ah, won't pay check session to 21st on the w. ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin, violence leave several dead in an iranian prison. her sleeves billowed over the t. ron skyline and blasts were heard at the, at the prison. for people who reported dead and doesn't injure ulcer on the shelf,

china warns of dangerous storms ahead, as he can address is a communist party congress. seeking a 3rd term addressing delegates, president changing ping, called the loyalty and says he will not rule out the use of force in taiwan. ah, a michael ok, welcome. officials in iran say, for inmates or dead after a night of clashes at vien prison in tehran, the victims allegedly died of smoke inhalation. during a fire, dozens are set to be injured. hundreds of anti government demonstrators are being detained in the prison. iranian officials have denied a link to the protests that have swept the country for weeks, awe, flames illuminate the night sky on the outskirts of tehran, even prison,

infamous for holding political prisoners is ablaze. gunshots and loud bangs could be heard. ali my city, gulf iranian stay. tv broadcast, images of the prisons. gutted interior adherents. governor claims the inmates for the destruction. all was lane. had it let the daddy's f i a was caused by a fight between prisoners. in his sewing workshop her yoshi, a workshop was set up to create jobs for prisoners. at the for further even prison holds many of those recently arrested for protesting. iran has been rocked by people taken to the streets, anger of the death of june. i must armine while in police custody. the government says to fire and the protest unrelated that the place is prompted more people taking to the streets. ah says, i mean, he shouted demonstrators gathered on the road leading to the prison. carmine,

the slavic republic supreme leader is a target of some demonstrators. they see massive figure behind the deadly crackdowns on descent in the country. so far, the government's response as on little to stop protest like these. for more on this i am joined by d job usa teresa topo who's been following this story. she's traveled extensively to iran over the past 8 years, reporting for d w. tracy. what can you tell us about the recent events at even prison in tehran? while at the moment it's very hard to verify when say what exactly happened last night and evan prison because it's very hard to verify the videos and the eye witness reports coming out of iran at the moment. but when the fire broke out and the shouts of death to the dictator were heard, many people in t ron hoped it might have been the prisoners themselves that said the prison on fire to escape, while others feared it was the security forces trying to kill inmates so that's why

many people into iran made their way towards of, in prison, which is in the north of, to run in a residential area actually to block the speeds and to make sure that not more security forces could rush to the scene or take a prison as a way the other way and, and video is published on social media, also show that you guys might have been fired in front of evan prison with family and friends of the inmates were gathering to demand their release. and many, many gunshots could be heard as so, as i said, it's hard to verify all of that at the moment, especially since internet shut down in many areas of the capital. but i guess it will take some time to find out what exactly happened and it was gay last night in to run. you know, you know, the government was very quick to deny that there was any connection between what happened at the prison recently. and of course, these widespread protests that we've been seeing across iran now for days. what are you hearing? yeah, as you said, like this,

i agree publics traditionally says it was the clashes between inmates that were convicted for other crimes. but most iranians and experts do not believe that at the moment, voices are shared on social media of people inside of, in prison, from people who are able to talk to them. and they suggest the classes might have been and was 7, an 8 of evan prison. and these appear to be exactly the ones where the political prisoners are being held that were captured like during the last round of protests in the last couple of weeks. so students, journalists, artists, lawyers, people like that. this is with raising eyebrows. this is what the raising eyebrows there. and as i said, all of that is not verified at the moment, but it wouldn't be the 1st time in its history that the islamic republic actually kills its potential political opposition. back in 1998 in thousands of prisoners were killed according to human rights groups. and one of the men responsible for that was in the death come into the so called one back then is now iran's president

abraham rice, the so i fear, there's good reason for many iranians around the world to be worried. and that's why we saw a big spontaneous gatherings not only and to run, but around the world. also he and berlin in front of the foreign ministry of iranians, trying to raise attention to what's happening inside of run in evan prison at the moment. many, many thanks to you, our in house, around expert teresa trump. time now to take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world at this hour . russia's ministry of defense says, gunmen have killed 11 people, let a training side for the military. the attack happened in the b l go to region of russia, which borders on ukraine. the 2 shooters open fire during a training session for volunteers preparing to be deployed to ukraine. they were also killed in the attack. the greek island of crete has been battered by raging storms,

causing rivers to overflow and resulting in devastating flooding. one man has drowned and others are reported missing. authorities are asking residents to be vigilant and limit their movements. protesters into his capital tunis have clash with police during a 2nd night of anti government demonstrations. rival political movements have joined forces against the nations long running economic crisis. the accused president heis side of attempting to turn to leisure. back into an autopsy. e, one must the world's richest man announced that his company will continue to pay for startling satellite internet in ukraine. the reason is, comes just a day after he said, space acts could not keep funding. the project. star lake has been vital to ukraine's communications as it fights against russia's invasion and to china now, where president shing paying has opened his communist parties. congress. he

addressed more than 2000 delegates from china as only ruling political party. she presented his vision for the future of the world's most populous nation. this includes his goal of reading, unifying the self governing island of ty, one, even if it means using force. she is youth highland, the resolution of the taiwan issue is a matter for the chinese themselves to decide full one. we insist on striving for the prospect of a peaceful reunification with the greatest sincerity and with the greatest efforts by me. however, we are not committed to abandoning the use of force and we reserve the option of taking all necessary measures function issue audi. taiwan was quick to respond to she's remark stating that it will not back down on its sovereignty or compromise on freedom and democracy. china's leaders calling on his communist party members to support him resolutely and be prepared for worst case scenarios. the

party is expected to hand leader. she shrank, being aware 3rd term, and strengthen his iron grip on the largest global economy after the united states . here's a look at his rise to power. she didn't things 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 era, from a poll 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 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 dominique 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 taiwan 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 e u 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 locked downs mass testing and lengthy quarantines. this 0 covert approach is one of she's landmark policies and 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. i'm now joined by d. w. 's at china, expert clifford kernan. clifford, i gotta start by asking you, you know, she's remarks regarding taiwan, frankly. his sabre rattling is that just bluster intended to show strength to a domestic audience, or is he signaling something threatening that taiwan and it's so western allies

really should take seriously. well, i think i would have been surprised if you hadn't mentioned taiwan in the speech because since the speaker of the us as representatives, nancy pelosi visited their i, which was followed up by live fire exercises and a very strong reaction from china. it's clearly become a major issue and that they want to take ab taiwan. they say take to take it back and i would revert to chinese rule, but of taiwan is never actually been part of the people's republic of china. and i think if you live in taiwan, it's about an independent functioning democratic island, which thinks it's doing very well on its own. so they were very different view of things. but then you get this sort of rhetoric from, from she, jim ping and it is obviously being taken very seriously because john is just so much bigger and more powerful than taiwan. and so it sets them pulses racing when they, when they hear these kind of words. yeah, i suppose some in, in the west were surprised to hear those kinds of words. given what we're seeing

now in ukraine and the cautionary tale that the west is trying to relate to autocratic leaders like she can think about it. that's right. i mean, i think he certainly would have been chastened, perhaps a little by the, by the ukraine situation. but the taiwan issue for the chinese communist party is a bronze so deep that now he's definitely going to come out with these kind of comments. you follow the speech? what other messages did? he said not only to his party, but perhaps of the rest of the world. well, the fact he's talking about choppy waters and you know, it's quite a, it, he's sort of inspiring a struggle. it is a communist party meeting and communist parties like the idea of struggles that the campaign that people get behind. so he's framing us in this way. and what he's using for that is the 0 covert policy that he's been following with very strict locked downs, which is proving very popular there. and in some ways, this is

a gamble, because the social contract in china is that people will, will follow the party as long as the economy keeps growing and their lifestyles keep improving. but if that starts to break down, and then there's different questions to be asked. and there's a lot of unhappiness about 0 coven policy cuz it's also hidden, economic growth, combined with a big property crisis that's going on at the moment and huge government debts. so there's a lot of issues that, that these are the headwinds that they're facing in these choppy waters as you well know, clifford, she will almost certainly get his 3rd term in office. there's this essentially mean absolute power for him in china. it does and, and it's very interesting to see because other people in the palm bureau are still having to retire. where is he $69.00? now he should be retiring. and this gives him unlimited, unlimited time and unlimited power, which is also worrying for taiwan because it means he doesn't have any time can if he wants to do something on taiwan, he can do us. so because there's no more time constraints on him. so it does give

him a lot of power and also there's no successor being names. and this is a big question to what are we, what? who's going to take his place? which shows that he clearly has confidence in his ability to rule. and to last, that is our d, w. china expert. clifford coon and many, many thanks. something tells me we'll be talking again shortly. t w's. world stories is up. next with a look at the going optimism on the front line in have sun a michael. ok, thanks for joining us. there's more news as always at the beginning of the next down. her name is kim that i think that's hard and in the end is a me, you are not a lot us to you anymore. we will send you back. are you familiar with.