the, the, this is dw news live from berlin. warner is gathering the thousands to bid farewell to elect sandeval ne rights police around the church in southeastern moscow. as the service gets under way. supporters risk arrest as the kremlin warrants. protesters will be quote, held accountable. also coming up, demands for an investigation into house. scores of golf died, trying to get access to a shipment from aust. claims that is rarely troops opened firewall. israel says that most of the dead were trampled in a stamped p. now the united nations wants to know exactly what happened the

sarah kelly. welcome to the program. alexi, novalis for funeral is taking place under type security in moscow, the vocal opponent of russian president vladimir putin died 2 weeks ago in an arctic prison where he was being held on. but supporters called politically motivated charges. the and you are looking there is thousands of warners gathered at the church for the service, which concluded just a few moments ago, riah police have been on hand since the early hours of the morning. the coffin is now en route to a nearby cemetery for burial as yet. there are no reports of arrests despite a kremlin warning that those who participate in any on authorized gatherings quote,

would be held responsible. so to listen to how mourners in moscow fuel about attending the funeral surface vehicle, i came here to moscow for alexis funeral to pay my last respect. it's important to me. it's important to a lot of people. that's why i didn't see any option to come here for the funeral stuff. i was very slow that we came early in advance and we were standing for a long time and we're hiding l as low as in cameras. but now i realize that we need to do it and to speak up. i think it's a judy for everyone who knew elect, say to come and say good bye. we are the only for me, this is the final farewell to the man. and as for a candle to weigh a candle, the latest we say it is a memory. we will remember for a long time, and we will not give up. this is the most important to us. let's get further

analysis. i am joined in the studio by my colleague from w as russia service vladimir, as he passed on. thank you for joining us today. i mean, you know, we've just been hearing there from some of the individuals who were gathered outside of you know, either paying their respects or wanting to catch a glimpse of, of the ceremony. what does this tell us about the level of support that deval me and his cause still has. so it's 2 very impressive how many people are trying to get to discharge in trying to get through to send me a trip to say good bye to him. it's many thousands of them and they're very courageous despite all the forwarding. some of the states security services from the police know to attend the sermon, not to try to make any political noises on the rest of the government at the same time. if you look in the last 10 years in the russian history, you look back to the getting on the very popular of i just didn't be there about himself 9 years ago. the call with us much bigger in most, going to us about 1770000 people marching in on the day before the funeral home, but himself to the downtown law square in the very close. so the covenants,

so now 9 your later and the crowd is still beat on tv, but it's not by far. and the, the biggest crowd to be ever seen in russia, nobody or this morning from the kremlin, right? they said any unauthorized, you know, demonstration protests, people will be held accountable. what do you make from of what we are seeing and, and perhaps also what we're not seeing today. well, it's difficult to make a clear picture of being, being not inside. so for us, so what you see that the able for states are impressions on the crease, the level of states control of the most need them and outcome and controls very much that is stronger. there are rumors that annoyed around most about the police installed the 1st revision system on the spot in the outskirts of discharge. so there's a possibility to identify every bond was participation on this part of el ceremony for the binding. so the whole society enriched us to the very different

stage from what foot was it was 10 years single. let's see. and the level of states refreshments increasing in our so can you talk with us a little bit more about nevada, his family. i mean, you know, where's widow today? first of all and you know, his mother and we know his brother, for example has now he's been charged, i believe, talking about just rounded up. she was like a little bit early in the russian politics. there wasn't, i'm usually good looking guy for us and standards. she was not drinking much. i don't know what she was really good looking smile. i think very, very life american kind of politics very a bummer. like i would say she was very approachable, very fine, very easy going very open to the public. so was it kind of put edition which was not typical for us and because it actually is a very states control political principles. there's no free elections, no free followings. no free speech on the media in the mind. it was like earlier

and then this all really was very open and theories hopefully on the social media because he was, she was very successful. 2, i'm our come to state control of it must me during the rest of the help of youtube ones, the internet and social media. so it was a very unusual for him and, and talking about the system and the family. was it kind of very american style as well? smiling, normal, normal for the family, compared to prison, was divorced, and each of the room worth of boxes, keats and whatever. and it, it was very unusual for some public. it might be a kind of one of the reasons of his popularity among the brother for producing that awesome, because for me, i words people, she was not only that political message and he's political problem rather than focus cause speaking. so she is always his looks and she was just normal human nephew and make him elizabeth corporate out of our instructional very,

very quickly. as we've run out of time. does his wife now carry his torch? she tried to, but the question is if she will be able to do this. okay. platinum or asked from do you to be a special service? thank you. friends has joined the united nations secretary general antonio good ted ocean, other news and calling for an independent investigation into a deadly a distribution incident in gaza. city, the mos run garza health ministry, so that more than 100 people were killed on thursday when his rarely soldiers opened fire near a crowd surrounding and a convoy. israel claims the deaths on a stand. pete mos says that the death toll and gaza has surpassed 30000 people in the fighting since the groups october 7th, terror attacks, and israel. these ariel images have been released by israel's military. it says the show palestinians in garza city running towards it trucks in the early

hours of thursday morning presenting in a deadly stampede. a it full $45.00 pm, a mob bush, the a trucks bringing that con void to a halt. as you can see, in this video, the tags that were there to secure the convoy seize the goes on to being trampled and cautiously tries to disperse the mob with a few warning shots, the winds that hundreds became thousands and things got out out of and the tank commander decided to retreat to avoid harm to the cells of gauze that were there. these real defense forces operate according to the rules of engagement and the international. no id if the strike was conducted towards the 8 can avoid the how much trend health ministry and gaza has presented a different version of events saying more than 100 civilians was shot dead by is

really troops while waiting for aid eye witnesses said that some drug drivers tried to escape the is really fire, causing deaths and injuries. and some of the wounded said they were hit by. is there any gunshots? by the, by, on, by after they stop shooting. we went back to get our aide. by the time i got flour and some candy goods and took it down from the truck, they shot at us. if you want to get us a this way, then you might as well not bring anything was the us says it's trying to establish exactly what happened and that the incident underscore is the need to expand the supply of humanitarian aid into gaza. 2 things are clear, one, just in the aerial footage, you can look at that and, and right away, conclude the situation is incredibly desperate. and that tells you that we need to do more to get him out of term system. so and then the 2nd thing is that too many

palestinians died today, as has been through far too many days since october 7th. and so that's why we continue to push for a temporary cease fire agreement. president joe biden has warned that it could complicate the negotiations under way between israel and how much to reach a temporary hold in the fighting. harrison other stores making headlines, thailand and the united states are hosting asians largest military defense exercise . nearly $10000.00 personnel from $27.00 countries are taking part in drills featuring naval ships, fighter jets and helicopters, the annual event, the cobra gold is designed to strengthen bonds between participating nations. at least $46.00 people have been killed in the banquet that she capital doc after a massive fire tour through a downtown commercial building does, is more of an injured firefighters say that the fire broke out in

a popular restaurant and quickly spread to other areas of the 6 story building authorities say that a gas leak or stove may have sparks that plays fires have been imposed on tour operators and managers of a new zealand island where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people in 2019. they were ordered to pay $7200000.00 euros, and fines and reparations for safety breaches. 47 tourists and guides were killed or burned by steam and ash on the white glove island and polling stations have opened. you know, ron, where voters are casting ballots for members of parliament and a key religious body called the assembly of experts. this year's election is seen as a measure of public sentiment towards ron's establishment following mass protests that began in 2022. authorities are hoping for a big turn out on like the last parliamentary elections in 2020,

that paul saw the lowest turnouts since the 1979 is logic. revolution around is in mid an economic crisis that has been racked by protest of the designs are everywhere and the messaging is clear. iran has been scrambling to boost boulder turn out ahead of friday's election. it's introducing electronic loading and several cities. and the number of female candidates vying for a seat is more than double what it was in the last part of the entry election in 2020. but the government's efforts appear to be falling on deaf ears. on my shaft, i personally, i will not take part in the selection. i love this because the results of the last 2 elections were not good at all. yeah. and this group now the terms, the biggest problem with the election is the people's lack of trust in parliament. a political distrust and an ailing economy have helped fuel voter apathy. although

the elections are seen as a crucial barometer for legitimacy. the government's own surveys show participation will be well below 50 percent. friday's vote includes polls for members of parliament, and the assembly of experts will have the power to appoint, runs supreme leader. the country system of pre approve and candidates has led to mass disqualifications. and the removal of true choice, according to critics of the current hardline government. yet no, you don't even know. yeah, into all the time the word election is completely meaningless. it should be called an anti election or non election road. and the good bottom of the election is rejected by the people and these lumnick republic, and you don't sell it to them, but not doing that for sure. the memory of mazda many is also casting a long shadow over this years boat. the 22 year old curtis iranian died after she

was taken into police custody for allegedly violating the islamic dress code that led to wave of mass protests against the hid job law and other social issues in 2022. the movement was violently crushed by authorities, but the demands for change and an end to these womic republics rule injure and we end now with a success story from snowy scandinavia. scientists in norway have boosted the numbers of rare arctic foxes. climate change had left the endangered species struggling to find enough to eat and the wild population was down to around 40. but feeding stations have now lifted the count to more than 500. without the program, the animals could have faced extinction. researchers are still warning. it's too early to know if the space is, is saved as adult

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