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nor entails his own, his ear, alive from london. also coming up, we've taken our corporation for an unprecedented level. the u. k is half a 1000000000 dollar deal with france to help stop small boats from crossing the channel. 7 killed, including an unborn baby when a gunman opens fire on a bible study group in germany. and china re appoints shooting pain for a historic 3rd term as president ah hello of to 7 years of heightened tension and confrontation that had a serious security economic and political impact on the middle east. iran and saudi arabia have agreed to re establish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies. the deal was broken by china and was struck in beijing this week. china's involvement

is being seen as a major diplomatic when it seems to promote one ye, said china, which recently offered a proposal to end the war. and ukraine would continue to play a constructive role in handling hotspot issues in the world. john kirby from the us national security council supported the move, but said the u. s. would keep watching china as it continues to gain influence and footholds elsewhere around the world in their own self interest. in a region cutter, the united arab emirates, and lebanon, were among those to welcome the agreement is, but i described it as a good development. alexandra buyers begins, are coverage. this deal. harold's a new chapter in the middle east, bitter rivals, iran and saudi arabia agreed to restore diplomatic ties all in secret. with chinese mediation, he shows the earth that her cannon, her, we have been here in beijing for 6 days. i held talks of my saudi counterpart that led to the agreement to normalize relations. we agreed with saudi arabia to open

a new page based on the interests of the 2 countries and, and on regional security, and to promote stability instead of exacerbating tension. so we hope this will contribute to the establishment of security and development in the region. the historic agreement will see both nations exchanging envoys. 7 years after severing relations. china's role revived a process that brought together officials from both countries in iraq and oman during 20212022. i did on the agreement basically focus on the respecting the international law. the agreement also talk about the vienna treaty with regard to the development and political and diplomatic facilities. so that is also important . it talks about respect of the southern to you of the state, which is really important. if we take all of this in account and it says it's a new badge. so basically what we're saying, we're trying to stop all this collision, go to disconnection. now focus on the,

on the her unilateral relation that bring peace, a security to the agent here. and that means no innovation on the domestics of hers issues from iran, and to saudi arabia, which is very important. while the deal itself could have major implications for regional security. it's also evidence of a wider shift. saudi arabia has long prioritized its alliance with the united states. this agreement highlights beijing's growing influence in the region. alexandra buyers al jazeera out as her diplomatic editor, james bass has more from the united nations. certainly, the united nations is welcoming this. the secretary general was briefed on it 1st thing this morning. as soon as the news emerged here in new york and a very positive reaction, he believes that this could be good news for the entire region. yemen, i think, is the one where the un will be most most interested in this. can they actually

bring the war in yemen to a proper negotiated settlement? we have a very uneasy truce that's been in place. it's nearly now 8 years in the next few days, it'll be 8 years since saudi arabia intervened in yemen and they been bog down there ever since that i'm sure is one of the motivations from the saudi side. of course they're important implications with regard to israel. israel is the one country i think it is not going to like this. they had been hoping that the u. s. would persuade saudi arabia to join the abraham cords or get better relations with israel and completely isolate iran. that's what prime minister netanyahu wants, and it's not what he's going to get. i think the overwhelming thing that i'm seeing from this is, is a very different approach now to saudi foreign policy. traditionally before mom had been sa man, who now steers the strategy for the saudi kingdom. saudi arabia very much was in

the u. s. camp on everything but this steel, it was broken to day in china, and at the same time, the saudi foreign minister was in russia talking about is good relations with russia. the white house has been cautiously supported. we welcome any efforts to help and the war in yemen and de escalate tensions in the middle east region. that is one of the reasons why the president, you saw him travel over the summer to, to have those conversations, de escalation and diplomacy together with the turns or the pillars of the policy that the president president biden put out, outlined during his, his visit in july or what model nikki, is a senior resident scholar, the arab gulf states institute. he explains why china played a key role in the agreement, any initiative or agreement that lowers the regional temperature and reduces the

likelihood for conflict in the region. especially a conflict between saudi arabian iran will absolutely be welcomed by the white house. that being said, we live in an increasingly multi polar world. and the u. s. is not expected or willing to be involved in every negotiation. and every issue in this particular agreement, china was in a much better position. arguably, the u. s. could not have completed this agreement because it does not maintain formal relations with iran. china does. china maintains very strong relations with saudi arabia and it maintains very strong relations with iran. but look, this was not an active diplomatic charity on the part of the chinese. the reality is, is that there is a very tense rivalry between saudi arabia and iran. and china manager relations with both of these countries. it's in china's interest that there is an agreement between these 2 parties. ah,

the u. k is agreed to pay france more than half a $1000000000.00 over the next 3 years. in an effort to reduce the number of asylum seekers crossing the english channel in small boats. announcement was made as part of the 1st summit between the ages of britain and france in 5 years. just about to report from paris. a chance to reset ties, the french president warmly welcoming the u. k. prime minister in paris for the 1st franco british summit in 5 years, relations between paris and london have been strained since briggs it, but the war in ukraine's helped improve them by creating a common sense of purpose. after their meeting, macaroni soon like pledged, continuing support for keith at a jointly train, ukrainian forces, missouri mammogram and under we are both un security council members founding members of nato to powers of real shared interest. and we want to work together to build concrete solutions for our future. it was

a change of tone from recent years. france and britain have router the issues, including fishing whites, covered under submarine contract. tensions continue to simmer though over cross channel migration. the u. k. on called for france to do more to stop the people it says, arriving in britain illegally by small boats. frances long said, it needs more money to do so. soon as i said, britain will now give france more than $570000000.00 over 3 years to help. and now we're announcing a new detention center in northern france and new command center, bringing our enforcement teams together in one place for the 1st time, and an extra $500.00 new officers patrolling french beaches. my course only seems to have a much better working relationship with soon act than he had with former british prime ministers, less stress or boris johnson. and this summit was very much an opportunity to show that france and britain are very much united, revived. ty is between europe's biggest military and only nuclear power, sends

a clear message to moscow. but it's also likely to play out well for domestic audiences at a time of social unrest in both countries. in france finally, you k, the era, each leader faced huge domestic issues to say less. who toys grew in that context to her kind of diplomat ego successful. soon, next visit to paris that will be followed later this month by britons new king charles, who's chosen france for his 1st overseas trip. another sign that despite some differences, france and britain's historic alliance still stands. natasha butler. i'll just sarah paris. police in germany say, a gunman who killed 7 people, including an unborn child, as jehovah witnesses hall was a former member of the community. his understood to shot himself as officers entered the building in the northern city of hamburg. authority say they'd

previously received an anonymous tip off raising concerns about the perpetration mental health william peacock has more ah, mobile footage records the gunman following many rounds inside a building where the bible study meeting of jehovah witnesses was taking place outside a stream of police vehicles and ambulances were quickly on the scene. on police dawned, were building, finding dead bodies, and many injured and escorting survivors to safety. hamburg, police had confirmed the gunman was among the dead. shooting himself on the upper floor of the building. after police entered below. they described to miss philip f, a 35 year old german citizen and former member of the jehovah witnesses who left the community on bad terms 18 months ago, possibly suffering from mental ill health. the motive remains unclear, but terrorism has been ruled out. i've often by lead ish, lead to he appeared to be unmarried. i lived and worked in hamburg since 2014

phillip phillip f, had a gun license for sports purposes and was in legal possession of a weapon type of heckler and cockpit. 30. he thought was the weapon found next to the perpetrator to c. o. officials say they had received an anonymous tip off warning. the gun man might have an unlike los mental illness. but they say women visited his home, they had no grounds to take away. his license questions will now be asked about whether germany is gone. those were changing to try and cut with some 5 and a half 1000000 weapons held legally in this country. overnight witnesses described a frenzied scene. yeah, no, it's been unwilling you. i'm a resident up here and i heard loud gunshots. so i went to the window to get an idea of the situation. then i saw that a man was shooting out of the window with a firearm. there were people being carried out and they were probably 25 shots at least that i heard. and after the police got there, there was no gunfire for a long time. then after 5 minutes or so, there was a single shot as forensic were continued. police said the gunman had fired mind

magazines of ammunition during the rampage. the coincidental presence at the time of highly trained armed officers. libya, jehovah, witness building, they said, had saved many lives. william peacock, al jazeera humbug. european leaders have expressed concern over protests in georgia . the country's parliament has voted to scrap a controversial bill on so called foreign agents following days of public unrest. opponent say the proposed law was similar to one used by the russian government to crack down. critics, fellow smith reports from tbilisi. polls suggest 80 percent of georgia population wants to join the european union. so in the parliament of this form, a soviet state passed the law that to its opponents looked very much like one the russian government is used to crack down on critics. tens of thousands of people took to the street, at least they force the government to back down. we were shocked because we could

see that the low pushing guys like further and further away from our european future that we all want. we know that countries, the goal, russia was involved our in our country. they were trying to me cause their own. and there was my worry that i didn't wanted to experience all those things. my father and my grandfather experienced russia. foreign minister 2nd level says these protests were a coup attempt. the foreign agents law. these people opposed, ward, according to human rights watch, have put onerous reporting requirements on swathes of civil society groups, including corruption, watchdogs and independent media. representatives of the european union said that have this parliament passed the bill. it would put an end to george's hopes of joining the block. now the e u says it hope georgia will continue with pro you reforms the georgia dream party

says opposition groups misunderstood the foreign agents law. i think that the transparency, the idea that is the base layer of the democracy and the civil society and ensuring the public transfers is something that should not be a problem. but yet again, bearing in mind that this was portrayed in a very bad manner, very fake manner. we have a dependent abandoned legislature. the protesters believed the georgia dream party is sympathetic to russia. it's found a bit xena, even if she really is a 1000000000 an oligarchy. who made his fortune in the years after the collapse of the soviet union. there is no evidence to say that the people are directly working with russia, but there is evidence to suggest that their goals coincide. russia doesn't want georgia to be in, you definitely know any less sure with west for them is bad. think because they are in, in war with western police. they claim to be the russian government to see this influence we can across the former soviet union. now the kremlin is warning these former

satellites of what it says are the dangers of taking a path towards the united states zone of responsibility. bernard smith, al jazeera tbilisi, still had a 0 runners in the palestine. madison pay tribute to the late down to 0 journalist sharing bleckley, a crafting pinocchio. we had a closer look at the sets of the oscar nominated stop motion film. ah, with here's your weather update in a minute 15, thanks for joining in hand, it's the weekend. here's what it's looking like on saturday, at soggy forecast for brisbin. this rain has been falling across queensland over this last several days. but now here's where it is centered along that border with

new south wales, which is good news because new south wales has been dealing with a flurry of bush fires for new zealand. com pitcher for now. this looks like on saturday, but let me put it a day for we see this plume of moisture stretch across the tasman that pours into the southwest. so indeed a washout of a forecast. they're off to help malaysia and indonesia actually says, focus on call them poor. got some torrential downpours. they're not too far away. same goes for the western side of sumatra and west java island. and truth be told that western slice of borneo island temperature is coming down just a bit through indo china. so bangkok, at 32 and we've seen a big drop in temperatures, is across china's yellow river valley. so young joe, at 17 degrees, getting that cooler air, come down from the north, some showers for the yangtze river valley and around gray. lynn with the height of 24 degrees, top to bottom 4, japan. it's looking good. plenty of sun, 7 degrees in support, but 20 and cargo shima with that breeze off the pacific. enjoy your weekend.

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on the top stories you know to 0, saudi arabia and iran of announced their resuming diplomatic ties. the deal was struck in beijing. 2 countries raised a joint communique with china on the agreement. the kingdom broke off ties with iran in 2016. the u. k. were found out migrant detention center in france as part of a deal to stop asylum seekers and migrants crossing the channel in small boats is one of the measures agreed in a deal that will cost london 500 $77000000.00 over the next 3 years he said, germany say, a gunman who killed 7 people, including an unborn child at jehovah witnesses, who was a former member of the community. he's understood, have taken his own life as officers entered the building in the northern city of hamburg. at his 44 people have been killed in an attack in eastern democratic republic of congo. military says a village in north kiva province was targeted by fighters, believe to be from the allied democratic forces,

uganda and on group. that pledge allegiance to iso, which has claim responsibility. malcolm went vote reports the people of the village of me, candy berry, the bodies of thousands of children, women and men killed in an attack by an armed group. it's not the 1st time they've had to do this. louisiana molina deliver, it was evening, around 7 o'clock, i heard noises and children starting to flee suddenly. the rebels were attacking in the direction of our health center that was shouting. the children shouted. the adf rebels are here. the army says the adf, or allied democratic forces is responsible. it's widely blamed for killing thousands of civilians in its hillary province over the last decade for wave women . as you see in the country, it's always the same adf, which always has bad intentions towards the congolese. so they showed up here in the village of mac, condie. the last many of our brothers. 2 years ago the government declared

a state of siege here a form of martial law is said, it would enable a crackdown on the armed groups that the attacks have only become more frequent and more bloody in their bus bar. here 3 or 4 days don't go by without us recording death is the result of barbarity from adf terrorism. that is why once again, we repeat, we need considerable military force to come, that can contribute to the restoration of peace. the adf originally came from neighboring gander in the 1990 s. the armies of those few, tanda and congo, have pledge to deceit them rights creep, say the military operations haven't helped, and the violence against civilians is growing west. malcolm web al jazeera to palestinians have been killed as violence continues to flare in the occupied west bank. a 21 year old man was shot miners ready, settler on friday. meanwhile, a funeral has been held for a 16 year old boy shot by israeli forces. he was taken to hospital,

but later died from his injuries. on 200 passed indians had been killed by israeli forces in the past year. runners in the palestine marathon have honored the late al jazeera journalist, sharina berkeley, members of sherman's family and supporters, ran in t shirts showing her picture. shaheen was shot and killed by his re soldier in may last year, while on assignment in jeanine or a hun has more. oh, it's an early thought and a long and challenging road ahead. the palestine freedom of movement, marathon sets off from bethlehem manger square. it start and finish line. local media says that attracted rodents from over 90 countries. many with a message i'm here to support the the wrong, the freedom of movement her which we, i personally believe and very much and her want to be in solidarity with the palestinian people. thinking of young,

i know me and my family came to participate and show what he means to run for palestine to many people have been killed recently include an innocent youth who had their lives ahead of them. bethlehem is encircled by illegal settlements. the israeli war and checkpoints, it doesn't have to stay for a full mouth. of course. instead runneth take 2 loops, the path along the occupational wall and to refugee camps. before turning back at miss rady checkpoints. as many as come to honor the memory of al jazeera journalists, sharina our atlas, who was killed la fear by mis rady soldier with all your company in a kilometer. and she'd reported on almost every marathon here since it was established in 2013, i guess a healthy enough to have b. yeah, he's a journalist. everyone knows her. every one loves her in palestine and she was lovely. well aside from its mark as voc patients badlands also known fritz hills,

another challenge for the runners before a well deserved rest. in may describe laura han, i'll just there of china's parliament has reenacted shooting ping for historic 3rd term as president a new leadership team has also been decided, all known for being loyal to she 20 year reports from beijing in hong in a unanimous vote by china's national pupils, congress, she didn't, he was re elected as president. he began his unprecedented 3rd term by swearing an oath to china's constitution. was, i pledge to be loyal to the motherland and the people for me to be dedicated. my duties have integrity and his serv. public interests for he was also elected head of the military, though largely ceremonial, the vote signals a further consolidation of power under she who had confirmed as party general secretary in october. the chinese politic now had entered into the era of winner takes o politics essentially. and shooting pain is

a big winner. if 5 years ago he was able to get majority of paula bureau, which was the top level decision making body mis turn. he has something a lot closer to near monopoly. these come around. so we also elected was hon. john as new vice president and jello g as new head of the n p. c. all officials are known for their loyalty to see and they faced many challenges ahead. tried his economic growth is slowing modest gdc target of 5 percent was set for 2023. paging must also deal with low consumer confidence. rising unemployment at an ailing poverty sector. increasing rivalry with the united states pauses. another threat sanctions on chinese firms have caused what she says are unprecedented and severe challenges to try his development of friday, china's congress also proved while reaching reforms to various state and party institutions. they didn't argue these changes will lead to less bureaucracy and

waste of resources and more efficient policy making, especially when it comes to boosting much needed course and innovation. but ultimately, it will also concentrate more power in the hands of the party and ultimately in the hands, she didn't pain public confidence in she's leadership was damaged, following a hasty reversal of his strict pandemic palsy last year. but analysts say it's had little impact on his power featured pains. leadership is a core priority of the communist party itself. and that the reversal of 0 cov id and the can to science will fall out from that policy has not translated into any real political threat in 2018. the communist party abolished presidential term limits allowing she'd in ping to rule for life. katrina, you al jazeera north korea's leader has ordered the military to intensify drills.

what he calls a quote, real war came drawn and made the demand as he ever saw. the launch of miss house alongside his daughter. north korea's announcement was made, is the u. s. and south career repair for large scale joint military drills. next week. fishing is formally de frank binding. marana has been released on bail after spending a night in police custody. he pleaded not guilty to charge that he abused his power as prime minister in december by name or on the last attend selection. after holding a position for 16 years, this week he resigned from parliament and protest after a temporary suspension for insulting the president. speaking outside court, bunny moran, the said he served with integrity, with the best interest of food for genes at heart. the said to the new oscar nominated version of pinocchio are the center of a new exhibition in new york and museum and not not display shows visitors the painstaking process of stop motion animation,

an art that's being slowly replaced by computer generated imagery. gabriel is under asthma. ah, we shall call. yeah, tina mexican director, guillermo de taurus pinocchio is the latest adaptation of the classic children's story of a wooden boy whose nose grows when he lies in new york's museum of modern art is giving visitors the chance to see the care and craft behind making the movie in an exhibition fittingly called crafting pinocchio, unlike most modern animations, pinocchio was made not with computer generated graphics. but with traditional stop animation techniques, a painstaking process in which the movie is literally made frame by frame. there are a full scale animation sets from the film just as i appeared. this is the largest

one. this is the fastest re education camp. we've installed, like one of the studio cameras. and it's taking one still image at a time between each till image the enemy is, would move all the puppets and then take one photograph. and when you run altogether, you've got a of the see, up to 40 animators worked simultaneously on pinocchio often at home during the pandemic. the scenes that last just a few seconds, sometimes took months to make life such a wonderful while though the results are stunning. you may have no dream. i controlled that movie is set in fascist italy in the 1930 and visitors can also see the designer's attention to detail in recreating scenes from that era as well as some of the monsters as fantasy mixes with reality

. here mo toros pinocchio is nominated for the best animated feature film oscar. it's already one that category in the golden globes. but this exhibition here at the moma is about a lot more than just recognizing the director, the show ends with a board with all the collaborators, photographs, everyone who worked on this film. i think of people lived in see the faces of the people, the crated. what they've just experienced, it'll be inspiring for them. and exhibition that's as much about those who made the art as the art itself. gabriel's ando al jazeera new york. ah, i'm under the top stories here now she's era. saudi arabia and iran of announced that resuming diplomatic relations a kingdom broke off ties with iran in 2016.