ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, rusty weapons, and little training for the front. we report on how moscow was sending its newly mobilized soldiers into battle is more signs emerge that russia is now on the back foot in you, cried. and bis faucet for monday, shows the moments a man and keep narrowly escaped

a barrage of russian ass strikes. he tells our correspondent what that day was like for him, and how it's changed. his outlook on life. also on the show police in iran news dead to me from crush nationwide protests, but increasingly hard line tactics. a still not deterring demonstrates is taking aim at be islamic republics leadership. and i'll be speaking with the father of jail wiki leaks found that julian assault as a new film about his fight to free his son gets his german premier and a human rights festival. here in berlin ah and i menu cooper's mccann and thanks very much for being with us. i just weeks after russian president vladimir putin announce what he described as a partial military mo,

lies ation new recruits on our arriving on the front lines in ukraine. but how well equipped are these conscripts to fight he crane's forces, which appeared be continuing their advance through russia's front lines t w's. killian, by reports that while moscow may be able to enlist hundreds of thousands of civilians, it doesn't seem able to meet even their most basic needs. room, rusty weapons, and squalid conditionally sure issue, a little bit of a threat from slim lead. these are just some of the images that have been circulating on russian social media and telegram charts, showing the things that mobilized russian men are having to deal with a tampon. do you know what it is for? you stick it in a book and it expands and stops the bleeding hard to be done. what do these pictures also from telegram allegedly show residence, bringing supplies to

a military base and over subarus moscow's mobilization efforts are not going to plan. soldiers are missing sleeping bags, food and medical equipment. we found groups on russian social media where relatives of russian soldiers are sharing pictures of the equipment they are sending to the front. we reached out to russian soldiers, but couldn't get any to appear on camera for an interview. when asked why they were going to war, one of them replied, i'm not looking into the causes of this war. if i was mobilized, it means that my motherland needs me. i am a simple soldier. the question why and what for is not my responsibility. russian lawyer maxwell yoni chief, says, social conditioning like this dates back to soviet times. and as part of the problem as a he, the end of the majority of russian people are not ready to go to war it. but

there's a willingness to rely on the government's decisions. it because there is a belief that authorities, no better function, the people don't think critically. first, they don't understand that when the government is using them as cannon fodder looked at. what did you wish? ha, ha! it's been 3 weeks since russian president putin announced a partial mobilization since then. hundreds of thousands more russian families have been drawn into the war. and earlier i spoke to the w correspondent killian buyer in rica latin, and that's where we're covering russia now, off from moscow bureau was shut down by the russian government. i asked kilian why putins mobilization doesn't appear to be going well. well, that was to be expected really and many of military experts aren't necessarily surprised you see in the mid to thousands, russia,

the russian army transitioned from the kind of 20th century soviet style army and try to change to a more modern western orientated army now and they have, they have this in this process, they disbanded quite a few of their structures that are really needed to handle this many soldiers. and the russian army was, it was shrunken down. and we have seen now that a lot of these soldiers have been killed in ukraine. the most recent report saying around 90000 russian soldiers aren't available anymore. either have been killed, injured, captured, or have gone missing, gone absent. and so they have been forced to change back to this kind of old fashioned soviet style army. and in this process, the mobilization of course, was not going so well because the structures are just missing. so this was kind of to be expected. i think the more interesting, the more pressing question really is,

you know, what does this mean for the russian public? and so let's have a listen to what people and moscow are saying about this mobilization. i think is turbulent times. frankly speaking, the mood is that you have to defend your homeland threaten another decision. i would go myself, but already to old. you know, the, i don't think mobilization is very good story this to so much to protect our country rank mercer. i don't see any danger for our country yet yet, or i think you need to protect your country. rosco loses should kill in the opinions we just heard that. would you say that their representative of the russian population lassitude? well, it's very difficult for us to say, you know, what really is representative because of course, russia is a police state and it's gotten extremely dangerous to, to, to criticize the, the war and ukraine. but what we can say is that hundreds of thousands of russians left when the war began in february, and since the mobilization started another,

up to 700000 according to some reports have left the country. so this really lisa left in russia, it means that you mostly have people that are either for the war or maybe somewhere in the middle. those who are opposing the war are probably either staying because they have no option to leave the country or because they can't afford it or because they have to take care of family members. so i think these sounds that we heard from moscow were probably, yeah, quite, quite to be expected. now, president pearson has just appointed a new general survey, sir of the survey can. he's now leading the war in ukraine. his nickname is apparently general armageddon. can you tell us how he is changing things? well, general segue sort of akin is kind of known for his brutality in the russian ministry

of defense. he was seen as a, a bone that put him through the hard liners in light of the recent military setbacks that the russian army has faced. many were calling for harsher method measures. now, so vicki is known for the soviet who in 19911991 where soldiers under his command killed 3 protesters. he fought in the 2nd chechen war and he led the russian forces in syria in syria, the russian army. it was known for its brutality against civilians and a sort of wicking kind of was seen as one of the, the people who was responsible for this. and so we can also probably say that the recent attacks that we've seen in retaliation of the crimea bridge attack bearer a quite a lot of pseudo vikings handwriting killing bi reporting from reagan. thank you.

now russia has announced that it will evacuate their fis on region of ukraine, raising fears that, that city will become a frontline, ukrainian forces have retaken much of the russian occupied region. the russia is now urging civilians to leave her son. moscow claims the ukraine is attacking its own citizens with miss heil strikes. meanwhile, reinforcing their own front lines in the area and forcing ukrainian soldiers to slow their advances. now to a tale of survival from rushes barrage of astride on keith. earlier this week you may remember seeing images of this glass pedestrian bridge. it's a key landmark and of the blast that nearly destroyed it. our correspondent mathias belling a mess up with a man who was on that bridge at the exact moment of the blast. and who had a narrow escape every morning before work. my high lupita takes a walk, so keeps riverside parks across

a scenic loss bridge been to few years ago. last monday was no exception. it was an extraordinary beautiful autumn day. course. i was standing on that balcony over there yesterday of it was 18 minutes past 8 in the morning. that was the date which in launched more than 80 misses at ukraine surveillance cameras court. the moment the high low was lucky. wonderful. she was yes, there was standing at the other side of the bridge opposite explosion near that bench . and the pressure away from the explosion went underneath the rocket. he just next to the bridge on the walkway in the park. 3 days later, the crater, the rocket left has already been filled in. workers are repairing the rest of the damage. the bridge is slightly damaged and closed off to the public. the no.

hey man, you're famous. now. the video of him on the bridge went via the gradient view reported wish you a guardian angel harness as he has recovered well from the show. but also been suggested started value lash more. he understand that you need to live every day to its fullest and not to put things off until later. they declared that in the 4th you, sir. oh, but ever just after the blast, he went to his office like any other day. still iran now with security forces have again fired on anti government, protested after a crackdown on demonstrations failed to deter thousands from taking to the straits . the death of

a young woman held by iran's morality police as self weeks of serious unrest since then protests have grown and now taking aim at the leadership of the islamic republic and its repressive policies. ah, gun shops outside a shopping center in the hut of the head on police and managed to disperse a group of demonstrators. some were isolated and arrested also into hit on pass us by try in vain to protect a young demonstrator who was facing an arrest. police pull him to the ground, threatening his help is with points and weapons regardless of the risks, the protests against the law mc leadership in iran are continuing. according to reports, protests took place and at least 19 cities in iran on wednesday. the repeated chance death to the dictator protests are said to be particularly violent in the province of kurdistan. eye witness said, police and militia were targeting demonstrators with life, ammunition activists reported for dest. tuesday night alone. this would raise the

number of victims to more than 200 among them 20 children and young people. iranian president, abraham, are you see at a conference in casa austin with russian president, putin and turkish president ed dawn repeated the official narratives. go to school with the protest are being controlled by foreign countries, do not appear nor community since the americans have failed to policy of sanctioned and militarization nash. washington and his allies are no resorting to a policy of destabilization form in order to move the iranian to dish. or he has announced even harsher punishments against demonstrators. thousands are set to have already been detained without legal assistance. lawyers who are protesting against this and take it on were dispersed with tear gas. at least 4 of them were arrested there, i spoke to you to yan, soon as she holds the human rights chair, with a free democrats in the german born. this tug and i asked her,

of the criticism of the german government by iranians living in germany is justified. first of all, thank you for having the i think we have to reiterate that this courage of the women and the brave men in the wrong currency. protesting needs to be over and over repeated. and we need to give them a voice at what we can do. and i think that this criticism is right. definitely we need to move forward on your level. and if on a new level you sanctions can not be applied because certain countries you might not come forward, we need a coalition of one thing of willing countries who need to move forward with that. and i think this is overdue. now european foreign ministers are expected to approve a new set of sanctions against iran on monday. is it right that you think europe has been too soft on iran? so fun and more importantly, what kind of functions would you like to see now?

sanctions that could make an actual difference. 3 i think it is a good sign that on monday sanctions, i mean i hope that this will go through sanctions need to target those in iran who are responsible for those growth human rights violations. i think this is a challenge for us because sanctions can also, if they're not applied right to the target population, we don't want that. we need a set previous. we need the sub bands and we need swiftly because iran is facing a revolution as, as we see on the footage that gets rarer and rarer because internet access is going down. so these pictures that we see need to focus ourselves on applying sanctions

to the regime. and i think 11 further thing is that we need to, we need to work on vpn channels. we need to work on the fact that the population need to communicate with each other but also with the world. and that is something that we also need to talk with our allies in the world, not only on e u level, but together with the united states, with canada, with australia. and i think this is this alliance of democracies that we need in the world when human rights violations in countries like iran are happening. that was gideon's, a member of the german bonus tag, and human rights chat with the free democrats. speaking to me, a little earlier time now to take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. flash floods have swarmed hundreds of homes in australia, southeast some parts of the country have received more than 3 times their average october rainfall. in just 24 hours,

hundreds of families have been ordered to evacuate as more rain is forecast in the coming weeks. turkeys parliament has passed controversial media law, which could involve jail time for those thoughts to be spreading dis information. critics fair, this will be used to crack down on democracy and freedom of speech, especially in the run up to next year's elections. and cuba has had its 1st gay wedding after the communist island voted to legalize same sex marriage at the start of october lazaro. and adiana gonzalez had been together for 18 years and were finally able to legally tie the knot with the approval of the new family code. now in the united states, the congressional committee investigating the storming of the capitol has issued a legal summons for former president donald trump. to testify on january the 6th last year, his supporters swarmed. the building as lawmakers met to declare joe biden,

the winner of the presidential election. some of them were heavily armed. now the panel wants to find out what role donald trump late he must be accountable and is hereby directed. the vote was unanimous. former us president donald trump is to provide documents and testify under oath in connection with a capital riot capital. we are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion. and every american is entitled to those answers. so we can act now to protect our republic. ah, on january 6th, 2021. following trump's defeat in the 2020 presidential election, a mob of his supporters attacked the capital, forcing lawmakers into hiding new video footage, released by the committee,

shows how speaker nancy pelosi sheltering with leaders from both parties and following the cares on television. with your own is on the board, they just breaking down to do in a is really somebody they said somebody was shy, it's just was just horrendous administration. donald trump mocked the committee on his social media website. happens in the future. the committee is a total bust that has only served to further divide our country, which by the way, is doing very badly a laughing stock all over the world. trump is expected to challenge the subpoena in the courts. a process that is certain to extend beyond the life of the special committee set to end this year. now a new documentary film about the jailed wiki leagues founder julian, a sorry, is getting its german premier to human rights festival. here in berlin,

ithaca follows a sandwich. his father's quest to free his son as he battles, usda moms, his extradition, ah supporters for julian, assume she gather in london to show solidarity. ah, he has strong support from those who are committed to press freedom, not least, his former lawyer now his wife question that this is an enormous, monumental injustice of a man was being persecuted by the authorities were using the course of the powers of the state in order to try to punish him for doing the right thing in the journalist editor and acted as to founded wiki leaks and who was behind major league, including u. s. army intelligence during the iraq war is now at the center of a news story. ithaca, a documentary focusing on assange is father john shipped and his fight for his

release is receiving its german premier while a sandwich is kept in a high security prison in the u. k. one awaiting extradition to the u. s. where he may yet stand trial for espionage. the film has some high profile contributions and the intensity of a very personal story. we're here. this is only come about because we have a child who is she gonna give you know, if the film explores family bones and its use of press freedom for against the backdrop of a song. she is restricted movement from ecuador, london embassy, and 2010 to his arrest, and incarceration in the u. k. jail in 2019, where he is now awaiting an uncertain future. and i am joy now by jolena sanchez father,

john shipped and welcome to the w. mr. pleasure to be an uncertain future. what was your fears for your son's teaching of you know, who be expedited to the united states and face all the rest of his life in the maximum security. joe or old daughter in some that too. yeah. can i ask you when you last saw jillian or august we visited them and i'll go over this week and say, from berlin to london. and can you tell us about his, his health that how is his state of mind right now? we're boyd by, you know, the reception that we're getting in germany, in particular berlin, those are events that reverberate into the child. so,

you know, buyers of 23000. so what the support outside joe is health giving an uplifting and so people right to him, letters. and occasionally we get a profile, for example, the most rigorous support in europe comes from germany. so that's very happening as you can imagine. julian, of course, has a wife, he has 2 children. how often does he get the family? usually it's twice a week. but during covent, they refused visits. of course. yeah, and julie and i think has covered at the moment as a consequence, there's no visits on to the tests showed negative. does he have a sense of hope? i gather so because you know his to with and without hope.

we disappeared off very quickly both you and juliana australian citizens, australia, attorney general, mark dreyfus says that julian's case has gone on long enough and, and he says that he is in what he's calling private talks with the biden administration. a you hopeful now of a positive outcome? very much so the prime minister of the st anthony albany has said us enough enough marked raises. the attorney general is acting on the matter as is the minister for phase penny won't. so we expect a solution, particularly in taking into account the last election in australia. i characterize as an assange of action. 88 percent of the population in the latest

poll route. want to in return to australia, 11. they want the boy, as you mentioned, australia is new. prime minister anthony albin, easy does appear to be much more sympathetic to julian situation than previous governments. but can i ask still, are they doing enough? i mean, what would you hope for them to do in addition to what's happening already? well, you know, i would hope i ring me up and say, can you go to the airport and pick up julie, but i mean, that's more practical. how other than that negotiations, diplomatic negotiations, always very private. and i'm not the sort of character to be involved as a builder. and so, you know, negotiating between 2 pieces of timber i can do with school negotiating with

united states department of state b on calling mister jackson. julian has many supporters, as you've said, but he does also have critics. what do you say to his critics who say that he's brought this on him self by trying to avoid justice? that when swedish prosecutors wanted to question him on sexual assault charges? oh, you know, julian was in 7 and a half years in the embassy professor mills mills, a book outline he was the new and rapid tour on torture, outline all of the circumstances that julian was placed in there is a conspiracy or conspiring is a better word between the united kingdom grant prosecuting service and the swedish prosecuting authority to cape julian in the embassy reiterate that they conspired to keep julian in the embassy. that's not my will. that's documents

released on the if i had been in the history of the swedish coast for prosecutors. now i knew it was the longest preliminary investigation in swedish history. and finally, the julian took the, the swedish prosecuting authority to court. and eventually the federal court in sweden ordered the swedish prosecuting authority to progress the case mister shipped, and we will have to leave it there. but thank you so much. thank you for the w. thanks so much for watching. ah, ah, with

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