ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin me on march the 2nd anniversary of a military coup, the overthrow of the elected government de railed a decade of reform to protest her stage. a silent strike in major cities, leaving st. emptied and shops closed. also coming up, brushing forces,

make incremental gains and eastern ukraine, pushing to take more territory in the don't ask region. and focusing on the area around the city of voc moved and on world to job day. we take a look at the headscarf that has proved so controversal for so many, but also so normal for others who choose to wear it. and day 2 of the pope's visit to one of africa's most capt with countries, the democratic republic of the congo. huge crowds attend mass in the capital kinshasa. ah, i'm sorry, kelly. welcome to the program. me on mar is marking 2 years since the military coup which ousted unslung su, cheese, elected government. democracy activists have urged people to stay at home nation

wide in a so called silent strike with st. seen, deserted in young gone. meanwhile, protesters outside of the on mars embassy and thailand called for more protests within myanmar. as the crackdown on protesters continues the u. s. and his allies have imposed further sanctions on members of the ruling military hunter. and for more i'm joined now by independent journalists and political analysts, specializing in myanmar annie zalman. she is joining us from bangkok she's been reporting from their walk us through the changes to everyday life in myanmar since the qu, ro, sarah, life and man, my sister who has been marked by political instability, economic hardships, internet shutdowns, and human rights abuses. what we have seen after the military take over of the dog land. it has led to write spread protest and civil undressed with the military

using violent means to suppress dissent. and which they continue to do so until after the 2 years. and which has also led to it now map, you know, are sanctioned by the international players and in response to the crew. and the military's track down on port testers, several countries. they came out with economic sanctions, which also affected the people. for example, this does lots of hunger vs, seen that me on mar is facing a huge food crisis right now. and the military has periodically shut down the internet as well, making it difficult for people to communicate and excess information. and the international community has widely condemned the crew and the military action with many countries calling for the restoration of democracy and the release of political prisoner prisoners. but what we see is that it has not affected anything so far. you haven't seen any outcome of that. and you have been following the situation also for journalists who remain in the country. tell us

a little bit more about what's going on there. supporting local journalist and media outlet since the coo, i have been working on that. and this includes like providing fund into support and training and technical assistance that how to work. keep on continuing their work, as journalists in our crisis situation and was monitoring the situation. we found out that there's so many restrictions and press freedom and censorship right now. most of the media independent media had to move out to the neighboring countries to work freely. and in the neighboring countries, they have issues that they're not being welcomed as refugees, as neighbors, as in crisis. and since the cool, we also saw that a military put sanctions, particularly targeting big media, independent media houses. coming to that right now in man, my has become so much of a black hole that my colleagues who are working and our sources who are in the

military control areas they're running for their life each day. if they, for example, if i can right now, i would quote something in the military would find out who is the source, who is the journalist or citizen generous right now, who's providing us any kind of information? what's happening right now in the military control in the us in the us and allies have imposed more sanctions on me, are mar, are they having an impact? the recent ones which came out yesterday and today which many me on my actor with a journalist as well. we saw exploits coming out and putting pressure that us and its allies should actually try and have the fuel sanctions, fuels, which are, which has been used for as strikes continuously in the last 2 years. what we have seen that man mar, comes to 2nd after ukraine. we are the seen so many air strikes by the military junta. this definitely these new sanctions on fuel,

especially for defense and air stripe would definitely have an impact. but on contrary to that, what we see is that man was neighbors as young, that we don't see much impact there receive, for example, elections. the military has already announced a sham election and the see that india and bella luce has already come forward on india today. and its budget as well as an educated budget for aid for me and mar. so when the neighboring countries are going to support me on my point elections, to legitimize the military, the military junta, then we don't see much impact there. thank you so much for that. perspective independent journalist, political analyst, annie zalman, we appreciate it. thank you. russian forces in eastern ukraine have gained ground close to buck mood and a continuing offensive that has destroyed parts of the city. ukraine is pressuring its allies to supply fighter jets as president balloon mirrors,

the lensky warrants that russia is preparing for a major escalation of the conflict. meanwhile, keith has been promised between 120 and 140 pangs in a 1st wave of delivery from a coalition of 12 countries. while ukraine got one of those wishes, the other looks less likely at the moment. the w correspondence on the phone, the car is in tv, and she talk this through ukraine's reaction. will it come when it comes to these battle tanks? the most ardent issue for your queen now is speed precedence. uminski is really urging western allies to speed up deliveries on these tanks. and the request to know is whether these tanks will arrive in time for ukraine. defend itself against a major russian offensive, which is expected in the coming weeks or months. and, you know, ukraine says it needs to be thanks badly in order to ramp up. it's all offensive operations, even as bloody fighting continues in the still don't. yes, region we're seeing russia really kind of pouring in soldiers to capture the city

of buck mort. now, on the, on the actual fight to chance, ukraine says it needs fight to drive like f sixteens in order to kind of boost its own battled air force. that explains a largely from the soviets. it says it needs to better defend its skies. now the us has said it will not be delivering the slight to chance to ukraine, but the whole pillar is that the debate on these strips will go the same way as the tanks that we've seen. some initial pushback from major lives with that they would have venture coming around. we saw ukrainian defense minister next, next e leslie called yesterday saying that, you know, nearly every weapons demand from ukraine has gone through what he calls a new phase before getting the green light from west on i live. and sonya on a separate matter. human rights watch has acute ukraine's military of using band anti personnel land mines. what's been the response to that? i mean, these are serious allegations of the report says that ukrainian forces fired onto

the re, rockets carrying these anti bozeman mines. i fired them at russian military targets in and around the northeastern city of ism, when it was under conduction occupation last year. now the ukrainian foreign ministry has reacted to these allegations. it said it will investigate to investigate the findings of this report. and it has said that these mines, which are very indiscriminate because they kill and maim civilians. it has called them in humane, sonya family car and keith, thank you. it has been almost 2 months since russian president vladimir putin signed into law, a ban on so called l g, b, t, q, propaganda, and russia. it prohibits what he calls, promotion of quote, non traditional values. the change has already affected a wide range of books and films with now illegal material, being removed, critic, see this as another step in what the russian government sees as

a fight against western values. should this book be banned? and you, russian law says yes. if it depicts same sex relationships positively introduced a month ago, this law criminalizes the positive portrayal of non hetero normative relationships . in advertising films, books and the media, the new legislation is creating on rest amongst publishers, film distribute as an authors. this library in moscow has already been told to pull quite a few books from it shelves, recorded here with the police, but on the, in our electric catalogue, there are now books with the entry. borrowing is no longer permitted there. what if it's unclear why these particular books were selected in principal brides? last december, the duma, the russian parliament voted to toughen it's so cold gay propaganda law. critics

complain that the criteria used to decide whether a certain work breaks the law a too vague. however, the target appears to be clear. it's an attack on what ostensibly west and valleys, that's how the russian human rights activist, ego catch cough sees it. it is as up with this is primarily anti western rhetoric, leaky raphi assertion is that the west is imposing certain values on us and that something must be done about that. and the chairman at the state duma has some shop words for the west. you know them stop forcing alien values upon us. you've already destroyed your own. who knows where it will end. laquisha logan for catch cough. it's no surprise that this legislation has been passed during the russian war on ukraine. which will, is just as you, the timing's obviously not the authorities want to push through their idea that the country is not fighting against ukraine, but against the west as a whole. the u. s. and the you,

they're trying to mobilize citizens and to convince them that they are our enemies, gays and lesbians are repeatedly victims of violence in russia. often they are discriminated against by the states. there is, for example, a ban on l g b t q symbols or holding public assemblies under the rainbow banner, while same sex relationships as such, where decriminalized in russia back in 1993. critics say that the so called gay propaganda law is stoking homophobia in the country. yet as soon as midnight, it sends certain signals and raises the question, how things develop. and this will, these people be sent to penal colony at some point or even murdered. only would be wise, the activist eagle catch cough doesn't think that things will get to that point. but he is certain that the russian government is hell bent on turning back the

clock to soviet times. and for more, let's bring in jenny mathers, an expert in russian politics and security and a senior lecture at aberystwyth university and wells. welcome to the program, and thank you so much for joining us. why? the timing of the span? well, it's pretty clear that you know putin's administration, since he returned to power in 2012 has been really cracking down on any kind of of non traditional social relationships. really wants to narrow the opportunities for any kind of decenter opposition, whether it's to politics or to society. and of course, the of the process has accelerated since the war and ukraine isn't the mass invasion of almost a year ago. where as some of your correspondents were saying, you know, there is this conflation between the war it's going on in ukraine, an anti western feeling. and in the sense that you know anything to do with

a more progressive values, which of course includes tolerance for l g. b, t people comes under this broader heading of, of western decadence and even satanism as putin is sometimes described it. so it's a very extreme sort of reaction towards a, towards a ideas from the west, but which are having a real definite impact on actual people living in russia. do you see the crack down as you know, a sign of anything politically when we look at pollutants position itself? i mean, is it a sign of weakness? you thank i think it's a sign that he is very determined to make brushes. world much smaller. he's determined to limit the amount of opposition that he faces in any respect. and he's really playing to what we might think of as his base, which are middle age and older people in particular. because the younger people are much more tolerant and, and sort of outward looking. but also people who are living in more rural areas,

people who are more traditionally, socially conservative people who are more open to these kinds of ideas. i also don't have such a familiarity with life outside russia, and so they might see it as plausible really, that the west is actively trying to force these kinds of values on to russia. what do you think? and i mean that, that brings me now to my next question. you know, when we look at the general, wrote russian public stance on same sex relationships. how does that shake out? sure. so the, the less polls that we have from towards the end of, of 2021 before the, the mass invasion began and polling became much more or fraught with difficulty. those polls suggest that about 2 thirds of russians probably do disapprove of same sex relationships and homosexuality and l g, b, t, people and about a 3rd are much more welcoming and tolerant and, and regarded as normal. and that also breaks down as i, as i mentioned very much along the lines of it for age groups. so younger people

being more likely to be tolerant older people being less likely. also, you know, rural, urban divides of people who are more well offers of people who are less well off. so there are different ways to, to cut the, the popular view. i think, but about 2 thirds, if you say roughly of russians, probably think that this law is absolutely fine. jenny mathers, experts in russian politics and security in a senior lecturer at everest with university and wales. thank you so much. here are some other stories making headlines. spain is planning to send between 4 and 6 lepper tanks to ukraine. that's according to spanish newspaper, as i e's citing government sources after months of pressure keys. allies recently agreed to send to modern tanks. ukraine has been promised between 120, and 140 in a 1st wave of deliveries from 12 countries. both frances has led a huge open air mass in the democratic republic of congo,

capital kinshasa. more than a 1000000 people were estimated to be in attendance is francis called for peace and forgiveness. and the war torn nation were decades of conflict. have left millions dead authorities in australia have recovered the tiny radioactive capsule that has been missing for weeks. teams using radiation detecting equipment, a found the capsule close to the highway where it fell off of a truck and the outback. it contains the highly radioactive metal, cesium $137.00, intended for use in iron mining. new zealand is assessing the damage after some of the worst flooding the country has ever seen. residence in the largest city auckland, endured the weather. stay on record earlier this week. for people have been killed and thousands of homes damaged. the european union is to introduce new rules that would enable governments and the block to support their green industries. the e. u has traditionally avoided allowing state aid for companies on the

international market, but new laws than the usa and china are forcing the e u to change tack. a move applauded by france and germany dw corresponded chuck perez reports from roses. the economic transition towards green technology is starting to become a global race. now in august 2022, the u. s. president joe biden signed the us inflation reduction act into law which included $369000000000.00 to fund green technology. americans who by us made electric vehicles get a 7 and a half $1000.00 tax rebate. it prompted major concern in europe of a return to an american 1st policy. and that e u companies would be unfairly muscled out of the us, unable to challenge their subsidized american competitors. our aim should be to avoid disruptions and trans atlantic trade and investment. we should ensure

that our respective incentive programs are fair and mutually reinforcing. and we should also set out how we can jointly benefit from this massive investment, but while europe's already em out, one trillion euros for green investments over the next decade. this new move isn't technically about specific parts of cash. it's about tinkering with e rules which have prevented national governments from giving their own companies a competitive leg up experts like jacob kirk, god say this could result in a split between bigger e u countries with big green industries and smaller ones. we're going to see not a trade war, but basically france and germany say all of joe biden is doing it. china is doing it. we need to subsidize our industry as well. and preferably, we in paris and berlin would like to decide what companies get it rather than the

european commission. this is, in my opinion, a great danger to the internal market. and i have to say, i foresee pretty titanic battle. europe also hopes the proposals put forward will prevent big global companies from relocating their production to the united states . as brandy w correspondent jack paris could join us from brussels. he heard in there and that p is jack are the e. u commission has very strike state aid. wells, of course is at the end of that well, it's certainly set to change. the document that i've seen ahead of the announcement coming suggests that the words around state aid changes are things like easing flexibility, reducing barriers, making things quicker, in order to allow countries to start funding their green companies in order to start competing on the global market after that us inflation reduction that came in

and with bearing in mind that china subsidized so subsidizes its company. companies about double that which happens in europe. europe knows that it needs to step up if, if it's going to compete. now there have been concerns. however, the proposal that we're expecting while it's not actually a proposal is being called a communication. the european commission tying itself too tightly to this. but 7 countries wrote a letter in a head, a head of this, including the netherlands, saying that while they're okay with changes the rules, they don't want a new pot of money. they don't want you to be collectively supporting with new money to send those money that money out to the, to the member states. instead, it's national governments. and that's why there's concerns about divisions in the european union. bring it into the big picture and what's at stake here, how far behind are in countries already economically because they had to rule out funding their green industry so far. well, in frozen germany, they'll say that the, this is a huge, huge issue with them not being able to compete against the u. s. and china and

other players around the world. but those countries have big businesses cuts, the smaller members of the european union that have smaller companies that won't really be able to compete on the international market, will then be concerned about their ability to compete with those big companies that are getting huge funding from their national governments in the bigger economies already. this is a really, really delicate issue and that's actually why it was a communication not a proposal. the european commission is nervous about it. you leaders are meeting in brussels next week in this going to be real focus and, and as a lot of experts to say, this could result in a big battle. having said that, the, you does have enough money enough structures. and if they can get enough unity, then there's enough sorta technological innovation and advancement within you that they know that if they can get that funding right, then they can be a big player and compete against the biggest tech barrack and brussels. thank you.

today is world her job day organizers, hope that this will faster, a better understanding for women who choose to wear the muslim head covering. we're looking at the often polarized arguments around this one item of clothing. in iran, for instance, hundreds of thousands of women protested last year against if becoming mandatory in india. however, muslim students protested for the right to where the her job in classrooms, the protests in the southern state of car, no taka last year, followed a government band. now india, supreme court still needs to decide the matter, but for many muslim students in the country, it comes down to personal choice. he'd be as near a chowdhury met 2 young women in delhi who told her what wearing the her job means for them. rhythm will then is getting her masters in communication. and jam emilia is lamar university in delhi. she started reading the job about 7 years ago and

is one of 3 women in her class would also she believes that women across the world, irrespective of their religion, should have the right to choose what they want or don't want to wear rid us as people often stared at her, but that she has gotten used to it. it wasn't something that came to me all through family. it was something that i discovered and chose, saw at the woman that i decided i was going to read her job. i think that moment it became a part of my identity and became a part of who i was last year, the southern state of cannot accost all major protest both for and against the he job. after 6 students were barred from attending classes for wearing one officials shut down schools and universities for days because they feel it violence. following the controversy, the could not to the high court upheld the ban on her jobs in classroom stating that the her job is not essential to islam. later, when the matter reached the supreme court, it delivered

a split word act. rhythm often talks about the tensions and could not go with her friend nailer, who also, with the hedge up board, said that the controversy had nothing to do with the her job post c. instead, it was about reach yaki and men wanting to control women's choices, as well as with rising islam of phobia in india. kyla says she does not think women read the job because the men in their lives forced them to. they do so because of their faith and this is their right. but she and donna are both against the forceful imposition of the job. you can obviously, or a lot of the west and media news media in general that is always portrayed he, darby woman as of breast of boston, where he job is often seen as somebody who doesn't have their own opinions. somebody who doesn't have their own agency and who is governed by what the men in the life says, i did, i agree the job she has while to take legal recourse. if somebody she is told to remove her her job. i know our friend of mine who was refused a job,

offer the condition for the job. she after them hud edge up. and unfortunately, she had to leave it. we need the creating, who was our societies inclusive, walked faces where everyone people from all cultures are accepted and all identities and identical marco's. i'd accepted both neela and rudolph struggle with prejudice every day. whether it is from an individual stare or a national debate, but their struggle has only strengthened their beliefs and the feeling of empowerment they say that he job has given them us aircraft maker, boeing has delivered its final 747 jumbo jet thousands of current and former boeing workers attended a ceremony in washington state to bid farewell to the iconic plane that helped to democratize air travel when it 1st took to the skies. in 1969, some 1774 of the aircraft were built over 5 decades,

but demand for the fuel hungry giant declined with the rise of more efficient plants of production may have ended. it won't be disappearing any time. soon. hundreds are still in service around the world. up next made in germany. it takes a look at robots with the potential to make construction more environmentally friendly. so do stay with us. you can for that. here are d w. news. i'm sarah kelly in berlin. thanks for watching. take care with a with

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