ah ah this is d, they'll be news line from berlin, ukrainian forces make advances in the south after russia announces its withdrawing from a key city of hassle. but cave warns moscow could be preparing to turn herself into a city of death. also on the program. afraid to reveal their identity in driven from their country dissidence for me and my ask why the world has forgotten them

and struggle and netflix releases its latest installment of the crown. a show chronicling the lives of the british royal family. how wise is it to mix historical facts with dramatic fiction? ah, i'm fill gail. welcome to the program. ukrainian forces appeared to be closing and on the strategically important city, southern city of her son a day after russia said it was withdrawing from the area. keith says it's retaken, more than 40 settlements, and that if moscow's retreat happens, full recapture of the region is likely to take at least a week. as russia still has at least 40000 troops. little slope of moving closer to the city of her son. the ukrainian flat is flying again in dozens

of small towns around the regional capital. over instantly her rifka about 50 kilometers north of her son. people gather to thank soldiers as they enter the city . but not every one here shares their sense of euphoria whose and it's still very, very scary. when you drive through the region, you see how many villages have been bombed with her so much destruction of our school is destroyed and not a single window with ly. all the buildings are shattered. we all know that would 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 nor rifka renewal only way below referrals. you know,

there's no food or nothing. there i was, and mostly people who were there right now told me they have no food or nothing. what we'll do is we have to bring them food garages, little waller, boom. seen those who have survived the shelling or wondering how they will make it through the winter. i 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. let's join our correspondent,

nick conley in the cranium. capital. welcome to nick. how far is ukraine from completing? retaking ass on city and region? well, as usual, fill the ukrainian military authorities, keeping pretty tight lipped about the kind of occupational situation on the ground . we heard from the defense minister with that prediction about it taking a week. but, you know, given the kind of very nervous and sometimes even panicked kind of messages, reports were getting from pro kremlin military bloggers over the last few hours of the night, which seems to just as it kind of total caps in russian morale and russian logistics in and around cut stone, but the command has taken all the kind of big equipment bits of kit away to the other bank of the river, the kind of anti aircraft defenses. basically leaving lots of the russians. they are very vulnerable to ukrainian artillery and drone attacks. this could end up going faster, obviously will remember that the ukrainians have been very nervous and rich days. but this might have been a trap, some kind of provocation,

to lure the cranes in and then see them face pretty stiff resistance from kind of some of the better trained russian units. that doesn't seem to be the case right now. doesn't seem like the russians were able to plan this well to, for all of kind of the russian commands announcement of this was a planned and coordinated withdrawal. it seems like this is actually turning into a bit of a route. and what are ukranian troops fighting as a liberate settlements? finding lots of mind, lots of booby traps. oh, we've had widespread reports of looting by the russian troops leaving. and if the reports are kept solid to believe, there's also been methodical and kind of planned attempts to destroy the civilian infrastructure and have sought to basically leave you with a destroy city. so we've heard about mobile phone infrastructure, or even things like the kind of sewage system and the power system being destroyed . so for the people who are left a house on this important, remember that there are comparatively few people still left there because lots of

left over the recent months. and most recently, in the last few weeks, they've been kind of put under pressure by the russians to move into russian controlled territory on the other bank of the river. this is going to be a very, very difficult place for civilians to survived winter. and is this really a pivotal moment in this conflict, or all the merely symbolic while you're right in the sense that this isn't the 1st major defeat, the russians are faced in recent months, hearing grain. we'll remember what happened in had given in or out had give early on in the autumn. it is important because it means basically russia now cannot cut ukraine off from the sea, from its ports that attempt to kind of take that back the coastline is now essentially over. i think the big deal is about the kind of internal russian story . if it turns out that russia isn't able to protect some of its best troops when it gets on and bring them out in a kind of controlled fashion. if you know these claims of a kind of plant withdrawal turn out not to be realizable, and lots of russian soldiers end up feeling like that they've been basically thrown

to their own dear left their own devices kind of thrown to their fates by their command. that could, you know, all buy something much worse in terms of the kind of broader morale and rushes ability to dig in on. the other bank of the river in the plan seemingly is kind of dig in on the eastern bank of the river and try and hope that ukraine kind of runs out of steam, loses the kind of economic war. and it's western part and stop putting pressure on key of to come to come some kind of negotiated settlement. but near right now, if these reports are to relieved from song, then the russian military ship is really not doing well. communicating with its own people and offering them some kind of hope that this is war, that russia to win in some form of that nic. commonly in case we get to more on this from mike martin. he's a senior visiting research fellow at the department of war studies, king's college london, and the former british army officer. welcome back to the w mike, and what's your assessment of the way russia is handling this withdrawal?

so i think it's important to note withdrawal, particularly one under fire retreat. it is probably the most difficult military men either to conduct russia hasn't done. i mean, as we had in your package, i don't think taking well easy don't announce withdraws beforehand osi. we saw that from the defense minister and the head of the russian forces in ukraine. and it appears that not all of the units are told, some of the units that were able to cover. so are you in add events were pulled out and i know there are reports now up to $1015.00 or $20000.00 russian soldiers on the wrong bank of the river and some of the crossing points being shelled by ukraine as well. so it's not been a particularly well executed plan from the russians. ok, so what happens then once the russians withdraw to the other side of the pro river, of a sort of dig in there, or is this,

is that going to be more withdraw? so over the last month or so, the russians have been building defensive lines on the other side of the fact they built, excuse me, 3 sets of defensive lines, and i positioned artillery to enable them to fire over. i think actually the russians trying to do is set up for winter. so winter's coming is about a month left of a fighting really and, and what they're doing is they're hoping that with this withdrawal that will be able to settle for the winter. and then do something in the spring, right? so, so the idea of a ukrainian route across that is the pro that, that's unlikely because this is where the russians are likely to make their stand. it's quite wide. at that point, the need pro is, is at point 5 miles wide, but even even in the city is quite a wide river. so if i were you crane,

i would not be attempting a river crossing on the fire. i think it's important to know much further to the east, the ukrainians already said sort of that region direction ukrainians already over the river. so if they were looking to make advance and russian territory from where they've already cross the river, given the symbolic and strategic importance of press on city, do you think russia is likely to try to recapture it? so they may have the intent to do that. i think the question is, do they have the capability at the beginning of the war they are the managed to capture hassan because i mean, they did it in the 1st couple of days of the war, allegedly, some of the ukrainian civilian ministry to switch sides to take it once the ukrainians are back in there and dug in across the river. i think it's going to be very difficult for either side to get across that river. right. and

then of course, the lots of people are saying, this is a great victory for the ukrainians. but i mean, trying to, to what you think about this, is this russia performing badly, or is this ukraine using western weapons? well, it's both and it's, you know, russia has performed very poorly since the beginning of the war. but in terms of what we're seeing now, the sort of basic execution of military tactics, but also they haven't been very good at supply. and then morale has been very, very low. the ukrainians, on the other hand, have had a fairly clear, realistic strategy that competent in the way they execute military maneuvers. and of course, they are well supplied, not just western western re, which of course is very important, but actually also western intelligence. there's a lot of western targeting intelligence is given to the training that enables them

to target russian forces and units effectively. as great, thank you. so much for joining us. i'm mike martin from the service king's college london. those interviews were recorded a little earlier that here is a lot of video stores making headlines around the world. china is eating some of its stringent cov restrictions so quarantined for inbound travelers will be cut by 2 days. snap closes a flight route. we brought to an end as well as the requirement to identify and isolate secondary close contacts. countries been operating a 0 tolerance approach. australian and pays have raised concerns after cyber criminals attack the largest health insurance, medi bank stealing 9700000 customer records, including those of the prime minister. i put the data on the dark web, exposing details of abortions, drug addictions, and other sensitive health issues. after mary bank refused to parents that information that

a migrant ship carrying more than 200 people has now docked in the french, a port of too long. a france agreed to welcome the ocean viking rescue boat into one of its ports after italy refused to let it dark on its territory. the issues caused a route between paris on the new right wing government in rome. 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. the 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. in nevada, toyed 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 door shut, 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 to welcome miss bow to parker. yes, about too. 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 $3000.00 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 wait asylum processing. and lead us from the association of south east asian nations. or i see an ard meeting and cambodia capitol, plum pen on the 1st day of the annual summit, delegates agree to admit east t more as the blocks 11th member or the agenda items include tensions between the u . s. and china. economic recovery and climate change. but the toughest challenge may well be me and mar, where violence between the military regime and the opposition is continuing and assay on her struggle to play any meaningful role in the conflict as t w's. girl matters reports from thailand. sketching to relax during difficult times. this ought student from me and more has been living in neighboring thailand since the military seized power in his country over a year and

a half ago. he calls himself out, which is not his real name, but he's afraid of what the meal more army might do. to him, if he returns and has asked to stay anonymous, the 24 year old says the people of his country feel let down by the rest of the world. everybody kind of hope for any sort of interference intervention from the international community, especially from our neighbors. an honestly speaking, we have seen so much he statements released by international organizations. different countries fell apart from statements. i'm not sure what we were kind of support. we've really gotten you association of southeast asian nations as young which includes thailand, says it remains committed to a peace plan agreed with me on march military rulers 18 months ago. but audience principles of non interference and consensus have hindered it so far from taking

a more proactive stance. asian studies professor now room on touch upon, is convinced that the association will have to abandon these principles if it intends to remain functional. if i say i would like to do with somebody or anything if need to reform is or insist them. and in that case is can be, i mean, my dorothy warren. because otherwise the only where if you do not 123 farm the way up, more thing. if i see him, you just have to get me in my out with this. i don't think as in one to do that my my, my little one only. and his friends back home, this means they will have to continue waiting. a little bris albia bloody little blue pill is really why they just don't know what to do next. which is m. r. it's almost like our lives have, have stopped since 2021. i would like to

return home and teach art history, but for now his family tells him to consider himself lucky that he is abroad. afghan, his towns taliban rulers have imposed more restrictions on women this time, bounding them from jim's on pox and seizing power. and all this last year, the caliber on average to stir sets of laws that are slowly a raising women from public life. hundreds of visitors used to flock to this park every day, but a recent decision by the taliban to ban women from this space has put an end to the family fun. i mean, no to day my grand child was crying and asking me to take her to the city park, but they didn't let us in. now she's so disappointed and we're just going back home . and i mean, when this place opened up in cowboy 8 years ago, it was hailed as

a milestone. the country's 1st ever amusement park offered a rear in her team, an option to families, to taller bonds latest been has upset many women who say that day to should have the right to entertainment. because it's not fair to close the parks for women, because men and women both made entertainment. rather if the women stay at home and do the chores course, they will get depressed. they must visit a park once a week, and entertainment is ever citizens, right. the act, both men and women smarter than us. amusement park operators are finding out the hard way without women. there's nobody to take children here to go on these rights . so much buddy on that we've been, we've lost 90 percent of a customer that most of the income was from the families that i have. every family is living in a small house like a prisoner. they used to visit the park at least once a week. and another thing is that if we cannot have income,

we cannot meet our expenses. but we have around $250.00 people working here with us and electricity tax and salaries. we can't cover our expenses anymore, only. we don't have any other option. obama to close the park on the tall vans see the ban was introduced because of a failure to adhere to gender segregation rules at parks. while the scope of the crackdown is still not clear. it's yet another setback for fun women's rights. let me take you back to that association of the southeast asian nations meeting in panama, penn. gail. good matter, sir, is that welcome at gail? yeah, we were looking at me and mon, i assume, has excluded the country from this summit. is that the extent of the pressure they can exert on the military, john to their senior nissan foreign minister

here on today, sir, leaders meeting of the as young a 10 nation block has said, if the escalation of violence in myanmar continues, as it has been in the past weeks and they would even uninvited, the non political observers that so far were allowed to attend ministerial meetings of as the on. and also this leaders are meeting a, but it gives you a taste of what as young can do or the non body pull, or rather the political ways to exhort or of force on the regime have pretty much been exhausted. and a political economic sanctions are not really part of the vocabulary of asean, and it's only singapore that has joined western nations in bringing on economic sanctions against myanmar. and the question of course is always, are the sanctions hitting the right people right now? and is there consensus amongst as n and nations that that i'm standing up and so that the agenda in me and my is what is needed was, am, is of course

a diverse club and an infected aid became a little bit more diverse a because in principle of east timor has been admitted as an 11th member, or for now only as with an observer status, but it is now on a path to become a full member. so you have a clap of 11 states that have obviously diverse interests. and when it comes to myanmar you have states like the philippines, where president ford and marcus junior today made clear that he wants to be bit more patient with the military hunter in myanmar. and you have states like gum indonesia, which is taking over the chairmanship on sunday at the retreating presidency of, of ozzy and a malaysia that want to be a lot tougher on myanmar. and what else are they likely to, to cover at this, sir? this summit away from me and my while u. s. a chinese relations are a top of the agenda of this meeting today. there is the china as the on summit and

a lot of talks about a 3 point. oh, a traits deal free trade deal. they want to upgrade the current free trade deal with our, the i, r, the, an after all, a nation of 685000000 people or rather club of 685000000 people. so a big market that china is very much interested in. and then you have president a biden tomorrow, attending the u. s. as the on summit. and they also want to set up a free trade schema with the as our nations. so economic topics are very much on the agenda also ahead of the g. 20 meeting in bali coming up where the to china and the u. s. will meet going to that go greg matheson plumping some more stories from around the world. are police officers, birth die than than others been injured in a knife attack in brussels? the suspected attacker was shot after stabbing and taken to hospital belgian anti

terrorism. prosecutors have taken over the investigation or recon nicole has made landfall in the united states lashing the state of florida with the high winds and heavy rain authorities in several counties of issued mandatory evacuation orders of the weather system has now been downgraded to a tropical storm authorities and warning it could still damage buildings along the florida coast. as it moves in divers have found a 6 meter section of the space shuttle challenger off the florida coast. and a spacecraft exploded shortly after its launch in 1986 killing all 7 astronauts on board. nasa now deciding whether to recover the wreckage season 5 of the british drama. the crown was released on netflix at this weekend. the series chronicles the life and times of the british monarchy and the late queen elizabeth and its latest season is its most controversial. ah,

how's royals? shambles damage the country's reputation. house of winter should be binding the nation together. setting an example of idealized family life in 19 nineties and the british world family is on the strain. is my behavior, this threatening survival? you as future king, have a duty marital discord, public descent, and a fire at windsor castle 12 months. and through it all, the queen 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 or you have to put a face on whatever's going on behind closed doors. there's a lot going on. dominic west betrays the now king, then prince of wales, charles,

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how did it come to? this is reminder of our top story. ukraine says it's courses have been taken $41.00 settlements in the region which russia annex illegally in september, moscow, and as to withdraw of its troops from half on city. on wednesday, the crime has yet to confirm the withdrawal, but if true, it was not one of russia's worth setbacks in this. i kick off, we'll bring you all the bundles, legal highlights for much day 14 in just a moment and i'll be back at the top of the good with

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