a young people clearly have the solution. good future with the 77 percent. every weekend on d w ah, this is the to be news live from berlin. canada is to bar leaders of iran, revolutionary guard prime minister, just introduced as the measure will raise pressure on to ron over the death of a meeting. and the nobel peace prize goes 3 champions of human rights. the judges

honor jail. beller. is he an activist allison by less alongside russia, memorial organization and ukraine's centered for civil liberties. so a new chapter in the musical history of liverpool, why the eurovision song contest is coming to the birthplace of the beatles. ah, i mind good craft, welcome to the program. international pressure is growing on iran over the death of a young woman in police custody canada is set to sanction senior officers of iran revolutionary guard and banned them from entering the country. a coroner in iran has denied masa. i mean, i mean, he was killed by blows. she suffered wall detained by police as her family claims. i mean, he died after allegedly breaking. he runs strict islamic dress laws. a wave of

protests has followed her deaf pouring blood instead of water. at least that's what it looks like after an unknown artist turned these fountains into iran ret, highlighting the bloody correct down on protests all over iran. amnesty international says it has verified that at least 52 people have been killed by security forces in recent weeks. but beliefs, the real death toll is much higher. one of the victims nika shark had i me, the 16 year old disappeared after taking part in the protests against the islamic republic. 9 days later, authorities admitted she was dead, saying she fell off a high building. a claim her mother rejects us. she has her face, cheek bones, and teeth were ruptured, pushes the back of her head was hit hard and her skull was deformed. this is how

she was killed. we received a lot of threats and we were asked to bury the body somewhere else. i didn't accept that, so on the day in the morning, they stoled the body without our permission and without telling any of us and buried it in a remote village on the tight security conditions he generated in the hospital. in the meanwhile, iran state tv at a new video, allegedly showing gina martha armine, the woman who's death sparked all the protests breaking down in police custody without being attacked. a story. her family rejects saying her corpse too short clear signs of being bruised and beaten. and so the protests all over the country continued for my son, niko for women, life and freedom. during asthma, the stories making news right now,

flood waters have trained thousands of travelers. nigeria, the worst flooding in a decade, has submerged a major highway. some people have been stuck for 5 days. floods have killed more than 300 people in nigeria. so far this year, brazil's president gerald wilson are on his left wing opponent louis anacio lula. da silva, have launched their run off campaigns. rivals will go head to head at the end of the month. neither emerged as the clear winner of last week's election. 3 people have been killed in an explosion of fuel station and ireland. rescuers are still searching for victims feared trapped under rebel in county, donegal. it's not yet clear what caused the blast free champions of civil rights share this years nobel peace prize jailed belarus and rights activists, alice velocity, russia's memorial organization and ukraine's center for civil liberties. the judges held them as unwavering defenders of human rights in europe. the most highly

anticipated announcement in a week of a woods. at the stroke of 11 in oslo, the chair of norway's mobile committee ended the speculation. this piece price is awarded to human rights advocate o b ali, off skin from below. bruce, the brush, human rights organization, memory, all the ukrainian human rights organization center for civil liberties. together with the committee informed the win is in chief by phone tool. so congratulations. oh oh, it's okay it's, it's sir. oh, it's great. thank you. the c,

c l says they stand by the recognition of their efforts to hold the inviting russian army accountable. so great. we're documenting russian military war crimes and ukraine throughout the whole country with the most of the land. in particular, our team went to the key region and the 1st days when it was liberated by here, we have more than 20000 crimes registered. as of now realisation, the committee also recognized alice bailey etzky, a long time leader of the democracy movement in belarus. he was detained following an to government protests in 2020, and remains in jail without trial. russia's memorial group has also had to battle state repression. for decades, it's been tracking human rights abuses and the fight to political prisoners. but it was ordered to dissolve last year as part of the kremlin ever taught an incorrect down on descent that a premier, there you go, quoted. this prize gives us fresh moral strength or i know that but moral approval

for all of us. and for many of our colleagues leave and not only within memorial, where you are either a pretty we consider this prize to be a tribute to the russian human rights community. as a whole. when we're sold, the nobel committee says this is prize was not intended to be a direct message to the russian president a with most though it's another stinging rebuke for the repressive regime of vladimir putin. which also happens to fall on his 70th birthday rates of denver, as deputy director for europe in central asia, human rights watch, i asked her what the nobel prizes mean for organization like herse, thank you so much. well, i think the award is a huge, more moral boost for other span ya ski. who as he said, is, as he knows behind bars, every piece of recognition he gets helped him every, every time he's he's now look pillar has, has fallen off of the radar screen of the,

of the headlines and of the glow of the international community. and now with us award, now people will remember what happened, what's happening to us, and that will happen. we'll remember what's happening to ski and the of, and his 5 colleagues from his human rights organization does not, who are also behind bars and facing very long prison sentences. they will also look for memory l. i couldn't agree more with what was the said. it's a, it's a huge moral boost to them, a recognition of the righteousness of their work to restore historical memory and to in russia and to fight for human rights in the face of really the big step that the kremlin has been taking russia back to its soviet totalitarian path in the past few years. so that in for bella, ruth and, and russia and memory all younger and more broadly, i mean the,

this apprise was for the civil rights or civil society community. what does it mean for groups that defense human rights such as yours, for example? well, it means that the, that the contribution that protecting rights and dignity and the fight for just the contribution that these make towards lasting piece. i also think it's very important for listeners to see each one of these awards and the recipients as, as individuals. i mean, we talked about less bernacki. we talked about memory l central civil liberties and the, your colleagues and ukraine, who has been documenting russia's war crimes in ukraine every single day. and who has, since the recent invasion started in february, and they've been doing that also some steam really some fresh of war against the crane started in, in 2014 and they've, and they have

a wide range of other issues that, that they work on in ukraine they're very, it's a, they are just a fantastic colleagues and they deserve to be celebrated. you are quite the expert on rochelle. so going back to when it was still the soviet union, what would you say needs to happen there for human rights and the rule of law to get the upper hand in a country that otherwise seems to be still very firmly in the grip of latin recruitment his regime well, i think the 1st they need to do is 1st from here to do is and know the dozens of repressive laws that have been adopted in the over the past 10 years, get rid of the foreign, a blog, get rid of the the undesirable organization, well, the need to freedom of i need the need to, yes, they need to free, let them kind of kind of what they need to hold people accountable for the apartment war crimes that russian forces have been committing in ukraine. that's

just mean that's of a short beginning, the short list here. right, right, right. show them the same, right. so i thank you. thank you. thank you so much. your if leaders have pledged unwavering support for ukraine's fight against russia. they wrapped up talks and prague saying they've made progress on averting a winter christ energy crisis here in the european union. germany wants to fast track a package to protect households from spiraling prices. but it's run into criticism . oh, walking together in unity. this is what fried as informally here, pin council meeting was all about you leaders came together at prox historic castle to underline above. 0, one thing that continuing support for ukraine. more humanitarian and military 8 was promised. this shows protein that the european union is determined to continue

making him pay for his war of aggression. and in parallel. we continue to stand firmly with ukraine team europe. that is, that you and the member states is ukraine's most important support alongside the united states. you member states signed of their 8 sanction package earlier this week in light of recent escalations in form of shambrika, random's and a partial military mobilization by russia. but while every one agrees to stand with ukraine, divisions remain on how to deal with the consequences. a severe european energy crisis. germany was criticized for going it alone. after announcing at $200000000000.00 domestic energy package to support consumers and businesses shall try to come the waters shoveling at oakland lots. i used the opportunity to explain the package to my counterparts and to put it into the european context. and this

was important and it certainly contributed to clearing up misunderstandings with our decisions. we're moving within the framework of what others in europe doing to low hope on long. but instead of single national packages, many countries are calling for more unified response in form of a common price cap on gas. but nothing has been decided get more concrete steps. i expected at the leaders next meeting in brussels in 2 weeks. finally, as dues par for the english city of liverpool were just celebrating, becoming the host of next year's iraq vision song, contest. liverpool, nearly edged out is main rival, scotlands, glasgow. ah, she is in central liverpool. the eurovision song contest is coming through town. the world's biggest music event in the birthplace of the world's biggest band. the

beatles, former beetle, paul mccartney, celebrate the news in one of the groups favorite been years. oh, i the organizers referenced the cities place in music history. liverpool is the ideal place to host the eurovision song contest in 2023 because it is the city of pope. and also it has the great, the has a perfect venue for us with it, with a, a main arena connected to an exhibition center and a convention, whole ukraine's color spoke hyster, one eurovision in 2022. by the rules of the competition. the winning country gets to host the next event. boy, but with the war in ukraine, showing no sign of ending the organized decided to relocate the contest to the runner up united kingdom, which as so far produced,

5 winners. wow. i'll be watching that very soon. and that's all for us, for now though, rob watts will be here after the break with d. w business. he's got more on europe's latest sanctions against russia. so stay tuned for that. we'll have more for you at the top, the hour. yes. with me, william, good croft and all of us here in berlin. thanks very much for watching. ah imagine how many pushing lunch and out in the world climate change? any conference doors? this is my plan the way from just one week. how much was can really.