know the amount of teeth i had for myself. i for so long. i, he then they thought, i won't, dorothy, jim is around the crisis shelter for women like lena, me, she is a wilma, an activist champion, and a brother unpopular cause access to see of abortions for all over 6000. we many major anti analysts from abortion complications. there is no official data, but medical experts see most deaths result from unsafe abortions. you ad hockey for access to receive abortions to women and girls in nigeria also

knew in fully will that a lot of people will not agree with your position. so why do you advocate for that abortions i need it. in the cases of rip, you don't force people will have the ritz that have been exposed to the trauma to keep pregnancies arising from root. we have high levels of suicides, you know, from people were forced to keep pregnancies from rip on our watch list. now majority of the people on suicide watch my nose as part of our activism and she and has to have a producing a social media campaign to help women learn about safe abortions to aim to rich women without much access to reproductive health. when i see children carrying pregnancies to tend to have no business, you know, carrying pregnancies and then we're looking for people to fix that. me can give

birth as a minor. she wanted an abortion that couldn't access one. the birth cause catastrophic damage to her body. 2 years later, she still hasn't healed completely aggravated regina, but then he had to courts down to the end. and the babysitting still didn't come out, said he had to pull her out. after of day week and the nurses wandered somewhere on the open city hudson. he had to close the back. must them say a few pin devs on t n t. feel each aaron, that state law or the stairs would have happened if i if i had the abortion service i would have written my exam. i feel like somehow my legacy at the pause the debate in nigeria continues whether to on our bushes. legally. one thing that many i agree on is that the laws haven't stopped women from

getting abortions. instead, most end up in the hands of non professionals put in their lives at risk or pro choice activists to highlighting the risks of unsafe abortions and restrictive laws on international safe abortion day. as i mentioned, globally 3 in 10 pregnancies end in induced abortion each year. adding up to 73000000 terminations. according to the international federation of gynecology, around 45 percent of all abortions are unsafe, carried out by people lacking the skills and or not conforming to minimal medical standards. women who are most at risk live in developing countries. 97 percent of unsafe abortions take place in these countries. resolving had 7000000 women a year being treated in hospital for complications unsafe abortions account for up to 13 percent of maternal deaths. even though they're largely preventable. the boy remains illegal in the philippines and is highly stigmatized. and

a santos is dw corresponded there. and what is the situation for women and girls in the philippines? the philippines as one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world. all right, there is no clear exceptions for accessing a safe abortion, even in cases of rape incest, or if the pregnancy endangers the life of the pregnant person. so under the scenario there are pregnant people will, will risk fines or imprisonment for trying to access safe abortion and not only the pregnant person, but also the health care provider who helps them. now, all of this results in maternal deaths that are related to complications because of unsafe abortion. advocates estimate that there are about 3 pregnant people who die every day due to complications related to unsafe abortions, and these are preventable deaths. so what are the barriers to abortion? health care? well currently you know, there's already the lack of access to

a comprehensive sex education and also if you can't afford it, birth control is also highly restricted. so can you imagine been not lack of information and lack of access to birth control services. and on top of that, you know this, this of this abortion being prohibited also contributes not only to the stigmatization, but also this climate of fear. i have interviewed pregnant people who have reported being shamed, being harassed by many health care professionals when they need to access post abortion care. in terms of like when you suffer from a miscarriage, for example, or any other type of research where you might need safe abortion access. till it tells more about the stigma in both. i believe it's a very conservative society, but also, i mean when you look at the numbers we're talking about life and death, not just all the non born baby, but the life and death of so many women. right. well, you don't,

the w h o recognizes abortion as a health care intervention that is necessary. and when carried out properly, it's actually a safe and simple procedure. but we can't even bring ourselves to talk about this as a safe health care intervention because of the highly stigmatized and fearful environment . just try to imagine been that you last a pregnant person or as a woman might need to access abortion, like one in for women around the world that need to access abortion throughout their life time. or you can't do that because of this culture of fear and just the the prospect of not only being find but in present for accessing what should be a safe and necessary health care intervention other santos, thank you very much for bringing us up today to this about the situation there in the philippines appreciated. iran has seen a wave of protests over the last couple of weeks. the death of 22 year old martha

me in police custody spot. the outcry across the country demonstrations have been met with a violent response from authorities, according to the also based iran, human rights group, at least 76 people have died in the crack down. it's the cause of concern for iranian around the world. the w sports visited to a rainy professional athletes who now live here in germany. they're worried about relatives participating in the protests. # ah, miran is rebelling, but some iranians are stuck on the sidelines. one chair for my son, it could have been me, and massa may needs place. but i've had similar experiences in iran when i went to practice at the university of morality. police miss treated me in the same way. i wanted to provide a man paris if i cd and costs are, are met the porno jawed,

our professional taekwondo athletes originally from iran. they fled the regime 3 years ago. the internet is what connects them to family and friends, but the regime blacked out internet connections last week. now, messages don't reach home. i almost 40 ish bought in a somewhat southern bahama when i was lost in touch with my sister. she told me that my family took to the streets this fighting for freedom. the police beat up my sister, her hands were bleeding. i'm so worried. hello. fresh 81 second place in taekwondo at the 2010 asian games. but now she and partner made the point to john are so consumed by any news that slips out of iran. that not even sports takes their mind off of things in berlin, for shady trains kids in taekwondo, but doesn't want to upset them in that little man. i just told the kids, the practice that a lot is happening in iran. i didn't want to go into details to get some ocean

wasn't what remains for them. are demonstrations. the refugees join in germany and social media. oh man floated on, found out. my follow is aunt jess from a wrong think their international. i'm glad that for the 1st time the world is hearing app please for freedom, which holl, i'm kid quillen doing you and i have anymore. so them are that each other because for them the fight against the regime in iran just went into another round hearken. he and has left cuba, 11000000 people in the dark. the islands electricity provider is trying to restore power. the hurricane is strengthening and full send is headed for the united states . florida residents are preparing for one of their strongest storms in yes. plunged into darkness in the wake of hurricane in cubans, in havana and all across the country were left without electricity after the country's entire power grid collapse. following the category 3 storm

western cuba took the brunt of the hurricane. with the storm, pounding the region for more than 5 hours. many residence had been left with next to nothing. to okay, come on, how would terrified to see what we have here? we don't even know what to do everything it's been shattered. look at the state of our meeting on the on it tobacco farms in the western, penner del rio region where much of the tobacco cuba as iconic and economically important to guards is produced. have been devastated with disastrous. it's never been like this before. some time. hurricanes passed through here, but not of this magnitude destroyed. our houses are tobacco drying, her soft farm, the fruit trees, everything while cuba tries to repair the storm. damage. here in florida

residents, preparing for its arrival with the harken expected to make landfall late on wednesday up to 3 meters of storm surge is expected. leaving those near the coast, particularly vulnerable lima, him at the moment. can you imagine we a 100 meters from the beach? we're trying to take precautions. damage is unavoidable, because a hurricane that comes out with such a force. what caused damage, but we're trying our best. as i was even u. s. president joe biden has declared a state of emergency in florida and some, 2 and a half 1000000 people are under evacuation orders. the government has prepared huge amounts of fuel, water meals and emergency personnel to try and mitigate. what looks likely to be a full blown disaster. now, some uplifting news from portuguese football legend,

louise fiegel, once name the best player on the planet, he has now elevated his game, literally, to an altitude of over 6100 meters. he did it on one of those 0 gravity, airplanes that go way up and then wait down in a hurry is particular cruise made for what the guinness book of world records says is the highest altitude game of football on a parabolic flight. ego helped pull together this high flying stuff with other expose from the middle east, europe and latin america. reminder of the top stories were following foil. moscow installed officials in full ukrainian regions say up to 99 percent of residents voted yes, in circle referendums of being annexed into russia. the united states is planning a un resolution condemning the ballots as a sham and the european union chief says sabotage is responsible for gas leaks

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