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china's leader warns of dangerous storms ahead at the communist party conference addressing delegates, president cheating things says he will not rule out the use of force in taiwan. ah and a warm welcome to the viewers around the world on michael ok. officials in iran say, for inmates are dead after a night of clashes at even prison in tehran. the victims allegedly died of smoke, inhalation. during a fire, dozens are said to be injured. hundreds of anti government demonstrators are being detained in that 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 bags could be heard. ali, my city, gulf iranians stay tv broadcast. images of the prisons gutted interior adherents. governor names the inmates for the destruction almost 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 prison esa. it's a full study. 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 gina masa many while in police custody. the government says to fire the protests unrelated, but the place is prompted more people taking to the streets. ah, yes, 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. ah, more on this i am joined by to job usa toys. it's hope of 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 even 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 these shouts of death to the dictator were heard, many people in tehran 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 your prisoners away the other way and, and video is published and social media also show that you guys might have been hired 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 though, as i said, it's hard to verify all of that at the moment, especially since internet was shut down in many areas of the capital. but i guess it will take some time to find out what exactly happened and what scale last night into iran. 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 the islamic republic judiciary 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 watch 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 1900. 98 in thousands of prisoners were killed according to human rights groups. and one of the man responsible for that was in the death coming to you, the so called one back then is now iran's president abraham racy. so i fear there's

good reason for many iranians around the world to be worried. and that's why we saw big spontaneous gatherings not only into iran, 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 ron and evan prison at the moment. many, many thanks to you, our in house around expert theresa trump. gunman have killed 11 people and wounded 15 others in an attack at a training site for the russian military. it happened in the be able to go all to region of russia which borders ukraine. the shooters open fire during a firearms training session for volunteers. preparing to be deployed to fight against ukraine. they were also killed in the attack. the russian defense ministry says they were nationalists from a former soviet republic without naming which one to

china now where a president, teaching ping has opened his communist parties. congress. he addressed more than 2000 delegates from china, only ruling political party. she presented his vision for the future of the world's most populous nation. this includes his goal of re unifying the self governing island of taiwan. even if it means using force. she is youth have, on the resolution of the taiwan issue is a matter for the chinese themselves to decide. we insist on striving for the prospect of a peaceful reunification with the greatest sincerity and with the greatest efforts . however, we are not committed to abandoning the use of force and we reserve the option of taking all necessary measures fung she would. taiwan was quick to respond to, she is remark, stating that it will not back down on its sovereignty or compromise on freedom and democracy. china's leader is calling on his communist party members to support him

resolutely and be prepared for worst case scenarios. the party is expected to hand leader shooting thing, a rare 3rd term, and strengthen his iron grip on the largest global economy after the united states . a look now at his rise to power. she didn't. ping's 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 mouth era, 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 with olds. and this is likely going to be the 1st one without factional struggles since the establishment of the communist party

of china. which means that she, jim ping, has taken control of everything. oh, she to read in some corner each year 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 e 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 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 as one person was arrested in beijing 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 heat confidence and he came to china's future direction will be followed closely around the world. i'm now joined by d. w. china expert clifford kuhn and cook it. i got to 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 western allies really

should take seriously? well, i think i would have been surprised if you hadn't mentioned taiwan on the speech because since the speaker of the u. s. s. representatives, nancy pelosi visited there, 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 taiwan. they say take to take it back and that it 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 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 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's you, thing 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 come his party is iran so deep. and 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 in this way. and what he's using for that is the 0 covert policy that he's been following with very strict lock 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 the 0 coven policy because 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 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, whereas he's 69. 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 prince, if he wants to do something on taiwan,

he can do it. 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. sports now in the bonus league or on saturday our be lives a came out on top in a 5 goal thriller at home against or to berlin. 3 1st half goal. starting with this improvised finish from swedish midfielder meal force. her gave the host a comfortable early lead her to score twice after halftime, but couldn't manage an equalizer. and the 3 points stayed in lives. while saturdays bonus, li, your games are finished. so let's take a look at the rest of the results. so far this weekend are short guard routed bottom,

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