thing in the world is the spirit and motions. district stuart's december 25th. oh d w ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin and fresh shelling in her song, cuts off the power and leads to people dead. the southern city has faced repeated attacks by russian forces since it was recaptured by ukraine in november. also coming up turbulent times, the you leaders as they meet in brussels that are contending with the 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, the now trying to draw attention to their stories campaigning for their release. and the german tennis style, boris becca, is freed from prison in the u. k. the former world number one becca was jailed earlier. this year for hiding asset south to he was declared bankrupt. he now he'd faced his deportation to germany. ah, my manuscript macon and welcome to the program. ukraine says that russian shelling has completely knocked out electricity and killed 2 people in a house on the southern europe. the southern city has been the target of repeated russian attack since it was re captured by ukrainian forces last month across

ukraine. rush and strikes on the energy network have left millions of people facing the harsh winter without heat or power. you have to be real heating water on an open fire. it's become routine for allow the scaffold thing. how home in the eastern city of obamacare, which is tripped out power and running water to create a whole. russian troops are just 5 kilometers away, but she's determined to stay here and endure some kenya, i wish i had some can't made so much. but jason, i made up, it's cold haul ago, but we stay survived the winter and that any luxury was all i want is p. you attended here in the fountain city of kasan visit. and that also facing, ideally struggling from russia, continues to pound to 50 recently liberated by ukraine with limited supplies,

waiting in long youth is now part of daily life is 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 temperatures. i'm inside what they call the resilience center. outside is raining. it's freezing and it's dangerous. inside. thanks to the efforts of the government of 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 product, but fact, fuentes can't help all the ukrainians currently in neat. it will be up said the latest on the situation in ukraine. we are delayed now by our correspondent, nick conley, who is in the key for us by that neck. can you tell us more about these reports coming in about said the a russian attacks on his,

on so just in the last couple of hours we've had reports of 2 fatalities in san one is believed to be a doctor, the other a local residence, as far as going to stand, this was right slap bang in the middle of had so not far from the government building that that was also attacked yesterday. we understand that this was a human at an relief center and that, that was where the hit was. i think this was kind of really brings home reality that there is nowhere in his own right now that is safe from these russian attacks . you've got the russian forces on the other bank than you per river. just a couple of clumps away and with their rocket artillery with their standard artillery, they can basically hit everywhere in the city. and now especially now kind of couple weeks in, since the cranes came back, it had seemed like life was going back to normal services were being restored, a power had largely been restored and that is now totally gone. and just we were there in the 1st few days, we happened to be passing by some power infrastructure and saw the shells coming in . so it's really a kind of very,

pretty endless task. trying to rebuild was infrastructure, knowing the russians can see what's going on with the drones. and as soon as anything kind of nearing to put completion, they can just destroy it and say everything back to square one. so that is patricia phelps. on right now, i think most people maybe had been thinking about returning to capsule. now the things were seemingly normalizing are going to think twice about like i want to ask you to about some allegations that we're hearing at by ukrainian officials that russian soldiers have taught should ukrainian miners in the, in the house on region has not been confirmed. so for now, we've heard from ukraine, said ombudsman for human rights, that there are reports of several teenagers having been kept in the sellers in placed attention where the russians, we know also held adults for days at a time, often without water or we met when we were soon a man in his late teens who had been kept there for weeks on and his family knew nothing about where he was. he was tortured with electrical shocks was beaten up.

he was kept and threatened with execution. so that definitely the says there can be a lot more stories coming out of her song as the carried proficient continue. and there's very little suggest that somehow the russians behave better in the epsilon towards civilians. they did another posse greater be notified. so lots worked happened there and i think of watching more depressing and sad stories to come out of his own before you're in the school get to end of this neck. thank you so much for that. that's the only isn't it conley in keith. now with a backdrop of rushes continued aggression in ukraine, the european parliament has called the soviet union's policy, the starved millions of ukrainians to death. a genocide, it's approved a resolution, the recognized as the early 19 thirty's holiday, more famine, as a quote to liberate policy of the soviet regime as genocide against the ukrainian people. and joining us now from strasburg to talk,

talk more about that boat is d w correspondent, babble i visited. hi there, barbara. can you tell us what this means for ukraine? the fact that the e u has now officially declared the whole on more a genocide. it is, of course anya, a political act. it is an act that is supposed to anchor the holiday more in the history books because the this was a largely unexplored and partly forgotten as part of fur, ukrainian history and off the genocides of the 20th century. and only in recent years, and historians have come and explored what happened then and have said this is an atrocity. this is something that, that rushes dictator, styling sort of initiated deliberately in order to break the spirit of ukrainians. of one aspect was the collective ization of farms. and so what happened was that

his, a, his functionaries took away all grain and all life stalk from ukrainian farmers. and the figures how many people died through that. they vary between like 3000000 and the 547000000. nobody really knows, but whole stretches of the countryside were completely depopulated because people were starving to death. and the other aspect was, of course, that starting already then wanted to break the political resistance and the political spirit in the sense of national identity of ukrainians. so this is what's behind this and it the, the resolution, the european parliament, except that today means that this is now increasingly going down as effect in international history books. where so far it has been just a side aspect. barbara, thank you so much that he w correspondent, babble a visa in strasburg at warren. ukraine is dominating the

agenda in brussels, where you leaders are gathering in an attempt to put up multiple fires on europe's doorstep. initiations are expected to go well into the night as the conflicts is testing the resolve and unity of the 27 member states. joining the me saying via video link is ukrainian president vladimir lensky. but despite ne, unanimous support fatigue, the spillover effects of the war had deepened divisions on issues from additional factions on russia, to how to tackle record inflation and a growing energy crisis. and we go now, by our correspondent in brussels, bent of a get band. we're now 10 months into the ukraine war at e solidarity has been tested over the response to russia and energy policies. tell us, how strong is the unity between the member states right now? well, in principle, all 27 leaders, he agree and to reconfirm their commitment,

a 248 or 4 ukraine also in the long term when it comes to humanitarian aid, to reconstruction, also to the delivery of weapons. and also a budget aid for the ukranian state. but the devil is in the details here because the leader should agree on a you 8 package of 18000000000 euros for next year as a budget aid for ukraine to enable the state to pay a pensions and to pay salaries. but in the beginning of the week, hungary hooked up the process and now poland is black made in the rest of the you. poland does not want to agree unless poland a get something of her own its own interest. they want her access to the corona recovery fund, which is blocked because poland has some issue was but the rule of law. and so a lot of bargaining and bickering is going on here right now behind closed doors.

and also there is no agreement on the 9th. are sanctions, packets? are that or should it russia, m, their hunger is also holding up the process. so there's a lot to talk about maybe until in to more morning. and also the issue of a gas price kept for wholesale gas in europe is not resolved there to come. so they're saying we want that to of as a relief our citizens and the other campuses though, you will endanger gas supply. so a lot to talk about and nothing is extra resolved right now. and top of all of that is, of course the corruption scandal that sat rocking the you parliament right now we're going to take a quick listen to some new reforms announced by the e parliament president rebecca and what side. and then we'll come back to you. as of today, i am putting together a wide ranging reform package to be ready in the new year

for this will include the strengthening of the parliaments, whistleblower protection systems, a ban on all unofficial friendships groups. i review of the policing of our code of conduct rules and a complete and in depth look of how we interact with 3rd countries that tell us how damaging is this corruption scandal for the e asked the time when, when populism has been on the rise were present medulla told these reform issues to the counselor to day to the 27 leaders here. and they maintain it's a scandal of the parliament. it's not the whole of the european union that is affected. and also not this council here because this is a totally different institution earn. so they say no just has to take its course and we will see what happens as a so a, an attempt to tone it down

a little bit. on the other hand, we now know and the boyfriend of mrs. kaylee, the greek her m. e. p. has confessed to the belgian authorities that he was indeed part of a criminal network in parliament. and mrs. kailey herself is maintaining her innocence . as next week we will learn more when this is kaley appears in court. he doesn't correspond about me get in brussels. thanks so much for that. okay, let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the well to day. russian official say 2 people have died in a refinery fire and southeastern siberia. 5 others were reported injured in the blaze following an explosion at the facility in the city of an gast, authorities of blaming the incident on contaminated gas and have launched an investigation. nurses in the u. k. have states an unprecedented strike up to 100000 nurses, have walked off the job for one day, calling the action

a last resort in their fight, the better wages and working conditions. the 1st ever strike by royal college of nurses members is part of the way of british workouts. the russian space agency has called office space walk at the international space station after texting coolant leak. nasa is working with russia to repair the problem and says, station crew are not in any date. jasper's war preparations have been law for 3 months now. iran has been shaken by anti regime protests. at least 2 people have already been executed in connection with the demonstration. and activists are warning that others face the same fate. now, german politicians are trying to do that part to raise awareness of the plight of some of the political prisoners in iran. would that be the end of the broader future would go p you look, this is some on yasamin, a rapper belonging to iran's kurdish minority, famous not only for his music, but also his criticism of these land republic. when he was arrested by the regimes

forces in october, while protesting and sentenced to death for allegedly harming national security, his family is afraid he could soon be executed. andra, this is my cry for help for justice. for god's sake help me. i'm not particularly, 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, and i expect your seem to be released and not be executed because his execution could happen. any dana audience with alba and casper is 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. you on re was the 1st one. she is publicly speaking out to help safe to marcia lee. another well known rapper who's reportedly being tortured in jail without access to the lawyer, he requested recess updates about his condition and as glad that so many colleagues are now joining her. when amanda dan chart, less effort among them i experienced empties and inexperienced m p. 's conservative m p 's and progressive and peace. what unites as is that we really want to give these people a face. there's the saying say their names. and that is exactly what we do with those for whom we take responsibility in even for david and found one of our name 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 have might

seal that they have a goal that they're not giving up on via freedom of their freedom. this is, i'm the freedom of iran with this and this is a historic more minute a possibility for chain 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, i hope, for the it monte puts you on fin, mention some of folk, the butler, and while sanctions and other political measures are being discussed, lumpkin and his colleagues will keep making as much noise as possible to make sure was a man to marsh mustafah and all the others stay alive. and for more on the protesters in iran facing execution, i spoke to na seem papa jani in london. she is the rom campaigner for amnesty international. right, so right now we have that are where at least 26 people who are at risk of execution

in connection with the protests of following the execution of the 2 young men or since shikari and magic rosara about earlier. and all these $26.00 at least 11 have already been sentenced to death on charges that include and miti 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 counting 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 pre presumed innocent to remain silent and to receive a fair public hearing. additionally, according to information available to us, several of the men, including hammy,

that it has, are new to march, saw that he and why mad 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 rotten about 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. i think. 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 could be done on one would be to share their stories on social media. we have been posting out some of these 26 individuals from our embassy or on twitter accounts to share that as much as possible. please contact. and if there's any running embassy in your country to contact an embassy, and a call on them to wash the execution, osh it's absences, but also call on your own governments and all your own and the ministry of foreign affairs and leaders to take their all the actions that they can as well keep a sure on nothing papa jani from amnesty international. thanks so much for your time today. thank you for the job and tennis doll boris becker has been freed from a british prison and is now expected to be deported from the country. in april this he, a beckett, was jailed for 2 years and 6 months for hiding hundreds of thousands of pounds of

assets off that he was declared bankruptcy. the 55 year old was originally required to serve at least 15 months, but his reportedly now received an early release and more in the store, i am joined now by edna cambridge from d. w. sports. hi ed. so boris becker, he is released been released early. do we know why and, and what else can you tell us about his case? what makes much change talking about a different boris on the show for one this way. so 8 months over 2 and a half years since. now, just to be clear, this is standard practice in the u. k. for this type of crime, when a foreign national commits something like this at home at the earliest possible opportunity, which is why has been sent home now, he's not got any special treatment because he's a star or anything like that. he's just been deported because his time is up and he's over crowding in u. k. prisons. now this obviously relates to a $272017.00 jailing for tax evasion. that was altered over the scandal in

2013, in which boyce becker borrowed over $6000000.00 euros, and then declared himself unable to pay the money back. now he said at the time that was due to the very expensive divorce that he been through $50000000.00 in earnings throws career by the way. so i'm very doing all right. yes. i'm very poor financial mismanagement for him or after that so that he couldn't pay. and then it turned out that he didn't 2500000 years worth of assets. hundreds of thousands paid to his ex wife and his wife. the money was hidden and he was court. so he went to prison for 2 and a half years and he's now out after 8 months. and his mother, 87 year old lady here, germany said he's the best christmas present. she could have asked for, she can't wait to hold her beloved son in our arms. so some good news for the beck is this chris. she is looking forward to seeing him. i mean, it really is. the story of the fallen here is an, i mean, i vividly remember him and you know, watching him winning wimbledon when he was 17 years old and he went tell him to be a coach. he was a well known tennis commentator. i mean, after all of this,

do you think there's still a place for boris becker in the world of tennis? was you mentioned, he was an absolute superstar 17. you're 17 years old as you said, captured hot mines all around the world. at 6 time grand slam winner. he want another to wimbledon as well. so really popular in, in u. k. well obviously that being the, the big british tennis tournament was living there since i think 2012. what exactly, and that's why ever since he retired in 1999, he was working for the b b. c. working as a commentator, he spent 2 years serving as novak jock of it, she's coach as well. clearly a very talented commentator, very popular in the u. k. good coach as well. and who knows if you come back from this at the time of his sentencing, the judge in england that she said that his career and his personal life are both in ruin. and i think we're about to find out if there's any way back for him in england, you suspect the suspect not, but possibly can get job here in germany. i don't know which of the edna crime bridge. thanks so much. thank you. to the well cotton cotton alan

morocco's dream run has come to an end reigning champions. france defeated them in their semi final clash. now morocco made history of becoming the 1st african and arab same ever to reach the said ease. last night, though, france as attack proved to be overwhelming, awe given the history between morocco and france, this encounter was always going to be about more than football. but shortly off the kickoff frogs offered a cutting reminder that everything boils down to what happens on the pitch. and the writing champions would be no pushovers. tail. hernandez made it one mill just 5 minutes in olivia as you're rude, 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 probe, the french back line with a spectacular challenge just before the break. but it was frogs largely on the back

foot in the 2nd half, who dash moral pose dreams once and for all substitute randall colo. milady finish things off at 2 mill. frogs will hope to keep the celebration going by retaining the cup against argentina, while the ha broken morocco have already written history. is a quick reminder of the top stories that we're following for you today. you leaders are missing for that final summit of the year in brussels. the fallout from the ukraine war is set to debate the discussions with inflation, energy, and sections also all on the agenda. and ukraine says, 2 people have been killed by russian shelling and hassan. the southern city has faced repeated attack by russian forces since it was recaptured by ukraine in november. now don't forget, you can always get d w news on the go. you just need to download our app from google play or from the apple app store,

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