paris, world news and analysis from france 24. these are the headlines. fears that the conflict could turn nuclear. latimer putin with his capable troops. macron and schulz meet to make up the differences in the way that france and germany see the world, primarily falling out for the rising cost of energy in the wake of the ukraine war. protesters stepped up across iran after the 40 -- after the

anniversary of mahsa amini. calls for change across the country let with a stiff response. this is "live from paris. ♪ mark: thank you for being with us. russia's vladimir putin has been surveying drills carried out by his nuclear capable forces this wednesday. the exercise, designed to increase the fear level within ukraine's borders over the next possible phase of russian aggression. talks of a so-called dirty bomb and russia's targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure. >> it is a sure force that moscow says is in response to heightened threats.

russian troops took part in nuclear drills in various parts of the country, facilitated by russia's defense ministry. a simulation of a real attack as defense minister informed the president. >> under your leadership, a training of managing the armed forces of the russian federation, during which the tasks of a mass nuclear strike by strategic nuclear forces will be worked out in retaliation to a nuclear attack of arrival, is being held, according to the plan of preparation of armed forces. reporter: the icbm was launched by a nuclear submarine in the bering sea. it comes after russia accused ukraine of preparing a dirty bomb to use against its own citizens, something kyiv has dismissed as a lie. for vladimir putin, russia is experiencing a time of unprecedented peril. >> obviously, the commonwealth as a whole nor our country's

individual -- individually have faced such complex threats. are common task ito protect our people's from them as much as possible. for strength and stability and peace in the cis area. reporter: putin has on a number of occasions in recent months issued veiled threats about the use of nuclear weapons. nato, for its part, also held nuclear drills of its own in europe last week. mark: oliver farry are without report. . let's look the ukrainian city, and the effect the war has had on. the immigrant height -- compiling this next report. reporter: like many cities in ukraine,his city is unrecognizable from six months ago. it is less than 100 kilometers from russian occupied kherson, making it a prime target for russia's missiles, with showing a regular occurrence in the city. a common site, monkeys to collect water.

the area has been without a water supply since april. russian forces cutti off the pipeline that supplied the city. >> the longer i spent -- the longest i have spent in line is three and a half hours. nobody had a wheelbarrow. i took 30 liters of war after waiting for three hours. reporter: the same goes for food. residents lining up to receive a ration of bread and canned food. >> the situation is bread and canned food is all i.e.. it is almost winter already and it is terrifying. >> as winter approaches, there is another problem. much of the region is without gas and energy. a solution, these stoves being specially constructed and then delivered to residents. for many, it is the only thing that will keep them warm throughout the winter. >> to be safe from showing, people sleep in the basements. these stoves will be installed in the basements for people to

sleep in warmth. reporter: russia's recent intensification of strikes all over the country has targeted ukrainian infrastructure, it has wiped out about 40% of ukraine's energy system ahead of the winter. mark: we will have more on the situation in ukraine. a special lunch at the elise a palace this wednesday. the guest of emmanuel macron, scholz, the france-germany partnership is the most important of the you -- of the eu. fallouts over two key issues now. energy and defense. nick spicer with this in berlin. reporter: today, there was not so post to be a meeting of the two leaders of the country. there was supposed to be one of the regular joint cabinet meetings, which is an illustration of franco-german unity. the historic franco german couple which is seen as the motor of europe, this is one of

the things that they do since they signed a treaty 60 years ago, regular consultation between governments. now it seems they don't want to bring their ministers together. they want to have the heads of government talking face-to-face and communicating very little compared to previous meetings between the two men. there is usually a press conference with some kind of promises, more or less precise, occasionally vague. and they are not afraid of confronting the press and facing questions about risks. there seems to be something afoot. bottom line, both leaders recognize this franco-german couple is critical for both of their diplomatic -- it is a couple of countries that decide things between them and the other countries in europe have typically rallied around their position. they provide leadership to europe. if things are working with the freight -- are not working with the franco-german couple, that can be a problem from -- four europe. mark: 40 days since the death in police custody of mahsa amini.

the anniversary has been marked with more demonstrations across iran. let's show you the scene in her hometown where she has been buried, 22-year-old mahsa amini was arrested september 13 under laws repressing women's rights and forced by iran's morality police. she died in police custody. the iranian authorities say she died of natural causes. they deny that she was tortured and beaten before her death on september 16. she was arrested for not wearing her headscarf, how the state dictates that she should. here at france 24, jenny should with this. >> thousands pour into the streets to mark the death of mahsa amini in the end of the traditional mourning period. these iranians are heading to curve get stan province where the 22-year-old was from, to the cemetery where she was buried.

on these videos posted on social media, mourners can be heard chanting antigovernment slogans. riot police were reportedly deployed in large numbers in anticipation of fresh unrest. internet access in the city has been cut. fresh protests have taken place in a number of universities in tehran and elsewhere in the country. mahsa amini was arrested by the morality police in tehran on the 13th of september for wearing her hijab loosely. she fell into a coma after collapsing at a detention center and died three days later. the news sparked fury. at her funeral, women wept off their headscarves and burned them in solidarity. the protests quickly spread and have evolved into one of the most serious challenges to the islamic republic since the 1979 revolution. security forces have fired a

live ammunition and tear gas to disperse demonstrations, killing over 200 people including 29 children since the protests erupted. that is according to rioters groups. mark: we have more on the demonstration and the call for change in the wake of the death and police custody of 22-year-old mahsa amini over how she wore her headscarf. robert malley, the u.s. special envoy to iran, has been speaking to us. let's listen to what he has been saying. >> we are announcing a slew of new sanctions which will be aimed at leaders of the irgc that have been involved in the crackdown across the country, prison officials who have been responsible, and we are going up and down the chain, high-level officials, and lower-level officials who have been involved in violent suppression of protesters who may have thought they could hide behind the

anonymity, but we are going to name and shame them as well. we are going after those who are trying to censor and surveilled the iranian people. mark: robert malley speaking a little earlier on france 24. that's all interview coming up shortly. at least 13 people have been killed in what iran is calling a terror attack at one of its holiest site. it happened in -- there is a discrepancy in the number of attackers referred to. local media saying three. state terrorism -- a development this evening, the islamic state group has claimed the attack. insiders in washington say democrats fear losing both houses in the midterm elections. such a development would leave president biden isolated and block any policies he seeks to enact. the midterm elections are in two weeks time. last night, there was a debate

in the bellwether state of pennsylvania. cat state, a senate seat, the republicans holding the majority there. he was oddly criticized by john fetterman, the democrat, who condemned oz as a rich outsider who has no understanding of the plight of ordinary people. federman is battling back to health after a stroke. his condition, clearly to be seen for all who watched. our washington correspondent joins us. please tell us more about this debate and what it means. >> this debate was watched cause the state of pennsylvania is so crucial for these midterms. there was quite a bit of talk about the policies and the issues and each of the two candidates have a bad moment on one of the big issues at stake in pennsylvania. for oz, the issue was abortion.

the democrats are going to use what he said during that debate in the coming days before the november 18 midterm elections. he talked about how he wanted to see women, doctors, and political leaders to decide on who gets to have an abortion. he was asked three times whether he supported a federal ban on abortions and did not give a straight answer any of the three times. for fetterman, the iss is fracking, very important to the pennsylvania economy. he had in the past said he was completely opposed to fracking. asked on that stage whether he still supported that position. he said no, that he has always been for fracking, but then he got lost in his answer, could not really find the words. and the question was, was that because he did not have an answer on fracking, or whether

that was part of his health issues and his problems understanding spoken word, and it problems, in his own speech, to really express an idea? that focus was on whether -- how to in the debate -- how he would do in that debate. he did not do great. it was pretty hard to watch when he was answering. he had a difficult time finding his words, trying to articulate an idea the question is, how much will that impact voters between the democrats and the republicans? maybe even more specifically, how the independents are going to see that performance, and whether that will sway their vote. mark: there is early voting underway. any indications as to how that is going? kethevane: if you think that democracy strives when people go out to vote, it is going extremely well. we are already past the 9

million early ballots cast, and that is a very good number. it is definitely on par with the previous midterms elections in 2018. and it is even a close in some states to the records that we saw back in 2020. usually in midterm years when there is no presidential election to really motivate motors to go to the polls, usually turn out as much lower. in some states, you are really seeing a record number of people voting early, whether that is early in person, or by a male in violent. i'm going to take the example of one state, which is an important state where the race is close. in georgia, they are well over one million early ballots cast. that is just 50,000 votes different with the turnout in

2020 at the state -- the same stage in early voting. a very good sign. the question is whether that momentum will continue throughout november 8, whether we will see the records that we saw back in 2020. . of course, there is a discrepancy where the democrats tend to vote early, vote by mail, and republicans tend to vote on the day of the actual midterms on november 8. who a good turnout will favor, that is the answer everyone would like to have the answer to. who will be favored by the high turnout, the democrats or republicans? we will have to wait for that answer november 8, may be november 9 or some days to come if those races are extremely tight. mark: kethevane, thank you very much. watching --kethevane gorjestani watching this for us.

bubbling to a climax. thank you once again. the u.k.'s latest prime minister made his debut at the weekly comments questions session. rishi sunak seceding liz truss this week and was launched into the fray. the economy is the main issue. there is doubt among those polled that sunak, the u.k. riches ever prime minister, hard to consider he has more than king charles iii. people think he has no real understanding of the hardship most families are suffering now. this is reversed during the backfiring policies of his predecessor. . there is still covid-19 and the war in ukraine. our correspondent is watching everything for us in london. reporter: well, i think it is a confident performance. it was the first time he was taking prime minister's question that can be a very daunting exercise. but he was confident.

of course he has previouy presented budgets, for example. and he has fronted many of those pandemic exchanges which sometimes can be hard. it was a busy first full day for the prime minister after enduring president zelenskyy and president biden last night. also the first ministers of wales and scotland. that is what truss has not been able to do in the last six weeks. i think he has been able to strike a different tone. he was grilled by. they complemented rishi sunak on the fact that he had come prime minister, saying he was the first reddish asian p.m. and also he said that britain is a place where people of all races and beliefs can fulfill their dreams.

then mr. stormer went right for the jugular into the matter at hand and he said, was the home secretary right to resign last week for a breach of security? ? he went on, mr. starmer, to accuse the prime minister of making "a grubby deal" to reappoint so well as home secretary six days after she resigned over data breaches. wasn't that a security problem? mr. sunak responded clearly saying she had apologized, she had resigned, she acknowledged her mistake, and he was dead like -- he was delighted to have her back in the cabinet. he did also confirm in compliance with the 2019 manifesto, that was with one prime minister boris johnson, but he would respect that and that is why we would -- we have seen he has reintroduced the conservatives moratorium on fracking in england, which is

big news. mark: cholera has doubled in haiti. the u.n. says children under the age of 14 make up more than half the cases. cholera was first detected in early october. the u.s. is concerned it is spreading quickly. the security council is considering sending an international force to help, answering a call by haiti to the international community for urgent assistance. >> from about 1000 to nearly 2000 cases in three days, the cholera outbreak in haiti has taken a turn for the worst over the past week. >> our colleagues say this is making the fight against the disease that much more challenging. unicef says children under 14 account for almost half of the suspected cases. the lack of fuel in the country and gang activity means it is difficult for humanitarian workers to reach those in need. reporter: in 2010, an outbreak caused the death of some 10,000 ople in the impoverished caribbean nation.

the disease spreads through contaminated water typically. caes dehydration and canead to death if t treated. the cholera outbreak has made things worse for the country. to world food program warned earlier this mth that millions of people were facing acute hunger in haiti. a slum in the capital has been partularly affected. it is one of the epicenters of the recent cholera outbreak. despite the worrying members, the human's humanitarian coordinator struck a reassuring tome on tuesday, saying cholera, thgh deadly, is preventable and treatable. she added speed was of the essence to contain the outbreak. mark: it is time for truth or fake. our correspondent is awaiting by the big board, and will be reviewing russia's allegations on certain social media. ukraine is fabricating a dirty bomb, this has been dismissed as

complete hogwash by nato. what did you find? >> we have been hearing these dirty bomb allegations made by russia this week. there is no indication that ukrae is preparing such a weapon as ukraine and its allies dismiss these accusations as a pretest -- pretext for escalation. these allegations were made by russia's ministry on october 24 on their telegram channel, where they explained a dirty bomb combines conventional explosives and radioactive elements. accompanied by the explanatory slide right here. the russian ministry of foreign affairs also supported these allegations on twitter. on october 24 as well, where russia claims according to the information at hand, two organizations of ukraine have been directly ordered to create the so-called dirty bomb. accompanied by these explanatory slides that seem to implicitly

support their claims. mark: it seems many of the sites used in the slides were not even in ukraine. can you tell us more about that? >> we have analyzed the three slides that they posted with these claims that ukraine is fabricating a dirty bomb, and we can confirm that many, or most of the slides are completely unrelated to these accusations. some were taken in russian, not even ukraine. we are going to show some examples. let's start with this first slide right here that would explain the radiation facilities of ukraine and what interests us is the third image right here where they claim scientific research institute is located in a kyiv -- in kyiv. . this is a false claim. this image shows a russian research institute located in st. petersburg, according to this task agency article from

february 8, 2020 one. where we can indeed verify that both photos are the same and the location of this photo was taken in st. petersburg. we consider the location right there. not a ukrainian institute, but a russian one. this picture here on this second slide that we are going to verify, this picture to the far left where they explain the development of a dirty mall in ukraine's capacities -- dirty bomb and ukraine's capacities to create the bomb. this is a photo from a slow balian -- a sub alien photo from 2010. as the government of slovenia went to twitter, pointed out on october 25 where they debunked these claims made by russia claiming this photo used by the russian foreign ministry it's a radioactive waste agency from 2010. we can verify the same photo was

used in the slovenian report from 2010 and in the photo used in these slides and allegations by russia. a photo from slovenia, not ukraine. mark: lies and manipulation exposed. the kremlin incorporating images used by russian propaganda in syria. it goes further. >> we have one final slide we are going to show here. we are going to show this picture to the far right here of the slide. the critical consequences of these provocations, where we can see this film production right here. this image has been used by russian propaganda back in 2018 the war, as elliot higgins points out, this was a production film images that russia used to claim members of the white helmets staged or faked rescue operations. the same tactics they are using during the war in ukraine, that

we have defunct many times before, so we can at least confirm that the images used in these posts right here in no way support these allegations made by russia, and are hence misleading. more information to come on these dirty bombs as the u.n. nuclear watchdog is preparing to send inspectors to two ukrainian sites in the upcoming days. mark: we await their findings as they come out. we will bring it to you as we get it. lies and manipulation exposed in truth or fake. . thank you very much. for more news, stay with us. ♪ >> your needs are changing and so is france 2 for.com, with articles, reports, the latest international news. all of our programs available on replay together with liver broadcasting 24/7. intuitive, fast, and available

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