ah, ah, ah ah, this is the w news coming to live from berlin. caution in ukraine as russian troops retreat from household. 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 the lead in congress? still up in the air. ah

. hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. russia says it's troops have started withdrawing from the strategic city of hassan in southern ukraine, ukraine's army chief says it's still too soon to tell if this is true. his cautious approach reflects concerns about possible land mines or troops being led into a trap. withdrawl is being called a major setback for moscow. since the announcement defense ministers from several countries have reiterated their support for ukraine, saying they will provide that support for as long as necessary. ukrainian troops slowly advance on house on the city has been held by russia since early on in the wall ukrainian presidential army zalinski has urged caution. and these soldiers, a wary of possible traps left behind by the retreating russian army. the cost of

a meeting for 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 house on 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 lily border moore's product. your book burchell, when you refer to which in your book, 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. rushes defense ministry says troops have already begun moving out of the city. a forced to 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 last territory and saw than areas including crimea, which russia illegally seized in 2014. earlier i spoke with our correspond mathias billing in kip, and asked him why officials are so skeptical about russia's withdrawal announcement . well, 1st of all, because it was announced, the previous withdraws from router from the key of region and the hockey region by

russia. they were not announced in advance has been announced several times and then taken back. so that's something to be suspicious about. and also other reasons his on is a big prize for, for russia was the biggest city that they were able to capture the only regional capital. and it's probably not easy for them to give that up. it's a major defeat if they have to give it up so days, of course, the fear here and ukraine that this might be a trap that russia might withdraw from some areas. ukrainian army might then move forward, and then there would be other units from the ship heavily armed units waiting, and they might engage the ukrainians in st. battles, et cetera, et cetera. all these scenarios are being discussed. there's just a deep mistrust of russia. ok, well it assuming that russia is actually pulling his troops back from yes on. what does this tell us about the strength of rushes military in ukraine

were tells us that they were not able to hold the territory there, as they have not been able to hold at the territories that they were able to capture and the beginning of the war rush as military is wearing itself out there, running short on several part is as some parts of weaponry and are they are a have been losing a lot of people, a lot of manpower. busy many, many soldiers have died. many russian soldiers there, reinforcing them with newly drawn, mobilized people. but these people are not trained, and there are flaws that the russian army has shown in the very beginning tactical flaws. they were there they're, they're throwing everything at some mar positions of the ukrainians and get, get killed in mass for example. um, this is something that we've seen in the beginning. and that accumulates of course, over the course of the war. so the russian army is now much weaker than they were

in the beginning. and in the beginning, there were already many of these flaws. so that momentum in the war appears to be, at least in this case, on the ukrainian side. what's the ukrainian army expected to do next? while the next a big a target is or object, shoot objective is of course here. so that's what they're doing now. how fast they can do that is another question. there will warning that to be cautious and that it might take a quite a long time to get into the city of your son. in that case, there would be controlling the city which sits on the right bank and on the left bank that would be the rations for this is also every dia scenario because it would make must probably mean that the city would be shared constantly from the other side of the river and he has thank you very much our correspond in here mathias putting up us present. joe biden has welcome the results of the mid term

elections after his party fared better than expected. u. s. media had predicted huge gains for republicans, but these failed to materialize. however, biden's democrats look set to lose control of the house of representatives. the battle for the upper chamber, the senate is on a nice edge with 3 stage still left to declare. there was a spring in the step of the u. s. president, as he faced reported that the white house, the way to pre election fears, perhaps lifted from his shoulders after better than expected mid term 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 in recent years, but with their vote. so the american people have spoken and proved 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, who'd help see off a predicted republican sir jim wydell rivers with graduate. you

know you was congratulations. i'm so happy on the democrats make them better than even the president expected. but without 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 watchword here with hundreds of staff working to process pallets, i know there is georgia where the race between democratic incumbent, rafael warnock, and republican challenger, herschel walker, will 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,

former president donald trump's mood had been buoyant, as he celebrated initial republican successes. he hum 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 supporters on his own social platform, whilst also hailing a very big victory with donald trump and joe biden, both claiming victory for their rival parties. i asked our correspondents to me so was going to in washington if they could both be right. in a way partly yes, i mean you can't get past the fact that some republicans did have a very good election day. there were some congressional races, for example, in the very blue state of new york that republicans actually picked up. and let's not forget florida where the governor, randa santos republican, absolutely demolished his opposition and did trigger this red wave, at least across the state of florida. i don't think donald trump is too happy about that, but we'll get back to that in

a little bit. i do think president biden's narrative is a bit closer to the truth. i mean, traditionally, the partying. the white house gets thumped in mid term elections. terry, we saw that no bama years. we saw that in the clinton years. this was not a thumping, i mean, democrats held on to competitive seats even if they lose the house of representatives. it's not by much and they might still hold on to the senate. so of those 2 takes, i would say that president biden's a is more accurate. what to the mid terms mean for trump? earn biden going forward? could they face off again in the 2024 presidential election? as things down right now, we could well see a rematch. so for biden's part, he actually said in that press conference yesterday, the as of now he is running. he has to consult his family. he has to consult party officials, advisors, and he said he would make an announcement early next year, but we see that president biden was very energized by these mid terms. he feels like they are in affirmation of his policies. on the other hand,

he is turning 80 years old. he's still an unpopular president, so we could see that decision change. as for trump, that's a bit of a mess right now. terry. i mean, we've seen sources here in washington saying that he is fuming at these mid term results. he sees it as the republican party's fault for not doing better. but the reality is that if you look at the races, it was the most extreme, most a trump ian candidates who didn't do well. so for republicans who might be eager to put donald trump in the past, this could be a chance, especially with a run to santa. so i mentioned his rival doing so well. and i'll add to that terry, that trump is not at all happy about all the attention that the florida governor is getting. he's even threatened to release what is called on the flattering information about him. but all that said, president trump said he's going to make a big announcement next week that he might be running. let's see if that changes between now and next week. so we were still waiting to get her final results. of course sir, we're a vote still be encountered in when might we finally know how all this turns out?

yeah, there's still some house races that are being counted that are too close to call, but most importantly, we saw on the report you just showed. we're still waiting for some crucial swing states to bring in result. so arizona and nevada. these are states that could divide. i decide rather power in the senate. we could possibly have was result from arizona by to morrow. nevada could still take weeks and we were talking about tens of thousands of male and ballots just as a product of, of how the votes are counted there. and a one more note, terry, georgia is heading to a run offer that's going to be decided on december 6. so a lot still hanging in the balance. so me, thanks so much is always our correspondence to me. so i was gonna in washington it's been a good week for space enthusiasts in africa, zimbabwe and uganda launch their 1st satellites aborted nasa rocket and south africa held a groundbreaking ceremony for an african deep space ground station which will help

nasa track missions to the moon and beyond, our correspondent adrian creek was out the ceremony in the village of matches fontaine about 3 hours from cape town. they do it sometimes feels like the clock stopped taking here a long time ago. my cheese fontaine was built around a railway station and it still is the re arrival of a train that brings a bit of life to the sleepy village. the 400 residence mainly make a living of travellers who stop here on their journey from cape town to johannesburg. but this could change because scientists say that this is one of the best places on earth to communicate with the heavens. clear skies and practically no rain for the conditions just outside the village and the carew desert are ideal . it's it's time for africa to to be counted when we're talking about the global, the proposed base. my kids today we're breaking ground our for building a ground station that will allow us to be able to track and talk to satellites that

go to the moon and out of space to add the planets. the project is the partnership between south africa, national space agency and the u. s. space agency, nasa. we have been working with them for so many years to our don't apply them to find the proper, the best location in all of south africa. if not on all of africa to go to be part of a subnet of ground station support of the art to miss program are to mrs. nasa's program to return astronauts to the moon by 2024. preparing the way for human missions to mass ground stations like the new one in south africa, will play a key role communication during the space flights a beck in mat sheets fontaine, they can't wait for an nasa sign at the venus entrance,

bringing in more tourists. them next up, we've got a documentary film for you looking at people across europe who are trying to find a new balance with nature in their lives. i'm terry martin from me and all of us here. the w news thanks for being with with with nico is in germany to learn german pollution pinnacle. why not learn with him online, on your mobile and free chef t w's, e learning course, nikos vague. ah.