the the, this is dw news line from berlin garza cruz talked stalled on the eve of ramadan, with hundreds of mos destroyed, palestinians are forced to pray outside as war and hunger overshadow, discharge of the muslim holy month. the 1st ship carrying humanitarian supplies from cyprus is ready to sell for gaza. aide is desperately needed with the un warning tens of thousands face famine and portugal heads to the poles. for general elections, corruption scandals have dented support for the main screen parties. and the for writers hoping to exploit the

i michael ok. welcome intense efforts to reach a gaza ceasefire deal before the start of ramadan. have stalled, war and hunger or overshadowing the eve of the muslim holy month. across gonzo, hundreds of moss had been reduced to rubble forcing thousands of palestinians to pray outside. after 5 months of fighting the united nations these morning, the gauzy is on the brink of famine. and adrian, si se international efforts to ramp up deliveries of humanitarian supplies by air and sea, or not effective enough. oh corresponding felix toms, which joins me now from jerusalem. felix given the obvious, ongoing tension in the region. are there security concerns in jerusalem ahead of ramadan or yeah, absolutely. i think these really governments into the 4th is your,

are worried that of the month before the month of ramadan will be used by radi called the elements to try and a flame up tensions. here in jerusalem. these riley government needs to be said has a known studies phones limit the entrance of the is ready of is ready arb, citizens, to pray in jerusalem. and we've in a bid to lower tensions. at the same time, we had come off in other groups calling and calling for an escalation of the situation. i think were mostly looking at a situation which is everyone's looking ahead of this coming friday should be it should be a key day when it comes to the situation here in jerusalem and generally in the region. indeed, what about developments with ceasefire talks between israel and hummus?

any movement you're seeing there or um, that's not the case where we had these really intelligent services the most sides. really think of statements yesterday saying that's how most, if i'm interested in reaching the deal and as as a quote uh and i quote to your, um, leaving the, uh, the civilian population causes are in jeopardy. be due to the ongoing due to the ongoing war. we had, on the other hand, how mazda officials say that they are the most interested in reaching an agreement . the fact of the matter is, as far as we know and agreement is not insight. and i wouldn't bet on its being reached in the coming days at all. but the situation is you guys are, is dire and a cease fire is needed. everyone knows that it's just a matter of reaching good deal. and it doesn't seem like there's such

a deal inside as of now, felix, as you well know you as president a job, i didn't, has been critical of israel as a prime minister benjamin netanyahu yet again, what is biting saying now? and how or is really is taking a i think the reps are recorded comes to us as treatment of these red has seen a certain escalation in the past few days we've seen a president biden saying that is really prime minister benjamin. that's on you all is doing is reading more harm than good when it comes to it's policies in the war. we've had a vice president tyree's saying that a distinction needs to be made between these really government and its citizens. i think the miss rose. people are seeing it as on the one hand, the american, the, the us administration, trying to, uh, basically tell is re lease that its own government's policies and helping good

situation abroad. on the other hand, you have the, the, the supports of these, right. the government basically trying to look at it as a way of the u. s. lower and good support of as well as a support which has, which was pretty strong as the word begun. and, and one thing is for certain people here are looking at with stronger interest. and at the way the u. s. a and the administration has been talking about these readings, governments, and it's going to be interesting to see how it plays out in the coming days. and weeks. okay, how thanks to corresponding to felix holmes with indoors on a humanitarian quarter crossing the mediterranean sea from cyprus may soon see its 1st aid deliveries to gaza. the open arms relief ship in the port. a loaner car has been loaded with desperately needed food. agencies are waiting for approval from

authorities including these really inspectors. so the ship can cost a garza a temporary dock will be set up to receive the aid as well as a distribution network. the us military has separately sent a ship to build a larger peer for a wider relief effort. the dw corresponded rosie butchered in cyprus at the port in loaner car. she told me more about the complex process of setting up this aide with. we're right here just by the port in lauren echo which is know the very starting point, the hub of this new maritime a course. or i'm just at the port and use our se there. so it is not ready to go. they've told me it's buried about $200.00 tons worth of food a that includes things like rice like flour, but also protein. they say like tons to. no, no, we've been reporting on this idea to launch a maritime 8 course or 4 months, but it seemed that the breakthrough came on friday and we know that and g o ships

being here for about 3 weeks getting ready to eat. now as part of this plan, officials will perform checks on the 8 here in cyprus, including just really officials. so that is very, it can go directly to gaza, where we know this is much needed. know what i've been told is that they ship shoot, depart today, but they are waiting for a final green light because there are lots of parties involved here. this is a plan that was brokerage by the u, the u. s. united arab emirates. of course, cyprus itself very heavily involved, so waiting to see, you know, when they some much needed to maiden voyage will actually set sail for a brief look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. hope francis has offered his prayers for hating where months of gang violence were pushing the government to the edge of the class. but earlier ukraine and some of its allies criticize the pontiff, after he called on keith to negotiate with russia. sort of the teen or the netherlands has opened a national holocaust museum. the dutch king attended the ceremony along with

israel's president isaac curse on the museum in amsterdam. tell us the stories of jews were deported and murdered in nazi concentration camps. nato has begun its biggest exercises since the cold war in the few words of northern norway. the alliance wants to send a message to russia that member states are ready to defend each other. more than 20000 troops from 13 nations who are taking part in the drift. voters in portugal are deciding whether to shift to the right as other european nations have done. portugal has had 8 years of social is rule, but opinion polls show a center right. coalition is now possible. also in the mix, the far right parties, shakia is expected to pick up significant support. mainstream politicians have so far rolled out, working with it in any coalition, dw is young phillip shots is in lisbon. i asked him what triggered staff elections

2 years earlier than planned? indeed, so the current election is only taking place because the governing socialist party has been hit by a major corruption scandal. it's about investments in the north of the country, party representatives, rider interested and pregnant as the cost as the offices were searched. so all of this forced him to step down, still a pulse. so his socialist party at around refer to percent just as a position of the center, right. a position of that also around prefer 2 percent according to polls at business wide. all eyes are at the moment at the relatively you come most of the file arrives populous parts of college sago. so it's a bit of a national drama. portugal is commonly thought to be a left wing country, but the populace right wing shaker party that you just mentioned could emerge as

a key player. who are they and what's behind their rice. or they are a typical example of the, the far right populace parties that have been on the rise all across europe. the whole party is basically centered around one person, a very charismatic form, outlaw per for prof. i saw and also informed me that he was also a full, not football commentator. his name is under the tour. and of course, the corruption schedule has, given a lot of i'm condition to is typical anti establishment of parental rights about the parties also focusing on other issues, mainly on social problems and immigration. and because of a boot and tourism in big cities, departments a basically an affordable for average, portuguese and, and traditionally, the country has been quite a liberal regarding migration, but arise in irregular migration numbers has also made this topic very

controversial. you know, and so 2 quick questions. first, are we expecting a huge turn out and when should we see results? and at the last election, the turn out was just at around 50 percent. and most experts say we would probably expect similar numbers. this time. the polling stations are open until 7 pm local time, directly afterwards, we will probably get 1st numbers the 1st officially the results. we can probably expect around midnight local time. okay, that is a young phillip schultz in lisbon. portugal, thanks so much again, philip printer, scientists believe they recovered a piece of history. there were shock and sadness when a centuries old sycamore was mysteriously cut down last year. now, using

a few surviving twigs and the technique of grafting experts have cloned the landmark tree as, as the screen house in devon southwest england, scientists say they've managed to create new life from a handful of twigs and other genetic material salvaged from the side of the field sycamore gap tree. it is a rice against on because obviously once you caught a tree that is physically di and straightway. yeah, it was a lot of pressure on us to actually get and sting growing. luckily we did. the team used what it calls a frankenstein esque method known as grafting developed by ancient egyptians. and romans to splice together, binds the fresh roots with the living twigs from the sycamore. this message means that we've actually use the original material from that tree. so we've got a genetic claim. it is the same tree planted in the 1800s. the 36 meter tall sycamore gap tree was a well known tourist attraction in northern england. and one of the most photograph

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