ah, since for the present a future heads filled with ideas? so get ready for his brain. i 42. the answer to most everything starts january 15th on t w. ah ah, missus dw news live from berlin. iran is condemned for executing anti government protesters. these law mac regime hangs on another 2 prisoners detain during nationwide demonstrations. several others are sentenced to death as well. also

coming up, i do. congratulations. i republican kevin mccarthy is finally elected as us house speaker, but only after 15 rounds of voting and orthodox christmas is celebrated in ukraine . though a holiday truce declared by russia fails to hope the fighting. ah a marion! i haven't seen. it's good to have you with us. the european union has condemned iran for executing to men allegedly involved and anti government protests. state controlled media, say they were convicted of killing a member of an official militia. amnesty international has called their trial a sham aimed at intimidating other demonstrators. for people are now known to have been executed in connection with the recent unrest nationwide protests or opted

after the death of a young woman in the custody of the wrong so called morality police, who accused her of wearing her islamic headscarf improperly. we can now speak to come round martine, he is a senior lecture and international relations at the university of sussex in the u. k. welcome to the w. so it seems that iran is likely to carry out more executions. will this help quell the protest? while it's unlikely, i mean, it's true that the protest at the moment do not have the scale and spreads of the early weeks on months. but there are 2 protests happening in different cities and smaller scale. what is the regime might be achieving in the short term is actually accelerating the fundamental circumstances which generate this protest. and in a way, probably the regime is already trying to pre empt why the protest as we approaching

during the new year in late march, which is when usually are in your family, get together and celebrate for around 2 weeks. and at that point, usually, even in normal time, the price of foods and necessities go up. and given the method inflation, we have the evaluation of the currency and no prospect of the lifting of sanctions . this new year in the near is likely to be extremely difficult for many, many people in iran. and that will actually is likely to push a lot of people who have been on the sidelines or at home and not joining their protest to actually being fed up with the circumstances and join the process. and that would be making situation even worse for the public. and i what i would like to also point out another not so immediately visible implications of this execution, which is it increases the political price for the western countries. you can countries sigma 3 to iran the deal because they won't be able to sit down with iran

to conclude that i'll restore that deal. and the longer that deal is not restored. the economic situations in iran will accelerate. and that will kind of feed into the underlying reasons for the protests and the wrong. well, you just mentioned the european union, as we've mentioned, it says the, it's appalled by the executions that condemns them. but does the, you have any realistic leverage over the actions of iraq government? well, i mean, increasingly prominent figures with an iranian position on human rights activist, as well as some of actually opinion own officials, including for example, german representative in the european parliament human rights committee. acknowledging that simply condemning this executions on brutality against protest. this is not likely to determine amaco public and probably a time comes when you can countries have to really consider the value of having

iranian diplomatic kinds of delegations. or actually they're bustle doors in their countries or having their own muscle door then you're on. and while i was drawing them from to wrong or expelling uranium, most of those from you is not necessarily going to kind of deter it. but i think at least it will show that your pins in countries are serious and taking side with iranian peaceful protests for democratic a transformation of iran and not complicit in what's going on in iran by implicitly condoning what's going in around by keeping their diplomatic kind of representations in iran open that was come on my team from the university of sussex . thank you so much for your insights. thank you. while the us house of representatives finally has a new speaker, kevin mccarthy was elected after days of turmoil. the republican was sworn in

despite fierce resistance from right wing members of his own party. mccarthy clinched victory after 15 rounds of voting. the animal, kevin mccarthy, of the state of california having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected. speaker of the house of representatives. after days of deadlock and 15 rounds of voting, kevin mccarthy finally secured enough support to land the 3rd most powerful job in us politics. the republican struggle to win the votes needed for a majority as an arch conservative faction of his party held out there were heated scenes in the chamber when mccarthy supported mike rogers almost came to blows with fellow republican mat gates. ah,

after taking the oath of office install, mccarthy swore in new members of the house electorate in las november's, a mid term elections to the same. as your chair speaking shortly afterward, emily mccarthy gave a controversial thanks to a former president with of of age. i do want to, especially thank uh president trump. i don't think you should edge, anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me from the beginning. somebody wrote the doubt of where you was there and he was all it. but these celebrations over the culmination of this protracted leadership struggle a likely to be short lived. mccarthy had to concede some powers to those in the rights of his party. who will now have an inflated influence on big ticket issues,

including government budgets, immigration policy, and how much congress is prepared to spend to continue to support ukraine. let's take a look now. some of the other story is making headlines this hour. in mexico, dozens of people were killed and a gun battle as security forces captured, the elijah cartel. leader of the deal goes lunch is the son of the drug, lord known as al chapo. guzman was captured in the city of calia. can thousands have marched across paris to show their anger over the killing of 3 kurdish activists and decade ago, 3 other activists were killed outside a kurdish cultural centre in the french capital. last month, prosecutors say the killings were racially motivated. hundreds of people have been left homeless after a town in northern india began to sink cracks appeared on buildings across the

hillside. town of josh, mom, causing the local temple to collapse. authorities, blame faulty drainage. china has blocked the social media counts of hundreds of critics of beijing's handling of coven. 19. the government has ended lockdown, quarantines and mass testing. the easing of restrictions has been followed by a surge in new cases. millions of orthodox christians are celebrating christmas. but the festivities are overshadowed by the war in ukraine, in key of hundreds attended a service at a monastery which was under moscow's jurisdiction before the invasion. on the front line, russian troops also held services. russian president vladimir putin called a christmas truce, which ukraine and western allies rejected. we cannot speak to the w correspondent, a manuel shaws, who joins us from key of ama orthodox christmas. as we know is usually

a festive and joyful time for people. how have ukrainians been marking the day? well, it's quite a different christmas this year. most a ukrainian from younger generations already celebrated on the 25th of december to differentiate themselves from the russian orthodox a calendar. and also to protest against moscow's patrick kate domination. here in ukraine, you've mentioned the mastery di kehoe, a passat glover who returned to the ukrainian or to dogs church after having been on least to russian orthodox church. and to day hundreds of people went there to celebrate. and also to mark this difference dcea. it's a generational change also because people will celebrate today as well in their families, but mostly our people celebrate christmas, twice you to mark their difference with russia and when all,

what is the status of this cease fire that was called by russia? was there any let up in fighting? well, i 1st saw of these are so called ceasefire wasn't seen as such a bi ukrainian ukrainians like they don't take anything that's a, a russian president vladimir put vladimir putin. so he would, would say us a word of, you know, as a sign of a willingness of negotiations, of establishing a truce. you no doubt that our bombings are in the eastern side of the country in particular. and even here in key, if we've had a weak of large scale attacks against the capital, so it doesn't make a difference for people whether or not there's no a bombings for, for a day. and besides, we have colleagues at the front line or who, who reported artillery fi is a continuing to a christmas, so ukrainians a a don't make much of that so called says fire our correspondent in manuel shaw's

reporting from kiev. emma, thank you. we appreciate it. the director of the berlin state opera, daniel baron boy, is stepping down the claim conductor, and tana, says ill health means he can no longer fulfill the role. the 80 year old began performing on the piano at the age of 10. ah, but decades. daniel button boyd's name has been synonymous with excellence in the arts, and a willingness to experiment can even occasionally break the rules of polyglot with wonderful citizenship. his musical talent was obvious from an early age lou at 7 he gave his 1st consult in argentina. he was hailed as a child prodigy. the labels stuck even after his family moved to israel.

all the king give phil. i like the term child prodigy. i feel like i can say the prodigy is gone, but the child is still here, is to believe bad. and boy, him is also passionate about politics, holding both israeli and palestinian passports. he's travelled frequently to israel and the west bank impulse. he has said he hopes his rest that of could serve as a model for peace. in 1999 he founded an orchestra aiming to promote understanding between arabs and israelis, together with edward sy in the palestinian american scholar, the vest east on the vaughn orchestra, a symbol of reconciliation. yes, it was a game or krista, every musician in the orchestra has exactly what a human being needs and what doesn't exist in the region. equality, right. everyone in the orchestra house that does, ah, the orchestral remains barren, boyens personal and political legacy highlights ever you to fully booked concerts

at berlin's vault buena. ah, in 2017, he and at the piano, ballasts all in berlin, prays for its excellent acoustics, an even better roster of world musicians. despite the criticism of his management style, his musical rank is undisputed. in recent years, baron bourne has been struggling with the new to logical illness. despite his resignation, as general music director, he is not planning on giving up his baton completely and says he plans to conduct the odd show in the future. oh, in south korea, tens of thousands have braved bone. chilling temperature is for a chance to get their hands on some fresh trout. the annual ice fishing festival sees anglers dig through a frozen lake north of the capital. so those are feeling particularly adventurous. jump into the freezing water to catch the trend with their bare hands.

the hood of some brave souls there. for we go, a quick reminder of our top story. iran has hang to man allegedly involved and anti government protests. said media say the 2 were convicted of killing a security official, amnesty international called their trials, sham proceedings, aimed at intimidating demonstrators. as the latest on d, w. use this, our up next is shift marion evans team from the in the team in berlin. thanks for watching oh, lead of contrast. we should be the quality 75 years ago. oh my god, peacefully.