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public, but the transition is very much a work in progress. also coming up on the show, un cheap, antonio quoterush meets with ukraine's president lensky to try to extend a grain deal aimed at increasing a global food shortage. more on the bombing of the nord stream gas pipelines keep denies involvement. after media reports suggest, a pro ukrainian group carried out the attack and protests turned violent in george's capital. tbilisi anger mounts after the country's parliament signal support for a law that critics said could muzzle the press and stifle efforts to join the european union. ah, hello, i'm clear, richards, and thank you so much for joining us. today's international women's day, an opportunity to celebrate women, but also an important time to highlight struggles that women around the world still

face. in iran, for example, the situation remains dangerous for women. but months after they 1st took to the streets in mass protests, women have achieved some of the freedoms they're fighting for. we start by bringing you this exclusive report from. right, and you'll note some faces have been blurred for people safety this would have been impossible just 6 months ago, walking distress up to her on, in your own choice of clothing. now it's not an uncommon sight any more. like this university student, many women are taking dairies, but it's still against the law. so to talk about it, we go inside pregnancy, og ward 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 sentimentally 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 on one of the show here in von of to transpose shopping malls. it's playing to see women varying whatever they want in friendly coexistence, refusing to be divided by to slammed republics ideology, no matter what they've chosen for themselves. personally. manny says, i'm going to do 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 better. if someone who doesn't think like me or dress 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 as i think about, hm. and i wish i wasting it. 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 his job that they see as a tool for oppressing them and said him as an individual i personally would not whether he just i just had an image for them. the job sat and i turn, 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 wadell not in a hospital corner, must adhere to 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. so have the women lead protests in iran been

effective in bringing change? i earlier put this question to g, so nea, she is the director of the strategic litigation project at the atlanta counsel. well, what we saw was that there have been powerful movements on the street to really demand a change. and iranians are not just asking for reform, they are asking for the islamic republic to go, i think there is an understanding that reform has been tried for decades and really hasn't gotten anywhere. i think at the very least now the globe is very aware of the oppressive system. any ron, but we have a long way to go to be able to match accountability with the reality there. and to ensure that women are women and everybody else in the country are able to live with their human rights and dignity. and so we have

a long way to go. you see this as a call for regime change? we have of course, in time and time again, how brutally, the iranian regime cracks down on women protests. if i just a few days ago, we had this disturbing video emerge. you also shared it on twitter. it allegedly shows brutal handling by security forces of a mother who took part in protests against recent poisonings of school girls across iran. can you tell us why the regime resorts to violence against women like this so often? well, we've been receiving reports of the allegations of poisoning of hundreds of school girls. there's been reports that up to 5000 students have thought medical treatment for this. and i think it's a very concerning escalation, regardless of who the perpetrators are. and there's still some investigation that needs to be done of that. it's a very concerning escalation because it really is an attempt to take girls out of

education and to take them out of public space. and you ask why it is that the islamic republic is violent towards women? it's because there is a system that is designed to dehumanize and repress women. under the law, women are worth half that of a man under the law. their testimony is worth half that of a man. and this really is the system that is a can to gender apartheid. there are calls from women now ask and any iranian women together and international lawyers to recognize the crime of gender apartheid under international law. and that is certainly what does that play in the republic today? let's talk a little bit more about your work as a human rights lawyer. how difficult is it to document and then prosecute right? file ations in a country that is isolated as iran the issue with the wrong is that it's a closed society. and so, unlike other countries in which i could go to the field and conduct the

investigation with witnesses and victims and survivors, the violations and investigate where those a purported act plays. we don't have the same access to crime scene as we do perhaps elsewhere. but the positive news is that there is a lot of digital evidence that is now readily accessible in today's time. so this wouldn't have been possible decades ago. there is a way to analyze a lot of open source information and to be able to conduct interviews virtually. i think where things need to catch up though is in the jurisdictional issues. so iran is not a member of the international criminal court. there is no regional court by which we can prosecute our interrogate these violations. so we have to be creative with the legal means and methods that we use to seek accountability against these perpetrators of atrocity crimes. well, thank you so much for taking the time to join us and explain that that is keesa.

neal with the atlantic council were un secretary general, antonio gutierrez and ukraine's president volunteers. lensky have called for the extension of a crucial deal with moscow that allows ukrainian grain exports. speaking after talks and keep the lens case dress, the black deal grain initiative was vital for the world. deal allows ukraine to ship grain from its black seaports and russia to export fertilizer and food. both sides need to agree to extend the deal by march 18th, but moscow has signaled that it might block the extension in a statement. un secretary general antonio guitar hash stress, the global implications of failing to reach a deal exports. if you put a little security and put prices, oh, the good easy going was 0 with the model and the conditions with possible mules,

the explorer. so that work c in line with a b, t w correspondent is covering the kremlin from riga in lot via because d, w is banned from reporting in russia. and i asked her how likely it is that moscow will agree to an extension? well, about the renewal of the deal, it's still unclear. we don't know because russia is very quiet about its opinion. from a western perspective. of course, it's pretty simple why the deal needs to be extended. it is because of the food prices and inflation rate that would remain stable if moscow is on board with his deal. but if russia will agree to it, we're still unclear about that. and can you tell us a little bit more about what demands russia has made to agree on an extension? yes, say in march or russian foreign ministers, yet a gale of off end, his turkish colleague met. and they discussed

a policy possible extension of this deal. and russia and left off stated that they will only consider a renewal of the contract if russian agricultural and fertilizer producers needs will be accounted to as well. so they need to be, it count, accounted for. and what else was important is that, but after laboratory stated, that even though there are no sanction on russian food and fertilizer exports, there are some major issues when it comes to payment and logistics. so for example, last year, 250000 tons of russian fertilizer. where kept and here in latvia and a port because of western sanctions. but moscow stated another demand they one to reopen and we start using an ammonia pipeline that goes through ukraine in order to public produce more fertilizer. but if you crane is going to make any concession in this regard, is still unclear. thank you so much for that. update that's due to these correspondent jennifer pucca. will an aid to president lensky has said,

ukraine was absolutely not involved in the destruction of the north stream gas pipelines, the undersea pipelines which brought russian natural gas to germany, were blown up last september. on tuesday, the new york times fighting anonymous, us intelligence and german media fighting german officials, reported a pro ukrainian group may have carried out the attack. this recording is from the moments after the nod stream pipelines exploded and started leaking gas . countries have blamed each other for the damage since september 2022. now, new intelligence suggests that a pro ukraine group was behind it by the one you as an aide to ukraine's president will order me. lensky has denied any involvement by cave. russia, meanwhile, has dismissed the report. for miss re spoke both in maria's, i could over see the twice to divert public attention and avoid

a proper investigation. nod stream pipelines, $1.00 and $2.00 carried natural gas from russia to germany. their destruction of the points seen heal, has been shrouded in mystery. the blasts occurred nearly half a year into rochelle. the invasion of ukraine. various players could have had something to gain from the attack expert say, those include russian only galks. i mean the oligarchy, with a powerful, biggest in russia, right. up until just about a year ago. lots of very wealthy, influential, and networks. people would have a political financial reasons essentially, to help undermine payden's war effort and recover maybe some of what they had lost . meanwhile, us officials have said it isn't really too early to draw conclusions. it belongs to 2 or 3 countries that are investigating exactly what transpired or german allies,

our swedish and danish partners as well. they've open investigation into, into what has happened. they, those investigations are ongoing. as we always do, we're going to let those investigations play out before we comments on any potential findings or conclusions. there are many marquis questions who ordered the attack, who executed it, and who paid for it. but perhaps the biggest question who is benefiting from it? and will we ever know? let's bring you up to speed now with some other world news headlines. tens of thousands of protesters have stage demonstrations across greece to express their anger over the countries worst train tragedy in decades. striking transport workers, students and teachers are urging the prime minister to resign over the head on crash that killed 57 people

a week ago. residence in the central philippines have reported nara and dizziness in villages close vocation of a major oil spill. that happened last week. the incident occurred off the coast of min, dora island. when an oil tanker sank after experiencing engine trouble in rough seas . and a german foreign minister and a lena bear ball cause condemned iran for missile attacks on iraq. as she met with her iraqi counterpart in baghdad. she said the strikes endangered security in the whole region to her on attacked the basis of kurdish groups in northern iraq last year, claiming they were involved in the anti government protest ripping iran of protesters have returned to the streets of the georgian capital tbilisi to voice their anger over a controversial new draft law. the legislation dubbed the foreign agent bill received initial backing from parliament earlier this week. now opponent say, if passed, it would limit free speech and mark a shift toward authoritarianism. on tuesday,

police detained dozens of people protesting against the legislation. georgia boiling point for these demonstrators. it's become a battle for the future direction of the country. and they're willing to fight for it. the violent protests here in the capital tbilisi were sparked by george's parliament, giving the initial green light to a draft bill. which critic say, tramples on press freedoms and basic civil rights. they claim it's a russian style law that would require n g o z and independent media who received more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad to declare themselves. foreign agents scuffled broke out when it progressed with here majority in parliament. this week, the ruling georgia dream party say it improves transparency in the country.

georgia president solomon rubbish, philly. who's an independent but was backed by the georgia dream party in her run for office, went against the government and expressed her support for the protesters. speaking during a state visit to the us, she said the demonstrators represent a free, ga dot, which sees that future in europe, and will not allow anyone to take away their future room. one small move on you foreign policy chief to separate warren that the bill was incompatible with you values and standards concerning words for georgians at a crucial time for their countries future. the european union is currently considering george's application to join the block and am very pleased to welcome and of which a query, a member of the george and parliament she was part of the governing georgia dream

alliance until 2021. now, she is with the opposition for georgia party. welcome to d. w. we just saw these powerful images of georgian protesters rallying around the flag while with standing water cannons. do you think george's bed to join the european union is at stay care? oh dear, it looks like we've just lost anna. we're gonna try and get that line back up. and in the meantime, we'll go to some other news. sorry about the technical difficulties. so to at north america now and of for us citizens kidnapped by suspected mexican drug traffickers to have been found dead to others have survived and have since been returned to the united states. authorities are still investigating how the 2 americans died. the 4 friends had driven into mexico last week because at least one was planning to have cosmetic surgery. there were close friends on a road trip to mexico gun down and kidnapped, only to made it back allied,

escorted by a caravan of american and mexican officials. hopefully those missing gun mexican authorities handed over to us authorities, the woman who was unharmed and the man who was injured on the international bridge between brownsville and matamoros gunman open fire on the group in the middle of traffic in the border city of matamoros. the friends crossed into mexico on friday with some of them seeking more affordable, cosmetic procedures and stead. they were caught up in the city's deadly turf war between powerful drug cartels. as news of the abduction spread, the kidnappers reportedly moved from place to place to evade rescuers. and i'm the general problem of the cartels looked at cartels who are responsible for the deaths of americans. that we are fighting as hard as possible, the da and the f. b. i are doing everything possible to dismantle and disrupt and ultimately prosecute the leaders of the cartels and the entire networks that they

depend. mexico's president offered his regrets to the bereaved families, e. b, m of us, we are very sorry that this has happened in our country and we send our condolences to the family and friends of the victims and to the people in government of the united states as that us on the lens. yes. but lopez opened a door also said the incident would not have generated nearly as much attention. had the victims been mexicans and not us citizens. while there are concerns in moldova, that russia could be trying to undermine support or even topple the countries pro european governments. and will dover borders, ukraine to the south and speculation is right. that mosque i was eyeing the country's international airport in kish now and the mold open government has said it would blow up the runway rather than let the kremlin capture it. well, dover has a breakaway region in the east trans mysteria,

where authorities are backed by russia. did the max. it's and i went to a mall dove and controlled enclave in this russian backed region and sent us this report. an hour's drive from old dover capital. russian soldiers, they're huge 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. the 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. physical victory, bish lag a, me to set the village museum, victor and his friend or veterans of the transmission war. they fought for them all dove and government against separatists back by moscow. it ended more than 3 decades ago. but victor says it changed everything. one little wilful spoke of so

up until then i was one person. and afterwards i was a completely different one. was an a learned that life is short the meal now. so great. victor is worried that moscow's aggression against ukraine might affect things here on a chest together. i hope this year that the whole world will defeat putin, the russians, and the army channels. bill. and i hope that all these tanks and soldiers stationed here, including this ghost republic that will disappear because of a bomb over 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 capitol, pinching our foods are hotter. people wanting to protest against the modem and government are blocked by police. anger,

economic hardship is overlaid with fears. president maya sound could provoke russia were transist you. the protests are organized by the pro russian shore party and authority c nurse need for you 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, my aunt will not monotony. well, we cannot talk about this while there is a war so close to us. at the heart of the protest, 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 in orchestrated by russia with the help of local oligarchs, according to the government and casey, now the chromos, using this widget of oligarchs ah, to try to disturb light stretching, mold over and they, in turn, are now gonna 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, and move towards the goal that moldova citizens have set for us in the election towards european integration back in the east. today's his special day for victor bush, lag, and his fellow veterans. they gather in the places they once fought. and remember those who died. 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 are not looking for war, they say,

but should come to them by the water. they will be ready. sports news now and in football barissi a dormant, have been knocked out of the champions league. chelsea went through to the last 8 with a to nail victory in london. that leaves by on munich with the chance to be the 1st german side through to the quarter finals. the variance will host a p s g on wednesday by you have a one goal lead going into the game in your neck bot will have to contain the likes of little messy. and killian buffer buyer, his head in up and down history with p. s g in the champions league. back in 2020 by and defeated p s g to when the chip is league final. the following year the 2 met in the quarter finals in p. s. g advanced. thanks to the away goals, role this season byron are in a similar situation. the german site takes a slim advantage into wednesday night. but p a. she too was well in the form of

kilian in bob a. the fleet footed p as she winger wasn't 100 percent in the previous match by aren't aware of the danger he brings, say they have a game played as an spectacle for me, the most spectacular player at the moment is clearly. killian killian declared that he got, i think the whole world likes watching them play has been so. as far as the game is concerned, we're not going to be watching his extraordinary talents. we're going to stop him from doing his job and albert's muscle on the. and i think if our plan works out, gone off. he won't have much fun to nitish buzzer since losing the 1st leg. pierce, she have won 3 straight in league ah. buyer and have been equally successful in germany. head coach julia now guzman says buyer and season will be measured on how they perform against p. s g. who will be without name are. despite missing one star, there will be a constellation on both sides of the pitch come wednesday night. and before we

go, here is a reminder of the top story we're following for you. on today, the 8th of march, people in iran are also celebrating international women's day. many women in the country say they have made significant games in the past few months. but stress of the situation is still very dangerous. and the teams update f, as our made in germany is coming up next after a short break statement for that or check us out online. our website is d, w dot com and clear richard berlin. thank you so much for watching. ah, with

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