the, the, this is dw news coming to line from berlin, demands for an investigation into house scores of guys and just died trying to get access to age shipments. abbas blames is really troops. reopening. pire israel says most of the dead were trampled in the stem p. now the united nations wants to know exactly what happened. also coming up, the strong police presence on the day, alex, a nevada, these funeral is rescheduled in moscow. supporters risk arrest as they gathered to say farewell to the kremlin credit. and as it ran, holds key elections. authorities have a fight, hold their hands, getting voters to the ballot box. plus as demand for cocaine grows to all time

highs in europe. authorities in peru call for international cooperation to dismantle the supply chain. the hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. francis joins united nations secretary general antonio gutierrez and calling for an independent investigation into a deadly a distribution incident in kansas city. the homos run goes, a health ministry said more than a 100 people were killed thursday when is really sold. here's hoping fire. newer crowds, rounding an aid convoys. israel blames the death sona stampede. a mouse says the death toll in gaza has now surpassed 30000 in the fighting since the groups october 7th terror attacks in israel. of these aerial images have been released by

israel's military. it says the shall ballast indians in gaza city running towards it. trucks in the early hours of thursday morning presenting in a deadly stampede at 4 45 pm em up bush, the 8 trucks bringing the convoy to a halt. as you can see in this video, the tags that were there to secure the condo boy sees the goes on to being trampled and cautiously tries to disperse the mob with a few warning shots. when the hundreds became thousands and things got out out of and the tank commander decided to retreat to, to avoid harm to the cells of causes that were there. these real defense forces operate according to the rules of engagement and the international know id. if the

strike was conducted towards the 8 can avoid the how much strong health ministry and gaza has presented a different version of events, saying more than 100 civilians was shot dead by is really troops. while waiting for aid eye witnesses said that some drug drivers tried to escape the is really fire causing deaths and injuries. and some of the wounded said they were headed by. is there any gunshots? by the, by, on, by after they stop shooting. we went back to get our aide. by the time i got flower and some candid goods and took it down from the truck they shot at us. if you want to get us a this way, then you might as well not bring anything was the us says it's trying to establish exactly what happened. and that the incident underscores the need to expand the supply of humanitarian aid into gaza. 2 things are clear. one, just in the aerial footage, you can look at that and,

and right away conclude the situation is incredibly desperate. and that tells you that we need to do more to get him out of turn system. so and then the 2nd thing is that too many palestinians died today, as has been true far too many days since october 7th. and so that's why we continue to push for a temporary cease fire agreement. president joe biden has warned that it could complicate the negotiations underway between israel and how much to reach a temporary hold in the fighting journalist husband boucher has been following the story from amman. jordan, i asked him if we're any closer to knowing what really happened during the daily a distribution instant it's it's not easy to tell the full story. there are different stories coming from 3 different sign. said no, i to list 3, but yeah, is what you decide which is saying the, the, the gathering and people cross and the mouse and the minnes through felt saying

that it's directly because of his or 80 shooting to somebody's from the ground, different social media. and platforms of people are talking that the 3, the combined of the 3 reasons caused all of of this lake. there was a shooting from these were 8 assigned to, um, some people got injured because of the pallets or strap. nose. uh some people say that the trucks uh, crushed on them and um, uh, some others said that, you know, like it was rumbling and, and then and because of that huge number of gathering, it's not the 1st time that there was delivery. and in the same way, but this time was very in the morning and the number of trucks and people were waiting, but was very huge. us, is that clear? less than from this tragedy is that more aid must be sent to gaza, but shouldn't it also be distributed differently?

hudson is, is this something that is real, my degree to as well? this is the key point. actually, everybody is talking about increasing the number of a incoming calls. but the problem there, of course, there is a huge need which is very clear and obvious, but the mckinney is in is absent. there is no uh, body or into the organization is taking care of the way off the deliveries or the aid, arriving gauze safety. specifically the north. that is not clear. people are waiting at a areas where expect the trucks to come through and, and, and cause all of this. there is no, a low and or the in the north garza, the absence of the police. no, no guards and, and there are different organizations for delivering. so within

a to the y'alls of cd, and they never to distribute it in different way the yesterday and the day before they were a drops on the north, but some of them the, the reach days were in the communities because of the air. and the wind actually and so the, the, the distribution is, is not clear for the people. plus, it doesn't reach the old, the, the categories or the people who are still in the north of golf strip. housing, thanks for talking with us. again this, that was journalist housing felicia in amman. jordan, thank you now to russia. alexei, nevada. and these funeral is such a take place in moscow shortly under type security. the vocal opponent of russian president vladimir putin died 2 weeks ago in an arctic prison where he was being held on. what's porters called politically motivated charges. the motors have gathered as a church where the bodies funeral service is expected to be held. the crowd has

been placed behind fences the set that security forces setup throughout the morning . opposition activists say russian authorities tried to block a public ceremony to avoid potential street protests. the use your a rachada was following the story for us very closely, and he told us more about the planned funeral of russia's most prominent discipline on the following is expected to be fair escalate to alton the charge. she wasn't a religious man who was committed because there was an orthodox code. the funeral service is to take place at around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, most go time and attendance in the mighty, you know, district of moscow galaxy in the valley. by the way it lift with his family, he will then be buried as a body. so square assembled 3 close to this charge. according to media reports this submit, the rate has been specially secured by the police since yesterday. as the police

have also be money towing the cemetery reportedly since yesterday, and some into a few rings devices, if also reportedly been installed to disrupt the more bio connection. i remember these from my time in moscow when the all sorted is also decent up to the mobile connection during the pro test. so that are very high security measures and to the cemetery and the church. and as for all of us, it is in russia, alex, in the fall of his team, has called on russians across the country to lay flowers in front of the monuments to political, to persecute the people today as a sign of the last on or for the that opposition, politician, bill, nevada, these widow union know about now. you said she didn't know whether the funeral would be peaceful. what does she mean by that erie what might happen as well? it's 2 weeks before the election to present. the criminal needs anything but the protest in russia allowed to protest and, and of all the voice of the politician who was best able to bring the masses onto

the street. so those protests will often not peaceful because to the police arrest of thousands of people. and that is why the details of the funeral are kept small, less secrets to avoid disease protest. i would have been, by the way, when the volunteer returned to moscow for years, a go off to his treatment in gemini folding paws. and you can russia, he's plane was turned around shortly before landing, so that as few people as few gentlest as possible could welcome him and put a couple of these. he is the return at these times and of all the people haven't cold for protest. as far as i know instead, is a sad that the russians shoot. express the data protest by voting and scooting in the presidential election to march 17th. but no one can guarantee terry that to the or is that the is there might be on rest of today as well. you mentioned the upcoming election yury. everything points to yes. another term for vladimir bu gina's president. what is the say about the call?

is that nevada and the false indict for your to well, there has been no political opposition in russia fall. yeah. so what this cold, if the opposition is to do much extra well for the gravel in the government, that this is clearly reflected in the fact that none of the duma parties are speaking out against the board. the only presidential candidate to speak out against it was not allowed to stand for election in this respect and of all is death doesn't or didn't change anything bought. despite the phase putting critics who leave mainly abroad. well not to give opposite. i say we saw usually on a via, for example, the vi for the window of all the easy you, parliament and wednesday, presented herself as a husband successor. it won't be easy for him because president putin is still very popular in russia. and when it comes to the elections, as it has a problem with the votes of participation, most the russians will certainly not to go to the pulse of his time as, as,

as many times and they go, because most russians have absolutely no interest in politics is at least buys and multiple states should leave me alone. i'll manage on my own sound. hope you're ready. thank you very much for your insights. dw is yuri research. are there in re go holding stations have opened any room, were boaters or casting ballots for members of the parliament and a key religious body called the assembly of experts. this huge selection is seen as a measure of public sentiment toward the rounds establishment following mass protests. it began in 2022 authorities are hoping for a big turn out, unlike the last parliamentary elections in 2020, that poll, solve the lowest turn out since the 1979 is law. make revolution grant is in the middle of an economic crisis. and has been racked by protest of the designs are everywhere and the messaging is clear. iran has been scrambling to

boost boat or turn out ahead of friday's election. it's introducing electronic loading and several cities. and the number of female candidates vying for a seat is more than double what it was in the last problem. entry elections in 2020 . but the government's efforts appear to be falling on deaf ears on my chest. i should lessen. lee. i will not take part in the selection because the results of the last 2 elections would not go to younger schools. now the term, the biggest problem with the election is the people's lack of trust in parliament. a political distrust and an ailing economy have helped fuel voter apathy, although the elections are seen as a crucial barometer for legitimacy. the government's own surveys show participation will be well below 50 percent. friday's vote includes polls for members of parliament, and the assembly of experts will have the power to appoint, runs supreme leader. the country system of pre approving candidates has led to mass

disqualifications and the removal of true choice. according to critics of the current hardline government, you know, you don't even know. yeah, into how book bodies behind the word election is completely meaningless as well. but it should be called an anti election or non election road in the bottom of the election is rejected by the people and these lumnick republic, and you don't sell it to them about them before the memory of mazda many is also casting a long shadow over this years vote the 22 year old curtis iranian died after she was taken into police custody for allegedly violating the islamic dress code of death led to a wave of mass protests against the hid job law and other social issues in 2022. the movement was violently crushed by authorities, but the demands for change and an end to these logic republics rule. in 2 or

more of this i spoke to sarah bowser bundy. she's a laurie cory fellow at the giga institute of mentally studies here in germany. and i asked her how much of a problem a low voter turnout would be for the rating go? yes, it definitely is a serious problem because the, the, maintaining an image for the government is quite important. the iranian government has invested a lot and it's information war and the policy is it has invested a lot in this course. money, pollution, it has invested a lot in, portray, gets set up as a legitimate and one to the popular government. and it has used ideological a cards, it has used political cards. it has basically tried every trick and its arsenal to maintain that image. and it's quite important for them, especially for example, in the report was mentioned that the number of women in this selection and abrupt

being candidates and this election is increased right off the that these all stress of violence crackdown of 20 twins. see, this is a desperate attempt by the governments to shift the narrative to change its image, especially because at the global level, this is very important for them. tell us so more about why voters are reluctant to participate in the selection. i am again a lot of research to the wonderful report that you had put together earlier, the people on the streets and to run. i've said that's there is an a complete loss of trust and hope in change. um, so basically the one of the key slogans during the past rounds uprising in 2022. and before that was down with the regime, the people want a regime change. it means that they have no hope. they say no prospect of june change in the current system and they are demonstrating this last

a pull from lack of a trust in the government, in their very evident political equity and not attending to the bullet points. because regardless of what, who ever they vote, the situation has just always got was, you know, we had, since president caught me, we had several internal in a single fights thing within the internal one. it's going to lead to the wrong, the so called conservative comp versus the so called reform this time. and then the honey came, he is ended himself as a moderate pri, magic president and imagined is on the elections around that. so, but nothing has changed. the rhetoric of the regime has not changed. their strategic planning has not changed. they prioritize, they, sion, of financial resources has not changed. and so people see no point in taking part in that actions are report also mentioned the death of mazda armine and the

government crackdown that followed that how does all of that factor into this election? is it still an issue? is it still in voters mines? of course it's is this um, you know, if people are not on the streets to protest things like a wet in 2022, it doesn't mean that the problems are so. busy this is only, in my opinion, not a temporary silence because of the why is your largest scale violence cracked on that was used by the government during those protests. and none of those issues have been addressed. still the issue of his job and the issue of women and the issue of personal private lives of the ring, us citizen that and their personal choices in their lives is, is still controlled by the government in various forms and shapes from the internet control to surveillance. the right of access to public spaces on their,

their own personal attire. so none of these have just as also, you know, there are lots of corruption for example, only a few weeks before this election. a group that is, according to microsoft, a group called i need a cyber, a group have a hacked, supposedly the files and records of the event in court system over the past the, as a result, a lot of i'm, but you know that and the documents that that have actually shown that the scale of volume and to use in during those protests was even worse than people have a stroke. and it also reveals a lot of corruption and you know, scandals and bibles ment. fraudulent activity is lots of public assets, lots of public fun. so people have none of these issues have been resolved in the eyes of the people and they have no hope that's it. this measurements or this council of experts will be able to change or winning for that not to to change any

of these. so thank you very much for your analysis. that was sarah bowser bundy. from the giga institute of middle east studies sketchup on a few other stories making headlines today. facebook owner meta says it's tab promoting news, content will no longer appear on the platform in australia and the us once existing deals with publishers, there expire follows a similar move in the u. k. france and germany. australia is government says it will dispute decision which could see news outlets lose millions of dollars. and fines have been imposed on tour operators and managers have a new zealand island where a volcanic eruption in 2019 killed 22 people. they were ordered to pay $7200000.00 euros in fines and reparations for safety breaches. 47 tourists and guides were killed or burned by steam and ash on white island.

immigration is a key issue leading up to this year's us presidential election. there's been a surge in the legal crossings of the us border. us mexico border us present, joe biden. then his possible opponent, former president, donald trump made competing trips to the border in texas. trump met with republican governor, greg abbott. in eagle pass the center of a state, the track down was also on authorized immigrants. some 400 kilometers away, present by met with border officials in brownsville, dw corresponded pennyman alvarez gruber was in brownsville for jo biden's visit. the waiting for president bite and the head of his 2nd for the trip since taking office because we want to support president biden and show him that we are

behind him in his efforts to improve the situation at the border. i wanted to support these visits and discussion about fixing these issues that affect all of us, whether you're republican or democrat. 7 across the street, a group of protest is pro immigration border organizations turned out to support migrants and asylum seekers into voice disappointment with the presidents, the schedule. we feel that it's a missed opportunity for him not to meet with community organizations to hear our perspective about what's happening at the border, how to handle immigration in a way that is compassionate. and that leads with our values biden's motorcade is made with child, so listen up, we're still in a fight activist. say that regardless of who is in charge in washington dc. the problems here on the ground remain in the last 20 years. we've had a different,

you know, congress has change the white house change, we have the supreme court change, but integration remains the same. we use the same poster boards of protests 10 years ago today with the same demands the same as the migration hotspot might have shifted away from brownsville. but this board of town has seen its impact up close this year as one of the entry points here in brownsville, texas, the place of president by and visited today. he is under pressure not just from democrats and migration activists, but also from republicans who try to pin an increase of our regular migration is a failure of bite in era policy. at the same time, democrats the same, the republicans have no interest in solving this issue to keep this front in central until the presidential elections and november as they are in europe, demand for co pays has grown too unprecedented levels, and that is causing danger to communities. organized crime, gangs are fighting over the billions of dollars and black market money. germany is

now one of the countries trying to rally international authorities to coordinate efforts to disrupt international supply lines. general louisa has got these hands full. thousands of containers are loaded in the peruvian pulse of calais of every day and cocaine could be hidden in any of them. the mound in europe is increasing and such as drug smuggling. the ways is anti drug team is on daily patrol. instead about any potential suspicious containers would be game changing for lowering forces. but most of those is we absolutely need an international exchange of information with only investigating authorities so that one can seize the drugs and the criminals behind the getting the knowledge due to rising demand. coca cultivation improve is doubled since 2015. the drug is almost exclusively exposed to europe in germany records $35.00 tons received last year alone. that's why germany's federal minister of the interior, nancy phase,

is traveling to south america, offering great to collaboration between nations, egypt, because i've already seen the spiraling violence in belgium and the netherlands public. prosecutors and journalists have been shot dead. and i would like to prevent that from happening in germany. i, he non side hall, 2000 drug related deaths and not just a few. and it's not just about people dying. it's big, huge impoverishment associated with violence and huge prophets given in peru, rain forests of being cleared for drug cultivation. coco farm is on just enough to survive. well, international smugglers make millions. the rule of law is being undermined by corruption. as i mentioned, it was just another one, so they're going to have a shared responsibility. countries that can see must cooperate with countries that produce because this is where the damage is done, the environmental destruction and the mud is supporting the customer negotiations for security agreements. all to begin soon more education and training, a planned and

a great to exchange of information. the importance of information sharing was demonstrated to the anti drug police at the end of january. a tip of enables the team to seize all of a 7 tons of cocaine in the ports of calais. of the cocaine is embedded in wooden panels. the smugglers getting more, more creative and it's becoming harder to find, you know, so limited. but i mean, i do it, it's a great satisfaction, not just for me, but for everyone who has worked with us. we're always off to the drugs with the aim of finding the people behind them. and that's why corporation is so important. and any help is welcome, because the drug business is poisoning society and the people who use them. you're watching dw in there is just reminder of the top story we're following for you this hour. there are conflicting accounts of how scores of guidelines were killed during a desperate scramble for food. us health officials say is really soldiers open fire on a crowd surrounding an 8 convoy. israel says most of the dead were trampled in

a stampede, but does acknowledge that warning shots were fired up next conflict zone with an interview with nancy pelosi, the former democratic speaker of the us house of representatives, the

to enter the comfort zone with the best in here as the munich security conference, i sent to you in security, i'm confident providing the politicians. alexa, so how's the world reach the dangerous inflection point? my guess is we have the 2nd live experience of the highest levels in the us. nancy pelosi. well, who's come next? don't see the points. strong opinions. clear positions. international perspective. with the nato alliance expanding into the high north

and francis presidents about costing c capital outstanding ground troops. crane with get cold into direct conflict with russia. find out on to the point to the point in 60 minutes on d, w, the truth. this time, exogenous turned in dark, meets the voices of a free turkey alter as the ad one had to flee into exile. i knew the police would search my house. courageous people are trying to stem the turkish governments, all sorts of gibs, but only if the crime is addressed and the public trying to take responsibility for

his actions. guardians of trees stop march 2nd on d, w. the fair at the munich security conference has plenty of security. i'm conflict to worry the politicians the next. but so how's the world reach that dangerous inflection point? my guess is we have becky's of experience with the highest political levels in the us. she's california congress, woman and former speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi and gaza, the us as one that israel has killed 5 to many palestinians. but is jerusalem listening. how well funding for ukraine, clear the kind of luck in the us congress. and this presence of 5 really too old to run for a 2nd to.