[000:00:00;00] ah, why don't we recruit and probably imagine the state to go a lot different. while he was busy signing into law, the a legal annexation of 4 ukrainian territories. it was exactly there that keys troops pushed into areas that had been beyond their reach since the beginning of the war is not entirely clear where russia things it's illegitimately enlarged territory now starts and ukraine ends, but the kremlin keeps the door open for further land grabs a vague announcement that god a clear response. ukraine calls the act of a collective mad house and keys allies slapped russia with fresh, fresh round of sanctions on the call for life in berlin. and this is the day

ah, we will with o ukrainian friends. however long it takes today, i am proud to announce a new security assistance package. and now it's the time to keep trying to help the ukrainians to face down the invader to provide ukraine with more weapons, ammunition and equipment that its forces are using. so effectively on the battlefield, this is a moment to stay the course and to signal again to our ukrainian fence. we stay by your side as long as it takes you crane can when you crane must win. a new crane will way also on the day beaten, abducted killed women and girls in iran refused to be silenced by authorities violently cracking down on their protest movement. garnering respect and solidarity

around the world, the hands of the redeem of them were lost in iran is stained with blood. neither history, no allah or god almighty will forgive you for the crimes against humanity that you're committing against your own citizens. ah, they will be with russia forever said kremlin spokesperson. dmitri pess coughed a day as lottery boot and signed into law. his illegal annexation of parts of ukraine. roughly the size of portugal, the ukrainian president begs to differ. his forces continued to liberate settlements and formerly occupied areas, pushing russian troops into a hasty retreat on the day put in trying to change the facts on paper. keith changed them on the ground, claiming major breakthroughs in 2 of the annex territories. her son and the south and lou husk and the east view, the ukrainian flag going up again in

a recaptured village in the hockey region. risky for just one of many places back under ukrainian control. as a result of recent advances, the blue and yellow flag is also back flying overhead here in the strategic eastern city of lemon as locals q for aid ukrainian troops re took the key hub in the dynette screeching over the weekend. just hours after rushes, president putin announced the illegal annexation of the whole region. signs of the fierce battle fought here recently, as well as the months of russian occupation are everywhere. with russian troops forced to retreat here and across the south and east. and with a chaotic military mobilization sparking wide spread criticism,

putin said that changes will be made to the conscription rules for students villa. but despite all the recent setbacks, moscow hasn't lost its power to strike far beyond the front lines. as residents of this city, just 85 kilometers south of keith were reminded on wednesday. do you prefer work up to a buzzing sound? i woke up, but i heard that sounds getting closer and closer. one of sibley went somewhere near my house. it exploded. according to officials, at least 6 so called kamikaze drones struck buildings, including an army base in the area, injuring one person. while moscow has ramped up its use of suicide, drones, which keep claims or iranian made since september wednesdays attack was the closest they've come to the ukrainian capital light of the most recent developments, the european union has agreed to impose new sanctions on russia. these will include

a cap on the price of russian oil exports. the security threat from russia is also on the table at a meeting of members of the european parliament in strasburg. the u commission president has told emi peas, that member stays, need to step up. the security of their energy infrastructure was enough on the line also said the you is now ready to discuss a price cap on gas as prices sore, and winter approaches. oh, our correspondent max son followed the session and the european parliament today and send us his assessment the european parliament this time around has not adopted a final position on russia's aggression against ukraine yet. but from following the debates of the plenary, it seems evident that across political groups and across party lines, there is an understanding that russians claims to ukraine are illegal. they are null and voided. they don't change any facts on the ground. they're having some very strong statements by me piece some took to the stage to the podium, to call russia a terrorist state. now the common understanding seems to be that sanctions are

needed. some political groups have been asking for more. in addition to that, the conservative block, for example, has been calling for weapons deliveries from countries like germany and france to send tanks to ukraine. the left, on the other hand, has been asking to reopen diplomatic channels in addition to sanctions. but bottom line here is that the european parliament and the you say that russia's claims to ukraine, this annexation is illegal and should not be tolerated. oh, moving on to iran where there has been no let up. and the anti government protests that have been sweeping the country, the death of 22 year old martha. i mean, after being arrested by the morality police has sparked the biggest public challenge to iran's clerical leaders. and over a decade, dozens of protesters have been killed by security forces, all for demanding basic rights there. defiance and the face of the rural crackdown

is being met with solidarity around the world. power o d, z university students in it on are chanting women life and freedom. it's a slogan that stretching the hearts of many white, including members of the european parliament. the hands of the redeem of them were lost in iran is stained with blood. neither history, no allah or god almighty will forgive you for the crimes against humanity that you're committing against your own citizens. until the women of your on off we, we are going to stand with you. d n g m. as a g one m, lies freedom. friends doris lake, juliet, burnish adults extending their support with this symbolic act? oh, in it, on the clerical leadership, faith, restaurant enemies are behind the and the government demonstrations. these people

have taken to the streets to support it on supreme liter, ayatollah hominy. and the countries strict dress court, oh, he just was the excuse of our enemies to destroy our unity. the u. s. and israel are the root of all this unrest just because they cannot fight us. they are trying to attack us by creating internal problems. but the anti government protests eat on show no sign of letting a full weeks on directly to speak. you posted online, appears to show female students heckling a member to feed on spastic force. that much fear it, but a military organization is blamed for the violent correct down on the demonstrations that of my son. many has clearly exposed the fort lines that exist if they slumber country and they

had aunt's billing this to brutally crush any opposition that jet and just it's bible. let's bring it as it was on. she's a human rights researcher and ryder focused on iran miss for his unwelcome to the day. you have extensively studied women's rights movements in iran, in that context. where do you place the current protest? yes, thank you. i think that women's, iran, i isn't basically, it's over a 100 years old. so it's that i see those months that we see today on the streets, the protest as a continuation of many years of resistance and struggling against the discriminatory policies of the public. but also a continuation of the protest movements against the government, a violation of multiplicity of rights, and seeing in terms of protest in 2017, 2080, in terms of women's participation. you see women in many protests in contemporary

iran and the quite actively so, but i think it's being so gender, the style and women's rights not only being about women's rights, but being so intertwined with the political and grievances and political demands. the entire nation is unique. so for example, in their revolution, women were present a 979, but may say that there are no such gender demands from that previous previous a government. would you say that women taking the lead in this protest movement is a sign of a greater shift in iranian society? i think that women taking the lead in that process is a sign, a iran, that iranian peoples maturity. so women and iranian people that reach the point

that they do not think that freedom is attainable without women's rights and women feeling the iran and that the women's rights is not attainable under the current regime under this law group. so therefore, women's rights and freedom and along with a series of other rights social, economic and civil political rights have come together on the street with women at the center of it. and demanding for essentially what i think is a better future and more dignified future. and also highlight the role of the use alongside it is very dangerous for those participating in the protest to publicly talk about their part in the movement and the repression they've suffered at the hands of the authorities. you're in portugal, but you're in touch with a lot of people back home. would you mind telling us what you're hearing from friends and activists in or on? yes,

i am mostly in awe. is that the ordinary people who. 6 before and for example, on my social media, i've never seen them putting anything political remotely political you know, even posting, for example, like a letter that they have received from the court to attend as a result of having it. and that the protest or they lunch leave, you know, posting anti government slogans and, and so on whenever they have access to the very limited internet. actually, this is a very difficult situation because they run in are seen is not only addressing people who are in the streets, they're actually going after people. and that they consider maybe influential in the expansion of these folks. whether they're journalist authors activities and so on. and they arrest them from home. so. 2 for example, i know a few activists personally who are currently in jail and nobody knows of their

exact whereabouts. this is currently a leaderless movement, is that an advantage or disadvantage? i will say it's yet to be seen, but it has its pros and cons. what i think is, is as so and so hopeful about this movement is that it's so grass, so it's still organic and i think that's what makes it a very powerful, very collective in a way, in terms of it's not having to leave. my worry is because of that very systematic and systemic repression and the violence against the people against the process and the use of lead lethal. or even if there was a lead there, maybe there could be more strategy on what's next. but at the same time, i feel that we have to trust those incredible young leaders on the ground

and just trust that they are be very strategic about what they're doing and that they know what their next move will be. and to honor and respect to whatever it is that they will do next, for example, that they can go on to strikes. i think there's a lot of wisdom behind that, and that's leadership just may not be individual based leadership. it's more like a collective grass level it how important is it for this grass roots movement that it be covered by the media around the world? i think it's critical is absolutely critical because my, the way i talk about it is that why is this a good public shutting down the internet restricting the internet so seriously and so severely every time there is a protest in recent years in iraq because they don't want the world to know because they want to be able to kill people without the world knowing about it. and so they

don't want the world to once and then the world much as i think it does in the long run, give some level of protection to the individuals why raising their lives. some, i mean at least that there is a little bit of a fear that some of the, you know, that the, what they're doing will have consequences. but also, you know, iranian women use and the right people really want to be hired by the world because they, they don't think that they're going to ever be hurt by their own government. and so if the world here, perhaps places like the un and other my lateral organization, countries like germany, good things more seriously about holding the syria accountable for human rights researcher as a present on the protest in iran. thanks a lot. thank you. ah, toughness and now we're women,

2 are refusing to be silent. despite mounting repression and violence from the rolling. taliban says the militants return to power, they have turned afghanistan into the world's only country, where girls are forbidden from attending secondary school, solely because they are girls. but even studying where it's allowed is dangerous for a young women last week, a private education center and cobble was blown up by a suicide bomber. nobody has claimed the attack that according to the un left over 50 people dead. most of them girls and women of the has are a minority. the women who took to the streets over the bombing demanding security freedom. an equal rights faced yet more violence. dozens of young women standing up there roy to be better protected and to have an education taliban officials wheeled sticks to break up the crowd than gum fires heard. and

the women scramble in panic. c the protests were in response to a bomb attack on a private education center. in kabul, a suicide bomber blew himself up in the women's section of agenda. segregated hall was students were preparing for university entrance exams. most of the victims were girls and young women who belong to the minority has ara community 19 year old. why here was in the classroom when the attack happened. 2 of her friends and the teacher were killed. she managed to escape. she says she won't be intimidated modalities because then the only thing we have is education. education is our weapon and they want to take this weapon from us. i am, i want to study law and management and diplomacy because i want to be an influential politician,

buddy. that's it because like why yeah. oh melbourne in also had big ambitions now have photos in her school books are all her family have left of her bless. you can get my daughter used to joke with me and say, and i will study until one day i become president or a lawyer and served the people about canister and let their phone, but she was martyred. are you done with his napkin? oh my vanity was one of the young women killed in the attack. her family prey at her grave. and her sister vows that she won't give up. oh, can you have really worried? it is hard for us. all the schools are closed for girls either that or by sure how that it is. you know, this is very painful, but we will continue with the lessons and we will never give up or stop and on fast lim, would your negative balance go up or even brutal attacks like this one haven't crushed

the resolve of young african women to keep up their fight for an education. let's keep talking about these brave young women and bring in sima samar. she's a veteran, human rights activist. she served as the minister of women's affairs in afghanistan, after the overthrow of the taliban. she's also headed the independent afghanistan human rights commission. welcome miss them where it's a pleasure. let's start by talking about that a tac last week. it was the bloodiest since the taliban takeover last here. what's your reaction as an advocate for women's rights and a member of the has are a community? well, i think it's still for genocide. it's not the new one. it's not the only one. i just thought it would be the last one. but if you see that it was last year, such a big explosion in front of the school. then some of the girls who survived survived that back in 2021. they would tell them this one. this shows how. 1 1 of these people are and then 1st,

because this is the 2nd thing because of their birth, and because they are getting education can you imagine and any people should be punished because they're getting education. and unfortunately, as you said, the son is the only country that's officially put on words education from 7 to 12 grade, the telephone trying to violently crush the protest that followed the attack. but the women don't seem to be deterred. where does that fearlessness come from? well, i think that if you see, after the government collapse last year, that all you people who are on the street way or the woman, i mean they were small number, but it shows that the they want to resist and they want pretty them and they won't work and they want their rights to be recognized. and, and so this time with the,

the killing of these goods and not so much going on in our region and the protest scenario. and actually we keep saying that maybe they are inspired by asking price by them, and there's no doubt that they have an impact on each other. and that it shows that the people are really in woman particularly oh, really tired of erasing from the public life. and the, from the life that they have is, is this assign you think that despite all their efforts, that album won't be able to undo all the advancements of the past 20 years in afghanistan. but i think they tried everything and they tried to silence woman. but the, i believe that we of course, to the complaint and say that we have lost a lot everything almost 2 years in the last 20 years. but i think this is the sign

that they cannot take the knowledge from that. and they cannot really impose the restriction on freedoms and rights of the people who would boost had it with terrorizing people. and that is a good sign. that is a hope for the future of the country. and i think it's the, i feel i salute that my sisters in and it's on and also in that on who really take the risk and coming out for, for human rights and for the quality inn for free them in our region. you now live in the united states. how are you keeping up the fight for, for women's rights in your home country? well, i think i believe that if we need to continue and continue this struggle like this is not the 1st time that we can do for g. i was referred you for 17 years and park and i continued to help on education and health or whatever. i could give them knowledge and i believe the not giving knowledge is the most strongest tool to

fight for in equality and fight for rights and for either men or any country, including in my country. so i think i lobby at least, but i really feel vulnerable that i'm not in the country and i'm outside of the country. i feel the pain. i feel that the situation that my people are in. and i think that the international community silence, or only condemnation is not enough and make me like whatever is going on and i understand it has an impact on the other word and we are on it. is that the case and a father, son is a collective failure, then we have to stand for this. because if we are not free enough on his son, i don't know how that people would think that they are free. it is an act against human dignity. what would you like for the international community to do to elevate the voices of african women and girls?

i think they have it. first of all, they have to really stand with the, the people, not only the woman and some but also the minorities who are under the backend, particularly that has on it. it's not new. they have done it in the 1st government and it's continues to be the case for more than 100 years. and i found the added issue. i think i called on the community that to promote accountability. get this for all of these international crimes. committed on the sun is tough the culture of infinity. because if we store the culture continuously enough on us, and i think the other parts of the world will benefit from this justice because injustice and honest. and i think is injustice. they are really so if you are doing promoting their accountability, injustice, and, and war president crimes against humanity. and i think it would have been much

better word today rather than just doing watching. and i think the international community couldn't put pressure on, on being engaged with them and then put pressure on their own issues of human rights. we cannot really negotiate on, on issues of human rights and protection of the people in minorities in the country fema summer. she's a former minister of women's affairs and jonathan, thank you so much for your time tonight. and although since i thank you so much and that is our time for today. but as always, the conversation continues online. you'll find us on twitter at dw, and myself at nicole underscore 1st, so please get in touch with us there and we will try to engage you and keep talking for now though, i mean the entire team here on the day. thank you so much for spending part of your day

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