[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. chinese state media announced the death of former leader, junk se men. he saw china out of isolation in the aftermath of the 1989 tiana mon

square massacre. becoming one of the major figures in recent chinese history and the announcement coming as fresh protests against stringent cove and measures of proc the country violent clashes breakout overnight in the city of long show. as authorities seek to crush what they call the hostile forces behind the unrest, also coming up nato pledging more weapons and money for ukraine as it reiterates did support for it to join the alliance. and as brushing forces faced losses on the battlefield, hardliners in moscow called for tougher military action. ah, i'm terry kelly. welcome to the program, former chinese litter leader, junk se mang has died at the age of $96.00. according to state media, he came to power in the wake of the repression of the pro democracy protest in

tiana mon square in 1989 to steer china through economic reform that transforms the country into a global manufacturing powerhouse. he also oversaw the return of hong kong from the u. k. in 1997 and macau, from portugal in 1999. he stepped down as president in 2003, but remained influential in the ruling communist party. long after he retired and let's get more on this. we are joined by d. w reporter clifford could and who worked as a correspondent in china for many years. how important figure was he in chinese history? well, he was a very important figure in those years in china was constantly being reported, the jasmine was dead. so this finally be confirmed. he was an emblematic figure of change in china. in many ways, he oversaw some of the biggest events in chinese history. and in some ways created the kind of china, which she, jim paying the current leader has inherited, particularly with accession to the, the world trade organization in the early 2,

thousands, the process which continued over the early 2, thousands. and he basically was a transitional figure in some ways because she didn't ping has now become this enormous figure, but at his, his position in history and chinese history is certainly assured how do you citizens of china see him? well, he was fine in some ways. he was, he was more charismatic than a lot of chinese leaders who tend to be technocrats. and he was famous for his rendition of love me tender. he could recite the gettysburg address in english, which was pretty remarkable. he, when you go to shanghai, he was very, very popular and shanghai which was his power base and taxi drivers always had stories about him and, and then you come into the huge, entire year after that. and the stories and the technocrats come in. and now we have, she didn't being who courses another stage in some ways of communist rule in china . and he's very much hard line the communist party figure, not to say the young men didn't oversee his own share of them,

of events that were controversial, including the crackdown on the fallen gong movement. the spiritual movement, which was led to a lot of people being arrested and killed, to we know what he thought of shipping them. he, he was this, i think he was the skeptic because he led the shanghai faction, which was supposedly in opposition to, to she, jim things faction at the party congress last year. he very, to get to a large magnifying glass and he was kept looking at his watch during shipping speech and things like that. he, he, he was sort of, they were, they were, they were rivals. but at the same time, they both believed in keeping the party strong. so they, they couldn't express it too, obviously. but they, they were definitely rivals ok. clifford could in joining us with this news, chung semen has died the age of 96. thank you so much. okay, and let's stay in china now where authorities in gong show have relaxed. some anti

cove measures following clashes between demonstrators and police. a violent confrontation took place into wednesday morning and the southern chinese city. video footage on social media shows protestors throwing rocks and security forces in protective suits. china is ruling communist party has said that it will quote, resolutely crackdown on infiltration and sabotaged by hostile forces. authorities have bolstered police presence in major cities in an attempt to suppress further demonstration. and let's get more on this. i'm joined now by your heart. he is a member of the german parliament for the opposition. conservative. see the party. he was the senior adviser on foreign affairs to former chancellor uncle america. welcome back to d, w, and thank you for joining us, mister hart. you have said that the latest protest in china make plainly clear, beijing's inability to reform. what exactly do you mean by that? there's

a mantra every communistic leadership since lily party is all with rights and this is all towards logan that is posted in every chinese country. but people obviously see that the cobra strategy of the government is wrong because of the that both of the other countries the word 3 years after the outbreak of cobit come back to nearly normal and routine. and china is still sticking in lockdown and picnic and reduction of civil life and the business life. and there is no culture of changing a politician this coming to the party with a stick to their own program that they try to have no real colbert strategy. because they see that they have, i've seen the chinese, it's not working, you can call it. but they are reluctant to ask for co bitch maxine from the west and wrote an essay already offered by the by german companies. and they are

very much, much better able to, to and because of it than the china is and to the government is not strong enough and not ready to accept that they did a mistake. and this is a lack of culture in republic. but you've also said that it's not just people in china who are suffering under beijing, 0 coven policy, but also the global economy, including germany. in what way is germany affected is, are other countries? the fact that where we have intensive trace relations between germany and china, but also between several other north american countries in china. and we are depending on the supply chain to, to china. and if they're so thorough colbert strategy with close closing down of companies that are often logistic points, we have it and harming of that, it's obliging. this will not only have the chinese economy, because if they don't,

i'm not able to deliver. they cannot get money for that. and if they are not able to part products from the west and both for the rest of the good people has nothing to do the introductory. but on the other hand, also in germany and other countries, we have a lack of a pre product from, from china. and therefore, the policy of the chinese government is not only against the, the welfare of china. it's against the raj economy and recovering of the road to kind of be after cobit and therefore, i think there's an immediate need for change strategy on corbett by the chinese government. but i see no signal for that except that would be lunch. i'm in the fall from your current funded about low to measures, to make them more relaxed and situation for the people. let's talk a little bit more about china's handling of the protest movement in general. because i mean, we've seen in the country, she's in pain, consolidating his power recently. and now there's people on the streets. and it

seems an attempt by authorities to very strongly squash those protests. there is so much at stake for the country. what sort of pressure do you think germany should be putting on beijing when it comes to human rights and, and the, the right to protest. we have several open grad since human rights, which i don't. i think we need to borrow a tough approach on china. also on the questions, but not only concerning human rights in china, but also concerning. i'm st. initial trade practices done by the chinese government where it's sometimes a political decision. it's putting, setting prices and not business spent of micro economies. but i think we should match our power in europe and together with north america to have a bigger leverage to influence the chinese baby on the international market. and

also concerning human rights. if he only germany, only as us or only it's from acting leverage is much smaller than in case that we put our leverage together. because china depending on which trade relation to the rest of the birds. because otherwise, the well for proposes and austin government of china, 2 people cannot be perfect and therefore they have an own interest in increasing trade relations to have better trade relations. and therefore, we also have a chance to put guidelines into their trade relations that we may not have yet, but for the future concerning traits, behavior from sending them right. yeah, and heart member of the german parliament from the opposition to you. thank you so much for joining us. by his look at some other stories around the world. 3 chinese astronauts have successfully dr. young space station for

a 6 month mission to complete the stations construction. they blasted off from china's gobi desert on tuesday. that young space station is the centerpiece of facing base ambition. twitter has removed its restrictions on miss information about the coven . 19 pandemic. accounts that spread false statements about the virus are now no longer blocked. following a wave of changes, i knew 1000000000 or owner ilan mosque. the move has race concern among public health experts. and also experts have held data showing a new drug can slow cognitive decline in all timers patients. but they have worn to the treatment can have serious side effects. millions of people across the globe suffer from alzheimer's, but finding, finding it's or has so far proved elusive needed foreign ministers are meeting for a 2nd day of talks in romania. on the 1st day. foreign ministers are free to send

more military equipment to ukraine, as well as power generators, fuel, and medical supplies, as it prepares for a tough winter free country shaken by the war or a focus of today's discussion. russia invasion has exposed bosnia and herzegovina, georgia, and moved over to political and economic uncertainty. now natal leaders want to fast track their membership to combat the influence of russia. here's the civilian . foreign minister. boston has galvanized extremely important and we wish to see that the country would gather candidate status for do you membership to the end of the year to get a strong quality signal that will also apply to do the west symbol condition and we are not leaving any country behind its important piece, instability for the entire europe, and we have to support also the congress of the balkans way playground for

different geopolitical interest. thank you very much. russian human rights activists say that 9000 russian soldiers have died since the war in ukraine began. of these almost $300.00 are said to be men who have been mobilized. the kremlin is far from its goals in ukraine. many russians are concerned about that, including those important in our circle. so what does that mean for the war and for putting political career w corresponded you are a shadow, has this report confusion about the reasons for going to war. she gains on the ground and the chaos of mobilization. the war ukraine is not going well for russia. the withdrawal of troops from house on, at the beginning of november, was moscow's biggest set back since the world began. hotline, as in moscow, had been grumbling, ever since 3 of the loudest have been businessman yevgeny pre goshen. chechnya and leader rams unclear of,

and former president dmitri mcdade. if brig ocean, one of latimer curtains close his confidence is making himself especially noticeable for years he denied the existence of his mercenary army, the volcanic group. but recently he changed his story and said he's been in charge of the paramilitary organization since 2014 and our global warming, erosion has 2 political instruments. you the wagner group, and the media outlets that have helped him gain popularity and status law. latanus defaulted to no restoration. one is born journal, sure she doesn't, eventually she lost. he's a kind of external service provider for the state, and he has some of the power in the state and acts as

a political figures. you brought in mid september, a video came out of that showed a man who looked like promotion, recruiting russian prisoners to fight in ukraine, dealing with an important more their mouth walk, their reward, freedom more and money. his cash. he's another putin ally who has been all over the headline since the war began. is rams on career of chechnya. leda has publicly criticized russia's generals for being too soft. on look on, i looked at in the united year of is using the media to broaden his influence and to show everyone that he is a major player or accomplished. although sir, still does regroup, chechen soldiers a fighting on rushes side and the dumbass region. cook gordon was kitty or of as being used by putting just by promotion to recruit fresh troops for the front lies. midfield us who served as president and prime minister,

has been stoking the fires of anti western hatred and making optimistic predictions that russia will win the war and ukraine. you would, he is even said that nuclear weapons are the way to give brush a battle. its former imperial glory, se lucia was thorough. yeah, sure. what is the luma short? you always just know he has a need for admiration of the former president who has become a nobody ish. darcy. i think he wants to an political capital. he seems to still have political ambitions, and he said, just how much pre goshen cordero, a maggie to have a putting president. putin under pressure is unclear. but 9 months into the war in ukraine. displeasure is growing in russia over its course. and meantime, political allies of jailed bella lucy and opposition leader maria cholesterol cough

said that they are waiting for details about why she was suddenly taken to the hospital for surgery. earlier this week, clossnick off is class ne cova is reported to be in a serious but stable condition. a 40 year old as one of 3 women who led demonstrations against fellow versus strong man leader, alexander lucas shanker. after disputed elections in 2020. germany's foreign minister says she is concerned about catherine reports and demanded that gillespie cova it released and from our let's bring in franak a via cork out who is a spokesperson for the belly, mercy and opposition. he joins us from vilnius. in lithuania, what is the latest news that you've heard about your colleague and frank lesson kava. she is still being held in the intensive care unit. we know that she went underwent surgery yesterday. she is guarded by police

officers and they're still hiding information. error in the we know about her state of health is from workers of the facility, but no official information. so it seems that they're really trying to hide something. we also don't know why she was put in the punishment cell, where she spent almost 2 weeks before her surgery. what was happening to her was she tortured and we demand that access to her for her, her relatives or for her family, for lawyers and for international diplomats to make sure that there she is alive and she received, sold the proper treatment. how worried are you about her? we are very worried, very worried, because sher last year there was activist who died in punishment. sell a few days ago. there was a woman who witnessed that torture against other political prisoners and human

rights defend their nice de luca who said that if people political prisoners are being held to outside the prison in the cold temperature, their fries and also they are beaten from time to time. so bill or lucian prisons became the horrifying place where there is no law, there is full impunity prism guards and k g, b i. investigators can do whatever they want against political opponents. we've been talking about russia's invasion of ukraine and the ongoing conflicts there. how concerned are you that that is affecting the struggle for democracy in belarus? right now i'm, it's, are we are facing right now. the threats to belittle and independence a we are risking of losing their state of bellows itself. are we say that russian armies losing on ukrainian front and bellows could become of the consolation price

for russian people and put in that might say ok, maybe we'll last ukraine, but we still can get bellows, and therefore he delivers more and more russian troops to billers territory, it's a war in us a lot, and we demand international community to make sure all the russian troops are withdrawn, not only from ukraine, but also from billers. alice opposition spells for cent, franak of the o'clock. thank you so much. anchor. ah, we're heading now to the football world cup where on tuesday evening, a ron battle with the united states for the right to move on to the round of 16. the iranian side has come under government pressure after refusing to sing the national anthem in their 1st game in support of protesters back home. fill their hopes of advancing, fell short against the united states. with reports about the iranian government, putting immense pressure on the team,

the players were singing the national anthem without a great deal of enthusiasm and accompanied by booze and whistling from fans. de game picked off at the u. s. were in control after a half hour. it was timothy way with the 1st big chance, but his header lack power and precision. 10 minutes later it was wisdom, mckinney's perfect, cross into the run of surgeon odessa, who squared a to kristin pool as aj. chelsea's attacker puts the u. s. one milla head. however, while the fans were going wild pool, as it was on a lot of pain, after crashing into the iranian goalkeeper, he was pulled out at half time. iran had very few chances to tie it up, but in the ninety's 2nd minute it was center back mortise up rally gum g. we missed the goal with this header. the game finished one new joy for the us. fans dismay for the iranians. who can still be proud of their effort in this tournament, both on and off the pitch. and now while the iran match outcome was disappointing to the team and many fans, other it's expressed happiness at the outcome in

a video shared from various cities and iran after the us. gordon later, after the match chairs are being heard. as video is from a tall building and the capital t ron and was posted by someone saying that they were jubilant about the us victory. here is what one football fan from iran told d w after he saw the match in person. this voted, but if it, if you go on, no tricky position. at the same time you our national team, we wanted to win, but out to say don't, we don't want them to do it because they are presenting, go hi jose, you off. it wasn't there on on, we were happy that the laws because they were using for propaganda. woods, go propaganda on flood for to show the world everything is normal, everything going up according to our normal what i think going on. i don't and civil rights protests against ron's religious fundamentalists, government have been ongoing for weeks now following the death of a young woman in police custody. one of the german capitals, main theaters has staged

a solidarity event for the protesters. the evening at the berliner ensemble, aimed to help keep news from iran in the spotlight as it competes with other world events for headlines. and iranian love song from the 1970s. the prelude to a sold out evening at the berliner ensemble theater. it was initiated by 3 well known german iranian actresses and their colleagues in dimension instance, all in iran who are in danger, who are risking their lives. what we can do is simply amplify their voices, and we can empower them, be stacking. and as a mark of remembrance, the names of 62 children and young people killed in the demonstration formal as the t. it isn't light entertainment, ah, it's an evening of many voices,

sometimes with a soft and melancholy tone. bust the text, read by iranian poets and writers such as no deed kamani, often deal with suffering and death thought. the ball lawn. but beauty and change are also mostly executes. you're as in the work, a famous persian poet, huffy, 808 there. add a should add to em rows by farther fe, canny. malia in that they buy horrible k salmon, hard, short skipped in there's the pain that comes to the for on an evening like this. but there's also something like an awakening of hope that's equally important. ah, the courage of iranian women is often center stage journals. natalie, mary says, western cliches about oppression are inaccurate cabinets. it's cause bull and i've worked and lived in this country for 9 years as a correspondent for

a r d. and i saw almost exclusively proud, strong will, and courageous women who didn't let anyone tell them what to do. disney thompson lesson. but bringing change require staying power and dream. i hope i will live to see the day or maybe my children of a free iran and democracy that is secure. and we're a woman as a president. oh, an evening hold. that concludes with the song that has become the anthem of the revolution. well now finally on d w news rising energy prices in europe are prompting many communities to scale back. their annual lights displays this holiday season, but one neighborhood in the hungarian capital buddha pass has come up with

a sustainable alternative. the local mayor has set up a 6 meter christmas tree that's lit up by pedal power passers by. take turns riding a bicycle that generates electricity. and maybe it also helps to burn off some of those holiday calories. a quick reminder of our top stories here on dw news, china is cracking down on what it calls hostile forces. protesting covered 19 restrictions, violent clashes between demonstrators and police, broke out in the southern city of polanko. nato has pledged further military aid for ukraine. the alliance will also sent food fuel and electrical equipment this winter as it sets in secretary general against oldenburg, has accused russia of using the winter as a weapon of war. next it is made in germany, energy prices and global migration. do stay with us if you can for that. this was

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