i say politics starts october 21st on the w a. ah ah, this is dw slide from berlin. vladimir putin declares marshall law in for ukrainian, reaches the announcement titans moscow's grip on territories that russia has illegally annexed last month. meanwhile, hooton's top general in ukraine admits that his front line troops are facing difficulties and heroes. welcome at toronto airport,

for an iranian climber who competed abroad without a head scarf, her best concern she may yet be punished for breaking iran. strict islamic rules for women's dreads. ah, i'm glad else as well come to the program. russian president vladimir putin has declared martial law in the 4 regions of ukraine that moscow has annexed after a series of discredited votes. put in, made the announcement in a televised statement to members of his security council. the decree, hands more passed to local officials in the those occupied regions. officials installed by russia in san that's one of the 4 regions are moving civilians out of

the area in the face of advancing ukrainian forces. that's it. some more of what president put in the had to say with this is, you know, let me remind you that martial law was in effect in the donuts people's republic. the lu hans people's republic in the her son and parisha regions you ever since their entry into the territory of russia if you just them. yep. 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. meanwhile, the commander of russian troops in ukraine has been forced to acknowledge difficulties on the frontlines. moscow struggling to maintain its hold on several strategic positions and regions. moscow illegally annexed in the east and in the south. a fierce battle for control over here, san 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. and to give the russian army room to maneuver what we have 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 nepa river. but vowed that moscow's forces would fight to the death. keeping harrison 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, villiers another blow. now,

further actions and plans regarding the city of his song 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 a thought 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 leading 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 in russia to the rain was one of the last independent news networks that was shut down by the kremlin. the channel editor of nichol, rina country club, is still working outside russia. and she gave us her take on to teens declaration of martial law. this is something that brings us very close to the moment when the

president of russian federation and, and his employees including their representatives, the freshman government would be forced to name this situation. a war because so far they were insisting on the special military operation, so called special needs ration. not acknowledging, not telling russians that this is actually a war going on. not only in ukraine, but also on the part of the russian federation. on the border. there are right now, right now, serious situation in bill got old region for example. we can see that the shelling missiles are on the ground right now these days and during, during the month last month. so people are scared to death in russia after the so called partial month ization, that wouldn't, has declared after this martial law that he has adopted a couple of hours ago. it's becoming closer and closer to russians. and you know,

we are so used to this narrative that trust and do not care about what's going on in the ukraine about the death of civilians about atrocities. so right now, even though who really did not care, i'm insisting that they're not majority, but of course there were people who did not care about what's going on because they were comfortable in their own lives. so even this people now are knowledge in their understanding that this war is coming to their homes. and this is a very important moment. right now. even the russian command of the new russian commander in ukraine as a vehicle has said that things are difficult in the occupied region. does this admission come as a surprise to of course, because before the sewer begins, the representatives, the minister of defense of russia, there were repeating on and on this war it's about about the

victory about the plan which is being completed about everything is all right. and so on and so forth right now, as soon as he can is presented by letting reputed by kremlin as the person who comes within you approach. and i was astonished yesterday, i can honestly say when i, when i was reading the telegram channels, the russian for done to face says, saying the same thing about pseudo because that this is the guy who is opened with us, who is fair and honest with us. this isn't you approach of minister of defense and she is becoming a hero, a symbol of new stage of the so called special new reparations. and they really hope that, you know, meeting the problems will bring, eventually russia to the big victory and ukraine,

an occupation not only of this and next territory, but also on key f and wolf and other parts of ukraine. so this is something and he is someone who they think can bring maybe even hope for those russians who are cared, as i said. and those russians who don't want to be part of this war, that was because of the culture god's in the editor from tv right now, let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. the europe in parliament has given its top human rights toward the zeros price for freedom. freedom of thought to the ukrainian people and their representatives, european parliament, president robert m. at sola said you ukrainians were risking their lives for european values. at least 8 people have been killed in a bombing at the gates of mia mars made prison for political detainees. the bomb

exploded in an area where parcels were being delivered that include 5 people who had been delivering parcels along with 3 prison staff. the giant arm of a grant mosque in the, in an asian capital to carter, has collapsed after fire, broke out workers who had been renovated. the mosque have been taken for questioning. the fire lasted for several hours. please say there are no casualties . bouquets, interior minister swell. a brave man has become the latest member of the government to leave office just weeks after being appointed prime minister list stross has been on the huge pressure since she was forced to change her signature economic policy due to negative market reactions. the reigning climber, l as recovery, has been welcomed back in tehran by cheering crowds after a sudden disappearance at a competition and south korea had been concerns for her safety after she competed

without wearing a headscarf. that's a breach of iran's strict islamic dress rules for women. competitive climate. elmer's recovery is back in iran greeted by a bouquet of flowers and cheering crowds outside tear an 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 there these lamps, republic mandates that all female athletes where the he jab, recovery his claim competing without the hijab 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, a 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 her with the authorities as well. and what we have to stress is that women should never be prosecuted for what they, where are there to should they should never be and subjected to violations, such as arbitrary detention or, or any kind of violence with regards to what they were anti government protests in iran spot for the death of a woman in the custody of the countries notorious morality police. i've entered

a 5th week. now the authorities, treatment of another woman, will be closely watched. the head of the world health organization says urgent action is needed in the fuel peon. region of tea cry, in order to avert genocide, a civil war between the if the opium government and neighboring eritrea on one side and they take right people's liberation front on the other. as been 4th since 2020 balance has intensified since a truce broke down in august. here's what b, w h o chief at to say. this is a health crisis for 6000000 people and the world is not paying enough attention. i urge the international community and the media to give this crisis the attention it deserves. there is a very narrow window. now to prevent genocide,

i repeat. there is a very narrow window now to prevent genocide into gray. un has also warned that the fighting antique rye is spiraling out of control and has repeated at school for an immediate cease fire. countless people are at risk of going hungry as the open government tightens. a blockade women prepare food for troops on the front line for our safety and survival they chant for to gray television cameras. for nearly 2 years, war has been raging between to grice, regional, rulers and ethiopian in eritrea and troops. the to grey forces a practically surrounded and addis ababa is severely restricting humanitarian aid from entering the area of the flag. this the blockaded un human rights commission has documented the 8 blockade where it went to

a record came out just a few weeks ago. and it details for the 1st time, very clearly by the way that you feel pee inside has been using hunger as a weapon. options and it's of course, explicitly criticizes that it is yet as much as you and or dish. this is sure, a year ago to grind fighters had driven out ethiopian military to much celebration . now the city, one of the biggest into gray, has been recaptured by ethiopian in eritrea and troops. there is no new footage. hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians are estimated to have been killed since the beginning of the conflict, largely out of the site of the world's media. the un says more than 5000000 people now rely on food aid, nearly 90 percent of the population. every 3rd child is suffering from malnutrition, and infant and maternal mortality are also much, much higher than before the conflict. the devastated health care system has made the situation even worse or ever is remitted is severely funky. and

according to the original, his amazon educational deficiency was because of the story. the region was already suffering from the effects of climate change. now with the conflict, the crisis is rapidly becoming a humanitarian catastrophe. and that said from me and another steam of finale call foliage. we'll have an update for you. at the top of the hour, eric went his founded of you anyway, another feature from a dock film series. following off to a short grab office in berlin, i spoke. ah ah, i have been that done. i have been beat that because we try to to show 30 of faith mafia all over the world. environmentalists are in danger. the enemy, roofless corporations, corrupt government agencies, and.