ah ah ah ah, business data we news line from from berlin, hamburg, and morning after a deadly shooting and a house of worship. 8 people are dead and several others wounded in a mass, shooting at a jehovah witness that are laid on thursday for bringing the latest developments. also on the program, iran and saudi arabia agreed to restore ties and reopen diplomatic mission.

surprise agreement was brokerage by china and the deal could have wide ranging implications across the middle east. and a 3rd term for chinese leaders changing ping, a combination of a remarkable rise for the 69 year old who is whether recent protests at home to remain china, most powerful leader in generation. ah, uncle, furnish welcome to the program. a shooting at a jehovah witness center in hamburg has left 8 people dead, including an unborn baby, and the alleged gun map. police have identified the suspect as a 35 year old german citizen with a weapons license. he was a former member of the congregation officers say they recently received an anonymous tip off, warning them about the man's mental state and his anger toward jehovah witnesses.

now the german government is working on ways 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 d for hamburg cecia flemister. it's the worst criminal offense, the worst crime in the recent history of our city. the interior minister preach the fast police response which he said saved many lives. 7 people were shot dead and several others injured on the arm then toward the from to shoot among the dead. a 7 month old unborn child won us who was

shot in the womb as a monotonous him. what a luck! talking boredom. police said the suspect who turned the gun on himself may have held a grudge against the church by philip. if 100 is he'll mcmillan f. 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 as if we are stunned that 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 oval, ty, 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. our correspond and benjamin alvarez is reporting from hamburg for as benjamin here there at the side of the shooting. what's been happening today so there's been a lot of movement all day long. also since yesterday at 9 p. m. when the shooting unfold a death in many neighbor is walking around, some of them also arrived to this place. you can see the building right behind me. some of them left flower. some them also left handles as they're trying to get to terms with what happened day yesterday waiting for updates of news for those who were wounded, who are still in hospital. and of course also grieving a with a family members of those who lost those people yesterday evening here. so we had many, also reactions from a local politician to came here. and also trying to show the condolences on one side for the family members and also thanking em, police officers and also those who were at the scene pretty quickly. and according

to several to experts who have been looking at the situation, avoided more and more terrible situation. or more dead. and of course, a shocking event for the city, for the country. what have been the reactions from the local community but also from officials of visit at the same so from the community, there have been grieving. we saw some of them also standing here today was a pretty, pretty long day where the investigations were going. we saw money, many police offices here and also hearing words and neighbors. those who are living close by told german media when they heard the 1st gunshot, gunshot wound a gun shots and early around 9 p. m. yesterday, when they call a police or police got several calls was here on the scene a pretty quickly. and of course, the community were, they alleged a silent also was part of was trying to get to turns what happened here. a

yesterday was a press conference today with the official saying that there was the worst a tragedy in the near history and handling. so what happened in the past a years, and of course, we expect also to have a new debate about gun control here in the country. yet, there is a proposal being put forward by the interior minister and nancy phaser, isn't it? can you give us some details from now? the alleged perpetrator, german, a 35 year old german bought this weapon there was use yesterday, legally. and even though there was a inflammation, is send also 2 officials and that he was not capable of having this weapon. so berlin is now proposing this is tied to gun reform and will they're actually saying is that they want to have more tests for people to see if they're mentally suitable to have this weapons to buy this weapon. so we expect this debate to go even further after the grief officer, now that they are still investigating,

searching for the motives behind the tub tree to came here and started a shooting. and to have another debate to see how any of this is terrible acts terrible attacks that we saw unfolding here on thursday evening can be prevented in the future. is benjamin alvarez and hambert. thank you for that update. and let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. the catholic church and germany will officially be able to hold blessing ceremonies for homosexual couples from march 2026. that's the decision of a church for form assembly, which voted in favor of the measure. the german church, as reform path, has increasingly brought it into conflict with conservatives in the vatican, russia, wagner mercenary group, has entered a, quote, tactical pause in back move. that's according to the u. s. based institute for the study of war which that binders may have paused there, offensive on black mood,

while waiting for russian reinforcements. wagner fighters have so far spearheaded the attack on the ukrainian city. british prime minister wishes to knock and french president of mine who am i call have signed a deal with britain will pay france 540000000 euros over the next 3 years to help stop migrants traveling to the u. k. and small boats leaders met and pairs to reset ties. after years of post breakfast bakery iran and saudi arabia have agreed to re establish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies within 2 months. after a 7 year diplomatic breach, which has fuel tensions in the gulf, and deepened conflicts from yemen to syria. the agreement was reached after talks in beijing which hailed it as victory for dialogue and peace. audio ravia has lamed iran for missile and drone attacks on the kingdoms oil facilities in recent years. yemen, iran alive who the movement is also carried out in cross border missile and drone attacks into saudi arabia for more on the sled spragans about in san see the senior

researcher on gulf monarchies for the german based center for applied research in partnership with the orient welcome to the w, and this is being hailed as a major breakthrough. how big of a deal is it really and what are both sides hoping to gain? yeah, good evening from belinda. first and foremost, i think it's an unexpected agreement, and i think of course it shows positive implications to the region for the saudi perspective. first and foremost, it is a way to, to agree maybe with the who is this in yemen to end the conflict, or at least seek the escalations. so iranian forces have been supporting these for years, and therefore this deal with iran could prepare for more comprehensive agreement and yemen on a general level. it shows also from the saudi perspective,

a new trend towards pragmatism and commitment to achieve regional stability. and this is because saudi arabia wants to preserve its own business model and therefore regional stability is a prerequisite to promote economic transformation from a rainy point of view. of course, it is also an attempt to find a way out of international isolation. we see iran is in domestic term oil and the protests are going on. there is, there is a sanction regimes in place. and therefore iran could use the reconciliation with saudi arabia also to promote more engaged activities and cooperation with china. and you said it's happening, as many other countries are distancing themselves, found around after it's brutal cracked down on the protest. now, why are we seeing this from saudi arabia? now timing always matters specifically in the case of saudi arabia. so at the moment, there is

a momentum of opportunity for this is at least the perception in re up. so the situation that we see in iran is considered by the saudi to ship as a situation of weakness. and therefore, the saudi leadership has the expectations that iran could agree on more concessions, specifically with regards to yemen, but also maybe with regards to, to lebanon or iraq that are in the interests of saudi arabia. so therefore it is from my understanding, not a strategic breakthrough. it's more a technical up horse more that serves the saudi interest at the moment. but on the other hand, it is also a way maybe to improve relations with china and to show the west, specifically the u. s. a that saudi arabia does not serve as a junior partner anymore, and also wants to act independently by reaching out to iran, for instance. now this deal is seen as

a diplomatic victory for beijing and just said, and there is china's role in the middle east changing i don't know if it's really changing. i think also from china, it's an opportunistic opportunity to facilitate those talks. we don't know yet how engaged china was to really bring those partners together. and when we take into consideration that iran and saudi arabia were in direct talks throughout the last 2 years facilitated by iraq. it is not a complete the start from the scratch, but you are right. a china has intensified and has enhanced. it's impact on the middle east. and of course, it will continue to do that. not only on an economic level um, let's keep in mind that china is of, it's already the most important trade partner for saudi arabia and other gulf countries, but also on an, a political and on a military level. and this is of course, also a signal that a sent out an order that

a send to the u. s. and to the west and general and sons of carpal here in germany . thank you so much. thank you. and we want to keep talking about beijing's involvement in this deal with clifford coon in our resident, china analyst clifford a deal brokered by beijing. how significant is this for she and us government? i think it's very significant because basically we've seen china's economic rise for many years and we've seen its military rise the way it's been building up its army. but for the longest time, it's want to match that rise with a sort of a diplomatic muscle that it's never really hard. and it's been under pressure to do more internationally to, to be a better global player and am so in this way, it's very important. and development, it's also the week that's been in us. it's been quite a week for chinese foreign policy. it began at the national people's congress where she campaign. i'm named the u. s. which m as as a, you know,

a negative in, in chinese development, which normally you would, you know, try and couches in different terms. we actually specifically mentioned the u. s. so i think what we seen this week with this deal to end the week, and at the beginning of the week, china stepping up, it's sort of a resistance to what it sees as western oppression. as western containment of china's rise, it's been very significant. thank you for the time being, but stay with us because there's more news coming out of china that i want to discuss with you. sheeting thing has begun a historic 3rd term as china as president capping arise 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 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 hand over power. after a decade holding the title, a 3rd 5 year term is unprecedented. i pledge to be a legion to the constitution of the people's republic of china, me to safeguard the constitution's authority law for fell my legal obligations law. be loyal to the country and the people may be committed to it in and honest in my duty if i'm wrong, accept the people supervision share. so and work for great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong food shall democratic into culturally advanced me harmonious this year. and beautiful either i actually she can ping young law, take no this. oh fun though. she sure

jay. 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 grip and power is unchallenged. clifford coon, n d w. china analyst in the studio with me cover you attended the national people's congress many times. what makes this one different? well, i think m some things don't change. she, jim ping was elected president by 2952 votes to 0. no one is centered. so that kind of political theater aspect is still very much there. i think what's been different this time around is that behind the political pageantry, there's been what we've seen is this political power play which has been going on

about installing. she, at the most, at the pinnacle of power in china is really coming to fruition now as far as he's concerned. tomorrow we'll, we will see the appointment of leach young as, as premier, replacing the coach young. and that's important because he's basically a she ally, and this means that in the top leadership in the, in the standing committee of the politburo, it's going to be all of his allies. where's the coach? young was supposedly allied with another faction and there was always a bit of a bit of tension there. whereas now he's just surrounded by allies. so he's in probably the most powerful position since about the dong in the, in the sixties and seventies. yeah, she has installed himself in a very powerful position, but he also faces numerous challenges in the country, doesn't he? so how is he gonna use that power? what do you think are, is next steps going to be? well, i think he's got a number of issues to address the economy isn't growing as far as,

as they might have hoped. there's pressure with the u. s. which we've, you know, which is obviously a long term issue. taiwan, beijing, backing of russia. he's got a lot of international issues to deal with as well as these domestic issues like the economy. so he's going to feel that he has to address them in many ways though he's in it is in a very good position because no matter what happens now, it's going to be very difficult to remove him. so he will probably take his time about going about these things and he will you be looking at, i think probably taking a more aggressive stance internationally will be one. because we're seeing more and more nationalism and much more sort of focused on patriotism on, on keeping the lid on hong kong on making noises about taiwan. so i think we're going to see a more aggressive tone internationally and trying to build china as a global power, allowing more with the authoritarian states, like saudi arabia,

like russia, you know, like around all of these, they're all sort of fitting into some kind of a sort of a building up these different blocks. now again, clifford kuhn and interesting times and bathing. thank you so much for breaking down for us watching the de leon is still the come, how a job, athletes rate it. the track or the typewriter turned her hand to script writing and is now sent to sweep the oscar's width of blockbuster anti war movie. all quiet on the western front of 1st, after several days of protest. georgia's parliament has formerly revoked of 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 bill. the plenary session lasted a few minutes and had only one item on the agenda voting against a bill that opponents claim was meant to take the country in an authoritarian

direction. earlier d, w, corresponded melia thomas said, told us what the withdrawal of this controversial build means to the thousands of georgians who've been demonstrating in the past few days while of the same. ah, legislation, foreigner 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 to the crumbling and given that a russia is trying to keep our in control our for reports. so soviet's republic, sir, 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. ah, it's one of the biggest clashes in german football and a glance at the one is like a table would indicate that document and chalka are currently miles apart. but none of that matters not and saturdays. ryan derby ah, the numbers are all in favor of a victory for dormant when they faced chalka in the rhine. doggie, don't mind r unbeaten in their last 8 league matches. and if scored a whopping $22.00 goals, if that isn't enough, the 2nd place team is taking on the 17th. in the bonus he got table. but does any of that matter? not according to the document coach. it is an ange b. as always, this will be a mat shape by emotion and intensity on way or rank on the table has no meaning. and it's really just about those 90 minutes. even wooten chalka also on the same

chalka. they've only conceded one goal in the last 6 games. and as a new found sense of team spirit and men, and if dorman gives a 100 percent and so to weep, and it will be very difficult. it's our job to prevent them from reaching that 100 percent. that means what sets us at park unmatched. a is our mentality, it chalka will be happy that got one to be played without several key players, including you some full court who's what the game winner against them the last time around. whatever the outcome, this rivalry is about more than just points. pride in breaking rights also on the line. and let's take a quick look at some other stories from the world of sports. now christiana ronaldo is, i'll not, sir, have lost top spot in the saudi pro league. they were beaten one mill by new league leaders all 80 hunt. rinaldo missed a late chance to rescue point for a sign after the game. he took out his frustrations on

a water bottle and alpine ski mckayla. schiffron has drawn level with legend ing maurice denmark at the top of the world cup winds list. she won the giant slalom event and sweden to friend has the chance to break the record on saturday. in the slalom event, her strongest discipline, the tennis and britons, emma ronald conway, shoke offer injury concerns to advanced to the 2nd round of the indian wells masters in california to read danco co vintage and straight straight. that's right . o'connell one the us open in 2021, but i struggled ever since now ahead of sundays academy awards the story of how the anti war movie all quiet on the western front was brought to the big screen. it happened in great part because of a world class athlete turned screenwriter. she is leslie patterson and she's a world champion. triathlete will be sitting among the big names of hollywood,

hoping her film garners a few oscars of been 9 for which it is nominated. she spoke to the w complicated. so yeah, i've always kind of had these balancing points in my life, the art and the sport, and one is always help the other. ah, the art in the sports for years. scotlands leslie patterson was known for her place among the worlds top triathletes, especially on the off road xterra to her, or the biking segment, is on grueling terrain. and so is the running segment. brutal pathways, where patterson suppers and excels, and there's a process. air that is, it is kind of a wonderful thing where you're focusing on every small little detail of that performance. and then when it culminates in it, an event that you feel good at and it works. it's like the spake swell of

a wave and it feels like you're cresting and it's just the most wonderful, beautiful thing i am. and it's, you know, again it's, it's kind of the same with felon with writing. ah, leslie patterson draws a straight line from her will to win to her will to get all quiet on the western front made it is the 1st time the 1929 classic has been adapted for film in its original german language following a teenaged soldier stunned by the horrors of world war one, he and his comrades used as expendable cannon fodder by generals far removed from the battlefield as long as the fascinates end up cam fi sheet on jayden, maita. patterson and her writing partner bought the rights to the novel after one of those life changing moments in l. a. we had read it skill loved in novel, and then it it. there was a summer sale on at the store in los angeles. they adapted the book originally to an english language screenplay and shopped to film studio after film studio. after

film studio for 16 years, they heard rejections. patterson used up $200000.00 of her triumph language to hold the book writes, as soon as you realize that adversity mh is stronger for the next time, then you kind of embrace those obstacles ah, finally and all came together with netflix and germany's amusement park studios which had asked, can we do it in german answer? yes. oh my gosh one day it's terrible. the next day it's wonderful the next day terrible. and then you kind of build all of these layers to get as final piece of art that you're just like, wow, you know that that was worth it about a dozen years back after winning one of her 5 off road triathlon world championships. leslie patterson told an interviewer now i want an oscar. she maintains she was dead serious. sunday evening comes her 1st chance.

and before we go, he's a reminder of the top story we're following. for here today, 8 people have been killed and others wounded after gunman fired shot at a jehovah witness center. in hamburg, they say the suspect took us all night that you're now for equal africa, including a report on how farmers are combating a lack of rain in kenya. i'm the really thank you so much very company with ah, with

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