annella dice with shadow park starts december 23rd on d w b. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. fighting continues in eastern ukraine as moscow's forces renew their assault on the city of buck mode. relentless artillery barrage has force residents to flee. also coming up after more than a year of taliban rule and afghanistan, women who speak out still face severe repercussions. we meet one woman who was

forced to flee her country after doing just that. and another world cup surprised south korea's last minute winter against portugal seized and qualified for the last 16 and puts oregon out of the tournament. ah, i'll nick spicer, welcome to the program. european union countries have agreed to put a cap on the price of russian oil currently at $60.00 a barrel. the move aims to reduce moscow's ability to fund its war and ukraine from revenue from petroleum products. you joined the united states and other g 7 nations in sanctioning russian oil, which recently traded at about $65.00 a barrel. the measure will come into effect on monday and intensifies western pressure on the kremlin over it's invasion of ukraine. european commission

president to ursula founder lion said the price cap would have a wide range of implications. it will stabilize global energy markets because it allows some russian seaborne oil to be traded, brokerage transported by e u operators to set countries. as long as it is sold below the cap. so this price cap will benefit directly emerging and developing economies. and it will be adjustable over time so that we can react to market developments. together with our partners. we stand united and firm in our opposition to rush us, atrocious war. and earlier i asked he ws russia analyst konstantin anger. if the price cap will make much of a difference to moscow. i don't think it will have a huge effect, frankly speaking because a, there are many ways of bypassing this. um, member of this oil price cap,

which concerns essentially mostly those who insure the shipments and those who transport russian oil for example. ah, you may claim, or russians may claim that the oil is sold at $5999.00 while off to that. for example, the same country, for example, china or india will pay an extra rise for leather se russian wheat which is not banned by sanction. so i think it will have more psychological effect. it will have some pressure on certain companies ago for some of the insurance companies and transport companies be to be more cautious, but it will not be disaster for the kremlin. and if we could just turn to the reason for this price cap, the war and ukraine, there's been heavy fighting again near bok. mode in conditions describes similar to those of world war. one was a stake here, a friend to speaking of. if you look at military analysis, for example, of the british institute, for the saudi, of all of those people who are profession,

many of them ex military. ah, they do not understand what is actually the aim game here for russia. russia has been engaged in and around the mood for several months now. it spends a lot of material and a lot of men power on what seems to be at best a technical gain if this gain is actually cheap. i think what with the, what we're dealing with is with and 70 lack of overall strategy ah, by the russian a commanders and by potent finally with regard to what they are doing in the east of the grain. this battle is kind of a full and into m a z i car of different small battles. each of them is not part of some kind of bigger overarching plan. and into that mosaic, the russian army is reportedly deploying newly mobilized troops on the front line. will that change anything?

i don't think so. these people up boil for lack of better word. not being too politically correct. i cannot afford of a puts him. ah, because he actually cannot bear, let us say the chinese border, the finish by the contra full, the whole russian army to grain. so it has to basically rely on untrained conscripts which are going to die. oh, mass ah, what is going to follow that? and that is my firm conviction is another mobilization than another mobilization. it's another matter that it may be conducted under some kind of all the guys, but people will be cold up. this will continue and it would be more russian deaths on from okay. russia analysts, konstantin agger, thank you for that insight. thank you. and russian soldiers have intensified their attacks in ukraine's east. the city of rockland has been a key objective for moscow's forces for some time. as we've been saying. you k, defense ministry has treated that russia is likely planning to encircle the area

facing a possible take over many residents feel or have no choice, but to leave their homes in search of safety. authorities are working to evacuate them as quick as they can, deserted streets and destroyed buildings and ukraine's back. more fighting has ranged here for months. now. russian forces looking to regain ground after retreating from here. sun and ha, keith have sit there sites on buck, what the fighting is, taking its toll on residents and those and nearby cher cvr, platinum expression are scary. not scary, but what to do that we need to live several. not many here are fleeing evacuation cruise, helping them out a scary for only the dead are not afraid. and we still want to live. nobody needs a dead evacuation worker, not as long as we are alive. we can help,

but others and so anxious to upgrade their lives, human that even if we on a native land knew where to go. here i have both brothers and sisters, both parents with grandfathers, but very dearly when once no one for its vineyards and salt mines, but what is now known as the meat grinder for the brutal trench warfare artillery jewels and frontal assaults around the city. not up there shelling over here, the fuel shell flew like this, but now like this, the russians are already on the hill. it's constant shelling. it's quiet today, but we've just had 3 days of keeping shelling, those who are staying. hopefully the fighting will soon end. when martha of ukrainian soldiers have been fighting for the city since april, i think they will defend our city. i think everything will be fine. at least we hope. that's why we don't leave. and then we will rebuild. that recovery seems

far off as backlit special continues here to look now at some of the other stores making use around the world. the chinese authorities have begun closing to coven 19 testing facilities in beijing. a further sign that the country may be softening its tough lockdown policies. this follows unprecedented protests across the country, which saw people demanding the relaxation of coven rules. the demonstrations have sparked a crackdown by authorities trying to stifle any unrest. families of the valet school shooting in the us state of texas have filed a lawsuit against police and various other officials. relatives accused them of waiting for too long before confronting the gun. we turn the situation in afghanistan now where people who speak out against the growing taliban restrictions on women risk arrest and torture. one of them is par wanna new new driving who

spent $24.00 days in jail after being arrested for participating in a women's rights protest. and cobble in mid january. she's now a refugee in germany and spoken to w news about her experience in prison. oh, me coming back. thank you. what do you know what punishment we have chosen for you? a taliban member asked me one day when i said i didn't know, he said they would stone me. tell the other girl to pray. we are going to stone you . he said i started crying and asked him what my crime was. that was the worst time my biggest wish was to get a helmet so that i would not get hurt. if they stoned me. i checked my clothes to see if there was something that could protect me from stoning. and i wondered, why would stoning hurt one ah, active his power one is robbie spend $24.00 days in a taliban prison. enough gun. this done her work fighting for women's rights. put

her in the hard line groups firing line since seizing power in august 2021. the taliban have severely restricted these rights. girls have been bought from school and women, faith increasingly harsh social restrictions. after protesting for women's rights in the afghan capital, kabul is, robbie was arrested. d coverage. most of them come and then for me to include them . i don't know which taliban member slapped my face 1st. civic her barons that i felt my eardrums were damaged them. you are like mitchell southern earth and he snapped me again as long as my mouth started leading his adam. but wasn't that more time for him? i tried to get out of the car in which they were carrying me by another taliban member who was sitting in the back seat. hit me and my back and with his pistol said i'm calling. because madison burn that one has presented the back of bushels.

that miss robbie says the taliban tortured her and forced her to sign a confession, documents eventually releasing her. the activists recently arrived in germany, but remains haunted by the inhumane conditions she endured. tom, they'll talk more with on the shore hamstead where the toilet was in the same room where they kept me from home on wickham. performing the taliban were watching me all the time. i'll talk at caitlin when i was using the toilet camp washing myself um, or just walking in the room at the moment. i had to cover myself with a clock while using the toilets about a war passamore. i had no privacy, a slender and long tolliver had him a whole seaman, american amish of the colon, nuts for me. ah, it's time now for the knockout stages of the world cup. were you lose and you're out of the tournament. first up in the round of 16 are the netherlands against united states. then argentina play australia on sunday, defending champions,

france play, poland, and england meets senate go further down the road. japan challenge croatia and brazil. place south korea, then morocco, meet spain, and portugal is up against switzerland. a singular back last night though, there was high drama in the last round of games with a score one all between south korea and portugal. the portuguese pushed for a winning goal with a corner kick. the game was going into injury time and then south korea, stall the field, a perfect pass allowed wang, he chan to score a stunning winner. here it comes, wait for it. and securing a team there by a place in the coveted round of 60 that south korea result meant that org, why is go home? the south americans began to 0, but join the africans and leaving a tournament. portugal tops the group, despite their loss. south korea's late when puts it through in 2nd place and they now face a match with football giants, brazil. in group g,

switzerland beat serbia 3 to 2. clenching their place in the last 16 after the 1st half ended to all ramo foreigner, scored a goal after slick build up, play on 48 minutes, it was enough to put them 2nd in the group. and that switch result was bad news for cameroon. who shocked brazil, although the south americans played a 2nd team having already qualified, the africans were looking for a goal to give them any chance of progression to the last 16. excuse me. it came an injury time and set off a wild celebration, but not for the 1st time in this tournament. the result of the other game changed the context of the camera and victory. let's have a look now at the final standings and group g despite their last to cameroon of brazil, top the group on goal difference, switzerland take on portugal after qualifying and 2nd place while cameron and

serbia go home. the world cup group stages now over and cutter our corresponded dare danya. barcelona, takes us through the shocks. scandals and celebrations so far. the group stage if the guitar world cup is in the books and already there's been no shortage of headlines. former champions, germany crashed out in the group stage for the 2nd tournament in a row, france and brazil are proving to be favorites after qualifying easily for the next round and messy and his perennial rival. rinaldo are still in the running to list the world cup in their last dance. the tournament has seen plenty of surprises, like australia, synagogue, morocco, and japan, all qualifying for the next round. and the air world is passionately celebrating. posting the 1st ever world cup in this region, but this tournament has seen football, overshadowed by many important political topics. we've seen countless protests in doha,

with many fans showing support for those suffering. and he ran speed for high struggle to find a balance between free speech and keeping politics out of the game. we've seen this in their many, you turns on rainbow flags and captains arm bands. this is truly a wonderful kind world cup. now the big question remains will politics and protests continue or is it time for football. * to take center stage and you are of course watching tv. the news live from berlin. i'm nick spicer. thanks to watch with blue. every journey is full of surprises. we've gone all out to give you some tips one day in the footsteps.