ah, you won't pay check station and po 221st on d, w ah ah, this is deedee of use live from brilliant russia prepares to formerly annex for regions of ukraine. friday's grand ceremony in moscow is the culmination of a series of discredited votes. us president joe biden says his country will never recognize any russian annexation of ukrainian territory also on the program.

warnings of a substantial loss of life in florida. after hurricane ian cuts a half of destruction across the u. s. state. the storm is expected to regain strength before striking south carolina. ah, i'm pablo foliage. welcome to the program. u. s. president joe biden has said that washington will never recognize the results of illegal russian annexations in ukraine. his warning came, as russia announced, plans to formally incorporate for occupied ukrainian regions on friday. moscow claims you hands done, ask parisha and us on voted to join the russian federation in so called referendums, which have been dismissed by ukraine and the west as 8 excuse me,

other sham russia. annex ukraine's crimea through a similar process in 2014 at moscow's red square preparations that underway dis, benefits to get there forever. with the names of the regents russia plans to absorb here, russian president vladimir putin. blanche to officially announce fennic fishing of the ford ukrainian regents after net low hunt club patricia and had thought they make up about 15 birth and a few queens that it had. he really does deal. yeah. a solid people have made a conscious and free choice. i knew maggie senior grace stated firmly to the whole world to read their wish to be with russia only at lena. but, miss dear sir, i see no seek to forever the tie, their fate. settle our country, which war ashley threes and will be their historic motherland. is dead each is great. originally, in the 50 of cram at dusk in that a net fleeting dividends fade,

they will defy rationale, fission magazines him even if they come, our boys won't let us down. if necessary. we will fight to move you even, you know, you might buy your lease, some good laska that please don't do stupid things from nicky. replenished, do not take the steps you intend to take in confirming and accepting the annexation of our territories and authority for don bass has always been ukraine, su, crate, and will always be ukraine. we will fight for additional dish. okay, you know, in, we're going to melissa bottle up to 4000000 people were asked to what in the fort warrant on regents, russia cleaned and overwhelming victory while you clean and it's international partners dismissed the defendant as chance and a violation of international law. it cannot be rico sides with international legal framework. it since against every single international community is meant to stand for it's logs, the purposes and principles of united nations. it is

a dangerous escalation. it has no place in the modern world. it must not be accepted. the kremlin theme unmoved by the criticism, but its actions are clothing. i dos to a diplomatic solution. flannel mer putin says, mistakes made during russia's call up of reservists need to be corrected. it's his 1st public acknowledgment that the partial mobilization and announced last week hasn't gone as smoothly as hoped. thousands of fighting age men have fled russia to avoid the draft. what's what outland? protesters clash with police and daggers? tom, hundreds of soldiers from the region half died in ukraine, and opposition to mobilization is strong. but elsewhere in russia that protest and attacks on conscription centuries underline the growing and to mobilization sentiment to call up has been running everything but smoothly. president flooding

reporting admitted that mistakes had been made use of would it be my belief? many issues are emerging during the mobilization? yeah, it's necessary to fix all the mistakes and avoid making them again in regards to citizens who for example are eligible for deferment. it concerns father is of many children or people suffering from chronic diseases or those who are above the draft age who she is a reason all the russian leadership say the draft is only a partial mobilization only for men with previous army experience. but the exact amount of the new recruits has not been made public opposition. russian media estimate that as many as 1000000 russian might have been called into the army. the mobilization has brought out many other challenges to even those who are willing to fight fear. they won't be equipped adequately by the army. in this shop

in chile, ovens, recruits, try to buy whatever they can do to you while mobilized reserve is get what the government provides. they receive winter and summer clothes and shoes . the rest depends on people buying flashlights for themselves on lighting. they're also not enough sleeping bags and mats for everyone. you can certainly call that. while it's unclear, who exactly will get drafted within the current decree, many choose to leave the country out of fear of being called to service in georgia . authorities say around $10000.00 russians are crossing the border every day. i am is alec members. us. i have escaped the mobilization and i don't want to die for the regime. i don't think it's legal. no, i mean basically it's criminal from so on mystical other countries with land borders to russia have also reported thousands of crossings since the mobilization

was announced. but they are already growing very of the large number of arrivals. you members state finland, close to border for russians with tourist chang and visa at midnight, making it even more difficult for many to flee mobilization. french oil firm total energy says it has observed unauthorized drone activity close to one of its oil facilities in the north sea. europe is on high alert for potential attacks on its energy infrastructure. after a series of leaks were discovered in the nord stream gas pipelines in the baltic sea, nato says the damage is the result of sabotage. and scientists are warning that the incident could be the biggest methane leak ever recorded. or german chancellor, olaf shalt as own veiled a 200000000000 euro plan to protect the german economy against the worst effects of soaring energy costs. the plan includes a cap on natural gas and electricity prices and will scrap

a proposed gas levy on consumers like the rest of europe. germany is in the midst of an energy crisis. after russia cook gas supplies in response to western sanctions over the war in ukraine. after weeks of debate about what measures the german government should and would take to help customers through a window of spiraling energy prices. finally, at clear decision from the chancellor who spoke via video link because of a positive cova test, yet skipped to so many good we're talking about and price cap for gas. for that purpose, we have now set up a committee that will come up with concrete suggestions in a very short time to see it. because 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 feeling

a tough 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 left charles, see especially at a piece of the weakness of the government's measure so far as they have been minor . they tried to solve one of the biggest challenges in japanese history with inadequate to which to put as we go, expands what we need now is a big plan. big legal commitment was the 1st person. now the big commitment has been made that the exact numbers still need to be thrashed out with winter fast

approaching. germans will be hoping that it will be enough to help get them through the cold. u. s. president joe biden has warned that hurricane ian could be the deadliest ever recorded in the state of florida. so far, officials have confirmed for deaths, but early reports suggest what the president called a substantial loss of life. the store made land full as one of the strongest ever to hit the u. s. and is still lashing. florida with strong winds and torrential rain twisted debris is all that's left at this beach front shopping center. hurricane ian has left a trail of destruction as it caught a cross florida. buildings have been torn from their foundations. many residents are still trapped by flood waters and where the water has receded, residents are left to peak through their shattered homes. as if it was this, the most horrifying sounds in all and with the brief flying everywhere,

no doors flying off everywhere, the bathroom of our down here areas is completely smashed in from all the water is just material things law were alive. and so there's a lot of people are here that didn't make it as terrible terrible. i guess a surprise you pay for being so level. roads and bridges have been washed away. hampering rescue efforts. president joe biden has pledged federal government recovery support. he warned, the danger has not yet passed. this could be the deadliest hurricane in florida history. the numbers are still are still aren't clear, but we're hearing early reports what may be substantial loss of life. this storm last strength as it crossed the state. but as regained hurricane level winds over the atlantic, georgia and the carolinas and our bracing for impact as hurricane ian heads north.

earlier i spoke to nicholas snyder, a journalist in miami, and he gave us an update on the situation. i mean, it's all looking good. this is one of the most powerful storms to hit florida in a long time. i mean we have millions of people with other tricity. we have several that have passed away from the store and we have hundreds that are stuck on islands . i mean, bridges have been blown out, houses have been washed away, lives have been washed away. it's, it's about one that's definitely a store one for florida. i started a grim assessment there and a very grim warning from president biden. he said that there's potentially substantial loss of life. what's the state of the emergency response at the moment? to be honest is incredibly difficult. i mean, a lot of these situations are stuck and in very, very difficult situations. i mean, there are people, there are people that are unable to be reached because they're basically locked in by water. and some cases they can only be reached by boat or by air. so we have

families that are stuck in their homes or families that are stuck in certain situations. i mean, not like i'm said, house i've been washed away. there. people are still waiting for help and still waiting for emergency rescue. i know that florida of the state of florida is doing a great job by being able to push as many emergency help individuals out there. and as well as the united states to be able to bring in some more federal help. but it's, there's a hundreds of 1000 people have been affected, it's going to take a long time, be able to reach every one of them. it's a really awful and used there, and also the images that we're seeing as well to show that devastation. so the storm weakened after making land full nicholas, but it's actually gathering strength again, right? correct. yes. and weakened over to a tropical storm as went through central florida and then it jumped back out over to the atlantic growing up to category one again. now for florida, and we're usually pretty used to hurricane, so our, our regular status has been be prepared every single hurricane season. but for

a lot of these individuals in the south and north carolina, they're about to be hit by and they don't see that often. so it's very worrisome to see it now traveling up the coast, being able to come in as a category want to some of those areas. i know the governor has already declared state of emergency in north carolina and just hoping that they're seeing florida now and not taking any lighter precautions or they should be doubling down with their, with their emergency services. making sure that everyone's prepared. and for those that need to be evacuated, to be evacuated. that was a, that was the main thing i was having in florida. a lot of people tend to stay. but as you saw with these major surgeries that were coming up with in the water, i mean, it was, it was taken aback by a lot of people. well, certainly worrying, worrying images there that we're seeing. and we're in use. nicholas snyder, a journalist in miami, thank you. thank you. it's been 3 weeks since queen elizabeth died and her son charles became king with the official period of morning. now over, it's time for change and i'm talking my pocket change. the royal meant has unveiled

a new king's portrait, which will soon appear on british coins in keeping with tradition, charles faces the opposite direction from his mother, whose face adorned some 27000000000 coins in use in the k. one's with the king's portrait shall begin to enter circulation late this year. germany says a cap on gas prices, but it won't become, it won't be cheap. steven beardsley has the details on dw business after the break on problem leaves. thanks for watching. back again at the top with every jenny is full of surprises. we've gone all out to give you some tips with.