[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah ah, business dw news lie from berlin. russia continues as brutal barrage in ukraine hidden cave and her song, the southern city that ukrainian forces re talk only 2 weeks ago. it sustained the

heaviest bombing to date. also coming up, authorities in uganda, take steps to curb the spread of the bowl of virus. curfews and travel bands are in place and public institutions are closed. and at the world cup the hosts are out and the arabian national team ends at silent protest. ah, after threats of reprisals, players half heartedly sang along to ron's national anthem. the team then went on to beat whales to nil ah! i'm nichol fairly, it's good to have you with us. officials in her son say at least 15 people have been killed and missile attacks on the city in ukraine. south. the attacks are the worse the region has seen since it was retaken 2 weeks ago by ukrainian troops. the

targets include homes and commercial buildings. her songs governor says hospital patients including children, are being evacuated due to the constant attacks. a warning that this next report contains disturbing images. the damage remains of another rush, an attack on ukrainian homes. like so much of his song, there is no power here. and the latest deadly shelling came during the night. emergency lights help reveal the devastation to residence while paramedics rushed to help the injured li live. but also still. these were shells completed. the key libra howling cookies carry and there were a lot of spar like viola, rush and missiles, rain down right across here san homes court fire sending ash into the air and

littering the streets with shattered glass. here sun is on the front lines of this war, just 2 weeks ago. ukrainian soldiers forced russian occupies out of the city and across the denise pro river. does russian soldiers now escalating the shelling on her son's homes and infrastructure? any celebration of the cities liberation was short lived, its tears and good byes for these families as they leave some having withstood 9 months of russian occupation with a book of common for bombs fill right next to a house. it's too dangerous for my daughter or so i'm taking her to safety and poland roof, or dorothy is urging residence to leave the city if they can, to help ease pressure on badly damaged infrastructure. aurora, they are taking revenge. they want to turn cast thought into a new, mighty or poor. we didn't do anything wrong yearly and were you. only half of ukraine's energy needs are being made after the latest russian strikes with no

heating winter has become a weapon. as supplies and infrastructure continue to be pummeled by russia's shelling ukrainians, embracing for more dark days and heat. and the w corresponded gen. phillips shots is in the east of the country near the frontline, he sent us this update with the mess of wave of missile attacks on civilian infrastructure across ukraine. it is sometimes almost forgotten that fierce fighting continues on the front lines in the east. here in the eastern part of hurricane region, very close to the russian border. soldiers i getting ready for the beginning of winter and all the challenges that brings with it. temperatures can drop to minus 30 minus 32 degrees in the coming weeks most. so just say that this will probably mean that the betters get less dynamic, but nobody thinks that fighting will stop any time soon as keep talking and brand jell chair, and she own a, he's a national security expert, an author. he is also a member of the council on foreign relations and

a former advisor to the state department for a secretaries of state hillary clinton and john kerry. thank you mr. terence yona for joining us tonight at a power outages across the country are having an effect on civilians and troops, especially with the temperatures now dropping below 0. how effective is this russian strategy of targeting the energy grid? it is very effective and it's, it's objective to terrorize and to punish the ukrainian people. it doesn't appear to be effective in the overall russian goal of breaking the will of ukrainian people to resist and with it breaking the will of the west to support the ukrainians. it's clear that the russian army is over extended and exhausted, but it still has a mass of man power, a mass of artillery that prevent the ukrainians from advancing much further at this

point. and it prevents them from consolidating their gains near the front line. as you can see from the terror artillery rounds that are being pummeled into, into hershawn, these can do a cook stream damage. and the russians have hit upon a strategy that is both terrifying and effective. they have taken down at least half of ukrainian electric grid and much of the water and, and other power supply eyes of ukraine. this is causing tremendous misery for millions of ukrainians. so far, however, it hasn't actually affected the ukrainian war effort. at the fact that these russian recruits are often ill prepared, inadequately, wept for the front lines, and also poorly motivated. what effect could this have over the coming months? well, i would not rule out a new ukrainian counter offensive that could have a similar impact to that, that we just saw in the liberation of hair shawn,

or that we saw 2 months ago in the breakthrough in the hard key region. that is, the russian army is fragile, it is over extended. it is poorly equipped, as you say. so even though they're watching tens of thousands of recruits, that they just picked up literally off the streets of russian cities in the last few weeks these, these are, these are not motivated troops. these are not well equipped, well trained troops. so it's possible that the ukranian strategy of not attacking frontal lee, but of hitting the lines of communication hitting the supply networks could lead to some breakthroughs. i'd be looking at the little hands province up in the upper done boss region and possibly near here sean itself. as they try to get at the artillery rounds that are punishing that city. it might be possible to cut off those artillery brigades that are on the eastern side of the ne pro river

in order to stop that kind of terror bombing. i don't expect the winter to result in a decrease in ukrainian counter offensive operations. this kind of terror or tactics or the russians a to brutal for the ukrainians to ignore. yeah, at these russian troops are under a command of a highly unpredictable man. in 2015 you published a book titled nuclear nightmares. and how close are we to nuclear nightmare? there are 2 nuclear threats we face in one is from the shelling of their nuclear plant at zap arisia, which continues to this day. the head of the i a is extremely worried that we're on the brink of a nuclear disaster there. and this is potent goal. he wants to again, terrorize the ukrainian population, try to get them to surrender, at least agree to a cease fire. the other is the risk of nuclear weapons. i actually think the risk of nuclear weapons has decreased. it was much more. we much we worried much more brought in the 1st few months of the war. we heard almost daily threats of nuclear

weapons then that those threats have decreased. and we don't see any, any possible scenario, whether it be a military significance to the use of nuclear weapons. it's hard to imagine a scenario where a potent could use a nuclear weapon and gain a military objective, if anything would increase his diplomatic and economic isolation, and might bring nato directly into the war. for those reasons, i believe put in would be very hesitant to use a nuclear weapon at this point. i believe there are a lot of people on this planet. happy to hear that assessment, jo terrence yoni of the council on foreign relations. thank you so much. thank you for having me and here's a look at some other stories making headlines around the world today. you commission president ursula on your line has assured ukraine that the you will intensify, efforts to provide support to the countries power grid. half of ukraine's energy facilities have been damaged in recent weeks by russian shelling,

causing widespread power and heating outages. young activists in sweden have sued the government for taking insufficient action against climate change. the activist march to stock homes district court to file the lawsuit which is supported by 600 young people. it asked the court to determine whether the country violated citizens rights, whether it's climate policy. a global summit on trade and endangered species has approved a plan to protect sharks. the plan includes $54.00 different species and aims to reduce the cruel trade and sharp fence. the proposal was adopted by a 183 countries as well as the european union. authorities in uganda have closed schools around the country and have been to curve the spread of the bowl of iris. although the number of confirmed cases has decreased in recent weeks, the government has also introduced a nightly curfew and a ban on personal travel. many markets bars and churches are also closed. the

buyers has killed more than 50 people since the start of the outbreak in september, including several health care workers. are adding to the problem is the fact that there is still no proven vaccine against this particular strain known as the sudan ebola virus. i asked eagerly reporter julius morgan. why in uganda, about the race to develop a treatment? this is a strange virus on its seal, disturbing scientists because they have not yet identified and is sick to vaccine for it. we have hud talks from the world here, so gonna position and a ministry of hills. that vaccine trials will be starting very soon. whereas this is not the virus that has queued more people. the height of the variance, that of care of more people, especially in west africa. this one comes now with a completely new challenge, because at least in west africa, eventually they formed the vaccine. but for the sudan virus, this is darnell bullard virus. the scientists are still looking for that solution, so it's

a very strange strain and it's still giving scientists to head back. hopefully the trials will be successful. now to an issue that dw is covering across the day, gender based violence. according to the united nations, every, our 5 women are killed by members of their own families. today is the international day for the elimination of violence against women. the un is launching 16 days of activism aimed at raising awareness of what it says are alarming rates of fem assigned where women or girls are murdered because they are women or girls. the un says 45000 women were killed by family members. last year alone, the highest number was in asian countries followed by africa, but it's a threat facing women around the world. in germany, around one in every 7 women experienced rape or sexual assault in their lifetimes. but few instances are reported because victims fear,

they will not get adequate help from the police. and if cases do come to court only a fraction and in a conviction. now an initiative has been launched to help reinforce cases against perpetrators of sexual violence. it happens every day, sexual assault, rape, or severe injuries caused by gender based violence. almost 10000 cases were recorded by german police last year, but many cases likely go unreported because the perpetrator is often a partner or x partner and the scene of the crime is often their home. wenzel wasn't, wasn't, wasn't when, for example, something of this nature occurs in a family, an instance of domestic or sexual violence. then people are afraid of destroying social structure. so disturbing the family piece strong of is reported and it's like and that can cause huge problems within a family or within existing social circles. you. so people say,

i'll just leave it to unless, if you were guns blown, evidence of a sexual assault such as spam, dna, and clothing or photos of injuries must be secured as soon as possible. that happens automatically when there is a police report. but survivors of rape often just want to forget what happened and that can mean destroying all traces of the perpetrator in the east and german state of brandenburg as well as in other german states. more and more hospitals have been taking a different approach for several years now without involving the police. those affected can have themselves examined confidentially and anonymously, by gynecologist or a urologist. hospitals have forensic medical tools to secure evidence, including clothing, dna, or photographs. that evidence is kept on file for 10 years. at the same time, the women offered immediate medical assistance and put in touch with the victim

counseling centers and was on an attorney or in this system is useful in cases of re trauma to zation loss. so when the whole thing happens again, the 1st time, and even the 2nd time has happened so far so that i may not have wanted to record it is, this may be the 3rd time i do want to go a month and then it is possible to access old cases, so to speak, and the current context is i'm not going over one few a cases of rape in germany, a reported than in other european countries. perpetrators often get off scot free. the project wants not to change, even if survivors only have the courage to go to the police much later. and there's lots to talk about on the stay for that. i'm pleased to welcome a little country nailer. she's the co founder of feminine seep map dot org in berlin, a group of volunteer researchers, collecting data on gender based killings as your husband and

a welcome to the w. the as with all gender based violence. the problem with family size is that they are heavily under reported. isn't it? how do you go about collecting your data? yes, exactly, it's a well, thank you for having a here and we are not only based in germany, we are online projects. so many of us are abroad with some other members are locally other perone, but it probably is not recognized and therefore there is no data and he's not reported a fudge. therefore, we collect data from newspapers that are made. so information we get to the case it through google earth, and then we percent the cases that we get every day to, to the tool and how many cases have you been able to document this year so far? this year so far we have collected a 181,

but we have 2 colors that we register ok of women and 75 because we want to see also what are the other patterns. so he's not only about $25.00, but $75.00. we have it recorded so far, 125. to clarify also we can see there for many fight, not only a intimate fight her intimate 75 cases. we have register so far the year, 86 cases, and that would be at the hands of a partner or a former partner. yeah, usually intimate feminist id. the find out is a couple that had sort of relationship. this is a tremendously important task you're carrying out, which is the government doing this. yes. but it's like, it has happened in or it happens in many other countries because the government,

very simple. the rick and i problem it is the work of activities. or see those the type of work that perform these because it is all the ones that are operating and also the ones that one to find pollution did. so yes, you should be the definitely the states. but when they take notes, even recognize the problem of the case with germany that for many years it has been recognized at all that that's the 1st problem that we are challenging. and to what extent is this an issue of framing? you say it's not really recognized as, as a problem in germany for instance, domestic families sides are often treated as a private matter rather than a broader societal issue. yes, i think that's the thing in this question. the 1st one is lay the frame in the importance of naming this, this crime. because the german government has the night to

collect data on any size on there, excuse that it is not a creamy, not cuz they were eat in germany. therefore, they don't have the, the power to record the numbers and also because the convention does not address concrete, the pipe. they also kind of cute of not registering the cases which from our perspective is not even an argument. and the other one is like a premium for media sites or domestic are related to that. i will call it the intimate i mean the psych sudden in the program is also a problem because they, you'll ever raised the true wrong answer. title aspect of the problem is through that is also their effect on some of the people and they will but also from the, from the society when we see the problem or justify the problem. say like, ok is because the woman was in a relationship with this person or is because this woman

a step that's the violence in the 1st place. it curve all then we are. this is, this is high. tell us that the researchers a media side are speaking about and they there's a lot of feminist map dot org. thank you so much for your time. thank you. back to the world cup now where the 2nd round of group matches has begun. and group a, the netherlands went up against ecuador, with both teams coming off a win in their opening match. the dutch opened the scoring and the 6th minute cody gospel with a strong strike from distance it with his team on course to be the 1st to qualify for the knockout stage. but ecuador proved they had come to play. and in the 2nd half their captain and our valencia scored a tappin for a final score of $11.00. and that means cutter are out after only 2 games the 1st time this is ever happened to a world cup host nation. for more on this,

let's go right over to dora and our correspond, and danielle barcelona, daniel guitar wanted to make history. and in the way they did, how big of a humiliation is this for the host? this is either humiliation. it's an absolute disaster. so the 1st host nation to lose multiple group stage games, they're the only the 2nd to go out in the group stage. so for them, it's a total total disappointment. after all the time they had to prepare and all the money that they spent on this turn of it for them to go to the group, seed is, has been a shock to everyone. now, i mean, in their 1st game, they did not look convincing. they looked unorganized, they didn't look sharp. and in their 2nd game also in the 1st half, they looked that way. they did pick it up in the 2nd half. they showed that they could play, but ultimately it was too little too late because in a tournament like the world cup you have to perform right from the very beginning.

some could tarry fans. we spoke to after the match were so disappointed they said at least they thought their team would make it out of the group stage. we've seen a lot of empty seats in the arena so far. can you tell us a little about the atmosphere in the stadiums? maybe compared to other competitions, we've been to hey, so there is a lot of talk about attendance in the state is because some gays, we've seen that there have been some empty seats. now some people are saying people might be exaggerating these numbers a little bit, but these empty seats, you know, for a number of reasons. so fans who have bought tickets, they might not be here. also, the lot of the empty seats are in the lower part of the stadium, which is where oftentimes are the more expensive tickets or sponsors or special gas . and they might not be showing up. now here on the ground in doha, there's ticketing centers for those matches and there's been a lot of disaster, so like ly knobs and then some technical failure. so people weren't able to get the

tickets. but ultimately the atmosphere in the games i've been at has been nothing but amazing. right. we don't have much time. but i do want to ask you about iran who got a big ad to neil when over wales. but again, the on pitch action was rather a secondary with it definitely was, i mean, you ran in national team finds itself in a very difficult position right now because all of the unrest that's happening in their country. but they also find themselves on the world stage, but ultimately they did win the game and they find themselves in a good position moving forward and the tournament despite everything done. yeah, martha. lona: thanks. now, ron football teams, refusal to thing their national anthem was better news than the score line in their 1st match. now they're singing again after what appears to be immense. pressure from the government is just one sign of the huge risks are rainy and people are taking to show their descent at a welcome,

increasingly overshadowed by human rights issues. these iranian fans in the stadium wanted to seize the opportunity and draw attention to the bloody crick don't on protests happening in their home country. but then message women life freedom was not welcomed by sea fine cutter and removed, just like iranian flax alter, to hide the symbol of the islamic republic. the team's decision to this time sing the national anthem, albeit reluctantly. a sign of the immense pressure the play asunder, and the u. malaysian painful to watch for many in attendance. for others it's a symbol of giving into a regime they don't approve of. especially since it comes just a day after their former t med voya for re was arrested in iran after training session with his club full at was a start. therefore, he is of kurdish origin and has repeatedly criticized the oppression of women and

minorities in these lamp republic. now he's facing charges for tarnishing the reputation of the national team and spreading propaganda against the state. that mexico 41 of the more than 15000 people authorities in iran have arrested since the protest began in september. more than 300 iranians have been killed according to human rights groups. and every day security forces attack, protest us all over the country. it has created a rift through iranian society, that's also on display in kata outside the stadium. supporters of these law, mac republic, try to silence auntie government protest us and hide them messages, turning the match itself into a side show. and so the iranian team managed to defeat wales on the pitch and yet disappointed many of their fence for not standing by them.

if you're afraid of creepy crawly, then look away now. and new exhibition and france has put some giant insect sculptures on display to highlight the importance of bugs in our ecosystem. 50 beats who wrapped around leave sally brightly colored beetles. and a honey b is asked that we live in a wonderful well tron naveen. the exhibition not only aimed to shoot the remarkable beauty of his diamond creatures. it also highlights the borton joy deeply in our environment. good to the whole system of life on earth is based on this microscopic by diversity which we often ignore and which is essential to us. also, if visitors can be made aware of that, if they come out of the sick submission with this idea, we will have achieved something that was hope la la, you know, scientists say around half

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