the the, this is dw news slide from berlin. the united states, the top to bottom, that returns to the middle east for crisis talks on gaza, secretary of state and to me blinking his aiming to secure a deal for a humanitarian pause for civilians. and the release of the remaining hostages, held by him. ok. also coming up. you haven't been to see rebels refuse to end attacks on read the shipping despite more air strikes by the us and britain. and paris, his s u. v. drivers with outside working charges. but less than 6 percent of residents took part in the vote on tripling fees for some vehicles. and critics say there are too many exemptions,

the sarah kelly, welcome to the program. us secretary of state and to me blinking has arrived in the middle east and the hope of securing a cease fire between israel and mos. it is his 5th trip to the region since the mos attacks terror attacks of october 7th, lincoln has just arrived in saudi arabia and is also stopping in egypt, guitar and israel. now the propose to feel would allow the phased release of is rarely hostages. in exchange for palestinian prisoners, memphis owen has more now from jerusalem. so then what's at stake now for blankets? visit quite a lot, right? it's quite a lot at stake. all right, sir, and you can say that 1st of all, there's the worry about regional spread. i mean,

already this is escalating and way of receiving reports uh, through up reprisal attacks and syria. one of us backed curtis group with some dates reported there in a deadly drone attack that's in response to the attacks that the us and the u. k. has launched, they have been us this the 1st u. s. u. s, that's in this conflict as you know, which spots this response. and then you're saying this is just going to be the beginning. saudi arabia, there's a lot at stake for that nation that wants to normalize relations with israel, and that would be in return for some sort of security packed from the us. and then of course, you've got the security and safety of some 1000000 palestinian civilians all crammed into bron for right now. the problem being with them being crammed into that region is that israel is threatening to move in there. it's already launched,

strikes with schools dying of nights on the outskirts of rafa. whether or not these military operation pushes further into a profit. is the big question so much at stake, not just for those civilians, but also the more than $100.00 hostages. from israel to being held hostage in gaza right now and against that backdrop, then, i mean, there's been much talk about the potential of a cease fire deal. what are the chances they're or the chances a very low, but there was a hostage deal and cease 5 the last and 7 days back in late november. and with so many moving parts, he had not just thomas involved and how much is split leadership in kata and in the kansas trip, its military officials, a split on exactly what needs to be done to go ahead with this deal. also the divisions between is rarely politicians and within uh no just the government but

also the ball cabinet. um there's so many moving parts here um with the palestinian militant groups that are also involved, some of which are holding these hostages. more than half the hostages were released back in that deal in november, the other half still wasting the tricky part, being that some of those hostages, a soldiers. and whether or not you know, this deal comes through in the coming days or the coming weeks is also a big questions here. the families have been quite adamant that they, they want that deal. now we have seen the demonstrations. we have seen that the anger and the frustration pouring over, just give us a sense. i mean, you, you are there on the ground. bad. give us a sense of what the atmosphere is right now in israel is not just the family sorrow, but also the wes demanding that these hostages being released needs to be of paramount importance. and the number one priority all the way has been, uh,

as far as the way the government is concerned, has been eliminating how most 1st saying that it needs to go ahead with this military operation. in order to release the hostages, the families are so worried about their family members being held hostage because a military operation could endanger their lives. now, there were so many different protest movements going on at the moment. it's a really, it's a fragmented mood and the situation here in israel. they're those cooling for peace . there a reserve as much and at the moment, launching a protest march on sunday through till thursday cooling for the military operation to continue. you've got the families of hostages gathering every saturday at hostage square and tel aviv here in jerusalem, you have a political demonstrate is outside of the home of prime minister netanyahu. so from all sides also simulate protests trying to block

a to getting into the gaza strip at a time that that aid is so needed. some really important context there and dw correspondent pencil in jerusalem. thanks so much for that reporting. thanks sarah . and elsewhere in the region, humans whose the rebels are refusing to ends their attacks on the shipping, on shipping rather in the red sea. despite another round of air strikes by the us and britain, the allies have hit thousands of targets inside government, including underground weapons depos missile systems, and launchers, who he's backed by ron, has attacked multiple vessels in the red sea since the beginning of the war between israel and tomas so are the us led airstrikes enough to make the red sea safe? again, i put that question to elizabeth kendall, but at least the expert at the university of cambridge is college. you know, yes, there's very little evidence yet that these strikes are to tired and i use these,

but of course, that does depend on how much they succeed in knocking out. i'm wasting this escalation, this increase the number of strikes hitting targets. perhaps we'll stop to have some facts, but we must remember that. had, they, they know the strikes are coming, that very adaptable, that it will actually how did that result. and this is what we're hearing because they all seeing bruce supports in yemen. but that didn't stand against for us, and in favor of the palestinians as they patriots. and you have to remember that the united states is not that popular and you have and not just amongst the, here's the outline us. but the last time we had a, a survey, an hour, well, the survey that distinguished country by country that was back in 2016, the united states was unpopular amongst 82 percent of the population. so hold insight is able to prepare broadly supported, know it like to tell them not to in

a short time. and we have to mention that this is the 3rd round of us lead strikes against iranian back to militias. and as many days, does this still look like, you know, more broadly speaking? does this sort of like a mere tit for tat? or are we really with the saying, you know, a proxy were unfolding here between washington and t. ron? that's an excellent question. i think we are seeing a real escalation now. it's not whether or not this will escalate. this is escalating. it feels like more of a tit for tat moods on a tit for tat when the strikes all happening on an almost daily basis when i sustained when i had some dozens of targets. but that stead i think that there are 2 signs that neither side wants this to turn into a long time proxy or, or an allowable. one sign is that the united states is screw telegraphing it strikes in a drum. so it gives the enemy time to prepare the iran and its partners are playing

down the effects of a strikes which enables them to know not to have to take major reprisals. but one thing we need to bear in mind though, is that even if neither side wants to an escalation, it is a matter of making sure that the calculations are well calibrated. it only needs one miscalculation and we could see it spiral out of control. this is how complex escalate or and that was elizabeth kendall from cambridge university speaking with me a little earlier. we turn to senegal now were opposition leaders are protesting against president mackey solves decision to postpone the election. the governments cut off the internet as clashes a ruptured between police and demonstrators in the capital dot com. president saul says that the election has been delayed by a dispute between lawmakers and the judiciary. over the list of candidates opposition leaders are calling it a set of all has seen or rather has been seen as

a model of democracy in west africa, all the war link. j le dulay from the institute for security studies in senegal, told me that the term, well, there could affect stability in the region. these are the various we maybe got the case of what the we do because the door does happen in the mighty book. you know, if i, so i need to re send time and this is about the most and you want to do more pressing west africa region. so heavy move to some box, the mentor of processing and sending gotten any we by no tyler the mix up to go as will read. united should is dentist sending very but to seek not to the countries that that person lean drugs the some of the president of the west. i need the idea of democracy. so i think it's still something that has to be address with from police. and then to see if we might see kind of what needs to go suddenly. so because the okay to say today just made

a member of f o s in the region and the quality that task up to, i mean the most speak to the idea of democracy for the past, 50 years or more. so this is us concept for everybody in the west region as well before me the move on to that actually practice democracy over the years. you mentioned echo, asked that as of course, the economic community of west african states. how is it viewing this unrest? us? yes, it was issued a statement which a lot of was of wisdom because they failed. i think that there are probably go bit west of jesus unobserved by the west co much most strongly on them in the political developments. new, certain parts of clarity seem to not be leg some beads. but what i also think is that we need to identify the idea that the util, the quote to the main must be the west. i also saw bring country. so it is, it leads to to which those pays can have tried me, be condemned by the real,

correct. and then for us in the recess of beach. but i, that's really, really been received by the biggest feeling by the plugins. but people in the video, people waiting for what's the next few days, it's been just bad for the move receive is sending. yeah. what's the progress of the idea on the streets? the people that protested on the thinking of most citizens in the region is that being called the next i should be allowed to go. i've tried to shift. thank you so much on the way or do i la from the institute for security studies incentive goals? capital dot com. we appreciate it. thank you. paris is targeting s. u. v. drivers with outside parking charges. it's part of a push to make the 2024 olympics host city greener and less car centric. but fewer than 6 percent of residents took part in a referendum on the increase, which only applies to vehicles from out of town. a trip to paris look set to get

a lot more expensive for some motorist parking and s u. v in the central districts currently costs the same as any other car 6 year. it was an hour. but after this landmark vote, that could triple to 18 year olds. and for longer, 6 hours stays. the tariff would be a whopping 225 years. for opponents of the new fee, say the taller, wider cars don't just pollute more than smaller vehicles. they're also more dangerous. taking up more space, shutting out from the curb and clogging the cities narrow side streets. it's a bit to, to have a huge car in a city that's already very polluted, where there's very little space beyond the impact it may have in paris. there's also a bit of a symbolic side to saying that it's a bad idea of role in cities. the new rates are meant to make motorist think about greener modes of transportation such as biking for taking the train. but some

critics say that's easier said than done but it's no since it would cost us around $200.00 euros per day. that's extremely expensive. 6 commercial live cost, a lot children cost a lot. so it will just be too expensive. i think in the end we'll have to stop using our cause using the, with what we need our cost to travel out to paris for holidays and weekends. pretty . that goes to the weekend hold of turn out was very low. parents. officials have hail devote as a step toward a greener city, calling it a message to auto manufacturers. to reverse the trend towards the bigger and heavier cars. women have taken center stage at this year's grammy awards with taylor swift. billy english miley cyrus and says that getting the top prizes. it was a historic night for swift to clean the record 4th album of the year award. she also took home the trophy for best possible cool album. when really english one song of

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