ah ah ah ah, this is dw news alive from berlin. kremlin back to officials tell harrison residents to evacuate ahead of a ukrainian offensive and rushes new general admits his troops face a difficult situation as pressure from ukrainian forces, gross in southern and eastern regions. also coming up on the show in his day view

policies, speech, hong kong new chief executives as the territory wants to wind back for an investment. but he signals no let up on a political cracked out and coping restrictions that have proven 1000 away. plus on exclusive look inside congo. dangerous gold mines, where a violent robin group of wealth of a nation in its hands. ah . hello, i am clear. richardson, thanks so much for joining us. russia's new commander in ukraine has made a rare acknowledgment at the situation in regions. the kremlin recently claimed it had annexed, is quote, difficult russian forces are struggling to maintain their grip on strategic positions in the east and south, and made an offensive by ukraine. kremlin back to officials in harrison region have

told civilians in the city of harrison itself to evacuate, saying they expect a ukrainian push to begin soon. the yellow areas here show territory already retaken by ukraine. i mean, while the latest wave of air strikes across the rest of ukraine has knocked out power and water supplies in hundreds of towns and caused numerous civilian casualties. officials in the southern ukrainian city of mc alive, pull 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. with nuts it didn't move for us when we woke up at quarter to 2 in the morning because of a very loud explosion. it's impossible to describe the foot so much dust we were in the basement. we crawled out through openings in the ground,

and neighbor died. unfortunately, he was a bit closer to the e p center. while we were a bit farther away, listen throws conduction for many ukrainians. the past 8 months have been a seemingly endless series of horrors. but one resident is comforted, his homeland holes the moral high ground no matter how much suffering moscow inflicts in bullshit of the worst, that the russians get. pleasure from us, feeling bad, boucher to those 3 of them will they feel pleased to a new creature really? i think they want us to bomb and shell, their buildings, and so on. e 3, i leave her at us, but we won't that mom so we can show that we're different from that. would you let those 2 booth 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 prompt to decrease foreign minister once again to ask allies to send more air defense systems. them are probably didn't only block. sure. and i'm william 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 keep it in my own. when i had to join the meeting from the bomb shelter, healing and the was the 1st time a minister has participated in this crucial meeting was thought from a bomb shelter, which is the general glitch, almost ceiling a love, you know, basically the pool mighty as a great guy, 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. earlier i asked i did, he is matt. he has bowling. i for an update on the situation in care of this morning. well, it was a quiet night hearing key if we've heard about an attack, sudden you closer to the front line on cities or down south. and we've also heard that the russia was procuring more weapons from iran. these strikes in the past week have been carried out, a big part of them with these iraq iranian showerhead drones. so it was quiet today, but that doesn't mean over yet. and we've heard that the commander of russian forces ain't ukraine, is admitting that things are difficult and occupied regions. i should this be read as an acknowledgment that things are not going according to plan. uh huh. definitely. um, the ukraine has been attacking the hair. san regional has been pushing forward on the hassan region for some time. a western intelligence has released the

information last week and that they expect her son to fall within these days for ukraine to take back this major city. the only major city that russia was able to conquer since february, the only administrative center that russia was able to conquer since last winter. and so what he can saying now that this is that he expects things to get difficult . at the same time, the regional administration that has been installed by the russians on these occupied territories is calling for people to leave the region or talking about evacuations. that means that 2 things to really not good look for the russians there, and that we might see something either a retreat or a re take by the ukranian army in the next few days. can tell us more about these evacuations. we now kremlin backed officials in the hare,

san regional saying they are evacuating for towns. yeah, that's, they have been to 2 of these officials have talked about that. the fear here ukraine is of course that these might be forced evacuation dissertations of people into russia. as we have seen them in other parts of the occupied territories, that directions would possibly drive people out of there and relocate them to russia it. and in order to maybe assimilate them later to, to the russian society. that would be a war crime, but we don't know exactly what is happening now. how many people are being reported if they are reported? how many people are evacuating voluntarily? because there will be fighting, of course, there is a reason for people to leave these areas. we don't have the information, but there's a lot of anxiety about these moves in ukraine capital. thanks so much for that

update. so is it possible to end the conflict in ukraine with putin still in charge? the w sarah kelly, put that question to nato secretary general against oldenburg on this week's edition of conflict zone, must put and go for there to be a resolution in ukraine. yes or no. again, i will not. you will force me to, to a given the yes or no answer to that. what we will do is that we will respond to the actions of russia to god as a who's in charge there. and we will continue to call him to end this war. it was president, we started this war and it's president, president putting up and this war to morrow. why enjoying his forces? we have to remember that if person to, to rush, i'll stop. so i think there will be peace if president, sky, and ukraine subs why thing ukraine will cease to exist in the plantation. and we don't want that top, and that's exactly why we provide support to grants. and you can watch that entire interview with the nato chief later today at 1930 that 730 p m u t. c. on the w,

english or online, where you're cranes advances and rushes losses on the battlefield appear to be a pressure point for president vladimir putin back home. some key allies are pushing to escalate the war. one of the loudest hawks is a chechen leader rums on a cod to roof. recently he called for the use of nuclear weapons in ukraine. then there's yes, jenny, pre goshen, the founder of the shadowy mercenary group. wagner, that's been supporting russian forces. ukraine. promotion has lashed out at military commanders and their tactics. the crime one has heated to play down. both men's calls for more extreme action. and that may have led to putting putin putting a new general in charge of the war survey. so he can, he's known for brutal operations in syria, and he was days after his appointment that russia unleashed a barrage of air attacks across ukraine. i'd like to bring in nichol, i petrov,

a senior research fellow with the russia and your razor program at the chatham house, a think tank in london. thank you, sir for taking the time and welcome to the show up. we've just heard a rare admission from russia's commander in ukraine that things are not going to plan. he tell us in your view, just how precarious the situation is at the front for rush at the moment. i say him military as well as the president puts him on preparing public opinion to the fact that the russian army will leave ships on another enough to make this very symbolic way. be off the russian army in last last month. but maybe they really, it's almost not possible for russian army to keep him sort of control. he see an eminent failure for russia in the hearse on region. do

you think the recent bombardment of ukrainian cities is also a move of desperation on the part of the kremlin rides? and we do see the war about ration and it's understandable that destroying ukrainian restructure. we're trying to destroy ukrainian cd infrastructure and the infrastructure russian army is pushing hard on to city lives on the lation of your brain. and the for the, for the, we into meeting the idea is to bring him in direction of negotiations and says, wire on russian condition ukrainian, a president zelinski claimed on tuesday night that russia's dependence on using drones made in iran, shows that russia is militarily bankrupt. what do you make of that claim?

i would say that if all russia now is not literally bankrupt, it's moving in direction. the diesel, all the weapons accumulate just and it's not by chance that we do see them as we do see the livery, which comes out of saudi and sore ridges, meaning that it's actually lucky to reproduce those to gauges weapons which it last them, which is which is this losing during the war? now protein has been placing blame for russian defeats on his defense minister. how long do you think it will be until people start pointing fingers approach himself? who knows today the res meeting of the security council.

and there are some rules most likely gave replacement law be in it, but it's understandable. and from the very beginning did show that he's what is his decision? and that's why i am that the idea that he can scape goat in a military commanders. although investigation when military commanders, before the appearance of the newly appointed gates drive, you can absolutely, i think it doesn't work well and there's full responsibility for. busy for all those players, which given the assessment of russia's military failures, i'm at this stage. what do you believe the chances are of seeing a coup attempt in russia?

i say that it's too earlier, so speak seriously about it. and the reason why is that what's in being a well coming from security agencies, dns construct a lot of safety buyouts in order to avoid these kinds of cindy rushing, the leads including military are, it's a wise, strong land directly controlled by security services. so i would not wait for a new who to take on know who knows, public opinion is changing and busted the c s d c. it sounds, inability just the chief in your results, but the most 3 of them. second, well, formulate exactly what the real goal. so the one which the board meeting was huge in my for human lives, money and everything else to rush approved will lose his popularity against the

background of this change in public opinion. behavior of the lease can change seriously. i patch off with the chatham house in london. thanks very much for that insightful interview. my pleasure. let's bring you up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. iranian competitive climber, illness with hobby, has returned to iran to a hero's welcome. social media acquitted, showed the 33 rules arriving in teheran to crowds of cheering fans. she gained international attention after competing in south korea without wearing a headscarf, the hid job, which the islamic republic requires of female athletes. a devastating floods have hit venezuela's, central rug was state, after a doubt were on monday, caused a dam to overflow. locals were forced to abandon their homes. at least 3 people

were killed, pushing the death toll to more than 50 after weeks of rain across the country to be processed through and us, prosecutors have charged a suspected serial killer with fatally shooting 3 men in northern california. the 43 year old was arrested on saturday on suspicion of murdering a total of 6 people and wounding another woman over the past year and a half while hong kong chief executive john lee has doubled down on security and cope at 19 restrictions. during his debut policy speech, we also addressed plans to boost hong kong economy. lee was appointed in july by beijing following massive ant at times violent pro democracy protests which contributed to an economic downturn. lee has been sanctioned by the usaa for his role in e crackdown on freedoms. you something you go, you go home, go about. i'm going close by look guy. do who go with? when jeff i view, i'll favor kong. as following that story for us,

she joined me now from hong kong, phoebe, after years of her roading rights and freedoms, it appears hong kong ers are headed for even more restrictions. well, john, these very fast policy, it has come at a time when in beijing is holding as most important party congress in beijing that john lee actually reference this policy as a policy address to students me in speech and say that the pages instruction is a guide for hong kong, and that one of the most are important aspects is about national security that are more measures, a weak guarding, safeguarding national security is proposed in this policy address that are in a coming few years. we're expecting an either additional set of national security legislation in a local version of that is now in preparation to regulate espionage and leakage of national are secrets, et cetera. and john lee is also proposing to enact more laws to regulate cyber

security on that was so cause force information and the crowd funding activities, etc. so are we expecting more restrictions are in his term? and but the fact that our john lee at didn't gave an exact time frame of these kind of flaw enactment match these shows a kind of our facilities that beijing, what light to reserve odd light, particularly when hong kong and china facing huge economic challenges that they would like to deal with that kind of problem 1st before on the national security matters. and phoebe that crack down on restrictions has already taken a heavy toll on hong kong economy. i've left what was once one of the world's leading business hubs struggling to attract talent, what strong lease plan to turn hong kong business fortunes around? yes, hong kong is now suffering from a very serious economic downturn because of

a sera code that are policies as you, as you can see, m theory wearing a math as a compulsory measures. the hong kong is really a lagging behind is i'll reach an o and global competitors in the post cove at iraq. so a john lee are or so prioritize ah, boosting hong kong competitiveness by attracting overseas highlands in these very fast policy. traps that are the government is going to lower the threshold of a recruiting oversee talons and also to introduce our new set up like a min ah, unlimited. og number of b says for those high paid overseas professionals and graduates from the top 100 universities in a while. so those are some of the batches that are hong ahem. gamez would really like to we attract tenants from around the well, ah, especially when hong kong have already are lost. oh, that hen are over. 100000 are professional with and our hong kong residents are most of them. the working labor over the past 2 years because of the political

turmoil and also the seo cove it policies. so on economic boosting is, is definitely a huge challenge for chong, the given the fact that he has nearly no experience in our economic policy making before he took off as these dear. so on that would be an order like match at hearts for to help on government to do in our, in the very fast hung up john, thee, i think so much to print for bringing us up to speed. phoebe cong reporting for us from hong kong. a 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 goals are paying a price of a different kind altogether. extortion and rights abuses are widespread and minds controlled by a violent rebel grew access for foreign journalists has been restricted until now in a joint investigation with the german magazine dash vehicle d w. mario miller has been inside to revel control the gold mines. this

gold may gleam brightly, but a disdain red with blood people likely 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 li, hot tunnels that hit up to 40 degrees celsius. young man scrape out the gold bearing rock. they earn 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, all of them were trapped inside the mine. even now their bodies are still inside. when i was sad bows really down and it was nice, but i can't be sad for long. i have to earn a living. i then it was nice and i do my eyes and stuff with them. and on top of that, this mine is controlled by an group, the my, my, yeah. catawba, according to a recent you and report, the rebels demand what they call taxes 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 that my, my are 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 both the my, my yahoo to amber and local government officials declined our interview requests. it's widely known that the rebels often work together with local authorities and even share profits with them. but with the money they also fine and brutal attacks on an ethnic group who they see as their main enemy. they may my claim. the bonham will linger, dont belong to the d r c. so they burned down their villages, rape and kill scores of people east and under were survived one of these attacks by low to the core of a to return a value. they found us at the place where we had thought refuge and they killed 3 people. sure, no wrong then young they murdered my father in law and injured my mother in law. ne, a called me. both of them were over 80. she says she and her family were forced to

march for days with no food. then there took her husband. she never saw him again. later, she learned he was hacked to death with a machete. they killed dozens, displays hundreds. now is that safe? sheltering at a friend's house, rebel control of the minds means conflict gold. but that's not deterring 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're discussing a load with the government. they will check all artisan war coming to work here. we will, they will try and trace how is going on, and maybe it will help. i hope it will help, but ensuring authenticity will be difficult. traitors tell us, they 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 him enough

here. when i hear there my, my cell go to white people to buy weapons, to verify that is why they sell the gold i live, you know, is a, and i want to tell these white people to stop buying from them. best buy so they don't kill us. we'll lease backwards. oh yeah, poor that we 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 i am higher reporting there. let's change gears and talk about running a marathon. what's a difficult task for most people? what about running a race which takes $43.00 days and lasts almost 5000 kilometers while italian? andrea marketo has just completed that very feet. 3. 0, wow. oh, this was the start of the world's longest foot race back in early september.

competitors have to complete the 3100 mile looped cause nearly 5000 kilometers in under 52 days. it's rolling around the streets of the new york book of queens, run an average of a 2 marathons a day, but or at least allowed to sleep at night. italian. andre, i'm a cat or one for the 3rd straight edition in 43 days, 3, i was 20 minutes. 27 seconds. he said storm stopped him, challenging the world record, which stands 40 days. i am in tune with some, some superior power, i believe in the power of prayer and meditation. and i do have faith, faith hope, and this thing they, they drive you forward. we know it's not only about being strong and, and trained well. he's of a painful cuts between his toes. that's why they have only been 51 finishes in 25

years. he for really deserved his cake. hey sher dead, just before we go, look at a reminder of our top story at this hour. the russian general in command of forces in ukraine has made a rare admission at russian troops are under pressure in eastern and southern regions recently claimed ida kremlin as annexed attorneys update at this hour. coming up next is our current affairs documentary close up, which focuses on the unspoiled nature of the galapagos islands. stay tuned for that . i'm clear richardson in berlin community. thank you for watching. ah, with

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