and i was unable to live there with you want to know their story. you so my grants clarified and reliable information for my grants with ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin after criticism and controversy, the men's football world cup has kicked off, and guitar has been 12 years into making for the gulf nation. but will the action on the pitch give fifo and the host country a break from tough questions. also coming up in the program,

at least 5 people are dead in more than 25 wounded and is shooting at an l. g. b, t, q nightclub in colorado, los ah, more violence in iran, observers report large scale military action in a courtesy city. the country's west ah, i'm here until berlin. welcome to the program. the mens football world comp has opened with a match between host guitar 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 actor u. s. actor morgan freeman. the headline performer was k pop star sean cook, in a speech guitars ruling emir spoke of celebrating diversity at the tournament about

maybe that. joining me with the latest woke up action is did have his own max merrill. so max ecuador, b, katara pucker stood open matcher this years tournament. yes, the very 1st game and to under dogs in group a going headsets, it was really vital points up for grabs, that we can take a look at the highlights. keta were on the back foot early on the keeper, sad al she'd not covering himself glory here. this is 3 minutes in and ecuador actually scored that early on. the goal was disallowed for a very marginal offside, coal. so they were lucky there. but the keep it was, it may be determined to ruin the day. he then caused the penalty and a valencia, the man who put the bowl in earlier that was disallowed, then felled, and he took the penalty. the captain of ecuador, the old time leading, go score for the country. and now also they're all time woke up leading goal scorer, and he scored again at the half hour mark. so 30 minutes. and it was to mil to

ecuador, and guitar really didn't offer a whole lot. we can see here the, the biggest chance really they had of the most spectacular chance they had in the match. muhammad, when, sorry, who came on and 0 shots on target for the host nation. they became the 1st host nation ever to lose their opening game. and the fans who had left at half time. so a nightmare start the guitar. all right, so kind of a rush start for guitar. do they have any hope of progressing now? well, as i say, these 2 are kind of the undergrad dogs in the group a and now they have the african champion sent a goal to play and the netherlands who are a power powerhouse of international football. and it's a bit shocking to me really cuz katara would not necessarily fancy to progress from this group that they would become only the 2nd host nation not to do so after south african 2010. but i did expect them to be better, like many woke up host before them. they have the problem that they haven't really been tested by competitive matches because they qualify outright as hosts. they've played $52.00 friendly matches in the last 3 years and spent the last 6 months and

a special camp with coach felix sanchez to prepare for this tournament. as it was on the day, they looked very shaky, very nervous, and these are the reigning asian champions. and a team who in 2019 were also a guest nation at the corporate america really didn't look old too bad, but very hard to progress from this point. on i think. all right, so rocky start for the 1st day of term, an action. what awaits us tomorrow on monday, yet we have 3 matches. the 1st, which is england versus iran, which interestingly could see a see the 1st political action. there may be some protests from the iranian players, such term all in their home country, and they have already protested in the past covering the national team badge and also england captain harry came, is expected to wear the one love on band a special on band for inclusive, etc. and faith i have so far, basically made it known that they don't want that to happen. they haven't officially banded, but he could be either caught it. he could be fined so far. he says he wants to push ahead with that. other than that, then we have set

a goal and netherlands. the other grew paid seen playing after that. and usa wales, another tightly contested match. so a nice threesome. they're contested action, right? that was t w's and max merrill, thank you. we turned to the us now were police in the us state of colorado. say a gunman killed 5 people and wounded 25 others and a shooting at an l. g. b t q. 9 club in colorado springs club gutters club doors rather fought and stopped the suspect gun suspected gunman, who was now in police custody. it was over in a matter of seconds. police were alerted just before midnight. a shooting at club q o. the 1st officer arrived in the area at 12 am, and the suspect was detained and subsequently taken into custody at 12 o 2. but by then 4 people were already did. a 5th would die later at

a hospital. police believe the 22 year old suspect entered the l g b t q nightclub, and just started shooting with what they described as a long rifle. i ran to the dressing room immediately. there was a customer that called me, and it was a jack former, delusional in the directory. i made them lock the doors and we got down on the ground and cut off the light, at least to her. oh, a people inside the club confronted and fought with the suspect and were able to stop, stop the suspect from continuing to kill them, harm others. we owe them a great thanks. all i can think about is everything my life just everything in place, family love was at the stroke of midnight. people at the club were planning to mark the start of the transgender day of remembrance, honoring those killed and transformed violence. the worst such violence was 6 years

ago at pulse nightclub in orlando, florida. when a gunman killed 49 people, an injured 50. the outcome might have been worse in colorado springs, were it not for the patrons who stopped the shooter. club q is a safe haven for our l. g, b t q citizens and so terribly saddened and heartbroken. as dawn broke authorities said they believed with the arrest. the threat to the community was over in st. paul, date of his washing bureau chief, covered the pulse nightclub, shooting in orlando, which was the deadliest attack on an l. g b t q venue in the us. we asked her what another event like this means for the community. i just spoke to the survivors of the pulse shooting which happened in florida as 6 years ago. and you know, events like that today,

obviously trigger of the memory and brandon wolf, one of the survivors told me that it is never over or they can celebrate, for example, 4th of july, because of the, of the fireworks happening there. they basically, the survivors of these mass shootings have to hide in and basements and, and in bathroom. so this is something we have to keep in mind. marion mariana. that at this very moment in the year 2022, many members of the edgy b t q family. don't feel safe to go out and celebrate on a weekend with whom they love and whom they are. here's a quick look now with some other stories making headlines around the world. the world's longest serving president is seeking reelection in equitorial, gania. the dear old voted to extend his 43 years in power in the orange country. critics have long accused his regime of intimidation, torture and corruption, and pointed towards questionable results from previous elections.

cassock sends president cassim tomorrow. okay. it looks set for reelection after voters went to the poles in the central asian country. while ballad counting is still under way state media exit poll shows him winning 82 percent of the vote. the snap election comes months after of wiley suppressed unprecedented protests. turkey has launched air strikes across northern syria and northern iraq targeting the military bases of kurdish militants. a war monitor says at least 3 people were killed there. the strikes come days after the turkish government blamed the courtesy workers party for last sunday's deadly bombing in central assemble. rights groups are reporting that reigning authorities are carrying out a major cracked out in the north western kurdish city of my hub. but there are unconfirmed reports of protesters being killed or wounded. the city has seen intense air regime protests in recent days with people stage incidence and setting

up barricades. ron's courage 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. in september, oh. 7 down with harmony down with a dictator. that's what these protestors inhabit, attending there on the streets again, here in the current city in western iran, calling for an end to these land republic. in spite of a massive correct on human rights group, say, authorities have deployed armed forces from other parts of the country to regain control of the city videos on social media, allegedly show them writing houses and firing indiscriminately at people. electricity was cut off for hours when it was restored residence immediately sounded the alarm. i see, i wonder,

a little asian. 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. there's a helicopter here, i saw with my own eyes and there's new, say, broad tanks, they destroyed people's houses and cars terminating my she not going to how you manage with a pro government news agency gets a different account of events saying it was right. it was spreading terror and creating k. that's the narrative, the islamic republic often resorts to when it's curtis 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 my habit, some with a rallying cry that must sound like a threat to the country. c craddick leaders. curts ballou: jeez, as a res,

freedom and equality. good bye, lucia cameron. latina is a senior lecturer at the university of sussex where he teaches modern history of the middle east and international relations. earlier he told us more about the new unity in the protests against the regime in iran. if 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 call this time has been particularly subject to this policy, given the history of a national opened in the region. and the fact that go to the phone of iran is adjacent to the iraqi kurdistan. and turkish go to son and so on. but it's clearly evident that actually 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 dominated by separate this movement. and these people want to kind of disintegrated. and despite that, we see that people immediately from here on to remote parts of iran, are coming out and accessing support for people on the how about to have come under intense military attack actually by conventional military troops of the republic of the wrong the international atomic energy agency has confirmed that this upper region nuclear power plant in eastern ukraine was shelled over night in a tweet the you and watchdog said that more than a dozen black shook europe's biggest nuclear facility on saturday evening and sunday. some buildings were damaged, but none of them critical for nuclear safety and security. so far, the plan has been under russian control since early march, but the surrounding areas are controlled by ukraine. russia's defense ministry accused g of a firing at the power lines supplying the plant is room near because the key regime is not stopping its publications. look at their aims to create

a threat of industrial disaster at the separate c, a nuclear power plant telephone. 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 shell twice by ukrainian forces. the result was the afternoon of the toner. although my thoughts w 's young philip slates isn't the ukrainian capital key of he described how ukrainian officials 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 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 east 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 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 has failed over and over again in the past months. all right, you're up to date. we back at the top, the hour with more international news. and until then if you need more news, you can always check on our website. that's d w dot com. i'm here until the berlin, thanks for joining us. she's gotten uses a thought see what grade level.