ah ah ah ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin. you as democrats retain control of the senate in the countries mid term elections. catherine court has motto: beats her trump and doris rival and nevada to give the democrats 50 seats in the upper house. our washington correspondents will bring you the latest,

also coming up, celebrations in ukraine as its forces take back control of her son. blood russia has left behind devastation, damage and danger that presidents, the landscape warnings that explosive items are everywhere and that nearly all the infrastructure has been destroyed. plus our chief international editor talks in germany is vice chancellor. robert harmburg about the impact of geopolitical shift and the challenge that china poses to germany's business and security interests. and american football history is being made today. music host, germany's 1st ever nfl regular season game. and one of the icons of the sport is there to market will tell you why this is a huge win for fans at the sport. ah . a marion evans dean,

welcome. you, as the democrats have defined expectations in the countries midterm vote to when a crucial seat to control the senate. democrat, catherine court is monster. has one re election in the nevada senate race. the victory gives her party control of the chamber for the next 2 years of jo biden's presidency court as master defeated, her republican challenger, adam like salt, whose early lead dwindled after late counterbalance came in. while the win breaks the historical trend of the president's party, typically losing seats and mid term elections, let's take a closer look at the numbers. now, these are the seats that we're not up for grabs in this election. and if you add all the newly decided races, you can see the democrats leading with 50 seats, while the republicans hold 49 seeds. one seat is still open vats, georgia, which will hold a run off valid in december. but with vice president comma harris,

being able to cast time breaking votes, control of the senate is now out of reach for the republicans. the nevada senate raise was among the tightest of the us mid terms. but of course, a great result for the democrats did over you, washington correspondence and mm hm. as gander had more, certainly it's a great result for the democrats. i mean, this was very close and we knew heading into these elections that destroys in particular, would come down to the wire. i mean, what you need to know about nevada is that this was the senate race. the democrats were most worried about. they saw the democrat here, catherine cortez musto as being one of the most endangered senate democrats in the country. she was down in the polls ahead of the election to her republican opponent, adam lac salt will made a difference words. those malan ballots that have been meticulously counted all week and we know that male and ballots tend to skew in the favor of the democrats. now i spend some time on the ground with the most powerful private sector union in

nevada. that is the culinary workers union. and they really are a powerhouse for the democrats. they ran a massive canvassing campaign going door to door with working class voters with voters of color in particular, trying to a stump for the democrats, essentially because they say the democrats are the ones that best reflect their policies that might have made a difference. but certainly we'll have to wait and see who voted how. but yes, this is for the democrats, a really significant victory. now, assuming we can see it's still very late at night in washington where you are and this news broke rather late on saturday us. so our democrats reacting in how are they reacting to this victory? wishing some democrats and taking a twitter, for example, helena says a victory for democracy, for reproductive rights. and as a clear repudiation of republicans, i mean the democrats in the lead up to this vote worked hard to paint republicans as extremists that would put democracy at threat. and remember that heading into

these elections, we had expected this republican red wave that republicans would sweep through the house of representatives and possibly the senate that did not materialize. a president biden himself has been one of the loudest voices saying that voters are very clear that they trust the democrats and their policies. and he actually commented on this victory at the audience summit in cambodia. take listen to what he said or cherrywood. congratulations with schumer's. got a majority again. we're focusing now on, on georgia. feel good. well, we are. and i know i'm a coca optimist student. i'm not surprised but i'm incredibly please get your reflection. quality work kenley's. so a pleased president there. he mentioned the state of georgia, a, remember that georgia is headed towards

a run off on december 6th between the democrat and the republican. they're running a for the senate. it does take a little pressure of course, off of georgia because it's not going to be the decisive voter. and it's perhaps a relief for the state of georgia that it won't be the decisive vote. but it's important to know that if democrats could win georgia as well, it isn't just icing on the cake. you know, the democrats could have a majority on the committees in the senate, which would be a boon for them as well. so all in all nevada has been important and the democrats are hoping they can pick up georgia as well. all right, so obviously the president is quite pleased with the democratic control, the senate. but what concretely does it mean for his agenda in the next 2 years? it's a little too early to tell a conclusively, because we're still waiting for results from the house of representatives. some close races there were ballots, are still being counted. if it does end up happening, that republicans gain control of the house of representatives, it would mean a divided government. so one chamber of congress would be in the hands of the

democrats and the other and the republicans. and that does still mean some trouble for president biden, and his agenda and the republicans have vowed that they will stop any spending plans that the president might have if they have control of the house of representatives. they have also indicated that they want to launch investigations into, for example, president biden's border policies is immigration policy also to his family, his son hunter biden. and as a financial dealing so things could still get tricky for the president. but even if the republicans get control of the house of representatives, it would be with a very small majority. and that makes it even harder for them to pursue all of those goals that they've announced that they have. so a will have to wait and see where the chips fall in the house of representatives, but it's still too close to call, in terms of who will take control of the house. did have incentives. them a scanner in washington for us? see me. thanks for your reporting, we appreciated let's turn our attention to ukraine now where

a forces have retaken the strategically important town of her son. but the rational withdrawal has left behind devastation and danger with booby traps bombs and destroyed infrastructure. posing a challenge for returning residence. a few blue and yellow on the streets of her son. after more than 8 months under russian occupation, the de residents dreamed of has finally arrived. those are the which it got, we've been waiting for this for so long view like we've been without water and electricity for months and we are. but we're happy to day unless it's incredible valley ha. russian forces have now withdrawn from her on the only regional capital they captured since the war began. it is a massive strategic blow to the kremlin war effort, and a stunning morale boost for ukraine. but even as the country celebrates president,

zalinski has told residents to stay vigilant, hewed machining everywhere in the liberating territory. album, disposal experts have a lot of work to do here. pollution. almost 2000 explosive items have already been removed at mines trip wires, an unexploded ammunition he narrative. as these 1st pictures coming out of the region show, the scars of the russian occupation are everywhere. residents have endured months without power or basic services. many recount harrowing experiences at the hands of russian occupiers. it look as a split little kids us. when i had a mile annual, tied behind my back garage the line then and only tied up my legs rally with the cool in all hit. then as i one pulled up a grenade, i didn't visual that he told me that he would put the grenade under better judgment, though i couldn't run away. dick doesn't look diligence run out to get them. among the survivors, there is a recognition that things simply cannot go back to the way they were before. the

most difficult thing is that many of our neighbors became tracers. they said that russia's here forever. ukrainian authorities say russian forces are regrouping on the other side of the dinner for a river. they wandered, her son may soon be the target of retaliatory strikes from russian artillery. but despite the danger, the streets of her son are once again alive with celebration and relief. you as president joe biden has forged an important strategic partnership with the association of south east asian nations. that's at their annual summit in cambodia . as that meeting drew to a close, biden promised her deepen ties with a 10 country block initiative comes as a us seeks to boost its influence in the region. in the face of an increasingly assertive china, joe biden is due to meet with chinese president. she, she ping at the g 20 summit in bali on monday. some group dw correspondent garrick matters was in non pan for the meeting of the eyes,

young leaders and he sent his report. it's been a very packed agenda at this as young summit here and the can body and capital of clump and not just for leaders from southeast asia, but also for east asian and nations. here, tackling all sorts of problems are from a me on march to north korea, the message for military leaders and me unbar was that as young wants to see some real progress on the piece plan that has been agreed between our, the on in myanmar and there was a surprise here that as an will grow an 11th member, it has been formally accepted and that is, is timor for the american president of the, of the on summit of the 2 days he attended was a great opportunity to meet allies, but also to make new partners ahead of his crucial meeting with the chinese leader at the g 20 meeting in bali. the key problem biden faces it with al ziann is basically that the southeast asian nations here are not particularly keen to pick

sites in the rivalry for influence in this region between china and the u. s. and while the u. s. looks for support and how to handle its relationship with china . germany to is reassessing, if position did only as international editor richard rocker has more russia's warring ukraine is forcing a massive global rethink into how geo politics can cause turmoil in the world economy. european countries are rushing to cut their dependence on russian energy and sanctions are having a ripple effect all over the world. we're here in asia. people are thinking about what might be next. and what in particular, if china follows through one day, maybe soon on its threat to invade taiwan? what would that mean for the asian economy? what would that mean for the world economy? these are pricing questions for germany to and germany's vice chancellor robert

harvey is here in singapore. co hosting a conference this tackling some of these questions. his boss, where is diversification? following through on the idea that germany has become a simply to dependent on his economic ties with china. in the last few decades, we spoke to him about how back, thanks for speaking to douglasville. and now you're in here in singapore trying to get the message out. the germany wants to diversify its economy, that it wants to become less dependent on china. lot of other countries thinking the same thing. explain what is the problem, why you doing this? or the 1st of all, this is a conference with quite a tradition and quite a history of the servants conference were a german business divisions are meeting very counterparts from the asian south, south east asian regions. but this, this conference now is under different circumstances because of her russian

aggression on ukraine. energy prices skyrocketing high are here in this region. and then of course, hopefully a lesson learned. we have to diversify us your search. we are, we have also, with regards to raw material semiconductors of our critical goods or high dependence on one supply. and this is mandy china and s s. as long as businesses open and everything is working fine. this is an advantage of course, but what if not. and the lesson learned that we now have to find some security network. and this means that we have to reach out to other regions and other regions may be more interested than before that german businesses, european business are coming to them. now you say as long as everything is fine, i mean, thinking about what are the sort of like risks, scenarios that could happen within asia. the americans, sounding the alarm more and more about the risk of chinese aggression against taiwan. texture state, tony blinking has been saying that this could happen on

a much faster time line than many people had thought. are you planning for this scenario while you mean you mean you a china taking her on? yes. well this is our nobody can recon plan for. this is something very, very threatening, and this will have disastrous effect on the whole voice. we have seen that regional conflict, like the rushing war on your cry and has brought the whole world into trouble and says, of course, central europe and germany. but also the rest of the road is affected by that that would be far more catastrophic. so this is something we definitely have to avoid that i hope to china knows that the whole world is watching about of costs that might be scenarios below. this struck scenario that still are threatening the idea of an influence of a foreign power that might have its own.