questions about life, the universe of like a superpower? our series. 42, the answer. almost everything. this week on d, w. with the w news line from berlin, mass protest in france against planned pension reforms, clashes in the capitol as hundreds of thousands use traditional made a demonstrations to voice, their anger and president macros plans to raise the retirement age. also on the program, you craig pipes off a new wave of russian ass strikes,

defense trace of fire lights up. the skies are the key this morning. as ukraine says, he destroyed more than that doesn't incoming messiah, and more fighting for it in sudan capital, despite rival military forces, agreeing to extend the seas by you in wards of humanitarian crisis, is turning into a full blown catastrophe. ah, i'm fil gail. welcome to the program. workers across europe facing rising inflation have taken to the streets to mark the made a holiday. one of the largest demonstrations is in france, where police have class with protesters on the streets of the capitol. paris demonstrates with face tear gassed from police as they expressed anger the government's decision. last month to raise the pension age from 62 to 64, hundreds of thousands of joined the march, demanding high sellers,

and better working conditions. correspondent rosie birch, are this among them in paris and told me what was going on miss looks to be the turn, i think is the main margin. the capital power is profound to people have been largely blog for a long. i've seen a heavy police present national window a fight. the light fire is burning on the streets. and i've also been approached by people say with over at that plan to raise the minimum retirement age. to 64, i've spoken to plenty of people that feel the government isn't. they are much about anger, directed personally, toward french president, and who said, understand some of the anger over all of this before, but said it's very much needed. he said,

in order to make the whole system financially viable, a is a traditional day of workers protest around the world this today's time out there and from significantly bigger than you'd expect. well, you certainly are pulling this historic and of course, particularly because of the context. it's just a couple of weeks after this ball was pop pop under controversial circumstances because the french government use special powers to bypass the usual parliamentary city that might be expected. and i think there's a big question with the law gas, the major formulation because we have protests over the last week about 4, but the numbers help me the claiming. and secondly, what will be the longer term political follows? all these, all these are definitely see here what i was, i thought you said the only way to keep it for me the far right it been all the

fury of some of those who i spoke with you here about, rosie, rosie, bertot and paris. you cried, says it down more than a dozen russian missiles in the early hours of this morning. crane's mom, she said air defense systems intercepted 15 out of 18 russian air loans, cruise missiles, missiles, didn't hit the capital, but damaged buildings in east and ukraine, and left dozens wounded rushes. defense ministry says it carried out strikes on ukrainian military sites. and that all of its targets had been hit law correspond, the nic, scholarly in chief, told me more about these russian attacks while as you mentioned, there no casualties in here, but certainly a lot more activity. why did geography than just give will the 30 people wounded in the east, the country near the steve ne pro. oh, it's believed they live near an industrial facility. and that this was kind of

collateral damage, people suffering from smoking relation and also from the explosion windows being blown out of their frames. there was a more recently in recent hours we've heard more detail about other attacks, other missiles in the west, the country near chateau middle saying we need ski. so it does seem like there is some kind of logic behind these attacks. but it does certainly comes as a shock after basically the best part of 2 months without attacks beyond the front lines. and people here and key of now very coach the fact that those arid warnings are very serious indeed. yet why is russia now intensifying at those attacks given this low that there's been what i think most kind of experienced analysts the most normally reliable. they kind of say that this is just because russia can russia use huge number of christmas cells over the winter, over the 1st part of this year, attacking ukraine's energy infrastructure that didn't work out. power didn't go out . the light didn't go out there and you grant, and we were seeing russian missiles being picked up on the fields of ukraine with

serial numbers indicates they've been produced a couple of weeks before. and it basically been set straight to front lines. and now the expectation is that basically they were able to build up a bit of a supply to produce more to maybe get some new spare parts past those sanctions. speculation that some of the spare parts might be coming from iran, and that this is now just part of russia's continued campaign to try and put pressure psychologically on ordinary ukrainians. far away from the front lines in the hope that they might push their government to come to some kind of arrangement with the russians. i'm what news from the back road near at nick, where the ground battle has been most intense. always hearing above awful, huge casualties on the russian side. there's also been law reports about conflict within the russian forces between the wagner mercenary group and the regular russian army within between vegan and other mercenary groups operating there. and there is a sense that this is getting incredibly difficult to come to now, but they just not picking up the successes that they desperately need. the cranes

are still holding on. they are still be in a position to protect their main route in and out. but it has be said that russia controlled by most estimates by 8 percent of the city. so it is a question of when, rather than if russia takes hold about mood. but for now, it seems like ukraine losses are much less than what russia is investing. there for not much of a kind of strategic gate. okay, thank you for that may calmly in keith. meanwhile, the european union, her struck a deal to end, or rather it had been blocking imports of ukrainian agricultural products. here, states bordering ukraine had been torn between helping their neighbor and protecting their own farmers, leading some of them to introduce import bands. the you hopes to keep the grain trucks from ukraine on the go. and europe, united ukraine had long been a big agricultural exporter. but russia's invasion changed that

with its black see ports partly blocked. ukraine got their products to market, surround the world overland through europe, and the e. u. wave tariffs on ukrainian goods to help but farm, it's nice in europe complained that they were being left with mountains of unsold produce and that the availability of cheaper ukrainian grains damaged their business. poland normally a staunch ally of ukraine, even bond imports unilaterally leaving long lines of ukrainian trucks stuck at the border. in april. he cranes foreign ministry cold, the restrictions on its grain exports via the e. you quote, categorically, unacceptable. the agreement aims to let ukrainian agricultural products

travel through the e u, but allow poland, romania, bulgaria, slovakia, and hungary to impose internal temporary restrictions on some grain. plus it gives the option to restrict more produce and future. at the same time, it lets ukrainian goods into the you without tariffs for another year, mr. to those success when you, i think this is a success for the european union. but it was possible to reach a compromise solution and get out of this crisis, which seemed to be potentially dangerous economically and also politically the ship that compromise solution may get the trucks leaving again. and you lead is hope, it will maintain the image of the europe united in its support for ukraine.

what is your job as the deputy head of the office of the president of ukraine to welcome to d. w. are you happy with this deal? now, 1st of all, you have sort of your writer, poland, as well as any other states, but 1st of all and no absolutely grounds to unilateral restrictions of mastering a keyboard. we have a cessation of women in ukraine. the you, we have almost right preferences, which you mentioned that to be over left for another year, according to these documents, according to the law. no single state. it's any. sit on the right and it's a good right to import unilateral bass. that's absolutely up to brussels, to have it in theory because you cannot simple lift, make this bass, you have to make the trait investigation. you have to have enough arguments that

the additional expert, early or in dangerous of, of us. and that you make any possible regulations. so it sounds as well so, so, so ok, so you're, you're angry at this deal and it sounds like you're angry at poland, but wouldn't you, wouldn't your anger be better directed at brussels? a z state who started this was the state dimension. and we here now the promises from those state to lift those. you and electro mass. we're waiting and they suggested it to them. so brussels and ukraine waiting for listen, these, you know, dance and then we'll, we'll see and talk to what brussels ukrainian representation will say with d, trade, another percentage process and discuss their situation. ok, so you have no sympathy for a polish farmers who say, well,

all of these ukranian know great imports which are coming in without tar, if they're taking out business. our livelihoods away. you know, when those corridors or additional possibilities is going to use to withhold solidarity leis. unfortunately, i don't feel a solidarity from the part of what my brother has to talk on friday with the european council president, mr. reshay asking you also to, to, to get his position on these guy and are very happy that the leadership of the european union, the presidents, understood the personal attention to these. you say you, you, you are getting no solidarity on the part of poland. despite the fact that poland has taken in thousands of ukrainian or refugees and provided make fighter jets. you are talking about you polish people who really supported you crying and people

are important. and pregnant people and helping them, and this is absolutely no question the relations between president of ukraine and president of all a deep and definitely why discussion on the problem and issues on the level of presidents. so we would not like these, misunderstand from the bottom. one is government to influence a wonderful relations with people. ok. i don't think that perhaps you need to explain to us where this misunderstanding has been, because you say you have the support of the public people in the support of the public presence. clearly, your problem is with the polish government. you say that they have misunderstood what have they misunderstood because they've taken action. their action has now been formally endorsed by brussels. and we have this agreement, so who has misunderstood what i think doesn't matter who has understood anything at macy's, who broke the you legislation who broke that you law. and now there is

a chance both bowlens and for the european commission to start from scratch. and really, if you're thinking of something, how to take over the issue, the main method is in me, you know, way to tackle this is to have it according to the law. thank you so much for joining us. an exciting you trans position on the whole job at the head of the office of the president of ukraine. thank you. as a russia where a crackdown on opponents of the war in ukraine has been well documented. but lately the kremlin has stepped up its efforts to stifle criticism, leading to what solar calling the widest campaign of repression. since the soviet union. reason targets of include people like, oh yes sir, could sava a university student who was put under house arrest for anti war post on social media. but her luck has just improved out of her

shackles. and on the run or less, your crypt over gets goose bumps. when she thinks back to the moment she freed herself from house arrest and fled from russia to europe and boisterously fitted right before i escaped. i was afraid because stupid thoughts kept coming into my head. like what if this doesn't work and a rest me would i have to run for miles through the forest dylan yet. but she succeeded from below, rose or less. yeah. was able to enter the you by car to lithuania, where she was granted asylum. but she knows if her escape attempt had failed, she would likely be imprisoned by now or less, you had been waiting under house arrest for the courts. verdict. the charges were serious, discrediting the russian army,

and justifying terrorism her crimes, handing out anti war flyers and condemning the war in ukraine in a private chat with her fellow university students. oh my on what it was. that was my protest with mid august, even though i chose the most harmless methods for it. well, at least that's what i thought it was the what the yeah, i don't agree with vladimir putin regime which instigated this war against ukrainians who are like brothers to us. radical latin that order. alicia is one of the almost $20000.00 russians who had to pay for their anti war stance with their freedom. the most prominent among them is the opposition leader fled email kara marizza, who strongly criticized putin and publicly denounced the war in ukraine. another russian was sentenced to 2 years in prison because his daughter drew an

anti war picture like alysia. he also tried to flee russia through belarus, but he was caught and arrested. a careless joke or critical post is all it takes to get a knock at the door from the secret service, the f s. b, and possibly end up behind bars. the russian parliament has also tightened the law to make it more difficult for young men to avoid being conscripted. it's made it tricky to leave the country like alicia did. she believes repression and russia will get even worse, because the kremlin fears its own citizens. was this appeal at that? what if all the young women who were against a war had taken to the streets and gone to the kremlin? yeah, it's clear that people must be intimidated because of this pretty class. and that

suits to ration regime very well at the moment. at his credit, a month or less. yes, dream is to become a journalist in another free or russia perhaps that wouldn't have to remain a dream. is look at most or is making news around the world photos in aust. becky style of approved constitutional changes that will allow the president to remain in power until 2040 the government claimed the referendum would also usher in human rights reforms. electoral officials had the change had been back by 90 percent of voters. international observers say the vote lacked genuine political pluralism, competition nurses in the u. k. on strike an ongoing dispute overpay when it comes after union members rejected a 5 percent pay increase. the latest action is the 1st to hit critical services including intensive care and chemotherapy, u. s. regulators and taking control of the trouble. the 1st republic bank can

strike a deal to sell its assets to j. p. morgan chase 1st. republic had assets worth about $230000000000.00 and more than a $100000000000.00 in deposits. it's the 2nd largest retail bank to fail in us. history of the united nations was warned that the ongoing fighting in sudan could force more than 800000 people to flee the country. clashes of the reported in the capitol cartoon despite an agreement between rival military forces to extend to cease fire. the un says the violence is turning a humanitarian crisis into a full blown catastrophe. 8 tons of medical supplies, enough to treat over a 1000 injured people. i hope this will be only the 1st of a number of batches that will come will be extremely crucial for the hospital to the hospitals to be able to cater for the needs of thousands of people that are

flocking to their doors and waiting to get medical assistance but the conflict shows no sign of easing. shortly after the warring parties agreed to a 72 hour truce, violence broke out again in the capital her tomb. while foreign governments are scrambling to evacuate their nationals, thousands of sudanese are seeking refuge in neighboring countries. but many have no choice but to hide in their homes. amid rapidly deteriorating conditions. muscular, we hear the sounds of artillery it can fall in the street in front or the one behind. when the new maria shall we have to sleep on the floor. there is no water, electricity, there is no food, nothing more murphy for her. in addition to food shortages and yos, war and that sedans, health care system is on the brink of collapse or nike for all li, i'll get many working and trained minds in the health care sector are fleeing,

sudan, come and look on. there is a withdrawal of many engineers and non ingenious due to direct attacks. by all means it's a disaster leg imaginable. boucher, either abilene fiarty in one of them or even before the fighting a rock to it. a 3rd of should a nice were dependent on some form of humanitarian assistance. now fears are growing that a prolong conflict could spread to the broader region. it has suffered multiple conflict in the past decade and climate change has left its deadly mark as well. with severe drought and one of the world's worst food insecurity, crisis. bah, has the country moves deeper into crisis? sudanese people are abroad or calling for international action to end the violence . or john turman is vice president of policy and programs at the truman national security project in washington. i assume whether the international community should have seen this conflict coming. unfortunately,

it's not too surprising because at the helm of this country, you have 2 generals who each effectively leave their own militaries and the thought of them co existing in the long run is far fetched. they have competing interests. they both want to be on top, and so well it was inevitable. there was a pretty high likelihood that they would come into conflict. and unfortunately that's what we're seeing over the last few weeks with devastating results. right. so as this plays out, how do you feel any, do you see it grinding on until one of the, when so do you see an international intervention? i hope is certainly that some sort of piece process. some sort of negotiation can kick in very quickly, given the destruction that's happening every day. but i think honestly, it's going to be very difficult because both of the generals and the forces they

command they are accustomed to fighting. they are accustomed to getting what they want through fighting. and it's awfully hard to see now how they co exist. it's hard to see how they co exist, even before this fighting kicked off. now it's especially difficult to see what that formula is. i don't think that there is any going back to the formula that was keeping some degree of peace as a just a few weeks ago. now that we've seen so much carnage over the next or the last few weeks. so certainly the hope has to be that negotiations with strong leadership from the region, strong leadership from the united states. and just about every in the world power involved is going to encourage them both to stand down or at least to make a significant cause. fighting right, but no military intervention. i would have a hard time seeing that, i think that's only going to happen in the rarest of circumstances. and i don't see

that being in the cards in sudan. i think this is resolved peacefully through a negotiation process. meanwhile, we have thousands fleeing from neighboring countries, like chad and eritrea. all those countries equipped to help them not especially no because sudan is surrounded by countries that have a lot of their own difficulties. you see people fleeing to chad, you see people going to the central african republic. you see people claim assess to them. all of these are countries that have substantial internal instability and very few resources to support large numbers of refugees. also the case in egypt also the case in ethiopia. a number of people are congregating in part sudan and then crossing over into saudi arabia. and perhaps there's more resources there

to support refugees, but only limited, frankly. so i think it's a, it's an extremely difficult situation for people who are trying to leave the country, including those in cartoon, because it's such a far distance from cartoon to get to any of those neighboring countries. a terrible situation. we thank you for outlining it so clearly too much john and from the truly national security project. thank you. and you have a women's football of both. both looked to have one foot in the champions league final when they led to nell against arsenal. and the 1st leg with the gunners came back to draw the game and set up an exciting show down in front of a fell out crowd. in london. women's football keeps getting bigger, and germany's finest are growing with it. false burger too much is from their 1st champions league title since back to back winds. in 2013 and 14. so random canarvy we were in finals. we were in semi final so yes, i think it shows that wolf spurred belong among the top 5 top 4 european teams that

i would say. and, oh, patient teams go that. but what sets valves ferg apart from the rest? both in germany and in europe, mentally the mentality of it was an unbelievable mentality at the club here in general, been stuff you're talking about hard work and passion. that's where there's a huge difference. savage's reason, that's why the mentality here is very, very special. from this special group has got the vaults berg funds, flocking to c t. m. a club records 22000, came to their to, to draw, and the 1st leg against arsenal. on tuesday, their team goes into the lions den in london, where a part is ansel out crowd of over $60000.00 the weights at a shown emma. and he was always a dream of mine a wish. and i was like little 101520 years ago. you'd never have imagined the direction in which women's football would develop. and so i have to hope, i think,

year 2022 also created a lot of euphoria and hype. and that gave us even more support obama to, with the 1st at the wills of scored. 16 goals without reply in their last 3 domestic games. if the german champions can reproduce that form against arsenal, you wouldn't base against the mass exodus from both spoke to eindhoven for a show piece champions, league final against barcelona. that sits your up to date. i'll have more world news at the top of the our bearish vanity house at d. w. news asia in just a moment of the day. ah ah, with

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