ah ah ah ah, this is dw news ly from berlin. iran executes a protester for participating and recent anti government demonstrations. 23 year old moss and shikari was hanged this morning. despite this video on social media shows, people are still taking to the streets and protest. also coming up after months in

a russian prison, brittany griner is finally on her way home. the united states secures the release of the basketball star from russian custody, but her freedom comes at a high cost. plus, the authority said they'll make more arrests a day after one of germany's biggest anti terror operations in decades. 25 people remain in custody accused of being part of a conspiracy to launch a coup. and the biggest financial fraud in german history comes to court 2 and a half years after the collapse of wire card. prosecutors aim to prove that former executives work to hide nearly 2000000000 euros in missing revenue. ah, i'm the cough really. it's great to have you with us. iran has executed the 1st of

the protesters detained after participating and recent anti government demonstrations. molson shikari was hanged on thursday morning after being accused of wounding a security officer during the protest and september reigning courts have passed more death sentences just this week. 5 men have been sentenced to death, accused of killing a member of iran, revolutionary guard. behind these walls and to ron's even prison, a young man was reportedly executed. iran's judiciary claims he injured a police officer during the protests. but observers say this was a show trial. it was broadcast in installments on state television, the 23 year old, and neither an independent legal defense nor the opportunity to challenge the verdict. regardless of protests against the uranian regime, are still going on for 3 days across multiple cities. many businesses have been on strike people on the streets report,

a massive deployment of police and malicious store owners preferring to remain anonymous. say there have been targeted intimidation, attended with. we were severely threatened if we left the store closed, they would shut down our cafe completely. the rules, iran's president r e z continues to blame other countries influences for the ongoing protest that's getting done here. reiterated that point when he addressed to pro regime students at a terran university. because i worked there, that you to west thinks will just hand the country over to the protest as you donna, but no longer than the reigning students would never let thousands of mister wyatt according to a pause from his supporters. but the majority of students, or his fiercest critics, cellphone footage, shows them protesting against r, e z and the regime outside the university. you have no honor, they shout repeatedly, not only in the capital, but at universities all across the country. and the demonstration show no sign of

dying down. let's bring in cover mutton. he's a senior lecturer on international relations at the university of sussex. good to see you can most and shikari had been sentenced less than a month ago. reportedly he was waiting for a chance to appeal his sentence, and his family wasn't made aware of his execution until it had already happened. are you surprised the iranian regime is moving so quickly? no, i actually am not. i mean, various officials of the land republic and even a large number of m p. 's and they are in, in parliament, have been calling for tough action against the protest as in the case of the n p. they specifically asked for the use of the death sentence against protest. so the government has been preparing this for a while. but we should remember that this is not something new in the republic of iran. iran has already executed around 500 people metric instances, for example,

in summer of 1988 over the course of few months, several 1000 political prisoners were executed. so this was always expected. but i very much doubt this would actually change much on the, in terms of the protests. yeah, and this, in these circumstances, particularly it's a double edged sword for the regime, isn't it? on the one hand, they're seeking to intimidate protesters. but this is also certain to anger them even more. what do you expect to happen next? definitely it will anger people more on your ready see despite the people are coming out in different parts of iran, different cities. what is more likely happen is that i think protest is and people more generally, i think, coming up with more innovative ways to express their protest. only last 3 days. from monday to wednesday, we had a 3 days of national life strike, which was remarkably widely observed. across iran and in your clip there was reference to how people being trek and to reopen their businesses. otherwise they

would be attacked. and the methods of protest such as strike are less costly in terms of direct confrontation with security forces. but they're symbolic and actually comic effect can be quite huge. so while i think the, the temple of the protest might go up and down, depending on circumstances, i think the underlying opposition and anger against islamic public and desire for a quadratic change in the political system. remains lively inactive and we should expect more and more protests in the coming months. rights groups are calling on the international community now to act swiftly and with resolved to avoid further execution. what could stop the regime from killing more protest? her i think more and more diplomatic pressure, especially from the international body such as you and read is really important because islamic republic, despite directory, gives importance to its status, an image to some extent on its ability to be present in international bodies. so we

recently had this human rights commission of the united nations launching, in fact, finding mission regarding the brutality against the professors in iran. i think one way would be to expand the remit of this investigation and increase its powers and give it more legal power to actually bring the uranium regime and particular individuals involved in this, in the highest level into account. for example, the, the way in which, for example, you acted in, in relation to the so called me call us case in germany in late in early ninety's, mid ninety's could be kind of a model. how to proceed with, with dealing with iranian brutality and executions without due process as we have witnessing the case of mos in chicago. come on mountain, the university of sussex. thank you for your time. thank you. he was basketball star, brittany griner has been released from custody and russia. the 2 time olympic gold

medalist was arrested in moscow in february and sentence to 9 years in prison on drug charges. she recently had an appeal rejected and was transferred to a remote penal colony. her release is part of a high state prisoner exchange that sees the us hand over. and the toria russian arms dealer scenes of joy in the oval office as brittany greiner, she has a phone call with her wife sharelle, and preston, joe biden, following confirmation of her release from a russian jail. she said he's on a plane. she's on her way home, after months being unjustly detained in russia, held on her on tolerable circumstances. brittany will soon be back in the arms of her loved ones and, and she should have been there all along. so for the last 9 months, you all have dan and so privy to one of the darkest moments of my life inserted am

just standing here. i am overwhelmed with emotions bay. the most important emotion that i have right now. she is sincere gratitude for president biden. and his entire administration. back in october such scenes seemed unimaginable as greiner appeared via video link from her prison cell to make an appeal more in hope the next vacation. oh man. he was more severe bra less then? well you do to do with barbara holt. those 2 rangers mistake was being caught with cannabis oil in her baggage at moscow airport . in february, in august, she was sentenced to 9 years in jail for drug smuggling and possession. the

backdrop to this, of course, is russia's war in ukraine. diner, a u. s. citizen is one of the world's best basketball players, or supporters considered her upon in russia's political game. this man was seen as grinders, best hope of being released. and so it proved victor boot a russian arms dealer serving a 25 year sentence in the u. s. had been considered as part of a prisoner swap, but russia was apparently unwilling to negotiate. while greiner, trial was on going, after her appeal was rejected, craner was sent to one of russia's notoriously harsh penal colonies to serve the rest of her sentence. no, she's on her way back to her loved ones in the u. s. were according to her wife. she intends to do all she can to free fellow american citizens, imprisoned by russia. a stick deeper and brand cutting that she will in washington, dc, and constantine. i got from villainy is good to see you both a catalina. let's start with you. how big was the pressure on the white house to make this deal happen?

where there has been a lot of public pressure in the united states to get griner back home. however, despite the victory, this really means for the white house and for violence administration. we know that the negotiations have not been easy and that there is a heavy price that the u. s. government has paid. they have released victor boot in exchange, and this is a huge, a figure for the united states. and for russia and arms dealer for al qaeda, for the taliban and for rebels and rhonda and a boot was sentenced to prison for 25 years. you would have been released in 2036 also the u. s. government was actually trying to secure the release. not only of brittany greiner, but also of poll whelan, another u. s. american citizen who has been out in the russian prison since 2018 church with espionage. so this is a 2nd concession. they had to make here at the white house and according to the secretary of state, anthony blank, and there was no other option for the united states than to do

a one on one exchange. meaning it greiner, in exchange for boot. he also said that the alternative would have been no release at all. konstantin, let's talk about the man that was exchanged for growing of this, this notorious russian arms dealer. what can you tell us about him? well, he's a nearly mythological cigar in moscow. he is a be suspected of being well known to members of put his entourage and probably of no one proved it. but the doggedness with which the kremlin pursued his release for, for 14 years and probably points to the fact that he performed more duties for the rational state than just a silly arms and pocketing the money. ah, he was involved in many conflicts, as my colleague already said. also he is a, he has become to putin in a sense,

a symbol of his international prestige. so for him, it is very important to get boot home and speculation is that not only he's going to be graded on a state television for a long time telling about the horrors of america, but also probably he will be rewarded by some blonde position. i dunno, a doom adapted to a probably in the sen. ah, as for example, the british spy and the chapman was a few years ago contacting president biden's and they've been pushing for months to release griner. what may russia grief now? well, i think that puts him wants this to happen before the end of the year. and because this year's not ending particularly successfully as far as his aggression against the grain is concerned. but i would say that these negotiations were going on all the way since griner was essentially arrested in sharing method airport. so it could, could have been just

a coincidence or because these negotiation stake months, sometimes years are to be fruitful. and i think that the fact that to pull will, will not released ah, points to some future exchanges. brewton is very keen on that, you know, having a couple of casa hostages kind of up his sleeve. ah, to always basically pressure the white house for some kind of concession. she just likes it. he thinks that it's his mini victory against america. oh, katerina people in the u. s. are certainly happy to see criner free bad. how do people in america feel about the u. s. government striking deals with russia balance waging a brutal war on ukraine. that brutal war is not really the priority here for u. s. citizen state call. and you can also see that regarding the sanctions, the sanction the people here in the, in the us, they don't really feel the sanctions as they do in germany or in europe. so the

priority also put, the administration has been to free an american citizen when their wars has been wrongfully detained in russia, there has been a lot of public pressure on this release here in the u. s. and this is clearly a huge victory for the by the ministration that we probably also have an impact on the public opinion on president bite. and the question is, if this could mean that a dialogue with russia is also possible on the war in ukraine and senior official and from the see department appointed this morning. that is probably not the case that this has been a negotiation that was very focused on a concrete topic on wrongfully detained us american prisoners. and he said that getting this done does not mean that the u. s. government minimizes the russian behavior in the war in your cri, dw, curly menchie moore in washington, dc and constantly i got in vilnius. thank you both i'm going to get you up to speed now on some of the other stories we're covering for you today. for as president

pedro castillo has been arrested after being ousted by congress because to you had earlier trying to dissolve parliament and install and emergency government hours before he was due to face an impeachment vote. former vice president the novel to water. there has been sworn in, she's the 1st woman to lead the country. south korea is ordered, striking cargo truck drivers to return to work. those who refuse could face up to 3 years in jail or a maximum fine of 30000001. that's around $22000.00 euros. south korea is government says a prolonged strike could begin to hurt major export industries. and croatia will join europe's passport free travel area in january. this clears the way for an end to land border controls between croatia and other, shang and members and, and to airports, acts will follow later. romania and bulgaria were unable to overcome opposition to their membership in the shannon zone. more arrests are expected here in germany,

after dozens were detained and raids across the country. on wednesday, the targets are suspected supporters of a far right movement that rejects the legitimacy of the german state. the alleged leader of the group is a descendant of an aristocratic family. and the german state of their india police are currently searching his home for evidence. the long arm of german law reaches as far as italy, italian police arrest a form, a german army officer who was suspected of being involved in an attempted coup in germany. he's one of 25 suspects, arrested in the biggest anti extremism operation in modern germany. most of them belong to the so called right spook, a movement whose members reject the authority of the german state and believed the german empire never collapsed. um enough, a gun. i, j, m, o, eat of, in the past we had repeated cases where ice will go use violence against police. when it says, a police officer was shot dead and bavaria and grinning 16 mom and visio defied.

shots against police. guy was, you know, several of whom were injured. she was included cyber. so the violence among these groups has to be taken very seriously divided his uncle possess ounce me. the attempted to may have been plans at a hunting lodge in eastern germany, sir india. it belongs to heinrich royce, a descendant of an aristocratic family, who still calls himself prince heinrich the 8th. he was the group's ringleader and planned to make himself head of state if the crew was successful, local residence here a disturbed by the discovery ripped in laden, i and the vast majority of people here have absolutely nothing in common with these people mopping comics. i don't care what he called him, so fish near the co dean or the 18th. i really don't care. we don't want anything to do with it. i wish i mix it. do the police are also looking for

a weapons depot on the property. the fact that the group apparently obtained a large number of weapons has alarmed investigators and ultimately triggered the raid. and then we must show those who take up arms who want to harm our country, that the rule of laura strong and cracks down hard disciplinary proceedings are also underway against berlin. judge b, a gets mouth suck of in common. it was royces, choice for justice minister. she's a former member of parliament for the far right alternative for germany party or 30 say then not ruling out that more suspects may be out there and more raids may be on the horizon. the trial over germany is biggest ever accounting scandal started today and munich wire cards. former seo and 2 former executives will take the stand there accused of hiding nearly 2000000000 euros of missing revenue. more

than 2 years after the collapse of the financial technology company, the scale of fraud has been described as unparalleled and german history. this is the man at the center of a case that sent shock waves through germany's financial and political establishments. marcus brown, prosecutors accused the former wire card seo and to top executives of orchestrating a massive criminal act to defraud investors. he faces charges including falsifying financial statements, market manipulation and breach of trust. he's been in custody for more than 2 years . after its founding in 1999 wire card, enjoyed a fairy tale rise by 2018. the online payments firm had become one of the 30 most valuable companies on the frankfurt stock exchange. renault looking back, but very much looking at the future. and i thing, but that then i make of growth in the next 10 years. ah,

will totally all perform what richie from last winners. rumors began circulating early on about fraudulent activity, but barely any one wanted to listen wire card success story. it was just too good. then in 2020, after an independent investigation, it became clear. almost 2000000000 euros had vanished from company accounts or only existed on paper wire cards, big deals, faked or staged. the one time darling of fintech filed for insolvency. investors lost huge sums auditors and german financial regulator. baffin faced heavy criticism for ignoring early warning signs about wire cart bound denies any wrongdoing. his instead pointed the finger at wire cards, a former c o yan masonic who is reportedly hiding out in russia and wanted by german authorities. and joining me now for more in the studio is about what some d. w. business is a huge trial route. what the state i this trial is essential to closing the book

on a very painful and all you very embarrassing chapter for german corporate culture. because this is a tale that involves every layer of the german establishment, the government, the financial regulators, and the broader corporate culture. here in germany, i mean why i called is a company that america when she was chance to have a case for when they were trying to do some dealings in china. all of shows the current chancellor was finance minister at the time that they were committing these alleged crimes. and then of course, got the financial regulator bath in who's coming to all sorts of criticism for failing to spot or ignoring the signs of what was going on here. so what it was at stake is a great deal of pride of it. say it is 2000000000 euros we're talking about here. how could it be missed? how did nobody find it earlier? i think there is a valid argument to be made that people didn't see what they did not want to see.

in this case, i mean no one wanted to know that the great wire card success story was built on sand. mean this was a company that went from rags to riches. it started off facilitating payments for other websites and ended up knocking comments. bank of the tax 30. it was an extraordinary tale. and one that was making germany very good. it was making wire card shareholders. very rich. nobody wanted to see it fail. but it turns out what seem to get to be true was to good future. now this is of course, huge, especially in germany, but is it really all that unique when it comes to the world of fintech ventures? well, this is a question that if you'd asked me this when this story 1st broke back in 2019 out of had a different answer to how now. but over the intervening 3 years, we've seen the sort of confluence of technology and finance run even deeper. we now have crypto currency, which we're kind of in their infancy back then. we've just seen and what i think is

probably the best parallel with why i called the collapse of f t x, which is this crypto currency trading platform that has fallen apart with a 1000000000 dollar hole in its finances and left thousands of crypto traders in the lurch and what these 2 things have in common. well i think a bit of what they've got in common is that these are young entrepreneurs that people have been willing to follow because they haven't necessarily understood the tech themselves. and also the regulators have been a step behind on the technology and how these businesses work. and as a result of that have been unable, or someone say unwilling to take enough notice to spot the flaws and to see the potential problems coming d w. there's less route, what's good to have you on this side of the studio. thank you so much for coming in . now the world cup has seen guests from all walks of life

and all around the world descend on katara. but an unexpected appearance from one particular visitor caused a stir on wednesday brazilian forward, when you see his junior was giving a press conference when a cat's found the perfect spot for arrest right in front of him, the interloper appeared to be viewing no harm, though clearly brazil's hands on press officer took a different view, pausing proceedings to send the animal on its way. apparently though the cat landed on its feet and was unharmed. and before we go, here is a quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you today. iran has carried out what is thought to be the 1st execution in connection with the recent anti government demonstrations. most n shikari was hanged for participating, and the protest as rainy and courts sentenced 5 more men to death for allegedly

killing a member of the revolutionary guard. and the united states has secured the release of basketball star, brittany greiner from brush and custody. as part of a prisoner swap. the us we'll hand over russian arms dealer big to about in exchange. don't forget, you can always get the daily news on the go to download our out from google play or from the ap story that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world. as well as push notifications for any breaking you're wanting dw news up next, who is better equipped for winter warfare? russia or ukraine? our panel will debate. that's next on to the point. i'm really kimberly thank you so much for watching with

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