ah, less all these things and more in the new season of the pot can make sure to tune and wherever you get your past and join the conversation, because you know it laugh man. mm ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin. iran executes a 2nd demonstrator who had joined the anti government protest, at least a dozen people ap, reportedly been given death sentences. after taking part in the uprising on the

lobbying scandal, rocks, the european parliament police charged 4 people, including a parliamentary vice president in a probe of alleged bribery by world cup. post cotton also coming up roches. the tax on ukraine's power grids continue living thousands without heat or power, but when the lights go out, ukrainians are responding with resilience untruth. ah gabels as a welcome to the program demonstrations have been called across iran. after a 2nd, a protester was executed by the regime machine rizza, ron harvard, was detained during anti government protests. he said it was never convicted for allegedly stabbing to security officers to death during demonstrations. your rights activists annually. 500 people have now been killed in the nationwide protest that

began in the middle of september. they estimate at least a dozen people are facing the death penalty for taking part in the protest. for more on this, let's bring cameron martini is a senior lecture on international relations at the university of sussex in britain . come and this is the 2nd execute execution in just 2 weeks after the alleged offense. are you surprised by that quick and very brutal response? good morning. you know, i'm not, this was expected and there was jim has been laying ground for this. this killings which by all conventions actually are extra judicial killings. the person who was executed this morning, my do that or that i was only arrested 23 days ago. so the whole process from arrest to execution took only more. and that's more than 3 weeks. he had no access

to. 3 independent lawyer, it was a lawyer which was determined by the, by the state and in fact, and uranium from a rice lawyer claims that given that there was no private plaintiff. in this case, a whole case was brought to the court by the government and actually processed by the government by judiciary south. it's a sort of states killing. and i should also add that there are other protest us who are actually being killed on the torture in the prison, but the government then claims they have been either committing suicide or they have some other underlying conditions. including for example, mr. shod mom who is a kurdish protest, who has been recently did the body hasn't returned to the to the families. so the killings are actually in prison is going in different ways. but as we see on you, you mentioned that protest already being cold against this and i,

i don't see how this unbridled violence could stand. it could actually and the protest because it makes me more center up to you, will it discourage protest as if you risk your life and risk the death penalty was discouraged, protested, i'm not sure it does. because people who go to the streets already prepared for being actually shot at fire security force is something that the government security troops have done for past 3 months. i mean, you, you mentioned in your clips in the beginning that's more than 460 people have already been killed injured in demonstrations majority, which means actually that fine, i live in during the process. so i think people are aware of, of the, of the dangers and risks and familiar with the practices of the republic against the position. and i would also want to say that, in fact,

the protest or opposition to this execution has reached the highest level within the religious authorities of islam itself in the home, which is a central kind of jewish proven. so the government is quite desperate in way, supposedly a force, but i think it shows more, more desperation on theater rather than no authority and control. now this is a grassroots movement. there aren't any, any clear leaders. how likely do you think it is that they can bring out real change in the nursing change in iran? well, i think this is both a kind of a strength, but also a potentially in short term, i placed a witness of the movement, the strength because there is you cannot easily find the leaders and deal with them and therefore bring the movement to the end. and weakness because it's kind of, you know, makes it more difficult to act more strategically to, to be

a source of kind of a need to look at. so for international community and so on and so forth. but i think these are the new kinds of movement we've seen the in the recent times and leadership would emerge from within the movement over time. and the already seeing the growth of labor, union trade, union students movements and so on. and i think in the longer on the this might be even better because it reduces the possibility of external and position of particular kind of political program on the movement as a whole. but we have to see how far and for how long the movement can sustain the current tempo and has come on that in from the university of sussex and but thank you very much. thank you. of ice president, self european parliament has been charged with corruption over allegations that well cup host cut up, paid huge bribes to influence you policy. if a kylie has been stripped of her powers,

after investigators reportedly found bags of cash in her home, she's one of 4 people arrested so far in connection with a scandal, a massive corruption scandal at the heart of europe. that is getting bigger high level. you officially stand accused in an alleged influence buying scheme by 30 they, one of them is even gaiety. she's one of the parliaments, vice presidents. recently, ivan gaily had become a vocal defender of the gulf country or parliament house. they are in the name of intelligence, high educated people. they helped us to use that tension with turkey. they helped us with getting sent to save activists, children, women, they helped us and they are peace negotiators. they are good neighbors and partners . guide me even priest got that as a front runner in labor. right?

well, a post cut that has faced white criticism for mistreatment of the migrant workers who built new stadiums. got that had denied using any illegal means of lobbying. guy leading means in police custody along with 3 other people, yet she has been suspended from her duties as a vice president, as well as from membership in her back to the galley and other 3 people arrested. have been charged with back to the patient in a criminal organization, money, laundry, and corruption. the scandal is rocking the european union. we are very much heartily concerned about these names. but they had too. i had to act accordingly, not only with the facts but the proving evidence that position, ready, ready, ready, grieve, organization such grace and massive corruption and is obviously not only an individual problem,

but it ridi shakespeare institution. and it is an issue that has to be dealt with at and the highest level and in the most agile way now. but asp investigation focuses on long standing allegations that got there, but influenced to host the world. got the keith. it's likely to raise questions on how concrete like that there will have access to you decision maker in the future. more of this, i'm no, john, both you talk to share i. he's a senior policy off. so with the anti corruption organization transparency international. now your estimate, i was just looking at the tip of the iceberg in these investigations here. good morning. thank you very much for the invitation. i mean, what the investigation has showed so far is that not only there's a vice president of the european parliament involved, there's a number of other people, there's administrators, there's assistance, there's formal members of parliament. there are people that work for

a lot of the organizations. i mean there's a slew of a different individuals in different positions. so i would definitely not be surprised if there are more people involved as the days go back with what we know so far. can you put into perspective the scale of this scandal? i mean, we have to see that so for many years since international has been saying that the european parliament has our integrity and anti fraud rules, which should, to a large extent, we have been ignored. but if we consider that the, the, the, the level of influence, that's the, the degree of access that you need to have to, to be able to, to allegedly, b, a bribing, one of the 14 vice president of the european parliament. and that is able to go in plenary and speaking in defense of your positions. i think it's a, it's

a very serious situation that we're living is unprecedented for the last 20 years. at least. now the case in quest to we're looking at possible bribery by a country, the e u lobby register doesn't county list country representatives, should this be changed? yeah, that's true. and we do believe that there should be a mandatory registration of 3rd countries. and indeed, this is a case of elicit lobbying, but i would like to point out that this is much about loving this, about the driver re and corruption, it's about ethics. and there is right, no, no ethics oversight whatsoever. no monitoring, no sanctions, and all thought to share there from transparency international. many thanks taking let's have a look night. some of the other stories making headlines around the world today peruse, no president. the novel who are to has given in to demand by protesters to bring

elections forward, she said general elections will take place in april 2024. that overnight demonstrations turn violent with 2 pro protesters killed china. it's shutting down a major cobit 19 tracking app. as it eases pandemic restrictions, people will be able to travel again without their movements being recorded. there's been growing criticism over the tough measures that lead to widespread protests across the country. now since october, russia has carried out a series of stripes ended crippling ukraine's power grid against all odds. ukraine's engineers have so far prevented a total collapse. but after each new attack, ukrainians have to get through a number of days without power until service is restored. and as d w as nick connelly reports after 2 months of practice, they're getting pretty good at it. it can be a couple of hours or

a couple of days. it can be 3 hours off, 3 hours on power cuts from russian missile attacks when you cranes power grid. it difficult to predict. the one thing that usually does keep working, it's the mobile phone network. that's made people go online when everything else is off. why pass up on your regular medical? just because there's no power and you hiding from an area in an underground car park. if he cash what he need, cash, you know, it might take a bit longer without than a t m, you withdrawal has to be recorded and counted by hand. but it works. it's a close. could you listen to quibbling, chick if you don't have a candle, and they are getting harder to find the solution. muscle take potato, sylvester boil, and some matches. and hey, presto. many ukrainians seeking power into their own hands give univer far from the hum generators. but there just aren't enough to go around. many for many.

this could be the song of the season. it's called the power on. or is it gone with? and finally, hundreds of people dressed as santa claus took part in a charity run in mexico over the weekend. the event in zap upon in the mexican state of hello scope is for children in need. it didn't take place last year because of the coven. 19 pandemic. that made the run even more special this time round. actually good. ah, it was indeed avenue is a reminder of our top stories. any iran is 2nd man has been executed over anti government protests. he was convicted whole allegedly stabbing to security officers

during demonstrations. human rights activists say close to $500.00 people have now been killed in the nation wide uprising and that at least a dozen face the death penalty and european parliament vice president eva kylie is one of 4 people charged with corruption over a suspected bribery scandal involving world cup host nation cutoff. the allegations have rocked the you political commute. that's it from me of the news team from all of an update for you at the top of the hour. don't go away up next business with my colleague. for the brief. ah, they have body and soul the houses that daniel leaders can construct far more than just.