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i mean, her wynja sees into this week with this is the w news. live it from berlin tonight, the world stunned by news of the assassination of former japanese prime minister shims obey poppy was shot and killed as a political rally on friday of the sate. the suspect is a 41 year old, who was armed with a home made gun will get reaction to the death of
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a giant in japanese politics. also coming up, russian president vladimir putin warned that the war in ukraine is only just getting started as his foreign minister sergey lab rob lashes out at rushes. critics saying there's no point in talking peace. and that has drawn fire from germany is foreign minister at of some of the g 20 ministers, and she accused laptop of failing to address the global suffering unleashed by the war ah, vibrant. gov is good to have you with us. we begin this friday with a political assassination in japan. the country's former prime minister shins obey was shot and killed earlier today. i'll be was speaking at a political rally when police say a 41 year old man, armed with a home made gun open. fire was the country's longest serving prime minister known
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for his strong economic and defense policies. his murder has shocked japan where gun violence is rare. last year there was only one gun related death reported in the entire country. ah, the moment shin, so are they? we shot twice, a suspect man, handled to the ground. what appears to be a weapon lying on the road nearby. people run to the age of japan's former prime minister as he lay seriously wounded. he was quickly transferred to a helicopter and flown to a hospital. at this point, his condition was described as critical, but doctors were unable to save him. mister shins obey was taken into
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emergency care at 20 past 12. he was in a state of cardiac arrest. he was given intensive care, but unfortunately he passed away to day. but 3 minutes past 5. when he arrived, he had gunshot wounds on 2 parts of his body and was in a state of cardiac arrest, probably induced by damage to the hearts unto the altar. is the area in the city of nora, where this veteran politician had been giving an election campaign speech is now a crime scene, was the assassination has shocked japan. a country wag, gun violence is rare, images. shaggy. no. this is a dusted later sam bob barret. oddity, to knock out that when that took place in the midst of an election isn't a bunker godaddy. this is the basis of
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a democracy to say yes and is absolutely and forgivable things. i would like to use again, the harshest words to condemn this act. you know, he does most chin so our bay was 1st elected prime minister of japan in 2006, making him at 52 the country, his youngest ever premier. oh, it proved short lived a year later he quit following a string of party scandals. he was also suffering from health problems, but he wasn't gone for long. in 2012, he was back promising to revive japan's flagging economy. following years of deflation. abilene is there. he even put his own name on the plan up in nomics. ave was also hawkish on defense,
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expanding japan's military role after years of pacifism, that proved a controversial policy. and he failed to formally rewrite the country's pacifist constitution. he did though, bolster japan security alliance with the united states are bay was considered a strong leader on the world stage. but in 2020, he again resigned, citing poor health. so to get us politics though, was always in his blood right up until the end. and earlier i spoke with nancy snow, a former for board scholar in japan, and i asked her about shins, obese legacy. this is a terrible loss for japan. and for the world he had a personal style in dealing with other leaders from trump,
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to modi. to even working closer with g in the pre cove ed era, 2019 china and japan had close to relations. so this is a shot to the system to the national psyche of the japanese people. they do not expect this type of violence to happen internally and to the statesman this representation of japan. he's really the biggest political leader for japan in this century. there was nancy snow, a former filbert scholar in japan. here's a quick look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. the contest to be the next british prime minister is underway, boris johnson announced his resignation on thursday after almost 60 impedes. quit his government following of stringham political scandals. johnson plans to remain prime minister until the party selects
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a new leader and go was former president jose edwardo santos have died at the age of 79. once and independence fighter, he ruled the oil rich central african nation for almost 40 years. his tenure was marked by civil war and rampant corruption. he died in spain where he had been treated for a prolonged illness. germany's parliament has overwhelmingly approved the applications of sweden and finland to join nato. the 2 nordic countries reversed decades of neutrality after russia began its invasion of ukraine. final ratification requires approval by all 30 current native men. now to the latest on the war in ukraine, russian president vladimir putin has warned that his military campaign in the country is only just getting started. his warning comes, as russia continues, it's offensive in the eastern province of dawn. yet ukraine says at least 12
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civilians have been killed. bear in the last 24 hours since the war began. ukraine has faced unprecedented destruction, but russian president vladimir putin says his troops were just warming up with louis fisher. soon. you must lucian, we're hearing that they want to defeat us up. will you on the battlefield? what can i say? this goes with the let them try. museum there we have often heard the west wants us to fight it until the last ukrainian it, the threats a tragedy, the ukrainian people, the board, but it looks like it's heading in that direction. no, sir, those was but everybody should know that largely speaking should we haven't even yet started anything in earnest. despite that sinister statement for the moment, it's believed that russian troops are taking an operational pause after having captured the city of little chance earlier this week. and consolidating their grip on power in ela, hans region 2,
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but not everywhere in ukraine is seeing a lull in fighting. shelling continued internet's courageous overnight, hitting several cities. but on the score of with one, i called an ambulance because some one was killed. you right? what are we supposed to do for you? the how are we supposed to survive? you thought you thing in your but is no explanation. if i came up, i don't understand when there's no help. you can quit for me. nobody came to investigate. i really like to know, understand why i cannot leave my house. it's in ruins. it is like carissa patients warning that more of this is on its way comes is just another blow to an already batted country. with these of you who are responding,
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spicer is in the ukrainian capital. he told me how people have been reacting to portions warning that his war has just begun. i think the ukrainian leadership rent is used to this kind of sabre rattling, let's remember putin was talking about the intimating the risk of nuclear war at the onset of the conflict there, there was an adviser to president lensky who made the only official comment that i said, echoing to tens, saving about western forces at work in ukraine. so there are no western forces, are only russian troops here in ukraine. but as you talk to ordinary ukrainian says, i have done to day you here pretty much everybody, you know, rejecting putin's comments. one man said, look, he's talking to a domestic audience trying to show his power to the people at home and trying to show the western countries that they have to keep their hands off ukraine. one wilner and i talked, you said look, this is just plain diabolical. i referring to pollutant statement. another man of draft age said to me that all this could do was steal the resolve of the ukrainian fighters at the front line. in nick you knew that
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a brush appears to have eased off somewhat from it offensive in the don't boss ever since it captured the city of lizzie chunked. is that correct in? why is there? absolutely, and there have been statements to, you know, just recently from high command that they are having an operational pause and the, and the reasons that are simple. you remember of course, the beginning of the war there was this pushed towards the capital. and these long columns of russian tanks and armored vehicles were decimated by anti tank weapons provided by weapon. countries where those battalion, tactical groups left the area, they wit regrouped, and it conducted their operations in the east of the country, but they still have to be reconstituted and put back together. the gains the russians have made, have been made with artillery barrage is not fighting street to street in house by house. they don't have the soldiers they need organize in the way they need to actually conduct a proper military campaign. they're just operating as sort of scorched earth policy
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. so yeah, they are on the offensive, but they have to get their manpower organized to really do anything consequential. t w's expired with the latest to night, from keith in ukraine. nick, as always, thank you. foreign ministers of the g 20 developed in emerging economies have met in bali, indonesia for a summit, overshadowed by the war in ukraine and an international food and energy crisis. summit host, indonesia has urged an end to the war in ukraine. intentions ran high at the meeting with critics of moscow invasion, confronting russia's top diplomat turkey leverage that prompted lab wrong. as you see right here to walk out of the meeting or earlier i spoke with simon co shoot in berlin. he is a professor of international security at zeppelin university, and we wanted to know what he thought of leverage behavior at the g 20 so well it's, it's pretty clear that russia has isolated itself by just having the rush 40
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minutes to walk out the door without least even listening to the counter arguments off the other sides. i think we have a good situation now, not just within the g 20, within the world at large. that on the one hand, we have a very united front against the war and ukraine. the world is very nice against at, for ending this war and went vote on that has clearly shown that on the other hand, the world is clearly divided on how to, how to end the conflict. and especially on the issue of sanctions and has been again, become very clear at the g 20 some of that. there are some, a lot of countries, china, brazil, india, they're still willing to talk to russia and still willing to engage with russia on certain issues. i sports is now in tennis. if any champion of a joke of ich has booked his place in the men's wimbledon final after meeting britons cameron nori 3 sets to one joke of it's lost the 1st set but managed to
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recover from the slow start. once he asserted his dominance, there was no stopping the 20 time grand slam winter. he'll face nick curios for the trophy on sunday. but for all his accolades, the serb has never beaten curios. will sunday be different? here's what joke of each had to say about that we haven't played for, for, and for some time. i never want to set of him. so hopefully, hopefully am he can be different his time, you know a, it's a and it's it, sir. another final for me here in wimbledon with the tournament that i love so much so hopefully the experience can continue working. my favorite will find it on sunday. or to top, former top football officials have been acquitted on charges of illegally using fifo funds. a court in switzerland found former fee for president sep, louder and the former president of european football, michelle latino. not guilty of corruption. the charges were in connection with
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a payment of just over $2000000.00 euros in consulting fees, which plan teenie received from fif during bladders tenure as steve for president, back in 2011, both men were banned from football. in 2015. you want to dw these up next w business news was daniel winter. i will see you here again on monday. have a good weekend. everybody. ah. people in trucks injured when trying to flee the city center. more and more refugees are being turned away. family please on the theory.

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