the, the, this is dw news live in from berlin. tonight's lubarski is prime minister fighting for his life after an assassination attempt the proper gto shots 5 times in washington to the hospital for emergency surgery. today, the government says the attack was politically motivated. the suspect has been arrested also coming up tonight. georgia is controversial for an influential thousands protests and the capital tbilisi against new legislation they say is can tie democratic for his president telling dw that she plans to veto the bill. and he was secretary of state anthony blinking announcing another $2000000000.00 aid for

ukraine, but watching advances on the battlefield at forest ukraine's president to cancel all of his overseas trips. and tonight why his real was offensive in wafaa is straining its relations with egypt. will look at the implications for both sides and for the people in god's the i bring cops, our view is watching on cbs in the united states and to all of you around the world . welcome, doctors are fighting to save the life of slovakia as prime minister robert feet. so he was shot 5 times today. and what the government is calling a politically motivated assassination. to to the 59 year old populist pro russia premier is undergoing emergency surgery and dr. say his condition is chris called

so lucky as president calling today's events, a brutal and reckless attacks leaders from the us in germany have all condemned the shooting, a suspect was arrested at the scene today. 5 shots ring out and the gunman is tackled just seconds later, the prime minister is carried by the arms to a car and rushed away. security personnel stayed behind, pinning the suspect to the ground speed. so supporters look on and for it sounded like cannon fire to me. i was shocked. what's going on? and as i saw him fall, i realized that this probably wasn't a joke. to the interior ministry said the attacked with likely politically motivated and brought his love of this lock in president condemned the shooting

circle. now i am shocked. we are all shocked by the terrible and vicious attack on prime minister robert beat. so can you keep a physical attack on the prime minister is 1st of all an attack on a person, but it is also an attack on democracy. okay, cool. but cannot see the heat for rhetoric we see in society. you know, the sleep state for action is misspelled, please stop it, but you cannot explain to them about the customer support port in from european leaders. you commission president worth of the fund the lion wrote on the social media site x such acts of violence have no place in our society and undermine democracy. are most precious common good of the white house reacted as well. president joe biden said in a tweed, we condemn this horrific act of violence. our embassy is in close touch with the government as a vakio and ready to assist robert feats. so as long been

a controversial figure in slovakia as politics often described as populist or left wing nationalist as opposed immigration and threatened to withdraw support for ukraine in its defense against russia. duty. after the shooting pizza was flown by helicopter to a nearby hospital where he underwent emergency surgery for an abdominal wound, official said his injuries are life threatening. well, i'm joined now by andre month. it's ok. a journalist who works for the slovakia newspaper prob that we are joining tonight. they are from brought his love up. andre, it's good to have you with is the government just held the press conference and told us that the prime minister is still and i'm quoting here in a life threatening situation. what else do we know about his condition to not put anything from registrar? yes, i think this is basically what we know. unfortunately, we don't know. i don't know any more details about it,

but it's very clear. this is a very, very serious situation. then mr. prince, always in a very serious condition, give us shots a couple of times. we don't know the extent of his files, but for me, but i think one of the problem is also that in the policy is a he has a big heart condition. so any kind of this kind of operation is really would be in, in, in any case that would be a really a problem. i think one and i'm, and i suspect it of course, that of course i know that the doctors are doing what they can, they can do, but uh, delivery also from the, from the colleagues have missed the feed. so the user coming to this is very, very serious. again, the prime minister we understand was shot 5 times today we have learned in the last hour or so more details about what exactly happened today. can you bring us up to speed on the shooting?

the details that we do know as uh, there was a meeting of the government in the smaller city slovakia and not that far from breakfast about the city go to school and how little the government of mr. fit. so he's doing those sessions quite a regular i going to the regions a basic, you also meeting people. and after the, after the session uh from mr. went out to, to degrade the crowd. there was a guy also calling him, come to me, come to me in the so he went there and there were shots, you know, and you also saw the video that by the gods reacted. there is a discussion now to be directed to quickly enough that it's, it's hard to say it was uh, it was of a, uh, it was a very close contact in fact. so and, and the, the, the prime minister was rushed to to the hospital then to the hospital, the better one. and the guy was arrested to on the scene. uh, what do we know about the warranty route?

yeah, i just wanted to say that it's a, it seems, it's a to the government. it's a quite clear this as opposed to what the weight is. and it seems there is at least the in it's, it seems, but the reason in spot to watch it for the good luck the way it is. he had the guys from another city. now he's 70 a 71 year old. so a little bit older, older man, he's supposed to go idea as it seems, were over the place during his life. he was part of the kind of a ride being far more truly grove than he stepped to a ride for a tree or something like that. yeah, like the talking of all non violence. now we saw the video and it was nothing for him, but this is allegedly from the body. so it says that he was saying that he, he doesn't like uh the, the, the policies of bits of government. so it might be kind of a case of really goes actions. so again, we don't know the multi yet,

but yes i, i wouldn't exclude this endeavor next to the board to good luck. yeah. and we understand to, from authorities in the course the investigation is ongoing. tonight's journalist andre. yeah, my dislike joining us for about as lava andre, we appreciate your reporting tonight. thank you. thank you very much. i here's a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world . israel's defense minister has criticized prime minister benjamin netanyahu strategy and gaza. mr. galani said that he would oppose any plan for long term military rule of the region. he also urged netanyahu to draw up a post word vision and israel's best interest. the far right judge, politician garetsville there is, it says that he's reached a preliminary deal with 3 other right wing party leaders to form a cabinet. now despite coming in 1st and national elections, 6 months ago builders,

if not expected to become prime minister of the netherlands. but his party for freedom will be the main force and the coalition government, bye. for now to the country of georgia were thousands, have once again turned out on the streets of the capital to believe in protest against the new foreign influence law. now western countries have joined the opposition political leaders in georgia in denouncing the legislation that targets media and other groups with significant for and funding. young people are especially angry respirator, 17 year old on the staff here is ready to rally for george's future. with the respirator on her head, in case police fire to your gas, so she's out to meet people who share her anger. of george's youth are furious over the for an influence law passed by the parliament

the . i feel like everything my. 2 everything going into the water, everything with this, 84, because directional because it's a livable system. i don't know. i know that i'm honest. i see it is referring to the 84 law makers who voted in favor of the law. it requires any n g o or media organization getting more than 20 percent of funding from abroad to register as an agent of foreign influence. the ruling georgia dream party defends the law. under the notice today is the most important day in terms of strengthening the independence and sovereignty of our countries of the adoption of the law on transparency of foreign influence,

create strong guarantees of long term peace and tranquility in georgia. and i'm sure they'll be so the soon for this you as one that the log when danger georgia's pass to the block, the baltic states are among the strongest critics of the bill. let's be basically see their foreign ministers mat george and president subdomains of which really plans to veto the legislation. she has 14 days to act. the president solomon's or by she really intends to veto the new law. the parliament would still be able to push it through. she told us why she is against the legislation. well it's this low has become for the jordan population that has been developed stretching dial 41 bonus has become the symbol of a number of lows and measures and the rhetoric and that is sticking georgia the

way permits your pin pass that's lupins as completely secured since we got to be candidate status. and so it's this simple that i'm going to be true because there was no possibility for anyone to, to the critic, so called partners, or from the cd to the forces, the non governmental organizations. everybody was saying, this is a little that is exactly the same as the one russia has used to really, uh, a brilliant and uh, photos of the city of society and the rental organizations in russia. so we do not want that low. it's not conform to the european values, and it will not allow the country to get closer to the new york end. it has not been leasing. it has been adopted the in the precipitated way,

the surgery hearing. busy the has the engine come in one minute, 7 seconds. and that was george's president's. how the main sort of the steely speaking to us. earlier i spoke with laura thornton, she's from the german marshall funding. she told me what this law and the protest tell us about the health of georgia's democracy. so that's actually a really good question. um, it seems from the streets of to police and we've never seen anything like that. i mean, the estimates have up to 3 100000 people in the country of 3500000. so it does seem like public support is there. we don't have adequate data at this point to say like what percentage of georgians are for the lower against the law. but the government is under toured, and i don't think public opinion would sway them either way because this is part of their, a liberal play book that they've been implementing over the last decade when i, when i 1st moved to georgia, the critics of this legislation say that it threatens democracy, they are,

but why is requiring media organizations to report where their funding comes from? why is that seen as a threat as well? first of all there's, there's no need for it all. i was an n g o in georgia. all of our information is public, there are no transparency concerns about that. secondly, it is not only just a level of transparency which already exists. it is certain punitive measures against these groups, certain report reporting requirements low on the stigma of being labeled as an actor of the state. and it just because your n g o in georgia receives 20 percent funding save from the you or the united states doesn't mean you're carrying out the interest of a foreign adversary. and keep in mind the terminology that's being used round this law is flipping the switch between allies and enemies. and apparently, according to the georgia dream government and the rhetoric, the united states and the you are enemies of georgia. interestingly not mentioned

in the law, is russia a country actually occupied in georgia and increase increasing it's up to occupation, inch by inch every year. yeah. your opinion, your diplomats are saying that george's attempt to join the you is now at risk and i think something like 80 percent of georgians say they still want to join the you . so what, what's happening here, i mean, is the george in this dream party, is it working against the will of the georgian people when it comes to e u membership? yes. because and i think that we've just been like hostages with our heads in the sand about this. they've been very clear for years. the problem with the you and joining the u. s. you have to pass certain reforms. these are to mock democratic reports. if they do so, that would create a level playing field which might not return them to power. at the end of the day, this is all about keeping georgia dream and power. and being

a democrats nation with a free and fair election with transparent you this year, and all those facets of the requires, they might know when and between of unashamedly the oligarchy. that is the hunter, richard. dream is terrified of that prospect. so when having to decide between the you and staying and power, georgia dream picks power, the president of georgia is meeting with a ministers today, wednesday. i mean, is there anything that the international community can do right now? i'm in to mitigate this conflict at all. i think there's a little bit we, i think there are things we can do. i'm very pleased with the united states, the assistant secretary of state, your mcbrian was just there. he didn't. he indicated that if the law goes through, there will be sanctions from the united states, including travel bands for m p's leaders and their families. and this is really important because while georgia dream seems to love to adopt russian tactics for suppressing democracy, they sure don't send their kids study there. so i think so,

travel sanctions reconsidering these. uh, these are free travel for george's in europe. we'd have a big effect, particularly if it includes family members and angel sanctions. i'm not saying this would change the course because i think g d is dug in. okay. but it could, it could some impact more, thornton senior vice president for democracy from the german marshal. find where we appreciate your time and your analysis tonight. thank you. thank you so much. i or ukraine's president zalinski has cancelled all 4 in travel plans as russian forces advanced in the countries eastern har keith regent. us secretary of state entity blinking, made a surprise, visit the camp this week to reaffirm washington's support for ukraine. and he acknowledge that lawmakers delay and approving more military for the country. he admitted that that has left you great, more vulnerable. ukrainian government says it has withdrawn from some areas because

it does not have enough troops to fight off russian attacks. lincoln says the united states is preparing a new package of weapons and funding for you. we will provide an additional $2000000000.00 in foreign, military financing for you. and we put this together in a, 1st of its kind a defense enterprise fund. and it has 3 components. one is to provide weapons today . so this will assist you frame and acquiring those weapons to is to focus as well on something that the mutual just talked about. investing in new kinds defense, industrial base, helping to strengthen even more its capacity to produce what it needs for itself, but also to produce for others. and finally, using this fund to help you frame purchase military equipment from other countries . it's not just the united states. well, blinking is visiting ukraine, lawmakers from t r on a visit to washington. they're hoping to persuade politicians there to allow their

country to use us supplied weapons to strike targets inside russia. the w's washington bureau chief and his pulse spoke to david or rock. how many of the chairman of ukraine's ruling servant of the people part? so you are meeting with lawmakers here in washington. what's the main purpose of your visit this time? yeah, there are 2 purposes. so the 1st purpose is, uh, thank you purpose because it finally we voted as able to, to the package for ukraine, which is very important, especially now on 2nd. this tried to use the or congressional power to put the pressure on the white house to change the policy where ukrainians, having the weapons getting that heeds targets that are on the russian territory. because right now the russians are attacking ukrainian cities. hark. if in particular, from the russian territory,

and with that situation would never be happened. if we would have permission to use the weapons against those logistical sensors, command sensors and so on. so we not to not talk about civilians. the target that's for sure on the military targets close to the ukranian border. but unfortunately for now there is a still political block on this. so we had previous successful experience where lawmakers putting enough pressure on the white house and they changed the policy power. so how are lawmakers, so how is the white house arguing? why do they not allow you to use the weapons? you obviously have on russian territory. all the main argument to never change since the very beginning of the war. it's to, we believe that it would be to escalate 3 and there will be some additional escalation from russian side. we leaving the war for 2 and a half years already. we know that there is nothing to escalate us already escalated at the top level. you know like we are right now, we have an attack to harkey for the cds twice bigger as

a washington dc. millions of people are living there. so like we have to protect the cd ride like there is nothing that they can escalate. they already putting lighting bombs, very huge ones destroying houses, basically wiping the city. so we don't know what could be more escalator and to where you crane urgently needs were soldiers and starting this weekend. ukrainian men will have 2 months to register with the military. if they don't sign up, they'll face punishment sign up or face the consequences. the cues at this conscription center are orderly, but the men here say the process itself is not. for some, it's their 2nd or 3rd time. they've come prepared for a long way. they might just figure can normally, if i have to register, i'll do it. and if i get caught up into the army service, i'll go and that's probably so look at the profit interest. we've been trying to

register him. if there is no, all the here will have to program what must it be like in the army, and i'm going to you might put it up to put under ukraine's new mobility. zation rules mean that all 18 to 60 year olds mess register carry paper work with them. those who don't will be punished. many here are wary of the new policy, so they want to remain anonymous. extra sure you can, and we'll just man who don't register will lose all the right house. and so we won't be able to be anything officially. get a job to rent a house. and is it the man with the right papers will have no rights and ukraine? this is where you create in man, have to register to be on the mobilization list to potentially be called in to war . according to officials of the armed forces, ukraine's military needs at least 500000 more soldiers. the government says this registration drive will help speed up the recruitment process. the new law also lowers the conscription age from 27 to 25. that's incorrect,

some young man to volunteer are doing so means they can choose a unit instead of being assigned one by the state. but from what the, what says my main motivation is to help the people who are defending our country to replace the guys who need arrest after more than 2 hard years. let's say i want to destroy the enemy and defend our country let's. it's uh wishing of what it was like this week for you. but it's not always so simple. this lawyer gets around 30 calls a day from man trying to get a draft deferment with the z q. these are calls from those who are entitled to the deferment and do not know how to submit the documents correctly. the question is not how to avoid military service, always leave the questions. so the gaiety of the restrictions on men's rights that the new law imposes on man will fail to register the over say sure, light just those. i believe that the right to education cannot be restricted even

during war. the new real estate that people could, in some cases be denied medical services. if they don't register out of conscription office, i think that's not right because they didn't seem to come to 20 hours agents. and the problem the new law does not provide 14 organization. families have been hoping for 3 year time limit for those serving at the front. many are fatigue or injured. 2 years into war. the assumption that ukraine would win within a couple of months, but it has disappeared on this and it says better on the other exams that are bad turn it off. now others must fight this thing an issue, but people thought that someone else would fight for them. they thought the army was so powerful that it could deal with everything. they fly and they don't get tired. the country just put the responsibility on the army. now, you must do your juicy because everyone wants rides, but no one wants. responsibilities of the state gives one thing and demands the other one. when the fact even my inks and now the state is demanding more

young man, send up for their country without to them the least israel's offensive and rough and straining relations with egypt for decades, egypt has cooperated with his real on security arrangements along its border with gaza, but cairo suspended that arrangement when his really troops moved into gauze and took over the rough uh, border across is really soldiers in rafa. the biggest crossing for aid coming into gaza now shut off is real, has opened other crossings further north, but this one has special significance or the other side of the rafa crossing is egypt. the country shares a 206 kilometer long border with israel. but it's the 12 kilometers were egypt, borders, gaza that are now in dispute for decades. israel has relied on egypt to help implement security arrangements in gaza,

as well as for delivery of food and other necessities that cooperation all dates back to the camp david accords, which came after years of conflict, including 3 wars signing the course was a major strategic step changing the dynamics in the region, egypt and substantial military, it was no longer a threat. it also resulted in a shift in us policy. egypt became a major recipient of american for an 8. but israel's co operation was as close as partner in the middle east is over for now. each of says the idea of takeover of the gaza side of the roof or crossing violates treaties that say the zone should be the militarized. and in addition, egypt has now announced it will join south africa's case against israel for genocide at the international court of justice adding to israel's international isolation. us media also reported the egypt made down greatest diplomatic ties with

israel. however, egypt cannot afford to alienate the us, so also worried about a possible palestinian exodus in to egypt itself. so there are reasons to resume cooperation with israel at some point in the future. you're watching dw news after a short break. i'll be back to take you through the day and stick around. we will be right back the

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