the the, this, the dw news, why that from berlin tonight. so about he has prime minister fighting for his wife after an assassination attempt robert pizza was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery. today, the government says, for the attack was politically motivated. a suspect has been arrested also coming up tonight. george is controversial. ford influence was thousands protests and the capital tbilisi against new legislation. they say of anti democratic or just president tells dw news, and she plans to veto the bill. the

break off it's good to have you with is doctors are fighting to save the life of slovakia as prime minister robert feed. so he was shot 5 times today in what the government is calling a politically motivated assassination attempt for the populace pro russia premier as undergoing emergency surgery for life threatening injuries. doctor say his condition is critical. somebody is president, has called it a brutal and reckless attack. other national leaders have condemned the shooting. i suspect, was arrested at the same or just the seconds after shots are fired. the prime minister is carried by the arms to a car and rushed away. the

security personnel stayed behind pinning the legend shooter to the ground. 6, my witnesses reported hearing for gunshots. the interior ministry says the motive was likely political. it sounded like ken and buyer to me. i was shocked. what's going on? and as i saw him fall, i realize that this probably wasn't a joke and brought his lava slovakian president condemn the shooting. central carolina. i am shocked. we are all shocked by the terrible and vicious attack on prime minister robert beat. so you get a physical attack on the prime minister is 1st of all an attack on a person, but it is also an attack on democracy. okay, cool. but cannot see the, the heat for rhetoric we see in society. you know, the sleep state for action is misspelled, please stop it,

but you cannot explain to them. mostly involves the customer support port in from european leaders. you commission president worth of the fund a lion wrote on the social media site x such acts of violence have no place in our society and undermine democracy. are most precious common good. the white house reacted as well. president joe biden said in a tweed, we condemn this horrific act of violence. our embassy is in close touch with the government as a vakio and ready to assist robert feats. so as long been a controversial figure in slovakia as politics often described as populist or left wing nationalist e as opposed immigration and threatened to withdraw support for ukraine and its defense against russian. yeah, do you need so then after the shooting pizza was flown by helicopter to a nearby hospital where he underwent emergency surgery for an abdominal wound, official said his injuries are life threatening. well, i'm joined now by victoria biloba. she is

a reporter for the supply and tv news channel, our tvs and she joins us from the capital products. la victoria, we were following just the last hour or so press conference because of the government were giving us information. we understand that the prime minister is still fighting for his life. what else do we know about his condition? what evening that is right. he has been in the surgery for 3 and a half hours. oh, really fighting for his life? there has been some considerations if that is right because the prime minister of before like couple of weeks ago with himself the, essentially in the country. it's so bad that there could be something like that happening and attacks on the pl edition any way he's really invest commission. he was involved in the hit in the so my arms and legs a couple of the organs were probably hit by uh, 4 or 4 shots. uh and uh, he's really

a 5 and please let us know. and we also heard in that news conference, we found out the more details about the actual attack today. what did we learn in the last hour or so is when you all have them in the have low, but it's a small town and the central office to back here or from the press conference. we learned that a little bit she so exciting for his live is read too early to talking to bother motors because this of course, still in the, in the hands of the police before and there was another breast confirmed the simple additions at the end, directly blame the media community of the attack and this another conference which we have the one hour a global as in victor tomorrow, call me in the additions, were asking media and also the other positions from the ocean to come down. really

think about the situation. um, well we are now and they all call as an aside on democracy, all of the ministers we were talking to the press conference so we don't know the details. so we know that they might really be politically most of wasted the attack. as the attacker, he made a video where you said the couple of weeks ago where he said that he doesn't agree with the government, and i don't want to make any conclusions, but this is really in the, in the hands of the place. yeah. and you'd be know that this is the investigation continues this hour, but let's talk a little bit about the, the suspect here. what do we know about him and what is it that has a well and members of the government to come out so quickly and to say that this was definitely politically motivated. this was definitely a political assault. so we know that the cur is gold. you rise c.

uh, he's uh 71 year old man from livingstone, which is a small town also in uh, central europe. uh, a center also like him 3 uh his uh, through writer um, supposedly. and he was previously being associated with the cross and blue cross blue um, also 8 years ago. and he was collecting signatures to form a political party, maybe directly. it was supposed to be called the movement against viruses. and also one colleague of mine from other media has the, the he was talking to his son and he's also very sharp and shaken by this incident that he didn't at all expect this. so really it was, it was so far for all of us. yeah. i'm sure the entire nation, tonight's in shock of because of the events that happened earlier today reported

victoria beloved from our tvs news and brought us la victoria. we appreciate your reporting bringing us up to date on the latest. thank you. thank you. have a nice day, i. all right, here's a look now, some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. the far right, dodge problems, you shouldn't get builders. it says that he has reached a preliminary deal with 3 other right wing party leaders to form a cabinet despite coming 1st and national elections 6 months ago, builders is not expected to become prime minister. but his party for freedom will be the main force in the coalition. francis imposing a 12 day state of emergency in new caledonia, there have been winds and unrest on the south pacific island. since the french national assembly proved changes to voting rules there. around a 100 people had been injured in homes and businesses had been torched. these really military says that it has killed a senior hezbollah commander, and a strike in southern lebanon on the wrong bank. notes in group has confirmed the

death of one of its fighters without specifying their role is real and has beloved, have exchanged almost daily fire since the outbreak of the war in gosh, went down to the country of georgia where thousands have once again taken to the streets in protest against a new foreign influence. lot and western countries have joined domestic opposition . political leaders in denouncing the measure that targets media and other groups with significant foreign funding testers clash with riot police outside the parliament into please see thousands of people took to the streets to denounce the latest development and to come to the new, the things that pushes georgia, of course, to membership into this fear of the kremlin influence. i don't know why still seen all those lots in the

funded the government officials sitting in the parliament saying that they are going to be the ones to take out freedom away from us. because we georgia, we are a fee and it will always buy for freedom. the if the for an agent know pulses, any media come to and you know, that gets 20 percent more of its funding from abroad. will be obliged to register assuming the interest of a foreign power opponents, little search harry and that george's prime minister at rock creek about, he'd say, defended the bill,

put forward by his georgian dream party. going to the office today is the most important day in terms of strengthening the independence and sovereignty of our country. the adoption of the law on transparency of foreign influence, great, strong guarantees of long term peace and tranquility in georgia. and to overcome so called polarization. it is a necessary condition for georgia integration into the european union at the george and see it has exactly the opposite. large demonstration slipping, taking place 2 weeks on the street, just a blue sea and protest to say they went stilton to below. it says a ton georgias, president and soul of a zora beach, really intends to veto the new law. all the parliament would still be able to, to push it through. she told us why she is against the legislation or whether it's

this low has become for the jordan population that has been demonstrating dial 41 months has become the symbol of a number of lows and measures and the rhetoric and that is sticking georgia away from it's your pin past that's lupins as completely secured, since we got to be candidate status. and so it's this simple that i'm going to be true because there was no possibility for anyone to show the critics of our partners or from the cd to the forces, the non governmental organizations. everybody was saying this is a little that is exactly the same as the one russia has used to really, uh, a brilliant and uh, opposed to the city of society and the done prevent organizations in russia. so we do not want that flow. it's not conform to the european values. anyway,

nothing about the country to get closer to the new york end. it has not been released and it has been adopted either a precipitated way the surgery hearing. busy the has the engine for meeting in one minute, 7 seconds. that was the george and president is or a should be lee speaking with us earlier. the ukrainian president, the zalinski, has canceled foreign visits as russian forces advance in ukraine's eastern heart chief region of the us secretary of state anthony blinking. he has any key to reaffirm washington support for the country. he acknowledge that delays in the us congress passing a military aid package. i've left the crane more vulnerable. the government says that it has withdrawn from some areas because it does not have enough troops to fight off russian detach. lincoln says that the us is preparing a new package of weapons and funding for you,

correct that we will provide an additional $2000000000.00 in foreign, military financing for ukraine. and we put this together in the 1st of its kind of defense enterprise fund. and it has 3 components. one is to provide weapons today. so this will assist you frame and acquiring those weapons to is to focus as well on something that the mutual just talked about. investing in new kinds defense, industrial base, helping to strengthen even more its capacity to produce what it needs for itself, but also to produce for others. and finally, using this funds to help ukraine purchase military equipment from other countries. it's not just the united states. and before we go here is a look at the top story. one more time doctors are finding to say the life of slovakia as prime minister robert pizza. he was shot 5 times in what the government is calling the politically motivated assassination to to doctors and medic. say that his condition is critical. you're watching dw dues,

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