the the, this is dw news line from berlin, israel storms, the last big hospitals still functioning. in garza, the army says it has credible evidence that home us health hostages inside the complex. also coming up with a reversal in senegal. the country's top election on charging as overturn the president's decision to put off elections, which sparked instead of protests and concerns about what was considered west africa's capacity as of democracy. and the great parliament mates the country, the 1st orthodox christian nation, to legalize the same sex marriage to the delight of l. g. b t. q plus advocates.

plus berlin's international film festival gets underway with famous spaces on the red carpet. hundreds of movies are competing for the top prices and as ever, out of glitz and glamour mixed with political controversy, the unpopular phone. any yes, welcome to the program is riley troops of storm the largest functioning hospital in gather the army describes the operation of the nicer hospital in the southern city of con eunice as precise unlimited. it says there is credible intelligence that hum us which carried id october 7th. the terror attacks held hostages in the complex. i'm us dismissed. the claims a mobile phone footage appears to show is rarely false, is entering nesa hospital in hong eunice. the main medical facility in southern

gaza is really military says it was a limited operation. aimed at finding hostages remains with credible intelligence from a number of sources including from released hostages, indicating the tomas held hostages at the nozzler hospitality. i notice that there may be bodies of hostages into another hosp good facility for the south. some 1500000 displays palestinians. and now living in crumb conditions in the border city of rafa where israel is still believed to be planting and assaults. but international warnings are growing louder. large scale military, opposite operations in densely populated areas, risks extensive civilian casualties. how strongly believes this would be on just a problem i'll message to as well is listen to the road. do not go down this path. the united nations says there is no safe place because it's to

evacuate to with so many people, a mass along the boulder you and see mind it's heavy and cheese, as wanting to spill over into egypt. given the scale of the devastation, the went straight agency says gaza will need international investments on the scale of view. it's post school marshal plan to cover after the fighting. but for most cousins, the future is far from their minds. they're struggling just to survive every day on our correspondent injuries them. i'm in east of told us more about the situation in the hospital. well, the hospital has been stormed by id s troops who said they carried out a precise unlimited operation in order to recover the bodies of hostages. a big claim were killed by a moss. now these, as you can hear, they're not live hostages, that they were looking to find, but rather the bodies to recover them. there are reports that one person died,

the staff of the hospital, which is run by the goals and health ministry, which is under the control of a moss. i have reported that one prison died when is real hit the hospital with a tank shell. so this would contradict to the statement that it was a precise and limited operation. israel does claim that they are intending to keep the hospital still in operation. they did take several people out that they're calling suspects and potentially suspects of a suspected of being associated with how mosse, which is real and many other countries consider a terrorist organization. now keep in mind that according to international law, hospital can become a little due to minute military target. if attacks are being staged from within the hospital, which doesn't seem to be the claim of by israel at this point. set a goal is top election authority has canceled the president's decision to postpone the election center goals. constitutional council rules. as a decrease signed by president mikey sel was unconstitutional. the decree had

pushed the vote from february 25th to december and let to protest from opposition, candidates and unrest across the country. election authority said the ballot should be held as soon as possible, but not on its original date. as our correspondence, my readers nicholas group is in the capital doc are sent us this update. a historic decision here in san diego. as the constitutional court decided to go against the president's decision to postpone the presidential election. while the exact states remains unclear, constitutional judges said the vote should be held as soon as possible civil society organizations as well as opposition parties, who had them mentally opposed. the election postponements are celebrating victory, but the demand for the election to be held before april. second, when microsoft turns ma'am they will expire this postponements had at least a major, some se, unprecedented political crisis and kind of go and had been qualified by many

senegalese as an attempt to the constitutional who protest had broken out in several cities and the mother purchases planned for this saturday, there were strong worries, but the election postponements would be a low. it's a senate goals, democracy, the country has been long hailed for its stable democracy. won a few in west africa region where a military cruise and you had hist, insurgencies are already a creating instability. now it seems that the so called constitutional crew was not successful. faced with strong criticism, the president was also increasing. isolated on the political scene on thursday, just hours before the constitutional court decision he visited, he tries to appease the situation by freeing political prisoners, including members of the main opposition party. mikey saw headset in july that he will not run for a 3rd term, but many saw his decision to postpone elections as a way to cling to power. for some,

this decision by the senegalese constitutional judges shows the importance and strength of synagogues, institutions, and sick in secures. the country is a rule of law. now there's clearly a feeling of victory of relief, of happiness among those incentive goals, who are actively engaged in maintaining the initial date. now we'll have to wait and see when the new date will be announced and under which conditions the election will be held. so let's take a look now at some of the stories making headlines. the 1st criminal trial of a former us president decide to go ahead next month after a new york judge rejected a baby from donald trump to have the case dismissed. the charge of stem from hush, money paid to, to women ahead of the 2016 presidential election. the officials in russia say a ukrainian missile strike. and the city of bel garage has killed 6 people, including one child, the stride k to a shopping mall. belgrade is near the ukrainian border. it's the latest exchange of

long range fire in the war. earlier, russia shocked 2 dozen improvements and ballistic missiles into ukraine. a 2 day natal meeting in brussels has ended with big challenges still facing the alliance, including the war and ukraine. secretary general against oldenburg urge the us congress to pass a military aid package for keith. you also said your team members as a blocker on track actually to meet defense spending targets for night to main. greece is voted to legalize same sex marriage and making it the 1st orthodox christian country to do so. the little change has had plenty of opposition from the orthodox church, which claimed it would threaten so called traditional families. but supporters saved the change is long overdue, and a significant step for greek society. julie on the street to the athens as crowds celebrated

a milestone mine at the same 6 car. 6 suppose is watched the vote from outside, greece is tell them. this thing with pride is the results came through the story. they were so very happy with this result. we've been waiting for it for a very long time and finally loved wins. everything. the bill head faced strong opposition from greece is of the adults christian church. despite the criticism, greek public opinion on same sex marriage is narrowly in favor and column, and the change managed to gonna read the see can since least swing social democratic and conservative lawmakers will suppose that the motion, which was lead like reese's prime minister, you submitted the meta to deem it is

a theme joy because starting tomorrow and not a barrier between us is removed to create a breach of co existence is in a free state method with free citizens and that's what it's pointing to. the new law also strengthens kareem too writes the same 6 couples. while critics say there is still room for improvement. it is a big state for the predominantly orthodox christian nation. the 1st to say yes to same sex marriage with meaning, hopeful that more will follow a private commission to the moon has blasted all from the kennedy space center in florida, 321 ignition and with the intuitive machines launch. this city is lender on a rock is made by

e mail and most companies space x. it's trying to become the 1st commercial spacecraft to land successfully on the moon. the aim is for cities at to search for water and what's being called a 2nd space. rice as the the american move then no just use for use up to set off into space. it's aim is to bring a camera and newly develop nice measuring equipment to the moon. its destination. is the luna south pole. there are this. here's what's called a spot to lend, softly on the move stuff. a new race to the moon is on set of lights, have discovered water and its poles, the most important resource for human space travel. this race is not driven just by scientific curiosity. it's a quest to develop the best technology,

discover resources, and to secure future markets. nasa wants to build a station in the moon's all good, and i'll post on the surface. the space agency is working together with europe, teen, japanese, and canadian partners. many u. s. companies are hoping for new protest contracts and income from space tourism china, russia and india also have moon tourism in this hides. in order for any of this to happen, it's mission critical to find a way to land safely. but this is no easy task. and many help pay the rushes. lou know 25 commission crushed into a luna credo, the and power in the 1st commercial american movie land software. the fuel leak on self destructed over

the pacific ocean to pound slim rowboat actually landed upside down off the field from india was a able to put a robot on a vehicle on demand of the meanwhile, china was the 1st nation to land on the far side of the me it's or this is mission is successful, us will be able to paint the 1st commercial newsletter. nasa also plans to build a new schuman stepped station there. in the darkness, the luna selves called the the 74th berlin film festival known as the banning allies opened with a traditional red carpet ceremony. over the next 10 days,

hundreds of films will be competing for the golden and silver band rewards. if any not, it is one of the world's major film festivals. it's known for mixing glitz and glamour with political statements, and this here is no exception. i don't use han homa went to the red carpet for us and sent us this update. this year the opening ceremony certainly got off to very exciting starts with lots of star power. but there were notably also lots of pro testers, both on and off the red carpets. i saw lots of stars themselves protesting germany's far right politicians from the a f d who were officially uninvited from this year's festival. and then there were also lots of protesters calling for a ceasefire. and god knows worth noting that several filmmakers have especially withdrawn their work from this year's festival in protest of driving the support for israel and an open letter. it has been signed by hundreds of actors, directors, and producers, a like to call for an immediate cease fire in gaza. so it will definitely be

interesting to see how the conflict in the middle east shapes the dialogue of this year's portland olive, which has always prided itself on having that political edge. all right, your up today said talk film is coming up after a short break with go nation which is examining america's obsession with the right to own and carry deadly weapon states you. and for that, for me, the team here take care of the ice cold. jessica new an expedition ventures on to places that no one has the climate research in the ice, the dos much the on the.