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also coming up on the show. a 3rd term for chinese liter champagne. it's the culmination of a remarkable rise for the 69 year old, who has whether to recent protests at home to remain china's most powerful leader in generations. boston, georgia, is parliament has voted to drop it's controversial. foreign agents felt the proposed new legislation sparked mass street protests and an international outcry. opposition parties vow to continue protests to steer the country on a pro western course. ah. hello, i'm clear. richardson, thank you so much for joining us. is sitting at a jehovah witness center in hamburg has left 8 people dead, including the gun man and an unborn. baby. holleys have identified the suspect as a 35 year old german citizen with a gun license. authorities though,

have said it is not yet possible to say why the man went on the shooting rampage. piecing together what led to one of germany's most deadly shootings. 8 people, including the suspect, and now confirmed dead after a gunman opened fire. i did, jehovah, witness have bent on thursday evening. in hamburg in the chaos. police helped carry the wounded to safety. been unwilling you? i'm a local resident. louder for cigar, i heard loud gunshots, often munitions went to the window to see what was going on. as it was shown, some of whom i saw a man with a firearm machine. as a window of censorship, i filmed us. we'll have to start off and you feel this is what the witness saw. oh,

it terrified him. on to police were quickly on the scene. before you thought about the door, i'm the amman passwords i entered on and found people he who had been injured. have i some failure by gun jeff? or let's don't tell you. i don't really for less ones and the officers and also heard a shorter term lease number or the building acres in the home and found herself aaron of before the shooting has shocked. germany isn't frazzled loss and we are stunned by this violence. and again, my thoughts are with the victims in their families and is difficult hours torn. we mourn for those who were so brutally torn from life goes. i would like to thank the security forces in chaplain city. security could have been a duty since last night to care for the seriously injured shift to secure the crime

scene. and to solve the crime, the top of germany's jehovah, witness community has also expressed deep sadness over what it's described as a horrific shooting. it's still unclear what the motive was behind an attack that's left a community and a country in morning or correspondence. benjamin alvarez gruber is reporting from hamburg. i asked him for the latest development on this attack. that's right. there was a press conference by several officials. they confirmed that 4 men and 2 women, all of them. german citizens were killed as well as the unborn to a baby that you just mentioned. and this man, when he tried to enter this hole, he started shooting from outside of from a window into this hole. there were on 50 people, a taking part in the ceremony. there was a woman in a car outside. he started shooting at the car, but that woman, luckily managed it to it, it and to,

to go away. police quickly arrived at the scene and then they immediately managed to have this distance between the perpetrator. they went to an upper floor and when police officers arrived there pretty quickly, they heard and, and at one shot there was still fire. there were several rounds of shots before that. that's what the neighbors told, german media. and then afterwards, they could also confirmed that the perpetrator also killed himself. and what else is known about this alleged gunmen? he was also part of this community. he left it one and a half years ago. he had no criminal record but was known to the police was known a to the authorities. he had this gun, it was a legally acquired gun air that he had. also, they quickly went to his house as well, finding a ammunitions, finding several other things in there. so they now have the task with the a criminal investigation to go a have to see if there's any information on his phone. on his laptop, he's a german citizen, he was living here for a while, but as i just mentioned,

there was no criminal record known for. now, it sittings like this are really uncommon. here in germany are think he tell us a little bit about what the reaction to this incident has been like. so the neighbors 1st had no idea what was going on. there was one woman that said that she was hearing sounds until she noticed that the were actually shots there were being fired. and that's something that the officials also said that thanks to the, the quick onset off, it is police officers. it made it immediately into, into this hole where this was taking place and also the ambulance was quickly a sending all those people who were injured also outside the could have prevented something that would definitely it been worse as well. so it was a pretty quick response, but of course they are really shocked as well. german interior minister, nancy fees. it is expected also at the side of this terrible, incidental, this terrible attack that happened yesterday evening. and we also heard the words

thereby german chocolate la sholtes, and also the german president, front vote or stein may who express his condolences to the family, members of the victims. thank you so much for that update that is needed. his correspondent benjamin office cooper. and let's turn our attention now to some other stories making world news headlines. iran and saudi arabia have agreed to re establish relations after a 7 year diplomatic break, which has fuel tensions in the gulf, and deepened conflicts from yemen to syria. the agreement was reached after talks in beijing between top security officials from the 2 rival met his powers british prime minister reaches to knock as in paris for what's being described as a bridge building summit with french president and manual maximum. the leaders say they hope to mend relations following post breaks at tensions and improve military and business ties. it's the 1st french british summit since 2018

while she champagne has begun a historic 3rd term as china's president, capping a rise that has seen him become it's most powerful leader in generations. the national people's congress staged a vote in favor of the appointment in a televised and carefully choreographed event in beijing. it comes after she locked in another 5 years as head of the chinese communist party, back in october. taking his o's on the constitution for the 3rd time in a row, she, jim ping is sworn in as china's president for chinese rollers who traditionally hand over power after a decade of holding the title. a 3rd 5 year term is unprecedented. but president, she seems to be on track to stay in power for life. joy harlan me when i pledge to be a legion to the constitution of the people's republic of china, me to safeguard the constitution's authority,

law. fulfill my legal obligations will wall be loyal to the country and the people be committed to writing and honest in my duty and cheerfully wrong accept the people supervision here. so and work for great modern socialist country, but is prosperous, strong for democratic king or culturally advanced me harmonious year and beautiful either. i believe she's in ping chung all take no this. oh fun go. she she she do me. and with that, she is now communist china as long as serving president the process. he started in 2018 by abolishing the to term limit on the presidency. that means he can rule indefinitely. the appointment is mostly ceremonial,

but party members have left no doubt that she's grip on power is unchallenged. while after several days of protest to georgia, parliament has formerly revoked a foreign agents. still that had triggered a major domestic political crisis and international outcry. thousands of people have gathered to celebrate the result of the vote. $35.00 to $1.00 against the bill . the plenary session lasted a few minutes and had only one item on the agenda. voting against the bill. that opponents claim was meant to take the country in authoritarian direction. he w correspondent, maria cut him up in tbilisi for us. maria, the government has now withdrawn this bill after several days of protests. can you describe what the mood is like right now in tbilisi? well, the situation hearing police say is quite call. now we've seen some organizes

and some protests here on the street here and there, but not too much. they say that we should not forget about the detained protest. so that's our feel, you know, in j. u, and are expecting to be released by the government. however, this decision has not been yet made. we met many families on the streets who attended yesterday's. and today's rally. they said that they were extremely happy that they put the pressure on the government and that they reached their goal. they said that they could not seating their homes while the it's such a crucial moment for the country when they're europe in the future is being decided . let's now have a look at some youngsters recorded on the streets of course. so because of me and my generation were protesting here, oh, we were standing leg,

i think 2 or 3 days in a row. so the fact that it has dropped and we're moving towards the european union is of course so a good and happy parks for us. i support my country always, and i'm standing here all the time because ah, you know, i'm georgia and it's my responsibility to stand here with my people and about the law. i think that it's a very bad for our country because we suffered you crying. we suffered, you are up and we want to be a part of you are up because i think that all the good things they came. they come from europe. so, oh, i want to be the, i want that my country to with the part of europe. maria, you really get a feel for the sense of relief there. i'm. can you also tell us what the withdrawal of this proposed bill is going to mean for george and politics and its hopes to join the european union?

well, are the reputation of the georgian government? have been shot her? ah, the georgias not only domestically, but internationally. georgias are saying that they do not trust the government or any more. they do not. as i mean, the protest her is in general. they say that the government is not competent enough to lead them to european union, but still there they are. they are hoping that europe hurt their wars and that's why they were protesting and the fighting against this foreign agents law legislation. thank you so much for that. update that the deed of use correspondent maria, cut mertsa until we see appreciate it while ukrainian president of already mirrors lensky. thank to pro democracy protestors in georgia who had displayed ukrainian flags that their demonstrations earlier this week. prominent opposition figure and former george and prime minister vine marrow beach,

really is in the ukrainian capital. keith, where he's meeting with ukrainian officials are corresponded. i mean, i asked him about the ties between the 2 former soviet countries. mr. manish really, is there a sense of solidarity right now between the people of georgia and people of ukraine? yes it's, it's, it's, it's so full song that it, him, you know, the 1st country who steve, himself, the aggression of prussia was georgia without 2008 there was, will, between russia in the georgia national pie about 20 percent of georgia territory. but on foot, but unfortunately ha, georgia became 1st i am conscious. oh, feels aggression. but today, georgian runing, party, runing, government is production and, but, but most of georgia in population is proclaiming and you know that the huge off the

ga, ga, are fighting as a, as a, as it is an individual of fighters to your jump, more than 50 georgia's died during this war. ah, and the last put us on sent to look to release you sold at the georgia. so say the bob port or a piano full create. mean, and we, are we a, what dream is to change the georgian of foreign policy. he and became a real members of it will opinion and memo from it. he said that you think a ukrainian president volota me, are zalinski for his support for your cause. what has been his message to georgia now? his message was that the. ringback the claim, and who could government likes that you're jim country, george and people the se to georgia to, to get the, became ah,

member to repeat. so say to member of her opinion, but to us zalinski seems as same time. so dreams that, that georgia must be helped to beat friend of georgia will crane and not assist the archer. and unfortunately, georgia don't joined to the sanctions against russia. unfortunately, georgia government do not to health ok and so on. so on the 6 to with prisoners zalinski is it lead it over the eastern european and mo, twenties to new opium. and we hope that the victory will fall. crane is bring the freed up for big, big now both it will appear. countries of course, push, push the forward ga western alliance has developed that has been supporting ukraine against russian aggression. what more can this western alliance due to support georgia? i think that's the new position of mr. country due to the, the so protest,

you swear to huge, you know, that the same day that the georgia in parliament vote for a lot about the lawyer about 40. and it just says, the embassy of united states make a point in boardman to the, to the public day of georgia democracy do need a protest future of americans in europe. politicians deploy the georgia government and assist the georgia protest. and we feel huge assistance or whoever terms. and i think that this place must continue mister mayor, wishfully. thank you again. more on the war in ukraine and russia, wagner mercenary group, appears to be taking a so called tactical pause. in bar mote, that's according to the us based institute for the study of war. now, in an assessment, the think tank noted fighters may have paused there, offensive on back most, because they're waiting for russian reinforcements. wagner fighters have so far

spearheaded the attack on the cranium city. earlier the groups leader, you have any promotion claimed moscow had cut off official communication with him after he criticized rushes, defense ministry, and a public appeal for ammunition or mark a can san as a senior advisor with the center for strategic and international studies. thinktank in the united states. i asked him earlier if he agrees with the institute for the city of wars assessment. the wagner group is taking a so called tactical pause. well, it certainly looks at, that's the case of regular russian units have moved into the buck. mood area where wagner had been prominent, i think this pause is probably driven by 2 things. first, wagner is taken tremendous casualties and i think that their capabilities have been run down. the 2nd thing is this may be the away for the russian military and political establishment to reduce the prominence of wagner. early on. bugger claimed that it was more effective than the russian military and for goshen seemed

to be setting himself up to take a senior position maybe as a minister of defense. i think this is an effort by the russians to reduce its influence and it's visibility. indeed, it does seem as though in recent weeks, at the wagner group, fighting with russia has been somewhat sidelined by the kremlin. how important of a role have they played in operations around back? much will certainly run back moved. they've played the primary role of for about 6 months. they've been attacking since late summer. they've made slow but steady games at gains a tremendous cause. they've lost a thousands of personnel. they're probably exhausted at this point. and in your view, how strategically important deal is voc mood for both russia or ukraine. you're well from a tactical perspective, it's not important at all. it's a relatively minor city if it, if the ukrainians withdraw, which looks likely they'll pull back a couple of miles. they'll build

a new defense of wine and the war will go on. and i think it has also has though a tremendous psychological importance because the fighting has been going on there for many months. russia will claim that this is a great success. the 1st success, ugh, it's offensive after a creed, after calling up all of these new personnel. it is, of course, important to note that this has been the bloodiest battle in the war. is it? in that case, it worth it for just being a political symbol. while both sides seem to be determined to fight it out there, the russians have been attacking us since late summer. whether that's wise or not. as another question, but a potent in the russians have been determined to carve out more territory in the dan basil was buck moved fits that political stance. he, brittany is really don't have a choice but to defend if the russians are attacking their they're defending. and

because they're on the defense, they can inflict higher carefully on the russians. the downside is, of course they're taking tremendous casualties of their own. well, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us and clarify all that that is mark, can sant with this. yes, i asked really appreciate your time. thanks for having me on the show. well, it has been for weeks since devastating earthquakes hit southern turkey and northwestern syria. the death toll stands at more than $50000.00 and millions have lost their homes. now aid organizations are sound in the alarm on another consequence of the disaster, the emotional trauma facing survivors. but what kind of support is available to help them to w visited a temporary shelter near the syrian town of our friend to see if and how trauma is being addressed. this tent in the temporary shelter camp near the syrian city of afrin has become the home of su holla and her children. after their actual home was destroyed by the earthquake zoo. hello. lost her parents in the disaster,

which has had a severe psychological impact on both her and her children. upset early. is that the young shall i remember how they died in front of me when the building collapsed? any anyhow, elena, about that in an am layman, i began to feel afraid, had upset. i couldn't sleep because i felt so scared and ready. and sometimes my eldest son just cries under my other son is 4 years old and he suffers from trauma . what happy lives i will kill him. i lack of specialized medical facilities and staff means it's very hard to get access to psychological treatment in this region . the priority in northern syria is currently to treat the injured and meet the basic needs of those affected. despite the difficult situation, some mo, bile, teams from relief organizations, a trying to offer psycho social support for children through fun play based

activities. yes. uh huh. let me, my many of the children are still fearful shy and afraid of sudden movements or sounds. this is what we see when we meet them to provide psychological support, all of them on the militia, through hannah has been connecting with her new neighbors at the camp in the hope that she might be able to forget her old deal for a while. but the improvised nature of living conditions here serves as a constant reminder of what they have old been through. when turkey journalists trying to report on earthquake affected areas have repeatedly been prevented from doing so by authorities. the organization, reporters without borders, has documented numerous violations of press freedoms. t w's correspondent jack para met a group of women in brussels, who say they're working outside of mainstream turkish news organizations to help provide the public with a clearer picture of what's actually happening on the ground. streaming her own

show on line to an audience of nearly half a 1000000, hearken not to jasmine buddha, left him mango, says she was booted out of mainstream turkish mead. you're a couple of years back for reporting the president ad one's meeting with a former u. s. president was shorter than the government had claimed here in the european parliament in brussels nav, she says the platform she runs herself, allows her to report outside of government controlled media. i don't feel i'm on my own because i have my real we worse. as i said, it's not like the tv, it's like you are a big family basically. people own you in a sense and i feel that and i'm very, i act him also on twitter. i'm nothing interesting about or 13 system a turkey. if something is it trending it, it's like basically the government takes a step back and i don't know why, but because i think that's sort of for also tank. i'm also did i have their power from popular support, all other turkish women, like author edgy to milk. ram. russo raising their voices following the devastating

earthquake in turkey, which have given fresh impetus to opposition parties hoping to asked president ad 199 percent of the mainstream media has been control is being, is being controlled by. i don't personally her, and even in the circumstances, oh, even the journalists who have been fearing before the earthquake are now raising their voices and showing the truth. i think this is the moment that the truth prevails over the fear we reached out to the turkish government, responds without reply. yet present. edwin has faced heavy criticism for restricting press access around the earthquake and for a slow aid response, he publicly accepted it should have been quicker, jojo, but he's pressing ahead with the plan the election is on may. the 14th the shifting media landscape, the civil society dialogue, the political circumstances around the elections are all going to have major

effects. i cite of turkey's border. the question is whether here in brussels was a clear enough understanding of how these shifts might change the relationship between turkey and the european union. the head of the european parliament committee on you relations with turkey fears, there's a lot of work still to be done. whatever is the result of the elections, we need the dramatic changes in demo reading standards and may be more consensual approaching foreign policy. now she says she's bracing for may's elections and hopes that no matter which party's turkish people support the country can retain the unity people have shown since the earthquakes. lemme before we go, let's get a reminder of our top stories at this hour. 8 people have been killed and others wounded. after a gun. men fired shots to jehovah. witness center in hamburg, to police. say the suspect then took his own life and shine as she's been

paying has been handed a 3rd term in office as a leader. the chinese parliament gave him unanimous backing the 3rd term, underscoring she's hold on power of the software eco india coming up next for a short break. i'm clear. richardson in berlin from in the whole team behind the scenes. thanks much for watching. ah ah with

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