the, the single unit we slide from berlin, israel's military says it has taken complete control of the strip of land, but links gall. so to egypt, it's as the move aims to prevent a mock smuggling weapons into garza. meanwhile, israel continues bombarding rasa as international condemnation rises over civilian casualties. also coming up poles close in south africa, and once being called the most important election in 30 years. many queued for hours to vote. as the amc $516.00 for the trip on the

golf release. welcome to the program. israel's military says it has taken full control of the strip of land that serves as a buffer zone between gaza and egypt, israel's as her mos use as tunnels. in the 14 kilometer long philadelphia corridor to smuggle weapons from egypt into gaza. is really military has stepped up, it's operations, meanwhile in southern gaza, the spines, international criticism over mounting civilian casualties in the city of ruffled israel's national security adviser says the offensive in gaza is expected to go on, at least until the end of the here is, is really, army spokesman daniel guardian dressing the latest developments in casa maybe mahoney. in recent days, id a forces has taken operational control of the philadelphia, caught it all along the border between egypt and dropped off from the philadelphia caught her dose of does an oxygen pipe for how mosque to which it regularly

transits weapons to cause us trip open cover at our jerusalem, corresponding rebecca rid of historians. we now rebecca israel says it has taken control of the buffer zone between gauze and ease of what does that mean for the situation on the ground? well that's right, and you just heard it there from the senior military spokesman daniel. hi gary, saying that they had indeed taken control of that border region area, known as the philadelphia kartel, that they had found some twin t tunnels they say along that border area and they also found rocket launches, place very close to the border, some just 10 to 40 meters, they say from that board area, i got ready saying that they would do that. have moss, i tell you we're taking advantage of the proximity to the border in the knowledge of that or host i suppose that is ro wouldn't bomb that region because it is just so close to the addiction buddha. now as you just heard there that know, hey, gary saying that that it had they this and served as

a mass oxygen pipeline. and by securing this area, they have cut off the weapon supply that home us was still have potentially maintaining and able to use. now the, the, they say that the age of these rarely military side, that they have been updating agents on the developments. and we haven't had a huge amount of reaction from, from age of yet, but certainly one source telling addiction media one senior sol, suite hearing that there are no truth in the statement about these tunnels. it's certainly going to be interesting to see how the egyptians react to the news on this border region, given the, the peace agreement that is held between the 2 countries. yeah. how could this impact israel's relationship with egypt you think, or what is difficult to say at this stage, nicola, you know, israel has been saying for some time that it wants to, that has wanted to take control of this board of regents something, but it hasn't been a very cain to,

to promote the egypt has long been worried that they would be that a referent cozen and that, that more military bombardment in that area would cause an influx of palestinian refugees into age. if that's something that they was saying that they, they wouldn't do. in fact they, on several occasions, egypt has threatened to rip out the pace, tracy between israel and egypt. now that area along the border has been a d militarized zone since the camp david accords. 1978, and since 2005 has been on the egyptian control before this, rafa invasion though, we do know that in his riley delegation went in, went to egypt and went to cairo to discuss the operation with the egyptian officials. so we don't know the details of those discussions, but it could be assumed that this operation and won't be as riley's were planning was consent to the egyptians. so it's going to be interesting to see how egypt

balances domestic pressure is. there's a lot of support for palestinians within agents, so it's going to have a lot of domestic pressure from its populace to a balance is also a piece tracy, which it benefits from by way of, of us a age. so, you know, it's certainly going to be interesting to see just how agent react to this latest development. but at the, at this stage it's still too early to say keep us updated on all the developments there. that was rebecca rivers in jerusalem. thank you so much. i the south african, our polls have just closed in what's being called the most important part of the mentor election since the end of apartheid at stake is the african national congress parties. 30 here, absolute majority. polls indicate that support for the amc has dipped below 50 percent, which means the party might be forced to share power. party leader and south african presidents are over my post of voted in his home township of so

h o and expressed confidence in an anti victory despite his for showing in the run up to the election. and our correspondent diane hawker, is standing by in johannesburg covering it all. diane, you're at a pulling station. the pulls just close across the nation. we're hearing about rewards of voting delays. the what more can you tell us? indeed they are definitely voting delays at some of the voting stations where i'm standing in the oakland park area, for example. some people have been standing and waiting to vote for several hours. now the policy from the i see is that if you're in the line at 9 p. m, you will still be allowed to vote. and these people are still waiting here, and the q actually snakes around the, the block. and we've heard from other colleagues in the media that they are as a voting stations with a similar situation. so that does mean a long night for these people standing in the queue as well as for i e. c. stuff

who off to the vote is done actually need to start counting those votes. the stakes are high. diane, what makes the selection so significant as well? there's a number of things that make it so significant the 2 years off the democracy. we are voting once again, and that's a generation of, of, of growth and movement in south africa. they are number of new voters voting this time around. and a lot of key issues that voters are speaking about. i spoke to some voters at this very voting station earlier on about why they are voting and they raise the number of issues such as voting for jobs, the voting to make sure that we have a consistent electricity supply. let's take and listen to some of what they told us or the thing there is motivating me to forward his bed. um our parents for the full party to kind of change. so we want economy change. we want to see that um,

so the frequency for the yes, this election if the contest the forward keeps work, is that what you then can just work and get with this can be on the same page regarding the uh, the issue i bought to the agency coming back or not coming back about to you by deluca thinks by the look of things in the mood in the communities i bought the amc. it looks like they're going to do when they get into what extent can the selection be seen as a referendum on the amc is leadership? i think it can be seen to a large extent as a referendum on the agencies leadership. the amc has been in control here in south africa governing this country for the past 2 years. and many voters have spoken about the experience with the amc in those cities. so i'm saying that it has been

good and they've received things like water and electricity and housing, which they never had before. pensions, and also been a big issue among some votes of elderly voters who wouldn't have had access to pensions previously. but from many other voters, they view is that the amc has not done enough. they are concerned about the high level of corruption within the amc and those associated with the amc. and they feel like the amc has perhaps not that enough to ensure that south africa's economy stays on an even keel. and when you hear those sentiments, you definitely get the sense that the voters are thinking about the lot, plus the tiers and voting based on those last the to yes. so what happens next? when will we actually know how south africans voted today? well, after the, the, the votes concluded, then the real work will begin for start from the i e. c. that's the independent electoral commission here in south africa as well. i use the scarf will actually

begin vote counting the votes this very evening with in voting stations. those votes will then be the tallies, will then be transferred to the national result center. we will start to start see those trickling in. now the i, you see have 7 days in which to finalize the results. but in the past, they've actually done it in less time, usually concluding those results with in about 4 days. so that they give an expectation at least that by the end of this weekend, we should have a clear indication of who is leading south africa. if not by early next week, we'll definitely know who has won the selection. diana hawker, reporting from johannesburg. thank you so much. i a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. belgian police have searched the residents and offices of a european parliament employee. the belgian prosecutor says the employee played a significant role in a russian insulins operation and this suspected to of paid civic members of the

european parliament. this faith spread pro kremlin propaganda and south korea has a case north korea ascending dozens of balloons full of trash and excrement across the border. authorities are investigating the incident and have warned residents to stay in doors, balloons, carrying leaflets with messages. critical of john young are regularly sent the other way by south korean activists. india, as capital daily has reported an all time high temperature of 52.3 degrees celsius . that is a national record for india and neighboring pac hassan temperatures have also exceeded $52.00 degrees in recent days. authorities have urged people to stay in doors hydrate and avoid unnecessary travel. amid increasing cases of heat stroke, a team of international scientists says the dangerous heat in south asia has become more likely because of human driven climate change. the air in hot it's hot,

stifling. she lives in what is one of the hottest places on the planet right now? temperatures here in the southern since brogans have sort of 52 degrees spits, no follow, and no proper shelter. she's exposed to dangerous 11 feet high. going to me that i have to sit in, he's there is no fan and i have to sit in my hot in the heat. the sun is scorching up because the heat is eating away at us. but where can i go get into that? they have to physically run to the cuts. in fact, if done, i don't 40 percent of the population lift below the poverty line. so despite the punishing heat, many people have gone just stay at home, the color we have to work in the winter. we don't have a choice, i'm not going to the left. we have to work and feed out children and everything, or whether it's hot or cold or what about the focus on food, things,

temperatures come after the countries to breakfast april, since 1961 exports attribute these extreme, but the brands to human meet try me, change the 2022 flats and focused on so one part of the country felt most under water and because millions and economic losses investment in the deposition mechanisms, good health focused on deal with a fix of climate change, much better the government to park us back. they are trying their best to ensure that predictability is key, where they can prevent massive loss of life from there. the, the already warning systems and they ask us to support them. but again, if you see the impact of the time of crisis on the communities, it's very clear that something ought to be done find the fee induct ation has its limits. but box is kind of responsible for less than one percent of greenhouse gas emissions. and unless the global greenhouse gas emissions are not reduced,

people in countries like focused on, we've continued to pear, tree dispersion. and finally in iceland, a new volcanic fisher has opened up in the south west of the country. the region has seen ate a rupture, and in the last 3 years alone, the kilometer long crack in the earth began spewing lava just hours ago. the affected area is mostly on populated, but close to the famous blue lagoon spot and the major geothermal power plants. and the latest erupt trans came as a blow to the residents of the fishing town of grand of a cove not been allowed to return to their home since last december, when lava began to encroach on the town spring water and electricity supply line. and with that, you're all up to date, but stay with us. after the break her, our show about women and asia looked at the growing problem of addiction to mobile devices that could be relevant for all of us. that as of the, as the break,

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