the the, this is dw news live from berlin. israel pushes on with it's offensive and gaza despite international condemnation. heavy artillery pounds rough as thousands more causes flea from the city once said to be the safest plus an opposition lawmaker in georgia in parliament splashed with water while speaking out against the so called foreign agents bill. the governing party has now pushed through the bill of a writing and presidential veto, and to find weeks of protests was here from simple, easy, the

time david levitz, thanks for joining us. witnesses in gaza, reports seeing is rarely tanks entering the center of rav for the 1st time. israel has denied reports. it struck the all my wasi camp in the south of guys on tuesday . the homeless run, guys, a health ministry says at least $21.00 people were killed there. it comes after $45.00 palestinians were reported killed in a separate strike that started a fire and a refugee camp on sunday. israel's prime minister, calling the killing of civilians. a tragic mistake. these refugee camp lies in taxes. many thousands had fled here too. and his riley, designated humanitarians are so i'll have to send 1 in the morning a ton kit tossed with a she l while we was sleeping. 3 people were mounted,

my father and my 2 sisters. my mother and brother were also injured. they're in critical condition. they told us to come to the south thought the areas here was safe, and i think, i mean, the homeless one house ministry says at least 21 people were killed. israel denies hazing the camp a tool but it did take responsibility for a strike on sunday, on another refugee camp nearby that strikes spots of blaze which killed $45.00 people, including children. israel quoted, a tragic mistake and promised an investigation. it treated an international outcry even among close allies nearby, but eas, rails biggest ally, the us said it wouldn't lead to a change in policy. the devastating we have been,

i think very stride in our condemnations about the deaths of innocent civilians. these tests are not excuse for that, but we have to understand what happened here. there's going to be investigation. they've already sense when it was a tragic mistake. they're looking into it. they have been able to investigate themselves and hold people accountable in the past. we'll see what they do. here is ro, insists it needs to push on whether it's offensive and rasa to destroy him off and rescue the hostages. they took the october 7, tara attack, growing close for it to stop, including an order from the international court of justice have had little impact during a state and visit between france and germany. german chancellor, all of shorts weighed in on israel, is offensive, and rafa is the most spas i'm for. you will need to abide by international law, the who may need to allow humanitarian support for the people suffering and gaza to

speak to the it's the responsibility of israel to ensure that necessary aid is delivered on come get something yesterday. if we heard of a terrible tragic attack and rough uh, i put a refugee counselor's head many people sides and thought i could try to pull these up products. i. i'm okay. so once again, white, germany and so many other states have been against the major gone defensive and rough on opens events because there isn't sufficient protection of civilians and it's not possible so i can focus on the list and some of this. but yesterday's incident clearly shows as guest on psyched this of the after the advice spain, norway, and ireland have become the latest countries to officially recognize a palestinian state, enjoying a 143 other un member nations to do so. the move was welcomed in gaza and the west bank were criticized by israel the no region in spanish and irish flags and foes in flying alongside that to south africa outside municipal buildings in

the west bank. it's a tribute to the 3 western european nations that gave sacrificial recognition to a palestinian state. first came to form an announcement from madrid. at the meeting of the council of ministers that will be held to date, the government of the spain without proof. the official recognition of palestine state then and not in the bottom and in front of the palestinian investigator, can the notes on dublin as we hear in art and we see you, we recognize this, we respect to. and today, ireland formerly recognizes the state of palestine per month, like a piece of outside the palestinian flag was raised beside that's of ukraine and you appear in union. and shortly that off to the announcement came from us though to the audience hard at the moment has decided that norway will recognize the state of palestine. noise recognition will come into force on may 28th,

not my because you know, it's a decision that has had repercussions across the u and beyond. in paris, an m p brandished the palace, the new flag in parliament during questions to the foreign ministry. he was accused of provoking the assembly and received a 15 day suspension. it's the highest penalty possible under the national assemblies, rules of procedure that was similar to scenes in road as left wing and pays waves the palestinian flag during a speech by one of the colleagues collect the news has been widely welcomed in gaza and know that we are happy with the nations that stood with us and recognize the state of palestine. we hope that all nations will stand with us and put pressure on israel to end the will you see how many in the west bank can code? it's an excellent development. it gives us complete freedom recognize country,

and as our own currency unites us so that we can escape the occupations and do their recognition brings hope to some palestinians. but many obstacles still remained. none. the less of a you've appeared, nations are expected to follow. and there's a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world, french president and my new and my coal has wrapped up his 3 day state visit to germany in a wide ranging meeting with chancellor on offshore. it's my call told reporters, he had no comments on whether france would send military instructors to ukraine. but the parents would support cube as long as necessary. he also said that israel must, and it's operation in rafa. i think ukrainian president of a lot of me was a lensky, signed a security cooperation agreement with portugal during a tour of western europe aimed at rallying support. he was welcomed by portuguese president marcella abella g sosa in lisbon. earlier zelinski received a promise of

a $1000000000.00 with a military aid from belgium, including 30 f, 16 fighter jets. russia has recognized the taliban as a legitimate authority in afghanistan and removed the group from its list of terrorist organizations. and president vladimir putin said, rush, i should take afghanistan's opinion into account and build ties with the country. no other country has formerly recognized the taliban government. on the other 2 weeks of debate in the george and parliament over just advice of bill targeting and g o's and the media have ended after being passed into law. it was followed closely by protestors who say that will take george a closer to russian style authoritarian governance and stifle george's european ambitions. she also met his file on the sign was an inside parliament to go to the

ruling georgia dream party. finally got its way. the power and influence bill now can become the law model. a georgia nightmare for these protestors angered at a party in the law and they say will destroy democracy and make georgia more like russia as well as dash their hopes of joining the european union. which is the government's no, we're saying that we used to say no to us, you know, all. but now we're saying no to us and government in assigning of the ruling parties unwillingness to tolerate, to send a member through water and one of the few lawmakers to oppose the proposal. this was the 2nd time the party had tried to push through the bill based on a russian law at requires media non profit groups to register as agents of foreign influence. if they receive more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad. critic spear, it will be used to silence opposition to georgia and dream ahead of october as

elections brussels one. the law was incompatible with georgia speed to join the you. but the prime minister says it will somehow accelerate the process to move slowly. the chances of opening negotiations this year before the initiation of the bill was 0. now these chances of increase significantly though it's up to the best. it's a message these protestors aren't buying for them, the law has driven home the choice. georgia faces the future as part of a democratic european family or authoritarian rule, and to return to the kremlin, or bait or correspondent into blue sea. maria cut the months ahead, more on how the bill could influence george's relations with the you. going to be very interesting to see how the dynamic is going to be uh, between a georgia and it's west and partners. uh you,

us and you. now it's interesting also to see what's going to happen to georgia is you kind of the see that it's released to receive losses. assembled was a long way to kind of this is ca, tooth and georgia for many, many years for that. and what's kinda going to happen with a visa free regime for, for many georgia's who can travel to europe without visa. that's also the question now. the uses that nothing is resolved that the, all the options are on the table. so we should expect from the coming weeks uh, the response from the what is going to be. now we understand that you also readings reduce the travel balance against the georgia and officials and also promise to, to follow up with sanctions. lawyers in donald trump's harsh money trial delivered their final arguments and a manhattan court room. the jury will start deliberations on wednesday to decide the former us presidents fate. the prosecutors alleged trump knowingly falsified

business records ahead of the 2016 presidential elections to conceal a sexual encounter with adult film actress stormy daniels. they say trump gave her $130000.00 in exchange for not going public. and that he falsely logged to the payment as legal expenses. trump has denied any wrong doing. it's the 1st time a former us president has ever faced criminal prosecution. the new york case centers on whether donald trump violated campaign finance laws had of the 2016 election. trump who's expected to be the republicans candidate to this year is november presidential election, was required to be in court every day. the trial wasn't the session from beginning to end. he repeated his claim that he was the victim of a political, which is a lot of different places right now. and i'm sitting here additional gone for

a long time. the judge has been selected, as you know, it's very next year what's going on. during the heated trial, trump was repeated, we find from violating the judge's orders not to publicly attack witnesses. at other times, trump was reportedly observed falling asleep in the court room. one key witness was adult film actress. stormy daniel was one who testified that she had a sexual encounter with trump and accepted a $130000.00 payment to keep the story quiet as another star witness was trumps. former lawyer, michael cohen, he testified that trump was directly involved in arranging a complex scheme, intended to cover up that hush money payment. during the 2016 presidential campaign, 12 jurors will now decide whether prosecutors have proved that trump was falsifying business records to get around campaign, finance disclosure laws. their decision must be unanimous. a conviction would not

prevent from, from running for office the republican front warners also facing other criminal charges. but the new york harsh money case is likely to be the only trial decided before the november election. a long last painting by the italian mastercard provides you has finally gone on display in madrid. it's one of around just 60 known works by the 16th century artist. the painting of jesus wearing the crown of thorns had been mistakenly attributed to a different artist and was set to go on auction for just 1500 years. when experts realize it was in fact a car, a by jo, spanish culture, ministry stepped in with an export ban. according to media reports, the work was been sold for 36000000 years. it's now been restored and is on display at veterans product museum. with that you're up to date. now many people have experienced a loss of smell for

a short time due to covered with some people face the condition permanently. how do they live with it? that's up next an hour documentary. i'm david levitz. thanks for watching the w and for more news, you can check out our website at any time. that's s t w dot com the can you see what old car tires have to do with you production? here's a hands on the not so really indeed the snow on youtube.