ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, russia launches another drones strike on the ukrainian capital. the attack targeted, the city center, ukrainian forces, say they shot down 13 iranian made drones. also coming up the people of ukraine are rewarded. the youth top human rights prize at a ceremony and stroudsburg in recognition of their bravery and resisting russia's

invasion and at the football world. carthage and tina have beaten croatia, 3 now in the semi finals. thanks to the attacking prowess of leonor messy and judy and alvarez, argentina will now faith either france or moral hope in the final ah and i manuscripts, mccann, and welcome to the program. we begin with the latest russian attack on ukraine's capital. keith authorities say several buildings have been damaged by drone strikes in the city center. ukrainian forces say they shut down 13 iranian made shaw had drones similar to those used in other russian strikes. ah, this president of heath cleared the broken cloth from her window like her many of

her neighbors home were shaken this morning as fresh young wants to. i think i did a windows, shut it at school when brought freezing temperature. if my winter is coming there, how can people survive me? i've lost lord. what do they want from us? i did not like training and live soccer. his own little russians. no. let. bruton died like what i didn't do. i went to him, but it was this to me. fortunately for all that, all the for all, a nearby building has been badly hit and cars crushed you green faced the damage with didn't as ukrainian air defensive, short down eat on, made russian jones still remains to show terrorists began with the launch of 13 shy, had drones shooting, all 13 were shot down by ukrainian air defense,

but well done. i'm proud of you. she was sure she would, or russia has recently been using long range methane attacks on residential areas. it called them military attacks. keith called the russian strikes war, grind thing. moscow is intentionally targeting siblings, a correspondent and keith max xander told me more about the turn attack on the capital this morning. right, so it was shortly before 6 this morning when the the city woke up to another air raid alarm to air raid sirens, and then not, not long after 2030 minutes. maybe we heard a couple of very loud banks. notes appears to be, have been ukrainian air defense forces, taking out these iranian drones according to authorities. 13 shahan jones were launched. the seo has of region and made their way across the country to the key of region and some of them even into the city. but luckily,

none of these jones were able to attack, there was no direct hits of you. jones could be intercepted, but there has been some damage. we heard on due to shrapnel. some residential at an administrative buildings were damaged. ah, but as far as we know, nobody was killed, nobody was hurt max under their reporting from cave, the european parliament has awarded its annual soccer of prize to the people of ukraine, the prize, the freedom of thought to recognize as the bravery of ukrainians in resisting the russian invasion, several ukrainian officials and activists were in strasburg to receive the award as a ceremony in parliament ambassador gen self and ambassador he w correspondent, babylon visa is in strasburg, and she told me what stood out for her in president's landscape, addressed to the european parliament, he really tried to, of course, to sort of re ignite his close connection to the european parliament because

parliament has been the staunchest offender of ukraine since the war started in countless resolutions. they have asked member states to support the country to give more money to give more weapons and to be very determinedly on the side of ukraine . so he knows that he really has a friendly audience here in strasburg. and he again, also talked about the, the horrors and the destruction. the russian fighting is inflicting on ukraine and on its people and it very vividly in order. so people don't get tired of hearing this news that they don't forget what is really still happening every day. on the ground is so this price of from parliament to the euro cranium, people means that they want to honor their fight for freedom and, and for liberty and for human rights and our colleagues in kieffer. they are some people on the ground. what they thought about it. robin,

it's right. we got it. we are the bravest army or army the strongest in the world of the destiny. i feel grateful operational and i hope that as well as words we will receive concrete frame order because ukranian, people are really brave in the us, but we need the support of the world to live with if we looked at them cathedral evolution. so robert, i think it's good mission. your piece is the definition of everything happening here right now. i think it's recognition of the dignity and heroism of the ukrainian people with a quote oh griswold grim all was i shall ukraine now is considered one of the leading countries in europe and is going to develop more together with the european countries. and i think this price will have a good effect on the future of our country. our faces to be brave. however, we heard that expressions of gratitude, but obviously also the fact that they need more support concrete since the support . so in addition to being awarded this prize,

watch concrete support is ukraine receiving from the you the european union has just decided upon another 18000000000 offer immediate help for ukraine for the next year. that is a huge sum of money. it seems to be a huge sum of money, but concretely, if we really look, what are the need on the ground is it is not enough and more money will have to come. no european member states are willing to do as much as they can. they're trying to really stretch the budget of the you to the very utmost. and again, of course there will be more demand to come next spring. so everyone knows that a large amount of this, the reconstruction effort, end of the effort to just financially keep ukraine alive. rests on the shoulders of the european union. it member states are very aware of that in parliament, of course is trying to sort of push them on and tell them you just need to find the

money. this needs to be done. so material of course is collected constantly, weapons are still being delivered, maybe not fast enough, but increasingly that has become better. and so the you is really doing what they can, they know that the support of the united states is playing a big role. but europe is the 2nd biggest donor, and they really have to step up to the plate you in this question in towards ukraine. there is no question about it. he w up on either in transport. i thank you so much. record levels of humanitarian need were recorded across the globe this year with a vast majority in just 20 countries. now that's according to the international rescue committee, which is just published a list of the worst humanitarian crises to be aware of in 2023 topping the list. this year is somalia, the country is faced with a severe food crisis caused by decades of conflict and

a record drought. almost half of the country's people are in need of humanitarian aid and people are starving there every day. second is ethiopia, which is facing a similar food catastrophe. the humanitarian response has been undermined there by multiple conflicts, including the war in the north and t gray region. and then there's afghanistan, the i r c says 97 percent of afghanistan's population is at risk of poverty following the taliban takeover, which resulted in economic collapse. now 10th on the list is a new entry, and that is ukraine. russia's invasion has caused the largest displacement of people in decades, leaving more than 17000000 ukrainians in need of essential services and at risk of illness, with food and fuel prices surging around the world. since russia's invasion, this war is fueling the other humanitarian crises. i'm joined now from dublin

by mary lula. she's the united nations special reporter on the situation of human rights defense defenders. and welcome to d. w. a. mary. can i ask you when you look at this list, what concerns you most from the point of view of your role working with human rights defenders? well, i ping stuff for a society to develop. you need to have human rights to vendor with able to carry out the work peacefully and without restriction or targeting or imprisonment or any a deal for persecution. we see including killings because they had several and just society and got back from touchy of some and the human rights to vendors. there are living in the climate of fear in the climate of corruption. today, there is no independent judiciary or very little independent media. and there has

been a conflict in the global region, so the government is cracking down on anyone who has documented atrocities by the government. and we see the same thing all over the world. i mean, in ukraine, the human rights vendor there are having to change their work to document war crimes and to act as magic, bringing food and medicine to people who are terminally, ill or old or unable to move disabled. he talked about the climate of fear or climate of corruption in the example that you gave. can you give us some more concrete examples of the kinds of dangers faced by human rights defendants who are caught up in these, the humanitarian crises across the globe? when for example, in ukraine, because of is the latest one, we had just human rights to vendor who happened to be a nurse by training. so she went back, as i said, to being

a nurse to deliver medicine. and she went out every day from 8 am in the morning to 8 pm under heavy bombardment for not using the flat jacket on the helmet . we had, we managed to get one inter. but so women, particularly women, human rights vendors are faced with extra challenges because of the fact that they're women. and because attacks can be of a sexual nature, we saw that in ukraine as well. we've also seen this in many other countries around the world. and it seems to me, unless there is good governance and space for human rights defenders to be able to do their work. a company has no champ. i mean, in russia, a 138000 websites have been shut down. and over 16400 people that's up to about the middle of the summer has been arrested. so it's

a very difficult situation for defenders everywhere. i actually wanted to talk to you about russia, that's all the see the aggressive country in the conflict with ukraine. it's not on the, i'll see, watch list. but presumably, as you've already mentioned, the war of making the situation for human rights defenders inside russia even more difficult than before. yes, i mean, we have documented at the closure of memoria, the oldest and most famous russian human rights organization. a lot of independent media has to shut down, including the better price when price will or no better does better. and people aren't able to leave because of these restrictions and talking about how much offender my mondays and so the situation in russia is, is fair and there's no access to any kind of information. same internally to them. government controls everything. mary lola, you in special rapids,

her on the situation of human rights defenders. thanks so much for taking the time to speak with us today and ques. okay. time now for a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. 4 people died when a migrant boat got into difficulty. in freezing temperatures, off the south coast of england, 1000 more were rescued. people often tried to cross from, from by boat to claim asylum in britain. votes being counted in fiji election, prime minister frank binding mariama is seeking another term. he came to power in a coup in 2006 and has since been reelected twice. fiji is located in the pacific with china and the u. s. competing for influence, police and belgium have published pictures of cash found in the home of eva,

kylie. she has been sacked as a vice president of the european parliament. authorities say they seized 150000 euros, kylie and 3 others have been arrested and charged with corruption linked to katara . casa, those prime minister albin kersey has signed an application to join the european union. the process is likely to take years and will depend on normalizing relations with neighboring serbia. recent protests by the serbian minority in kosovo have led to trashes with police and u. s. president joe biden has signed into law a bill fronting federal protection for same sex marriages. now they've been legal since the supreme court decision in 2015. the new bill cement a protection of rights at a federal level. well, we're all good. now china says it will stop reporting

asymptomatic cases of coven 19 as they become impossible to track. now this is yet another step in the rapid dismantling of beijing 0 coven policy. the dramatic you turn is bringing with it a wave of illness among the population. and the world health organization is warning the china faces tough times ahead. ah, seems like these were hard to imagine in beijing just a few weeks ago. parents and sick children crowding corridors of this pediatric hospital. but scraping china's strict covert restrictions has come at a cost and waves of illness and now spreading through the city. lengthy cues forming outside clinics and demand for medications. skyrocketing this pharmacy among many to have run out of flu medicines and clothing teeth.

the impact of opening up is still being felt, but this is the price we pay for being freya. it feels like it is convenient to go out and to go places like that for myself. i must be more cautious because there is no protection for us outside. now it is essential that we improve our awareness and self protection you. if you go to the coven cuse are in stark contrast to beijing, eerily quiet streets and shopping centers. bonus has been hitting work is hard, and a shortage of delivery drivers means packages. a piling up the past week has seen a massive transformation and china's covert management. domestic travel has opened up. positive cases can isolate at home and the government has scaled back its tracing and testing. now, authorities are scrambling to react as the virus spreads. etna

chung more than 14000 fever clinics have been opened and hospitals, and more than 33000 fever clinics have been set up in community health care institutions, toiler center. so longer infections are expected to spread across the country in the coming weeks, as people who haven't been able to travel, return to home towns and villages. the world health organization warning china faces a very tough and difficult time as the to just to living with a virus that authorities tried so hard to stamp out. ah, at the football well cup and guitar, argentina, convincingly beat croatia, 3 know in the 1st of the semi final clashes crecia had upset brazil the last round and we're hoping to continue their improbable run. but leonor massey and his teammates were too much for croatia to handle this semi final was bound to be the

last shot at world cup glory, 3, a legendary player, either argentina's, we and all messy were coriso zucker, muddrick. despite croatia controlling much of the ball early on argentina were the 1st to break through with julio alvarez's bullish run forwarded by a clear foul with the whole world watching. but his keeper, too nervous to look leo messy stepped up and ripped home the penalty. one mill argentina with 34 minutes plu, and just 5 minutes later, alvarez was a dim, crouching through a sea of words. this time no one dared to take him down to mil. late in the 2nd pass, it was messy lighting up the pitch, dancing for croatia defense to lay the ball off to alvarez and finish things off at 3 mill. messy has again carried his country to a world cup final, this time against either france or morocco. meanwhile, muddrick knows, he'll never lift the cup. so now of course the question remains,

who will join argentina in the fine or will it be france or will it be morocco did up the sports correspond? and daniel barcelona told us a little earlier about argentina and what's made them stand out and cater in one word, leonor massey. of course there is a reason why he is considered to be one of the greatest players of all time. and yesterday he really made an important statement. of course he's so crucial to this . argentine aside, he really inspired and masterminded their victory over croatia. we saw he scored the pound, he shot the 1st goal that made him argentina's all time leading gall score. also setting up go so his importance for this team is just absolutely unbelievable. now croatia, of course they really had no answer for him. there defenders couldn't even get close to him. so there really is a lot of believe in his argentine aside, especially now that they will really do anything they can to let their liter messy,

get his hands on the world cut trophy. it's the one who does eluded him, his entire career. and if he were to win the world cup, it would probably put an end to all the debate as to who is the best player of all time. t w's daniel barcelona. there. now wednesday night sees the 2nd of this world cup semi final showdown. the world cup title holder, france is widely expected to join argentina in sundays final, but still standing in their way this evening is morocco? a nation few believed would make it as far morocco as the world cups. first african and its 1st arab semi finalist ah, the streets of robert, morocco's capital, were bedlam after the winner of portugal. for moroccans reaching the world cup, semi final is already a dream. come true. on the 3 of you today much, we watched all the games are gathered around 200 or 250 people. all americans rush

about it was wonderful and we are really proud of it all this year. the atlas lions of both the 1st nation from africa and the 1st from the arab world to reach a world cox. any final, that means they're not sure of support. i long live morocco, a free arab nation. from here in garza, i say this will be a cup for the arabs, for morocco we will charm in support of them without blood and souls illegally. because there is a historical qualification, not only for morocco pop, but for all africa. we're proud of morocco, leopard and some 3 theory model. but given the french speaking nations, historical links with tonight's opponents, there are even many in france with split loyalties is the we call it it's historic . you could say, let's hope it's going to be a good match for both of us. i hope morocco will go through though, on a bit more from america. i don't know why. you don't have a peaceful mug of a war. morocco have toppled european royalty in the form of spain and portugal to

get this far. but france represent that toughest challenge yet the holders and favorites defeated england to reach the final 4 and in killing em by pay post the star of the tournaments. yet morocco had conceded only one goal so far north, none on. i'm not going to try and set up any particular tactical plan to count them by pay. unfortunately for us, there's more than just killian france also has other good players. yup. i could to daniel if morocco can find a way to stop and buffet and co, one thing's for sure. the st parties would only be taking place in rabbit. now it's more than a decade since avatar smashed books of his records and pushed filmmaking technology to the max. and now it's sequel is hitting movie screens. avatar, the way of water is the follow up to james cameron's epic tale about an environmentally conscious species exploited by humans is creators. hope the new

release will repeat its predecessor success. it's nearly 16 years since full. marine jake sally became his avatar and joined the not the tribe wired to come to us. he and ne, teary i now parents to my family. but when their home is again threatened by humans, the family flee to an underwater refuge and must learn new skills to survive and system. teach them our ways. he never ta, the way of motor actors, zoe saldana, and sam worthington, reprise their roles as ne, teary, and jake was doing. ah, jake's journey in this video. he's, he's still a warrior, but now he's a dad, so still reckless. and he's got a bigger responsibility now, stepping back into playing a teary is something really special to me. his character is the character that i feel kindred with in so many ways i learned so much about her. i gave so much of

myself to her, so getting to revisit her to reincarnate her. it just feels like it's a gift that keeps on giving ha fans have waited 13 years for the sequel. the 1st film, east pioneering motion capture technology to reproduce the act as every movement. the follow up does that on the water, a feet of engineering that took years to develop the cast even learn diving for their underwater scenes. it was a huge technical challenge. the writer director james cameron, i was lawyer, is more complicated, more characters, right? we had a lot of new tools that made it easier in some regards. we had to figure out how to do water, you know, movies called the way a water, but we had to figure out the way of water for performance capture and procedure. we make it absolutely seamless, which i think we, we accomplish that as part of the dream, like wonder. the cost again increase sigourney weaver. this time she pays jake in

the team. he's adopted. daughter, i feel family is such a reversal feel so reliable and it just become part of this family and you go with all these different challenges and different high points and it's an incredibly immersive. oh, so one of hollywood most expensive films advocate. the 1st film was the highest pointing of all time, but the pandemic has changed the movie going landscape. and i have a town, the way of water will need to be a mom up here, just to break even. here is a quick reminder, the top story that we're following for you today. well, authorities in the ukrainian capital keep say several buildings have been damaged in the city center in early morning during strikes. they say ukrainian force that shut down 13 iranian made. shaw had drones, like those used in other russian strikes across the country. you're watching

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