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russian rocket slime into homes in the ukrainian city of parisha rescue search for survivors has the authority say some residents are trapped under the rubble protest in iran or gathering pe says women and girls demand freedom. high school students now joined the movement and women around the world show their support. plus leaders from more than 40 countries gather in prague. 4th, the 1st meeting of the new european political community. but what does this organization stand for? and what kind of did she ah, i'm go ahead else as well. come to the program. and we start in thailand where more than 30 people, mostly children have been killed in an attack at the daycare center. it's happened in the town of no, but you are lum full in the countries north east. a man wielding

a gun and nicest set of entered the nursery and opened fire before later taking his own life. thailand's prime minister has described the incident as horrified earlier . i spoke with did abuse asia pacific bureau chief garrick motus who is following developments. he talked us through what we know so far. yeah, gara, as we've pointed out, it happened in the north east of the country, and that is crucial because is 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 are the 1st people according to local media reported firecrackers, which then turned out to be shot gun and pistol shots of fired at people mainly at the this day 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, what information do we have on who carried out this attack of the possible motive? even 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 an escaped in a truck back home where he also killed his wife and his a child. now, how common are such shootings in thailand, cook while the shootings, mass shooting said air 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 of from the military of, with a to military personnel. it involved a saw rather shocking for, for thailand. of course, the whole issue is 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 guild motus. they're joining us from jakarta. thank you. on to the war and ukraine now, when the russian missiles have struck residential buildings in the southern city of separation. the governor of the mostly russian occupied region says at least one person was killed in the dorm strikes on several injured, including a 3 year old child rescue crews are racing to free residence, thought to be trapped in the rubble city. as closely europe's biggest nuclear power plant, these attacks come as russian forces suffer fresh defeats with ukraine, continuing to retake territory in the south and east of the ukrainian flag going up again in a recaptured village in the hockey region. skipper 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 la man as locals q for aid ukrainian troops re took the key hub in the dynette screeching over the weekend. just 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 wide spread criticism, putin said that changes will be made to the conscription rules for students, though. 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. we're reminded on wednesday. do you prefer we're come to a buzzing sound. i woke up and i heard that sounds getting closer and closer. one of sibley and somewhere near my house it exploded. according to officials, at least 6 so called cannon kazi drones 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 that he dubuque respond mathias billing a joins us from used name in the southern ukraine until let's start with reports of russian forces on the wrong from advancing ukrainian forces nears upper asia. or

what are you hearing them? yeah we've, we've seen in the past few days the ukrainians have been able to advance quite a bit and that russians have retreated in many areas in the old list. and that has one region and also part of the one region, and also in the east, in the guns and hockey regions. russia has replied to these losses by firing again on the city of set up. what is your this morning? server rockets have hit apartment buildings. this is a pattern that we're seeing that whenever russia is under pressure, they fire on cities often on civilian objects on just apartment buildings on residential areas, mostly on the city of hark. if nikolai comes up with that are near the front lines in the past few days, we've also seen these jones. while attacks with mid range miss isles interpreter is deeper into ukraine, have receded,

they don't just don't seem to be as abundant as they were. these rockets, they have acquired, these are loitering munitions that they can fly deep into ukrainian territory and ukrainian. eddie pens hasn't really figured out how to meet them yet. they fly, fly very low. so they're under the radar. often, you train has shot some of them down, but a quite a few of them also get through the differences. now what is russian special forces also said to have suffered high casualties in the fight fully. mon, what does that do for the morale of the newly mobilized reservists? there's definitely probably not boosting around what we've seen so far from this mobilization that has been very random that people have been picked off for their classes or have been hunted down on the streets, men of a military age, and then just taken in some of them have been camping in the woods because there were not the facilities, there was no preparation for this,

so don't expect them to be very motivated. the ukrainians i have talked to on the front lines are saying they're not very worried about them. because sending untrained personnel to the front lines will not really change the course of the war . ukraine has is much more tactical, is much more strategic, strategically a month. then the russians will basically attacking always straight away and are taking a lot of losses in these operations. and that will probably not change by sending untrained personnel to the front lines. but he is also hearing that ukrainian forces have been making more disturbing discoveries in the wake of the russian retreat. what more do you know? that's another pattern that we are seeing that whenever a larger parts are taken back on the control, bye ukraine. what they discover is mass graves and torture chambers. and it seems that the russians, when they were entering these territories in the beginning of the war, a,

one of the 1st things they did is that they picked men of military age. suspecting may be that they were soldiers in the army, but also families are those they might have suspected to be handing over information to ukraine, taking them to these facilities and often killing them. and it seems that once they had entered, they imposed this regime of terror on the population. and that was how they were operating, how they were trying to gain control over the people living. there wasn't the same everywhere to seems to be depending a lot on who was there, which army units were controlling the past. there were some who were really notorious for their brutality, but we've also spoken to people in some villages, mostly who have said they didn't really encounter the russians. they weren't that they were kind of staying side by side. it seems to be depending a lot of that, but in the bigger settlements, almost everywhere that they're ukraine's of entered so far,

they have seen something similar. but he has belling of the reporting from usually in ukraine, many facts. ah, i have, i have some breaking news for you now. the swedish academy in stockholm has just announced this years. noble prize in literature is been awarded to the french author, annie eleanor, for the quote, courage and click clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots and estrangement and collective restraints of personal memory. and oh, is there a professor of literature or literary work is mostly autobiographical and maintains closely sociology. she was born in 1940 and grew up in normandy. academy said she consistently explores it in her work disparities and gender and identity. we have more details on that a bit later in the show last time to have

a look at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world today. north korea has condemned, but it calls us efforts at the un security council to tighten sanctions against as tensions mount over young young's recent miss out north korea earlier fire to more ballistic missiles towards its eastern waters and reportedly flew 12 war place near the border with the south, sol scrambled plans and conducted naval drills with us in response. thousands of people in indonesia have joined a vigil for victims of one of footballs was disasters more than a 100 fans were killed in stampede at the stadium. in the city of milan, president ogle we, dodo has ordered an inspection of all football grounds and payments to the families of the dead. there's been no, let up an anti government protest sweeping a wrong. the unrest began when

a 22 year old woman died while being held by the morality police for allegedly violating iran's strict islamic dress code for women and girls. moss armies, death has drawn international condemnation. power div university students in it on are chanting them in life and freedom. it's a slow context touching the hearts of many white, including members of the european parliament. the hands of that we deem of them were lost in iran is stained with blood. neither history, not a law or god almighty will forgive you for the crimes against humanity that you're committing. i guess your own citizens until the moment of your on awfully. we are going to stand with you. g n g m. as lady when men lies freedom. friend stars like you get bernard shantell, it's extending the support with diff,

symbolic act. oh it on the clerical leadership, see it's question enemies are behind the anti government demonstrations. these people have taken to the streets to support it on supreme liter, ayatollah hominy. and the countries strict jeffcoat, he just was the excuse of our enemies to destroy our unity, the u. s. and israel at the root of all this unrest just because they cannot fight us. they are trying to attack us by creating internal problems. but the anti government protests in it on show no sign of letting up full weeks. on this latest speech you posted online, appears to show female students heckling a member of iran's birth. it force them much feared better military organization is blamed for the violent crack down on the demonstrations

the death of martha. mimi has clearly exposed the fort lines that exist in the atlantic country and dead onto willingness to brutally crush any opposition that challenges its power. the opec plus oil cartel has announced a major cut and production meeting in vienna. the saudi lead group of the world's top oil producers agree to cut output, but 2000000 barrels a day. from november. the decision is expected to raise crisis at a time when much of the world is already struggling. soaring energy costs could also undermine g 7 attempts to reduce russian. all revenues being used to finance it's war in ukraine. well, since you're bianco, is a visiting fellow at the european council on foreign relations and a middle east analyst as it were you surprised by this decision by opec given the current global energy environment?

i wasn't necessarily surprised just because the, the saudis had been talking about this possibility for a couple of weeks already. and the americans had been trying to put the saudis off before for several days already. so it was in the air. and also it was the pre logical follow up to the fact that despite president biden visiting saudi arabia and to a great extent, sort of getting a lot of political toxicity for that visit. the saudis were really not happy with the outcome. and with what sort of the americans d i d l a u. s. saudi partnership that the american society brought forward to. so there wasn't much love lost there. now we all picked decision terms of ours, of the european union agreed to a us plan for a price curve on russian oil exports. are these 2 decisions linked somehow? i mean, they could be linked to see expand that opec plus includes russia. so of course, you know, the russians have to be on board to when

a decision is taken at the opec plus level. but i do think that the price comp is just one of the many technical arguments that the saudis are throwing around in the discourse. just not to admit the fact that this was a very political decision. and the matter of the fact is that sadly we as europeans really can, can only count on ourselves on each other. and we really should stick together in close ranks because it's a very, it's a shark tank out there in the energy. well, no one, the veteran oil analysts says that by siding with russia, saudi arabia has, quote, set opec on a collision course with the free world. would you agree? i definitely think that there is a lot of anger and frustration in the white house. and i definitely think that we can expect some sort of reaction from, from washington d. c. and it's, you know, it's clear dance that the saudis, in particular have seen so far,

no value in sort of sticking out and supporting the u. s. and europe in particular, against russia in this very burning question of energy. so definitely, you know, there's, there's some collision coming up, i think from a european point of view, our real problem is that we have to come to terms with the fact that the americans can no longer exert the leverage that we expect them to have on saudi arabia for example, that has also served our interest because it has served stability in the oil market . the model is done list, cynthia, bianca, thank you very much for joining us. young did of you news. thank you very much for having me. more than 40 leaders from around your bar in prague for the 1st meeting of the new european political community. this european union initiative will bring together you leaders with countries beyond the blocks borders include britain, turkey, ukraine, switzerland, annoy the meeting, takes place as europe, battles, and energy crisis and economic terminal that has been worsened by russia's warn you

crime. 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 emmanuel mc crohn introduced the idea of the european political community, there were immediate concerns from some that it was somehow a 2nd tier substitute for him to e u. membership assembly not let's bring europe together on a very, on the basis of us geography. surely on the basis of democratic values with a desire to preserve the unity of our continent to know. and we also want to preserve the strength and ambition or integration because law joining wouldn't mean

in the future. i couldn't join the european union and fossil that it also wouldn't be limited to refill to those who have left the european union. so keep, keep this had been near 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. first, 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 after the summit, but should this 1st one go down? well, the aim would be for the leaders together once or twice a year. and more now about our breaking news story. the swedish academy in stock hall mars awarded this year's nobel prize in literature for the french over on the l. no. and i was a professor that sort of her literary work is mostly autobiographical. my maintains close links with so she ology she was born in 1940 and grew up in normandy. the

academy said she consistently explores in her work disparities and gender and identity. now let's have a quick listen to some more of the swedish academies reasons for this years choice . and the law was born in 1914 and grew up in the little town of eve tore in normandy. her setting was poor, but ambitious. and in her ever, she consistently explores the experience of alive marked by great disparities regarding gender language and class. i literally work dealing with her class experience and rude background began earlier as a memory project with ambition, a widening of the boundaries of literature beyond fiction. in the narrow sense, in its reconstruction of the past, it means on my cell posts. i live, i searched it, don pal,

do. but he guides the search in an entirely new direction. despite or consciously plain literary style, she declares that he isn't quote ethnology east of herself and quote, rather than the writer of fiction. for more of this, i'm not john, but david levitz from d. w called so david, tell us a bit more about this use when. so any i know is considered one of frances greatest living authors. she's, she's spent her career really probing into her own autobiography, really. and she said, for that reason that it's the job of the novel is to tell the truth. she has told the truth, it seems in her novels about many aspects of her life, including growing up in rural france or relationship with her father, her own marriage, her bout with breast cancer, her abortion her affair with a russian diplomats, apparently in the russian embassy. so she really delves into a lot of topics that other authors maybe wouldn't go into, which is why the swedish academy said it shows her based on her quote, courage,

and clinical acuity, which, with which she uncovers the roots estrangement and collective restraints of personal memory. she's also the 17th woman ever to win the prize in its history, going back to 1001 also, i believe the 17th author from france, france, the country with the most nobel prizes in literature, was swedish academy of funny. and i've said that they tried to reach her on the phone and had failed, but they believe that they that she will soon receive the nears. of course, this is the moment that so many authors around the world can only hope and dream of . it's quite a cute little anecdote. do you imagine her at her apartment, some neighbors coming, wrapping on the door. hey, you just want to know, go price. that's a process. so she think now there's always much speculation about who will win it and names bandied around like michelle with back and salman rushdie. now it call me a more obscure figure. but apparently noted france not in france. you know,

also it's a full, aaron to try to guess the winner of the nobel prize. of course, every year people do it, they place bets. there's officially a long list of $233.00 authors, which is secret. so we don't even know who was on that list. there was a lot of pressure though this year to give it to rush the particularly after the nice attack that he survived earlier this year. that would have been seen as a symbol of support for freedom of speech, but the swedish academy likes to be unpredictable. and they also say that they choose the prize is not based on biography or any kind of political influence that they choose. purely based on literary merit, of course, the swedish academy has had plenty of scandals in the last few years. so there's a lot of people looking around looking at them from around the world to see if they can overcome their me to scandal from 2018. there's a lot of pressure on them to expand to get more women into the cannon to get more authors from other countries outside of western and northern europe and the u. s.

this year that they didn't do that, but it is as i said, the 17th women, so that's already expanding and in a new direction and that way they the lives that d w culture. thank you very much. and that's it from david a. me and the new seem. don't go away. focus on europe is next. looking at how ukranian prisoners of war being treated in russia. i'm gabelle . first in berlin. i have an update for you at the top of the hour for me and the team here i spoke with ah,

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