Cloud, richardson, thank you very much for joining us. Well begin with a look at freedom of speech on this, the 3rd of may, the day, the United Nations has declared World Press Freedom day for its own freedom of speech. A warranty w has chosen a reluctant champion. You will you know vanya from russia. She is the widow of alexia vonnie who died earlier this year in an arctic prison his death seen by critics as orchestrated by the russian government ivonya shares the award with the russian Anti Corruption foundation group. Her late husband found it vanya now, continues to fight against pretends russia of the earlier this year, she costs to ballots in process president ial election at the embassy in berlin. An election where any real position had long been dealt with 5 la demi polluted. Following the day of alexi and about in the, in an article here, no problem. The opposition has been old, but decimated in russia. And the arab parents is usually involved in the its not her role. Shes taken on by choice, but by necessity just 12 days after her husbands death, she addressed the, you know, make us in scrapbook which includes my husband. I like see now why they, when he saw theres, i think see, was tortured for 3 years. She was starved in the tar needs tone, so collado from the outside world and denied these its phone calls and then even the letters. And then the 2 team, usually in the bottom, the train does an economist. And with that, a bang before marrying alexa in about in the, in 2000 and ivonya was long a quiet supposed to of her husbands Anti Corruption. If its she was as close as political adviser and by his side as he went to court on prison. Numerous times when charges criminal critics say with from top a set Price Law Group when of on the was poisoned in 2020. While her husband was fighting for his life in a hospital inside barea. She issued a public. Lets do a lot to me to, to, and let it Pressure Campaign to allow her husband to be floating, to gemini, for treatment. When alexa inevitably returned to russia in 2021, the Police Arrested him and detained julie and a volunteer separating the couple of goods. She long shunned the spotlights, but after her husbands harsh imprisonment and death, she vowed to continue the fight against the kremlin. Vladimir putin has a new vocal critic, not afraid to make use of her freedom of speech. Roman gone franco from data of these russian surface told me what this award means for you and of all now. And the russian opposition, as well. Of course, as an acknowledgment of what this whole team is doing. First of all, her husband tullocks and of all the who was still a very extension, faith, inferential figure. And there are some opposition even being in prison a. So its an acknowledgment, one of many, just a few weeks ago, the Time Magazine pull to learn to volunteer on the list of the old 100 most influential people in the world. So shes proud of that. And there are also acknowledgements and the boards in other countries. So um, but, but 1st of all, of course its in the board for her husband who died in prison. She believes he was killed directly or indirectly by the russian authorities by the russian regime as she says. So its, its very important, i think, award for her and for the whole team, the whole team, the onto Corruption Foundation is um, making the headlines and on the russian Position Community again. Now if they, if they are publishing now, a serious of documentaries um about the house wanted me to put in the russian president came to paula and whats rolled, the russian leads plate in his rise. So they have millions of millions of views on youtube. Silvia, they have a very influential and everybodys talking about those films now. So millions of millions of use on youtube are those mostly coming from abroad or from inside rush. I guess what im asking is, does Something Like this penetrate Russian Society and this so how deeply as exactly, thats important. So russia is becoming more and more close to size. And youtube is one of the very few um channels that you can, you can communicate with the russians directly from the west, from outside. Um, so i can tell about the dodge of other russian service, so we are blocked in rush hour about do i still have that channel, the youtube and people that i should do . Watch it more than half of us come from bradshaw and of course phone the volunteer. And her team is also a very important channel to communicate with the Russian Society. Because the oppression against the free press against the john list. People who engage continues, especially offices, are often based, new grading, pointing to Institute Just a few days ago. And there were reports from russia, thats a 2 journalist were arrested on charges for working for the Anti Corruption foundation by alex the end of all me know. So they are now facing many years in prison, and this is something, its everyone working in russia as a journalist, as mine. Lets just speak briefly about your pneumonia as a figure. As youve mentioned, shes internationally influential picking up awards. But how much supports does she have among russians . Well, that remains to be seen at the moment. It was just a few months since she said that she will continue his work. Shes still searching for her role, but she has vari, one very important to us and its a name and her voice. So shes a person thats everybody in the western world, in the world at all. Well, well be hearing will be listening to. So she will try to communicate, she will try to be more open because when she was on the side of all exciting the volley, she saw how hes working, but she stayed behind. Now shes staying in front of everyone else. And shes the person that everybodys looking at. I want to thank you. That is indeed all these roman culture and go to today may be World Press Freedom day, but around the World Press Freedom has been fallen. According to the organization, reporters without borders. There been more attacks on journalists reporting on elections, and a Record Number of countries were members of the media are facing extreme constraints on their work. The new Worlds Press Freedom index has just been published by reporters with our borders based on data compiled by the organization. The majority of the countries with the most difficult conditions for journalists are in the middle east and asia. Your permissions, the region where journalists enjoy the highest level of freedom overall. Its the only parts of the world where the situation for journalist has ranked as good in some countries. Because even in europe, the picture is mixed in the eastern southeast of the continental conditions have deteriorated. Many countries have dropped in the rankings. 1000 includes battle roost, which is now overtaken, russia and turkey at the bottom of the index to become the worst ranked for press. Freedom in europe to the w itself has now been banned in bella rouge after being classified as a terrorist organization by the government. But its not just dw thats been targeted. Many of the roof and journalists have now flooded the country. One of them is maria. So bush cannot, whos been living in exile in berlin, despite the situation, she continues to fight for press freedom in belarus. Mother yes, of course the now is fighting for free preston, hyundai to fetters. Shes not been able to live and work that for a long time. We didnt have some free elections campaign. We didnt have major freedom. So, so we have time to time for Political Prisoners and its the oldest was because we have a through political the resume reflects on the single face. And brandon, she now produces n t regime videos that cool out state of uses. Publishing have reaches tens of thousands of people in both of us with us sentato the home country. She was active as a john list and as a complaint of human rights over time that required more and more courage. I have never found this kind of experience in my life. What able to experience that weve been so proud of, charles that weve been so grave and the fact that you all the things god was in 2020. There were protests of the allegedly wrecked election. Critical down, the swell rest that weve been sure that uh at least some people from on what seems to be interested in case we will stay inside the country and we decided to escape on sunday, 1st to ukraine than to poland. Now she lives in berlin with a colleague onto i met hall and controls now about whats happening. Talk about tax law and the press. Freedom is one of my main issue for decades. Yeah, no, i roommates is freedom of the press in front of us is nonexistent. Even in berlin, mother, yes, of course, you know, has to be careful and must package her content. Stephanie, what im trying to do is to find the new ways to reach the younger audience to rich people in the letters with the news content, but maybe not informant of news, but in form of political satire. For example, i lived here in germany in through lynn, but all my thoughts, my home, my family place as i like the in means. She has one request for europe in the us. Dont forget that a rose independent on the list of treats as like political prism this china has launched an unprecedented admission to retrieve samples from the far side of the moon of the called. The chung with 6 was lifted off from the Southern Island of province of high 9. It is expected to bring the samples back to her within 2 months. It is the latest advance in chinas ambitious Space Exploration efforts. Now competing with United States. China already landed a rover on the far side in 2019. I mean the 1st country to do so. Theres more now on the chinese move mission. John 6 aims to connect to the new material from the fall side of the mood and bring it back to us. Its a complex mission that will involve definitely were both take modules working together see a me to a long space craft will 1st over the news and then deploy a land to the side that is never visible from us. It will talk at the south pole 8 can base in the law just no impact quite just in the solar system using a mechanical drill and scoop the land. A will collect 2 g, those of soil and rocks. And the send the mode you with attached to the lambda will block back into a new orbit and transferred the samples to the re entry vehicle. If all goes well, it will carry the congo safely back to us the scientist. So the sample review new information about the moons early evolution. Its false. Site is the logically different from the one we see from uh it has a stick across and its surface smoke has different chemical composition, the chunk, the 6 and so have instruments made in europe on Broad Spectrum which were from suite. And well investigate the interaction between solar winds and the surface. When solar wind sweep across the need, they create an electric charge that can endanger afternoon and equipment. The effect is most pronounced on the crate to it just in the polar regions. The, these Research Trip will take the ways to china is good for you to me ending, which it hopes to achieve by 2030 both the us and china, one to establish bases at the moons south pole. For more on this and chinas space program, lets bring in a moot suite from d, w as chinese service. That was more about what china is hoping to achieve with this mission to the far side of the moon. Whereas we know that the fall side of morning is very different from the near side of move, which we normally could only see. And this time, the chinese tongue, the 6th mission, and sure, collect the tasks and rocks from the fall side to moon and transport them back to the us. For further, a non lights is and time use, as well as, as International Scientists choose the i to compose new moons, south pole, which has had a lot tough as periods impacts and the volcano eruption of a positive williams. Yes. Which makes this area very scientifically interesting. Because they could review the history of morning and also ill uh, and the history of those and also a lot. So in our system, and i mean its becoming quite a popular destination, isnt it . Weve seen missions in recent years from india, the us and japan. Now this major milestone for china, how important is the Space Exploration for the chinese leadership . And as you said, to almost everyone as a tough time in the United States in the pen, everyone is trying to get to the moon. And of course, china as in emotion, superpower doesnt want to be left behind. And in china has planned this town, those 6 mission to collect the sample from fall side of moon. And in the next few years, there would be more complicated emissions, including to build up coming into robotic station in the south pole area of one. And i think china also ends at sending as turnouts to the moon. I run to the year of 2013, which would not only be scientifically important, but also be a political prestige of cost of the chinese leadership. One to show that they are and not on the economy as a superpower. But they also has some, somehow in advantage of science and technology. So theres a political aspect at play here. Lets, lets talk a little bit more about the Science Behind it. Though youve alluded to the fact that there will be more missions to come in the future. We know that in 2019 and china already pulled off a historic for soft landing on the far side of the moon. But that was just a, a one way journey. Can you tell us a little bit about how this is a more ambitious trip . Isnt that so as to the, in the year of 2019 and time has sent tongue the full mission to the false side of moon and its more robust, few working down to day. And but this mission, i mean the tongue, the 6, and they will not only send the, send the land to the faucet of moon, but also collects, which is the rock. And thats sampled from the fonts i didnt transported back to the us, which is more complicated because its less like the tongue of for mission 5 years ago. You dont have the direct communication between us and the more than 5 side because between the us and the huge satellite to which we called one. And so you need to separate the latest set of lights to relate the communication between the land and the us. And of course, the rock samples must be carried back to the us again, which means they need to several complicated all the way to run the voice of mon and because of the rates thats not on the near side. Its also on the back side effects of the fall side of which means complicated. Relates that to lights, communications necessarily. Well, thank you so much for that. That is the ws notes. We many, thanks for your time. Thank you. And we have a time for a quick look at some other stories making headlines around the world. Or at least 29 people have been killed in flooding and southern purcell. After heavy rains caused with deadly land slides. Storms led to mass of devastation and left over 300000. 00 without electricity. For those president luis and i saw the silver travel to the state on thursday to meet with the families of those affected and with rescue. Workers. Crews have been cleaning up. You see a way after police removed barricades and began to, samantha ling a pro palestinian county, President Biden has said he doesnt want to deploy the National Guard to us campuses for students have been protesting against israels more and gaza fight. Instead, demonstrators have the right to demonstrate, but not to cause chaos. 6 months ago, the far right alternative for germany, the f d was riding high in the polls and support at 23 percent. Since then, the parties, fortunes though, have taken a downward turn following a series of revelations about links to russian finance years. And the chinese spies the scandals have hit the f. D as it launches its campaign for next month, syrup and elections. It began with this month, picked up is thrown an m p with the fall right till 10. Its a for germany and allegations he had taken money from a russian only got trying to spread this information about the european union, best strong denies any wrong doing. And then it was maximilian trash turned in the spotlight to use the f. B s lead candidates in the european Elections Police arrest and his long standing advisor on charges of spying for the china dev icons go to the Election Campaign is now being bad. Do you have a shattered by this matter . This means that unfortunately, people are now talking about chandra, instead of europe, the weekly market in the markets on district of each cell in a place with f d. Hope the populace should resonate with working class people could the latest allegations for the party all along those in yes, but on the other hand, every party has of skeletons in the closet where they told them cut off. I dont know its its difficult to know what people are thinking and come to shown. People dont dare to talk openly about voting for the a f d. So thats vitamin the levels. With these kind of fake news accusations, i would say a lot of it is open to interpretation and exaggerate to united. Theyll put you, this is all of your bullish. In this case it doesnt sit well with me. Thats why the ac is not an alternative, is not the latest nationwide page suggested that is a widely shared view. While the f these base is solid, more than 70 percent of german cd wouldnt dream of voting for the party. Could you imagine voting for the f b, i guess is night after the 9, not the right me. Yes. The 1000 java from the eyes. The system for the use from 933 to 45 of showing us that this is not good. And thats it. No question about it, its a party that is not afraid. And that probably explains why the other parties are worried in the past. Scandals have done little to dead the if these popularity but as the european Election Campaign hall top difficult questions about the policies for links could block its path to success. Lets take a look at some new pulling numbers out from deutschland trend this morning. When it comes to voter intention, the f d remains at 18 percent, no change from last month, while the house last about 5 points since last september. And in terms of their potential support here in germany, the f t appears to come up against a hard ceiling. More than 70 percent of people surveyed said they would never consider voting a f. D to i asked our Political Correspondent, julia, so deli, if the spying scandals and allegations are for an interference are hurting the f d. s electability. What weve heard from allison experts that these issues could have an impact on a if these a supports coming from voters or perspective voters. And weve seen also in the noise land, tens of pull that among a if the supporters around one 3rd of them. Also believe that the party should possibly reconsider its close ties to russia and the china, but of the poles looking at how much support the sd has in general, weve seen that the actually, the drop in support has come, not necessarily from this issue right here. But started before these scandals, possible scandals came out and that had to do with an Investigative Research that was produced by a german investigative outlet quality, which came out with a reports detailing of a meeting between some of the members and unknown members of the far right extreme is seen where the, this group of people discuss plans to the ports, people out of germany, including silent seekers of foreigners with permission to stay in germany, but also german citizens. And now, after a, the, the reports of these plans came out, hundreds of thousands of people in germany took to the streets to protest against the a if the to call for support of democracy. And this seems to also have influence on prospective voters of the a if the and sort of a turn them away from, of wanting to vote for the party. So lets take a look now also what appears to be clear concerns over the a f d as perceived closeness to russia and china. We have more polling for you here. 71 percent of those polled saying the sd should reassess its links to russia. And it is the same story with china, 70 percent expressing concern about beijings pull the attend. Excuse me, potential influence over a half day is really we know german prosecutors are looking into the after you. Can you give us a sense of what is happening there and how the se is trying to contain the scandals with drippy and elections coming up next month . Looking at the 2 cases that we saw in the report, the median kind and pick the best one, the 2 candidates to the you parliament who have been involved in the recent scandals. We know that prosecutors are looking into whether they should open official investigations into the 2 cases. But if we look at the a, f, b leadership, for example, you can tell that they see these issues could become a bit of a hot potato for the party that they could run into trouble with some of their perspective voters who may have taken a bit of a distance from the 2 candidates, for example, not showing up together at rallies and political events. But on the other hand, they have also stood by these 2 Party Members and the Party Leadership have said that theyre not going to take any action against them until there has been approved and connection and about these scandals have been proven. So for now they are considered innocent until Proven Guilty to these Political Correspondent julia sally. Thank you very much. I or before we go, a quick reminder of our top story. Julian ivonya hasnt given dw as freedom of speech award along with the russian Anti Corruption foundation. An organization founded by her late husband, alexei, nevada, vania became the face of russias opposition following her husbands death in a russian penal colony earlier this year. Also the china has launched on, on precedent admission to retrieve samples from the far side of the moon and is expected to bring them back to earth within 2 months. The latest advance in chinas and vicious place, exploration efforts. And thats all for me for now. Im clear. Richardson in for atlanta many thanks for watching the enter the conflicts own phase, riley, mrs. Kenning 7 for an aid workers in gaza strip in hopes that the humanitarian situation might, hes most desperately need of food, can begin to reach the hundreds of thousands of risk of funding for how realistic of those hopes, i guess theres yeah, mega and hadnt been the wage and Refugee Council, for decades of experience and the humanitarian steel conflict of next door opened on dw vibrant habitat, ended the listening place of longing. 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