strength and trust and democracy in institutions to nissan because we're also proving how important democratic collection thought was off, get you off the bison. v vish once the more cottage of ions in then does, i'm one thing is very important. there was absolutely no vote or fraud in this last election, yet berlin us are now counting on election officials to get the 2nd election right . you watching dw news up next world stories with news from ukraine's front line. that's after the break. michael. ok, thanks for watching. many of the wood i am lana and see i knew sky on me. i am running for president of the republic of beller road. only keep, ah. and john dunder

searches for the truth again. this time, the exile to turkish journalist meets svetlana tihano, sky, exiled leader of the opposition and bella roost. i mean, of course, i'm tired. i'm tired, physically untied. morally, it's too much on my shoulders, but i have to hold. they swayed because i'm responsible for the future fall country for the people far behind the boss. gardens of truth starts february 18th on d. w. ah, ah. this week on world story. helping the homeless and india french beast rose as world heritage sites. but we begin in ukraine, where fearing

a new russian offensive in the north west of the country, a ukrainian army is expanding its defenses on the delivery border. somewhere close to the bella rouge and border under the cover of pine trees. ukrainian border guards are reinforcing their positions as you can say, that it is not in new bedford. these trenches are designed to protect the lives of the people in the military, e, as well as to provide defense. i'll put on a d, a bonus to put in a deep trust of them. so if the enemy attacks from the nearest road, if sure, our infantry will respond, i was just that i'm a little you let us know that i am would, unquote them. he won't go into detail about their preparations and won't even confirm that he's trenches are new yet others, but you can smell sawdust and the board seemed dry and clean. in the distance, we hear trees being felt. oddly above their messages,

one russians won't get past them a 2nd time with this bridge used to join ukraine and bella, luce, the defenders blew it up to try to stop the 1st russian advance. now they are looking across the river again. it's places like these that the russians moved through before. the settlement south of the border, where the fighting was fierce. okay, had lives changed forever. alexander lived here with his wife and mother and stepfather. he wants to show us the damage to his property. took me in the moon. the regular citizens were shelled with mortars in a me. the russian artillery was firing at the farm thumb and our tanks fired back at them. not sure what the artillery and tank shells didn't hit our house, but the mortars did look to be mimi. a wall came down on his mother and emilia, when they w. o philip dilemma,

this is where my mother's grave was mrs. vica fully vividly mcclellan alexander buried her here in his guard. only after the russians retreated, could he move her to a cemetery? and yet, alexander doesn't want to be of was rochelle new thee, i believe that people have experienced such horror that it is difficult for me to add anything. oh yeah. you have to live. we want to live open and panic. so there's no sense in panicking like when you where to run could that we have nowhere to run to? it, it was. we'll see what happens. i shall live above him. most of those who are still here, feel like him. every one we met, you can talk about pain and loss, but it seems courage and determination run just as deep ah, for homeless and destitute migrant workers in india's capital,

deli cold winter nights are especially trying one organization is helping with food and shelter. it's early morning on a frigid day in daily and scores of people have lined up for up up of what d and breakfast will be for most of them, it may be the only decent wheel they'll have to do. this is just one of the locations where the charity viji car data or elder brother's home, as it is called an english is tribute ford, who migrant workers and the homeless youth brothers coma gte and dream g sink round the organisation a large group of volunteers joined them every morning during winter, the also had the destitute in other ways, apart from giving out foot in the gold to the mulberry finder derby. believe. hm. they don't have you know warm with nodding. sure. read. recollect or warm clothing

or do you or did loading from people and distribute them or even give blankets through them. and jewels estimate the number of homeless in delhi at a 150000. the hard winter season becomes a big challenge for them. the state government also has its own set of measures every year for people without a roof over their head. roderick bol is a supervisor at one of the shelter thrown by the daily government. he says, during winter, it shelters operate at full capacity, offering food and lodging to every one free of cost, turn the man to room during the winter. the number of people coming to seek shelter, shoots up in the state. government puts up temporary tents for them, as well as opening facilities. sharissa will run over. the efforts seem to have feed off families, ye thing says, until a few years ago, many used to die of the called on the streets. now more people are able to survive the punishing whether things organization also provides free health care every

morning in the old city area there, many homeless city warranty as give 1st aid to those who are injured and a dr. offers free consultations and medication looking for work every day and living on the streets is a challenge for many poor people in the capital. but organizations like viji gardena make life a bit easier for some of them, but it will be back here again tomorrow morning. waiting for a cup of hot tea in russia, a law has recently come into force that punishes the promotion of same sex relationships and homosexuality. this poses a threat to publishers existence. 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 unrest amongst publishers, film distribute as an authors. this library in moscow has already been told to pull quite a few books from it. shelves was acquitted here with the liquor on a guitar in our electric catalogue. there are now books with the entry, borrowing is no longer permitted. what if it's unclear why these particular books were selected? in principal albred's. last december, the duma, the russian parliament voted to toughen it's so called 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 western values.

that's how the russian human rights activist ego couch cove sees it. inches of them that this is primarily anti western rhetoric leaky off. the 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 another number, you stop forcing alien values upon us. you've already destroyed your own, who knows where it will end to liquid 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 u. 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 state. there is, for example, abandon l g b t q symbols a holding public assemblies under the rainbow banner. while same sex relationships as such, were decriminalized in russia back in 1993. critics say that the so called gay propaganda law is stoking homophobia in the country yet, so in the, from united it's and certain signals and raises the question, how things develop. and this will, these people be sent to penal colonies at some point or even murdered. only would you like the activist eagle catch cough doesn't think that things will get to that point though, but he is certain that the russian government is hell bent on turning back the clock to soviet times. ah, the french bistro deeply rooted in tradition,

is in danger. of extinction. its hosts and frequenters are now fighting for its recognition as a unesco world heritage site. visually gave to the lady at the crack of dawn and paris, the 1st sign of life comes from the best hers. they used to be a parisian trademark. but today they're becoming increasingly rare sight a law thornton has been running his bestow for over 20 years and now has an association that wants to seek unesco protection. chris stablish means like his goal of control. the beast through culture means that you can talk about anything about the important stuff as well as the trivial. what can you do? but for that the ambience must be right and it can't be too tidy. so his boy, none went beast dro, has a so there's lots of stuff that belong to my family here,

like my father's helmet and old family photos. nothing. but whether the main theme as family love or politics for many the best her on the corner as like a 2nd home open from early morning until late at night. oh, wow, i'm always chatting to everyone here. it's a great place to meet people. like resources, the beast, dro, stuns for jaw to vive. it's a place where you can wind and simply feel good about life. especially when you look at the end, eat well a stake. tar. tar. for example, at any time of the day. but on the outside, the world has changed drastically. 40 years ago, there were 5 times, as many bist chosen france as to day. owners are hoping that if unesco grants, world heritage status to the small business rose,

it might turn the tide. and though there wouldn't be any direct money in it for the owners, the bistro was a world heritage site, would surely make for good advertising. advertising that the fast food chains could only dream of the age old city of paris is in high demand. and the big fish are putting more and more bit strows out of business. the problem owners are having a hard time defining exactly what constitutes a bist or when the 1st place. because each one is unique as individual as they are . there's one thing that ties them together, a sense of charm and tradition. ah, phone turn is confident that the bistro will get the recognition they deserve. because parisians and tourist alike have long understood france as not france without its best rows. ah.

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