wasa reacted in a clever way with oh d w ah ah ah, this is he w. news live from berlin international women's day turns the spotlight on women struggles around the globe. if someone who doesn't think likely or dress like me doesn't have freedom, then i don't have freedom either. in iran,

many women say that they are seeing some more liberties on the streets, but the transition is very much a work in progress. also coming up rushes, wagner group claims that it has control of large parts of the eastern ukrainian city of bach. moved this despite thieves claim that it was doubling down on its defense and tensions in moldova run high. many of the countries neighboring ukraine are afraid of being dragged into russia's war of aggression and are critical of their president's course. ah, i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. today is international women's day. it is not only an opportunity to celebrate women, but also an opportunity to highlight the struggles women around the globe still face. in iran, for example, the situation is still very dangerous for women,

especially given the controls of the so called morality police. we have this exclusive report now from tehran and have blurred the faces of people appearing in the report for their own safety. this would have been impossible just 6 months ago, walking distress of to her on, in your own choice of clothing. now it's not an uncommon sight any more like dis, university student, many women are taking dairies, but it's still against the law. so to talk about it, we go inside crazy odd would a, there were many reactions to me, not wearing that. he job people looking at me pulling faces or even coming up and insulting me. you're merely ating me all very kindly and sentimental. he advising me on what they consider right. my,

but my biggest achievement from that period was that i became normal in the eyes of those around me in work. good bad. no go hats off the on the one i'm of the show. here in von of to ron's pu shopping malls, it's plain to see women varying whatever they want in friendly coexistence, refusing to be divided by to sloman republics ideology. no matter what they've chosen for themselves personally. many susan grant and i didn't that this is how i show my religious identity to people. i'm fine with this. i'm comfortable. but i think that if i don't fight for the individual, freedom of the person sitting next to me, i'm actually destroying freedom. has been about if someone who doesn't think like me or dressed like me, doesn't have freedom, then i don't have freedom either. because freedom is not for anyone. if it's not for everyone, i also think about him and i wish about his skin it's. and so in the past 5 months, many religious women have joined to protest as well as men not fighting against

a job, but for freedom equality and to white to choose. it's to mandatory her job that they see as a tool for oppressing them and said m as an individual i personally would not whether he just i just had an image for them. the jokes are not, in my opinion, this practice of not wearing. it doesn't just mean that we are now physically. freya, also are, has seen those if is, if you're in ha ha, it's actually a form of resistance figure. and the issue of the his job has taken on a special meaning crazy board will not in a hospital corner, my son is a special meaning most people hearing to ron seem to either share or at least no longer mine, highlighting that the rift is not among iranians but between them and their leaders . and earlier i spoke with maggie and she were k, a e,

n activist for women's rights. i asked her where the government's crack down on that protest movement stands to day, 6 months after the demonstrations began over the death of a woman in custody of the so called morality police. it's the ceiling going. unfortunately, the thing is the put us on the streets and change, so we see less protests, but the resistance as you obviously want you to believe your report is ongoing. so women taking to the streets without very good job. that's the way of resistance that is ongoing. also there other forms of smaller purchase that's happening around the government's utility, cracking down all of it. and, and, and you quoted thing to understand is that the technique that you see to cracked out. so we've seen a lot of cases of rape and sexual assaults that's happening inside prison. people being arrested even now like their daily arrest that are happening for people who

are not doing anything in terms of resistance, but like done something in the past. but the threats and you know, there's only to make sure that they can control the government at the same time you're seeing that poisoning cases that makes the people who really worry. and they see that as another way of oppression that the government has a hand in it and actually trying to punish young guilds on boys for did this obedient at the school. so it's a really complex picture and it struggles continues. and i think the quite continues on the ground and the basis, even though it's not in the home. tell us a little more about that fight because of course, today is international women's day. on today's attention the attention in general, do you anticipate that the protest movement is re energized? yeah. read a beautiful since yesterday. the number all of you know,

the manifest. those and laws being taken by a woman inside the room and outside the la admit work that had been created across the globe. and specifically on the graphs and literally the iran, a wiper and an alive. and they didn't laugh at 3 to 4 hours. and hopefully today you're seeing a lot of, you know, the outcome of your net in the lab ration within graduate level and humming yes, the tension and the maintenance thing. and it's really mazing to see that how the resistance under the roof is on the street to could different level. and it's now going much the, that the and adding to intellectual background and back and creating much more. it might be much more last thing that this, than that lead to hopefully not that long. was your message to the international community. what would you like people to know about what is happening in iran? like i think they need to care about these because it's that

cold of an ideal i years around women like freedom is something that anyone all around the globe can relate because we are only in a world that helps women in one form or another. the see the women losing their, you know, i told them or body even in the countries as well as there was news today that attention gap when they got a massive. so these are the things that are alive and, and central to our lives right now. the environmental rights that's coming from life, part of the woman life freedom. climate change is a massive issue and should face it. and she talk about it globally. it's not an issue that you can resolve on a national level or a nation is that it needs a local global approach street as well as the liberty the old celebrate. so i want to invite everyone to read about it become more knowledgeable about what's

happening and talk about it. and this is the key to change the world. again, share a k and activists for women's rights. joining us today on the international women's day speaking specifically about the situation in iran for thank you so much. in some other parts of the world, international women's day is being used to take a stand against gender based discrimination. in afghanistan around 20 women held this rare sit in demonstration in the city of monterey sharif. they called on the taliban to re open the doors of schools, universities, and offices for women. they risk arrest violence and social persecution for taking this kind of action. now the taliban has faced global criticism for imposing a slew of restrictions on girls and women in the country since seizing power in 2021. and the debbie is michela cook nor spoke with german family minister lisa

house in new york. she asked what can be done to help women in places like afghanistan, iran, and other parts of the world where women are struggling to win long denied rights minister policy on international women's day here at the united nations. he also meeting women from afghanistan from iran. what do western nations, what does germany, europe have to offer women who are under acute repression, as in afghanistan and iran at this very moment in time. but, well, we have to look at them and we have to raise interest in them. the situation is not acceptable and they are violated, they are discriminated, they are punished, they are put into jail, they are murdered. and so it's important at every meeting here or on every other meeting that we sent the message. we see that and we do not, not talk about it,

but we mention edge and we are standing side by side with those women. and i, and strong celebrity women leaders and meeting here are talking about something called a digital oppression of the future. what exactly does not mean, we see that the feminist perspective in this digital work is still lacking. and therefore this meeting is so important because we put now in the female, we're perspective in the digitalization on the complete again. and we learned already that the artificial intelligence can be very good to solve problems, but also can even strengthen or make more deep discriminations. we have because they are faster, they found a discriminating issues in the internet and just perpetuate and, and to make them bigger. and a so the gender view on this whole topic is we're really

urgent that we do that. now if we're talking about a women who are disadvantaged in the rich donations would like to talk about the gender pay gap in very poor nations. but if he post pandemic, we're talking about women and girls being more affected by acute hunger. how do you get that together? it's such a un meeting and what's the outlook for the future? well, the truth, this of that would do have so too much m. pianos and tongue around the world. and so i'm, we're looking forward that this time we have the um, main topic, a gender and to, to, to reservation. but the next meeting where we will have on again a gender and to financing. and i think that's really very wise that we'd next year talk deeper about these problems. the truth is we have

a huge gender pay gap and we have a huge the divergence between wealth and gender. and so this is something that he longs on the agenda almost every day. next year we go deeper into the chuck subject minister pos. thank you very much. welcome. and that was germany's family minister, a change of pace. we're heading to ukraine now, where the head of the russian wagner mercenary group has claimed that his fighters have now taken control of the eastern areas of the city of bach. moot. the battle for the city and the don boss region has been the deadliest of the war so far. ukraine's president followed him. here's the landscape, has warned that it would be an open road for russian troops to other areas. if they manage to capture bach mood today, zalinski has been discussing ukraine's grain exports with the united nations. secretary general antonio co ted ish. he's traveled to keep on

a mission to secure an extension of the un broker deal between russia and ukraine. i asked correspond mathias, ballinger and keith? what he's heard about the wagner mercenary groups claims that it's in control of the eastern part of bach won't. what we know is that there's heavy fighting in, but it's been there has been heavy fighting for quite some time in buck mode. and it doesn't seem to have slowed down. ukraine has said that they have sent reinforcement into the city. and we've just heard what the other side has said, what the wagner group is claiming to control about half of the city. that's a city that, that would be east of the river that crosses the city, which is more often than in the kind of capital where, where friends come to avoid or come to was for some days. so we know that they have been already entering some parts of, of, of the, in a city a few days ago. so it's pretty much contested and fights are going

on. the block now has claimed a few days ago that dad almost surrendered the city from have closed in from 3 sides. but ukraine seems to be able to manage a way in and way out. and that's how they're able to keep reinforcing and keep these battles going. around the city. we also mentioned that the un secretary general antonio could tasha and keep mit concerns over a renewal of a grain export deal with russia. walk through what's a think so this grain extra deal that was closed 1st early summer last year, allow ukraine to continue exporting grain from their ports after russia had blockaded them. in the beginning of the war, the russia had closed basically all traffic in and out of ukrainian ports. and the ships they say a lot of the ports, of course the sea is mine. so they have to be guided through the minefield and they

are then inspected in turkey by much national teams, including russians, so that they really afford only what has been agreed upon every cultural products. and this has been working well, but it's also always been a fragile agreement. it's been the only so one of the very few diplomat 6 successes in this war. russia has dropped out of it and threatened to attack these boats ones . but the shipments continued to russia then joined in again. now did. the last extension is due to expire next week, and that's what everybody's talking about a behind the scenes in turkey for example. but also this visit by the un secretary general, who's a sponsor of these agreement. he w, correspond mathias ballinger and keith. thank you. there are concerns in moldova, that russia could be trying to undermine support for or even topple the country's

pro european government, moldova borders, ukraine to the south. and speculation is rife that moscow is i in the countries international airport and mult of, and government has said that it would blow up the runway rather than let the kremlin capture it. moldova has a breakaway region in the east trans mistrial. where authorities are backed by russia, he w max sander, went to a malden controlled enclave in this russian backed region. and sent us this report . an hour's drive from old dover capital. russian soldiers their hue to keep frozen a conflict over who controls the other side of the river. most of it. we're heading to mobile vaults on enclave in the breakaway territory trends mistrial. a strip of land on the border with ukraine. that claimed independence from the capital casing now and we'll deal with more than 30 years ago. and ever since has been backed up by moscow. victor bish lagging meets us at the village museum,

victor and his friend or veterans of the trans mystery in war. they fought for them all dove and government against separatists backed by moscow. it ended more than 3 decades ago. but victor says it changed everything a little while for so good. so up until then i was one person. and afterwards i was a completely different one. lesson a learned that life is short, the meal nigger, so famous victor is worried that moscow aggression against ukraine might affect things here on a chest together. i hope this year that the whole world will defeat putin, mostly the russians and the army panels. bill and i hope that all these tanks and soldiers stationed here, including this ghost republic will disappear because of a boma with this. but it, the enclave feels vulnerable. it's small donovan,

but it is surrounded by russian control transistors. a complicated, unsteady situation on the outskirts of the capital, pissing our foods, are hot. people wanting to protest against them, hold open. government are blocked by police. anger, economic hardship is overlaid with fears. president maya santa could provoke russia, where were transist you? the protests are organized by the pro russian shore party and authority. see nurse need 40 could get the that we are afraid that she will drag us into the war. yeah. when i ball and my myer sand, you keeps talking about trans nice drea, monotony well, we cannot talk about this while there is a war so close to us. at the heart of the protests hostility towards president solander was clear. people here are not

worried about russian aggression. yo yo, i've never been to europe myself, but i travel to russia. and i would say that in russia it's better because they don't try to harm us. like the people in power do here. this one could also it up in illinois. the protest are funded and orchestrated by russia with the help of local oligarchs, according to the government and casey. now the chronus using this widget of oligarchs, are to try to disturb light stretching. moldova, and they in turn, are now going are generally funnel resources to try to pay for this protests. i'm confident that we'll be able to not only withstand this challenge but also prevail and move towards the goal that moldova citizens have set for us in the election towards european integration. back in the east. today's a special day for victor bush,

lag and his fellow veterans. they gather in the places they once fought. and remember those who died of it is the 31st anniversary of the beginning of war. middle schools of the blood, you see war takes every one civilians, and even children, may god have mercy on their souls, life. they're not looking for war. they say. but should it come to them by the light? they'll be ready. and let's get more. we are joined now by d w. max sandra, who you saw there in that report, how high is the risk of a rushing back to kill in moldova rates era? so recently there were reports of plants that the russian government was trying to topple the government in key. see now planning a could a talk pretty much. these were plans that were shared by the ukranian president for letting me zalinski and illegally are according to him. this was intelligence that

was intercepted by you training intelligence services. now these are these, these allegations are being taken very seriously by the more open government, but also by western leaders such as the united states president and the, the remaining president calls your highness was come out and support of the mold open government if they were remaining would do anything, everything to prevent this from happening in the government in kissing our we spoke to some representatives there on the ground and they told us they were in front of these plans pretty early on. and they were preparing for such a scenario for quite some time now. so they have arrested spies. they have detained, stopped a legit sabotaged groups from entering the country. and yet, because this is also seen as part of a wider plan to stoke on rest by sending sending groups into the country until dover. but according to the government there, they seem to be on top of things. tell us a little bit more about the protests that we saw there in that piece and how concerning they are. right. so since late september last year we've seen port

protest a current regular basis in the capital casey now. and these, a protests are organized by the pro russian shore party. so, according to the government, and according to some investigative journalist reports these, the party is actually paying buses to collect people from all of across the country, bring them to the capital to protest. and in some cases, even pain individuals for that. but it's important point out that these people are not just protesting b because they are getting some money in a free bus ticket to the capital. they are suffering economic hardship. energy prices in the country skyrocketed. some families are paying 70 percent of their income just to pay for gas, ever since russia actually cut their gas supplies to moldova. so they're in a very difficult situation. some of them we spoke to were telling us that they written estella jenkins, soviet union, and they are leaning, obviously, supporting the promotion short party closer close to moscow,

and protesting against the pro western course of their president, my son at the beginning of the russian invasion of ukraine, there was so much concern that russia could actually also try to invade some of ukraine's neighbors, like moldova, how hire those years right now? right, so moldova is very small country for mishondra, public, wedged between nato country romania in the west and ukraine war, tony crane and the east and everybody in the country is concerned about what is going on in ukraine. but for different reasons you have the supporters of the pro western government, essentially, fearing that moldova could be the next country that russia could try to take to make part of a wider empire as, as they're trying to do an in ukraine at the moment and put it under its thumb, but then if you speak to supporters of the pro russian party, for example, those protest, for example, they are telling us they are,

fearing that the government, the government is dragging them into a war. the president, my son who was pro western, is dragging them into war by seeking closer ties with the you. for example, seeking closer ties with, with nato. and they fear they're telling us that you shouldn't, you should poke the bear too much because the consequences could be that something could happen there. and this would not, this would be model was or the government of mold overs holt did have. he has next . and her thank you. sports news now and in football barissi a dormant have been knocked out of the champions league by chelsea. the english side, one to nil on the night in london, advancing to the quarter finals to one on aggregate germany international chi haverton scored chelsea's decisive goal with a controversial retaken penalty. it was dark men's 1st defeat this year after they had $110.00 matches in a row, and torment english, midfielder jude bellingham, called this decision to retake the penalty. a joke. his coach,

i'd in tears ich was more restrained after the game and wouldn't be drawn in to criticizing the referee. let's hear from both coaches now starting with tears, which is kind of games, inches and moments are deciding. are you going to the next round on up and her today? there been some moments we've been a bit unlucky, of course, but this is also part of the game. so we won't complain about the situation. we renew that. we have to show to talk performances. but to night, chelsea score twice we haven't and so we can't complain about getting to opt out of future players. we're tremendous to support. we're tremendous. we ought to be against a theme that do so well. 10 games on the bouts when it was pulling out the 2 games. i think we deserve to go through a reminder now of our top stories here. anti w news on the 8th of march. people in iran are also celebrating international

women's day. many women in the country say that they have made some gains in the past few months of stress. the situation is still very dangerous. up next, it is eco africa with a look at the conservationists working to protect the sharks. living in south africa's waters is always more on the website, the w dot com. you can also follow us on social media. i'm sorry, kelly and berlin. thank you so much for watching. take care. ah,

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