something our children won't be able to enjoy fresh air. ah, you revealed this week on d. w. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. i one's ruling party is thrashed and local elections. president sy, in one stepped down as leader of her party after her focus on china backfires with voters. we look at what the outcomes means for taiwan. also it coming up on the show in katara leonel messy turns on the magic as argentina,

deep mexico and get their world cup back on track. ah hello, i'm clear richardson, a warm welcome to the show. i was, president sy in one is stepping down as leader of her party. i campaigned in local elections on a platform of defiance against china and upholding ty, once democracy, voters instead of flocked 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 an increasingly belligerent china. now she

sought to frame local votes as a fight for tie one's freedom and democracy wars and i give her the strategies back fled high, changing the result, the election and north leslie affected on the she hung, they thought them changing that vehicle or has the harrison writing partner half that responsibility. she, i, there poorly shine for my people. i'm a part of the day 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, once freedoms, despite resigning as party leader. shy will continue as president until 2024. but her job just became a lot more difficult. now or earlier we spoke to dw that william young in taipei and he explained what stepping down as party leader, but staying on as president will me for it's i one. 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 she 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 kmc 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 the campaign season as well as william young and ty pay. we can take a look now at some other stories making world news headlines. a vigil for victims of an apartment block fire has turned into a rare protest in shanghai as anger over strict covert measures and spreads across china. many blamed the fire death on the lockdown of residential building. hundreds reportedly called for president. she's paying to resign. venezuela, 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.

the united states east, some oil sanctions on venezuela in response and emergency crews are searching for multiple people still missing. frame landslide on the italian island of s can at least one person was killed in the slide, which was triggered by have you rein, walked road, and bad weather. have hampered rescue efforts. now the latest on the war in ukraine authorities save days of heavy shuttling by russian forces have killed at least $32.00 people in the southern region of harrison. long lines of traffic has built up as civilians leave the area in search of safety, ukrainian forces liberated harrison just 2 weeks ago. moscow has since kept up a relentless barrage, primarily targeting power and water supplies. for more, let's bring indeed of these russia analyst constantine. i good i, konstantin. britton's military intelligence has suggested that russia is likely

firing aging cruise missiles stripped of nuclear warheads, ukrainian targets. what does that tell us about the state of the russian offensive? well, i think it means that russia is gradually, are running out of a modern ammunition, and one has to remember that pu, still has to keep his troops prepared on rushes, western boulders on the chinese border, he got just consent, all the russian army into grain. so that means that if this report is true, that means that our modern style ammunition is definitely in very short supply. and that means that on the one hand, military commanders in russia understand that they, they have to do something about it. on the other hand, it seems that they can repeat, procure, or the russian military industrial complex can produce more than weapons of fast enough. that's why i think we keep hearing about moscow trying to buy missiles from

iran, which basically like in 2 years ago or one year ago would have been unthinkable. but it seems like there is a significant shortage. and what about rationale? trips as winter is setting and how is their morale holding up? well, it doesn't seem to be very high, and i don't know whether you've seen this confirmed footage from the ukraine. an armed forces of a bunch of russian soldiers being attacked by grenade from the air and they come to the react when they see that the grenade is landed and exploded. because it seems they are suffering hypothermia. and they are huddled in a very badly. ah, ah, ah, i that this is symbolically quite true of what's been happening, especially to the russian recruits on the battlefield. they are not well prepared. they are not well said, but at the same time i have to say, we do not see any kind of of signs of, of these troops,

mutiny or again, refusing to fight. so on the want him, they really have very mediocre conditions. or the other hand, it doesn't mean them offensive will be stop tomorrow. thank you so much for that update. that is our usher analyst constantine. i got ah, let's go to the world cup and katara now and argentina. redeem themselves after their shock lost a saudi arabia by beating mexico to nel, after a quiet 1st half argentina's superstar leonel massey burst into life and put them ahead the precisely targeted strike. and a wonderful goal from an so fernandez, rounded off the wind, which leaves the 2nd in group see a point behind poland. as we know, saudi arabia kicked off their world cup campaign by shocking argentina. but the wave of joy after their greatest ever victory came to an abrupt end with defeat to

poland group see their star strike. rob relevant off skis, court. his 1st world come goal to route of a to no victory. an emotional moment for the former buyer, munich star, and in group d, renting champions, france, beat denmark to one to become the 1st team to qualify for the knockout stage. killian em babe's chord. both french goals are to break danish hearts. after a gall this 1st half this match came to lie from the hour mark. who else could killian and pappy passing france in france? tear hernandez with the pass back. and in backpay typically doesn't miss from their denmark. so have a good recent report against france that 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 back pay on target again, a release of emotion for him and relief for france, even if it wasn't the prettiest goal will ever score france through to the last 60 . we'll be seeing a lot more of him back a and let's see how that result leaves. group d, after 2 games or france are on top, would 6 points and draw in their last game is enough for them to win the group. and australia's one nell went over to nisha, puts them 2nd. a went over denmark will see them qualified and did of the as far as the jonathan harding has been following the fortunes of the german team, he joins me now for more. from doha, a jonathan, if germany lose to spain, they will go out of consecutive world cups at the group stage and be

a disaster for them when net it will be a disaster and maybe to put it in even more obvious or clear terms if germany due to spain, they will have the same number of points as hosts, cut off to 2 games which is 0. i mean, that is a terrible situation for germany to find themselves in, but it's also a logical result really of the way that this tournament has gone for germany, that training campaign, omar was pretty rushed. the performance against japan was largely positive, but then they fell apart at the end. and then there has been a lot of off field conversation about the band. and then of course that protest in return. so it's been a pretty remote, she was performance in terms of germany's woke up. i'm a little bit worried about and what about 100 flicks and he also be worried. he's that are usually impressive start as germany coach. but the biggest job might be under threat if germany loose the same no,

i think if there's anyone that doesn't need to worry at times if like i think given the fact that he's not been in the job very long, i think he's one of the people that can probably be very safe and secure in the fact that he's going to be germany's coach going forward. oliver be off team executive, probably someone that does need to worry. he's been around a lot. he may well need to carry the kinds of this as they say, but really the whole conversation around what will happen in german football. if germany do lose his game, will be about use football. the lack of a strike of the lack of wing back there'll be an enormous inquest into why germany have found themselves in this position that record and told him it's has been terrible. you know, look at russia 2018 look at the euro's last summer. there's only been one when throughout this entire stretch. so there are big questions here than just whether the head coach is right or not. and all of this negativity toward the team. there have been suggestions that they have been distracted by non football issues. can you hold up the mood is like in the german camp there? i think that's may be fair to say, i mean, obviously on the field you can say that they played well for 70 minutes against

japan. so i wouldn't necessarily say that the arm band was the reason for that, but the whole conversation around it, the team has already admitted that it has obviously been some in this on their minds. so it has played a role. the team atmosphere is tricky. they looked a little bit sloppy in training. there's obviously a degree of frustration chi harvard spoke of rage inside his belly as a result of the loss against japan. so there's obviously some tension there. curious to see what the result will be again, despite and they have to show that that, that tension, that nervousness is translated into something positive going food. definitely want to watch. that is jonathan harding for us from katya. thank you so much. and just before we go, an offbeat tradition has returned to one town in austria for the 1st time since the lifting of corona virus restrictions. hundreds of people turned out for a parade of monsters. not something for the faint of heart, according to local folk lore they cramp us. monster is santa claus is evil sidekick

who punishes children, who have been naughty instead of nice. from youngsters who've been especially bad at might even find themselves carted off. you are watching the w news from earlier, not world stories is coming up next. of course you can always find more on our website to that is at g, w dot com or check us out on social media at dw news. thanks for joining us. with several did and wide wing extremist women's rights progressed in again, well to be in coping weight and burned in south africa. people with disabilities more likely to lose their jobs independent, make black lives matter. shine a spotlight on racially motivated police violence, same sex marriage is being.