it is to stabilize the court to prevent something, something bad from happening. and this is actually, this is, this is what the, the out what the head of the i a's warning about an accident. there could be devastating. so one couldn't deal to secure the plant. look like i so the initial thought would be to create a safe zone, an area in which no fighting would occur. this is very difficult at the moment, especially if looking at the fighting, increasing in the area at we're looking at a potential spring offensive. we're looking at also at this area in other areas where this could take place. so a very difficult to achieve at the moment. um, the i a's trying to find a way to get both warring sites to agree to something that's to agree to nuclear safety without giving any of both sides at strategic advantage of them on the battlefield. which you can imagine is a, a thin line that you have to walk there. so, so they're working on that. i'm the president of ukraine villa,

ms. lynched already said, though that's as long as russia occupies the territory as long as rush occupies that plant, no safety can be guaranteed out further east and mountain cranes as russia has made some advances on more. can you tell us about that? right, so the ukraine is, are still holding on to a buff mode. so the russians have had partially encircled the city, holding 3 sides of it. and according to a latest report, the russians tried to push it to the center, tried to essentially storm its i'm according to the ukrainians. this was a quite a chaotic operation. according to information from the, from united states in the u. k. the russians were able to make some gains, but these seemed to be marginal. mike fallon came grant, speaking to you. thank you so much. now in russia publicly criticizing, glad america is war on ukraine often needs to harsh legal consequences. most people

prefer to voice their discontent and private the russian elite is no exception here . but now one such critical and supposedly confidential conversation between 2 prominent russians has surfaced online it's a phone call that's got every one talking. the 30 minute conversation allegedly took place between a very prominent russian music producer and one of his friends. and it was later leaked hitting the headlines about that. i mean, everything's a mess and he says it's not a big deal. army is the most important thing, but we can't rely on it. can you do it now? should he better? he is. russian president vladimir putin believe you're his critics. the 2 men conducting the comb, or allegedly music producer use of progression, and billions for cut academy of, of and they don't pull their punches when it comes to putin's war against ukraine. and russia's top military leaders didn't follow my tutoring yet. he loading can i

hold on to power? no idea of the entire situation as a miss. the country is a mess. everything is a mess other now what are we still waiting for? lera larry is presumably a reference to precautions. wife aleria, one of russia's best known pop singers in her instagram account, she praises her family vacation in dubai. that countries also mentioned in the controversial telephone call as, as academia, those yet, because of such details, many people in russia believe that the recording is genuine. the list, i know it's difficult to fight such a long conversation. a fight compensation would be significantly shorter and they would have charged more prominent figures, a minister or someone like that. a going with me is that that ability the countries all a chatter with the news neither p, goshen nor his oligarchy. friend has spoken up against the kremlin in the past.

after the recording was released, the music producer said that the conversation had been created using artificial intelligence. well, actually audio that even though he conceited that some of the sentences were genuine gillum sudden lilian, and she'll, observers aren't convinced because i still, she would there wondering just how strong support for president clinton among the russian elite really is we be seattle of saturn sees the russian leads to have lost an awful lot as a result of this war. they are uphold by what's going on at the moment. but they're remaining tight lipped and saying nothing the money in your mouth chat. so since you, when you get it all they say they support potent boys like yours, his precaution, and his public appearances in front of the camera, mostly items, but as soon as they're together and private, unnoticed by the public. i of course say the whole thing is a disaster. ready to go?

i think that's the roku. yet this dissatisfaction is not dividing the elite opposition. politician to me 3 good coff has convinced let alone making them prepared to take a stand. fear is too deep seated, particularly when such calls are leaked with quite a movement, blessing, telephone coal is enough for a sort of public execution that the others then too frightened to even talk about it in their own kitchen. as well as trying to intimidate critics, the criminal also tries to praise those people back that when the james, if they are trying to control the moodle, the country with carrot and stick tactics, new ski a presidential elections are coming up next year. who knows whether the war will be over by then or not. and d w moscow bureau chief, you're, you're a shadow who filed that report, joins me now from reagan. that's where the stay relocated after the w was banned from reporting in russia. you're good to see you at telling how widespread is such critical sentiment among russian leads really well as there are no reliable

pull specifically among the leads nicole still, i think, is a critical move, despite tickler a wide spread because of the entire rush and the lead that is business man, top officials, and even the police and high ranking military. all of them, of course, lost a lot during this war due to sanctions. and many of them are now unable to travel abroad. many have lost business property, yachts, bank accounts, and so one on the other hand. and here we're talking about specifically people of ours, in the professional sense. russia used to be part of the world culture, including the national show business. a russian artist performed in different countries, had contracts with western culture institutions and so on. now this is only possible for those who publicly condemned to the boy and who war that's way. that's why for us to flee russia in the report, you mentioned the russians, fear of reprisals to criticism that and you know, in entered against and fulton and his war was going to happen to the participants

of this apparently khana all yours is pre goshen from our report published a short video in which she, we saw it in the report sat, she didn't know how to leave with this shit. that's what he said. i know that if his b u secret service is reportedly to deal with the case, but it's clear that the ease life is not over for him and his family as well as for many others in russia. this to be, for example, a father of a school goal in tula, region got to he has imprisonment. and the reason for this was that his daughter has had painted an arty anti walk picture at school, and the girls pictures the boy russian and great and flex, ukrainian, flex, and the words, nor to war for this. and for critical comment on his private social media account, the father was sentenced to 2 years in prison. in another case, nicole and st. peter's book yesterday, at it's able to disabled man war who has a disabled child at home, was sentenced to 5 years in prison. for what they call discrediting the russian

army, he published 3 short critical comments about puttin and the rational politics on his social media account. and meanwhile, there are supposedly more than 500 trash and sentenced for before they call, discrediting the russian army. and when effecting such insolence has on the population irregular people feel even more intimidated now or on the counter encouraged to criticize the war. well i think of course people are most people i intimidated most of them think twice before writing anything or publishing anything critical about putting the what the author's odd courage to be even more critical, but these people mostly leave the country. it said that several 100000 russians have fled in the mean time speaking again, all the leads the sanctions have hit them hard, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they are now protesting against booty. on the contrary, many are currently consolidating around the russian president and are trying to re position their business in russia,

which they had lost abroad. they invest know in russia. i think russia is still a long way from a split in their lives. most are loyal to put in both out of fear and for very pragmatic reasons. he w, moscow purity if you're a shadow. joining us from reagan, thank you. look now and some other stories making headlines around the world today . fifa has stripped indonesia, the right to hose the under 20 football world. come the decision, follow street protests and 2 prominent indonesian governors. calling for israel to be banned from the tournament. fever is also considering further sanctions against the indonesian football federation. mexico's president undress manuel up as a red door has said there will be, quote no. impunity for those responsible for the deaths of $38.00 migrants in a fire and a detention center video. footage of the incident shows guards leaving migrants trapped in sells them at the flames. authorities say the deaths are being

investigated as homicides. australians, parliament has passed landmark legislation requiring the country's biggest polluters to cut their emissions or pay for carbon credits. a previous attempt to make looters pay was repealed by the conservative government and 2014 the current governments as the new measures are essential to reach climate goals. by the end of the decade. you know, must cosigned an open letter calling to pause, development of artificial intelligence systems more powerful than g p t for mosque one of a 1000 a i, experts and industry leaders who signed the document, sign it a potential risk to society and humanity. they recommended a pause of 6 months to put together safety protocols. the vatican says pope francis has a respiratory infection and will need to spend a few days in hospital and rome. the pontiff was admitted on wednesday after complaining of difficulty breathing. his illness comes and his busiest time of year

with many events in the run up to easter. ah, it's been a to succeed. old book france if has been admitted. didn't floored off dick a milly hospital in june. the right dickens, fact he has a respiratory illness market drew it out. go with 19 and tank people for sending messages of love and prayers. disassembled unless law i have the pope close to my heart. i'm a believer. i'm catholic and he represents god on hold. what more can we say? let's hope that the tests give good results. let's hope nothing happens. nothing serious. of a few more weeks. early on wednesday, the book appeared for his weekly audience at the work to good and greeted people. but later he was seen in physical being as he was hooked into his for he could. pope francis has not been in good health for some time. he spent 10 days in

hospital in 2021 after into signing surgery. he has also been suffering from the problems and often uses a wheelchair. but despite his health problems, the pontiff travels extensively. it is not yet known. when francis will be able to leave the hospital holy week and easter for the next week, when the book usually leaves celebrations for the most important religious holiday of the catholic church. halls are mounting for afghanistan's taliban rollers to release a well known education campaigner montague la ways out runs the education and g o pen path. he was arrested by the taliban of cobble on monday. from raf gone, president humming cars. i said he was saddened by the news, the un hassan, more information on wes as detention is repeatedly called on the tall one to reverse its decision to ban girls from schools beyond 6th grade,

abandoned reigned all hopes of a future for afghan girls leaving them a few options, ah, these girls are learning the koran in m. a dresser in kabul, the taliban, his band girls of their age from going to a normal school. so for most, this is all there is some welcome the opportunity to meet friends outside of the home. and again, be part of a group with a common purpose, but they know it's no substitute for a real education about their selfish comerica. mantresa cannot help me to become a doctor because that's done through school on. unfortunately, schools are closed over the summer, but still them address is good. it's good for increasing our religious knowledge and it's a good place to enhance our abilities. but other than is that if we had to hold a more world ownership,

the girls also know that they will not be going to university. after the taliban decreed that only men are allowed to study at such a high level. but what are the downsides of excluding women and girls in this way? on this women's hospital in kabul, one problem is already coming into view. health care is strictly segregated by sex in afghanistan. that means that if no female doctors are available than more women will simply be left to die. like the mother of this woman father, i don't don't know her richard. go to my daughter, didn't she does rhonda that day i decide to reach. i have to become a doctor, come seep

the telephones, restrictions on women, also damaging the economy and any prospects for future growth. according to the world bank, the taliban point to women only shopping centers like this one in the eastern city of her art. as part of the way forward, but such statements, o m c of meaning. when millions of women and girls remain barred from playing an active role in life in afghanistan, the jury of the world press photo contest has announced its 4 regional winners. many of the images highlight the reality of the war in ukraine were taken in march during the seed of mario pole after russian forces invaded the country in february 2022. the document, the atrocities that were committed before the city fell in may. one of the images, a photo of a heavily pregnant woman falling an air strike on maternity ward has become one of

the defining images of the war. i one of the winners as a guinea, my le let guy, he talked to the w about the story behind that iconic picture. thank you so much. you're so thank you for inviting me to tell the story and what's, what's happening in ukraine. what's happened before and actually that the story which, which we passed in multiple 4 years ago, is still live with us till nowadays. because not these events. you definitely cannot forget, you know, you want to forget. but the photographs and videos we sure are taking in variable is my friend mister, turn off and we will try to forget it, but it's so difficult. it's so impossible. and but photographs will always remind

us what happened will happen there. what's happened there and and this particular picture we are talking about know at irina. ah, 32 years old injured pregnant warn was carried by the rescue walkers, on the watermelon blanket in front by there was carried by rescue arcus. they rushed to take her to the emblems because she was you know, in that condition that she might get the 1st aid as possible. she had like a big wound or her body. you cannot see on a picture, but it's was huge. and, and then fortunately, unfortunately she and her baby did not survive in all day. the doctors

tried to do the best we speak to them after and trying to identify what's happened to them later, but it reported to us that they did, they didn't survive. and i spoke to her husband and he told me that he was searching for her like and had different hospitals in the mornings looking from different bodies trying to find her. and in the hospital number 2, she found her and, and they buried her with her neighbors on the cemetery in maple during shelling. and nowadays he's trying as well to get what's happened and trying to build a new life broad. so unfortunately, you know, this,

this image you know, is, oh, was for this lady inc. its was really important to show because the ration propaganda and russian officials claimed that they bombed the hospital always know people on it. the dose was no passions. and and when we showed the pictures, there was a pregnant ladies and, and we reported that treat people been killed during this attack. and we saw by and heard by our own eyes, how the russian jet throwed the mar, multiple bombs from the city in. and they hid the maternity ward university in one

time. so this was think it still wasn't boss was so important to show off as a society what russia is doing against civilians was of kenny miller let go. regional winner of the world press photo contests, talking to the w and a bit of good news before we go, india has announced a conservation success story. a cheetah that was relocated from nam may be as part of a breeding program has given birth to for healthy cubs. their mother, 3 year old celia was one of 8 cheetos, welcomed to the country by prime minister in a rend remote in september of 2022. the birth of her cubs is the combination of a 13 year effort to restore cheetos to india after they were driven to extinction there 70 years ago. and a quick reminder of our top story today. britain's king charles has praise ties

with germany on his 1st trip abroad since becoming monarch at a state dinner hosted by german president, pug by dash dine maia in berlin. charles bowed to strengthen relations between the 2 countries. and charles is due to become the 1st british monarch to address the german parliament later today. and we'll be covering that speech live now. stay tuned for focus on europe though. don't forget, there is more news and analysis around the clock on our website. that is of course d, w dot com. i'll be back with more at the top the hour. thank you so much for a company with ah, with

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