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calling divisions into vision for tomorrow's journalism. save the date and join us for this discussion of the 16th edition of d, w. c. global media forum. ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, hamburg, and morning after a deadly shooting and a house of worship. 8 people are dead and several others wound in a mash shooting at a jehovah witness center lay on thursday. we'll bring you the latest develop. also coming up on the show, iran and saudi arabia agreed to restore ties and re open diplomatic missions. a
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surprise agreement was broken by china, and the deal could have a wide range of implications across the middle east. floss a 3rd term for chinese liter, him pain. the combination of a remarkable rise for the 69 year old who has weather recent 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 shooting 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. the officer say they recently received an anonymous tip off that in the sitter showed anger toward jehovah witnesses and might be
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psychologically unfit toner gun. now the german government is preparing a draft law to ensure would be gun owners undergo suitability testing before being allowed to purchase firearms. undertakers carefully removed 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 this to you flemister it's the worst criminal offense, the worst crime in the recent history of our city. the interior minister priest, the fast please response, which he said saved many lives. 7 people were shot dead and several others injured on the arm didn't order the fun to shoot among the dead.
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a 7 month old unborn child won us who was shot in the womb as a 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 100 as a human telegraph. as a former member of the jehovah witnesses, he voluntarily left the congregation, but evidently not on good terms. wooten 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 his open ty, assembly been garrison forensic teams continue to scour the crime scene for clues as they try to piece together exactly how a prayer meeting turned in to
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a nate of terror did have these correspond, and benjamin alvarez grover has been following the shooting in hamburg. he earlier gave us an update on the latest there. we've seen many people laying flowers in front of this place. you can see you're right behind me with this terrible attack happened at 9 pm yesterday, and one of them who laid fly was in who also met and fire fighters and police officers was german interior minister, nancy phase a. was you only a few hours ago, and it's you rightly mentioned. she said that berlin now has a proposal for additional tests. as of course, is 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 a to get a that the weapons here in germany. and police also held a news conference earlier today that they provide any additional details about the
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alleged gun man. they provided many detail so as i already said, a 35 year old german man 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 they were around 50 people in there. he started shooting as a woman, there was in a cow side, she managed to flat and then he started shooting into this window a killing this full men, air this to women and this on born a child. he own this, gone 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 investigations to war and going now to see exactly what was on his phone, what were the motors, and what was the background? a behind this terrible attack that unfolded here in hamburg. thank you so much for
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your report and that is d w as benjamin alpha scriver in hancock and take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. the catholic church in germany will officially be able to hold blessing ceremonies for homosexual couples from march 2026. after the decision of a church reform assembly, which voted in favor of the measure. the german churches reform, pap has increasingly brought it into conflict with conservatives. in the vatican, rushes, wagner mercenary group, has entered a tactical pause. in bach mote that's according to the us based institute of the study of war, which said fighters may have paused there offensive on bach mood while waiting for rushing reinforcements. wagner fighters have so far spearheaded the attack on the cranium city. well, iran and saudi arabia have agreed to re establish diplomatic relations and re open embassies within 2 months, as after a 7 year diplomatic breach, which has fuel tensions in the gulf,
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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 peace. saudi arabia has blamed around for missile and drone attacks, of the kingdoms, oil facilities in recent years. yelman's iran line. the movement has also carried out cross the border missile. andrew attacks 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 food, of peace making in the middle east. and we shouldn't forget, of course,
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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 you tell us what the implications will be? well, i think m, the saudi government, in particular, this displays a new way of self consciousness. or let's say self confidence, i'd rather say an independence from u. s. 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 into
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iran, as a reaction to the execution of a prominent shia cleric and saudi arabia, the saudis, withdrew the ambassador and, 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 offer 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
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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 saudi arabia is 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 us dollars, which would be, are 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,
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we can deal with the russians. we can also do with the iranians. so we were 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, jim thing has begun a historic 3rd term as china's president, capping a rise that has seen him become it 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. i can 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 hand over power after a decade of holding a title. a 3rd 5 year term is unprecedented. re holland
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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 be committed to it in and honest in my duty. if i'm wrong, accept the people supervision. she saw and work for a great modern socialist country. but is prosperous, strong for joe democratic in all culturally advanced me harmonious this year. i'm beautiful. a leader. i think she's in pain. young law. take law this. oh, fun go. she should she did it. and with that, she is now communist china as long as serving president process,
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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. and 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 results of the vote. $35.00 to $1.00 against the bill. the plenary session lasted a few minutes and had just one item on the agenda. voting against to bill that opponents claim was meant to take the country in an authoritarian direction. earlier tito corresponded to maria at madison, told us what the withdrawal of this controversial bill means to the thousands of georgians who've been demonstrating in the past few days. while of the same, ah,
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legislation, foreign agents legislation exist in russia and, ah, yes, the, for the past 3 days georgians were signaling ah, to cram land that they do. they do not want the same law in their country. they do not want to, i import all crumbling policies, and that was the clear message the, the crumbling and given that a russia is trying to keep are in control of for reports. so soviet republics, ah, such as a georgia and ukraine, of course, it's not happy that the georgians are turning ah, towards europe, and are of saying that they do not want to be with russia, but they want to be with europe. legend, his update at this hour before we go, let's get a reminder of the top. stories were following for you. 8 people have been killed and others wounded. after a gun, men opened fire at
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a jehovah. witness center. in hamburg, police say the suspect ben took his own life. china's she's been paying has been given a 3rd term in office as leader. the national congress gave him unanimous backing the 3rd term under scores. she's grip on power. coming up next, a documentary about the environmentally unfriendly practices required for the transition to green sheet. for now, i'm clear. richardson in berlin. thank you so much for watching interest the global economy. our portfolio d. w. business bureau, and here's a closer look at the project. our mission.
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