ah ah ah ah, this is the w news coming to live from berlin. vladimir putin declares martial law in 4 ukrainian regions. the announcement tightens moscow's grip on territories that illegally annexed last month. this comes as russia's top general makes it a rare admission of the difficulties facing russian troops on the front lot. also

coming up up a ratio is home to europe's biggest nuclear power plant. the chief of the international atomic energy agency tells d w. the situation there is in ukraine is precarious, is calling for the creation of a protection, soccer and heroes. welcome at tehran airport for an iranian climber who competed abroad without a head score. well, there's concerned she may yet be punished for breaking your ran strict rules for women's attire. plus we report from panama on the refugees, braving one of the world's most dangerous migration brutes and how the european union hopes to show they haven't been forgot. ah, hello, i'm terry martin. have you with us,

would begin with some breaking news. russian president vladimir putin has declared martial law in the 4 regions of ukraine. moscow illegally, annexed just weeks ago. hootin made the announcement in a televised statement to members of his security council for the decree hands. more powers to local officials in the occupied region moved. come, says brushing installed officials in a song, one of the poor occupied regions called cold for a mass civilian evacuation. in the face of advancing ukrainian forces tear more now from what president putin had to say with this is the example new. let me remind you that martial law was in effect in the donuts people's republic to lou hans people's republic in the hare, san and parisha regents you ever since their entry into the territory of russia, each of them. yeah. and now it is therefore necessary to apply this law within the russian legal framework. therefore, the more i have signed a decree on the introduction of martial law in these 4 regions of the russian

federation law, kremlin backed officials in the house on region have announced a large scale evacuation of civilians had been expected. ukrainian offensive. russian forces are struggling to maintain their hold on several strategic positions in regions they claim to have annexed in the east and south. that something that even that now even the commander of the russian troops and ukraine has been enforced to acknowledge a fierce battle for control over her san looms again of her 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 what i want to do about 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. if i get back on thought. since issuing the evacuation order, the russian appointed administration said it had decided to move across the nipper river. but vowed that moscow's forces would fight to the death. keeping harrison will be the 1st big test for general sergey sir of ican 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. villiers hon. um, 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. which crossed right over to our correspondent in chia mathias. burling mathias president, vladimir putin has declared martial law in ukrainian territories that russia illegally annexed. what does this mean in practical terms? well, we don't know the details yet. what this will mean? we know what it means on the paper and it gives them a lot more power than they had before or then it gives them the power, for example, to control movement inside the territory. it gives them the power officially to relocate people. and that which is in connection with these calls on that valuation that they have made and power to the

military administration. however, of course, the territories have been occupied since the beginning of the war, us in the 1st month of the war and under occupation. of course, there was also no rule of law as we know it's so it's so with a what, what would be the practical impact of these new rules if unclear. but if formalize is the power of the many drug administration? well there been reports of explosions in chia during the past couple of hours, mathias year. are there what can you tell us? yeah. explosions, word here and here. we've heard that rocket. we're flying launched from russian plains towards key, and then some of them flew over here and hit targets in west and ukraine. we've

heard that another energy facility has been hit in the venue to all region. and we have also heard about jose being launched on ukrainian territory right now. it's not clear what has happened here in key. if we know that the air defenses have shut down several, we're talking about 4 rockets and a drone so far. that's what authorities have said. we do not know whether any targets inside the city have hit with any of these. explore whether these explosions were really exclusions of the air defenses. when the air defense rockets of rocket as flying over there is an explosion as well, or whether we have anything inside the city or, or whether anything has been with any harm has been done. pro kremlin authorities in chas sawn are said to be evacuated ahead of unexpected ukrainian defensive. are they also called on residents to get out? what more can you tell us about these evacuations went yes ma'am. this points to

the, to the russians, expecting a counter offensive by the ukrainians to have, has been talk from the russian side that ukraine might have a mass tens of thousands of soldiers in the region. however, nothing of that has been confirmed by ukraine. it's unclear whether this means that the russians expect fears fighting, or whether they're ready to retreat from certain places. maybe even from her son has been also some speculation about that recently. but it's clear that they expect something to happen and that they are trying to take as many people with them as they can. we've just talked about the new provisions of the martial law and days. of course, the fear that there may forcibly relocate people to other parts of the occupied territories or even to russia. and if this happens against the will, dissertations of civilians consists that constitute

a walk to his thank you very much. our correspond mathias spelling, other in keith. russia's assaults on civilian infrastructure across ukraine of left millions without basic essentials, like electricity, heat and running water. or correspond it funny for char went to the town of ukraine co, 50 kilometers from keep. the town was hit by a power outage when russia struck energy facilities over a week ago. now people they are getting ready for more of the same blood is love is proud of this wood stove. he built it during the war. last week he had to use it for the very 1st time when i, when we were getting ready for winter. and we expected that there will be an outage at some point or shelly on critical infrastructure. audio grammar, blood is love, and his neighbors in mclean can, near 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 mclean, cal, we are plunged into darkness. people in this town are not 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 everything i use runs on electricity when it is minus 20 degrees and there's no power in this cold weather. this will be really bad value, but it was a bon, a year called through there. but if i have blankets showing you so you can some food out that it does not need to be cooked. give notice that had a what the quote here, city officials have said they will buy generators. that channel which are an active is to your says, there is not enough money to supply every $1.00, much of 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 we're more low, then we will tell people how to decrease consumption in peak our you must switch up the stove, the cattle, the heater, the boiler, and the washing machine will upright massena. people said they should that that way you can safe electricity and avoid a blackout. elizabeth did the v a little good, great. you. bloody slough 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. now sure, probably him was. these are problems here. they're not even close to the problems on the front line. with them when we that's why we mostly don't think about ourselves. we think about our granny's, a grandpa hobble for pensioners, sydney, and the guys in the battlefield is that it up crippled. luckily, 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 a formal control of the plant earlier this month. the facility is located near the front line in a southern ukrainian regions of has been illegally annexed by moscow. supper. asia is europe's largest nuclear power plant and has been shelled numerous times since the russian invasion attacks on infrastructure of calls power outages in the regions parking fears of a shut down at the plant. the winds. nuclear watchdog, the i. e. a 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 about his assessment of the situation at that 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

we could see? another turnover there? well, and i don't know if the comparison which i know it is appropriate since john ogle had a number of believe typical characteristics of the plan that it was in this case of a breach. it's a much bigger plant, is a nuclear reactor with which is operating so that the, it risks of it being attacked or, and its power supply been interrupted in a way that could lead to a, to a nuclear accident is quite high. because been pushing for a safe zone around this operate 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. presume you help talked with vladimir putin last week to talk about the safe zone. what's your take away from this? my main take away is that the president of there's for asian said that he was ready to work with the i. e. 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. sketch up on some of the stories making headlines around the world today. turkeys, pres and russia type out of one has told members of his, a k party in parliament that he's come to an agreement with russia's liter vladimir putin to build a natural gas home in turkey. the hub would be used as a flight europe with gas via turkey. he says the 2 leaders discussed the idea at a regional summit last week. british prime minister,

his trust has been facing harsh questioning in the house of commons. trust is under intense pressure after scrapping almost all the proposed tax cuts and like job energy policy on monday for us is, is insisting that she would not quit during the hostile parliamentary session. with the speaker la with a long cones, new leader has achieved, a debut, has a delivered brother made debut policy, speech focused on security, and reviving the city's economy back. john lee was appointed in july by china following massive and at times violent pro democracy protests in hong kong which contributed to an economic downturn house today, lee has been sanctioned by the u. s. or his role in beijing crackdown on freedom. so i got clinical video to have it out if it'll 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 bare request for 8 from washington in september, after the hurricane completely knocked out the islands electricity supply. iranian climber, illness, reca bee has been welcomed back in tehran by cheering crowds after her sudden disappearance at a competition in south korea. there had been concerns about her safety after she competed without wearing a headscarf. that's a breach of iran's mandatory dress rules for women athletes. a competitive climate illness recovery is back in iran, greeted by a bouquet of flowers and cheering crowds outside terren air force. 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, 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 with the last comment as spark speculation that her statements may have been coerced. even the un has spoken out about her case. we are aware of that case and we are following it closely. i'm concerns are

being raised with the authorities as well. and what we have to stress is that women should never be prosecuted for what day, where i'm there 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 have entered a 5th week now the authorities, treatment of another woman, will be closely watched. earlier i spoke with nadine sharika e, a journalist, and you were on women's rights activist in london. i asked her what she makes of the statement that eleanor's recopy gave when she arrived in to rob. oh, it was completely obvious from her body language. the way she spoke 8, it wasn't and 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 compassion repeated at the same a story that went on and her instagram. so for us, we know other elements around the that we know iranian government under patterns of how they've been doing days. and this is another sign that it, the international communities approach. today's and awareness about her actually make this situation better for her. and she didn't vanish 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, one of up, the scores of people welcoming her at the airport. any idea who they were or how that crowd came together? yeah, i know some of my friends in toronto actually lived there. 8. it was 3 o'clock in the morning and it takes at least 2 to 3 hours depending on the traffic. therefore,

it is like that it says out of the city, but people started when the news came out. they instantly started talking about if you go to the airport. so make sure that she understand that she has the support of me. and because the, the judy courses are quite as fresh and around the country and the date of birth is happening in the united different parts of the 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 the car and they, they felt like they gave her the support she needed. how are iranians, both within iran and in a broad, reacting to this incident involving all those rug up the record be, and is it, uh, is it being linked in any way this incident to the ongoing protest generation? yes, so to understand what's happening in iran, it's really like understand what happens and what's in a brutal country that

a control every aspect of your life or cctv cameras. it really 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 assorted or process a's, actor individual. so one woman go to this, re a call for her job, and people who are gathering around her and support. this has been the act that started some years ago, but be in much more intense knowledge, but in not the is the not her act in that regard. so it doesn't matter if she can come out again and talk about it, or she continues this. i know that she wouldn't be able to participate in any competition from now on end. it is not ugly. but if you have memory essays with the

generation and i'm sure it would. ready be missing again if sharika e. thank you very much for talking with us. though to the americas, were large numbers of migrants from the south continued to move north under difficult and dangerous conditions. responding to this, the e. u has announced that it's boosting humanitarian aid for the region. but you, commissioner, for crisis management traveled recently to panama to meet refugees making their way through the notorious dorian gap. w's. alexander phenomena was their relief, panama city, heading south towards darienne gap and 100 kilometer long swath of dense rain forest. connecting columbia and panama, you commissioner for crisis management. yes, leonard church and his team have been pushing to get access to the area where the number of refugees and migrants has been growing. the eu has just quadrupled its

age to support those people to 2700000 euros. linux should says he wants to see the situation on the ground. i figure the lotto gummy coleman of gum to the 4th of 2007 can north in only 10 minutes. that's what we see. after perilous journey from columbia to panama. those who managed to survive the rain forest are brought in by local boats to la has blank, has 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 live. it's horrible that rank or steed 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 letting me do. i think it's very hard. he's tell you their

capacity. yeah. but if where if 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 a hard total after being registered by the authorities most are free to continue with their journey. their dream is a life in the united states that you commission and leonard church meets with families in private during his visit. he says he is moved by their stories, especially when i see a 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 seduce threatened. so that is, that is a, that is a big tragedy on the holdings here. we know that these people have been moved 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 of from migrants a terrible here that okay, me get the toilets are dirty. that hawaii, they don't respect hygiene standards anymore. 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 at a voice our concerns them both in regional and multinational level that they said that people know about is human tragedy of what we cannot do it alone. they believe that we need the information. we need cooperation from other countries who are part of the migration flow basic as well. but if you know,

it's clear that without ropes help, the situation would be much worse. commissioner leonard sh, it 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. you are watching dw news coming to you live from berlin. just reminder, the top story is we're following for you this. our russian president, vladimir putin, has declared martial law in 4 regions that were illegally annexed from ukraine last month. moved titans the kremlin is hold on those areas which have been seeing the ukrainian advance in recently there's been a heroes welcome tehran airport for iranian climber, illness brick. b, after she competed without a head scarf. but human rights groups are concerned that she could face punishment for breaking ran strict rules for women's attire. you're watching

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