from berlin. tonight, donald trump summoned storming of the u.s. capitol. >> we are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion. brent: lawmakers have voted unanimously to subpoena the former u.s. president to testify to the congressional inquiry. also coming up tonight, a new wave of russian airstrikes on ukraine.

more than 40 towns and cities have come under attack and a fourth straight day of bombardment. and nato issuing a sharp warning to russia not to use nuclear weapons in ukraine. secretary-general's jens stoltenberg saying there will be severe consequences if vladimir putin resorts to nuclear arms on the battlefield. ♪ i'm brent goff. who are viewers watching on pbs in the united states and to all of you around the world, welcome. we begin with breaking news from washington, where a u.s. house committee has just voted to subpoena the former u.s. president donald trump. the committee investigating last year's deadly january 6 storming of the u.s. capitol unanimously decided to vote to compel the president to come forth and testify and to surrender documents concerning the event.

the vote seeking trump's testimony came as the panel is assembling new details and evidence of trump's state of mind on that day, january 6, when he refused to concede his election lost to joe biden that congress was certifying when the mob stormed in. all right. this is a developing story. quite the movement. let's go to our washington bureau chief eunice paul. this is a significant decision just on its face. what comes next? do we expect to see donald trump actually taking the stand and testify? >> this last committee ended with a big bang. it was a bit of a theatrical moment, but indeed it was a historic moment. so what does this mean? the subpoena is calling for donald trump to testify. if he declines, which as we know

is very, very likely, a full vote in congress could be held to hold him in contempt. if that is to happen, the justice department could press terminal charges against donald trump, but that is still a very unlikely scenario. brent: we know that supporters of the former president, they allege that these hearings are politically motivated. can this development have impact on the upcoming midterm elections next month? ines: which are only less than three weeks away. the midterms could be the first signal to whether the institutions will be able to withstand the barrage of misinformation and conspiracy about the election process. what we experience when we report out here in this huge country, the u.s., candidates across the spectrum have been using the 2020 election fraud

theory as part of their campaign platform. and so-called inaction denials already announced, that they will not accept the outcome if it will not be in their favor. so, kind of repeating what donald trump has been doing for two years. so yes indeed, this might play a huge role in the upcoming elections. brent: i am wondering too, this is the last public hearing, i am wondering how you measure the success of these hearings. we have seen now firmly that most republicans seem to be standing by trump. the findings also really have not done much to change people who expected to hear this about the u.s. president. so, in terms of the national opinion about the president and the state of politics, has anything really changed? ines: i think that is the core question. for my opinion, until now

republicans in the house and senate have shown they have no intention to cross trump and his supporters, clearly because they are afraid of the backlash. but things are piling up. and i just traveled to states like texas and florida and attended trump rallies and big events. maybe not the hard core trump supporters but my feeling is the reap -- is the majority of the republican party is getting tired. at the end of the day, we will see if the fear that he could end their careers wins. brent: this also throws doubt on whether or not he will be eligible to run in another political campaign. that is now up for grabs. our washington bureau chief ines pohl, as always, thank you. brent: russia is again pounding ukraine in its fourth day.

more than 40 towns and cities have come under attack. moscow claims it is striking only infrastructure but civilians are also at the firing lines as drones and missiles continue to seek out nonmilitary targets. reporter: pre-dawn air raid sirens in kyiv, ring in another day in russia's war on ukraine. daylight reveals fresh horrors. russian shells struck an apartment building in a southern city. an 11-year-old boy spent six hours trapped beneath rubble before emergency workers pulled him to safety. in harkey, the death toll rose. ukrainian prosecutors said 25 people have now died including 12 children.

investigators say one passenger, a 75-year-old woman, crawled nearly 200 meters towards help before succumbing to her injuries. authorities fear the death toll could increase further. body fragments are being sent for dna analysis to identify those killed. in the region retaken by ukrainian forces, survivors share what they endured. >> this is a disaster. i have been crying for a month. i am still shocked. i have lost everything now that i'm 72 years old, and i was left with nothing. all my clothes are here, everything. reporter: elderly and disabled ukrainians have been forced to start over. in a western city, eight workers -- eight workers walk on refugees driven out of their homes by recent attacks on zaporizhzhia. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy without again to hunt

down those responsible for ukrainian suffering. >> our intelligence, special services, law enforcement agencies, are finding out all the details regarding these and other russian strikes. no russian terrorist will be able to remain unknown to justice. we will know all the names and all the details. ukraine will bring to justice every russian murder and executioner, from commanders to privates, who carried out criminal orders. reporter: the will of the ukrainian people to fight on continues. and so does this war. brent: rafael grossi is the head of the u.n.'s nuclear agency. he is in key talks about the nuclear power plant. i asked our correspondent if there has been any progress to report about ensuring the plant's safety. >> he came here after visiting

moscow. he was conveyinghat he had talked about wh putin to the ukrainians and he says he is hopeful that talks will be possible because putin said he will be ready to talk and he saw this as a good sign, but he did not bring any specific news, any specific commitments, or anything. he told us that the situation was very precarious. he said that before, but they do not recognize the plant as russian. putin has annexed it together with the territories. he also signed a decree that would, according to the russians, bring it into the russian state assets. this is not recognized by the international community. he's calling for the russians to stop all military activity there, to demilitarized it.

he does not use that word, but he says no rockets or shells must be fired from the territory, and the territory must not be fired at. and yeah, there's no specific progress yet, but i guess he has to be hopeful that these talks lead to something because the situation is very serious. brent: that was our reporter from kia. since the beginning of the war, hundreds of thousands of russians have fled their country. when vladimir putin ordered a partial mobilization in september, that number surged. many have made their way to israel, one of the places still open to russians, and one of the few places still running direct flights. the government is preparing for thousands more to arrive in th coming months. we met with one young man there. reporter: a taste of home in a foreign land. ivan, who does not want us to use his last name, is one of

thousands of russians of jewish descent who have arrived in israel since the kremlin called for a partial mobilization. under israel's law of return, any jew around the world has an automatic right to citizenship. ivan, whose grandfather is jewish, started making inquiries in february, shortly after russia invaded ukraine. >> when the war began, the special military operation, i started looking at the programs israel offered js. we had thought until the new year i would earn money, with plans to come later. rebecca: but on september 21, shearing conscription, things became -- fearing conscription, things became urgent. >> i wrote the program coordinator in israel straight away. he said worry, -- he said do not worry, just to get out of

russia. then i left to kazakhstan. rebecca: more than 6000 people like ivan have fled from russia to israel since vladimir putin gave his mobilization order. but many of them have been too scared to share their story with us for fear of retribution from the kremlin. israel says it is preparing for tens of thousands more in the coming months, welcoming jews fleeing persecution is hardly something new for the jewish state. >> throughout the 1990's, where israel welcomed over one million immigrants from former soviet union countries. what we have seen this year is a 20 year record. it doesn't come naturally for us to open the doors to anyone of jewish descent according to the law of return. this is our vocation. rebecca: a vocation ivan was happy to benefit from. he says he knows of other men who have been called up despite

having military exemption. >> go by train in ukraine. rebecca: it is a fate hundreds of thousands of young men are desperate to avoid, even if it is hard to leave your homeland. >> of course i love russia very much. i was born and raised there. probably 95% of those who left russia, i hope to return. which that that the whole world is dreaming up will happen. rebecca: homesick as he is, ivan says he is happy he is now living in a free country. as he considers his future, he hopes one day to return to a russia that is free as well. brent: nato has wrapped up two days of talks in brussels with a sharp warning to russia not to use nuclear weapons in ukraine. jens stoltenberg saying any use of nuclear weapons would have severe consequences. nato countries have agreed to

step up their military support for ukraine. reporter: european allies are gearing up their air defense. at the nato defense ministers meeting in brussels, 15 countries signed off on a plan to buy new air defense systems together. the german led initiative has the goal to -- >> significantly enhance our ability to defend alliance from all air and missile threats. reporter: threats that elsewhere have become reality. just days ago, russia launched rockets at cities across ukraine, destroying critical infrastructure and killing civilians in attacks nato members have called ruthless and indiscriminate. >> they lost two days attacks. then the number of shells and bombs and rockets has been over 100. ukraine has managed to bring them down over 50%. which shows that the air defense is very crucial to save civilian lives, because russians are bombing civilians.

reporter: ukraine so far has been lacking modern missile defense equipment, like this u.s.-made patriot system. nato allies are now scrambling to provide support. germany has begun delivering iris t defense systems and plans to send more of these powerful assets, with the capacity to defend midsize city from attacks. the u.s. and u.k. are providing systems as well. at the same time, nato members are confronted with having no broad air defense capabilities themselves. in the event of an attack on european cities, allies would have insufficient needs to respond. the european sky shield initiative is supposed to change this. >> it has to go fast. it is important that these gaps are closed in these times we are experiencing. these are threatening times, challenging times, and we have to step up and take responsibility. reporter: secretary-general jens stoltenberg has announced the alliance would help the ukraine transition from soviet-era to

newer equipment. with the war escalating to another level, nato members will need to make sure they themselves are covered as well. brent: our correspondent teri schultz filed that meeting and i asked her about nato's commitment to create an air defense system for ukraine, whether that commitment is realistic. teri: certainly not overnight, that is not realistic at all. but they had indeed seen that ukraine needs more and more air defenses, especially in recent days as russia has continued attacks from the air on civilian areas. so, what this ukraine defense contract group which met yesterday said is it is going to continue collecting equipment from all the different allies and partners who want to help ukraine, and then they are going to try to knit up, as experts say, all these pieces of equip it into more of an air defense for ukraine. now, this is not going to be technically they admit, and it will take time, but indeed this is the aim, and it is something

ukraine has been saying would save lives. every day lives are lost because they don't have this kind of coverage over their skies, but indeed the allies have seen this as a priority now. brent: and equipping ukraine with the weapons it needs has also led to worries about an inability of some nato members to defend themselves. how much of a balancing act do we have going on right now for nato? teri: this is something that allies are increasingly worried about, because as they send both weapons off their own shells to ukraine -- shelves to ukraine along with some of the soviet-era weapons we have talked about many times, they are finding it takes so long to make new weapons that there will be a gap in their own arsenals. this is something nato wants them to maintain and something every country has its own comfort zone with, with what levels of weapons it keeps in its own stockpiles. just today if we go back to air defense, 15 countries signed an

agreement on the sidelines to finally create an air defense system together, a european air defense system. it was a german-led initiative. to close some of the gaps, when countries are simply doing this by themselves. so, certainly the war in russia, the pressure on budgets and security, the feeling of security, has forced countries to work together, to become a more cost efficient, and efficient in terms of manufacturing orders. brent: and it seems to be nonstop now, these warnings to vladimir putin not to consider using nuclear weapons at all in this conflict. at the same time though, you have nato conducting exercises, annual nuclear exercises in a few days time. could russia view this as a provocation? teri: russia seems to view everything nato does as a provocation, or at least it uses that as an excuse for some of his behavior. but when nato looks at whether

it should carry out this long scheduled nuclear deterrence exercise, it decided that it would send exactly the wrong signal to the kremlin if it were to back down based on russia's nuclear threats. they said this would create insecurity for a sound -- for it s own allies, it was said that bullying works. so i was told today it was never even considered to cancel the exercises. they involve flying nuclear capable planes as if they were carrying live bombs, which of course they are not. but that should also send a signal back to moscow that nato would be ready in case moscow would to take this rhetoric further. brent: and we certainly hope that never happens. teri schultz, as always, thank you. let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. thousands of afghan girls and women have taken university entrance exams two weeks after an attacker killed 46 female students who were preparing for these very tests. the ruling taliban have banned

many women and girls from secondary education, but the taliban has assigned armed guards to the testing facilities. italy's parliament has met for the first time since elections. the election winner's brothers of italy party is looking to form a right-wing coalition with matteo salvini, head of the far right league, and solely of the forts italia. a u.s. jury has refused to sentence to death a florida school shooter. nikolas cruz was imprisoned for life instead for murdering 17 students and staff at a high school in parkland, florida. the massacre inspired a wave of gun-control activism. lebanon's president has agreed to a deal to resolve a long-running border dispute with israel over a maritime gas field. the two countries have long claimed overlapping maritime borders.

the mediterranean seabed is rich in natural gas, and israel has already begun exploring the area that is in dispute. both countries want to extract the fuel, which could help relieve lebanon's financial woes. here's the president of lebanon announcing that agreement earlier today. >> after the israeli government announced its approval, i announce the approval blebanon of the final version prepared by the american mediator to delineate the southern maritime border. brent: our beirut bureau chief told me what made this breakthrough possible now. >> following the lebanese president's announcement tonight, it can be said that lebanon is closing the curtain on the maritime agreement. of course except in the case of

unexpected surprises. he thanked the american president joe biden and his special envoy, the actual mediator, whio -- who played an essential role in this breakthrough deal. nevertheless, the lebanese economic crisis was also an important factor that pushed lebanon to activate the motivations. the country has been an economic freefall for three years and this is a huge deal for lebanon. maybe a significant discovery could help ease the country's financial crisis. brent: it is also remarkable we are seeing this agreement between two countries that still do not have diplomatic relations. what does this agreement means in regards to a possib peace deal? mohamad: well, the president said that lebanon has agreed to define a version of the agreemen presented by the

american negotiator. he also insisted this does not a the way to normalizing the relations with israel. most countries are technically still at war, even though the presidensuggested that this guarantees common economic interests and this brings stability to the region. actually, the final version is a territorial dispute on the t of the mediterranean sea and does not touch on the land borders of lebanon and israel, which are yet to be settled. this means a deal will demarcate each country's economic zone rather than the territorial waters for each country. brent: dw's mohamad chreyteh joining us tonight from beirut. thank you. winter is rapidly approaching in india, and with the colder months comes the smog season in delhi. a toxic cocktail of vehicle fumes, industrial emissions, and

smoke from garbage and crop burning descends every year on the capital. the government is redoubling its efforts to deal with the smog, but many residents who can afford to, simply move out of the city. reporter: at the village located in the border area of delhi, one of its residents is teaching women how to use an air quality index monitor. she was trained iusing the monitor by an ngo which specializes in empowering women in poor communities. now a member of the ngl, she has been named the ambassador of her neighborhood. many women who live here work as a vegetable vendors on the streets or as laborers on constructionites. and they are all pacted by the santee -- by the city's winter pollution levels. >> it's been especially bad in

the past five years. many people have developed health problems. i find it difficult to breathe and my eyes burn. i don't step out of the house. reporter: aware that the area where she lives is frequently neglected by authorities, s's trying to train those around her to take matters into their own hands. she's showing them how to use a delhi government app to file a complaint about the illegal dumping of waste in their neighborhood. the trash is often set on fire, adding greatly to the pollution. delhi bears the brunt of severe and hazardous aqi levels every winter season, pushing the city into taking new measures. the delhi government has come up with a 15 point winter action plan which includes setting up a team of volunteers to raise awareness, dust mitigation, prevention of open burning of waste, and enforcing measures already in place with respect to vehicular emissions. while experts say these are all welcome steps, they add that

there needs to be more focus on enforcement on the ground and citizen engagement. as part of the action plan, a green room has been set up by the state environment ministry, comprising of experts, scientists, and engineers. their task is to monitor real-time data,ollution hotspots, and instruct relevant departments to take action. the complaints and requests filed on the delhi green app, the one that is used, is also look that. >> the government will be able to tell right now where is the pollution coming from. is it coming from vehicles, from trucks, from two wheelers, three wheelers, from burning of garbage? so this will help us this winter take even more concrete actions. reporter: she and the women in her neighborhood definitely want action taken. >> there needs to be a lot more awareness and action on the ground. often these measures are limited.

reporter: she hopes the training will help everyone take their own personal preventive measures to protect themselves from the arm the winter pollution -- harm winter pollution can cse. the meantime, they are all repairing for the change in weather. brent: here's a reminder of the top story we are following. u.s. lawmakers have subpoenaed donald trump in an aggressive move to compel the former u.s. president to face questions about the january 6 storming of the u.s. capitol. the committee investigating the attack voted unanimously to call the former president to testify. after a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. stick around. we'll be right back. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsibleor its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

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life from pis -- market: welcome to "live from paris." donald trump pulled out all the stops in his bid to hold onto power. the investigation into the january 6, 2021 right confirmed it was a violation of his oath. we talk to our correspondent and an esteemed guest about this issue very shortly. bracing for another night of

russian missile attacks. 40 settlements were hit in the past 24 hours. fuel strike in france. french authorities have requisitioned an energy depot in dunkirk. our correspondent will be bringing us the latest very shortly. good evening. this is "live from paris." thank you very much for being with us. donald trump pulled out the stops in his bid to hang on to power. the investigation of the january 6, 2021 riot determined it was a

staggering betrayal of his presidential oath. >> the vast weight of evidence presented so far has shown us that the central cause of january 6 was one man, donald trump, who many others followed. none of this would have happened without him. he was personally and substantially involved in all of it. exactly how did one man because all of this? today we will focus on president trump's state of mind, his intent, his motivations, and how he spurred others to do his bidding and how another january 6 could happen again if we do not take necessary action to prevent it. mark: let's go to our correspondent who has been watching the events unfold. in fact, ever since january 6. good evening to you. tell us about what has been said

. >> the big news of the day came at the end with that vote to subpoena the former united states president, a very formal live vote in front of the audience where each of those nine members said yes to that vote to subpoena the former president. if that will get the president to actually give a deposition, that is highly unlikely, given some of his quotes were and he refused subpoenas, but the symbolic gesture to close out these hearings from the committee, to subpoena the former president, work pretty intense and pretty significant. other unique, big moments of this final hearing, what is said to be the final hearing, one moment where the committee showed us some never before seen

footage of what it was like for members of congress as this attack on the capitol was unfolding. we have seen plenty of shots from inside the capitol, some even of members of congress running to safety, but we have nevereen nancy pelosi, speaker of the house, as well as mitch mcconnell, the republican senate minority leader, together in a secure location with other congressional members on one phone calling different officials outside the capitol to call for backup saying, "we need help right now." that was a very difficult moment to watch, and this room of journalists that had seen all these different hearings really work speechless. another clip was one where nancy

pelosi in a secure location was told by an aide that members of congress on the house floor were being told to put gas masks on preparing for a breach, and her reaction, doing a double take, what did you say? and doing a double take, asking around the room, can you believe it? this was a good way for the committee to round up these hearings, to leave an imprint, leave a stamp on the american people as americans go to midterms and we will not see the committee again most likely. mark: you will join us again later to get insight on what has been taking place on capitol hill. let's broaden our analysis and bring in our guest, professor of

american civilization in versailles. thank you for being with us. donald trump subpoenaed by this committee. how does this resonate? how does this stand in terms of a kind of unprecedented move, an unprecedented event in terms of u.s. political history? >> not just unprecedented, but as your correspondent said, it is highly unlikely the president will consent to be heard. given the proximity in terms of timing, of midterm elections, he has no intention of submitting to what he sees as the condition that represents the deep state and represents democrats, whom he sees as people who disrespect the constitution.

>> these things trump says, he talks about the deep state and talks about electoral fraud going on. none of it has any actual proof. there's no concrete proof of anything he is saying. it is basically his narrative. he is making it up. >> yes, this is why liz cheney insisted he testify under of -- under oath, so if he were to testify, it would give an opportunity to broaden the gap of what he says in his own sphere of social media and what he would say in front of congress. as i say, it is quite unlikely it will happen. >> would it make a mockery of the process if the former president, not just a regular person, were to refuse to show up? quincy would not be the first.

some of his close friends and advisers, such as steve bannon, have already refused to appear and testify and have been held in contempt of congress and could actually face time in jail doing so. it has not really swayed public opinion that much. 65% of respondents to polls belief january 6 was a riot. mark: alex jones has just been made to pay parents of the sandy hook shooting for spouting that

it was fake, a big trump supporter. what if nobody on his side of things believes it and it seems the republican party is going to live with it? what does it say about the republican party that they have trump as their flag bearer, if you like, and they seem to be going along with whatever he says? >> if you remember the election campaign of 2008, there was a lot of talk around the tea party back then, and people wanted to take america back. nobody actually knew where and how far back they wanted to take america. they were just waiting for a leader to appear. you need a lot of money to be able to fund an election campaign. this leader appeared in the person of donald trump, so what most of the grendel party

leaders nowadays want is to win elections by any means necessary, and they have found their champion in donald trump, and he is also inspiring some imitators within the republican party,o liz cheney and adam kinzinger, the two republicans than the january 6 investigation commission, are on their way out , and this says a lot about the evolution of the republican party and its relationship to the truth and its vision of the american constitution. >> indeed ironic they about taking america back, and they forget it was originally stolen from the people who originally lived there. thank you very much, professor of american civilization at the versailles university. we will watch you for more developing reaction to the news

that donald trump has been subpoenaed by the committee investigating the january 6 right the capitol. next, to ukraine as residents fear another night of bombardment. local officials came under massive bombardment. the regiol government said that once again, civilian objects have been kicked -- have been hit. our report starts with an 11-year-old boy in ukraine pulled from the rubble of his home. >> as rescuers dig through the rubble, a sign of life after spending six hours under the wreckage, an 11-year-old boy is pulled to safety. the building he was in, a five-story apartment complex in

the southern ukrainian city of nikolai of, targeted by a russian airstrike. while some did not make it out, this woman survived. >> the wall here is gone. four walls are just gone. this is all just horrible. that i'm unhurt is just -- well, i was simply lucky. >> meanwhile, the russian army is stepping up the number of attacks by so-called, because he drones made by iran, a cheap alternative to missiles, the saw had 136 drones are just 3.5 meters long. they can fly up to 80 kilometers an hour and have a range of 25 kilometers. a dozen of the devices were launched to the town 90 kilometers south of the town wednesday. six were shot down by ukrainians. meanwhile, as ukrainian forces continue their advances in the illegally annexed region, the

russian-installed government is urging residents to evacuate. he also publicly asked for moscow's help getting people out. >> i'm asking the leadership of the country, i would like to ask for your help in organizing such a process. >> there are also reports of an attack by ukraine on russian soil thursday. schelling hit a residential building in a russian border city with the city's governor blaming kyiv. mark: the french energy giant has offered further talks in order to break the strikes causing massive cues at most petrol stations. the announcement came hours after president macron government told the group to pay its workers more after posting record profits.

our reporter is on the road. he is in normandy. we are joining him now live. i hope your petrol is holding up. i know people have problems getting it, but the press guard, perhaps you can still get access. tell us where you are. tell us what is happening there. >> the latest thing to happen here is during the course of the evening, yet another vote, little surprise, a unanimous vote to continue that strike. that comes as representatives from unions and the management from total sit down in paris, try to hammer out possibly some kind of deal or to move forward with the impasse we have seen. what is interesting is that previously, total have been saying that they would not sit down with anyone who was

striking. they would not enter discussions before the strikes come to an end. now it seems that what the unions have been saying, now is the time to put on the pressure. total has come back to the negotiating table. we spoke a little bit earlier to one of the main heads at total a little bit earlier on thursday. why don't we take a listen to what he had to say? >> thator us is a concrete result. the things we are negotiating for, if all they are willing to do is talk about next year's inflation figures, it does not mean anything. it all depends on how the negotiation falls and what they have to offer.

>> it is not really known exactly what will come out of these talks at the moment. that is one of the reasons why striking workers voted to strike throughout the night. there are three votes every day regularly moving through to decide if the strike continue. they did not expect much to happen this evening. it could be word that the strikes will continue throughout the night. what will be happening here is that staff and workers are waiting to find out in those representatives come back here to normandy, and they will decide what to do next friday. >> what is the situation across the rest of the country? >> we have seen these strikes extend to several sites on several refineries. one big change we have seen is that site down in the south of france that has decided to end its strike. there's another reserve not far

from where i am. those strikers -- those workers have been striking for quite some time, and there was quite a lot of disappointment there because they and exxon mobil have not made any significant announcement like total did thursday morning. it was offering staff a 6% pay raise in 2023 and indeed a one-off payment of a month's salary as a one-off onus payment. there is some disappointment, although they, too, are continuing their strike and will hopefully see what will happen come friday morning. elsewhere, we have seen these requisition orders coming through, too. the esso refinery i just mentioned, that has been subject to those. we have seen a few of those staff and a total site in dunkirk, that is a fuel depot. these requisition orders have

not come down for the refineries themselves yet. it has more been a case of trying to get fuel through france's logistical pipeline. the government itself is treading a fight -- fine line between angering workers further and handling an already exasperated population. mark: we're going to leave it there. keep up the good work. thank you very much. we will bring you more on those developments as we get them. next, freedom of speech, it seems, under threat. turkey's parliament has adopted a law brought forth by the president that would jail journalists and social media users for up to three years for spreading disinformation. of course, the question is who judges what is disinformation or not. lawmakers from erdogan's ruling party and international ally

together have a majority. they have approved the bill even as opposition lawmakers, european countries, and media rights activists call for it to be scrapped. we will bring you more on that as we get it, but it seems the law has been enacted in istanbul, which basically is a real threat on the whole concept of freedom of speech and freedom of information. a jury has spared sugar nikolas cruz from the death penalty for killing 17 people at a parkland high school in 2018, sending him to prison for the remainder of his life. the decision has left many families of the victims, who you remember, many of whom were children, angered. >> and men who murdered 14 students and three staff members at his old high school was sentenced to life in prison in a florida court. his charges can carry the death

penalty, a fate, to the anger of victims' families. >> we are beyond disappointed with the outcome today. this should have been the death penalty 100%. i sent my daughter to school and she was shot eight times. >> but nikolas cruz' defense lawyer pointed to a troubled upbringing, fetal alcohol syndrome, and lifelong mental health issues. >> you now know that nicholas is a brain damaged, mentally ill person through no fault of his own. in a civilized, humane society, do we kill brain-damaged mentally ill, broken people? do we? i hope not. >> the shooting occurred on valentine's day 2018. a year after being expelled for

disciplinary reasons, the event 19-year-old walked into his old -- his old school and killed 17 with an illegally purchased ar-15 assault rifle. transcripts from the hour after his arrest to the shooter blaming a so-called demon voice inside his head for the massacre. in march of this year, the justice department paid parkland survivors and the bereaved who accused the fbi of negligence, failing to act on prior and ration that -- prior information that cruz was dangerous. mark: time now for our segment truth or fake. a climate activist's call has become more controversial here in paris. tell us about it. >> these climate change protesters have one aim in life, to make it possible -- impossible to own a huge

polluting 4 x 4 in the world's urban areas. they do this by deflating tires of what they call these unnecessary vehicles and by their own estimate, the tire extinguishers have already proudly wrecked more than 8000 vehicles worldwide, and that her movement seems to be pretty popular. they already have 10,000 followers on their twitter pages, as you can see, especially in the u.k. we have this map by "the daily mail" of all the places where they have struck in the u.k., including london, manchester, birmingham, bristol, so they reached a large portion of the u.k. already. if you own an suv here in france, duke three where since they have recently imported

their movement here in france earlier in july. this is a photo taken in paris in august of one of their early operations, and according to this tweet that they posted on twitter today, at least 80 suv's have been disarmed just this week in french territory. mark: criminal damage is another way of putting it, i suppose. tell us a little bit of why and what they have been doing in france. >> the local controversy happened in the city of lyon with this photo from tire extinguishers themselves from october 9 with a detailed dark first action that took place where a total of 14 suv's work disarmed, and the controversy lies in this picture right here from the post of this suv vehicle, which many users claim belonged to a handicapped

person. mark: did it actually belong to a handicapped person, or is that just kind of a misleading statement? >> this does not happen very often in this show, but this is a true statement. this vehicle right here does belong to a handicapped person. how do we know? our colleagues did the debunk for us right here. many users online were kept wondering -- did these anti-suv activists really deflate the tires of a disabled person in lyon? users went to twitter to point out that this car display in the picture, on its windshield, the car had this card right herere that allows handicapped people to park in zones for disabled people, so by adding this

picture right here which does allow handicapped people to park in special zones, so let's take a closer look at these images right here. this is the image of the handicapped card we see in the vehicle, and here is another sample of a card, and we can compare both and even though the image quality is very poor in this image, we can say that it does belong, with these two logos right here with his handicap sign and this qr code, and we can identify them right here as well. so our colleagues also took this one step further and geo-located where the picture was taken, and it was indeed taken in lyon in a region where you can identify this handicapped person's street

sign right here. check news -- czech news did reach out for comments and did confirm this accident happened and seemed to have been a mistake. they also said that after deflating nearly 10,000 suv's, they do tell them not to target handicapped vehicles but that mistakes do happen, so that first action in lyon, not such a successful one. >> thank you very much indeed. stay with us. more news to come. ♪ >> a program about women who are reshaping our world. we meet those who seek equality, be it in the boardroom or the greenwich world. "the 51%" brings you stories across the globe about the women who are challenging the way we think.

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