like you may to change. ah, europe revealed starts november 3rd on d w. ah ah, ah, this is dw news alive from berlin rights groups warren protesters in iran are risking torture and even death. tens of thousands gather in the german capital to show their solidarity as demonstrations in iran enter a 6th week. also coming off of the shell blackouts across ukraine as russia launch is

a fresh wave of attacks on key infrastructure. pro moscow authorities order civilians to leave occupied her son while keeps forces, press their counter attack. it alise wears in its 1st far right leader since world war 2. george at maloney also becomes rome's 1st woman prime minister. and the chinese communist party, rubber stamped president she gin pings, grip on power. he is poised for an unprecedented 3rd term in office. ah, hello him. claire richardson, a very warm welcome to the show. we begin with a master rally here in berlin, in support of the protests in iran. demonstrators are calling for justice and freedom for the iranian people, as well as sanctions on the regime, inter, on least say 80000 people have turned out a women's collective,

lend the march proclaiming solidarity with oppressed women in iran. and as the unrest in iran enters a 6th week, security forces have made war arrests. the latest adoption of anger in it on in foot is recorded on friday. hundreds of andrey protesters in the city of the head on jaunt debt to the dictator in jeff vince to ayatollah khomeini. this time the public's leader, the wave of public descend, tripping it on in the week of the debt of gina martha, a meaning violent police custody is highly unusual. in this foot, as from the capitals they had on a man, has climbed a billboard to speak of fatty. the ad says the earth bears gold. he is writing and plastic steel, the cold it on invoices outside the country, like the national council of resistance of it on have been stepping up their own

protests such as this one in brussels. close to where you need us. we're holding a duty summit, austin, that european communities run you over a union earlier childers on their toes or no new regime. and what they are in, in peter law school in the season here on oscar regime change. they don't want any appeasement ready for you. in an address to the un security council, the suite, the u. s. me, it's nuclear. the eyes of the in tower world are on iran right now. courageous and brave iranians from across society. women and men are protesting the death of masa. i'm mary. they are protesting the fact that she was killed by the rainy and morality police for the crime of being a woman. but it on has warned western governments not to interfere. good weekend, uranian demon, are smart, the educated, dedicated, and patriotic,

and or their of their rights. they also understand how to engage with the governments in a peaceful and constructive manner in order to advance their rights. therefore, we advise those western states that they are not to require to act as guardians or caretakers of uranium. v men or a speak on their behalf, yet speak on their behalf. is what many of those protesting want given the scale of the challenge they face and standing up to the doctor see which has ruled their country for more than 40 years. now the latest on the war in ukraine renewed strikes on energy infrastructure are causing extensive blackouts. water supply facilities have also taken hats. moscow and kia are accusing each other of plotting it to blow up a vital hydro electric down. after sunset, darkness descends on neighborhoods and towns around keys. street lights are out and people navigate the suburbs with flashlights. ukrainians are getting used to

rolling power cuts off the russian missiles destroyed a 3rd of the countries power infrastructure. in the last 2 weeks alone, ukraine dominated the un security council meeting on friday about the destruction combined with soaring gas in cold prices. which caused by these attacks, threatens to expose millions of civilians to extreme hardship and even life endangering conditions this winter. and to be clear, under international humanitarian law and tax targeting, civilians and civilian infrastructure are prohibited. but in the latest phase of russia's war on ukraine, moscow defiantly says it will intensify a tax on ukraine's power water and other vital infrastructure up. there are growing fears. the next target will be the hydro electric works at kafka. russian troops took control of the dam, north of care, sewn on the nipper river. back in march. moscow has warned that ukrainian forces

are planning to destroy the dam. give, says russia has mind the dam and is planning a false flag attack, which it would blame on ukraine. this terrorist attack could lead to many thousands of victims and the flooding of dozens of settlements. we call on the u. n. the e u and other organizations for an international monitoring mission to kafka hydro electric power station, international experts should arrive at the station immediately along with ukrainian personnel to might be able to miss latonya spits at least arizona greens can personal military analysts fear that the russian army will blow up the dam to destroy, have sun, and cover their retreat from the area. a mass removal of civilians from car sun to russia and other russian controlled areas of ukraine is only fueling those fears. f more on this, i now joined by adama tiller sa ramos. so a senior lecturer at the department of war studies at kings college went and thank

you so much for taking the time to speak with us. i'd 1st like to get your thoughts on russia ramping up a tax on ukraine's critical energy infrastructure. what do you make of this? when i think it's already a couple of hours since or 10th of october that russia has spin ah bomb being quite to her by to blue to lee. i'm not of you playing any infrastructure under there. in my opinion. see objectives. one is a military objective, a to make it harder for ukrainians to model more effective condo offensive, which they are already doing the areas of perhaps on. but of course, if there isn't the right sort of infrastructure in place, it makes it harder for ukrainians. to carry out base operation on to have the right to sort of logistics behind it. it also, he's intended to sort of destroy the ukrainian economy, so as to make it really hard for ukrainians to have also sort of the, the economic on financial a beginning 80 to, to carry on as a state. so to turn in

a way ukrainian to completely face day done this also. i sort of ha acumen, darren objective or an objective to, to change potentially sort of the that the willingness of ukrainians to continue fighting on to put pressure on the ukranian government. so that it negotiates an agreement with russia because russians, as we know, i was growing military and out from here to so, and they started the, i think, yesterday mora mora, broadly to, to withdraw him for their forces from, from the areas in exxon. so they are really trying now to say, man to the, the areas that victories over the area, something on chrome. so the idea is really to, to exert a lot of pressure, also fiddle these attacks on the government of give, so that give a feel that it, you know, it has to reach some sort of agreement because otherwise that population is going to go through an extremely harsh and painful, winter and given that loss of territory on the battlefield. do you then see this as a change of strategy for russia targeting infrastructure rather than the ukranian

forces? yes, because they haven't been able to defeat ukraine on the battlefield. the grains of been extremely effective with a resources that they have on the intelligent son and equipment that is provided by the waste to be a, you know, like long as we saw in the north west, a excuse me, north east, in the areas around how to keep ah, they, they, they keep moving in that direction, although slowly i'm, they also moving now and around kid. so, and i'm the russians. i'm not able to really to defeat them on the batted fee and dumping these mobilization that has been going on now for several weeks. doesn't really produce the necessary results. so this is a way around, you know, a wrong job of adopting a strategy of absolute terror. they've done something similar in chechnya and they tried to replicate each year. they tried to renew iowa, so on forcing people that in the occupied territories, you know, to fight against their ukrainian sort of patriots. so they're trying to create

a system why by instead of having russians fighting ukraine young, they force ukrainians. it occupied territories to fight against you, grant onions. so they're really trying to find ways around the challenges that they're facing in terms of man met in terms of soldiers in terms of equipment, in terms of organization and their resulting to very brutal techniques which they have used in the past on di, you know, we wonder if that is going to have an effect. let's hope that i the resilience of ukraine continues. thank you so much for that update. really appreciate you taking the time to speak with us as alma tell us sacramento kings college london. while georgia maloney has been sworn in as italy's 1st woman prime minister. and it's a 1st far right leader since world war 2 alone. his brothers of italy party won last month's election, but needed support from other right wing parties to form

a government. georgia, maloney is sworn in by the italian president sergio mac corolla. yet it is, i swear to be loyal to the republic, to faithfully respect its constitutions. it slows and to exercise my role in the exclusive interest of the nation. 45 year old maloney takes office says italy's 1st woman prime minister, her deputy and foreign minister is antonio ta, jani. part of silvio berlusconi is conservative forts or italia, everybody got just a 2nd deputy prime ministers. mateo saw vini, head of the populace league, a party. and the order any that is, is some ministry is have new names reflecting the political makeup of the coalition . there is now a ministry of family and births and another for agriculture and food sovereignty.

suggesting a more nationalist approach towards the european union that booted you east that looking at these names and the political language. it's clear there is a swing to a more conservative and radical right you j a d day study can, maloney will give more details of our plans to parliament in the coming days. and the chinese communist party has wrapped up it's week long congress by rubber stamping president champagne. his poise to clench a 3rd term as party chief, making him china's most powerful leader since nots it on opening. china's 20th communist party congress last weekend. president eden ping set out his vision to the country's future and implied he'd be the one at the house to make it happen . manually often dull comrades buy a new me the party has made spectacular achievements through its great endeavors

over the past century in the year. sure. and then our new endeavors will surely lead to more spectacular achievements. but china's seemingly infallible leader had humble beginnings. she was born in beijing in 1953, the son of a high ranking party official. but in the 19th sixty's, his father fell fowl of chairman mao and the communist leadership and was thrown into prison. the young she was sent to the countryside for political reeducation and hard labor for 7 years. but instead of turning against the communist party, he embraced it and worked hard to rise to the talk. in november 2012, the relatively unknown gigi peng was named general secretary of the communist party . a few months later he succeeded huge in town as president of the people's republic of china. and by the end of, she's 1st 5 year term,

the communist party congress voted to have his philosophy written into the constitution. the only other leader to have the same honor is the father of chinese communism. mouser dung. since taking office, she has set about pursuing what he hailed as the chinese dream, to turn china into the world's dominant power under she, china has become more assertive on the international stage, fueled by growing patriotism at home. much of it based around teaching ping's image as china's strong man. but she has also overseen increased limitations on freedoms . expanding online censorship, and cracking down on opposition, voices, and legal documents, links she directly to human rights abuses against the muslim minority weakest. in 2018, the to term limits on the presidency was removed effectively,

allowing she to remain in power for life. me just before we go, let's get a reminder of our top story. at this hour, thousands have rallied here in berlin, in support of the protests in iran. they called for justice and freedom for iran, people and sanctions against the regime and tech on iranian security forces. to have made more arrests. i play richardson in berlin and that is your news update at this hour. a vibrant habitat ended glistening place of long the mediterranean sea. seen it almost far into far dual career drift along with exploring modern lifestyles and the editor.