this is the pulpit to unleash on violet boss and re imagined galleys teachings or relevance to gandhi's legacy starts january 20th on d, w. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. iran is condemned for executing anti government protesters. islamic regime hangs another 2 prisoners detained during nationwide demonstrations. several others are sentenced to death as well. also coming up,

celebrating orthodox christmas and occupied ukraine. a supposed truce crime by the kremlin fails to pause hostilities in the war plus say, congratulations, i republican kevin mccarthy is finally elected as you as house speaker, but only after 15 rounds of voting ah i married evans team. 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 no and have

been executed in connection with the recent unrest. these 2 are the latest victims of the war. the islamic republic is waging against its own citizens. mohammed mediacom ami a 22 year old former karate champion, and mohammed jose ne, a 39 year old worker who coached children in his free time. both were convicted and sham trials, where they weren't allowed to choose their own lawyers or even see the alleged evidence against them. the evidence expert say, just as bogus as their confessions at by iran stayed media, found in the army for weeks, their friends and family hoped they could be saved. as long as i kindly asked the mammoth off the to disarray. i bake, you please remove my son's death, said please follow no home. home. home on their calls were echoed not only by iranians, around the world,

but also by politicians. here in germany, heglum book, a green member of parliament, was a sponsor of color me and campaigned against his execution. this new executions will have consequences at the moment that is not pretty clear which should come the grims except that will be what there will be consequences. we won't be quiet the german government, nor the you will be quiet till this violation of human rights within iran. people are also not remaining quiet, fresh, protests, supplant, and many refuse to be intimidated. on social media, this video is spreading since the executions mohammed, medical army, dancing with his family matters, anti government protest. i say don't die and they bow, they will not rest until those responsible for his and other killings out of power . and, and i am on a member of the european parliament from the green party recently rode the,

the iranian regime should be treated as terrorists. i asked her how that could work . well, 1st is how do the frame them, how do we name them? and the regime dud is terrorizing its own citizens, but also terrorizing pretty much the whole middle east cannot to my understanding be a negotiation partner should not be received on right carpets. we should not shake hands with them. all the united states has at the very least designated iran's revolutionary guard as a terrorist group. so why isn't the european union doing the same? we are working on it and but part of the truth also is that the sanctions that come with naming someone a terror organization are already in place because we already a sanctioning the revolutionary guard because of the weapons of mass destruction that they are developing. we are also individually sanctioning

a number of the key players in the revolutionary guard. and yes, we are at the moment working on legal pathways. but we are also, and that is part of the to working on political compromises so that we can finally name them also what they are a terror organization. but in terms of the concrete sanctions, most of them are already in place. well, many observers do a sale that they run in regime will continue carrying out executions. does the you have any real power to prevent this? i am also afraid that they will continue with executions. nevertheless, it is very important that we continue to do what we are doing at the moment that we do not play in the hands of the narratives. blaming these people that they execute to be terrorists that we give these people names that we continue to tell their story is to so that they are human beings. they are wonderful human beings. one of the people executed today actually teach of martial arts for social disadvantage.

use that we show their families that we continue to with this program of got mother scott, father's for those who are threatened with execution. but it is also to be very clear. a regime that is killing its own citizens cannot be a negotiation partner for no matter what, including the j c p way. while there have been some calls for germany to cut diplomatic ties with iran. would this be an appropriate staff? i think it is important that our embassy in terren continues to work, continues to broy, provide us with information continues to provide the protest is with support. also continues to provide thesis for those who want to travel. whether for these, the ambassador has to be there or not, is something i think we have to discuss in the week to come also in light of the executions that we have seen today. that was hannon o m on

a member of the european parliament for the green party. miss my mom. thank you so much for being in our program. well, millions of orthodox christians are celebrating christmas for the festivities are overshadowed by the war in ukraine. in kias 100th attended a service at a monastery which was under moscow's jurisdiction before the invasion. on the front line, russian troops also held services. precious president vladimir putin called a christmas truce, which ukraine and western allies rejected. oh, d. w correspondent, manuel shars and key of says that while ukrainians have in marking the orthodox christmas, there is no real truce. well i 1st saw of these are so called cease fire wasn't seen as such a buy ukrainian didn't ukrainians like they don't take anything that's a, a russian present but bother me. approve letting me put in. so he would, i would say, as a word of, you know, as a sign of a willingness of negotiations,

of establishing a truce. you know, down the bombings 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 a 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 a colleagues at the front line or who, who reported artillery fi is a continuing to a christmas. so ukrainians a don't make much of that. so called says fire. well as orthodox traditions are strongly associated with russia. many in ukraine had been thinking twice about when to celebrate christmas. to somebody is sonia found a car visit in boucher near cave where russian troops are accused of multiple war crimes. she found a priest marking christmas for the 2nd time the church

of saint andrew in boucher on the outskirts of keith. this is a circle you. it's known for the makeshift burial ground that locals here dug for the bodies. the russians left behind in a shop. it was, was priest under the halloween. natalie survived with his life. one of the great of, he says, many people here want nothing to do with russia any more. last years for a than fish. unless you fish shuttle with your machine, we have our own identity initiative, and russia tries to kill the tries to destroy this identity. zenato as you on you. cheer miss mosley. this war is for our survival, our survival as a nation. when i read through the children, she provides many people for the even those who have relatives in russia have seen what the russian sphere of influence is all about. dollars. now they don't want to have anything in common with russians. newton which is my thing. choice building is rashonna. ah. and that includes how to celebrate christmas to day is

altered off christmas and they will market hill as they always do. oh, but for father underneath this is his 2nd christmas eve. he offered celebrations on december 25th as well, like the waist. he knew the key which of these were people who wanted to celebrate on the 25th celebrated cities. they were carols and songs cooler and those who want to celebrate on the 7th, and will also have the same opportunity with the customer murder. those sticking to the orthodox tradition of an older molar. so it's always easier for the young generation to accept change. visual older people are more conservative. but even when they understand with the head that they need to change, the habit of decades is hard to break. worse could, would, is minute. when i said, let it be, the weight is for now, but i think in the future we all have to celebrate christmas on the 25th of

december with c o. off to the horrors russian soldiers inflicted on boucher if there's one place in the wood that deserves 2 christmases. it's yours. oh, let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. in mexico, dozens of people were killed and a gun battle and security forces captured the a legit cartel leader of video guzman. he's the son of the drug, lord known as al chapo. guzman was captured in the city of calia con. molly's military junta has pardoned 49 soldiers from ivory coast a week after convicting them of conspiracy, ivory coast, and the united nation. say the soldiers were part of a un peacekeeping mission. in molly, their arrest and july set off a diplomatic route between the 2 countries. hundreds of people had been left

homeless after a town in northern india began to sink cracks appeared on buildings across the hillside. town of jo shima, causing the local temple to collapse. authorities blame faulty drainage. china has blocked the social media accounts of hundreds of critics of beijing's handling of coven 19. the government has ended locked downs warranty ins and mass testing. month easing of his restrictions has been followed by a surge in new cases. the us house of representatives finally has a new speaker. republican kevin mccarthy was born in after 15 rounds of voting. he faced fierce resistance from members of his own party. mccarthy was forced to make compromises with right wingers to secure the post. charles captain is a senior fellow at the u. s. council on foreign relations in washington, d. c. and earlier he told me that chaos surrounding the election of the new house

speaker has not been seen for many years. well, you know, this was a real political mass for the united states. we haven't seen this kind of delay in electing a house speaker since the civil war era. and really what's going on here is because the republicans took the house by a very small margin. the far right wing of the party, what's called the freedom caucus, the america 1st wing that is part of donald trump's political program now has enormous power. it's not a huge caucus. there are about 2021 members that were voting against mccarthy initially. but because of the close margin in the house, just a handful of seats, they needed those votes to get mccarthy into the speakership. so was this about donald trump? no, not really. it's, it's bigger than that is about a very strong far right whole alicia in the republican party that's going to make

life difficult for mccarthy as he takes over the house starting with today. well, what about the u. s. foreign policy? what impact will this new house leadership have on that? can we expect a major shift? you know, i don't think you'll see any serious change in the direction of policy, because the president has a lot of leeway. the president killed joe biden, and he will continue to pursue the policies that he's put in place during her 1st 2 years. but i do think you will see a change in resource availability. the republicans are already talking about cutting the defense budget. they've been talking about making it more difficult for biden to get the resources that he wants for ukraine, both military and economic. there's a big fight looming over raising the debt ceiling. and given how paralyzed the

republicans appeared to be, i think biden is going to have a very difficult time, assuming that he can get congressional support. so the real rob here will be on the resource question. that was charles, cochin from the council on foreign relations. thank you so very much for your insights. sure. that the latest on the w news and this our up next and the world stories. the w joins a team of paramedics saving lives on ukraine's eastern front. i'm marrying evans team from me and the entire team. thanks for watching a question about the universe and everything you know the answer. well then give it here.