or why? because no one should have to flee. make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines. ah, ah, ah . business dw, news ly, from berlin, another wave of russian strikes targets, ukraine's energy infrastructure. power is knocked out in the capital key and over a 1000 other towns and cities. president lensky says moscow wants to terrorize and

kill civilians. also coming up mounting theories over the face of an iranian athlete climber. alan us recovery is missing after competing in south korea, without a head covering an anger and unrest and france, restoring living costs tens of thousands, join a widening strike, to demand our wages plus an explosive, logan's dive. congos dangerous gold mines were a violent rebel group holds the wealth of a nation in its hands. ah, uncle, freely shower of yours on p. b. s in the united states and around the world. it's good to have you with us. ukrainian president bullet amused the lensky says, russian attacks have destroyed nearly a 3rd of his country's power stations. authorities are asking people to save energy

as winter approaches. moscow has renewed its assaults, striking power facilities in the capital peeve and across the nation. officials in the southern ukrainian city of mika live pool, a man's body from the rubble. a russian missile killed him, as he hid in the basement. his shocked neighbor recalls the moment of impact was fit not to did wanna move for us. now we woke up at quarter to 2 in the morning because of a very loud explosion. it's impossible to describe the foot to so much dust. we were in the basement. we crawled out through openings in the ground, and neva died. unfortunately, he was a bit closer to the e p center while we were a bit farther away. listen to those conditions for many ukrainians. the past 8 months have been

a seemingly endless series of horrors. but one resident is comforted, his homeland holds the moral high ground no matter how much suffering moscow inflicts in the bullshit of the worst, that the russians get. pleasure from us, feeling bad, boucher to those 3 of them will they feel pleased? don't you? her job really, i think they want us to bomb and shell, their buildings. and so on. e 3, i live over at us, but we won't that mom so we can show that we're different from that. would you like to watch to be at least shut jackie? oh, civilian residences aren't the only buildings targeted by the kremlin. russia also seems determined to knock out the national energy grid. the latest strikes prompted ukraine's foreign minister once again to ask allies to send more air defense systems. there, my brother, brother in law, only blocker sherwood and i'm william

o air defense was the key topic in my speech to european foreign ministers. stella said that she mizaku my appeal was particularly telling even since sirens were sounding and keith didn't know when i had to join the meeting from the bomb shelter . healing in the was that the 1st time a minister has participated in this crucial meeting was thought from a bomb shelter, which is the general glitch warm of the ceiling. you love your basically the pool mighty as a character. ukraine's presidential a dimmer zalinski says almost a 3rd of its power plants have been destroyed. russia denies deliberately attacking civilians. moscow says it is targeting ukraine's energy infrastructure, meaning millions could be left to face the coming winter without heat a power. and i had the opportunity to speak to russian affairs specialist dummy t last i ram also at king's college in london. i asked her, what striving moscow, the air campaign, i think most christ trying to on the one hand to sort of terrorize the population.

that as being part of moscow strategy from almost the very beginning of this military invasion. trying to sort of subdue people to finally try to give up on stuff they sort of counter offensive son to press the government to reach some kind of negotiated settlement. and also trying to, to destroy the ability of the, of ukraine to carry out a military operation. by destroying essential infrastructure which is necessary and not only for the survival of the population on the running of the economy, but also for the functioning of the military infrastructure on the system to carry on with the military counter offensive. so i think the, these elements are both coming together, but we'll let him or zalinski has already said that he won't be forced to the negotiating table. we have been seeing more use of the so called coming kazi, drones could that have a decisive impact on the course of the war on the battlefield,

maybe or the places of the country that have become a battlefield effectively. there wasn't a lot of talk when i, when i rush, i started acquiring these drawings from iran that they would be really very sophisticated on going to be a sort of a game changer on about 2 feet by the evidence that we have so far that they they have indeed kinda a civilians in some cities on they have, you know, been able to hate up some of the military equipment off of ukraine and armed forces . but they are, they're not really a game changer. they are again, part of the sort of terrorizing strategy that russia is coming out because i think they are not very easy to, to, to shoot down. got to on them instead of on them, or on the about 8 feet a sphere. i think that the ukraine and forces are able to handle that so far. quite effective. you, there is speculation. russia is using more draws because it's short of long range weapons that food now have more man power,

but not enough weapons for them to use i. yes, i mean, a russia has a serious problem, not only in terms of manpower, because many of the new sort of mobilized individuals are not very well trained. i with their notes of reports that they have been sent to the front without any kind of adequate equipment, but also russia, as you start out of it's a grip and especially it sort of may size. i needs precision guided me sometimes. ah, so it's using a lot of their weaponry, you know, which could be used on the front, you know, to support. i'm mainly pre sort of offensive, you know, and that sort of writing the in combination with a ground offensive rather than using it in that, in that c d 's using it's 8. so sort of may size on an air defenses, stems against civilian population. so that is a bit of a waste on it's a, it's a very odd way of carrying out on these military operation. and it clearly shows that russia is really not able to,

to have the adequate equipment on that needs. air force is, are also adris goals of being shut down so that ukraine as a state, having an ability to counter, you know, the air dominance of russia. so russia has not re applied what we call air dominance and control of the skies. so that makes any sort of effective attack or defense much more difficult. anita allows ukraine also slowly to move forward. we know that's been fresh as on. right. so on, on the other new i sort of rushing generally asking people to sort of move out from the areas of credits on this or something. pressures on lee mine in the north and also on the goliath. so the ukrainians, it seems that they are still trying to push further, you know, on the military campaign on the ground and the russians are not able to really to count these offensive on the ground. now we know that the ascending more main and apparently equipment to build a rules. so that could open again a new friend. it is not clear how many men are there this talk about 9000 this talk

about or so. deployment of tags on the delivery in that area to again maybe try some kind of rhetoric on the knolls. it's not clear buddy. ian might create or you know, addition and challenges for you, grain, dr. dom, until us i grandma, so from king's college in london. thank you so much alice. now take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. danish police, they last month's nord stream gas pipeline leaks were caused by powerful explosions . at least 50 meters of the baltic pipeline is missing. investigators believe it was sabotage authorities in russia say the death toll and a war plane crash has risen to 15. a fighter jug plowed into an apartment building and the port of yeah, isc, near ukraine. the defense ministry says an engine fire cause the crush australia has reversed a previous government's recognition of west jerusalem as israel's capital. foreign

minister penny wong says the cities that it should be decided by peace talks, israel's prime minister. yeah. your la paint says it is a quote, hasty response. the french cement maker lafarge has pleaded guilty to paying millions of dollars to the so called islamic state. the company paid the terra group to keep operating in syria. the fars has agreed to penalties of nearly $780000000.00 to settle a case in the united states and an armenian climber who was applauded internationally for taking part in a competition without wearing the mandatory. he job has allegedly apologized illness. rec hobby says her head scarf came off by accident during an event and south. maria rights activists now fear for her safety. her instagram account claims

. she's going home on a pre arranged schedule, and a government protest in iran are now in their 5th week. target was moral, carry me is a ph. d candidate at the university of toronto and author of the book, the reigning green movement of 2009 i asked her about the claim that l nas, recoveries who job fell off by accident. well, it's been over 10 hours, so we have no update from l. not the last update or so call update. that key was for her instagram account, as you mentioned in which she issued a statement or a literately. what's her, we're not sure who was writing that message because you could have easily been someone else or she could have been forced to write that message. she said that you mentioned that my, my head scarf was an adverse and li fell off and that

i'm ok and that i am returning to the country and she apologized for doing that. however, the authorities have also summoned and arrested her brother, which can only be translated as a hostage, taking, making sure that she's coming back. and we also know from reports that the head of variety and climbing committee kind of trish into going back to the iranian counselor and then she was her passport with concert keith, her phone was confiscated and then she used supposedly be returning to turn her on . and we know that she is going to go straight to ethan prison. and evan prison is, as some of your viewers might remember the same prison that was on fire last friday . and there are many indications that the government may have intentionally set fire on the prison or created commotion there. yeah, this prison is,

is notorious. and it's also where a lot of the detain protesters are being held at this point. how do you think authorities will treat her when she's back in iran and possibly in prison as you suggest? i mean the fact, the very fact that we have not heard anything about her is quite boring. there is no definite answer as to how exactly she is going to be treated. what we know is going to be. so you're considering that, i mean there is, she's basically m i a and there is, there is no news about her whereabouts. all we can do at this point is raise awareness international lead to hopefully put some pressure on the authorities to go easy on her. she was celebrated by protesters for

what was seen as, as showing such bravery on the international stage in such defiance. how are people in iran reacting to the news of her disappearance? and naturally, people are worried. she was, as you mentioned, a celebrated before her calm demeanor and for confidently taking off their headscarf which could be interpreted as solidarity is worth the movement that is currently going on in iran, on the ground and, and for the coming forth and the match, rock, climbing match in the world championship. my apologies. the asian championships. however, everyone actually is worried about her whereabouts and because people know what

could be potentially expecting her. she is going, she's most probably going to be going to prison, have certain charges, she will most probably be forced to make false confessions on national tv. it could be that her instagram post was also forced. and course to and so it's, it's quite a ward, some situation very similar to i might add to when the chinese tennis player shown pay kind of make some declarations and then went missing. yeah. morale, carmine, thank you so much for your assessment. thank you. european union has announced sanctions against members of around security forces over their violent crushing of dissent in response to those month long protests. we've just been hearing about

a broad range of people from school children to oil workers have joined the protest . movement reflects the hopes and fears of armenians at home and a ride to arrange tens and exiles spoke with t. w. sonya found a car in paris. marble be muradi isn't really an activist in paris. she's at almost every demonstration in the french capital to show support for people risking the lights in iran for weeks that have been protest there over the debt of gina masa, a mini who died in police custody in pet on like her mob will be, was also arrested, but the iranian morality police for allegedly violating strict rules requiring women to cover the hair with a headscarf. but unlike many she survived growing anger at the 22 year old state is why so many iranians a defying a deadly cracked on by authorities?

i heard that a message of iranian, and they say, it's not important how much people were, will killed. we have to continue. we had the time after their slamming probably to cry for them. but now we have to keep our anger and have to conserve it, to put an end and his lung republic. oh, the protests have spread to several radiant cities. marble be says, even people fearful of taking to the streets have devised ways to resist. for example, they are in their car, so at 1st day, a band is threads to prevent the forest come to the people. the other is to blowing the hahn in a continuous slate at the other going from the head of the house, the from the windows. yeah, for example, they say no to the decatur. now we don't want to stomach republic republic

this protest song barrel ye, which means for impulsion has become a soundtrack to the civil unrest. it's taken from messages posted online by ordinary iranians voicing the anger, or the song has special meaning for a son who sins ivy. the lawyer fled to franz from iran 4 years ago, after facing threats for his work and human rights. his drumming up support to build an international case against the iranian governments. human rights violations. there are panama neither of those, something is senses. this video was filled in there on, on october 12th. he's extremely concerned about the reported arrests of thousands of protesters. when you get arrested, there are several kinds of risk that you will face. first of all, you will not have access to the lower of your choice. the 2nd is torture. they then

did the risk of to being tortured. other is the be the face is forced, confession force can fish, and they put people in front of the tv national tv. they don't have any choice. they say, either who confess in front of the tv, or the even torture you for iranian exiles like these and paris, the hope is that france can help put pressure on the regiment there on to in the bloodshed. and staying in france, tens of thousands of french workers have joined a widening strike demanding pay hikes to keep up with soaring living costs. the latest walk out is an extension of a strike action and gas stations that has led to fuel shortage is a protest. march in central perry's reflecting, growing ingrid rising prices unfolding,

living standards. one just issue of salaries is top of the agenda. this is the number one priority of the french people feel, you know, wanted for her hostile workers are among those who say inflation is eroding their purchasing power. ah, from that we see most people don't know what it was. 60 percent of postal workers have a salary below the french medium. oh, so let me just go with what do i do with a 2000 euro gas bill furnace with 2000 euros and i have to borrow 700 years of life is difficult to and like they have a mint and the president must still change this if with a phone unions colton work is in both the public and private sectors to strike on

top affections that has disrupted francis oil refineries and fuel supplies. who weeks in a buzz acceptable. it's not acceptable. that minority continues to block the country. and in the time to go back to work with the government is trying to get this situation under control. the strikes of the biggest tests so far, president emma norma cross. second term global leaders have pledged $2600000000.00 to and polio. they made the announcement at the world health summit in berlin. the world health organization plans to vaccinate 370000000 children a year worldwide. it's help the program will finally eradicate polio. the disease was declining, but several countries have recently seen a resurgence of the highly contagious virus. spreading german development ministers financial to says the money is a big step towards eliminating polio by 2026. 0 is this here?

if you go to one felt a glance that we've managed to pledge a $2600000000.00 to continue the fight against polio. i. that's all for you on, on the school. the good news is that we can beat it. i'm im still there is a vaccine and no one should have to die from this disease so quickly in mentioned. so we just have to get the vaccine to the people who need it, gets the money we've raised here is an important step forward in eradicating polio . the julio vote little bit and congo is home to mines, containing some of the purest gold in the world. consumers in rich countries are prepared to pay high prices for the precious metal, but the miners who extract the gold or paying a price of different kind. extortion and rights abuses are widespread in minds controlled by a violent rebel group. access for foreign journalists has been restrict it until now, and enjoined investigation with the german magazine dash b. o. d. w. maryan. mila has been inside to rebel controlled gold mines.

this gold may gleamed brightly, but it disdained red with blood. people lightly died for this precious metal destined for the rich world's finest juries. the democratic republic of congo has some of the purest gold in the world. but experts say almost all of it smuggled out of the country illegally. that often means links to armed groups and human rights abuses. it all starts here in suffocating les hot tunnels that hit up to 40 degrees celsius. young man scrape out the gold bearing rock. they earned barely enough to survive on for fear of reprisals. this man wants to remain anonymous. when you go to work, he just pray to god because we're feeling like it's a death sentence. often it is when the minds cave in 6 years ago, more than 20 people were buried alive. when i was there with my 3 brothers and

other miners, alco, all of them with trapped inside the mine even now their bodies are still inside. when i was sad both really down, then it was nice, but i can't be sad for long. i have to earn a living identical as nissan. i do need my eyes and stuff with them. and on top of that, this mine is controlled by an armed group, the my, my, yeah, catawba, according to a recent un report, the rebels demand what they call texas from each worker. it beat me up with an iron rod because i couldn't pay that tax. they threw me into a mud hole for days with no food. i was imprison there with 6 other people. he lost 10 kilograms. he says other minors tell us similar stories. they say the my, my a never far. even now they're hiding further up the mountain because they were informed we were coming. this is the 1st time journalist have access this mine the both the

my mind yet to me by and local government officials declined our interview requests . it's widely known that the rebels often work together with local authorities and even shap profits with them. but with the money they also finance, brutal attacks on an ethnic group who they see as their main enemy. the my, my claim, the bunny language don't belong to the d, r c. so they're burned down the villages, rape, and kill scores of people east and under who are survived. one of these attacks political concern of value. they found us at the place where we had sought refuge and they killed 3 people. then they moved up my father in law and injured my mother in law night, call me. both of them were over 80. she says she and her family were forced to march for days with no food. then they took her husband. she never saw him again.

later, she learned he was hacked to death with a machete. they killed thousands displays hundreds. now is that safe? sheltering at a friend's house, rebel control of the minds means conflict go. but that's not the paring this business man. the purity of the precious metal has convinced him. soon he plans to open the 1st gold refinery in the country and export from d r. c to europe and america. at the moment we discussing a lot with the government, they will check all art is and while coming to work here, we will. they will try and trace how is going on. and maybe it will help. i hope it will. but ensuring authenticity will be difficult. traitors, tellers de fake certificates to hide. the real origin of the gold is done and a horror can only appeal for an end to the trade and blood cold. i can in relief

here. when i hear there my, my cell go to white people to buy weapons, verify that is why they sell the golds i live on minnesota. and i want to tell these white people to stop buying from them best buy. so they don't kill us, we'll lease apartments in europe work for easter. it is a simple equation. as long as armed groups can re profits from gold mining, they will keep earning the cash to kill watching dw nose from berlin. stay with us now. after a short break, i'll be back to take you here the day with awe.

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