as the dreams coming through, making money, having a sun when not falls and so i'm seeing stuff. december 13th on d, w. the . this is dw news, and these are our top stories, french president and manual nicole has given a defiant television address the day after is prime minister a step down after losing a historic no confidence vote. not home blamed his opponents on the far right and the far left for the defeat, accusing them of damaging the nation. he said he'd choose a new prime minister in the coming days. syrian rebel forces have taken control of the strategically important northwestern city of hama, marking the latest advance in a week long, offensive against the syrian government troops. it's a new set back for the syrian regime of president bashar,

all assad government and its allies. russia have responded to the revel, gains with airstrikes in earthquake off the us, west coast triggered east nami warning, and the state of california and oregon roads were clogged with the traffic as people attempted to flee inland. magnitude 7 quakes struck in the pacific ocean about 70 kilometers off the coast of northern california. the sonoma warning was withdrawn after about an hour. this is the news from berlin. there's a lot more on our website, that's the w. com. the france is without a government and many blamed the president. michelle, by muse tenure as french prime minister, was shorter than any other in modern french history. and his departure leaves him, i knew him

a call with no one to help him steer much needed reforms through the gridlock parliament. today. my call address the nation to explain his side of things and surprisingly he doesn't see the blame line with him. and the defiance beachy, urge the left and right in the country to find new ways to compromise. and he vowed to stay on until the end of this term. but can he not go really cumberland and this is the day the france has no prime minister. no government, a no budget. this, this is the logical conclusion of what brands and its law makers are at the moment . a mess. all this political turmoil was prompted by tries to over frances, such as it's complicated. i don't think anybody's happy. i don't have any

illusion that a new government will help. meanwhile, the person really calling the shots and friends politics as far right leader marine was also on the day syrian rebels drive government forces from the key city of homo pressure is mounting on president bush. charlotte, sad, cuz this be the beginning of the end for his regime. it is in situations like the one we face today. when you saw everything feels most at risk. and this is important that the regime previously unleashed chemical weapons on its own people. welcome to the day we started to 9th in france, where a political crisis is deepening. after the resignation of prime minister, michelle bonnie, frances shortest serving premier last a vote of no confidence and parliament yesterday, and a move supported by the left and the far right. it was the 1st time a french government had been voted down by parliament in more than 60 years that

rems up the pressure on president the money. and my call was struggling to pass and lunch needed reforms and, and addressing mounting economic concerns. now addressing the nation today, mccall said he would have pointed successor to barney soon and that he himself would stay in office until the end of his mandates in 2027. about you'll do it will be sent in a book, nevada, to come from today a new era, most of the gauge, the ford f, where every while the most on for, from a new compromises must be built and it does all that's good. this is because we must be on the basis of a front, it'd be cut also full to remain and not to put needed. this is your in the coming days, i will a point of prime minister. i will charge him with finding a government representing old political forces or the phone man. googling them onto there's any, on the prime minister will have to conduct his consultations and form a tight government and let your service component in this harmony sequencing. this

to his priority will be the subject has requested a special law will be tabled before mid december empowerment in west seattle so hard. they both say i've owned this temporary law. he said, what will allow the continuity of public services on public life continued to this obvious beat in the independent. oh, okay, talking about this one journal is daniel brown, who joins us from paris. daniel, further in my call says he wants to find a prime minister who represents all political forces. is there anyone in france or on the planet right now who fits that bill? or? well, it's going to be a hard fits nicole. so that's hot seed. so given the uncompromising attitude displayed by president by chloe in the speech, so the next are which you just shoot, so that there was no hints of a co habitation in the style of se springs and different the relentless series of defeats my cause, though, since its decision to call the elections in july,

it would take a break person to think that they could easily govern of minority governments in a parliament suite. 3 hostile bluffs. i only see or believe it could be the veterans centrist of calls, what they will or the conservative a suggestion of calling you who is currently the minister of a defense of the lease analyst. uh, i also think that it could be reduce the state now she's part of the left wing of the socialist party as well as the compromised proposition of the pen as the coalition in september. that's of back home, more or less reject it almost out of hands. but now we're starting to warm our deep hints that may be someone in the blog can be detached. garage days of form is financial directory to paris municipality. and today she said, she's ready to assume that roles and this would respect the results of the july

legislative. so where her coalition came 1st with a relative majority. those legislators were a gamble, my competition together to you folks to know today and the, you know, the, the is a huge, a reconstruction of the 2nd feature in such a paris and the paris olympic spirits of, isaac, this was the way that the country must because governs in a kind of national rallying of the troops of but so i think the gaming this rather smoke and stuff. oh yeah, i reckon so i to cheat which seems to dog and know be consistent throughout. so it's not that it's a 2 mandates. it's going to be difficult for 80 to to continue that position, i think. and it's a long time until 2027 isn't good. do you think he's going to survive that long? well, here's protected by the constitution. any came outside thing about this coming. any

idea of a resignation, political fantasy? as i said to you, he refused to take a responsibility for the no confidence motion. that was folks it through the 1st time ever in the republic here i think that was created in 1958 seats. the re runs history um in terms of how it's his responsibility for that. and so i think that's a put me and he will be protected as i say, by the constitution of the streets of are you who do have a role. and today, there was a national strike in the public sector touching education, health the transports of and you know, the, there's genuine finder industries. and we've seen that the streets in the past and parents have managed to, to push through, you know, the best move. and so a certain changes, but so my calling caesar of 2 reading these types of anger and it doesn't seem like

he's going to fall in the 13 months ahead. one way or another the far right. and we're reading the pen especially, must be watching all of those and rubbing her hands. oh yeah. i mean the, all the attention is censored on how to use the maker of things. and how it was, thanks to her parties ability to, to uh well go through with another uh, no confident solution that i don't want to at all besides the, uh, because it's not accurate. so of the 2 parties. so the coalition and a tea party, which is a broad coalition, including the ecology, piracy, and the social is $56.00 as well as the genuine left when socialist slipped by me on the show of they are not on the same level. they are republican and contrary

to the national a, the, those are the national friends, the car parts the late by marine the time which is january extreme right wing parties and quite nc republican in many ways. but she's, yeah, the sensor, the limelight. she was the 1st to be put on national television. and so it's quite clear that she's happy with how things are going. as journalist daniel brown in paris, thanks so much. thank you. of the serial now were rebel forces have taken control of the city of homo marking the latest advance and a week long offensive against the syrian government troops. ana is a strategically important city. in the northwestern part of syria. it's about a 140 kilometers from the country. second largest city, a level which rebel forces took control of last week. and these are the 1st images

to emerge from hama, and have been supplied by the rebels media organization. just to be clear, the double you cannot verify when or where these images were taken. the fall of hama is another important setback for the syrian regime of president bush are all a side, and hama is only 200 kilometers away from the capital of damascus. and one of the flash points of the country civil war is a reminder of how the conflict got to this point. a new wave of violence is exploding in syria. the front lines of the war had been frozen since 2020 leading president assad as the defacto victor. but now the conflict is threatening to re nights in a well that has changed some of the questioning the strength of his position. and whether he's capable of defeating the rebels, aside has maintained an am grip on power since taking over from his father after

his death in 2000 in 2011. during the out of spring, he crushed pro democracy protests strengthening of position for years to come. throughout the close of the civil war that followed, he showed himself willing to use brutal force on his own population. he allegedly carried out a chemical weapons attacked in 2013, but killed more than 200 people, including children on the part of damascus held by rebels. something he is consistently denied, but by any measure side is presided over a catastrophe in syria. under his watch, an estimated 500000 people who have been killed in the will a 1000000 small the false to flee or displaced. and despite the propaganda more than half the 3 and people are facing food shortages and the economy is in free full. yet he retains the support of parts of the population,

especially minority groups such as all the whites and christians who see his secularism as it passed in against the extremist vying to take over the country. he has also derives trends from his international allies, iran. it's proxies. the militant group has paula russia. all have played a pivotal role in keeping him in power and securing military victories. but all of these acts as i now distracted all weekend in some way, making its own clear aside will be able to count on the same level of assistance and future data. some also points out that the ease with which the rebels were able to advance, that could mean the syrian army is not as strong as a side would like. and could also add to his vulnerability and determine the future of his regime. i always, you know, speak to hide, hide, he's

a consulting fellow with the middle east and north africa program at chatham house . hi, good to see you. at the city of hama is seen as of a buffer to protect the capital, damascus. how big a blow is this for a sized group on power? thank you for having me. um, i think it's a, it's massive for different reasons. one of them is related to the strategic location. as you pointed out, there's also a precedent to supply lines to cost in areas, and it holds um, uh, controlled over many communities. the used to provide a manpower to the senior region, but also comes off the rapids to feed a face. a resume forces in the other parts of syria, not only in the country sides of the lupo and it live, but as you mentioned, the phone of the city of april, for the 1st time,

it's now under that frequent road of that, that, that position. so all of those a, coming together as a closer to the big go to the region yet and, and this, this advance has just taken place at a startling pace, hasn't it? what are the thoughts biggest vulnerabilities and how have the rebels been able to seize the to um yeah, as you mentioned, i think they the 2 main uh, part number. these are one as a limited and week and military as well as financial resources. and then more importantly, the reduce, the support, a subs has been that the, the us, so that's the receiving from, it's a allies with about a russia or iran. and that's mainly due to the engagement of those

actors. and they're on a respective complex whether that's russia and ukraine or an erotic. it's a allies that cause the law against 08 and made it a. so because of those 2 factors, what happened is that when the stress defense line was a sort of for the street to collapse, then it was super easy for the position groups to advance to other area. so it was a house of cards that i quickly a crumbled. let me turn that question around them because aside has been embattled, as a serious leader for a really long time. was it only iranian, and russian support that has maintained him in power all these years? and they definitely play the big part in allowing us to survive. if you look at the history of the conflict as sense turned

into a military one in 2012, you would see the iran uh, its uh, allies into syria to support the region. and that allowed the regime to stay in power. but it was not enough because the region continues to need no surgeries, and then the restaurant in 2015 entered the contract in syria and then gradually managed to increase a search ability to regain the territories or most of the territories at the start . last 2, it's a opponent or his opponents. now, at off to the, there are different factors that contributed to allowing us to empower. one of them is related to the big of different agreements that we're a brokerage between russia and turkey, which prevented at a position groups from launching some of the tax over the past 4 years. and this is

why i think we, we see this trend at changes to all of. ready factors that allows us to maintain the has that power uh, over at least most of the areas he controls the recent trading through your set in the past that a new push for lasting piece is needed. how could that happen? and under whose leadership well, uh, now a clear way forward is uh, already uh, sort of, uh, a design or at least a drawing based on the you and the resolution to, to, at 54 which created a road map for different parties to the conflict to reach a political agreement. now what happens after that is that many actors

viewed the conflict and syria as a frozen conflict because they have other priorities on because the political process was complicated and was not progressing. most of them at last interest moved that session elsewhere. now we are in a situation where the conflict is acted again, and this is creating a momentum where international actors could again push for a put a ticket process. and for this to be successful, they have to put the pressure on the parties on the ground to come to the table and to reach a mutually accepted agreement. you have called the rebels resend advance. one of the most significant campaigns of serious conflict, which has been going on, you know, since 2012, at least, what do you think it might mean for the region and beyond?

or what i think with the 1st will have to wait and see how will that change the conflict in syria. but if it will, that, for example, at push for a political process that way to reach a peaceful and political, a solution to the conflict. and if that's where we're heading, then that for sure with the impact as the iran, as sort of reach ability to not only add projects, power across the region, but also keeps applying for the law and uh, and living on. uh, so it could uh, have significant impact on the router. it's the networks and the reason. but if we look at the scenario in which the conflict continues at 2 at every now and then at

witness clashes, then maybe we will continue to see syria to playing a sort of a disturbing and this to realizing the rules in the region and keep pushing refugees to try to make their way out of the country, those height, height of chatham house. thank you so much for all those insights. thank you. probably the target president, richard type arrow on his long promise to end violence against women and girls, but cases of sexual assault and domestic abuse remain widespread rights groups have recorded more than 400 some sites so far this year. critics and keys are to on and his government of fostering a sense of impunity and an already patriarchal society. but more and more women are now taking their safety into their own hands is our corresponding julia han reports

. these women are learning to fight back twice a week. they newton and east symbols for 4, for mazda, not less than many here, want to know how they can defend themselves against a soldier center, residence on the street from public transport, or maybe even at home. some have already had threatening experiences, you know, who is a question about 5 years ago i was harassed in my own neighborhood. one of them i felt anxious for a long time and even had trouble walking home alone. every layer is or i think it's very important to learn how to protect ourselves and to share what we've learned with other women. and i'm know to know the scenario instructors. i should have been teaching self defense to women for more than 4 years now. his courses are funded by local authorities and philip very quickly. he tells me

a lot of the so the demands for self defense courses has increased deluxe and recent years. we have received inquiries from all over the country until fully booked until the end of february. unfortunately, we are living in a society where women skills do not feel safe and the end is growing. right schools, the documents set aside say on average in turkey, at least one woman gets killed every day. often by a family member, a husband, a friend, or a lot of time. and again, particularly brutal cases, make headlines. 19 your teeth, but also now i should or how do you to, for example, those murdered in october by a former boyfriend to be headed, one of them before taking his own life. many women accused the tech is government of failing to protect them and to fostering offensive and seem to, to you in an already very poetry also society. the government is not

implementing protection laws. it has to put criminals in jail and not let them out on the streets again. it has to give to turn punishments. we want to live to the minus of, went into the room and are ignored. women ended right from the click that as if they don't exist, it's just not the president ridge of tie a bad one will often described himself as a champion of women's rights. his promise tougher penalties for the path of trade has cut the unit league should violence against women is a betrayal of humanity cause i had any one who raises a hand against a woman who inflict physical or psychological violence must be punished as they deserve to mean it that the primary duty of this day, you go to it, to women's rights activists like shit and yellen chuckle, are skeptical about such promises. in point of fact, in 2021,

allen withdrew from the stumble convention. you are being treated obliges countries to investigate and punish violence against women. the conservative islamic groups that argued that the treaty violated traditional family values and encourage divorce. it was the issue is a message to justify that withdrawing from me was deemed it would encourage homosexuality. issues, but that's the piece, just argument talk, the convention is about promoting gender quantity. it should be min hell grew up knowing about the quality. don't believe they have the right to can of them and doesn't. oh, the mechanic didn't they go to manage to here in the self defense class, many have assume enough you as long as the government does not do a better job of protecting women, they have to protect themselves. and

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