ah ah ah, this is dw news lived from berlin. russia resumes that the tax on ukrainian cities hitting the region of keys. and the southern city of nikolai were at rescue. workers are seen here pulling a boy from the rubble of an apartment building damaged in overnight res. nato

countries say they'll supply more powerful air defense systems to ukraine. and on day 2 of us summit in brussels, turn their focus on how to deal with nuclear threats from russia. plus madagascar talked to the list of countries suffering from severe food shortages are correspondent reports on how people there are coping with years of non stop drought . and the film world adds its voice and some graphic imagery to the protest in a ran over the death of a young woman held by the reigning morality. police. ah, i'm nick spicer. thanks for joining us. russia has launched an air offensive on ukraine for the 4th straight day. this time targeting the key region with what officials say are raining made drones. people in ukrainian capital woke to sounds

of an air raid sirens early on thursday. the president's office and critical infrastructure was damaged in the attack. there has been no comment on potential casualties. and in the city of nikolai of russian shelling struck a 5 story apartment building overnight rescuer. say they were able to pull an 11 year old boy from the rebel after he was trapped for 6 hours. there still searching for several other people believed to be buried in the ruins. mathias building your is. are corresponded in keith. i asked him earlier for an update on the latest attacks. yeah, we've heard that misses have hit again in mich alive. michel, i've is one of the places that her are being hit constantly throughout this war. and the reason the most probable reason for that is that it's relatively close to the frontline. so russia can use a lot of her rockets that wouldn't hit further as $300.00 missiles for example, or that sir air defense misses originally that can be reprogrammed,

ju hits targets on the ground, and russia has much more men much more. they're much more abundant than, than other kinds of mid range misses. so, ah, we have heard, we've just seen it or that, or a boy has been found under the rubble. and there is a fear that there might be more people in this apartment building that has been hit, or we've also heard about strikes in the key of regions with these iranian drones. these iranian jones have appeared about a few weeks ago here and they are flown into the cherry tree that you iran says they can fly to 1000 kilometers of distance and then detonated in any place we've heard. the critical infrastructure has been hit, but we don't really know exactly what it says you say the 4th night where we see these intensified attacks. although of course, this is not the same mass amount of missiles fired as on monday. it's

not the same intensity of strikes as we've seen in the beginning of the week. image is what are the expectations of the ordinary ukrainians that you talk to do they expect this to be the new normal now in kiva and elsewhere? unfortunately it wouldn't be a very new normal. it's been a normal, thin 3rd, february 24th ukrainian cities all over the country. they're very west that's far from the front lines or close to the front lines have been hit throughout this war . of course, not at the same intensity all the times, but it happened again and again. and here for might have been a bit more lucky than other places being hit, spurs before this attack. there were several months when nothing came down. and here the vision mean that nothing was fired at if there were interceptions by air defense, but it hasn't been target in this intensity. um,

it's one of the tactics of the russians to hit again and again, civilians anywhere in the country to make themselves. yeah, i would say heard to, to let everybody know that they can strike at any time. so it is something to be expected even though because life must go on somehow. you mind might push this back or the knowledge that they can hit you at any time you might continue with your life. but these reminders of course they come from time to time. yeah. must be very difficult to bear t w's, mathias billing or in keith. thanks for that. nato defense ministers are meeting for a 2nd day of talks in brussels focused on ukraine. day one saw the alliance commit to supplying key with more powerful air defense weapons. the focus today is on how to deal with russia's nuclear threats ahead of routine nato nuclear exercises. russia has the largest arsenal of atomic weapons in the world, and vladimir putin has hinted that he is prepared to use them. experts are divided

about how seriously we should take him and exactly what weapons might moscow might be willing to deploy. here's a closer look at russia's nuclear arsenal. the war and ukraine has once again raised a spectre. many had hoped humanity cast out. years ago. nuclear war. russia currently has more nuclear weapons than any other nuclear power. the exact number is a closely guarded secret. but intelligent services peg the number at around 6000 warheads . the vast majority are so called strategic nuclear weapons. normally deployed on intercontinental ballistic missiles, strategic nuclear weapons, had the capability to destroy entire cities in one strike. they're part of a nuclear deterrence strategy. military planners argue governments would be reluctant to attack a country if they knew they possess. these doomsday weapons were given. the rod

struck to power and ukraine. shared border with russia experts argue moscow's unlikely to deploy a strategic nuclear weapon. however, there is another option, so called tactical nuclear weapons. they can be fired from traditional weapon systems like cruise missiles, while they are between $10.10 times less powerful than their strategic cousins. they still pack enough power to wipe out hardened targets without producing widespread radioactive fallout. rushes iskander missile system has already found used throughout the current conflict, and can easily fire tactical nuclear weapons of which russia is thought to possess some 2000. i spoke to huff i list earlier, he's a research fellow at the european council on foreign relations and an expert on nato. about the 2nd day of nato's talks that started with a secret of nuclear planning. meet him. i asked him how big the concerns are of a nuclear threat. since the start of the war in february of this year,

natal leaders have taken the potential nuclear nation quite serious deterrence at work in both directions. nato has been deterred by russia from engaging directly in the war and ukraine. and russia has likewise been deterred from a tech natal territory. it's an uncomfortable situation that we're in. but one that natal, i'm very aware of where they're cautious to, to move slowly to support ukraine in its defense, a fight, but at the same time, recognize that the threat because the backgrounds at that escalation risks to persist in the situation. and just to get to some of the political comment, the german defense minister after joe biden, christine lambert, has been warning against taking russia's nuclear threats in the ukraine war 2 lightly. and she called to adapt accordingly. what might she mean? it's important i think,

to be able to continue supporting ukraine. it's very unclear of what, what russian red lines are and russian nuclear rhetoric to be clear is the standard repertoire off their foreign policy to cut. you will remember that at various points in time, even before the war started rushing president, but also the foreign minister. now the officials have repeatedly drawn on a new p card to record the west in its resolve and support ukraine. but even when denmark, for instance, about a decade ago, announced that they would join nato's integrated their missile defense system. they were threatened by russia nuclear weapons. and all of this is to rattle the west and its resolve and its clinical support. and we have to be careful not to be paradigms by these concerns by these risks, but rather take them seriously and navigate them cautiously. but this is something i think that natalie does have have been quite effective at so far. well, at least 15 countries seem to be taking it seriously and mobilizing of announce new

plans recently for better european air defense systems to protect themselves. can you tell us a little bit more about that? i think said 14 nato allies and nato aspirant finland have indeed signed a letter of intent to create a joint missile and air defense field over europe. and both particularly northern and eastern european countries let by germany what have to see how this plays out. i think the letter of intent, the intention of off creating such, such a different structure after neglecting air and missile threats for the past 20 years. when natal soldiers in places like on a time, for instance, didn't happen, didn't have to worry about. the threats from, from above and situation now is quite different. and under the impression of russia has and missile war against ukraine against ukrainian civilian targets. but also meant to targets committed war crimes by our stand off missiles. and this is

something that will rise an important for nato. read us both in acquisitions and resources and just kind of capability. thank you for that. rafael louis, a research fellow at the european council on foreign relations. thank you for being . and here in berlin, at a summit on progressive politics chance they're all actually has against spoken out against the war. in his remarks, he described what he sees as vladimir putin wider aims in attacking ukraine without the mere putin and his enablers. have made one thing very clear. this war is not only about your cream. they consider their war against your queen to be part of a larger crusade, a crusade against liberal democracy, a crusade against the rules based international order. a crusade against freedom and progress and crusade against a way of life and a crusade against would put in called the collective west humans,

all of us. since the war began, hundreds of thousands of russians have fled their country. when put an ordered a partial mobilization in september, that number searched many have made their way to israel. one of the few places still open to russians and running direct flights. the government is preparing for thousands more to arrive in the coming months. des rebecca rivers met with one young man in haifa, a taste of home in a foreign land. ivan, who doesn't want us to use his last name for security reasons, is one of thousands of russians of jewish descent have arrived in israel since the kremlin called for a partial mobilization video data. and israel's law of return. any jew around the world has an automatic right to citizenship. ivan, whose grandfather is jewish, started making inquiries in february, shortly after russia invaded ukraine,

venezuela, western advance when the war began the special military operation. i started looking at the programs israel offered to symbol um i had thought that until the new year i would earn money as i bought with plans to come later as blending of the bottom the other. but on the 21st of september, in fearing conscription, things became urgent. so i yeah. nippy self browser. she'll i via course. but um, yeah, i wrote the program coordinator in israel straits away. phil thought, he said, don't worry just to get out of russia if it is right sir. glove in his chest, maybe even then i left because it's don. more than 6000 people like yvonne have fled from russia to israel. since vladimir putin gave his mobilization order that many of them have been too scared to share this story with us for fear of retribution from the kremlin. israel says it's preparing for tens of thousands more

in the coming months, welcoming jews fling persecution is hardly something new for the jury site. the biggest migration was throughout the 90s, where israel and welcomed over 1000000 immigrants from former soviet union countries. what we've seen this year is a 20 year record. it does come naturally for us to open the door to any one ah, of jewish descent, according to the law return. this is our vocation. vacation ivan was happy to benefit from by. so he has a military exemption, he says he knows of other men who've been called up despite having the same status . here. i to me of it. here i go by train in ukraine. it's a fate. hundreds of thousands of young men, a desperate to avoid, even if it's hard to leave your homeland or to new york. here, of course i love russia very much. i was born and raised their like probably 95

percent of those who left russia. and i hope to return when dots, which the whole world is dreaming of door will happen on which they, at vis me at home. sick as he is, ivan says he's happy he's now living in a free country as he considers his future. he hopes one day to return to a russia that is free as well. let's take a look down some of the other stores making headlines around the world. russian president vladimir putin has suggested building what he called a supply hub for russian gas in turkey. made the comments in a meeting with turkish president wretched type air to win on the sidelines of a regional summit in cash extend put in added that turkey was the most reliable route to deliver gas to the european union. john young has launched 2 long range strategic cruise missiles, according to state on media photo showed north korean leader kim jong, overseeing the operation. he says it was

a test to confirm the nuclear capabilities of weapons deployed to military units. a jury in the us state of connecticut has decided that conspiracy theorist alex jones should pay $965000000.00 to people who suffered from his false claim that a school shooting never happened in 2012. a gunman killed 20 children and 6 adult sandy hook elementary school. authorities in australia have issued flood warnings for people living in the country. se hundreds have already been evacuated from their homes and thousands more lost power. after heavy rains lost, the most popular states, new south wales, and victoria water levels are also rising dangerously on the island state of tasmania. world hunger levels are catastrophic. that's what this year's global hunger indexed reveals. the german angio that hunger

hill and its partner concern world. why say that progress in the fight against hunger has stagnated. in recent years. hunger is at an alarming level, and 9 countries can conflicts in places like syria and yemen are partly to blame. but the situation is likely to worsen due to overlapping crises, including climate change and the economic fall out of the coven. 19 pandemic. africa is hardest hit. 7 countries here have grieved levels of hunger. one of the countries on top of the index is madagascar south of the island has been going through back to back droughts for several years, or corresponded at an increase reports from an boom bay, one of the worst hit regions access to what is the major challenge she in the ambo vollmer region after years of insufficient rainfall. the south of madagascar is experiencing one of the worst droughts in its history. and for many people here, that means they have to go very far distances in order to have access to water. the

man with a family behind me, for example, whilst busy the whole day trying to transport water from the town to his own village plaza. of course it's difficult. it's heavy. i have no choice. i need water, i can't live without it. i have to find small jobs here and there to afford it. more than 1000000 people already in need of humanitarian assistance at the moment, but this number could possibly go significantly up. in the next months, 8 organizations are not only delivering emergency aid, but also trying to address the key challenge access to water drilling balls and installing drip water systems. for example, like here in this village, we are just waiting for rain fall to farm shore away there the weather, the climate change, the rain fall is not right on time or is small saw the solution is this boils,

the pharmacy are preparing their fields at the moment starting to plant new seats, it is the time of the year where the rain is supposed to start and while some are hoping for it, others fear that we could see yet another season of insufficient rainfall. this could then possibly lead to a bad harvest and 10th of thousands could skip back into extreme hunger. and joining us now here in berlin is mathias, a mugger of the secretary general of the german and geo vault hungry hilfa, which just released its latest outlook on the global hunger situation. and the conclusions are grim. welcome to the program, mr. munger. you've traveled to areas badly hit by hunger for your research. what situation struck you the most will i've been to afghanistan, for example, in february where half of the population is suffering from hunger and is dependent

on food aid. it was just a couple of weeks ago in the northern parts of uganda, where you can see how the drought coupled with conflicts are affecting the population and where children are really suffering and are sent to hospitals to somehow recover if it's, if it is possible. i must be heartbreaking. and we just heard in our report there from, from madagascar. there is as in other parts of east africa, a severe drought now, but this has been going on for years. so why do we allow hunger to happen when we know it's what always happens after a drought? yeah, well this is why we are calling on the international community to intervene actually earlier to release funds earlier to make early warning programs happening. these programs are actually working very well. we have we, we can often predict a drought situation like now in madagascar,

but we have to react earlier. and to what extent has the war in ukraine, which we've been talking about a lot in this broadcast, aggravated the global hunger situation? well, prices for food prices for fuel, and ulta fertilizers were already at a record high, even before the, the russian war in ukraine. but of course, this war has, again, aggravated the situation. and i mean, the, the lockdown of the ports are in the black sea, ukraine, and the are the difficulties to get the grains out of ukraine. they have certainly contributed to a very difficult sir. serial global market situation, and this has, are made, made the prices even going up even more. so what needs to happen to make people,

for instance, in madagascar, somali and kenya, the countries facing the worst route and decades now more resilient? on the short term, we need definitely more funds to help those who are in dire need, who are really at the brink of starvation and even death. in the mid town, we need programs which are really are focused geared towards poverty and hunger, an elevation. these programs are, are there. we don't have a problem of not knowing what to do. the problem is we need to do it. and therefore we need a strong political will, by all governments involved by the governments in the global south, but also by governments. here in the north, the governments in the north here in the interest in the industrialized world have cost the i have caused the climate change and therefore we have a very special responsibility ought to contribute to funding to alleviate the

hunger situation in the word a progress in fighting hunger, you say in the report is stagnating to a certain extent, and you're just suggesting that we have the solutions. there's a problem of will. but is it also a problem of money just not being there? it's a problem of money. we know that around $14000000000.00, in addition to what is already there is needed on an annual basis. but as we have seen, even the g 7 meeting this year in germany has not produced the funding which is actually necessary. this is why we are calling on the community on the international community to make funds available. yeah, to, to fight this huge hunger crisis, which turns into a hunger disaster actually to be, to be very clear. motifs, margaret secretary general of the german and geo vulgar. however,

thank you for that. thank you. since the death of a young woman in the custody of iran, so called morality police last month, people around the world have been demonstrating for the rights of women in iran. in recent weeks, the protest there have widened, taking aim at the leadership of the islamic republic, and its repressive policies and support for those protests has also come from the film industry. protest is across iran, continue to defy crackdowns that human rights group say, have left dozens of people dead. the demonstrations were ignited by the death of 22 year old mazar armine following her rest for unsuitable attire. by the country's notorious morality police. some support for the women of iran from the world of cinema, the cast of holy spider at its london premier. oh, rainy and film director, ali obasi on the red carpet, we're in clerics robes and bloodied vampire teeth. his film is inspired by true

events and tells the story of a journalist played by czar amir abraham, me on the trail of a serial killer. the movie also acts as a critique of iranian society, with the killer who murdered 16 sex workers, celebrated by some for cleaning up the streets. ah, it in no hurry. i think it made a movie inspired. right. so sorry to happen 20 years ago, and unfortunately it's happening right now in your own. and i think what mike hector, early present in this movie is exactly what ever, you know, what women in here are just doing right now. you know, they come to the freight and they raised their own life for themselves and for the others. iranian born lord of the rings star neza named bon yadi,

using her platform to lead a protest in los angeles against the iranian regime. i think the worry is that we've had uprisings in iran once a decade since 1999. and the student uprising in her on the security forces have one. and this time, the thing that's unprecedented is that you're seeing people fight back against the security forces, with head coverings mandatory for women across iran. the me, if someone cashing her head is a symbol of defiance, a group of high profile french does the musicians have joined campaigners by posting a video themselves, cutting their hair, a symbolic sacrifice in support of the rain in women. and here's a reminder, the top story we've been following for you. russia has launched an air offensive on ukraine for a 4th straight day in the key region. drones reportedly targeted critical

infrastructure and in the southern city of mc alive, russian shelling struck a 5 story apartment building overnight. officials say more than a dozen people have been killed and strikes in the past 24 hours. later, defense ministers are meeting for a 2nd day of talks in brussels focused on ukraine. day one saw the alliance commit to supplying key with more powerful air defense systems. focus on the 2nd day is on how to deal with russia's nuclear threats ahead of routine nato. nuclear exercise and with that you are up to date on next visor. thanks for watching with

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