a extension store talked over to him 1st w ah ah, this is d, w. news live from berlin, rusty weapons, and little training for the front. we were poor. so how moscow is sending its newly mobilized soldiers into battle as little signs in the that russia is now on the back foot in ukraine. also on the show police in iran use deadly fools to crush nationwide protests increasingly hard line tactics is still not detouring.

demonstrates as taking aim islamic republic leadership and donald trump is summoned to give evidence about the storming of the us capitol. we are obligated to seek answers directly from the man to set this all in motion will make us vote unanimously to pull before the president testified to the congressional inquiry. ah, and i'm on your campus, mccann, and welcome to the program. now, just weeks after russian president vladimir putin announced what he described as a parcel, military mobilization, new recruits on our writhing on the front lines in ukraine. but how well equipped of these conscripts to fight ukraine's forces, which appeared to be continuing their advance through russia's front lines. he

w killian by reports that while moscow may be able to enlist hundreds of thousands of civilians, it doesn't seem to be able to meet even their most basic needs. room, rusty weapons, and squalid conditionals loosely for issues with that hold on for some slim leg. these are just some of the images that have been circulating on russian social media and telegram shots, showing the things that mobilized russian men are having to deal with a tampon. do you know what it is for, for you? stick it in a book and it expands and stops the bleeding. hard to be done. what's the, i'm get these pictures also from telegram allegedly show residents 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, jeff says, social conditioning like this dates back to soviet times and as part of the problem . and 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's

a belief that authorities know better functioning, 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. earlier i spoke to d. w correspondent killian buyer, who's enrica lapierre? now, that's why we now covering russia after all, moscow bureau was shut down by the russian government. i ass killian, why pu tins mobilize ation does not appear to be going well. ah, well, that was to be expected really. and many of military experts aren't necessarily surprised. you see that in the mid to thousands of 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 am 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 the 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. president pearson has just appointed a new general survey, sir the at sarah v can. he's now leading the war in the ukraine. his nickname is apparently general alma getta. and can you tell us how he is changing things?

well, general segue sort of vicky in 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 and light of the recent military setbacks with the russian army has faced. many were calling for harsher method measures. now sort of looking at is known for them, the soviet pu in 19911991 were 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 was known for its brutality against civilians. and that sort of looking kind of was seen as one of the, the people who was responsible for this m. and so we can also probably say that the recent attacks that we've seen on retaliation of the crimea bridge attack bear

a quite a lot of soybeans, handwriting killing bi reporting from reagan. thank you. and out her tail of survival from russia's barrage of asked rights on keith earlier this week. and you may remember seeing images of this glass, pedestrian bridge, a key landmark, and of the blast that nearly destroyed it. our correspondent attends burling a mess up with a man who was on that bridge at the exact moment of the blast. and he had a narrow escape. every morning before work high lupita takes a walk through cleaves riverside parks, across the scenic last 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 were yesterday of it was 18 minutes past 8 in the morning.

that was the date which is launched more than ha misses at ukraine surveillance cameras court. the moment the high low was lucky. wonderful. she was yes. that was standing at the other side of the bridge, opposite explosion near that bench. and the pressure away from the explosions went underneath the rocket. he just next to the bridge on the walkway in the park. 3 days later, the greater 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 him on the bridge went via the gradient view reported wish you a guardian angel hunter says he has recovered wealth in the short little

so we'll see just started value lash more. he understand that you need to live every day to its fullest and not to put things off until later. that it were that in the 4th you, sir. oh that ever just after the bloss, he went to his office like any other day time now to take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. in molly, at least 11 people were killed and dozens injured when a bus hit an explosive device in the central region of mobility. the government has been fighting age a hottest insurgency for years that has claimed thousands of lives. the lebanese president, michelle alone says he has accepted a u. s. broken maritime border agreement with israel. the dale means lebanon will regain hundreds, square kilometers of disputed maritime territory in the mediterranean sea,

including several or full gas fields. flash floods of swamped hundreds of homes in australia, south east. 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. and cuba has had its 1st gay wedding out to be communist island voted to legalize same sex marriage at the start of october. the sorrow and adel gonzalez had been together for 18 years and were finally able to legally tie the knot with the approval of the new family code. it's to iran now as security forces of, again fired on anti government protest as of dro crackdown on demonstrations failed to, to thousands from taking to the streets. the death of the young woman held by a bronze morality police the self weeks of serious unrest since then protests have grown and, 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 as with pointed weapons. regardless of the risks, the protest 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 at dawn. repeat at the official narratives with guide is over . the protest are being controlled by foreign countries. do not appear nor community since the americans have failed with her policy of sanctioned and militarization nash. washington and his allies are no resorting to a policy of destabilization on him all the arrange an 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 t guess at least 4 of them were arrested in the united states, the congressional committee investigating the storming of the capital has issued a legal summons for form of 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, and now the panel wants to find out what role donald trump plate. he must be accountable and his here by directed the vote was unanimous form a u. s. 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 oh news on the board, they're just breaking windows. you're doing a, it's really somebody they said somebody was shot. 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. and his a quick reminder of the top stories were following for you. russia has begun sending

its newly mobilized soldiers into battle in ukraine, but there are reports that they lack basic equipment and training to meet the advance and ukrainian forces. and the committee investigating the january, the 6th storming of the u. s. capital has voted to subpoena donald trump for testimony. the former president could face criminal charges if he fails to comply with a summons. and that's where we have time for coming up next doc film looks at the decoding of the secret of aging. i want to stay around 45, you can thank so much for joining with i have been friends. i have been visa because we try to to show 3 of face mafia all over the world. environmental lessons or in danger, roofless.