cultural, he's a secret weapon. mistaken doubts december 3rd on d w ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin tonight in china. the crackdown on protests against the countries 0 covey policy. there are more locked downs across the country and even public halls for president gigi paint to reside, also coming up tonight and exclusive report from here, san in southern ukraine to former prisoners, tell us how they survived being tortured by occupying russian forces and 8 dead and

security forces and a hotel siege in some out. but the threat from the terror group out of all that threat remains and goals galore at the football wolf cup, serbia and cameroon, were both looking to school for the 1st time. and guess what? be exceeded expectations? ah, i'm regards to our viewers watching on p b. s in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin tonight with china. the pandemic in protests. china is clamping dell, all those protests against it's unpopular, 0 cobit policy. thousands of people have taken part of demonstrations across the country. they're calling for an in to lock downs, and in some cases they're calling for president. she's in pain to resign. now this is extremely rare in china. beijing has eased some restrictions,

but it is showing little sign of backing down completely. ah, in downtown shanghai, a heavy police presence has replaced the huge protests which filled these streets. police cars tracks and officers are out and force huge fences now in place to stop crowns. gathering. both parties here are working to remove all evidence of the protests demanding these women delete photos from the fines. oh. here they have wrist. one protested with police telling reporters the men didn't obey their arrangements. he's not the only one to have been detained. the social media footage shows a b, b. c journalist being arrested while protest is charged for his release. the baby ceases. he was assaulted before being fried chinese authorities say he didn't properly identify himself. the proteus are an extremely re,

a show of descent with many here reaching their limits. flawed with the pretty neighboring loyal to you. i think everyone has their own demands in this matter. logo you, i think it's good for the environment of the whole country to have such a space for discussion. rallies and solidarity with china's demonstrations have now sprayed around the world. large crowds gathered outside the embassy in london. and here in tokyo, calling for an end to china's strict coven restrictions. yeah. but chinese authorities are refusing to change course. you know? we believe that with leadership and the support of the chinese people are fight against coven 19 will be successful. the way there has been a slight easing of restrictions in the western city of m. j, where

a deadly apartment fire last week spat much of the recent and wrist. some residents have been confined to their homes for months, can travel on local buses from tuesday. some small relief, but far from the into the government. 0 cove and policy that so many are demanding . the new york based journalist, lizzie lee told me why we are seeing fewer images to day of those protests from china. we saw a chinese authorities have ready titan controls, erection to those protests which happened over the weekend, or in some cases, dispatching police forces, teenagers, subway stations, and public squares emitter tiny cities. so i think that was definitely one of the main reasons. what about china's 0 covey policy? it's not working. the rest of the world is moving on beyond the pandemic, economically and politically. when does this become

a situation that beijing can no longer afford to live with? think so far, the signals are still very mixed in some parts of the country. there was science that local officials had already east to some of the most recount and restrictions in response to the public discontent. we saw over the weekend, but i just this morning, state media people was daily. i issued an article reader reading support for city kings 0 cove. it policy calling it the success which has withstood the test of time and practice. so i think we'll just have to wait and see. but if there's anything we know about eating, his instincts are all about being uncompromising in a feast of any perceived challenge to the parties. rule with the fact that these purchase a robin so quickly and across the entire country. and what does that tell us about?

she's in pink's grip on power, i mean his grip on politics and his grip on society. they're not necessarily one of the same organ right? so at this point, i think it's still too early to tell if these protests actually threatens, you can, can script on power, but they are definitely a huge embarrassment for sitting teen despite the parties line that 0 co policy has been a huge success. you reality. we saw on, you know, this mismanagement of a local locked downs, pleading the country and those heavy handedness and the handling of the country's economy by a local level. officials all over the place. if it continues, we can't rule out anything more dramatic happening to the country into a leader himself. journalist elizabeth, joining us from new york to night was he thank you. thank you so much. in ukraine, president ward miss zalinski is warning his country to prepare for

a new wave of russian air strikes. he says that as long as moscow has missiles, it will not rest airstrikes this month have cause the most damage to the power grid since the war began. back in february, millions remain without electricity and heat. and that is happening with winter firmly being felt in ukraine. i'm joined now by the ukranian lawmaker kiera roodick. she is the leader of the opposition holos party. here it's good to see you again. let, let's talk about what people in ukraine are dealing with last time you and i thought we were talking about these russian air strikes, but that was month, month and a half ago. now winter has arrived. it's the cold temperatures and the air strikes that have become the 2 weapons that russia is using against her country, isn't it? of course, ah, 1st of all, thank you so much for having me. and 2nd,

a russia is with and i think everything they are with and i think foot the expert of the grains. they are weaponized, electricity, them liberalizing own nuclear. they are doing everything possible and impossible to win the war. however, they are losing on the military side right now over 50 percent of ukrainian energy infrastructure is destroyed and the we are trying to fix it as soon as possible as much as possible. we're still falling behind because the attacks continue as of today, half of population of for ukraine's capital. keith has been without the electricity, without the heat and air from time to time without running water. it is extremely hard right now in ukraine because it also affects their connectivity and i can tell you, you can survive without the heat, you can survive out without the water. you kind of can survive without electricity,

but it's extremely hard without that connectivity, without the connection to the loved ones and just of to the rest of the world as the situation changed for the military and that you're getting the weapons from the west mail that you need what you need mel or enough. busy spare parts to repair the energy infrastructure. me that has also changed hasn't ah, we are receiving right now with uns, more supplies. and of course, some spare parts to help us with the rebuilding of energy infrastructure. however, every single day we need more and the best investment by our allies right now would be air force protection systems that will allow us to protect what is non damage, what is not destroyed. because we at one step before the total national blackout. and this is extremely dangerous because it will affect again, everyone in the whole europe. and given that we have the energy grid connected,

but also that people that will be leading ukraine and there will be another way of, of refugees. i know that russia has denied that it ever had plans to withdraw its troops from these upper region nuclear power plant and southern ukraine. we know it's occupied the area since the early days of the war. ukraine is claiming that russian forces were planning to withdraw. what's the truth? i mean, do you have a confirmation that you can share with us? we don't have confirmation on that, but i want to warn everybody not to trust russia's worth. there has been no evidence in the past that you can do that. so we should not be having any illusion about that right now is a breach, a nuclear plant, the largest nuclear plant in the whole, europe is the most dangerous piece and the most threatening part of the war right now for the whole world. because we are basically one at mistake, away or one intention away, one bed miss out away from

a nuclear catastrophe and continue it all the fighting that are continuing around. the plant are extremely, extremely dangerous for everyone. so if there is one that the international community needs to make is to assure that the plant is neutral because, you know, we have been through tra novel. we know that radiation is not picking up who has which passport? and it would be a generation of tragedy to so many people to so many nation you're, i have to ask you before you run out of time, there are reports mailed that us were weapon shipments to taiwan or behind schedule . because of these weapon shipments going to ukraine. how worried are you that as we enter 2023? that decisions will have to be made in washington between cave or taipei. i have recently visited taipei and we do have an agreement that ukraine right now is and the current epicenter oh,

fighting for the freedom and taiwan is potential future at the center. so right now i do believe that the extension over the military production in the whole world will help us to receive enough of the weapons and supplies in the upcoming years. so i, what is coming up? i'm less worried that the winter that we need to survive. and yeah, we need to make sure that people just physically will go through it. and in, in february we will still be capable of fighting and will be all good and well. yeah, that's right. spring cannot come soon enough. you pretty law make her a cure roodick. joining us tonight is always clear. we appreciate your time and your insights. thank you. thank you and glory to crane. well, the city of her san in southern ukraine has been liberated from russian occupation, but the fighting is far from over. russian forces are showing the city daily from

across the de need for a river. residents are also trying to understand what happened during the 8 months of occupation w's nic. connolly met 2 friends who survived weeks of captivity and torture. ah, caring for food, huddling around the few working y fi hotspots carrying on in spite of the shelling all around them. this is what everyday life looks like. have soon. the government key, it was people to evacuate. 2 areas of power, water away from the russian guns. the new and victoria state put during 8 long months of russian occupation. they're not about to go anywhere. now. they might seem like old friends, the only mentioned september, the seller of this unremarkable of his flock. as prisoners, i know that there's a violin forced their way into her flat. my grandma started screaming, they let her off into the bathroom soon at a bag over my head. and they just started beating me over and over. who's your

president, who's your president? you're coming with us and it's going to be a lot of fun till i miss. the neil had subscribed to pro ukrainian chuck group on telegram enough for her son's increasingly anxious rush notifies to come off to him . victoria had been volunteering, taking food to people in need when a group came into suspicion for contacts in government control territory. when, when the russians ready to home, they found ukrainian flags on me, souvenirs and postcards feasible, char, i guess that means your enemy doesn't. at the interrogator asked me, i agreed with him. but what do people do to the enemies? he asked, i killed them. i replied, that you're right, he said, but they tortured them fast under wood. i didn't think i'd get out of there alive. i wanna live home to land during the new had no idea where it was that being kept there. he realized it's been told as weeks in the middle of hudson, and they recognized pictures of their basement shed online children. we tried to go inside,

but the police isn't letting anyone in the risk of russian mines is just too high. all denila victoria ever saw was there, so as soon as they left it, there were captain hoods, the captain, determined to remain unseen. but as little as they could see, they could hear more than they wanted. 2 of us, the worst was hearing screams, lightning i was the loudest in our basement during the interrogation see of all the cells could hear yelping. i was unbearable. the men's shouts didn't travel quite as far. but when you started, all i could do was pray that they go easy. all you knew of was all quite. ah, was up within the pat my last interrogation, my hands were bound. the pain from the electric shocks was so bad that i didn't even notice that i pulled a nail out. the, all of a sudden i could feel the blood dripping my hands my trousers. they were all covered in blood. the lead path, which give the most terrifying moment, was still to come of 2 weeks without news. while the inmates was suddenly driven out to the city at god's telling them,

it was time to say their prayers. on the side of the that they made every one record a short video. you had to say your name, your date of birth, and saying to the camera that you are alive and well, for a moment i was really worried. what do they need this for? which was that, did they need an alibi? and when you brush geffrey to seal them, they were told to close their eyes and count to a 100. but instead of the shots that expected, they heard they kept his driving away without them. yeah. about the likelihood their russian kept his low face. justice is slim, they tortured the evidence as they left. at least one good thing has come of it all . victoria tells me we're done being scared. it was d w 's nick connelly report. security forces into my you say they have ended and hours long hotel seized by i'll kind of linked insurgents. at least 8 civilians were killed as algebra. militant storm, the villa rose hotel in the capital, mogadishu. the venue was frequented by government officials,

authorities say they rescued 60 people and the government has been battling eligible for more than a decade now in this latest attack comes just as many fighting the militants thought that they were finally seeing some progress. oh, this is my door in 7 somalia, hundreds of thousands of people are taking refuge chair, displaced by the drought and the extremist mayor of july alley was seen and the security forces are trying to keep our ship up outside the city. but the group is only 30 kilometers away from me, my on high alert, day and night to avoid getting ambushed daily patrols. give the people a sense of safety ash, pleasant control here until 2012. when the government recapture this city casa, was became one of the conic. this is, is that so maria, her face for the last 50 years, and be loss of it a lot. but now the blushing,

the hope, local militia as a playing a supportive role to here and there hide out this group plans then next offensive against our shop. their leader is a former member who wants to remain anonymous. the lead on the they miss a i, when i joined in 2007, they had control of the country. there was a lot of unemployment and no opportunities alive at it. he says that after a few years as a fighter, his job was to extort money from farmers and shop owners. but after almost a decade of witnessing torture and public executions, he changed his mind. and a fanny, i realized they did not want to establish a government, or a rule of law and bloodshed became normal. either he managed to flee, but had to leave his family behind. his wife was forced to get re married to an archibald fighter, and his son will soon be recruited to become one. he fears they are among the

almost 1000000 people estimated by the un to be under the control of our ship up suffering. the effects of drought that cut off from much needed fruit 8. we're here to look now some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. police forces in 6 countries have brought down an international cocaine route. almost 50 people were rusted. here in europe, and in the united arab emirates, 30 tons of drugs were seized. the world's largest active volcano. mount a lower on hawaii's big island is erupt in for the 1st time in nearly 4 decades. the u. s. geological surveys, as lava has begun moving down the mountain, it's impossible to predict whether or not it will flow into populated areas. crowds turned out at rio de janeiro, cobra cabana. to celebrate pry, the mother of the 27th parade. it is courage to be happy wides group say that violence against brazil's l g

b t. community has risen significantly in the past 2 years. rescue workers in cameroon, are searching for survivors a day after a landslide in the capitol yonder. at least 15 people have been confirmed dead. busy many more missing the victims gathered on a hill for a moral service when the ground gave way. at least 8 people, including a newborn baby have been killed in a landslide. on an italian island rescue workers are searching for others who are missing. now the government is declared a state of emergency the serenity this island normally enjoys has been turned on its head. a violent storm sent waves of mud sweeping through the streets early saturday. the aftermath has done to those tasks with recovery efforts. the

rescue as include hundreds of volunteers who now have to clear out seemingly endless amounts of sludge. a catholic children's home is among the buildings flooded. vela my very alley. i have a mother in law. this is all the mud that came in to the compound through the sewers. you know, you will and body so we volunteers are trying to help them out because the state and those in it are not doing their duty, jackie, but they're a kid already. there are no 5 pseudo in the storm delayed the arrival of fairies bringing emergency support from italy's mainland. but it's not just the speed of the rescue that angered people here. the local government is also under fire for not clamping down on illegal buildings. pacific images that i must say that such an awful thing shouldn't have happened, because we know that this island, and indeed this town casa mitchell, is an area with delicate soil. so they should have been more careful of it. it was

like very little things and a significant number of buildings on his skier island did not have official permits climate active essay. large scale construction has reduced green spaces and trees in the region, making the soil more susceptible to slides. the national civil protection agency says these land planning violations affect more than 90 percent of italy's municipalities and one they to could face some risk of landslides or other natural disasters. ah, in the pebble woke up in katara, the group be clash between cameron in serbia, turned into a gold fest camera and took the lead after 29 minutes. it was the 1st goal at the tournament. it was also a 1st for serbia when they equalized just before the break and they weren't done yet. just a minute later, there turned the game on it,

said 2 on serbia at half time. after the break serbia state in control of the game . alexander meter, which with a 7th well in the last 6 games for his country. but cameroon, wouldn't surrender and showed their fighting spirit. a beautiful chip from vincent abaca got them within a gold, around the one hour mark. and just 3 minutes later by a munich strike, a eric maxime chapa meting with the easy tap in for cameroon. 33, the fun of school. a result that keeps both countries woke up hopes alive and he ripped, gee, it was brazil and switzerland facing off brazil, made it clear they wanted the width. and it is julia appeared to school 1st, but the goal was rudolph signed by the video assistant refereed. it with minutes to go, brazil's chasm heroes scored the only go brazil or through to the round of 16 while

switzerland now need a draw or when in their final group stage, get w sports corresponded on you. barcelona watched the brazil victory from a close. yeah, i was in the stadium. let me tell you the atmosphere. it was absolutely amazing. there were so many brazilian fans here. i think probably 80 percent of the stadium was wearing a yellow shirt. and brazilian fans are some of the most electric fans in football. now brazil tonight, obviously without their star player name art, which is a massive loss because he's one of those players who can create those moments of magic that you want a world cut. but brazil thankfully for them are a team that are very, very deep. so to night they use that mix of experience and youth to get in that degree. wonder goal from chasm. here and there through to the next round. definitely looking like a tournament favorite, and we saw a significant wind to day bye, gonna to be south korea. cameroon,

came back against serbia to draw. it seems the african teams are holding their, their own, this world cup. yeah, they definitely are holding their on this woke up like you said, positive performance is today from cameroon. and ghana actually it might surprise some people to know that an african team has never made it to the semi finals of the world cut. now they were will definitely somebody will be looking to turn that statistic around this tournament. i mean we have santa gov. the raining ask con champions, this is widely considered one of their golden generations of football. obviously with other star player side, your money. i mean morocco with a big victory over belgium. so it's definitely looking positive for the african nations at this world cup. and daniela's talk about life away from the stadiums for just a moment. i know you've been talking to fans about the accommodations there and about the prices. yeah. so the fan

villages here in katara where was could tar solution to the amount of fans that were going to be coming cuz guitars of very small countries. essentially what they did was they built these camps in the middle of the desert, out of containers like you see mit make up the stadium behind. you know what there is like 2 beds, a bathroom and a fridge in these containers. now we were at one yesterday, we got shown around a little bit and we talked some fans. the prices can go from $200.00 a night for these. and most fans were a little bit neither here nor there. they said, okay, we can, we can kind of deal with it for the tournament, but some fans told us it was an absolute disaster. they said there were long wait times for them to actually get their rooms. some people had to actually sleep outside overnight because they were still under construction. theres been sewage problems, bathrooms had been flooding, but we did hear that guitar has been saying they are going to refund some people

for their ponds. we don't know how many people will get refunded and how much i guess we'll have to wait and see. you ever have to wait and see. well, i hope that you don't have to sleep under the stars there in the desert tonight or any time soon. fanny marshal on the ymca tar. daniel, thank you. you want you dw news after a short break? i'll be back to take you through the day. stick around. we'll be right back with a with

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