ah ah ah ah, this is dw news lying from berlin. vladimir putin declares martial law and for ukrainian regions, the announcement tight and moscow's grip on territories that russia illegally annexed last month. meanwhile, hooton's top general and ukraine admits that his front line troops are facing difficulties. heroes, welcome

a tear on airport for an iranian climber who competed abroad without a headscarf. ah, but there is concern. she may yet be punished for breaking iran. strict islamic rules for women's dress and in panama. refugees are breathing one of the world's most dangerous migration routes, and the european union wants to show them. they haven't been forgotten. ah, i'm nichol foolish. welcome to the program. russian president vladimir putin has declared martial law in the 4 regions of ukraine that moscow illegally annexed after a series of discredited boats just weeks ago. kremlin, back to officials in her son, one of those regions announced it would move civilians out of the area ahead of

unexpected ukrainian offensive a step that could amount to force deportation. his son was one of the 1st ukrainian cities to fall to russian forces. now ukraine is preparing to retake control these images by a russian and sold official claim to show fortifications outside the city as fresh and forces are retreating from her son. vladimir putin blames ukraine for defending its territory. get his ymca, the cave regime refused to recognize the will of the people, rejects any proposals for negotiation, as gunfire continue, so civilians di you've not nearly this one could in declare martial law in the 4 ukrainian region. said moscow, legally annexed murphy. jose mickely marrow, we're working on solving very complex, large scale tasks out to ensure security and protect the future of russia to protect our people that she can, that are who do the move for seen as

a clear response to reason military setbacks as ukraine counter fence if advances are of san marcos, growing up in the situation in the area of the special military operation can be described as tents. the enemy is not abandoning its attempts to attack russian forces such oh it was is that it is your horse. the listeners, our further actions and plans regarding the city of her san itself will depend on the military and tactical situation. i repeat, it is already very difficult and i will as of to day nursery ordinance again this morning about a 3rd put ins decree came on the day that russian and sold officials in the ukrainian city of harrison announced they would move civilians in anticipation of an imminent ukrainian attack and we can now speak to investigative journalist and writer catherine belt, and she works for the washington post, and she is the author of the 2020 bucket buttons. people. miss belton,

welcome to the w. what do you make of put in declaring martial law in the annex territories? what's a strategy here? and he's obviously very worried about this ukrainian counter offensive. it does look like the very, very clinic not taking care. so and, and he's sort of making steps to make it clear to his population that this is your cranes, aggression, not russians, aggression. and in fact, an advisor to the defense ministry has said that he's worried that the russians are doing the, preparing the ground for a kind of a mis inflammation campaign. he's worried that this evacuation is requiring the ground brought some kind of bombing attack, which then the russians could blame on the cranium. so there's all kinds of shuffling going on. but really, the bottom line is the last to reach in is going to be very big. every little makes is a further escalation that things, if you just digging

a deeper and deeper hole for himself, or can he actually turn the tide of the war? you know, it's very difficult, obviously he's already been backed into sourcing the mobilization of his own people . you'd always promised that he was never going to have to do that. it's a deeply and popular step which really undermines the foundations of his own presidency. his legitimacy is president, is based on his popularity. i'm ready by bringing the war home to russians. now, bringing it, not, it's not like it was popular women russians because they were watching on this as if they were watching a football match on tv. but now they're risking the life of the ones people who might not come back from the front who's going to be trained and equipped to fight mean craniums. and really he never want to measure that. he never wanted to take, and it's already on the thinking very vulnerable to criticism within his need. and by declaring martial law is also in a way, admitting that russia is,

in fact at war something that he's trying to avoid until now, by labeling it a special military operation. hasn't he? what could be the domestic repercussions of this? you know, i think, i mean, with each stage over the past month as russia has lost more and more territory ukrainians, which in that is sort of preparing the ground. it seems with the recognition of what he's called as special military reparation as a war. first, you have mobilize ation now the marshal, who are in the ukranian regions and kind of a semi marshal status even within the russian regions itself on the borders of ukraine is going to be strict on him. and he cannot make mobilize ation to support the effort. though the wireless, it's creeping closer and closer to that and really having a big impact on his standing in the lead on among the population. there was

a recent opinion by the criminal make public opinion foundation, which found that 70 percent of russians and now very, very anxious about what's going on. he's really bringing, bringing the situation home to russian. i think his position is much more for terry than it's ever been in his entire presidency. who is still on board with this war. he wrote a book called people who are poor people at this stage. you know, we're seeing divisions emerge within the around him. of course there are hard liners to who are pressing preaching to act as or against ukraine. i mean, he himself, was, sees, this was that he began almost by accident because he believed that, you know, at the sight of russian troops, president lensky of reclaimed, would just run away. i didn't think he ever in the business that

a month on he's still be fighting this war but has gone on. he's backed into a corner or a hard liners, such as if any pretty good. and he's a long time i let his from st. petersburg, who has sent his own rest and me into the fight and ukraine. there is another who called nikolai potter ship, who is the head of versus security council, who was very instrumental in and paving the way towards that's more in ukraine. he told who turned just days before and now infamous security council meeting, that's the u. s. with using ukraine as a platform to destabilize russia and undermine it. and he told or put in that we are a task is to defend a russia sovereignty and territorial integrity. they pretty much have includes what to do. so he's definitely a whole. but there are definitely those within versus economic. and now who are

becoming more and more a gasket? what's going on? in the summer? they will perhaps content to that the will rumble on in east ukraine. they were hoping to divert trade, those china and india, and avoidance of western sanctions. but that's becoming ever more difficult and seeing who to lose territory. and that's not just a loss to his popularity it's, it's kind of a loss to his standing within the leaks and suddenly he is coming back. game has been going to great lengths to place the blame for russian defeats on his defense minister, but he is the commander in chief of the russian armed forces. so are people starting to point fingers on him? well, we've seen some reporting out in the u. s. i think from some, some colleagues who said that who tim had with personally taking command of the all me that he was actually issuing orders himself trying to sort of,

kind of in bagel himself into the day to day operations. so at some point, it's going to come back to bite to, i mean thanks on most of the criticism has been directed at his military chief, but i think that's getting harder and harder to keep the lid on, especially as we see this constant retreat. catherine belltime, investigative journalist and writer, let her speaking to you tonight. thank you so much. so what would it take to end russia? the war in ukraine, the w sarah kelly and the host of conflict. don't put that question to nato secretary general. yes. stilton burke couldn't 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, regardless of who's in charge there. and we will continue to call him to end this

war. it was president that started this war on its present president putting an end this war to morrow. why enjoying his forces? we have to remember that if president tutor russia stop. so i think there will be peace in sky and ukraine sub. so i think ukraine will cease to exist as in the plantation and we don't want that to happen. that's exactly why we provide support to grant. and you can watch the entire interview on conflict zone that is right after this program in 20 minutes time, or what did online of now take a look at some of the other stories related to russia's war and ukraine. the european parliament has given its top human rights award, the sahara prize for freedom of thought to the ukrainian people and their representatives, european parliament, president roberto mon sola saying ukrainians were risking their lives for european values. turkeys president, rich of type ardon, has told members of his party in parliament that he's come to an agreement with vladimir putin to build a natural gas hub in turkey. the facility would be used to supply europe with gas

via turkey. the 2 leaders discussed the idea at a regional summit last week. the iranian climber elements were copy, has been welcomed back in terror on 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. strict islamic dress rules for women. 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, there, these lamps, republic mandates that all female athletes where the he jab,

recovery his claim competing without the head 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. um, concerns are being raised here with the authorities as well. and what we have to

stress is that women should never be prosecuted for what day. 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 around spot for the death of a woman in the custody of the countries notorious morality police prevented a 5th week. now the authorities, treatment of another woman, will be closely watched the head of the world health organization as urgent action is needed in these european region of tea cry. in order to avert genocide, a civil war between the philippine government and neighboring era tray on one side and the t cry, people's liberation front on the other has been fought since 2020 while as has intensified since a truce broke down in august. here's what the w h o chief said. 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, the united nations has warned that the fighting and t gray is spiraling out of control and has repeated it's call for an immediate cease fire. countless people are at risk of going hungry as the philippine government tightens a blockade. really women prepare food for troops on the front line for our safety and survival. they chant for to gray television commerce, for nearly 2 years war has been raging between to grice regional rulers, an ethiopian in eritrea and troops to grey forces. a practically surrounded and

addis ababa is severely restricting humanitarian aid from entering the area of the flogger. this the blockade as you and human rights commission, has documented the 8 blockade way in which a record came out just a few weeks ago. and it details for the 1st time very clearly by the way that you feel pin site has been using hunger as a weapon. it options and it's of course, explicitly criticizes that socrates yet does not wish and or dish. this is sherry 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 were ever is remitted. is there any funky and according to the original, his amazon emotional deficiency was just on 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. let's take this to samuel got a chill and he threw up in journalists following the conflict. he joins us now from nairobi. samuel, what's the situation on the ground antique right at the moment. what we know at the moment is it's getting close. the ethiopian forces are getting close to mccully. they have recaptured the town of sherry,

which is the town does the whole more for the head of the t. t p. live diversity on dr. deborah tian. so they're getting close. there doesn't seem to be any willingness to compromise on this conflict that began almost 2 years ago and has affected millions of your parents even famine that really defined ethiopia, the 108485 faith europe and famine seems to be coming to this region and ask where we are at the moment, and there are reports of people being deprived of access to health care. we just saw food, education, and financial aid. how does the ethiopian government justify that blockade? will they throw open? government is blaming t p a live and t p f as countering the argument that it's them that's preventing aid from arriving to the region of the great. it's not just to gray, that's been affected by this conflict. it's also, i'm har and are far, but the open government has said once the culture towns like cheri and alameda,

they're going to open a humanities her, and corridor to assist the people love her really suffering as a result of this conflict. there. they have also had part of, i'm higher, we'll be accessible to organizations like w, f, p to ensure that food aid woods, cider wood finally arrived to this region that has been deprived of much of the basic humanitarian need that's really needed in this region. eritrea has become a major player in this conflict. can you explain what the neighboring countries role is and all of this? well, they so can prime minister a year ago said that there are chance are getting involved to really fight for the interest. he has said from parliament that there's fear that they might take over or there might really outreach their borderline and come to to guy and really

disturb a or that the peer left might come to eric she and side and really disturbed the interest of chia. so he's been saying that they're only involved to really keep their interest intact. but they're cheaper left has been saying that they're involved trying to perhaps, you know, create some kind of genocide, but the children government has insisted that's not why they are involved. but they're involved to really keep their interest in tact. but again, this conflict i have to highlight has really affected millions of if your parents, the u. n. has been echoing the problem in terms of how many millions have been. busy have been, become victims of this really violent, this war that began 2 years ago. and so just are facing ethiopia, but thousands of ethiopians have been heading to the sudan looking for some kind of safety net,

just really not available at home yet. peace negotiations have been post found just recently. is there any hopes of reaching a compromise or negotiations and reaching piece there has been rumors that they're going to have some kind of peace negotiation happening in south africa. the last the negotiation, those to have taken place in south africa, the head, the for the former president of kenya who kenyatta has said that he wasn't consulted enough to really push this negotiation to move forward. that cheap enough has been saying that they have been consulted in care of, in terms of their logistical support, thus needed to transport them to south africa to really sit down with the children side and agree on some kind of c 4. but there is a uniform like understanding between both sides, that this war, unless it's stopped or slowed down,

is going to be our 50 minutes of your parents on both sides, samuel get to choose. we can test from there. okay, thanks. thank you. and us and take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. at least 8 people have been killed in a bombing at the gates of me on mars main 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 dome of grand mosque and the indonesian capital jakarta has collapsed after a fire broke out workers who had been renovating the mosque have been taken for questioning. the fire lasted several hours. police said there are no casualties. and the americas were large numbers of migrants from the south. continue to move north under difficult and dangerous conditions. responding to this, the you has announced that it's boosting humanitarian aid for the region. the you

commissioner for crisis management traveled recently to panama to meet refugees making their way through the new tory is darian gap. did always alexandra phenomena was there. 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. he and as 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 has just quadrupled its age 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 over now on 2007 can north in only 10 minutes. that's what we see

after perilous journey from columbia to panama. those were 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 the insects and the lack of drinking water already live. it's horrible that rang for steve belize, the flooded rivers. you need to cross by robes. that, oh yes. i think i love you to see all 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 end this nightmare. nowhere to me, it's very hard. he's valuable. apasetti. yeah. but if where ever 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 awfully to continue with the journey. their dream is a life in the united states. you commission and leonard church meets with families in private during his visit. he says he is moved by they are 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 tackle that. 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 and 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 projects 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 emma to national level that they said that people know about is human tragedy of what we cannot do it alone. their band is 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 the 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. and a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you today. russian president vladimir putin has declared martial law and for regions that were illegally annexed

from ukraine. last month. the decree, titans, the prem lens, hold on those areas, which have been seeing a ukraine in advance in recent weeks. and there's been a heroes. welcome at tara airport for a rainy climber, illness recovery after she competed without a head scarf in south korea. but human rights groups are concerned that she could face punishment for breaking a run strict rules for women's. the time i saw the news for now state you in for conflict down where sarah kelly talked to nato secretary general against stoughton bert about the war and ukraine with awe with

you and the conflict zone with sarah kelly. moscow has set up a pre winter campaign to strike civilian infrastructure in ukraine using missiles

and drown my guest this week on conflict building from the berlin foreign policy for him. and middle secretary general jen thornton, bur. how far can natal members increase the portable ukraine go to help keep? repel putting the invasion completely on w. o. again, they get all the harvesters. are immigrants, like if they come in, everything you enjoy, eating at home with your family, was harvested by people who are being exploited id a need to, we can keep doing what we're doing in classes. we need to be commit sustainable as possible. and that's why your green revolution absolutely necessary.

europe revealed the future is being determined. now, our documentary series will show you how people, companies and countries are we thinking everything and making major changes? if we don't do something, our children won't be able to enjoy fresh air. euro revealed starts november 3rd on d. w. moscow has set up a pre winter campaign to strike civilian infrastructure in ukraine using missiles and drones, as nato members promised to send keep more air defense systems. my guess this week on conflict zone from the berlin foreign policy for him is nato secretary general. yes, dalton burn. how far can natal members increase support for ukraine? go to help keep, repel.