story about survival. thanks to music. fetched the cello playoff. well, i was the only one. i'm super lucky. music under the swastika starts november 19th on t w ah, ah ah . this is dw news alive from berlin. ukraine washers with caution, as russia signals of withdrawal from the city of harrison. russia says its troops are retreating from the regional capital that ukraine says moscow can't be trusted . also, it's coming up on the show. tuesday was a good day for merck for good day for democracy. that was

a strong night for democrat. so biden praises the results of us mid term elections march his party, the democrats fared better than expected democrats. ah . hello, i'm clare richardson. thank you so much for joining us. ukraine says it's force as have retake and $41.00 settlements in the harrison region which russia illegally annexed in september. cave remains cautious after moscow announced the retreat of its troops from the strategic city of harrison, and has yet to confirm whether it's true but a pull out what a mark, one of russia's worst setbacks in the war. ukrainian troops slowly advance on house on the city has been held by russia since early on in the war. ukrainian president flooded me. zalinski has urged caution and these soldiers,

a wary of possible traps left behind by the retreating russian army. for service, was through a meeting with 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 streets 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 for a cup of book. when my foreclosure 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 re taking it could allow ukraine to win back more lost territory in southern areas, including crimea, which russia illegally seized in 2014 early, our correspondent matches billing. i gave us an update on why ukraine remains wary

of the russian announcements. it's a bit unusual to announce a withdraw days in advance. and rhetoric has even before hinted at that. so that something that makes a military year suspicious. the plot could very well be to draw the ukrainians into the city of harris on wait there with quite a few units heavily armed and engage the ukrainians and costly street fights or to have major buildings mind to a blow up or parts of the city as the ukrainians enter there many very and spoke to this announcement seems a little bit suspicious to people here to the military. and that's why the ukrainians are saying they're moving on very cautiously. they're very well aware that this might be something different from what it looks like as go to the united states now, where president joe biden has welcomed the results of the mid term elections after his party fared better than expected. u. s. media had predicted huge gains for

republicans, but those fail to materialize. biden's, democrats look sad to current to lose control of the house of representatives. of the senate remains on a knife edge. former president donald trump also claimed a victory for republicans despite the weaker than expected results were hears, biden speaking a short while ago to party activists. thank you. no, i really mean it. thank you for fighting like the devil to make sure that we have a free and fair election and you know, all those election deniers so far best to my knowledge. none of them has not said that when they lost their said we lost. that's a big deal. no, i really mean it. you know, tuesday was a good day for america. a good day for democracy. i was a strong knight for democrats. we spoke earlier today these washington correspondence to me. so misconduct and i

asked her, what is the election results mean for the democrats? that's right, i'm the democrats and president biden. you could say probably benefit of the most from these elections, even if they do end up losing the house of representatives. i mean, in that speech we heard president biden driving home that message once again, and that he says, democrats beat the odds in large part because he believes americans overwhelmingly support his agenda and his message. and so he pointed to the fact that independence, so these are voters who are not registered as democrats or republicans, that they are the majority of independence voted for a for democrats, that women and young people showed up in force with the democrats. i mean, you have to say it wasn't all bad for the republicans. they did have some bright spots. they were able to win that big senate race in ohio. they also, once a big congressional seats in new york and some governors races, republicans themselves are voicing disappointment because they had expected to do much better. so on a whole, i think that's why we're seeing so much optimism from democrats and from president

biden, in the aftermath of these mid term elections. so looking ahead, what do these mid terms mean for the next presidential election in 2024? well, for the republican republicans, rather, i mean some trouble for donald trump. so we're seeing right wing media like fox news, for example, raising questions about the former president's influence on the party. it was some of the candidates that president trump, the former president himself, hand picked that didn't fair so well for the republicans. he's not very happy about this criticism. as you can imagine, he's blaming the republican party, republican officials, for making bad choices. and at the same time, his rival rhonda santos, who's the governor of florida. he's getting praise to the skies for winning his re election so strongly. so handily. so even though we are expecting trump to announce that he's running for 2024, there is a lot of pressure on him right now to rethink and ask for the democrats president biden. was asked about, as he said he is intending to run,

he has to consult his family, his party advisors, and he's going to come to a decision early next year. there are some headwinds for president biden, he's turning 80 this month. he's still not a particularly popular president, so those might be some factors that affect his decision. but as of now, he says he's expecting to be going forward. so we could possibly see a rematch of the 2020 election and we still don't have the final results from these midterms. can you tell us where votes are still being counted? yes, some house races are still being counted too close to call and crucially to senate races. in swing states, a nevada is still going through tens of thousands of ballots. and the same is true in arizona. both of these states are crucial in deciding who has control of the senate and then know we all get to watch ga, become again the epicenter of the election frenzy in a month when the 2 senate candidate, their face off in a run off. so at the very latest by early december, clear, we should have a much clearer picture. ok,

that's d w. assume he's almost gone to thank you as always for reporting and now here's the other stories making headlines around the world. a police officer has died and another has been injured in a knife attack in brussels. the suspected attacker was shot after the stopping and taken to hospital belgian anti terrorism. prosecutors have taken over the investigation. united nations has voted overwhelmingly to pass a draft resolution calling out the deteriorating situation in afghanistan, setting the stage for increased aid. it is also urging the taliban to reverse restrictions on freedoms for women and girls. the latest law bands, women from parks and gems. hurricane nicole has made landfall in the united states lashing the state of florida with high winds and heavy rain authorities and several counties of issued mandatory evacuation orders. the system has been downgraded to a tropical storm,

but authorities worn it could damage buildings along florida's coast. as it moves inland, and now to a diplomatic conflict developing in europe over migrants rescued from the mediterranean sea for days, italy has refused to allow people to disembark from several rescue ships off the italian coast. now one of those ships the ocean viking had passengers who had been at sea for weeks. france agreed to take in the 230 people, but not without harshly criticising italy's new right when government over its refusal to do so. it's been an odyssey of hardship for the passengers of the ocean, viking over 200 migrants, including 57 children, rescued from mediterranean waters and brought to europe's doorstep by the charity s o s military money. for days they waited off the coast of italy for permission to dock permission that never came. finally, france agreed to let them dock in the military port of 2 long. in the meantime,

french maritime authorities evacuated passengers and crew with health issues. thea helicopter italy recently granted access to 3 other ships carrying migrants roam, said a 4th vessel would be too much. but france had harsh words for italy. innovators, italy, did it. the new italian authorities have made the incomprehensible choice to not respond to multiple calls for assistance addressed by the ship over the past days. even if it was an uncontested lee in italy's search and rescue zone as one dealership there is no doubt. however, in terms of international law and maritime law, y'all did that. it was italy's duty to immediately designate a port did to welcome this photo, sue parker. yes about to while tensions between european nations over immigration are common. the outspoken response from paris is unusual. and it hasn't stopped at

mere words. france is pulling out of a deal to take on over 3000 asylum seekers from italy and has vowed to beef up at security on the italian border. as for the over 200 migrants aboard the ocean viking, they will stay in europe some in france, others in germany, and a weight asylum processing. let's get an update from the world of sports and germany have announced their final 26 man squad for the upcoming world cup in guitar. mario gut sir germany's hero from the victory after 2014 world cup made an unexpected return to the spot after a 5 year hiatus, and raymond's nicholas gio crow received his 1st ever invitation to the national team. another surprise was the inclusion of a 17 year old. you sofa mckoko from bowers here dormant germany kick off their campaign against japan on november 23rd and the long 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 and its latest season is the most controversial one yet. let's take a look at what's in store. ah, count royal's generals damaged the country's reputation. now, so should be binding the nation together as an example of idealized family life in 19 nineties. and the british rule, family is on this drain. is my behavior, this threatening survival. you as future king, that of duty, marital discord ever public descent. it's really been under fire at windsor castle 12 months. ah, and through a tool between mister manage her family and the reputation of the royal brand. in this feast outing, this theories created by peter moves in the mail. the staunton takes over as the

monarch. what peter morgan does is try to make people understand what is likely right to be a member of the royal family, or you have to put a face on what it was going on. behind closed doors. there's a lot going on. dominic west betrays the now king, then prince of wales. charles, it's a time of life. good. it was, you know, not only the prime of his life, but also in many is the most difficult. i lose law and i felt i felt enormous evergreen's sympathy for him of the one condition. the crown is nice stranger to criticism, but this season has come under particular fire critic say the mixture of historical fact and dramatized fiction could prove confusing even damaging to the royal it stars disagree feels it's all about iraq. i think peter is always written right with the idea of gabriel. every. every on a fair hearing and and um and i loved

a guy and i like the way god, my kind of done it without him. it was watched the crown for 4 seasons hasn't bothered them before. whatever you've used, the crown sees and fight is a drama packed emotional rollercoaster that makes by nail biting binge watch. how did it come to this? you were watching and did the news. a stay turned for documentary coming up next that looks at the migrant workers facing abuse in guitar and clare richardson in berlin for me and the team. thanks my for watching. oh, we're natural spectacle improved world. the return of the spiky yellow with louse will ensure the survival of the entire ecosystem. ah, one of the many.