filled with idea. so get ready for the brain. i 42 the most. everything starts january 15th on d, w ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin rights activists worn that 2 more iranian men on death row are an imminent danger of being executed. muhammad, but a tommy and mohammed flood bod lube faced the same fate as other prisoners. hanged by, hey ron. all of them were arrested during anti government protest. also on the show

authorities here in germany, save a foiled applaud to carry out an islamist attack. and iranian citizen is arrested after police receive what they call a serious tip. the man is suspected of planning an act of violence. and president joe biden heads for the us mexican border as his administration. the steps of checks on my friends trying to enter the country. ah, a mariner evans deem it's good to have you with us. a rights organization has raised concerns about the fate of 2 iranian teenagers on death row. the geo. iran human rights told the w news they could be executed at any time. that's after the rainy and supreme court dismissed their appeals mohammed. but honey and mohammed

hood, bob blue were found guilty of setting buildings on fire and attacking police during anti government. protests supporters say their trials were sham. not what mary. madame is the director of iran. human rights watch which monitor is violations. he told us more about the young man on death row. so he running authorities have announced that that, that sentence out mama, obama, lou and mamma, brutal fanny, i, 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 rule of law and a due process in iran. so international reactions press shared can still save her mom, up about one mamma group on his lives. but again, we know also that the running authorities need to execute need to implement this step and up to is to spread fear in the society because they haven't managed to

control the protests. now, about 4 months, they're still continuing. journalists and middle east expert yield us or have you told me why we should be concerned about the fate of the 2 iranian men? 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 at execution, to intimidate people in iran? we can see, for instance, in one of these 2 men that he just mentioned, wonderful. but lou, 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 happened. so we can see that the these executions artist purely to intimidate people and to stop the protests. so far,

a total of 4 people have been executed in connection with a protest. you mention another more than 20 people. do you think this attempt by the iranian regime to intimidate the public to quell these protests will work the more people they execute. it has not worked so far. we had the 1st execute achish 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. and this regime and just this, these more executions and the way that families are treated of the people who are executed for instance. and how much me can i'm, you was executed on the,

on january 7th yesterday. his family weren't even allowed to last visit. and all these ways of treating people of, of us being violence that's making the people in iran even more angry. and i believe that it makes them more determined to end this regime at 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, the iranian regime has not experienced in the 44 years that they have been governing all these executions. we've had them in the eighty's, we've had them since then. 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 executions that we have hat. so this makes it hard of to, for the regime, it just kind of increases the price of all these, this violence and the execution. so yes, it does help. there was journalist, the middle east expert gilda's a he b, thank you so much for all of your insights. thank you. all right, let's take a look now and some of the other stories making news around the world. hi, minister old kristen says that sweden cannot accept all of turkey's demands in his countries to join nato, both sweden and finland applied to join the alliance. when russia invaded ukraine, turkey has so far, refused to ratify their application. unless it's the man who are meant to be so cynical, president is now 3 days of morning after a bus crash,

killed these 40 people and injured many more authority. say, 2 vehicles collided when a birth tire cost, one of them to swerve into oncoming traffic. the international travelers have started to arrive at china after the government listed as district court at $900.00 quarantine rules. the restrictions are in place for almost 3 years and prevented most travelers from entering the country. arrival still need to show proof of a negative test. for hundreds of workers and central china have clash with police during protest at a factory producing cove at 19 antigens. kids, demonstrators say the action was far by low wages and layout. protests over labor issues are not rare in china to fight official efforts to clamp down on unrest. police here in germany have arrested a person suspected of plotting an islamist motivated attack. prosecutors have

identified the suspect to the 32 year old irradiance citizen. investigators searched his home in the western rural district. police also detained a 2nd suspect. and d. w. political correspondent, catherine lancaster has been following the story for us and joins me 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 why they still went in at night. and local media reports that, that tip might have come through for an intelligence service is actually a local authorities did know that they were looking for poisonous substances, which is also why they went in with those 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 me, did 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 lanka, is falling the story for us. catherine, thank you very much. now, to the latest on the war in ukraine, russia has bombed several eastern regions, killing at least one person. russian forces are also shelling the city of buck moved as they trying to push further west. moscow has ended us suppose it cease

fire over the orthodox christmas. ukraine had dismissed it as a tactic allowing russia to regroup. many craniums 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 to billy c. o. b. now it's the 1st christmas in exile for ok. so new tranquil bruce shock hated when the war began. she fled from key of woods. yeah, alaska is for okay. i know has found a new home, almost 2000 kilometers away in georgia together with her sons. you gone. and so har, they are safe now. but the trauma of their flight remains with the apocalypse. is that they should you mean it was like an apocalypse unless it was dark outside and

everyone was leaving? can i please i anything and i was try when will my kids and be didn't know what to do, but they aligned to should i give them name tags and phone number in case i die and they also they don't get lost. yeah, i mean, little, i only has tons in pretty alice and, 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 grades and his 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. where was that? we're raising our kids so they will have their hearts in the right place with their souls are not full of hate. you perceived the door through near navy still owe me

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. ya could show us the word o gray lamp would be deal. i really hope that she crane will win before the end of this year of i don't good door ear a stumble, craner. so we can blossom again and leaf like really deserve stock or not at the was the thought of it. oh, me. a wish shared by millions around the world. lou president joe biden is heading for the us border with mexico. as his administration tackles

a growing migration crisis. biden has already announced stricter rules. cubans, haitians and nicaraguans, who crossed the frontier from mexico illegally will be expelled straight away. my grins crossed the rio grande river that separates mexico from the united states . all these people in search of a new start and a new life. some prepared to do what ever it takes to live the american dream. loyalty i went on the fly injured tones and hunger eat and ended up taking me legal route through the narrow paths while afterwards, most of them don't want to do it most want to cross into the u. s. legally get about a leg up in the say of tiny people. so per house is to take his journey there. but how can you go back if you don't have a place to return to laporte? i couldn't cross legally. i had to cross legally. he lit up in the 12 months to

october 2022, around 2 and a half 1000000. undocumented migrants cross the us mexico border in november alone, migrants from venezuela, cuba, nicaragua, and haiti was stopped from entering the united states more than $82000.00 times. it's become a massive headache for you as president joe biden, who's promising to get tough going on message is this, if you're trying to leave cuba, nicaragua, haiti, you ever. and we, or have agreed to began a journey to america. do not do not just show up with the border stay where you are and apply legally from there. starting today if you don't apply to the legal process, you will not be eligible for this new parole program. that program could result in up to $360000.00 people each year. no fully entering the us from those 3

countries plus venezuela. that may sound like a big number. but compared to those entering the us illegally, it's just a fraction. and that's the latest on d w news. this our a marion evans tina have more headlines for you at the top of the hour for me and the entire news team in berlin. thanks for the company. how about taking a few risks? you could even take a chance on what rearing to lou don't expect a happy ending literature list.