he told us more about china's newly appointed premier lee chung. 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 chung, had a role in a job that's often called his chief of staff, bucking back and jeered young am off to that point. he was all equal helicopters into a number of other roles and primarily around that cluster of provinces on china's coasts, am in john sou, joe young, and then laterally as party 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 fake of, it's come from, for instance, another faction. he's not someone who has really independent standing, his standing comes from his thighs. does she read it? just mentio

the national people's congress approved lee chung as premier . he was nominated by hitting ping and is a staunch ally of the presidents. also coming up japan marks the anniversary of the fukushima disaster the nuclear meltdown triggered by the deadly earthquake answer. an army is still making waves with china's government and to japanese fishermen denouncing plans to release radio, active water into the sea. iran and saudi arabia agreed to restore ties and re open diplomatic missions. the surprise agreement which we in the long term rivals, was broken by china. ah, monica jones, welcome to the program. in china, lee chung has been appointed, asked premier, the nation's 2nd highest post. it follows his nomination by president judging. ping . 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. early i talked to angel small

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 dama

lee chung will officially be confirmed as premier taking over lee could chung who's held the role for 10 years. a slew of top economic and political positions will also be filled, including central bank, governor, vice, and state ministers. all by officials reportedly close to see the re shuffle followed the 20th communist party congress in october, where he secured an unprecedented 3rd term as china's supreme leader. who for the 1st time in 10 years that segan paying is going to have his people leading all of the major organs of state power in china. so the outside of that is that we could see more efficient policy implementation of she's priorities. but the downside is that after the 20th party, congress is become pretty clear that stage and paying wants to continue taking china in a more ideologically controlled, more economically statist and more diplomatically assertive direction. there will also be an extensive reorganization of state and party institutions giving see more control of china's financial system. last year's growth rate of 3 percent was the slowest and half a centur

the national people's congress approved lee chung as premier . he was nominated by ceasing ping and is a staunch ally. the president also coming up iran and saudi arabia re to restore ties and re open diplomatic missions. the surprise agreement between the long term rivals was brokers by china and baseball may not be their day job, but check players are going up against some of the game superstars when they played japan in the world baseball classic ah, i'm marrying a evans team. welcome. in china, lee chang has been appointed as premier, the nation's 2nd highest post. it follows his nomination by president she she ping . lee is now tasked with running the government and managing the economy. his 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. for more, we can stated journal as to 5 in freshman who joins us from beijing hired to you father. so tell us why li chang was chosen for the premier ship. yeah, i think of for once and he's his pr

the national peoples congress approved lee chung as premier. he was nominated by shing pink and is a staunch ally of the president. also on the show, japan marks the anniversary of the fukushima disaster. the nuclear meltdown triggered by the deadly earthquake and to nominate is still making waves with china's government and japanese fishermen denouncing plans to release radioactive water into the c. plus it's a heart warming. look at bird rescuers and it could be taking home an oscar this weekend. we look at the indian film all that bri ah, i'm marrying an evans dean. welcome. in china, lea chung has been appointed as a premier, the nation's 2nd highest post. it follows his nomination by president. she ping. lee is now tasked with running the government and managing the economy. his post was confirmed during he annual parliamentary sessions is the 1st time it's taken place in full in 3 years after being scaled back during the pandemic. i spoke earlier to journalists, father in crash more in beijing, and he told us more about chinese newly appo

ah, this is dw news, and these are our top stories. channels robust and parliament has approved lee chung as premier the nation 2nd highs post. it was nominated by his close ally president.

the national peoples congress approved lee chung as premier he was nominated by she pink and is a staunch ally. the president also coming up iraq.

dw news live from berlin. china has a new 2nd in command, the national people's congress approved lee chung as premier. he was nominated by shooting pink and is a staunch ally of the president. also on the show, japan.

the national peoples congress approves lee chung as premier. he was nominated by shooting ping and is a storm to ally of the president. also coming up, japan marks the anniversary of the fukushima.

but this is lee, could chung's loss, recitation of the annual communist party were report as premier a role he held for 10 years. premier me known for his reform minded approach to managing china's economy. he will be replaced by new chunk loyal supporter of eden king with limited international experience. analysts say this will likely be to step back in the liberalization of the economy and more power being concentrated in the top rank of the communist party. katrina, you al jazeera. now, mexico's president is increasingly relying on the military to police. the streets that as violent crime is on the rise, but many fear, the involvement of the armed forces will only make things worse. manual rapid reports from mexico city. you know, over the past few years, mexico's president and that is manuel of his over that or has greatly expanded the role of the countries armed forces. not yet from building airports, hospitals and railways to securing borders. mexico's military has been handed control over dozens of public works that were previously managed by civilian agencies. no gunners neve

lee chung is tasked with reinvigorating the slowing economy and achieving this year's growth target of 5 percent. are made to the, to learn power from currently our economic all polish large. and he has exceeded 120 trading gordon. and we also faced quite a lot of new challenges whose huh, to achieve a growth of around 5 percent off. i'll sasha hi, base figure is not an easy task for anita well require redoubled efforts. the former shanghai chief is credited with creating a nasdaq staff stock market for the financial center and persuading tesla to build its 1st overseas factory on the cities outskirts, boosting employment, and the private sector are among leads, top priority is low, but he's also known for the mismanagement of a brutal corbett 19 lockdown that paralyzed the see for weeks war shows. analysts say lead chung's loyalty to she didn't pain always. trump, his personal policy preferences while people think a lot about shifting in positions and so on us or, or the ccp system, especially on the she, i think is, um, is tightly managed enough such that, you know, does the diplomat

and woke up here to this is lee could chung's last recitation of the annual communist party were report as premier a role. he held the 10 years premier me known for his reform minded approach to managing china's economy. he will be replaced by new chunk royal support. even with limited international experience. analysts say this will likely be to step back in the liberalization of the economy and more power being concentrated in the top rank of the communist party. katrina, you al jazeera. now, united nations conference on the world's nice developed countries is happening here, and the talks are focused on eradicating poverty and hunting trade and tackling climate change in the 46 nations. most of them in africa, least developed countries are being stranded, meets the rising, sty, the crises, and certainty, climate scales and deep global injustice. they are unable to keep pace with lightning speed, technological change. systems are steps from elson, dedication to social protection, infrastructure, and job creation. and employment is rising, especially among young people and women being

being used live from berlin. china has a new 2nd in command, the national people's congress approved lee chung as premier. he was nominated by seating ping and is a strong ally of the presidents. also coming up japan marks the anniversary, all the fukushima disaster, the nuclear meltdown triggered spy, the deadly earthquake. and so nami is still.

, you know, again, there are competing narratives that work here in china's parliament and sworn lee chung as the new premier, a close ally of president she jin ping chung was party secretary for shanghai. the over sold the cities 2 month locked on last year, a replaces lea coaching, who's retiring after a decade in the vault, the premier as the head of the government and the highest position under president chief. see hong kong activists who helped to organize the annual gentleman square vigils have been jailed for more than 4 months. the part of a pro democracy alliance they were convicted under the national security law for failing to give information about the group. last year was the 1st time at hong kong, held no public vigil to mark the 1989 gentlemen scro crackdown demonstrators in beijing. the national security laws been used to target pro democracy groups to ron and saudi arabia have agreed to re establish diplomatic relations and re open embassies becomes after 7 years of hyphen tension and confrontation. china helped broke the deal. alexander barsh reports this deal, harold a n

but this is lee, could chung's loss, recitation of the annual communist party were report as premier a role. he held the 10 years premier and he was known for his reform minded approach to managing china's economy. he will be replaced by new chunk royal support agencies with limited international experience. analysts say this will likely be to step back in the liberalization of the economy and more power being traded in the top rank of the communist party. katrina, you al jazeera the junior united mystery ash. carla has one on a cinema, is taught awards at the prestigious pan african film and television festival and became a foster buck who is one of the oldest festivals dedicated to african cinema, which is currently going through a revival. cliff hack looks at the events, main winners. me ash county is the dark tunisian thriller. it follows to police officers when from the old regime of the other from after the revolution, both searching for the reasons behind a series of immolation. the film is this year's winner of the main prize of the pan african film and television festival he

in use live from berlin. china has a new 2nd in command, the national people's congress approved lee chung as premier. he was nominated by shooting, paying a storm to ally off the president. also coming up, japan mocks, the anniversary of the fukushima disaster the nuclear meltdown. tickets by the deadly earthquake and synonymy is still making waves with china government and to japanese fishermen denouncing plans to release.

dw news life from berlin. china has a new 2nd increment, the national people's congress approved lee chung as premier. he was nominated by gigi pink and is a staunch ally of the president. also coming up japan marks the anniversary of.

parliament, the national people's congress has begun its annual meeting in beijing outgoing premier at lee k chung who is 2nd in command after leadership ping says that china's armed forces should be more prepared for combat in the face of what he called, escalating threats from abroad, aging says as cranking a military spending, but at the same time it wants to promote peaceful relations with taiwan, which it claims as its own territory. on the economy, china's leadership has set a 5 percent economic growth target. one of the lowest and decades earlier, we spoke to the w correspondent, william young and ty pay, and we asked him if he thinks that china's 5 percent growth target was modest. yes, most economist described as, as somewhat of the conservative as a result and eco, the chinese government has laid out. but most of them also said that this is somewhat actually a positive signal because it shows that the chinese government is raining in their desire and also their urge to try to boost and find different ways to really trigger and push the chinese economic growth. and rather focusing more on

lee chung is just want to several close allies. he didn't thing has installed in the top ranks of the communist party. this may mean more efficiency when it comes to carrying out his policies, but also less pushback and almost 0 opposition when it comes to his power. katrina, you al jazeera aging. while as china looks to build its military, the leaders of the u. s. u. k. and australia said to announce plans to provide australia with nuclear power submarines us present. joe biden is on his way to california where he'll be meeting the u. k. and australian prime ministers, minneapolis said the august security lines, his aimed at countering china is influencing the indo pacific region. al jazeera is defense, that is, alex could popular 6th grade. a strategic alliance signed in 2021 by australia, the united states, the united kingdom. it deepens, defense ties between the 3 countries, and enabled them to share more intelligence swap defense technology in training and base u. s. submarines and perth. but most importantly, the united state

china's national anthem opens its annual parliamentary session in bay jing but outgoing premier lee could chung's assessment of the country's economic performance. with samba in comparison, he said the pandemic and challenges in the international environment had caused china to fall short of its previous g. d. p. target of 5.5 percent hitting only 3 percent. go with that, he announced a more modest goal for growth in 2023. the main projected target for development this year are as follows, g, d, b growth of a wrong 5 percent around $12000000.00, new urban jobs survey, urban unemployment rate of a wrong $5.00 person boosting income and consumers spending our major priorities. there will also be renewed focus on innovation and technological self reliance, beijing's response to what it says are escalating attempts by the united states and its allies to suppress chinese vans their pressing head on technology. basically to fill the void that is being created by, ah, you know, the some embargoes by the united states. and in there they're also very, very keen on reducing costs across the board. they wan

i will assume this will be today for lee chung to answer questions.r questions from local and domestic international media today. xi jinping will give a speech to close up the national people's congress. has anyone guessed what they might say question mark -- say? >> there is a lot to catch up on today. bloomberg subscribers on the terminals, it is also on the mobile and the bloomberg. you just get the news on the industries and assets. ♪ the first time you connected your website and your store was also the first time you realized... we can do anything. cheesecake cookies? [together] the chookie! manage all your sales from one place with a partner that always puts you first. godaddy. tools and support for every small business first. online personal styling? what's that? that's stitch fix. and how can you help me? we do the shopping for you. how do you know what i like? and what fits? you tell us your size, budget and style. wait, is it a subscription? no commitment required here. and i only pay for what i keep? yup. i live in denim, can you send me je

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in the lead chung as the new premium, a closer law of presidency. jean thing chang was. party secretary for shanghai, the obvious saw this, it is to month locked out last year. he replaces lee her chang, who's retiring after a decade in the role. the premier's, the head of government, and the highest position under president cheese. 3, hong kong activists who helped who organized the annual gentlemen square vigils have been jailed for more than 4 months. that part of a pro democracy alliance and they were convicted under the national security law for failing to give information on the group. last year was the 1st time hong kong held no public vigil to marks the 1989 gentlemen square crackdown of demonstrators in beijing, the national security laws been used to target pro democracy groups. iran and saudi arabia have agreed to re establish diplomatic relations and re open embassies . it comes after 7 years of hiding tension and confrontation. china helped broker the deal. alexander via supports this deal, harold's a new chapter in the middle east, bitter rivals, iran and saudi arabia agreed to restore diplomatic ties all in secret. with chinese mediation, he shows the earth t

ah, this is dw news, and these are our top stories. channels robust and parliament has approved lee chung as premier the nation 2nd highs post. it was nominated by his close ally, president judging ping and the assembly approval was a formality. lee will be tasked with running the government and managing the economy for at least for the next 5 years. japan has held a nation wide minute of silence to mock the 12th anniversary of the earthquake and synonymy that triggered a nuclear meltdown. it was one of the worst natural disasters in japanese history. over 20000 people died or went missing. entire towns were devastated by the giant waves and radiation from the fukushima planned to lift areas uninhabitable. villages and indonesia being covered in ash after one of the world's most active will k no erupted, mount marashi produced an ash cloud. 3000 meters high authorities have set up a restricted zone around the crater, but so far there are no reports of casualties. moratti's last major eruption and 2010 killed 300 people, much better bundle. this is did all the news from berlin for more hea