the, the, this is data we in is line cumberland. the kremlin. fair says critic, i'll explain. a volume is laid to rest and last year the thousands gather outside the church in defiance. a riot police crowns bid farewell to the opposition leader who died in a remote arctic penal colony. also coming up iran homes, elections and a test of public sentiment following nationwide anti and government protest by the authorities and struggle to get the folders to the valid fox plus cocaine, import flooding europe and demand from users. his record highs for room were much

of the drop originates calls for an international and task force and take down the supply chain. the article for a link to our viewers on p b. s. and the united states. and all of you joining from around the world. welcome . it's good to have you with us, the russian opposition leader. i'll explain, the phone has been laid to rest and los go, the fiercest critic of presidents, lot of input and died 2 weeks ago in a remote arctic penal colony. thousands gathered outside the church where his funeral was held in defiance of a heavy police presence. and warning from the kremlin one human rights groups, as at least 67 people have been arrested. a nation wide tribute. crowds of moon is shaunte. russia will be free as a cue outside the church and must go with the funeral of the next sandeval name was

held onto corruption campaign. a few months galvanized huge protests against the russian government. also, bruce thousands to the streets of to his desk to bid him farewell. despite the police blockade and the risk of arrest or something like 10000 people here. no one is a freight. we came here because we want to honor the memory of the person who is not scared of anything else. and we also have many of those here. it's just important to see people who agree that what happened is terrible and that there are a lot of people who think this will start. she's gone to traditional public burials and the criminal and against what they called protests taking place outside the church.

inside the church, alexys family and friends pay. the final respects the the full of the coffin was transported to a cemetery near the banks of the most clouded river where his parents said good bye to this on the nevada and these wife, julia novelle. naya was not present at the funeral, she is living outside of russia, saying she could be arrested if she returns the. she posted half a well to has been don't social media, sign king him for 26 years of happiness. and she has vowed to

continue her husband's work so that we use russia. analysts, konstantin, god told me he's not surprised that. so we need to find the authorities to say their goodbyes. turn up on me then because they do in the end it's a funeral. and basically the fact that several dozen people who are arrested according to jim's right rights group, so really shows that this was not your regular funeral. of course, they didn't want the show of solidarity without except his family. and of course they golf, but they go up, i mean it's must go, it's nobody's heartland, that's where people of all the most politicize and where there is a huge but at least a significant let's say layer rebut position to boot. and so, to me, there was no surprise in the turn out. and uh, frankly speaking, these people are great because anyone went there good to risk the risk, a rest of it completely trumped up and fig charges. so yes, i mean,

kudos to that. kudos to them all people outside russia and allow me was the face of the anti food and opposition housing. molly, configure izzy along the russian public. let's look the russian public that's was inside put and then still continues to be this minority. uh, they of course knew about the green with whom there are other leaders and what position including an x r a box. definitely. the fact that she was in russia attracted a huge attention to him and he was one of the, i would say, 12 to 3 political prisoners that were influenced hands. so in a sense, i think there's those who dislike, but they always acknowledged his bravery. but of course, the zip the wife's ways of public opinion and russia, which believes the criminal propaganda, and believes that in

a while it was the c i a agent or whatever the crime and tells about him. so i lost a lot. every one in refresher was taken by his energy and his messages. now, long as widow lives outside russia and didn't attend the funeral today, she's bound to continue her husband's 5. what role do you think she could play going forward as well? it depends on how she proceeds. she's a different person. she kept always slightly so to be the shadow of alexi and the she has to become a her own for own self, their own political. so i think that's what we've seen so far. points to the fact that i like see who might happen to know 1st of the 2 was correct to say that she's probably more ready to go. when he's in a position to putting a bunch of calls. it means that she will have to recreate his team to boosted to find her a messages in her own image. and dest is

a big task for her. if she succeeds, the i'm absolutely said to bose a danger to boot and even from from the outside, even from eggs on it, that's constantly. i got always a pleasure to get your insights. thank you so much. the united nations, this calling for an international investigation into the depths of more than a 100 palestinians killed during an a delivery and gaza families of the victims say is really troops opened fire and they is really army has admitted fire in shot. the people near the aid conroy but it says most of the deaths occurred during a stampede. the one has warned that a quarter of gauze as population is currently at risk of famine. friends and family morning, their dead injured survivors on the floor receiving treatment. these people say they were shot by israeli troops as they went to meet in each shipment with the

brand after they stopped shooting. we went back to get our aid. by the time i got flour and some kind of goods and took it down from the truck, they shelter to is they shot to me um the truck driver left to run away from my leg . i lost my notes if he wants to give his agent this way, that he might as well not bring his anything of israel has a different account. this is a video released by the military. it spokesperson says it shows mobs, loading humanitarian aid from trucks. the truck so overwhelmed and the people driving the trucks, which are garza and uh, city is golf and civilian drive is plowed into the crowds of people ultimately killing it. my understanding is tens of people. i don't have anything more specific to that. it is on folding. that's has helped ministry, which is controlled by how mosse says dozens were killed at the drop site. this brings the ministry's death toll,

which does not separate dod civilians from fighters to 30000. that unprecedented human cost hesper cause for resolution. the war in gaza must and clear violations of in the nation when rights and humanitarian roles, including war crimes and possibly other crimes on the international law has been committed by all parties. mediators say that mos in israel on the cost of a truce, but a group say that before that happens, some northern guidance may not survive the famine that result from a not getting through. and here is a quick look at some of the stories making headlines around the world today has decided to the european commission is releasing of 50000000 euro payments to the u . an agency for policy and refugees are on run after earlier halting it's funding. the phrase phone is really claims that some agencies staff took part in the october 7th, how lost her attacks. the commission decided to make the payment of her own wrong,

made commitments to carry out an investigation. and so as president joe biden says, this country will help deliver more aid into gaza meeting with emily's prime minister. he said, washington would work with jordan and others to plan a few minutes here in a air. drum. officials decline to discuss the exact timing, but said the drum could happen in the coming day. we're going to george nicaragua has filed a case against germany at the international criminal court of justice for giving financial and military aid to israel. nicaragua. his claim is that germany is violating the 1948 genocide convention and the 1949 geneva convention on the laws of war in the occupied palestinian territories. orders in iran and for the electing a new parliament and powerful religious body called the assembly of experts to run to political establishment. the elections are attached to public sentiment following a social uprising in 20222023. the last parliamentary elections 4 years ago saw the

smallest vote since the 1979 is monogram lucian. all around is suffering and economic crisis and has been rocked by nationwide anti government protests. the signs are everywhere and the messaging is clear. iran has been scrambling to boost voter turnout ahead of friday's election. it's introducing electronic voting and several cities. and the number of female candidates vying for a seat is more than double what it was in the last parliament re election in 2020. but the government's efforts appear to be falling on deaf ears myself by presently i will not take part in the selection without this because the results of the last 2 elections would not good to you on this group novel. the biggest problem with the election is the people's lack of trust in parliament. of political distrust and an ailing economy have helped fuel voter apathy. although the elections are seen as

a crucial barometer for legitimacy. the government's own surveys show participation will be well below 50 percent. friday's vote includes polls for members of parliament, and the assembly of experts will have the power to appoint, runs supreme leader. the country system of pre approve and candidates has led to mass disqualifications. and the removal of true choice, according to critics of the current hard line government. yet no, you don't even know. yeah into how about body time. the word election is completely meaningless. it should be called an anti election or non election road, in the good bottom of the election is rejected by the people and these lumnick republic, and you don't sell it to them about doing that for sure. the memory of mazda many is also casting a long shadow over this years boat. the 22 year old curtis iranian died after she was taken into police custody for allegedly violating the as lubbock dress code

that led to wave of mass protests against the hid job law and other social issues in 2022. the movement was violently crushed by authorities, but the demands for change and an end to these womic republics rule injure alief want to lay on the job is a, during the reading, political scientist who has the center for middle east and global order thing tank here in berlin and he told us how arrangements feel about these elections. it's, i think it is quite clear even for the resume itself that uh for these elections. there is not much enthusiasm, quite on the country. we can expect the repetition of the last 2 major elections in around, over the last few years for the parliament of the presidency, which already saw a historic, low voter turnout. so this time around, we can also expect the same even probably even lower. because that leaves even

redeem legitimacy has been full for the eroding also in the wake of the national uprisings that you mentioned earlier. so what we actually can expect, in fact, is that there was im gonna proclaim a fake voter turnout without doing much to legitimize them. no, well, i don't believe so because the disillusionment is quite vast and you're wrong. it's quite widespread. there's also no illusion among iranians that those elections are, you know, going to leads to some change. so everyone is well aware of that. so it's quite farcical this so what we're going to see is, you know, basically the social base of the regime, we're going to go to the bottom of the boxes. and this says social base of the resume is also being quite eroding. so basically basically we're talking about 10

to 15 percent of the population v. there are the logically or it can only lead or somehow attached to the some of the public up you're wrong. so basically, it's a contestation within a very, a smaller part of your honest society, those who benefit from the regime and are the logically very committed, especially to the supreme leader of the san republic. uh, as you've mentioned, the protests of 20222023. i want to know from you how has this uprising this movement played into the road and the campaigning ahead of it as well. it does definitely play into resume calculations. that's for a months now. they've been very worried about the reputation of a historically low voter turnout. so, before, over the last few months, we've seen quite to lots of agitation by reaching the officials and for the i took media packaging iranians to go to the founded boxes because otherwise it was

the strength of the so called enemies of the sound republic. but all those of, you know, narratives are not working anymore. so what we can expect is, as i said before, a repetition of a historically low voter turnout and hence also the approximation of a, a, you know, higher ups. uh, you know, a fake hinesville to turn out just 3 days ago. the already see the running around the some river. she guards a core affiliated media for us, talked about an expectation of 71 percent of the wrong is going to the polls so. so this is, you know, a stark contrast to probably only 10 to a maximum 20 percent of iranian so may go to the ballot boxes as political scientists only for the new jobs there. so as demand for cocaine, gross, to unprecedented levels here in europe. so to does the danger to communities where

the drug is sourced, organized crime games are finding over the billions of dollars in black market money to be made. germany is now one of the countries trying to rally international authorities to coordinate efforts to interrupt international supply lines. the general louisa has got these hands, full thousands of containers unloaded and the peruvian pulse of calais of every day and cocaine to be hidden in any of them. the mound in europe is increasing and such as drug smuggling. the ways is anti drug team is on daily patrol. instead about any potential suspicious containers, we'd be gain changing fluid forces. but most of those is we absolutely need an international exchange of information with only investigating authorities so that one can seize the drugs and the criminals behind the getting the knowledge due to rising demand. coca cultivation improve is doubled since 2015. the drug is almost exclusively exposed to europe in germany wrinkled,

$35.00 tons received last year alone. that's why germany's federal minister of the interior, nancy phaser, is traveling to south america, offering great to collaboration between nations. except as i've already seen, the spiraling violence in belgium and the netherlands public. prosecutors and journalists have been shot dead. and i would like to prevent that from happening in germany. i. he, non whitehall, 2000 drug related deaths and not just a few. and it's not just about people dying, it's a huge impoverishment associated with violence and huge profits because even in peru, rain forests are being cleared for drug cultivation. coca farm is on just enough to survive well, international smugglers make millions, the rule of law is being undermined. by corruption, as i mentioned, it was just another one. so they're going to have a shared responsibility. countries that can see must cooperate with countries that produce because this is where the damage is done, the environmental destruction and the mud is supporting the customer negotiations

for security agreements all to begin soon. more education and training, a planned and a great to exchange of information. the importance of information sharing was demonstrated to the anti drug police at the end of january. a tip off enables the team to seize all of a 7 tons of cocaine and the ports of calais of the cocaine is embedded in wooden panels. the smugglers getting more, more creative and it's becoming harder to find and also limited. but i mean, it's a great satisfaction, not just for me, but for everyone who has worked with us. we're always off to the drugs with the aim of finding the people behind them. and that's why cooperation is so important. and any help is welcome, because the drug business is poisoning society and the people who use them. more of that, let's bring in the abilities latin america corresponding nicole raises in columbus, capital, volvo tower, durham interior minister. nancy phaser is currently visiting nicole. first of all,

and can you explain how big an issue of the fight against drunk cultivation and smuggling is that they are in columbia of the call. we just heard it there in the report. it's quite a huge issue. still, even though the colombian government has, for example, in 2023, sees hundreds of, of tons of cocaine and has been destroying time. and again, cocaine plantations. it seems to be something that is difficult to get rid of just because there is so much money involved. this is a $1000000000.00 business. the huge challenge, according to the police official that i talked to today from columbus. national police is that the people involved the international and national play as a more and more becoming sort of invisible, smarter in the race. and this is why there needs to be more international collaboration because india and this is not only an issue for columbia germany, this is an issue for many countries here in latin america pair. route brazil,

ecuador. very prominently has been in the news just a few weeks ago because of its security issues due to this drug of violence as well and to your from the pores from latin america. the proud to use is arriving at the shores of europe and day. we're talking about hundreds of tons of cocaine every year, and that's only the part that will forward. these are actually detecting the only detecting a fraction. so there must be much more arriving. this is where an international collaboration is highly needed because as we just heard in this report, this is not only about a drug that is going to europe is also about people's lives that are in danger. of people who are being killed or the environment being is destroyed and the poverty that goes hand in hand with this uh, with this business, at least for locals that are in the affected area square. cocaine is being produced . yes. nicole. so what does that co operation look like? so today here in bogota, there was a sort of an agreement, like

a letter of intent was signed and this letter of intent for sees that there is a profile, the exchange of information on both sides. so for example, here in columbia, when they receive information about activities, a of are not going to have to go off of truck smuggling or direct production. they can go after it and also use this in court. officially, this was not as, as such before as i was being sold by the national police. um there's also the intend all for having more training here on site for all for it to use. so they can get more involved in their investigation investigation was acquired, speak word here today. this is where they have their focus. they want to have preventive measures, but only, but also follow the money that goes into the drug trafficking and smuggling. so they can actually really hunt down the international players that are involved in that sit in different countries. like for example of mexico, venezuela. it glowed and said it was so these were the things that were agreed. there was no money involved. apparently,

germany is not sending any money to the countries it has visited. that was a surprise. but as nancy says that the german interior administer put it there also in sending people over here to get some training done. so that in sort of, in a sense, it's also money and she was and also she wasn't asked for money. she said from that in american countries, either that was the, the way of correspondence. nicole race reporting from baldwin. thank you so so much for that. thousands of nigerians have joined protests of soaring living costs during the worst economic crisis and generation president volunteer. nubile has taken some tough action to stabilize. price is a popular but expensive fuel subsidy has been scrapped to new who has also floated nigeria as currency. but the niagara has sunk to an all time low against the us dollar. and on the most before we nigeria come to open markets like this one to buy food and other are essential for their daily lives. this is one place where you can easily see the economics for 2 months ago, this $5009.00,

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