ah, ah ah ah, this is dw news coming to live from berlin. caution in ukraine as russian troops retreat pro house on russia says its troops are leaving the regional capital, but ukraine says moscow's words can't be trusted. also in the program, u. s. president joe biden praises his party strong showing in tuesday's midterm

elections. but states are still counting votes and which party will take lead in congress remains up in the air. and more than 4 years after the murder of saudi journalist, jamal hasanti, his fiance tells d. w of her determination to hold his killers accountable and keep his memory alive . ah, hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you. with us. russian troops have started withdrawing from the strategic city of cow, san, in southern ukraine. caisson was the 1st major city to fall after the russian invasion and the only regional capital under russian control. the move is being called a major setback for moscow with some analysts saying it could be a turning point in the war. key of, however, is urging caution ukrainian troops slowly advance on house

on the city has been held by russia since early on in the war. ukrainian president, philadelphia zalinski has urged caution and these soldiers, a wary of possible traps left behind by the retreating russian army. for service, walk through me, he was step by step, we will reach victory, norma, we will not rush losing people on our way with which the russian troops are scared of the law. they didn't expect so much resistance from our side. and in recent weeks, ukrainian forces have been closing in on hassan and say they've already re taken several towns in the region. russia has been relocating tens of thousands of residents and the straits of house on a now virtually empty rushes commander in ukraine announced the retreat in

a military briefing on state tv. on wednesday workers, he argued it was no longer possible to keep supplying hassan rewarded more explorica po burkle. when you buy a photo she nibbled. 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 or in a limited area. russia's defense ministry says, troops have already begun moving out of the city. a forced pull out of russian troops from her san would be a significant blow to vladimir putin. only weeks ago, the russian president announced what he called the forever annexation of the house on region, along with 3 others in a ceremony in moscow. her son was the 1st major city captured by russia at the start of the war and for a taking it could allow ukraine to win back more lost territory in southern areas, including crimea,

which russia illegally seized in 2014 for we can talk to our correspondence, mathias bullying in keith and yuri were shut out in rigor. you're a, let's begin with you. russia says it's begun withdrawing from cas on. what does this say about russia's military strength in ukraine? well, any troop withdrawal is an admission of weakness as a commander of the russian troops in ukraine's throw beacon. we just saw him in the report justified by seeing that he wanted to save the lives of the soldiers because he saw no chance in defending the russian positions he kept on. am i'd like to point out that the 4 days and russians have been urging the people of harrison to leave that city at scenes, it seems as if the russian military leadership had been planning this withdrawal for days or russia occupied her son in early match. and annexed it in later

september, along with other occupied territories. beg then, that the kremlin, made an announcement that russia would stay in care to san forever. it was a big propaganda blow. and the fact that the russians are withdrawing their troops just a month after that succession of concern at least says that things are far from successful from the russian point of view on the front lines. but even if this step, martin is reasonable from a military point of view politically. however, this miserable is a disaster for the gram mathias, the ukrainian army said it's been making gains in the past 24 hours. but officials are a bit skeptical about russia's course on withdraw announcement, why is that? because it sounds to be good to good to the truth. the thing is that russia has announced this for a few has hinted at edu, re, has just elaborated on it, has evacuated. people has been preparing very visibly this with drawing for many

weeks. that's not how russia has been acting before in this war before when they were under pressure either and, and they will live or they were liberating areas retreating from areas that they had been occupying. they would either have done so very quickly in an organized manner or chaotic, a li, just retreating like in the heart of region. and so the fear is just that this might be a trap from the russians, that for example, the russians might withdraw from most of the areas, drawing the ukranian army quickly into the city where a few units would wait for them and would engage them in st. battles that might be very costly. that's for example, one scenario that's possible, that's why the ukrainians have said that they would move on very cautiously. if russia does withdraw our to the south, of course all across the ne pro river mathias, or if it happens in ukraine, advances what's likely to happen next in that region. and there will be

a river that would be very difficult to cross over the bridges. i destroyed the 2 bridges that were there. the russians will f, 40 fight on the left bank of the river and it would be very difficult to get over there. moreover, the city of castle, which sits just on the river would most likely be shell. it would be in the line of fire, so this would be advancing further would be very difficult. what ukraine has done so far. what we've seen is that they are looking at the whole front line and they're exploring where the weaknesses are. and that's where they will move in, so we might even not see them crossing the river. we might see them try to come from behind, try to move on. for example, in this operational region, which is a little bit more east or at other parts of the front, like we've seen it before. when you create announced it's counter offensive in the south in the house own region. they didn't really make many gains there,

but they force the russian troops to relocate to that area. and then they came in at another end of the front, a hark of region in the north, and were able to take territory quickly there because the russians were weaker in that place. jury, i know you're monitoring a russian media. have you seen any reaction yet among the russian people to the withdrawal announcement? well, exist, news didn't come as a surprise because a few days ago the russian media reported that to the russian army my to make an undesirable but probable decision. and a few days ago, instructions for the russian media were created, obviously in the kremlin, reportedly on how to correctly present the withdrawal in the propaganda shows. obviously the media, what advice to say that the military they're ation in kennesaw, was at the most difficult one for the russian army. and that ukraine needs to show the combat capability of it's what they call it, terrorist units with the aim of asking for new house from the west. and as for the

public perception, it was remarkable that it wasn't president putin who announced to the withdrawal, but a general who took responsibility instead of putin as sir put in can now say it wasn't me at any time. but i can replace general sort of akin with another to know, i think, a time. but what putin cannot do is to restore russian people's confidence in military success in ukraine. that confidence is likely to be significantly reduced now. okay, i have to leave it there. you are thank you so much. you're a rash. chateau in rigor earned are correspond m a t, a spelling in key of thank you very much. do both u. s. president joe biden has welcomed the results of the mid term elections after his part. he fared better than expected. u. s. media had predicted huge gains for republicans, but these failed to materialize. however, biden's democrats look sad to lose control of the house of representatives,

the battle for the upper chamber. the senate is on a knife edge with 3 states still left to declare that there was a spring in the step of the u. s. president. as he face 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 for democracy. because a good day for american, or shoot me a little horse. our democracy has been tested in recent years, but with their vote. so the american people spoken and proved once again that democracies who we are. this was a big task for j biden, who couldn't hide his glee when congratulating democrats, who'd helped see off for predicted republican sir, jim, why revelation ah incredulous joe. mike gregg better you was your congratulations, i'm so her mom. earlier. the democrats make them 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 at 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 go into a 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, a former president donald trump's mood had been buoyant, as he celebrated initial republican successes. he ham pigs many of the names on the ballots in key states. but in true trump style, he's now described the vote as somewhat disappointing in

a message to support his on his own social platform, while also hailing a very big victory. o d w is william glue, croft is part of our team covering these u. s. midterms joined us now. williams joe biden, we saw him there. he seemed pretty pleased with the outcome. but should he be given that it's pretty clear the democrats are gonna lose the house of representatives and the senate is still not clear. yeah, exactly. i mean, politicians will spin stories to their liking the best of their ability, but he's not here. he's not totally based on what he's trying. the argument is trying to make. i'll give you a couple numbers have been floating around in the last couple days in donald trump's 1st and only mid terms in 2018. his republicans lost 40 seats in the house . 2010 obama's 1st mid terms, lost 63 seats. and bill clinton's 1st mid terms and 94 last 52 seats is democrat mid term, historically the winning the party empower the party in the white house,

lose huge amounts of seats. george w bush was a bit of an aberration because of 911. he actually gained a few seats. so if, if joe biden only comes off with 5 seats loss or 10 seats loss, historically speaking, that's going to look pretty good for the democrats, especially given everything going on right now. inflation, economic woes born ukraine. all the abortion, for example, that also drove a lot of democrats out to the polls we, we most likely think so joe biden can create this kind of narrative like, hey, actually we did ok. the question is, all of these historical data points do? and does any of that really matter? because you know, history, we're looking at post, post, or post cold war were in a very different time. now it's all about putting legislative agenda forward and it's with, if you lose control of one house of congress or both, that makes it really difficult for the president. india. what does this leave the republicans? what about donald trump? how does he come out of all this? i think republicans and, and they had said it themselves. i've been watching

a lot of fox news. they, they've were saying it themselves that they are, there is some soul searching to do. and the republican party is donald trump and the donald trump style of politics the way forward because a lot of trump's candidates are trump preferred candidates, and people who have similar, you know, a style of him who, pals, conspiracy theories who don't believe in elections. we don't believe in basic facts they lost, and republicans more, more conservative or traditional republicans if you want to call them that they want. and there's been a lot of split tickets in republican areas where republican voters might have voted for a republican governors. we saw in georgia, but they weren't so hot on more extremist republican candidates at the national level. so republicans have a lot to look at in their own party. if donald trump is really the best thing going forward, because this election, at least as the results currently stand, say they may, he might not be in the boat counting isn't over yet. william, i help us understand where this is going. and when will actually know the final

result, i'm one of the final result. well, votes are counted as the easy answer. right? america is a big country. several times zones. elections in america are run by the counties. they are overseen and certified by the states. so there's not just a one fell swoop one size fits all count here, they're thousands of counties going through their ballots. mail and ballots. early ballots in person ballots from a different system. yeah, well, different system, different voting booth company's company providing different technical systems. it's extremely complicated, it is slow, it is thorough, and it is decentralized, which was probably the biggest. the biggest fact about i, it would be very, very difficult for any of these claims of fraud to be true because it would be so hard, almost impossible to reagan election happening and thousands of dirt, dixons, all across the country. and it looks like there'll be a run off in georgia and we won't know that until december. right. well a with we have a ways to go. so is it time? well, even blue cross part of our midterms election team. thank you. sketch up on small

the stories making headlines around the world today. an indonesian plane crash that killed all 62 people on board last year was caused by the pilots over reliance on the auto pilot system and inadequate training. that's according to indonesia, transportation safety bodies. final report a tell about have ordered amusement park owners in afghanistan to refuse entry to women. this comes after the country so called morality ministry said there were no there would be restrictions on women being able to access public parks and fun fairs. since taking over afghanistan last year, the taliban of said women should not leave home without a male relative and must cover their faces. one of iran's top actresses, tara nay alley duty, has posted a picture of herself on instagram without a head scarf photo we shared to express her support for nationwide anti government demonstrations. the post comes as protests continue across iran,

sparked by the death of 22 year old gina, marcia armine, after her detention by the country's morality police. it's been more than 4 years now, since saudi journalist jamal his hockey was murdered in the kingdoms consulate in is double where he went to collect the papers he needed to marry his fiance, turkish national, a t. j, ginge, and gish saudi crown. prince muhammad, been so mod denied ordering the killing, but later admitted it took place under his watch. jenkins, however, is continuing her campaign for just as she told d w. as julia han that her world collapsed when she found out what had happened. ah, i struggle not be clean in my life. in my heart drama was hurt. 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 had teaching his his fiance, the saudi dissident yamaha short gee, was brutally murdered inside the saudi consulate in east and boy. they watched him feel. i am 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, had 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 say phone is assigned to alex. and from that day 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 a bit of it, but i believe 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 u. n. investigation found evidence that the saudi leadership was responsible for the killing of to microshore jameson. for some time, her teacher was certain that justice would prevail until she learned the meaning of re i'll politic. in a weldon turmoil and hungry for energy resources, pariahs can become partners again. it wasn't easy to understand

israel politic. it's was a huge, disappointing for me. every one knows it's a politic decision for 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 worth 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 in one human rights. do not give up. that's why much. and you can see a longer version of their report on d w's youtube channel that you tube dot com forward slash dw news. now the wiley

anticipated season 5 of the british drama. the crown finally dropped on netflix. this week. the popular series chronicles the life and times of the british monarchy under the late queen elizabeth ed. it's the later it's late the season is the most controversial yet. let's take a look at what's in store. ah royal's generals damaged the country's reputation. house of windsor should be binding the nation together. setting an example of idealized family life in 19 nineties and the british will, family is on the strain. is my behavior, the strictest bible. you as future king, have a duty marital discord, public descent, and a fire at windsor castle 12 months. and through a tool, the queen miss manage her family and the reputation of the royal brand. in this

feast outing, this the least created pizza moves and in males is thornton takes over the monarch . what peter morgan does is try to make people understand what is likely to be a member of the royal family. you have to put a face on whatever's going on behind closed doors and there's a lot going on. dominic west betrays the now king, then prince of wales. charles, it's a time of his life that was, you know, not only of the prime of his life, but also in many ways the most difficult time, his life. and i felt that i felt enormous evergreen symptoms for him was the one condition. the crown is nice stranger to criticism, but this season has come under particular fire. critics say the mixture of historical fact and dramatized fiction. it could prove confusing, even damaging to the royal it stars disagree feels its whole about iraq. i think

peter is always written right with the idea of gathering every, every on a fair hearing and, and i loved a guy and i like the way i would have done it without him. everyone's watch. the crown forces hasn't bother them before whatever. you've used the crown season. fight is a drama packed emotional rollercoaster that makes by nail biting binge watch. how did it come to this? how could i come to this world, put it all in context holiday. a borrow from d w culture joins me now. so the crown has always been a little bit controversial arm, but this season is proving very contentious. why? well, this is the season, terry. the fans have been waiting for this is the 19 ninety's. it was that decade. probably one of the most tumultuous, controversial, damaging in the modern history of the whole family, characterized by acrimonious divorces in the queen's immediate family. of course,

most famously that of princess diana. and then prince charles, who is of course the king. now his affair with camilla, the famous diana biography, the infamous, damaging b b. c. interview with diana. all of those feature in this season that already in the last season, season for charles and diana were at one another's throats. but this season takes it to a higher level opens just a year before their separation. and the child now being king, of course it has become even more topical now, of course, where it's just 2 months after the death of the lay queen and they've been lot of calls or there were a lot of calls for it not to be shown at all and people said this was disrespectful to, to the queen's memory and could be damaging to king charles future with the depiction of his extra marital affair. they started the relationship with the woman who is now the queen. while he's just, when he's trying to establish himself in the shadow of his march of mother as the new monarch, some pretty big names have weighed in on this voicing criticism of the show on

what they've been saying. wow. for example, actress the actress, dame judi, dench, you has betrayed the queen in several films, was pretty outraged in october. she wrote an open letter to the times x accusing the series of crude sensationalism and calling it clearly unjust. and she called on netflix to add a disclaimer to the episodes, making it very clear that it's a fictionalized dramatize ation, which they have, they had never done before and they've done, they've, they've, they far, he done it in their defense. they said, all that's always been obvious, it must be pointed out that dent is a personal friend of the queen, a consult camilla. now in the very 1st episode, we see the former prime minister john major talking to and then prince charles about an article in a newspaper that was suggested at the time that the british public thought that the queen was out of touch and should abdicate in favor of charles, that article is based on a real poll was published, but john major says that conversation never took place in is fiction paraded as

fact. now the show on a peter morgan has said that the shows not unkind to charles. and he says it's always been obvious that the series is a vomit as ation. but netflix have added that disclaimer, but not every episode just just under the actual trailer for the series. it says it's a fictional dramatization. inspired by real events. or i can't wait to watch that we're in for a while ago or from, from our culture. their studies watch. you're watching dw news from berlin. just reminder of our top stories is our, in what's being called a major setback for moscow. russia has ordered its troops withdrawal from the strategic southern ukrainian city of cas home. the defense minister started showing group said russia was no longer able to keep the cities supplied and wanted to save the lives of its soldiers. and u. s. president joe barton has praised his parties better than expected results in

tuesdays mid term elections, but with a number of contests, still undecided. it's unclear who will control congress and whether the democrats will be able to advance political agenda over the next 2 years. or watching t w news coming up. it's d w. news asia. now the speaking to former pakistan prime minister, enron caught who's on the offensive after an apparent assassination attempt last week that had more coming up in just a minute on terry mark. and thanks for watching with with,

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