we don't do something our children won't be able to enjoy fresh air ah, with on d w ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin. iranian protesters step up, the pressure on authorities and call for a 3 day strike. it comes as a top official, says iran so called morality. police have been abolished. the european union says it may have to adapt state aid rules in response to new green energy subsidies in

the united states and negotiators from both sides, prepared to meet some of africa's top designers and veil their latest creations at decor fashion week. as the event celebrates its 20th anniversary and at the world cup and cattle, olivia becomes france is all time top score as the favorites brush aside, poland to reach the last 8 ah. a michael ok. welcome to the program. local media in iran say the country is abolishing its morality police. the announcement comes after months of nationwide demonstrations, triggered by the rest of gina masa, meaning the young woman died after being taken into police custody for violating iran strict female dress go. ron's attorney general told

a major state news agency that the interior ministry has in fact shut down. the morality police cameron maton is senior lecturer on international relations at the university of sussex. and we welcome him now sir. i want to begin by asking you what you make of this announcement. while i think we have to treat this announcement with utmost caution for a number of reasons. the 1st one is that these so called morality police, which people actually in iran use it more commonly under the name of hey job police, which enforces islamic a job is not kind of a branch of judiciary, but of knowing forestman forces, which hasn't made any announcement secondly, these, the oppression of this particular branch of the police has effectively since the south of the protest, largely because the police forces have been deployed to crack down on the protesters and they just don't have enough troops to kind of continue this

operation. but most importantly, the enforcement of the job in iran or the so called islamic dressing code is enshrined in law. it's part of the climate criminal law which goes back to the $8983.00. and that's part of the law remains intact. and can only be repealed by the legislation in the parliament, which has not happened at this point that even the government hasn't announced this . so i think this is more of probably the tactic by the government to dissuade people from going to the streets or you know, doing strike action on, on these, those 3 days, which a position has called for in the, in this coming week. but again, protesters are now stepping up the pressure and calling for a 3 day economic strike. surely it's a sign, at least they believe that their movement is winning. absolutely, i mean in the sense i was talking mostly and in kind of legal social sense of, of the, of this particular announcement in the, in yes, in the,

in the sense that the government or a high official indian state comes and makes this announcement in a press conference in itself is unprecedented because there's like a public up. iran is not used to making concessions to protest is when they're on the streets has never happened in the past 40 to 3 years. so this is find that they are on the back foot. they're trying to kind of maneuver around these in the, you know, the, the new way of protests which are coming. and of course, people are also re mobilizing and trying to re launched a protest in a, in an innovative way, true stock actions and so on. and so for so overall, i think, you know, even if symbolic, this is an important victory, but in the sense that it remains the law still, this particular law enforcement of a job. i think we are not there yet in the half minute or so that we have left is it likely will now see an escalation of the protest movement? i believe. so we have to remember that even though this protest movement began

because of the keeling of massaging, i mean in the, under the custody of this job or morality police, the demands of the protest is actually go far beyond the simply removing incarcerated job. it's all about, you know, people shouting, we don't want like republic, just a dictator does to their supreme lead. the women lie freedom. so if we look at the slogans, what they want, actually the fundamental change in the iranian political system rather than one particular kind of practice or law to be removed so so long as we see movement in that direction. i'm not sure that the protesters would be satisfied with what the government has announced thus far, and we'll have to end it there again many thanks to cameron martin. thank you very much. the european union is adapting its rules in the wake of a new green energy subsidies program introduced by the united states speaking in

belgium. today, the european commission president said, competition is good when there is a level playing field. priscilla underline says the generous tax breaks in america's new inflation reduction act could learn and e u business and disadvantage european companies. and her announcement comes ahead of an e u. u. s. ministerial meeting on trade life and technology. and let me thank you very much. did you corresponded terry sholtes told us more about why the you was worried about the new u. s. policies. the problem for europe is that a lot of these measures and the inflation reduction act are aimed at boosting domestic production for u. s. companies. and that, of course, could put your of at a disadvantage and there's a lot of worry over this. and what are some of underlying, is saying is that the, you need to re balance the playing field. she laid out in this speech in bruce that the you needs to become more assertive in its policies and not let the united states take advantage of it. at the same time,

the president said that she's very much urging cooperation over confrontation. but i'm telling you that nerves are so frayed over this i r a that the head of the european parliament trade committee said today that he believes the i r a rises to the level of the u. s. the you needing to file a complaint of the world trade organization. so certainly the tensions are very high right now. d w. terry schultz covered 19 curves are being relaxed in china following some of the biggest displays of public anger in decades. residents in beijing and beyond are welcoming the gradual return to normal life. after years of tough restrictions, chinese authorities say however, they're not abandoning the countries 0 covert policy, yet just implementing it more flexibly. in the southwest and mega city of cha ching life is beginning to return to normal. shops are open and residents are back on the streets. just last month,

many of its $32000000.00 inhabitants were under locked down. but now authorities are relaxing covey rules across china, even as infections remain near record highs. in several major cities, testing requirements for buses and other public transport are being dropped. in beijing authorities have been closing test sites, leading to long keys at those that remain open as tests are still required to access many public spaces. despite the frustration of a long wait, many beijing as are enthusiastic about the loosening of restrictions. i don't think rosanna can yet all. i feel that the controls i lose at done before i thought at baghdad. oh yeah. and everyone is eager to go out. ah, i've gone yellow. every one face no relaxed and they'll cadillac, montana figure to go down further. now with rules myself gradually being east over

there, those of us working through the had her have a sense of hope. your article i can fernand and go through to her. despite the rural changes, beijing says it's still following it's 0 cove. it policy just with a more flexible targeted approach. but with vaccination rates still low among the vulnerable, elderly population, and authorities unwilling to accept to west and vaccines. epidemiologists sworn that china is ill prepared to face the wave of infections that might come with reopening journalists or fabi in crash mer, is in beijing. he told us how these changes will impact china's 0 coven policy. yes, so the idea behind a 0 covert policy, as it was implemented in china, was basically to eliminate the virus. and that means that, you know, every single infection was met with a resolute measures. for example, a whole building was shut down. um,

several hundreds of people were sent to karen teen facilities, et cetera. and every 3 days he and begging and many other cities, you needed to go to a p. c. r testing station to be able to participate in public life and to some of the routes that have changed for example, and paging. are now that, yeah am, i could confirm that if you are infected, he and beijing, at least many of the residential compounds now would allow you to isolate at home. you can q out your sickness at home. that might not sound super significant. maybe for outside us, but he in beijing, this is a huge relief because every day you were basically we're what we're going to sleep waking up. not knowing if our building would be a sealed off or whether they would be help workers knocking on our door. and taking us to a current facility. so there is this change happening and it is not implemented in the whole nation. i know in some cities, as you recall, it is still very strictly implemented. he and bridging as in other cities, there's definitely a small step or small steps of easing up. ah,

at the world cup in cat are france brushed a shy poland to make the quarter finals with striker olive. usual wool becoming his country's all time. top score in the process, the french side waited until a minute before have to break the deadlock. drew scored his 52nd international goal to give his country the lead and the brig. they added 2 more in the 2nd half to put them comfortably into the last 8. looking back to the 1st matches up the round of 16 on saturday. argentina made it through to the quarter finals after beating australia to one. the shock a ruse acquitted themselves well, but argentina had genius on their side. this was the biggest, middle eastern mismatch since david met goliath, australia's artisans versus the artistry of leonor messy. and the soccer ruse soon saw his genius on 35 minutes when messy post to leave a shrill,

your keeper mat ryan helpless. but ryan was the architect of his own. don't fall when argentina made it to just before the hour. leon alvarez was onto his poor touch and a flush. he made it to nil. ryan needed his teammates to dig him out of a hole. they got a lucky break when craig goodwin's wild effort afflicted an offensive, fernandez game on and the ozzy's nearly scored a shock equalizer. but emily martinez blocked brilliantly from garron cool. in the 7th minute of injury time massey led the celebrations in front of argentina's rock . as crowed, whose expectations will be even higher their site in the last 8. and you can imagine the scenes in buenos aires after that when for argentina there was pure joy is thousands of fans, celebrated to win included a 1st goal in the world cup knockout round for their talisman leno. messy argentina

now faced the netherlands. the quota findings deck are fashion week in senegal is celebrating aids 20th anniversary on the historic island of gora. this year. more than 20 designers from several african countries are presenting their latest collections. this is the fashion event of the year in synagogue did a car fashion week, bringing together and coming design as an industry professionals from around the world in lambert african. how can i be can fashion it's very inspiring. that's getting a nami mom waivers and you see santa linda car and this is not in significant. other brands have come to africa to african fashion is creative. it is diversified, it is beautiful, and it is daring any barely ali jose is 20 ne battery. the fashion we quit katie to go island to acknowledge cynical history. now,

part of the city of the calf go was a small ports and a european settlement during the slave trade. is the history of sen ago. and guy is the history of many black people in the world the fastest. so it is a way of raising these painful past and putting on a call of who's show here and above all, a cultural makes a div and focuses on sustainable fashion. and he's also an opportunity for young professional to end weights. their portfolio was yellow, certainly adventures. of course, a huge boost for the fashion sector in synagogue level. but with that because it supports young fashion entrepreneurs and helps them open up much more and get much more involved the domain in the book of bruce, i dont know, i'll actually 2 decades after it started the innovative and colorful dock are

fashioned week has made a name for itself. indeed, this tree and a reminder of the top story we're following for you. local media in iran say the country is abolishing its morality police. this comes after months of nationwide demonstrations triggered by the death of a woman in police custody. she was arrested for violating iran strict female dress cove watching d w news up next. his world stories including a report on his city in the harkey region of ukraine that has turned into a ghost town following the withdrawal of russian troops. a michael oak, as usual, more news at the top, the next out. ah. if you ever have to cover up a murder, the best way is to make it look like an accident. raring to me. ah, you've never read a book like this one.