[000:00:00;00] ah, subscribe to the w documentary on youtube. no. ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. russia prepares to formerly annex for regions of ukraine on friday. moscow says it will incorporate the regions which voted in so

called referendums. the stage is being set for an annexation ceremony in moscow. west of western nations do not recognize russia's illegal and bra view and opens its trial against the leading figure and the london jenna stopped. phyllis jane, a couple guys accused of financing the mass, murder of some 800000 people. also coming up, germany announces a capital natural gas prices to stop run away energy bills, but in plans to borrow to fund a 200000000000 euro package to our residents and businesses cope through tough time . ah, i'm glad else has welcome to the program. the kremlin, the says russia will formally annexed for ukrainian regions as its own territory.

tomorrow. moscow claims the occupied eastern region voters to join the russian federation in so called referendums, which were dismissed by the west. as a sham, united nation says any annexation would violate international law. a stage has been set up in moscow's red square, where the annexation will be celebrated on friday. president vladimir putin is planning to give a speech following assigning ceremony with the separatist leaders who are already in moscow. russia last annex the ukraine's crimea through a similar process in 2014 w course. wanted to nick commonly now joins as from the your cranium, capital key of make. what impact are these annexations likely to have well, this is definitely a moment of russia burning down any kind of bridges toward like ocean with ukraine . and the west is very difficult to see what can be negotiated about after this act

is not something that at least approved ministration, were able to undo, let alone, maybe, maybe a future government could, but definitely not as long as that new bridge is in charge. and so basically this means that this is going to be decided on the battlefield and that basically any different contacts are available. so means more threats from russia likely of using nuclear weapons against ukraine. we've heard from top russian figures in the world up to this saying that if russia and it's cool territory were threatened and now they will obviously a regarding yes, the hans kind of some of the bridge as cool territory. then they would be willing to use nuclear weapons. you've heard a lot of top us officials getting quite worried about this kind of what they call loose talk from moscow. and a sense that even if russia hasn't really prepared, it's nuclear weapons yet hasn't really done anything to our cells. that is something that they are considering. they are definitely willing to escalate. this is definitely a very, very kind of nervous and dangerous time. here we go, put in a justifies these annexations with the rights of people to self determination that

the cardinal principal in international law. what's the argument against this or 1st of all, it, no countries outside russia have recognized these referendums as fair and free, not even russia's co sellers to serbia, bella luce, kazakhstan. so that's the 1st thing i think lots people will have seen those engines, social media of troops, arm troops accompanying pull workers, going from door to door, trying to encourage people to take part in these referendums that ukraine called the on its citizens, to boycott, to stay away from we've seen those numbers coming up on yet can 99 percent plus at lots of questions there about the fairness and no certainty that this has anything representative about it. but beyond that, there's also the interesting parallel with the parts of russia that have wanted independence starting with chechnya, other parts of country also had independence movements. and there are the russians that were government has come down very, very hard. and it's even illegal in russia to question the legitimacy of russia's board, as you can face up to 4 years in jail if you even question those borders and where they are right now. so it's certainly very selective. judicial approach that

vladimir putin is using him now the way it doesn't recognize these annexations but, but can i do about it? i think we're going to see more sanctions. there's to lots of russian banks that are still able to swift, another international payment systems to sort of more economic pain can be inflicted there. there's been a lot of criticism from ukraine that those european american sections were to incremental, expecting somehow to see a change in russian behavior rather than just piling in fast and trying to reduce rushes, financial ability to wage war. we can see more weapons for ukraine in foster on kind of foster timelines. and i think we're going to see ukraine trying to maximize its gains now in the last few weeks before winter sets in trying to gain more territory before or so. those hundreds of thousands mobilized troops from russia start arriving at the battlefield with training and basically an end to diplomacy. i think that is basically the main take away from this. that diplomacy, at least in the medium term,

is dead. and this is all going to be to put your decided on the battlefields of ukraine. c. w because one of this commonly there in key. thank you. next we have some a breaking news coming in internationally acclaimed author and filmmaker seats younger m guy has been convicted by a court in her home country of zimbabwe on charges of inciting public violence. dunker was arrested in 2024 protesting for government reforms. rights organizations say the case which stretched on for more than 2 years was the politically motivated attempt to suppress freedom of speech. now the trial of one of the alleged masterminds of rwanda is 1994 genocide has opened in the hague judges, that the un tribunal decided to proceed with a trial of phyllis young,

couple gun despite his decision to boycott it from jail. the former businessman is accused of financing and facilitating the mass murder of some 800000 people. he was captured in france 2 years ago of the decades on the run. and our next report takes a look at the role kaboodle played in the slaughter of rwanda. as tootsie minority, a warning that this report does contain graphic images, broadcasts that lead to deadly bloodshed. her i b o. one dot ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. in 1994, rwanda messages like these were used to turn people against each other. they resulted in heinous acts of violence. and the genocide that lasted just over

a 100 days violence erupted after the plane carrying precedent. juvenile happy ramana was shot down. who to extremists blamed the tootsie minority the attack and went off to them. an estimated 800000 people were killed with clubs and machetes. millions fled to neighboring countries. businessman feliciano kabuki is regarded as one of the masterminds behind the killings. he was among the founders and finances of r t l m. the radio station that was used to dehumanize people and broadcast their locations. it wouldn't have happened on every, on every hill and were won. that wouldn't happen in every commune. it was under the control of who to extreme us government. were it not for the sort of messages delivered, arching land, continued to justify the attack on neighbors in the early 2, thousands,

steven rappe led the prosecution in what became known as the media trial, which included the artie. al am radio station kabuki had managed to evade justice for years. his money and connections keeping him safe. but in 2020 the hunt over could luca was arrested in a paris suburb. he had been living there for years under a false identity. for listen, kabuki is now facing trial in the hague, in an international court, responsible for a wandered war crimes which was set up by the un more than 6000 kilometers away in the reward and capital kigali, people will be following the proceedings closely. the country has moved on since the mid ninety's, but almost 3 decades later, the collective trauma still runs deep. could you get a euro t, quote? me itchy, you've seen curb and court is a great thing for us. the survivors of the genocide, adequate vision. it is something that so these are hearts and then it encourages us

and gives us the conviction that those who committed the genocide level and are hiding in different countries a one day they will face justice. yes, we chose that they will follow the problem to be tried. natca knackered us kabuki is one of the last top wanted suspects for the rwandan genocide to be put on trial . he said to be in fragile health and victims of the genocide say they're hoping for things to move quickly. so he doesn't die before facing justice. did um, he was marked thunder, has been following this case for us. he joins us an hour from the hague. i'm actually think of it is finally facing trial after more than 2 decades on the run. but he wasn't there. why's that spread garrett? probably ken's everybody surprised this morning when the court went to session. that sir, the defendant for the sunken bogo was not there. and according to the presiding judge, there was no apparent reason for this. he simply waved his rights to be there and also didn't want to dial in by

a video call. he does not have to be there. now there are questions regarding his health. he's, he's quite old and in very bad shape. but according to the chief prosecutor, that is not the reasons receives regular medical checkups and they say he is fit for trial. now, what's the case that the prosecution is making? i to the prosecution that made their opening same today for about 2 hours went to the circumstances, the back on of genocide and to felicity couple garza charges are the charges that were being brought up against him and he is one of the rich was one of the richest men present day. i wonder back then that he was very well connected, had lots of money and use this power. he had to engage in genocidal activity according to the prosecution. so one of the things he did is he established the r t m radio station and was one of the co founders and the largest shareholder there on which i'm horrible messages were, were being broadcast. some of them we heard today in court in which are the

journalists or, or host of the program, were asking who to, to go after members of the tootsie minority to, to rape their women, to kill them, to hunt them down, and places of worship and messages of, of that sorts, in addition to that, he also finance and oversaw the creation of an extremist who to militia. and he is also accused of importing weapons despite her arms embargo against her wander, brought in collage the coughs grenades, rifles, but also countless machetes. that were used by everyday people against the 2 to minority. now by 2000 suspects are fil, wanted on a national level in rwanda. and this is the last high profile case of the international criminal court. so what timeline are we looking at? right, cases like this usually take a while, especially in this case, we're fully sal, capua cannot, is, is a very bad shape and cannot attend at length. so the court will only go into session 3 times a week for about 2 hours. that's all they can do. so now it's about it's for the

prosecution to make their case. and they have roughly 270 excerpts from the radio station that we just talked about as well as they will bring in 50, roughly 50 to 50 witnesses who will dial in via video link from wanda on to give their testimony. this is going to take a few months, they're probably gonna be done with this around february, march, and then it's up for the defense to make their case. so we can expect this case to wrap up and probably a bit over a year. and then a, naturally, an appeal would follow, but we do know what we hear a lot is given the old age of the defendants in everybody's interest for, for the sal. couple good to be sentenced swiftly. so he can face justice while he still life maxima in the hague. thank you. my tom now asked to have a look at some of the other news from around the world. us vice president carmella

harris visited the demilitarized zone that divides the korean peninsula, where she said, washington will use its full range of military capabilities to defend south korean areas arrived in. so a day after 10 young conducted more ballistic missile texts verifications, she said, were meant to disturb stabilize the region quoted me emma has sentence the ousted leader on on. so she to 3 more years in jail for violating a secret slower later in a string of convictions against her since the military seized power last year. so cheesy economics, adviser, australian shawna turn out also received 3 years in prison. huh. what sort? when my germany's chance olaf schultz has unveiled a 200000000000 euro plan to guard the german economy against the effects of soaring energy prices. the plan includes a cap on natural gas and electricity prices. and will also scrap

a proposed gas tax on consumers. germany is coping with an energy crisis after russia, cup gas supplies to berlin in response to western sanctions over the war and ukraine . after weeks of debate about what measures the german government should and would take to help customers through winter of spiraling energy prices. finally, at clear decision from the chancellor who spoke via video link because of a positive covey test, yet skipped to so many. we're talking about and price cap for gas and for that purpose we have now set up a committee that will come up with concrete suggestions in a very short time. the c emitter is it's, we've now put in place the means to lower prices for consumers. all over the country for families, for pensioners, for traits, people, but also for businesses big and small. and that's what desperately needed now. so we can get into these difficult time, sit with users, feel good, said call the shut down of cheap russian gas has resulted in german energy prices

skyrocketing help from the government is badly needed to cushion the blow to households and businesses, spain and portugal already introduced a gas price cap and both the u. k and france have announced plans to curb energy prices, but the german government had sidestepped the measure so far. on wednesday, the leaders of germany, 16 federal states, met to discuss the energy crisis and called for decisive action from all of charles issued a piece of the weakness of the government's measure so far as the pin minor. they've tried to solve one of the biggest challenges in germany is history with inadequate tools used to live with his records. and what we need know is a big plan, becomes legal commitment was the 1st person. now that big commitment has been made, though the exact numbers still need to be thrashed out with winter fast approaching chairman's will be hoping that it will be enough to help get them through the cold

that's bring in the w, belittle correspondence, thomas sparrow. so prize cap, all natural gas and fun to offset the impact of inflation. thomas, what more can you tell us? well, those are the 2 major elements of this new package unveiled by the german government . did not the 1st package that the german government presents to try and help consumers client help businesses as well. but it is the latest package that they have presented, especially at a time when they were facing a lot of pressure from businesses, from consumers that are particularly concerned about. these are very high prices in the last few weeks. it comes at a time when germans are also worried about rising inflation. in fact, it is a striking coincidence. care had that right at the time, same time as the government was presenting these new measures, then you figure for german inflation were also presented 10 percent for september. this is being described as the highest rate in nearly 70. yes. so this gives you an

idea of just how serious the situation is in this country at a time. it also explains why the german government presented this very large fund, this price cup as well for gas, and all these measures they were unveiled to day. now the 10 percent inflation that you mentioned there are also announced today it just linked to the higher energy prices. it's not just linked to the higher energy prices, but it is undoubtedly the case that the higher energy prices are behind this. increasing inflation are behind all these concerns that german now are facing, especially when it comes to the winter months where it comes to whether they will be able to pay their energy bills, whether they will be able to deal with all these increasing prizes that explains why the german government was under so much pressure in the last few weeks to present a new package of measured. it also explains why to day it was not only about those

200000000000 that the german government will spend to trying sink prices on the one hand, but also help consumers and help businesses. on the other hand, it really explains why the german government is trying to help everyone involved. it is a matter of great concern among germans, how they will cope with all these issues when it comes to the very difficult winter months. thomas bro, there for us. thanks from tom. the swedish coast guard has found the 4th leak in the north stream. gas pipelines that ruptured off to undersea explosions were detected. scientists say the baltic sea lines could be pumping out the biggest me fan release on record. questions of blame remain, and both the you and russia, demand answers moscow has called the united nations security council meeting to address the issue european liter. i read it about the pipeline leaks in the politics that you faced. the damage was likely caused by deliberate act raising security concerns,

but the european commission has not set who might have been behind the suspect at separate arch. today, ms oller, who is everything is being done to try to identify the origin of these events and of the explosions on the node string pipelines. so we will have to get to the bottom of this before being able to say anything on the origins of these explosions is okay. and who is responsible for though super low vision. this is extra joy. there is a possibility. as europe largest natural gas supplier, norway thief, it will beef up the security of its antarctic infrastructure eastern. the events in the baltic sea have resulted in the government deciding to further strengthen al preparedness around on and offshore infrastructures to prevent. another incident, in for shrouding or by the military will be more present and visible on near our oil and gas installations. installment really does have warrant of retaliation for any attack on europe. energy networks,

if you to reveal there is no doubt that this is very serious. it is not a coincidence. this was planned. that is what i am or other things of discussed with the installed in burg nato secretary general. because this is serious. russia says it's launching an international terrorism investigation into the leaks denying allegations it was involved. well, you know, it's quite predictable and also predictably stupid to make such claims. i repeat once again, predictably stupid and absurd. yep. so the gas escaping from the pipelines is also an environmental consent. it contains high levels of meeting and authority, fear it could be the equivalent of one 3rd of denmark, started animal, greenhouse gas emissions, or for more on that last go to her, seymour natalie, up here that i, he's a senior fellow at brutal. that's an economic think tank based in brussels at now. you said that this alleged sabotaged mark the new level of hybrid warfare and

russia's energy war against your of you also called it a new level of the game. what do you mean by that? well, let's see, the results that will be held by the investigations, but in case that russia ends up being confirm, standing behind these sabotage. that will certainly be a significant escalation to the tensions between russia and, and europe and europe will have to respond accordingly. it's getting up sanctions certainly, but immediately scaling up the security controls at it's critical energy infrastructure. we cannot lead something of that sort up in our pipelines, connecting europe with norway roygenia or other major producers during the winter. because otherwise, that would really be a problem for europe. now, how vulnerable exactly is europe's energy infrastructure?

well europa energy infrastructure certainly is already, and it has always been under a certain degree of sort of balance and control. now it is just time to increase the security level and this is exactly what norway did yesterday after these, sabotaged aka, in order to make sure that something of that sort cannot be replicated. thank you very much, simona tell. appear to us senior fellow at the brutal economic thinktank in brussels. thank you are okay. and ian is moving across the state of florida now of the bathroom, the gulf coast and causing catastrophic flooding. it made landfall as one of the strongest storms over to hit the us. and while it has since weakened it is still unleashing strong winds and torrential rains. hurricane hunters flying to the

eye of storms to gather data for meteorologists. oh, but this hunter was shot by the strength of this hurricane. he says ian will be one to remember. today's flight was certainly the roughest that i've been on in my 6 years of doing this and it was, it was a messy pass. and i think even if you know in the future we fly through a storm and it ends up being worse than that. it'll still be one that i think back on. it's like, oh well, was it worse than ian? i'm not sure. ian has turned florida sandy, beaches and coastal towns into a disaster zone. streets have been turned into rivers and nearly 2000000 homes and businesses are without power. hundreds of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate. but some have chosen to write out the hurricane. you

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