the, the, this is dw news live from berlin, germany resumes direct arms exports to saudi arabia. it approves the delivery of $150.00 iris t guided missiles to the kingdom. the 1st such sale since berlin bands weapons deliveries after the killing of journalist democracy obtained also coming up the world health organization says the situation in gaza is too dangerous for enough. a to reach civilian conditions are increasingly desperate for nearly 2000000 people. this place to buy complex and the secretary of state is in the occupied westbank visit as part of his peace mission across the middle east. he is urging leaders to

plan for thousands post war future. i put the doors sinking into crisis. meanwhile, the president says that his country is at war with drug gangs, afternoons, wave of deadly violence storming of a tv station and the kid that thing a police officer the, i'm sarah kelly, welcome to the program. we begin with breaking news. berlin has authorized the export of missiles to saudi arabia, ending restrictions that were introduced in 2018, the delivery of 150 pirates, ti air 2 missiles, air to air missiles, excuse me, to re, i'd is a major shift in policy for chance. they're all actual just government for land halted, arms exports to the kingdom. after discipline, journalist, jamal ca, shoak g, was killed in the saudi consulate. in his stumble,

us intelligence found that the saudi proud principal had been salon sanctioned. his murder at the w. political correspondent, julia. so dally joins me now. so why is germany resuming arms export to saudi arabia? now we've heard from german foreign minister and a bad book saying that a big role in this change of position from the german government is the way that saudi arabia behaved and conducted itself regarding israel in the last a few months since the conflict between israel and tomas bab book said that sonia reagan has had a constructive approach to israel and the last few months. and that seems to have convinced the german government of the reliability of the saudi arabian government . also, we've heard from the economy minister of a topic saying that, so you are really a, has a particular role in the region that it can bring stability to the region. and

these are all arguments that a point to the fact that germany sees saudi arabia as reliable and with the country improving. the sale of iris team missiles are other deliveries now likely to follow to saudi arabia as well. at the moment we officially confirmed delivery is of iris to use. these are missiles that can be surface to air or air to air. we know that saudi arabia uses them from aircraft, from the euro fighter jets, and the saudi government has said that they have been use, for example, to shoot down drones coming from a for the health reports of yemen. and we know also regarding the euro fighters, these are jets that are produced by a court of european countries, including germany, the u. k, spain and italy. and germany had been blocking and has been blocking the delivery of also these euro fighters to saudi arabia. but we've heard from german chancellor on f shows, but also for minister under the book that they personally wouldn't be in favor of

also resuming deliveries of euro fighters to saudi arabia. this hasn't been confirmed yet, but it seems that it might be on the cards. now remind us because um, you know, this is quite a big policy chain to remind us of why germany originally started stopping to export arms to saudi arabia. well, this happened in 2018 after the murder of, sorry, journalist john, monica shaw g. and in that context, germany decided that it didn't want to export the weapons to saudi arabia anymore. but this was also because a saudi arabia has been involved in the war in yemen since then. and germany has a longstanding policy of not delivering weapons to countries that are in active conflict. now this policy has already been put in the side for ukraine, for example, in germany has been delivering weapons to ukraine. and as the conflict in yemen

seems to be possibly coming to a close, it seems like germany is also ready to deliver saudi arabia weapons in this context to the w political correspondent, julia south. lee, thank you. or in other news, the world health organization says not enough. aid is reaching civilians in the gaza strip. intensified fighting in northern and central gaza has also halted several deliveries of medical supplies and fuel to hospitals is really troops are trying to root out mos militants who carried out deadly attacks in israel. 3 months ago. grabbing all the can from a truck west of kansas city bags of flour, boxes of canned food throughout the territory, gods in space, mass, hunger, and disease. the un says $1.00 and $4.00 are starving. the majority of guys, this population has been displeased at least once,

since the start of the war most depend on cross border aid for survival. those displaced say they are living in absolute desperation for them and we have lost hope. we'd be listening to the news for $98.00 days hoping that the war will end, but there is no hope. all we see is a difficult situation. we're in. we have no water electricity, but since water was scarce, we can only shar once a month. so it's taking a total in our mental health and there are diseases spreading everywhere and pressure to allow more aid and to gaza is mounting on israel. the opening of a crossing at the israel egypt border has not significantly increase the rate of deliveries. a trucks are often delayed waiting for security checks. but israel's military says it is now increased its capacity for screening.

we are ready and willing to facilitate as much you, many, terry, and aid as the world will give, especially essentially like food medicine and shelter. as we do security checks on humanitarian aid trucks for weapons. before they enter goes, we have increased our screening capacity considerably. but even when a gets through distribution is another problem. in the absence of security guarantees and intensified offensive around hospitals and northern gaza, vital medical supplies can get to people who need it most. it means that hospitals don't have to, it means that the patients don't have food. it means that i'm to tell, emphasize the care for the patients. you an agency say humanitarian corey doors for aid are needed now to save lives. meanwhile on

a visit to the west bank, the us is top diplomat has reaffirmed washington support for a palestinian state secretary of state. and to me blinking said that he had productive talks with palestinian president moslin, a boss about reforming his government. the us wants a reformed palestinian authority to govern garza after israel's war with a mouse. a boss said that gaza was an integral part of palestinian territory and called for an international peace conference. german foreign minister annalee an affair boxes and 11 on where she has been holding talks with caretaker prime minister 90 mccarty. they discussed the tensions between israel and the c. i. lebanese hezbollah militia bare bach also met with un observers while visiting german soldiers stationed on a frigate in the bay route harbor. chief political correspondent, nina. honda has more on the german foreign ministers visit to 11 on or i'm on the

frigate button. go to mac, but on the back of the german foreign minister, go to tour under detailed racing from the german soldiers who are stationed here as part of the unit fill the un mission to live and on a basis of cost. and also come by mission. the german soldiers job is picked a compilation and surveillance. they also insist that they are not the target of a harassment from any side. they say that both israel and level not interested in the un staying here, but never the less, the fear of an escalation of this conflict between israel and how much into the base regions are spreading off. this conflict is very tangible here, and trying to avoid that at all. costs was the main focus of the political talks this morning with a lebanese prime minister. now these concludes on elena babbitt's false trip to the middle east since the 7th of october. and she maintains that talking to each other, addressing all sides concerns, staying in touch, to try and strive for

a diplomatic solution really is the only way. let's get more on that. we are joined by, you know, steinberg from the german institute for international and security affairs. and um, you know, i just wanna acknowledge the, you know, the tone in, in, in recent weeks we, we've heard that the threat of war between israel and her mos spreading seems to be growing by the day in that context. how important are you seeing these recent diplomatic visits, for example, from their box and blinking as well as i think that the visits by secretaries blinking on more important than the visits of the german store in minnesota. and mainly because we do know that there are in direct talks going on between the united states and his brother, law, 211, east government. and that's got the impression that the german foreign minister is assistant assisting these talks. pacebutler is for the american government,

tries to convince his ball out there this, it wouldn't be a good idea to intervene in this war and perhaps even to withdraw some of its course. it's not really tiny river in order to avoid a conflict in the coming months and years, put it into context. as far as how effective kennedy's talks with the lebanese government. be. i mean, where did the, has the official stand on all of this as well? it's, it's impossible for our western governments to talk to his but a lot because it is listed as a terrorist organization. but there are ways and means to talk to his brother. he's by law school intermediaries. and of course, the lebanese government of which his father is a, is a vice of part is eh, he's a good medium. the problem is that his bottom line is not only the 11 east organization, but it's in the wrong and spying. we do not know exactly who calls the shots in

this relationship right now, but i've got the impression that he's by law and he wrong both agreed that they do not want a logic conflict. but if sufficiently for both by these various areas of cause, the danger escalation, since losses, attacks on israel, on october 7th, we've seen these top diplomats, they've been traveling to egypt, the united arab emirates, saudi arabia. um you mentioned the channels of communication that are had with hezbollah, just walk us through where the channels of communication stand right now when it comes with speaking with, as well as back or wrong, as well as far as the running is concerned, it's better. oh, also only in direct costs, and there have been numerous warnings by the united states to the wrong, not to escalate the conflict. the problem here lies less white

lies pretty bad. i'm barely in syria and did any rot where you wrong, you know, forces melisha as loyal to the, to the wrong. and government has been attacking us forces stationed in these, in both of these countries. so again, iran doesn't want an escalation of the conflict that's quite clear. it doesn't want his bottom not to intervene of the conflict. but at the same time it wants to show solidarity with the palestinians. and therefore, and because of the attacks, any rock and syria, there is always the danger off of this connection. how would you rank diplomatic efforts so far? if you look at the efforts, for example, from, if we just drill in, for example, on unfair bulk and blinking particular their efforts in the region, their efforts in israel, or was there a is there are numerous topics that, that they talked about. i think it's uh, the most important attract right now is of the,

in direct one between 11 eastern spa and the us government and the us for an service. that is so important because it's probably a he's well not withdrawal in the south is probably the only way to to. busy well, not to see an escalation between his royal and his by law and the coming months of these sites. i think the toss of secretaries is blinking, installed new radio har more observed in the long run, simply because saudi arabia has made clear in, in the last days, possibly through secondary linkedin. so that they are still ready for a peace agreement for normalization with israel, and that's possibly the only hope in the long run to avoid a reputation of these pretty conflicts between israel and its neighbors. in the coming months of yes. okay. the steinberg senior associate at the german institute

for international and security affairs. thank you. filings and ecuador has exploded into what the country's president has called an internal armed conflict against drug gangs. the president has declared 22 norco groups as terrorist organizations and has ordered the army to neutralize them. at least 8 people have been killed and various attacks. us says it's extremely worried by the violence. china has closed its embassy and consulates in the country. gangsters have unleashed a wave of terror in ecuador, a series of coordinated attacks. the government is struggling to contain heavily arm narco storm. the tv station in ecuador is the largest city, quite a keel during a live new sho. if someone ask gunman said they were there to warn ecuadorian not to mess with the mafia. the attack was swift in violent

video, but out of a shot for one of our camera man in the leg broke the arm of another one. the fired bullets they use their weapons inside one tv station employee who wants to conceal his identity, shared what he saw is tom or whenever we are in the news room. all of a sudden i saw one of my colleagues with a terrified look on his face, and he said, they're coming to kill us. they've already got inside the t v station. and then i heard gunshots and a lot of noise. and then what i did was was get out of the area where the editor was born. i grew up my phone and i started running like crazy towards the safety. ask to speak to someone about 30 minutes after the government appeared. police could be seen entering the tv station. the gangsters were captured. but the attack left ecuadorian is horrified. unbelievable. it's the 1st time this has happened in

this country. we leave everything to mister preston to the hand of god. is the president, you have to put a firm hand on this because he takes a step back. it'd be worth shops in schools, a shot secretary and say the prevailing atmosphere is one of 3 year thousands of law enforcement personnel are coming. the country for notorious gang boss, aldosterone, macias, known by his alias, vito, he's the king pin last to narrows. one of the most powerful cartels in ecuador veto, apparently fled a high security jail on sunday. authorities say a 2nd major gang leader and other inmates subsequently escaped from another prison . the tenants entries have been the focal points beyond rest. there have been incidents and at least 6 prisons around the country. police officers guarding the

jail, had been kidnapped, and their reports of explosions near the homes of representatives of the judicial system. eco door has been racked by a surge of violence in recent years, tied to drug trafficking, including homicides and kidnappings. the country will be in a state of emergency for 60 days, during which officials can suspend people's rights and mobilize the army in places including prisons. i am joined now by going to my holds from the german institute for international and security affairs. so ecuador sounds like it's descending into an arc, a is it? because who is become a new app for the global drug trade? and this has a lot, it's a country, these columbia in cocaine. and it's the same time blood trip has been coming to new

highs. due to the conflicts between the fragmented structure of the drug, cartels in the country as the interest of mexican called those to influence what this is happening in the country. so we are in this situation as now on the news, the decisions off the president, the military be on the straits. and we are quite sure that the violence will come up because the fragmentation and all the different, the direct call tubs, will make up a new wave of violence. how have the drug cartels gained so much power in ecuador to ecuador is a country which in comparison to columbia of peru, has no latch plantations, of direct corrupts nor laboratories for refining cocaine. it is more

a defends its point and then the pro ration of the center of the different mafia as in order to uh, ship it by the way, it is called uh the trucks to in europe and to the us. and this is a tough which is uh, in high conflict between different organizations. and this has made it a way even in terms of presidents, which have become abundance of places, from where the criminal activities has been. all the regulated in plat. what can you tell us about the gang leaders? this is a very instead bill of the situation in the gangs, we have seen a lot of fights in turn. those fights in the different games with sub groups which are not a or b and to the centralized come on. and we have seen a lot of conflicts between different colorado. so it's quite difficult to have

a clear picture of the 22 organizations that the president has mandated some military to the new to our lives. and it will be a very necessary then mention in all these fights to have a intelligence oriented way of countering the presence of the different organizations. what is being made of the government strategy to regain control? it's a pleasant goal response, so it'd be, have seen a lot of different countries that do this. take the military on the streets to have a tier visible dimension of a new presence of security forces in the eyes of the population. but at the same time, we have seen in a lot of other countries at the military as an institution isn't the solution to this advanced. and yet we need

the washing of the benefits of the drug. can we have to remember it quite to as a dollar arise the economies of the interests the other and i was going to my whole is apologies for the audio difficulties there at the end. some other stories making news around the world you currently and president for loading there's a lensky, has made an unannounced visit to this away, mia? kicking off a tour of the 3 baltic states. he is discussing the war with russia and keeps plans to join nato and the european union. savanski said that he would go on to laska and his sonia in the coming days. fresh opposition leader alexia volley has appeared in a video for the 1st time since his secret transfer to an arctic prison to remotely attend a court. hearing. the kremlin credit was moved in december and is serving

a 19 year sentence for extremism and fraud. to us defense secretary lloyd austin has undergone treatment for prostate cancer. medical staff say that he has been hospitalized since january 1st with a urinary tract infection that developed after the cancer was treated in december. the pentagon has been criticized for hiding his condition from the white house for days. millions of commuters in germany are facing massive disruption because of a 3 day strikes called by the train drivers union. the strike is affecting cargo and passenger transport. the main rail operator has cancelled thousands of trains. it is the latest move and a long running dispute overpay and working hours. transport in germany has slowed to a crawl due to parallel strikes, affecting trains and roads. first farmers have been blocking major roads and

autobahn wrapped in a bit or protest over a subsidy cuts. the farmer's association had called for a week of action to express their anger at the cancellation of subsidies for the sector. above all tax breaks for buying agricultural diesel. you know, a partial cancellation of the government's plans. there's little to stop the protest. a survey suggests that around a 5th of germans had been effected by them. the w, as matthew moore has been following the protests in eastern the city of address and where farmers are blocking the city center or 0. i'm in the historical sense of the old site is racing with thousands of farmers under supporters of teaching over this morning. if you do choose others in practice at a convoy through the city center player in the rocket, supposedly the people behind on here to our square, one of your house lessons,

features and farmers association. and they're really, again something the funds is just one. just one assistance similar to moultrie, i chose not to raise awareness through their calls into the frustration ultimately, forced to go to a box truck on the lawn reminds us why they are so frustrated. matthew farmers and anyone i've called this process life for the last month, you speak to them of the full marks. they're just kind of dr. so, lot frustration because they say the characters that were issued by the government, the jesus, the cost of how we're done. so far, very hastily proficient

proficient especially in the pharmacy. to vote much more does this help is the 1st thing you know. i saw one person that said it protects insects putting on farmers. i spoke to one past due to by the gentleman who came by to some of the farmers feel like the pressure sensitive to the former. and that was c. w is matthew moore of reporting from dressed in. a reminder of our top stories to germany has was in direct arms exports to saudi arabia, with the sale of the 150 iris t guided missiles. it's the 1st such sale since berlin banned weapons deliveries after the killing of journalist jamal construction in 2018 on sarah kelly in

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