for one of the many success stories, bastion of biodiversity in say, ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, a setback for russia in its war in you, cried moscow confirms its troops or withdrawing from the key city of has sought. so what does this mean for the future of the conflict? also on the program, u. s. president joe biden praises his party strong showing. and tuesday's mid term

elections, but with votes still being counted in some races, it is unclear, will be calling the shots in congress, and more than 4 years after the murder of saudi journalists, jamal cache oak, g. his fiance tells d. w of her determination to keep his memory alive and to hold his killers to account. last, germany turns to the next generation as it pursues world cup glory. and can tell 17 year old you so far, mckoko is the name on everybody's lips. as the final germany squad is announced, we'll talk more about the teenage sensation and also the controversy dogging the competition. ah. i menu gives mckinnon. welcome to the program. everyone. russian troops have started withdrawing from the strategic city of her son in an ukraine out. her son

was the 1st major city to fall off to the russian invasion and the only regional capital under russian control. the move is being called a major setback for moscow with some unless saying it could be a turning point in the war. keith, however, is urging caution. booker, your new rushes commander in ukraine, announces a retreat in a military briefing on state tv, arguing it is no longer possible to keep supplying the city order more photo underwriter, closer to nibble. this is a very difficult decision, but we will be saving the lives of our service men and the combat capability of our troops, which is necessary to stay on the right bank in a limited area. russian troops swept across southern ukraine from annex crimea at the start of the war. seizing her son in early march. ah, in recent weeks,

ukrainian forces have been closing in on the city. and russia has been relocating tens of thousands of its residents the streets of her son are now virtually empty. a ukrainian takeover of the city would be seen as a significant blow to russian president vladimir putin. only weeks ago, he announced what he called the forever annexation of the her son region, along with 3 others in a big ceremony in moscow. on the street of keith, some had their doubts about a russian retreat. and when is this is i think this is russia planning something? yes, an ideal. i can't really believe it. why would they gather 40000 soldiers there in the 1st place? i think they are preparing something for the ukranian army at me. a feeling i could

buy the country's president. moral metal with jeremy does not give us gifts. we does not make gestures of good will with so we fight for at all. tomorrow we will move very carefully with them without emotion, they will without unnecessary risk. as we need to liberate all our land and minimize our losses, yet name lynch. re capturing her son could allow ukraine to win back more last territory in southern areas, including crimea, which russia i legally ceased in 2014. when i spoke to a correspondent in keith nick connelly earlier, i asked him why president putin was nowhere to be seen when the withdrawal announcement was made. well certainly this is typical puts in whenever this bad news to present to the russian people, he is nowhere to be seen. and we don't know where exactly he spent the last few days. he's also very cagey about his security. but we have seen basically the kind of political responsibility for this move being delegated. firstly,

to defense minister said geisha go and also to a general sort of, he can the man in charge of the war hearing ukraine. and it kind of was even clear, couple weeks ago that sort of, you can one of many people to be in charge operation has been kind of huge rotation . lots of generals being fired, that he was being kind of built up and prepared and kind of introduce the russian public as someone with authority to then bear the kind of political responsibility of this basically, unavoidable move as for, you know, how it's actually playing out. and whether it should be believed, obviously there's lots of red flags there in the past, when russia has withdrawn from bits of ukraine, it hasn't been committed to doing so. it's maybe called it a good. well, j could will gesture after the fact after they've pulled out, but never have we seen this kind of announcement is kind of a admission of failure by the rational torches. and also the rhetoric about saving russian soldier lives doesn't really fit with the behavior we've seen in recent weeks of them throwing unprepared newly mobilized people without equipment and

without training at the front lines. huge losses. so all of that made people here and key are very suspicious wondering whether this is attract, trying to your ukrainian troops into camps on with it. still, russian soldiers on the ground potentially ready to provide you st. street can hand to hand fighting. so looks question marks, but definitely assigned that russia is on the retreat. so if we do take this, the at face value of it is an admission of defeat. what does this tell us about the state of the russian army right now where this war might be heading well, definitely shows that the ukranian strategy of basically avoiding direct confrontation with the russians. avoiding kind of sending people at the russian front lines of the russian trenches is working and said ukraine has basically done its best to starve the russian garrison the russian forces in had san west of the new pro river of resources that food you know, you winter uniforms, but also artillery munitions, they're really having to account for their shells and really think about when they

reply to ukrainian fire. and they've been doing this through kind of media, this methodically for weeks and months now at, at actually quite some cost internally in terms of your public opinion. people here in ukraine have been pushing for faster advances, have been kind of impatient to see more progress there. but ukraine has just been methodically destroying those russian supply lines. and now we're seeing the russians coming out saying their basic, unable to provide enough resources to their soldiers in fed a song. and it also shows that rushes, now like looking to kind of hunker down the kind of perspective of taking more you grand territory for the responses that basically off the table. for now, they're just trying to hold on to what they already have at the notes, smallest possible cost neck. thanks so much for that analysis. that's nic connelly, reporting from keith. and we can speak now to dominate helen sanker mo, so she is an expert in russian foreign and security policy at kings college london . good to see donna taylor. and can i ask you if you're planning a major retreat, why broadcast it to the world are, you know, why will this theater is this

a russian trap that we're saying? i think that the main objective is full of the domestic ordinances. it's to explain to the russian population and the russian people, why these repeat is happening. i'm to show in some way that this is not some kind of hasty. and we treat a major defeat is just something done, you know, in some kind of they kind of presented as a strategic retreat, giving the whole to family that population that put potentially they could one day come back. so they're kind of saving the army so that the eventually they can re take land in the future. so it is really, i think more, more than anything an attempt to explain to the domestic audiences which have been very disappointed with the way in which not only the armed forces were operating, but we thought of things mobilization which has so i had an impact on many

sectors of election. so now that the russian government, in a way has to provide more information on responses on explanations to the general public. and i think this is part of it. ok, so given what you've just said, does this mean the rusher is losing the wall? i do think that to in that area and i think on additional going days hoping hoping which probably i'm not what will happen is hoping that the ukrainians are not going to hit them very hard as a retreat. so it is a way of saying, you know, we're going to leave you this terry tree. let us maybe go without hitting us too hard. but it clearly shows that are leasing this area. russia is unable to, to hold the regions out, you know, to the waste of their new river on, hey, to sun is a copy dell of one of the sort of province is that they are next i just a month ago. so it's very symbolic. so it's a symbolic loss,

and it is also relevant because it shows that the objective of eventually, you know, taking all day. so which is a jewel off of that area of ukraine, you know, is also been postponed almost indefinitely. so it has many implications. it really shows that russia is in a very difficult position that there is an understanding. increasingly, i think, among the russian leadership that this war is very difficult to win. that he's very difficult to advance further. that the best is to try to secure the areas that you're easier to secure. so they're building very strong lines of defense to on the other side of the river and also all along the areas that they ok find the sounds of ukraine in the south east. all the way to don't yet, some hans to see if they can somehow negotiate at least a temporary cease fire that can so need to find these areas on this control especially tried to protocol and now graham year becomes more than normal because

you know, ukrainians can you know, we are not advanced on if they effectively retake so on, you know, they are much closer to crimea on many other areas that become a lot more vulnerable. delma taylor 0, mostly from the department of all studies at kings college london. thank you so much for that analysis. ok, let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines. the family of a prominent jailed egyptian activist. allah abdel fatah who's currently on hunger strike, says he has been moved to hospital in a statement on twitter thought his family said that they had been notified by prison authorities. that the 40 year old was now under medical intervention. the taliban have ordered amusement park owners in afghanistan to refuse and treat to women. as comes up to the country's morality ministry said that there would be restrictions on women being able to access public parks and sons. as since taking

over afghanistan last year, the taliban have said women should not leave home without a male relative and must cover their faces. commuters in paris have been confronted with major transport disruptions as metro work has go on strike. closing a 3rd of all subway lines of his comes the same day, a similar strikes in britain and the day after major industrial action in belgium and in greece, unions across europe are demanding higher pay amid runaway inflation and the u. s. president joe biden has welcome the results of the mid term elections after his policy fed better than expected. u. s. media had predicted huge gains for republicans, but they failed to materialize. biden's, democrats do look set to lose control of the house of representatives, but the battle for the upper chamber, the senate is still on a knife edge with 3 states still left to declare there was

a spring in the step of the u. s. president, as he faced reporters at the white house, the way to pre election fears perhaps lifted from his shoulders after better than expected midterm results. it was a good day, i think, for democracy. and i think it was a good day for america, or shoot me a little hoarse. our democracy has been tested emission years, but with their vote. so the american people's focus and from once again that democracy is who we are. this was a big task for j biden, who couldn't hide his glee when congratulating democrats had helped see off a predicted republican sir joe wire revelation. in graduate. you're right. on their own, you was your congratulations and so her mom, maria, the democrats man, am better than even the president expected. who with vote still being counted. there is still much to playful. what happens here in nevada could be pivotal to who

wins. control of the senate is one of 3 states that could swing the us up a house back into a publican, hands, patients. now the watch word here with hundreds of staff working to process pallets another is georgia where the race between democratic incumbent, rafael warnock, and republican challenger herschel walker, who now going to run off in december at the end of the day, everyone wants to know that we have honest and fair elections, and we do. i asked the voters to come out and vote one last time. just a few days ago, former president donald trump's mood had been buoyant, as he celebrated initial republican successes. he ham pigs many of the names on the ballot in key states, but in true trump style, he's now described the vote as somewhat disappointing in a message to supporters on his own. social platform was also hailing a very big victory. the more johnny me now in the studio is tyson bark,

a senior fellow at the german council on foreign relations here and then welcome tyson. now we've just heard joe biden there sounding pretty pleased with the outcome. but what does this actually mean to the, for the democrats, what will they be able to get done in the next 2 years? or i think it's going to be very depend on what happens with the senate. generally, obviously we are looking at a situation where this and it could go either way still. but what we see in this result is the country remains still very divided. even if the republicans win control of the house, which looks likely, it's going to be just within a couple of seats. and that's going to leave the house quite dysfunctional because the leader kevin mccarthy, a week leader, we'll have to corral, coordinate, different, very fractious fractions of the party of the maga, group the, of the freedom caucus, et cetera. and then there's going to be this trump pressure, so it's not looking like the legislative agenda will be the place where policy

moves forward. it's going to be executive action the night and group just to make. claire is the trump, the trumpets, right? the make america, great. again, let's talk a little bit more about their republicans. so where do the mid terms really leave then? and what about donald trump? well, if you look at the candidates, including brad reference, worker who was just speaking of the secretary of state of georgia who won his reelection decisively and was of course, the center of a lot of pressure from trump to, to look for votes in the 2020 election, a lot of the candidates, the republican candidates who are able to emancipate themselves from trump, actually much over performance. how performed you see this in ohio. you see it in georgia with the governor in georgia as well. you see it in florida. so there's going to be a lot of elite pressure in republican circles, quoting conservatives fox, there's et cetera, to try to bring up new power centers within the party. you touched on it a little bit earlier. what effect to these midterm,

likely to have on the political dynamic in washington? i mean, will the republicans, given that it wasn't the red tsunami that was potentially expected? well, the republicans offer some level of cooperation. do you think will in contrast to 2010, where there was the last major republican shall lacking in a congressional election. and they took control of the house with a tea party. they actually had a, an agenda which was austerity to cut fiscal responsibility, et cetera. they didn't really run on that this time. what we can expect is a lot of a very aggressive oversight, the debt ceiling, which is a traditional congressional, a responsibility to raise the ability to borrow the full freight faith in credit. the united states is going to come a brinkman ship issue early next year. and there's going to be a lot of oversight periods. we can of course, assume right off the top, the back that the january 6th committee, the investigative committee will be shuttered. that's going to be one of the 1st

things that they do. and they're going to start equally aggressive investigations into, for example, a hunter biden's connections to ukraine, to paris. huh. and to china, in case we're not looking at smith failing, had, it's going to be a contentious washington. i think, tyson docket, thanks so much for your time. thank you. now it's been more than 4 years since the saudi journalist, jamal cash, oak g was murdered in the kingdoms consulate in istanbul, where he went to collect the papers he needed to marry his fiance, turkish national hattie j. j. angus. now the saudi crown prince mom had been sell man denied ordering the killing. but he did later admit that it took place under his watch. as jingle, however, is continuing her campaign for justice. and she told d w's you johan, that her world collapsed. when she found out what had happened, lou, i struggle between my wife in my heart,

jamal was home. he was a part of my life, my identity. when i lost him in this way, it changed my life completely. on the 2nd of october 2018. her teaching is his fiance, the saudi dissident yamaha short g, was brutally murdered inside the saudi consulate in east and boy. they watched him. so i'm asking this question most his body. what happened to his body? from that day on to now i'm fighting, i'm fighting for justice for jamal. ah. her teacher had wanted to start a new life with her husband to be. instead, she grieved and made a decision. then i told i can't see phone

is assigned to act. and from that they, i thing my life changed. and i put myself under this, it h speaking up and saying the truce. my power is my words. the gun put it together, but i'll be to the teacher started to travel the world. she testified in front of the u. s. congress, the european parliament, the united nations human rights council. a un investigation found evidence that the saudi leadership was responsible for the killing of to microshore jeans. for some time, her teacher was certain that justice would prevail until she learned the meaning of re i'll politic in

a world and turmoil and hungry for energy resources, pariahs can become partners again. it was an easy to understand is in real politic. it's was a huge, disappointing for me. everyone knows it's a politic decision. the couples on the banks of the bus for us, remind her teacher of her loss. but also of the fact that life is worth living. and justice was fighting for a researcher turns human rights defender a teacher jenkins has found new purpose in her life. speaking for those who are silenced, listening to those who are not heard. please speak up. watch we need who are feature is or humanity. more democracy, more human rights do not give up. that's why much.

and you can see a longer version of that report on d, w. d w youtube channel. that's youtube dot com forward slash w news. ah, now big news from the world of football, the german woke up scott has now been announced. and we have press harrington from dw sports here in the studio to tell us all about that. hey there chris. i am. give us your thoughts on the germany squad. i mean, is there any surprise additions or even emissions from the final list? yet finally, it's been published, but here are some omissions due to injury or just left off marco royce. i mean, some call him cursed. he's only been in one major tournament in the last decade, timo banner was injured either. he was dollar for hardy flick, contributing a lot of goals and the build up. but he's out in march. hummel's is a name that was omitted. i was surprised to see that but the additions are the

bigger story of mario. good sir. is that name? that's pretty much for him. so back on the radar. he's been stellar for frankfurt this season. you know, filling in. and of course, in terms of germany, 2014, he was the hero, everywhere in berlin or across germany, you see he merrill's of him painted because he did bring home that piece of silverware for germany. so that's good to see him back. and then another youngster, the biggest surprise in my mind, is 17 year old, new sofa mckoko for don't me. 17 yellow, 17 years old. and he's been boiling for quite some time. a dormant scoring a lot of goals for their 2nd team now on their 1st name. the 1st 17 year old to score in double digit in the but as like a he has 6 goals. so far this season. you know, of course germany are looking for options in attack. you know the injuries are going to hurt them in new coco, i think, provides some stellar options. he has been looking great and brilliant lately and it's, it's very interesting to see another name just to add another cap player. making

his debut is vanna bray. ms. nicholas full crew, he s 10 goals thus far, so hearty flick, i think we'll have a lot to choose from. of course, a mixture of seasoned veterans in some fresh faces as well. so a good number of exciting plans that mean here. do you see as being some of their, the key players for gemini once the tournament as the kickoff? well, anyone familiar with german football? they no look for nino look further than by our munich bar munich. are basically the core of the german national team. 7 buyer players will be sued enough for hans. he flick you, you can now bri, kim ich jamal lucila, a leroy side. ne, of course, between the post and the captain. manuel, lawyer neu, was actually a question mark, you know, he's dealt with skin cancer in a shoulder issue, but he's back in a thomas mueller as well. but i think by and basically the battery that fuels the german national t, because that's the core. i mean, you have up in front, the attack, you have, the midfield commission was yellow, and then obviously the last line of defense in manuel lawyer. so it's always been

the case. it's for the german team and hearty flick, you know, recently the coach of bar munich. i think it's a good fit. let's talk a little bit more about a hands e flick. an in given, gemini crashed out in 2018. how much pressure is kennedy ceiling? you know, he's pretty sick, he's pretty, was it? he's not worried about the past. he thinks his fresh faces that he's included into the roster will provide him success. he likes the direction the team is going. but, you know, we all know that germany obviously will be demanding more because when he 1st came on his head coach of the german national team, they got off to a very prolific start. and they, we saw them stutter a bit. the nation's league, their most impressive win, in my opinion, was against european champion italy, you know, in that contest. but some questionable draws in their last match was with england, also a draw up. but there is such a short window prior to the wilco picking off. how do you flip mentioned some other things. a team has to be climate ties. they have to get used to the atmosphere, the temperature and so forth. and they have to prepare

a very short window to prepare for japan. that's their 1st opponent in to tar. ah, but i'm wishing them well. you know, of course no one wants to look back. they wanna move forward. i just want to mention human rights human rights, and she's a really big deal and because they have taken center stage ahead of katara. yes, they definitely have in terms of how could tar will treat the homosexual community? they'll be g, g, q, community, the world cup ambassador for tar called homosexuality, basically a mental disease. and are the german cameras spotted. you know, they believe that's unacceptable. you know, we've seen in the past, german team align themselves up with human rights and so forth. and i think that is the sentiment moving forward, and i think anyone, you know, of the german national team or germany for that matter, agrees with that sentiment, you know, but in terms of the roster, let's take a look at what we're dealing with the 26 players oh i think it came and went, but names to mention, i think mario good is a huge name. i'm sure german football fans are ecstatic about that in the on cat

players and nicholas food group and mckoko are going to be wants to watch as well. we're going to be watching chrysler, chris harrington, thank you. thank you. and here is a quick reminder of our top story today and was being called a major setback for moscow. russia has ordered it's true to withdrawal from the strategic self in the ukrainian city of hassle. defense minister i show who said russia wasn't no longer able to keep the city supplied. i wanted to save the lives of it. so you're up to date, i much for watching with a, with

who into the conflict zone with sebastian. if you really want to know about war, who's murdering and torturing, who's giving me orders, which weapons are being used? much of it is out there on the internet and higgins provision boundary of the group

coming out of the mining who are data and incriminating the brutal and powerful conflict with d. w. oh again they get all the harvesters, are immigrants, dollar lucas, they come in, everything you enjoy eating at home with your family, that was harvested by people who are being exploited. then i guess for free and we're going to need to. uh huh. we can keep doing what we're doing is i need to become a sustainable as possible. maybe that's why you're green revolutionaries. it's absolutely necessary. europe reveal the future thing determine. now, our documentary series will show you how people,

companies and countries are we thinking everything and making later changes google milam for goodbye if a massive cyber attack or something like that happens and we can he boot our country from the outside. welcome. i'm going to be a lot more from it, so we're future after all. and if we don't do something, our children won't be able to enjoy fresh air for you know, what if you don't have your 3 the, you know, this week and d, w ah, if you really want to know about war who's murdering and torturing, who's giving the orders and which weapons are being used. much of it is out there on the internet. and eliot higgins british founder of the group belling cat, has been mining that raw data and incriminating the brutal and powerful in ukraine . his investigators are poring over evidence of.