d, w ah ah, this is to be news live from berlin in china, 8, display of unchallenged power present. gigi paying opens the 20th communist party congress members look ready to support his control over the world's most populous nation, granting him a rare 3rd term. also coming up, a huge blaze breaks out and gunshots are heard at a tear, han prison for anti government protesters and political prisoners are held, comes during a wave of unrest across the country and in the buddhist league from foot or in

a ruthless mood, as they put 5 pass labor, cozen, miserable seas and takes another turn for the worse. ah, i am glad croft welcome to the program. chinese president gigi paying has opened his communist parties twice at decade. congress in a speech to more than 2000 delegates, the leader of one party, china praised his parties for their achievements and laid out his vision for the future of the world's most populous nation. chinese communist party members are expected to hand leader g. a rare 3rd term and strengthen his iron grip on china. let's have a quick look at his rise to power. she jim pings political journey has been

epic from political exile during the upheavals of the cultural revolution to becoming the most powerful chinese leader since mousie dong in the 19 seventy's, china has been transformed since the mount euro, from a poor, inward looking country into a global superpower and the world's 2nd largest economy. analysts believe she goes into the congress in a strong position. and his appointment for a 3rd term is party chief, gives him more political muscle. they say the makeup of congress has also changed in his favor. ah, they found that there were many factions, many struggles on many disagreements or thoughts, and this is likely going to be the 1st one without fractional struggles since the establishment of the communist party of china. which means that she jumping has taken control of everything. oh, she to me, in some corner each here she has taken a hard line approach to china's relations with the west, particularly over self ruled taiwan. she wants tie one to revert to beijing's role

by 2049. the st. henry of the foundation of the people's republic, he's not ruled out taking the island by force. his reluctance to condemn russia's invasion of ukraine has antagonized the west and his efforts to grab territory in the south. china sea have angered china's neighbors. relations with the united states, or at their lowest ebb for years. while tensions between the a, you and china could escalate. if she strengthens his commitment to a confrontational foreign policy. while the rest of the world is easing, coven 19 restrictions. china's authorities have intensified their efforts to contain outbreaks, with strict lock downs, mass testing, and lengthy quarantines. this 0 covert approach is one of she's landmark policies. it's also turning into the most potent test of his leadership so far. at least one person was arrested in beijing for hanging, a protest banner in the city. such,

protest actions a highly unusual economic growth under she is suffering and fears of a global recession, triggered by the war in ukraine, have hit confidence. any hint of china's future direction will be followed closely around the world. and we're joined now with correspond with fabi in clutch mark. he's in beijing following this party. congress father, welcome to the program. now she is almost certain to get his 3rd term in office. does this make his power absolute well, i mean from what we know, his grip on power is really very sir. and, but nobody can say really for sure, the system is increasingly opaque and, and especially the core of the partnership is a black box. but and from all the interview said i am, are conducting also my observations. yesses grip on power is very fun. there's also no clear a successor that is presented by a state media in the future. so

a think and he presents himself as a bit that there's no alternative. however, with the economy really performing very weak this year and also the, the recovery strategy becoming a repressive. i think that the frustration both among the elite and are within the population is increasing. we could see that few days ago when there was a very rare display of protests when a man was hanging a protest. bene, i'm on a baking bridge. there was maybe the, yeah, most of the display of protest in 2 decades. it has some interesting developments and pressures being put on him. are you hurt his address to the party congress? what, what did you make make of it? where it was a very, very ideological speech, as expected, it was a confidence each and compared to 5 years before it was much refurb. and my men takeaways are that. and firstly, clearly doubled down on his 0 coven approach. meaning that the strategy will not change any time soon. and therefore also the deep isolation,

international isolation of china will not change. then he also gave a kia, wanting to taiwan. he basically said that he will not rule out military force when taking over hawaii, which is also a clear statement. and in general, he spoke of her unprecedented standards coming ahead and m it basically reminding the population that there is a struggle ahead. and my interpretation is that he sees a confrontation with the west looming in the future. now let's get more into that. where do you see she wanting to take china's relations with united states and the west? well right now is china, for example, very concerned of not losing euro. they want to engage multiple diplomatically with europe. and of course also i'm looking for, i'm on yes, relationships with the west, but the bigger picture, i mean, the long term picture is it and that's a belief within the party to ship it. the west and especially in the u. s. is trying to restrict china's economic rise and the best need for a prepare for

a confrontation. and so i would say that's not really a good or optimistic scenario. i think the bigger picture looks rather grim bit and the relationship to the west will get worse. correspond 5 in customer there with a view from beijing. thanks very much. and let's turn out some other stories making news right now. and i must, the world's richest man announced he will, his company will continue to pay for starling satellite, internet access in ukraine. it come just a day after he said his company space x could not keep funding the project. starling has been vital to ukraine's communications as it fights rushes invasion. the greek island of creek has been battering, battered by raging storms, causing rivers to overflow, and resulting in devastating flooding. one man is drowned, and others are reported. missing. officials on the island have described it as a,

quote, biblical disaster for testers in chinese, capital tunis have class with police during a 2nd night of anti government demonstrations. rival movements have joint forces to protest the countries long running economic crisis. the accused president chi side of attempting to turn to nisha back into an autopsy iranian state media faily 8 people have been injured in a fire at the notorious even prison in tehran images posted on line sho flames and smoke rising above the facility in the capital there are also reports of gunfire. state media phase clashes between prisoners and guards are not related to the anti government protest. sweeping the country authorities claim the situation is under control in prison, his home to a number of political prisoners. recently, hundreds of protesters have been sent to even activists have long criticized disability for

a legit human rights abuse. and we spoke earlier with mile curry me. she's the author of a book on descent in iran. and she told us why here on even prison is emblematic of oppression there. well, and then as you mentioned in your promo is historically, historically been a fortress for successive were genes in iran to how's iran, political prisoners, activists and even to a national currently not to be who is a dual german. iranian national is been kept there as being, you know, is kept there since 2020, for example. so many have lost their lives. they are due to torture, lack of care, and rape, and even murder and many other prisoners. currently in evan, are the ones that the government has arrested in the recent protests,

into the capital and even across the nation, and has house them in prison. now the backdrop to this prison uprising is of course, these ongoing protests against iran's ruling clerics. people across the country took the street and a fresh round of demonstrations in defiance of a nearly month long crackdown. ah, members of it on spade. a military force of women into the gun inside bullets into the air. dest latest image from the city of gord, dashed in northern eden, has gone widely. despite to get down in internet guts and d, guffman protests are intensifying a cross eat on students at the it's the hon university. think a picture arctic thong for that kind of country. they want that have

also been reports of shopkeepers going on, strike in dead on students with their hair defintely uncovered john to freedom and in the western city, upon done hundreds took to the streets. gina mazda a minis debt in the custody of it on morality. belief triggered nation right protests, but the demonstrations are now an antique government movement, a movement that has become one of the most serious challenges to this plan mixed public since it's 1979 revolution. electric on german officials have condemned the crackdown of protesters in iran, in interview with d. w. the co leader of the green party on the north bore, urge the european union to impose harsh sanctions on the regime in her home. of course, at sir unbearable to, to watch this happening,

what is happening to the people, especially for to, to, to women in iran and having so many teenagers being kill is so unacceptable. and it's so cruel. obviously you're not those people who can control about a situation there so we can take those measures we have and in the you of course is our sanctions. and i hope that is gonna be a tough personal or a thanks is keeping those people who are responsible for the repression iran for accountable i'm in nor poor co leader of germany's green party was being earlier t w's. julia said, deli, ah, it's turn over to sports now and to bonus league asides were back in action after mid week losses in the champions league. frankfurt were hunting a win,

which would keep them in the top for while they were cozen, were hoping their new manager shabby. alonzo could help them step out of the bottom 3, but it wasn't to be frankfurt can be a tricky place to travel to. just ask, lave, accusing boss, shabby, alonzo. his 2nd one is league a game in charge. saw his team pitted against an inform intact side whose 1st half pressure paid off just shy of half time. when yes, belinda going was brought down inside the box and died. she commodity converting the resulting penalty. parity was restored shortly after the restart. thanks to this diving header from labor seasons piero in cap. yay! but he lost it less than 2 minutes until xander colon one he scored a smart header of his own to put frankfurt back in front. ah,

things soon went from bad to worse for the visitors. this or dangerous chip by lindstrom made a fool of lucas red etzky in the late accused net and soon after in copiers, last ditch foul on colon one he saw him collect a 2nd yellow card and provide tomato with a chance to hammer home his 2nd penalty of the afternoon with just 4 minutes left on the clock. it was 5 for monday because in strike, a lucas elario adding insult to injury with a go against his old club whose leaky defense was once again at sixties and sevens . 51. the final school in frankfort for the guests. a thorough humbling for that coach alonzo. a tough lesson on life in the buddhist niga. elsewhere in the bonus league on saturday, our bay lives, they came out on top and a 5 gulf thriller at home against hatter. early in 3 1st half goals,

starting with this improvised finish from swedish, mid fatal animal force berg gave the host a comfortable early lead. as however, pulled to back after halftime, but couldn't manage an equalizer. 3 points to enlighten the portrait next day too. for that what more thought the hour the attentive ah, i have been frightened, i have been beaten. i have been taken straight it because we tried to to show dory of face mafia all over the world. environmentalists or.