i'm a change and environmental conservation is taking shape around the world and how we can all make a difference. knowledge grows through sharing. download it now for free. ah this is the w news light from berlin digging in for the heaviest of battles. ukraine says russian troops are preparing to defend the largest city under control in the strategically important region, or has also on the program raining activist call for more protests as the traditional morning period for gina mazda. i mean,

e n g died in police custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing package are incorrect. ah, i'm feel, go welcome to the program. russian forces are digging in and preparing to defend the partially occupied the southern region of hare son. and that's according to a senior ukrainian official gradient. troops have been forcing the russians back and liberating land in the region for weeks. now they are closing in on russian forces on the west bank of the disney pro river. anticipating the ukrainian advanced kremlin back, 2 thirties have been moving civilians to locations, father, east, but adviser to president the landscape as moscow is strengthening its frontline, her son. rather than preparing to retreat. let's pick that up with a correspondent. funny for shaw a neck. keith. welcome, a funny ha,

but russian forces changed tactics instead of recent withdrawal to be east bank of the may pro or you're hearing that they're setting up, or they're in the midst of setting up a local militia in her city. you may indicate that they are running out of people literally, that they want locals actually to join russian forces to help fight ukrainian forces. and this is exactly to worry that people, hattie all the wife. what if it comes to the situation it's been already do reported by the way, from the don bus region, the local ukrainian civilians have to pick up the weapon and actually fired other ukrainians. now we do not know exactly for this very moment. what is actually happening in that regional capital, simply because there's no access for johnny. so when it comes to russian occupied territories, at least for the most part, what we do know that ukraine is continuing is counter offensive. and even though via just few right now, due to bad rather, a debt offensive is also experiencing

a little bit of a slow down. while at the same time, russia, that they're not just going to simply give up on harrison city or the region as a whole. yes, to have been repelled from certain our scores of, of villages and settlements over the course of the past weeks. but at the same time, the definitely wanna make sure that they can maintain control of a harrison city at the biggest see the actually that they've been able to control from a pretty much the beginning of this war for march 2nd. so what is happening in terms of counter offensive from ukraine and russia trying to defend their positions? it's hard to get a complete and clear picture, but once again, fill one thing is certain that russia is not just going to easily give up on this strategically important regional capital. let's look at that a funny. so what is it about the city that means bases where russia is going to make a spam throughout the whole of this region, of course, was it starting point to ukraine,

is that if you zoom in on that map you see is on the southern part of ukraine, you also see that how soon a house in region is establishing basically a land cory door to crimea. this land core, your report to russia, forces right now, this war to supply the forces with reference to make sure that they can continue to advance from the southern front while for ukraine of course, it is crucial to maintain to control again over the entire region. specifically over her son city, because with that, they actually had the chance to advanced further to the south. and it may be even to get a grip on crimea. something that's been an ax more than 8 years ago in 2014. so boss will ukraine, and for russia it really comes down to her. so city, when the connect this with the question, just how the war is going to continue. a lot is going to be decided how the next phase of this war is going to be like, depending on who is going to have the upper hand here over how so city feel funny,

aphasia i k. thank you so much. as iran were activists, the staging protest amal, the end of the morning period for gina masa. i mean the, the young woman who died 40 days ago, after being detained by the countries morality, felice of the cemetery in her home town in kurdistan. province of morn as mock the day with more demonstrations. now this is a video from today which has been verified by d. w, and shows dozens of protests as of the cemetery chanting slogans against the reggie activists. say security force is warned me nisa family, a games to holding a ceremony. demonstrations have been gaining momentum despite a crackdown which is set to have killed a hundreds of people including children. many of the protesters, according for the overthrow of the regime and the supreme leader, ayatollah ali hominy. now he says the demonstrations are being orchestrated by foreign governments and a part of an effort to undermine iran. he also says he will punish protesters

ah, debt to harmony, death to the dictator. the slogan you hear any ron's street protests. it's directed at this man, ayatollah ali company, the supreme leader of the country. since the beginning of the unrest in september, he has belittled his critics. the protests by iranian women and girls are controlled from abroad. he claims in bedroom, it is either candidate and it's quite tired that all this was planned by america caught on the faint, quoted energy, missouri being zionist regime, that jelly and his followers the harmony has fought all his life for iran to be an islamic state of god and to remain so he began training as a cleric during his childhood. in the 1950s. at that time, iran was ruled by the shore, an autocrat who severely limited the influence of religion in the country. how many

joy antola khomeini's opposition movement and was arrested a number of times by the shaw's secret service. when khomeini led to his lamp revolution in 1979 and overthrew the shot to the cheers of millions, homogeneity rise in the newly established regime began. khomeini died 10 years later and company was chosen by the religious council of experts to succeed him. since then, he has been the supreme authority in iran, although there are regular presidential elections in the country, in which hominy also votes. but in the end it is he not the president who has the final say in all decisions and he has made his positions clear time and time again . in foreign policy, he sees the usa and israel as arch enemies, and he has repeatedly denied the holocaust. even as cuz domestically he relies on censorship, strict surveillance and a security apparatus that is supposed to defend the ideals of the islamic

revolution under harmony. the iranian revolutionary guard has become an important power factor. and in notorious a lead force that has repeatedly put down protests in 2009 after reading the presidential election. and again, now, in the protest, following the death of gena monta armine hominy backs the crackdown them in a thought they could approve the tree of these la mac republic. in the on that small tree has now turned into a massive tree. anyone who even thinks about the protein is treating them is completely wrong. how many once said that he is ready to sacrifice everything for the revolution and islam wrong. and he has always defended his power with harshness and resolve. will take a look at small stores making news around the world. now, under the syrian refugees have returned home from lebanon under a repatriation scheme of the government. paused during the pandemic lebanese or

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a positive night for german sides in champions. lee ashen on tuesday. gregory cor bells penalty save help dormant hold manchester city to a gold straw. the points enough adornment to qualify for the competitions at last 16 and our b. leipzig edged close to joining dormant in the last 16 after beating, defending champions rail madrid 3 to a bell advance if they avoid defeat against a shocked arden yet collect next week. jailed us basketball star, brittany grider has lost her appeal against her 9 year prison sentence in russia, and she was arrested at moscow airport for being in possession of fate. cartridges containing cannabis oil. in february, the substance is banned in russia, but is legal in arizona where she lives with granite lawyer say she was prescribed medical cannabis for chronic pain. because of a sports injury. brittany griner appeared fire video link from her prison south her appeal more out of hope than any real expectation of success. but addressing what

she called her honest mistake, she asked the court for leniency. i've been here almost a month and he was more severe. i've gotten less then. well, i do have to do with all those in town to well that i do grain has mistake with being caught with cannabis. oil in her back age to moscow, airports back in february in august. she was sentenced to 9 years in jail, drug smuggling and possession. the backdrop to this, of course, is russia's war in ukraine. rhina us citizen is one of the world's best basketball players. a 2 time olympic champion,

a support is considered her report in russia's political game. the us reiterated the on call for her immediate really nothing in the previous sentence, nothing in the result of today's appeal changes the fact that the united states government considers and screener to be wrongfully detained. this man could be grind as best hope of being set free fit to boot. a russian arms dealer serving a 25 year sentence in the u. s. has reportedly been see, it is part of a potential prisoner swap. russia, they're apparently unwilling to negotiate. while grain has court protest continues . after the rejection of her repeal, greiner was led away by prison guard should now be transferred to one of russia's notoriously harsh penal colony to set the rest of her sentence. added as says its ending, its partnership with american rapid county west obese antique semitic remarks. germans pours where giant col treated by the wrapper who now calls himself yay!

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