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criticising her uncle, the niece of iran supreme leader has condemned his regime as a nationwide anti government protest content. and a giant aquarium bursting at the seams inside a hotel right here in berlin. a 1000000 leaders of water, devastating the lobby, and there was loss of life 1500 tropical fish. ah, i break off to our viewers watching on p b. s in the united states and to all of you around the world. welcome on this friday. ukrainian authorities say that russia has launched yet another major missile attack on energy facilities and infrastructure. several explosions, obstruct the capital key, other targets included the har keith and odessa is the latest strides. come as

ukrainian military and civilian leaders are warning that the kremlin is preparing for a new wide scale offensive. and that it could come as early as january. russia's relentless attacks on ukraine returned to the capital to day plumes of smoke rising and keep them at one of moscow's most intense bombardments since it launched its invasion. as explosions sounded across the city, residents rushed to take refuge under ground. the keep subway has some of the deepest stations in the world designed to act as bomb shelters. and times just like these. with the attacks forcing trains to be cancelled stations were still packed with people seeking safety and solidarity. this man bursting into renditions of ukrainian folk songs to kate, spirits up go through the dora passing time and bomb shelters, now routine for many like yourself. ah mormon

i with 3 or 3 hours. oh, oh, ukrainian authorities say russia launched 70 muscles across the country. while the majority was shut down by air defense systems to paper, work killed in the city of trevi rear. hi keeps it. he was also hard hit with officials describing colossal damage to infrastructure. had taken howard and their g infrastructure make him. people suffer. you are in the winter time,

that's about genocide to follow a nation. but i must admit that our moral is extremely strong and we will never surrender. the attacks are unlikely to ease over the coming weeks that ukrainian defense shapes predicting russia will launch a new offensive early next year. that could include a 2nd attempt to take keys. but he w connelly is in keith. he told us about today's attacks. where did he stand started with a lot of bangs here and key or something we hadn't had quite some time. oh, seemingly, that was a different system here working. but pretty close to us in the center of give. this is a real sign that russia still has many more cruise missiles and other options disposal than ukraine would want. we've heard from the grain or thirty's, they say they were able to deal with, were able to shoot down about 3 course. the missiles that were launched against ukraine fe 60 out of $76.00. but it does seem especially outside of here where the

defense of, at a lot of student talks been hit lots of power outages here in central. keith is still quite a bit of power. you might be able to see some lights on behind me, but holds weights of keep all without power without water. and is a pretty grim evening here in kiff at a time where i had seemed like these attacks were kind of fighting down and was d, w. and connelly reporting from key iran has condemned the european union for imposing new sanctioned over to ron's response to the current wave of anti government protest. brussels announced measures targeting the countries state broadcaster, the countries army chief, the commanders of the revolutionary guard, as well as a senior clarity for testers, have swept for protests and swept across iran since the death in police custody of a young iranian kurdish woman back in september 11 people had been sentenced to death in connection with the demonstrations and the 1st who were executed in just the last week. more than 18000 people have been arrested. including close family

members of iran's supreme leader, ayatollah. how many's niece is one of his harshest critics? we just heard that the niece of iran's supreme leader, she's condemned her uncle's government. her brother has been just as vocal now. he's in france, my food more. had connie is an anti regime activists. he's live in paris for more than 20 years. he was responsible for publishing his sister's video message. mr. murat, connie sat down with the w's farsi department for an exclusive interview. he told us why he feels the last 3 months of protests have been so important. monday wouldn't have been an inherited narrative, a youth of iran that have now realized all you that what this regime said about the former regime. someone was a lie it, according to my mom, you don't, you know, you are just because they have told many lies listen and now they are lying about

their daily routines, elena, needle, and i'm with about the economy, she resumed, and were there as humans about everything to do and of course about political issues that were the, i to lose my legal dis, they killed people in the street. is that more than, i mean? and then they say those people had a stroke and died on her that he a little nicholson young with this 160 cousin moda the executions and death sentences and tend, or the purpose is to scare the protesters. but for now, the result seems to be the very opposite gilbert say, hey b, a journal is specializing in the middle east. explained why that was to be expected and little that because the past 3 months we have seen the same level of cruelty and mortality on the streets and the prisons. so of course executions are something new in this, in this era of the protests. but iran is the country with the highest execution

rate. rural lines of this is nothing new to the iranian people. and so i believe that the rate of the people who just heard is just going to increase with these executions. and i don't think that the purpose of this execution is that the regime is it's why they're doing them is gonna be here. and i don't think that's going to stop the people from protesting. we know there is some sheer clerics have been openly questioning the legal basis for these executions. if we've got growing discontent among clerics it, we've got that being shown open and outward to the public could that contribute to the regimes possible demise? i do believe that this is a real sign of discontent within the regime within, within the circles of the, of the highest ranges of the regime. i don't think this will mean that in the next

couple of months, the were arenas gone to fall, but it does goes to show that the world watching the cruelties because none of them are new, right. so for 44 years, the same things that been going on you to run. but for the 1st time the world was actually watching daily. everything that has been done is being looked at by the whole world. and this is something new for the people in the regime. they don't usually get their hands dirty. they don't usually know what exactly is going on with the food he and the crimes that are happening now. they do see that and they do feel watched, and so i think we can expect more science back this coming up, albeit. this is not gonna change the course of the christian. i believe we know to that these approaches are not just people in marjorie barrels. we're talking about nationwide strikes, this is hitting the country's economy. is it possible to, to say how long the government,

the regime can afford for these protests to continue? that is difficult, is a difficult to say. i mean, we have seen that the currency has really fallen very steeply. we do have to remember though, and this is a fact that the people in the regime themselves, they're very, very rich. so, so they're not gonna like any money. but the poverty is, is blatant in the, in them and within the people. so i do believe that the comic sector economic factors play a role. but how much and how if it's really gonna stop the repression, or if it's gonna influence the course that the regime is going to take. i, it's hard to say journalists, gilda is a heavy. we appreciate you taking the time to offer your insights to night. thank you. thank you. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines this hour were than 4000 delegates have gathered in johannesburg to elect the leadership of south africa's ruling party, the african national congress. the country's president civil remo fossa looks

likely to remain his head of the party. despite a recent controversy, a scandal involving an alleged cover of thefts, of a large sum of foreign currency connected to his private ranch. japan has revealed plans for its biggest military build up since world war 2. the government plans to double defense spending bringing it up to the native standard of 2 per cent spent of gdp. japan's move away from a self defense only stance comes as it seeks to counter regional threats from china and north korea. european union has warned a twitter that it could be sanctioned under a law designed to protect media freedoms. in europe, social media platform may have violated the law by suspending the accounts of several journalists yesterday, who posted information about twitters new owner, e long must. united nations chief also condemned the bands calling it's

a dangerous press. nearly 20 people, including several children have died following a landslide in malaysia landslide tore through a campsite about 50 kilometers north of the capital called in port official say that the camp site was operating without a license. rescuers or bracing defined potential survivors has more than a dozen people remain missing. but they were woken by a roar. many mr. for thunder. making moments later, a torrent of rocks and mud ripped through their tents, leaping in harmony. yeah. what a huge voice. they just came okay, so you minutes that came in with you? oh friends, i know that. thank god i'm okay. be so i see the ascendant beside us is that he gone physically, unable to do anything. disaster struck in the middle of the night. dark, tumbling from a road,

some 30 meters above the site. this popular hilltop area cherished for its natural beauty. now a muddy wasteland. nearly 100 people were sleeping at the camp site, while many made it out alive, over a dozen, did not. 2 of the dead believe to be a mother and her daughter were found locked in an embrace. hundreds of rescuers are coming through the mud for those still missing. for now, it's unclear what trick it the landslide, but early finding suggest a tragedy could have been avoided. upon very completion be found at the camping site, the campsite is operating. be that license if found guilty, the camp operator could face up to 3 years in prison. journalist david greenbaum is following the story in malaysia a little while ago. we asked him for an update on the rescue effort. well,

it's gotten tougher now because we're looking at night time here and i spoken to some of the rescue workers. there's about $400.00 of them on the site. and they talk about being in waist deep mud. ah, there's also spots where there's a lot of rocks. they've got an excavator on site have also been trying to chip away that rock desperately trying to find it to see if there's any survivors right now. there are 14 people missing and the death toll has climb. to 19 and just underscoring, the strategy struck this tragedy here, 2 of the victims, they found their bodies in a hug position, embracing each other as if they were hugging. they believe this may have been a mother and daughter, and that's the thing. this is vacation time. your schools are out so it would be very common for families to come up here this time of year and do things like camping qualify for the country's biggest city is roughly 90 minutes away. so families would come up here to enjoy this mountain air. and now a tragedy like this happening and another thing and bring out this campsite, authorities have said it did not have the licensing to be

a campsite. so the question now is, are we could see criminal charges coming. but on top of that, how long has it been operating on it as a campsite? should this have been caught earlier? those are some other things that we've got to get the answers to year. but of course, the immediate thing going on right now is trying to find the missing. there's 14 people missing and everybody hoping and praying that they can be found alive. there was journal, if they've grown about their reporting from malaysia fridge, prosecutors have opened investigation into a massive fire that rip through it apartment a walk near the city of leon. early on friday at least 10 people, including 5 children, were killed in the place. several others were seriously injured. this apartment block was the sight of a devastating fire that took the lives of 10 residents, including 5 children. the neighbourhood is known to authorities as a common drug dealing spot. but while the prosecutor's office in law is probing

a potential case of our sin, frances interior minister stopped short and speculating what could have started the fire to kiss or to watch certain is that as we speak, there are still people who are in a critical condition where the families did bring up this drug dealing point and the place being squatted, but once again, it's far too early to draw conclusions. the quote for you. and the aftermath of authorities are looking into what exactly sparked a deadly blaze that started on the ground floor. and quickly moved up. the 7 story building firefighters arrived at the scene within 12 minutes and manage to save 15 people. but as help was on the way witnesses at the scene, described panic occupants of the building, screaming for help in the middle of the night. some of them tried to escape through the windows. ah. but montague,

let's run through tortilla m. i heard shouting. so i ran out of my home to hear, i saw the building, but number 12 on my left, burning on the ground floor. then i saw people who were trying to work quickly, but one person jumped out of the window. unfortunately, they tried to save themselves spotwood unsuccessful alyssa to severe murder policy . not it wasn't your my phone at around 3. i am a woman jumped from the 4th floor just before that when she threw her child that i'm sure this is a tragedy that unfortunately could have been avoided if it has come to this day, it's due to the consequences of the catastrophic politics will not security policies jack dust, coffee can a politic security. so local community as reeling from the loss. many say impoverished town had been long abandoned by francis authorities. and here are other stories making headlines around the world peruse. congress has rejected a bill to bring elections forward by 2 years after president pedro castillo was

removed from office of studio supporters and called the answering a coo and have clashed with the police in protest around the country. in recent days with yelling, nasa have launched a satellite into orbit with the mission to conduct the 1st global survey of earth's waters satellite. we'll use radar technology to conduct measurements of oceans, lakes and rivers. it could shed new light on the impacts of climate change. so we are just speaking of water, just chaos, total devastation and lots of dead fish. now that's how one of the guess at the radisson blue hotel here in berlin described what they woke up to this morning. that was after the glass walls of a huge aquarium in the hotel lobby collapsed. the lobby was mainly empty when this happened, but 2 people were injured by flying glass and we understand that nearly 1500 tropical fish died. this giant include him in

a hotel with whom to around $1500.00 tropical fish and a popular destination among duties. the guests at the hotel woke up friday morning to the found a fellow bank. stephane levitt graham had chatted. it sounded almost like a fire word, but the hotel actually shook inside. ugh, i, i can describe it as a and i get it out of bed and turned around and i didn't see any movements. i didn't know what that was going on. the thank with 1000000 liters of water, shot to quickly left him up to him to start a large cylindrical tank and the building behind me burst lloyd to pluck there was a mass of water leakage which also caused damage to the building. and in order to

pressure vent deputy from the building, flying into the street rescue teams arrived and hotel guests were evacuated. damsel infant, when we heard a loud bang at about 5 or 6, but didn't think anything of it at the time. being a little while later we got out of the room and looked down. oh, my god, all the elevators went down and the lobby was completely destroyed due to that it prep leak. a large number of fish couldn't be thieved. the elevator right with views of the tank is now only amenity or correspondent julius odell if she was at the hotel and she told us why this could have been much worse. the bursting of the aquarium here in the center of berlin is considered a disaster, but the situation could have been much worse. the place was very popular among

tourists and especially children with cafes and shops, also present on the ground floor. there was even an elevator taking tourists on a ride inside the tank for a 10 minute ride upwards. if the bursting hadn't occur so early in the morning before 6 am and many more people had been present. the disaster could have cost people's lives. currently, the mayor of berlin has described the incident as a veritable tsunami. she said that none of the fish present in the aquarium at the time around $1500.00 could be saved. now building safety experts are inspecting the building to assess the structural damage that has been done by all the amount of water that came bursting out of the tank. that was, julia saw deli, they're reporting downtown berlin now to the world cup. the world cup final between argentina and france, takes place on sunday. and as if france didn't have enough to worry about and

trying to stop, you know, messy a virus has now hit the squad. that's right. the flute white illness left 5 players including defensive linchpin raw, feel. vermont unable to train on friday. but barcelona attacker who's mine dem barely said that he and his teammates were not worried and didn't even been providing a little medical treatment himself. ah, no, we're not afraid of the virus dial upon the channel. and audrey and rob you had a headache and a bit of stomach ache removal. i made them a little tea with ginger and honey, and they were better. but no, we're not worried about that mal. i hope every one is on the mend and will be ready for the final move it clipper minus the column dr. oops. all right, our sports are corresponded. danya barcelona. she has spent 4 unforgettable weeks in katara covering the football world cup, which as we said, blend on sunday. and she is a professional footballer herself. she sent us this report about how the tournament

will be. remember as the world cup and guitar comes to a close, i can't help but look back on what was in many ways the most unique world cup. today. the it was a world cup of the 1st to be held in the middle of most domestic football season. the 1st to be held in the air world, a place where i found a deep level football we own unique traditions. the 1st world caught that's on african and eric nation, make it to the semi finals. mom was not oh move. ronko gave us some of the most emotional moments of the tournament from on the pit upsetting football giants to off of it were arrogant night is to create a thunder atmosphere. it was also a world cup of last. as this edition will see, the curtains closed on the illustrious world cup careers of football, legends like little messy lucas aldridge and christiana, rinaldo players who forever change the way i look at football on the pitch,

there were sick tackler, football moment, big victories and shocked defeat. being in the stadium to saudi arabia's upset over argentine not give me a whole new perception of football fan as i felt the stadium shake from the saudi celebration. as a professional football player myself, watching the ease with which brazil play or helping bob a can change the game in an instant was inspiring. i feel privileged to witness the magic of lino messy and feel. first, have the ability, he has to galvanize a nation that rally behind him religiously. as he tries to end the debate over who is the greatest football player of all time, the argentine fans bring a whole new meaning to football. passion, the world cup filled with controversy, which often saw football take a backseat to more important topic. freedom of speech, human rights and equality for all should be non negotiable. but at times it felt

like the values were up for sale to the highest bidder. and often left players an unfair position in guitar, i felt safe to walk around alone as a woman, a sentiment was echoed by many female football fans. i spoke to who got to experience stadiums for the 1st time in their lives without fear. even though there were many negative to me, there were also so many positive, both on and off the pitch. and most importantly, football still has the power to transcend language and culture and bring people together. try doing that with the ball. alright, earlier i spoke to don, yeah, i asked her why she felt that guitar had been such a welcoming place for women. well, i mean, as a woman, i said it in the report. i really felt safe here. i mean, going to games, walking around by myself going to the stadium by myself. of course. guitar is a pretty safe country already, but for the world cut they stepped up security. so there's a lot of cameras everywhere. you look their security guards, police officers, volunteers ready to help you. so i mean on one hand, it is kind of creepy,

but you do feel safe. now i did talk to a lot of air women fans, and they told me for example, that even though they can go to the state in their own countries, it's allowed, it's not really that welcoming and they don't feel that safe when they do go. and here really was the 1st time they could go groups of women to the stadium, and they just felt like it was a safe space where they can enjoy football. so that is one of the big positives up positives of this tournament. yeah, maybe it helps when the eyes of the world are watching. everyone. let's talk about what we're going to see on sunday. what's the feeling on the ground there about who is going to win? well, i mean, here in dough. hi, there are so many more argentina fans than france fans to the feeling really is that argentina is the team that everybody wants to win. of course there's the magic surrounding this argentina's side because it will be leonor massey's last world cup and he's chasing that trophy that he hasn't ever been able to win in his career. there's obviously, if he does get his hands on it,

it would pretty much solidify his place as the best player of all time. so everybody who's a messy fan, everybody is in argentina. and pretty much every football fan kinda wants him to win except for france, fans, and they're looking to choose their own history. they're the reigning champs. they're looking to defend the title. that's something that hasn't been done in like 60 years. so it would be massive if they want to, to hopefully for the final was the, an absolute cracker of the match. okay. done. you got 5 seconds. he's going to win your prediction. argentine or french. oh, i think i can do you know in all right. put you on the spot. got an answer to dodging barcelona. endo daniel, thank you. you're watching the w news after a short break. i'll be back to take you through the day tonight. the chief twit, turning off some accounts and twitter for how long we'll be right back. with

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