a decision, oh, going to 21st on w it's with this is d. w. news live from berlin. a day after a tragedy, families of coal miners and turkey gather at the scene of an underground explosion hoping to find love, ones alive. the interior ministry there says at least 40 miners were killed. also on the show, despite the current onslaught, rushes president says he does not want to destroy ukraine bladder group who says

there's no need for more massive air strikes, but towns and cities across ukraine are made under attack, and residents say they have nowhere to hi ah, i'm william blue cross. welcome to the program. turkeys interior ministry says at least 40 people have been killed in an explosion inside a coal mine in the northern province of barton rescue. operations are winding down . one person remains on, accounted for. 110 people were working in the mine shaft when the blast hit friday night investigation has been ordered to determine the cause. and let's get the latest with dw johan, who's in is timble for us. julia, what more can you tell us about the rescue effort or rescue teams have

worked through the night, trying to save lives. we have seen the images of relatives and friends of the miners waiting outside in the cold, hoping for news. now we know that the dest hall has considerably climbed again on the turkish interior minister, just a little earlier, he's at the scene, announced that at least 40 people were killed in the last several workers were injured and hospitalized. some are now being treated here in istanbul, and about half of the people who were under ground when the blast hits were rescued . now, at night there has been a fire in one of the galleries of the mines, according to the minister. they were trying to bring that one under control some 350 meters underground. this is been one of the deadliest industrial accidents here in turkey. in years it happened in a small coal mining town called a master. in the bout when the province on turkey's black sea coast,

just about 15000 inhabitants, president ridge of type, edwin was reportedly cancelled all his appointments for to day. and he is now expected to visit the scene in that leaves update from the interior minister. was there any information about the possible cause of this blast? no, the officials have not yet drawn a definite if conclusion, it was actually the turkish energy minister, who after an initial assessment said the blast was lightly caused by a so called fire damp. that's a flammable gas found in coal mines. miners union made similar comments. now the local, so public prosecutor's office announced that they were, that they have launched an investigation. they are treating this as an accident. but of course people will ask them more questions. how did it come to this? so could it have been prevented?

and they are going to demand answers from the authorities, especially since turkey has a history of deadly mine accidents and workplace accident. this is what is happening right now. what happened is bringing back very painful memories for many people about one particular mind. disaster in the town of soma in 2014, which killed more than 300 people. still a lot more to find out for sure. did of your correspond jojo on there for us in istanbul. thanks for much. missiles have been raining down on ukraine for days, but russian president vladimir putin says he doesn't wish to destroy ukraine, and he has no immediate plans to keep up with the widespread airstrikes. moscow has launched a barrage of attacks on towns and cities in the last week. leaving many ukraine ukrainians wondering where they can turn to for safety more destruction, more desperation,

separate asia faces. another round of shelling of the days of continued attacks. the cleanup will be massive. smooth my just to let you know what i can tell you previously cuz we got used to the missile strikes 1st to the only thing is sir, we are told to hide, hide with you. we don't have any place to hide nearby. but while he can't hide in the cellar to go to because you be trapped by debris and no one will find you to return. so we go outside and we wait until it's over. this fresh missile strike and support easy as part of a continued barrage. but russian president vladimir putin says the high intensity attacks in ukrainian cities will not continue in my seat and there is no need for massive strikes at least for now he just will see from there no of them didn't put in also declared his massive mobilization of rush and troops is almost complete. moved away without able to this work or go mobilization is coming to an end already

. no risk as of now 222000 of the mobilized, already joining the armed forces of the 300000. i believe that within 2 weeks about 2 weeks in all mobilization activities and will be completed by the ocean. in recent days, ukraine has free taken much of the russian occupied have san reachin falling, those land gains. russia is now arching civilians to leif have son who fear the presence of a large number of civilians makes it difficult for the military to maneuver, and most likely, shall we say it's dangerous for life of living key affairs, the call for the civilian avocation, the region could precede an escalation in russian attacks. activists in iran have launched an online appeal calling for fresh nationwide protests against the clerical leadership. the movement triggered by unit masa meanies death has now entered a 5th week video from social media show people in the southeastern city of the hide

on chanting anti government slogans. the supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, says no one should think they can approve the islam republic. demonstrators, however, are not shrinking from use of force, which has killed dozens. and although the protest don't seem to have a single leader, women do appear to be playing a major role. 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's rules on dress for women and that someone had to die for breaking them in my opinion that they should remove the he jumble together. 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 the

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, show them rather. the senior melissa have blamed the west for the protest movement, but that hasn't stopped the wide spread chances, woman, life freedom that have been ringing out across the country.

now trying to some other stories making use right now. the biden administration will start turning away venezuelan to cross illegally into the united states from mexico while letting some fly into the country for temporary stays. venezuelans have become one of the biggest migrant groups trying to enter the us mexico fears the u. s. policy change will be a burden on their ability to care for migrants. harry potter star robbie coltrane has died at the age of 72. the scottish actor was known around the world for his role as the gentle half giant, rubies hungry in the hugely popular film series based on j. k. rollins books in australia, emergency flood warnings have been issued in the south east after trench range in a day to the region. at least one person has been reported dead more than a months worth of rain has fallen in the area since wednesday. hundreds have been rescued from the flood waters. germany's anti nuclear green party has

agreed to support the continued operation of to nuclear power plants until april 2023. at a party congress. the greens rejected a demand for additional reactors to stay operational beyond that date. the greens led the push to face out nuclear energy more than a decade ago in germany's last remaining plants were due to close this year. but the energy crisis is prompting a delay on the national face up, up a border. now, despite their concessions economy, minister and former green party leader, havoc robert havoc said, the greens have stay true with you to their principles. not for nathan, i via miss miss. we don't have to think about why the potty was founded and why we are in government in this news. we don't have to set ourselves apart via. we don't have to question what a position though. it's been that i've been a party member for 20 years and i've had various roles sometimes with argued as it

should be. i'm doing this for 2 years, but i've never felt so much as home as i have recently. never have, i've been so proud of this tati on me. i saw steroids off to the apartheid are put on horseback. julius had deli, is following the party congress for us. we heard robber hobbs back then. he almost sounds like he choked up a bit at the end of that statement. he's trying to demonstrate unity. but just how unified is this party behind a policy shift that is so fundamentally contradictory to its own ideals. one would have expected tough debates. a lot of discontent within the party given how much the party foundations go back to the nuclear anti nuclear movement of the 1980s. that's when the party was born. but actually we saw quite a lot of unity here. there were some discussions from some members, some debates, a here at the party congress against the government's plan to extend the life of

these nuclear power plants. but a majority of the party is standing behind about how big they are. okay, with the extension of the life of these power plants, but under one condition that there will that it will be temporary and that there will be no purchase of new nuclear fuel to keep these plants going beyond that temporary limit. and that comes to show that the party has changed over the last 40 years. it has moved away from some of its more idealistic positions and is now a party that is strongly anchored in reality and in the different reality that we are facing today. energy is one of the big issues, weapons and wars. another big issue for the greens, they're going to be taking up the topic of weapons deliveries to saudi arabia today . how might that go down with the party? there is quite some discontent on this topic. we. there's going to be a motion that is expected to criticize the government's position on these weapons deliveries that have been approved by the government,

which includes obviously some green ministers. now the government says, this is an exception to it's policy and the green parties policy not to deliver weapons to a countries that are involved in conflict, in this case, saudi arabia involved in the conflict in yemen. they say this is an exception because these weapons deliveries are part of a common european project with other european countries. and that the weapons will not be coming directly from germany. but there is already been a big shift in the green party to allow for the delivery of weapons to ukraine. a country who is defense. the green party is strongly supporting, but this arms delivery to saudi arabia might be a red line that the party is not willing to cross. a lot of exceptions these days. indeed, from the green party, julius had eli there for us out of their congress. thanks very much ballast. turn to a quick look at football in half an heim, ease to victory over struggling chalka has matched a 10 kicked off in germany's bonus league on friday. monassa double war scored the

pick of the goals just before halftime dizzy pearson that was the 2nd and a 3. now when for the visitors who move up to 3rd ahead of saturdays games has still only have one when, after gaining promotion to the top flight. last season and finally, many people such as yourself perhaps complain about taxes the beatles sang about them. and now the fab 4 is bad for is classic taxman is out with a new music video. the late george harrison wrote it in to express his annoyance with the united kingdoms, wealth tax just as much an issue then as it is now. and at the time that meant that 90 percent of the beatles earnings went into state coffers. the song as part of an upcoming special edition of $966.00 album revolver. to have a listen to right now. i

am good with an anthem for all those and attacks. libertarians out there coming up next are science magazine shift will have so stating for that love more for the top, the hour i am william bluecross, thanks for watching with i have been the 2nd i have been beaten. i have been.