the, the, this is dw news live from balance, tie when these forces on the less, as china announces new military drills around the self governing island radiating calls that punishment for typeface, latest expressions of independence. just days after taiwan is new, anita calls on badging to stop and say, but right like israel denounced as this decision by spain island and norway to recognize the palestinian states. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the announcement and amounts to rewarding terrorism the 3 year. if you need to say there will be no peace in the region without it. also on

the program, french president emanuel macro arrived in new caledonia and a bid to calm on rest. he says he wants to see a swift return to peace and security of to the french territories. west of island indicates the and i'm told me on logical welcome to the program. china has begun its latest military drills around taiwan, describing the maneuvers as quote, strong punishment for the separatist, all acts of timelines, independence forces. the announcement has put, tie with these forces on a lead and come just days after ty, one's new president lighting to took office and cold on the mainland to seize making such threats as just as i was now will bring in dw china analysts.

clifford clinton, clifford any is any link between these events and the new president of taiwan taking office. i'd say it's a fairly direct link. it's been a bit strange for the last few days. it's been almost too quiet. has been very little coming out of china. china is that a very busy couple of weeks actually doing? paying was in europe and then a lot of our approved and visited beijing. and then since ends being very quiet, then we had a liking because in organization and, and then they've not responded with this millage reaction either with this disability drilled around the island. but this is not the 1st time we're seeing this kind of drill. how does this latest one compared to what we've seen in the past? in some ways it's solve a part it's, it's a bit less than we saw after the then speaker of the of congress said, nancy pelosi visited taiwan congress. a sorry us congress. and after she visited,

but at the same time it's been labeled as strong punishment as you mentioned. so clearly it's, it's there to, to show the time that china is serious about making its displeasure. no, not a liking to who is seen as someone who advocates separatism. the chinese like to describe it as a separate as to pro independence person. he has made these noises in the past. so he's, he's not flavor of the month in beijing on his party. and i'll flavor of the month in page hang on. i think it's a sign that there's going to be quite a lot of tensions in this, in this very volatile region. and what be, what chances there of a, of a further escalation beyond this current show for us? i think this is always the question about there's a lot of 3rd various dates given by various novelists about whether taiwan could be invaded by china. china has said that it could take back time, it could take taiwan by force. take back is a bit of a comfortable so the expression because i'm taiwan. people don't see it as as as reunification. but i think, i think it's, it's a sign that there is, um, that the,

the chinese are making their feelings known. and i could easily escalate. my own feelings would be more that could be something like a blockade, some kind of economic pressure. but you could never relied ministry operation, an invasion. it's a difficult prospect. it's. it's an island to 22000000 people. you'd have to hold us and you wouldn't be enormous lots of life. but at the same time, it's something you can never, you can never realize right um, typically on, we'll leave it there for now and we'll keep following the story. but the dog is trying to, unless, if it's going and thank you for that analysis. from the far east to them, at least, spain neu and island have announced they will recognize palestinian statehood. now although more than 2 thirds of the united nations recognize a palestinian state, many western countries of resist of the idea of 4 years. but israel's war against

hamas in guy's off, along the october 7th, her attack is re ignited the debate over palestinian sovereignty. bard off from israel by fences and barriers in the palestinian territories will be formally recognized as a state by 3 more european countries spain, ireland, and norway. choosing to support the palestinian push for sovereignty, a step they say towards piece the price of the time has come to move from words to action, to the millions of innocent suffering, palestinians that we are with 70 to three's hope. to make it very clear that no matter how many walls are rector's, no matter how many villages are bombed, and no matter how many illegals settlements are built, the land and the identity of palestine will continue to exist in our hearts, in international legalities. and in the future project in a letter training and in harmony and forget. before we meet that, i mean in the morning previously 139 of 193,

you one countries recognize the state of palestine. latest signatories calling on others to do the same me and admits. therefore, it used to be with tens of thousands of dead and injured, we must keep alive. the only things that can provide to save home for both is r. e leads them to list and it will show those days that can live in peace with each other. israel and palestine of germany's foreign minister rejected unilateral recognition of palestinian statehood tablet and the depth is ex more not i have repeatedly made it clear the just solution to this terrible situation that we are currently experiencing does not require a symbolic recognition but to a political solution or a solution to the middle east conflict and the 2 state solution requires direct negotiations on both sides all by divide. israel's government also hit back no

sound enough regarding a palestinian state. there are people who support this opinion and there are people who do not. but this is not the place nor the time now to come in, you know laterally recognize a palestinian state. and any such decision arms is rarely sovereignty and is rarely security. and we will not allow it to our order to recall our and passengers back home. and we will take all measures to prevent that today, even though president not moved, abbas the leader of the palestinian authority, welcome the recognition and called on other nations to quote, support the struggle of our people for liberation and independence. so what's changed as a result of this announcement as laura bloomfield, a middle east analyst and new york times, best selling also well listen, recognition doesn't answer any of the hard questions. i can tell you that as a former senior policy advisor on the is really posted in negotiating team for the

state department under president obama. i mean we have to determine borders, security, refugees, jerusalem. recognition is symbolic and i guess it was a 3 for one kind of deal for these countries because they were able to recognize palestine reprimand israel, and also kindly give a little rash to the united states for handling or perhaps ms handling what they say are middle east negotiations until now. let's take a look at some of the headlines around the world. are furnished apartment is the issue. so knock has called surprised parliamentary elections for july, 4th, months earlier than many had expected is to select. and his conservatives are trailing badly in opinion polls, and most observers had expected him to delay the vote to give his party a chance to make up ground. form up presidential hopeful, making any plans to vote for donald trump in november's us election. despite her disappointments with him, the former south carolina governor said trump,

who would have to work to win over him. margaret support base as he faced as friends and joe biden, hayley abandon hawaii's house impressions and much of the heavy defeats and primary contests. frances president, emmanuel microns visiting the french overseas territory, new caledonia, following the west rides that in for 2 years microns talking to political leaders and says he's looking for ways to restore common stock and reconstruction across a flight through a 9 time zones to reach the pacific territory, which despite being more than 16000 kilometers away from europe, has been on the french rule since 18. 53 microns, add security. reinforcements with stain new caledonia as long as necessary most as i speak, there are 3000 internal security forces and you kind of don't you more reinforcements

will arrive in the next few hours. so in a few hours it would be $3023.00 mobile police unit, which is unprecedented. for several days. now, there be no more than the time of the 3rd referendum. let me be very clear. these forces will remain as long as necessary, including during the olympic and power olympic games manage on his isn't on. so now let's take a look at what's behind the on rest and how fronts came to control new caledonia in the 1st place. this is what france coals relative home in new color donia. tensions were diffused after power. send? well, the one files and extra security forces, but just hours ahead of him, a chrome survival parts of the territory still looked like a was on the,

the violence bespoke by plans in friends to change voting rules. in a way, the critics that would dilute the representation of the indigenous connect. people who make up 40 percent of the population may just only want is to be recognized in their own country and to be allowed to run the country themselves. if you go to fiji, they're fijians, if you go to say you do that to patients. and if you go to wallace there while the seals are, what do you see there? one? yeah. and power is the national assembly held a moment of silence, but those killed and injured in the riots. but this is not the 1st time discord between main non firms, a new caledonia as heavily full consequences. france 1st call the noisy archipelago, in 18. 53. it use it as a penal colony and also started mining for nickel. i'm axel that today still plays a key role in the economy. in 1878, the connex rose up against the loss of the land. the rebellion was put down with

hundreds of depths on both sides. many indigenous people driven into exile today. it's mainly weston tourist who afflicting the territory of so many cannot say this. still fighting for independence and the store of a d called the noise ation process promised to decades ago. even though recent referendums to a majority of the population wants to remain part of friends. huge crowds in iran have attended funeral events for the late president abraham rice. see he was killed along with iran's foreign minister and several of us in a helicopter crash on sunday reading and state media say the crash was the result of a technical failure. the army says it's launch an investigation. c how to state funeral heavy with symbolism, the black turban,

top of president abraham or easiest coffin, the marking him as a descent into the prophet mohammed is and the richest bearer of power. the millions of mourners reportedly turned out. not all of them by choice. with some t, ron residents saying they received phone messages, urging them to join the funeral procession. to many iranians, right? you see will be remembered as the butcher of t. ron, a member of the so called death panel, which sent thousands of political prisoners to their death decades ago. and more recently had the leader who oversaw the brutal repression of women and a freedom movement that sweat the country. it's the fact that he was associated with the loss of crackdowns with uh with um you know the execution of the irina positions in the eighty's when he was the public prosecute

to any wrong. and the fact that he was very close to the supreme need that really, that didn't help his case. so i don't think there is a widespread sense of grief. the funeral also provided a glimpse of the smile honey, widely regarded as the highest official in her moss, the palestinian militant crew that iran has funded and armed during its war with israel. both of our experts say runs influence in the region will not be effected by the death of its president. i very much doubt that the uranium regime we've changed course, given the advanced level of this next era program, which it's, it sees as a bargaining kind of chip in, in negotiations with the west, with the reform is completely out of the system. there was him by definition has shifted to the to the uh, kind of right man, uh, labor, him or i, you see was widely seen as a potential successor to we run supreme leader. i told him in a no, no, no, no matter who succeeds and it seems unlikely they'll change the course of the nation, lead by religious hardliners. oh,

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