ah, this is the daily news line from berlin. a gunman opens fire at germany's heidelberg university. several people are injured. the attack of probably a student at the university is that will bring you the latest on this developing story. also coming up bolstering it's defensive nato sense, more ships and planes to eastern europe as fierce grow russia could invade ukraine . moscow accuses the alliance of escalating the crisis over a possible attack, but continued its own military build up at the border, plus celebrations in a book. kina faso amid reports. the country's president is being held by rebels soldiers. the mutiny comes a day after demonstrations calling for the president to resign and age chords in britain says wikileaks founder julian, sancha is allowed to appeal against a ruling, saying you can be expedited to the united states to face charges of espionage on layla rocker. and we begin this broadcast with some breaking news as we come on the air. several people have reportedly been injured in a shooting in the german city of heidelberg, according to police. an assailant shot at people in a lecture hall at the heidelberg university. police say the attacker is now dead and it will put it, i mean, se joins me here on the setter. he is closely tracking these developments and what more have you learned? i mean, well, what we've learned is that the only confirm death so far is the perpetrator himself . local media is reporting that he was a student, that he was a student at this university. and there's no religious or political motivations found by investigators so far. local media also reported. we don't really know how many people were injured thus far, but local media has reported about 4 people have been confirmed to be among the injured. another weapon he used was a rifle that was also reported by police. and as i said, there are no known motivations behind this attack. but of course, this only happened a little while ago, so they're still under investigation. now this happened in on the heidelberg university campus in downtown heidelberg. the city itself is only about one 160000 people and the students there about 30000. so this is really a city built around the university. this happened at the heart of the city, and it's also germany's oldest university. this is a place where a lot of international students come to study in germany because for a lot of people, it represents germany with castle and old german culture. very renowned academic institution, as you said, how common is this type of incident in germany? what you say is very uncommon, if you compare it to a country like the united states, where school shootings happened multiple times per year. now there's only been 6 major incidents of school shootings in germany in the last century. the 1st one being just about a century ago. now, the last major one was in 2009 where 9 students were killed at a secondary school. before that, there was a major one in 2002, but all in all, this is a very, it doesn't happen very often in germany, given the gun laws, given the culture here that somebody brings the gun to school and opens fire on students. and i think this is why it's alarmed. a lot of people in germany right now. i'm, you know, putting on that breaking story. we're going to open fire and germany's heidelberg university. thank you so much for now. thank you. we turn our attention to next to 2 other top story and nato allies have put forces on stand by a mid soaring tension between russia and western nations over ukraine. the alliance is sending more ships and fighter jets to bolster defenses in eastern europe. the european union says it is ready to impose, quote, never seen before economic sanctions. if russia decides to invade ukraine, you foreign ministers meeting in brussels, say they want to double financial assistance to ukraine, who is also holding talks via video with the u. s. secretary state around a $100000.00 russian troops have mast at ukraine's borders over recent months. the kremlin denies plans of an impending invasion. brussels correspond jack paris could join us now. he is covering the foreign ministers meeting. jack, our diplomats in brussels, where you are still talking up diplomacy as the solution to this, the ongoing crisis. well, that's certainly what they want. as the solution layla, nobody in brussels or in any of the nato member allies really wants open conflict obviously. but what they're becoming increasingly aware of is that it's becoming even more of a tense situation. we've heard from a number of the foreign ministers of the european union today saying that they're preparing never seen before sanctions. that was the quote from the danish foreign minister on, on the way into this meeting. the question is, what will those sanctions include? how far will they be willing to go really to hit the russian economy. there's a lot of people suggesting potentially, that they can, that europeans could prevent russian banks from using the swift technology. it's sort of banking backend technology. a lot of russian bangs rely on and removing the, the use of that would have a serious economy, economic effect on the russians. and also there's always these constant discussions about the north stream to pipeline the gas pipeline that will potentially bring gas russian gas into the european union through germany. and the germans oversee very keen on trying to avoid that projects being brought into all of this. we'll have to wait and see exactly what comes out of these discussions with the u. s. secretary of state antony blink and the u. s. has said that they are removing their diplomatic so the staff of the diplomats in kiev, the u. k is also said that the you is not going to make that move yet. they're gonna ask him, why exactly the americans are doing that? and i think this is the opportunity for the europeans and the u. s. to try to come back on to the same page has been questions around whether actually the unity between the, the trans atlantic allies is sort of showing some cracks at the moment. talk to us a little bit more about that jack, because obviously as you just mentioned, the u. s. and the u. k. telling a they're a diplomatic staff in a ukraine, a to leave the country. the you says, no, we're not going anywhere. or do they have a different read of the reality on the ground? that must be layla. there must be some questions that essentially the e u doesn't feel that the sort of tension is quite as high as the americans say that it is joseph parade. the e foreign policy chief on his way into this meeting said that that's what they're looking forward to hear from, from secretary of state anthony blinkin. as we say, there's been some sort of differing positions and not always precise unity firstly within the european union. but also between the u. s. and the europeans and jack as we speak. and nato has put troops on stand by and military equipment is being dispatched to eastern europe out. what do the ministers make of that development? well, this is exactly the opposite of what russia is demanding. russia has been demanding that nato troops and american troops with withdrawn from eastern europe. and they demand that there are a promises from the nato military alliance that ukraine and georgia will never become. they to members, nato says it's an open door policy. every country has its own right to define its own security measures. but this increase in, in, in troops and, well, it is sort of hardware going into eastern europe, is going to anger the kremlin and probably bolster it to say that this is what they're worried about. they're worried about the incursion of nation nato's border coming all the way up. they don't want you claim to be a native member, because then it would be that nature would go all the way directly up to the russian border. we'll have to see exactly how this transpires, what the russian response is. we have heard some senior russian ministers over the last few days saying that they will react appropriately. what is appropriate in these situations when everybody is concerned that the russians are going to send the troops over the border into ukraine? did have you set jack para co reporting from brussels. jack, thank you. of course, these said geopolitical tensions affect real people on the ground. are reporters in moscow and ki, i spoke to people to gauge their views and the tensions between their 2 countries versus hear from people in the ukrainian capital. well knew lucy, ruth burton burr, i am very worried lasagna. things are not easy in our country at this moment, but i hope the diplomats can find an agreement and that there will be peace in ukraine. you would agree, okay. but, you know, of course, i'm worried there are people living here and they are in danger. yoga mostly my think nothing will happen is just the usual french from the big band. it next door will show bandito national cecilia mickelson from the machine. there's nothing we can do. i have to walk can feed my family. i don't have time to think about what i will do if something happens with your good news to was your key. i have friends in kiev. yo and i love ukraine, girl. i'm against war. yup, we're is boy, the roster business him a war would be pointless. there wouldn't be one. all we see right now is an attempt to worldwide to heat up the atmosphere as an attempt by certain people to make others believe that one site is planning to attack the other. no, ma'am, when you cut josefa, we don't want war. ukraine is a brother, nation for us, malicious why war? this is a political fight, not the will it escape but, but one was get my presence here and over there, do you have something in their heads? at least they don't seem empty. so war won't happen. you wouldn't, concerns are growing that a cool is underway and the west african nation of burkina faso. uranus soldiers are reported to have detained president rock, cowboy. his exact whereabouts are unknown. heavy gun fire was heard around the president's residence over night and soldiers at a number of basis staged uprisings, the military and many civilians are angry at the government's failure to reign in a hottest insurgency. let's sir, we can go now to burkina. faso actually talked about booking a foster with our colleague, wrist african correspondent, a mac. oh korea, a market. we're getting reports that the army is getting ready to give a statement any moment. now, what can we expect? writes layla co writes about that. i mean, a breaking up faso is in a state of uncertainty, a few like a based on what has happened to development. thus we are following. so yes indeed. well, we're expecting that that statement should come from the military. typically it's about the expectation was would include who is now in charge. is there really a military takeover and who is going to now be the leader as how long is the military going to hold onto power? what are those strategies? are they going to relinquish power? so we expect that all of these details will not be finished out, you know, to the public. so that by cannot be, it will know where they are and what is going on really in the country as you do? no, no one has had a wed, you know, from the president president himself, aside from what we had from the defense minister. so yes, we expect that that statement from the military should be able to answer all of those questions on even more leila. now the president, as you've been reporting his, his whereabouts, they're still unknown to, we know where he's being detained. i mean, we do know definitely that he was arrested, add the military camp a, but whether or not he is still there is yet on known as you do that. the events that led to them a capturing him was quite a struggle from what we saw of images online. and of course from local reporters as well. that's, you know there are vehicles among the vehicles that were there and we saw some a particular vehicle. i'm sure you have the speech of that now brooklyn and has a blood inside. so is unknown whether he's still there or where he has been kept. as we do know, he's taken alongside, although officials as well nor what yet we following up on that as we get our that information leila america, can you please set the stage for us and, and walk us through what happened exactly the last 24 hours and why burkina faso finds itself in this situation right now? absolutely imparts. on the last 24 hours, if you like, has been more of chaos for by keener fossil. i mean are we started off with a lot of gun battles from different military bases as they say it's former beaut scenario, immune to me as soldiers who were shooting. and the government was very, very quick to defend its country. so to say or to say it's not under military attack and that it feel in child, and that all is well, but that's quite escalated or, you know, as we saw that there was a coffee that was imposed. that backing up is really as showing dad, is that dissatisfaction with the state of security in the country and of course the military ask him that, you know, they need more resources to be able to fight this militancy head on and asking for better welfare also for those who are in the front life on, of course, when dad saw death. so these are the issues that i've led lead to what we are seeing now. i, yesterday there was a coffee imposed in the city. and then before we now saw what happened this morning, which led now again to the taking their way off the president. and of course, other officials. but yes, a heavy presence of military in the, in what i do go particularly. and we are hoping and waiting for what next for back in our fossil layla, my staff, her correspondence to america or career. thank you so much for your reporting when i say now, but the other stories that we're keeping an eye on right now, the united arab emirates says it has intercepted to ballistic missiles over the skies of abu dhabi the attack as the 2nd on the muradi capital this week, yemen swiftly rebels have claimed the attack and threatened to expand their military operations against cameras. the u. e is part of a saudi led coalition that is fighting the rebels in yemen. hm. and it's sunny up and other journalists has been killed in the northern mexican watertown of towanna, the 2nd killing in a week's time, borders. maldonado lopez was found, shot dead inside a car. she was one of a number of journalists who in 2019 expressed fears about her safety, not due to the mexican president to kill jaime, one eager former pope penitent benedicts. the 16th has admitted to giving a false statement during a german pro into sexual abuse. the pope falsely claimed he was not present at a meeting in the 1980s the expos claim this did not occur with ill intent. investigation, commissioned by the catholic church, found he had failed to act in for child abuse cases. britain's high court has looked at julian, sancha can appeal to the supreme court against his extradition to the united states . the decision is the latest in the wiki leaks founder's long battle to avoid being sent to the united states where he faces charges of espionage is wanted for wiki links, publication of hundreds of thousands of lead documents relating to the artist on any rock dw corresponded berrigan moss is at the high court in london. she told us what the next legal steps for jolina sancho and his team could look like. well, the royal courts here have decided that is up to the, the highest code of the landa supreme court. to decide whether he can actually appeal against his expedition and it's a long battle. he's gone from a lower court to initially said that he shouldn't be expedited because of mental health reasons. but that was appealed by the u. s. and that was basically granted. say it looked like he would have to go to the united states and faced the espionage charges that but now we are looking at julian sanchez appeal to it's really a long battle. and the background is that julian assange has been in a high security prison over a 1000 days. he's supposed to say that he is, ah, not very well at the moment. his fiancee revealed that he had a mini stroke and we speak to 2 other people. for example, reports us without borders, the organization that campaigns for press freedom and they say they should, he shouldn't even be in prison at the fast place that he is a publisher on that. and what he has done is dead within the law of press freedom say they are actually cooling on the biden administration to drop the charges. and for julian sans to leave prism but doesn't look like this is going to happen any time soon. he has t a face this battle at supreme court, and then the decision will be ultimately up to the u. k. home secretary spigot mass reporting that from london. german chancellor, olaf schultz is set to hold talks on the pandemic would regional leaders today to discuss the way forward as alma crankcase is surge in the country or some politicians are calling for an end to restrictions because the new variance appears to cause less severe disease and vaccinated people, but some doctors, especially those working in hospitals, say it is too early to give the all clear. a typical scene in one of germany's emergency rooms an incoming patient is tested immediately for coven 19 and receives the news they're infected with all micron. germany's latest wave has cases spreading faster than ever. and many health workers are also expected to catch the virus. the university clinic and regensburg is bracing for impact. ma'am for them so much was it that we were able to bring in students. we had a part time staff with increased their workload and we have teams that work in rotating shifts teams to some extent defaced in and she can gob at how that stuff other dr. marcus zimmerman doesn't just lead his hospitals emergency department. he also coordinates with other clinics and physicians in the region to see not if we're still seeing growing infection rates without the staffing to reflect those be legal. the weekly video conference of doctors and clinics is an important means to directing the flow of patients. if one hospital is full, they can use the network to quickly find free beds for days every one in regensburg whose tested positive for coven 19 has had the omicron variant. despite this few, were among them need inpatient treatment of this cindy with food and flung vialva. it's a bit the quiet before the storm was we expect the number of incoming patients to grow and quickly me as, but i'm more worried about the staff than about the patients vendetta. if we have growing numbers of staff out sick, then treatment at our hospital will be stretched to its limits, hunger house fun. on dickinson, coleman, and regensburg, the helicopter unit flies and fixed teams to minimize the significant staff loss. if only kron cases continue to soar. if been caught up being at a 3rd with i'm optimistic that we will handle it. i think we're well prepared. we know where to put our patients and, and who knows, and maybe this way will miss awesome. my. they inflected cloth of it and ca, calls a halls with flexibility and cooperation. germany's medical community is standing together despite the challenges faced at least parliament starts voting for a new president to day. the favorite is current prime minister, maria, that id. but some fear the government will be destabilized. if mr. rocky is elected, president did abuse, christine wound law reports from ro when it's done, this will be a portrait of mario dragging. the man who may very well be italy's next president, the 74 year old technocrat, who hated the european central bank and is currently serving as prime minister. he's widely liked abroad and here at home or another so novel, he is a very serious person and knows what he is doing. momento thought of allah. he is authoritative. he has the skills recognized at european and world level among the simple truth. when for us is perfect, but its political interests and not public popularity that will decide druggies of fate. choosing the head of state is the job of lawmakers, just over a 1000 of them from across the country. these great electors, as they are known here, are from all sides of the political spectrum. this is the query nelly palace, the president's office in rome. one analysts put it to me this way. if mario druggie doesn't get elected as president, it will most likely be because political parties cannot agree on what happens after he leaves his office as prime minister regular to he presented very boldly. go as prime minister maria druggie has brought much needed to be listened to italy's chaotic politics way. governments here often collapse off to just one year. his departure from the premier ship could plant the country into political crisis, especially if it triggers an early election. there are 2 scenarios in, in the case of drugs election as a person of the republic. uh, the 1st one is the r doesn't agree man to retrieve the 4 legal forces that are composing his majority to set up another govern. this is the best case scenario. the other scenario is the election of dragoon, but does not a cooperation among fully the parties very difficult to set up another government. and in this case, drug is 1st love the republic in front of cows might decide to de, sold the apartment and coming back vote. i think the 1st scenario is more likely ball we cannot exclude. busy the 2nd one, all eyes will be here on parliament this week. we secret ballots will be cost in person and a closet protocols. the artist only needed a few minutes to finish his portrait, but it's going to be at least a few days before italians know if mario druggie will indeed be there. next president christina montague reporting there we can go to christine and rome are right now. good to see you, christine mario. there are you clearly the front runner isn't all interested in becoming erase. not prime minister use prime minister becoming the president rather . that is a very good question. layla. in fact, the closest thing that he said to yes, i was in december when he effectively answered a journalist by saying that he was the godfather of institutions and that he was willing to serve where he was needed. so that much we, we at least know in fact the headlines on that specific day here in italy. we're that mister drago is willing to serve as president. you've got to see it from his perspective. somebody was telling me here that if he stays on his prime minister, he effective he has one more year. and so if he goes for general election realistically, if you factor in all the campaigning in the summer breaks, 6 months left in office to actually get things done versus a secured 7 term in office at 7 years, sorry, in, in office where he doesn't exactly influence government policy, but is there enough sort of oversight wrong? right, so role of stability basically any other contenders vying for this post? well, this is the thing we don't know. we do know that for example, as silvio berlusconi, the former prime minister withdrew his candidacy. and he is essentially one of the only people who had really come out forthright and say that he was interested in taking the role. i normally, you do get surprises for example, the current president, mr. material a came is a big surprise. and then of course, it could just be generally somebody who is above politics, a constitutional court judge, for example. so it has been known to to flight a thing in a few surprises. but what we can say for certain is that it's not going to be the former prime minister silvio berlusconi. you already alluded to this, christine, but i am hoping that you can flush this out for us. how important is the post of president in italy? yeah, i mean, this is not something that you can call a ceremonial role, especially in this country because the president becomes really important when you've got political deadlock after elections, for example. and he's got to step in and bring the parties together and help build and, and a government. we have seen presidents in the past getting involved when it comes to the appointment of presidents, excuse me, of prime ministers, as well as ministers. for example, the current president are mr. material i blocked the appointment of an economy in finance minister back in 2018 that he felt was far too. you're a skeptic and that would jeopardize italy's relationship with the rest of the european union. so in a country way, governments don't last very long. in fact, mister material as president has, has seen 5 governments in his 7 year term. the president really does become an important figure and many people in this country would like to see mister drug there. because right now he is presiding over a national unity government, almost all of it. his parties are in his government right now. he's brought a level of stability that people think would be appreciated. right at the top level, christine were reporting from rome, italy, christine, thank you for your coverage writer of the top story that we are following right now . here in germany, several people have been injured following a shooting at heidelberg university. police have confirmed, but the attacker, reportedly students at the university is that say we did every news up next is d w e news, asia, i'll be back at the top with ah, with a supervisor chino is simmering with year and the for green field near naples rumbling once again, researchers are monitoring a change in their volcanic gases. they are familiar with the signs of a potential blessed but spontaneous super. volcanic eruptions are still shrouded in mystery. to borrow today. in 60 minutes on d, w. d w's crime fighters are back up africa. most successful radio drama series continues this season. the stories focus on hate speech, color of prevention 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