the germans started may thirteenth on g.w. . well an international calls for calm tensions between israel and iran israel launched massive air strikes overnight on the rain in targets in syria after rockets landed on israeli positions all out of here from our correspondents in the region also on the program u.s. president donald trump is due to meet north korea's leader on june the twelfth in singapore mr trump made the announcement after welcoming home three american counters released by north korea. president emanuel he's honored for promotion and new vision for europe accepting germany's charlemagne prize he said

the time to strengthen europe is now. down in kenya killing dozens under what's been described as a wall of water the east african countries reeling from weeks of catastrophic flooding e.w. news has been speaking with survivors who've lost everything. and welcome to the program. international calls for restraint a growing as israel and iran face the most serious military confrontation for years israeli airstrikes its uranium targets across syria overnight sparking fears of a wider conflict breaking out in the region these images released by the syrian military are said to show i'm to aircraft defenses firing over the capital damascus israel says it hit nearly all of iran's military infrastructure in syria in response to what it says were a rainy. in rocket attacks on israeli positions in the israeli occupied golan

heights if true this would be the first time uniting forces have fired rockets at israeli territory. i've done a thing called make us pigs for the israeli defense forces in the golan heights he told the w.c. about the purpose of the israeli asterix. the israeli forces continue to defend the state of israel that is army general and that includes also. keeping a good eye on anything that happens anywhere have the potential to threaten israel so from a military perspective we're looking at the iranian deployment in syria what still remains and it will be they will be under close scrutiny to see what they will try to do in the future we hope that the message was clear enough that once they attack us once the iranians attacked israel and fired pocketful twenty rockets towards israel we retaliated and the purpose of our retaliation was to carry a clear message to the iranian regime and to the commander of the quick force cuts

into the money who very brazenly attacked israel and the refugees that israel or the i.d.f. seek to defend itself and we do not seek to escalate the situation but we will not hesitate in defending ourselves against the whole fame intentions of the iranian regime see if we can take this with a double or correspondent on trial for a smallish and developments from neighboring beirut to welcome so israel says its strikes were in response to this iranian attack why would iran be targeting that area. well iran this is a very clever move by iran iran has been under pressure to show resolve and it's to show to its domestic audience that it is not going to be taking down the israeli aggression on its assets in israel lying down opted for golan because golan is occupied territory golan was occupied by israel in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven it is city and land israel has an extent but it is not internationally recognized by attacking golan iran is saying look we're not targeting israel we are

targeting land that israel has occupied so in a way this is yes. very severe confrontation between iran and israel in syria but it also a limited strike by iran and that's the message that you don't want to send that we want to hit you back but we don't want to present war. to the hour or so before i care about. iran have not confirmed that it sent those missiles has that changed. now that actually hasn't changed as far but it is believed that the have done it even though first of all what hasn't yet come in and the iranian system sort of works. slower fashion there. but israel has accused iran and from now will be her from sources on the ground it is in fact iran that has flock is very yes that in fact still this was expected we've been hearing this since last month when israel has has struck an iranian air base in syria and killed

seventy iranians so it was expected that iran is going to move and it was very much expected that iran is going to pull out what is the expected next move and so. iran hits israeli targets israel hits iranian targets then what. well the fear is that the mind of our broader regional war at our hands and. a lot of us here were thinking that a proxy battleground this time around might be south of syria and that is happening if it is south of syria it's an also be levanon because who is in south syria fighting alongside assad's men in fighting who are these men being trained by the i r g c it is the hezbollah this bill has the strongest force they have experience in fighting israel they've done it in two thousand and six so the fear is that you would have these. skirmishes in south syria and it can plug aeration me mentally turn into war which will obviously come to lebanon and you would have

a much worse situation door sources in was iran and israel see that they don't want a full fledged war so maybe this ends here for now we've got to wait and watch out iranian state television has reported that israeli jets entered lebanon's aspace where you. are there first are you worried and other fears that this about this escalation. well there always is if you remember when he left for saudi arabia and resigned from that he had feel as if he would be war so in lebanon this is daily talk that every next week there would be war but now there actually is a fear because yes israeli jets well hovering above. several farms this is also a part of golan and it's claimed by levanon this is a pilot scheme eleven are not sitting so yes they're very active as the lebanese army says that israel may strike levanon and either way whatever happens in city are lebanon would be engaged as i said it's his beloved's fighting

on the ground in both countries so there is a certain sense of worry but also gone because even his well lot does not want an active war just yet they sent men to syria that lost a lot of men and there is a lot of internal pressure even on them because a lot of young boys have died so need that marty so to say is interested in in a full fledged active war so to say but there are these signs which tell us that anything can go wrong we're talking to one show on channel four a in beirut thank you. and the governments of russia and germany have criticised the escalating tensions in the middle east and underlined their intention to preserve the iran nuclear deal and welcoming his german counterpart on his first visit to moscow russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov stressed that the remaining signatories to the deal should discuss how best to keep their life heiko must express germany's hope that russia would use its close ties with iran to convince them to stick with

the deal despite america's withdrawal is a must that went on to outline some of the issues still damaging relations between the two countries. this is that the should play i already mentioned some critical issues this republic case for example or the cyber attack that targeted the german ministry of foreign affairs much indicates that attack might have been conducted from russian territory as it gets. it over this i believe that an open and honest dialogue is key for a solid partnership that we have to be able to figure out if we are still sticking to the same rules. now the summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korea's leader kim jong il take place on june twelfth in singapore president trump tweeted the announcement shortly after welcoming home three americans who've been released from detention in north korea he says their release was a sign of goodwill from pyongyang ahead of that summit. he was nearly three in the

morning but the u.s. president and the first lady were on hand to greet the freed captives from a north korean labor camp to reception with the u.s. president it all happened in less than a day for these three men their release was the moment their families had dreamed of. i. believe may be. regularly. the three men are kim jong il tony kim and kim hawke song all are americans who were imprisoned in north korea for between one and two years for quote anti-state

activities the charges are widely seen as bogus. secretary of state mike pompei i made a thirteen hour visit to the hermit kingdom to arrange the planned summit between trump and came down on us in the process pump air also secured the men's release so the country is new torrijos for its harsh labor camps. were ready to go we were treated in many different ways. for me i had to do a lot of labor. in. the world but when i got sick i was also treated by them you know if i want to go to. trump seems to think this is a sure sign that kim is ready to reconcile he even thanks the north korean leader for freeing the men but kim is every bit as unpredictable as his american

counterpart and it's unclear if today show peacemaking will lead to actual peace. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world attackers knife with guns and knives struck a mosque and there's the south african city of durban on thursday stabbing to death long man and seriously injuring two of us the mosque in the town of very little was also satellites most if it is not yet known but the suspects are said to be egyptian man. mohammed has been sworn in as malaysia's prime minister after his surprise election victory on wednesday is when ended more than six decades of rule by the better sign national coalition the ninety two year old opposition leader is no newcomer having previously served as prime minister for twenty two years in cities form approaching a national brush that he would become embroiled in a corruption scandal. with a one hundred four year old man who withdrew who drew international attention with his right to die case has ended his life in

a swiss clinic in his final hours david good old listen to beethoven's ode to joy they had fish and chips and changed his favorite food biologist had to to travel. switzerland from his home in australia where assisted suicide is illegal. french president emmanuel macro has been on it with germany's prestigious charlemagne prize presented to individuals for their special efforts in promoting european unity in receive the award is the leverage for a lavish ceremony in athens in western germany in his address he warned against the rise of nationalism your chance i remember who used her speech to praise the french president's vision for european reform. ahead of the ceremony president macross sat down for an exclusive interview with david w. a german public broadcaster date he said that europe must evolve to face a changing world the current status quo in europe is bad for everybody our

sovereignty is being tested by everything that's happening the iranian crisis the trade crisis the challenges of the digital world of internet and there are g. transition migration and our capacity to protect ourselves we have to make progress and we have to be a more integrated european avant garde. and you can see that full interview up online d.w. dot com on twitter at the w. news this is w still to come we speak to survivors of kenya's catastrophic flooding about how their hopes for the future have become fears for survival. had a vast at all these are going political stalemate is wearing a business leader and workers daniel winter can tell us more that's right the italian economy stagnating at the moment phil so will they be able to change that positive steps in the last few hours towards forming a government in italy populist five star and league party saying they're close to

an agreement now they would send italy in a new direction anti establishment anti euro and anti austerity italians are disappointed in their country's lackluster economic progress of recent years and the absence of a new government since elections in march has undermined their confidence further still. further phoneys day begins very early he sets off for two in the morning while the rest of rome sleeps. the greengrocer got used to it a long time ago what really bothers him is the state of his country. yes i'm worried because not for me but for my daughter i have a ten year old daughter it was like this now i don't see how i can get better at all maybe you. italy's political uncertainty is weighing heavily on the country's economy it's putting a brake on investment fund consumption italy is carrying

a high debt burden g.d.p. grew by not point three percent in the first quarter but the banking system is still strained. unemployment has fallen somewhat government reform so many new jobs created so many of them only temporary and the outlook. for your phone is glad to have his work here at the market. even if it does involve a twelve hour day. but he's already advised his daughter to move abroad when she grows up. for good or the future is bleak so i don't see how anybody is going to be able to stay in italy. the crisis has already seen a lot of young people leave the country and it's by no means over yet oh the. brant crude surged to over seventy eight dollars a barrel on thursday before settling lower it's hovering near its highest level

since twenty forty eight that says the u.s. ratchets up tensions with iran threatening to re-impose sanctions but international oil cartel opec is not saying it will ramp up production to make up for the expected drop in supply saying such a decrease in iranian crude output would take time buyers of iranian oil will have a six month period to wind down purchases due to u.s. sanctions. now markets man donald cooper has more daniel way is sitting on the usual trend right now both the dollar and the oil price rising at the same time normally a stronger dollar makes it more expensive to buy oils the price drop so what's going on. yeah very unusual in fact and the scenario we are seeing right now i was looking at that has only happened eleven times in thirty five years the current uncertainty of the geopolitical issues is certainly weighing in what's going to happen now with the sanctions on iran we have to remember that iran is an extremely big oil producing countries saudi arabia or so that they want to produce more oil

and you can feel the immediate results already have felt this certainly this morning at the gas station so prices are most likely going to go even more up another factor could be rather in the late one and this link to the fear we have seen lately happening about high interest rate hikes in the united states the cause is the dollar strengthens the euro weakens so european exporters a happy book plenty of countries and companies around the world will be punished by a stronger dollar where we've seen the pain set in yeah exactly this is good you just mentioned for the export oriented german economy the strong dollar and we euro have been giving cheers here quite some good at the blue chip index x. after weeks here with a strong view of the dax has been again over a vote many investors here call the magical thirteen thousand point marks but it's really a difficult situation mostly for emerging markets those have been given those have

been actually doing very well lately but they are to affect or is why all of this is really a difficult for them the first is the reversal of capital flows and the other is the less visible threat of a u.s. dollar denominated dep immersion markets use in many cases a lower dollar to shore up their finances so as the dollar becomes more expensive very difficult for these emerging markets to pay off their debts down called thank you very much for that. could u.s. sanctions bring down chinese smartphone makers in the company saying it's forced to seize major operations following the sanctions last month the u.s. banned sales of critical technology to the company said he depends on american chips and other components and is unable to continue production without those key supplies the chinese firm is now trying to convince the u.s. to modify or reverse the back. and u.s.

tech company apple has shelved its plans for an eight hundred fifty million euro data center in islands county galway the company's sites and ongoing three year court battle with conservationists as the reason the activists were concerned about the environmental impact on the irish countryside the company planned the datacenter to occupy nearly one hundred seventy thousand square metres including forest land apples promises to make good any damage done and to power the center with renewable energy could not save the project in the. business for now going to hand you back over to phil for more news i've. used to know at least forty two people are dead and many more missing after a dam burst in kenya's rift valley on wednesday evening homes were swept away as water rushed down a hillside from the dam and submerged a two kilometer area kenya had previously been suffering from severe drought because of r.t. said seasonal rains have now overwhelmed the parched land and burst the down. weeks

of heavy rain have now killed more than one hundred people displaced more than a quarter of a million many schools in the affected areas. are being used as shelters they don't lose catherine and want to travel to hard hit region lindy. eastern coast where many displaced people have just lost their homes have also lost hope. another family arrives at one of the shelters in the russian remote area in kenya's coastal region this camp is the temporary home good at least two thousand two hundred people from surrounding villages. christina murray a single mother of six arrived here two weeks ago the family was evacuated by boat those little time to save their belongings most of what they have is borrowed including her children's textbooks. i'm a farmer and i had my little piece of land. i would sell the crops from the land to

pay the school fees for my children now for you as. i have children and primary and secondary school knowing i also had a little strong but that all went with the floods it's all gone so to speak i. christine story reflects that of five thousand people living in shelters in the region many of them would just recovering from the severe drought that hit kenya last year local chief hopes that a majority will be able to return to their land and rebuild their lives have his worried that some farmlands have been so badly affected that some people may not be able to harvest anything for seasons to come. he says with the extremes have worsened over the last decades. but you may find mama people say that this plan is similar to the one that took place in one thousand nine hundred sixty one. this is the worst of the oldest can remember he even the frequent el nino rainfalls that we

get here is a one compared to what is happening at the moment equal hifi. all across the country water sources have been contaminated by the floods thirty help centers two hundred schools and thousands of homes have been damaged the kenya red cross says it needs about four million euros for show to food water and sanitation support for the survivors. the coastal region is one of the worst affected regions aid agencies warned of the high risk of the outbreak everybody larry not just here in the bus the city but also of the rule areas that have been badly affected and the situation could get worse given that the rains don't seem to be letting up any time. back at the camp in the russian christine's children can't wait to return to school but it's not clear if the schools in the region will open again christine has no idea how she will afford the fees for the next town.

we'll start with tennis and roughing the doll has been a fierce form on clay this season winning both tournament he's entered and it doesn't look like it's going to stop there he made quick work of golmaal face in the second round of the madrid open on wednesday taking just over an hour to break in straight sets remains on course for my record extending six titles in the spanish capital. afresh after knocking novak djokovic out of the same tone and in madrid kyle edmund has backed it up by defeating world number ten david goffin in straight sets british number one seed here in the white shirt proved too powerful for his brother's opponent taking both sets six three to progress to the final eight he will now face canada's denis hackle follow up for a place in the seventy five's. if brazil star neymar moved to paris sasha

man last august for a world record free of two hundred twenty two million euros but could be expostulate a forward be on the verge of a sensational move to real madrid naima has had a turbulent time in the french capital and reports in spades say he had talks with right now in march the club's present florentine and perez has recently said that neymar remains a target if he does joins in a teams a dance a side he become part of a select back to earth former boss of the players who have played for their arch rivals. england football i've come now wayne rooney looks like he's ready to join a long list of great european players who've moved to north america to wind down their careers british and us media reporting that he's agreed in principle to join washington d.c. united rooney has spread the past season with everson but it was with manchester united that he made his name and eventually became england's all time greatest

international goalscorer of the transfer window for major league soccer in america opens in july. boxen of lot of it klitschko dominated the world of boxing for the better part of twenty years twelve of those as reigning world heavyweight champion in twenty seventeen he threw his last punch in a pro boxing ring in a loss to me joshua and then retired and now he's ready to take on his next opponent doping as he told d.w. in an exclusive interview but i have take away some of their recent scandals related to dubbing it's definitely betraying the philosophy of this board it's about competing against each other and the best have to win must win there is no teams that are outside of the ring for just only two gentleman fight each other with the gesture and the one that uses his gesture better than the other will

eliminate his opponent and going to be the winner so if you use doping and you fight me and i'm not it's basically you're cheating on me he said the state's poor set system a state sponsored activity and the state is interested in. making their f. it's a us darting just to show alice and performance in this that the absolutely yes there are different sports where you can run faster fine it's bad but alright if you use the opening and you run any win ok you get caught or if you didn't eventually will. but in boxing it's more about eliminating the other person physically so there is a lot of death in boxing history. in certain fights and then if you use though pink and you actually kill the other guy or girl because male and female boxing is is

even olympic sport so that that something goes beyond beyond ok or young lady or right. you can hear more of lot of klitschko suggestions on cleaning up boxing at our website that's the w dot com slash sports and that's it you're up to date i'll have more for you at the top of the hour don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website stay w. dot com of the day. glow.

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