the, the business to do the news life from berlin. wadley does have reacted with shots at the assassination attempt on the slovak in prime minister robert feet. so it was shot multiple times and then rushed to hospital go to emergency surgery. we bring you an update on his condition and the suspect to tutor coming up rochester present. vladimir 14 mates, china changing thing. and paging the 2, when he does have that concrete size as a full social stability in what they call a chaotic, was the

time being expanded. you're welcome. so lock us by administer robot feet. so is reportedly in a stable, but still very serious condition off to an assassination attempt. he was struck multiple times after leaving a political meeting. so broadcast president called it a brutal and reckless attack. otherwise, he does have condemned the shooting. a suspect was arrested of the scene 5 shots ring out and the government is tackled just seconds later, the prime minister is carried by the arms to a car and rushed away. the security personnel stayed behind, pinning the suspect to the ground speed. so supporters look on and for it sounded like cannon fire to me. i was shocked. what's going on and, and as i saw him fall,

i realized that this probably wasn't a joke. to the interior ministry said the attacked was likely politically motivated and brought his love of this lock in president condemned the shooting. central carolina. i am shocked. we are all shocked by the terrible and vicious attack on prime minister robert beat. so can you keep a physical attack on the prime minister is, 1st of all an attack on a person, but it is also an attack on democracy. ok, cool. but cannot see the, the heat for rhetoric. we see and society. you know, lead stateful action is misspelled, please stop it, but you cannot explain to them mostly about the customer. support port in from european leaders. you commission president worth of the funded lion wrote on the social media side x, such acts of violence have no place in our society and undermined 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 feet. so as long been a controversial figure in slovakia as politics often described as populist or left wing nationalist as opposed immigration and threatened to withdraw support for ukraine in its defense against russia. duty from all i'm joined by the w corresponding drug product into slovak and capital brought his love up. good morning jack. what's the latest you are heading on robert feet? so it's condition scores have confirmation from the director of the bands skipped the streets. the hospital where he was rushed off to the attack. she had said the doctor has managed to stabilize his condition, but that it is still still serious that he remains in the intensive k unit off to arrive 5 hours of surgery. we on the stand off divided attack that took place

yesterday. and what do we know about the suspected attack or his motives? so 71 year old mine was arrested immediately off to the shooting videos of him. all right, lisa q. a thing on the internet. also of his claims that he did it because of robot fee. so in his government's decision to sort of take on and we reform the national, broad, costa in slovakia. so that is one suggested know to obviously all of these videos that are, are being extremely widely set on confirmed at the moment. and there is a wide spread police investigation 1st the into what happens. but secondly into higher this was allowed to happen. you are there in the cavity, how people they're reacting to this uh bind them to type

well, there's clearly sold and the video, as we saw in the reports, is extremely shocking. everybody here, instead of actually a pretty much has nice seen this and knows what's going on. but there is a debate about what is happening more broadly in the country. the ministers that have come item being speaking about the situation. many of them have the points of the thing, is it done? and they saying that there is a level of blame for an atmosphere in slovakia where there is big contention between depressing the public and politicians. and the press obviously have been reporting widely on the common, some reports the inflammatory, often a comments that amazed by senior government ministers, robot caesar himself. i asked you to speak to one person earlier today. you told me the listen. i'm somebody who is works as an activist against robot c. so for many, many years i'm well that person said they want to, they might of office. they wouldn't have wanted him in a grave as we know,

the situation at the health situation of the prime minister is not stable. but the conversations about how this was a live to happen. i move this means more broadly for and already very divided slovakia. they'll continue, the slower government will also be holding a cabinets meeting later this morning. jack, what can we expect from this? yeah, that's actually what i instead it'll be in this building just behind me. they'll have a discussion about what this means for the security in the country. we don't have any expectations or any knowledge of exactly what they're going to come out with, but we do expect them to a nice probably some additional security measures. perhaps some different changes to the security situation, arrive ministers, really for the for the moment jack product in protest level. thanks for bringing that up there. and coming up later in the show, the most right been coalition in decades is about to take part in the netherlands

with the policy of n, t east on firebrand fab windows dominating the government. we ask what changes come the country expect? but before that, i quick look at some of the stories making headlines around the world. tens of thousands of demonstrators have a game taken to the streets of the georgia and capital t. c. in the latest round, for weeks long, most protests against a new foreign influence law. the been required in jewels and media outlets with the fees 20 percent of funding from abroad to register. as far as the agents, critics say it settings press freedom and go detail. george's e u emissions slightly badge israel's defense. when is that you are gone, has criticized prime minister benjamin netanyahu. a strategy in does go on started, he would oppose any plan for long term, really treated with one of the region. he also us and if and yahoo to draw up a post will vision in israel as best interest to the leaders of russia and china

have signed a joint state funds to deep invest strategic partnership. at the start of many, hosted by chinese present children being in badging present. very mean 14, hey, is russia strengthening of ties with china as a stabilizing fact? uh for the well, it is pull things fast forward and visited since he secured another 6 year tom as president. in march, the tops photo shoots and things your field trip last week, where western leaders criticize the support for russia. i meant the war and you better get more of a genocide to encourage my who driving out from a be doing pub in groups to you. do we know what this deeper into strategic partnership will look like? so yeah, i mean at least we have have a guess um, so they just gave a press conference teaching thing and letting the 14 and before the press conference began they were signing this. um yeah, very important document of deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership and

date was then followed by 10 further documents that stretched from cooperation and infrastructure into the m to information cooperation to um and that's the end security. so that's pretty a whole right wide range of issues. we don't know all the details yet, but i mean, we could guess from the a press conference at the tone, it's really extremely friendly. it was a constant uprising of each other. for example, teaching thing said that the political ties between china and russia are based on what you to a respect you to support and to both sides expressed a wish to enhance and deepen their cooperation. so i would say there were no critical undertones that i ever just said, and it was really all the price between china and russia. stay with us, probably been there's a lot more to discuss. but 1st, let's take a closer look at how trying our restaurant nations have changed. in recent years of

last month's chinese presidency, jim ping made a rush of his 1st overseas trip up to securing a 3rd. as the most go, a symbolic choice of to use a pundum akira isolation voting. now, just to recap to his face, the new gratian is, russian president vladimir putin is returning beyond making badging the 1st 4 and trip of seats, utah. those countries are interested in projecting unity in the face of what they say is a global order dominated by the united states. that when russia's foreign minister, such a lot problem was engaging. last month, he hailed what most going badging careers and no limits punishing us more than once. our leaders, president, putin and president changing, paying, like, have stressed at the determination of russia and china to counter attempts to slow down the formation of a multi polar world. to slow down the long overdue processes of democratization and justice, which is obviously is pretty good linguist as they celebrate 75 years of different

logic ties. china is very much the senior partner, the 2 sides of the military exchange. it seems piercing, launched his invasion of ukraine more than 2 years ago. and even more unfortunately, some must go trade ties between the 2 balloons. providing russia an economic lifeline, a mid sweeping international sanctions. might be the response west going to be does have when she attends, providing must go with support which supports invasion. some have, even though she to ring in boots, that we called on china to use all its influence on russia to end russia's will of aggression against ukraine. but china's lead just as long as she brushed off the criticism and ignore the request. one of those fine movie you, we oppose using the ukraine crisis, the cost, blame me, a 3rd country, and inside a new cold war. some don't ship dry solar you susan king and brought him if you've

seen sherry just stain for us, global leadership, me with most go increasingly isolated diplomatically and this economy you launch the prop top by badging both know that no limits. partnership is no longer one between equals 5 and credit rested with us from badging 5 down with the russian army attacking an eastern ukraine. i'll be expecting chinese support for russia to increase. well, i mean it right now this already a lot of in direct support from china towards the poor teams. um yeah, building up the military base. um, i mean, not to use products that you know, have been identified by the european union for example. they come from china to russia, either directly through exports or through re exports. and this only salt far that china can go without risk getting risk of, you know, being further lead again at united uh, with the west. i mean already now it is not very credible, but a china claims to state namely that it is in utah potty and that it does not. um,

you know that it's a peace loving nation that wants to support negotiations, but i think that's what seating thing wants to state. and i think his support to rush up will always stop short of sending weapons. why? because i mean, the chinese companies are also very afraid of, you know, getting sanctioned by the west. and so they have to keep a balance done with this balance and also about the need a new nation with diverse chinese beds, a huge and being was just in your up. what does this bob bishop with russia mean in relation to china's tardies with the you, which wants she to cut tail that support for russia? so within the european union, you have differing opinions. i mean, i just want to mention that for example, hungry yet, but um, you know, if you look at the big a nations, let's say a front in germany, they are increasingly frustrated with the ties between

a china and russia. a crowd was just, you know, talking to seats in ping and also a shorts was visiting a bad thing and also talked to seats and ping and both made a strong point. the thing that we don't want that you support a rush that by sending to use goods and so they will look very closely what's happening here between the people to in and see. and i think in the long run it will have a strong consequences. but the sofa, i must say that the european union was relatively patient. they were always um, you know, a very cautious when it comes to implementing, for example, the economic decisions against china. why? because of the dependency is also rather strong. and so i would say right now the biggest um, sanctions were definitely by the u. s. a sofa and uh for the european union. i think the biggest loss was also a reputation damage because china is definitely seen with different eyes nowadays, right. really over there for the moment, john, to type and best by engaging thanks so much to

ukraine next for president wanted debated semanski has canceled all of his upcoming trips as restaurant intensifies the tax on the eastern region of how to give the new offensive began last week and one of the most significant boulder incursions since the war began the town of both johns because seen some of the most intense battles and almost 8000 people had been forced to flee their homes to residence. reluctantly, leaving both chimes as fighting intensifies. many arrived on the declaration point on foot. it's become hotter to drive out of the city with damaged roads and fighting on some straits with the most that we are here evacuating people's been helping everyone situation have a chance because extremely difficult is why up was the soon of the enemy is holding

decisions on the streets, so please evacuate. it look where you were helping everyone where it seemed a problem working on the spot. and i mean, together we will win the ukraine flow clean you nearly 8000 people have been evacuated since friday. ukraine is trying to hold the line. brushes defense ministry claims to have captured a handful of villages. ukrainian, president below them is the landscape. everything must be done to ensure that the russian offensive does not succeed. sort of gives you know how she region borders. defense continues in the areas near the border and the city and for chance. over the course of the day, let's say our defense and security forces have managed to partially stabilize the situation on the, the occupier who entered into how he projected to live, just being destroyed. with all available means, see mazda possible modem issue. the ton of ocean's is around 75 kilometers from

keith ukraine. second largest city. keith is russia's assault does not present an imminent threat to the city, which is home to 1300000 people. from long drawn back or respond to nick connelly in keith nick with shortages of both the man pod and weapons we ukraine. be able to hold the line in the hockey region of the rest we are hearing from the great notary that they say they have slowed down that russian to advance near the border north, east of hardship. i think in that part of the country, it is less about the kind of industrial kind of positional welfare that we've seen in the east of the country and done best way. it really is about having enough people in the trenches and having enough up to the refills to kind of return fire. this is for a lot more reminiscent of the 1st week of the war where you basically have russian troops in coming in on foot. and it's more kind of game of hide and seek, finding where those troops off and trying to kind of control and kind of contain

that russian adult. so i think it's less about kind of results has been now there's certainly more question of the quality of the training latree responses, especially in the 1st few days will this. but certainly there is an expectation that maybe the russians and a couple of days time could take the city of, of chance. they all as we believe on the kind of northern outskirts. so it's still very difficult to get a really comprehensive picture. access is very patchy for journalists and even into that phone connection is very poor, and understandably so often enough. it turns out that the village is that a so to be under our control on the other way around. so it is still, you know, almost a week into this border, encouraging a pretty unclear picture. and how does the opening of this new front effecting moran around the country of the well, certainly that has been a lot of criticism for the ministry and also political leadership here in the country that this was possible. these were regions that were re taken by ukraine in the autumn of french 22. they had a lot of time to prepare and the ukrainians were seeing images of russian soldiers

coming in on foot, seemingly at no entry plus they'll minds they getting the way, seemingly pretty easy for them to come in. now we have had a response from the government. they have said that basically was impossible to build a kind of deep, concrete defenses directly in that border zone because of constant russian shilling from across the border. they say that they were mines is to prevent tanks coming in . that's why the russians had to come in on foot and that the by the defenses were basically 15. 20 comes for the in from the board of those areas. the russians have yet to reach. but still that isn't really cutting a lot of ice with many ukrainians. we've seen a change in military leadership that because of that for initial response. and there's also the white, a question of c of west to weapons right now, basically by forbidding ukraine from using weston produce weapons to attack commercial proper rather than russian don't provide ukraine. they basically encourage russia to do these attacks from russian territory because ukraine is not able to use high mazda or on the west, and produced systems to attack the russian logistics just be on the board. so

there's a lot of pressure now from ukraine to get western allies to reverse that position. u. k. has already moved away from that position. and there's a lot of attention to the blinking who is there and key of who seems to be moving towards changing up position. but for now, ukraine is still the vertical position that we leave at the moment. i just want to nick on me and keith, thanks so much. quick look down at some more storage making headlines around the world. thousands of residents have in order to evacuate the city of fort mcmurry in central canada to escape and approaching wind fire. also to share the fire is steam out of control. locals fed repeat, or for 2016 wildfire and the area that bound down to 2400 buildings. the sales president, louise, you know, so new doesn't, but has announced a package of measures to support people affected by the extent of flooding in the southern state of rio grande, the disorder, a 149 people,

died over the past few weeks as water level submerged in time neighborhoods more than 600000 were forced to flee their homes. the netherlands looks such to have its most right. been government in decades after the deal was reached between full parties following months of negotiations. the announcement was made by, i'm think of some politician fed windows was thought chief of freedom received the most votes in last. the members election. it's deluxe. yeah. hopefully become prime minister. when does is hotline views on islam mentee had to step aside from taking that role? so a deep could be reached not to judge out where thousands have once more turned out and the capital to be see in protest against a new foreign influence law. west of nations have joined opposition. political leaders in georgia denouncing the legislation which requires foreign funded

organizations to reduce the as following agents. young people are especially angry press for 17 year old on the staff here is ready to rally for george's future with the respirator on her head. in case police fire tear gas. she is out to meet people who share her anger to that of georgia's youth. are furious over the for an influence law passed by the parliament the, i feel like everything my, or is everything going into the water? everything with this? 84. because i don't know. i know that i'm honest,

i see it is referring to the 84 law makers who voted in favor of the law. it requires any n g o or media organization getting more than 20 percent of funding from abroad to register as an agent of foreign influence. the ruling georgia dream party defends the law in the us today is the most important day in terms of strengthening the independence and sovereignty of our country's, of the adoption of the law on transparency of for an influence create strong guarantees of long term peace and tranquility. in georgia, and i'm sure they'll be so the soon for this you as one that the log when danger george's pass to the block. the baltic states are among the strongest critics of the bill. basically see their foreign ministers met george and president subdomains . obviously who plans to veto the legislation? so if you just had georgias,

presidents out on management obviously intends to veto the new law. although paula meant would still be able to push it through. she told us why she's against them a decision? well it's this low has become for the jordan population that has been developed, straightened out for one bonus has become the symbol of a number of lows and measures and the rhetoric and that is taking georgia away from it's your pin past. that's lucas, as completely secured, since we got to be candidate status. and so it's this symbol 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 used to really, uh,

breed and uh, oppose if the city of society and the vent organizations in russia. so we do not want that low. it's not conform to the european values, and it will not allow the country to get closer to the new york end. it has not been leasing. it has been adopted the in the precipitated way, the surgery hearing. busy to have the indian meeting in one minute, 7 seconds us. and that was georgia as president salamis, but obviously speaking to dw anya to hong kong next where crowds are flocking to the cities chung cho island to watch the ancient floating colors parade. also known as the button festival interview to a local suite delicacy. one of the main traditions is a competition to scramble up a 14 me to high tower decorated in fake buttons,

children addressing costumes and hosted on to phones to accompany the parade. representing the festivals origins. when fishermen, in the 1800s used statues of daisies to drive away the plain. a quick reminder now the top stories that they are following for you at these uh slovak, has a prime minister of a beat. so is reported to be in a stable condition of the undergoing surgery following and assassination attempt. a 71 year old man has been detained in connection with the shooting and rush as that important and trying to shoot you and being have signed a statement engaging on deepening ties between the 2 nations. they also discussed the last goals full scale invasion of your brain. with 14 saying he hoped china would play a constructive role in returning your up to piece that's it for the moment, but don't forget, you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on websites that's

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the width of the folding soldier's beloved mir. and his team of searching for the dead from the ukrainian rule. they identify even the smallest remains day and day out. awesome. and so when felonies to grieve at the grades, they have to focus on you are right next on d, w into the conflict zone with tim sebastian. as the board and ukraine grind on the neighboring voltage states which anxiously from the ring

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moses video and audio production, 5 d w. i hope video with unit on the hello and welcome to focus on europe. my name is liz show, great to have you with us in the war against russian president portends troops. ukraine is being pushed more and more into the defensive. particularly the north eastern part of the country is witnessing increased fighting. the settlements in near the city of how to give especially are under attack. thousands of civilians had to be evacuated from the border region.