mountain moisture ah to them to get the answer. learn more about this phenomenon a heavy, invisible river that flows through the sky starts march 23rd on d w. ah ah, your walking dw nails lie from burleson. i'm work and morning after the deadly shooting in a house of worship. 8 people are dead and several others wounded in a mash shooting and jehovah witness center late on thursday. we will bring you the latest developments. also coming up on the shell,

iraq and saudi arabia agreed to restore ties and re open diplomatic missions. the surprise agreement was broken by china, and the deal could have a wide range of implications across the middle east. plus a 3rd term for chinese liter champagne. if the culmination of a remarkable rise, but 69 year old who has weather recently protests at home to remain china's most powerful leader in generations. ah. hello, i'm clear richardson, thank you so much for joining us. a soothing at a jehovah witness center in hamburg has left 8 people dead, including the alleged gunmen and an unborn. baby. police have identified the suspect as a 35 year old german citizen with a weapons license. he was a former member of the church. officers say they recently received an anonymous tip

off their claims. the shooter showed anger toward jehovah witnesses and might be psychologically unfit to own a gun. now the german government is preparing a draft law to ensure would be gun owners undergo extra suitability testing before being allowed to purchase firearms. undertakers carefully remove the bodies of the victims. worshippers who had come to prey, but were brutally killed in a frightening attack. local officials described it as a grim day for hamburg, was to you slim stu, it's the worst criminal offense, the worst crime in the recent history of our city. the interior minister preached the fast police response, which he said saved many lives. 7 people were shot dead and several others injured on the didn't order the fun to shoot among the dead.

a 7 months old unborn child won us who was shot in the womb, the monotonous him. what a luck! talking boredom. please said the suspect who turned the gun on himself may have held a grudge against the church by philip if hundreds of the hill, my philip wife is a former member of the jehovah witnesses. he voluntarily left the congregation, but evidently not on good terms. for lawson at the german chancellor, a farmer mere of hamburg, offered his condolences to the victims, isn't fossil laws. and if we are stunned at this act of violence, my thoughts are with the victims and their relatives in these difficult hours. and with those whose lives have been so brutally taken by assumed even garrison forensic teams continue to scour the crime scene for clues as they try to piece

together exactly how a prayer meeting turned into a night of terror. a correspondent benjamin alvarez gruber has been reporting the story for us. from hamburg. i can you tell us what has been happening at the site of the shipping there? we've seen many people laying flowers in front of this place. you can see right behind me, well this terrible attack happened at 9 pm yesterday in one of them who laid flowers and who also met, and fire fighters and police officers was german interior minister. nancy phaser was here only a few hours ago. and as you rightly mentioned, she said that berlin now has a proposal for additional tests. as of course, said that the perpetrator, this 35 year old german who is the maintenance suspect of committing this attack own to this gun legally. and so, of course, it opened once again, the debate of how easily it is to get it. there weapons here in germany. and police

also held a news conference earlier today that they provide any additional details about the alleged gun man they provided many detail. so as i already said, a 35 year old german men who was part of this community but left it, they say voluntarily, but not in a good relation, a with the people who were here, he chose a time where the, where around 50 people in there he started shooting as a woman, there was in a cow side, she managed to fled, and then he started shooting into this window a killing this 4 men. it is to women and this unborn a child. he owned this gun legally. he was living here in, in hamburg for a few years now. and now they want to look into exactly what happened shortly after this attack. they went to his home, they found additional munition, he owned this gun legally. and also of course they now classifying the have this investigation store and going now to see exactly wood was on his phone. what were

the motors in what was the background a behind this terrible attack that unfolded here in hamburg? thank you so much for your report. and that is des, benjamin alpha scrubber. in hancock. let's bring you up to speed now with some other news making headlines around the world. russia's wagner mercenary group has entered a tactical pause in bath, moot. that's according to the us based institute for the study of war, which said fighters may have paused there offensive on bach mote while waiting for russian reinforcements. wagner fighters have so far spearheaded the attack on the ukrainian city. india and australia have committed to cooperating more closely on defense and security to ensure stability in the in the pacific region. australian prime minister anthony albany is in india and holding talks with prime minister nor renfro moody. both leaders said they were concerned about increasingly uncertain global security environment. will iran and saudi arabia have agreed to re establish

diplomatic relations and re open embassies within 2 months after a 7 year diplomatic breach, which has field tensions in the gulf, and deep and conflicts from yemen to syria. the agreement was reached after talks in beijing which held it as a victory for dialogue. and that ravia has lain to run for miss lind road attacks and condemns oil facilities in recent years. young and iran lined who the movement has also carried out cross border missile and drove the tax into saudi arabia. and joining me in the studio for more on this is daniel de la co founder of the middle east magazine zenith. daniel, thank you so much for taking the time. this looks like a potentially historic shift. can you tell us what's going on here? well, i don't think it's that historic because of course, these are neighboring countries, powerful countries that are rivals in the, in the, in the persian gulf region. so it's quite normal. this is the normal that they should have diplomatic relations in order to de escalate and,

and manage their respective conflicts. however, china as a, as a negotiator, as a mediator, is new here because the chinese haven't, don't have a long track record of, of peace making in the middle east. and we shouldn't forget, of course the, the chinese are not taking the credit of the chief negotiate in mediator was the republic of iraq, which is a country that has borders with saudi arabia and iran. and that used to be a battle field of saudi iranian competition. and that is also worth mentioning, that this has been a middle eastern deal in a way that the chinese have taken the credit for, as we say, of course, success has many fathers, right? well, let's come back to the motivations on both sides because this will change, potentially, the balance of power in the middle east can tell us what the implications will be. well, i think m, the saudi government, in particular, this displays a new, like a self consciousness, or let's say self confidence. i'd rather say and, and in the pan and some us influence for a long time,

the saudis let the europeans and the americans handle their international relations in the way. because in 2016, when there was an assault on the saudi embassy in tehran, as a reaction to the execution of a prominent shia cleric and saudi arabia, the saudis, withdrew the ambassador and cut the diplomatic ties. where's the rain is what we're saying? we have no problem, of course we need to talk and we want to have a diplomatic relations, of course, the saudi government consider this an for all the provocation and they cut ties. but of course, the saudis were in a way not present at the table when many international affairs when negotiated. like, for example, the international nuclear deal between the western countries un security council powers and iran. so i think this, the saudis, with this new self confidence in the region, want to show that they are depend independent from america. and that they are making new friends or if not friends, then at least that they're talking to the neighbors. but i don't want to say that

this means that all the problems off the table, there's many problems to address and maybe diplomatic asians are a good start to address these problems. i'd like to come to that back to that shift from saudi arabia as a traditional us ally, should this be seen then a saudi arabia, closely aligning itself with the likes of russia and china and iran. well, let's say saudi arabia has a fundamental interest in keeping the all price high. and that means that it needs to coordinate on not only with opec, but also with iran and with russia. so if you're a b as an auto authoritarian regime, that is not interested in uprisings in turmoil, let alone in a liberal, modern democracy. saudi arabia is, of course, much more align system wise and sympathetic with authoritarian regimes. like for example, china and russia. but it also shows, and this is an economic aspect which is worth mentioning, the saudis have displayed a certain openness to trade or oil exports to china. and you want to no longer trade them in and you, which would be a, not a deadly, but

a strong blow for you as a financial interest and world economics. but in particular, in the region. and so the saudis aren't always showing, okay, we can deal with the chinese, we can deal with the russians. we can also do with the ranges. so we're much less dependent on our use our support because so it's no secret that mom had been some on in particular, and joe biden are not good friends. we will thank you so much for bringing us up to speed there. that is daniel gallagher. really appreciate you joining us. thank you . or she didn't paying has begun to historic 3rd term as china's president, having a rise that has seen him become its 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 oath on the constitution for the 3rd time in a row, she didn't ping is sworn in as china's president for chinese rulers who

traditionally a hand over power after a decade of holding the title. the 3rd 5 year term is unprecedented. joey from holland me, although 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 or walk, be loyal to the country and the people he be committed to it in and honest in my duty, the m tier fungal accept the people supervision. she saw and work for great modern socialist country, but is prosperous, strong for how democratic into or culturally advanced me harmonious this year and beautiful either. i worked with sheet in pink young law, take law this. oh,

fun law. sure. she did it. and with that, she is now communist china as long as serving president 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 group and power is unchallenged. after several days of protests, george's parliament has formerly revoked a foreign agents bill that had triggered a major domestic political crisis and international outcry. thousands of gather to celebrate the result of the vote. $35.00 to $1.00 against the bell. the plenary session lasted a few minutes and had only one item on the agenda. voting against to bill that opponents claim was meant to take the country in an authoritarian direction.

earlier date of your correspondent maria cut a mud that told us what the withdrawal of this controversial bill means to the thousands of georgians. have been demonstrating in the past few days while of the same ha, legislation for in the agent legislation exists in russia and, ah, yes, the, for the past 3 days georgians were signaling ah, to crumbling that they do. they do not want the same law in their country. they do not want to watch the import prominent policies, and that was the clear message to the crumbling and given that russia is trying to keep it in control of for reports. so soviet's republic, ah, such as a georgia and ukraine, of course, it's not happy that the georgians are turning ah, towards europe ads are of saying that they do not want to be with russia, but they want to be with europe. let's any update at this. our coming up next in

data lose asia. many on tie ones, matthew islands, fear a weeks long. digital blackout could be an act of sabotage, stuck in the past or prepared for the future. 12 years after the fukushima disaster activists warn against japan's plan to ramp up nuclear energy production of stories and more coming up on top of each of them to my colleague louis chant. i'm glad richardson in berlin from the team. thanks so much for watching. so i was just rescuing docket from a farm. this one the spotty globe. i found it like this and i couldn't just leave it there. should meet.