the, the, this is dw news, live it from the berlin tonight, families worst fears realized, as israel says, 31 of the remaining hostages. in garza, our debt becomes america's top diplomat against the bleak and presses on we've talked a bit securing it, extended ceasefire and god just guitar says so far, reaction from him off is generally positive. we'll get the latest from jerusalem also coming up tonight for donald trump, a possible presidential privilege did not. the us appeals court as ruled with the former president has met with nudity against chargers, the detroit to overturn his 2020 election defeats. and 3 people did in california as torrential rain and triggering much slides and flooding,

leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power. supreme weather warnings are in force for much of the states and the european union. reeves, its 1st rules aimed at tackling violence against women measures criminalized cyber stalking and online harassment. but there is no common definition of the word rate . that's one of the most controversial issues. the regard to our viewers watching on tv. as in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin tonight with the news that 31 of the remaining hostages being held by hamas in gauze of our debt. israel's chief military supposed person has confirmed the dad saying that the fam knowledge of those killed had been

notified is realized previously said that a 136 hostages were still being held in gaza after a 110 were released in a previous exchange. is released 240 palestinians that it was holding in that swan alright, let's go down to my colleague ben facility jerusalem. been, what more can you tell us about this report of the deceased hostages? they've been military intelligence leaked. it said to the new york times, which had been reporting about this over here in the day, then the is why the military came out to say it has informed families of these hostages and that so he, one of the $136.00 remaining hostages, a dead, including 2 soldiers held since 2014 the rest seized in the october 7. how much

terrorist attacks. it's not knowing whether or not these hostages have been dead since that day, or whether or not they died in captivity homeless. having said that, some of them had died in his way of the strikes. none of that can be confirmed though, but the fact is the fuel hostages. the less leverage that the harvest leadership has going into these negotiations in releasing the hostages and bringing about a ceasefire. the more in depth, the more political pressure on is why the prime minister benjamin netanyahu, as he tries to find some sort of deal. and i want you to take a listen to what we heard today from the us secretary of state anthony blinking. or he had to say about his visit to could tar take of us when i was last in the region a few weeks ago, a very powerful pass that we can see before us to actually yet to lasting peace and security. and it's coming ever more sharply into focus. and israel,

that is integrated into the region with security guarantees from its neighbors and partners. alongside a practical time bound irreversible path to a palestinian state. living side by side and east thrill with necessary security arrangements for both peoples. but there are those who want to move the region in a different direction and take a different path and who are actively working to sabotage, every effort to move toward lasting peace and security. all right, that's a warning there been coming from the top diplomat from the united states, but all they know he's putting a positive spin on where things stand right now. what is he going to be taking to israel tomorrow? what do you see? what received it from egypt? saudi arabia, from guitar, that he could give to these regular. so there isn't that much, that is positive right now considering an escalation in the unrest across the

region. more attacks from hudy's, from yemen on us and u. k. ships in the red sea and backed by around according to mr. blankets and iran, they is what he was referring to in his statement at the same time, the saudis, with him blinking has also met wanting to normalize relations with israel, egypt afraid of palestinian refugees flowing into its territory from the gaza strip. they are massed in uh, gaza is very self at the moment at rough as the ramp, a border crossing which is real, says it wants to attack in the next move in its ground invasion. so there was so many interests involved here on top of the more than $100.00 hostages, it was said to still be alive. now, blinking records and agreement is possible because how every p and says he's very

positive. but the fact is how much once a permanency supply before these hostages are released israel once to see all of the hostages released 1st with no guarantees of a vast incurs, dw corresponded been facility with the ladies tonight in jerusalem. then thank you . now to that legal blow for donald trump, the us federal appeals court has ruled that the former president does not have them . unity from charges that he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat our washington correspondent janelle, to move out and told us more about trump's claim of immunity as well. basically, his defense centered around him not being immune a for a b and the unit for being prosecuted from acts committed while he was president. now this is of course so no said not the 3 judge panel on this d. c. federal district appeals court has now soundly rejected in

a 57 page ruling. we pulled this out of that ruling panel wrote for the purpose of this criminal case. former president trump has become citizens trip, a citizen trump, with all of the defences of any other criminal defendant. but any executive community that may have protected him while he served as president no longer protects them against his prosecutors. and so in addition to that, despite arguing that he should have the fact of immunity, his lawyers also try to sort of double jeopardy defense. this idea that somebody accused cannot stand trial twice for essentially the same crime. now they argue with that because trump already faced impeachment in the house of representatives for trying to reverse the results of the 2020 election, but was not convicted by the senate. but essentially he already had his day in court and he doesn't need another. now, of course, we know that impeachment proceedings are political proceedings and not criminal

proceedings. as thoughts of this argument did not count in the way that tom's lawyers wanted already heard from the trunk campaign. in response to this ruling, this from campaign spokesman eventual prosecuting a president for official acts violates the constitution and threatens the bedrock of our republic. president trump respectfully disagrees with the dc circuits decision and will appeal it in order to safe guard the presidency and the constitution. that's where they stand on that. so what's gonna happen next in the me is going to appeal is, is there a guarantee that, that the supreme court will, will, will hear this case? i mean, do we know what will happen eventually as well as we heard their trump is expected to appeal what is on what is unclear at the moment is whether he will exercise this judgment of bringing up this option of bringing it to the full dc circuit. for review, he may do that, or he may appeal to the supreme court directly. now,

if he's going to appeal to the supreme court directly, he has until monday, february 12 to do that. so that is a very quick turn around that is just in a matter of days. now, if the supreme court does agree to hear the case, however, then really a lot is writing on how much they will be able to get done before the general election in november. because we know that citizen trump, of course, is also likely republican presidential, nominee trump, he has every incentive to see this trial delayed, to see all this potential trials move till past the election and the election that he might potentially win. in which case, you might also ask bill his department of justice to junk the case. he may even potentially part in himself. so a lot is going to depend on whether the supreme court decides to hear this case. and what happens from dental. yeah, it's still a lot of unanswered questions that you're sure janelle, in washington. thank you. all right, let's get you up to speed though,

and some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. a woman in the us state of michigan has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the depths of 4 high school students who were shot dead by her teenage son. of this case, a scene is the 1st of its kind for holding parents responsible in connection with shooting deaths. prosecutors argue that the mother made the gun accessible at home to her child in the united states. it says that it is disappointed that hungary ruling party blocked a vote on sweden's bid to join nato, hunger res, prime minister, victor, or bon and his feed as party had been stalling stock homes, bid to join the hungry is now the only nato member that has not ratified sweetness, membership application mean the more you know, people for you. 6 people including 3 police officers, have been wounded in a shooting outside the court house. it is simple, a man and a woman opened fire at a security check point before being shot dead by police. took his interior minister

said that they belonged to, to a left. this military group on the west coast of the us. storms had lashed california with the original rain that has brought severe flooding and land slides. following trees have killed 3 people in northern california to the south los angeles. it has recorded more than a 300 mud slides. hundreds, thousands of people are without power and extreme weather. warnings are in effect record breaking rainfall has sent mud tearing down hillsides. los angeles, the national weather service says that some of the west as to whether the california has seen nearly a 150 years. residents of the 2nd most populated area in the us of facing rhode swamped with water. it's the 2nd time within a matter of days,

the atmosphere river has brought huge amounts of moisture. northwood from the woman attitudes to the state. officials say so much. rain has full and so quickly the ground simply can't take any more in with the swell being so saturated. obviously, if it gets to a point where you just cannot absorb it anymore, and that's when it starts to uh, to move. and then we have that shift in the uh, in the soil. some residents have been falls from the homes by the torrents of mazda were, were heard, it was raining, but we didn't know there was anything like that. we looked outside and there's a foot and a half of the running water outside of the house, um and it sort steeping through the doors. and so they start, they start in the morning, up the doors and i'm like running equipment upstairs because we have studios downstairs and like we're trying to save things. the areas homeless community has been hit hard by the storm with many living in continents,

and particularly flood prone areas. rescue work has that helps bring some to safety . while the heaviest rain has no pulse authorities urging people to remain cautious in the l. a area saying there was still a risk of yet more flooding unlined slides to come. the definition of rate, the european union says that it has reached an agreement on how to tackle that word and violence against women. it comes despite some countries including germany and france, blocking new rules, setting out a legal definition of rate plans to define rape as an act where there is an absence of consent. those plans were unsuccessful. you may remember a years ago calls for what became known as a yes means yes, law begin growing in spain after the sentencing of a group of men who were convicted of sexual abuse instead of rate the men,

the group were known as the wolf pack. they were given lighter sentences because they were able to use a legal loophole. a corresponding jack parents told me wine, germany and france blocked this proposal to have an easy, wide definition of rate. or what a simple answer brands, to be honest, is the facts that they feel the criminal. more of this nature is a national competence that it shouldn't be in a you wide definition. having said that, the, i mean please the, have been the russell to us just sort of leading this file legislative the through the institutions of the european union facing please say that's okay. then do nothing of the, this is all about the definition of rate as yes means yes. so that is, if a perpetrator of a rate is in a quote, they have to prove that the, the victim of that rate would then would have given the consent. and that's that

for would get them off from a rate as opposed to no means no, as in the victim of the rate has to explicitly say no, we know that situations where women and other people are raped as well. the, it doesn't always a mind to a situation where there's a note to any piece here in the european parliament the they say that they do believe that this can change, that they can continue this fight, that this is the 1st stage in this. and that's why they've, they've got behind the law. i'm proposed and put it i that today. yeah, i'm wondering, um jack, why given european parliament, why did they pull back to me? they had been in favor of getting this to this definition included. and then it seems, they retreated this they did, but what the piece of the to put this on the table, this is part of a broad, a piece of low code, the e u gender directive within it. what we've got today is a finding of female genital mutilation, in the your opinion, an outlining of,

of criminal behavior related to, sorry, the flashing of cyber stool king especially of women's protections of women's rights in the workplace. this is the 1st time that women's rights have been assigned to across the european union, and they wanted to make sure that those rise would be collectively assigned in the you didn't want to get hung up on this one issue of the definition of rates. and as i say, that cooling on the member states, that the you to make these definitions themselves if they don't want to do it you, why would they also interesting the did was get a 5 year revision clause into this north and 5 is the time that you can push for this to try and be involved in the little with this with this. yes means yes. close and as little bit of background here, jack, this movement only yes means yes. it started after a huge controversy around the rape case in spain and madrid. that brought in this law that we're talking about, but is it fair to say that it's been rather problematic there

so yeah, it really has so space the only country that has it. yes means yes. looks and it was off to this move pack goes back codes set of gang rape, this rate to women at the running of the bulls in pamplona. in 2016. and during that trial, the defense showed a video of the woman where she was immobile with her eyes closed and said that because she hadn't explicitly said no, it couldn't be a mind to to rate. those perpetrators initially only got charged with sexual abuse and not with rate a member rotating a yes means yes little, but it kept became very complicated because the defense lawyers for rapists that had already been imprisoned, managed to find loopholes. because the definition was a straight, which live 1300 sites are defend, the sex offender is to be released from prison. and that's part of the reason is why wife's so many people are being complicated. i find this a complicated role to bring in, but the european parliamentarians to say that the rule that the,

the identification, the clarification of what they're proposing a clear they hope it will be for within 5 years. jack, there for us in strasburg, jack is always thank you and here are some more stories now that are making headlines around the world, protest by farmers. unfortunately, european union to water down part of its plans to reform agricultural regulations. the concessions include scrapping requirements for a 30 percent cut in emissions by farmers. european union, however, is sticking to its overall target of reducing greenhouse gases by 90 percent. by the year 2040 it canyon cult leader is facing new charges and murdering a $191.00 children hall mckenzie. his alleged to have motivated more than $400.00 followers to starve themselves to death. he and dozens of other suspects are charged with multiple offenses, including torture. at least 11 people have died in

a fire at the fireworks factory and central india authorities in the state of my dear per dash say at least another $150.00 people were injured in the black rescue . cruise, a racing defined potential survivors pakistan and is holding general elections on thursday. a vote. the critics say can be neither free nor fair, the former prime minister and run con, and he's in prison and he can't run for office members of his p t. i party claim that they're facing harassment. united nations high commission for human rights is calling for call the head of those days, palm entry election in pakistan. we deployed all acts of violence against political policies and candidates, and urge the authorities to uphold the fundamental freedoms necessary for an inclusive and meaningful democratic process. in the lead up to the vote, they have be no less than $24.00 reported instances in which all groups have stage

to tax against members of political parties. and that was liz russell of the u. n. high commission for human rights. some observers believe the biggest threat, the pakistan's democracy is the military. the army has ruled the nation for about half of the existence since pakistan was formed back in 1947. and critics claim the military has already decided to will win power this time. uh, pakistan's military is on high a lot this week explain, holding the joint patrols with police in the capital is not a bad ahead of the election of the last year's violence. it's leaving nothing to chance that fund didn't spell it. the arrest a full, my prime minister in rank con, in may. 2023. even minute 3 barracks were attacked.

now that he's behind bars khan is banned from standing in the selection. cognitive support is blame the military for his full from grace judge, his vice to power has also been attributed to the military. his opponents in 2018 claimed he was the armies proxy something con, denied this. yeah, 3 times prime minister and the vice shareef who's also been in prison is said to be the armies favored mine. that's all of to a band preventing him from ever standing in an election again, was recently over ton military interference impact of stones. politics is nothing new. the country's 1st official military crew was back in 1958 when marshal law was declared following a period of political instability. just over 10 years later,

one general handed over power to another that followed some years of civilian rule . which another minute treat crew was stationed, 1977, the eighty's and ninety's again. so a period of civilian government budget was finally overturned in yes, another to general probation. i'm a shower of serving as president until 2008. in total. the army has directly will pack a stone for move in search. he is out of it. 76 year history when notes in direct control and it's continue to accept huge influence. no prime minister has ever finished that full time with the military. always accused of playing a role in rank con, lost the support of the military and was deposed now and the vice shareef has apparently won that military support back

i want to bring in now michael kugal men, he's the deputy director of the asia program at the wilson center, he joins us tonight from washington, dc. michael is going to see you on our week going to see free and fair elections and pakistan or is it as many or saying as the military pulling the strings here as well. i think that um, unfortunately, no matter what happens on election day itself, it's already clear that these elections will not be free and fair. and that is because of the non level playing field in the electro environment. as we've seen. for many months of the p t i, the party in con, has faced a severe track down. so as you were counter in your report, the arrest part, arrests and dealings of the leaders as well as supporters pressure on the media to prevent the party's campaign activities. from being covered as

a playbook that we see, and unfortunately many times in the past when it comes to a pre election environment and back, it's not, it's happening again now and a p t i is a party that's a significant part. he has a lot of public support, but it's really been hobbled out and it's not going to have a fair chance to contest the elections which suggest to me that the election. we already know the elections are not going to be free and fair. we're not talking though about the military to, as we've seen in the past 2 years. so talk to me or describe if you could, what exactly does the military exerting power in packets and what is that going to look like as well. i mean, what i just laid out before is essentially what the military's influence looks like . i mean, you're right, that's been more than 15 years since the military last held direct tower. but it is continued to be influential from behind the scenes by um, you know, in, in this case of, of elections engaging in certain pressure activities and shaping the electrical environment in a way that the party that does not want to see, come to power,

cannot come to power and again this happened in 2018 at that time. the roles were very different in the sense that the army viewed in ron called as a favorite son. and if you know i sharif as a, as, as the enemy, so to speak. and so it took steps it, it sponsored activities, it made it difficult for the people in and made things easier for, for p t i. but i would argue that today, you know, the army as much for overly involved politics. and it typically has been when it doesn't formally a whole tower, and you can see that in particular in terms of how it's been very present on economic policy. the army chief of the country is personally driving policies meant to focus on economic recovery. and you know, we're talking about non elected official here, who is essentially the most powerful political player in pakistan. and that's not good for democracy. it's not good for democracy. and it calls into question the role of the voters here. um, what role do voters having pakistan moving forward to me we see most selections

in congress on history turn out has not been very good. it's hovered around, 50 percent, oftentimes less. they've been a few exceptions were turn has been very high. but now in particular, you know, their concerns that turn out will not be very high just because there's so much skepticism and cynicism about politics and in the case of icons, party. and i think that many um, what will struggle to get out there that many of them say they want to vote. but um, you know, we've seen that when cons, party is tried to mobilize an old campaign activities. they're broken up. so many supporters had been arrested. so that's going to be tough, but here i think you have to highlight the issue of young people um, flushing august on his young. i'm a graphically so if you guys have any chance of trying to make a dent in what appears to be a great clean victor, a clear victory by html line, you're gonna need to have young voters out there because the cons party does draw a lot of support from from young people, so think it out there that could bode well for, for pci least in terms of making

a stand. and 1 pm, atlanta is trying to do like a little man with the agent program at the wilson center. we appreciate your time, your and your analysis tonight, michael. thank you. this is a quick reminder that top story is real, has confirmed that 31 of the remaining hostages being held by her boss and gone to or did their families have been in for the day is up next. the

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