nice and country. are we thinking everything to make you make a change in europe revealed this week on d. w. ah, this is d w. news ally from berlin after criticism and controversy. the men's football world cup has kicked off in cat hawk. it's been 12 years in the making for the golf nation, but will the action on the pitch give fifa and the host country a break from tough questions?

new violence amid runs ongoing protests. ah, done fire in screams are heard on social media. as observers report large scale government military action in a kurdish city in the countries west and powerful explosions shake the zappa with nuclear plant in eastern ukraine. keep in moscow, click blame each other for the later shelling at the facility. the global nuclear watched all calls for urgent measures to prevent a major disaster ah and greetings to our viewers around the world. i'm michael ocho. the mens world cup in katara has officially been opened at the albedo stadium in the city of al hoa. although several high, all stars refused to perform, the opening ceremony boasted

a variety of local and international acts and was hosted by us actor morgan freeman . the headline performer was capable or sean cook. in his speech at the stadium cutters ruling a mere spoke of celebrating diversity at the tournament, many fans from around the world have been arriving in the gulf nation ready for the action to finally begin. these scenes are familiar to any one who's seen a world cup football, france from around the globe, arriving at a host nation in mass, ready to cheer on their country. oh, in for the fans that have made the journey to katara the excitement, it's palpable. mo, most resinous brazilians are really into this world cup over them. i think this cup is really going to surprise every one. so we are brutus. but this world cup is unlike any other guitars. human rights and labor abuses have made it the most

controversial world cup in history. something that fans have to reckon with, even if they hope the tournament can have a positive impact. gonna bring a lot of joy to the country and to people to see that that, that he's not on the controversy because there's been a lot of issues with the working after 12 years of arduous prep, the guitar world cup is here and so are the fans fif recently announced nearly 3000000 tickets more than 90 percent of those available have already been sold for many, the world cup still fulfills its role as a global party, bringing people together. that's one of the world cup to get all the countries together and share cultures, share customs. and while a last minute decision to ban the sale of alcohol at stadiums might mean beer is a bit harder to find than at past tournaments. for many, it's starting to feel ever more like a world cup, whether that impression holds or pressure on feel free to tar over human rights

issues persist, could dictate this tournaments legacy. and just before the kick off, i asked the w sports correspondent, danya barcelona in doha, to tell us more about the atmosphere there. ah, so the atmosphere in doha has really picked up over the last few days. the fans 1st have kicked off, which means there are concerts, days. and now it's one of the only places that you can actually drink of beer. if you have the $14.00 that it cost to buy $1.00 right now, we are in front of our bite stadium was where they will be playing the opening game . what you can see behind me are the last few fans that are trickling into the stadium. not so many non match going fans are here because we are literally in the middle of the desert. as you can see, it's pretty windy right now. but the vibe in doha is very world cup like right now . $14.00 for beer. okay. alcohol was banned at stadiums just before the

beginning of this tournament. to much criticism as you surely know, how are fans responding now? so some fans are totally okay with the decision, and other fans are a little bit more disappointed. so it was a shock. you turn decision, it just happened a couple days ago. a lot of people are still processing it, but for example, could tarry. fans are totally okay with the decision. and tonight, you know, you see could tar against ecuador, ecuadorian fans on the other hand, are a little bit disappointed because for them, you know, having a beer with friends around the stadium is a little bit more part of the match going experience. but it is a fresh decision. we don't really know. all the fans are going to react. we'll have to let you know after the game done, your people might not know that this is so host nations 1st, ever participation in a world cup. what can you tell us about the team? right, so a lot of people don't know as much about guitar because it's not really

a country with a rich foot buying history like an argentina or a brazil. but that being said, guitar has been building there for buying generation from scratch over the past 20 years. they're code few sanchez, he's really been spearheading that and they are probably going to be the most prepared team into turning because they've been together for the last 8 months at a training can't. now that's pretty amazing from foot buying standards. the thing is is that they're the whole nation, so they're going to have a lot of pressure on that. and in football pressure can work in 2 ways. it can either pump you up and propel you forward or it can stress you out. now in those times of stress, teams usually fall back on their more experienced players, which in this case could tar, doesn't have. there will be interesting tonight to see which way they go. w's danya barcelona many, many thanks. right group. so reporting that iran is carrying out a major crackdown in the kurdish town of ma, but the town has seen intense anti regime protests in recent days with people

staging siddons and setting up barricades ah, in v circulated on social media overnight. gunfire and screaming can be her. another clip shared by an ex child, kurdish opposition party claims her show plain clothes, members of the revolutionary guard firing into the sky. o activist j electricity has been cut, and there are unconfirmed reports of protesters being killed or wounded. by mood amira mo harden is the co founder of the n g o iran in human rights here in berlin. earlier i asked him how strong the kurdish opposition is dead. refreshing that has been even stronger than the

rest. the country also be here. very brave. and i think, you know, the crisis in their old country so they are trying to do whatever they can to change. ready the change and they are going to do what they are by so we are concerned that might start smaller, or, you know, we were just the way the, what i would say revolution going on a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour, turkey has launched air strikes across northern syria and northern iraq targeting the military bases of kurdish militants. a war monitor says at least 30 people were killed. the strikes come days after the turkish government blame the crudest on

workers party for last sundays. deadly bombing in central is stumble. police in the us state of colorado, say 5 people were killed and 18 injured in a shooting at an l. g. b t q night. club in colorado springs, a suspect is in custody. in a statement, the club thank customers for reacting quickly to subdue the government. the international atomic energy agency has confirmed that the russian controlled zap are really a nuclear power plant. in eastern ukraine was shelled overnight. in a tweet, the un watchdog said more than a dozen glass shook europe's biggest nuclear facility on saturday evening and sunday, citing information provided by plant management, the agencies team on the ground said some buildings were damaged, but none of them critical for nuclear safety and security so far, russia's defense ministry accused ukraine of firing at the power lines supplying

the plant. this is a new particular, the key regime is not stopping as provocation. so look at their aim is to create a threat of industrial disaster at the separate c, a nuclear power plant, also labeled on november 19th, 11 large caliber shells were launched at the station by the ukrainian artillery in the morning of november. 20th the station was, shall twice by ukrainian forces. the result was a little bit later, although miss thompson w xian philip short so joins me now from the ukrainian capital. keith, we just heard from the russian defense minister there yon. what are you hearing from the ukranian side? a ukrainian authorities have confirmed the incident, but probably little surprisingly, they blamed the russian side for it's not the power plant is in russian hence. so one could ask why it would russia a take their own side? the ukranian argument is yvette. it's a very important a power plant and

a rush. i want to make sure that it cannot produce any additional power that could ease the critical electricity situation in the country at the moment. as you know, the mess of missile attacks have led to a situation in which about half of the country's power supply is effect. it's and the head of the atomic energy agency grossey has so called upon both sides to respect a safety zone around the power plant. but unfortunately, this says failed over and over again in the past months. yeah. as long as his war continues, this is your question. you're gonna keep being asked. how concerned are authorities that this could trigger a nuclear disaster? well, international as well as the ukranian authorities agree that this was not

critical incident, but grossey underlined that it's a constant play with fire and it's not only the direct shelling of for nuclear power plants. what concerns a lot of authorities here in ukraine is the fact that the constant power cuts could also leads to a nuclear accident. the reason it's very easy, those so nuclear power, plenty and ukraine. they don't only produce energy, but they also needs power for their operations. so a lot of concern once again that this war could potentially also leads to a nuclear incident. d w john philip shots in keith again. many thanks. donald trump's twitter account is back up and running, but it's not clear whether the former president will use it. the social media platforms, new owner, ellen, must reinstated from this weekend, the former president was banned from twitter last year after

a mob of his supporters attack the u. s. capital ah, the controversial tesla boss who describes himself as a free speech absolutist made the announcement via his twitter account, declaring that people have spoken, trump will be reinstated, vox populi bucks. day. a latin phrase meeting, the voice of the people is the voice of god. hiring lyman, an eel on musk purchase, twitter for $44000000000.00 us dollars in october and immediately began cleaning house, firing top executives laying off half the workforce and introducing controversial policies, prompting major advertisers to step away from the platform. civil rights groups also complain there's been an increase in hate speech and misinformation. musk asked users via a poll whether to reinstate the former president. some 15000000 votes were logged with nearly 52 percent in favor. critics were quick to denounce the decision. the n

double a c p called on all those still funding twitter to immediately pause all advertising after trumps reinstatement we had in 2016. as you alone leave when asked if he'd return to the social network platform, he often used as a megaphone during his presidency. trump was non committal. i don't see it because i don't see any reason for that. they have a lot of problems at twitter. you see what's going on, it may make it, it may not make it, but as the problems are incredible, certain person when the election instead use the question as an opportunity to promote his own social network truth, social in which he has a financial stake. you're watching g w news. a quick reminder of our top story. after much criticism and controversy, the men's football world cup is kicked off and catalog over a 1000000 fans are expected to travel to the country over the course of the

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