[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news coming to live from berlin. kremlin backed officials tell residents of cason to evacuate ahead of a ukrainian offensive brushes. new general admits his troops face a difficult situation as pressure from ukrainian forces, mouths in southern and eastern regions. also coming up, zap morisha is home to europe's biggest nuclear power plant. the chief of the international atomic energy agency tells

d w. the situation there in ukraine is precarious and that our protections are must be established. very soon. heroes welcome at terrans airport for an iranian climber who competed abroad without a headscarf. but there is concern. she may yet be punished for breaking around strict rules for women's attire. plus we report from pet them all on the refugees, braving one of the world's most dangerous migration routes and how the european union post to show they haven't been forgot. ah hello, i am terry martin. thanks for joining us. kremlin backed officials in the house on region have announced at large scale evacuation of civilians ahead of unexpected ukrainian offensive. russian forces are struggling to maintain their hold on

several strategic positions in regions they claim to urbana acts in the east and south. that's something that now even the commander of russian troops and ukraine has been forced to acknowledge a fierce battle for control over her son looms again of his social. it was one of the 1st ukrainian cities to fall to russian forces at the start of the war. now russia says ukraine is preparing to take it back. images posted on social media by a russian installed official claim to show fortifications outside the city. allegedly, pro kremlin regional leaders are urging civilians to leave in order to avoid casualties one and to give the russian army room to maneuver like william flew up our so what i ask you to interpret my word seriously as a cold to evacuate quickly. we won't abandon the city, will stand until the end. they become thought since issuing the evacuation order, the russian appointed administration said it had decided to move across the nepa

river. but vowed that moscow's forces would fight to the death. keeping house on will be the 1st big test for general sergey serv. eakin in his new role as commander of russia's forces in ukraine. the man known as general armageddon, admitted the battle for his son would not be easy. volition i should blow now further actions and plans regarding the city of high san itself will depend on the military tactical situation at hand. well, i will say this again. it is already very difficult as of today this morning, but also as for the 10s of thousands of people, moscow says are fleeing the city. russia has promised them housing certificates if they wish to leave ukraine. but it's unclear how many are leaving under their own free will. since the start of the invasion, keith has accused moscow of forcibly resettling thousands of ukrainians to

territories inside russia far from home. here's our corresponded in key of mathias burling with more on ukraine's offensive around shows on the ukrainians have been preparing for this for a long time. and these, i admit the, the fact that the russians are now admitting that something is the, had that they expect something to happen might be a sign that they either plan to retreat or that they seriously think that they are what might not be able to hold against the ukrainian attacks male, the pro kremlin authorities in her song are said to be a back you waiting themselves and have called on residence to get out. what can you tell us about these evacuations mathias. no, we've heard several a cause to leave the, the region from these authorities to either go to the left bank offer that near a river. so histone is on the right bank and these territories, that would be the 1st in the ukraine in that i would be on the right bank. and of

course the reverse, quite broad there. so it would be a natural barrier for them or even to relocate to russia. they're off. he is of course, in ukraine that this might been full mean force deputations. we've seen that from other regions that russia has occupied there. we're relocating people forcibly to rush up, possibly to assimilate them there, which would be of course, a will cry. there are indications, mathias that russia is reaching out to other countries for support. talk to us about that. yes, we're talking mainly about iran. we've seen these attacks on key if, for example, this week, but also on other places in ukraine that have been carried out by ukrainian so called can because the drones loitering munitions, that's a jones that can fly over territory. they loiter there and then they hit their target. they have proven to be more effective for the russians when they try to hit

civilian targets mostly. and because them more difficult to intercept by air defenses. most edifices are designed to, to say, plains or rockets, and the pattern which these loitering militias used to fly is a bit different. so it needs time to adapt to friends and they shut down more than $200.00 of them. but if you doesn't go through, and we also hearing that russia was replenishing the stalks of rockets in iran, that's significant. that would mean that russia has really used up much of their own rockets montez. thank you very much. our correspondent mathias boating other in the ukrainian capital kia russia is continuing to attract, attack critical infrastructure all across ukraine. that's left millions without basic essentials, like electricity, heat, and running water are corresponded plenty for char reports from the town of crying, cough 50 kilometers from kia people. there are preparing for the next blackout.

laddie slab is proud of this wood stove. he built it during the war last week, yet to use it for the very 1st time. when i, when we were getting ready for winter. when we expected that there will be an outage at some point or shelly on critical infrastructure, podium graham, a bloody slough and his neighbors in mclean. can your keith turn their garage into shelters? they are building fireplaces, in case the energy supply goes down again. like last week when russia hit roughly one 3rd of ukraine's electricity and heating infrastructure. many parts of the country including acclaimed cal, we are plunged into darkness. people in this town are no struggling to find alternative means to power and heat their homes before winter, and possibly more blackouts arrive. nobody here believes that the war will end any time soon. and many feel helpless. show that the lot is full of how can i prepare for this is every thing i use runs on electricity when it is minus 20 degrees and

there is no power in this cold weather. this will be really bad, valuable. it was a bomb here. go through there, but if i have blankets showing you so you can some food out that does not need to be cooked, give notice as to what the cost here. city officials have said they will buy generators that yon, of which are an active is to your says, there's not enough money to supply every $1.00. why should that the cost? that is our call to save energy and the electron that he was she a steak into social media, to advise people what to do when from william or low they, we will tell people how to decrease consumption in peak hours. you must switch off the stove, the capital, the heater, the boiler, and the washing machine will a platinum arsenal puts that they should look that way. you can safe electricity and avoid a blackout in the pals. did the vila look with gluten? blood is left can afford a generator, and he is stocked up on food. on like many of his fellow citizens, he's better prepared. he's more worried about others. marcia, probably him was,

these are problems here. they're not even close to the problems on the front line. where the mom we, that's why we mostly don't think about ourselves. god, we think about our grammys are grandpa wobble for pensioners. sydney, and the guys in the battlefield is the deductible level. no one here knows exactly what winter will bring, but every one wants to make it through. the head of ukraine's nuclear agency has accused russia of kidnapping senior staff at this apparition, nuclear power plant. russian president vladimir putin ordered his government to take formal control of the plant earlier this month. the facility is located near the front line in a southern ukrainian region that has been illegally annexed by moscow. supple risha is europe's largest nuclear power plant and has been shelled numerous times since the russian invasion attacks on infrastructure have caused power outages as reported in the region, sparking fears of

a shut down at the plant. the winds. niggley watchdog, the i. e. a has reported that has repeated calls for the establishment of a safety zone around the nuclear power plant. dw caught up with the head of the agency, rafael grossi, and asked him for his assessment of the situation at the facility. this is really dangerous. we are says we assess it as really precarious, and it does require the establishment, the prompt establishment of a protection zone around it, which is something i have been working on for weeks now. how big is the risk that the we could see another turnover there? well, and i don't know if the comparison which i know it is appropriate since genova had a number of bidding, typical characteristics of the plan that it was in this case of supreme change. a much bigger plant is a nuclear reactor with which is operating. so the air risks of it being attacked oh and its power supply being dropped it in

a way that could lead to a to a nuclear accident is quite high. because when pushing for a safe zone around they separate a power plant. how much progress have be made on this matter, and what are rushes and ukraine's conditions for a safe zone? well, i have been setting out the general conditions for, for such a zone to be established. we are at the stage of negotiating. so what i can tell you is that both sides have agreed to work with me. so i hope will be able to make progress piece from you hell, talk with bloody me, put in last week to talk about the safe zone. what's your take away from this? my main take away is that the president of the, of the asian said that he was ready to work with the i. e a that is already and i, and by itself a good starting point. do believe putting will use nuclear weapons in this conflict? well, i don't have any indication that that would be the case,

so i hope he doesn't. thank you very much, mr. grossi. thank you, my pleasure. say, look now some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. hong kong, new leader has delivered a debut policy speech focused on security and reviving the city's economy. john lee was appointed in july by china following massive end time violent pro democracy protests in hong kong which contributed to an economic downturn. lee has been sanctioned by the u. s. or his role in beijing's cracked down on that freedom scheme, not yellow house. cuba has accepted an offer by the united states for $2000000.00 worth of humanitarian aid in the wake of hurricane ian of anna made a request for aid from washington in september after the hurricane completely knocked out the islands. electricity's fine. devastating floods of hit venezuela's central r a guar state. after a down or 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. iranian climber, illness reca b has been welcomed back in tape run by cheering crowds after her sudden disappearance at a competition in south korea. there had been concerns for her safety after she competed without wearing a headscarf, a breach of iran's mandatory dress rules for women athletes. a competitive climate . m, as recovery is back in the ran, greeted by a bouquet of flowers and cheering crowds outside terren air horse. but it's unclear whether any of this is staged and water fate is now she appeared without a headscarf during a competition in south korea the weekend. you know, they, these lamps, republic mandates that all female athletes where the he jab, recovery his claim competing without the had jab was unintentional, and she denied report she'd gone missing for around

a day after the event i was unexpectedly called and i had to compete. i was busy putting on my shoes and technical gear and that caused me to forget to put on the job i had to where then i went to compete with. fortunately, i come back to iran with peace of mind. although i went through a lot of tension and stress so far, thank god, nothing has happened. the last comment as spark speculation that her statements may have been coerced. even the wind has spoken out about her case. we are aware of that case and we are following it closely. i'm concerns are being raised her with the authorities as well. and what we have to stress is that

women should never be prosecuted for what day, where there's to should, they should never be subjected to violations such as arbitrary detention or, or any kind of violence. which regards to what they were anti government protests in iran spot for the death of a woman in the custody of the country is notorious morality, police. i've entered a 5th week now the authorities, treatment of another woman, will be closely watched off more. let's bring in again, is sharika ye, she's a journalist and women's rights activists in london. again, what do you make of the statement that l nose rebecca gave when she arrived in tara oh, it was completely obvious from her body language the way she has spoke 8. it wasn't a not herself. it was in the, in those when you was competent, who knew like, who owned her space. she wasn't, she was company. you know, you look at her and how she speaks to, there's no doubt in the eyes of activists that this was

a false competition repeated at the same story that went on to her instagram. so for us, we know other elements around the that we know iranian government and their patterns and how they've been doing days. and this is another line that it the international communities approach. today's and awareness about her actually made this situation better for her. and she didn't vanish in and in seattle and, you know, actually we are coming back and that said, massey felt that they didn't match for you. okay. so you're saying her apology was coerced. what about the scores of people welcoming her at the airport? any idea who they were, how that crowd came together? yeah, i know some of my friends into ron. they actually took linda it's. it was 3 o'clock in the morning and it takes at least 2 to 3 hours depending on the traffic. the airport is like 30 kilometers out of the city, but people started when the news came out,

they instantly started talking about we should go to the airport, which will make sure that she understand that she has the support of me. and because the, the tudor courses are quite as rich and around the country and you know, proof is happening in either different parts of that. it's difficult to control map crowd and people manny whoa there and showed her support. and from the eye witnesses testimony, she was actually, they saw her in a car, and a they felt like they gave her the support she needed. and you mentioned earlier that you think that allows reebok is apology was coerced. she disappeared for a couple of days after competing and so without her headscarf, is it clear what was happening to her during that time during her absence? so from her is the money and, and what you had it in your program. it's a she has been under stress,

we know got from her boarding. the also know that the right away after she finished the competition that journalists in south korea, they tried to talk to her, but they took her away. nobody was hostile at family is an activist in, so they started protest outside the embassy ringing. embassy. and we've heard that she's been taken to the embassy. we know she wasn't in the hotel. would know. shes been her body language and including the know, shes been under a stress. we know her broader sense. if the you know, after the competition her brought in, say, ron has been called dean and the whole family been on. been under a loss of the stress and to make sure this story coming out is something to cover with. so our iranians are both within iran and in abroad, reacting to this incident involving l. those reg, up the a record be. and is it up? is it being linked in any way this incident to the ongoing protests and around?

yes, so to understand what's happening in iran, it's really life of understand what happens and what's in a brutal country that and control every aspect of your life. her cctv cameras at lee is wrong and they can show the details of every a sense under street in almost all the cities in iran and, and a force that doesn't shy away from violence the way that you radians a started or process a's actor individual. so one woman go to the history a cover her job, and people who are gathering around her and support at this has been the act that started some years ago, but be in much more intense knowledge. but in those the is the not her acting that regard. so it doesn't matter if she can come out again and talk about it, or she continues this at the know that she wouldn't be able to participate in any competition from now on end. it is not of me,

but if you have memory essays with the generation and i'm sure it would be up in the same again, if sharika e. thank you very much for talking with us. the international focus on the plight of those fleeing war in ukraine has raised concerns that other vulnerable communities of displaced people could be forgotten. for example, in latin america for the ear has announced its increasing humanitarian aid for this region. the e commissioner for crisis management traveled recently to panama to meet refugees who made the journey from south america to the north. by the notorious dorian gab, did abuse alexander from now and accompanied him. we leave panama city heading south towards the daren gap and 100 kilometer long swath of dense rain forest, connecting columbia and panama, you commissioner for crisis management. and as lena church and his team have been

pushing to get access to the area where the number of refugees and migrant has been growing, the you has just quadrupled. it's 8 to support those people to 2700000 euros. linux . it says he wants to see the situation on the ground. i see that a lot of folks are coming home and it comes to for the day or 2007 can north in only 10 minutes. that's what we see. after a perilous journey from columbia to panama, those who managed to survive the rain forest are brought in by local boats to law, has blank us a reception center here along the route. robbery and rape are as present a danger as their insects and the lack of drinking water already. it's horrible that rang for steve valley is gonna be flooded rivers. you need to cross by ropes. that oh yes. i think i love you to see how you have to put the life of your kids in

danger. there are no words. i thank god for allowing us to make it here and. and this nightmare, not what i mean. it's very hard. he's value their capacity. yeah. but if, whether it, whether they are exhausted, some are in need of immediate help, but most are just relief. they have survived in we've easily gone. it's very complicated with children, even worse than i don't just the way up. it is not what people tell you, that it is just 3 days, but england be takes longer. it's hard total. after being registered by the authorities most are free to continue with the journey. their dream is a life in the united states. you commission and lena church meets with families in private during his visit. he says he's moved by they are stories, especially when i see family with small children or people who are who, who have disability is wrong. and of course, you can see that they are not certainly not equipped for their new stretching. so

that is, that is a, that is a big tragedy on the holding here. we know that these people have been moored with false false promises into undertaking such a journey. oh, so we will have to take a look. however, some who have been stranded here for many days. tell us the center was clean up by the authorities before the commissioner's visit. no good. now they don't believe this is usually as clean as you're in. see it. now the conditions are for migrants are terrible here that will help me get the toilets are dirty. that hawaii, they don't respect hygiene, standalone legal complaint. i mean, they critics say the government of panama, which is not a poor country by international standards, is not doing enough to tackle the problem criticism to foreign ministry rejects known as a drug, their name or yeah, we have been trying for more than 2 years to voice our concerns them both in regional and multinational level. that they said that people know about his human tragedy of what we cannot do it, that alone, their families,

that we need the information. we need cooperation from other countries who are part of the migration flow of basic as well. but if in ohio, it's clear that without ropes help, the situation would be much worse. commissioner, lena should says he wants to show people here that despite its own problems and despite the war in ukraine, the european union is not going to forget them. what is the world's biggest literary about? the frankfurt book fair has opened its doors this year. spain is the guest country spy, being europe's 5th largest economy. spain is plagued by high unemployment and inequality . 3 spanish authors have written books reflecting on life as women in the country that was once a dictatorship and still has strong attachment to conservative traditions. author, anna eva sim on, grew up in the rural area of castillo la mancha. her family had humble beginnings. the fact that she was able to go to madrid and study was considered

a step up. but due to the financial crisis, the author lost her job 3 times in a row by her late twenty's, she'd had enough and wrote an angry book. fair dea, a book of memories. yeah, he was there and concrete things we've really gone downhill by my parents were able to buy a house and start a family at the age of 20 of my yodi. the majority of my generation can't afford it at 30. we can't even consider it as well. and then elena maydon has written a social novel, a deeply psychological study that tells of the barriers of the spanish class system . it follows the lives of 2 women, grandmother, and grand daughter, maria, who grows up in the deeply conservative atmosphere of franco's dictatorship all her life. she does menial work, but she continues her education opening up a new world for herself. alisha story on the other hand, is one of decline. once upon a time her family had money. now alyssa works at the train station in a kiosk. alicia and maria to women struggling to make ends meet in

a world where everything revolves around money that they don't have. after the franco dictatorship, there were a number of authors who jumped at the chance to write about issues that moved them . rosa montero is one of them, a legend since publishing her 1st novel in 1979, about a journalist raising her son alone, and searching for direction in the post franko era. it was a moment thing which we were beginning to say openly, things that we couldn't have said before, because eh, my, i novel appears 4 years after as franco's death. and before you couldn't talk about the real life, rosa montero has published nearly 20 novels to date, non fiction, short stories, and children's books that have been translated into many languages, often with strong female characters who struggle with men. and with a society they continue to see as unjust. rosa montero are not yet a seaman. elena middle, 3 women writers campaigning for

a fairer spain. and for women to be able to decide for themselves what kind of life they want to lead. you're watching dw news from berlin up next. we've got our business magazine met in germany for you taking a look at squeezed consumers around the globe. i'm terry martin for me and all of us here. thanks for watching.

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