enjoy your services. oh, be our guest at frankfurt airport city managed by from bought. ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. china has a new 2nd in command. the national people's congress approved me, chang as premier. he was nominated by shing ping and is a staunch ally of the president. also coming up iran and saudi arabia agreed to restore ties and reopen diplomatic missions. a surprise agreement between the long

term rivals was brokered by china plus german police, a man suspected of carrying out a mass shooting under jehovah. witness center was a former member of the group. the attack on thursday left, 8 people at aah! on pablo. foliage welcome to the program. in china, lee chang has been appointed as premier, the nation 2nd highest post. it follows his nomination by president shing paint. lee is now tasked with running the government and managing the economy. as post was confirmed during the annual parliamentary session, it's the 1st time it's taken place in full in 3 years after being scaled back during the pandemic. or for more or less bringing in

correspondence, fabi and krench mark in beijing. fabia great to see you. so what's li chung's background? yet she is background is quite pro business. he grew up in one of the most developed provinces in china in judge young. his 1st prominent party position was the party secretary of a window, which is but seen by many observers as the credible of our chinese enter promotion after the opening up of the economy and a later, his big breakthrough came as the party secretary of shanghai. the number one, business city of the country, and yet he had a some major achievements. he attracted a lot of our companies to build factories in the city, for example, tesla. and i spoke to many who interacted with him and they said that he was very hands on nerves that are found a talk me that he had the chance to um, talk with him for 4 hours, listening to the business concerns, et cetera. that's the one site, but the other site is also he was responsible for

a 2 month locked aren't exactly one year ago, which are basically brought the economy of the leading chinese city to a standstill. and, and that, of course, also is quite concerning because he basically are implemented this locked on by the odd of begging and sacrifice economy for ideology. and really this locked on cost a lot of a suffering and air was a big tragedy. fabi on his heed the man to transfer the economic success of shanghai to the whole country. well, i mean, the success of shanghai was relative. i mean, it was not all roses during his time, and a lot of other chinese cities have caught up quite fast. and shanghai is now a little bit at the risk of losing its edge. and i, there was already before the pandemic, but yes, he had some are quite a solid or a record i would say. but on the national level, it's a different seating. ping has centralized a lot of the power and m, i would say that, especially in the recent years we could see that was li chunks are predecessor

leakage, sion who will now retire. and he was the prime minister. and he didn't have much to say any more in the last years. he completely disappeared from the media from the public debate. and it was obvious that the power now lays much more than ever before in the hands of seating pink. so i think that the level he can interact early. chung, i mean it's really more limited than it was before. now li chang is a changing thing. loyalist does he have the standing to push back against she if he does, he disagrees. for example, with policy that is the big question, the crucial question. i mean, all of the people who are appointed now and to into their core leadership are very am strong loyalists. you can also view it in a positive way, namely in this really very hierarchical m a top down system. i think nobody really um, has the courage to bring negative use to bring a criticism towards teaching ping because of the repressive atmosphere. but if you already have again the trust of teaching ping before you became powerful,

then probably you could do so. but whether leach, angle, eustace, and privilege of, you know, conveying criticism or not. i mean that basically comes down to whether you're an optimist or not. we simply don't know, and we will probably the only know in the coming months, journalist family and crash were in beijing. thank you. 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 fueled tensions in the gulf and deepened conflicts from yemen to syria. the agreement was reached after talks in beijing which hailed it as a victory for dialogue and peace. to regent arrivals on the path to peace. after years of hostilities, saudi arabia and a ran announced they are re establishing diplomatic and economic ties. the breakthrough was mediated by china. the communique was signed in beijing on

we hope that this new chapter will end the stalemate in relations of the last 7 years. and lead to greater stability and safety in the region as well as to more development and prosperity for the people. tensions between the regional powers has threatened stability in the persian gulf. in 2016 relations were severed when suny led saudi arabia executed, a revered shiite cleric. protesters and she ate letter ran, then attack saudi diplomatic missions. the conflict has spilled over into other countries. the saudis and iranians are vying for influence in syria, iraq, and in lebanon. where to ran backs has bella militants, in yemen, both sides have been locked in a proxy war for years. observers say the deal brings a chance to end the civil war. maybe in said there will be at least moves towards a permanent cessation of hostilities in yemen and a peace deal within yemen. sir,

uh, to maintain that on a, on a more permanent basis with the north washington has welcomed the saudi rainy in iraq or small as a step toward lowering tensions in the region. the 2 sides are set to reopen embassies in the coming weeks. sebastian songs as a senior researcher on golf, monarchies for the german based center for applied research and partnership with the orient. he told us why this is happening now, and many other countries have distanced themselves from iran after it's brutal cracked, and protests. 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. you disturb 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 course 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, that saudi arabia does not serve as a junior partner anymore, and also wants to act independently by reaching out to iran. for instance. let's take a look now at some of the other news making headlines around the world, columbia government, and the largest remaining rebel group known as the e l. n. say they are making progress toward a towards a temporary cease far. the announcement comes as a 2nd round of peace talks between the 2 concludes and mexico city. almost half

a 1000000 people were killed during decades of conflict between the state and various armed groups. russia, wagner, merson regroup, has entered a tactical poll as in back moot. that's according to the u. s. based institute for the study of war, which said fighters may have post their offensive on back move while waiting for russian reinforcements. wagner fighters have so far spearheaded the attack on the ukrainian city. george's parliament has voted to drop a controversial foreign agents fill opponents of the legislation warned. it could stifle dissent, curtail media freedoms, and hinder georgia's aspirations of one day. joining the european union. the reversal comes after days of demonstrations and mass rallies in the capital to please give all of them will resolved while ago. this is the moment that thousands in georgia had been waiting for the ship over after days of protest. it took just

minutes for the country's parliament to drop its controversial foreign agents. bill to mo, lawmakers voting it down by 35 to one. this is artillery armor julius go on. a victory celebrated moments later by both opposition, m. p. 's inside parliament and those protesting outside. many who spend days here fighting to what they see is the countries future away from perceived russian influence. and inside you opinion, me and my generation were protesting here. oh, we were standing like, i think 2 or 3 days in a row. so um, the fact that it is dropped and we're moving towards the european union is of course sir, a good and happy fact for a i support my country always and i'm sending here all the time because uh, you know,

i'm georgia and it's my responsibility to send here with my people and about the law. i think that it's a very bad for our country because we suffered you cry and we suffered, you are up and we want to be a part of europe. this bill has exposed a growing divide in the country of its lynx with russia and moscow's influence over the ruling. georgia. dream party protest is an opposition parties had claimed the proposed legislation could stifle dissent and could take media freedoms mirroring a form of russian style of oppression, a head of a parliamentary election next year. the solution is looming. they already try to pressure a position and a position in georgia is very fragmented, and i would say the managed to marginalize them. but at the same time, they say that there is some other societal forces like suicide in free media,

who could challenge them for the next election. so one of the aim of this law was somehow to subdue and marginalize civil society and for free media. moscow has the keys, the west of orchestrating the protests in georgia over the now defunct bill, likening it to a 2 attempts and where to please seize loyalties lie in the weeks and months ahead . could now be critical in it sped to join nato, and the european union police investigating the shooting at and jehovah is witnesses. center in the northern german city of hamburg, have revealed that the perpetrator was a former member of the religious community. the gunman killed himself 6 people and an unborn baby. his motive remains unclear, but police officers say they recently received an anonymous tip off about his mental state. as the investigation continues, the community where the shooting unfolded mourns its victims. undertake has

removed the bodies of the victims as people in hamburg pay their respects and begin to process and reflect on me. attack them on your hon. when you leave here and you are 200 meters away. it affects seal. it's very bad about that. no matter wait happens, but of course it affects us even more here. ah, my lad, and we are afraid i say these because we often pass by here and we don't know if it could happen again. so yes, we are afraid of monotonous investigations into the motives of the 35 year old shooter who took his own life at the scene around going he was a known gun owner and a former member of the religious group by philip if 100 as a he'll mcmillan where 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 former mayor of humbug, offered his condolences, 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 over by or simply been gerson. german is interior minister, nancy phaser visited the scene. she told reporters, the government would seek to introduce a psychological suitability test for potential gun owners. must shootings a rare in germany. it's hoped a tightening of already strict firearms ownership can prevent tragedies like this

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