the, the, this is the, the, the news coming to live from berlin unanswered questions, lu, over a military plane crash near russia's porter with ukraine. moscow, and keep the blame each other for the crash. the kremlin says the aircraft was carrying thousands of ukrainian soldiers to a prisoner exchange. un security council says it cannot verify what happened. also coming up, the us state of alabama executes a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas. we look at why state officials approve the controversial end previously i'm tries method and in gaza. authorities say is

really take fire kills at least 20 people waiting for food a for the 150, more injured in the attack, which the master on health industry is calling for board. crime is really military says the fittest under investigation. the hello and terry martin, thanks for joining us. the united nations security council says it's unable to verify the circumstances in which a plane allegedly carrying dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war crashed in southern russia. the kremlin says ukraine shot down the transport aircraft carrying 65 ukrainian soldiers to a scheduled exchange of prisoners. moscow says ukraine was given the 15 minute warning of the plight and that both of the plains black box recorders have been recovered. keeps says it has the no evidence that the aircraft was carrying

ukrainian prisoners as well. russia has called a meeting of the un security council to discuss its claims. member states agreed that they were not able to determine what happened, but called on both sides to allow prisoners of war to return home to avoid further escalation. we urge all concerned to freeze reign from actions, rhetoric, or allegations that could further fuel already dangerous conflict. the fate of prisoners of war should not be instrumental lives. we urge the parties to continue pursuing exchanges of prisoners of war. families of both sides are waiting to be reunited with their loved ones. springing nick conway here he's our correspondent, n t. a. nick, are we any closer to knowing who is on board this plane? are we ok and i think the biggest question that's being us here in ukraine

is a very dark one where the bodies so far we have seen some very limited features, some pictures of wreckage that is alleged to being from the crash site end of one bodies supposedly it's a picture that's being blood, so we can't see that detail. but if indeed, as the russian side claims dozens of ukraine prisoners will on this plane, i'm just the plane that crashed will see me if i let this guy from a very low altitude that it was flying on to avoid radar. so we would see more of this is a place that is not far away from human habitation is not some remote crest site. so this is all very strange why we haven't seen more in previous. it does also has previous downings of this kind like image 17, very soon had locals taking pictures of things they were seeing, you know, things of the full inch that gotten that in full in nearby. so the idea that we wouldn't see more that we wouldn't have evidence of this mass kind of day of this

principle is very strange. nick, understand that keeps response to the crash has drawn criticism from within the ukraine itself. tell us more about the certainly we have been living here in a bit of an information vacuum, especially when it comes from in terms of you credit leadership presence lensky. he had said in the immediate optima that obviously the lives of ukraine's presence of war in russia is his top priority and called for an investigation. but beyond that, he hasn't said much. we've heard from the ministry saying that they would continue attacking targets in that part of a russia that these will legitimate targets some read that as an admission of responsibility. other say that this is just ukraine link itself, be intimidated by russia and it's kind of campaign. and we do know that the present change wasn't the plan for that day, but we still have no charge about whether indeed ukraine was informed by the russian side that this plane was carrying to double use as russia says. and there's

a real worry here that you, given that rest controls across site, it's unlikely to allow a full and free international investigation. there are reports of rushes plans to move bits of the debris to moscow. so the stuff would be that in situ full outside is to verify and lots of families here, even if they're not convinced that the families what all of their family members were on board. this thing very, very worried about the fates of these prisoners of russia and fear that rush could use as a projects to basically hide these people are not to transfer them for a non clear period of time. could this incident nick jeopardize future prisoners wants? the thing is, if you think back to the beginning of the war, it was fairly strongly given how intense the fighting was, the people were being swapped very, very frequently. most people would spend a couple of months in detention. and then, and back to that time of these pieces,

folks are happening basically every couple of weeks. and that really has slowed down. the green side says this is russia trying to put pressure on ukraine, finding reasons to look and to delay and see if there's a sense here and keep that these prisoners getting stuck in. russia weighs more heavily in ukrainian democratic society where these relatives can go out and protest. but it does go the way around the russia, where in these families of russian princes you can have a lot less than the way of ways to put pressure on pushing and his officials. so there is a real word that russia will use this as a predicts, will blame ukraine, but for now, we'll just lift guessing. next. thank you very much for now. that was the w as nit connelly n t. now to the us and the state of alabama has carried out the 1st execution of a prisoner using a controversial method that uses nitrogen gas through mosque to deprive the prisoner of oxygen. the state insist that procedures humane. but critics call it

cruel and unusual. kenneth eugene smith was sentenced to death for a murder committed in 1988. he had already endured an unsuccessful execution to attempt by lethal injection in 2020 to us states which impose the death sentence, had been seeking new methods of killing condemned prisoners due to drug shortages. well, arthur, a kaplan is the director of medical ethics at new york university's language and medical center. he told us why the use of nitrogen gas for execution is so controversial. this is usually called traversal, because you don't have any data or 10 minutes above what it's impact is a human being in terms of how to administer it. kind of masked to use the kind of time that one can expect for it to be legal. 12,

the nitrogen gas is suffocating. the person who gets it there, substitute oxygen which we need and giving this nitrogen. but there are no studies on the animals. there are a few people who used it in europe for assisted suicide, but no publications. so i would say quite simply, the state of alabama, there's no what it's doing now was arthur kathlyn there from new york university's lang on medical center. let's take a look at a few other stories making headlines around the world today. for us present, donald trump has testified and a defamation suit brought against him by the roger eugene carol. well, on the stand, trump violated the judge's order by accusing carol of making a false accusation. a jury in the previous trial found trump liable for sexually abusing the writer india the celebrating its national day march, the adoption of the countries constitution in 1950, nearly 3 years after india. and when you want independence from british colonial

rule, french president demanded, well, my call is this year's guest of honor. frances, looking to strength and cooperation with india to the hum us run. health ministry in gaza says is really fire has killed at least 20 people waiting for humanitarian aid and injured another 150. israel's hes, just looking into the report. the is really military says it's fighting him off militants at close quarters, and con eunice as it seeks to dismantle the group, which is classified as a to or organization by several countries named bodies filled the el cheapo hospital in kansas city after news. really attack desperate people were waiting for a rare delivery of food and made a growing family. the un says cousins are facing the highest levels of food insecurity ever recorded. with over 90 percent of the population surviving on less than one meal day. we were waiting for the truck springing flower then is ready.

the tank status with full shells. young people are mounted and others injured was hitting the fates and hand. meanwhile, in southern gaza is really forces say they have surrounded the city of con eunice. they ordered people in the western part of the city to leave among them over 30000 displaced causes who had taken shelter at a un facility, which at earlier come under attack. the inside of ages is cool and hon. you nice. where they said it was safe. this riley, he started telling us in las vegas to leave within half an hour we started running . and do you know where our family lives on children, where i get this 3 days ago? not where the see and don't know what to go awhile. families are unable to leave. the strip causes 2300000 people are being squeezed into an ever smaller area as battle spread. with no idea how long the fighting will go on,

or when they'll have to flee again. steer in germany. the government has express concern over rise in anti semitic incidents since the october 7th almost terrorist attacks on israel. germany's commissioner for anti semitism called the number of reported incidents shockey. felix kline is the man leading the fight against anti semitism in germany. and by his own account, he has his work, concert seems to be october 7th. how must her attack an alarming picture hasn't managed? told you looking more closely at the shocking numbers by more than 2000 times within this little more than 100 days? here in germany, a jew was attacked, threatened to insult with frightened oh there was and to submit to catch speech. i am appalled that these facts only rarely find the way into public debates and media

are reporting not so wrong. the same number of incidents as for the whole of 2022, among the molotov cocktail throwing up, they sent a golden central paling for maybe a grim reminder of germany's not see past. but jewish leaders say much of the daily threat now is driven by opponents of israel because he's medina. these stories are reminiscent of those days and we need empathy with those affected in order to stop this development. i have them with ladies and gentlemen at this time, this is especially true of the threat of discipline miss anti semitism in our society to venture. but not only we should nationwide protests against the far right till tenants for germany have drawn huge crowds, sparked by reports that if the members discuss the plan to forcibly to port millions of people of foreign origin, the be flying high in the polls. if the,

if the others with our less maxine motivated, expulsion plans cannot spin electable alternative for responsible citizens. and the crap is about the program is right. we extremist and to democratic and the threat to prosperity which done. and officials are calling on the government to tighten criminal laws and increased funding for education. both above all the message to germans is not to forget. columbia is appealing for international help in bottling wild fires, burning across the country. hundreds of volunteers and firefighters have already joined forces to tackle the blazes. presently, gustavo pedro has called a net, has declared a natural disaster unlocking additional funding for the fire funding effort. firefighters have already extinguished hundreds of wild fires this month. but doesn't small us through banding even around the capital over to the state of

emergencies and force flames coming dangerously close to residential areas that must come with us in the fire is so close to our homes. maybe if i came down because the smoke was affecting the bad me headaches, difficulty breathing and seeing i moved from in the to that a lot of our neighbors are trying to help control the fire, you know, then to the the city is covered in smoke and still on high unless it's almost close. yeah. we are aware that will be difficult, weeks and months to come. you mentioned to you and we need to deal with what we're facing today. so it's, i mean, but we also need to be better prepared for what could be coming next month. and it made the data records temperatures in many parts of colombia and the lack of water

has made it difficult to extinguish the flames. president gustavo, pets or has linked to the heat and racing while as high as to climate change. and there's only a slight chance of rain in the next few days. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching the cost for on this concept. it's one of say, a web ex and he knows how to use it and pretend this guy knows about energy in a way that the, there's a bunch structures have no idea what doesn't look behind because it started this energy time. tell us gas from russia to musical wetland dots. february 3rd on dw, ukraine says it's in danger of losing the war. and russia is more confident of victory than ever. and here's one of the biggest reasons. oil russians most in part

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