let's bring in cameron martine, he is a senior lecture at the university of sussex where he teaches modern history of the middle east and international relations. welcome to d, w. so we just saw there in our report, iranians across the country, supporting my hubbard. is this a new kind of unity in these protests? yes, indeed, this is absolutely remarkable. because for decades, islamic republic has invested in and actively promoting the division between different nationalities and cultural regions. and communities in iran and correspond, has been particularly subject to this policy given the history of a national movement in the region. and the fact that correspond of iran is adjacent to the iraqi kurdistan and turkish coda son and so on. but it clearly evidence that actually that the people in other parts of iran do not buy into this narrative of separatism, which is what the government is trying to kind of propagates that they couldn't. regions are so many to buy separate this movement. and these people want to kind of disintegrate on despite that we see that people immediately from pier

they're speaking with me earlier from the university of sussex. you're watching the w news up next business news with christie plants, and i will see you tomorrow have a good evening with people in trucks injured when trying to flee the city center. more and more refugees are being turned away. families please on the theory for the credit on we located administrative.

protests, cameron martin is a lecturer and the department of international relations at the university of sussex. and i asked them whether iran is trapped in a vicious cycle. indeed that's indeed the case up to now the cycle of violence, the regime hoping the more while and will suppress the protest or scare people off the streets. and in particular, curtis on has been the side for really unbridled violence by the regime forces for precisely that reason what i mean so far this has not worked as, as you also mentioned, a test for device ability of this strategy is as a general strike, which has been called for by main kurdish political organization to take place tomorrow across iran. the intention is to relieve curtis on from the massive repression and pressure which is currently under by you know, expression of so that if you buy people in other parts of iran, if that actually takes place to a reasonable extent, i think that would be a milestone in this protest because it shows that coordination and cooperation between different parts of their own different regions. especially a place like this

camera much in the university of sussex. many thanks. thank you. a 16 year old student has been killed and at least 18 people injured, following explosions and 2 bus stops and jerusalem. israel's police have described the explosions as the coordinated attack. here is more at a bus stop on the outskirts of jerusalem. a blast caught on cctv camera during the morning rush hour. israeli police try to piece together what happened? a bomb built to spray out shrapnel on any one near boy. around half an hour later to another bus stop elsewhere on the outskirts of jerusalem. a 2nd explosion, the israeli authorities believe the 2 separate blasts are related. the lord cautiously, i really, really hope we capture terrorists or the terrorists and root of this organization. because assuming there is a connection between events, it is clear that it is something more complex law. a teenager attending a jewish religious school was killed, and over a dozen people were injured. the man expected to be israel's next prime minister. benjamin netanyahu visited survivors

my team is a senior lecturer in international relations at the university of sussex. he shared his view on the iranian government crackdown, especially in certain areas. i mean from what we hear from, for example, citizen cornerstone in con itself to which you refer. it seems that during the night, the cities basically at the hands of the people and during the day the regime troops kind of regaining control. and a similar situation seems to be the case in some other towns which shows kind of the erosion or exhaustion of regime troops that are also reports. which are remarkable in some sense, that the government has evacuated. some of the quite strategic points on top of high mountains, in the border regions of kurdistan, where military troops have been based for a very long time to deal with a position groups and evacuated them to the cities you know, to, to kind of track down on the protest as leaving those areas kind of undefended and you know, increasing use of i come by the mission and what i just described in terms of a kind of a deployment of troops to just that

more i'm janelle by cumberland martinez, senior lecturer and international relations at the university of sussex. it's good to have you back on the program again, the crack down on this week's protest. it seems to be especially violent, but the demonstrators that they don't seem to be giving up at all. what's your take on how the situation is developing? yes. i mean, if i may, i would like to stop by saying that if, if the slogan about anything to go by the demand of the protest as seems a 9 weeks ago, it's consistently about a change of the regime kind of bringing down the climate republic as a whole slogans chance against the supreme leader and basically the very tenants of this let me go public. so please reform that slightly on the kinds of are presenting what, what the test is want. but in terms of the escalation, yes, i mean to yesterday, to then tomorrow is the anniversary of the 3 days of process in 20. 19 in november when by, according to reuters 1500 people were killed over 3 days in iran during a series of protest across their own. so people have been mocking that anniversary across t

equality toward my router, that is all about already come run. martine is a senior lecture at the university of sussex, where he teaches modern history of the middle east and international relations. he told us more about the new unity in the protests against the regime and are on yes indeed. this is us was a remarkable because for decades islamic republic has invested in and actively promoting the division between different nationalities and cultural regions and communities in iran. and call this time has been particularly subject to this policy, given the history of a national movement in the region. and the fact that go to span of iran is adjacent to the iraqi kurdistan. and turkish go to sign and so on. but it clearly a evidence that actually the people in all the parts of their own do not buy into this narrative off separatism, which is what the government is trying to kind of propagates that the dakota regions are dominated by that. that is movement. and these people want to kind of disintegrate on, despite that, we see that people immediately from tehran to remove parts of iran are coming out a

come on martin from the university of sussex. we appreciate all of your insights. thank you. thank you. to the united states now where police in colorado say 5 people were killed and 18 others wounded in a shooting at an l. g. b t. 9 club in colorado springs club goers, father and stopped the suspected gunman who was now in police custody. it was over in a matter of seconds. police were alerted just before midnight, a shooting at club q o. the 1st officer arrived in the area at 12 am, and the suspect was detained and subsequently taken into custody at 12 o 2. but by then 4 people were already did. a 5th would die later at a hospital. police believe the 22 year old suspect entered the l g b t q nightclub and just started shooting with what they described as a long rifle. i ran to the dressing room immediately. there was a customer that called me, and it was a jack former delusion over the in the directory. i made them lock the doors and we got none on the ground and cut off the light at least to her road people inside the club. confronted and fought with the suspect and were a

come, ron martinez, a senior lecturer at the university of sussex where he teaches modern history of the middle east and theories of international relations. he told us more about the situation in mama well, all the last 34 days, my thought was basically largely at the hands of the people protest. those were on the street. many of the institutions of the government were no longer operational. the city was in a general strike of these period multiple times, barrios of protest who had been killed tending to further protests. so the c runners had kind of liberated itself from the government if you liked athletes you in the day. so last night, news came in that the government forces from multiple directions entering the city with heavy weapons with, with vehicles and so on. and as you can also show, there were sounds of shooting throughout the night. so the city seems to be completely militarized since last night and there was, you know, trying to completely silence the protest is, but supports come in that despite the heavy presence and shooting and killing of the protest as they were a

months, but it has its significance for cognition movement that was cameron martin from the university of sussex. thank you so much anxious. let's turn our attention now to the comp 27 climate talks in egypt. some $200.00 countries have signed on to historic deal to pay for the effects of climate change. the marathon discussions ended with a deal to create a fund to compensate poor countries for damage. they've already suffered from climate change. the fund covers would negotiators called loss and damage. but many, many delegates are worried about what the deal does not include. it's a historic deal thrashed out by exhausted delegates after weeks of negotiations that the climate talks in egypt through the eurostar machine. we established the 1st ever barbecue could form for lawson damage a form that has been so long in the making the fund would pay poor nations on the front lines of climate change. dealing with destruction and death from extreme weather. developing countries have contributed the least to heat trapping emissions that are causing temperatures to increase weld wide nations like pak

intensity of the protests that was come, run martin, they're speaking with me earlier from the university of sussex. you're watching dw news up next, the w business news with christy plants and i will see you tomorrow have a good evening with people and trucks injured one trying to flee the city center. more and more refugees are being turned away. order the families, enrollment theory for the credit on its way located demonstrate people being screened around getting 200 people from imaging around the world. more than 300000000 people are seeking refuge in the line because no one should have to flee. make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines. ah, ah, a new budget for britain. and it looks like it means higher taxes for millions of people and for energy producers will get the details from our london correspondence . also coming up the collapse of major crypto exchanges. spooks markets, which we'll hear from one crypto executive who says the industry would welcome more oversight. welcome back to another d w business. i'm christy plats and in berlin. millions of people across britain now face higher

we have a lecture at the department of international relations at the university of sussex. ked him whether iran is trapped in a vicious cycle. >> indeed, that is indeed the case up until now, this cycle of violence. the regime hoping more violence will suppress the protests or scare people off the streets. in particular kurdistan has been -- has seen violence by the forces for precisely that reason. so far this has not worked as you also mentioned. a test for the viability of this strategy is a general strike which has been called for by the main kurdish organizations to take place tomorrow across iran. the intention is to relieve kurdistan from the massive replacement and pressure that it is currently under by people in other parts of iran. if that takes place to a reasonable extent, that would be a milestone in this process because it shows that coordination and cooperation between different parts of iran, different regions, especially a place like kurdistan which is politically quite organized can actually countermeasure and design countermeasures against the government's

come around martin of the university of sussex, not ethics, excuse me for that. but no problem. i see the putting all your eggs into one basket. never a good idea. germany and other western states learned that the hard way when russia's invasion of ukraine left them scrambling for alternative energy sources. now when it comes to trade, germany is heavily dependent on china. another autocratic state with little regard for human rights or the rule of law. so it's no wonder that german chancellor will shots his 1st visit to china would be overshadowed by fundamental questions about the future of relations with beijing. from the time being, his approach looks fairly familiar. change through trade. for years that was germany's china policy. wilma chancellor, anglo merkel champion. the idea throughout has 16 years and power, suggesting that making money in fostering change go hand in hand. china is now germany's biggest trade partner and concerns are growing that this has made germany dangerously dependent. but if you look at a couple of the kind of key clusters of dependency m one no

part—time masters student at the university of sussex.p to black friday. royal mail said it had made its "best and final offer" to staff and accused unions of "holding christmas to ransom." staff said the offer would "spell the end of royal mail as we know it". our members are fighting for theirjobs. we're fighting against compulsory redundancies. we're actually fighting to also save the service, the service that has served this country well for so many years and can still go on being a major contributor to the uk economy. that's what this dispute is about. it's also about saving the service for the public and defending all of the work that our postal workers do on a daily basis in every community across the uk. the united nations human rights council is discussing the iranian government's clampdown on protests, eight weeks after the death of mahsa amini in custody. it says around 14,000 arrested amid iran protests. the session in geneva — backed by the european union and the united states — will decide on setting up an internationalfact—

a senior lecturer in international relations at the university of sussex on the crowd -- weighs in on the crackdowns. >> what we hear, for example from kurdistan, it seems that at night during the day and in the hands of the people the regime seems to be regaining control. showing the exhausts and of the troops. this is one of the most strategic points on top of the high mountains in the border regions of kurdistan, where the military region has been based for a very long time. coming into the cities in order to crack down on the protesters and leaving those areas undefended. increasing use of combat ammunition and redeployment of troops is just the government struggling with managing the spread and intensity of the protests. brent: if you liked you liked -- you liked the netflix show "dark," their german creators are coming back with a new mystery that combines history with fantasy. "1899," sat on an ocean liner bringing immigrants from europe to america. dreaming of a better future, something onyx acted happens along the way. >> in the midatlantic of migrants steamer gets a possible

alan winters is professor of economics at the university of sussex business school. ding in europe and europe this week after the pandemic so the supply is coming along. trade with china for the us has been hit by these tariffs that mr trump introduced, mr biden did not remove. so trade with china is stalling i think because of the chinese restrictions from the pandemic and those tariffs. and europe is able to bloom away. it those tariffs. and europe is able to bloom away-— bloom away. it is a bit push and ull bloom away. it is a bit push and pull as well- _ bloom away. it is a bit push and pull as well. so _ bloom away. it is a bit push and pull as well. so alongside i bloom away. it is a bit push and pull as well. so alongside the i pull as well. so alongside the tariffs for those green manufacturers here and europe there is also an incentive, lots of subsidies on offer now in the united states because of whatjoe biden has brought in. states because of what joe biden has brou:ht in. . . states because of what joe biden has brou:ht in. , ., ., ., . brought in. yes, a

i'm joined by dr paul dorfman from the university of sussex and chair of nuclear consulting group whichgo ahead with the sizewell c plant? that it decides not to go ahead with the sizewell c plant?— sizewell c plant? at the end of the da , more sizewell c plant? at the end of the day, more pounds _ sizewell c plant? at the end of the day, more pounds sterling - sizewell c plant? at the end of the day, more pounds sterling per- day, more pounds sterling per megawatt hour means less megawatt hour per pound sterling. this is a hugely cost investment for the government. the the risk and the liability. unfortunately to that uk electricity consumers and taxpayers. the fact is that with the best will in the world, with the best will in the world sizewell c cannot be built before 2040. 2014. which means it is much too late for our energy —— 2040. it is not simply a question for economics, we all understand that the nuclear option is a hugely expensive one. with renewables coming in at one fifth or one quarter less than nuclear. it is also a question of time and it is time that we simply don't h

dorfman from the university of sussex and chair of the nuclear consulting group analysing nuclear issues, to what's been announced on sizewell c, it's been long awaited . and one wonders how awaited. and one wonders how long it is actually before it actually comes on stream and starts providing us with energy . well there's lots of hurdles here . the actual fine, fine here. the actual fine, fine investment decision, it's not now . but maybe in investment decision, it's not now. but maybe in about a year, a year and a half, and there are of hurdles in the way , as of hurdles in the way, as discussed , china had a 20% stake discussed, china had a 20% stake in the development of all of this nuclear plant. and france is in terrible , dire straits. 45 is in terrible, dire straits. 45 billion in debt, expecting a 29 billion in debt, expecting a 29 billion hit on the profit this year with half the nuclear reactors offline facing . a 50 to reactors offline facing. a 50 to £100 billion build for their mandatory safety upgrades. so in terms of problems associated this plant, there are very many. a

joining me now is dr angela baron, who is a industrial relations expert from the university of sussexean of real wages over the last few years and that means that people are not able to buy as much as they were a few years ago. we had all of those years of austerity, where wages did not rise as much as they could have done. and now of course, we are seeing inflation at 10%, we are seeing inflation at 10%, we are seeing a cost of living crisis, and we know that people are struggling. and a lot of the people that are striking are in fairly low played when group a jobs but there are also professional people, you did not mention the nurses, the nurses are threatening to strike. and those people are in professionaljobs, they are providing an essential service to society and they are struggling to feed their families. and heat their homes. and that is the difficult situation we find ourselves in. nobody wants a strike, no worker wants to go on strike, and employers certainly don't want strikes, but of course for many of these people, they feel it is the last resort. they have not been liste

university staff clearly had the support of some students. and we can speak now to one student who's backing the striking lecturers. stevenjackson is an undergraduate student at sussexis? i about this, how are you not annoyed b this? ., ., ., ., ., by this? i am not annoyed at all, the wa i by this? i am not annoyed at all, the way i see _ by this? i am not annoyed at all, the way i see it, _ by this? i am not annoyed at all, the way i see it, the _ by this? i am not annoyed at all, the way i see it, the real- the way i see it, the real disruption has been over last few years over my learning. staff working conditions are my learning conditions, their teaching additions on my learning conditions. they cannot provide quality education they want to provide stop no one wants to be on strike for stubbs striking his last resort. but is up to universities in the rep is it of bodies directly come to the negotiating table seriously, it is up to them to stop the strikes. the strikers are at their wits and. for years they have been warning about the feelings of higher education for years. is up to them to stop the striking. the?r them to stop the striking. they would say _ th