the, the, the, the news coming to live from berlin, a hostage situation is unfolding in the netherlands. a town center has been closed down as police say, several people are being held captive in the city of 8. i will bring you all the latest. also coming up on our show today, i disputed reports of on his rightly strike on un forces in less than on after israel's defense minister says his forces are going on the offensive against the militants. there we will reach any place that has the laws operating you'll have go on says as well as shifting from defending against attacks by the lebanese, as an investor group to actively pursuing them and loving on,

and syria and mass of cranes arrive in baltimore and to begin clearing the wreckage of the cities, a deadly bridge collapse. this as immigrant groups on are the workers who lost their lives or disaster the entire richardson. thanks so much for joining us. we begin with some breaking news from the netherlands, where several people are being held hostage in a cafe in the town of ada, in the east of the country. a police both person has said 150 homes in the area have been evacuated. and you see here a special unit deployed it to the scene of ways of also said that at this time there is no indication of terrorism. we will be bringing you updates on this breaking new story as they come in. it's meanwhile in other

developing news, the reuters news agency reporting that on his railing, drones strike has a hit a vehicle carrying un observers in southern 11 on that report, citing to the security sources. now, early reports, i've said that several people were injured in the strike. while the un peacekeeping force 11 on unit still has yet to comment. the idea an idea spokesperson has denied that its forces targeted a vehicle. now israel has been engaged in regular fire with the iranian at back has been lost since the high mazda attacks of october. 7th is alleged incidents comes after israel vowed to shift to an offensive strategy on its northern borders . defense minister you'll have go on to set it would actively pursue the militant group, has the law after months of responding to its cross border attacks from weapon on israel has also stepped up a tax against the militant group in syria whereas belong has confirmed the death of

a senior commander and loving on israel's armies that it kills a rocket and unit commander on friday. a footage from these rarely military showing the fatal drill and striking the area of missouri. a 11 on it said ali of it. her son name was a deputy commander of hezbollah as rocket and miss south unit and responsible for conducting attacks against israeli civilians. israel's defense minister, us glance at the army was changing its approach and warranty would not hesitate to act further afield. i'm not familiar masa. we're actually turning from defending, we're assuming has beloved, this is by law. we will reach any place that has the law as operating in the home. the big hole that goes for the root ball back in the tire see, don't know about to you across the area and more. and it's true also for far more places such as the mass goods. it's all i bet, and what's going on in homes and come out. of course, in any place we need to operate, we will act apparently fod. earlier strikes the northwestern syria targeted rock at

the post belonging to the arabian back to militant group near the northwestern city of a level. according to the u. k. based monitoring group, syria, and observatory for human rights. a large number of syrian soldiers were also among those killed. dozens of civilians were also injured across the border, residents in the northern is really town of slow me, cleaned up debris around their houses after the area was hit by multiple rockets on thursday. since when most is tara town conduct over 7, israel and has been out, have been trading fire across live in on southern border. it has glass shows that support for her most. both groups are considered terrorist organizations by multiple countries. so he's really defense minister saying this is a tongue from his role defending against his blood to pursuing has blah, i asked our correspondent, rebecca renters how serious of a shift and strategy this is. my certainly is a shift in strategy and it could have very serious ramifications. up until now from

the 8th of october, when his blood started to shoot rockets into israel and get involved in this conflict, israel has played a more or less passive retaliatory role. they obviously said a lot of a personnel and hardway to show up that northern border and they have a retaliating to any cross fire from his block into his ready territory. they have targets, then they retaliate on those targets. we have seen them also target some us operatives inside lebanese territory, even a one e and b route. now uh there it has been a shift as you just heard, you have to lump the defense minister saying that they are going to go from this passive role to a more active role on the offensive. and target has been a, a lead is a n command is inside the lebanese territory, further up in the north, in to be rude to maybe bomb back and also into syria potentially. now that is

a shift and it will see if they stopped doing that, it will say a response from his lot. and then we could see you would probably likely if that is to happen, see an escalation on that northern border. this is a strategy that you'll have gallano discussed with his us counterpart in america when he was in washington last week. it's something that he has now publicly been up into the north and told his northern commanders that this is the change in strategy. we've been hearing from analyst for some days and weeks now that you know, we should potentially prepare to expect some complication, some, some further conflict in that, in the north, potentially in the summer or when, if and when arrest the incursion, that southern city of gauze of israel of maine threatening to go into on the ground where even when that is successful, we could expect perhaps, for things to shift into the north with this change in policy that could potentially be so now is rebecca writers in jerusalem for us. let's look at the us

city of baltimore now where work is getting underway to clear the wreckage of the francis thought key bridge, which collapse after being rammed by afraid earlier this week. heavy lift, floating cranes have now arrived in the harbor to begin with. local officials saying will be 8 dante clean up operation. this massive clean, the biggest on the us east coast capable of lifting a 1000 tons. it's part of the heavy duty equipment being brought in to clear the wreckage of the baltimore cambridge the process is expected to dig several months. and one of the challenges is that the key bridge, which sits on top of the vessel right now, that that weight is somewhere between $3.40 tons. so our team meets a cut that trust in the sections in

a safe and responsible and in an efficient way before can lift those pieces out of the water. this crane that we're looking at is massive. the thing we also know is this is a challenge ahead of us. more than a 1000 engineers have been deployed to assess the wreckage piece by piece and to figure out how to remove it. so far, the bodies of 2 construction workers have been recovered. assault jeff, let's continue to retrieve 4. are those still missing and presumed dead? all 6 men, what else? relaxing the american heritage and immigrant advocacy groups have phone of the victims. instead, the critical role of immigrant workers in the us. a new country where amy friends are all things demo rides from the floor of the general assembly to the house of

congress. here we are remind once again about the nerve, most contribution that they may run to make to this country how together we us more workforce. we build this country on top of the human tragedy is the financial impact of this disaster experts. it a new bridge would take us to complete and cost hundreds of millions of dollars. that's bring you up to speed with some other world. new stories jeffrey donald's and the leader of northern ireland main pro u. k. party the d u p. a step to down after he was charged with rape and other quotes, non recent sex offences. the news has done the region just 2 months after a deal, restoring the regions power, sharing executive police a rate of the home of peruse president dina boulevard tech. at the request of the

attorney general's office. they're searching for an undisclosed collection of luxury watches as part of an ongoing corruption investigation. boulevard has been criticized by officials for attempting to delay in appearance before court. and iranian a position journalist isn't hospital after being stabbed outside his home in london . for maria eros, he works for a round, international, and broadcaster, which has been critical of the regime entire on his news organization reported that the roddy was attacked by a group of men u. k. counter terror. police are leading an investigation into the assault or turkey goes to the poles on sunday in nationwide local elections that are being seen as a barometer of political sentiments. president rach up type air to one seeking to recapture the economic powerhouse of stumble, which has conservative and religious justice and development party. last 5 years ago to a secular opposition party dw correspondent julia han reports from turkeys. largest city there is an old saying and talk is politics.

who wins a stumbling winds, touching the country's largest city and commercial heart is home to nearly 16000000 people about a feast of photography electorate. 5 years ago, president bridget plenty of ad one and his ruling is allow me conservative ac lost a symbol to the opposition. now they want to say good. the good news that we will work hard day and night and god willing on april 1st. december will be reunited with its owners. our goal is to add one isn't even running into selection, but you wouldn't knew it. listening to his support as i am with tie, a better one until i die, god willing we will win the leader of the entire world. he stands up to everyone

ad one has been using his own popularity to support the a key piece candidate for my environment minister more that call them a symbols elections are not just about who will be the next man. the outcome is also possible for president ad one. this is the city where he grew up and where he launched his political career as mayor in the 1990. it's also where he sold the west political defeats office to decade rule because of this man, a crim, imani, hulu. from the secular opposition. c h. p. is stumbles, incumbent may a 2nd 2019 a managed, sold impossible. he won the city hole in a heavy contest, did repeat an action against ad one's candidate the photon the mano into an

instance figure of hope for the o positions today, he's why he seems as the main rival president add one political scientist back, as some tells me, where were uh, when is the metal seats in this dongle has access to enormous amounts of public resources, employees tens of thousands of people and gains a, a national platform to conduct politics. so e mal can win this election, most likely he's had this for becoming the main contented for the presidency against as on mobiles. re election campaign has been focused on using the cities, chronic traffic problems. it's making it simple safer. given the major earthquake risk and region, but he's also faced with growing poverty among the cities rather than mainly because of the government's failure to bring soaring installation under the control . although the elections are local, the stakes are high. for the main

o position party, this is really a crucial election because if they were to lose a stumble and quite possibly own cut off, then they are, the voters are going to be the motor life and probably lose much hope of and see think i've gone through the ballot box, and that is really going to almost coordinate add on for the foreseeable future, and that you'll remain as the president of the country until the basically quits pulled. ethics poll suggests the vote and he's simple. will be a close run. the fast a consequential rates, not just for the c t, but for turkeys future. let's get a reminder of our top story. before we go. several people are being held hostage in a cafe in the central dodge town of ada. you're looking here at live footage from the scene authorities say a $150.00 homes in the area has been evacuated, and special police units have been deployed to the c.

the way back to the top of the hour with more updates on that breaking news story that that is all for me. for now i'm quite richardson and it for atlanta. thank you so much for joining us. the one of main kinds, oldest ambitions could be within reach what is it really is possible to reverse the they are peers and.