ah ah ah, this is dw news alive from berlin, traffic slowly resumes on the bridge, connecting crimea to russia for a massive explosion. moscow says 3 people are dead and alleges ukraine is responsible. the blast disrupts a vital link between the russian mainland and dp legally annexed peninsula. also,

coming up thailand is holding funerals for the children killed in a nursery massacre. mourners gather in buddhist temples to bid farewell to their loved ones who died in thailand's deadliest mass, killing anti government demonstrations erupt again in iran, protest as classroom security forces over last month's death of a woman in police custody. i am told me a lot of well, it's good to have you with us. russia's transport ministry. it says traffic is slowly resuming on the bridge, connecting crimea to russia after it suffered major damage in an explosion this morning. the bridge is a key road and rail link from the russian mainland to the legally annexed peninsula . moscow is blaming the blast on a truck bombing, and says 3 people were killed. a massive explosion lights up

the pre dawn sky over the straight between russia and crimea. social media footage appears to show the moment of detonation, which russian or 30 say was caused by a truck bomb forfeited lady to lean for according to preliminary information this morning. a truck was blown up on the motorway section of the crimean bridge, from the side of the term on peninsula causing 7 fuel tanks of a train heading towards the crimean peninsula to catch fire. as a result to spans of the road bridge partially collapsed. the might be looked bro. luther officials closed the road bridge and railway to traffic while they assessed the damage. while ukraine has not claimed responsibility, many military analysts are already assuming their behind the attack cave has repeatedly threatened to strike the crimean bridge, which is the only direct road and rail link between russia and crimea. the

territory it illegally annexed in 2014. its railway is a key route for troops and materiel to the front lines of russia's war in ukraine, but it also carries symbolic value. vladimir putin ordered its construction after seizing crimea in 2014, and inaugurated its opening behind the wheel of a truck. one analyst says the attack is likely to turn up the heat on the russian president back home. this bridge has putin's name all over it's. it's the symbolism of his projects. and this comes at a time where there's already been lots of factions, maneuvering in moscow, blaming the military, blaming the vault group, blaming putin. the blame game started and such a symbolic attack by the ukrainians is only going to accelerate that so many ukrainians. the timing of the attack

a day after putin's birthday is made the taste of victory even sweeter if ever you wake up in the morning. and so then use it, graham o. e. last in all the family, it was very happy. this is janet over in this is definitely good news and the emotions are overwhelming. we don't need the crime in bridge. that's what it will do. and i don't think that putin is brave enough to use nuclear weapons in response to believe it should be, is this disorder. the world will now wait and see just how putin responds. many fear an escalation after another blow to russian forces put to moscow on the back foot. once again with aliya, i spoke to the domain to la, sacramento from king's college. london no focuses on russian forum and security

policy. and i asked her, who she thought was behind the explosion when i, i think it's, it's quite likely that ukrainian sort of special operatives are, you know, were behind as i talk. i think they were at some point also a meeting to eat and you know, publicly there were reports of that in some of a ukrainian newspapers. so i think it is a days from the information we have. so friday it's likely dr. the ukrainians are or behind it, it makes sense also operationally, because it really limits that sort of the ability of russia to supply, you know, it forces not only in the area of credit song, but also around maybe a around the areas that controls these up. what asia, so it is a serious blow to rush. i sort of sort of supply system on ability to, to continue with a fight effectively in areas where it is sort of under challenge from your grain. you know, with that significance in mind,

what kind of action do you expect from russia following the blast? well, i mean we've seen rush already sort of changing all put to pe placing or you know, general say get survey sort of in charge of the entire sort of military campaign. so she's someone who has been responsible for operations in syria. so in our time to sort of, to carry out more effective military operations. but you know, this might not really change much on the ground. i think russia would escalate. and by, for example, embodying indiscriminately cities in your brain by deciding to sort of, i try to give more more, more actively and more effectively. so i think that we can expect to sort of indiscriminate in discriminatory bombing was taking place in the next few days. because that's been sort of the, you know, the usual reaction of polluting, you know, to sort of finish out i'm mass and discriminatory and kill

a lot of civilians. i just have an emotional reaction which doesn't really have a military impact that was done in a 2nd most so from king's college of london. now let's get you up to speed on some of the stories making news around the world. sole says, north korea has fired more ballistic missiles toward the east sea, just days after lodging, a nuclear cable, the muzzle over japan. jung says the launches were in response to threats from the u. s. washington and south korea have been holding joint military drills off the peninsulas east coast. a wild fire on chill is easter island has caused irreparable damage to the ancient mar, my statues. officials said the stones are cracked and charred from the fire, which broke out on monday. the sacred statues were carved centuries ago by indigenous polynesians and our unesco world heritage site. in

thailand, funerals and prayer services have begun for victims of one of the countries, worst mass killings of former police officers stabbed and shot 36 people on thursday, including many children at a childcare center in northeastern thailand, toys, game and flash debts. how do yet all but out of it, if been remembered, he is one of the 24 children who died during a my did a swam pitch at a daycare center. not many on the day of the incident, i didn't give him a call. i normally do that every morning. it was raining that day and i was in a hurry to go to work, so i didn't call him. i didn't get to say a word to him. i got her back this child care center, a former police officer shot and stopped children and details later. the man

flipped and killed his family and himself now gifts and flowers for the little ones bought into the centre. debra on that as a pilot king, my cheat are long gone. he says he shares the family's grief, but as at hancock i've been, i want to give you all moral support to be strong so that the souls of those children can have a sense of relief. when dan, that their families will remain strong and be able to move forward with life with funeral rights and bears a 3 day morning beat. it has begun for a community in grief and shock in iran, protesters classroom security forces in fresh anti regime demonstrations. a man was allegedly shot dead in his car and sat and dodged the capital of kurdistan. province rights groups based in europe,

see the victim was shot after honking and security forces demonstrations over the death of a woman in custody are in the 4th week. he ran denies her death, was caused by police brutality the protest any ran, entering their 4th week. and i asked ali buyers of the international crisis group, whether he's surprised that the outrage has continued for so long. no, not necessarily. or there is so much pent up frustration within the iranian society, and a sense of hopelessness because the system over the years has stymied and sabotaged any possibility of reforms and evolutionary change. so it has basically left no place and no space or to people to demand for change or other than on the street. so it's not surprising. and we see these images of, of women, of young girls at the forefront of these protests chanting in slogans unheard of in

iran. what does the signify to you a look of. first of all, it is not unheard of to ask for a change of fundamental change in the system and debt to dictator. these are slogans we started hearing in 2009 during the green movement. but the reality is that it took some time for narrow objectives to turn into demands for fundamental change this time had happened almost from the get go. and again, the reason is that the system has proven itself to be completely on reform a ball and has left no space for any other political or social, or cultural or economic reforms. but you know, the reality is this is a wide spread movement of but the system is also bound to crack down and try to prevent this from turning into an existential threat. it hasn't yet deployed. it's big guns like the revolutionary guards. it has. uh,

so for killer tens of protesters, but this can get bloodier if it continues over the next few weeks. do you think the protesters will be able to maintain that defiance? even if this violence escalates? it appears that the protests are changing form instead of being a continuously present on the streets is turning into a civil resistance towards the system. in that sense, yes, it is likely that it can continue in the long run at the low simmer. but then the question is, what would it really achieve? because this is a system in iran that believes that if you give an inch to the, to the protesters, they will ask for a yard. and so it is very unlikely to compromise. and again, the processors have increasingly little to lose. so i think this is a confrontation that is continue, at least for the foreseeable future. right. a li,

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