ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, ukraine. it says 2 people have been killed by russian sat shelling in her song. the southern city has faced repeated attacks by russian forces since it was recaptured by ukraine in november. also coming up turbulent times for you leaders as they meet in brussels that contending with ukraine war and all the challenges, including

a bribery scandal at the very heart of european politics. plus the jailed protest as in iran facing execution, german lawmakers and now trying to draw attention to their stories and campaigning for that release. ah, many cooper's mckennon, thanks so much for being with us. ukraine says a russian attack on her son has killed 2 people. the southern city has been the target of repeated russian shalayna since it was recaptured by ukrainian forces. last month's across ukraine, russian strikes on the energy network, have left millions of people in darkness. many are facing the harsh winter without heat or power. is the only mail those heating water on an open fire.

it's become routine for allow the scaffold thing i home in the eastern city of palmetto beach without power and running water. beautiful russian troops are just 5 kilometers away. but she's determined to stay here and endure. looking at them as i wish. i had some can't made so much but days and i made up it's cold haul ago, but we stay survived the winter and that it will w compose all i want is p u. it says here in the fatten 30th kasan resident that also facing i daily struggle. russia continues to pound to 50, recently liberated by ukraine with limited supplies, waiting and long youth is now part of daily life as a group more so the law, the pharmacies are closed. this one here in the city center is the only one open international eat. if a lifeline for thumb, this center is providing food and relief from the freezing temperature with i'm

inside what they call the resilient center. outside is raining. it's freezing and it's dangerous. inside. thanks to the efforts of the government, thanks to the efforts of so many who given so much support to the people of care. so we're beginning to see live starting a girl. but fact fantasy can't help all the ukrainians currently in neat. it will be a punishing winter for many until the very latest on the situation in ukraine we can cross now to our correspondent nick connelly, who is in t for us by their neck. and these reports about new russian attacks on her son. what will, can you tell us? and we seem to have some audio problems there with our correspondence in cave.

okay, we're going to try and get hold of nick a bit later. because of those audio problems, staying with russia's invasion of ukraine, it triggered a sudden and massive humanitarian exodus. now, since february, more than 1000000 ukrainian men, women and children have registered with authorities here in germany. and now a groundbreaking multi year study is trying to document what they have been through our research as have interviewed thousands of ukrainian refugees who are now here in germany. and they're trying to gain insights into the challenges of integration, such as the struggle to access services and to find school places for children. and that also documenting the psychological impact of these experiences. moody things figured out how to respond to them a community. but during those, all right,

and i believe that we will now try and go back to our correspondent in keys in it commonly if we can sort out those audio problems. hi, nick. let's try again. so these reports about new russian attacks on her on what are you hearing. so the cranium presses reporting to casualties in the last couple of hours there. believe to be a medic and a local resident, you were to kind of humanitarian aid point right in the center of had san, near the government building that was attacked yesterday as well. this is basically the hot city, the place where people might have seen people with a ukrainian flag celebrating the return of ukrainian troops just a month or so ago. and this basically is not demonstration. the fact that everywhere in have san is totally vulnerable to russian attacks. the russian troops are just on the other side of the river. and they have artillery. they have rocket artillery and are basically now increasingly putting out the pressure and preventing normal life from returning to had san yesterday. there were ports of an

8 year old boy losing his life many more injured. and a sense that justice hassan had regained power. where people who may be left were returning. now the russians as yet the winter is getting worse and colder. all really dialing up the pressure on have so on and making people think twice about whether it's worth coming back an hour. also hearing some really quite disturbing allegations and by ukrainian officials that russian soldiers have tortured ukrainian miners in the hassan region. has this been can fund was so far we've got the ukranian ombudsman. it's word for it. these reports that he's kind of collecting for potential future war crimes investigations. it wouldn't surprise me if this were accurate. what he said is that they are reports of teenage boys being kept in a cellar in center of town, that they were often yet left that water for days at a time that they were picked up for filming, or bits of destroyed russian military equipment. that was bay city,

yet they were accused of working for the ukraine military for gathering intelligence and ended up there when we were in fed. so on about a month ago, we met people including a man in his late teens who had spent weeks and weeks in one of those sellers who'd been kept there just because he'd been subscribed to a ukrainian telegram groups. and it basically seemed, especially as the russians were about to leave cassandra increasingly paranoid, which is picking people up and throwing them into sellers, leaving without any contact the outside world, their loved ones with no idea where they were. and using electric shocks, using many other kinds of physical violence and seemingly also still quite a few people in for so on, accounted for presumed dead. so definitely a sense that if it's on the picture is no better than the other parts ukraine occupied by russia. and there's lots and lots of work ahead to kind of work out what exactly happened on those low months version of the question. really disturbing news, or they're coming out of that region at conley and keith, thanks so much. now as we mentioned a little earlier, rushes invasion of ukraine has triggered a sudden and massive humanitarian,

exeter since february, more than 1000000 ukrainian men, women and children have registered with our authorities here in germany. and i'm very pleased to welcome one of the project leaders working on a survey of the refugees who have come over here to germany. doctor has a doctor, catalina speaks, his director of the federal institute for population research in germany. thanks so much for joining us today. here on d, w. now i believe the 1st phase of your study is now complete. can you please tell us more about the people coming here from ukraine and the specific challenges that they are facing? yes, actually the 1st phase of our study is now done and we interviewed over 11000 refugees coming to tommy from that will create in these are mostly actually women. 80 percent of all the adults are

female. we have a relatively young population. the average 8 is 28 years of age. we have a lot of children, almost half off the women actually traveled with their children to germany. and another very important thing is that the education of this people is relatively high compared to the grain population. and more oh, well we also looked if the children are in daycare, if they are in school and actually they have started being in daycare. many, many, almost everybody is in school, only 3 percent. have a chest on line and is schooling with schools in the green. what about housing? because, i mean, i know, certainly in berlin, it's very challenging for anyone to find a accommodation here,

let alone if you're coming here as a refugee. so how much of a challenge is it the refugees to find decent accommodation here in germany? this? yes, this is of course a real challenge, but we are very surprised from our results. what we actually found is only 9 percent of the refugees are in so called group housing. and all the others are in some kind of private housing arrangements, either with people and relatives or friends they knew. but the vast majority among those in private housing really have their own apartment. so they were able to find apartments where they could move in, which is really very, very helpful. also for the integration off these of families into germany. because as i said, the only a really small minorities living in these group housings, a very high, a number of ukrainian refugees has come to germany. and the only country to take in

more refugees than germany is poland, which of course has a, a border with ukraine. can you tell us, what is it that attracts people who are seeking shelter to come to germany? and this is a very important questions. what we found out is that most of them came because they knew somebody already living in germany and more over also the human riots which are, which we have in germany, are another very important a explanation. what the refugees told us, why they come to germany. all right, professor dr. catalina, field director of the federal institute for population research in germany. thank you so much for your time today. thank you very much for now, the war in ukraine is dominating the agenda in brussels, where you need is a gathering in an attempt to push out multiple fires on europe's doorstep. negotiations are expected to go late into the night as heads of the 27th member

states. try to bridge differences on a wide range of issues from additional sanctions on russia to tackling reco inflation high energy prices and a bubbling trade dispute with the united states. the european union has been keen to present a unified front in response to russia's aggression in ukraine. i asked dw, special correspondent, abraham, who is in brussels. how these solidarity is holding up 10 months into the wall. well, virtually since the beginning of this war, hungary has sometimes been a challenge to that unity. they have something they have often throughout these 10 months voted against any distinctions on russia, for example. and just 2 weeks ago, we witnessed here in brussels, what could be described as a showdown with hungary on one side and the 26 other members on the other. and that

was when hungry, vetoed an 18000000000 euro loan package for ukraine. now that moved by hungry is widely seen as a retired retaliatory one because the e u was withholding recovery funds from hungry because it has violated the use rule of law clauses or concerns over the rule of law clauses. now that, that, that, that, that veto has now been lifted and the loan package has been passed after the other member sits compromised on funding for hungry, but we can always expect hungry to be a challenge to that union really, especially when it comes to ukraine. now another major issue is, of course, the corruption scandal, this rocking the parliament right now. can you tell us a bit more about that? full out there is absolutely everywhere the scandal here in brussels. we just heard the president of the european parliament speak about it. you spoke about it a couple of days in strasburg saying that democracy is under attack. but i think

it's important to, you know, highlight to our international viewers that while this scandal does indeed threatened the integrity of the european union as a whole. this is happening in the european parliament, so that's different from the body that's meeting today, the european council, which is comprised of the heads of state and government of the european union. and so, you know, as the leaders we've seen them arrived today. they have, of course, condemned the actions of the allegations of those accused, but said that when it comes to reform and when it comes to action, it really is up to the parliament to clean the house and the president of the parliament. metella has reaffirmed her commitment to that reform. now it is looking to be a particularly busy final. you lead a summit for this year. tell us what else is on there again, does a day well, big on the agenda as, as you mentioned, e, u, u. s. relations on the one hand, you can definitely needs the u. s. when it comes to ukraine. the finish prime minister has said just to you recently that without the us we would be in trouble.

and by we, she meant the european union. on the other hand, there is a brewing trade war, what some are calling a brewing trade war, and that's because of, you know, re sent us an action that is seen as to protection. as for example, the inflation reduction act, which would subsidize u. s. companies that by american and here in the u that is seen as a, as an action that might further, you know, further damage the economy. here with a lot of companies already speaking about relocating to the united states. and so it's a very, very tough balance for you leaders when it comes to u. s. e relations. and it remains to be seen how they address that today. another challenge is this is italian prime minister, georgia maloney's 1st e u summit. she's been known for her a conch sometime, controversial statements on migration. we saw her today mentioning that migration is a priority. it's an ongoing topic for you. but i think that's also something that we

should be watching is how migration plays out at the summit. dw, i abraham reporting from brussel. thanks so much. okay, let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. russian officials say to people have died in a refinery fire in southeast and siberia. 5 others were reported injured in the blaze. following an explosion of the facility in the city of august. authorities of blaming the incense incident on contaminated gas and have launched an investigation . nurses in the u. k. have staged an unprecedented strike. up to 100000 nurses have walked off the job for one day, calling the action lost resource in their fights of better wages and working conditions. the 1st ever strike by royal college of nurses members is part of the wave of british walk house. now the 3 months iran has been shaken by anti regime protests. at least 2 people have already been executed in

connection with the demonstrations and activists. the warning that others are facing the same fate. now, german politicians are doing that part to raise awareness of the plight of some of the political prisoners in iran. whatever that wouldn't be broader scripture we're going to repeat. look, this is sam yazzy, a repre belonging to iran's kurdish minority, famous not only for his music, but also his criticism of these law mic republic. whether he was arrested by the regimes forces in october, while protesting and sentenced to death for allegedly humming national security. his family is afraid he could soon be executed. i thought this is my cry for help for justice. for god's sake help me. i'm not particular and i am not able to have my voice hurt. who can speak out about my pain? somebody, please help me. a cry for help that did not go unnoticed. here in germany, carlos casper, a member of parliament,

has taken on political sponsorship of yassin and is now amplifying his mother's calls for his release. the sarbanes, i've sent a letter to the iranian ambassador here in germany, but i expect your seem to be released and not be executed because his execution could happen any dana audience, remember and cast us not the only one in the past few days, dozens of members of the german parliament have become sponsors of political prisoners and their number is growing your own re was the 1st one. she is publicly speaking out to help save too much sally, another well known rapper whose reportedly being tortured in jail without access to the lawyer, he requested recess updates about his condition and is glad that so many colleagues are now joining her. when amanda dan shot, not a far and among them i experienced, empties an inexperienced m p. 's conservative m p. 's, and progressive and peace. what unites is, is that we really want to give these people a face. does the same say their names,

and that is exactly what we do with those for whom we take responsibility. anything for david on fan. what about him? member of the german parliament. norbert watkin is another sponsor. taking on the case of muster for nearly a well known human rights lawyer who is now in prison, himself to raise attention for his case and also to send a signal of support for other people like him in iran. z ha, might seal that. they have a goal that they're not giving up on via freedom of their freedom. does this, i'm the freedom of iran justice and this is a historic move in it a possibility for change then. so that's why the european should be alert and make their small, modest contribution to make this revolution for freedom and emancipation of the people. it was successful vote for the emergency puts you on fin, mention some folk, the butler and while sanctions and other political measures are being discussed. what can and his colleagues will keep making as much noise as possible to makes was

a man to mash must offer and all the others stay alive. until now, by now seen papa jani, she's the iran campaign of the amnesty international in london. welcome the same can, i couldn't have, i ask you to give us a sense of the situation that these protestors facing execution find themselves in . right, so right now we have our where at least 26 people who are at risk of execution in connection with the protests following the execution of the 2 young men. oh said shikari and magic rosara of our earlier em. all these $26.00 at least 11 have already been sentenced to death on charges that include and mity against god, corruption on earth, and another at least 15 are charged with capital offenses awaiting or undergoing trials. because thousands have been arrested and indicted in the context of the

protest. this raises great fears that many more people are could face the death penalty connection with the protests. and what we know about these $26.00 individuals is that they have been denied fair trials including the right to. ready an adequate defense, access to lawyers of their own choosing to create presumed innocent to remain silent and to receive a fair public hearing. additionally, according to information available to us, several of the man including hammy, that it has, are new to march, saw that he and mohammed about new or tortured and authorities use their torture, tainted confessions or those of others as of as evidence against them. the state media has already am broadcast force confessions of several individuals prior to their trials as well. nothing can we talk about the families of the, the activists who are facing execution or otherwise imprisoned. do they have any access to their loved ones and, and all the families, in fact,

also facing persecution. it depends on the individuals in some of the cases is a of these $26.00 individuals, their families have not had access to them at all. in some of the other instances, the families have been allowed to see them briefly. i but during a brief visit, though, am, for example, in the case of magic raton, of art who was executed on monday morning and public, according to reports, even though he had a last visit with his family. neither of them had been told that that would be a last visit the same. what can amnesty international do to try to prevent executions like these? thank you for asking. i think was very important right now in light of the number of people who are at risk is to amplify their names. the risk that they face on an

international scale, and call on the iranian sorties to immediately hold all these executions and are all the convictions. but also more importantly, the international community needs to really put pressure both on the authorities to stop these executions, but also to ensure that in the weeks ahead that their names and their stories, the right entities remain in the public sphere as much as possible to keep that pressure on the authorities and other any other ways to influence the treatment of political prisoners in iran from outside the country? yes. so there's the various things that that could be done. i'm one would be and to share their stories on social media. we have been posting about some of these 26 individuals from our amnesty or on twitter account to share that as much as possible. please contact em if there is any running embassy within your country. to contact an embassy and a call on them to watch the stop, the execution caution sentences, but also call on your own governments and all your own and the ministry of foreign

affairs and leaders to take. there are all the actions that a can as well keep that pressure on nothing, papa jani from amnesty international. thanks so much for your time today. thank you, lou. and we're going to start our news blot with some breaking news that's just coming in according to media reports, the former german tennis star boris becker has been released from prison in the u. k. and will now be deported from the country. back in april. becca was jailed for 2 years and 6 months by a london court for hiding hundreds of thousands of pounds of assets off to he was declared bankrupt. we will get more on their story and we'll bring it to you in later news bulletin. to our other sports news now and morocco's dream brown at the world cup has come to an end draining champions. france defeated them in the semi final clash. now morocco made history becoming the 1st african or our obtain ever

to reach the semi's thus night. though frances attack proved to be overwhelming awe given the history between morocco and france, this encounter was always going to be about more than full. but shortly off to kickoff frogs off at a cutting reminder that everything boils down to what happens on the pitch. and the writing champions would be no pushovers pill. hernandez made it one mill just 5 minutes in olivia as your roots. 12 minute chance further show the atlas laurens torment best defense might finally be vulnerable. despite the early deficit, morocco didn't fold. your vidalia meek proved the french back line with a spectacular chance just before the break. but it was frogs largely on the back boots in the 2nd half who dash morocco's dreams once and for all substitute randolph toller. milady finished things off at 2 mill. frogs will hope to keep the

celebration going by retaining the cup against argentina, while heartbroken. morocco have already written history and france as victory over morocco mean that they have reached the 2nd consecutive world cup final. the title holders will cease argentina on sunday, and fans back home in paris celebrated the achievement right into the night. oh, well, this blue see bravo, bravo to the moroccans tonight. it's not only france wins, but all of the french speaking people and we are proud of their performance of this world cup. and we are together. americans will be with us in a final resting with

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