the, the basic is the, the news line from the land is royalties is control of the buffer zone between gaza and egypt. it says it's aims to prevent from us smuggling weapons into gaza. but the move put also still tensions with egypt. what's coming up? 14 for democracy activists are found guilty of subdivision by fault and hong kong. 3 last cardboard, responded to what this means for the opposition movement back into your brain science. it does not have the means to defend itself from bruship had effects an aust. nato members to come through. it's

a look at why the suggestion is moving so controversial. the british manager, welcome east males ministry say easy to stick and full control of the strip of land that solved as a buffer zone between gaza and egypt. they is rarely ministry. claims the philadelphia caught, it all, provides a weapon, smuggling root into gaza for her most militants. but it's also a key part of a delicate piece of arrangement between israel and egypt. these ran has also deepened its incursions into rough up in southern gaza. is really helicopters firing towards rafa near the southern most city and gaza, where israel's military says it is seized control of a key stretch of land, of the 14 kilometer philadelphia cord, or that as long served as

a buffer zone between gaza and egypt. mahoney. in recent days, find the forces, have taken operational control over the philadelphia, colorado, along the border between egypt and ref phone. she meant to send a dell, st. cardoso and as an oxygen pipe for a mazda 3, which it regularly translates west into the gulf of strip to shoot the cover to both and cover the capture of the cord, or where israel says its troops found these rocket launchers could complicate israel's relations with egypt. cairo is accused israel using the allegations of smuggling to justify legally occupying the stretch of land. this latest development is also a signal, israel's deepening offensive and southern gaza despite growing international calls for to stop israel's military chief of staff, visit a troops in rafa, assuring them they will push on one afternoon. we are here for

a couple of reasons. this is the last time i asked for a guide that remains with all the testability molly and we want to dismantle it as a call they can talk to you about the fia is rolling system. it needs to carry out the rough operation to rescue the hostages. how mos took imbued tobar 7 terre attacks. despite condemnation from allies in a groups a like a civilian casualties mount. it is rarely bombardment and rough on wednesday head of building and this so i'm neighborhood. meanwhile, the home us run health ministry announced the death toll and the cause of war had risen above 36000. the problem is that that means the federal oppression has been conducted in such a way that the number of civilian casualties and the destruction of cd didn't infrastructure and browsing and presidents and there's no end in sight.

israel's national security advisor says the offensive and gaza is expected to go on for at least 7 more months and i asked them to correspond them to back of it. as in jerusalem, why isabel say is operations and gaza will continue at least till the end of the well barish israel has maintained since the get go. since the very beginning of this will that it's main military aim is to eliminate how about how about us now as we're seeing, israel hasn't managed to do that. so assigned to continuing to carry on that military. i'm in ross or is he just heard in that report there? and we're also say, fighting was human areas that had been officially created and confirmed. you know that they had pulled down tobin central and northern gaza and then come off of fighting a guerrilla warfare. many experts are in fact warning of what they say might be a for revel. you know, as a sort of like insurgency style,

welfare happening in gaza. that israel won't be able to come back and say to the israeli population, we did it, we eliminated moss, and therefore we're inevitably going to see this war drag on. that's certainly what experts a saying. and of course we have the issue of hostages. there's you heard in that report and we've been talking about now for months is rel, needing to also be able to come back and bring the hostages back to the many people and it's relevant calling for that. now of course, you've also got the political angle, benjamin netanyahu really fighting for his political survival. and knowing that when such a time comes that of the war ends, he will have to face questions regarding how something like october 7 was able to happen on the his watch. he's made saying, it's not fair. it's not right to have to answer those questions as the war is ongoing, and that would come at the end of the war. so there's little incentive on his part as well to, to try to bring this to a close. but definitely the main aim is going to be because of this, this,

you know, desire of this state of climate. they're going to eliminate tomas and bring back the hostages. something that they haven't been able to achieve to the state. and rebecca, how much consensus is that amongst a, is riley's about this ongoing offensive sloth. since the very beginning of game, you know, israel has, most is right of the majority of his riley's has been in support of this. they see this is inevitable. they see this as a must have they want to see a must eliminated and that's the rest. they don't want to see another attack happen like what happened on october 7th, all understandable there. um, you know, there are of course voices within israel, a small amount of voices who, who don't want to see this will continue the calling for a say saw and a small owing number of people who are calling for anything can be done in order for us to just to be able to brought back. so they cooling for, you know, any deal to be made with him also that they loved ones can come home. that things

be headed, of course, by the families of the hostages. but that is a growing voice here. but by and large overall, we're seeing, you know, the support maintain for this, for this conflict until it's route it manages to meet that amazon, emanating how most of the media landscape here should be said is very different. the discussion in the mainstream media here isn't what we're seeing on international news and reading and it's national papers. it's much more focused on the hudson situation and the threat of home austin and people suddenly out hoping that the israel will be successful in meeting those names. and in the midst of all of this and rebecca, the u. n, is wanting a family. and then he's also saying that the amount of demand in aid entering cause a has dropped by 2 sides. students is ready to begin this assault on rough uh this month. what is these rarely, goldman saying about that? well, the israeli government paints a very different picture. they say that a lot more is getting in, but the numbers, the way that it's calculated,

varies the way that the un calculates can calculate. so it is different to how these riley's doing is really to include the numbers coming through places like ashed on port, which is only as riley sign, but that's not including trucks that then actually enter into israel. so we're seeing a huge drop in the amount of a, the, you in saying of a warning for a very long time. but simon is intimate eminence. and now we're seeing, you know, 50 trucks a day or 58 trucks today, i should say on average, compared with nearly a 180 before. this may 7 incursion, that is not file file few within the 500 to 600 trucks that i needed to stave off of the, the humanitarian catastrophe that some folding may rely, live with the for the moment. the thanks so much for joining us, rebecca to induce in the meanwhile, the chinese president children being has promised him for the gaza strip and spoken in favor of a peace conference saying the war cannot continue indefinitely. after meeting the top representatives of out of countries,

he indicated trying to support for the creation of a palestinian state whom i'm tending to issue. generally, china family support seems to be a tough bushman of independent state of palestine that enjoys our full sovereignty based on the 1967 borders with east jerusalem as a capital investment. having go to share balance and having totally in their hope that supports pilots times full membership into un. okay. and supports a more broad based, more authoritative and effective international peace conference. go neo shows you all the quote to you. hopefully, a quick look thomas on the other stories making headlines around the world. the jury in donald trump's harsh money trial has completed his 1st day of deliberations without reaching a decision. the former us president is accused of concealing payments, made to an adult film actress 40 before the 2016 presidential elections. if found

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as well as supposing widespread power to hold on next. where in a line by case the city's high court has filed a 14 pro democracy activists guilty of subversion. the activists are part of the so called hong kong $47.00. we go to the bottom, an unofficial primary election in 2020, they were charged under the national to go to law. the being imposed on it has wiped out public, defend invoke laws once frank issues b, s c t, the actors would face a lifetime in prison. corresponding phoebe calling has been following the case in hong kong. and john, me from the cd. good morning. what did the judges say and their verdict of the world? the rest is the largest naturalist experience. each file today in hong kong seems facing and post the security of all here in 2020. so within covering the following

um the product with hundreds of members from the public um sale that they, that the judges half of like comes back to 14 out of 16. also the defendants who feed it not q t. so only 2 of them were found in this, at the moment. so to get up with all the defendants will see that due to the earlier, $45.00 out of $47.00 of them pick 10 of those charge off sufficient conspiracies. the suppression. so the judge set it on the quote of that primary um, these instruments, uh, they would have created a constitutional crisis and the defendants were seeking to indiscriminately be totally, they've got some, such as if they're elected in order to paralyze the governments and the into the into the i'm like bet you to that that's just them assumptions off the floor sees and regarding the present the car. um,

the court says they are not sure about that intends all set participation in the primary so that they found them not duty at the moment. can you talk a bit about the background to this case? maybe why have these activists organized and unofficial, the primary election? so yeah, we will have to take you back to um, 2019 the one that uh, massive antique i've been looking and happen. uh 5 years ago. um and in that coming uh, let's just say people election, the opposition came, helps to gain the majority in the parliament. so um they organized an uh, an official uh, primary election among the democrats democratic forces. i'm hoping to apply to candidates with the highest time seemed to be me election so that they took pressure to government to respond to the protesting months i'm in. that's probably election despite the warning, somebody's saying over $600000.00 people turn out to vote and um,

but now it has become evidence off of the charge and they, um, funds is off of so cost conspiracy to the person. maybe where does today's judgment leave hong kong sproat democracy move on? small business. one of the most landmark, sir, that it seems um the security and all bucks put in place in hong kong that is closely monitored by the international communities have. today we have seen adoption south of western diplomats. um, um like, uh, coming here to observe. the verdict is not only like um, like another day in hong kong, but it also re defined a room full of opposition movements. we're seeing that the constitution because also it is friday like action such as like all the nice thing and an official primary in order to i'm hoping to kind of paralyze the governments or trying to pressure the government to achieve the mom status themes as like criminal in

beijing, eyes to be now like unlawful as well. so it's not only like family street coast has now in hong kong, but people buried that even like any actions within the institution or at that one, it seems as legitimate in the past could now be a criminal. we leave it there for the moment. phoebe com, thanks so much for joining us today. because of all in ukraine next on the country says it does not have the means to defend itself from russian add a tax. and as aust natural members to come through to aid, we'll have more on what form of this may or may not stake in just a moment. but 1st this report on the challenges key is facing from the skies. good air raid sirens sound over keep last year. while overhead air defenses shoot down most of an incoming russian attack.

russian missiles continued to strike targets across ukraine, including the vital part of odessa in the far west of the country, voters ukraine's president. the loading, there's a lensky has called on natal numbers to set up an air defense shield over his country to protect it from russian missiles, in an interview with the new york times. so lensky said, so my question is, what's the problem? why can't we shoot them down? is it defense? yes. is it an attack on russia? no. us made patriot surface to air missiles are expensive, but effective. some types have a range of over 100 kilometers. patriot missiles have already been deployed inside nato members, including poland and romania, which border ukraine. a natural air defense shield could protect parts of western ukraine including odessa. but the capital key would be out of range. supporters say

that would take pressure off ukraine, allowing it to concentrate its resources on the front line. while some german politicians have embraced today to air support. it's an idea. the government has so far ruled out of demo for military analysts find leverage, frank, good morning. why is this idea of nato countries providing ad defense cover over ukraine proving so controversial for the rest? the reason is it is extremely significant. what is to happen throughout the 45 years or so? the cold war alita? so with that experience it highly competent, it made every effort to avoid western troops, a tough trip to us troops of whatever kind, coming into open conflict with russian or soviet military assets or indeed soldiers . those are the risk then of, of course,

and this would constitute itself escalation of the truck. laser close escalation in all was operates as a ratchet effect. the lex escalate top doesn't come down. so then what, what happens when these competent troops is a, would that become good hit the typically i would suggest whether it could be deployed in ukraine itself by russians. watson. and the answer is, of course, further escalation says, a real danger and this, and of course, the implications of the us eventually be brought into this. i suspect that will be reluctant to do that, but we will say more than 2 years of all, we have cross the point of escalation, many times having to instead of being one use of escalation from russia for example, that will be nuclear plants are example and nothing much has come to pass on the, i'll be not including a new phase in the war, in which creative ideas are required for the next steps, as well as different sports at models late. and of course, what we have now did not have and 2022 is

a real prospect of you crating defeat. it's every asset we've made in the past has largely failed during sanctions now costing about for ideas. but this will be very significant to be having a west to combat troops engaging with russian forces and that is extremely significant. and by the way, we talk a lot of new came up there, all kinds of steps between this kind of action a nuclear. and there are options available on both sides. but the point, the fact that was i was talking about options available on both sides and the situation by the way, but russian has what's called escalation dominance is really disturbing. and people should think very carefully hello taking steps like this. the result of debate about allowing ukraine to stripe targets inside russia using western weapon systems and defense president of under the macro has been saying that you've been should be allowed to quote, neutralize bases in russia. from where it strikes uh, launched. that sounds like

a reasonable argument doesn't yes i need operates around particularly hancock it. but i think the point made is fat and that they do the rest of the striking crating forces. and you kindness, construct back in what's called counter battery fine. otherwise, striking marketing says rightly the launch sites off of rest and miss thoughts. however, another policy doesn't make much sense, is that the russian, ria, the russian as to the operational rate is quite quite large. but of course, it is very experience most, it's a great difference in striking someone like crimea, the claim plans, but the training lines, but the don't pass on striking with weston missiles into metropolitan associates. so i need a person has made it very clear that there's a significant step change and it get cancelled. so we'll have to get into the most important thing is if we were to allow the practice to do this, that those are very strict. absolutely, for ro, cod commitments on that part to attack only military targets. we kind of have where

this to happen. civilian casualties up be a very serious step on a very serious misstep. but to take place of with that with i think the rest of the drive, me could without taxes, other just much reason for, for, for retail actually it's large scale. so when it comes to this word involved but, but for purely minutes we talked this is a good argument for it. i suspect, but obviously the friendship bridge massage. do that. i can't see the americans agreeing to have an election yet. they don't want to come directly involved in this whole lot of schools with escalation with nature. there's always the risk of that happening. i don't think we're going to see us myself. so, cheating this. and then there's another problem, by the way. i'm not stokes, the french and the british don't have a deep stocks. they're already digging into the supplies. and i suspect the, the numbers that ms. watson felt would be very limited and therefore, the effect quite limited. i will leave it there for the time being. thanks so much for joining us today. and if alice frank leverage, thanks, brush

a job in europe and you ought to be on the bottom and dimensions on next weekend. right wing parties are projected to make major gains. this could have a huge impact on you. policies including migration and defense, got to play the mainstream central, spotty scene here from red to doc blue hold. the majority of seats in the new parliament bought these projections are correct. the font identity and democracy group seen in gray and the populist right to europe. and conservatives and reforms group in like you could gain seats allowing them to potentially fall my majority with the center york and people, spotty or e p p. the far right is on the rise across europe and from some national riley is ahead in the polls. the policies president jordan by della is campaigning on a nationalist and mt migration platform. here's

a photo store dwy. they are running behind the young politician. and this is the man they've come to see. jordan by dana need can needed for francis nash, new rent, and the new young face of the far right. then you had dish rarely in the northern french city on obama. his message is a resonating, the floaters. you know, we came to support by della so that he makes friends shining again as it deserves to you. but he does the job on the european level and the, the gives us back our place to, to say on the which we've lost a bit. let's go, we're not gonna tell you, press a home because he understands the people he's there to save us. he understands out that he helps out and what we are looking for and what we want us to, to helps us getting out of the mass transit is currently in faucett, this high threes and attempts to broaden its appeal. the national really remains here, a skeptic and anti immigration. it wants tougher board checks and less power for

the routine. you know, during the names will be a vote of a vote for francis identity against a lot of and my goodness, a vote for purchasing power and against inflation. when else a vote to exist in the face of the risk of a raised vote to keep from the law even a vase of those who would like to see it disappear despite it is a populous message. some people are in france, one to hear these european elections from mirroring domestic politics in many countries. far right parties are pointing strongly ahead of the european elections . political analysts say if they had the rate the far right, national randy would change the political make up of the you would come down to just praying to come unlock it. re establishing the principle of a national priority to national preferences, let's say for national lead made products for national corporation. so the whole

economy, me, i would say foundations of the european union would collapse, but that would largely depend on their ability to cooperate with one another. within the you, you have to remember that is a long tradition of disagreement on the far right because these guys, national lease. so by definition, building and trust special group where you are able to, to have come on, you know, reviews come on, programs, etc. is more difficult for that kind of bonnie's been for, let's say, question them across all readings, right? just last week, senior figure, my really pen said her apache would no longer cooperate with the far right turn it just put germany in the parliament. whatever the political consolation in parliament for right parties in their voters feel confident to make gains in these elections. some politics the sport spout by on munich

have appointed been some company as a new coach after a month long search several of the top 10 today and type project at the german club . the company has signed a 3 year contract that's despite his team. finally, having just to be relegated out of the english premier need bought by on st potential in the form of belgium international. he also speaks german because he played for humble company to places from us to help us to buy on the end of the season without the trophy for the 1st time. 2012 and this reminder of our top story of this up is fails. minute you can say is it has taken complete control of the strategic strip of land separating garza and egypt. it says it's a used to prevent from us marketing weapons if the cause of the move, but also still tensions

that's it for the moment. coming up next off, the break focus on your up stakes are close to the capacitive bowls. 1000 georgia are taking a stand against their cups on time. british manager in impelling. thanks so much for watching. we'll see you back here in about 30 minutes from now to by the or

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a lot of new challenges. any of these outside of the role which have influence inside our can people trust the elections? they don't know whether the voting for a russian pop it or somebody who's just the ac. is the most popular party among young world isn't john tim sebastian investigates the question is democracy under threats? conflicts in 60 minutes on and d, w, the one on 6 times to police is bravo. that has to find life from 500 to 600. currently, more people than ever on the move worldwide in search of address in life. you know, it's a very difficult a john and one's 3 tommy,

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