ah, russia from the street has already proven successful opposition live on the rise beds off with much. he's no dogs. november 25th one d w. mm hm. ah ah, this is d w y from berlin, a heinous attack turkish president retro tie up here to one, condemns a bombing on a busy street. in istanbul, at least 6 people are dead and dozens more wounded. we'll go live to our, corresponded in a stumble for the latest. also coming up on the show,

democrats retain control of the u. s. senate in mid term elections. catherine cortez musto beats. her trump endorsed rival in nevada to get the democrats a majority in the upper house of congress blossom, russia leave devastation and danger behind and her son, ukraine's president warner. that munitions are everywhere and nearly all infrastructure has been destroyed. ah hello, i'm clare richardson. thank you so much for joining us. a bomb blast in istanbul has killed at least 6 people and wounded dozens more. so we know this explosion ripped through a crowded pedestrian street near talk some square in the city center. turkeys president, wretched tie up to one says the attack appears to be terrorism and has robbed to

punish the bombers. i know group has yet said it was behind the explosion by groups including kurdish separatists and illness militants have previously targeted as tumble, and other turkish cities. let's get straight across to our corresponded in istanbul, jojo. hi jojo. what is the latest you can tell us about this attack? or the latest information regarding of the casualties of this attack. this blast is still what we heard from president edwin himself. a little while, while ago he spoke to the media before heading to the g. 20 summit and said at least 6 people were killed and at least 53 were injured in the blast. he called it a bomb attack, a treacherous attack. and he said, initial of findings suggest studied and i caught him here. it smells of terrorism. he also woke to find and punish those responsible. now the attack occurred at

$420.00 p. m. local time on is declared avenue, which is one of the most popular shopping boulevard here in this city of 16000000 people. so the attack really occurred at the heart in the heart of istanbul. many locals, a tour is the love going for shopping on this avenue. so at the time of the blast, i would assume thousands, if not tens of thousands of people were on that street or in the larger area. and you can imagine chaotic scenes have unfolded afterwards. they were huge traffic gems in the whole city center. many people have tried to get out of the area. i've seen huge crowds because they were trying to get out by walking by key from a to be of seen helicopters, ambulances, and many police and, and soldiers, even here in the city center. this is a really adopt a for, is stumbled, a doctor for turkey a dark day. indeed. now you mentioned

a president or to one mentioning that this smells like terrorism. is there anything that you can tell us at this point about the motive behind this attack? he didn't go into details, he hinted at the possible involvement of a woman in this attack, but official said at least o 5, prosecutors were assigned to this case to to have this investigation so, so at the moment we do not know a much more authorities have also imposed a broadcasting band than use black out. so our media very restricted in what they can report on. now this is also affecting social media. twitter has been restricted . it was very difficult to get tweets out. you need of the p n client. the authorities say this is to avoid a panic spreading among among people here in turkey. but of course, it's making work for jonas much harder. and then of course, this explosion,

this attack are possible terrorism attack to day is a bringing back very painful memories for millions of people here in the city. because there has been a series of bombings in the years 2015 to 2017 here in istanbul, killing dozens of people. those attacks were blamed by the authorities on the so called islamic state group. so this is what a lot of people are thinking about. possibly now, many people are in shock. they are in dis, believe as the details of this horrific attack are slowly of settling in. thank you. so from so much for that that's do you corresponded you johan, for us with that update from a stumble. and we're going to go to the united states now where after this week's mid term elections, democrats have secured a surprise victory in the senate. catherine cortez moscow's reelection in nevada,

allows the democrats to keep control of the upper chamber of congress, giving the party fresh momentum victory that defied expectations and history. catherine cortez masters. when in nevada gives the democrats the 50 seats they needed to keep control of the senate. president joe biden received the news at a summit in cambodia and sent this message to the senate majority leader. i tre worked, congratulations of some new schumer's majority again, focusing now on, on georgia. feel good, lower. and, oh, i know. i'm a cockeyed afternoon. i understand. i'm not surprised. i'm incredibly please. i think it's a reflection quality. we're kenley's. a bitter defeat for adam like salt, the republican candidate in the swing state of nevada. he was endorsed by former

u. s. president donald trump, but the so called red wave, the republicans hoped for failed to materialize. instead, the democrats had their best mid term election results in 2 decades, despite president biden's approval rating. hovering around 40 percent. historically, the party of the sitting president loses seats in mid terms. democrats are hoping victory in the run off vote in georgia in december. we'll hand them an outright majority in the u. s. senate and enjoy now from washington, dc bar corresponded, assuming, so misconduct. so me this will be very welcome news for the democrats. how surprised should we v? well, it is surprising, clear in a few ways, no nevada in particular, because this was the seat that democrats had actually expected to lose. captain cortez massa was considered the most embattled democrat in the senate in the country. it was a real battle for her to finish there and to hold on to her seat at we were

actually in nevada, accompanying canvassers for the democrats, and they were facing stiff head, wet winds, on inflation. in particular, i saw them talked a working class voters who said their number one issue, hands down was inflation. but across the country and also in nevada, of course the democrats painted their republican opponents as extremists. and there was a fear of voting for republicans among many moderate voters. and that might have been one of the factors that help the democrats pull it out. and claire, i think it's also surprising because just a month ago we were talking about the republicans having the opportunity to win both the house of representatives and the son senate and make life very difficult for president biden. and his agenda. now we're seeing the democrats, as we heard in that piece, a retaining the senate, and the house of representatives is still not certain. so not the result that we had been predicting, let's say a month ago, not that red wave that was predicted. i don't know many republican candidates who lost their races had also been endorsed by former president donald trump says this now then looked like

a failing strategy for republicans. that's what many observers here and republican pundits even are saying. so the biggest names who he supported and endorse in these elections last, and that has right wing media and even members of the republican party asking a b it cautiously. in most cases, whether donald trump is still good for the party. there were around $300.00 election deniers running in these elections across the us. so these are people who endorse the lie that the 2020 election was stolen. that is the movement that was started by and fueled on by the former president donald trump. it's been reported here by the new york times that a every election deny or who sought to become at the top election, official of a battle ground state last. so that certainly says a lot about president trump's influence there. but remember, he is still widely popular among this hardened corps in the republican party and they still have a lot of influence on the right wing of this country. so we can't right off the

former president and his influence just yet. as to me, you touched on this, but i wanna dig in a little bit deeper on the senate remains in the hands of democrats. republicans looking more likely to take the house. of course, we haven't heard the decision there yet, but where would that leave the bite and administration so would leave him with a divided government, so it's certainly easier for president biden to have the senate in the hands of the democrats. he can win confirmation of judges, for example. it'll also help him raise the debt ceiling and avoid government shut down. that something that could cause a lot of volatility here in the u. s. and across the world bought the republicans in the house, said that if they have controlled, they won't signed off on spending bills, tackling climate change. and the man who became this, who could become rather the speaker of the house, said that americans will not be able to write blank checks to ukraine anymore. so the tenor of the overwhelmingly a bipartisan support for ukraine could change a bit and it will just in general, be a lot harder for the president to push through some of his more ambitious policy

goals. so that is something that he could likely be facing in the next few years. okay, thank you very much for that update. had state of the correspondence to me, some escandone, washington dc. we can bring up to speed now with some other stories making headlines around the world's israel's president has officially asked the election winner benjamin netanyahu to form a government. the veteran, former prime minister, wants to join forces with the right wing and religious allies that yahoo was outfit from power less than 2 years ago. and he still being investigated for corruption fuel is blowing again in haiti after 2 months of shortages caused by armed gangs pumps reopened. as police forced out gunmen holding the mail main oil imports terminal. a stand off led to shortages of fuel and drinking water. warring parties in ethiopia have signed a deal allowing humanitarian supplies into the war torn t cry region. earlier the government and to grind commanders agreed to end

a long running civil conflict. if yoga says aid is reaching the region, but the opposing force is there dispute the claim? interest president joe biden has arrived in indonesia for a summit of the g 20 group of countries. the u. s. president wants to forge closer ties in the region. he's also seeking support for containing the growing influence of china biden will meet china's president. she jumping in bali and a president already rizza lensky is vowing to keep pushing russian forces out of ukraine . moscow's retreat from the city of harrison has left devastation and danger. residents are returning home to destroyed infrastructure bombs and booby traps. but despite the risks there is still cause for celebration, i assume blue and yellow on the street. the song of the more than 8 months on the russian occupation, the day residents dreamed of has finally arrived on those are the, which a gosh,

we've been waiting for this for so long. you know, we've been without water under electricity for months, but we're happy to day unless it's incredible. valley ha. russian forces have now withdrawn from his own, the only regional capital they captured since the war began. it is a message to teach a clue to the kremlin war effort, and a stunning moral boots for ukraine. but even as the country celebrates president, zalinski has told residence to stay vigilant feud machining everywhere in the liberation territory. album disposal experts have a lot of work to do to lucian. almost 2000 explosive items have already been removed. mines trip wires, an unexploded ammunition vicky narrative. as these 1st pictures coming out of the region showed 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'll get us, but in little gives us when i had my landlord tied behind. hello, ms. garza, this is lynn newly tied up my legs a little at the law inlaw hit. that is all one pulled up with her name didnt vishal . they told me that he would put the grenade under measures judgement. so i couldn't run away. dick, graduate de delusional. not to get them among the survivors, there is the recognition that things simply cannot go back to the way they were before. which was 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 de nick for a river. they wandered, her song may soon be the target of retaliatory strikes from russian artillery. but despite the danger, the streets of her sown, a once again alive with celebration and relief. and just before we go, new york city is marking the beginning of the holiday season. the traditional

christmas tree has arrived at rockefeller center from upstate new york. it is 25 meters tall and it will be covered with thousands of lights and talked with a crystal star before its lit up at the end of the month for new yorkers. that's when it really starts to look a lot like christmas. that you update at this our coming up next is world stories with a report on ukrainians returning to their home towns and searching for loved ones. stay tuned for that or check on our website t w dot com. thanks for watching. sometimes books are more exciting than real life raring to read. oh what if there's no escape.