and re imagined these teachings for relevance to gandhi's legacy starts january 28th on d, w. ah, this is the w news line from berlin. humanitarian workers face trial in greece. if you see somebody in the water and the reaching a handout to hold you, you would obviously put your hand out as well and pull them in as soon as you've done. so. you've committed the same crime as i've committed, charged with espionage and forgery. they could face, he's in prison,

and brazil's president did a ransacked supreme court. we scenario alluded to silver surveys, the damage from his plate assistance, supporters. he balances behind the violence will be punished. ah, i've been fooling welcome to day in greece. the trial opens of $24.00 humanitarian aid workers to say they were trying to save the lives of migrants crossing the mediterranean, facing charges of espionage and forgery. the activists to face up to 8 years in prison if convicted, we're trying to identify migrant boats into stress. volunteers have been helping migrants, landing on the coasts of less was increased like in these images from 2015. the aid workers say they are doing the only right thing, saving lives. but greece says what they're doing is illegal. to day,

the week authorities are prosecuting $24.00 humanitarian activists on charges that include espionage and forgery. they could be jailed for up to 8 years. among them, sorry, martini a syrian activist base in berlin. in an interview in 2019, she told the w energy inside that i've done that because i want to help people. and that's given motivation. she became known around the world after her and her sister's refugee story to europe was made into a netflix film. the 2 sisters had fled the war in syria and crossed the mediterranean sea degrees in 2015 later settling in germany. but she returned to greece to help others arriving from the sea. she was arrested and charged in 2018, john bender, an irish national and certified rescue diver was volunteering on the same rescue

mission and is also among the $24.00 facing the child. what would you do? you see somebody in the water and the reaching a handout to hold you. you would obviously put your hand out as well and pull them in as soon as you've done. so, you've committed the same crime as i've committed. human rights organization, amnesty international is supporting martini and bender cheering their child. it says the charges are baseless and is cooling for them to be dropped. would also make sure that we give a strong measures of such criminalization should not be allowed. it's a, it's a pattern across europe pushing in other countries as well that people who are, they are just to help her face, her child's as criminal or, or others in an effort of state to deficit sir. humor, volume assistance. but the greek authorities say they are overwhelmed by the number of migrants. they argue that organizations helping migrants are encouraging more to come. the trial that commences today re open the question of how european countries should respond to the people who make this most dangerous journey. nearly 3000

people died or missing in the mediterranean sea last year alone. eva co se works on migration issues in greece or human rights watch. i asked her if this is a case of saving lives or as greek authorities maintain, abetting a legal immigration. it is a case of saving lives and it's important to say that today is the misdemeanor charges that are being tried. but there's also a separate felony case against a binder and there and there is a phase 10 to 20 years. and that will, for reasons for each migrant, they have to say. so it's a case of criminalization of saving lives, money i ran a war. and unfortunately in greece, over the last 2 years, we've seen an increase in the hostile environment for schumann writes, defenders and, and specifically for those who thank the rights of migrant speakers. i understand

these guys are trying to save lives, but at the same time doesn't work. encourage people smuggling it, but it's a, it's a matter of values. are you going to? so we could say also the opposite, letting people brown or discount would discourage more people from coming but easy . i'm ok to say that and especially it's against the law. it's against international my rights against the repeal. but at the same time, passengers knowing that they'll be helped. if i get into trouble in the mediterranean, will be more likely to take this sort of trip to pay people's mas, bring them to europe. and at the same time, over $1200.00 people died in the mediterranean last year. yes, they died because of the dangerous route that people are taking to cross into the, you know, be any union. and we've been calling. all right,

i'm this international and right now they're going to say for more safe and legal routes. these are not happening. and as long as they are not, as long as these are not happening, people will continue to take this route. and even if i were saying now that you know how am i being shown binders are being tried for the help that they're bringing. but people keep coming to crease arrivals have dropped but they have drug, their wrong reason. it's not that people are not coming to crease, they don't because the government is increasingly pushing people but and putting lives in danger. sorry. so it's an irony here on one hand, we're saying that, you know, people say being amory and lives are putting more people in danger because they are encourage them to come to greece. but at the same time, the greek authorities, them say, lives in danger, by putting people biking, more or less boats about doing them in the middle of the gnc. when i, you know,

there are highways waves and risks of people and try and been actually dense. actually a few months ago, greece westcan then by the european court m. r i t not very big case. were en, eh, over or over 10 i migrant and asylum seekers from afghanistan, mostly women and children drown. and doing a pushback got operation by the great coast guard was human rights watch re such a ethical se in athens, brazil's president lewis in arthur luna. the silver has returned to his ransacked office in brazil yet, right as they pay to the nations seat of power on sunday. he also visited the supreme court building, also damaged by supporters of former leadership. boston otto, the new president is bound to punish those behind the violence police of arrested more than 1500 people, if dismantled the protest as camps where they'd stayed for months before launching

the attack. tenser removed and barricades dismantled across brazil. supporters of defeated right wing president julia, both scenarios are packing up protest camps like these have stood for months, a haven for many who believe the election was stolen from them. but after thousands of both scenarios, supporters ransacked government buildings in the capital. brazilian, the supreme court ordered all such camps be torn down to close election and subsequent storming of the capital have exposed deep political divisions within brazil. those backing the new president, louise danasia lula to silver, say the other side has gone too far. north, you know, good. i can't stand. bo scenario support is any more they think they can take over

the whole country despite not winning the election. okay. out of the majority votes for lula and that must be respected. so it was when bo sanara was allotted and now they was respected to ebay that expedited the make. my ease obeyed. these acts are on democratic and they're having a negative impact on every thing up, hold sure, and education on the anti ethical and political values. hello, dave, this belief state as the authorities assess the damage from the break ins, e lula supporters have held their own pro democracy rallies. they are demanding justice. and the government has vowed to deliver. let's have a look at some other stories making headlines. large parts of the us state of california around a flood and mudslide boarding as a series of storms hits. all residents of the town of more to see told them to many celebrities in order to leave people. and more than 100000 homes left without power and attempt at the 1st satellite launch from western europe into space has

failed. the u. k. rocket to call from and modified, going 747. that scientist said an anomaly prevented it from reaching all that the mission by the company vote and all that was due to send 9 small satellites and everything is normal. so the u. s. government says iran may be complicit in war crimes. in ukraine. rush has been using its drones to bomb ukrainian cities. still the russians gains a few in the east where the offensive is concentrated. artillery has been showing by what, but ukraine continues to defend the key city. churning the winter mud, rushing with tillery moved into position in the grinding battle for the dawn. bass russians. high command is determined to occupy the entire region east of ukraine. then your solution troops continue offensive operations in the donnette scarier.

comprehensive fire damage has been inflicted on units of ukrainian armed forces along the entire section of the line of contact. but russia's offensive has been stored for months. one focal point of its failed attacks is the town of buck, mood, or morse's russian. shelling has made the city oh, most uninhabitable. the house by when i go to sleep, i pray to god to wake up. when i do what i say, thank you the time a lively we thought i have a splinter injury here as i don't, the wound has already healed a month has already passed his silica for so everything is fine. we went to constantino fca got stitch up there with the chart was hot, i pulled it out. it burns very heart failure, but i pulled it out. of course it was bad. wolfington, thumb indiscriminate attacks on towns and cities were come, a hallmark of rushes faltering invasion,

but the ukrainians are fighting back. these helicopter pilots fly low and fast to avoid anti aircraft missiles before striking enemy targets. every day ukrainian forces exact a heavy toll on the invaders and western support for keith is ramping up. the british challenge tanks like these could soon be in ukraine or the western countries are also considering sending main battle tanks was set to become more costly for russia. still i asked how corresponded sonya found the car about the latest fighting on ukraine's eastern front. will this been a no significant, significant let up in the fighting along the front lines in the south and in the east, in ukraine, that have been reports today in the ukrainian media of explosions over night to and region. that reports the strike and commer tosca hitting a roadway killing to people. but of course,

much of that intense fighting we're seeing as in it, around back forth as we saw in your report. this is where you crate in forces for over 5 months now have been fighting off attacks by russian soldiers as well as fighters of the russian paramilitary group of the wagner group. and much of that fighting now was shifted to saudi dar assault mining town, northeast of the city. now ukrainian officials have been saying that they remain in control of study dark, but you know, russian officials have been contradicting that lead. so i think as the war kind of approaches that 1st year anniversary was seeing that the fighting, the east is really now over ever smaller pieces of territory. and there's really seems to be little advancement on, on both sides as they with a sonya because one of the in use top officials, funds timmons has been and keep for talks. and one of our reporters asked him about more weapons for ukraine. well, i think the ukraine deserves all our supports also, militarily, because the brutality with which russians are operating has no bounce. so,

you know, this is not just a war about ukraine, this is not just russia trying to grasp or territory from a neighboring country. this is a war about the future of europe. this is a war about the future of democracy, visa v autocracy, and the fact that the ukranian people who fight with such a nation and such passion for their freedom. it should be a clear signal to the european union that we should support them with every means we have. so i think it is a logical step undertaken by france, germany and others, to support ukraine militarily, with these armored personnel carriers. so ukraine has been pleading for more weapons the months. how does keith see these promised arms from its western partners? what i think the news of these deliveries these armored fighting vehicles from germany and france in particular is very welcome in keep your right. ukraine has been asking for them for months and they're urgently needed,

especially in the east to defend that frontline pushed the russian forces back. but at the same time and less than ukraine had been saying that these were these vehicles, the lord will not prove to be game changers. they will certainly help and offensive operations. but what ukraine needs, they say is, is more powerful weapons, especially as the country you know, warns of a possible new russian offensive um, possibly in the spring. thank you. sonya fabica in keith and more next on the challenges facing brazil's new president, i'm been for swollen. sarah kelly will have your news next hour. i'll see you tomorrow. the green you feel worried about the planet meeting on neil, host of the on the green fence out cost and to me it's clear remains to trade. join me for deep dive into the green transfer.