a john den dog searches for the truth again. this time the exile to turkish journalist meets svetlana tihano, sky, exiled leader of the opposition and bella roost of course, and tied and tied to physically and tied morally too much on my shoulders. but i have to hold this way because i'm responsible for the future of our country for the people far behind the boss. gardens of truth starts february 18th on d w. this is the dublin news bay shore coming up today, forced to study in a war zone. that's the reality for indian medical students who've had to, to talk to ukraine to continue their studies, their reason, a lack of opportunities at home to complete their education. and desperate of guns

faced double blows, the harsh winter and their own government, the tiny bon have banned women from working for agencies. and 8 groups of wanting the impact will be deadly. ah. i british manager, welcome to d w. news asia. glad you could join us. russia invasion of ukraine sparked an exodus of civilians from the country. many of them foreign students who fled to seek safety. but now many have returned. a significant group is indian students, their back because of a lack of opportunities in india to continue with their education. coming back to a war zone to study appears to have been the only workable option. sonya fall, nicole reports studying in the shadow of war,

even as millions have fled ukraine. these medical students have returned because j smile is from india. he had been studying here for 3 years when the war started, he left. but because indian authorities wouldn't recognize the work he'd done here before, he came back to finish his degree. it's not possible to continue education in their late, that they don't accept a browser in india and the what we say and the you have to start again. i haven't missed in my 3 years. i came back because i had to continue my education. i have to take them or doctor regularly practical study experience like this is difficult to organize. university authorities say most clinics are busy treating the wounded. but because says studying medicine and award zone has taught him things, he would not have learned to back home. when i see people panicking, i want to have them more. like it's making me a bigger doctor. i don't know like, it's inspiring me. it's not something which i can express,

it's inside of me and i'm lonely. lot of tingle and emotional level. the students here are enrolled at the bahama. let's national medical university in key. before the war. it had over $3000.00 students from around the world. the director says about 2500 have returned to like because they came to complete the programs in ukraine to have the best education. most of the europe, investor countries accept their degrees and not just accept like respect the degrees. we have value on the universities and things are good if you take it online and it's affordable as compared to in, in private colleges. but the war is an ever present factor in states. okay. so very risky. i never fully understood it until i saw the neighborhood beside me. get bombed. from the windows, my home with pacific are down and we more to shorted fully cost to

daily power cuts often disrupt online classes and air rates are low teen this is the shelter beneath her hostile because says it's all taken a toll more they thought in india and, and when i came here, it's 2 different things. when i came here at that time, only they were, they were bombing massively. so i was quite panic. been doing it in alerts and id. it stored really laid, you know, aside a motion. everything in motion is focused concentration. yes. it does affect the risks continue at night because only ventures out to groceries nearby. there's no electricity, there's no street light working and i've seen accidents happening because of that thing. before i was there, i was living here and i feel like it's

a very beautiful country and a very beautiful city. i've been to places a late during summer. they're wonderful. i have learned this much you being and so i can understand or this. and i can, can be a myself to them. it's like good things will be for the what i would say. not disdain. that persona folic out. and you'll find plenty most orders from other the double correspondence reported in ukraine on our youtube channel. ah, the u. m. surgical continue to work in of got us done despite a pallet on order banning women from working for agencies. that order is in addition to a long line of taliban dictates preventing women from accessing jobs, education, and social equality. the female aid worker ban however, has the potential to impact aid deliveries to a country dependent on them. it's already prompted some agencies to partially

suspend operations. none of this good news for a country facing food and heating shortages in the middle of a freezing winter. this is a visit that no parent ever wants to make. the, mohammed's are praying at the grave of their 3 month old son. b, b, i'm ruler, fell ill during a severe cold snap. he died at home. the late more that it will make ought not give any mother the pain of losing our own children. it is very difficult for humans to bear it. it is too painful that knock us these are dark times for afghanistan. the coldest winter in more than a decade, worse and fy high fuel costs and economic color to preserve jahan near the, the international community must pay attention to our conditions. most of

afghanistan's economy is weak havoc. we see that many people collect plastic money to heat themselves, saw the, did they buy them? the international community says the taliban government is standing in the way of help for one by not allowing female aid workers to operate in afghanistan. hi, ranking. delegation of 8 organizations visited cabo last month and pressed officials to drop their bon. are gently, i lose sleep about this. i really do. after their trip, a boss is stepped up there please for the taliban to relent. let there be no ambiguity. tying the hands of angels by, by rank women from giving life saving support to other women will cost lives. we met with a wide range of telephone leaders. they consistently gave us this message that are, there will be a place for women are working. it's a slightly patronizing message,

but it's an important one. and we will see we will see if it comes to fruition. it's already true that health and education sectors have these exceptions. we want to have it more than an exception. we want to have it as a norm, obviously back in their freezing home, the bereaved mohammad just there waiting for that help. like 2 thirds of afghans they rely on 8 to survive. more so since dad lost his job a few months ago. and no aid has been given to us, yet we are worried that no one knows about our situation. our house is at the top of the mountain side and my children's sleep day and night in hunger and we have nothing to feed them. one helpless family's pain, a microcosm of a national catastrophe unfolding before the world's eyes. o, as in thought, charles is national director of world vision of grandson. she joins me now from her arts. miss charles, odd enough. people getting aid in the middle of one of the worst winters in

afghanistan. thanks for having me in this car. yeah, that's, that's a very tough situation. and the question that you are asking me no. because then i, when i started in 2021, i was talking about 18400000 people needing assistance. then towards the mid 2022. i was talking about 24400000. and today i'm talking about 28400000 people needing assistance. the numbers are constantly growing. the him, i didn't, crisis has really, really become a huge challenge. but i've got this done. and is a challenge made worse by the taliban on women aid workers? yeah, this band has also made many of the international organization to suspend our programs

on the ground because the, the female quickly told, so they did it because the tree child, the female beneficiaries. and this has made it difficult for her to implement our program. you're right, it does, i think that or not. i really have to ask this, ms. charles, i mean, as a female, a worker in gone is done. you yourself being able to perform your role in the country. we have been continuing to be active in this country and we have sealed some of our health and nutrition interventions based on the exceptions made under the ban. and we are doing education started education program . so we have not given up our hope that our challenges, but we are continue to reach out to be moved into the country. so i activities come up and i'm going to continue to happen, which helps us to see that in spite of challenges,

we can continue our work and make a difference in the country. you've been in this country for quite some time, therefore i think it's just best the best person to help us understand this. i mean, you mentioned that the taliban on women aid workers is having an impact on a delivery. the taliban knows that have gone. a son is a defendant and female aid workers are crucial. why band them then? it's a, it's a kind of a situation where you, you have no answers for many of this question. i'm hoping that it will be eligible for the bad. that's what the hoping for. because everybody understand that the men, the men from nearly 54 percent of the population in this country more than half the population. so they are very, very crucial for the development of this country, and i'm the whole and that's what the continue to aggregate bank can be the most.

there's will be competing people. that's what the u. n is saying as well, michelle's what to agencies and have gone to some need right now to be able to reach the maximum number of people. one thing as the honor advocating, we need that are both of the ban on at least exception for a few more take us at the foot. thank you. d, livelihoods, and protection. so that we can continue to reach out to the people because these activities are quite crucial for people on the ground. looking at the mat in crisis that's happening. and secondly, we also want the donors to be patient with the existing situation. the moment that challenging at the right moment to give up so much more patience needed from the donors so that the find that not to came near the country

. we understand that so many crimes on the ground, especially now city turkey. so this shouldn't become a kind of opportunity for donors today. they have to stay with michelle torres inspiring, talking to you. thank you so much for your time today. thank you. that doesn't for today. and this week there's more on our website and as ever, you can follow us on facebook and twitter. next week. i just got a thought, see what grade level the

only me i can be on top is to create my own empire. just a story with just to take away the journey, the destination right. find out they documentary with the full 5 man can entry a a recession narrowly avoid it, but that's the only good news for britain as it fails to log any economic growth at all. we'll ask an economist where things go from here. also on the show, rising energy prices may be finding inflation,

but they're also driving up oil company. profit activists are demanding. they pay their fair share and to do more for the environment. and pandemic cut backs play jeremy's biggest airline as it seeks to fill thousands of job vacancy and press cobra. welcome to the program. britain's economy narrowly avoided recession for flat lining in the last 3 months of 2022. that comes after a gross domestic product had dropped by 0.2 percent in the 3rd quarter. the definition of a recession is 2 successive quarters of negative growth. overall, the u. k. economy grew by 4 point one percent last year. despite soaring, inflation, finance minister, jeremy had to welcome the news that recession was avoided, but worn, that sky high consumer prices have sparked a cost of living crisis and widespread industrial action for moral.