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tv   Close up  Deutsche Welle  September 24, 2024 11:15am-11:45am CEST

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and on that note that is open now coming up next, the documentary and closer, which takes a closer look at them and in the grip of the obviously that's coming up after so frank, i'm anthony, how to stay with us if you can, the, the, the is it is simple, is having to be more peaceful than ever on the move world wide. in such a base in life. i suggested in cardboard, that's almost always find out about the baby story info, migraines. tensions are rising in the red sea. humans whose the militias are attacking shipping,
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paralyzing a t global trade route. and in early september 2024. their attacks on oil tankers threatened to cause an environmental disaster. united states has responded with air strikes on who's the positions and the militant group as mobilizing for what it described as a new holy war and official, what we wanted to confrontation with the us for a long time. but again, in the north of human, the hosting movement has long since established totalitarian rule. whose these only believe in war is either a c that's been planted then growing by iran. how did they maintain control over the people? and what does the future hold for? who is the control gm in the country has been brought to its knees by 10 years of war, hunger and displacement. are rife. how does this work?
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health children of killing our parents are brothers and sisters. the, we're traveling into a severely restricted area for years. hardly any western journalists have been allowed to come here. but we've been granted access by the who sees driving along gravel roads and river beds. we cross the front lines of human civil war from territory controlled by the internationally recognized government into the realm of the militant group. this is where most of the countries nearly 34000000 residents live. the capital so now is under who's the control, the it's afternoon
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at the market. traders wait for customers while chewing caught leads. the mild stimulant is used by many on a daily basis. the means equivalent of tobacco or alcohol. the sun seemed surprised and pleased that we've made it here. others see us as representatives of the enemy and are more confrontational. what, what we're used to airstrikes. it's been that way for a long time. most people here seem afraid of being filmed and prefer not to answer our questions. a team of others rather keeps a close eye on her homeland from outside the country. she's in constant contact with people still in yemen. it's extremely difficult for people to speak, their thoughts or opinion and who the controlled areas. even private meetings are
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spite on, you know, people know exactly who you met with, who's coming to your home, who's leaving. so there's this kind of paranoia, it's through that type of control that they're able to control the narrative, give a certain perception about them, and also manipulate the people. we're struck by the issue number of pictures of fighters who've been killed in the conflict. there are thousands of them. each one celebrated as a hero. many looked like teenagers. they're all of the children who the power structure is the role of ponds in a chest game. they are cannon fodder for the cities. they are really zealous fighters. a lot of them are recruited to enticement not to intimidation. i need to start dressing in black. the color the who sees have ordered women to where i'm told that's the only way i'll be allowed to watch the
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friday rally. the demonstration has become a weekly display of the who sees power more than a 1000000 men are gathering to vince or hatred of the west. israel and jews. women are not allowed. they've made an exception for me. almost every one carries the west. nevertheless, they all have to be searched man or even young children are here to the groups leader. doing monica who's the can only be seen in these images. considered wholly, he doesn't appear in person. his client sees itself as superior to the rest of the population because they're supposedly descended from the profit. and honestly, if,
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if the calculator he is playing on the narrative that the west has extracted so many resources and exploited and excited from the muslim nations as the many people that they should rise up against that kind of aggression with the who these are saying is that, look at this as a you could be next. they've already trained 200000 fighters for the conflict in gaza and their campaign in the red sea, which they call a holy war. the siege of health and human beautiful. we've escalated out operations because the enemy continues to escalate the as in gaza. the tim with the failure. we've mobilized rockets, drones, and military vessels a lot. we now also have underwater weapons which will close the enemy, big problems, a was thought, lovely. the getting an interview with,
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with the leadership isn't easy. after some wrangling, we're allowed to meet with the information minister of the group self proclaimed government. he's a key figure and the movements propaganda apparatus say that a bad hit that and that's a haven't had the b r leader has advised the you and especially germany not to get involved with a lot of gwinnett them. and we hope germany won't involve itself in the american war against the many people, many because we'll fight all those who stand on america side. many of you say that again, if anybody get who these are counting on war with the united states, they're using the new conflict for domestic political purposes to extend their claims to power across the whole of human. that includes getting access to highly coveted oil and gas resources in other parts of the country. who are the us who sees the little known family that has human and it's grand. the current leaders father was a religious scholar of z, doesn't
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a form of she is lawn to spiritual leaders, ruled northern gammon for centuries while shielding it from outside influence. the in 2004. his son, who's saying began rebellion against the state inspired by the move laws in iran. the ultimate goal was to create a global is lani california, which was seen, was killed, his younger brother of demonic, took over the good september 20. 14 abdul malik oversaw the capture of the many capital santa by whose the militants, with the help of training and support from a wrong humans, government was forced to flee to the south. the sony or ravia humans powerful nor their neighbor put together a military coalition to intervene. its goal was to restore the government to power
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by any means necessary using weapons supplied by the us. the coalition also bombed hospitals and schools, the fighting and the resulting humanitarian disaster claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. they perceived a threat that's coming from the who with these because of also their alliance with the in on and because of the weapons that they were getting. and also, you know, i mean in essence it was the, the transitional governments that requested that intervention. but in 2023, the warring parties, saudi arabia and iran, were suddenly shaking hands the saudis put offers of peace and significant compromises on the table. they were hoping to appease the who's ease by now the most powerful force in yemen. meanwhile, political opposition to the who, if he's was fragmented with many, many officials, based outside the country,
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people had begun to call them the hotel government. losing saudi support would be a body blow. it's when the saudi is, have stopped intervening, that there were no complaints and push back on the who these people are starting to speak up against them. and i think does the was just the perfect opportunity for the who these it brings back the issue of, for an aggression for an intervention. since the israel guns a war began on the who's these have had success in the red sea. the galaxy leader is one of their major trophies, a ship sailing under the flag of the bahamas, owned by his really business man. since the who is he's hijacked, the galaxy leader. it's been anchored off the many coast near us. the leaf, who sees, are especially keen to show off their prize to a western t, the crew. their shouts of god is great and death to america, dest, to israel, a curse upon the jews and victory to his home. they also say they're waiting for
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what they call the battle for jerusalem. i don't feel safe here on the deck of this seas ship. but actions like this have made the who's he's popular in some quarters, in the era of world and beyond. they're able to present themselves as fighting for the downtrodden oh no, i'm going to get ahold of our fighters have made you how many is proud. they're blocked all over the us israel in germany and britain. i mean, the fact that the who sees managed to attack so many ships is thanks to its military partner. iran, it sense the group chord and it's missile components and drones. they have received a mentorship in a way that allowed them to transform themselves from, you know, what could be seen as a rag tag militia and the caves into this big miller saw that everyone is
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interested in back on land. i'm told that some of the galaxy leaders crew are still on board to ship. they've been held hostage for months. our next destination is one of the pores parts of the country. 5 hours drive from santa after nearly 10 years of war, the country is suffering from one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. the nearly 5000000 yemenis are displaced. many are forced to live in camps. around 17000000, don't have reliable access to food. this camp is them to livestock, farmers and traders. many of them from the border region with saudi arabia, people here ask us to pass on a message to the world that they are now in desperate need that we don't even get
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food aid from abroad anymore. all right, the so our children have to beg on the streets for something to eat after we have no food, no water, and no house, just the cold ground. there is no home office. i'm. i've had some hot even for our children. for months this can for displaced. people hasn't received any aid from the u. n. world food program. all the ms. bonnie collects and sells plastic bottles to help keep his family alive. he'll exchange them for a chemo, a flower, and a few vegetables. a lot of things are hard and they're getting worse. one day there's food, then the next day, nothing. 2 days of hunger, then a day of food for do you know enough? every day they have to make a 2 hour round trip to fetch water. life revolves around to things, water and food. people here,
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don't know anyone who's been able to return to their old homes or what's left of them. or, i don't know, what do i get back home? there are mines, i get the children step on them, their dad, but it as it's better here, we can stand the hungry, at least our children are alive. what other, how do i? well, i'm with that and we ask why the world food program has stopped 8 supplies to this? who's the run region or none of the aid workers will talk about it with us. eventually, we learned about the threats made against you and stuff, and humanitarian workers. and a kid now things we hear that's who who sees off and handed 8 supplies to their own followers rather than to those most in need. but then there was an entire system of a diversion that the who these have put in place from 2017 onwards. we kept on seeing video footage of military members who the emotional members being
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photographed with packages from the world food program we've seen. i'm the one says from the w h o carrying, so the militia members and by controlling where the aid goes, they tried to port to portray themselves as legitimate actors with the blessings of the international community. a few kilometers away, there's a clinic for malnourished children, run my agency, doctors without borders or m. s of the stream of patients never stops dr. say that each day they're forced to turn many patients away over and over again . they're faced with the tragic task of asking mothers what they had at home to feed their families. because she, we, grain and bridge. well, really dry bridge of novice would have special. she's getting worse and worse little the nothings helping i try to understand the things i've seen and the
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causes behind the situation. the international aid funding is getting smaller from year to year. then there are the who sees whose the tax on shipping costs prices to rise because almost everything here is important. there is the militant groups, the parents misuse of 8 supplies. plus, there's an economic conflict between northern and southern gammon. allow me live with indescribable pain, pain, fear, and grief. they are the consequences of war and famine. the majority of the country is experiencing hunger. some of them, like the doctors tell us that some of the children simply can't be saved. the women were among the
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1st victims after the who's these came to power, travel bands, morality, police and gender segregation. the movement is constantly coming up with new ways to restrict women's freedom of movement. to meet women here and ask them to share their stories, we put their lives in danger. so instead i need a young any woman in exile in jordan use row on there. sherry is 21. she was sentence to 5 years and who's the prison but managed to escape? she says she went through hell back in her own country. so i'm just for this, these women had to stay in society as an active role. i love them was come, there wasn't this disparaging view of them as inferior and of course human is conservative, but women were important that today they are marginalized and they have no say all of us can use those crime, these photos,
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it was her 1st photo shoot with uncovered hair, the dress was made by a young, many designer her friend, and to sir hummadi, a model actor and social media influence. there was also at the shoot. the booth is detained, the women right on the street, and locked them up without an arrest warrant initial. but murphy, she will have the, there's no women who didn't experience torture in prison, who wasn't dragged across the floor by her hair or hand cuff for hours on end or put in solitary confinement for days. you can see the scars on my body. this lucy's use, but tons and electric shocks, the bossy wool. so i was tortured because i couldn't follow their orders. i'm but a, one of my i couldn't comply that are going to model your for the simple reason that
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i was raised as a human being with dignity to bite. a center may come to suppress, saw several suicides in prison. she herself tried to enter life. their captors then offered the women a deal. if they agreed to help compromise, the who sees political enemies using sex and drugs, they go free. both women refused, the user became ill. she was granted leave under strict conditions. she tells me that after several attempts, she managed to escape to southern young men using another woman's identity papers. her family is still being persecuted and her friend empties are still in prison. a who's yamaha disease are mentally backward, an educated terrorists and their leader is living villas and drive the latest cars
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that they have. new mobile phones left to their children, studying famous universities meet the meanwhile, the people are suffering and hardly have anything to eat. have a sub and that the who sees live, well that can they use religion to further their own interests because it'll ding this, mundane we drive from who's the control territory across the front lines of the civil war. since an informal ceasefire to called to fighting has died down, the people are still waiting for peace. the we arise, entice, an isolated city of around 1000000 inhabitants is northern districts are under siege from hostings before the war to east was a center of culture and trade. now both a city and its inhabitants are scarred by the conflict. the front line runs right
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through ties separating family members who haven't seen each other in years despite the cease fire fighting still goes on here. residents like variety of do and his family risk their lives just by living here. a lot of obviously there is no cease fire i there can be no security and no cease fire with the who with the malicious yet in the another mildly and the up dues are refugees. they were displaced by the war and moved here into a cold. and drafty house, without proper windows electricity or running water. they say what millions of them, and he's thinking, i wonder who this is all because of who these cycles would not have done it. without them, it would never have got this bad and not to do to now. so who these drove us out of our homes? unless gun his gun was as you, people had a good life. but the who these destroyed their houses. countless people and ties
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had been severely injured. they tell us that hopefully snipers are still targeting ordinary civilians. thought 2 of those neighbor lost his leg because of them. i went to the uh, the layout of the jose stone, sped women or children. not the old of the young homeless and they shoot at everyone. well, hi, there was so many children who are 11 or 12 years old with advocated lens. the who is, is supported by iran. the goal is quite simply to destroy our human, a new man. the government's military is using piles of rubble as makes shift barriers, an attempt to keep civilians out of the line of fire. everywhere we look there, people with water canisters, disease continue to occupy the city's water sources. so residents have to rely on occasional deliveries by truck sent by benefactors using 1st as
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a weapon against civilians is another possible war crime committed by the who sees, even as they claim to be fighting for the rights of children and gaza. the gaping matching water causes constant conflicts and disagreements that help children can't go to school because they're chewing up all the time. and the women suffer mentally and physically be and you said i wouldn't be an image cdn combined together. but in the one year ago of dela assignment was playing outdoors with some classmates when his life was changed forever. and the end if i could play and run his ticketing, mama, i don't know, i can't run anymore. a mortar shell exploded near his house. the 11 year old is one of thousands of children into ease prove lost limbs while
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playing well had the day, the one of the others lost his arm up that any give me hold on. i lost my foot. actually they made me a leg so i can walk is that sometimes the stumps hurt somebody when the weather is cold. in bed of the shame i was 6 when she lost her leg. she was playing outdoors when a rocket exploded near her. and then when i did the exercises and felt how painful it was, i said to myself, i don't want this life anymore. i want to die. hold on such gentlemen products. but the training gave shame a self confidence. she kept telling herself that nothing was impossible. now she's fully focused on physiotherapy and school and so with the applied we're children. we don't carry weapons. we don't know how to shoot,
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we're innocent. but i have a dream to become a lawyer, because i've seen the crimes to who these have committed their crimes against women and children, you know, be innocent. people have to whom the lives. then you sat over the photo, they've been a very yeah. so that's how uses only prosthesis and rehabilitation center. they're constantly making new artificial limbs or adjusting existing ones. the technicians have to make, due with the simplest, it means you have thought about the, the only materials and components we get a really basic not only that because of the siege and the wall, we sometimes have to wait a month or 2 for the supplies to get through a hand on the list, all of mean shall have electricity in experts estimate that there are around $2000000.00 mines in the country. most of them were laid by the who sees in residential areas. children are often injured on their way to school or one
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collecting firewood the what does the future hold for young and is there any chance of lasting piece? i put those questions to a journalist mohammed us on our he. he was only recently released after being held captive by the who sees for 5 years. he and his colleagues had been accused of collaborating with the enemy. he was often held in a small dark room and wasn't allowed to see his family. the booties even ignore the court ruling regarding his release. had to do nothing yet. they constantly threatened me with execution. in order to wear me down psychologically. uh, the id because they tortured us by hanging us and the leading us ahead of us giving us electric shocks and immersing us in cold water. and i still feel the effects of
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it today. i can't describe it. it's unimaginable, you know, unless of the he tells us of the extreme oppression of who's the rulers who seem to have no concept of humanity or freedom. all they know, he says, or hatred and revenge. and that will, i think the war is going to come back out of him and won't achieve peace with the who sees around and attend the. and they came to power using force and they're not going to leave except by force. one of them middle with a suit accompanied by a security escort. we drive through to ease the city on the front line of the conflict. all around me, i can sense the fear that the escalating situation in the red sea, mike re ignite the war in yemen itself. this is a country that's been torn apart, where conflict has become a part of life. yeah, many's are caught in the grip of the who sees
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the people in trucks inject, was trying to feed the city center, the straight screen, the around the world more than 130000000 people us we of mine because no one should have to
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make up your own mind, dw, may feel mine's of the fly comic. maybe it will be lucky enough bottoms. when i get wet and nothing had done but there are muddy feet in any case. that's how it is when you're walking across the c bed. cleats and does it for fun. off of germany's north sea coast. he is probably the only much let male man in the world. i know you're a lot of times she delivers to exactly one family for noticed like a family member in principal for all of us on the the .

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