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this is d.w. news live from berlin and israel's prime minister orders massive strikes on gaza. comes after schools of rocket attacks on southern israel by palestinian militants we'll go to gaza for the latest also coming up. thailand's newly crowned king makes his public debut huge crowds turn out for a round of the temp in bangkok as he takes part in a ceremonial procession to celebrate his ascension to the front. and in the
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bundesliga by an beit lonely hanover and now just one win away from taking a seventh consecutive going to sleep the title. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he's ordered the army to keep up what he calls massive strikes on palestinian militants in response to rocket fire from the gaza strip a mass is made a similar vow the violence has claimed lives on both sides of the border and there are reports that casualties are rising. the sky above gaza city muddies with smoke as this latest exchange of violence leaves its trace israel's has its own child hundreds of s trikes on militants in gaza this weekend in response to over four hundred palestinian rockets. at
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a cabinet meeting israel's prime minister vowed to keep up the bombings and send more troops to the border. this morning i instructed the i.d.f. to continue massive attacks against terrorist elements in the gaza strip and. i also ordered the reinforcement of the units around the gaza strip with armor artillery and infantry. people in the gaza strip once again navigate a landscape of rubble authorities here say several people died and dozens of wounded. because a neighbor called me of two o'clock in the morning and told me the building had been destroyed. that i was surprised so i came here and i saw the destruction one of the first three mess halls of the building which is seven floors high and i was shocked for one of the myths about one of them a ball that amala. in southern israel air raid sirens wailed as palestinian rockets
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continued to be fired at the country. israel's iron dome defense system has intercepted dozens of them but this house close to the border shows how some have made it through. an israeli father of four was killed when a piece of ricocheting shrapnel launched in his chest several more israelis have been wounded by palestinian fire israel has closed its crossings with gaza for people and goods a carefully negotiated truce between the two sides has once again proved fragile. i'm joined on the phone by has a militia journalist in gaza city has m thanks for joining me we spoke earlier to our correspondent in southern israel but you're in gaza what's the situation there right now. well the bombardment and the feeling is continuing in gaza. israeli jets and hilary's and navy boats are shelling. from
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was strength and east to and from the air on several targets they are targeting. from fighters as well is accusing them of crunching group gets into is well. they are the story is doing some of the buildings as well is claiming that it contains some of this is for hamas and other factions. lately with. an air strike on. security both belong to hamas. in the same time in the morning that are costing you. but the bodies of at least eleven people were killed and over one hundred were injured they bury the bodies and in a funeral. various cities of gaza strip have people in
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gaza nervous that this could escalate into a full blown. in two thousand and fourteen. definitely this is one of the toughest wave of violence. experienced twenty fourteen. on the eve of the holy month of ramadan which is tomorrow. you could see that in the people. i talk to some people in industry and they are they have the fear it will be and you wore a new round of. of. a larger scale operation in gaza strip this is what the people don't want trouble that people are you know think this is the way to solve the problem but still the majority they are not happy and they are they are horrified by having a few war the new israeli prime minister has vowed to keep strikes what have mass saying and doing. well how much is trying to abide basing this is the
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way to break. up by the end of standing that they have reached last month before the general israeli election they think and they say is well didn't come show commitment of. their standings that to ease the trees the blockade on both in gaza and. easing the weekly protest along the border so the league ation is in cairo is was before this way. to discuss with the mediator how to bridge the israeli so how might think this is the way how these ladies and that that was very obvious in their state they want israel to ease the blockade. imposing gaza since twelve ok doesn't the lucia thank you very much for that update. to thailand now and the country's newly crowned
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king has been taking part in a seven kilometer procession through the capital bangkok on the second day of his three day crowning ceremony the position comprises more than a thousand soldiers police and government officials and a chance for the thai people to see them in his royal gob king vergeer along corner ascended to the throne two and a half years ago when his father came home passed away after reigning for seventy years his son's official coronation ceremony began on saturday. our correspondent charlotte chills and pill was in bangkok for today's procession and she described events there in the city for the thousands of people who gathered here along the procession route today was a day celebration many were bussed in from across thailand to witness this is sturrock events some that been here in the early hours of the morning hoping to get best spots along the procession route they braved the intense heat with the hope of
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catching a glimpse of the new the crowned king as he possibly only here on his seven kilometer journey in his own eight golden carriage people sat as a mark of respect they chanted lonely of the king as he was passing through these streets now for most people here this is the first time they've seen the coronation of a thai king the last one was sixty nine years ago to the day. now to some of the other stories making news around the world the brother of algeria's former president has been detained for questioning along with two other for mackay regime officials beautifully has been accused of usurping presidential powers after his brother's stroke in twenty seven tane theorists come amid ongoing protest for political change after this leak of resigned in april. north korean state media says the country's leader kim jong un has overseen a strike of strike drill of multiple rocket launchers and tactical guy that weapons
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report came a day after south korea said it detected several short range projectiles holds from the north north eastern coast. pope francis has arrived in vogue area to begin his three day visit to the balkans he wants to improve ties with the orthodox church and will meet the country's patriarch near fit in severe but in his address opening address francis urged vogue area to take in more migrants. south africa's governing african national congress has held its final campaign rally ahead of a general election on wednesday president cyril run oppose it told the tens of thousands of a.n.c. supporters that victory was certain despite high levels of corruption and unemployment he said his government was entering a new era of accountability and he'd be stepping up if it's to fight corruption and graft he also promised new jobs and economic growth. christine milne who has been at that rally she sent us this update. the official figures are not yet
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out but the n.c. was expecting a crowd of about one hundred thousand people to come out today to listen to saddam opposed to give his final address before wednesday's election as expected and i'm up also addressed the issues that south africans are facing he talked about houses being built in the next five years jobs being created he talked about investment coming back into the country most poignantly he addressed the issue of the party having neglected its mandate of looking after the people saying we've looked into the process we've seen where we've gone wrong and we will now be putting the people first that message appears to have resonated with a lot of people here i must add though that this is a lot at stake for the african national congress twenty five years into this country's democracy and millions of africans are without work this is one of the most and equal societies in the world there is desperate need for investment and job creation in this country we're talking often unemployment rates north of about twenty five percent the bulk of that being young south africans many of them by the
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way who've not registered to even participate in this election the i.e.c. this is the electoral commission talks about the number of youngsters not having registered this is eligible voters not having registered for the election about sixty percent of them are below to age of thirty these are frustrated people who are tired of politics many of them didn't come to the stadium today but what i'm opposed to was hoping to do was to sort of send a message that the a.n.c. is changing course that that the possibilities ration headed by jacob zuma that it's it's a new direction that the party's taken he's made remarks before about nine wasted years and that going forward things will be changed. to the bundesliga now where shaka have retained their place in the german top flight for next season they drew no mail with to clinch the point they needed to avoid relegation table sides freiburg and dissolute off to one one and some days of final game leave
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a person who was frankfurt in the battle for the fourth champions league spot. meanwhile by and manic are on the verge of a seventh strike bonus lake a championship if they win next weekend and laps if the trophy is there is as because at home on saturday they banked last place hanover but it wasn't as easy as that may have expected at this stage though all that matters have by one of the points and the title. plenty of pressure on nico coaches by an off the last match days draw to lowly nuremberg against hanover they faced another relegation struggling sniffing around for points. but after just twenty seven minutes of probing us were kim ish perfectly picked out robert lewandowski to open the story i've. and by and kept on pushing five minutes before half time liam gorecki lashed in from long distance with pinpoint accuracy getting in touch off the post and
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a league goal for the summer arrival. but after the break however got a lifeline from the video assistant referee who intervened after a seemingly innocuous passage of play spotting a handful from jerome bowen saying. the strike has shown how tough julie dispatched the spot kick but then he went from zero to zero first picking up a yellow card for this shove on the keeper and then getting books again just three minutes later what seemed an accidental swipe at us were commish harsh decision that abruptly ended kind of his comeback. frankly i believe then came on the buy in to school his first of the year to seal a three one win a lucky deflection taking his bonus a good goal tally to eighty five experience paying off in a tight title race. in a typical minute if you want to win titles you need to show it and not just want to
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say easy but also when the going gets tough is a. buy and speight is now firmly in. it's. some breaking news just in at least five people have been injured after a passenger plane belonging to the russian national cat carrier aeroflot made an emergency landing at moscow sheremetyevo airport according to russian news agencies a fire broke out shortly after takeoff the plane attempted an emergency landing but failed the first time during its second attempt the reception of the sukhoi superjet was engulfed in flames the aircraft reportedly had seventy eight people on board. just to repeat some of that information there was five people injured after a plane caught fire in at russia they aeroflot carrying quoting to russian news agency the plane attempted murder at sea landing but burst into flames injuring
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