thank you. mathias time now to have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world to pan has how the state funeral for the former prime minister sions obey. he was assassinated in july. world leaders were among the 4000 people at the ceremony. there was also a position to the cost of the event and division over abe's legacy. rescuers in guatemala, a searching for survivors of for massive sinkhole appeared in the middle of a highway. mother and daughter remained missing after their car was swallowed at least 3 others were injured. 30 say heavy rain caused the underground drainage system to collapse. iran is stepping up its response to nationwide anti government. protests. officials say they've arrested more than 1200 demonstrators. human rights wanted to say at least 76 people have died in rallies, sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody. we don't want the islamic republic, that's the protest cry of people in iran's capital tyrann. only a few videos from the protests are getting through to the outside world, due to repeated internet shut downs. but p

in a few hours, time mathias hauling stations will close and the widely discredited process will end. what's going to happen them? well, if you look at how these are referendums came into being in the 1st place, there has been a lot of talk about these referendums. but due to the security situation, they have been delayed and delayed and now they have been em. they have been staged just after ukraine started. it's quite successful counter offensive into hockey region. and so they have been happening under some pressure. and i would expect that the kremlin will follow up pretty quickly with the annexation, because obviously they are meant to change somehow the course of the war. they're part of an escalation tactics by the russians. they are, are accompanied by a nuclear threats and other threats. so what we're going to see most likely is that the annexation will happen pretty quickly within the next few days. okay. if that annexation takes place as expected, how, what impact is likely to have on the war mathias? well, it is, i think, part of an escalation strategy to draw a new line t

but from a security point of view, they would have to stay there for quite some time, but mathias for this to have to work. and if they're going to say they're long term, wouldn't the fighting. i need to stop the fighting nearby. i am right around this facility for anything to happen in a, in a positive way. the fighting would need to stop. i'm on the other hand, you would save the fighting continues. it's even more vital that they are there and assess the damage i i'm, i'm not sure the fighting needs to stop anyway. so. yeah. to have one to call that for sure. mathias bellinger in the city of separation covering that story for us on is so much at stake, not just the fighting, but also the effects there on that nuclear power plant, which is the biggest in europe. amsterdam has approved a plan to temporarily accommodate a 1000 migrants and a cruise ship mod in its port. the netherlands is trying to end an accommodation crisis that seen hundreds of asylum seekers sleeping outside a reception center and yos, have criticised. the dutch government full failing to promptly care for people s

that will work, but from a security point of view they would have to stay there for quite some time, but mathias for this to have to work. and if they're going to say they're long term, wouldn't the fighting. i need to stop the fighting nearby and right around this facility for anything to happen in a, in a positive way. the fighting would need to stop. on the other hand, you would save the fighting continues. it's even more vital that they are there in the sense the damage i i'm, i'm not sure the fighting needs to stop anyway. so. yeah. to have one to cold, as a sure mathias bellinger in the city of separation covering that story for us on is so much at stake, not just the fighting, but also the effects there on that nuclear power plant, which is the biggest in europe, ukraine's new school year began on thursday for many children, it was their 1st day back since rushman baited in february. so the half of schools are reopening for in person classes. we sent along our correspondent young philip shots. there's an almost festive mood at this school in the center of which are just like every septemb

times before. but now everything went very fast. if the 4 ukrainian regions are annexed by russia as expected, what impact might this have on the war mathias? whereas trying to draw a new red line there, they have said several times that any attack on russian territory would trigger a very harsh response, including possibly a nuclear arms. and by incorporating these territories, they're basically laying the ground for claiming that russian territory has been attacked. whether this will happen or not, i mean russia has been using threats all over this war. and of course, it has not followed up all of these threats. an adult, otherwise we would've already seen nuclear bombs in ukraine, for example, after the attack on crimea, which has already been incorporated a or a next by russia is which is also not recognized internationally, but which is west point of view. um, so in, in a way of course, russia is trying to escalate verbally escalade to symbolically escalade the war. whether we will see real escalation, a dramatic escalation is something to be seen. mathias, thank you very much. shar correspondent mathias pulling a there in keith to ca

at the same time, we consider that we have the minimum of additional level accepting that there is a very, very high d, w, correspond mathias putting a is standing by for us in separation. but here's what more do we know about the un team's mission today. then the hope is to arrive at the plant to day and to sought their work. what they're going to do there is to see the working conditions of the people who are working there, whether they can work in conditions that ensure safety with all the safety protocols are still in place. the safety mechanism, still working, whether the fuel that have been stored there is still there and things like that. it's a dangerous trip. he has just said, it's because they have to cross the line. it's the 1st time at the i a has to cross a front line and a war um and there have been, has been showing this morning and a have been warnings that this might not go ahead, which is heard or seen the head of the military administration year saying that the mission might not be able to proceed. we don't know much about much more then there are reports that this shelling continues with. i guess both si

and our correspondent and key mathias bullying has more on the ukranian counter offensive. we've heard about successes in the south for some time. we don't know how well they're able to consolidate them. we don't get the full picture. there's little access to the front lines at the moment for journalists and so there are questions that remain them, but we have with the picture that the ukrainians are indeed advancing. there is, it is getting more and more is getting more and more confirmed and in the east we are hearing now similar things. the push a push onto the front lines from the ukrainians. that seems to be that seems to be moving on. they seem to be some successes, so a lot of pressure applied there. we don't know whether the objective is to really move forward fast there or just to keep pressure high on the russian troops there. so russia could not deploy them from there to the south. for example, that's something that's how that has been some speculation about. but at the moment it looks as if the ukrainians are having the initiative on the in the hawk of region and in their own region. and that's off to russia. i've h

at the same time, we consider that we have the minimum conditions to move accepting that there is a very, very high d, w corresponded. mathias ballinger is standing by for us in separation. but here's what more can you tell us about the un teams mission today? you know, they have left this morning or in the direction of the front line. um we are hearing that they're stuck now at the ukrainian on the ukranian side at a checkpoint or and they're selling in the greys on that he has just talked about. um, so it's unclear whether they can proceed to day fighting seems hard to have escalated a little bit in the area that concerns the news from the place itself, from in our door. and also from the road there. the road has been according to ukrainian authorities. the road has been shelled by the russians in the past few days already several times. and so that seems to be the reason also, according to the ukrainian sources. we don't have a confirmation from the other side for that particular news. that seems to be the reason why they cannot pass at the moment. we will see later whether they will have to return or whether they can mov

well, thank you, john and susan and mathias for this terribly important book and effort and everyone involved in it. this is a time when it's depressing to read the news. this is a time when young are showing more signs of depression and anxiety than in many previous eras. and we who are teachers are often asked by our students to give them reassurance that things will be better. and i am sorry to say, we look at history we look at the long sweep of history and the length of democracies has not been encouraging. you know, aristotle's famous reminder, the republics devolve into democracies which degenerated to despotism. it's not so encouraging. and so for anyone who's wondering, why am i even listening to this is too depressing, let me just say, this book is one of the few a sources of hope that i have actually encountered in the last year or two. let me just also say that reasons for hope are even more strained than when the book was in print. the ways in which polarization has actually increased, as we see now, who initially denounce the assault on the capitol on january six, backing away and joining the disinfo