a people need to know what is happening there. you know, were series guardians of truth. watch know on youtube, d. w documentary. ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin bent on keeping control of the ukrainian strongholds box moved. while some analysts say that it is not worth the bloodshed, we meet ukrainian fighters who tell us why it is also coming up to political

tensions. he's in israel after benjamin that yahoo puts a controversial traditional reform package on poles. opponent say they want the legislation dropped altogether with and he's in solitary confinement and facing execution for demanding basic rights. friends of the decedent iranian rapper thomas. tell us of their fears for his safety. ah, i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. ukraine's defense ministry has welcomed the arrival of british challenger 2 tanks in the country. defense minister alesco resna cough released this video of himself riding in one of the newly arrived tanks . london has pledged to send 14 challengers to cave and recently completed training,

ukrainian tank cruise. berlin announced on monday that it had also delivered 18 long awaited german leopard to battle tanks to ukraine. now in the countries east bok mood has become a symbol of ukrainian resistance, albeit one of the bloodiest. some criticized the ukrainian leadership for the decision to keep on defending bach mote. but many ukrainian soldiers in the area say that they are willing to pay be heavy price for its control. dw corresponded back, xander went to meet some of those fighters. you have to move fast. we're heading for the frontline. the russians are very close to the joins is one of the or the most forward position on this part of the front line. and from here to the other side to where the russian enemies are. it's just

just roughly about 150 meters. that's the russian swearing back. the soldier behind the machine gun feels the pressure. mercer shows us gotten them usa jose who the enemy is testing them. he says, preparing for something. snipers and mortars posed a constant threat. moving anywhere is dangerous. in the next foxhole we meet a man with a call sign taxi driver. he joined the army. when the war began william nikolai, he hasn't seen his family for months. yesterday was his son 6th birthday. i asked him how he copes sasha last night. a lewis. t e, a g shut pieces for huge re e g. he grad crystal, him to have less vision of them. wiggly theater.

to push so yet foolish garcia didn't the, which is the externally pinch of 1000. huh. despite all this, the soldiers here will keep fighting. a bar moved not far away, must sand. so just law tells me you times command for you. um, a lot with either of these professional libby little, he sick brooklyn murderers with him of him can law will yoke when we just go home, blog assured nice dorothy haitian it would be a cuckoo snick thomas at as in the willie willie co who boy knew each egg shopper would not be linear, but only one is mostly due to the mental to valuable morphine. and for both sides,

bottled remains a strong symbol. full. yeah, well, the enemy's dying, our morals high that and if they're stupid enough to sell to russians, victory like capture in the behold in the beginning of florida were trying to capture key for, for days high to give buzz keith stance heidi stance. and now that trying to sell ma, what you can tell at ward this 2nd almena would look like farrell from over here. critics though, argue buckman is no longer worth the price that ukraine is paying and lives were taken to see what that looks like. we can't say where we are only that the fighting is very close and abandon building now with field hospital. here doctors work round the clock to save lives. their position in the danger zone is crucial. wounded or brought you directly from the front line and stabilized. so

they can survive the trip to the hospital. this man suffered a shrapnel wound to his abdomen surgeon to me throw and his team get to it immediately. half an hour later he stable enough to be moved. the teams here perform up to 80 operations every day. last insurance case, this is nigel, since it's strip now injurious from artillery. and in this place in this position, foreign to a fearful soil to invalid injurious l. so because we're, we're pro i that in a city. and so our, in the me a use goals, corn fucked toil was sold. or since we felt more cases for reasonable mullets injuries, demitra ran a company for clinical testing before the war. now he chooses to be here in a windowless room that smells of wounds and sounds like war, but they're making

a difference. he says, and to be uh, becoming more professionals and every kinds of stuff and, oh, what he or she should do in this case. so we agreed to in some owen, protocols for for halton. i am an hours drive away from the trenches. come a tourist station visits from family and here. wives and girlfriends returned to safety and men had back to the frontline. the price for a boat is high, but ukraine is willing to pay and that report was filed by correspond, max xander, who is now in keith. earlier, we asked him how ukrainian soldiers managed to keep their morale high under difficult circumstances. right, so i believe if you see that your fight and your sacrifices are not in vain, most is definitely helpful. just to give an example of the city of bach motors

still being pounded by the russians. but they reported, we have been focusing some of their attention further south down the line to another city of east. and this will show to the troops in buffalo to view creating troops that the russians have not been able to push through. and this will most likely have given them a boost of morality. but then of course, having good equipment, having good fighting circumstances, having good leadership, definitely helps. and speaking to these guys, asking them for what motivates them. pretty much everybody said, we don't want any inch of territory going to the russians. we don't want any more occupied ukrainian land by the russians to in order to prevent we saw in other parts of the country. remember and literate of his own, we found out about torture chambers. you remember the pictures from boucher bodies of murdered civilians lined up in the road. so this is actually what they're fighting from what they want to prevent and this is what keeps them going. and that

was next and or who had just returned from the front lines and it's now in keith earlier. we also spoke with marina myron. she has a defense analyst at king's college in london. and we asked her to assess the situation on the eastern front on thank you for having me. the situation her on book moved remains to be very difficult, was a ukrainian for says and according to some reports, the russians are still pushing, despite the fact that the speed of their offensive on back move has slowed down and put the ukrainians. it is important to hold the city because they risk their entire defense line collapsing. and because so much has been invested already in buckman, it would be unwise to withdraw the forces right now. and we know that the russians are still struggling, despite the fact that they have all roads under their fire control. they're still struggling around trusted the are. so the situation is incredibly difficult. bob in the risk claiming to, to have me the advances on taking the on steel plan. and so

we were just waiting to see what is going to happen. and as wagner said, what, what for russia is important is to destroy the capability of the ukrainians among the counter offer, though they want to inflict as many casualties as possible. let's talk about that potential counter offensive because germany has confirmed that it has delivered the promised leper tank. britain also delivering its challenge our tanks to ukraine, where are those likely to be used in buck moods for elsewhere? well, that is a good question because there are a couple of possibilities were these tanks might be used. however, we have to bear in mind that we still need to wait out how the fight for the move will play out before those things can be used. because right now, supplying is difficult, as i said, because of russians are controlling the roads. now that the,

the use of the tanks will probably most likely make sense as part of the combined arms operation for the premiums. and they are better off to be used during the possible counter offensive. and one possibility would be continue with a contra offensive to retake the territory last or in the wrong buck mode. the other possibility, which is logistically, more complicated, is to go towards many top or maria pull in the parisha. how about the fighter jets? because we know ukraine has been asking for the is the likes of poland, has committed to sending them. where can these make a difference? these would be precisely used for the counter offensive because the tanks wouldn't be used on, on their own, to maximize the fact there is a need to integrate air and land forces. so ideally the ukrainians would use the

tanks and mechanized infantry on land and close air support using the fighter jets that the creaking who says will be getting only sand. can they successfully mount a counter offensive or they have more chances to mount a success of successful cultural fans of and it is difficult combined arms warfare is difficult and we have seen that russians have miserably failed at last year. so there is hope that the ukrainians will be able to conduct such operations. thank you so much for joining us to share that expertise. marina, myron defense analyst, that kings collar to london. we appreciate it. thank you. stan harris, another store is making headlines. dozens of my friends have died after a fire at an immigration detention center in northern mexico. more than 20 others were injured in the blaze at the facility in the border. city of c dot products.

authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the fire. fire fighters in spain are still battling the countries 1st major wild hire of the year . the place that broke out on thursday in eastern valencia has already forced 1800 people to flee their homes and burnt through. $10500.00 acres of land, strong winds are complicating efforts to extinguish the fire. you ministers have given final approval to a law banning the sale of new c o 2 emitting cars and the block after 2035. it comes after germany, one a last minute exemption for internal combustion engines using climate neutral fuels . the synthetic fuels aren't yet mass produced, that requires an expensive and energy intensive process. 3 children and 3 adults have been killed in a school shooting in the u. s. city of nashville. a shooter entered the private christian school pairing to assault style weapons, and

a pistol. authority say that the 28 year old suspect was killed at the scene by police political tension, and israel appears to have eased a day after a prime minister benjamin netanyahu put a contentious overhaul of the traditional system on hold. his move came in the wake of spontaneous mass protest and a far reaching general strike. netanyahu says that the delay will allow time to reach a compromise, and factions opposed to netanyahu are preparing for negotiations. but it's far from certain whether a consensus is possible on the issues that have galvanized is really opponents in unprecedented numbers. ah, protesting a plume to overhaul the country to sherry proposed by the government of benjamin netanyahu. an estimated $80000.00 demonstrators took to the streets inter, russo, i'm alone for nearly 3 months now. hundreds of thousands of people have taken port

in weekly protests. but on monday, thanks to can you turn. after the country's largest trade union declared a general strike paralyzing the international airport. finally, netanyahu announced his government would temporarily halt the controversial reforms . you told me not, of a sense of national responsibility is locked out of a will to prevent a rupture among our people. i have decided to pause the 2nd and 3rd readings of the bill in the session of the kinessa in order to give time limit and reaches that wide consensus wonderful well. immediately after the announcement, the union called off the strike. but the suspension was not enough to send protesters home. not a big deal with the law.

just making a break in order to come back stronger than the people to plan to reform. israel is judiciary involves a series of flaws to limit the powers of the supreme court at a time when netanyahu himself is facing corruption charges. israel's opposition said it was ready for real dialogue, but not without skepticism. in willis, if he tries anything, he will find hundreds of thousands of patriotic israelis who are committed to fighting for our democracy. to sharon israel's parliament is now set to discuss that judicial overhaul in its legislative session next month. and i asked, correspond rebecca readers whether the suspension of this legislation was being seen as a victory by the protesters. one was about 24 hours after prime minister benjamin

netanyahu sacked his defense minister that sparked the sort of spontaneous protest . these added protests on to the already 3 months of weekly protests. and of course that, and nationwide strike that you heard about there in that report that almost paralyzed the country. he came out as we thought he would and announced a pause or a hope of the legislation, but not actually throwing the legislation out. so the question about whether or not the protest is going to stop coming out remains to be c, but you heard some voices there in the report. nice. at least went to lots of people yesterday. who said that simply pausing this legislation would not be enough . they want it completely off the table if not all the way to, to actually saying that they want the government to step down to, you know, maybe force new elections. so i don't think the, the answer the short answer to that question is, i don't think we're going to see an end to these protests. what would a real solution need to look like, rebecca? because i mean netanyahu as rejected previous compromises. protesters have as well

. he has, he has yeah, well the president's, you know, tried to put forward a compromised plan a few weeks ago that was batted out straight away. netanyahu saying he wasn't even willing to look at the compromise deal. now he's obviously being forced to, he's had to bow to the pressure, but it's hard to say just how, sorry, how, how a compromise could be found 2 sides in this country is so split the 2 sides being so far apart. we also had protested, come out last night in favor and support of the legislation. so you've got really people on both sides of the aisle and they seem very far apart. finding a compromise is going to be difficult and of course netanyahu having to keep his far right factions the far right factions of his coalition, happy. and there say that these legislature, this legislation is going to go through unchanged. so just how a compromise is going to be found really is anyone's guess. rebecca, readers in jerusalem. thank you. i miss the international releases. it's annual report on the state of human rights world wide today. the report criticizes

quote, the double standards of countries that have condemned to russian aggression in ukraine, but turned to blind eye to human rights violations elsewhere. it calls the conflict in ukraine, a possible wake up call for the world to unite around human rights and universal values. now amnesty also highlighted the war and ethiopia as t gray region where the death toll is unknown, but may be in the hundreds of thousands. and condemned the iranian regimes, brutal response to widespread protest. now, around a dozen people were involved in those protests they are said to be, ah, are, are said by the iranian judiciary to be facing the death penalty. one of them is the iranian rapper ta marsh. he was arrested in october last year after the start of the women life freedom demonstration, sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody he w, spoke with his close friend about the case and the fears for his safety. his lyrics

are the reason why too much spans love him, and iran's courage rulers hate him. in his music video publishing october, he predict stared down for i'm going to make sure i did any details of it. and so this is just a bunch of rules on the top, 10 van tens of thousands in iran took to dest reach, to demand. an end of this nomic republish, till pretty room to march, joined him, and encourage others to do the same ballpark quantity. believe in this revolution and joined the young people who are now on the streets who we hear of being killed every day. we are burning, but we will not let the flame of this revolution go out tomorrow, wednesday, 26th of october, all over iran. just 4 days later to march disappear until weeks later, it video emerged which very deliberately not showing you now. in it,

he's blindfolded and forced to apologize. in an exclusive interview with d, w, a close friend has described how the video brought even more distress. the darling to see a hash through lost and was because i would before 38 days, we were unaware of too much on that. and it was quite clear to us that they were torturing him during this time. and jimmy going on. so i think as i said that his shake his face, which had lost weight due to torture and pressure because i made us all angry and upset, lies the hash. when i dance with law and in my opinion, it showed how weak this regime is. tell you how pathetic they are as well that they resort to force like this and on any better. yet as their course in isn't than a half i shall. colorado more to last syllabus, lulu me shed are vulgar 150 days after his arrest. to march is still in solitary confinement. in one of iran's many presence. his friends fear for his life because

he is indicted with corruption on airs. the charge that carries the death penalty and because he hasn't even recovered from the injuries he suffered during an earlier detention. what as of one, i miss it guys on miss dane city. unfortunately, i was just like this time to march, his previous arrest was accompanied by violence counter. you hold it and i, he read you a new year to as he sent in a youtube video, when he was arrested 10 people surrounded him and they hit him on his head, skull and eyes dialed. it was almost at a canada with on and they hit his head on the ground. jack la la la. yet. they even heard one of 2 marches replacement to was i think one of his ribs was damaged and broken at the time. is that what his amboy sent asi, madame de too much, he has done or speak law safety does she cast? but while iran's rulers might be able to silence to march himself for now,

making and many, many others are being allowed on social media. they are campaigning for his release, making sure to wars of their wrap here, who used to be pairwise r e coat around the world. so let's get more or less. we are joined by julia to fall from the amnesty international chapter here in germany. she's joining us in the studio, welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us. and i'd like to just begin. we know that you released your annual report and iran, of course, one of the areas that you talked about. he detailed some really barbaric punishments in iran, capital punishment, torture prisoners, having their fingers amputated. the human rights situation. there has, has always been bad. has it gotten since this recent crackdown on protests? yes, it has to do. it is a lot we have had about 22000 people who are arrested now during the protests. and so many people are determined really to change the government and support also women's rights. and the reaction has been terrible with killing people using little

weapons to crack down on protests and, and the death penalty using the death penalty. so the situation is very bad. you have detailed our human rights violations also elsewhere. i'd like to turn to elsewhere in the world, in fact. and one of the criticisms actually that amnesty levels against the double standards, you call it, of the west in responding to russia's invasion of ukraine. what does that refer to? it refers to the fact that the states have had a very quick reaction and strong reaction on the rich ration aggression. but in other cases, like, or other countries like saudi arabia, egypt, the, the responses have been not the same. so i think the russian, the reaction on the russian aggression has to be a blueprint in how to support refugees, how to lead refugees in how to react very strongly on human rights violations

committed by these countries. and we think also the un system has to be used to criticize the countries who commit violations of human rights. so what concretely would you then like to see because, i mean, you know, it is a different situation. one is the invasion and the crossing of borders and another area is, is mass human rights, very serious human rights violations. so tell us what concretely you would like to see from the west in these other countries with regard to saudi arabia and egypt. yeah, we think, for example, the russian aggression could only happen because the violations committed by russia before in syria and in other countries have not been that there was no reaction, not in, not a strong reaction to it. and it's really important to make sure that you, human rights are applied universally, and that there is no difference between the different countries. and we think the

human rights council can be used resolution, special operators and the reactions have to be very clear in public debates. also in the security council and to make sure that human rights violations and impunity do do, do not prevail. ok, thank you for clarifying. i'm just quickly we only have 30 seconds, but i have to mention your report. it's a very bleak picture overall, but also it highlights the bravery of millions. is there any cause for hope? yes, i think the hope is that many people also in the last year went on the streets. we have the example of iran, but we have many other countries where people went on the streets and protested. and i think it is important for all the states to support these protest support people who, who protest end to react in a, in a way which is not violent against these protest. julia do her joining us from amnesty international. fortunately, we have to leave it there, but thank you so much. and with that now you're up to date on did have you do?

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