for all we can be, the generation ends it foot. malaria must die or millions can live ah ah, this is dw news. leiber from berlin. ty, one's ruling party is thrashed and local elections. president, sighing when steps down as leader of her party after her focus on china back fires with voters. we look at what the outcome means for the islands. also coming up on the shelf in parts of you praying recently liberated from russian forces,

we meet the ukrainians, struggling with guilt and mistrust, as they asked and just who collaborated with moscow. and in guitar. leonor massey turns on the magic as argentina beat mexico and get their world's cough of back on track. ah hello, i'm claire richardson. thank you so much for joining us. ty ones, presidents. i and when is stepping down as leader of her party, ty campaigned in local elections on a platform of defiance against china and upholding ty, one's democracy by voters flocked instead to the main opposition party which backs chinese nationalism. a startling outcome in tie one's local elections.

generally these polls focus on domestic issues that hit voters close to home. but president, shy in when took a different approach. in the face of been increasingly belligerent, china she sought to frame local votes as a fight for ty, once freedom and democracy, or is it on a dependent on the strategy? backfired? hi, changing the, the results of the election and not as we expected on that we humbly accept them shandra that yet or why as chair of the ruling party, i have to take responsibility. i therefore resign from my position of party chair by dragging international issues into a domestic election. analysts say try lost the attention of citizens more concerned with crime rates and a search in coven 19. it's been a difficult here for relations between taiwan and china. in august, tensions rose to their highest level in years when beijing effectively blockaded

the island with a series of huge military exercises. the drills followed a controversial visit to taipei by us house speaker, nancy pelosi, which china saw as a provocation. taiwan. so position the k. m t, as long accused shy of being too confrontational towards china, scoring strong gains in these elections. the k m t insists it will also focus on protecting. ty wants freedoms. despite resigning as potty, leda shy will continue as president until 2024. but her job just became a lot more difficult. earlier we spoke to did the is william yang in taipei and he explained what stepping down as party leader, but staying on as president will mean fritz i. and when so over the last 6 years as her present during her presidency, she's twice been both the president and the party chair. and that has really

allowed her to push forward the policy platform that she wanted both administratively. but also in the legislature as well. where the party also control the majority, but in the past you have step down once in the 2018 local election where her party also suffered a big defeat. so this time it's just simply a repeat, it's more symbolic than actually going to affect her role and ability to push for the can that the policy platform for the remaining time. but what's important is that her stepping down is going to make way for the next purpose successor, who will likely be the candidate that will run in the 2020 for presidential election for the party. for each party, this election result will push for the front runners for them. for the d. p. p. they will have some internal, disorganized light, reorganization, and push. nominate the person who they believe is the strongest lead of the party for into 2024 election and for the camp. he is the politicians who have been

perform much better than others who will likely be able to convince their party to nominate and unite behind them. and there is a 3rd party candidate whose party was able to secure one's seat in this election. and he, they will likely be able to gauge the ability of the party to run for president nationwide. so i think we are likely going to see a 3 way race for the presidential election in the coming months and in the campaign season, as well as the w william young and ty pay. let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world. a vigil for victims of an apartment block fire turned into a rare protest in the chinese city of shanghai on saturday. as unrest grows over, strict coven measures. hundreds reported. we called for president she jim pang to resign and he blamed the debts on the walk down of residential buildings,

kim jong and wants north korea to become the strongest nuclear force in the world. leader made the comments after the test launch of a new intercontinental ballistic missile. he's touting as the world's most powerful strategic weapon. john gang says the rocket can reach us, mainland and venezuela's government and opposition have reached a preliminary agreement to find a way out of the country's political and economic crisis. it aims to ensure that billions of frozen government funds will be released to help fund social programs. united states ease some oil sanctions on venezuela. in response. now to the latest on the war in ukraine authorities, a se, days of heavy showing by russian forces have killed at least 32 people in the southern region of hassan. long lines of traffic have built up as civilians leave the area in search of safety. ukrainian forces liberated here so on just 2 weeks ago, moscow has since kept up a relentless barrage. primarily targeting power and water supplies. repair crews

are struggling to restore services. and another city recently liberated by ukrainian forces is a coupons in the east when russian troops took control of it early in the war. many civilians left but now there are questions over those who did stay behind and whether they collaborated with the russians. t w's much, he is, belinda visited coupons, where he found large parts of the city destroyed. and many residents struggling with questions of trust and guilt. everybody needs to pitch in and re cause nit. jenko teaches geography and information technology. but right now he's helping to patch up high school. number one in cooper dance. russian missiles damaged the buildings with a girl that was there after the occupiers left, it started to get bad. oh,

there was not a single day without shelling linea unable. and as one of her younger bullshit, both the shelling is rushes revenge for ukraine. taking back territory moscow's troops occupied the school and town for half the year. schools did continue with lessons cushioning. jenko says at 1st he was able to teach as usual government. but after the summer break, the occupies insisted on a russian curriculum. there are still russian text books in the classroom. yoga for the ocean, as i was, mike was for the lead time. but the loops, i opened the geography textbook for 8 grade. there wasn't a real curriculum, but they gave us textbook slash about worship. i took a look and said no on the 1st page it said on the 21st of february 2022. the letter latimer putin signed to decree about the recognition of the so called peoples

republics. little of don't ask a new hands for so am i supposed to sit there and teach that? that is wonderful. and that have been most for those and cities of cause the russians occupied could be axed on the 3rd day of the war and controlled the town for more than 6 months. daily life is difficult. there is no running water and power outages of frequent. the question of who collaborated with the russians also looms the newly installed ukrainian town administrator is clear. so i am looking for a suit or them. if we talk about doctor's they took the hippocratic label, you have to help anybody who's in need rep from the life of the co would. but these people had a choice. this one of them are they could either cooperate or not on the mall. if this were a fact, there were many teachers who quit after the russians arrived with water. but without eleanor, those who took part in training by the russians or who received payment,

sir under the spotlight. cuz the jenko is convinced he will not be charged. he was sent here by another school and carried on getting his ukrainian salary, but he does not judge his colleagues. lulu them, put them of all. this is what the others should to live as a holy means to how to survive, who's what most of them had not received a wage since april the holy. they had to continue living was what that some had parents to care for old people. what good li, hilda, ukraine, secret service is investigating, and the teachers cases will come to court. difficult questions of guilt and morality will preoccupy people here for a long time to come. while landslides triggered by heavy rains, have killed at least one person on the italian island of esquire. several others

are still missing, and bad weather is slowing rescue efforts. the search and rescue efforts here has been slow and treacherous. in this video filmed by the italian coast guard, you get a sense of the devastation and the deadly conditions facing emergency teams. come day light and the true extent of the destruction is revealed in the town of casimir yoletta may by the shoreline piles of vehicles dragged into the sea by the strength of the landslide. and they are everywhere. you look here, dozens of mangled cars and even coaches. now line the sea front on this holiday island above the town, the muddy scars left by the landslide. a clear to see on the mountain side. at least 100 people have been reported stranded with

a landslide collapsing some buildings and blocking many roads. this home may still be standing, but the muddy waters and every have left their mark throughout drake. what can you people done? we are facing some difficulties with the ongoing operations because the weather conditions are still very challenging them to make to see them. we are sending help a boat and plane when we are in constant contact with the council president george maloney and my fellow ministers, a little doctor, will love that his will to your daughter, maloney gleneagles even the situation was bad and it still evolving. more rescue as an emergency teams have now been able to reach the island as conditions and prove some with snippet dogs to help in the search for anyone still trapped or missing. but they face a daunting task over the coming days. the clean up effort alone here is huge and with many roads still impassable, reaching all of those cuts off by the mud and rising waters will take some time yet

. ah, to the world cup in katara now and argentina, redeem themselves after their shock lost to saudi arabia by bidding mexico to now after a quiet 1st half argentina's superstar leonel massey burst into life and put them ahead with a precisely targeted strike and a wonderful golf from and so fernandes rounded off to win, which leaves in a 2nd in group see a point behind poland. sh in rude de raining champions, france beat denmark to one to become the 1st team to qualify for the knockout stage . killian, in bombay, scored both french goals to break danish hearts. after a gall this 1st half this match came to lie from the hour mark. who else could killian em prepay for? seen france in france?

tear hernandez with the pass back. and in by pe typically doesn't miss from their denmark though, have a good recent record against france and 8 minutes later. and chris christenson headed them level christenson, arguably lucky to still be on the pitch of reciprocal foul on the back a, in the 1st half still, francis superstar had the last laugh of back pay on target. again, a release of emotion for him and relief for france, even if it wasn't the prettiest stole will ever score. france through to the last 60, we'll be seeing a lot more of him back a so let's see how that result leaves group and d, after 2 games. france are on top, wood, 6 points are dry and their last game is enough for them to win the grow. and australia's one at nell went over to nisha,

puts them 2nd. i went over and john mark will see them qualify was be hard. saudi arabia kicked off their world's cub campaign by shocking argentina. but the wave of joy after their greatest ever victory came to an abrupt end would defeat to poland in group see their star striper, robert levant, off ski, scored his 1st world cup gold to round off a to know victory. an emotional moment for the former byron munich star that you need update at this hour. thank you so much for watching with oh, a.