this is dw news from berlin. you'll find law on the website. that's d, w dot com. ah. last month this young woman in iran was arrested by the morality police, her crime, not wearing her head scarf correctly. gina masa miti died in police custody, and iran has been in turmoil ever since in just 6 weeks calls for justice. for one woman have morphed into demands for human rights for everyone, including some calling for regime change in the past. crackdowns by the regime have silenced the crowds. is history about to repeat itself? i'm bird golf in berlin. this is the day. ah, they thought they could repack the roots of these lambing, the public. yeah. was, you know, given that they are targeting don't,

defending democracy and human rights to the government doesn't to stop at any point . they just county, unless we poll this was planned by america. it's like a tape encoding that has been repeated for 40 years. so nobody actually feeling fit . the only language that they seemed communicates that goes up to the dental practice in south carolina. also coming up with less than 2 weeks before mid term elections in the united states. we ask black americans who deserves their support and why bodies politicians be honest with you. they only stay for want bang, reelect and look at the cd. she's going down, you got trashy everywhere trying to help when they don't understand that people need what you. our viewers watching on p b. s in the united states and to all of you around the world. welcome. we begin the day in iran where the demands for change are not going away. 6 weeks ago,

a 22 year old woman was arrested by iran's morality police for allegedly violating the regimes. strict rules on wearing a headscarf or his job. she died in police custody, and there has been turmoil in iran ever since. what started as protests by young women openly defying the morality police has quickly turned into a nationwide movement comprised of people from all sectors of society, demanding human rights for every one. there have been protests flareups in iran before which were snuffed out in crackdowns by the regime. is history in iran about to repeat itself or are we watching the beginnings of a revolution? we have more now in this report. oh, didn't the how many death to the dictator? slogans often her during around street protests. it's directed at this man. i it's

all alley. how many the supreme leader of the country, to the beginning of the unrest in september. he is belittle his critics. he says, the protest by iranian women and girls are controlled from abroad in battery made. it is quite clear that all this was planned by america easy and the fake usurping sciences. even that follows that jack, leah saw unit see how many has fought all his life around to be in his lamp republic. he began training as a cleric during his childhood. in the 1950s, at that time, iran was ruled by the shall an autocrat who severely limited the influence of religion in the country. how many joined the ayatollah khomeini is opposition? movements that in 1979 overthrew the shower to the cheers of millions. oh,

well, mainly died 10 years later, and harmony was chosen by the religious council of experts to succeed him. hundreds . since then he's been the supreme authority in iran. there are regular presidential elections in the country in which how many also votes. but in the end it is he not the president who has the final say, ah, and he has made his positions clear time and time again. this is and rooted in foreign policy. he sees the usa and israel as arch enemies. you don't all, but he has repeatedly denied the holocaust. good afternoon as domestically he relies on censorship, surveillance, and security forces to defend the ideals of the islamic revolution. no force garden under hominy. the iranian revolution, a god, has become a notorious force that has repeatedly quashed protest. oh, including in recent weeks following the death of gina masa,

meaning in police custody. how many says he backs the crack down younger than they thought they could. rip out the roots of the islamic republic, but that small sapling has now turned into a massive tree. any one who even thinks about approaching this tree is completely wrong than ramkiss. he will go on as many once said that he is ready to sacrifice everything for the revolution and for his lamb. and he is always defended his power with few compromises. o, my 1st gift to night is maroka, re me. she is the author of the book, the iranian green movement of 2009 reverberating echoes of resistance. and she joints, me to night from toronto, canada, or all is good to have you with us. here on the day, we are all in the same boat in that we can only observe events in iran from outside relying on the information that have sent out mainly via social media. with that in

mind, what do you tell people when they ask you what is happening now in iran? when i think the world is observing the process of the century long quest for self determination and process that democratic process in iran unfolding. it's this process has been going on for a very long time, and it has manifested itself in various revolutions and social movements. and this time around this movement has managed to bring in people from all walks of life, life in different segments. and groups that are, that don't traditionally, in the context of iran, at least come together to the street and protests for the same thing, which is the dismantling the islamic regime and the system, the overall system of oppression and prejudice that it has installed over the is it

what, what makes this a bit different from past protest movements? the fact that we've got a broad spectrum of society, the participating, we've even got oil workers, for example, all the way too high tech people. we've got curds, we've got the iranians, we've got people from all sectors. is that the difference? well that, that's partly it, it's, it has brought it see of generally speaking in iran, a social movement and i've studied all of them since the beginning of the century. in modern iran, it's social movements are largely either middle classes, urban centers, or sort of brett wright of the under class, in the geographical periphery that we've seen over the past end of 20172018 also november 2019. but this time around we

see the ethnic groups, women, and women of middle class under women, people of all walks of life coming together. and the focus kind of this time around is on gender equality and on ethnic oppression. and these 2 rooms are the largest, specifically, women are the largest that their biggest losers of the 70 united revolution because they were one of the 1st routes that were ordered, ordered police by, by for many. and they were ordered to wear to his job. all sorts of rights taken away from those as well as the continuation of central is and by central this central power into iran. policies had further and further alienated. i think minorities are not allowed to learn in their own languages there automatically or

dissenting movements and acts are automatically consider treason in a. 6 in a kind of phenomena, as you know, some, some in iran are more on hand and others, whoever is more loyal to the regime. she man loyal to the ideology of the regime is typically preferred, lighter regime, as opposed to ethnics and women. and those are the 2 rules that have largely better or uniting that are coming together in, in unison with the middle class at some segments of the middle class, some segments of the lower classes across upon it's not simply focused a geographical center. it's, it's in the periphery. let me just ask you too about the, his job. you have tweeted it. observers have perhaps misunderstood the role that

the job please in the islamic republic of iran, and that it is not necessarily what muslims in the rest of the world would subscribe to necessarily. what do you mean by that? i bet the misconception begins with seeing the muslim, the so called muslim world has a homogenous area in the world. in the middle east there are different muslim countries so to say with different. 5 cultures, and so if you political as situations, 1st of all, in the run, not everybody in the muslim, and there are so many jewish people that have been around since ancient times arrest gm's and all sorts of people. so the difference in iran is, and you know, those differences are often overlooked. the difference that are wrong is the job is mandated wider by the state. and women's bodies are police by the

end, they're wrong in constitution that women must dress a certain way. this is on top of all the other rights that have been, you know, taken away from them in the limited and in their case. but in many other muslim majority, hard trees. you know, women could potentially dress the way they want to. it's not mandated, it's not in the constitution and many who, where it is a job. it's as it's a symbol of allegiance to the regime and they have, they enjoy certain privileges by wearing that even outside of iran morocco remote. unfortunately, we're out of time, but it's fascinating what you're saying and important to understanding the nuances that are a part of this story of what we're seeing right now inside iran. thank you. thank you. ah, germany is dependent on russian oil and natural gas. the consequences continued to

be devastating for the economy is this crisis. a cautionary tale for germany's economic ties to china? consider the port city of hamburg this week. the german government reached a compromise over a controversial chinese investment plan in the port china of state owned firm cosco will be able to buy 24.9 percent of the toler or container terminal of the company originally wanted to buy a larger 35 percent stake that would have been subject to government review. several ministries, government ministries have expressed concern about this acquisition. they say that it would enable chinese influence over strategic infrastructure to grow. even germany's president front volter stein meyer, hugh doesn't usually speak out about politics in his largely ceremonial role, as warned against increasing berlin's dependency on other countries. the deal is also widely and popular among the german public. protesters demonstrated outside of

the chancellor's office in berlin to voice their opposition. this week, a poll commissioned by germany spiegel magazine found that 81 percent of people are against china being allowed to acquire a stake in the hamburg port of protesters to say that the current energy crisis resulting from germany's longstanding dependence on russia natural gas is a reminder of why we should not increase dependency on undemocratic regimes. the ty, legal, and this stake by a chinese state own company is a danger for germany, because it makes gemini vulnerable to blackmail. the energy crisis has already shown us what the consequences are when germany enters into deals with authoritarian autocratic states. and that's what's happening here. again, gemini must not allow itself to be blackmailed. the port belongs and public ownership. by makin dat half forgotten, or german cesar. oh, of shoals as government, however, insisting that this deal poses no security risk. first,

defense answers on the 24.9 percent, maximum regulation and show us that there was no strategic control or strategic participation whatsoever. and steve, what we're talking about here is an investment without voting rights. are you interested or more want to bring in our political correspondence? i mean, young he's been following this story. force is good to see you, simon. you know, the optics of this really could not be worse if you've got even the foreign ministry here against this plan. and yet the, the chancellor seemed convinced that this deal should go through. what does he know perhaps that every one else apparently doesn't. what brent just let's think about the year ports of hamburg. it's one of germany's gateways to the world. it's where a huge amount of products and raw materials arrive and into the german economy such hugely important and oh, laugh schoultz. i used to be of course, the mayor of hamburg,

so he understand something about how this huge port works and what's important for it. so what's he been saying? well, he's been making a number of points firstly that this deal is not about the whole of the port of hamburg. it's only a small part of it. and then he says, well, the chinese company will have a lower state than it wanted. as you mentioned, only just on a 25 percent, rather than 35 percent it wanted. and it'll be a stake in, as i say, just one terminal. and a crucially it won't have a right a veto. so that will actually go some way to answering those who are saying, well, you know, there's a danger of undo control from chinese business interest or in the political interests and some sort of negative strategic influence over german infrastructure . i should say, makes it worth saying that to the chinese companies yet to say whether it's

actually going to accept this deal on the new terms that have been now offered by the german government. for those you say that it makes sense. say that, you know, it caught a costco is the 4th largest content shipping company in the world. it's hugely important customer for handle. this will secure jobs. and so they, they say, you know, it's right to, to find a deal if, if one can be found in the chancellor is being advised as i'm, as we understand from all corners to kill this deal. yet he remains unbending in this it's reminding us of another chancellor by the name of angela miracle, who also ignored advice to kill a project known as the nord stream to pipeline. now obviously these are 2 very different situations, but it does have a deja vu quality to it, doesn't it? well yeah, i, olive shells has got himself an enormous amount of bozo within his own a coalition. the other 2 parties in the east government said the grains in the free democrats, they wanted to stop this deal altogether. in particular,

the economy minister of it all back has been warning exactly about that at the danger of a excessive dependency on the a foreign country. and similar to the, the problems that we've seen with the dependency on russian energy. and i think that's left. so it's thought that he, he needed to move forward as a say to protect jobs. but also because for technical reasons, if that hadn't been an, an agreement within the cabinet. and then that they still would have gone ahead automatically on the original terms that would have been a bigger risk. so he decided to bang heads together. mobile will also significant that olaf schultz is going to china next week to meet teaching ping. that's of course going to be a very important visit given the background of ukraine war. and the tensions over taiwan as well says a big political background to this. i think des, i'm a young with late tonight, here in berlin is always, i mean, thank you. oh or to the united states now where

it is now less than 2 weeks until the crucial midterm elections. the latest polls point to an upswing for the republicans who were seeking to regain control of both houses of congress. now that would be a major setback for president joe biden, who was going into the 2nd half of his term biden's party. the democrats are hoping for a strong turn out, especially among their cor, constituencies in this does include black voters, wisconsin is one of the states where congressional races are expected to go down to the wire. d, w, assuming some misconduct went to the states big of city, milwaukee to find out more today is getting started at block black leaders organizing communities. this out, which group is gearing up for another day of knocking on door blocks as its endorse democratic candidates as the best help for the groups, core mission improving the lives of milwaukee black community. no walk is the largest democratic stronghold in the battleground state,

and black voters are crucial part of that. but black voter turnout in milwaukee has been dropping for years. something block, trying to turn around the bro shade. jackson is leading a canvassing team to day. he didn't care much for politics until he got this job fighting for the black community. he says, despite the declining turn out, black voters helped flip the state for the democrats in 2020. when we're going here, that is maybe feels i'm tied with this a little bit right there and it may change, and i've seen it when my last and i was a part of but not everyone feels that change. inflation is creating frustration and the lack of change on public safety education and economic opportunity has led to voter apathy, inflation. the more so tired of it, cuz like trying to help me like,

i do understand that people need mental waves. i was talking about, i work, that's just terrible. how can i live off? how can i park live of a food? the current is $8.00 for homo. talking about 12 eggs is just rough. black voters have delivered important victories for the democrats, but many are asking whether they got a fair deal in return for kids or senate. that question is an opportunity. he's the african american outreach director for the wisconsin republicans in 2026. and this was, and the democratic party has just really gone too far away from what, at least i knew what the party was. and i think are publican party at least me in particular, is sticking to the message. once again, whom are the individuals that are putting these failed policies within these communities that are living in or who is the one that you're voting for? try something. a cancer says that message resonates with

a growing number of black floaters coming into the republicans. black community center in milwaukee like this man. i look at the neighborhood and get the cd. she's going down. hill. got trashy everywhere. i mean, this easiest, cheery is time for change. one more voter for the republicans. democrats might feel reassured by voices here at geez clippers, an institution in this black neighbourhood where everyone seems to stand by the party in the hope for meaningful action that will help a lot of these politicians be honest with you. they only stay for one thing. reelection, you know, rather the hearing or what's going on a community and follow up with the people in the community at some point by bone. well, give we, we'll get some candidates that who talked the talk and walked out. so different work to you to vote. that is the challenge for the democrats to deliver for their supporters or see them vote with their feet. if

a more now i'm joined by barbara or in wine, she's a civil rights lawyer and founder of the transformative justice coalition. miss online is good to have you with us to niger joining us from the great capital city of washington, d. c. let me ask you less than 2 weeks before election day. early voting numbers are showing very strong, strong responses right now from voters, we're getting good numbers for americas black community. what does this mid term election mean? it means so much, it means whether not our democracy will be preserved because of the threats to body rights for women. it means you know whether or not we will have the right or reproductive choice. as you heard in that segment before, people are really worried about the economic issues. the ability to have a living wage of people are concerned about good educational quality. an african americans are learned about policies that will advance, you know,

racial justice in this country. so there's a lot of state because you have a 3rd of the senate up for reelection in the entirety of the house of representatives in the united states. and we know that we know that black americans are traditionally voted for democrats, but i know also that there is a danger when you treat any group as a voting monolith. and when i consider, let's go to north carolina, for example, the lieutenant governor. they are a black republican. he's generated headlines around the country and the world by saying that gay and lesbian rights are not civil rights. a lot of people outraged by that, but he also gets standing ovations by some people when he delivers his speeches. is there a home in the g or p, as we know it today for black americans? not as long as they continue to embrace the southern strategy. you know, the g o. p is widely seen by african americans, s a y party, and that's what it has presented. this is to add to white americans. this has been

going on since 1968 under president richard nixon. it was really personified when the reagan years with water. and it's famous, 981 speech where you talk about how they have to make g o p a white already. this continues to be out of the for them. and if you look at the early voting trends, african americans are coming out in drove the number of american voters that increased significantly since the last mid term that was held in 2018. so black voters are concerned and they are voting what they consider in their best interest . i've got less than a minute left, but i want to ask you this earlier this year the federal voting rights legislation was defeated on capitol hill. that was a major blow for a lot of people. what did it mean for you?

well, for me, as someone who fought for that legislation, it means that it has to be passed. and because we have the state out here has all these horrible voters suppression laws that are hurting black voters, making it harder for them to cast a ballot and to have it counted. so what it means for me is that we need a legislature that is going to pass at the federal level a strong voting rights legislation that will make sure that african american voters, latino voters, native american voters, and asia voters in this country are able over on monday we're out of time, but i hope we can talk again in less than 2 weeks time when we're reporting on the midterm election results. good. have you with us? thank you. thank you. well, the day is almost done, the conversation continues on the line. go find it on twitter either at the w news . you can follow me on twitter at brent gov. tv and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day. we'll see you then everybody

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