mark: welcome to "live from paris," world news and analysis from france 24. over 1000 arrested in protests as russia's president announces the mobilization of around 300,000 troops. putin says it is to guarantee pressure's territorial integrity. ukraine's president says he continues to drown ukraine in blood.

he is to address the united nations general assembly from kyiv in the coming hours. the only western social media site still available in iran has been blocked to prevent protesters from coordinating their anger over the death of a 22-year-old woman at the hands of police for wearing a face scarf to loosely. thank you very much for being with us. vladimir putin has issued a decree termed by him as a partial mobilization of troops to the ukraine campaign. analysts say it is a vaguely worded text most likely to

bolster russian military uses. some say it is a desperate act of a dying regime. others think putin's next move could be a very dangerous one. >> chance of life to our children and no to war rang out on the streets of the russian capital hours after vladimir putin ordered the partial mobilization of reservists, the first such call in russia since the second world war. >> the worst is already happened. >> will your demonstration help? >> no, but something needs to be done. >> there is no ear. there is hatred toward the ruling regime. now they are going to take our kids' lives away. my son is 18. >> while large crowds turned out, the police presence to nip them in the bud was even greater

with protesters taken into custody one by one in moscow and across cities in russia. prosecutors have warned demonstrators could face prison sentences of up to 15 years, but according to local media reports, putin's address resulted in a spike in demand at neutral borders abroad. -- nato borders abroad. >> i want to say freedom for ukraine. please somebody stop putting. >> the latest move from vladimir putin comes a day after referendums were announced to annexed for russian regions of

ukraine, plan for later this week. mark: volodymyr zelenskyy is expected to speak shortly at the united nations. he has remained in kyiv since february 24, leaving only to visit cities be taken from pressure's invasion force by ukraine's military. we will take that speech live when it happens at the united nations general assembly where ukraine, of us, is dominating the agenda so far. let's get some analysis of the situation and some thoughts on what perhaps bilotta mayor zelenskyy -- volodymyr zelenskyy might say. what are you expecting him to tell the united nations general assembly? >> what we expect is indeed addressing the issue of the real

threat of nuclear threat that vladimir putin had in his speech . at the end of the day, which also in ukraine expect -- we also in ukraine expect the same message, which is more support to ukraine. of course, the winter is going to happen, and what putin expects is that support for ukraine will falter because of the high-priced in energy. this sort of blackmail may have

an effect on societies in western, and that is what putin expects to happen. we do expect this speech to focus on this continued support. mark: it is trying to combat this idea of ukraine fatigue, which we are told is infiltrating certain countries looking at, for instance, why we should be paying more for energy with winter coming. we are still talking some 300,000 military personnel or perhaps even more, given the numbers of people that putin can draw upon if need be. what has reaction been where you are in kyiv? >> reaction has been fairly

quiet. there is no panic yet. you could say the resource of panic has been exhausted after february 24. when it comes to nuclear threat, we have been waging that for years now, and if not, at least since the last six months, and we saw what happened. it happened three -- at happened to be now a sort of depleted army. ukrainians are ready. it has been sleep received if not with sarcasm at least with quietness here, and the main point here is basically the fact that the speech was impossible

to happen yesterday, but actually happened this morning. the fact that it happened at 9:00 instead of 4:00 made ukrainians happy because they said they could wake up at normal hours. there's a lot of humor, and there's no panic at all here. mark: resolved in kyiv is the message. thank you for bringing the update on that situation there. next, joe biden declaring russia shamelessly violated the core tenets of the united nations charter with its brutal needless war in ukraine. president biden: this war is about extinguishing ukraine's

right to exist as a state, plain and simple, and ukraine's right to exist as a people. wherever you are, wherever you live, whatever you believe, that should make your blood run cold. mark: joe biden being extremely clear on where he stands there at the united nations general assembly. let's bring in our guest from the german marshall fund of the united states. give us your reaction. i think it is fairly categorical where he stands. there's no doubt about that. >> absolutely. joe biden today in his speech gave a strummed enunciation of russia's behavior, not just today with the call for mobilization and nuclear threats, but broadly, everything

it has committed against ukraine, especially since february. the principles he laid out contrast with what the united nations is supposed to stand for, what countries sign up for when they join the united nations and russia's behavior, and more so because russia is a member of the security council. for a security councilmember to invade a neighbor is really contrary to what the entire vision of the united nations is, but there's the analysis that it has been two decades since a u.s. president singled out another country so much in the united nations general assembly speech. the last time we saw something like this was right before the iraq war, so there is a strong focus from president biden on russia's behavior. that's not the only thing on this speech.

we have climate. we have iran and nonproliferation. the fact that joe biden set iran would not get a nuclear weapon, so, clearly, there are other things on the u.s. foreign policy agenda that president biden thought it was important to speak about, but the main focus truly is laying out clearly all of the atrocities that putin has committed and his armies have committed in ukraine against people, and saying that that really isn't ok, and that is important right now. mark: indeed, describing russia as violating the tenets of the united nations at think is as categorical as it could be.

given putin's declaration about this -- he's calling it a partial mobilization, but looking at it with cold, clear eyes, this is something large isn't it? >> it also means putin is having trouble winning. his aim is to change the borders, change the map around russia. if he needs to call on 300,000 reserves from across russia, it means things are not going well for him. in some ways, this should be really encouraging to the united states, to the europeans, to the global allies that are helping ukraine in this fight. it means what the u.s. and united nations are doing to help ukraine is working. the reaction should not be and clearly was not in resident biden's speech to say president putin is being aggressive, let's worry about that.

it is to say we need to keep standing up to him. i think we will hear a lot of conversations about that now as president putin discusses or says i'm not bluffing in terms of his strategy for ukraine and the potential failed at using a nuclear weapon, what he wants from the west is for the west to back down. he is betting that in the cold winter, the west will say, i don't want to be in this fight, but the response should be stepping up, pviding more military aid, providing more financial aid to make sure that the green economy survives and to hold out through this winter. if they get to the spring and the same kind of resolve exists in the west, putin will not have that much more he can pull out, and he might have to understand

that through his will of force alone, he cannot change the world. he does not want nuclear war. he does not want what were three -- he does not want world war iii either. he wants ukraine. his current troubles and need to mobilize really show that he is not in a good place. mark: from the general marshall fund of the united states, thank you for your analysis and thank you for giving us some general pointers as to where this conflict is going. next, access to the only western social media platforms still available in iran has been blocked. demonstrators have been coordinating via instagram since the death in police custody of a 22-year-old kurdish woman who was detained for wearing a headscarf to loosely. >> defining police, protesters gathered in tehran, shouted

antigovernment slogans. women set fire to their headscarves, a defiant act that was previously unthinkable. some women also cut their hair as anger mounts over the death of a woman arrested by the morality police for not properly wearing her hijab. >> they should definitely be removed because their behavior towards us is not right. >> i'm afraid of the morality police. they should let people choose, like in all the other countries. >> each person should choose what she likes. >> protests have triggered the %-pr water shortages. analysts warn the unrest gripping the nation risks spiraling. >> it is not just aut the hija

it is about the dictar, which means their problem is with the very political legitimacy of the islamic republic of iran. >> since the 1979 islamic revolution, women have are to cover eir hair in public. 80% of iran's population was born after that event, widening the divide between the country's rulers and its young, more secular leaning society. mark: we are watching for all development on the situation in iran. the u.s. central bank is taking action to fight inflation. kate: it has been taking action for months. this is just the latest in a series of interest rate hikes. the u.s. federal reserve raising those interest rates by .75% for the third time in a row. that takes america' yes borrowing costs to their highest level in 14 years -- that takes america's borrowing costs to

their highest level in 14 years. higher interest rates tend to encourage consumers to save rather than spend. inflation in the u.s. has paid back slightly on its recent what-year highs -- recent 40-year highs of 8.3 -- hitting 8.3% last month. .2% gdp growth is forecast for the year. the federal reserve said it is not done yet and expect more rate hikes before the end of the year as it tries to get inflation closer to its 2% target. higher inflation rates affect things like credit card and mortgage payments. fed chairman jerome powell said the fed is now facing a delicate balancing act. >> my colleagues and i are acutely aware that high inflation poses significant hardship as it erodes purchasing power, especially for those least able to meet the higher

cost of essentials like food, housing, and transportation. we are highly attentive to the risks high inflation poses to both sides of our mandate and we are strongly committed to returning inflation to our 2% objective. >> -- kate: wall street tumbled even though market -- markets had largely priced in that rate hike. dow jones down about 500 points, one point 7%. similar story for the s&p 500, down about 1.8%. the u.s. dollar traded at its strongest in 20 years against a basket of currencies including the euro and pound. just two months after aunt took over its biggest utility group, edf, the german state has confirmed it is taking a 95

percent stake in unipart at the cost of 8.5 billion euros. germany is europe's biggest importer of russian natural gas. supplies of natural gas have been squeezed as russia halted deliveries through the nord stream 1 pipeline, leaving many european economies scrambling. >> juniper has a 50% share of russian gas in its portfolio and represents 40% of the german gas supply. urgent action was needed after examining the americas and examining alternatives. we made the decision as just outlined to ensure security of some but. >> tunisia is also in the grips

of a cost-of-living crisis. supermarkets are reporting ongoing shortages which left many consumers and businesses struggling to cope. >> there are only seven cows left from the 25 two years ago at this farm. he could not afford to feed them. milk is one of the products subsidized by the state to help consumers, but today, farmers are working at a loss. >> milk costs 1.8 dinars, and i sell it at one dinar, so i'm losing money with every production. my neighbor's farm had 50 cows. now it is empty. he left for europe. >> this is part of the bigger crisis affecting supermarket

shelves across the country. milk cartons are being rationed because of a shortage. wholesalers have been waiting weeks for sugar which needs to be imported. >> there is a spark sugar. our problem is because of a sugar shortage. it has also had an impact on cookies, cholate, juice, soda. suddenly our turnover is down. >> authorities say the shortage is due to supply delays. nearly 27,000 tons of sugar were imported from india and will be sold this week, but ordinary people are feeling the pain because of soaring prices. >> i worked as a cleaner. i have to borrow money from my boss for groceries. >> the government also signed a deal to raise wages. kate: trying times around the

world. mark: as ever, thanks for bringing us the business. time for truth or fake. today looking at september 21 going viral on places such as tiktok because it has been predicted that it is the new doomsday or apocalypse date. what is this all about? >> people are talking about september 24, which has become the latest viral doomsday online. tiktok claiming there will be a global blackout on september 20 or. at the root of these conspiracy theories, a speech made by the party leader of the cdu in germany who was speaking in the bundestag. we have video someone on tiktok posted saying this phrase right here that sparked global panic online as people wonder what will happen on september 24.

in case it is not clear in the clip, he is saying this september 24 will remain in our memories. in the future, we will say, i remember where i was on that day . this user, for example, believes that what will happen is that there will be a global blackout on september 24. in this video with more thaone million views, where he refers to the speech. mark: i'm wondering, what was the real meaning behind this date? >> indeed, we wanted to get to the bottom of this, so we contacted the spokesperson of the cdu in germany to find out what frederick mertz meant. the spokesperson said he meant february 24, the beginning of the russian attack on ukraine,

and mistakenly said september 24 , so it was an unintentional error, a simple error, nonetheless, that went viral on tiktok. this was rectified on the bundestag official website in their summary of the speech. we also find the original video of this speech in the cdu channel on youtube where we can see that the date that was posted was on february 28, so just some days following the russian invasion of ukraine and that the same video was also used for other conspiracy theories online. this one, for example, this user saying that denver is preparing for a catastrophe or evacuation on september 24 as well. will anything happen?

most probably not. this is just another fake doomsday date and a viral video that has been taken out of context. mark: thank you for clarifying the situation. we all await september 24 with baited breath to see what happens. thank you very much indeed. thanks to you all for watching. more to come "live from paris."

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