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democrats retain control of the u. s. senate in mid term elections. catherine cortez musto beats. her trump endorsed rival in nevada. to give the democrats a majority in the upper house of congress. and russia leaves devastation and danger behind in her son, ukraine's president warner. that munitions are everywhere. and nearly all infrastructure has been destroyed. ah hello, i'm claire richardson. thank you so much for joining us. a bomb blast in istanbul has killed at least 6 people and wounded dozens more turkey's president has condemned as a terrorist attack and vowed to punish the bombers. this explosion ripped through a crowded pedestrian street near toxins square in the city center. no organisation has yet said it was behind the explosion. groups including a turk,

kurdish separatists and islamist militant how previously targeted a stumble and other turkish cities present at a time, or no one has called it a vile and heinous attack. or correspondent in istanbul, eulley a han has more about the explosion. all the latest information regarding the casualties of this attack. this blast is still what we heard from president add on 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, an initial findings suggest started 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. there were huge traffic gems in the whole city center. many people have tried to get out of the area, have seen huge crowds because they were trying to get out by walking basically from a to be of seen helicopters, ambulances, and many police and, and soldiers, even here in the city center. this is a really, a dark day for is stumbled a dark day for turkey, a dark day. indeed. now you mentioned a president 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 ya, official said at least o 5, prosecutors were assigned to this cut 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 are 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 authority 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 today 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 groups. so this is what a lot of people are thinking about. possibly now, many people are in shock. they are in disbelief as the details of this horrific attack are slowly of settling in. thank you so from so much for that that's due to be corresponded johan for us with that update from a stumble as good as united states now and after this week's mid term elections. democrats have secured a surprise victory in the senate. catherine at court has masters 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 or to a work congratulations of some shuler. got a majority again. we're focusing now on, on ga. feel good, lower. and, oh, i know. i'm a cockeyed afternoon. i understand i'm not surprised, but i'm incredibly clue. i think it's a reflection on quality work can raise 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. earlier i asked our washington correspondents to me, some was gonna how surprising of a victory this was for the democrats? well, it is surprising. claire, 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 endorsed in these elections last and that has right wing media and even members of

the republican party asking, i'll be it cautiously. in most cases, whether donald trump is still good for the party. there were around 300 election deniers running in these elections across the u. s. so these were 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 influenced 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 write off the former president and his influence just yet as the me you touched on this, but i want to 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. but the republicans of 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 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 of seat of the correspondence to me, some escandone, washington dc. we can bring up to speed now with some of the other stories making

headlines around the world. 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 right wing and religious allies. then yahoo was ousted from power less than 2 years ago. he still being investigated for corruption. king charles has led his 1st remembrance day service as the british monarch. he laid a wreath at the national war memorial and central london in tribute to the you case war dead. and joe biden has arrived in indonesia for a summit of the g 20 group of cut 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. white and we'll meet china's president. she's in pain in volley . german chancellor, all i've sold is also travelling in asia to vietnam, singapore, and on to indonesia for the g. 20 summit. schultz is holding talks in hanoi on

increasing economic cooperation with vietnam. the chancellor has made asia a focus during his 1st year in office. he's trying to reduce germany's economic dependence on china. d. w chief political correspondent, nena hasa, has bar here in vietnam. the hope is to further intensify the already good economic relations between germany and vietnam. but the elephant in the room has travelled with a german chancellor. we'll have shouts to hanoi. vietnam has still not openly criticized rushes war against ukraine on the international stage. and that will also be the stickiest point for left shots when he travels to the g. 20 summit in bali on tuesday and wednesday shit that summit and without to communicate that explicitly criticize is russia's actions against ukraine. that would be a major setback for the west that supports ukraine and hence also for the german chancellor in house of acts. well, president holiday moore's landscape 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. and despite the risks there is still cause for celebration, i assume blue and yellow on the street person of the more than 8 months under russian occupation. the day residents dreamed of has finally arrived under the hood should come, we've been waiting for this for so long. like we've been without water and electricity for months. but we're happy today, unless it's incredible. oh wow. russian forces have now withdrawn from hm. 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 group for ukraine. but even as the country celebrates president, zalinski has told residents to stay vigilant,

shoot machining everywhere in the liberation territory. album, disposal experts have a lot of work to do here. dilution, almost 2000 explosive items have already been removed at mines trip wires, an unexploded ammunition he wanted to do. 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'll gazesberg in little kids us when i had my land yuletide behind my boy roger. delighted. then they tied up my legs rather a war in awe. hit then as well. one pulled up her nail, didn't vishal this, they told me that he would put the grenade under better judgment. so i couldn't run away. dick guzman, with delusion run out to get them among the survivors. there is a recognition that things simply can go back to the way they were before with 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 denay 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, a once again alive with celebration and relief, that's in his update. his, our stay tuned for our tech show shift living in the digital age. that's coming up next temperament. there is more on our website to athletic other dot com. thanks for watching. again, they get all the harvesters or immigrants go leaky. thank everything you enjoy eating at home with your family, was harvested by people who are being exploited. and then i guess from.