ah, ah ah, this is dw sly from berlin. china has a new 2nd in command. the national peoples congress approved lee chung as premier. he was nominated by shooting ping. that is a storm to ally off the president. also coming up japan marks the anniversary of the fukushima disaster, the nuclear meltdown triggered by the deadly earthquake. and so no army is still making waves with china's government and japanese fishermen denouncing plans to release radioactive water into the sea. and iran and saudi arabia agreed to

restore ties and reopen diplomatic missions. the surprise agreement between the long term rivals was broken by china. ah, i'm monica jones. welcome to the program. in china, lee chung has been appointed as premier, the nation's 2nd highest post. it follows his nomination by president gigi. king lee is now tasked with running the government and managing the economy is new role was confirmed during the annual parliamentary session. it's the 1st time the rubber stamp body has met without any corona, virus restrictions in 3 years after being scaled back during the pandemic. earlier today, i talked to andrew a small, a senior fellow at the german marshall fund. and he told us more about china's

newly appointed premier lee, cham. as you suggested in your introduction, his most important qualification is his loyalty. he's one of a number of officials of the top of the party now who primarily other roles to their personal relationships with seating thing at different stages of his career at lee county. i had a role in a job that's often called his chief of staff buck in back in jeered young am off to that point he was. and what they call helicopters into a number of other roles and primarily around that cluster of provinces on china's coasts, am in john sou jr. young and then latterly as potty certainty of shanghai. he hasn't held positions in beijing in the central lead, a ship running the country before. and he seems relatively business friendly, relatively reform minded. but the most important thing is he's demonstrated his loyalty. he's not a figure that's come from, for instance,

another faction. he's not someone who has really independent standing, he's standing comes from his thighs to seek. right. you just mentioned reforms are over the past few years president, she has been shifting the power of the premier to party institutions. will the premier role that lee is now going to fill allow him to make any meaningful reforms . but the other thing about li chung is, is not just who he is, but who the it isn't leeker chung leeker chung had a very specific and distinct role as premier because he was genuinely arrival to she's you thing he's the man who could have had at she's job and so although power was taken away from the state and continues to be taken away from the state to the party, it was also an important degree to which leeker chung was sidelined by houston ping . and he was, in a sense, the head, the remaining head of the youth leak faction. emily chunk doesn't have that. and the question in this is whether he will be trusted somewhat more by she didn't ping

to actually do the job of running the economy in the last few years. she didn't ping, it wasn't just the, the role of the party that at an increase he, parson, me had been making most of these decisions. the question is whether the town might at least be given a bit more space to do some of these things himself. right? and it, do you think that a lead shanks appointment is going to attract or deter, invest as primary foreign invest a short answer please? i don't think there's gonna be a huge difference. frankly, i think this is still seen as, as huge in pings government. i don't think lee chung is seen as a kind of independent figure in this. and so i think it's not going to make a significant difference even though they lost international businesses like came get on with him relatively well. i think the question said at issue now m for the chinese economy are all a far greater than anything that lead young's going to decide about. okay,

andrew small invalid. thank you so much for your time and for sharing your insights . thank you. in japan, nationwide, minute of silence marked the 12th anniversary of the deadly earthquake and san army that triggered a nuclear meltdown. it was one of the worst natural disasters in the nation's history. over 20000 people died or went missing, and our towns were devastated by giant waves, and many nuclear plants were shut down around the country. but aside from remembrance, the day was also marked our protests. japan will begin releasing waste water from the damaged fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, raising fears in japan and neighboring countries of long term health effects and to damage to commercial fishing. how will pacific ocean fish be affected by waste water from fukushima, nuclear plant? more than a 1000000 tons of it is set to be released into the ocean. the japanese governments

as it poses no risk, but local fishermen are concerned. while mother wasn't on her theory, we're worried that the reputation of our pro useful suffering even more damage. still, the government has decided to allow the water release. we really cannot accept this why we feel so helpless. ever since this, an army in 2011 water has been used to cool the 3 nuclear reactors, devastated by meltdowns. this produces around a 100000 liters of waste water every day. the energy from tapco runs the water through a treatment system, but it still contains tritium, a radioactive element, which in large quantities can cause cancer. but tapco says the low levels of tritium mean, it's not much different to see water and has run test to show that fish can live in it. still many a concerned about the long term effects. if you had just something with a beta emitter, like a tuna,

or an oyster that has radionuclides in your internal cells, have no protection whatsoever. you don't see these right away. um, it takes years, sometimes decades for these numbers to show up other expense say the tritium is so diluted that it's not a problem. so you get about the same amount in the fish as in the water. and that means that radioactive dose is quite low. and the other factor about tritium is that is called very weak radioactive emission. but the fukushima plans aren't popular in the wider region, either. china's south korea and the pacific islands of all cold for a rethink. despite the opposition, japan says the release will begin in the coming months and continue for the next 30 years. let's take a look now at some of the other news making headlines around the world. demonstrate as in france, have taken to the streets for a 7th consecutive day to protest against president manuel mark holmes pension reform plants. police are expecting up to

a 1000000 people to attend rallies. nationwide. unions hope that they can still force macro to back down parliament is debating the draft law ahead of a vote expected within the next few weeks. federal regulators have rushed to seize the assets of silicon valley bank after it's offered the 2nd largest bank failure in u. s. history as the bees collapse st. account holders scrambling to withdraw their money and sparked anxiety among it's take heavy clientele. the frantic to day run on the bank wiped out more than $100000000000.00 in market value for u. s. banks. iran in saudi arabia have agreed to re establish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies within 2 months. after years of tensions, the surprise agreement was broken by china, which hailed it as a victory for dialogue and peace. the restoration of ties office hope apiece in yemen, where saudi arabia has led

a coalition against the iranian backed hotties. after years, all still it is saudi arabia and iran announced their re establishing diplomatic and economic toys. the breakthrough was mediated by china. the communique was signed in beijing am on monday. we hope that this new chapter will end the stalemate and relations of the last 7 years and lead to greatest stability and safety in the regional government. as well as to more development and prosperity for the people who tensions between the regional powers have threatened stability in the persian gulf. in 2016 relations were severed when sunni led saudi arabia executed, revered shiite cleric, protests as and she, i let iran 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 lebanon. where terran backs has bella militants in yemen. both sides have been locked in a proxy war for years. now observe as say the deal brings a chance to end the civil war is that there will be at least moves towards a permanent cessation of hostilities and yemen. and a peace deal within yemen, sir, to maintain that on a, on a more permanent basis within washington has welcome the saudi arabian reproach more as a step towards lowering tensions in the region. the 2 sides are set to reopen embassies in the coming weeks. and i spoke earlier with simon mabon, professor of international politics, who studies sectarian conflict at lancaster university in the u. k. and asked him what prompted the 2 adversaries to soften their stance. i don't think this is a dramatic change. i think this is something that's been in the works for a number of years now. we know that the 2 states have been talking back channel

dialogue in a number of different arenas. and i think it points to broader concerns about regional security and further escalation of tensions. but it also points to domestic challenges that the 2 states are facing with a need to work towards a more pragmatic engagement that will allow for economic transformation states. and how do you see china's role in this has significant, is china's role in reaching this agreement. and why is china taking on the role of piece, or at least in this case, deal maker? i think it's hugely symbolic. we know that the u. s. has long been the mediator is long, played this type of role internationally. and for china to step up to the plate here, i think it shows how important the persian gulf is to china, who's got long relations with the ran in now has deepest economic ties and saudi arabia. so it, china doesn't want to see a conflict. it really, it realizes that it needs to try and improve relations and it also senses an

opportunity to position itself globally as an actor that can facilitate mediation and bring about reconciliation. you just mentioned the where, so formerly being in that particular role. so what does this new development now mean for western powers? in particular, the u. s. and it's relation to the region. it raises a lot of questions i think, and these questions had been brewing for some time. we know that the saudis and the u. s. at long had a positive relationship, but in recent years that's become more fractures. the iranian us relationship with a long been fractious. so i think in the past the us would have occupied this mediate role. but now it sort of raises questions about the extent to which the us can take on this type of media to roll and the extent to which the us wants to take on this mediator role. i think those are questions that will come to light in the coming months and just a briefly, if you would, what could this deal mean for the region itself?

is it really a step towards stability? i think it's a positive step because the saudis and the ratings have been embroiled in a rivalry that has taken on fractious components across the region. but, and this is a really important point. i think it doesn't bring an end to all of the other points of conflict and division across the region. there are still local drivers of conflicts in lebanon, in yemen, in syria. and these will not be addressed by the broader diplomatic reproach, mom between my son nathan, professor of international politics. lancaster university's richardson institute. thank you so much for your time. thank you. germans, aka. now ann burroughs, her daughter, want me local rivals chalka on saturday. it's one of the biggest rivalries in the bonus lager this year dot monta are challenging for the leak title while chalka, a fighting relegation. the numbers are all in favor of a victory for dormant when, if he's chalka in the viet davi,

don't mind our unbeaten in the 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 boonies z a table. but does any of that matter? not according to the document coach vit. assign ashby. as always, this will be a match, shaped by emotion and intensity on where your 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 there's a new found since of team spirit. and then, and if dorman gives a 100 percent and so to weep and it'll be very difficult. it's our job to prevent them from reaching that 100 percent. and that means what sets us apart. unmatched a is our mentality. it chalka will be happy that brought one to replay without

several key players, including you some poor 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 and bragging rights, also on the line. this is the daily news coming up next, sports life with a portrait of by a munich stock saddle. my name. i'm monica jones for me and the team here in berlin . thanks for watching. these places in europe are smashing the wreckers stepped into a bold adventure. it's the treasure map for modern globetrotters. discover some of you to record breaking sites on google maps, youtube and know also in book form to own me or not.