ah, ah ah ah ah, this is the w line from then russia accused of trying to freeze ukrainian to submission president, alaska, just the un security council to condemn what he calls energy tara, to russia, launched a new wave of rocket attacks. nothing. i have heating, power and water supplies,

and several cities also on the program. turkey threatens to escalate the conflict in northern syria state. it will launch at ground defensive against kurtz that the us and russia called for restrict you on human rights council prepared to meet who runs brutal crackdown. we look at how even the small, the signs of descent, a costing people their lives. and in the latest upsets at the world cup in katara, japan's done favorites, germany in their 1st group. ah, i'm fil gale. welcome to the program landscape has urged the u. n to back a resolution condemning what he called energy tara. the ukranian president's play came after russia launched a new wave of rocket attacks against these countries beleaguered energy grid

addressing security council by video link. he said the attacks clearly constituted crimes against humanity. ukrainian officials say that missile strikes killed at least 7 people and knocked out power across the country, neighboring moldova was also affected by blackouts. this latest russian air assault was brutal, devastating, and wide spread. little remains on this street invest garad, a town on the outskirts of keys, which took a direct heads, though to call this place home, left to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. so i am looking for pats left behind in the chaos of the shelling while others tried to clear away the debris amongst the ruins of a residential building. there is no electricity and no water and no sign that russia is going to stop any time soon. troubles today with the scariest

day was loud and terrifying. you could hear the strikes. what will there could have so many victims, so many houses ruined. people have no where to live, no way to sleep. it's cold. i can't explain it. what for you? but we are all human beings. around 70 missiles were launched by russia this time around reeking more damage on ukraine's already crippled energy system. here in the capital, the city's mass is at least 80 percent of residence. i've been left without power and water and they are not alone. cities right across ukraine, a dealing with blackouts and problems with water supplies. in the wake of the attack, ukraine's president dressed the un security council in new york insisting it's time for the well to act owing me,

their cd. what russia wants to achieve with such strikes should not cause confusion anywhere in the world like him older and energy. tara is comparable to the use of weapons of mass destruction. we muscle rough when the temperature is below saver outside, and his hens of millions of people are left without electricity. i never ceased give her heat some water hub. yeah. as a result of russians miss all that hitting energy facility of sla beth woody. this is an obvious crime against humanity. rodney lew jaylish, presidents, zalinski says ukrainian people are unbreakable and they will get through this war. but just how much more of this? can they really take? a well corresponded nick connelly is in the ukrainian capital and gave me his assessment of the current situation. good morning, phil. you probably if you can see behind me there is not a lot of light on here and key of this morning. an interesting enough where i am,

the power back on the traffic lights are working, but this was a very major attack. this was probably one of the most intense days in terms of attacks on ukraine's energy system. we'd heard from the grain army that say that they were able to kind of hit about 5051 of the 70 cruise missiles out of the sky that were launch. yes, you came that still leaves more than a dozen hitting their targets and it wasn't just electricity supplies that were affected. we also have heating plant. so the so crucial for people living in high rise apartments with no alternative way to heat their, their, their place, their, their apartment, their place of living or work. there is also the water. she was of the water depends on electric pump. so most of kia is still without water, and that's something that's repeated across the country. i think when you talk to crane is the thing that kind of most often is a problem for morale is mobile phone coverage. if people aren't able to make sure that their family, their friends are safe, if they aren't able to kind of work out the logistics of their day, that is something that cuts through more than power or heat. people can deal with

a few days without electricity. people here are used to keeping power banks and making those preparations. that's a real issue. but for now, it does seem like this time, like all the others, ukraine officials are doing pretty well at getting back to normal and getting some kind of schedule for rebuilding and re restoring supplies. i have a question is how long can you crank keep on doing this? does it have the money? does it have the supplies? there's lots of talk about western allies, promising a lot of money, promising supplies, and not always delivering in the time frames needed yesterday. there was delegation here from 8 european countries, talking about energy. and they were happened to be here on the day where russia hit ukraine's energy supplies. spend a lot of time in an air raid bunker. and i've had a chance to speak to germany's minister's thickness. see europe about jimmy's times to help? let's have a listen to what should say as, as guns claims, clear poo to him once he craned to sink into cold and darkness this winter ukrainians are facing up to all this on us with great bravery and we're here to help them meet these challenges. not just with words,

but also action that i'm here with an additional 55000000 euros worth of support, including generators, which will reach ukraine in the next few days from an com. well, no conway or ukraine says rushes, trying to weaken morale and break ukrainian. so well with these missiles strikes, is that working it for now it's actually having the opposite effect. we're seeing a lot of defiance. we're seeing people in parts of the country, sometimes hundreds of clumps away from the front lines. really directly involved in this. there's basically no way here in ukraine. you can re ignore this conflict, this war, even if you're not fighting yourself. you have family fighting. but this is somebody is really making sure that all of ukraine safety, wherever they may be, is kind of involved in this national effort. and he's also kind of quick to very counterproductive in terms of rushes international kind of p r strategy. we're seeing lots of people around the world, maybe was zoning out of this conflict, paying less attention. seeing those images of civilians in, you know,

in the snow without power, without heat. and it's really bring that focus back on or to forcing western governments to up their support for ukraine. it is important though, distress missing the ukrainians will often point out that you know, kind of amazing a the u. s. has given more to ukraine since the beginning this war, than all of europe put together a battery and as the u. v. europeans would imagine that 55 percent as much support as the americans, even though this is directly in on their doorstep. so there's definitely a sense here in ukraine that there is a lot more that you can do and also just in terms of getting it here in time to really make a difference this winter. there's a lot of frustration here that there's a bureaucratic delays and that support is an outs and for the t v. cameras. but doesn't actually reach the people here in any kind of time frame that makes a difference. people trying to get through this winter and, and not have to leave the country while russia is attacking them from the f. lots people have come back to ukraine in recent months. but there are lots people discussing on social media here. whether maybe for people who can go, who don't have to be here, if maybe the best option would be to leave again,

you know, and sit this winter out somewhere in western europe. right. and nick conley and k. thank you. a his look at a couple of other stores making news around the world. european parliament website was hit by cyber attack on wednesday. officials say they believe the program, i believe a programming group was behind the damage which left the site. i'm available for several hours and we can just hours of follow designated russia, a state sponsor of terror over its repeated strikes, some civilian targets in ukraine. the largely symbolic move is no legal ramifications. brazil's election authority is rejected request by outgoing president, dr. balsam arrows, liberal party to review the results of last month's ronald party was seeking to know most of the ballots are cast on electronic voting machines. the bid to overturn the election results the court imposed to find her under 4000000 euros for funding. what he called

a bizarre request in bad faith. a turkish present wretched type early. why miss threatening to launch a ground offensive against kurds in northern syria. anchor has hit hundreds of kurdish targets and asked drugs across southern syria and iraq, a since the weekend. russia and the u. s. of earth restraint to prevent the escalation of the situation. turkey threat follows a deadly bombing in a stumble this morning, which anchor, excuse me, and it's tumble this month, which an anchor blames on kurdish militants. turkish missiles are once again raining down on parish areas. turkey has been waiting a war with kurdish militants for decades. the kinds inhabit a mountainous region struggling 5 countries, including iraq and syria. the largest number live in turkey, where they fight for self rule has always matter. brutal response from ankara. turkey is blaming kurdish forces in iraq and syria for

a bombing in east angle earlier this month, which kills 6 people. the kurds have denied involvement, but turkey has responded with attacks in iraq and chiefly northern syria. here, turkey or pro turkish fighters already control some border areas shown here in blue . president wretched type ad one wants to expand that area and his targeting land controlled by kurdish forces and their allies shown here in yellow the kurds killed in turkish air strikes here. are allies of the us and were instrumental in driving back militants from these la mic state group in syria. but turkey sees no difference between the kurdish fighters here and the outlawed p k k terrace group. the kurds for their part of fighting back as they've always done firing rockets into turkish controlled areas in northern syria. united states and

russia are urging turkey to show restraint. but so far, those calls the going on. he did we can pick this up with. so the med chevy cruze an expert on turkish politics at the center for applied to he studies. welcome to the w. so turkey says it's neutralize what it says, a kurdish terrorists. what does that look like on the ground? well, i just use conducting as an elder demotion in the news solely your strikes, use it and the restaurant technology in this struggle. and it has been targeting, she, a military personnel, or one p g decoder, scheduled for quite some years, was recently, it has kind of accelerated those attacks. and is it, you know, a pushy new wifi, jimmy, and further, early from school and yesterday, present early on was talking about launching a ground operation of what he called the most convenient time. how seriously showed

that threat betaken were seriously. i mean, it has actually, since the last 6 months on has kept on talking about the new ground operation. but it took a ground operation like the for produce ground operations are contingent, open russian or american approval, because they use conscious control dave space and see if you saw this throughout the last 6 months. both russia and united states is trying to babylon from disgruntled france. but things are changing due to russian admission in ukraine. this increases turkeys just i think value both in dies of us and in the eyes of russians. so the desk is on the big leverage to and he's using that. so i am expecting that eventually he would get the green lights for a grand operation as well. maybe not today, not next month, but between a couple of months at the latest because of those elections coming. and that will

be a good on the operation was problem. so if that happens, what is that, what sort of scale is likely to happen? and how is that likely to affect his relations with the us and russia? it depends on that, that happens a fucking bitch on cobra. i mean, it, i think it has a move which are more strategically important, particularly for the russians because if took by those regions, it also starts to, to connect. and i let me just see the city. so i'm, i'm expecting that if an attack goes to these 2 countries, russians will be more aggressively opposing it. it, but if it attacks that is directed to combine, it is easier for to, to get the green light from the russians. in contrast for the americans, carbon is more important than the other 2 regions. but my reading is that americans

are becoming less and less committed to prove that took strong correlation. so. busy if that will partition is limited on the region. i think that would be a little more questions from the russians, or americans or iranians as well because you know, on the ground and other major regional country. so it targets are bonding. i'm not expecting a big as usual and it's a national backlash to that operation. ok, thank you so much for. so my traffic from the center for applied to to he studies. thank you for having you're watching a dw news, a live from berlin for more than 8 weeks. iranians have been protesting in the streets, calling for freedom and an end to the slimy republic that's in spite of the government's violent response. on thursday, the nice nations top rights body will hold an urgent meeting to consider launching

an investigation into and into the bloody crackdown any any evidence found could later be used before. national and international tribunals are to hold people responsible for crimes committed in the name of a bronze rulers. i down with the dictator. that's what iranians have been taking to the streets for voicing their anger about human rights violations by the islamic republic, and demanding an end to theocratic rule. resistance against the system, however, is something the regime shows 0 tolerance for its security forces designed to protect the character against opponents attacking protest of all over the country most violently in the countries ethnic minority regions like curtis turn, all this done and below his time it seems that as the protests have escalated and spreads and actually even smaller towns and villages now joining the

proteins, the regime seems to be making resorts to, to more violence using combat ammunition straight to the south of the protest. as a result, you have more and more casualties. more than 300 people have been killed according to human rights groups including more than 40 children. in many cases their relatives are forced to pretend dead deaths were accidental. 7 thousands others are taken away by the security forces and end up in one of the country is notorious prisons, along with other political prisoners like human rights activists, friends or to the all jose and anaki, where they are subject to torture. according to family members from various army basha, kenji hom, osha was saying of educating g these la mc republic enjoys the silent torture of hussein. and the mental torture of my parents can yet matter. the people are

satisfied with the torture. if something happens to my brother, again, the entire system of the islamic republic is responsible. his homage on board, he is law, me must often families and not even told where their relatives or what's happening to them. so some come to the prison every day, demanding information or release of their loved ones are released that is anything but certain. and a rancho rio law, protesters can be charged for waging war against god, a crime that may result in the death penalty. some have already received that verdict, the amys, to maintain or even build up the barrier of fear that the needs in order to rule a country where people don't want them. so death penalty is the most efficient tool to spread fear in the society so far that fear is not putting protesters off.

they keep going to the st. determined to continue until the regime falls. ah, that is all about the world cup and guitar, of course. and before the ball got rolling, for germany's opening against japan, the team had a message for free for german players covered their mouths during a team photo i just ahead of kick off in response to fee for threat of sanctions. of the use of the one love arm band on the pitch, germany were eager to set things straight after a disastrous exit in russia 4 years ago. a things didn't exactly go to plan is hi going to want growth. the debt locked 30 minutes into the game, after converting from the spot. jimmy could have easily increased their lead, but the lat bite. the chances were there, the finishing was well, for though japan cloth, the weight backing to the scheme, it's to do one. never in the 2nd half was, isn't upset in the making. the japanese fans seem to think so into who marsan

immediate reality by giving japan the need to one the finest for the next big upset at this was cut this time it was japan next. and what time was cut champions? germany so a dismal start on the pitch for germany. but what did the funds think about betty covering their mouths over faith as bound on rainbow color dick captain john batch . i very much appreciate the sign. oh because it's really hard. oh, to tolerate, bent the organize all of this tournament basically prevents us from thinking and speaking on everything. so from that perspective, i really appreciate this sign of our team. it is good that they have done something that they have sent this message because this is the right thing. they are doing here. of course, the stickler could have been stronger. however,

at least it has been a signal. i think it was like something good in between like, between like violating the rules of my t frog and not doing anything so so yeah, i appreciate what they did. he got so much of instead of covering their mouths, they should have just played better football and put more energy on to the pitch for registering all in the other game in the group of spain recorded their biggest ever woke up victor with 7 nel route of costa rica, that matched offs. our round up of other woke up action on day 4 and kettle. a little under the radar, but a brilliant makes of young talon and experienced veterans. spain wasted no time to introduce themselves as title favorites this year. danny omar, with an artistic effort and the 11th minute was the 1st on the long spanish score sheets. costa rica fell apart early on, or the elbows cross finds an unmarked mark was in seal. who slots home spain 2nd of 3 golds in just the 1st half barcelona 18 year old vendor kin harvey smashed tom. this volley scoring his 1st ever wild cup gall and the final nail in the coffin

came from substitute. i've otto murata, who made it 7 nil in at a time. the red and yellows could not have hoped for a better starts in group f. it was favorites. belgium that got the better of canada . missy. but why filling in for the injured rama lu khaki skirt the only goal and with it, belgium's one know winner. so here are the results and from a dramatic day, 4 of the woke up in guitar. germany lost their opening game for the 2nd woke up in a row, spain looked bay that seemed to beat in group a without 7 nil victory group. f, a 2018 runners up croatia and your to frustrating start to their campaign with a golden draw against morocco. a belgium edged canada. as we saw, the european space agency has selected his 1st astronaut with a physical disability. former british paralympic sprint of john mac fall lost his

leg on a motorcycle accident. the move is part of a recruitment drive by the essay to bring diversity to space, travel, a tooth and latest. at train the astronauts a women, hey cra. john mcfall continues to beat the odds. he lost his leg, is a teen in a motorcycle accident only to become a paralympics, representing great britain. as a sprinter now is on track to go where no one with a disability has ever gone before up in space as the world's 1st ever pair. astronaut, when, when is pronounced they were looking for a candidate with a physical disability. i thought it was such an inspiring and exhilarating opportunity. i looked to the person specification and i thought, wow, this is, this is really aspirational, this is very brave and very bold thing to do. i'm with my broad scientific background and vast range of experiences. and i felt compelled to try and help each sir on to this question. can we get some with a physical disability that to,

to meaningful work in space? that's what the european space agency helps to find out. but large and such a new feat will take time as part of the new isa class of recruits. mcfall will 1st work with engineers to understand what changes are needed in hardware to open professional space flight to a wider group of qualified candidate. and the study is expected to last 3 years. it's diversity. it comes in many different ways. and the world health organization reckons that about 50 percent of the population live with some sort of disability and maybe 2 percent are really affected by it. and so in no, of course, to be an astronaut is a very exclusive thing to be. but having a disability, he shouldn't rule you out. and that was really part of this very special project that we launched in this process. i think the message that i would give to future generations is that science is for everyone. and space travel hopefully can be for everyone. the project is considered

a giant lead towards enabling people with physical disabilities to reach new heights. is a couple more stories making news around the world, kosovo and serbia have reached a last minute dale to i am the dispute of the vehicle license plates of the you hadn't warned could trigger ethnic violence because of a plan to find ethics serve drivers using serbian issued plates, they used foreign policy chiefs that negotiators in brussels, agreed on measures to avoid further escalation statute controversial. a german colonial officer in the vivian, comical when hope has been taken down. following crashing activists in 18. 93 on francois commanded, brutal operation in which around 800 people were killed. and maybe it was the german columns known as germany, south west africa, 1884 to 92. today is that the thanksgiving

and united states, the start of one of the biggest holiday seasons in the country. and typically one of the busiest periods of travel after 2 years of pandemic disruption. this year's holidays are brought travel levels back up to normal and beyond. several airlines expect sunday to be there. busy day 6. before the pandemic. the american automobile associations, thanks giving 20. 22 will be the 3rd business on the rose is to is a quick reminder of our top story at this hour. ukrainian president. a lot of them is lansky has urged the un security council to back a resolution condemning any forms of energy use countries. electric grid was passed and buy a new way of rushing to massage strikes, knocked out of power and heating, several citizen coach massey blackouts. in they bring it load yet you can always get the w news on the go. just download that app from google player from the app store. i will give you access to the latest news around the world as well as

push notifications for any breaking news. coming up next on d, w, focus on europe. looks at mold overs, fears about packages this winter. russian is trying to target the energy sector, neighboring ukraine, back at the top of the hour. in the meantime, of course, there's always the app or the website, d, w dot com. i'm with, ah, ah, with

who just across the border in epic party is kicking on where attendees can enjoy themselves in a way that would be impossible back home. people from iran travel to eastern turkey

by, by a short trip to teach freedom. that could also be dangerous with on d. w, into conflicts with sebastian referendums, in the occupied regions of your crime. and more russian troops are drafted into battle. my guess is we have his own unique protest. i responded off a foreign service veteran resigned in shame the war in ukraine. what are the chances of putin surviving? the conflict started conflict zone in 60 minutes on d w. o. if you take a minute, if we see you enjoy eating at home with your family,

was harvested by people more being exploited if than id. so for the, in that the green revolution on absolutely necessary europe revealed the future is seeing determine now how documentary theories will show you how people, companies and countries are we thinking everything, making later changes you've reviewed this week on d, w with this is focus on europe, i'm lar babel allah, welcome to the show relations between europe and iraq.