the, the, this is deed of you news live from berlin. an air strike hits a building in the heart of serious capital, damascus, reportedly killing high ranking members of a ranch. revolutionary guard. rescuers are searching for people who could still be trapped under the rubble. and as regional tensions escalates united states and israel discuss guys post war and is regional tensions escalate united states and israel discussed guys as postwar future. president joe biden says it is still possible that israel's benjamin nathan, who could agree to some form of palestinian state after the 2 leaders beat for the 1st time in nearly a month. and congo is president, is being sworn in for

a 2nd term. cities just the katie remains in office after a landslide victory, but the opposition accuses him of fraud. the next by sir, welcome to the program. high ranking members of a ranch parent military revolutionary guard have reportedly been killed in a suspect. it is rarely airstrikes in syria. the reigning and syrian state medius, a commander, and one of his deputies, died in the strike as well as 2 more members of the force attended building in the capital, damascus. rescuers are still searching for people trapped under the rubble. regional. tensions are escalating, as israel continues as war and how mass in response to the october 7th terror attacks before. and that's we're joined by middle east alice daniel care like who

is with the magazine. samantha, which is the editor and chief, and specialized on the arrogance vondik world. what were a ranch revolutionary guards doing very, in the 1st place? well, it runs the revolutionary god course present in serious since the onset of the syrian civil war. more visible since 2012, 2013. so the agency are advising the syrian government, which means in fact that they have troops on the ground there. uh they are conducting operations. they're having malicious, which are guided by iran, but not necessarily composed of uranium nationals. so iran is already present as a what comes close to military ally of syria, the strikes on the new. yeah, is there a has attacked iran constantly and syria. however, the magnitude of the strike, the violence of the striking, the city of damascus, the number of, of, of casualties is something extraordinary. and i think this is another level of escalation. we have gotten used to these types, but this is something

a bit more violent, right? at least level taking out spite chief, it appears as, as, as israel struck as high before in syria. but um, yes, uh multiple occasions. and on the 1st day of christmas, the 25th of december, israel assassinated a high ranking i or just the commander in syria. his name was that as well, so we and this was so far they, according to intelligence, the information who was one of the key coordinators of operations of the wrong in syria with you may need malicious the syrian government and at the same time as well. i wonder, to what extent iran is going to respond to this because it around united state run has been taking many of those strikes. yeah, of course there is a shadow wall going on between his running around. but this happens in, in a interesting beautifully to a context because they have been a number of reading and operations in the neighborhood, which the radiance brenda's entities are operations using drones and, and also missiles. but at the same time, there is a very interesting secure reach of some of the security apparatus in damascus

itself, which happened yesterday. so maybe it's coincidence or maybe it also there's a, there's a connection between these events. and to what extent is this link to the war? israel is, is way down how mass and gather it is connected because of course, iran considers home us a member, a part of it so called excess of resistance against israel in the us. however, the arrangements have made it quite clear that the uh, what happened on the 7th of october was how most, if there was a palestinian attack and they had no hand in this. and i think we'd have to basically put a number of measured by it's almost done, that's not very bellicose statements of the uranium government, and particularly the foreign minister who seemed to want to de escalate not be drafted to this war any further. the same, of course, applies to the us um, but what we see on the ground is something different than i wonder. to what extent the reading is not going to perceive this as a pro location. the readings have struck a target any iran a few days ago in iraq and neighboring iraq for the 1st time in a bit of

a few days ago. and they said they had hit a massage cell like a cell of these really intelligent service that was illegally operating out of the iraq against the reading and secured interest. so in a way the reading is, might take this as an official, as a, you know, official response by the israel is, would that would at the same time mean that the ears are these admit they were hit by the striking, the rock they were present as this at least this is how the reading is going to each other, to the tit for tat that i don't know when, when, when, when it ends while it's being taken to a different level. now and i think i, we should be really, really worried about this because the shuttle was been going on for some time. but it seems that both sides want to show, we're not afraid of entering the direct confrontation. and it seems that the 10 year old government in particular is really pushing towards that means is adjusted to the radiance to say we israel's, but ready for everything. but of course, nobody in the region would be delighted about the major explanation escalation, let alone of the americans or the gulf states, or anyone who would suffer from it in the mountains. the last thing people need at least tennis daniel cadillac. thank you so much bye. kid and those strikes and

syria can come a mentor and apparent risk between israel and it's closest to ally united states over a g as a future when the war ends. us president joe biden says he spoke with his really prime minister benjamin netanyahu about possible solutions for the creation of an independent power city and state. when asked by reporters of a 2 state solution was impossible with the yahoo and office buys and said no, it's not. these rarely prime minister has rejected the idea. uh, recently, 2 leaders have spoke by phone on friday. their 1st directly communication in almost a month. as israel's military wines down its operation in the north of the gaza strip, some of the thousands of palestinians displaced from areas like to valley are heading back only to find there is little left of the place they used to call home. israel's war against thomas is what top much of this neighborhood, but those who pretend it's no impossible for survival to the and everyone

must pitch in to help gather the most basic of needs and much heavy. and since you have other than a hook on july, the middle of the board, we've had a hard time since the beginning of the war. all the basic necessities are gone and that's a human. there is a lack of everything. uh, there is no flower fuels sugar and almost no water. we do nothing but fetch water all day. it's a whole lot of these items such as comedy cook, just once a day, to consider the unlimited supplies or does the all around the mistress of famine and disease grow. so overall, thoughts, tons, the devastating impact of this will get home and the many they no longer have the cool moments. all of my cousins are dead. my wife's family is dad. 36 people died in one swoop. well, none of my children get any sleep. we lie and say that what they here are and birds

goes off. you have thoughts as for the top, it's a knock on the door. and even if for all kids or more attorneys are falling, we tried to reassure them. but that's still an easy to do when surrounded by the scars of conflict and would know this is where used to sleep. now it's impossible to sleep. the cold is killing us. now when we got back home, i saw that my room, toys, i'm bad, had burned down. i don't have anything glass when it gets issue. no, no, no, there's no just the buildings that lie in ruins. oh, good hope for the future. news is also crumbling. as fundamental differences remain, post will future for palestinian. so when i casa who up on the, in the, the turn out for a quick look at some of the other headlines from around the world. a united nation says the republic of congo urgently needs aid. after the worst flooding and 6

decades, it says some 350000 people require humanitarian assistance. months of extreme rainfall have caused the bank, the river to burst its banks, and many villages can only be reached by both the u. s. world tourism organization says global travel is projected to return to pre pen demik levels this year. it says the increase is being fueled by increased travel to and from asia. here in europe such a attractions as the eiffel tower have welcome more visitors then in 2019, before the code 1910 minute after alec baldwin is once again facing a manslaughter charge over a fatal shooting on a film set in 2021. baldwin was holding a gun during rehearsals when it went off, killing the film cinematographer. he has denied pulling trigger a grand jury indicted baldwin on friday. the months after the original case against him was dismissed, burned into your mind. condos president has been sworn in for

a 2nd term following chaotic and contested elections. it is just a katy was inaugurated in the capital contrast in a ceremony attempted by some 20 african heads of state just acadia and his party won the vote by land slide. but pulling was marred by fraud allegations and logistical disruptions as rivals have urged their supporters to voice their opposition on inauguration day. and eunice getting is following the swearing in of the president of the democratic republic of congo for us. uh, you want us a big ceremony today in the stadium. what are you seeing? what are you hearing? yes, so around the stadium, it was really cheerful at most viewed. so people well marching in mazda, so was the stadium. they were, they were singing brass bands of a playing. they were waving flags, but there was also much very much um,

military personal and security around. so if i went down further to the city center and i was quite surprised that the city center, which is usually very crowded with lots of traffic jams, was pretty much empty today. so it seems like the support is still winded. mazda is to the stadium. why a big part of the sort of a society just decided to stay and oh, okay, and i'm just pointing out to our viewers. we're looking at some live images. we were of the events as they're unfolding to security reading dignitaries. tell me about the mood in the country, not just today, but it in the, in the days following the controversial re election is there's, there's been a lot of tension. so that also is discrepancy. so on the one hand is also can see, and through the eyes i'm, i'm on, i'm on the supporters or fedex to city, among the people the government. and also if you watch the state you view,

for example, for them be so really great elections. they are happy about the, the resolved for them. it's a huge victory and they believe that the president would bring the country forwards . but on the other hand, if you really talk to the people, then many of them they are kind of a resignation to for them. some of them they say the election themselves, the recall take the elections and the resolve. so they put some of those resides into question, but i'd rather say in general that some people there really be big companies politics doesn't have answers to, to, to the problems in baby life school. they just, they just model it long. us and we're still watching live pictures of the president uh, reading, visiting heads of state. it looked like how does his political track record look now and how much confidence in air is there that he'll be able to address the challenges in the country. yeah, on the one hand,

people really appreciate some of the measures. so for example, he abolished the primary school fees and 2 year broad video. see back to the international diplomatic, seen your truck, it investors started lots of projects, but the thing is if you start looking into the communities, talking to people, then manual the things, they're still not realized. and so this is where the extra problems are, especially if we go to the rural areas. but i'd say that in the end of the day, many people still believe that she is the best among the options that's already been decided to give him a 2nd chance. okay, do the reporter you want us garrity? thanks so much already a report from contrast they've asked me to called man's best friend, but one dog in the us state of michigan turned out to be a genuine lifesaver. the dog owner fell through a frozen lake while i'd for

a walk that doesn't look like direct pictures. this is about um, anyway, we're going to show you some of the pictures of a dog rescue. your man. there we go. the dog's owner fell through a frozen lake while ed for a walk, as you can see, but he was safe thanks to his trusty, for like a companion, a. and a quick thinking policeman, the officer managed to get the dog who looks very clever to rescue, bring the rest of the equipment to its owner. once the equipment was safely, the man's hands, police were able to pull him out of the freezing water and across the ice to safety where he dudley said, good dog. and that's all that is for now. coming up next to porter, it looks into the crisis in france's overseas territory of my out. i'm next spicer for me in the entire news team here in berlin. thanks george. the

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