ah ah ah ah, the state of the news line from berlin, the united nations launches an investigation into iran, crack down on anti government. protests. demonstrations are now in their 3rd month and thousands are still turning out despite security forces using deadly violence against them. also on the show,

russia stands accused of crimes against humanity. president zelinski urges the un to condemn what he calls moscow's energy terror. the latest muscle strikes, knockout heating, power, and water supply. as rescue teams raised to find victims of an earthquake and indonesia, we bring you an incredible story of survival against the off plots at the world cup in katara christiana ronaldo becomes the 1st man to score at 5 world cops as, as portugal side winds, a thrilling match against gonna ah, annika really hits good to have you with us. the united nations is launching an investigation into iran crack down on anti government protests now in their 3rd month. there was applause as the human rights council resolution passed with 25

votes in favor. 16 countries abstained, and 6, including china, voted against protesters are still turning out in iran despite security forces using deadly violence. the unrest began after the death of a young woman arrested for allegedly not wearing her head scarf properly. the council estimates iran has detained 14000 people so far. and i can now speak to tom's sparrow, t w's political correspondent who has been following this from our studio here in berlin. thomas, germany's foreign minister on alina babel who called for this investigation, had been heavily criticized for her silence on the situation in iran. can this decision now be seen as a win for her? it can indeed be seen as a win for her as a win for german foreign policy. and this is, by the way, how it's also being presented by a german authorities in the 1st reactions after the decision concerning this

resolution, the fact that germany any particular mrs. babcock had pushed for this resolution, had pushed for this discussion that the human rights council, which by the way, it's the key inter governmental forum at the un in the un system dealing with human rights is certainly an important decision for german foreign policy. what's also particularly important is the fact that the resolution included this fact finding mission. it was not clear all along that this fact finding mission would actually be part of the resolution. in fact, china had presented a last minute appeal so that that could be maybe scrapped from the resolution that did not pass. so the resolution in the end also includes this very important fact finding mission. so all in all german authorities are certainly very pleased with today's result in geneva. how could this fact finding mission actually work without physical access to the country?

it is essentially seen as a step towards accountability as it is seen as a compliment to the word to the work that is already being done, for example, by the un special rapport term for human rights in iran. so it is seen as a step towards accountability but you point something in the right direction because this is certainly the biggest challenge. now, how to move forward from what was discussed in geneva from all these decisions from the resolution to actually action. especially if you consider that it's already being reported, that the iranian government, degrading authorities are not particularly interested in having that fact finding mission in iran. so there's certainly a lot of questions as of how this could be implemented from the government perspective, from the perspective of the country that took part in this resolution that voted in favor of it. it's a step towards more accountability in the situation in iraq. that was very clear, and that was our political correspondent, thomas barry. thank you so much. ukrainian authorities are struggling to restore

power and water supplies after russian missile strikes hammered key infrastructure . once again, people have headed to so called invincibility centers in search of power, warmth, and other essentials. russia latest strikes have killed 10 people enforced all of ukraine's nuclear power plants offline. for the 1st time in 40 years, the head of the nuclear energy company is warning that the attacks risk a quote, radioactive catastrophe. president zalinski is urging the un to take action, calling the strikes a crime against humanity. and he, w. nick connelly told his how people and keys are coping after these latest attacks . when you might just looking here at the scenic, you get a sense quite how cold it is. and behind me, you should be seeing care of at russia. but obviously because the electricity is out for most buildings here, you might just see a few lights in the fog. the really is quite a kind of starting seen. this is city of millions of people,

but you wouldn't know you'd be able to tell looking across the roofs. key of right now situation has been somewhat stabilized. there isn't the current total collapse that many here feared yesterday evening. the national grid has been reconnected for a while there last night. there were basically several parallel grids across the country, not really connected with each other. this country's nuclear power stations had to go into kind of security or switch off to prevent overloading the grid. and there was a real sense that kind of permanent damage could be done to the infrastructure that has seemingly been averted, lots of creative solutions. lots of means out there on social media, images of tramps being pulled by tractors instead of the normal tech because it just isn't any power. we don't have any timelines yet from the government as to when normal service is going to resume here and keep at least there is water again . since a few hours, there is a sense that the heating is gonna come back on for lots people in high rise apartments of there's no other option. they don't have the option to put

a generator somewhere. they don't have the option of somehow getting a bonfire ready to heat some food. this is a desperate time for people here, but no real sense here of panic or of the kind of mood turning. i think people were predicting this. they were seeing this about to happen. i think the big thing is that now in the last few days we've just had the temperatures really dropped the 1st time and went to hit us. now people facing up another 34 months. this doesn't connelly reporting for us there. now, while russian missiles rain down on ukrainian cities, the bitter fighting on the front line continues in the southeastern donna's region . ukraine's military is digging in and reinforcing its trenches in anticipation of a renewed russian offensive. it's cold and wet in the trenches dug by ukrainian soldiers. faraday shows us his position, a tunnel system, made of planks, dirt walls and cement. bunkers, frontline soldiers could fall back here if necessary.

adding our fruit to mortar woods. this could be the new front wind any moment. but sure, that's why we need these lines of defense everywhere now, but on this could, you can't underestimate the enemy, missouri landlord, seniority war. the soldiers are convinced that the russians who pulled out of southern ukraine are joining the battle in the don ask region where ukraine says the fighting is most intense. that means it's time to reinforce, the trenches will just come are now. we had to improve them. support check, the earth becomes loose. every time it rains your words, marbra were putting down new wooden planks and strengthening the whole construction room of one position at a time. a door double door. authority says he wants to wait for the russian troops to come and fight for his children and his family. a few kilometers away.

faraday unit has its headquarters, 3 meters below the ground. 8 men and a dog sleep here. his luther, water and mud trip through the ceiling. sometimes there's electricity, internet and even news from outside. for example, about the latest russian airstrikes. we feel still, some were me. so i'm from a city that was bomb today with the little they hit a maternity ward. the so we don't feel anything any more. both. no fear mister rosalind is really no busy. dmitri says they've held this position since the summer, keeping watch in the trenches and sleeping in the bunker. all the while keeping close contact with the front line. also lupus row stoneham shows since the situation there is still difficult to recruit. we're taking losses just like our enemy and weaker, but we can't pull back from our position for women. the more imbroglio is to work.

as long as the war goes on, or until other orders come, they want to stay here. they say they're waiting on the ground. and here's a look at some other stories making is around the world today. russia state atomic energy company is backing a plant protection zone around ukraine's upper regia nuclear power plant. the proposal comes from the international atomic energy agency. russia and ukraine have blamed each other for shelling at the facility. the lower house of russia's parliament has unanimously approved a law banning what it calls all forms of l g b t. propaganda. the bill could effectively block positive depictions of same sex relationships. it's expected to be rubber stamped by the upper house and signed by president vladimir putin. the berlin airport had to close both its runways because of a break in by climate activists. this video posted by the last generation group appears to show protesters cutting through the fence and gluing themselves to the runway.

they were later detained and the airport has reopened. china says new coven 19 infections have reached a record. 31000 authorities have imposed locked downs and closures in nearly all major cities. bushings 0 coven policy is coming under intense pressure as cases surge hopes of finding more survivors of an earthquake and indonesia are fading. more than 270 people have been killed on the island of java. with dozens still missing. authorities have sent in heavy machinery, helicopters, and thousands of personnel in a last effort to find any remaining survivors. 6 year old asco was pulled from the rubble after spending 2 days trapped under debris, without food or water. his uncle tells me that he was very quiet when they found him, and his still under shock dba nay, both forgotten jo for a gondola were married. he was found in his room bodied bird on the 2nd floor. huh

. on the concrete and robin waterbury, up a culprit, protected him and saved us life. i learned a modern there for 2 days when his father and i had the feeling that oscar was definitely still in his room and that a new variable that fooling was right. if more than 2000 people were injured in the quake, many of them children who were still at school authorities warned that time was running out for about 40 people who were still missing as rescue workers face dangers. after sharks and tropical rain. tens of thousands of people have been moved to evacuation centers after their houses were destroyed. the challenge now tells me this psychiatrist is to provide not only food and medical help, but to prevent long term psychological damage to bailey any, any, some of them being had the man, the trauma, are experienced by the victims should not be taken lightly and up. some up and this is just as important as the physical injuries we separately have. it's not visible

now, but it will be in a year or chair and can even cause that disability or those affected could be unable to go to work or to go to school or home office, get them as cous drama will also need to be addressed. he lost his mother and grandmother in the earthquake west java who need time to come to terms with a true skill of the disaster and money to build earthquake resistant infrastructure . something that has so far been largely absent in this densely populated part of indonesia. they identified the armor chron, variant of coven 19, and immediately raised the alarm. but instead of being praised, the african scientists behind the discovery found themselves scapegoats on the receiving end of death threats and travel bands. now they're being honored here in berlin with a german africa prize. the botswana harvard aids institute is one of the leading

h i v research institutions on the continent with some of the best virology tests including sickle leila model. when the pandemic hit merle and his team turned their focus from sequencing h i v to cove it and in november 2021, they made an unusual discovery, a new pattern with a high amount of mutations the omicron variant. they reported it immediately. i think that a lot of potential maybe infections ah, the only unfortunate reaction was within a few hours few days that many countries in southern africa were blacklisted. almost 2 years into the pandemic. the world once again went on full alert, borders were closed flights to southern africa cancelled, and suddenly those who discovered it became scapegoats even receiving death threats

. a lot of people say you scientists have big mouths look what you have done. and it was very uncomfortable. a few hours after it was discovered in botswana, scientists here in south africa, sequenced it to, to leo de olivera was one of moya's ph. d supervises. now they close the collaborate on their research. that's what we found them. it showed that the african can become a scientific leader on, on, on the pandemic response which surprised many countries in the world but, but, but did not surprise us because that's big investments that we have been doing, especially in people, but also in big labs and equipment for the past 20th day ali veda is one of the leading scientists in the field of viral outbreaks, and it's also from the global south. what surprised him was how busy the north was with itself during the pandemic and effective air travel bands. so

i think that was very rivers really said how they would have the chance to respond to a global problem. and they decided to respond with an nationalistic approach which didn't help. despite these challenges, loyal and de olivera continued their work. proving that leading medical research has also done in africa, and that europe can learn lessons from the continent and for it are here with me in the studio now dr. marya and dr. de olivera. thank you so much for making high order terms to berlin and also congratulations on the german africa prize. i want to start with you, dr. lawyer. when you back in november of last year discovered what was later be known as the armor con baron, did you immediately know that what you had just discovered would have a global impact? thank you. thank you for having us. that week was a unique one. borrowing from what we have done with h i v, we're used to looking at the virus and looking at the pit and of the mutations that

is there. and of course, the only kind of mutations surprise this. initially we thought who this is a mistake. so immediately i lifted the minister of hell at we have seen an unusual pattern of mutations, we didn't know that was going to be violent. you need to validate that. so we have to get a tracing and more samples. and when we begin to see that this pattern was also prevalent in other samples, then we knew that something was going on and with a powerful network and collaboration with other scientists like professor deliver. it was easy to validate that this is indeed something new that is happening in our region. how was it for your doctor dale? yeah. so, so if what else do we have detected many parents before before they're on the chrome. we also that, that the bit, the variant, we are the ones that help they and i to keep them to the fact that alpha variant. so we are quite to use it. so everything happened in the same day. in the same day

that that dr. lawyer saw the 1st gentlemen here identify far gentleman, south africa, identify another 8, and then we had to go in the process to make sure that this is a variance. that's not just a outbreak. and that involves like, almost like a swat team. yeah. very fast response we, we move hundreds of samples from 100 different clinics to my lab. we did very fast sequencing less than 24 hours. we could see that these variants that we found in whatsoever in south africa now was fred everywhere. once we find that then, then you have to have very clear communication and that involves that talk with our minister of health and science and they straight away. they stop at the agenda of the president, and i had to inform our president of south africa presidents from applause of the finding. and he took the decision that our country together. it was when i should go public and we did the press briefing to like all the major tv channels,

with the health minister there. and that's when the word got to know the army kron . after that, we need the to communicate to with the what the health organization i call urgent meeting. i am a member of the vital evolution committee. and within less than like, 3 days from it's supporting the 1st genomes. we had validated that in hundreds of samples inform our president, and the, or the health organization decided that it was indeed the variance of concern that instead of being president supported there, the opposite. the way you said once you help protect the world, even though you got punished for it, you received death threats. the backlash was tremendous. were you shocked by the response? truly, it was like a rollercoaster. you think that you're provided scientific evidence to protect the world because that information that's what is important for, for vox and design, doesn't put in for investigation. that's important for epidemiological check of

what's happening with the epidemic. but then you receive such abuse or in the, in the media and, and because of what has happened, our countries were shut down, that we didn't expect to see after, after almost 18 months into the pandemic. you think that the global village will work together? so it was a bit of a surprise, but because we used to working with h a v and communicating, we believe in transparency and release of data. and that has not changed that still to day we will still release data because of, of the ethical obligation to inform the world. who do you blame for the backlash that followed the publication? i think let it who it blend. it's basic, ignorance, ignorance, fear. in nationalism which played very big in this pandemic, it was not the 1st time that counter decide to close each other or too hard. the vaccines are hard diagnostics. but when think that we lend from this pandemic is

that these does not work as you know, or me crunch spread everywhere. and i believe he, in germany, you also had them a massive wave. despite blocking south africa, we also know that the army condo not come from south africa, but because we have very effective systems. and that's large investments for the past true 20 years on some of the best labs in the world. then for infectious diseases. and that's what we're trying to highlight to the word to death by an issue or blocking counties. it's bad for global health. and just to realize that the world has a lot to gang, to keeping vesting and supporting south in africa, especially. in fact, this is research. as dr. moyer mentioned. yeah. a lot of our previous experience on dealing with h a v and the b could the help their work with army from south africa had very little that we prepare our hospitals. we boost our health care workers and we think

that we can help again. yeah. and that's what we're going to keep doing. also with other epidemics and pathogens. yeah, thank you so much research. i speak with them on your end to the only vera. thank you for your great work and for stopping by today. thank you. ah. and the world cup in katara gannon took on portugal and group h and as ever kashana ronaldo made all the headlines with a historic goal and a thrilling win for his t. c. r. 7 was fighting back his tears while singing the anthem, and what might be his last chance of lifting the world cup after an hour's play portugal were awarded a penalty, and there was no question about who would take it. christiana ronaldo with a historic goal as he becomes the 1st ever male player to score in 5 world cups. however, ghana was quick to respond. all i took was one past down the left wing and pour portuguese defending for andre. are you to make the game level?

speaking of poor defending a costly mistake by up the over i'm on baba left while felix wide open and he reclaimed the lead for portugal. just moments later with gun are still in shock. it was substitute rough only our making the score $3.00 to $1.00 came over no gun. i kept on fighting, and after a lucky deflection, osmond buccheri found himself open on the back post and celebrated ronaldo style and in the dying seconds of the game, gun us e knock, he williams missed a chance to punish tioga cost us carelessness. portugal barely etched out the wind in an absolute thriller of a game. and joining me now from dela is our sports correspondent, daniel barcelona. danielle portugal got their when in the end, but they were made to work hard for it by gone elworthy. absolutely. i mean portugal really had to sweat this line out. now ghana was making their return to the world cup. they didn't participate in 2018. also. they're one of the lowest rank teams in the tournament and very young and inexperienced. but

they came up against portugal, led by obviously christian arnoldo who is probably bigger than the entire world cup . and they were extremely impressive. they really frustrated portugal. they didn't let them get through. but course crescendo. rinaldo starts the scoring off setting that record 1st male player to score in 5 world cups. but all in all a lot of positives for ghana and the atmosphere in the stadium was absolutely incredible. in a large part, thanks to the godaddy band to always bring a party everywhere they go for centre on all the made headlines. recently after leaving manchester united by mutual consent, it said, but the controversy doesn't seem to affect his game, did it? no, not at all. i mean this is chris john over in aldo. we're talking about here. he has razor sharp focus, and he's silence the critics time and time again. throughout his career. i mean,

all the noise about manchester united, his explosive interview, he gave with pierce morgan, then it came out that he was going to leave the club. both of them had decided on that. so i mean, it's pretty obvious that there were going to be questions coming in as to whether or not he was focused or not. but i think again, rinaldo has showed us why he is considered one of the best players of all time. because when it comes time to putting everything aside and performing on the pitch, that's what he's able to do. and that's what he does. the german players protest before their last to japan has been criticized as insufficient in germany, but widely applauded in europe. what has the reaction in the arab world? so as you guys know, i'm in dough high right now, so i've had the chance to talk to a lot of fans from the air world, from many different countries. now they've told me that they feel attacked. they feel like the west europe is trying to almost sabotaged this world,

cut for them. what a lot of them have told me as well is that, for example, when they go to other countries, visit other countries, they really respect the laws and, and norms. and they would like that same courtesy to be given to them. now actually another thing that some fans for me is that they feel a little bit of resentment or actually a lot of resentment according to them. because for example, when the world cup was in russia, they felt like they were the same issues at play here. but it wasn't really talked about as much. so it's almost like they're under attack. and that's really the overwhelming thing i've heard from all the fans. i've talked to here in doha. i am parcel lona, thanks. watching dw news. a quick reminder of our top story today. the un human rights council is launching a probe into iran, crack down on anti government protest. nationwide demonstrations are now in their

3rd month. thousands are still turning out despite security forces using deadly violence against them. and that's all for now, coming up next to the point. is russia, tara, with state. if you had the latest developments, any time on our website, that's d w dot com and on our social media accounts, you'll find it under comp. really thank you so much for watching in with ah, with

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