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Now a total of four of them say they will return home to Iran. Katie Watson is our correspondent in Sydney. So do we know why? We don't. I first got wind of this by speaking to some activists overnight who were concerned that there would have been pressure put on them by the Iranian regime. Pressure perhaps on their families, but of course we don't know the actual ins and outs of this. There's been no communication. But what we do know is obviously on Wednesday there was one woman who had a change of heart about a day after she decided to seek asylum in Australia. Now the three women who have had the similar change of heart is one of the technical members of the squad as well as two players. Now the technical member of the squad actually sort of silent just before getting on a bus to go to the airport. Those players who were also returning to Iran, they were the ones who were initially escaped from the hotel on the Monday. But the reasons for it, Iranian diaspora, are here are very concerned that they've come under pressure and they've had to make a decision on the basis of that. That said the Iranian, Iranian Ministry of Sports have said that they will be welcome back with open arms and have accused Australia's government of playing in Trump's field. And what kind of reaction has there been in Australia to this? Because I know lots of people really wanted the team to stay on in Australia and not go back to Iran. There was a big push from the Iranian diaspora to encourage the women to stay here. There were a lot of efforts made and even before the tournament began, kind of plans put in place to try and encourage the women to feel confident and know that they'd be protected here. And so there will be a lot of disappointment there. But I think also a lot of worry on the basis of concerns about what, why indeed they've made that decision. I mean, the authorities here in Australia have said that they provided ample opportunities to talk to them and make sure that they were talking about their options and knew what their options were. But also understood that even if the opportunities were there, they couldn't remove the context in which the players are making these difficult decisions. And that's something that has been repeated, that, you know, weighing up whether it was better to stay here in Australia or go back to Iran was obviously up to each individual player. Katie Watson. People living in the Russian cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg have reported strange internet problems over the past week. Some say they can't get websites to load or apps won't work. Others say they can't even make phone calls and have had to rely on pages and even walkie talkies. Rebecca Kessby asked BBC Russians lies a foc what was going on. Those internet blockages in St. Petersburg and especially in Moscow over the past week can only be described as unprecedented because in many neighborhoods, especially the city center, there has been virtually no mobile internet reception or sometimes even basic phone service. And that means that many people can't use the most basic service. It's like taxi or delivery or banking apps. And in some cases, bank terminals and ATMs were also affected by these outages. And so a local authorities have been encouraging people to pay with cash since cart payments were unavailable or even buy maps to navigate in the city. Of course, Russia has been tightening control over the internet for many years now. Obviously more so after invading Ukraine with many independent media websites such as BBC Russian or popular messaging and social network apps like Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, fame, blog, or slowdown. But this mostly operated under everything that is not prohibited is permitted rule, which is certainly not the case now. So are people suspicious as to what's behind it? Or could it be Ukrainian involvement? Or is it more likely that the Kremlin is behind it? The Kremlin explained these outages by, quote, systemic safety majors, unquote, but provide it no specific details. But there's little doubts that Russia's security services that have been the most influential part of the government ever since Russia invaded Ukraine. Many Russian regions have been already experiencing such cutoffs for months, especially the regions on a border with Ukraine where drone strikes happen on a daily basis. And Moscow has paid these kind of strikes too. And some internet outages too, but never on this scale. And it's a very dramatic shift because ever since invading Ukraine, Russian authorities had been trying to sort of preserve this image of Moscow being a modern developed capital, which is very stable, not affected by the war. And some people describe to me their experience as returning back to the Stone Age. And people are very annoyed by these developments. And you can even see some pro-war pro Kremlin bloggers who believe it's a mistake that's going to anger people. And I've heard from some people that they haven't been this scared or anxious since Russia invaded Ukraine. And they compared this situation to the events in Iran or North Korea. And the authorities said when normal service will be resumed? No, they made no promises whatsoever. Liza Falked from BBC Russia. Still to come in this podcast. The Raze for the worst picture of the year goes to War of the Worlds 2025. The prize no one in Hollywood wants to receive. This is the Global News Podcast. Next to Cuba, where in the early hours of Saturday, peaceful anti-government protests turned violent, as a Communist Party office in the central city of Iran was attacked. A video on social media showed a large fire and people throwing rocks through the windows of a building as people shouted "liberty". In a post on X, the Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canal said the complaints and demands of the people were legitimate, providing they were conducted with civic responsibility and respect for public order. The protest is being seen as a reaction to the power cuts and food shortages Cuba has been experiencing since the US imposed an oil blockade in January. Cristiana Mosquito works for the AP News Agency in Havana. The authorities say that some people have been arrested during that protest. They are saying for the destruction of property, what they call vandalism, some they accused of being drunk and causing a public disruption, using the usual words that the Cuban government uses on this situation. It wasn't a huge protest, but it's the first one that was somewhat politically oriented. We had seen before isolated, smaller protests, even here in Havana, that were more directed against the power outages, people banging pots and pans. But this certainly looked much more political. Cuba has been under embargo from the United States and different threats from the United States for over 60 years. And no government has been toppled yet. Having said that, the President of Cuba admitted that no oil had come to the country for the last three months. And this is affecting every aspect of life in Cuba. So anything can happen. Cristiana Mosquito. Jürgen Harbemass, one of the most influential philosophers in post-war Germany, has died. He was 96. Known for coining the phrase "the public sphere," he was a staunch pacifist and anti-fascist. Believing a united Europe was the only remedy for the rise of nationalism. Ari and Cochie looks back at his life. Often recognized as the public conscious of post-war Germany, Jürgen Harbemass was involved in most of the social and philosophical debates of the 20th and 21st centuries. He is best remembered for his theory of communicative action, in which he argued that human societies are sustained not merely by power or economics, but also by the capacity for rational dialogue and mutual understanding. He championed democracy as a living process of dialogue, which ought to take place outside state control in a free and open discussion, which he called the public sphere. Throughout his life, he did, as he said, and linked thought and action. He clashed with the then German Chancellor Angela Merkel over her handling of the eurozone debt crisis in 2010, describing the austerity policies in Greece as toxic and designed to appease financial markets rather than support the Greek people. Born in 1929 in Dusseldorf, Harbemass was enrolled in the Hitler youth, but he was too young to have taken an active part in the Second World War, And in the 1960s he became the voice of German student protests. Often
suspicious of tradition, or shared ethnic and national identities, Habermas was a strong proponent of European integration, which he saw as the only remedy for the surge of nationalism. In a time of rising populism, Habermas' ideas of strengthening democracy through public dialogue and legitimate political power are perhaps more relevant than ever. That was Aryan Kotshi. Now to a very different sort of job, a British scientific charity is looking for volunteers from around the world to work in Antarctica. The job is in Port Loccroy and includes looking after a museum and more than a thousand penguins and preserving the world's most southerly post office. If that sounds like your dream come true, you better be quick, because applications close at midnight GMT on Sunday. The museum's manager Amanda Barry told my colleague Justin Webb what it's like to work in Antarctica. I was there for two months and my job was to look after the historic base there at Bransfield House and to welcome the visitors who would come to buy postcard from the most southerly post office in the world. And also to really get a taste of what it was like for the men who worked down there all those years ago. What was it like? Very remote. I mean, it feels remote for us and the team. I mean, it's 9,000 miles away from home. It's in Antarctica for goodness sake. But for the men there, when they waived goodbye to their ship that dropped them off, that was it for six months. There would be no more ships that would be coming by if there was some problem they had to deal with it themselves. And the only communication they had with the outside world would have been via Morse code so sending messages to the Falklands which would be relayed to the UK or by letter but the letters could only be sent and received every six months. So for someone who's thinking of applying, what sort of a person do you have to be? You have to like penguins, I'm guessing. Or but it's so easy to like penguins just to identify anybody not to really fall in love with them. I think you've got to be adventurous, open-minded, have a good sense of humour, you've got to get along with people. It doesn't really matter what you've done before. You know, I mean, having certain skill sets, of course, are great. We run a small gift shop there. So if you've got retail skills, fantastic, if you've got experience with museums, with wildlife, but actually I had no real experience with museums before. You've just got to have an attitude of mind to be open, to be willing to muck in, to do whatever it takes. It's such a varied role. It's full on, so you've got to be healthy and fit. But oh my goodness, it's worth it. Honestly, if you're thinking about doing it, I wouldn't hesitate. Just go for it. I mean, you know, it's a cliche, but life is short and just do it because Antarctica is worth it. And apart from the scenery and obviously the penguins, I'm interested you say social because obviously there are cruise ships coming ago. And that's who your customers are, presumably. But it must be a small team. So you've got to be able to deal with the fact that you are in a quite isolated circumstances with a group of people and like it or not, that's your friendship group. Absolutely. And where you sleep is the mixed bunk room. All your privacy is a curtain around your bed. I always call it the form of extreme camping with the load of strangers. But again, I think the sort of people that are attracted to this sort of role, you just get on with it. And you help each other. That's really important. It doesn't actually matter what your role is. You just muck in. Amanda Barry speaking to Justin Webb. Finally, the red carpets in place, the Oscar statues are ready. And no doubt some nerves are jangling ahead of this year's Academy Awards. It's the glitziest day of the year on the entertainment calendar and success can send careers into orbit. But not all Hollywood gongs are as coveted as Wendy Irkart reports. The Razzie for the worst picture of the year goes to War of the Worlds 2025. The Razzies are golden raspberry awards are almost as famous as the Oscars, but for all the wrong reasons because they represent the best of the worst in the business in the last year. The prime video film War of the World's Starring Ice Cube swept the board with five razzies for worst picture, worst actor, worst director, worst screenplay and worst remake. Ouch! You'll be saved from the queen here. The queen's stolen everything from all of us. Disney's Snow White remake scooped worst supporting actor and worst on screen combo, which went to all seven computer-generated dwarfs in the film. Elsewhere, Rebel Wilson was named worst actor for Bride Hard and Scarlett Rose Stallone was awarded worst supporting actress for the western film Gunslingers, but she's got a long way to go to catch up with her dad because Sly holds the record for the most worst actor razzies. There was some good news though. Kate Hudson's Oscar nomination for Song-Song Blue this year earned her the Razzie Redeemer award, which is given to someone whose performance has improved, which kind of makes up for being handed the worst actress award in 2021 for music. Kate Hudson isn't the only a-listed to be called out for a poor performance though Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Leonardo DiCaprio and even Laura Salivier have all been panned at one time or another. Over the years the razzies have developed a cult following and rather than hide away to lick their wounds, some of the world's top actors have actually turned up to collect their gongs, so it seems the great and the good are not so afraid of being made fun of. If it's only now and again. Wendy Eirkaat reporting. And that's all from us for now. If you want to get in touch you can email us at
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