as emotional architecture is kind of a mystery, believe me and starts december 25th on d w ah ah, this is t w, news ally 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 as russians seek escape from everyday problems and the realities of war. we go to their nations biggest ice

skating rink to ask musk advice, how they're feeling in the run up to christmas. some of africa's top designers unveiled their latest creations at deck off fashion week, as the event celebrates its 20th anniversary. and at the world cup in qatar, olivia june becomes france is all time top score. as the favorites, brush aside, poland to reach the last 8 ah a warm welcome to the viewers around the world. i'm michael local. local media in iran say the country is abolishing it's morality police. the announcement comes after months of nationwide demonstrations triggered by the rest of gina masa. i mean the young woman died after being taken into police custody for violating iraq

on strict female dress code. ron's attorney general told a major state news agency at the interior ministry has shut down the morality. earlier i spoke to conran martin. he's a senior lecturer on international relations at the university of sussex. i asked him what he makes of this announcement. well, 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 the job police, which enforces islamic a job is not a kind of a branch of the judiciary, but of law enforcement forces, which hasn't made any announcements. secondly, these, the oppression of this particular branch of the police has effectively cease since the start 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 a dressing code is enshrined in law. it's part of the islamic criminal law which goes back to the $181903.00 and that's part of the law remains intact and can only be repealed by delicious lation in the parliament, which has not happened at this point. and even the government has announced to so i think this is more probable is a tactic by the government to dissuade people from going to the streets or you know, doing strike action on, on this, those 3 days, which a position that's 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 end. 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 one down on the streets. has never happened in the past 40 to 3 years. so this is a find that they are on the back foot. they're trying to kind of maneuver around these in the, you know, the, in the way will protest 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 forth. 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, her 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 to make republic just a dictator does, to their supreme lead the women life freedom. so if we look at the slogans, what they want actually is that from the mental 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, the protest as 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. ursula funded line says the generous tax breaks in america's new inflation reduction act could lower away you businesses and disadvantage european company. her announcement comes ahead of an e u. u. s. ministerial meeting on trade and technology. and let me think d. w, correspond in terry shoulds, told us more about why the e u is worried about the new u. s. policies. the problem for europe is that a lot of these measures in the inflation reduction act are aimed at boosting domestic production for u. s. companies. and that, of course could put europe at a disadvantage and there's a lot of worry over this. and what ursula under lion 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 urgent cooperation,

over confrontation. but i'm telling you that nerves are so afraid 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 in you needing to file a complaint of the world trade organization. so certainly the tensions are very high right now. a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour. authorities in northeast in sicily have declared a state of emergency after the region was hit by floods caused by heavy rain. the flooding has caused power coach and the closure of public services and schools. some residents have been evacuated from homes, thought to be at risk of land slots. the crew of china's chin jo 14 spacecraft have returned to earth as to concluding a 6 month mission. at the town he space station. the return capsule landed in inner mongolia 2 days after the 3 astronauts handed over control of the space station to

their successors on board and jo, 15 on her. why was good officials in russia as say, 1700 seals have been found dead on the caspian sea coast. in the south authority say there is no sign of pollutants or human intervention. and the animals likely died of natural causes. the caspian seal has been considered an endangered species since 2008 early december in moscow winter traditions dominate the run up to christmas. but this year their festive season has a different flavor. many moscow bites are preoccupied with events across the border in ukraine where their neighbors are suffering power and heating outages due to russian military and drone attacks. and that's weighing on this year celebrations. placing up the ice gates again. for many in moscow, it's the most wonderful time of the year,

even this year in the shadow of war. this is russia's largest ice rink, but because of the special military operation as it's called here, the new year and christmas festivities are being downsized. this year we would have been in loose reddish, in your school. can you believe this is what we've decided? it won't be a big celebration this year, but we're providing our space from us culverts to come here and spent time in this festive setting up the severest presently northridge. this wasn't for a long time, people in russia were able to ignore what was happening in ukraine. but since the mobilization, the military operation has become part of the everyday reality here. this is just about when you look at all of this, you could be thought to thinking, nothing's going on. i think people can't constantly live and stress and have to distract himself somehow. but you know that something terrible is happening. i

can't understand how you can condone war and everything that comes with it. i few dare to speak so openly about the invasion of ukraine. those who criticize the military live in danger. we also meet young russians here who follow the propaganda and support putins actions that are safe, exit at goodness machine. this year was a confusing time for russia. the introduction of many thank since the beginning of the special operation. but i completely support my country in this, and if you look at it, historically, ukraine was always rushing granados kuma, ah, most people tell us they just want peace and an end to sanctions. this winter. no one on the rink is completely care free. but for a moment, people can allow themselves to forget about the uncertain future ah, at the world cup and cat or france brushed aside poland to make the quarter finals

with striker or levy issue becoming his country's all time top score in the process . the french side waited until a minute before half time to break the dead law. joe, who scored his 52nd international goal to give his country the lead at the great, the added to more in the 2nd half to put them comfortably into the last 8. looking back to the 1st matters of the round of 16 on saturday, argentina made it through to the quarter finals after beating australia to one. the soccer rouge 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 roost soon saw his genius on 35 minutes when messy post to leave australia keeper, matt ryan helpless. but ryan was the architect of his own downfall when argentina

made it to just before the hour. leon alvarez was unto his pure touch and a flush, and 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 deflected an offensive, fernandez came on and the aussies nearly scored a shock equalizer. but amelia 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 and the last 8. well, you can imagine the scenes in buenos aires after that when for argentina there was pure joy as thousands of fan celebrated the when included a 1st goal in the world cup, knock out round for their talisman lena massey argentina. now faced the netherlands

in the quarter finals decor fashion week in senegal is celebrating its 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 sin and gal did a car fashion week, bringing together up and coming designers and industry professionals from around the world. lambert, africa meal plan, african fashion is very inspiring math beauty. a normal wave yourself. you see chanel in their 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. ab barely ali or z for it's 20 as anniversary. the fashion week relocated to go island to acknowledge synagogue history. now a part of the city of the calf go. he was a small ports and a european settlement to ring the slave trade through his blah, blah, go,

he eased their history, our senate go up and go. he is the history of many black people in the world the fastest. so it is a way of raising these painful past end of putting on a call of who's show here and above all, a cultural makes div and focuses on sustainable fashion. and he's also an opportunity for young professional to end wage debt portfolio was wazoo. the event is, of course, a huge boost for the fashion sector in synagogue with that because it supports young fashion entrepreneurs and helps them open up much more and get much more involved once the domain in the book approved. ah don don towel actually 2 decades after it started the innovative and colorful dock, our fashion week has made a name for itself in the industry. you're watching d. w. news up next is our technology show shift. looking at the sustainability of 3

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