i'm. in the. news. this is the w. news live from berlin a starvation crisis in the democratic republic of congo the u.n. says more than seven hundred fifty thousand children in the country are severely malnourished with more than half of them likely to die or they're stuck in a vast jungle region hit by conflict between the army and anti-government rebels. also on this program tensions between iran and israel remain high with a senior iranian cleric threatening israeli cities with annihilation is worshipers at friday prayers chanting death to israel and death to america. meanwhile in

israel the defense minister calls on syria to throw out their reign in forces. and europe gears up for its annual festival called kitsch and down. the euro vision song contest takes place in the portuguese and portuguese capitalism this weekend we'll be taking a look at the favorites for you. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us hundreds of thousands of children a facing starvation in the democratic republic of congo that's according to the united nations children's fund unicef says swift action is needed to provide food water and medical supplies. more than seven hundred fifty thousand children in the

province recent fighting between rebel forces and government troops that has caused a complete breakdown of essential services including health care sanitation and food supplies. the violence has subsided and the displaced are beginning to return home but the recent civil conflict and province has forced hundreds of thousands to the brink of starvation aid workers are fighting an uphill battle to treat malnourished children and prevent the spread of cholera and measles to hospitals that survive the conflict are overwhelmed. by what i heard. peter's children were treated for complication of c.b.s. these children were struggling to survive and they came back to the same as peter's tree days later. we didn't tree days. i saw that she. had died and

i knew. that. reached. the fighting made food scarce in some areas farmers have not been able to plant crops for three seasons the conflict also stopped the flow of basic supplies across the nearby angola border as the province waits for crops and trade to return the challenge aid groups are facing is enormous. unicef has only received a quarter of the ninety million it says it needs to provide assistance. in the meantime to the children of. food is a precious commodity. in a separate development in the democratic republic of congo there's been an outbreak of in a remote part of the country the united nations saying it's preparing for all eventualities including a rapid spread of the disease to other provinces most of the cases have been

recorded near the town of because all in a province where doctors say they've just received another suspected case the world health organization is hoping congo will authorize the use of an experimental vaccine against the deadly disease it has warned however that the treatment is complicated and is not a magic bullet officials say the immediate risk is that the outbreak could spread to major cities nearby congo has seen eight outbreaks over the past fourteen years . ok let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world now officials in gaza say israeli soldiers have shopped at one palestinian and wounded dozens more during the sixth week of protests at the border with israel two journalists in a paramedic are reported to be among the injured palestinians are demonstrating against israel's decade long blockade of gaza and also against america's decision to move its embassy to jerusalem or. south africa's elite police unit has taken

over the investigation into an attack on a mosque outside that's because religious extremism is a suspected motive one person died and two others were wounded in the attack which occurred after midday prayers on thursday. in indonesia have awarded mass evacuations of the eruption of the country's most active volcano mount merapi lies on the densely populated island of java eruption sent more than five kilometers into the sky forcing the brief closure of the nearby yoga. point. now world leaders are stepping up their efforts to save the iran nuclear deal with the foreign ministers of germany france and britain due to meet the iranian counterpart next week the diplomatic scramble comes after israel attacked iran's positions in syria in response to rein in attacks on the israeli occupied golan

heights israel's defense minister meanwhile has called on syrian president bashar al assad to expel iranian forces from his country with tensions still high in the region hardliners in tehran doing little to come. to syria two days after the attacks tensions in the middle east continue to saw all heating prayers in the iranian capital a senior cleric threatened israel with destruction and all who said all if this anything foolish through race to the heights or to the ground. israel isn't meant saying its words either. have a message for assad or get rid of the iranians get rid of their forces they're not helping you they're only harming their presence will only cause problems and damage . the developments come only days after the us withdrawal

from the nuclear deal many iranians see this as another provocation from israel's ally on the streets of iran protesters held by misreading death to america global leaders a calling on iran and israel for restraint fearing the lack of stability in the region could lead to war that gold preserve what's left of the nuclear deal. german chancellor angela merkel underlined that in tension again throwing harsh words at the u.s. administration thought simply over this i don't think it's correct to pull out of a deal that has been agreed upon that has been voted for unanimously in the u.n. security council. that violates the trust in the international order of. iran's foreign ministry signaled in a statement that it's prepared to work with europe to save the nuclear deal but it's unclear whether that would help ease the conflict with israel. ok let's talk

now to correspondent who is in the lebanese capital beirut and shall give us an idea of what the mood is at the moment in the middle east are people preparing for an all out conflict with israel. well the region is certainly on an agile and i've not quite seen it this tense thus far last year when he designed from riyadh and when he came back there were tensions that there would be all of this always sort of a point on the middle east that the reason is preparing for us next war but this time it's quite different even though all sides have been talking to sources in israel is there is a need on in syria and he had eleven on that some people in his blood nobody really wants a war but this is generation is pretty tense and even though we've seen that israel attacked a sensible iranian assets in syria all the as they've conducted over one hundred attacks that this is quite a direct hit now is they going to be a war of the intelligent war or not that's the big question as we've seen as far as

a stray acceptance and rhetoric from the iranian side has been measured i know you spoke about a certain cleric but as long as hominy the spiritual leader is not making that threat it's no s.u.v.s but why don't you look at israel and the rhetoric from israel is pretty high paced because netanyahu believes with trump an hour time is on their side so how far does israel want to go in sending this message to city and sending this message to israel that is what we need to wait and see ok until what about lebanon there's just been an election in lebanon the iranian backed hezbollah one more than half the seats in parliament they saw major gains on thursday we saw major world powers urging lebanon to maintain its policy of thing out of regional conflicts is that likely to stay the case of could we see lebanon also getting involved. levin i absolutely would i mean within levanon there's always a debate where that lebanese nationalists say look we don't want to spoil

a lot of infighting in city as we don't want neverland being in a conflict that israel would like peace but this having said that is hizbullah is a very strong force on the ground and by making political gains essentially they're saying that that cause which is business is to israel is an illegitimate cause now how the numbering gauge is quite a different question the fighters in the south and the golan heights on the city inside of all his beloved fighters these are the fighters who trained shia militias of iraq. which is sitting inside a gulag and i met several of them myself and said so so if there is a war than those fighters are likely to join in his will that is present in city of their fighters in numbers and as well as here in lebanon as well so whatever conflict happens whether in syria or another on his less likely to participate in his level is going to be engaged ok and. not not very good prospects that in

beirut many thanks. kenya's top prosecutor has ordered an investigation into the collapse of a dam on a large scale commercial farming the country's rift valley that's amid allegations that that dam was illegally built at least forty five people were killed after the dam burst on wednesday night sending a wall of water down a hill or thirty's are still searching for dozens of missing people the farms manager has blamed the collapse on heavy rain but officials say the dam and others on the property lack the necessary permits and with illegal. now the fifth race of the formula one season gets underway this weekend it's the first on european soil most sadie's dominating during the practice run of the spanish grand prix on friday with lewis hamilton finishing fastest the reigning world champion clocked in at a time of one minute and eighteen seconds to finish ahead of the chasing pack

strong winds in catalonia made it tough for the drivers as you see here red bull's daniel ricky otto failing to keep his car on the track in those tricky conditions in the first session despite the accident though he managed to clock the second fastest time in the session that followed that. now europe is gearing up for its annual pop extravaganza the eurovision song contest and for the first time portugal is hosting the event so the past week has seen a string of semi finals in the capital lisbon and trees from twenty six countries are now busy getting ready for the contest grand finale on saturday evening. eurovision is as much about the spectacle was the song and as far as that goes estonia's elina a vote will be hard to beat the trained opera singer will be wearing a giant gown decorated by three hundred sixty elaborate projections that move and

change along with the music. scene but your vision is also sometimes used for political or social messages and this year france is in the running with a song about the refugee crisis the duo madame miss you are singing mercy which was inspired by the true story of a little girl born on a rescue ship in the mediterranean. one of the hot tips to win is israel's neta barcelona who's also chosen to address a current topic with her song talk. the song has a strong message of me too and i thought about something funky that can sound. like a cycle of. abuse as like ouch like. like the fans that now and then it goes over and over and over again and second very

happy vibe song back to it has a strong message with between the lines so i write a song for you a message of a different kind as offered by the two thousand and nine winner norway's alexander every book he's back this year with a song explaining just how to write a song. is. played. yet. but the current favorite among the bookmakers is cyprus represented by him a flare up with the song for a go no political message just a classic song. dance track. the competition is also known for surprise upsets though and with people from so many different countries voting it can be difficult to predict who will come out the winner on saturday night. a quick reminder for you of our top story

this hour world leaders have called for restraint in the middle east iran's foreign ministry condemning israel's attack on iran main targets inside syria israel's government accuses taran of crossing a red line by attacking the gauguin heights. that's where both years from now we'll be back with more of the top of the hour you're watching q. w. news do stay with us if you can. the whole d w one. four in soak is global insights the news outlet for local heroes. a w made for mines.