a young people clearly have the solution, the future, the 77 percent, every weekend and dw ah ah, business dw news live from burly shooting in thailand, leaves at least 30 days, including more than 20 children. and the man opened his fire in a day care center. class ukrainian troops retake more of the territory illegally

annexed by russia. ukrainian president, follow them is lensky says, his army is making rapid progress as the russian president, science final annexation papers. saying the situation will quote, stabilize ah, i'm go ahead else as well. come to the program. and we start with breaking news from thailand where at least 22 children are among more than 30 people killed in an attack at a daycare center. it happened in the town of non view alarm full in the countries north east. and for more on this, we are now joined by the ws asia pacific bureau chief guild motus. he's on the story of for us again. what more do you know?

yeah, gara, as you've pointed out, it happened in the north east of the country, and that is crucial because it's a rather remote part of thailand close to the allows of border. and that is why information is coming in very slowly. all of this happens in a couple of hours from now around $1230.00 local a time. that is when the 1st people, according to local media reported firecrackers, which then turned out to be shotgun and pistol shots of fired at people mainly at the the state care facility where some $25.00 children are according to reports have been killed as young as the age of 2, also a brakeman mother has been killed. but also we've learned now that about a 10 adults outside this day care facility, also including 2 children have been killed as well. and what more information do we have on who carried out this attack of the possible motive?

while the gunman has been, according to reports, been identified as a 34 year old, a former police officer who had been at court on a drug charger's a prior to this attack. he is a, according to local media, again, a well known truck addict. in this, in this town at people see they, he has been very agitated. he came driving in a car, running that car into people, then got out a started his ran picture of worth, shooting indiscriminately at adults and children, and then escaped in a truck back home where he also killed his wife and his a child. now, how common are such shootings in thailand? cub while the shootings mass shooting said, as such, if you compare it, for instance, to the united states, they are not very common. what is, of course

a fact is that a guns are widely available. they are much more than comparatively, if you look at at singapore. and also one has to point out that in the past year, they have been 2 incidents related to shootings from the military or with a to military personnel. it involved a saw rather shocking for a for thailand. of course, the whole issue. well that it, this, it may be truck related is also a big thing. at this part of thailand is within the golden triangle. it's a hop for methamphetamine that has been produced. there in huge quantities and lately prices have been crushing down, so it's very cheap truck that is widely available in that part of the country. the w's asian pacific bureau chief gear motus. they're joining us from jakarta, thank you. and to the war ukraine, our russian missiles have struck residential buildings in the southern city of

supper. asia, the governor of the mostly russian occupied region says at least one person was killed in the dawn strikes. including a 3 year old child's rescue crews are racing to free residence, thought to be trapped in the rubble. the city is close to europe's biggest nuclear power plant, and these attacks can as rush and fall to suffer fresh defeats with ukraine, continuing to retake territory in the south and east. the ukrainian flag going up again in a recaptured village in the hockey region. according to purple, just one of many places back under ukrainian control. as a result of recent advances, the blue and yellow flag is also back flying overhead here in the strategic eastern city of lemon as locals q for aid ukrainian troops

re took the key hub in the dynette screeching over the weekend chest hours after rushes, president, putin announced the illegal annexation of the whole region. signs of the fierce battle fought here recently, as well as the months of russian occupation are everywhere. with russian troops forced to retreat here and across the south and east. and with a chaotic military mobilization sparking widespread criticism, putin said that changes will be made to the conscription rules for students of bella. but despite all the recent setbacks, moscow hasn't lost its power to strike far beyond the front lines. as residents of this city, just 85 kilometers south of keith were reminded on wednesday to ship her work up to a buzzing sound. i woke up, but i heard that sounds getting closer and closer. one of sibley and somewhere in

my house it exploded. according to officials, at least 6 so called can a kazi drone struck buildings including an army base in the area, injuring one person. while moscow has ramped up its use of suicide, drones, which keep claims or iranian made since september wednesdays attack was the closest they've come to the ukrainian capital la correspondence mathias boulevard jones is now on the phone from usually in southern ukraine mathias. let's start with reports of russian forces on the wrong from advancing ukrainian forces. what are you hearing? yeah, we have heard that the ukraine, something able to take back quite a few cherry trees in the solid southern direction here. what is happening now is that russia is firing rockets on, mostly on civilian objects. we have seen rockets say things for ease. yeah, apartment blocks and last night. we've also heard that get confirmed

officially be some struct, goliath and other frontline city. we've seen a different pattern them a few last few weeks. the beginning of the war in the beginning of the war. rockets, how it all over ukraine. now we've been concentrated on the cities of hoc, if you look alive, ends up with which are pretty close to the broad which are pretty close to the front lines. and the rockets they using off modified defense systems x $300.00. that seem to tell us that the mid range rockers that were reaching targets all over ukraine. health care got less and not using them as before. we also seeing some new weapons being used, coming, concert drones, loitering,

my missions i purchase from your on a see to be ready to use. now you have struck the night before our teams, not ukraine because although we are hearing that they are shooting some of them down, i'm not good at targeting them to help people with other object. quite a few of them to drill again through. now we hearing that ukrainian forces have been making more disturbing discoveries in the wake of the russian retreat. what war can you tell us about something that happens every time you train takes back, terry, trees, biggest waters of territory. but in the towns, they discover torture chambers, and basements, administrator buildings, for example, mosque graves, as they have created, consolidating the hold on these usually occupied territories. on reaching almost

every day we hear about the new mosque, grave or also sometimes they are grace, one or 2 people being discovered or torture chambers, issues to be a systematic attempt by the russians when they enter these territories. when the entered them in march, that was to find people who have either been serving in the ukrainian military, sometimes their relatives or people they suspect of hoping the ukraine. i'm taking them, these tensions can be very arbitrary. we also have seen kids in the mosque, grades and establishing very quickly some kind of recei mom terra that does the same amount in every place. there are also villages where they have said that they left pretty much alone, but in many places he has building their reporting from using a many things. and you cannot have

a look at some of the other stories. i'm making headlines today. russia saudi arabia and other oil producers have agreed, a major content output to push up the price that the us has condemned to decision by the opec class car town, as shows. so i think you called out at least 2 for the north korea has fired 2 more ballistic missiles into the sea of japan. according to the south korean military, it's the 2nd launch in days the united nations security council has been meeting in new york to consider further sanctions on as weird yeah, cost money, a mayor of a town and southwest mexico has been assassinated in an attack that left at least 17 others dead. authorities say gunman stormed the town hall in broad daylight, local media blamed a local gang connected to a powerful is what rog hotel is the soil leaf will say less. more than a 40 leaders from around europe are in prague for their 1st meeting of the new

european political community. this european union initiative will bring together you leaders with countries beyond the blocks borders, including britain, turkey, ukraine, switzerland, and norway. the meeting takes places you are a battles and an energy crisis and economic term. all that has been worse and by russia's war in ukraine, we'll be talking to a corresponded in prague after this report. this is where the european union's leaders assemble when they meet in brussels. the 27 seats at this table represent more than 450000000 people in the europe. it's a club at some neighboring countries on the continent have been waiting decades to join. but the requirements to qualify for e u membership makes the process both long and slow minis. cami, sir? so when francis president emanuel micron introduced the idea of the european political community, there were immediate concerns from some that it was somehow a 2nd tier substitute in to e u membership or somebody not. well,

let's bring europe together in a very, on the basis of us geography. so on the basis of democratic values, and with a desire to preserve the unity of our continent to know. and we also want to preserve the strength and ambitions, our integration, the guys that are joining wouldn't mean in the future. i couldn't join the european union for simone, and it also wouldn't be limited to refill to those who have left the european union . so can keep this had done you the new european political community or e p. c will be made up of $44.00 countries. these include the 27, e u member states. countries who don't want to be in the e u like norway and switzerland. those that do and the one that recently left, oh, you've got to hand it to the easiest leadership for getting an ar sep, from everybody that they invited to join the european political community. but there is still the feeling that the purpose of the format is far from clear. and

with so many nations gathered at the table, some of them friends and some of them froze. the skeptics are doubtful about what the e p c can accomplish and whether it will be anything more than just a nother talk shop. this is about diplomacy in a different route. this is about making sure we keep our neighbors and our enemies close and making sure we speak to them on a regular basis. and people will genuinely feel. is it possible to have a conversation of this nature with that kind of difference? and that kind of difference, a difference in ideology. and i think the only good thing about this is, is making sure we keep diplomatic channels open the ear council president, char michelle, will leave the discussions at the 1st european political community meeting in prague. there won't be a formal declaration issued off to the summit, but should this 1st one go down? well, the aim would be for the leaders together once or twice a year. it was sandy w news. his reminder of the top story were following for you. more than 30 people,

most of them children have been killed in an attack on a daycare center. ne and thailand police say the gunman was a form of policeman. he reportedly killed his wife and child in the attack before turning his weapon on himself. that's it from me and the news to him don't go away . up next business with chris cobra. with more details about the opec decision to limit oil output and economic repercussions of that up gab office in berlin. i'll be back with more news at the top of the ha, thanks with with several dead in wide windstream. it's.