a wine because no one should have to flee. make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines. ah, ah . this is the, the, the news live from berlin. the world condemns. russia's illegal annexation of ukrainian territory. un general assembly votes overwhelmingly. to reject shamrock random on taking over occupied regions for there are noticeable abstentions from

china and india. also coming up, nato says strengthening ukraine's ad events is top priority. the commitment comes as q received the 1st of all along the way to german anti missile systems. and in ukraine, another wave of attacks on civilian targets, missiles, rain down on towns and cities across the country. the 3rd day ah told me aladdin. welcome to the program. us president joe biden says the united nations has sent a clear message to russia in voting to condemn it's a legal annexation or for regions of ukraine. the un general assembly gave overwhelming backing to the resolution, which also reaffirmed ukraine sovereignty within its internationally recognized borders of

a vote is the assemblies strongest rebuke to moscow since it began its war on ukraine. defending the principles of clear rejection to any changes to the borders of ukraine and our demand that moscow reversed course. the un general assembly has passed a resolution condemning russia's attempt to annex for regions of ukraine with a 143 countries valves. voting in favor. only 5 voted against and 35 countries, abstained. today's boat has a practical effect. it means that in the eyes of the world and the united nations, ukraine's borders remain the same. her son is ukraine, is upper roger is ukraine. don't ask, is ukraine? la hans is ukraine and ukraine remains ukraine. last week,

president vladimir putin proclaimed for ukrainian regionally to be part of russia in an opulent ceremony at the kremlin. but i can't resist. you're. the move followed a series of what the west called shamrock randoms, held at gunpoint in ukraine's russian occupied east and south. russia defends the votes, saying they were meant to stop the persecution of ethnic russians and russian speakers by ukraine. the results speak for themselves the people in these regions do not want to return to ukraine. they've made an informed and free choice in favor of our country assembly. now the showing at the un general assembly was stronger than many predicted to evan. this is a message to russia. it's the message from the world that they need to cease their aggression against ukraine. the vote followed one of russia's biggest attacks and

ukraine since its invasion began in february. with missiles strikes in more than 20 ukrainian cities, including keith, the capital t w's washington bureau chief in. as paul says, today's vote was a major diplomatic blow for moscow. there was hardly any doubt that the united nations general assembly resolution condemning the annexation of ukrainian territory from russia would find an overwhelming majority. the only question was whether some countries grew tired of continuing to pay the price for supporting ukraine against the russia invasion. while other countries, like the global south felt ignored by the western world, these concerns didn't come to fruition. quite the opposite. $143.00 states voted to condemn and reject the annexation of ukraine and the sham referenda

vote. this is a major defeat for russia, that 2 more states voted against the invasion than the march road. however, china and india abstained their ward again. and that matter is not only because these are 2 major political and economic powers. china, i seen as one of the biggest challenges of the role of the united states as a superpower. today's vote is not only about what happened in the chamber. this will be on the record to day will chronicle where every country stood in the face of a global crisis, where one country illegally annexed a sovereign nation, violating a principle which is at the core of the you and chart. w, washington bureau chief in his paul there. now, nato says boosting ukraine's anti missile defenses is its top priority. secretary

general yen stilton beg, says a wave of russian attacks on civilians in recent days as a sign of moscow's weakness. for days his country has been attacked from the air. so it's clear what the ukrainian defense minister once rest nichols appeal on his visit to brussels, came as germany delivered exactly that the 1st of for air defense systems. cold air is t has arrived in ukraine. it can it incoming missiles within a radius of 40 kilometers at a height of up to 20 kilometers yesterday. and so our support of ukraine remains unchanged. and all sham deaf randoms, or decisions made by the kremlin won't stop us up more help for ukraine as fast as possible. the u. s. is heading up discussions on how to get this done with around 50 countries, alongside nato nations are also states like japan, australia, tunisia, and kenya as well as anti aircraft missiles. they want to provide artillery ammunition, and even military clothing for the upcoming winter. several countries of are

working together to expand capacity in a mirror. industrial british ukraine is not asking for soldiers from any other country. the ukrainians are willing to fight for themselves. all they ask for is the means to do it on thursday to wants to discuss among its members how it can re stock its arms due to extensive a to ukraine, the alliance, his own weapon stores are running low on korean officials in ukraine, c, 3 days of russian air strikes have killed dozens of civilians, waves of drones and cruise missiles of again targeted towns and cities across the country. battered, bruised and lucky to be alive, slowly, a young girl emerges from what's left of a building destroyed in a russian missile attack. rescue as managing to make a whole just big enough for her to make an escape, followed by her mother and her father. they taken shelter in

a cellar during another, as strike on the se city of supper reacher. there is little light relief here in the face of russia's escalation in this war. silent prayers being said here by candle light at saint michael's golden domed monastery in the capital, keith but step outside and you'll find a bleak reminder of the deadly cost of this conflict. a war memorial to ukraine's fallen soldiers and the constant reminders of the ongoing threat from the skies. i think they can be more dangerous using deer missiles like like the day before yesterday the, the used to hear the critical infrastructure in ukraine that shut down the electricity to shut down the warming and everything on the front line. it's weapons, some ukraine's allies that are helping its forces at vance. this

u. s. made grenade launcher is being fired at russian positions in the eastern region of the next, one of 4, recently illegally annexed by moscow. but to win here, these troops say they need more weapons and fast ukraine's president is cranking up the pressure on his european allies. you probably seamless, kozora was still living in fear that what were russia do are still how will put in react store and what will happen if he's no longer in power to me is thing him when you for july and how quickly weapons and military support can be delivered to the front lines, strengthening ukraine's arm in this fight could now be vital as when 2 approaches are let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. from october 25th, the czech republic will ban russian tourist artists and athletes holding. visa is

issued by countries in europe's free travel area. foreign minister yan lebowski says his government would join finland hall, poland, and the baltic states which already have a similar measure. the european commission is recommended granting bosnia and herzegovina candidate status to join the e. u, but official se bosnia should bolster democracy and the rule of law and tackle corruption and organized crime. it could take many more years before boston is granted full membership. a jury in the us state of connecticut has decided that a conspiracy theorist alex jones should paid $965000000.00 to people's offered from his claim that a school shooting never happened in 2012. a gun man killed 20 children and 6 adults at sandy hook elementary school. syria has uncovered a large intact mosaic that dates back to the roman era in the central town of ross

pan. the mosaic depicts warriors in the trojan war rest and has many agent, archaeology, geological sites, excuse me, from the woman era. rubies are among the most sought after gemstones in the world, but few people know that most of them come from northern mozambique. carbo delgado province has hewed reserves of gas and gold, and it's also home to the world's biggest ruby mine want to push the region is plagued by poverty and violence. and as d, w is edge increase reports, little off the middle mineral wealth reaches ordinary muslim beacons. the ruby minus on heightened alerts via text by insurgents are getting closer and the violence is only one of the problems facing the security team. this often to this because these are just going every day up to 200 people illegally enter

the open cast mine hoping to share in the regents mineral wealth using simple tools, they dig tunnels up to 15 meters deep. the mine uses drone pilots to track the legal mining, coordinating with the security team, we're scrambling over from if you keep going, okay, here to stop here. at this time only one of the men is courts. he'll go straight to jail and could face the sentence of up to 5. yes, i didn't. one please. i have a 4 year old daughter and why in and you feel sorry for these guys because if you look at the, if you look at the india they move in. i mean, yes. these are mine. yeah. yes. we can only accommodate so many people in terms of employment. you can give employment to everyone just in this facility. so our mine, we're looking at about $80000.00 displaced people from one to be us up june on july . what a, what do that people do for an income they, they get involved in this, in

a village, in the middle of the minor concession. we meet a group of young men at his annual minus. they say they have no other options. none of them got a job at them might i might, were suffering hair made. i can, there's no work at it. i have no choice again to search for. rubies are gone and it's not lucrative either. i just came back from digging 10 shafts and i found nothing going on by you know, but still if they hunt us down and arrest us at the most, even if we don't have anything for them. the company shows off its social projects, farms more by the health clinics and schools, but above all its pace. plenty of texas says mine manager claudio snuggle nima upwards of 25 percent of our gross revenues and have been to the compared to the government in terms ofa, production, texas, and re ortiz and term that that's

a significant amount of money. but how much of that reaches the people here? a government representative and the region shows as a list of projects and asks for patience in them put advertisement away in the past, this district button like it is to day. mm hm. we didn't have the health facilities that we have now in the villages around the mine, there are classrooms for the school children. there is growth happening. but i don't believe any one expects us to become rich overnight with all these resources theater. keep on boards, is he report bush? no more domain? the flow of the weekend was really good, but there isn't much time left for the regions poorest to get some benefit from the gemstone wealth. in as little as 10 years, the ruby reserves here could be exhausted. poverty and the leg of prospects up lane to see some who don't try to get their hands on. rubies rely on catching rodents to feed their families. here is a reminder of the top story with valencia. united nations has voted overwhelmingly

to condemn russia's illegal annexations of 4 occupied regions in ukraine. $143.00 countries supported the resolution and only 5 opposed it. 35 nations abstained including china and india. that's it. for me, for now, coming up next, our documentary series doc film investigates whether the aging process stopped or reversed at after the break. there's more news at the top of the r one, our website, d, w dot com. i'm told me liable for joining us for a vibrant habitat ended glistening place of the mediterranean sea. seen it almost far and to far a dual career drift along.