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rescue as search for survivors. as authorities say, some residents awful trapped under the rubble protests in iran gather. pace is women and girls demand freedom. high school students join the movement and women around the world show that support and french ortho, any at, nor wins this. he has no bell prize in literature. she's written more than 20 books and is praised by the nobel committee as uncompromising, courageous, and enduring. ah . and i man your cheapest mckinnon. a very warm welcome in thailand, more than 30 people, mostly children have been killed in an attack at a daycare center. it happened in the town of o t. i saw one in the countries north east, a man who was welding a gun and

a knife is said to have entered the nursery and opened fire before later taking his own life. the ty, prime minister, has described the incident as horrifying. jacob goldberg as a journalist in thailand's capital bank call. can you tell me more about what happened at that child care center? the details are very disturbing. man, i can tell you a bit more of what i believe have been reporting. so they say the attack began around mid day today, when 30 students were napping in their preschool. in ne thailand, a man came in who appeared agitated and he began searching for his own child who usually attended the school. but when he realized this child wasn't there, he opened fire on several teachers, including one who was 8 months pregnant. and time police also say that people on the scene who heard those gunshots thought that they were hearing fireworks. the gunman forced himself into the locker room where the children were sleeping and

attacked them with a knife. he also attacked several children and adults at a nearby government office and took his truck to his own neighborhood where he also killed several other people, including his own wife and his child before torturing his truck. and the most recent death, all i've seen is $38.00, including more than 20 children and any. and he eventually kill himself. and they're in the video circulating here in thailand on social media, showing the relatives of the victims congregating at the school and realizing what has happened. and it's very difficult to see if these are just absolutely have reflect details that you are telling us. i mean, do we know anything about the gun at all or anything about a possible motive? a motive has not been specified, but please have released a few details about the gun in or do they think is a gun. they say he was a 34 year old police officer who had been suspended from the forest last month for

allegedly selling drugs. and they also said that he had attended a court hearing related to those allegations before going on, his killing spree and all that shootings come in thailand and i'm presuming i mean, something like this doesn't happen often better, but our shooting is a problem. yeah, that's a good question and there's a distinction between what you would call a gun violence and mass shootings. there thailand is known for for gun violence. there are a lot of guns here, a lot of privately owned guns and, but that violence is usually confined to gain violence or personal disputes or political violence. and up until recently, it's been very rare for them to be a mass shooting. but this is actually the 3rd, the 3rd time in the last 3 years that a member of thailand, security forces has been involved in that shooting. for the most recent one was

just last month when a soldier shot to his colleagues and before that in 2020, there was a soldier who went on a shooting rampage until 29 people in another part of northeastern thailand. and that was considered talents 1st, last shooting, and had the highest. that's all but that's been surpassed today. what about gun was? i mean, how easy is it to purchase a gun in thailand? from yes, it seems to be relatively easy if you set your mind to it for, for carrying a gun legally. there are legal ways to to put your arm under the firearms act. no guns are legal for self defense for sports and for property protection. and in addition to that, it is also a lot of legal guns that people have been known to actually find new social media.

all rights journalist jacob, go back in bangkok, thanks so much for your time. thank you. in ukraine, russian myth i'll have struck residential buildings in the southern city of chaper asia. the governor of the region which is mostly occupied by russian troops says at least 3 people were killed in the dorm strikes. and several others were injured including a 3 year old child. rescue crews are re thing to free resident thought to be trapped in the rubble. now these attacks come, as russian forces are suffering fresh defeats. and as ukraine continues to retake territory in the south and the east he w mathias bellinger is in usually in southern ukraine. and i asked him earlier, what he was hearing about russian forces on the run from advancing ukrainian troops . when hearing several stories of russian forces either running away or all or surrendering to ukrainian forces in several parts of the

southern front, ukraine has made big advances, especially in the hassan region that's just adjacent to the a region. and then every time when these things happen, the attacks on the civilian infrastructure on the cities behind the front lines on ukrainian territory. so patricia, as we've just seen today, where 7 rockets, it's apartment blocks or on mac, alive or, or hark if they increase, that's usually the response of the russians when they start losing territory. it's a pattern that we've been observing for some time here. now russia has seized control of the region nuclear plants in president lensky, is accusing moscow. nuclear blackmail, isn't he? yes, so the plan has been under russian control for several months. now's since the beginning of the war effectively. but what has happened now is that putting has now formally

assigned a decree that incorporates it into the russian state assets. and he has said that it would be run by russia now. now what that means is not very clear, but it seems to be that the ukrainian stuff that is running this planned and being pressured to sign a new contract with the russian atomic energy authority. it's a very complicated scheme that has been allowed the plan to function or to be under more or less control. although there have been lots of problems where the ukraine is, would continue running it. while the command of the command, the leadership has been brought in from russia and now as yet as russia has illegally, according to most countries assessment, international law, the next these territories, they are now claiming the station as part of their own. the ukrainian side has told

its engineers not to sign anything with the russians, but this is, of course, a step of escalation. and that's why the lensky called it nuclear black matter, because the russians being in control of this station and fighting, going on around there is of course, a dangerous situation. if i could just ask you quickly, rational, special force is a said, a significant casual casualties in the fight for the key city of linen. how do you think that will affect the morale of all these nearly mobilized russian reservists is definitely not going to enhance the trust in russian capabilities. we're a lot of for information. the mobilization is not going well very dire conditions for the new recruit, rebar preparation, and this is definitely not. this is definitely adding to it, or am it is spelling in usually in southern ukraine. thanks so much. ok, let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. japan and south

korea have condemned north korea's recent missile tests shown young earlier, fired to more ballistic missiles into its eastern waters and flew warplanes near the border with the south, sol scramble plains and conducted naval trails. whither us, in response, a mayor of a town in southwest mexico has been assassinated in an attack that left at least 17 others dead authority. se gunman, storm san miguel turtle, a pans town hall in broad daylight. local media are blaming a local gang connected to a powerful drug cartel. l has been no let up in anti government protests sweeping ever on. the unrest began when a 22 year old woman died while being held by the morales. he police for allegedly violating iran's strict islamic dress code for women and girls. masa mean his death is drawn international condemnation power. these universities to move in it on are

chanting women, life and freedom. it's a slogan, text touching the hearts of many wardrobe white, including members of the european parliament. the hands of the redeem of them were lost in iran, is stained with blood. neither historian or a law or god almighty will forgive you for the crimes against humanity that you're committing. i guess you're all citizens until the moment of the wrong awfully. we are going to stand with you. d n g m. as i g. one m lies fredo, friends, doris lake, juliette bernard shuttle to extending their support with this symbolic act. oh, in it, on the clerical leadership, faith, restaurant 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 dress court. oh, he just was the excuse of our enemies to destroy our unity. the u. s. and israel are 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 it on show no sign of letting a full weeks on this latest video posted online appears to show female students heckling a member of it on spotted force that much feared better. military organization is blamed for the violent crack down on the demonstrations. the death of martha armine has clearly exposed the fort lines that exist in the atlantic country. and that aunt willingness to brutally crush any opposition that challenges its power. and i'm joined now by the head of the w persian service. yell

does up ash yelder. thanks for joining us. the, the videos that we're seeing now that are circulating a showing ever younger protesters. is that going to affect how the security forces are dealing with them? well, 1st of all, it's really seeing these things and now the other, the new quality of this protest with school girls joining or joining the protest after after a summer break, as to say, is really, i have to say, these are moments of empowerment. we see this little school girls taking off not only the job, it's the school uniform, the montana which is even even stricter and they are so brave and so courageous. and this is a whole different thing because of course they cannot just go ahead and arrest school girls. but on the other hand, we have seen and we've seeing how they are brutally cracking down on protesters.

even young young girls, for instance, a 70 year old girl a which is the that was the latest example. she was 16 on the process. she was a last call to her friends was that the city for us are after me. then for 789 days her parents were looking for and every prison, they found her at that. and it is very clear that she has been rapes, she has been beaten up her, she had fractures and on her skull on her nose. it's there. what i want to say is that and, and her parents are being put on the pressure. her aunt is in prison right now. she's a residence. they don't want them to speak out the hours they are saying again, like that mass. i me, she has been fallen down or she has me. she's having hard to get there. other cases, they're saying they having a car accident. so the trying to put pressure for not speaking out, but the difference is that people and the families, they do speak out and these women and these school girls, they are so and stepping up in front of security forces, taking out the he job,

which is a symbol of repression in islamic public thing. i think this, i mean this as you saying that the bravery that we're seeing is really extraordinary. and it's really, really touched a nerve around the world hasn't. i mean, we saw in our report the sort of symbolic acts of, of support internationally. how are they being received in, in iran, you know, these acts are very important. it's true that they cannot change anything but for the people in iran, it is important to see that we in the west, we are supporting them. we are seeing and we are kind of in solidarity because they are being isolated what the regime is now doing is with internet shutdowns. they're not doing the internet shut down like in 2019 during the protests. because of economically it's, they need need the internet. so it's just like a cut off for hours and people forget their images and pictures out there. but what

they want is, as soon as people, the word is not watching anymore, they will go a hand killing protestors arresting their over thousands of students also arrested . and so this is very important to keep this up, but it's not enough only with this kind of complaint do you, i mean, do you think that any kind of reform is out of the question? given the extent of these protests, you know, people do not most of the people who are out there now, protesting, don't believe in any sort of reform of this, of the system. there has been called for reforms moving 2009 the big protest. but now it's really a call for an end of the islamic republic. they're addressing test to dictator. that's too early. how many and i have the last minute. so this is in there is no more slogans about reformers or contractors. but about the end of this you d, w, c, l does up. thank you so much and more than 40 leaders from around europe are in prague for the 1st meeting of the new european political community. now this

european union initiative will bring together ear leaders with countries beyond the blocks borders and that includes breast and turkey, ukraine, switzerland, and norway. the meeting is taking place with europe, dealing with an energy crisis and economic turmoil that has been worsened by russia's war in ukraine. so what exactly is the point of this new group? our porter christine montoya investigates. 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 crohn introduced the idea of the european political community, there were immediate concerns from some that it was somehow

a 2nd tier, substitute him to e u membership ensemble in a toilet spring europe. together in a very on the basis of us geography. so 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 the whole joining wouldn't mean in the future. i couldn't join you depending on fossil. and it also wouldn't be limited to those who have left the european unit. so can keep this had been 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 e you council presidential. 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. and i'll pull it correspond at nina houser is in prague where that meeting is happening. hi nina. now we heard a little bit more about the european political community in that report. but can you just clarify for us what exactly it is? i mean, is it some kind of ex, ex l e u that we're talking about here? oh no, it's not. i mean, this is clearly about sending assigned to rushes. vladimir putin, that he's isolated on the european continent. so the idea here that we're hearing about a lot is that europe is about so much more than you. and at the moment it does look like the lowest common denominator for all european countries, apart from russia and belarus, is that they condemn russia's war on ukraine. and that is why they have created this forum to bring together people to have a free exchange. also of talks between all the use and leaders,

but also people who have left the use of for example, the german chancellor will have choice, sees this opportunity today to meet liz trust, the new british prime minister, whom he doesn't get to see that much of the british prime ministers because of course britain has left the you. so this is about creating a platform where thoughts can be exchanged without a set agenda without the pressure to agree on a written document. and this is vital in a time of crisis. when so many things are happening at the same time, and of course, the topic of russia's war and the consequences of it, like rising energy prices a high on the agenda. can i just ask you specifically, what role germany will be playing? what contribution will it be making at the summit? well, there is a debate about whether or not to institutionalize this kind of format and other, as of essentially the father of this format, french president, monroe. my crime is very much in favor of doing that. the german government has said they don't want to have an inst another institution,

but they are very much in favor of you leaders and also the european leaders to come together in this flexible format once or twice a year. but of course it's not all hunky dory. here in germany at the moment because it is under a lot of criticism, the german government for its relief package at that it announced a couple of days ago that is going to spend up to 200000000000 euros to help consumers. but also companies cope with rising energy prices in some countries here are saying, okay, look, we can't do, they sort of thing. so that is very unfair. those also causing a risk for the european domestic market. you're creating disadvantages. so gemini is pacing a lot of criticism here, and the polish primary as actually even went a step further with his criticism. and he said the gemini shouldn't be dictating the use energy policy. and all of that is setting the tone for tomorrow's informal use summit. that is also going to be happening here in prague, where germany says, okay, we mustn't have a rift, a division within the u,

because that would only benefit vladimir putin. but of course, the topic of energy policy is extremely controversial. all right, nina, how the and prague? thanks. i much at the swedish academy in stockholm has awarded this he is nobel prize in let chit chat to the french author. i mean, no, no is a professor of literature as well as a writer. he was born in 1940 and grew up in normandy, how literary work is mostly autobiographical and maintained close links with se c, l. a. g. outside her home in paris at noon said she was very happy and very proud. all right, let's get more on this from david levitz from d w culture. hi david. and can you tell us more about this? he is, is when and what kind of book she, right, right on the, on the new is known as i want to frances greatest living authors. and she writes books that are hyper personal, even if they're in the 3rd person. they're autobiographical,

she's probed her own history, her relationship with her parents, what it was to grow up in the working class. her mother's illness with all timers and ultimate death, her own unhappy marriage, her about with breast cancer, her own abortion, the topics go on and on. so these are also a lot of topics that through her literature, many of her readers, particularly women readers, have connected with. and one thing about her biography that i find personally very moving is that at the beginning when she started writing in her twenties, nobody believed in hershey. she went to publishers and they said she was too ambitious. can you believe that? but the woman who now as the nobel prize sharing them now, she went to ambitious and her 1st published work, which was when she was in her thirties. she was the mother of 2 children and a french teacher. she wrote in secret because her husband but whittled her writing and then she showed him and she ended up writing about her unhappy marriage. now, 2 books that i want to talk about her 2008 novel, but years later i ne,

which really launched or to international acclaim. it's about a woman is clearly hurt and starts and post world war to france and goes up until about 2000 and in a really charged not only her life, but of course the changes in french society. another book happening which you in 2000 are published in 2000 is about the illegal and very dangerous abortion that she had when she was 2003. and now the film version of that actually one top prize at the venice film festival last year. and yell know is also by the way, the only the 17th woman ever to win this price is the 16th author from france, which has plenty of prize winners, relatively speaking in the swedish academy. and they said by the way, this morning that they were unable to reach her. but by now she's cool. she missed that call. you don't want to miss, but she has found out and she said that it is an honor and she goes to call it a great responsibility to. i mean, there's always lots of speculation about who is it going to be?

is an inner skill pinnacle more of a crowd, please? i mean, why does any animal fit on that spectrum? somewhere in the middle. she's definitely not obscure. we, she's one of the authors. we actually were prepared for, you know, the last few years we were caught completely by surprise by the winners of the nobel prize. but she's definitely not the one that everyone was expecting this year . this year it was salman rushdie, especially after he survived the knife attack in august. a lot of people thought it would have been a strong symbolic gesture in support of freedom of speech to pick him. of course, the swedish academy will not be pinned down at any time you think, you know, who's going to be the pick. it's not them. and here we have an example of that again, so surprising, it's always a surprise. david levitz will have to leave it there. thanks so much. and a reminder of the top new story at this hour. more than 30 people, most of them children have been killed in an attack on a daycare center in north east and thailand. authorities say the gunman was

a former policeman. he reportedly killed his wife and child off to the attack before turning his weapon on himself. and with that, you are up to date, focus on europe is coming up next. looking at how russia is treating ukrainian prisoners of emmanuel mckinnon. back of the top layout with more international headlines. thanks for watching with ah, with

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