where exactly i learned a lot arts culture history. old l d w, travel extremely worth a visit. ah, ah, ah, this is dw news live from berlin rights activists warned. the 2 iranian men are in imminent danger of meeting the same fate as other prisoners executed by tame ron all were arrested during anti government protests, and many more have been condemned. also coming up, authorities say they foiled applaud to carry out an islamist motivated attack in

germany. and iranian citizen is arrested an overnight raid after police receive what they call a serious tip. to man suspected of plotting an act of violence using deadly chemicals. and george and ukrainians find a welcome and ga, from fellow refugees with fled, the russian invasion of their homeland. ah, a marion evans, dean. it's good to have you with us. arise, organization has raised concerns about the fate of 2 iranian teenagers on death row . the angio iran human rights told the w news that they could be executed at any time after the reigning supreme court dismissed their appeals mohammed. but a honey and mohammed hood bad law were found guilty of setting buildings on fire

and attacking police during anti government protests. their supporters say the trials were a sham. a mere a modem is director of iran, human rights which monitors and investigates violations. so you run an authority and now that that sentence of my medical, and i'm a little funny. i've been upheld by the supreme court. it means that they can be executed at any time, but we should keep in mind that we don't have the rule of law and the due process in iran. so, international reactions, pressure can still save her mom and mom agreed on his lives. but again, we know also that the running authorities need to execute need to implement this is to spread fear into society because they haven't managed to control the process. now about 4 months, they're still continuing. we can now speak to guild us

a habies. she is a journalist and middle east expert. so we just heard from the director of the n g o iran human rights that the 2 men mohammed or honey and mohammed abad lou could be executed at any time. is the right to be concerned? yes, definitely. we need to be very concerned about these 2 and about probably 20 form more people who are threatened to be executed. and we can see that we just heard of the regime. does this executions to intimidate people in iran? we can see, for instance, in one of these 2 men that he just mentioned one little but little. his court documents were leaked in october and even there, just one week after was arrested. you could see that the, the regime said we need to execute him and we need to expedite this whole process so that he can, can be executed and there was before any,

any court proceeding before anything even happen. so we can see that they, these executions, artists purely to intimidate people and to stop the protests. so far a total of 4 people had been executed in connection with the protest. you mention another, more than 20 people. do you think this attempt, by the iranian regime to intimidate the public, to quell this protest will work the more people they execute. it has not worked so far. we have the 1st executed occasion execution on december 8th, and thus with more than a month ago. and you've seen protests since then, just as much as we've seen them before. they were fewer and the few days after the executions, but they have not stopped. and from what i have been hearing from people in iran, they will not stop because these people have set in their mind that they want to emphasize regime and just this,

these more executions and the way that families are treated of the people were executed. for instance, and the hammock meet academy was executed on the, on january 7th. yesterday. his family were even allowed last visit and all these ways of treating people of, of us, but being violence. that's making the people in iran even more angry. and i believe that it makes them more determined to, and this regime at sat some way or another will here in europe, there are calls for more pressure from western governments. but do you think that pressure from the west can have any impact on the actions of the iranian regime? i do think that because that's something that the wrong iranian gene has not experienced in the 44 years that they haven't governing all these executions. we've had them in the eighty's. we've had them since them. they always happened inside iran and people in the world never watched ever watch what was happening and human

rights violations and iran. so for the 1st time, people are watching, we know the names that of people in death row. we know the names of the, of the young man who have been executed, and that is something completely new for this regime. and they are hesitant of executing if, if the, if will you are watching. if we were on reporting on that, i believe that we would have had a lot more execution that we have have. so this makes it hard of for the regime, it just kind of increases the price of all these, this violence and execution. so yes, at us help, there was journalist, the middle east expert gilda's a he b, thank you so much for all of your insights. thank you. well, police here in germany have arrested a person suspected of plotting an islamist motivated attack. prosecutors have identified the suspect as a 32 year old iranian citizen. investigators searched his home in the western rural district. police also detained a 2nd suspect. and he

w. a political correspondent, catherine lunkhead, has been following the story for us and joins in the studio for the latest. so, catherine, we understand this was a very large police operation and it had been planned for some time. what more can you tell us? so yes, the local interior minister said that they had a serious tip and this is way they still went in at night and local media reports that that tip might have come through. foreign intelligence service is actually the local authorities did know that they were looking for poisonous substances, which is also why they went in with those like big anti contamination suits. both men were suspected of having obtained actually royce, in end cyanide. so you mentioned these 2 dangerous chemicals, or if they had managed to carry out this attack,

how bad it might have been. so what we now know is that there was no rise in or cyanide found in the apartment or according to media reports that just have come out. but what we do know is that if an attack, as you say, would have been carried out with rising or cyanide, it probably would have been lethal. both substances are classified as chemical weapons, so they can kill you with a small quantity only. they are very, very, very lethal. d w political correspondent, catherine langa is falling the story for us. catherine, thank you very much. let's get a check now. so the other stories making news around the world. what are 46 soldiers have arrived home and ivory coast after being released from detention. and molly, the troops for pardon to week after they were convicted of conspiracy, ivory coast and the united nation say the soldiers were part of a un peacekeeping mission. in molly to metro trains have collided in

a tunnel in mexico city. at least one person has been killed and dozens of others injured. one of the drivers is in critical condition. cause of the crash is not yet clear. thousands of people have protested against israel's new government. leftist, an arab israeli politicians led the demonstrations against the most right wing administration in israel's history. protesters criticized plans to reform the judiciary. they also voice support for palestinian and algae bt writes hundreds of workers and central china have clash with police during protest at a factory producing cove at 19 antigen kits. demonstrators say the action was sparked by low wages and layoffs. protests over labor issues are not rare in china, despite official efforts to clamp down on unrest. all mean while china has listed pandemic restrictions on overseas travel and in quarantine

requirements for inbound travelers. passengers have now started arriving on the mainland by air, land, and sea. many of them eager for long awaited family reunions. beijing is relaxing cove 19 rules, even as infections surge, ah, a sense of happiness and excitement fills the air. the 1st international flight land in china, as carrington rules come to an end. this has allowed many chinese to reunite with our families and is a being for 3 years as a through long. i'm so happy to be back and breathe chinese air. so have you. so hungry? be jing scrapped it hard line 0 coby strategy. after historic protest against these measures last month. but the sudden changes have exposed many to the virus

for the 1st time. lifting the rules has triggered a wave of infections that is overwhelming hospitals, emptying pharmacy shelves, and causing long lines at crematorium. despite the situation, many travelers are willing to take the risk to be with their loved ones. as a was really good that the policy has changed. now it's really humane. china's border still remain close to tourist. foreigners are only allowed to travel to the country to study for business reasons or family visits. now, to the latest and the war in ukraine, russia has bombed several eastern regions, killing at least one person. russian forces are also showing the city of buck moon, as they tried to push further west. moscow has ended, as suppose, it sees fire over the orthodox christmas. ukraine dismissed it as a tactic allowing russia to regroup or many ukrainians who have fled. the

war are celebrating orthodox christmas away from home. this year. d. w met one family now living in georgia's capital at billy c. o. b. now it's the 1st christmas in exile for ok, so new tranquil bruce shock, fanny mae too. when the war began, she fled from key of woods. yeah, la quinta is for okay. anna has found a new home, almost 2000 kilometers away in georgia, together with her sons, ye gone. and so har, they are safe now. but the trauma of their flight remains good. the apocalypse is that they should give. it was like an apocalypse, unless it was dark outside and every one was leaving. can i please? i didn't bring in. i was driving with my kids and he didn't know what to do,

but they aligned the should i give them name tags and phone number in case i die and you know, they don't get lost. yeah, i mean, little, i only a thought of sidney, pretty irish anna and her family fled to poland and then turkey, before they finally ended up in tbilisi. here anna is now taking care of other ukrainians just like the georgians helped her. oh, grand thing is madonna, despite all the bad things happening to us ukrainians, if we're still setting the tables and celebrating our holidays will not give. i missed the leave were, was, were raising our kids, so they will have their hugs in the right place where their souls are not full of hate. you proceed to door through near movies. oh, the 25000 ukrainians now live in georgia. the 2 countries are not only united by

their common christian orthodox faith and their soviet passed, but ukraine and georgia have suffered russian aggression. georgia was invaded by russia in 2008. yeah. could you? oh, the oh, grey lamp, a big deal. i really hope that ukraine will win before the end of this year of i don't go door, an ear stumble. grandma, so we can blossom again and leaf like we deserve stock or not. it was us lose of it . ah, a wish shared by millions around the world ah. to sports now and former tennis world. number one, i owe me osaka has pulled out of the australian open. a soccer was on the entry list, but did not play any warm up matches. before time, major champion earlier took a break to prioritize her mental health. admitting she battled depression since

returning her performance has been lackluster in his williams has been ruled out by injury. and before we go on quick reminder of our top story, iran has carried out war executions in connection with nationwide anti government protest activists. war and that other demonstrators are also facing the death penalty. you're up to date on dw news, and stay tuned for our technology show shift. i'm marion evans team from me and be entire news team in berlin. thanks for watching me the question of a question about life, the universe and everything? the answer. well man give it here for the.