the, the dw news live it from berlin tonight. remembering the heroes of the day, the president of the united states and france marked the 80th anniversary of the landings which liberated western europe from nazi tyranny. they honored surviving veterans and recall the huge losses suffered by the hour. it's also coming up, dozens are killed and then is really air strikes on central guns that the attack hit a you in run school. israel says the targeted a homeless confound that was inside and at least a 100 dad and an attack on the village in sudan, the latest killings in a long running conflict between the army and parent military. and voters in the

netherlands kick off elections across the european union. the polls are expected to deliver significant gains for the power, right. including the dutch freedom party led by dared build the i bring golf is good to have you with this on this thursday. and we begin with those who fault in died for freedom. war veterans and leaders came together today in northern france to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the day. you as president joe biden, and french president emanuel mack crohn, led the main ceremony, remembering the states june 6th 1944. that's when allied soldier troops landed on the beaches of normandy to begin the liberation of western europe from nazi germany. it was the biggest seaboard invasion in history. are you as president

biden said, that the anniversary comes at a critical time for the nations that took part. we live in the time of democracy in more risk across the world. that a point since the end of world war 2 essentially beaches were storm in 1944. now we have to ask ourselves where we stand against charity against evil guys, crushing brutality of the best. we stand for freedom, we do brand democracy. we stand together by answers. yes, all it can be yes. well, i'm joined now by daniel todd, been, he's a professor of modern history at queen mary university in london. professor, it's good to have you on the program, the lessons of the day. what would you say are the main lessons that could help us better navigate the challenges that we face? not in 1944, but rather in 2024. thanks

a good question i'm. i mean, i always think of this as being uh, an event is about an international bustle. um wallace full by the lines. uh, a lines that have to come together. and suppose the differences of opinion differences are really preventive and zip contents and audiology in order to achieve something that was a quick fix. so. so yeah, there's a powerful, less than that. but thinking about how we can some purpose in the future when you look at the pictures of the images of the commemoration today, that the average age of those attending, i mean they were advanced. they looked to be what the high seventies may be. most of them, most of the veterans were about around a 100 years old, is what more to me is it lost its ability to captivate the imagination of, of younger generations. i mean, has too much time passed the thing about the post that says it does get further

away. and i think fundamentally, by complex is one of our communities and ethics. and in my experience, young people to day of is motivated by the big ideas as being able to happen. and of course, as we get further away from the events and time on public image can face. but the latest survey results. but i've seen some fitting along the way that you suggest that actually it's still quite a high percentage of people recognizing what the tables knowing something about these membranes this 80 of anniversary and comes just days before hundreds of millions of europeans are going to vote in the elections, they're going to choose a new european union parliament. i mean, the polls are predicting a wave of support for the far right to the likes of which europe has not seen the decades. do you think that those who sacrificed their lives at omaha beach and you

think they're turning in their grades now? i think i'd be very careful, a bouncer presuming the contemporary political s choose of people who served during the 2nd level. and it's important to remember that lots of those of american soldiers, one of them has come from a country which is basically like this. and i think the key thing is that they were fighting for democracy. so that was a strongly shed by the sense of something that is combining people of time. and the point about these elections is avail. democratic is an enormous democratic moment. now people may or may not like she's standing in those elections or the rest choose was for thing of us the point about the moment, the people good choice. there was a story today about a 102 year old world war 2 veteran from the us who died on his way to attend the d day ceremony in france. it made some of us think what happens when the generation that that bore witness to the horrors of what were to is no longer a monk. it's,

you know, my grandfather was a veteran of world war to be the generation is, is quickly fading away. yes, mind too. i mean, i think there's a what we see historically is that there's a key difference between um uh, not so much the pulsing evictions generation but actually the positive mitchell. and so i think we still got some time in which of these anniversaries and still retain the pallets they have to be home to the much nation. so well that as 2 people life you met veterans who are the defendants. and then that's something that's uh, the postal seems very close the point where you really see a change and we've gone through that from the the festival now is when you get to the point where it's 2 generations on. so there's no, there's none of a connection in the mail about people come as it comes. ready for historical events and, and ultimately i think it's not necessarily

a bad thing if we get to the point where of, of waiting, not thinking about conflicts as much as we do now. is the exercise involved we'd be thinking about, you know, what about the, the comparisons that we, we tend to make, which kind of western leaders, they've accused russian president vladimir putin of being a modern day figure similar to what at all hitler was in the 2nd board more is that a fair comparison i think is a historian, idaho. ready ways be wavy about making simplicity comparisons. i think it's a think is notable, but, you know, i haven't seen any evidence. so any of those western countries have an active effort to exclude or dismiss specific unions contribution to the c. it wants to

generally pull this clarity, been a place for precision, but in the context, the green button is another for a to invite the present russia to participate in these one ration and, and to the extent us, you know, whose actions have been capitalized by, by question and documents requested on asking before we run out of time, when you look at the course of human history, war and conflict, they appear to be the norm piece seems to be the exception and in many cases the past decades have been exceptionally peaceful. do you think our moment in history will go down is just that as an exception. i mean, or, and we experienced an anomaly in the long span of human history or uh, what we have. i mean i, i point out that those, those particular 2, if you live in most less than you know, lots of other people, recent decades,

havent been compromised. but these uh, uh, it seems unlikely. the page of this is going to continue with the same. ready as the um, i'd also say you know, that one of the things that anybody's thinking these goals takes away from them is the power of human resilience and with us. so it might be pessimistic about a, in the future, but of options to the documents. well, and as we, as we say many times, those who forget history are condemned to repeat it. so it's good that people like you were teaching us history. professor daniel target, we appreciate your time and your analysis on this historic day. thank you. thank you. but at least 30 people have been killed in dozens more wounded in and is really air strong and kind of school and gods. and that's according to the health ministry run by a moss. the attack hit a united nation school in the city of loser on israel says that it was a quote for size strikes on the compound being used by

a moss and as womic jihad terrorism involved in the terror attacks on israel, on october 7th. these really military says that it took steps to reduce the chances of civilian casualties. i asked jonathan fowler, a spokesperson for owner of the un agency that supports the bellows to the refugees . if there is anything it can do to make sure that her last wider is do not use their premises as well. i mean, basically, you know, un stuff premises digital versions have to be protected, adult times. that, that, that task, the end of the story. i mean, if there are any issues with a used by any means that you're used by anybody um in this world then we, we, we rise along, of course. the primary thing is we haven't, we told him about the shelter which was sheltering. 6000 displaced people when it was hit and i really think that that's what we need to focus on right now. um the

issue proportionality, i'm in the military and laura's, this is also extremely significant. civilians over and over pain price with the lives. ready in this war and gaza on our end stuff we, we've lost 192 of us now they've been killed in this war. and this is a number without prizes and them in the history of the much nations. so really think that's what we need to be talking about. it's about the fact that civilian casualties are just happening over and over and over in this war, including places of safety under the united nations. fine arts high school system basically pivots it from being in place of education to a place of shelters for, for this place. people when this will grow counts and our office invitation are warehouses. and so one of those have been used to, to provide some kind of safety to people as officer lucy's arrival. well, we're not able to get enough age into the goals the strip. um and we have repeatedly calls out of breeches of the sanctity of you inside spite by both sides

in this war. and we will continue to do so. jonathan fowler, he's a spokesperson with the human agency that's affords palestinian refugees is a look now and some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world . spain says that it will ask you you in court for permission to join south africa's case accusing israel of genocide in guns up. spain is the 1st european country to take the steps in south africa filed the case with the international court of justice. last year. the european central bank has cut interest rates for the 1st time since 2019 the bank slashing its benchmark rate to 3.75 percent after almost 9 months at a record high, lower interest rates are good news for borrowers. they make loans cheaper than most and star ship negha rocket has completed its 1st full test flight after the previous 3 attempts ended in explosions. star ship is the world's largest and most

powerful rocket. this marks a major milestone for the prototype system that aims. one day to send humans to march back here on earth, germany's a chancellor is veiling the strings in security at home and abroad. fessler shelves wants to allow the deforestation of asylum seekers involved in crime and terrorism . and after the national has been detained over the death last week of a police officer in the 9th for attack, sholtes also defending his decisions of allow you frame to use german weapons to stripe targets inside russia. we called germany's for white a of the party embarrassing for they are alleged ties to rush just at the chancellor says that security is the foundation of a democratic society. here is more on is it just on this mission without security? everything is nothing but this sentence has great meaning for me here because where there's a lack of security for the fear grows,

the fear of citizens among themselves, fear of external threats, fear of the future, power, fear the destroys, trust and confidence. god. at this time, this is precisely why security is the key to everything else. and this is why i am so convinced me security is the cornerstone of our freedoms. derek, our democracy are fly high and our root of law for the ones that i stop this kind i asked the w. c. political that is there a mikaela cooking area, the shelters, clear message about security is a reflection of how the german people are feeling right now. it was actually on you . so how much time he dedicated to exactly that. the face that has been ranging here in germany ever since that stopping in the city of mine. heim, last week, which so a 29 year old police man die off that he was stop several times. find isn't this extreme is to came from. i've got a son seeking assignments only,

and who's assigned him was rejected. so nearly he should have left the country spots. at the same time, germany does not to force people to ask on his don where the town of bundles, once again or syria at the moment. and this is something that the government is now addressing while i've sold himself, has addressed here today. and he says, whoever comes here and in dangers of democracy and violates, and the society he's come to for shelter. but also for us. parity has lost that defines a to shelter to protection and should be sent back. the big question now is how much of this will go beyond the political state that the policy for which rick, when it gets into the missing receipt of the legal detail on his, on more questions than answers right now, isn't insurance. that this is something that is now being politically addressed and

also that new a penal codes it will be created at fast encapsulate those very attacks and also the political attacks, the whole series we seen here in germany, not always leading to injury or death. luckily, but at the same time, so the decide they since them off as fines and move risk for those who are out there in the public. so those are the 2 issues he now wants to dress. and the question is, how that will happen in concrete? and that was the w's because the company, they are reporting from right here in berlin. at least a 100 people, including women and children, have been killed and an attack on a village in sudan, local officials, that activists blame the attack on rapids support forces the parent military group fighting the suit in these army have been doing that for over a year. now they say the force is attached to the village in the g 0 state into waves. the conflict between the 2 sides is killed some 15000 people

or more. now i want to pull in the student analysts, they'll bus your interest. agent is good to have you with this, the sooner these transitional government has strongly condemned to this attack, them civilians, the parent military, r, s f claims that it was just defending itself. who can we believe as well? dollars that has said to tweet that, seized for vehicles, customer calls. however, there is no proof. however, what we have see is video evidence of the iris at fighting around the shooting civilians and it's not possible they were defending themselves as they invaded in december 2023. they were the aggressive initial reports this morning has confirmed that they have attacked again in the village were just yesterday, over a 100 people have been killed 29 of those have be consistent with they made. currently

right now, the iris has had the markets and have setup checkpoints around the village and within the village, however, reports from survivors has stated how the recess used, heavy machinery, heavy heavy weaponry to essentially shred the bodies of the certificates within the village. i know that they have been calls to in this, in some type of diplomatic way. what is blocking mediation efforts here? as well, recently are assessing software is supposed to go to jet the full, the 3rd round of talks. however, it says that stuff has said that it will not participate within the job the 2, even though us and this is a trying their best to get them back into the local shooting table. however, it's clear why they want the recess of not being bt. they obligations on just the those obligations include not tommy civilians. and i think very important

infrastructure is we haven't seen that or rather, assuming these people haven't seen that being fulfilled. furthermore, it's, it's understandable why they would not want to go into negotiations as it ceased are assessed as a by face extra dollars that's using these negotiations like it's less time. however, it's right. time still with the weapons that they hold and using that intended with negotiations between fade cities, towns and villages, just as we see yesterday. okay. what about the role of, of powers outside of sudan? do you think foreign governments, are they failing? the sudanese right now? a certainty, many has cooled this a forgotten will. however, this isn't it, no to one that is that taking time on the effect of all governments around sooner or later with a will to a country with the will highest, the trinity displacement crisis and displacement crisis as well. wouldn't be

surprised or should be taken as a surprise that there will be an increase in migration. however, the year was also at fault to you for helping fund these and the dishes through the system process in the 1st place. the, the all sanctions in place, those sanctions have owned the homes of the state. constituents of the army with incidence rather than the power of industry for as an aggressive of the rock. the support forces, though, today, interestingly enough, the us government has to be these 7 sections against 7, you 8, the entities that have a role with the rapid support forces and a hand in this current flow rate. so then let's take it a bit back the way you have been provided. what to the rapid support forces. however, some specific nissan forces have be making inroads with russia and iran. the west

has had a chance to to sit down to co tell directly simple forces. however, it's lost, it's trans. no. and this is because stuff was not getting support it needed from the west. now south seas, russian weapon ran the radian drums. so to try and go for a told me they treat victory rather than to sit down and negotiate on the table. however, the reason why this is happening now is because it's a very important tactical and strategic advantage, especially as we enter the rainy season. instead, i'm soon and a lot of the terrain will end up becoming very muddy. the record support forces will become support for 6 and they won't be much mobility happening with a lot of money. so what's happening is the rough and simple forces are trying to hold on or claim as much land and territory as possible before the rainy season takes in. um, so they can show that they have taken control of those. i say what we're seeing

here right now, and i just need to improve the noise is happening over the country. and just today it's being reported. another mastercard has happened in on their mind with over 15 dead. they're not including the over 1200 people have died in of sasha as it's the trouble has been done just peaks ago. let me just ask, mean, since you say that the us had that had a chance of his lost his chance about it, is this the a conflict where you see the russians and the chinese being able to take advantage of the situation? are they going to be the, the foreigners who win in this conflict? all the, essentially the reason as well? yesterday, a few, this is obviously, these governments have went over to russia as part of a conference. and from day they find used to cement the deal for a rest enable based on the red sea, which the russians have wanted since 2017. however,

the important question that this people want. oh, rather the city needs government wants is who can feed my people and be who can give us weapons. she best april 23, victory. and this is what, but now, even though ukraine has a help with the cities, i mean, it's a very interesting joe politics to see russia, ukraine, the rock being on the side of side in this very interesting, but dangerous. typical. um, well, so then analyst advice in your interest, mr. agents. we appreciate your time in your insights tonight. thank you. thank us. back here in europe, a voters are going to the polls in the netherlands kicking off european union elections across of the 27 members that make up the european union. the balance are expected to deliver significant gains for the far right in several countries, results from 4 days and voting are due on sunday evening one

vote cost these people the names to them. and some of the 1st of the, nearly 400000000 people in the u to place the ballots over the next 4 days in the european elections. most important for me is the economy. and the difference between the rich and the board the most the night. you know, it's well the environment for me is most important. i think think penn european mets are so climate change and immigration matters. so i think it's very important to foods, jobs, climate change, health security, migration, a recent euro barometer studies show. these are indeed the most important voting topics for people across the whole of the u. vs here in the netherlands, have been doing lots of docs and the last few years, just 6 months ago, that was a national election. we saw the fall right party when the most seats for the 1st

time in does history, unless they're expected to be replicated again in this european parliament selections. in fact, the far right is expected to make gains across the u. in. the netherlands gets 31 seats in the european parliament. there is $720.00 in total. for 27, e u member countries. posters save the size of the elections. come make it complicated to predict the result. once lights, it is very difficult to bring together all the data from $27.00 member states into one projection to understand how the european parliament will look like. we will most likely on sunday and monday understand how the european parliament will look like in the future. until then we have to deal with about 15000 candidates, 600 different lists and individual candidates across europe, and about 200 to 10 parties that will enter the european parliament. these european elections will also be judged on how many pallets a cost vote, a ton i is stopping the low normally,

at around 50 percent. most of you countries will vote the weekend and a clear picture will only a much ones. all the results are delivered. are you watching? the news? here is a recap of our top story. is this our president of the united states and france have lead ceremonies marking the eighty's anniversary of d day joe biden. honored and surviving veterans that recall the huge sacrifice is made by allied forces to liberate western europe from nazi germany. and at least 30 people have been killed and dozens wounded and it is rarely air strike on the school run by the united nations and guns. it is real, says many of the dead were a moss fighters, you want you dw nearest coming up. next dw news africa. the amc has lost its majority in south africa. what will the next government look like? and what does that mean for democracy? it's coming up next road is here in berlin. thanks for the company. i'll be back at

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