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control of twitter. ilan must promising to cut censorship. and on his 1st day as the boss, he began by cutting out the top executives. plus germany's president says the russian invasion of ukraine is a turning point in history on falter. stein meyer warning that there are some tough years ahead. ah, i'm bring. gov is good to have you with as we begin this friday with a violate assault on the husband of us. how speaker nancy pelosi, a li say they saw a man beating the 82 year old paul policy with a hammer inside the couples at san francisco home earlier today. and mr. pelosi is now being treated at a hospital. the suspect is in police custody lee say they're investigating whether

that this was a politically motivated cry. nancy pelosi, we understand, was not at home at the time of the attack. are let's go now to the w. mckellar kirchner. she's following the story. floors from our washington d. c. bureau. be keller. what more do we know about this attack right now? well, it's still if it's gas on details, but the police has briefed the press, initially, also naming a suspect as 42 year old david papa. and he wasn't described as a conspiracy theorist, but a quick search online does show that t m has a website where there's a conspiracy theories ranging from coven 19 to the us, being running by an elitist system of universities to anti semitic language on that. so that clearly points in the direction of this being politically motivated, although we don't have any confirmation about that yet. we also don't have

confirmation on media reports that quote, source is saying that the man entered the building in the middle of the night in front of actually police apparently saw him do that. and that he shouted, where is nancy with nancy pelosi, the democrats speaker of the house being i'd say the hate figure of the political, extreme right here in the united states. and that's also why she always has a security detail. but because she was not in town and that doesn't appear to have applied to the building that particular night. and we still can't confirm whether or not the intruder did. shelton ask where, where is nancy? this is coming ahead of these crucial mid term elections. less than 2 weeks away now, i mean, how much of a concern is violent against us politicians right now, mcgill, it is a great concern and whether this particular case is linked to that or not. we have

seen incidents in the past. also, just this week, we saw the sentencing of 3 men who planned to kidnap creation whitner, whitman governor here in the united states. we're seeing increase in threats. it that has doubled since 2017 against lawmakers up to 9000 more than 9000 over the past year here in the united states. so that is very disconcerting. also seeing polling that shows that generally, voters and depends on which pole you believe between 25 to 30 percent. i believe that violence is a legitimate and increasingly legitimate means to voice your own political views and enforce them. now, critics including republicans say that this is not least down to donald trump. if you say it's a into a camera. but some say also said behind closed doors, of course,

the 6 it generally 6 committee is still investigating that several individuals have already been sentenced in connection to that. and but there is a huge concern here. we also saw one republican senator just a few weeks ago to say that she wouldn't be surprised if there would be a killing of a senator. so talk to anyone on the hill. this is something that is very tangible. and here in washington, and it's also something that is backed up by polling done across the country. november 8th. we'll see the midterms and everybody here is waiting with baited breath. not just for those results, whether the house will turn will republican, whether congress as a whole, but also whether that will be violence. utilities, we kill the governor in washington. mckayla. thank you. while the bird has been free with that tweet ill on musk made it official, he has now taken control of twitter and the new boss. he has hit the ground running

. musk began by firing the top executives at the company. he says that he bought the social media platform to boost free speech and communication. but critics say one man should not have so much power over public opinion and public debate. let that sink in. this is how elan mosque, who walked into twitters headquarters in san francisco. with the grandiose gesture, the world's richest man signal to employees and users, it may be the end of twitter as day. know it. in a tweet address to advertisers on a platform must claimed the acquisition was not aimed at making him more money. musk told advertisers that his goal was to counter political polarization in traditional media. he set the polarization, had now spread to social media and that he wanted to preserve twitter as

a space for dialogue. the reason i acquire twitter is because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner. an ambitious goal and in mosques own words, one with a very real possibility, a failure. the serial inter printers bold moves, don't come as a surprise to analysts. but his exact vision for the platform is still somewhat unclear. you have to grab that, he's a visionary, and that he's done some amazingly innovative things. but having said that, it's a little worrying in the sense that when you tear it down to build it back up again, you have to have some sort of our north star vision to take people long to say, this is the reason why i'm doing that. and we haven't quite seen the other than some han weaving at free speech. but some twitter users fear that what musk wants

for the platform may not be reflective of what they want. i believe that e. e. lon must buying twitter and owning twitter will begin to twitter. we're already seen changes the algorithm on getting a lot of right wing stuff all the sudden and on my feet that i wasn't getting before ever since. so ever since musgrove ounce, this musk has only vaguely implied what his vision for free speech but look like. for now, twitter users are left, you wonder where the new red lines will be drawn or let's take a look now, some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world security forces in iran i have again opened fire on anti government protesters at least 8 people have been killed in the past week as authorities tried to crack down on descent. at least 31 people have died. $9.00 are missing. after flooding in the philippines, scientists are linking recent heavy rains to climate change. north korea has

carried out the latest in a series of ballistic missile test. south korea's military detected the launch of too short range rockets. the u. s. has warned jogging that using nuclear weapons would mean the end of the regime. russia says that it has completed its call up of 300000 military reserve. us the russian defense minister survey. sure. you saying over 80000 reserve troops have already been deployed to ukraine. the rest are in training, letting me put in, issued the mobilization order last month to beef up russian forces in ukraine. the call up led to protest and it prompted tens of thousands of men to flee the country to avoid it. lorine ins living in ukraine are demanding that their government stops supplying russia with attack drones. ukraine says that it has already shut down hundreds of iranian drones that were watched by the russians, but to run insists it is not providing russia with those weapons. the blood of

ukrainians is on your hands that the cry from a rainy and protease is in cave as rushes drone attacks and ukraine continue case western allies, including the european union and the united states claim. iran is supplying the weapons a formula. so borland, this is especially painful for us, the iranian people living here, the country we were born in and the regime now in power is sending drawings to kill us, our friends and acquaintances in cave of disc evo. iran denies that it's producing the drones which have become a key weapon for russia in the past month. the invaders of often use them to target crucial energy infrastructure. ukraine has been pushing back shortly from bank, from september, 13th, when the 5th shaheed, 136, kamikaze drone was shot down until today. we have shot down more than 300 shaheen.

drones that there are fools were there you're asking for others or here's something with the city. are you standing alongside one of the down weapons president volota me. zalinski says 30 drawings was seen by russia in 2 days with defense courses shooting 23 of them down. nelly, the ukrainian government has given iran a formal demand to stop supplying the drawings to russia. this is for the next guest is marked kenzie and he's a retired u. s. marine colonel. he is now his senior advisor with the center for strategic and international studies in washington. mister cancelling is good to have you with us. what do we know about these drones that russia is using in ukraine? well, the most plentiful rural drawn seems to be this shaheed $136.00. it's really like a cruise missile. it is a kamikaze drawing. it's fired once. it's guided by g p. s. as a pretty long range,

but it's flies low and slow, so it's very vulnerable. that's why the cranes have been able to shoot so many down, but rushes using them because they're running out of cruise missiles. they fired many during the war. their ability to produce more is quite limited. so they've gone to these iranian drones. and how can we be sure that it is iran that is providing these drones? well remember when a drone or a cruise missile explodes, it doesn't disappear, the wreckage is still at the sight of the explosion. and there are lots of pictures online showing wreckage from these drones. and you can see that they match the kinds of drones that you, ron has feel that you're on has not hidden these drones they've, they've showcase them. they're very proud of their drawing program so you can see what they produce and then you can see the wreckage. it's clearly the same weapon.

and this is true then obviously we've got iran violating the the arms export embargo that the west is imposed upon it. but this, what does this tell us about russia? the fact that russia is turning to iran for weapons. russia is a hard up for us, munitions. ukraine is getting them from the united states and nato. but russia doesn't have a very good source that they've gone to north korea now they've gone to iran. that includes some domestically, but very limited to keep in mind that wars require a continuous stream of weapons, ammunition to keep armies in the field. ukraine has its supplies from u. s, and nato rushes, scrambling to keep its army supplied in russia. it says that it has completed its cold up of up to 300000 military reserves. so what does that mean then overall for rushes strategy in ukraine right now, i mean are, are, these,

is this the final call up reservists that russia can pull from? well 1st i, i doubt that they called up all 300000. that would double the size of their army, i know shall go made that claim. maybe they've sent out notices, but it takes a lot of time to call that many reservists up. given the small size of the arm, a russian, ari beforehand develop. some of them are clearly getting to the front lines. the russian intention is to beef up. it's forces. they've taken a lot of casualties. many units were ground down. way on the strength bring in these additional personnel will bring these units up to strength. i. there's a strategy is not to go back on the offensive, they're not trying to regain the initiative, but what they will try to do is to hang on to what they have prevent any further ukrainian advances and extend the war into the winter. their hope is that the,

the europeans will crack under cold weather inflation recession high energy prices and that european populations will. ready demand a cease fire that would help brush up in the long term. mark hansing with the center for strategic and international studies, mr. kenton. we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. thanks for having me on the show. or sobering words today, coming from germany's president describing russia's invasion of ukraine as a turning point in history. in a national address, frank walter stein meyer said that the world is entering a period of confrontation, and he is warning germans. they will have to make sacrifices calling for a change in the national outlook upgrade to excellence. and you also said that acknowledging this new reality is the only way that people will be able to meet the challenges ahead. but it can kind of policy makers cannot what miracles,

no one hadn't gone was, was it in and not even a german president can take away. i worries in these profoundly uncertain times. nobody really does. on the contrary, i believe that many of these lawyers are legitimate, we are experiencing the deepest crisis. our united germany has ever known. a been about, sorry, i've been doing, but i'm firmly convinced that if we become consciously aware of this moment is turning point in history. if we begin to understand that one era has come to an end and another has begun done then. and only then will we be able to see more clearly was yet what is now required of us in the here. and i'm certain noise so that we will not have to face this new in fear, without the fancy or less crossover. now to our political correspondence, simon young. so i mean it's good to see you the president's speech. i mean it,

it's rather depressing message that he had to day. he also warned germans that sacrifices in the future will be necessary. did he find the right words? do you think? well, i think it was a good speech bred to the main focus was of course on the war in ukraine and stein maya was addressing the german nation warning about russia. but i think it was also demonstrating that he himself got the message that the previous policy on russia from the german side, a policy that he himself, of course, was a key architect told back when he was foreign minister, that policy of sort of close dialogue and non confrontation, that policy is failed and it's needed to be changed. so that's, that was really what he was trying to get across. he made the link from the war to the difficulties being faced by germans, particularly economic difficulties and arising prices,

worries about the energy supply and even threats to democracy. and you know, he had a, an image for all that. he said the, the tail wind that germany had enjoyed following the end of the cold war was being replaced by headwinds. he said tough times are ahead. and he called on germans to be more capable of conflict because he put it not more warlike, but more assertive and more sort of self control as well. so it's a pretty stark assessment overall, i think of where germany is right now. and we know that when the german president speaks, it does have a certain gravity, but we also have to remind ourselves, his role is, is ceremony or what he said today considering, you know, the dire situation, particularly of the german economy because of this war word, his words actually words that we shouldn't, we should be hearing from the german chancellor. well, of course jossla shoulds has also made similar speeches talking about the changing

epochs and warning germans to that they need to sort of prepare for a tough winter ahead and so on. but i think it is quite usual as well for the german federal president is the head of state to, to kind of make an attempt to at some how people feel, what ordinary germans are worried about and try and give them some words of encouragement. he try not to be too gloomy. of course, he pointed out, germany has got a strong economy. it has an effective functioning state, as he said. so i think it was appropriate for him to sort of take the meat of the nation. and i think that's probably what many ordinary germans expect their president today did of these. i mean young with the ladies to night here in berlin, simon. as always, thank you. and here are more stories. now making headlines this, our taiwan has invited chinese vents to the island to help treat a sick pander. you see the pen to write the or twine twine is thought to have

a brain tumor. the invitation is an unusual act of pin to diplomacy. during a time of frosty relations between china and taiwan, the 1st coins with the portrait of king charles the 3rd have gone on show in britain, the 50 pence coin will go into circulation before the end of the year. the king is not seen wearing a crown unlike his late mother. queen elizabeth the 2nd ah, well with the guitar football world cup fast approaching more questions are being asked about l g b t writes fans want to know whether they will be safe, attending the tournament, or vulnerable under guitars. strict anti gay laws critic say the organizers pfeifer have not done enough. some western governments have advised traveling supporters to compromise by respecting local policies.

i'm joined now by russia units from human rights watch rush. it's good to have you with us. i want to begin with recent comments made by a u. k. government minister suggesting that gays and lesbians, l g b t q supporters show compromise during the world cup. what's compromise now it's difficult to hear a u. k. official peak about traditions and culture of custody society as different from those that are upheld in the u. k. no painting culture as the deterrence to securing the rights of the people, the flex, blame away from abuse to state systems, including the criminalization of sex relations and without the 70 years imprisonment and the custody people. as for the thir and for progress on the rights, this does not take into account that the people inside are being arrested and the

pain by preventive security forces held in an underground prison. so bethany and ha, and subjected to severe beatings and sexual harassment in police. custody and is the message here also directly coming from from the u. k, but it could be from any country. we advocate human rights for everyone, including the l. g b t q, community. but the world cup is an exception because it's football, it's soccer. and it's about money, so please look the other way. isn't that the message that's being sent here? no pain saying football as an a political theme that does not allow for leverage to be used by the government and by the fall against the custody warranties to make for that of gdc people inside the country as well as times and visitors are respected and they have the right to expression the fear them believe the protest.

this is a cheap excuse for the kind of protection that should be afforded to everyone during a tournament such as the world cup awarded to cost that in 2010. welcome. sorry you've had that had more than a decade to work on reforming these laws and abusive practices. they have done nothing and has failed. that was right. that's in this week. human rights watch published a report which claims that police have abused l g, b t, q residence, category officials. they have said that those accusations are not true. i'm wondering how real is the threat then to l g b t q. people who may be attending the broad cup and guitar. know the threats of security for the residents, the remaining hyphens before the world cup, during the world cup, and especially after the world cup. where when the international i is listed on it will be business as usual,

custody already will continue to abuse and the pain of gdc people with complete impunity when it comes to visitors. and it is unlikely that the wage any arrest or campaigns of detention again, visitors because then the national assumption is there, the world is watching russia unit with human rights watch watch as always we appreciate your time in your insights. thank you. thank you. we're now to ease a teenage at football or living. her dream is 15 years old. emma, latinos has made it into the 1st team of german women's bundis league aside, cologne. we met the forward to find out more about her path to professional football. emma lattice is the youngest player in cologne's, buddhist, like a squad at just 15 years old. she's already made it to the highest level of women's football in germany. but up until recently,

she was still the only girl playing and her local boys team f c n. f, tell me about having it. i can literally, i didn't think about it at all. i just didn't bother the older you get the more you think about it. so it was hard to find a connection with the team because i was always just seen as the girl of the money . the more time i spent in the through my in the team, the more they accepted me in the house and stopped seeing me as the girl. and instead, just as a member of the time i met with is tim. oh, after 2 years playing in the age groups top tier, she left the boys behind with a heavy heart to take the next step in her career is mozilla. so, you know, i have to admit i cried a little when i left algebra, but it was a lovely time, especially towards a end as a finding in oh, emma started playing football. i just 4 years old. her family never expected it to become a career, but they soon saw she was brimming with both talent and determination. oh,

wrong tal wizell hampton. there were some hard moments which she also used for me because she powered through. she said, i want to make it all, but i want to prove to them that i've got what it takes us is just like it's walk that she did signing a professional contract with cologne. despite never playing for their youth teams as the youngest player in the senior squad, she'll have to be patient. but emma has already impressed her coach. and emma will develop m a cautiously, but we wanted her training with the 1st team because we believe she has the talent and that the training will help her progress planning the feeling that emma lots us has already exceeded expectations, but she's only getting started with the pioneering rucker o performer. jerry lewis has died at the age of 80 sub it's best known for his classics. wow, great ball to fire and a whole. while the shaking going on,

louis was credited with making rock'n'roll the dominant american pop music of the 1950s. his rags to riches life story was not without controversy. he faced a scandal when he married his 13 year old cousin, the 3rd of his 7 marriages. there was died at his home in mississippi. this is dw news lie from berlin. i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day i hope to see you then. with

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