ah, news ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, ukrainian forces make advances in the south after russia announces its withdrawing from the key city of hess on the key warns moscow could be preparing to turn her son into a city of death. also on the program, tuesday was a good day for america. good day for democracy. there was

a strong knight for democrat joe biden praises the results of us mid term elections, and he's democratic party, fast, better than expected. ah, i'm sure gail, welcome to the program. ukraine says it's forces, have retaken $41.00 settlements in the house on region which russia annexed illegally in september. cave remains cautious after moscow. an ounce of withdrawal of its troops from the strategically important house on city. and has yet to confirm where the troops have actually left. if true, it would mark one of russia's worst setbacks in this war. little slope of moving closer to the city of her son look like that. you, cranium flat is flying again in dozens of small towns around the regional capital

over instant her rifka about 50 kilometers north of her son. people gather to thank soldiers as they enter the city. but not everyone here shares their sense of euphoria. isn't it still very, very scary when you drive through the region, you see how many villages have been bombed, that her so much destruction of our school is destroyed, that is not a single window with ly. all the buildings are shattered. we all know there's wood . for the 1st time since moscow launched its invasion in february, guns have fallen silent in this village, close to the front line. this man who has been living on humanitarian aid for months, has only just heard of the liberation of neighboring cni horrific. we knew the only way below referrals signal. there's no food all or nothing there. i was aimlessly people who are there right now. told me they have no food. oh nothing. what we'll

do. we have to bring them food, garages, little wallet gum, seen those who have survived the shelling are wondering how they will make it through the winter. with oh, we've had no water supply since the end of february. they are bringing us drinking water to a school. we can bring water from a nearby well with our tractor, but it's not really drinkable here. the 2 sides keep volleying rocket at each other . so no hurry. yesterday i was removing leaves and right behind this building it was terrible. the battle went on with machine guns. for weeks, ukrainian forces have been advancing on her son. it's loss would leave russia with few territorial gains since the beginning of the war. as join did of the corresponding nick, commonly in the ukrainian capital. welcome,

nick. how far is ukraine from completely retaking? fast on city and region? or as for some city, everyone here and key of is keeping extremely tight lips, especially the government sources. and i think that everyone is very worried about making any predictions there. we still don't even know how many russian soldiers are left in that city and along the banks of the river. near pro, we heard in recent days from ukraine's defense minister, who said that they're up to 40000 russian troops left for the head of the secret service. here saying that some of russia's best equipped troops is still there, potentially going to change in civilian clothes and basically wait for the cranes to come to kind of entangle them and kind of street fighting. so they definitely worries here still about some kind of a provocation. some attempt to basically surprise the ukrainians. but from what we've been hearing overnight, it sounds like total chaos on the russian side. and we've heard from pro russian pro kremlin military bloggers complaining that the russian forces haven't organized,

kind of organized, settled withdrawal that instead they've just taken all the kind of expensive bits of kit that were protecting the troops there the anti aircraft systems than to drone systems leaving those who are now still and had a song totally vulnerable to ukrainian attacks. videos of the on verifiable of people basically trying to get on to any motor boats they can't get across that river. so the sense that this could really still turn into a fiasco for the russians and end end up going. the ukraine's way look fast than we expected. and what have ukranian troops found to say, liberate settlements in the region. mines booby traps all kinds of armaments. lots of folks coming in of significant looting by the leaving russian forces, things we've seen in other parts of the country as for me as human rights abuses, walk, potential war crimes. think it's a bit early for that for those stories to come through. but this is really important just to kind of state that this was basic, the 1st region of ukraine that russia took. russia got into had a song, the only regional capital it has taken in this war within about

a week of the war starting. so these people have been living and occupation for a very long time. and this place has be said, i have seen huge numbers of people leave either to ukrainian health surgery or now being taken recent weeks to russia, held areas like crimea. so these areas are still very empty of civilians, but am a real sense of more stories to come and potentially the kind of gruesome seem to be so effective, a region to come in to be exposed as, as this goes on. and the ukranian advance into the region and the russian talk of withdrawal. is that a symbolic, pivotal moment? or is that really strategic in the conduct of this war? i mean, obviously that's on is crucial because it's in the western bank of the nipper river . without it, basically, russia can't threaten ukraine's ports, can't cut you crane off from the black sea. so still like a desert and are going to be a lot safer. but we have seen similar losses in fact give in recent months. i think the real kind of pivotal moment would be if this does turn into

a full kind of fiasco, a kind of an embarrassing defeat for very putin, the, even when his commanders decide to withdraw, they're not even able to withdraw their troops safely. i think that could really see the mood change within russia if even some of russia's best trained military units are not given the kind of protection and support that they need, that could end up being really difficult for us to attempt to carry on this wall. thank you for that. nick, nick conley in keith. it was present. joe biden has welcome the results of mid term elections after his party fad. better than expected. u. s. media had predicted huge gainesville republicans, which failed to materialize as them biden's. democrats look, set to lose control the house of representatives. the senate remains on a knife edge. former president donald trump also claimed victory for republicans despite the week of unexpected results. is president biden addressing party activists? thank you. i really mean it. thank you for fighting like the devil to make sure

that we had a free and fair election and you know all those elections and i are so far best of my knowledge. none of them has not said that when they last. i 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. they w. washington correspondence to me some a scandal outlined what these mid term results likely to mean for the 2024 presidential election. well, for the republican republicans rather 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 santa's 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 asked for the democrats president vine was asked about this. 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 is most or is that making headlines around the world? a police officer has died and another has been injured in a knife attack in brussels. they suspected attack was shot after the stopping and

taken to hospital elgin anti terrorism. prosecutors have taken over the investigation. the un general assembly has overwhelmingly passed a draft resolution highlighting afghanistan's deteriorating a situation and setting the stage for increased aid the resolution which would be non binding if past also urges the taliban to reverse restrictions on freedoms for women and girls, the latest of which bands women from parks and jim's party could. nicole has made landfall in the united states lashing the state of florida with heavy winds and with high winds and heavy rain forests in several countries of issues mandatory evacuation orders. now the weather system has now been downgraded to a tropical storm. authorities are wanting, it could still damage buildings along the florida coast. as it moves inland. for days, italy has refused to allow people to leave several migrant rescue ships off the

italian coast. one of the vessels, the ocean viking was carrying passengers who had been at sea for weeks. now france has agreed to accept the 230 people on board and criticized italy's new right when government for refusing 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 via helicopter italy recently granted access to 3 other ships carrying migrants. rome said a 4th vessel would be too much,

but france had harsh words for italy. invaders, italy, 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 uncontested. lee in italy's search and rescue zone as on dorsey, there is no doubt. however, in terms of international law and maritime law, y'all, did it was italy's duty to immediately designate a port did to welcome this photo. she walker. yes about the 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 await asylum processing. at the much anticipated season 5 of the british drawn of a crown a dropped on netflix. this week about the affair is chronicles the life and times of the british monica of the light, queen elizabeth and its latest series is the most controversial yet. oh, house royal's channels damage the country's reputation of with binding the nation together. setting an example of idealized family life in the 19 nineties and the british world family is on the strain. is my behavior this threatened to bite you as future king have a duty? marital discord, public descent under fire at windsor castle 12 months. and through it all, the queen mist manage her family and the reputation of the royal brand. in this 5th

outing of the series created by peter morgan, m l, the thornton takes over the monarch. what peter morgan does is try to make people understand like what is like if i 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 of 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 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 gabriel. every, every on a fair hearing. and um, i love the guy and i like the way, i mean, if my friends have done it without them 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. been who did it come to this so we know how he ends that fits your up to date and we'll world news at the top of the our christy plots and how's your business update next? good day. we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. romantic corner chat hot spot for food, chair and some great cultural memorials to boot.