ah ah ah ah, this is dated. we news line from berlin that today on international women's day we look at the state of women's rights in iran. if someone who doesn't think like me or dressed like me, doesn't have freedom, then i don't have freedom either. many women say they're seeing more liberties in public, but the transition is very much

a work in progress. also on the shelf after their meeting and keep un steve until you terrace and ukraine's president, the lamps can call for the extension of a great deal aimed at easing 8 global food shortage. and tens of thousands joined fresh protests in george's capital. tbilisi anchor is mounting after the parliament facts a law. critics say could limit press freedom and hinder efforts to join the european union. ah, i'm nicole fairly sh welcome to the show. today is the international women's day and opportunity to celebrate women, but also an important time to highlight struggles that women around the globe still face every day. in iran, for example, the situation remains dangerous for women, but months after they 1st took to the street and mass protest,

women seem to have achieved some of the freedoms they're fighting for. we start by bringing you this exclusive report from tehran. you'll note some faces have been bored for their 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 taking the od 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 sentimental. he advising me on what they consider right. 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 you on

a one on one of the show here in von of to transpose shopping malls. it's playing to see women varying. what were they bombed in friendly coexistence, refusing to be divided by to slammed republics ideology? no matter what they've chosen for themselves personally, many says, i'm going to do them 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 more about it. 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 also think about him and i wish about history. 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,

he jobs that they see as a tool for oppressing them and said emma said he draw i personally would not whether he just i just had an image for them to joke sad 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 hong is any it's actually a form of resistance figure. and the issue of the he job has taken on a special meaning crazy. broad will not annoy constipated on one of my studies as 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 tim and deer leaders. ella zarbara is with us now. she's the head of the w. persian service yelled, are good to see you. now, the person, the past, a few months in iran have seen powerful women lead protests that started after 22

year old gene. amazon meaning died at the hands of the morality, police. where have things gone from there? have these protests been effective and bring change o d have if we, if, if we talk about changed that 1. 1 main change is that the majority of people in iran, i would say, based on some surveys that more than 80 percent want 8 regime change. and this is this revolutionary process ongoing for the last has been ongoing for last 5 months . and women have played a key role. they have been on the forefront. and of course we haven't, you know, we cannot, we've seen the last weeks, not constantly every day, protest on the streets, but we have to, we have to be aware of these brutal crackdowns. and of course, you cannot go on in this intensity every day, but it's more like a merits on. and what is happening is that it is there is

a shift. so the protests are going on, the resistance is going on, but maybe not every day on the streets, but in everyday life actually in the form of acts of civil civil disability. obedience, for instance, and want to have to say is even to day on international wednesday, there are women taking on this twins again and breast tweets ah, any ron and one visible change as well. just seen in this, in this dw port, that's more and more women are seen on the streets without a job. what we do see time and time again is how brutally, the iranian regime cracks down on women's protests. in particular, just a few days ago. this disturbing video emerged allegedly showing the brutal handling by security forces of a mother who took part in protest against the recent poisonings of school girls across the country. now, ja, that why does their regime resort to violence against women so often is women

actually are the main opponents of this regime. they are a real threat. i mean, look at it with the pictures that we're seeing, that what we are witnessing during this whole, a protest movement is these strong, brave, courageous women and what they are doing is actually challenging. one of the main foundations of the islamic republic. it is the control over the female body, and this is why the mandatory job play such a key role. it is a religious symbol of these limit republic. and it means that the fall of the he job is to say or to monitor, he job is actually fall of these like republic is the international community doing enough to support women in iran? would you ask me or no? not enough. they are. they are doing a lot, there is support, but i'm, you have to consider dad's m for instance, when you know,

having the oceans with their, with islamic republic shaking hands. and, you know, this is all things that do give them more strength and power and they do use it as kind of to feel legitimate. whereas they don't have any legitimation within their own, their own them within the ring and pop people. but i think what they can do, for instance, one aspect would be putting their emotional bar cups on there. you know, terror list, because this is what would actually weaken down. this is what iranian women and men are actually asking for. and expecting the international committee to do that, the others are ahead of the w persian, thanks a lot. all stories in turkey have again, a band, a plant international women's day march in central is double at short notice. but that hasn't dissuaded activists from taking to the streets anyway. the march

organizers say they're determined to follow their route as planned, despite police blocking streets. women's day protests in march as have been banned repeatedly by turkish authorities and recent years, citing public safety concerns. earlier we spoke to the w turkey correspondent, johan, who was at this protest. the authorities tried to avoid what people have taken to the street. here in this is stumble neighbourhood, defying the official band of the international women's day march here in the city center. as you mentioned before, a band this protest citing legit security concerns is has some will become a team here in the country where the government shows very emissions for and for a public descent and criticism there's been very heavy police presence. but as you can see, people came here anyway, they have gathered and they're trying to make their voices heard. women hear

protesting white bread and a bass and domestic violence in turkey. and they are protesting, again, hundreds of famous sites which are being recorded each year by white suits. and they're accusing the government of president ridge of time out on of not doing enough to better protect them from violence. dingy on the d, that's what people are shouting here, women, life freedom. we have also seen us in the rain and women iranian people here among the protesters. another chance that i can hear is you feel we are not afraid and we won't stay silent. johan reporting from temple un secretary general antonia cherish and ukraine's president volota mears. the lensky have called for the extension of a crucial deal with moscow that allows ukrainian grain exports. speaking after talks and keeps lensky stress that the black sea green initiative was vital for the

world. the deal allows ukraine to ship grain from its black, see ports, and russia to export fertilizer and food. both sides need to agree to extend the deal by march 18th, but moscow has and it might lock the extension un and russian officials are due to discuss renewing the deal next week and geneva. now in a statement of cherish stress, the global implications of failing to reach a deal explorer, as ross included with us. oh school. the good going for of, you know, order with even more and the dishes with possible news and explorer losses. susan, let's see in line with a vision, and there are concerns. and moldova, that russia could be trying to undermine support for or even topple the country's

pro european government. although the borders ukraine to the south and speculation is right that moscow is eyeing the country's international airport in case she now moldova 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 trends mistrial. where authorities are backed by russia. he w max sunday when tumult jovan 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 in moldova more than 30 years ago and ever since has been backed up by

moscow division call victor to most meets us at the village museum, victor and his friend or veterans at the trans miss train 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. a little wilful, 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. so bravery, 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, the russians, and the army owns 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 small donovan,

but they surrounded by russian control transistors. a complicated, unsteady situation on the outskirts of the capital can see now things are harder people wanting to protest against the modem and 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. c nurse need 40 could get the that we are afraid that she will drag us into the war. yeah. when i ball and my my my a 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 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've traveled 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 use it up in the lord i protest or funded an 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 blood 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 mold of and citizens have set for us in the election towards european integration back in the east. today's

a special day for victor 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. yes, goes with the blood. you see, war takes every one civilians and even children. may god have mercy on their souls for the life. they're not looking for war, they say, but should come to them by the light. they'll be ready to take a look now at some of the other news making headlines around the world to day. police have clashed with protesters and athens as tens of thousands express their anger over. last week's train crash that left 57 dead. demonstrations are taking place across greece with striking transport workers, students and teachers demanding the prime minister resign. the government has admitted to serious feelings within the state run to rail system. denmark has

launched a project, a store, planet, warming, carbon dioxide, beneath the north sea. the country's crown prince gave the symbolic order to begin pumping into the former oil field. a project is expected to store up to 8000000 tons of c o. 2 each. here by 2030 u. s. safety regulators have launched an investigation and electric car maker tesla over reports of steering wheels falling off while driving. it's just the latest prob, into company itself. driving system is already being investigated by authorities following repeated crashes and other safety issues. now returning to the negotiations over the extension of the great deal between russia and ukraine, a failure to renew the agreement could worse and food and security around the world, especially in africa. and to talk about that, i'm joined by doctor and on the state of will tool as she's chief research officer at the nelson mandela school of public governance at the university of cape town.

dr. tula, welcome to the w. i'd like to start by asking you to describe how the disruption of grain exports as a result of russia's war has impacted the african continent. thank you so much for having me and good evening to your listeners and view us. so the african continent relies heavily on imported grains from ukraine and russia. so that was in ukraine has affected the flow to supply of greens to africa, thus affecting a food as the children in the region. what, what would it mean for the continent if the grain deal is not extended by march? 18 if bad, the grain deal is not extended for the continent because of those that had dependent on green imports from ukraine. and i use my lease doc

up for what the wind test is in. so it would mean that the prices of green continued to, to become high, affecting could security and also availability of food stamps. it would be an effect. ted, it's not only the prices, but also the availability of, of food in africa. so it's important that a, the deal is reached. so that's a, they would be flow of food supply of 14 to the african continent for what they told me to pick that up at this point, south africa has failed to condemn russia's attack on ukrainian. recently, abstaining from a un resolution calling for moscow to immediately end the war and holding joint military exercises with russia and china. now considering the danger this war poses to global food security as you just laid out and domestic food security in south africa for that matter, that how can your government afford this position? so i would like to put a disclaimer fest that i'm not an expect on the area of diplomatic relations,

but i south africa believes in this low, very need to off states and in using diplomatic channels to solve problems. so i believe they are using those 10 is to talk to russia a bilaterally indian at the quote. i want to ensure that the wall between russia and ukraine a comes to an end. well, there's diplomacy is one thing and carrying out jo, it military exercise is another one, isn't it? i would like to get your personal opinion though on this issue is in south africa by virtue of siding with russia all along complicit in the food security crisis. that's threatening the lives of millions around the world. yeah, you could look at it that way. that by being silent, doing this issue in compromising for the children to situation in the continent.

what can be done to reduce the african continent dependence on the whims of blood or mere putin, if it is not detaching diplomatically from, you know, a war monger in the, in the kremlin. yeah, i think in addition to the diplomatic chinese that are being pissed you too, bye african countries. i think africa should also consider and looking at alternative food supplies for the continent. for an example, i know that they are now focusing on alternative grains for the continent, such as focusing on cassava and me led to that is a drought with and that it grows in africa in many parts of africa. so that is that an option of moving away from it into, into cassava. that's what it takes a bit of time, but that's in progress. also,

i know that the african development bank is currently investing on irrigation systems, as well as the research and development to develop drought with the so that africa can be able to feed. this add dependency on important grades has, in, from russia and ukraine has been a week have called for africa with those initiatives that are currently under way in africa to reduce that dependency on inputted in grades dr. and how about a lot less. thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us tonight. it's a pleasure. thank you for having the protesters have returned to the streets of the georgian capital to policing 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. opponents 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 at 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 se tremples 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 scuffles broke out when it progressed with a clear majority in parliament this week. the ruling georgia dream party say it

improves transparency in the country. this is george's president, seller, missouri, bish, philly, who's an independent but was backed by the georgia dream party. and her run for office went against the government and expressed her support for the protesters. speaking during a state visited the u. s, she said that demonstrators represent a free georgia which sees its future in europe are, and will not allow anyone to take away their future. roamed out one as well. melanie e. u foreign policy chief to set burrell warren, that the bill was incompatible with you, values and standards with me 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. tasha co, tara is a freelance journalist ent. lucy gotcha. and what the situation like in the dirt

and capitals? none. well, it's, as you said, the 2nd day of the protest against the law. i just got back from the side of the protests in front of the capital. other crowd was bigger today than it was yesterday. i think it's less tense than it was yesterday. the crowds are still not massive, but i would say that there's a big sense of uncertainty here about where this is all going. not, not necessarily that protest themselves, but the significance of this law and what the government is trying to do by pushing it through yet a percent of georgia population support the countries in u ambitions. why does the governing party still want to push through a law that brussels calls incompatible with you values? i mean, this is the big question that everyone's trying to answer, and i don't think anybody has an answer yet. i would say that the government definitely does see the countries civil society sector are the independent media

and, and organizations. in particular, a handful of big western funded organizations that are very anti government. they see that is a big threat to them and they do want to weaken them. but this law is such a blunt instrument and it carries such a big risk of running ruining the country's chances for getting you candidacy that i. it's hard to imagine that it's worth the risk. they might also think the government and also think that they can get away with it, that they are now because of the war and ukraine on geopolitically important enough to europe that they can on the you will still want them even if they don't meet all of the use profess values, but if it's, it's a big risk if that's what they're thinking. yeah, we only have about half a minute left, but i do want to ask you what this law mean in practice for life in georgia. i

think in practice so far, i wouldn't mean very much. i mean this, it, all it, all it technically requires them to do is to register. but i think that people see the example of what happened in russia where a law started like that. and then groups stricter and, but i think more importantly, people just wonder why the government sees this of all times when the government is trying to get in the u. y. pass a law like this. that's the most ominous thing. i would say jashka, sarah joining us some to please and thank you so much and that's our time. thank you for your company. ah, ah, ah, with

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