are chief political correspond melinda crane, anti w's, russia analyst, roman, gone to rank u. s. presidential biden says the risk of nuclear armageddon is at its highest since the cuban missile crisis of the 19 sixty's. mister biden warned that russian leda vladimir putin is not joking when he talks about using nuclear weapons following heavy losses on the battlefield in ukraine. in the latest incident, a russian missile strike destroys an apartment building of the southern city of support as yet. it came as russian forces lost more ground to ukraine's counter offensive in the south and east gutted by russian rockets. here in zer, parisha, rescue workers search the rubble for missing residence. local official say several people were killed while moore had been hospitalized. after the initial dawn attack, fire fighters headed to the scene. but a 2nd salvo, st. locals running for cover. as well as rescue workers. president zalinski condemned the strikes was of but easier. be separate in that original. after the 1st rocket strike to day when people came to pick apart, the rebel r

award of those, that individual in those organizations is actually political, corresponded to melinda crane. welcome, melinda. and so, no surprise. i suppose a lot of people that the nobel prize committee has russia, the war in ukraine, very much an exciting issue. that's correct, but not only russia and of the war in ukraine as she has just pointed out in her remarks that this war has global effects. and she also mentioned several times that the, the rise of authoritarianism and how destabilizing that is for peace. and i think what's interesting about these awards is that yes, they have recognized one individual alice be a lot that tusky from, from bella ruth, but also to organizations in russia and ukraine, respectively for their work in what she says strengthens to.

apparently, you great deal of pressure melinda crane. here in the studio with me and alexandra phenomenon in prague. thank you so much to both of you and we will of course, cover that press conference when it starts. now this year's nobel peace prize is being shared by 3 champions of human rights. the jailed bell russian rights activists, alice alice bell at ski rushes memorial organization and ukraine's center for civil liberties. now the joint award highlights the significance of civil society, the peace and democracy. the most highly anticipated announcement in a week of awards. at the stroke of 11 in oslo, the chair of norway's nobel committee ended the speculation. this year's peace prize is awarded to human rights advocate o. s. b ali ascii from billers the wrong human rights organization, memory, all the ukrainian human rights organization center for civil liberties together with another the committee informed the winners in chief by phone till so, congratulations. oh oh, it's okay it's, it's sir. oh, it's great. hopefully, you're

alex on la, phenomenal in prague and melinda crane here, the study will come back to you. of course, when the press conference or of the you leaders happens in a proc m o to thailand, a nation that is mourning the victims of it's worst ever mass killing a day after a former policeman killed at least 36 people at a childcare center. most were young children, the attacker had been discharged from the police over drug allegations. he later killed his family and himself, thailand's king, as to visit survivors, as flags across the country, flying half mast. ah, a stream of coffins arrive at the morgue. after a day of unimaginable terror, it was here at a rural daycare center that an ex police man killed at least 36 people. more than 20 of them children. one teacher describe what she saw. he used his feet to kick the window and then he shot at the door. i thought you got inside, so i ran to the kitchen behind. i was in shock. i didn't know what to do. some family members remain at the scene as investigations into the massacre continue. local police said the shooter had appeared

and as we wait to help me past the time it with me in the studio, here is melinda crane, our chief, political correspondent, and standing by at that e. u. summit in prague is our brussels bureau chief alexander of phenomena, a veteran of a waiting for press conference conferences by european union officials. alexandra soaring energy prices. how to tackle them. that seems to be the main issue today, facing the leaders in progress. can we expect a solution today? well, i'm afraid i have to disappoint you because so we do not to expect a solution today. on the contrary foot from what we are hearing from our sources, the leaders are indeed struggling to find a common line here. come on solution, they could all agree on. they have been talking about it the energy crisis now for quite a while. it took longer than anticipated. so that is why we are still waiting for the official press conferences, still start and as it seems, and there are very different ideas on how the energy crisis could be tackled. and as it seems it, they are not finding one solution that could be agreed upon. by all of them, m

russian human rights organization called memorial and the ukranian center for civil liberties melinda crane. so now that this announcement is, is made the world's watches. but i don't think there's any, any real hope that this will affect either ukraine or the regime in bella, luce, it heightens visibility for the, the push back against repression for the hard documentary work that goes on to a, to find evidence of war crimes and rights violations, and it also indirectly serves as a warning, i think, to ukraine itself. ukraine is under martial law. the space for civil rights organizations there has shrunk. and i think by a wording this to an, a ukrainian organization that is fighting for civil rights. they are also saying to the government, be careful, you are at war, but this is very different than it is for. has it been awarded to president lensky? it's a very conscious choice to award it to an organization that could also hold the ukrainian government to account exce excellent point to end on a belinda crane. thank you so much. watching a d. w. news live from a burden. let's turn to othe