ah ah ah ah this is news coming to you live from berlin. let it be putin says rushes mobilization of civilians to fight in ukraine is almost complete. pretty and claims . there is no need for any more new recruits. but more evidence is emerging that russian courses are now on the back foot in ukraine. also coming up another blow

for press freedom in turkey as the government passed as a controversial law that it says will stop the spread of this information. critics warn it will silence dissenting voice plus a month to protest in iran and spearheaded by women angry over the death of a young woman in police. custody will look at the iranian government hard line tactics aimed crushing their descent. ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. russian president vladimir putin says the call up of army reservists he ordered to bolster his forces in ukraine is almost complete. could 100 claims that more than a, than 2 thirds of 300000 personnel on the call list have already been mobilized. speaking after a regional summit in context on putting also said,

russia does not want to destroy ukraine and there's no need for massive news. air strengths of the gun. but ukraine's recent counter offensive in the south and east has highlight and weaknesses in the russian army. while moscow has enlisted large numbers of civilians, dw killian by our reports, that it doesn't seem able to supply them with enough weapons. close ammunition or even food with rusty weapons and squalid conditioners of italy. additional that'll, that threatens with these are just some of the images that have been circulating on russian social media and telegram chats. 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. had to be done. what's the and 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 are 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 mux aiyona chief, 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, even e. but there's a willingness to rely on the government's decisions. it because there is a belief that authorities know better from seeing the people don't think critically . and thus, they don't understand that when the government is using them as cannon fodder 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 or to talk more about russia's mobilization were joined now by dmitri alper robert shay security expert based in the u. s. thanks. ring with us. mr. oper, ervic a president. putin is now saying that the draft is almost complete the mobilization and that there is, quote, no need now for massive attacks. what do you make of that? one the tax front,

it's very clear that the russians did not have the precision guided munitions to sustain the rate of fire that we saw in the last couple of days. and he almost a 100 missiles a day at various targets in key of which are not even this restricted targets. many of them civilian targets, war crimes are being committed with. these strikes is something that russia just can't afford to do for a long periods of time. so they're clearly trying to conserve munitions. so this is not done out of gesture of good well on mobilization fronts. they may have mobilized hundreds of thousands of people, but the problem was training their send you on train, recruits or recruits are trained with just a few weeks of training into this war, commanded by officers are exhausted. that have been on the line for 8 months. it's really dangerous a recipe and unlikely to achieve a successful property. ok, so you're saying that the mobilization is actually not really going to have a much of an impact on this, on this war effort. and what about the other resources that russia has? it may not have a lot of precision guided missiles left over, but it has

a lot of other resources. does it not? it does. and i don't wanna imply that it will have no effect. i think it will absolutely delay this war. i think it will allow the, the russians to consolidate their front lines and perhaps being able to defend more territory from the were taken by the koreans. but it's unlikely to allow them to go on the offensive with these untrained troops and try to retake war of the don boss territories with her son as a parisha that they've now annex. i think that's going to be very, very difficult for them. and even on the other, munitions, are there indications that they may be running out. artillery has been key to this conflict on both sides of the, of this war. and when we're seen, reports of russia now find artillery shells from north korea. its radio supplies and values that doesn't bode well for their ability to sustain this war over the long term. what about public opinion in russia? i know you monitor what's going on there quite closely. does vladimir putin have

public opinion on his side with respect to this war? you know, when he announced mobilization, this was the 1st time that war really came home to the russian people before that it was something that they wash and television something they didn't really pay much attention to some one else, particularly ethnic minorities. what dine in this war, it was not the lead. it was not people in moscow in saint petersburg, that is starting to change with this mobile zation. he still has, i think, very strong, hold on power. i don't think he's in danger of any popular uprisings, any time soon. the repression apparatus in russia is very, very formidable, but he's definitely starting to lose enthusiasm for this war. as people are starting to sacrifice personally for it. i spoke to one analyst earlier this week who suggested that ukrainian forces will push through to crimea by the end of this year. do you think that's a realistic assessment? i think that's incredibly optimistic. i think this war is gonna continue for at

least another year. perhaps even longer, and i think god, the koreans are very far from making progress into crimea. dmitri alper of, it's just purely expert based in the u. s. thank you so much. you. well for several days now, russia has been launching air strikes across ukraine. but one incident in keith through many people's attention and was shared a lot on social media. you may remember seeing these images of this glass, pedestrian bridge, a key of landmark and the blast that nearly destroy it. and the solitary figure who had a very lucky escape in that incident. our correspondent mathias bowling. i managed to track down the man on the bridge every morning before work. my hi lupita takes a walk through, keeps riverside parks across the scenic loss bridge going to few years ago.

last monday was no exception. it was an extraordinary beautiful autumn day. i was standing on that balcony over there were yesterday of it was 18 minutes past 8 in the morning. that was the date routine launched more than 80 misses at ukraine surveillance cameras court. the moment the hi lo was lucky. wonderful with us. yes, that was standing at the other side of the bridge. opposite the explosion near that bench over 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 crater, the rock had 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 for now. hey, man, you're famous now. the video him on the bridge went via the gradient to view

reported. wish you a guardian angel hard to says he has recovered wealth in the shop, but also been suggested started to value lash more. he understand that you need to leave every day to its fullest and not to put things off until later. made it glad that in a board. the him sir, so that a boy just after the bloss, he went to his office like any other day to catch up on some other stories making headlines around the world today. jeremy hunt has been appointed as britton's new finance minister. he replaces a quasi quad thing, who's been fired after just 6 weeks on the job is planned to implement sweeping tax cuts triggered turmoil on financial markets. nigerian university lecturers have

suspended an 8 month pay strike over $2000000.00 students have been unable to study many, a protested against the lecturers. walk out, at least 11 people were killed when a bus hit an explosive device in molly, the government has been fighting a jew hottest insurgency for years. thousands have died in the conflict. around 500 people have died in flooding in nigeria, according to the authorities, more than 1400000 people have been affected by the floods that have been going on for months. turkey's parliament has passed a controversial media law people deemed to be spreading. this information could be jailed. president ones governing party and it's nationalist allies pushed through the legislation. the bill amends press and social media laws. the government says the aim is to combat the fake news and disinformation critic sphere the law will be

used to suppress democracy and free speech. well turkeys president, russia type out one had already restricted freedom of speech in the country. now, media rights groups are warning that the latest provisions will limit press freedom even more. that this information law designed by our on and his inner circle is the versed attack on press freedoms in turkey, not only press freedoms, but free speech in turkey because it will give the governments just and other pollard and other tools that can be arbitrarily used against journalists and anyone who is just wise in their opinion on, especially on social media. well, it's cross straight over to our correspondent in istanbul, julia han you earlier. how are journalists in turkey reacting to the new restrictions? how could this affect your work as a journalist? fellow reporters here in turkey, tell me they are now bracing for

a fresh government crackdown on independent journalism and freedom of expression. this time specifically targeting digital media. they also say that they think the timing of this so called dis information law is no coincidence. it is aimed at silencing criticism, they say in the run up to next year's elections here in turkey, which are widely seen as the most difficult campaign, reggie tie of ad one has ever faced in his nearly 20 years in power. now of course, this is an entire legal package. it establishes many new rules for social media companies, for example. but many here are particularly concerned about one provision you just mentioned. it stipulates up to 3 years in jail for people, a journalists, but also ordinary social media uses who are deemed to have spread misleading information online about turkey. security, for example, with the intention quote to create fear and disturb public order. now,

critics say this is basically giving the authorities more power to arbitrarily arrest and jail people and that this will as a consequence, lead to even more self censorship here in the country. okay, so a new law there could see people jail per spreading, so called fake news or dis information. but you'll hear who defines what this information is in turkey. this is actually one of the major complains brought forward by local and international media rights groups by opposition law makers as well, who have staged protests in parliament in recent days trying to stall the entire voting process on this package. they say the law does not clearly define what fake news or are what dis, information is. thus, basically, leaving it open to abuse in a country that has already severely limited freedom of speech, where the government controls most of

a broadcast and print media where the judiciary is highly politicized. and some are even drawing comparisons with the russian laws with rushes cracked down on freedom of speech. much of turkey's media last clip is already controlled by the government tuleya. so why does it need another dis, information or or the turkish government has been arguing. it is necessary to fight this information and fake news, particularly on social media of president. edwin once said that he is trying to protect. let me quote him here vern horrible segments of society from rising digital fascism and fake news. so this is a narrative, the government has been pushing for quite some time. they also argue that other european countries also have laws that regulate social media. but here in turkey, the concern is how is this law? how are these laws being implemented? and many critics here say that digital media have been one of the last remaining

strongholds of free speech youtube instagram. twitter are very popular with young people here in turkey and his and it is that kind of free speech. the government now seeks to control in order to remain in power. that is the argument jojo, thank you very much for now. our correspond jojo her in is symbol. european union's foreign policy chief usa barrel has called on a ran to end its crackdown on anti government. protests security forces have again fired on demonstrators official attempts to end. the protests of failed to deter thousands from taking to the streets. the death of a young woman held by around so called morality police has set off weeks of unrest . ah, gunshots us out. a shopping center in the hut of the head on police and militia dispersed a group of demonstrators somewhere isolated and arrested. also

in take it on passers 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 in 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, demonstrate as 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, irena and president abraham had a c at a conference, calls austin with russian president, putin and turkish president. at dawn, repeat at the official narrative. just go to school with the protest are being

controlled by foreign countries. enact got to pay in our community since the americans have failed with her policy of sanctions and militarization, the nurse washington and his allies, ornell, resorting to a policy of destabilization. what i'm, you know, i am all the iranian traditionally has announced even harsher punishment 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 and joining me in the studio as d. w corresponded theresa trapper who has reported extensively from iran. good to see you. teresa. m, as you know, well no press freedom is restricted in iran's, so do we have really have a clear picture of what's happening there right now? no, not at all. filming or taking pictures in iran is very hard at the moment. it's very risky. you, whoever it is that tries, or whether it's a journalist to protest or any other person. and you, if you're caught,

you will be beaten, you will be jailed or even worse. so that's very hard. and then even if you were brave enough to do that, you have to upload it somewhere to social media to send it to somebody that's also very dangerous. and then in the end, it also has to make its way into international news coverage, which also doesn't always happen because it's kind of hard to verify these videos. considering the fact that there are hardly any correspondence on the ground anymore . and because the one ukraine is taking so much attention internationally at the moment, so i'm very sure we haven't seen the full scale of these protests or the correct on on them protests. so they don't seem to have a central leader. women, however, are playing a major role fed up with a society where their rights are severely restricted. let's have a closer look. this is what outraged looks like in iran. people who feel they have nothing left to lose daring imprisonment or worse. many disagree

strongly with the government rules on dress for women and that someone had to die for breaking them in my opinion that they should remove the he job altogether. anyone who likes it can, we're at, and anyone who doesn't, doesn't need to. iran is a religious state and the official interpretation of shia islam relies on a fundamentalist view of women's and men's roles. women are required to dress modestly. that includes covering their hair at all times and public. this is a core value of iranian law since the revolution in 1979 child custody and divorce settlements favor men who can also prohibit their wives from working in certain professions. women are not allowed to leave the country without their husbands permission. women receive far less inheritance when a parent dies than do their brothers, and they faced discrimination in inheriting their husbands estates as well. the

iranian government does not seem poised to change discriminatory laws, but rather the senior melissa have blamed the west for the protest movement. but that hasn't stopped and widespread chances, woman, life freedom that have been ringing out across the country. now women appear to be leading these protests. we're seeing a lot of women out on the streets there, but men are also participating. is that significant? theresa? absolutely. and it shows that it's not only the had teach up all the discrimination against women in general. that is a topic in these protests because iranians and especially young iranians had enough of this regime because it's just the lack of general human rights and freedom. so yes, to consider that most iranians were born long after the revolution, 9079, and they see on social media other people,

their age are on the world live and they want the same freedom in the same opportunities. and they don't want old men anymore to tell them how they can live and not live, especially if you consider the fact that the children and grandchildren of these old men are mostly living in the west and do enjoy the freedoms that iranians are longing for. and that's why not only men have join, but also university teachers, workers, lawyers, and all types of minorities from the kurdish groups in the northwest, 2 people insist on in baluchistan in the southeast, and they all have the same rallying cry like women, life, freedom, and dest through the dictator and that's why protest at this time i'm hoping that it might work out. so there's a wide base for these protests in iran. european foreign ministers are expected to meet next week and approve sanctions against iran because of what's happening right now. the cracked on, on, on these protests that's supposed to happen on monday. toes. how has the you've

been dealing with this so far? what sort of messaging have we been getting from you? well, we're seeing a lot of kind of nation and some moral support, symbolic. some board like cutting your hair and public, but apart from that we haven't heard much from the european union to be honest. so, protest doesn't. iran will be watching closely how this new sanctions will turn out . and if they actually target the people that are responsible for the human rights violations inside iran, all the people, prostate, protesting against them, because it sounds like a no brainer. of course, the people responsible should be targeted, but that was not what happened in the past. often, ordinary iranians were paying the price for sanctions, so i'm sure protest this will be watching to see if sanctions actually hit the people and maybe their family is living in the west 3. so thank you so much for your insights. dw theresa proper detained, wiki leaks, founder julian, sancha has been shortlisted for the european union's top human rights award. the

soccer off prize, a new documentary about the campaign to free a sanchez also gone on reliefs. ah supporters. the julian assange gather in london to show solidarity. ah, he has strong support from those who are committed to press freedom, not least, his form a lawyer. now, his wife question that this is an enormous, monumental injustice of a man who is 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 activist who 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 a sanchez father,

john shipped and fight for his release is receiving it's german premier. while a scientist kept in a high security prison in the u. k. 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 from this is only come about because we have a child in the shoe warner given the film explores family bones and its use of press freedom for against the backdrop of a songs is restricted movement from ac legos, london embassy in 2010 to his arrest and incarceration in the u. k. jail in 2019. where he is now a waiting for an uncertain future. in some other news, 3 swedish center right parties have reached a deal to form

a new minority government. the swedish moderates leader. oh, christ us on says his party will join the christian democrats and the liberals in the government. the far right sweden, democrats will conditionally back the coalition without being part of it to be at eagle. lebanese president michelle own says he has accepted a maritime border agreement with israel. lebanon will regain hundreds of square kilometers of disputed territory in the mediterranean sea, including several offshore gas. feels the deal was broken by the u. s. climate protesters in the u. k. have thrown soup over dutch artist vincent van goss iconic painting sunflowers, displayed at london's national gallery. the climate activists through su at the painting as a protest against the k governments investment in oil and gas projects that rely heavily on fossil fuel extraction. li say they have arrested 2 people on suspicion

of trespassing and criminal damage. of people all die. you are watching dw news. just remind you the top story we are following for you at this hour. russia's president vladimir putin says to call up a army reservist chief ordered to bolster his forces in ukraine, is almost complete. he claims more than 2 thirds of 300 personnel on the call up list. have already been mobilized. watching d. w. news from or land up next it's news asia. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching. with

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