don't with the treasure about for modern globetrotters to school for some of you with no also in book form. with mrs. dw news live from berlin, after criticism and controversy, the man's football world comp has kicked off in katara. it's been 12 years in the making for the gulf nation bond. well, the action of the pitch give fever and the host country a break from tough questions. also coming up

with more violence in iran, observers report large scale military action in a kurdish city in the countries west. and here in moscow. blame each other for the latest shelling at this upper region nuclear plant in eastern ukraine. ah, i married evans dean. thanks for joining me. the men's football world comp has officially opened with the match between host katara and ecuador. although several high profile stars refuse to perform at the opening ceremony, it boasted a variety of local and international acts and was hosted by us actor morgan freeman . the headline performer was k pop star sean cook. in his speech,

katara is ruling amir spoke of celebrating diversity at the tournament. well, ecuador beat katara, and the opening match of the tournament. the toasts fail to threaten their south american rivals who cruise to a comfortable to no victory. kotob began their 1st ever willed cup match on the back foot. just minutes off to kickoff ecuador had scored, however, and a valencia's goal was surprisingly disallowed by the video assistant referee for offside. a short reprieve for the hosts as valencia got another chance to school soon after felled in the box and awarded the penalty with 15 minutes played. the captain coolly converted for his $36.00 international go and he wouldn't stop there . just after the half hour mark equity was all time leading. scorer doubled the lead, and his side were cruising. meanwhile, could saw failed to register

a single shot on target in the much among the few chances. this was the most spectacular. a substitute mohammed man, sorry, lost his shot over the bar. i'm so could saw become the 1st ever world cup host to lose their opening match. well, just after the game, i spent cdw sports correspond, and danny barcelona. and i asked her what she thought of the home science performance. well, unfortunately for a guitar, they did end up losing their 1st world cup game to nothing, to ecuador. so a lot of disappointed katara tonight. you can maybe see behind me, a lot of them are leaving the stadium right now. it's actually the 1st time ever that a host nation has lost their opening game. now i was seated next to somebody in the stadium from guitar and he told me, he said that if guitar doesn't win this game,

they have absolutely no chance winning their next 2 games. so it will be kind of an uphill battle that say for them, because they do have senegal and the netherlands in their groups, senegal, the reigning asked on champions a very good side as well as a star studded netherlands. so it's going to be tough for them and who knows if they can turn it around? well, we know of course that tar invested heavily and making the opening match. feel like a major event. did they at least succeed in that? well it definitely did feel like a major event. i mean guitar and people really pumped this game because there was the opening ceremonies taking place. they said it was absolutely admissible and true could tarry style. it was lavish and extravagant. there was fireworks lights, people dancing, singing bizarrely enough. morgan freeman narrated the opening ceremonies. now during the game the atmosphere almost felt like a mix of american sports and the nfl meets european for bother stadium announcers

and count downs. and then again, there were less ecuadorian fans, but you could always hear them at one point actually started chanting we want big give us beer, maybe referring to the ban on alcohol. and bizarrely enough, katara has also started leaving almost at the beginning of the 2nd half maybe showing their disappointment. wow. where does indeed sound like quite a spectacle of the 1st for the 1st day. all right, so at least we've seen a bit of football now after all of this anticipation and danny, what are you then looking forward to over the coming weeks? so from a football standpoint, i'm really excited about this tournament. and a lot of fans are that we've talked to here, especially there is some massive story lines. i mean, everyone is looking forward to the messy argentina christiano, rinaldo,

portugal. both of them trying to win the world cup for the 1st time, both of them in their last dance, let say, and trying to solidify themselves as the goats are the greatest of all time in football. and we, we have a favorite brazil with ne, my who is a little bit controversial in the football world, but he's really been firing, playing probably some of his best football. they have a great mix of talent and youth. also friends. it will be interesting to see how they cope with a lot of injuries to their side. so all in all this will be a great world cup that was dw sports correspondent, danny barcelona, reporting from the world cup encounter. daniel, thank you so much. rights groups are reporting that the iranian authorities are carrying out a major crackdown in the northwestern kurdish city of my habit. there are unconfirmed reports of protesters being killed or wounded. the city has seen intense anti regime protests in recent days with people staging sittings and

setting a barricades. ron's kurdish regions have been at the heart of the protest since the death of a young kurdish woman in the custody of the country. so called morality police back in september. oh. 4 7 down with harmony down with a dictator. that's what these protestors inhabit, attending there on the streets again. here in the curtis city in western iran, calling for an end to these land republic. in spite of a massive correct on human rights group, say, authorities has deployed armed forces from other parts of the country to regain control of the city videos on social media, allegedly show them rating houses and firing indiscriminately. yet people electricity was cut off for hours when it was restored, residence immediately sound with the alarm that he had injure elementary ration. he

is dangerous him. early in the morning, the security agents shot at women and children who were in line at a bakery to provoke us into head. of course, there's a helicopter here. i saw with my own eyes and there's news they brought tanks, florida, they destroyed people's houses, and cars come on in my she not when i america my darwin tag and a program, a news agency gifts, a different account of events saying it was riotous that was spreading terror and creating chaos, that's a narrative. the islamic republic often resorts to win its corridors, minority protests, and one that has worked in the past. this time however, iranians apparently refused to be divided videos on social media, show people pouring into the streets and other cities and regions in support of ma habit, some with a rallying cry that must sound like a threat to the countries theocratic leaders kurtz belushi is as a res,

freedom and equality toward my router. that is all about. all right. let's bring in cameron martine, he is a senior lecture at the university of sussex where he teaches modern history of the middle east and international relations. welcome to d, w. so we just saw there in our report, iranians across the country, supporting my hubbard. is this a new kind of unity in these protests? yes, indeed, this is absolutely remarkable. because for decades, islamic republic has invested in and actively promoting the division between different nationalities and cultural regions. and communities in iran and correspond, has been particularly subject to this policy given the history of a national movement in the region. and the fact that correspond of iran is adjacent to the iraqi kurdistan and turkish coda son and so on. but it clearly

evidence that actually that the people in other parts of iran do not buy into this narrative of separatism, which is what the government is trying to kind of propagates that they couldn't. regions are so many to buy separate this movement. and these people want to kind of disintegrate on despite that we see that people immediately from pier onto a remote part of iran are coming out and expressing support. busy people to come under intense military attack actually by conventional military troops of the republic of their own. do you see a danger that the unrest in the kurdish regions of iran could still over into kurdish regions and neighboring countries such as iraq and turkey? well, it's not so much a matter of spreading to there, but a more of the iranian regime actively taking a conflict to that because we are in ministry commanders,

the commander of quotes for some revel. she god has been recently and bought about where he has delivered a stan warning that iran would launch a ground invasion against territory is. busy controlled by the coast on regional government, iraqi kurdish authorities where iranian cornish, political opposition groups are based. so iran claims that the it wants to remove them or disarm them on this, the government does so. so it disc, this is consistent with the current military attack on the city of mohammed because they are on iranian state. busy wants to militarize cornerstone and a kind of conflict, an external conflict would be a perfect pretext for doing so. and also in the, in the shadow of such a conflict to suppress and repress the protesters. and iranian correspond and across the iran, even more violently in order to kind of bring this revolution to an end. but i

doubt this will really work given the, the kind of the depth of anger about the people and the consistency of the protests which has gone on for weeks now for more than 2 months. camera and martin from the university of sussex. we appreciate all your insights. thank you. thank you. thanks, steve international atomic energy agency has confirmed that this upper region nuclear power plant am eastern ukraine, was shelled over night in a tweet, the un watchdog said that more than a dozen glass shook. europe's biggest nuclear facility on saturday evening and sunday, some buildings were damaged, but none of them critical for nuclear safety or security. so far, the plant has been under russian control since early march, but the surrounding areas are controlled by ukraine. russia's defense ministry accuse key of a firing at the power lines supplying the plant visitors will neglect the key

regime is not stopping as publications will lose their aims to create a threat of industrial disaster. at the separates the a nuclear power plant local labor. 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 built with another good loaner or the less bonham, while the w 's young fellow chances in the ukrainian capital key if and he told us how ukrainian officials have reacted to this incident. ukrainian authorities have confirmed the incident, but probably little surprisingly, they blame the russian side for it. now the power plant is in russian hence. so one could ask why it would russia a take their own side? the ukranian argument is that it's a very important a power plant,

and russia wants 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 had led to a situation in which about half of the country's power supply is affected. 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. that was our correspondent, young fellow shoals, reporting from key. if you're watching d w news, a quick reminder now of our top story. after much criticism and controversy, the men's football world cub has kicked off in katara with a host losing to ecuador in the opening match. more than a 1000000 fans are expected to travel to the country over the course of the

tournament. don't forget, you can always get the w news on the go. just download our app from google play or from the apple app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world. as well as push notifications for any breaking news up next is dark, filled with the look of the remote south atlantic island of st. helena home to extraordinary biodiversity. i'm mary evans, dean from me and the entire news team here in berlin. thanks for watching that off at the end of the patriarchy, most of the needs of murdering and depressing of.