we don't do something our children won't be able to enjoy fresh air. you are a 3, d starts november 3rd on d, w b. ah, this is the w news line from burn, then digging in for the heaviest of battles. ukraine says russian troops are preparing to defend the largest city under their control. they strategically important region of hass song also on the program raining activist stage, more protests of the morning period for gina masa many. and she died in police

custody after being arrested for allegedly where to package up incorrectly on the franco german motor. the heart of the european union appears to be suffering malfunction. we look at what's behind the current coding of relations between channel shots and president macro as a meet and the french capital. aah! i'm so gale. welcome to the program. russian forces are digging in and preparing to defend the partially occupied southern region of her son. now that's according to a senior ukrainian official ukrainian troops have been forcing the russians back and liberating land in the region. 4 weeks. now they're closing in on russian forces in the west bank of the denay, pro river, anticipating the ukrainian advance kremlin back or thirties have been moving civilians to locations,

father east. but an adviser to president lansky says moscow is strengthening its frontline and has some rather than preparing to retreat. so that's a look at what's likely to happen. why dr. marina myron, who's our research fellow in the center for the military ethics in london, a welcome to d. w. talk to my own b. ukrainian approach to rethinking hass on seems to be more cautious than the lightning counter offenses we've seen previously. is that a reason for that? absolutely is so her son, an offensive has been announced for a while now. i think since the beginning of august and lansky has been promising a counter offensive on her son and re taking her phone because of its both political and strategic importance. however, as of early october, we haven't seen a lot of ground being gained by the ukrainian forces and, and her son. and of course,

the russians are seeing that they have changed their approach and they are concentrating their forces in person and creating local militias there. ok, and what is, is about the city oh, the region. this is why this is where russia chooses to to make a stand. well, 1st of all, we have to understand that the geographic location of her son is very important because on the one hand, it is a key to crimea in terms of logistics. on the other hand, it is the only original capital being captured by russian forces and the one that they still control. so it would be strategically fatal for russians to lose her son after so many a loss. cities, for instance, in the arc of region in the soon now layman. so they had to rethink their approach and to completely change the situation to what,

what they're doing right now and looks more like a classic counter insurgency approach words at creating local militia. they are building up defenses, ashland defenses. they're sending the civilians away. so it, it is quite a lot at stake for russians, especially for putting the who, if he loses her song that might have a lot of political blow back. because he has received a lot of criticism from hard liners. and as a result of which he initiated those air strikes on the rest of ukraine's critical infrastructure, because russian forces are being too slow and soft and they're losing territory. okay, so this is important for both sides. and you mentioned the fact that the russian soldiers are moving civilians out of have some city and fortifying the 50. how is that? this is changed to pops a urban warfare tactics. how is that gonna change the ukranian approach?

the problem in sept or urban warfare is challenging for both sides for the defendant and for the attackers. so both belligerents have to shift their mindset because when you are fighting in an urban area, essentially there will be civilian. so from the perspective of international humanitarian law, you would not want to harm civilians or harm civilian infrastructure. so that is more of a problem for ukraine because everybody's watching. and so the ukranian forces more challenged in this way to stick to international law and not to break it because a whole world is watching them for the russians who doesn't present the same kind of problem. and besides that, at the cities infrastructure is there for and there were, there might be all loads of sensory capabilities. it might be more much more difficult for you bringing troops to operate in her son. because the russians had

the advantage to prepare their defenses there. and obviously on the top of the agenda for the ukrainian forces is not to completely destroy the city during the siege. so it's going to be quite challenging and time here is a factor because the winter is looming and that will complicate operation for both sides. so the ukranian forces are now under a lot of pressure to deliver what has been promised by the political leadership to show the international community that indeed the aid they have received. if not, has not been given in vain and that the ukrainian forces can mount counter offensive. so from tactical and strategic and political points, a few, this is going to be very, very interesting and complicated at the same time. that's very clear. thank you so much for admiring that for us dr. marina myra, from the center for the ministry ethics in london. thank you. the reports coming in that iranian security forces,

a fire guns and t. a gas at protest is in the hometown of a gina, massa mini. the woman who died in police custody 40 years ago. this video is from today, and the d. w has verified the footage which shows that dozens of protesters at the cemetery shouting slogans against the regime today. now active is saying security services, warner media, something against holding the ceremony. now it demonstrates is demonstrations in other times of also be gaining momentum. let's, despite a crackdown which is set to killed hundreds of people, including children. now women and girls leading many of the protests and being confronted by riot police on the streets and witnesses across the country, have spotted a heavy deployment of security forces. not many of the protesters according to the overthrow of the regime and the supreme leader taller ali, um and i, he says the demonstrations are being orchestrated by foreign governments to

undermine iran. and that protesters will be punished ah, dents to hum a ne, death to the dictator. slogans often heard during iran street protests. it's directed at this man. i a toller ali humanae, the supreme leader of the country. since the beginning of the unrest in september, he has belittled his critics. he says the protests by iranian women and girls are controlled from abroad in battle home. it is either canada or bon bons, quartz hired that all this was planned by america, caught on the face quoted as you move surfing zionist regime, red jack the and his followers t. i'm a ne, has fought all his life for iran to be in islamic republic. he began training as a cleric during his childhood. in the 1950s, at that time, iran was ruled by the shaw and autocrat who severely limited the influence of

religion in the country. company, then joined the ayatollah khomeini, is opposition movement. he was even arrested several times by the shaws, secret service companies rise to power began when khomeini led the islamic revolution in 1979, and over through the shaw to the cheers of millions. establishing company as part of the new regime. khomeini died 10 years later, and homei 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 come a ne, also votes. but in the end it is he not the president who has the final say, and he has made his positions clear a time and time again. in foreign policy, he sees the usa and israel as arch enemies, and he has repeatedly denied the holocaust domestically. he relies on censorship,

surveillance and security forces are supposed to defend the ideals of the islamic revolution under harmony. the iranian revolutionary guard has become a notorious force that has repeatedly quashed protests, including in recent weeks following the death of gina masa armine in police. custody company says he backs the crack down younger than in the a thought they could. a brute the tree of these la mic republic, in the on that small tree has now turned into a massive tree. anyone who even thinks about a protein is treeing that is completely wrong. on as ease, harmony, one said that he is ready to sacrifice every thing for the revolution and for islam . and he has always defended his power with few compromises for speaking to him begging sugar, whose an iranian activist and campaign for women's rights is not based in london. i started by asking her what it's like to watch these mass protests in

a home country. a really heart warming to actually see this amount of bravery on the streets of the rod. if there really proof hole crackdown, as you mentioned, you may think report that the government doesn't stop at anything. they just kill people on the trees. we just received the picture of a mom that has been killed in, in a car in front of her child, just because she was filming with her mobile phone. it's really, really cold on the street. and the main thing, pictures that they are seeing of the number of massive number of people going down on the streets and protesting it. there's no war to drive it as how we are feeling what we are doing outside the run. we're just trying to beat the voice and support them and find a way to give them more encouragement, hence feel to be able to continue asking for what the asked for. there's not much we can do as outside is other than the kind of emotional

support, but i think the outside governments, international community can do much bigger things and they haven't got to that point kit. ok. when i, a taller says that these protests are controlled by the us and israel. what's your response? oh, this is, this is like been repeated. it's like a tape recording that has been repeated for 43 years. so nobody actually believe the truth. when you see the people on the street taking their life and to children at a school high school, they've been beaten to death. they have no way that a government outside would say it's called or do it would affect the people and what they're doing it's, it's something that is coming from their lives, experiences and you know, it is no outside force that can tell people how to deal with the situation because

if it was that they could have done it much earlier or stop it now from happening. it's something that as a new agent that has been exposed to that database is when i was living in iran. and then i moved outside as well in different ways. i can guarantee that there is no hands playing outside that can actually encourage people to take on the street. so. so looking at the brutality that cracked down, and there are some reports that more than $140.00 people have been killed. if we presume that the regime will not back down and will continue to kill you, if you go out on the streets, what is the most that protesters can hope for? i think what processors are asking and demanding right right now from the slogans are asking is, is a strike overall in all the sections of the country. but it's

a really difficult thing because a strike worked really well. 43 years ago when islamic revolution happen. so the oil industry went under strike, you know, different parts of the country. and then that led to the class of government. what happened to you in the for decades, is that the, even in economy changed massively and part of it, especially after the sanction. so it's not a centralized economy anymore, it's in the hands of the g. c. it's like a small group. this is the revolution he got. so it, they basically run the country and the economy of the country. so going to try and in the oil field doesn't actually mean anything. a good i would like to to pressure you on this. so we have a crackdown and we have angry protestors on the streets. we have a call for a general strike, which you say, you think is unlikely to be effective. how does this? and if the regime says,

we will not back down and we will kill you if you keep this up. i think the most the thing that we are pushing for it's yeah, try to do this right. but the most important part is getting the people who are close to the regime. just stop working with them and be under side. i see that the number of brutalities that happening and, and the streets, it's leading to a lot of people, their cronies, their children, to just try and stop supporting them. and i think then that support stops, everything would change. good talking to you. thank you for joining us. not knowing that so clearly. iranian activists and women's rights campaign and meghan shock, linda breaking news. the or a new government has just impose sanctions on german politicians and institutions, including the double use of farsi service. the measures are said to have been prompted by the european union's recent sanctions against the terran government

over its brutal crackdown on those ongoing protest. responding to the move i. d. w . 's director general peter lim, books at the writing government has been threatening. they foster editors and their families for some time now, and that this is unacceptable. you added that the regime promotes terrorism inside and outside the country. in his statement, he said, i expect politicians in germany and europe to increase the pressure on the regime. the fact that we appear on such a list now will not stop us from providing our uses in iran with reliable information. now joe and chancellor. all i showed this meeting for talks with the french president or emmanuel macro in paris relations between the leaders of the use that to bring us to call them is our thames. i mean disagreements over in defense energy and trade policies. the talks come after a regular joint governmental meeting was postponed last week. frances finance ministers also admitted that relations the straight saying that the reset was

needed when it was supposed to this joint cabinet session of the 2 countries were supposed to start today. and i asked our correspondent lisa lewis, how different that was to today's meeting between the 2 leaders. to indeed a vase in, it was supposed to be a big bilateral meeting between the 2 cabinets of the 2 countries. one of these meetings needs to happen, according to current rules, according to the current treaties between the 2 countries, at least once a year. now the al is he has been quick to say no. the meeting was not canceled by be that as it may, it was pushed back to early next year. and that might be, that is actually being read as a sign of how frosty the relations are between the 2 countries. what we're seeing here today is all assaults the german chancellor, visiting a manama co at the alyssa palace behind me. they're having a quick lunch there. having a quick chat, there will be no presser. there will be no common statement,

no separate statement. and that really shows to what extent the rift is large between france and germany at this time. so the talk a sort of of the problems and i, because a visa, 2 key players were in the are they a you, what are the main differences for veterans? why not? absolutely. i mean, it's always been difficult to find common ground between france and germany. there are many domains in which they do not agree when it comes to the economy when it comes to energy when it comes to defense. but obviously in the current contact of context of the ukraine war of the rollin russian invasion in ukraine, we're facing an energy crisis. we're facing an economic crisis. many, several countries of the european union will face a recession at next year. these 2 countries are not finding common ground as to how to respond to the crisis. both sides are feeling that, you know, one country, france and germany are trying to goat alone when it comes to energy. just to give

you an example, they're not trying, they're not finding a common mechanism to limit energy prices when it comes to defense. it, it seems like a germany rather wants to go for international technology, american noise, early technology, where it's france wants to create a european sovereignty, you know, builds it common defense policy based on the european technology. it seems they can't really agree on much, although it's urgent actually, they need to find common ground in order to respond, respond to the current crisis. we are talking about just 2 countries to national leaders out of 27 in v e. u. how much does it matter for the block? if those 2 out of $27.00, adding a few difficulties well, you're right is not just to counties, it's the blocks t biggest economies. it's crucial that they find common ground. mind you. it's

really difficult for them to agree on anything. it's always been really difficult. but when they do find a compromise, all the other members, member states of the european union come aligned, align behind that compromise, and, and when france and germany don't agree, the e you can't really move forward. so it is very crucial for the 2 leaders behind me to, you know, to come to an agreement, give each other a hug, and pay the way to find common ground for featured shit decisions within the european union. all right, we'll wait for the pictures of that happening are for our lives louis in paris, thank you for the european commission, her set out proposals to reach the 0 air pollution by 2050. the criminals are laid out plans to achieve major productions in air and water pollution, a ground contamination of waste. the you estimates that nearly a $300000.00 to europeans die every year from evolution alone,

monks or proposals as a rule to cut the most harmful particulate emissions by more than 75 percent. over the next decade the w jack park in brussels. can that tell us more? welcome jack. so how does the commission plan to reach such ambitious goals? well, that is hit the nail on the head with the question. with that questionnaire fill, essentially, what they're saying is that the national governance of the european union need to work out how they're going to hit these goals. this 0 pollution by 2050. they won't interim targets by 2030, including a big reduction as you say, 75 percent in the reduction of particulates in air. this is still not in line with what the world health organization is saying. it's still about double what the world health organization says needs to be done. but the commission is trying to get some action on this to greatly reduce the amount of appellation to try and prevent that. those 300 thighs, investors, as you say,

well they're going to do is put in this interim target by 2030, which will mean as well, that citizens will be able to check whether their region, their locality, where they live, is in line with what the use standards are saying, and if they're not, they will be able to take that government either local or national to court in order to try and reduce them. it, while i sort of say it's, you know, that sort of laying it down to the national government to sort this site. that is all you be the right way to do it because each of the used member states and indeed regions has different issues. big cities have to deal with coffee rooms, et cetera. big industrial areas have different problems and oversee rural areas. have have different ways of reducing reducing pollution as well. okay, and it's not just air pollution. no, it's not. they're looking into water and specifically waste water pollution. the commission wants to set our targets for removing nutrients from waste water. also making sure that micro plastics and micro polluters are removed from waste water.

they're also saying that the targets, which at the moment deal with settlements of 2000 people and target that as a minimum sort of size of settlement that that needs to be reduced to $1000.00 people to places where 1000 people live. they spoke about that as well. you know, the fact that there are micro plastics in, in baby's bodies being born in the european union. and that, that is an ambition that they need, that they need to target. this is an ambitious target and you say it's not far enough. governments around the european union are saying it's going to be difficult to achieve the targets. phil. okay, thanks. lot jack. jack park in brussels. i was, i clone has hit bangladesh killing at least 2 dozen people around a 1000000 residents have been forced to move to safety or bangladesh in other countries in the region are regularly hit by psych lines. but research indicates that climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels as making such storms more intense and more frequent. my family's house in fat and

bangladesh has been badly affected by the flood of water has still not completely defeated. she tries to protect what has been left and damaged, doesn't like we somehow managed to save our furniture from the water by creating a dam. but some $200.00 worth of fish from our pond floated away. we are happy that at least no trees fell on the house like that and i thought you will sit down. tropical storm has left lots, lots of agricultural land under water pals. hymns of homes have been damaged, fish, leaf washed away, millions or without barber and many, i still beaten for hip the capital tucker is also flooded to hard drive with have to push that away. he cuts through to water.

roy gonna noodle the storms and the rain. we really struggle mcgaffey. all the streams are in a need to get us to it's very difficult to drive a trish. also default asian country is prone to natural to fast f. thank efi. climate change if making storms more frequent and destructive. but people like ma, some at fi, they have been left to faith. the devastation alone are representatives of ethiopia as government own rival to grand forces have begun formal peace talks in south africa. it's the 1st time the 2 sides have come together since war broke out. nearly 2 years ago. meeting comes as government forces make gains in the on the battlefield, capturing several towns in recent weeks. after the breakdown of a 5 month ceasefire, lou rallying to condemn the tig wry people's liberation front and to back the government in ethiopia as capital. role. here in addis ababa support for the latest

offensive by the the open army is high. in recent means, government troops have taken several large towns in the embattled tig rye region. it's just the latest escalation in the wall that broke out nearly 2 years ago. pitting tpl f fightin against ethiopian government forces, backed by troops from neighboring and retry. with to gripe, blockaded since the start of the fighting and most communication cut off tens of thousands. a thought to have died with millions more in desperate need of humanitarian aid by the un is increasingly concerned with the situation in it. your peer is spilling out of control, violence and destruction averaged alarming levels. the social fabric is

being ripped apart. oh, still it is in the 3rd grade region of it. your peer must end now. but while the peace talks provide a glimmer of hope for the future, for now fighting seems set to go on with the government, ignoring kohls for an immediate cease fire. that's it. show up today it's, i'll have more world news at the top off the power of next on the w. r, environment magazine, eco africa look enter how sole ovens, a helping moroccans to burn less would have good ah

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