a go for some of your record breaking sites on. do you too. and now also in book form ah, ah ah, this is deed of you used live from berlin, ukrainian forces achieve their biggest breakthrough in the south of the country since the war began. they've been pressing their offensive in the southern region of her son, one of 4 regions illegally annexed by moscow last week, after a sham referendum, orchestrated by the cramp. also coming up, brazil's presidential election heads for

a run off vote. neither of the 2 leading candidates, current president, shire of bull scenario and former leader louisiana, you'll move on to silva received the majority in sunday's 1st ballot. plus it's germany's national holiday today. unity day. it's been 32 years since east and west germany were unified. but it is there more that divides and unites german society today. aah! are mixed by cert. welcome to the program. ukrainian forces are reported to be recapturing territory in the south of the country in their biggest sprague through their since the start of the war. officials installed by russia, acknowledged that ukraine has made advances in the harrison region. one of 4 that russia legally annexed last week. how dos shared on social media appear to show

soldiers raising the ukrainian flag in several villages. they are thought to have advanced as much as 40 kilometers and a single day of that is yet to be officially verified. dw corresponded nick connelly is in the capital key. if i asked him about the reported ukrainian advances in the south of the country will definitely seems like after months were busy fits on was the side show to what we saw in her give her. and it seemed that basically this was something that the cranes were distracting the russians with while turning the attention elsewhere. it does seem that this is now center of attention. and this is where all the movement is happening. where previously the crating forces were pushing at rush pieces from the west, from micheler, in our since becoming also from the north, increasingly pushing the russians back and threatened to surround them in certain parts. the problem for the russians that they are basically trapped on the west bank, the depot river, and most the bridges and the connections across that river have been destroyed by ukrainian forces. and now there's been, pontoon bridges,

and not much else in terms of re supply. and there, there is the sense of defeat dictation hearing here that there will be many, many russian soldiers taken prisoner in the days to come. if this offensive seat turns out to be successful as his hope, but i think there's a big carrier here. the information reaching us is often getting to us a day or 2 late. and in very limited doses of enough, we're actually getting more information from the russian military blogs about this from the ukranian side, who are doing a very good job keeping them so so far, not much into detail, but it doesn't it seem that now finally, that song is where it's all happening and it vladimir putin has been threatening the possible use of nuclear weapons. it seems like united states is taking that threat quite seriously. is this all just bring spend ship or engaging in ours the kremlin? do you think truly desperate enough to take that route? like say that, that that's true. i mean, we've definitely seen more reactions from the u. s. and from retired talk us generals. and that's something that really changed people's perception here. and key of who didn't really take these threats very serious to before and sort of

basic are empty talk and yet brinkman ship from the russian side to kind of symptom of russian weakness. but there is increase in worried that indeed things are going so badly for russia on the battlefield in the conventional battle. and the conventional warfare kind of part of things that indeed, you know, russia's nuclear weapons of the last thing. they've got to really scare you. crane and more important, perhaps even ukraine's western bacchus. there's definitely a sense that this is definitely more danger situation. we're in now than even just a few weeks ago. and what more can you tell us about russia's military strategy now? is there, is there one that's identifiable with a $2000000.00 question and even within kind of russian pro war circles, that actually seems to be a lot of discussion that argument as to what the strategy is and what it should be . even scenic and a power battle between the russian army and the people like reverend could hear of the leader of chechnya. and the man who's known as larry preaching cook,

the guy behind the wagner mercenary group, lots of kind of blame being shifted around there. and there's definitely a sense that things in russia are not going very well. even today we had an announcement from putin's press secretary saying they didn't quite know yet, which bits ukraine, they were going to annex in terms of the actual geography on the ground. and so on the party to the next couple months. so if they can't even decide and agree on which bits of ukraine, elaine claim to that does speak the fact that things are going pretty bad for the kremlin. and there is a bit of a meltdown going on there. ok, d, w correspondent, nick connelly in keith, thanks so much. ukrainian forces are also pushing on with their counter offensive in the north east. yet, as russian forces withdraw from the region, evidence is emerging of a brutal occupation. even is not coming back. months after he disappeared, his mother is still trying to figure out what happened. actually one is about the what will use he went to the forest with his friend, to pick up pine, came to light the samovar to make too much trouble. or as the bridge had changed,

and i never saw him again. but melissa, she believes even was tortured in the basement of this house. neighbors identified his body by the jacket he wore from the local grain factory where he worked he had the photo with him over when he was a boy. oh boy. the town of easy him was among the 1st taken by russian forces after the war started and it became a command center for them. they set up at least 10 torture sykes ah, andre caught sal was captured shortly after joining the ukraine. an army. once his captors let him go, he sought shelter at

a nearby monastery b. on an immovable, they beat me only where my kidneys and liver are rather than directly in my face. and they beat the hell out of my back. when you are, they tried not to leave any scars, all. most of is young has been destroyed. the city is without electricity, gas, or water. many families rely upon humanitarian 8 to get by one year. but we're here to get close for our children and food. that's what we need. but despite the difficulties after months of terror under occupation, life seems to be slowly returning to the city. brazil's presidential election will be settled in a 2nd round of voting on october 30th. that's after no candidate took an absolute majority of votes on sundays. with nearly all of the ballads counted,

the former president left his louise the nasty lou that the silver has 48 percent incumbent president. the right wing popular share of both scenario received and unexpectedly strong. 43 percent moderate seem on a pivot is trailing in 3rd place with 4 percent. the tight race means voters now face a tense run off between 2 leading candidates rallying for 2 very different kinds of brazil. 6 6 the mood is festive despite an unexpectedly tight race. many hope a change in leadership will bring about an end to economic hardship. ah, okay, but as why am i celebrating here? because jesse is experiencing difficult times for 4 years, he has had a government that has been left to people that doesn't care for the people. supporters of left wing candidate and former president lula hope he will make good on a campaign promise to address socio economic inequalities as well as stem and alarming

increase in deforestation? was it okay cool. you know, the economy is not good that, that your quality of life isn't good, that the job market isn't good so that the health system isn't good. we want to make our country better. again, luther is reminded by some of for the economic prosperity during his presidency. but supporters of both scenario also recall louis conviction on corruption charges, a judgement later overturned. oh, i think there's a thickened down and we must look like, well then it will be the truth against the life. they'll thought that i go god against corruption. leave that my given freedom of thought to nato, against the censorship of lula. less worth. both scenario has outperformed poles despite being blamed for economic decline during his turn was a lie. he also faced criticism for miss handling the pandemic. but the level of support for his conservative brand of god,

country and family politics is still high. mother them of, i mean today we overcame the light of a lot of appalling institute, predicted something around 50 percent and 30 percent. we overcame that. like we have a 2nd round of voting that will be 11 playing field for both sides. well, the 2 candidates will now face each other in a run off on the 30th of october. let's take a look now. it's some of the other stories making headlines around the world. at least 9 people, including senior regional officials, have been killed in 2 car bombings in the capital of somalis harass or region extremist rebel group. our brother has claimed responsibility for the attack on local government headquarters. the harangue region has been the center of a recent mobilization against the rebels around supreme leader, ayatollah ali. how many has accused the united states and israel of planning the

widespread protest group in the country. his comments came after weeks of silence on the unrest. video shared on social media showed further cautious between protesters and riot police. terrans sharif university. overnight. in indonesia, a police chief has been fired and 9 officer suspended after a weekend stampede at a football stadium that left a 125 people did. a spokesman said lang city's head of police had been replaced as part of an inquiry into the tragedy. dozens more officers are being investigated for unethical behavior. britain's finance minister kazi car king has pledged no more distractions in an address to the conservative party. after the government dropped his plans to lower the top tax rate after a week of financial chaos, the british pound and stock markets rallied following his. you turn germany as marking the 32nd anniversary of the unification of the eastern west. though the

berlin wall came down in november 1989 formal reification happened in october 1990 . this year, celebrations are taking place in the airport in western germany, where political leaders have been meeting to mark the occasion. dozens of cultural and entertainment events are also taking place. but more than 3 decades on divisions between east and west still remain. the line on the 3rd of october 1990. when to germany's became one again, it was soviet leader gorbachev's policies of glass not than perestroika had thought about german reunification. the fall of the wall marked the beginning of a new chapter for germany, and the beginning of a new era of appeasement, between east and west, russia and europe. it weighs but 32 years later, putin's war in ukraine has fundamentally changed that relationship. germany has

imposed far reaching sanctions on russia and is now sending heavy weapons to fight russian soldiers on ukrainian soil. and ordinary germans attitudes towards russia have changed. hats full in my mind hasn't changed considerably because i hadn't quite expected russia to act with as much brutality as it has actually done. now i meet us as, as education as have anc isn't going to have a good image. really. that's what the current russian politics are, of course not. okay, and i have a personal fears as well, sir to so what was really positive for our unification then now has to be seen in a totally different line on the scene. while many german support the government's current policies towards russia, there are significant differences in opinion in the east and west of the country. a recent study shows the satisfaction with the german government's reaction to the invasion of ukraine is lower in the east than in the west. when it comes to

specific policies like the delivery of heavy weapons, the cup becomes even clearer. while 54 percent of germans living in the west are in favor of germany delivering heavy weapons to ukraine. only 32 percent of germans living in the east supported. there is of course a reason for this imbalance to nixa mac. it. first of all, there is a different historic relationship to the soviet union slash russia, which isn't the soviet union any more, of course, on this, and are there a stronger ties to central and eastern europe? but if we did an actin, it would adjust the ukraine that would probably fall, but also poland, the baltic states, and so on. a default on that one had been japanese interest us can not in the interest of east german, the south fence on, on the, in my law or the del selections i getting more east than germans on board with the government's russia. policy will be a hard task more than 30 years after germany was reunited to visions remain between

the former east and west. and a reminder of the top new story this, our ukranian forces are reported to be recapturing territory in the south of the country in their biggest breakthrough there since the start of the war and official installed by russia. acknowledge that ukraine has made advances in the higher south region one afford that russia illegally annexed last week. to give you news asia with my colleague, beneficiary, as julian is coming up after the break. remember, you get all the news at our website, w dot com on a spicer, thanks to watch stories that piece of the world over d, w on facebook and twitter, up to date and in touch and follow us. in many countries, education is still a privilege hungry is one of the main core.