the, the, this is the w, the is coming to line from berlin. israel reopen is a lifeline for the people of god so desperately needed. humanitarian aid is now being allowed into the territory through the air is crossing which had been closed since the october 7th terror attacks. also coming up demonstrations continue outside new york city's columbia university. after police cleared a pro palestinian camp all the colleges grounds. but the crack down is doing nothing to stop the spread of student led protests across the country. plus george's capital sees another night, a violent protest and demonstrators into police. a clash with police after

lawmakers advance a bill. the critics say could the rail george's hopes of joining the e u. the hello, i'm terry margin. thanks for being with us. israel has opened the arrows border, crossing into northern garza for humanitarian aid, is the only crossing into the north territory, but it was closed. following him, mazda is october 7th terror attacks. military and agencies have been calling for it to open for months to allow delivery of a desperately need of food and medicine to hundreds of thousands of civilians at risk of famine. w corresponded rebecca richard has explains how the opening of the arrows crossing will impact the humanitarian situation in gas swell every pace of age that makes it into the besieged scowls. this trip helps terry

every bag of rice, every box of medical supplies. but you know, it has to be said that this opening all the areas is no, no going to be a silver bullet for the humanitarian situation in gaza. of course it's location in the north of the gaza strip, as you just said, will allow full, that humanitarian a, that makes it through to, you know, go around some of the logistical issues that are beset on the a that's trying to get into the north from the south, including looting and having to go through his ready check points and also coming on the file from his reading bombing. so obviously this is a positive step. we know that the north desperately needs more humanitarian aid. some of the most acute humanitarian situations happening in that northern part of the strip, the un warning of disease and eminence time. and so it is definitely the same as a positive side. as we mentioned, many people questioning why it's taking so long. it's probably no coincidence that it was opened yesterday when secretary of state anthony lincoln was visiting the us, have been putting an immense amount of pressure on israel to make sure that they

get more humanitarian i into the strip. but also if you look at the figures of trucks going through and making it through into gaza, we actually sold a few, a trucks passed through the cam tional and rafa crossings yesterday and the day before from him, from previous days last week. so, you know, whether or not this makes a huge impact of cost remains to be seen. it's a temporary measure, and we're not sure exactly how many trucks will be passing through and whether or not that'll even be happening on a daily basis. meanwhile ceasefire talks between israel and some us are on going uh, has there been any movement there, rebecca? well, we've seen in the last couple of days on friday, there was an is riley delegate and sorry, an addiction delegation here in israel. now they took back with them accounts that proposal from israel that has been with him, us officials for the last few days. we're waiting an onset to say how they'll respond. there's been some reports that signed her mazda officials and 11 east

media to suggest that the response is likely to be negative. but that doesn't mean that the talks will completely collapse way hearing, but in fact from us will offer again, some of their own counts of proposals and i'm in the middle amendments to the current deal. now the deal way hearing that is currently being mailed over is talking about something along the lines of a 40 day ceasefire, during which time they'll be 8 to 10 hours, all of no planes or drawings line over the goal is a strip. we're talking about the somewhere between $20.00 to $33.00 hostages, women elderly and even including some female soldiers we're told will be released in a phased a phased process in exchange for more palestinian prisoners. now we're also hearing that israel has included a close that move, but we'll see a sustained period of calm. now that said the direct quote from what we're hearing is on the proposal, but it falls short of the permanent se style. the moved moved towards

a permanent say, saw that how much is the mounting? so that's part of the reason we think we're hearing that i'm also likely to to refuse the deal. and in fact, benjamin netanyahu saying in the last couple of days that he will go into rafa with or without a deal, gives a mouse, potentially even less incentive to accept this deal. knowing that it will just finding more zoom in the off them off. rebecca, thank you very much. our correspond to rebecca rivers there in jerusalem sale to the united states were protest are continuing to spread at universities across the country, leading to more confrontations with authorities. the chaotic scenes follow a night of unrest and violence on campuses in new york and los angeles leading to hundreds of arrests. we're looking at live pictures now from the university of california, los angeles, where police a mast following classes between protesters and counter protesters. they've ordered

a large group of demonstrators to leave the area for face arrest. while the majority of these demonstrators are students making a stand against israel's actions in gaza and they're calling for their universities and colleges to financially divest from israel from coast to coast more and more us university campuses. but coming back to the grounds with all sorts, he's quoting us, stand off with pro palestinian protest as many of them students like here at the university of wisconsin named madison were now familiar scene plays out as police officers move in to cleave a make shift camp leading to classes in new york city. you have been warned that as for right across the us, authorities are cracking down on campus protests over the war when gaza moving it

into clear occupied buildings to the new york police arrested around 300 protesters during rates on 2 campuses on tuesday nights. but it's the little to that uh, those comes out to the cities for them. university who's done domino as offices move in on the other side of the country at the university of california in los angeles. demonstrate as we build that barricades. but now onto a heavy police presence classes were canceled table wednesday following on the rest spot by clashes between israel's supporters and those come towns on sites. and there's still a simmering tension of the white house as president biden is. monitoring the unfolding chaos on college campuses. very closely,

the americans have the right to peacefully protest. they have the right to peacefully process as long as it's within the law, and that it's peaceful for so for loose forcibly taking over the building is not peaceful. it's just not. students have the right to feel safe, they have the right to learn that that message is likely to fall on deaf is as more and more campuses become gripped by process with universities and the also, as he's struggling to strike a balance between allowing demonstrations to continue while maintaining low an order dw corresponded benyamin over as goober is at columbia university in new york, he described the situation there for us. the situation at columbia university is now called, but still a, the access to the columbia campus that you can see here behind us is

a quite restricted, only essential stuff. and the students living inside currently have access. and it's very hard also for the media coverage because media has not been allowed to enter to see how they hold it was occupied by the students and was then overtaken again and by police is looking right now. we're also waiting for answers from the office of the president of columbia university, about the visitation is a really dynamic that could indeed be changes because as also what we see in another university in a new york right now with that being arrest carried out. but for now, the situation here in columbia is quite peaceful right. sketchup on a few other stories making headlines around the world today. the manhattan district attorney's office is former hollywood, producer harvey weinstein, will be re re tried in new york after his 2020 rape conviction was overturn. last week weinstein appeared before a judge in new york city. he had been serving a 23 year sentence, more than 80 women have accused him of sexual misconduct,

state media in china. now say 36 people died with a stretch of highway collapse overnight and long don't province. the accident calls over 20 vehicles to become trapped. authorities say the collapse was caused by the impact of persistent heavy rain. the british government says it has collected the 1st group of asylum seekers for deep rotation. under the so called rwanda act, the home office posted a video of a raid at an undisclosed location. human rights groups have criticized the new law which allows the deportation of an authorized micros. lawmakers in georgia have approved the 2nd reading of the controversial so called for an agents bill. if the bill becomes law, it will require media and civil groups that receive more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad to register as being under foreign influence. protestors faced off against police outside parliament and the capital tbilisi on wednesday night

opponent say the bill would restrict basic freedoms and is similar to a law being used to silence government. critics and russia. large protests against the legislation have become a regular occurrence in georgia. the w 's maria cut him out to is in the georgia and capital police say she says the protests are not over yet. it was a very long night's yesterday and the see, the protest we expect into the protest will continue today as well. the protests are, is a few full that the government is a drifting away from your process of telling me that the government is trying to sabotage the you passed a georgias and they are very fearful that the restaurant may be taking over in the country. for instance, i talked with the female to test the she told me that she doesn't want to go back

to russia. so she said that she was invest shaw. the georgia was with the restaurant for many, many years with centuries. and now they say that the west is their way, and this is the will of the majority of the georgia. and so if we look at the polls, they indeed indicate that more than 80 percent support your integration yesterday. oh, so we had a very, very strong messages and slogans from different testers. they were chanting you try to put in slaves uh, referring to the end piece who voted in favor of the so called for an agent sale. so we can see that the georgia passed us a please hear the treating this for an agent sale as an, as the special thrive to bad democracy and their freedom. tell us more about the ruling party that sponsored this bill. critics accused in the being pro

russian is a really because it's indeed it is very interesting to look close at their own policy and at the founder does the living is really the billing and who made his fortune in russia in 92, he's a widely believed here in georgia, as it is widely believed that he's pulling i this race behind the contents, and he's seen as a de facto lead to of georgia. this week he made a very aggressive speech aggressive towards the west. he saw that the west is responsible for the war uh, between russian georgia in 2008 and for, for the in building for a new crane. so we can see lots of criticism towards the west from the uh, from the lead us. so that you former lead us, we should say of georgia and also uh it's, it's so important to you that he's

a very, an exotic person between events really. he rarely speaks to the media, especially to the western john list. but we do know from various reports that he has connections with russian only god who are friends, also with pollutants. so, protests o c, i really wanted that these guy doesn't even really could be the uh, you know, someone who's actually pursuing a russian interests here in georgia. now before this controversial legislation, this bill becomes law. the, it still needs to pass a 3rd reading in parliament. is it likely to get that final approval? maria? well, it looks like that the government is not ready to back down on. they are going. they're going ahead with this bill. the protest us will also say that it's very unlikely that the government will drop the bills. um,

but they say that the next selections of solve upcoming elections and they'll go over with debt to remind the future of the current government and the future of before an agent fail. maria, thank you very much. that was the w. 's. maria, cause a month to into believe the armenian says it's willing to return several villages. it's controlled since the 1990 is to azerbaijan. it's part of a wider peace process after azerbaijan took control of the going to a car box last year. the armenian villages are mostly uninhabited, and only a few people will be directly affected, but local, armenians who live close to the border are angry. use finding fletcher reports from top bush province in northern armenia, which is on the border with azerbaijan. barbed wire along the edges of travelers. providence here in northern armenia marks where this country ends and azerbaijan

begins. for now. i know the time that i was young was born here. life is hard, there, not enough jobs, but the land is for a child. she says her guard and it's her pride. she fears the new boy did the medication, could put her house officially, azerbaijan, with the people many here disliked so much, they called them to uninstall us. we are told that this very didn't bridge belong to text. we're not giving the me the most think on is the government has promised some form of compensation. she says, but that's not what you want. you can go to the, this is my, on the new land, and i don't want to leave the armenians azerbaijan. neighbors with the bloody his story to wars and many conflicts in the past 3 decades. armenia now wants to give these full full

ma, azerbaijan villages back. they are uninhabited, but local geography and administrative borders means several other nearby armenian villages will be effected. landing question is only a few square kilometers, but that's not the point for people living in this area. armenians here are afraid losing patches of land in the name of peace. they say the new boat, we literally bring an old enemy, azerbaijan, closer, and they're worried. azerbaijan was once more, i mean, he is prime minister, a new called pushing and visited last month. to tell locals, like condo, there was no other option on how the border is a certain guarantee, a piece. but we must always remember that something may not go as planned. but if everything goes as we have planned, we should stay in a dialogue with each other. but many armenian scary things could

escalate full, suggest the things that concerned and the most, our national security and border issues. those are the sizes. we don't want to do the, the we o one p. so we'd, as about johnny's is impossible to negotiate peace in thomas province. so close to the border. relics can still be found from hostilities in the 1990s. so in order to send the shuttle landed here and here is the shrapnel here, here and here. so for the fighting is seen as a real possibility. leo of course, done yet, is a veteran. he says you fierce armenia wouldn't get much help against a neighbor's house and go to if there's a need as it will be good, we cannot fight the trouble. the whole world stands by them. so unfortunately, i don't know how to get this isn't the process opposition?

politicians made a trip from armenia as capital yara von, to these little villages near the border to support furious locals. they are worried land that they make a living on may be returned to azerbaijan, and that their farms might end up on the front line of a future conflict. and we can speak with dw, just finding out who filed that report. she joins us from rica. funny are, many, is pete prime minister says there's no alternative but to return land to azerbaijan . why is that to and that's exactly what i mean is probably still pushing out sides and visiting those very same villages. that fee have been to during the past couple of days and published probably in so close to the both of you does a by john he made clear if there was uninhabited enclaves on not being handed over, then basically, i mean, yeah, is risking yet another one with its rival, azerbaijan, on the other side of those, bob's why us were seen in the report, see,

he basically makes clear, there's no wiggle room. he has to do that. i mean, he asked to deliver. and also by john, they made clear that this has to be a pre condition in order to add some sort of a long to and peace between the 2 countries. now i think it's really important to have to see this entire new buddha or you with them occasion line to be set on between the 2 countries on some parts of media in the bigger context of the more in ukraine ever since russia has become quite busy obviously in ukraine, that means that there are many other leaving some sort of a void because russia has been seen as a key partner to provide security for media. now that picture, and that sentiment definitely has changed since last year, especially when they're going to car box has been sort of basically a not, not directly handed over by our media, but as a by john to control the ultimate gotten a problem without russia protecting us thing, i mean, yes,

that was the expectation from our media because they're part of a security alliance led by russia. so that did not happen. so what does it mean for, i mean, yeah, they have the perspective now that they need to deliver. they need to handle the some land in order to avoid allow the war. yes. so this is about trying to establish peace, but the political geography of that region as we're hearing is here's the complex what a peace agreement funny with us, or by john guarantee piece for our media to ordinary citizens, but also politicians to oppose this plan will tell you that this will actually portray armenia as a very weak country because if you handle the land means the basic can, you won't be able to defend that land. so you will have a little skepticism from, from ordinary citizens, not just very close to the board with us about john, but even in the capital, as we have food in europe on. if you look at the bigger picture, once again, our media is at cross roads because as it doesn't feel protected by russia,

very much even though as a former soviet state. and once again being part of the secure which alliance led by russia. that was the missed for decades, in fact, that they will be protected by russia. so now, prime minister pushing on is using the word diversify, diversifying from politics, but also economy, meaning they can show that this country doesn't depend fully on russia when it comes to the other, just sexual. but also when it comes to the, the security factor here. but as i'm saying, and you just pointed out that you opened the complexity of the region of the neighboring countries there. it's a very difficult place of maneuvering, a full i mean, yeah. being a level country small as small as belgium. but really surrounded by major regional power was russia to key, and then obviously the rival azerbaijan towards the e. so it is going to be difficult and people will tell you, they do not believe that they is going to belong to a piece, even if those few escalate to the me to is going to be handed back to us by john.

in your report, we heard about the concerns of those locals living close to the border. are they facing an uncertain future? funny the people who have been speaking to i really worried that it's not just about the fact that there will possibly have to leave the deadline that their cars won't be able to graze. they won't be able to maintain the agriculture and basically their way of living their income, but also they were a day in order to say, possibly they would have to become as a buy johnny. and this is exactly what they do not want. it's a very emotional topic overall, and the question just really is what's going to happen to a media once then you'd invitation line between us or by john and i mean yeah, is completed. probably thank you very much for your reporting. your analysis are corresponded. funny 5 chart there in rica now, flooding has devastated parts of southern russia and cause exxon and recent weeks

and tens of thousands of people. there have been displaced, but as water levels are falling, now, scientists say a different crisis may emerge and it could be talks that the flood waters are receding. like while the one who cries this ed being people here might still be in deep water. russian independent media and environmental. this say o uranium mines have been flooded, leaking radioactive material. alexei schwartz is a physicist ecologist, i know position activist while he 1st reported on the issue years ago. i'm done, remind me of the house of my, of radio, new fine, some enter the total river and we'll see the about was all uranium has entered the river to to be when the alpha particles to k by the and get on the skin or inside the body then they caused cancer and he's month old use dish. i forgot the total river is the water supply for

a cool guy and going to school and human and many other city is nearby. who me that the know you're going to the, to visit you couple. the russian nuclear energy authorities at russet tom called the reports deliberate to miss information. on april 23rd state media published the response that quoted saying the facilities uranium deposits are located at higher ground and away from the water. the slots has not affected them. there was no threat to flooding, and the situation is being monitored. but active is say that's only half the truth, each studies crush them. it's appropriate minds that are leaking our old minds. they are uranium tests it binds from the 19 eighties and it's within that same deposit. and we just put these minds were drilled in the eighty's and we spent a few years ago rose that tom started drilling nearby. and those mines that are at higher ground. do you think if that's true, 3 died, the provident got to be somebody's to kind of walk through the old mines on a dry day and there was water drip bank where your water is radioactive. that's

what i'm used to rows. that told, lying they lied about your noble and when you and they're still lying about uranium mining items, you give it all the pressure. nobody will. this is just for that. we sure. on scientist fair, a large number of people will be exposed to radiation and it could make them ill. for now, the region is baffling, the direct consequences of the flooding, but soon they might have to deal with what's below the surface. so you're watching dw news, just reminder of the top stories we're following for you this, our israel has reopened. the arrows border crossing is in northern garza, which has been closed since a mazda is october, 7th of tax agencies have been calling for the crossings. reopening for months to supply food and medicine to hundreds of thousands of civilians at risk of famine in guns and demonstrations outside new york city's columbia university have continued despite police clearing a pro palestinian camp on the colleges. grounds the correct down has done nothing

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into the conflicts own phase where i live, mrs. kenning, 7 for an aide work is in gaza strip in hopes of she married terry the situation much ease and the desperately needed food can begin to reach the hundreds of thousands of risk of funding for how realistic of those hopes i guess there's yeah, mega and hadn't been the wage and refugee council for decades of experience and the humanitarian steel kind of like the next one on d. w. mass tourism is putting a strain on soft to roll and it's residents from sedona months went viral. millions

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a film about the sounds of power and inspiring story of us. divine music under the swastika stuffs may 25th on dw is where i live mid to killing 7 for an aid workers in gaza. every in hopes that the humanitarian situation, my ease, and the desperately need of food can begin to reach the hundreds of thousands of is confinement. but how realistic of those hopes, my guess is yeah. megan's head of them the wage and refugee council for decades of experience in the humanitarian field. he's also a former diplomatically, was personally involved with a low piece told between israel and the palestinians in the 1990. how does he think his savage was connected? in 6 months the war must be old, but i hope it's over in, in a week.