he's become cold in a cruise to the school counseling. i'm afraid they'll never see him again. when, oh you lost on the rock. starts december 18th, on dw, the this is dw news live from the land. ukraine claims responsibility for killing a top russian general in moscow. russian investigate to say eagle parrot law, the nuclear dispense forces chief was killed by a bomb hit and electric groups that also coming up on the program. a massive us quite strikes the pacific island nation. yvonne, it was to killing at least one person, an entering many more and 3 in the christians of health f plus of assistance, the full of the outside regime. we all school the new leadership names for the

countries. minority groups, the menu to this mckinnon. welcome to the program. we saw soon mosca where a senior russian general has been killed by a bomb hidden in an electric scooter. ukrainian official says the country's security service carried out last attack. the blog post on monday morning took place outside in the apartment block a few, columbus has from the kremlin, russian also receive se lieutenant general eagle carol, off and then assistant will killed carol of was the head of russia's nuclear biological and chemical protection forces. just yesterday, ukraine charged care love with using banned chemical weapons during russia's war assets. i also, russian to says on the list constant get to tell us, move about the killing of the ego carol of

a well carry law. sonya is probably the cd and tried to remember anyone who was most senior than him, among the russian offices that died during this russian aggression against the graeme. he was lift, tenant general, uh 53 years of age. i basically grew through the oldest stages of minutes or career and he was quite an important person in terms of his position as head of the nuclear, biological and chemical protection of defense forces. oh rochelle. he is definitely part of the leadership of the defense ministry minister leadership of the general style. and he became quite famous or rather infamous. if you look from the graham, uh, you know, through the training lens full constantly cuz usually you grain in his public briefings of using chemical weapons of endangering of the situation. for example,

a new or nuclear power plant in the ukrainian held a part of the russian course of life. so he was also a media figure and he's a liquidation by the granny is. of course, an old dextrous act in near what seems to be like an apartment love where he lived in the uh, northeast of moscow. its not a very prestigious area, but still um, what the rest of the social media is now showing. i look top uh the photos of from moscow. it seems that uh, the uh, this, this operation was carried out with the uh, in mind of booby trapped uh screenshot, which was parked near the entrance to the apartment. look, uh, we see this quite disturbing. i would say images of the 2 bodies of the general and his assistant, uh and uh, damage to black, toyota, nearby,

and the russians up there's already confirmed that this is the call which the general use for consenting. he was an important man. he was famous and as you describe it, this was an all day for us act. so how much of a blow is this full president? let them? that's who said, well look on the a, a rush is not the democracy. then i'm going to be the problem in 3 questions about uh, about security off top officials, uh, in, in russia. so, uh, in this respect, present pool is quite safe. uh, but of course this is a signal that, uh you credit him uh, the grand leadership, the grant in, uh, secret services all sending up to 12 persons. nobody's safe. oh, those who do something and gets to grade all you know, across scares. and of course, this is a powerful message, this is my school, and i do not remember, you know,

to be trapped vehicles blown up. it must go for quite a few years. so i do think indeed this is a signal of 2 of those 4 pressures that are involved the will receive the w use rusher. if hes on the list, constantine get constant. thank you so much for that. i also special correspondent at connelly and t even austin to explain more about ukraine's claim of responsibility for the attack. so for now we of low on details are just seeing the same as yours is then you will see on social media of the explosion site. but i think was pretty unusual this around quite how quick this ukrainian a message came out that this was indeed an operation of ukraine secret services. in the past we have had reports, for instance, russian pilots who have problems ukraine, either being shots or otherwise coming to home in various parts of rushing most of and then you know, days a weeks later the cranium, especially services,

basically in directory admitting that involvement. but never as far as that is, that is really unusual. and as consumers mentioned that the location is unusual and i think it is at a time of pretty bad news for you guys to be shipped from the front lines of these at a message to top russians that maybe we don't have the same number of results of the same number of tanks and planes as you do, but we can hit you where and to the kind of domestic you creating audience. it's about showing that, you know, for all it's effects in recent weeks, ukraine is still able to do things that people probably wouldn't have imagined that they were capable. and do we know why this man, in particular, career love why he was targeted? for certainly this topic of chemical weapons being used in the front lines is something that is taken very, very seriously. here there's a lot of frustration when you talk to people that the outside world they think hasn't been paying enough attention. sometimes these agents used maybe to kill people immediately, but these are choking agents that goes to the same time as people, as long as the eyes and people have, you know,

had significant long term impact on the health of this. and the fact that you know, russia has signed is that the conventions finding the use of these weapons. these are, will one with them instead of being used now. and you know, for me, christ active this is just being taken for granted by the outside world and russia isn't being pulled out about it. obviously, this is a dangerous game. you know, we know that russian, the pos has tried to kill, to let you know the tilting crane official phone, ukrainian soil. but we haven't heard false. the similar kind of high tech, high level attempts by russia against degrading officials. so, you know, the retaliation could be something that we see in the weeks to come. when you talk to you guys about this, they say actually, this is a little easier for ukraine to do in russia. then for us it's through and ukraine. there are millions of ukrainians who have worked in russia who speak russian perfectly, who called the easily identified whereas, you know, russian so speak ukrainian can operate undercover here are many, few us. so there is a sense that this is a kind of asymmetric. we'll find that ukraine can do better, and the russian might struggle to keep nick, thank you so much. that's the w 's. and it currently reporting from steve of

a several airlines of suspended slides to the pacific island nation. yvonne wants to offer a powerful escalate. the rescue is looking for survivors on the smash buildings in the capital pool villa, including the embassies of the us and other countries. the magnitude $7.00 quakes truck around fuzzy columbus has off the coast. devante was his main island. at least one person was killed, local residences, a, the damage to the walters pool dealer. so the billabong building one of the chinese goals and ctf, this collapse. i would put the rescue team in that now are rescued when they're trying to get some people out. wait for a walk on the road. there's definitely some people in the hopefully still a lot. we're trying to get some machinery out at the moment. the injured people have been arriving at the hospital. some reports of casualties

and building housing, civil embassies, including those of the us, brisson from any zealand was significantly damaged. the craig triggered several land slides near an international shipping terminal. much of underwater was communication networks have been knocked out with the full extent of the damage still imaging. let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. and people are still struggling with the off them off of cycling, cheat the officials in mozambique say at least 1st the full people have been killed . that during video shows the devastation caused by the storm, which has on sunday, the full sat beside the land slammed into the small french islands of mail with our seas said that hundreds, perhaps thousands of people may have died. the of the democratic republic of congo has filed criminal complaints against apple and france, and belgium,

accusing it of using cycled conflicts, minerals and computers, and mobile phones. congo is a major source of minerals, but some of its mines have been taken over by our groups. apple says it does not directly source its primary minerals in syria. the head of the as luminous rebel is that toppled special all outside has said, o rebel factions will be disbanded. rebel lita of met all. shara has been trying to reassure minorities at home and governments abroad that the countries and from leaders will protect all syrians and staying and syria, many that are on show about the rebel groups that ousted us out. and that's especially true for the countries religious minorities, dw, use mohammed traits, a spend time with one sarah and christian. just trying to figure out what the future looks like for him in the new syria. sullen comes here for conflicts. his local church near his home in central damascus

deep wants it to continue being a safe space, continue seo young and see me. but that was a new group that will read the country in the next res. go more about if they, i'm not sure how it will be. i mean, just some of the cut off how often you know, it's still unclear honestly, and i can't predict it or i can't say it will be negative and b, but also it can't be reassured when it's dealing with someone like many of serious minority groups, cushions are eager to find a place under syria's new government. right under those stuff. the see signs of the change already on the way the flag a few under a thoughts who is being erased. i'm the dental, i'll be on. we're painting it like made bring us white and prosperous days. that's

is, we were forced to paint the flag on our doors all of us. but now we're free to painted and light. so by so many asylums friends have long since left the country to escape the turbulent political situation over the past decades. and he worries that now things might get worse on daughters. these a people or q him for bread, that's a bakery in there. but despite the form of the regime, he says, very little has changed so far. let see why have the least fell off. and the only thing that has changed here, that'd be nice about, is that this building of the air force intelligence is empty it out to 0. we. uh huh. hello. it was always surrounded by arm soldiers. no, no, i don't see them. i thought you don't want to be seen otherwise, it's all the same when about you must have a lot of

a holiday in the air force. intelligence spending is a prominent feature of the central noun for exclusive detention center. the base is now applied by serial position flight. this the show us what the regime agents left behind this as the interrogation room. and again, these are the prison cells. and these were the close of its paintings. instead of these chairs were used for torture. after seeing the prison, sullen starts believing that any future might be possible in celia newman saw and see what he says. he, i'm optimistic that there will be changing the to an area on us on my that to be head fast will be more relax. companies will no longer be complicated and the price

of the infinity buckroe. and how about what worries me the most is the chaos. in this transitional period i had to tell you in the folder live, it's going to be, this is what i'm scared of. can hotley and i don't be so listening about good it's time for southern i have left question about his relationship with them. i i lot see the most my relationship with them. ask us my head and headboard, just like when you fight with your lover, you know and say, because it was the currently suite and the internet went up and, and that's how my relationship with the mask is, is do you must be a heck hello. met a complex relationship in a complex city where he hopes to find the reassuring future. this is a quick reminder for you of our top story at the south. ukrainian official says the country security service was behind the attack on the head of russia's nuclear defense forces in moscow. russia's investigative committee says,

eagle carol was killed by a bomb. hidden in an electric scuse, his assistant was full so killed in the attack. and that we have time for, i'm on youtube some again, and thanks so much for watching the w needs have season. the we are all set. we are watching to see you to bring you the story behind the new the will on about com, biased information for free might say do tuning soul shock, disaster and inside the territories nope,

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