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the, the, this is the w news live from berlin, alexi in the volume. these widow speaks out over her husband's death in an emotional video, she vows to carry on her husband's work. and she accuses russian authorities of hiding the following these bodies 3 days after he died in his heart to prison. also coming up, israel gives him off a deadline for its planned ground. defensive on rock def i rama the hostages multiple the fighting reports. that's just 3 weeks away. more than a 1000000 palestinian civilians are sheltering in the southern gaza city. the
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sierra kelly. welcome to the program. usually another night of the widow of russian opposition leader alexi, nevada only has accused vladimir putin of killing her husband and vowed to continue devolved these work. in a video posted on ex, formerly twitter, she called on supporters to resist pollutants regime more resolutely than ever. novel, nyah, also a cheese to the russian authorities of hiding her husband's body and waving for traces of the deadly nerve agent, nova choked to disappear from his body, which in russian authorities announced in the volume these deaths on friday and have so far prevented his family. and allies from seeing his body is used for moscow. pure chief area of a shadow joins us now from riga, as dw is banned from reporting and russia. so your um, alexis, giovanni's widow,
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just releasing this video in which she is bound to quote, to continue to fight for freedom for russia. what else has she been saying? or cetera of, if you do of you doesn't have always a kind of a mix of a personal firewall to her husband to have the loft. husband was a very emotional video as a description of his political pulse and he's lost yes. at the present time, for one of all as his wife's task was always to be late. and at the same time, if this be due, is a kind of revenge. wishing with president putin to whom you will have on the whole thursday were responsible for the death of her husband. she promises that because of world will soon find out of the details of her husband's death. she also mentions the enough of poison ivy chuck without going into detail. if you know how precisely and of all is team researches. uh you can expect very exciting details.
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indeed, very soon, the end to julia and of all that you was headed to assess so that she will continue her husband's work and she would bring house barrels directly into the politics. we'll see, to what political expands, she will actually replace her husband. i think at the moment it's all about clarifying this arkansas instance of his death and inside russia itself, uri alexi, nevada. these mother has meanwhile, still not been able to collect her son's body. why and what are the russian authorities saying? how did they justify that? well present that to be put in spokesman. mister bas golf said today l a, an investigation was ongoing ended that all necessary actions are being carried out . that's all. but meanwhile, we know from the report to nobody because it does. it's now volleys bought. it is allegedly even mark off sell the card for the heart is at least with capital, about 50 kilometers from the present. can also assist with the video was released this morning. solving a convoy of cars is this you to get enough on his body was in,
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which would come from the seal. read that to she is in such a heart in the hospital with his mother was there this morning, but she wasn't allowed to see her son. you said that i should or thought it just may be playing a captain's malice game. here. we don't the why the official line is to the investigation is ongoing. we have to be very careful with speculation box. if you compare all these with the situation, often along this pause and again 20 point one, it looks very similar 3 years ago, and the volume was also initially kept in the russian hospital, possibly to make the traces of the pricing of the truck disappear. what does his death mean for the russian opposition as well? look, laliverds of course, is the best known the physician politician in russia. but it's wrong to call himself position leader. as the fact is that that optional position has never been united in the last 10 years. and so that was also due to the volume is a person which is team because people will not particularly willing to unite with other members of the position to put it simply they just deal with their thing. and
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because that was essentially the week and put in by any means possible, of course, the start over the war 2 years ago, it didn't make the situation any easier. the last in the russia has been made so strict that almost any critical statements i stayed with against the kremlin or the government can be punished. the list of so called for an edges or an undesirable organizations is getting longer and longer almost all the position of publications leaving a. busy note on now classified as foreign agents. see that because your shadow. thank you. germany has summoned russia's ambassador over the death of russian opposition leader. alexa in a volley. hundreds gathered up the russian embassy and berlin over the weekend to commemorates the kremlin critics. germany and other european union countries have proposed further sanctions against russia following is jeff. the supporters are pointing the finger at russian president vladimir putin. elsewhere, israel is set,
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it has set a deadline for its long plant offensive against the city of rafa and southern gaza . retired army general benny guns. a member of the countries were cabinets, says that is really troops will launch their assault next month. if aust is not free the remaining hostages by ramadan, the muslim holy month is expected to start on the 10th of march. rough as the last major cause of the city not to be invaded by ground troops during israel's war against mos which is widely considered a terraced organization of air strikes to cross gauze as israel pursues. what is prime minister is called total victory homes, schools and hospitals destroyed. as the death toll keeps climbing money, they are all civilians. there are no minute treat personnel or anything. we send a message to the world,
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the message to these rarely governments and have mass government in gaza is please stop the war. enough war victory a how to israel's ground defensive has extended to reeds on multiple hospitals, aggravating. you already dire humanitarian situation. a doctor and officer hospital in the city of con, eunice described the moment he realized in his really army read what's happening was like, can use the data. so i realize that it is a vision of idea. f as a sausage, eating some adults, adults to be that the are actually, yeah, the destroyed the best bet for those to be good. and the use of it adults, israel claims it's targeting of hospitals is legitimate because homeless allegedly operates within um, its military release. this video set to show weapons found inside cars close to the
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an officer hospital to the ground siege could be extending all the way to rafa, despite international concern over israel's plant and be the last city in gaza. that hasn't seen major ground fighting. any guns, a member of netanyahu's, 3 member were cabinet set as rarely troops, but launched or sold next month. if by rama done hostages multiple of the fighting, we'd continue. if we go back to include rough area, the muslim holy month is expected to begin around the 10th of march. while guns does not have the final award on what lies ahead. he represents an influential is rarely voice defined calls, including from is real strong as back or the us to spear the city where more than a 1000000 palestinians are sheltering and have nowhere else to go. rebecca
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writers are standing by with more from jerusalem. has israel explained the ramadan deadline? rebecca, or was there a bare been against made these comments? he's a member of the wall cabinet. as you heard in that report, he made these comments at a conference of american jewish lead is this was an official government, no official government announcement, nor was it an official. is there any military announcement, but that's no reason to believe this isn't a timeline, but they working to they have continued, they have maintained that they are going to continue this fine until the end. and that includes, of course, that southern city of russell, where they say a mass battalions remain and that they need to go in there in order to be able to dismantle them. i'm going to say this offensive would be carried out in coordination with egyptian and american officials, so that civilians could be evacuated from the area. that is something that us a president joe biden has said is an absolute necessity. that if the civilians and
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all of actuated this would be a catastrophe. we have seen in recent days, reports suggesting that egypt is building some kind of the area from one to of a better word that could house or could, at least to enclose some tens of thousands palestinians should they indeed come across the board as though they have maintained the whole way through that they do not want to say a mass exodus of palestinians on the territory. and they think that anything in that would mean a permanent displacement, which is something that they are vehemently against. but we have been seeing this kind of area enclosure for one of a better word, as i say that has been built up along the border with garza. so whether that is, of course, what guns is talking about, whether this is in coordination with egypt, we don't know this, they know official word on that. but as i said that they is right, is it, you know, has been very definite. and in saying that they are going to continue this war
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until the end, including rasa. we have had analysts say that, in fact, this could be trying to put pressure on her mouse to come to some kind of sci fi deal. but should that not happen? not? we have no reason to believe that guns has words. in fact, what they plan will be using rebecca writers interest one. thank you to hear some other stories making headlines. the ones top court has begun a week of hearings on the legal consequences of israel's occupation of palestinian territories. more than 50 countries are expected to give evidence. the hearings are separate from the case brought by south africa, alleging that israel is committing genocide all acts during the current gaza offensive. israel says that brazil is president lucy, nice to live. desilva is no longer welcome in the country unless he retracts. whose comments? likening the war against mos militants in gaza to the nazi genocide during world
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war to lose. i made the remark at an african union summit in ethiopia. on sunday. the eu has approved a naval mission and the red sea to protect commercial ships from attacks by governments. truth the militants. the attacks have forced some major shipping companies to avoid the area in favor of longer and costly or routes. 5 e u. member states have confirmed that they will take part in the mission. european commission president ursula funder line has announced that she will run for a 2nd term since taking over and 2019. she has left the block through breaks it the corporate 19 pandemic and rushes invasion of ukraine. the german conservative is widely expected to win the backing of most e u countries. she launched her bad a short while ago in berlin. on that stomach too far and what question it was back then as to whether i could imagine for coming president of the european commission . i immediately said, yes. intuitively. i said today, 5 years later, i'm making
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a very conscious and consider a decision that i would like to get on for the 2nd the next to me. so i'm to try to, i'm sites about a funder line has risen to international prominence during her time. is you commission president? here's a look at her time and office and what challenges lie ahead of a history maker and the trailblazer. as soon as on the line became the 1st woman president of the european commission in 2019, the trust you placed in me is confidence you placed in europe. her selection came as a surprise to many, not to form a prime minister like many of her pre discusses. but a struggling defense minister in the german government of angler, mackerel, possible with the 2022 and the forbes list schools on the line. the most powerful women in the world and again in 2023. so won't go to the whole commission proposed the world's most. i'm vicious climate laws spearheaded
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b use successful cov advice in procurement program, heavily supported ukraine until tough against china. those successes haven't won over all of the members of the european parliament, those who will have a chance to block test. second time. she is like the champion of announcements of making allowances, big announcements with beautiful words. a wonderful the headlines, but in the end, c is following chart or has fall and so on. let's stop thinking about not the good night to most of nationally. so please one the lie and don't forget that because sometimes i think you forgot to beat somebody. you politicians, even i saw you dive, have sense of right the political family all around her side. she has a press the on me. and on this we disagree in seeing many ways she's being strong and committed for 95 years. uh, sort of on the line has lived in an apartment inside the european commission headquarters in brussels. she may want to stay there, but she won't go unchallenged. and the decision on whether she remains will
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essentially be made by the leaders of the you government. also the european elections in june that you're up to date on data view news. thank you so much for watching. the name is nose available, the calls back said thank you so much for joining in. welcome to don't hold bad. a lot of people do that. it's all about saying it aloud. as would it be nosy, bailey? good, everyone to king, to check out the award winning called com. so hold back. good . most people spend their final days here in a hospital, although most of us would.

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