the the business dw news live from berlin, the us agency for palestinian refugees hanging in the balance on right is one of the main providers of a 2000. but it support has been trying up after israel level to allegations that some of its workers were involved in the some of the terror attacks. we will look at the agencies mission and it's future also coming up the story behind one of the many tie nationals kidnapped in the october terrorist attacks and israel. we need a worried mother of a migrant workers to held hostage and gaza. and we talked to the negotiator who helps the tour, the release of some time nationals last november. and the fish the size of your

finger. now louder than a heavy metal rock show, the scientists think it was a tiny creature. just wants to communicate at 140 adjustable who could base the message, the sarah kelly. welcome to the program. israel and tomas have played down the chances of an immune a deal for a cease fire in gaza. the 2 sides are pushing back after us. president joe biden said that a truce could begin next week. as well, talks continue, humanitarian agencies warn their aid operations and gaza could collapse, is real advanced as into rasa. we're nearly 1400000 palestinians are sheltering.

the main un agencies set up to assist the palestinian refugees. unreal is also facing a cash crunch on raw, has said that it will run out of money in the coming days after major donor nation suspend their funding. now the move current comes in response to is really accusations that some of the workers were involved in the october 7th terror attacks. now the agencies future is at stake, even though it's clear, thousands will need long term humanitarian aid. a lifeline for goldens or how mazda is partner in terror. this is a question dogging to you ends palestinian aid agency. and donor countries seem to have answered it for themselves by holding back funds. that puts more than a 1000000 people at severe risk. for decades, the agency has been a primary source of food and medicine for thousands. grow was founded in 1949

to help ballast indians who fled or were expelled from their homes when israel was founded. it originally had a 3 year mandate, but has been renewed ever since. since there has been no political solution to the conflict. agencies, operations have been especially vital for gardens since israel's 2007 blockade of the territory. it also serves palestinian refugees in the occupied westbank, syria lab and on android and a but many in israel take a different view. oh, this is jerusalem's deputy mayor calling get out, get out at a small, far right protest people. this demonstration want the agency to leave the region entirely. israel has claimed that 12 monroe workers health plan, the october 7 tier attacks, and that many agency workers are affiliated with homeless or other tier groups and gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he's no future for the agency.

i knew the civil administration of god, so i won't be able to be carried out by those who support or fund turner. this means do that. we will have to replace on rock. the un has pushed back firing to 12 workers in question and saying they don't represent the agency that we are doing everything possible to make sure that to the old. what is an organization that not only is effective and necessary, but it is also able to defend itself against the few patients that's can put into question. it's not valid to us intelligence assessment of israel's claims that some of the accusations were credible, though they could not be independently verified, but also cast out on claims of wider links to militant groups. it's unclear, the report will change the stance of donor countries or what could take on roads

place a dries up, it will be ordinary gardens who suffer. we are joined now here in the studio by ben to sheller. she is the head of the middle east and north africa division with the heine wish quotes on station here in berlin. it's a think tank affiliated with germany, a screen party. welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us. um, can you just remind us for, you know, for those who are not familiar with audra, it's role that it has specifically in guys because it's a, it's a large organization, but specifically in gaza, what do they provide? they provide humanitarian 8 to those where if it's a zip between 4 to 6 and 4 to 8 as well as their descendants. and that means like 70 percent of the population of casa and it goes beyond humanitarian aid. obviously they're also responsible for providing health care schooling, all kinds of services, so that needs to be provided for people not only to survive, but to be the make a have a perspective. they're facing serious funding cups. now tell us what, what is the potential real world impact of that?

well, the situation is a really terrible. you've seen the pictures. people are starving. so there is a huge need for humanitarian aid, more than 4. so it's kind of if funding is kept, that will really mean devastating consequences for all those on the found major donors. i mean they, they have posts funding while these investigations take place. we know that a number are accused of being involved. number one, right employees are in queues to being involved in the mazda attacks of october 7th . and you know, some of some of the, the donor countries say, okay, well, we can give to a now to other organizations a just like to ask you for your response to that and what you make of the way that some of these international donors have reacted well, there is, of course, a good reason to say, well then we give money to other organizations. however, there is no organization that has the same network as the overall has the same logistics there for it. it can be changed from one agency to the other. i think

that the, or should lead to consider what they do because there is just no possibility to make up for what about provide some tests services. how can on route we gain trust? well, they are very doing investigations and rightfully so. i mean, with the severity of the allegations that is great, that they are really showing. they take care of these. there hasn't previous instances in which they also took care of that they have always been the best thing . everybody working for them. they have always been providing the list of older and pleased israel is still so far and never raised any concern. and therefore it is something where i think we have already a system in place for 8 as being checked for personal spring check. but i mean, we have to say israel has raised a lot of concerns before about this particular organization. in fact, they say that it's one that is infiltrated by some us. it now appears to have a post war plan for gaza, which includes closing, on raw, but it seems to be high on the list of priorities for israel. tell us,

is there of an alternative to enroll you? how, how exactly would that go down? so it's fair to take care of the situation as long as there is no permanent and durable center solution for the posting and refugees. so it's not on russ monday to do so. closing on, robert, not mean anything in terms of solution of the conflict. on the contrary, it would make it much more difficult because somebody has to jump in and there is simply no agency that can do that. thank you so much for sharing that perspective for sharing that view. we really appreciate it. and to show a head of the middle east and north africa division with the henry school foundation here in berlin. thank you. you're watching data. you news, you would like to bring your program and note eulley and a volley of the widow of the late russian opposition leader. alexa in the volley is scheduled to address the european parliament in strossberg shortly. we will go live there to that coverage of that speech here on

d w. so do stay with us. but meantime, more on our top story because during the last terror attacks on october 7th, the group killed and kidnapped, not only is really is but people of other nationalities as well. the biggest group of foreign nationals was from thailand. most of them had been working on the farms near the border with gaza. officials say that 8 time migrant workers are still being held hostage. many of them come from north east of thailand from the wood on tiny region. w, scared matters, travel there to speak with survivors, and the families still waiting for their loved ones to be freed. just a few centimeters, take up a whole hour. how making carpets with the neighbors helps coming to them now, past the time. sick with worry now hasn't been able to work since how much terrorists kidnapped her son more than 140 days ago. the only visitors to her

tailor shop these days, all local officials inquiring about her situation. so of course that's a lot of pressure. i can't rest, i can't even think about my son all the time. i'm constantly wondering how he is. i was told that they only get a blanket and i'm sure they don't sleep because they are so anxious. i don't want them on the play that like many ties. her eldest son goes in israel, working for a farmer was the 1000 bureaus he owned a month help the family back home company. let him now bought this tractor for the family farm with the money her son sent. she says he continued working in israel despite knowing it was dangerous. so a little he's actually experienced a similar situation before side. 2 people were killed right in front of him when they were hiding in the shelter during another attack. i got the whole lot and i told them to come back, but he said it was normal. they're all i do in the neighboring village. this

families were united, a new show and gal was released of the 50 days of captivity. the money on from 4 years working in israel helped him buy a house and set up a chicken farm. but he says he will never forget the morning of october 7, t 2, the band man method in bi line. and they put us in an empty house for about an hour initially and then moved us to the tunnels. they know they won't, they hurt us badly. especially in the 1st 2 to 3 days. so a long time ago, we were only given bread and water just enough to survive. let's see, i counted the days by meals. otherwise, we just lay on the ground at this length and ended up in a way to meet the non have. these are the other type workers he was held hostage with on the day of their release. one of them is from the same village that's coming to me now. some talking to his mother gives her hope that the most dangerous part may already be behind me. on the day of the kidnapping. there with

a total of 5 tie. what goes to what they can captive, but the call could only fit for more people with a low to be executed. one right, the load by better wages than they can get at home. tens of thousands of tie nationals, especially from this remote region. working east, right? they're able to do so because of an agreement between the 2 countries. but officials like the town mayor field, the government should do more to protect citizens. if he did that, he would love to end up mildly welcome. it's my personal opinion or not. if it is up to the individual way, they want to go to this again. they are the ones who take a risk of a high end. the ones who benefit from the lab with the cd and we looked at the government should provide adequate information about risk zones promising that so that people can make an informed decision. we're not to have to hold it upside for more than one. now, the labor agreement with israel has been suspended for the time. be many people

here would now rather go to taiwan or south korea for what company. let me now says she wants her son to stay in thailand when he finally returns. she's bought some capital and land for him. the rice in these fields will be ripe, and about a month. she hopes he'll be back home in time for the office. and i spoke earlier with dw asia pacific bureau chief of gale matches who filed that report for us. he told us more about how the families of the remaining hostages are coping. i think one of the biggest problems they face at the moment is uncertainty because a lot of those relatives told me it was very difficult for them to, to obtain any sort of information. all they are told by title parties is to sit and wait and then may have something to do with the general situation that there is not much information all there is confusing information. so i have a chance to talk to one of the key negotiators who was involved in the are in

freeing the last group of hostages. and he said there is no reports that how must be nice, but those 8 people are in their hands. and he says that may be a sign that they have seen at the doctor by another squad that says the fact that they are still up doctor, it is simply denied. so there's a lot of uncertainty here. and of course, for those families, these are all unsettling facts. tell us about the impacts that you see. the abductions have had on ties society more broadly as well. a lot of this obviously came as a huge shock for, for thailand searching 9 people that almost the same number of 5 people less of doctors as these. these are the official numbers. and of course, this shuts a lot of light on the fact that there are these huge numbers of migrant workers, some 30000 to have gone to israel. now, the question of the debate that has started is why are people taking opportunities over security? why are they taking those risks?

and the answer is, at least that is what the head of the labor department isn't room, tommy. and he's ne improvements told me, is that simply they make a lot of money and they make up to 5 times what they can aren't at home and how you can address that and how you can offer alternatives. it's very difficult because i said, for instance, maybe education is beyond for that region. but then i was told even academics are going across to korea, to ease to taiwan. because there is this deal with these countries and they make so much money. tie. officials say that they were involved in negotiating the negotiating process that led to the release of the number of ty hostages. back in november is thailand. so making efforts for the release of the ty hostage is still helping him. awesome. what, what sort of role are they playing and in all of these negotiations that are ongoing yeah, the farm industry has just announced that efforts are made to push for the release . now the person who has been in both type lee and those negotiations in the past

told me at the moment there is no contact. and he also told me that i must actually make know the moms or the lease of the house, which is in the past. however, the a foreign ministry in thailand has now announced that it appears that a ceasefire has become a pre condition for the moms of for, for the talks. so no tax taking place at this moment. dw asia, pacific bureau chief gales, mathis, thank you. here's a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. us president joe biden and former president donald trump have won their presidential primaries in the state of michigan. according to press reports, thousands of democrats, however, marked uncommitted on the ballot instead of loading for bite and following a protest movement over his continuing support for israel and its war against a month to mayoral hopefuls in the mexican city of amato vi to

have been gone. down, within hours of each other, everything pointed toward organized crime syndicates being responsible, according to the mayor, the murders, comp ahead of a national election set for june, which civil rights groups have warrant could become the most violent on record. a jury in new york has found 2 men guilty of the 2002 murder of hip hop pioneer jason missile, better known as jam master jay, of the group who run dmc. the men convicted were one of his childhood friends and his god, son, prosecutor, say that the 2 kills the run dmc founder and a dispute over a cocaine distribution deal. a german naval ship. the has seen here and file video has repelled and attack in the red sea by humans who seem militia. that's according to german press agency dpa. the free gets fired on to target. the 1st

engagement of germany's red emission to secure cargo ships against the tax id around back to militias and germany is among the western nations. pushing back after francis president a menu on my call and suggested that allies might need to consider sending ground troops to assist ukraine and it's fight against russia. mccomb was speaking following a conference in paris to drum up support for ukraine. following those talks, german chancellor, all off showed stressed western ground troops were not an option the to opt out of a discontinued, we obviously discussed. we used to arrange for the support of this type of data by it's not enough for a very good debate. we decided that what was agreed from the outset does, does also applies to the future and conflict on the physically for miss. namely that there will be no ground troops at least as kind to know soldiers on ukrainian soil, and i'll send there. but europe and countries or need those dates and stop and we'll

go from not the stop and alternative sick patton. and that was the german chancellor. now to an arrest of a 65 year old woman in berlin. that has sent shock waves across germany. german newspaper build reported that the woman's neighbors knew her as claudia, but she was actually danielle, a collector who has been on the run for decades as a suspected member of a far right militant group, the terrorized west germany during the seventies and eighties. don't you like it had been in hiding for more than 30 years. she belonged to the left wing extremist group, the red army faction. now the suspected form, a terrorist has been arrested in a police department, isn't visual. we're certain that the person, the rest of that is then you like let to what we have been living on the ground for 30 years coming. and this ends a man hunting that has been going on for almost 9 years. thread on the section was founded in the spring of 1917 by under the, as bought. i was thinking, mind move and go to humans,

need that come and goal to change the political system even through violence for more than 20 years. the terrorist organization fought against what they viewed as west them and east imperialist system. right? yes. committed. the default mode is numerous bank robberies and bombings, more than $200.00 people were in to doing a tax blamed on the group in april 1998 b. r. a f announced its dissolution. many of the terrorist groups crime says, do not being solved. federal police us do searching for suspected already have members accused of attempted murder and robbery. as focused out on you like clifton book, gobby among others, have been wanted to use toast, mackenzie never risk and never feel safe, not, not even after 30 years, not even after such a long time. and our security also are these are highly professional and always able to track down every hint terrorists, even after a long time,

to be on even how tough to the following. the rest of them he left left to the 2nd person whose identity has not been released was also arrested in connection with the man hunt. and the r i f is a far left group earlier i misspoke and said our rights we're going to move on now looking at some other world news, the us state of texas has issued a disaster declaration for dozens of counties. as a rapidly growing wildfire doubled in size in one day, the national weather service has meanwhile posted fire danger alerts for several other states where a strong winds dr. agitation and warm temperatures have made conditions right for wild fires. south korea, the country with the world's lowest fatality rates. as the birds dropped to a new record low last year south korea's population declined for a 4th consecutive year. in spite of government programs aimed at reversing the trend. neighboring japan also reported record low birth 6 week to

the city of brezza la in western brazil has been completely cut off by flood waters . heavy rain for fall cause the upper river to rise to near historic levels. authorities say that 11000 people have lost their homes or been displaced, and that's 17 of 22 cities in the region. are under a state of emergency. the public and take petal, a volcano in the central mexico has become spewing gas and ash, following a wild, a mild earthquake. several towns have reported light ashville and authority, say it could reach mexico city, mexico cities international airport. and several airlines have canceled flights due to the ash a moscow court has jailed a leading human rights advocate over his authorization to the war in ukraine. it gave a 2 and a half year prison sentence to all that or law,

making him the latest prominent russian to be punished for challenging the policy of president vladimir putin. the 70 year old or law office chairman of the russian rights group memorial which was awarded the nobel peace prize in 2022. all. and all of was convicted of for the russian government calls discrediting the on forces. and for open liquid sizing below the merc buttons, invasion of ukraine. despite the outcome, he sent a clear message to the regime. i don't consider myself alone. i'm part of a large team, both in the memorial human rights organization and more broadly. we live in the 21st century, the russian, the parties are going backwards back from the 20th to the 17th and 16 century. and unfortunately, the country with them. but victory will still be ours. ahead of the

verdict or loves both with his supporters outside the court. although the government has deemed him a foreign agent, he remains a prominent and celebrated figure in moscow, largely because of his affiliation with memorial. the countries, the oldest human rights organization, which was banned from operating in 2021. but the band has not halted their work. we will look, we will live and think. we hopes that some day, what is happening now will end. and all like maybe will be released many of all of supporters have also been outspoken about the politically motivated nature of the charges of god. it's a throwback to the soviet that when will be news that good and desirable by the authorities, what declared deliberately misleading one's ideas on these of you, the agitation we know it well. we have been studying it for many years. now we've

been back to it. some of the initially the core tended or know a fine, but after retrying his sentence was increased as the redeem intensified, it's cracked down against kremlin critics, especially since bushes full scale invasion, a few green to another well known pollutant opponent alexis of all need died in prison earlier this month. now his aid say that the bonus funeral will be held on friday. the service has to take place in the moscow church, with no volume these burial planned in a nearby cemetery. the volume is video widow julia is due to address the european parliament in strasburg. shortly she has emerged as the face of rushes and battles opposition movement, which has been largely silenced by vladimir hooton's government. you'll be in a volley. i says that she will continue her husband's work to topple the kremlin monopoly on power and build a free russia. in the days following alexi,

nevada and the staff hugo pneumonia seem to be everywhere. meeting top european officials who reaffirm their support for the russian opposition. then in a video message, she addressed the world with an accusation and a promise for reflex it by killing alexi, putting killed half of me. i do half of my heart and half of myself. but i still have the other house that i have, and it tells me that i have no right to give ox to gain me. i will continue the work of an action of all name, continue to fight for our country. and i encourage you to stand next to me. yep. it is a low, was started out there was some really, it wasn't always this way. born in moscow, beauty and pneumonia trained as an economist and worked at the bank before she married alexi and evolving in 2000. she eventually stopped working, announcing that she was a wife and mother 1st. but her life became very public. she became

a fierce defender of her husband and his anti corruption work. like when the file name was sentenced to prison in 2013. a day after announcing he would run for mayor of moscow. see that alexi was as ready for this as possible. and i in our family will keep supporting him if anybody hopes that alexis investigations was stopped there, mistaken. as the valley went in and out of jail challenging the kremlin group on power, the couples profile grew in 2020 in nevada and he was poisoned. and usually a lot of pressure campaign to allow him to be treated outside of russia in a german hospital and have all the same to you the for saving him. when he returned to russia in 2021, police arrested the valley and obtained usually and the value of separating the

couple for good. she became a frequent media figure, appearing at his court hearings and encouraging people to vote in elections. even if it seems like the outcome was pre determined, the volunteer staff earlier this month, put you in the violin. yeah. back in the spotlight. instead of going to visit her children, she went to the security conference in munich, insisting it's what her husband would have done. continuing the struggle for a free russia, and her more, we are joined by dw rica, bureau chief uri of a shadow. he reports a lot for us since moscow band dw, from operating inside russia. why is usually in ivonya speaking to the european parliament today? what does she want to achieve to wells? europe in telemundo is reportedly expected to pass a resolution to date in connection with as an of all the support the say is ignored the off i think. so no problem is they are convinced that the, the opposition to politicians didn't die

a natural gas about divorce killed as this resolution. it should also call for all necessary measures to be taken to support political prism the rest and repressed civil society and draw. so we don't know how fast such made us would go back to that is so to speak, with a formal part today. in fact, it's more about the volume is himself the volley himself and that that's where he's vice speech comes in. i think these you petitions uh, wants to pay you their last respects to alex in a volley, and let's say immortalize of a name over there. awesome the opposition to petition as a fighter for freedom and democracy. so today it's a very symbolic gesture to pay tribute then of all the extra p level, especially considering the difficult, difficult circumstances of his upcoming funeral and he's made depression, so they pull the titian a. we'll therefore be publicly commemorate that today, at least at you level, is it fair to say that since her husband steps she has replaced him,

now is russia's main opposition figure as well as you didn't have all this appear in songs. the political stage came as a surprise to many to be on us. do we remember that? you've said you've had it a sarah? just a few mom. mean, you know it's off the who husband's death sheets, polk, at the munich security conference. the friday before last announced that she wanted to follow in her husband's footsteps. some of the say that there's a big announcement and that all those who believe that russia quote, to do with something just like a, just like a academic covers magic and above all, to read just the woman who can do for the divide, depression to position to a completely new structure and style with her protest. of course she has one major problem and the problem is that she's completely unknown as they pull the titian. and yes, she doesn't believe in russia high that well, you could say that most often the position to think that it's no longer live in russia. it's yes, they all have these problem officers ability. it.